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I was kind of hoping there would be a poster this month specifically targeting the Secretary next to me, the quiet one, who has developed the unfortunate habit of letting out single coughs throughout the day without covering her mouth. It brings to mind the brilliant character in Little Britain who does the "computer says no" routine. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.
I'm not too much of a priss when it comes to germs, but really? Not covering your mouth during a cough? Just bad manners. I even cover my mouth when I am coughing whilst enjoying Mavis's leather saddle. I keep semi-glancing over at the Secretary when she coughs hoping this will instill some fear or shame, but to no avail. This is the Secretary who tries not to make even the smallest amount of noise when hanging up the phone or opening an envelope. How is it that we have ladies gargling (presumably to fend off colds) at the sink at work in the morning, really getting into it and making all sorts of disgusting sphincter-tightening sounds, and then we have people walking down the street coughing and hacking openly at unsuspecting passersby? This is definitely one of those "Japan is an enigma" moments.*
Thoughts on the poster? It actually looks like Creepy was getting ready to play grab ass and this poor woman who works for Subway corporate HQ is just putting some physical distance between them utilizing the objects at hand, like any good salarywoman would. We all know if it was me, I would be actively ramming the suitcase against his shins without a second thought.
*If the sarcasm was not apparent, you should probably get out while you can.
16 comments:
- goeast said...
It's exactly the same in Thailand, and it's SO GROSS. Do people not have mothers who tell them not to sneeze and cough on people, really? Let's not even get into all the public nose picking on public transit.
- February 1, 2011 at 10:50 PM
- Green-Eyed Geisha said...
I really am doubting this is something taught from a young age here, I can't think of another explanation for this behaviour in a nation of neat freaks. I just tried to reply to a comment on your blog an hour or so ago- maybe it's my computer but it wanted me to log in to wordpress? Anyways, will try to get in touch with you soon before next month!
- February 1, 2011 at 11:02 PM
- kathrynoh said...
Definitely gross on the coughing.
I love this manners poster because those wheelie bags are a freaken menace. I've tripped over them both here and in Australia because people walk with the bag trailing behind them and you see the bloody thing until you run into it!
- February 2, 2011 at 1:11 AM
Covering your mouth with your hand? How 20th Century. By the time our kids were done with preschool, everyone in the family was coughing into their elbows.
- February 2, 2011 at 2:21 AM
- Lisa said...
AHHH! This would drive me nuts. I would start with a pump of hand sanitizer and then escalate to a spray of disinfectant.
- February 2, 2011 at 2:58 AM
- gec said...
When I have an enormous suitcase, or even a not so enormous one, it's hard for me to move it around. How about everybody just moves AROUND me. Or go bump the other people without luggage out of the way. And if you're walking slower than me with my enormous suitcase--MOVE.I'm walking in my line. Thank you.
- February 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- gec said...
Oh yeah, and gargling is total bullshit. I love how we wash our cups and gargle and brush our teeth in the same sink. Well some do. Especially the men. Is the bathroom THAT far away!?
- February 2, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Generic Jen B said...
I refuse to eat out during the winter for this very reason: hoiking, coughing, sniffing. Not ok.
This poster annoys me deeply; it's the perfect illustration of the whiney, self-important, the world is out to inconvenience me attitude. The guy at the back should chill the f*** out and slow down, watch where he's going and allow people to perform the perfectly normal task of wheeling a suitcase that is designed to be wheeled. FFS! (must check calendar; this could be PMS)
- February 2, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Sarahf said...
I work with kids, I get coughed on all day. I also spend way to much time telling the kids to get a tissue- they come to school with snot caked on their upper lips. Drives me crazy.
- February 2, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Japan Australia said...
Funny stuff!! I love the manners poster. Very Japanese and we need to clean up this menace that is the wheelie suitcase.
- February 2, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Tako Hostil said...
Totally disgusting, you should invite Sven to the Kaisha and had him lecture her on manners.
- February 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- wakanai said...
They are obviously doing the shuffle (Please refrain from dancing on the train!). Megane-san, right food to the front, right food to the back. OL-san, swing that suitcase to the back. Or is she using it to protect her virginity? Are there any virgins at all in Japan?
- February 3, 2011 at 8:43 PM
- Sarah said...
I'm with you on the no cover-up cough, it disgusts me. I blame it on people being used to wearing a mask and so supposedly not needing to use a hand or elbow or whatever to cover but no mask and no cover?!! The other day some guy on the train coughed (no mask no hand or even an attempt to stop) and I got a face full of warm disease ridden cough air. The glare I gave him was enough to fry any bacteria lingering, however, and he took the hint and moved off to infect some other poor innocent.
- February 4, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Jon Allen said...
you'll like the version of the poster here :
I'm totally with you on the coughing, I cringe when it happens.
- February 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- Beth said...
Gargling is bullshit, and besides, when you stand at the sink and tilt your head back and gargle furiously you're just making a throat fountain out of yourself, and then you spit and hack and cough a little bit more and spray the sink and faucet and handles with more of your grossness. Ew.
- February 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Green-Eyed Geisha said...
kathrynoh: It's definitely frustrating walking behind someone going along slowly with one of these but as I use one sometimes, I can't complain!
Jeffrey: How 20th century indeed. At this point, I am grateful for any barrier between me and their mouths.
Lisa: Nice idea! I can make a big show about using it and hopefully pressure her into new healthy habits!
gec: I would lose my shit if I saw people gargling into the kitchen sinks! Bathroom is bad enough, but come on people! Sounds like you work with some charismatic guys.
Jen B: Yeah I'm not sure how Creepy is being inconvenienced, it's not like the suitcase is being used as a weapon!
Sarahf: The old suck it in instead of blowing it out thing? Love it almost as much as the gargling!
Japan Australia: Weird isn't it? I've never seen so many people with wheelie bags who are not travelling here in the city...maybe it's reaching epidemic proportions.
Tako: I would let Sven lecture me on anything.
wakanai: Not from what I've heard but I hear they can do very good virgin impressions.
Sarah: You poor thing. If that had happened to me, I probably would have tried to say something, blatent coughing on someone is just not on. Your mask comment came back to me on the train a few days ago when I was watching someone with one...if you cough with a mask, do the germs really not get out?! I am a little skeptical.
Jon Allen: Thanks for the heads up! I always enjoy those fresh takes on the posters.
Beth: Thank you for such an explicit picture, it actually made me laugh. And then cry. I am scared to touch the sink now. Gross.
- February 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM


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Thinking about what to serve for Thanksgiving? The early bird gets the worm this weekend at The Fresh Market, 1060 International Drive in Mayfaire Town Center of Wilmington. Everyone can come in to sample holiday items, including honey ham, pulled pork, cranberry cheese and pumpkin pie, from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Those who decide to place orders for holiday meal items worth $25 or more get a coupon for $5 off a $20 purchase.

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Three Ways to Race in New Zealand
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The Korea Herald quotes a Korean Ag Ministry official as saying Seoul will resume U.S. beef imports June 6, with South Korean consumers expected to be able to purchase U.S. product around the end of the month.
Park Hyun-chool, head of the ministry's livestock bureau, says the government will announce on June 6 the list of U.S. plants approved for export. In May, South Korean experts inspected 37 U.S. processing plants looking to export beef to South Korea.
"Announcing the qualified processing plants is tantamount to declaring the resumption of U.S. beef imports as it allows the plants to start shipping their beef," Park said.
He added imports will resume in only the products agreed to Jan. 13 by the two nations, which calls for only boneless product from cattle 30 months of age and less. The U.S. has lobbied intensely for the inclusion of bone-in product.
As expected, South Korean activist groups resumed their calls for a consumer boycott of U.S. beef, claiming politicians yielded to unrelenting and irrational U.S. pressure. Much like their U.S. counterparts, these groups have limited political clout but garner significant media coverage and play a role in shaping public opinion.
It's been 29 months since South Korea was closed to U.S. beef despite clear science regarding its safety and low-level BSE risk. Throughout the process, South Korea's government seemingly has been more willing than Japan's to face off against internal political consequences and accept the science. Of course, South Korea faces the added pressure of upcoming talks regarding a free-trade agreement with the U.S.
In retrospect, the Koreans have been far more politically adept in their delaying tactics than Japan, tying their decision to the reopening of the Japan market, thus placing all the pressure on Japan. During the closure, South Korea also avoided making inflammatory statements. It then moved ahead of Japan in reopening the border, positioning itself as the good guy.
Now the real work begins. For the U.S., rebuilding its relationships with its former No.1 (Japan) and No.3 (South Korea) export markets won't be quickly done.


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Players and owners are close to finalizing a new labor deal that would bring significant changes to MLB, particularly when it comes to the draft. The deal is expected to have "significant restraints" on draft spending, as well as significant changes to the current system of draft pick compensation. The general reaction is not positive, and for good reason.
In other news…
- File this under "things we pretty much already knew," but Jon Heyman tweets that there's "no evidence" that the Giants would trade Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain. Anyway, this was already all but confirmed, especially in the wake of the Jonathan Sanchez trade. I imagine the Giants will extend Matt Cain sometime soon, as that seems to be one of their top priorities as of now.
- Ryan Doumit will likely sign soon with a team; the Giants, who are presumably in the market for a backup catcher (with Eli Whiteside looking like a non-tender candidate), could potentially have interest. According to Jerry Crasnick, one mystery National League team has made an offer to Doumit.
- It's beginning to look more and more likely that the Giants will go after Clint Barmes, and that wouldn't be such a bad decision. He's perhaps the only decent inexpensive shortstop left on the market, and as a solid defender that can lefties, he seems to complement Brandon Crawford well.
- The Giants are probably not in on Japanese centerfielder Nori Aoki.


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Author Notes: Comes from the Canton de Fribourg, in Switzerland, home of the Gruyere and Vacherin Cheeses. Most people have tried to innovate, modify, change or alter this simple and traditional fondue... They have all failed. In failing to stick to the basics... they tried to kill the legendary Swiss dish!! But this recipe will ensure it survives. Fondue means molten... they meant it to be molten cheese only. No "deal breakers" like tomato, champignons, truffles or tourist-like ingredients. - rabino —rabino
Food52 Review: Rabino's fondue adheres strictly to tradition, proving that newer doesn't always mean better. His classic Swiss recipe calls for a blend of Gruyere (fondue's dutiful workhorse) and the more pungent, creamier Vacherin Fribourgeois. (If you can't find Vacherin, you can use just use twice the amount of Gruyere, or sub in something semi-soft and a little stinky, like a good Fontina.) Rabino's fastidious technique is the soul of his recipe: he starts by having you rub the inside of the pot with a crushed garlic clove, add and warm white wine and then gradually work in the cheese so you get a smooth texture. Nutmeg, pepper, lemon juice (a first for us), and a shot of Kirsch bring the molten cheese and wine to life, and a touch of cornstarch thickens the mixture and keeps it from breaking. This is a loose fondue, clinging gently to whatever you dip in it; if you like yours more substantial, just stir in a little extra cornstarch, thinned with a few drops of water. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 4
garlic clove, peeled and smashed
milliliters dry white wine (Fendant du Valais, Languedoc, Rhone,etc...)
ounces Gruyere cheese (preferably aged), cubed or shredded
ounces Vacherin Fribourgeois, cubed
pinch freshly grated nutmeg
pinches freshly ground black pepper
teaspoon lemon juice
shot Kirsch (cherry brandy)
tablespoon corn starch
Bread for dipping
- Rub the garlic around the inside of a ceramic or heavy saucepan, then remove the pieces, just leaving the "taste" of it.
- Add the wine and warm it over low heat.
- Start by SLOWLY adding the cheese....and stir vigorously, but slowly, IN ONE DIRECTION only. The cheese will start to melt.
- When the molten cheese starts becomes uniform in consistency, add the nutmeg, pepper, and lemon juice.
- Stir together the corn starch and the Kirsch (IMPORTANT!!). Add to the fondue, to give it viscosity. This is an important step. The secret is: if the corn starch is not diluted in the Kirsch, as it hits the cheese it will coagulate and create little "balls" in the cheese. Then you might as well try to cook something else!
- You are done. If the fondue is too liquid, add more corn starch, mixed with a few drops of water. If too thick, add more wine.
- Cut the bread in pieces (french baguette or whole wheat bread, or both) and enjoy it! Remember not to drink water with the fondue. Only wine or hot tea. Fondue experts say that water will make the cheese lump up into a ball in the stomach. Recent critics have discovered that this is a myth, but I have chosen to ignore them and enjoy my wine with the fondue.
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Yeah, I'll take a TT. I don't like the sound of chop on a SB, and I don't like the whole idea of planning my direction around the inevitable need to tack or otherwise change the direction of the board. I like being able to make it up as I go along. For example, if I boost off a wave and it looks like I'm going to land and get mauled by another giant wave, I just transition, and come down with speed in the other direction on an escape path away from the monster. Ride the wave and toy with it, and change directions instantly without fancy footwork needed.
Being able to get up and go on the board at lower wind might be cool for a while, but in the end, I don't think I like low wind kiting, even with dedicated kite. I like to boost, and no kite will boost in light wind the way a smaller kite can in higher wind.
It would be cool if they made some kind of mutant that was as good as a TT in the flats and jumping, and as good as a directional in waves, but I don't think such a beast is possible. What would be nice is a short TT board, with some thickness and float, that could slice through chop without the slapping noise, and play in waves like a directional. Many companies have tried, and apparently failed at this.


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As one of the founding members of the NGO Projeto BioPesca - dedicated to monitoring cetaceans and sea turtles by-catch, in São Paulo, Brazil, Valeria has participated and coordinated several research projects in collaboration with the University of São Paulo.
Working with marine animal husbandry, disease and rehabilitation since 1995, she has dedicated lots of her time to penguins and seals, having spent two summers in Antarctica as part of the Brazilian Antarctic Program. She also participated in the US Antarctic Program as part of the Adélie penguin project (www.penguinscience.com).


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Finalists chosen by the juniors and seniors for the 1962 homecom-ing
queen are: (standing) Sheila Crabtree, a senior from Ellendale, North
Dakota; Nancy Gustafson, a senior from Deloit, Iowa; (seated) Linnea
Linden, a junior from Bremerton, Washington; and Jean Dahlquist, a
junior from Rockford, Illinois.
Students To Select Queen ;
Sweetheart From Finalist
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Volume XX XIX—No. 5
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, October 16, 1962
usicale,Game, Banquet
Fill Homecoming Slate
Freshman sweetheart candidates chosen last Friday by the freshman class are: Jonelle Olson, Forest
City, Iowa; Phyllis Nelson, Winnetka, Illinois; and Linda McKelvy, Warren, Pennsylvania. The sweetheart
will be announced on Friday at the reception-coronation.
Members of the student body
will vote Thursday, Oct. 18, to
select the freshman sweetheart and
homecoming queen from finalists
chosen last Friday. The results
will be announced at the corona-tion
ceremony at 4:15 p.m., Oct.
19, on the college lawn.
Sweetheart candidates include
Linda McKelvy, Warren, Pa.;
hyllis Nelson, Winnetka, 11i.; and
Alumni Group
Aids College
With Activities
by Nancy Applequist
One of the oldest and largest
organizations connected with
Bethel's campus is the Alumni as-sociation.
Though most students
become familiar with it only after
they leave the school, the associa-tion
influences campus life in sev-eral
According to Dr. Richard Burton,
school physician and alumni presi-dent,
the organization's primary
purpose is the promotion of
Bethel's standards in its teaching
It has tried to do this by form-ing
local chapters of interested
alumni who will work across the
country in support of Bethel's
Christo-centric educational pro-gram.
Local chapters also provide con-tinued
social and spiritual fellow-ship
among former students and
encourage enrollment of prospec-tive
Bethel students.
Many students conceive of the
Alumni association as a board of
middle-aged, overseeing ogres who
must continually be placated be-cause
they hold the purse-strings
of campus progress.
While our alumni organiza-tion
does concern itself with
financial aspects of school sup-port,
it also takes active interest
in the affairs of members and
present students.
As evidence, it publishes the
monthly Bethel Alumni News, con
taining notes and information on
alumni and articles of interest to
Conference constituents. Working
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by Judy Dow
Morning chapel will commence
homecoming activities Friday, Oct.
19, as Dr. Harold Carlson, pastor
of the First Baptist church of Lake-wood
in Long Beach, Calif., Bethel
alumnus, addresses the 10 a.m.
Last year on world tour Dr.
Carlson developed the talk of
"Bethel alumni around the world"
which he will give with illustra-tion
by film strips.
A lawn coronation at 4:15
p.m. Friday will acknowledge the
homecoming queen and court
and the freshman sweetheart. An
addition to this year's court will
be an alumni host and hostess.
Music will be provided by a
double stringed quartet, and re
freshments will be served. Jim
Spickelmier will preside over the
"Only Yesterday" is the theme
of a musicale featuring events from
the past four decades to be pre-sented
at 8 p.m. Friday in the
fieldhouse. Entertainment includes
special musical presentations and
narration. A torchlight parade to
Dr. David Moberg, professor of
sociology, and Ernest Beetner, sen-ior
in the college from Gilman,
Iowa, have been awarded a special
research grant by the Hill Family
foundation of St. Paul and the
Kansas City Association of Trusts
and Foundations.
Specifically, their project will
be a study of the integration of
older people into the church, with
the practical application of how
the church can have a more effec-tive
ministry to its older citizens.
Dr. Moberg and Beetner are
working on an exploratory basis.
Their scientific objective is to
clarify issues and to design addi-tional
research to evaluate socio-logical
theories relevant to the
problem of aging.
Both men are working with the
Midwest Council on Social Research
of the Aged, which exists to stimu-late
research on the aged by or-ganizing
discussions on research
needs and techniques and distribut-the
fairgrounds will initiate a pep
fest following the program.
The Bethel Royals meet the
Northland Lumberjacks on Sat-urday
at 1:30 p.m. in Midway
stadium. Presentation of the
President's trophy for campus
decoration and recognition of the
homecoming queen and fresh-man
sweetheart are included a-mong
halftime activities.
Climaxing the weekend of events
is the homecoming banquet in the
fieldhouse at 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
with Rev. Kenneth Nelson from
Brooklyn, New York, presenting
the address.
dents will meet at 10 p.m. Fri-day
in the dining hall for an
informal coffee hour, at which
time the progress of alumni pro-ing
pertinent information to its
This group also explores sources
for research support. Dr. Moberg
is Bethel's representative in the
council, and Beetner is his re-search
Tozer To Deliver
Chapel Services
Dr. Tozer of Toronto, Canada,
will be the guest speaker in chapel
services on Oct. 22, 23 and 24.
Pastor of the Avenue Road
church of Toronto, Dr. Tozer has
for many years been actively as-sociated
with the work of the
Christian Missionary alliance. At
present he is the editor of the
Alliance Witness.
Dr. Tozer will also be speaking
at a special missionary conference
at Simpson Memorial church lo-cated
on Charles and Fry streets.
jects and Bethel's future will be
Buses will leave from the park-ing
lot at 10 Saturday morn-ing
for a tour of the new campus
site, and an open house will be
conducted from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15
a.m. Saturday.
A luncheon for alumni of the
Bethel academy which existed un-til
1936 will be held at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday in the coffee shop.
Following the luncheon will be
a meeting in the student lounge
at which time Mr. Ferguson will
speak on Decade 10, the moving
of Bethel to the new campus site.
Dean Larson and Dean Omark will
also participate in this program.
League Official
Discusses Topic
Third in a series of current
events discussions will feature Vic-tor
Grossman at 9 p.m. tonight in
Edgren lounge.
Community services secretary of
the St. Paul Urban league, Mr.
Grossman will be discussing "Race
Discrimination in Housing—HERE"
and explaining the functions of
the various citizens' groups as they
deal with this problem.
Under the sponsorship of the
academic committee, this series is
being planned to provide an op-portunity
for students to interact
with faculty and community mem-bers
on the crises facing the world
Chairman Annette Larson has
stated the concern of her commit-tee
in involving as many members
of the student body in these dis-cussions
as possible.
Spanish Club
Views Slides
The Spanish club is planning a
program that emphasizes contact
with Twin City Latin Americans
and a study of political and liter-ary
situations in Latin America.
At the first meeting of the
Spanish club, held Oct. 8 in the
language house, slides of Mexico
and Guatemala were shown and
officers were elected.
In the near future the club will
have a Mexican dinner at the
Mexican restaurant La Casa Coron-ado
in Minneapolis. Students who
are not in Spanish club but are
interested in attending the dinner
should contact Miss Lillian Ry-b
Students other than members
of the choral organizations in-terested
in singing with the
chapel choir should contact Mr.
Whitinger, chairman of the mu-sic
The chapel choir will be com-posed
of eight members each
from the college choir, the male
chorus and women's choir, plus
any interested students who see
Mr. Whitinger. The choir will
sing in Wednesday morning
chapels and practice on Tuesday
mornings immediately after the
chapel service.
Jonelle Olson, Forest City, Iowa.
Queen contenders are Sheila Crab-tree,
Jean Dahlquist, Nancy Gus-tafson
and Linnea Linden.
A senior from Ellendale, No.
Dakota, Mrs. Crabtree is majoring
in music. A member of the college
and festival choirs, she has been
active in gospel teams, trio work
and music club. In addition she
has played feature roles in the two
previous homecoming programs.
Miss Dahlquist, a junior from
Rockford, Ill., has served as a mem-ber
of the Freshman-Sophomore
banquet committee and is general
chairman of 1963 Sno-Daze activi-ties.
A psychology major, she was
social editor of the '62 SPIRE and
is student life editor of this year's
As a music major, Miss Gustaf-son
has been a member of the
college choir, gospel teams and
this year is assistant director of
the women's choir. She has been
president of Bodien residence, sec-retary
of her sophomore class, '61
Nik Dag chairman and is currently
a member-at-large in the student
Miss Linden, a junior majoring
in German, hails from Bremerton,
Washington. She has been active
in language club and on gospel
teams and this year served as a
member of the Welcome week
Moberg, Beetner Research
Problems of Aging Citizens
He will discuss the characteris-tics
of the changeless Christ in
view of the forces molding man.
Special music will be provided by
Robert Sandin's quartet and vio-linist
Mrs. Krotzer, all Bethel
Alumni and parents of stu- At Racial Forum
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the CLARION Tuesday, October 16, 1962
Petition Selection System
Illustrates Improvement
College elections are traditionally interesting, if not ex-citing,
and the presence of or absence of poster-hanging, rally-ing
and "politicking" annually provides ample material for
editorial comment.
Commendations are in order for members of the freshman
class at the conclusion of a vigorous campaign. Their imple-mentation
of the petition system for selecting candidates for
class office was a much-needed departure from the usual cam-pus
Such a system places the full responsibility and initia-tive
directly where it belongs—with the students who have
the interest and desire to seek office. The elimination of
the nominating committee, which in the past has too often
been hurriedly formed of unrepresentative personnel and
which, more often than not, has served only to persuade
unwilling candidates to run, is a step in the right direction.
One would now hope for the up-dating of the remainder
of the electoral system. Assuming that college elections should
help the student become more familiar with the democratic
processes under which he is living, let us examine the prepara-tion
which our elections provide.
Upon viewing the student center during voting hours,
one would conjecture that little progress had been made from
a century ago when the eager patriot approached the poll
worker and indicated his choice of candidates by verbal ac-clamation.
Students here endure a similar, although slightly
more sophisticated, lack of privacy.
Once he has been handed a ballot, the student is left
to his own devices to scurry about to find a spot where
he can mark his choices unobserved by members of either
of the opposing factions. Such a place is not to be found,
however, and he must resign himself to merely finding
an open area on which to scribble furtively—a coffee
shop table, the poll workers' table, an available chair or
possibly a friend's back.
It would certainly not appear too extravagant to request
the election board to construct polling booths. The small ex-pense
involved would certainly be more than repaid by the
convenience afforded by a more unified, orderly election.
Then too, one must consider the subject of ballots. The
constitution of the association states that a "standard ballot"
shall be used in all elections, and the student senate has
adopted an Election Code of Procedure containing exact stipu-lations
on this matter—it was to contain candidates' names,
with boxes to the left of the names in which X's were to be
placed so that the two lines crossed somewhere within the
Interestingly enough, on all ballots printed for the
freshman elections, the candidates' names were listed,
but to the left of each name was merely a line, and every-thing
from X's to checks to zeros were counted as valid
One may argue that such matters make little difference,
and that to debate the importance of two lines crossing inside
a box is completely ridiculous. However, our society has deem-ed
it necessary to codify certain rules of uniform election pro-cedure,
and there is certainly no harm in learning to practice
them correctly.
Letters to the Editor:
Tbe art of gonconfortnitp
by Phil Larson
Contemporary Religious Artists
Seek Incarnation of Intangible
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Dear Editor,
I would like to reply to the ques-tion
raised in the Oct. 9 CLARION
editorial, namely: "Is the WMF
international banquet worth an al-location
of almost one-third of this
total budget, or would there be
other events which could be spon-sored
which would be of greater
benefit to a larger number of peo-ple?"
1. Whatever part of the $200 not
used for the banquet is the pro-perty
of the religious standing com-mittee.
(Last year's banquet cost
about $130.)
2. I would not call 26.1%
($200/$765) "almost one-third"
of the religious committee's bud-get.
It is barely one-fourth.
3. The religious committee, work-ing
under the smallest budget, has
already reduced its budget from
last year by $200 just in the areas
of flowers, tracts and the commun-ion
4. Other events could be spon-sored
by the religious committee,
but these should be in addition to
the WMF banquet, not in place of
5. Bethel students and the in-ternational
friends they invite
pay nothing to attend the WMF
banquet (there is a small charge
for those who come alone);
homecoming and Sno-Daze, with
sizeable senate allotments ($800
and $420, respectively), charge
students in addition.
6. All Bethel students, staff and
faculty, as well as many foreign
students are invited to the WMF
banquet. Last year's total attend-ance
was 160; by Oct. 10, 130 Beth-elites
had already signed up for
this year's banquet.
The mere fact that many Bethel
students don't come isn't reason
enough to suggest that something
else be sponsored which will appeal
to a larger number of people.
No event is attended by all
Bethel students, for reasons of
time conflicts or for simple lack
of interest. Since an open invi-tation
is extended, the WMF ban-quet
should be allowed its right-by
Robert Nelson
The common conception of an
artist is that he is solely an imi-tator,
a recorder of external re-flections.
A part of this creed is
the belief that because a subject
is intrinsically beautiful, its beauty
alone is sufficient reason for the
artist's existence; he should be
satisfied only to record this event.
Coupled with this doctrine is
the idol worship of technical abil-ity
as the sole end in art.
Contrary to popular belief, the
traditional artists were concern-ed
with more than only the visual
facts of natural appearance. They
too struggled with those essen-tial
inner aspects of life.
They articulated the painting
surface to manifest an inner con-tent,
and this intangible content
ful place alongside other all-school
7. From a purely cultural stand-point
the banquet is worthwhile,
since Bethel students get a taste
of various foreign cultures. From
a purely social standpoint it is en-joyable.
From a spiritual standpoint, as
the banquet invitation states, "This
contact will give you the oppor-tunity
to serve Christ in concern
for your fellow men and ... to in-fluence
your friend in a positive
Way for Christ."
Is the WMF international ban-quet
"worth" the $200 allotment?"
I assert that it most certainly is!
Bob Sorley
Dear Editor,
Concern and distress are express-ed
in the CLARION's "Sidelines"
of last Tuesday over the fact that
there are men on campus who are
capable and eligible to play foot-ball
and yet are not on the team
simply because they don't want to
The article concludes: "the
Christian ranks cannot afford to
is that which actually constitutes
greatness or importance in art.
During the period of the develop-ment
of modern art, science has
made us aware of the duality of
nature—interior structure as well
as exterior patterns. The Scriptural
concept of man is equally two-fold:
the realm of the flesh and
the realm of the spirit—the inner
One of the most limiting fac-tors
in a discussion of the new
art of the inner landscape is the
inadequacy of words to describe
these relationships. There seems
to be the need of a whole new
vocabulary to describe this form-less
There is an essential difference
between a "painting" and a "pic-ture."
The term "picture" is usu-have
people who are not willing
to give of their talents or of them-selves,
even at football games."
I certainly agree that each stu-dent
has responsibilities to the
world around him including his
school, but this article is a gross
exaggeration of certain obligations
in the total perspective of respon-sibility.
Perhaps the Christian ranks are
in greater need of students who
will put first things first, and for
some this will mean not partici-pating
in football, while for others
it will mean playing. But in either
case ability and eligibility should
not be the deciding factors.
A student's first responsibility
is to his personal needs, desires,
plans and convictions and to the
getting of his own education. The
student who puts school loyalty or
football playing before these re-sponsibilities
is disloyal to him-self.
Finally, it is questionable whe-ther
the individual who doesn't
really want to play football will
be the team member Bethel de-sires.
Lindy Nelson
ally related to certain events or
subjects and generally falls into
the classification of story telling.
Current commercial Biblical art-ists
are involved with this aspect
of religious "picture" making, pure-ly
the historic external aspect of
Are these superficial forms of
today's Christian art a manifes-tation
of a superficial Christian
experience? Past cultures pos-sessed
an amazing interaction of
religion and art, and some of
the most priceless collections to-day
contain religious paintings
and objects which were contem-porary
expressions of their wor-ship
and culture. Certainly a
serious contemporary worship
should breed a serious contem-porary
A distinction should be made
within the general realm of the
spirit between the realm of the
spirit of man and the divine realm
of the Spirit of God, the Holy
Most artists today are working
in the general realm of the spirit
of man, while the divine area is
unknown to them. This is one rea-son
why little good religious art
is being produced today.
An artist's creative expression
flows out of his total personality
—his values, motives and spirit-ual
life. Thus the religious artist
should have experienced the
forces of the power of God upon
his own life if they are to be re-flected
in his painting.
According to the Oxford Uni-versal
dictionary, the word "mys-ticism"
means, "Reliance on spirit-ual
intuition as the means of ac-quiring
knowledge of mysteries in-accessible
to the understanding .
qualities of which no rational ac-count
can be given."
A painting can be said to be a
bridge between the visible and in-visible
world, possessing and mani-festing
this other worldliness. This
is the context within which modern
art is struggling—a study of in-tuition,
insight and inner reality.
This is best experienced in the
act of work, the instant with all
its mistakes and accident, which
is governed not by an external
law but by the subconscious fac-tor
of the "law written upon the
heart." It is not a logical thought
process but a free flow of spon-taneous
The goal of contemporary Chris-tian
art should be in the producing
of a form you can see and touch
that manifests the inner signifi-cance
of Christianity. The ultimate
end, after all, is that the invisible,
the intangible may burst into the
external world ... coming into be-ing
as something out of nothing,
an incarnation of the intangible.
In it we find a parallel truth to
"the Word became flesh and dwelt
among us ... and we beheld his
Editor's Note: The above essay
is reprinted with permission cts
as a condensation of an article
appearing in Vol. 1, No. 6, of
the FACULTY JOURNAL.
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periods, by the students of Bethel college
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Students Defend Banquet Allotment, Discuss Loyalty
Broad strokes, definite in direction, characterize the colorful ab-stract
oil paintings by Robert Nelson, art instructor at Bethel, who is
presenting an exhibition in the student lounge during October.
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Reactions Mirror Tension
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with the homecoming committee
as consultants is another alumni
project each year.
Dr. Burton, elected to the presi-dency
in 1961, is enthusiastic about
the many professions and fields of
service included in alumni ranks.
Medicine, ministerial and religious
work, insurance and education are
some areas represented.
Because of such diversity, the
association is able to call on a
variety of experienced members
to serve in advisory capacities.
Alumni include graduates of the
academy, college, Bible and mis-sionary
training school, and sem-inary.
During homecoming activities,
the association's governing body, a
fifteen member alumni council.
meets with the alumni to appoint
nominating committees and to
transact business.
Last year's nominees, president
Burton and vice-president Rev.
Stanley Starr of Spring Lake Park
Baptist church, were elected by
national ballot in August.
"Students regret leaving friends
made during their college years,"
commented Dr. Burton, "and the
Alumni association provides a con-tact
with Bethel's activities and
preserves in later life the spirit
of Christian service acquired on
Tita Week . .
Oct. 16
7-9 p.m. Girl's intramurals. Fieldhouse.
9 p.m. Current affairs discussion. Ed-gren
9 p.m. WMF. Seminary chapel.
Oct. 19
3 p.m. Cross country — Bethel, Macal-ester,
Mankato. Como park.
4:15 p.m. Homecoming lawn corona-tion.
8 p.m. Program. Fieldhouse.
Oct. 20
8 a.m. MENC breakfast. Dining hall.
10 a.m. Tour of new campus. Buses
leaving from parking lot.
10:30-11:15 a.m. Open house.
11:30 a.m. Bethel Academy luncheon.
Coffee shop.
1:30 p.m. Football—Bethel vs. North-land.
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picture makes them feel is some-thing
in themselves, not something
that the artist is creating. The
artist is manifesting the age, not
causing it."
Explaining his own art Mr.
Nelson says, "Most people think
of color as you apply it to some-thing.
I look at color for itself.
When people look at abstract
paintings they want to assign
some outside meaning to it. They
ask, 'how should I react to this
picture?' when they should be
asking 'how am I reacting?' "
Applying this idea, that the
`meaning' of art is in the exist-entialist
experience, the "now of
one's reaction," to abstract art as
a religious expression, Mr. Nelson
points out that the nature of Chris-tianity
implies that it can't be ex-pressed
by external forms.
Mr. Nelson is fairly impassive
about reactions to his work. "My
painting is purely private," he ex-plains.
"I do not have plans or make
rough sketches before I do a
painting. I start at random, put-ting
meaning and shape and
form into it as I follow the dir-ection
of the painting . . . there
is a putting to the subjective
meaning objective control."
Most of the paintings in the dis-play
have been done in the last
two years. They provide an inter-esting
comparison when contrast-ed
with "The Machine," a paint-ing
in the library done by the art-ist
in 1955.
Mr. Nelson does most of his work
with oils, preferring them because
of their versatility.
The collection on display is
predominantly oil paintings done
on canvas or masonite. The dis-play
also includes a woodcut and
several pictures done on card-board
with magic marker.
A full-time instructor in Bethel's
art department for two years, Mr.
Nelson is a graduate of the Min-neapolis
Institute of Art.
Through Friday
In the Student Center
Tuesday, October 16, 1962
by Steve Burger
"You can live anywhere, as long
as it is between . ."
What would you feel, if when
you and your family decided to
settle in that home of your dreams.
you were told the above statement,
and when checking the area, you
discovered it overcrowded, full of
poor housing, with unjustly high
If you were a Negro, or be-longed
to another dark-skinned
racial group, you could choose
to live in only certain areas of
this city, mostly in the shadow-lands.
Here poor and overcrowded
housing are combined with over-crowded
schools, street gangs, van-dalism,
alcoholism, narcotics and
other results of general social dis-organization.
Is this where you would want
to raise your children? Your an-swer
would p'robably be that none
of us would. Then why shouldn't
other citizens, created by the same
God, have the right to build and
rent where their salaries allow?
A private organization, known
as the Minnesota Council on
Civil and Human Rights, became
concerned about this problem,
and they drafted a bill which was
introduced in the Minnesota
state legislature.
In 1961, Minnesota became the
eighteenth state to pass a Fair
Housing act, and on Jan. 1, 1963,
this bill will go into effect. The
law states:
1. "Discrimination because of
race, creed, color, religion or na-tional
origin is forbidden in the
rent, leasing or purchasing of real
2. "discrimination is forbidden
in financing real property,
3. "exception in one or two fam-ily
houses, which are owned by
the persons living in it and which
are not financed by VA or FHA."
It is also illegal for any realtor
or agent to state on any form,
contract or agreement any refer-ence
to race, religion or creed.
To enforce the new law, the
State Commission Against Dis-the
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crimination (SCAD) was formed.
Its job will be to enforce both
this act and the previously pass-ed
Fair Employment act, which
bans discrimination in employ-ment.
Also, the Government Human
Rights commission will help in edu-cation
of the new law. Assisting
these state agencies in education
and/or the reporting of incidents
will be numerous existing semi-public
civil rights groups.
The passage of this law should
be heralded by every Christian, but
more than this, each of us needs to
roll up our sleeves and help put
it into effect. We can do this first
by our own positive stand, and
then by expressing this stand to
those around us.
Our church could participate
by encouraging members and
neighbors to take a positive
We also could contribute our
time and/or money to such groups
as the Urban league, who will be
working for a smooth change for
the good of all concerned.
As Christians, we must follow
such teachings of Jesus as "love
thy neighbor" and apply such prin-ciples
as the "golden rule." We
must let others have what we want
for ourselves—a decent chance.
Men or Women
We are looking for a campus
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See Mr. Hogan between
9 a.m. - 12 noon
Saturday, Oct. 20, 1962
Griggs Midway Building
1821 Universty Ave., Room 301
St. Paul, Minn.
or call for appointment
by Karen Nelson
"Art can be a praise of God,"
suggests Robert Nelson, whose
paintings are currently on display
in the student center and the base-ment
of the seminary building.
Titles of the paintings, most of
which are Bible references or other
religious connotations, suggest that
art forms are an expression of
Mr. Nelson's religious experience.
There is little of repose in the
paintings. The strokes are broad,
wet, definite in direction. The
form is scriptural. There is a
tension that often amounts to
And inevitably, reactions to the
paintings are violent. Anyone hear-ing
the comments that are made
about the display will agree with
Mr. Nelson's remarks that "no one
can look at these paintings and
remain passive. You have to react
to the color. Violent reactions
prove that something is coming
out . . . that there is empathy.
"This vehemence that is so com-mon
against abstract art is because
it is bringing something out. Peo-ple
don't realize that what the
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the desire to sustain it. The loss
of quarterback Bob Larson for
the season makes the offense a
question mark, but senior Dave
Cox has excellent personnel to
work with.
Said Cox, "Both Jerry Oas and
Bobby Larson are losses, but we
still have the men, and they are
definitely up for the game."
Offensively, Northland has been
averaging 97 yards/game rushing
and 157 passing, while Bethel has
been holding their opponents to a
37-yard passing average.
The Royals also have the dis-tinction
of beating the two ball
clubs' only common rival: Lake-land.
Northland fell to Lakeland
Saturday, 10-6, and will be "corn-ing
down wondering," as one
Bethel player has hinted.
Bethel's only action Saturday
was a game for the freshmen and
sophomores at Pillsbury. Jack
Steinhaus and Duane Gibson each
scored a touchdown and Vince
Bloom kicked the winning extra
point as the Royals won 13-12.
Overcoming an early six point defi-cit,
the Counts bounced back and
monopolized on crucial breaks.
In the only other game played,
the Seminary sneaked past the
Dukes 21-19. The Dukes had a
rally crushed and ended up with
sole possession of sixth place.
Finishing their season, the
Pages won by forfeit over the
Squires. The Knights "beat" the
Barons by forfeit, while the Jes-ters
drew a bye. Because of home-coming,
there will be no intramural
games this week.
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College-Business Fellowship-8:30 p.m.
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Bethel Seeks Third Home Win
Against Northland Lumberjacks
Knights Lead Intramural Football;
Counts, Pages Share Second
In the first four weeks of intra-mural
football, eight of the six-teen
scheduled games have been
forfeited. The winless Barons have
accounted for four, while the
Dukes, also winless to date, have
added two.
On the other hand, the Pages
have achieved all of their three
victories by forfeit. The Counts,
Knights, Jesters, Squires and Sem-inary
have each picked up a vic-tory
by this new system of out-maning
the opponent.
The Counts made it three wins
and one loss for the season with
an important 20-18 upset over the
previously unbeaten Peasants.
"This is the greatest football team in the history of Bethel college,"
comments coach Owen Halleen on this season's squad. The won-lost re-cord
is the most obvious indication of the team's status. An impressive
3 1 mark (not including the Pillsbury game) shows that the team has
come a long way since last year. One year ago Bethel was one and three.
Beginning with a resounding 28-13 victory over Sioux Falls, the
team has shown continuing improvement in each game. A 13-16 set-back
to Mayville was somewhat avenged with a win over Valley City,
Mayville's only conqueror in eighteen straight games. Valley City's visit
to Midway stadium was also the Vikings' first loss in four starts.
Another big win for the Royals was their 19-0 victory over Lake-land,
which snapped the Muskies' four years of dominance over
Bethel football teams. The win gave the Royals confidence that they
can win.
Statistics for the first four games are also evidence that this year's
team is Bethel's finest. The Royals will be entering the Northland contest
with a game average of 293 yards
on offense. Of the 1172 yards
Bethel has gained in its first four
games, 750 have been rushing and
422 passing, indicating that the
team can sustain their drives with
a running attack, but that they
also have the long pass to break
open a game.
Jim Nelson, co-captain and full-back,
leads the team in rushing
with a game average of 84.5 yards.
In two of the games (Sioux Falls
and Valley City) he gained over 100
yards, while halfback Don Land
has accomplished the feat once.
Bob Larson, junior quarterback
from S. Dak., was passing for a
game average of 105.5 yards be-fore
he was injured.
Compared with the averages
in the Oct. 5 release from the
National Collegiate Athletic
Bureau (based on three games),
Larson would have been ranked
11th in the nation in both pass-ing
and total yardage. Duane
Gibson, who currently has a 57.3-yards/game average in pass re-ceivi•
g, would have been ranked seventh in scoring and 15th
in pass receiving. Don Peterson is Bethel's second highest scorer.
Offensive statistics are only half the story, however, especially with
Bethel. The Royals' offensive average of 293 yards per game becomes
more significant when compared with their opponents' average of 175.8
yards. Men like Vince Bloom, Jerry Kanerva, Dave Norman, Dave Cox,
Bob Smith, Charlie Rogers and Gene Brunzell have been holding the
opponents to minimum gains in rushing (137.8 yards per game) and
passing (37.0 yards per game).
Spring Lake Park
Baptist Church
8495 Center Drive, Spring Lake Park
(1/2 mile N.E. of intersection of Highways 65 & 10)
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Services 8:30, 11 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
Rev. Stanley Starr
by Bob Beckstrom
Coach Owen Halleen's football
team will be testing their three
and one record against the North-land
Lumbjerjacks in the home-coming
classic Saturday. The visi-tors
from the North have scored
shut-outs over the Royals in their
last meetings winning 27-0 last
Northland has 21 returning let-termen,
including end Ken Weiler,
last weekend ranked seventh in
the nation in pass receiving. Their
leading offensive threat, quarter-back
Don Kra11, ranked 12th in
the nation in passing this season
before he suffered a severe shoul-der
Bethel will be entering the
game with a winning record and
Harriers Meet
Mac, Mankato
In Friday Race
Last Friday Bethel's cross coun-try
team participated with fifty
runners from Carleton, River Falls,
U. of Minn., Gustavus Adolphus
and Macalester in the three-lap,
three mile Northwest open.
Fred Myers from U. of Minn.
won the race with a time of 15:27.
Fred Purcell, Bethel's first fin-isher,
stayed with the top two for
the first two laps but eventually
finished eighth in 16:25.
Bill Carlson, Bethel's second fin-isher,
placed 38 with a time of
18:11. He was followed by Mitch
Clark, 41 in 18:32; Dave Grant,
42 in 18:35; and Paul Wedeking,
45 in 19:20.
Coach Glader's team will be
training for the homecoming meet
with Macalester and Mankato state
to be run in Como park at 3 Fri-day
Doug Culver, new wrestling
coach, has announced the first
wrestling meeting of the season.
All men interested are to meet
in the fieldhouse at 4 p.m. to-morrow.
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�D--n! They love her as much as I do!� writes my longtime pal Harry Haun in the New York Observer�s arts section.
He�s talking about actress Judith Light, who is on a three-year Broadway winning streak, and everybody who cares about acting on stage, onscreen and on television should read The Observer�s Web page. I was especially struck by the writer�s evaluation of this actress and her work for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and numerous other good works, as well as how she frequently passes for �unknown� while scoring hit after hit. Harry claims Judith Light as his own, and so do I. I suppose I thought she was my private �find.�
You�ve seen Judith Light win several Emmys for the soap opera �One Life to Live,� star as a delightful executive alongside Tony Danza on �Who�s the Boss?� and come across in �Phenom,� �The Simple Life,� �The Stones,� �Ugly Betty,� numerous �Law-and-Order� episodes and, most recently, on TNT�s revival of �Dallas.�
Maybe you saw her onstage in �Wit,� Tony nominated as the wife of Vincent in �Lombardi,� winning the Tony in the recent �Other Desert Cities� and now opening April 17 at the Manhattan Theater Club in �The Assembled Parties.�
Harry includes the rest of Ms. Light�s virtues and greatness as a human being in this article. And here I thought I �discovered� Judith Light.
The Texas Film Hall of Fame used to have other names but it�s a hot ticket at the University of Texas in Austin, that blossoming only Democratic enclave left in the Lone Star State.
Leaving Texas to the majority of the natives who crave to secede and spend their time remembering the Alamo, let�s get right to the movie culture that thrives in and around Austin.
OK, it�s a good thing I�m not going to the Texas Film Hall of Fame this year because I�d probably be tarred and feathered. But the last time I was there was glorious because I was introducing Oscar winner and friend, Ren�e Zellweger. In ice-cold air conditioning, this big star sat with her parents and friends, uncomplaining in a sleeveless evening dress. I will never forget how gracious and charming she was.
This March 7 event happens at the same time when a lot of locals will be at Lincoln Center in New York celebrating the opening of the play about the late governor of Texas, Ann Richards, starring actress Holland Taylor. But Austin film buffs will have their fun anyway!


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Covenant Design needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 229 designs submitted by 68 freelance designers.
We want an amazing, awesome, above average, and very unique logo. Just like everyone else.
We're just more fun and we give A TON of feedback - since it helps us both!
Covenant Design
Covenant Design does web design (we use 99designs for most of our designs!). Our "cool thing" is that we KNOW web dev, and we also come to KNOW our clients - so we can make sites that are engaging and directly increase their brand value. So yeah, it is pretty cool.
The problem is, we've designed everybody else's website, except for our own. So now we need a logo.
Oh, and since we use 99designs, we'd love to work with you more in the future if you do good work!
- Needs to be eye-catching and memorable
- We want our name "Covenant Design" (focus on the "Covenant", not the "Design" part)
- We want some sort of logo graphic that can stand-alone for our 'trademark' - but also couples with our name.
- Maybe something to do with a drop of water
- Maybe a cool rainbow-ish thing (not psychedelic or anything though)
- Or whatever. We're open to new ideas.
- We're picking a colour scheme, so lots of different color combos would be great to see.
- Shouldn't look little kid-ish, or too technicoloured.
- No clip-art - shocker, eh?
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Sherelle Villacorta had a good credit score, but like many people she wanted a higher score.
Her strategy was to pay down her debt and keep current on her bills, but increase the amount of available credit. It worked. Within seven months, her credit score went from 697 to 758.
"I just recently graduated from college, so because of that I was relatively new to credit scores and having a lot of credit," said the 22-year-old University of California at Berkeley graduate. "If you have credit available, but you don't use a lot of it, you'll have a higher credit score. I started paying down my debt and making sure I was spending only what I could afford."
Credit scores have a huge effect on your financial life. They can determine the interest rate you will pay on a mortgage or a car loan. For that matter, they make the difference in qualifying for a loan or being approved for a credit card.
After checking her credit score on CreditKarma.com in June before renting an apartment in Emeryville, Calif., Villacorta used some credit-score tips she found on the website.
She added two retail credit cards at stores where she liked to shop to the two bank cards she had, increasing and diversifying her credit limit while keeping her balances low.
"There is a difference between having a lot of credit versus having a lot of credit and using it and being in debt," said Ken Lin, chief executive of CreditKarma.com. "People often confuse the two. They think, 'If I have five credit cards, it means I'm probably carrying a lot of debt,' but the reality is if you have five credit cards and use them very sparingly, that is actually a great credit attribute."
A FICO score is the credit score used by most lenders in making these decisions. The higher the score, the lower a consumer's future credit risk.
Payment history, the biggest factor in setting FICO scores, accounts for 35 percent of the calculation, followed by amounts owed, at 30 percent. So it's not surprising that the key recommendation to raising credit scores is paying off existing debt and keeping current on bills.
How much of a difference does a great credit score make compared with a poor one? Consider this: A consumer with a score of 760 would have a monthly payment of $750 on a $25,000 auto loan over a three-year period based on a 4.8 percent interest rate. Someone with a poor credit score of 600 would have a monthly payment of about $900 based on an interest rate of 17.7 percent, according to myFICO.com.
Having a low balance compared with your credit limit, whether it is on a single or several cards, helps raise scores. A credit balance should be no more than 25 to 35 percent of a consumer's available credit, experts advise.
It is important to check your credit report periodically to make sure it includes no errors that can lower your score, such as not getting acknowledgment for a paid bill. Consumers can check for mistakes by going to annualcreditreport.com or calling 877-322-8228 to order free copies of credit reports from the three major credit reporting bureaus.
Scores also are helped by a credit history that includes keeping current on a mix of credit card payments and installment debt such as car loans and mortgages.
"Having a mix of credit is important to show you can be a reliable (borrower)," said Shon Dellinger, vice president of myFICO.com, which has free and subscriber-based tools to help consumers manage credit.
Having three to five credit cards used responsibly can help improve a credit score, Dellinger said. Before adding a new credit card, it's a good idea to first know your credit score, he added.
Consumers who want a free estimate of their score can go to tinyurl.com/eqadk. It will not provide the exact FICO score, but it will offer an estimated range based on answers to questions such as when they last missed a payment or added a new credit card.
Adding cards may or may not help your score, depending on your situation, but dropping a card generally is not a good idea. Dropping a card, especially an older one, will shorten credit history. Longer credit histories help improve scores.
Consumers also should think twice before transferring high-interest debt from different cards up to the maximum credit limit of a single card that offers introductory zero-percent financing.
What they mean
Credit scores, which can range from 300 to 850, are based on a number of factors but primarily come down to how well you pay off your bills.
760 or higher: Excellent. Your score is well above the average score of U.S. consumers and clearly demonstrates to lenders that you are an exceptional borrower.
725 to 759: Very good. Your score is above average and demonstrates to lenders that you are a very dependable borrower.
660 to 724: Good. Your score is near the average. Most lenders consider this a good score.
560 to 659: Not good. Your score is below the average. Some lenders will approve loans with this score.
Lower than 560: Bad. Your score is well below the average and demonstrates to lenders you are a very risky borrower.
SOURCE: Scoreinfo.org


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Oh yeah, there's a blog here.
Anyway, I'll be at Manhattan Cocktail Classic this weekend, and an ancillary event or two. I'm not going out for everything possible because I have a kid and a pregnant wife and not a lot of money for childcare and ticketed events. As it is, Jen's taking off Tuesday afternoon so I can do the Expo, which means I'm skipping Monday's events and hopefully submitting a writeup of the weekend to Serious Eats.
Tonight, 6pm – 10pm, Speed Rack Finals, Element Nightclub, 225 E. Houston.
Tomorrow, 9pm – 1am, MCC Gala, NYPL.
Saturday, 11:00am – 7:30pm, Industry Invitational, Andaz Hotel, 485 5th Ave
Sunday, 11:00am – 7:30pm, Industry Invitational, Andaz Hotel, 485 5th Ave
Tuesday, 3:30 – 5:00, Indie Spirits Expo, Penn Club, 30 W. 44th St.


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SCons / SwigBuilder
The SCons wiki has moved to https://github.com/SCons/scons/wiki/SwigBuilder
Building SWIG wrappers with SCons
SWIG already works out the the box, you just add your
.i files to the list of source files and it will all turn out fine. Built-in SWIG doesn't track down dependencies though, so try this snippet from Mattias on the mailing list: Update 19 July 2007: Support for tracking SWIG dependencies has been added to the SCons code base and will be available next release (most likely
0.97.1). The configuration is controlled by a
$SWIGPATH variable that is searched for
.i files and which gets translated into
-I options on the command line (like the
$CPPPATH variable does for C preprocessing).
import SCons.Script #... then, later... SWIGScanner = SCons.Scanner.ClassicCPP( "SWIGScan", ".i", "CPPPATH", '^[ \t]*[%,#][ \t]*(?:include|import)[ \t]*(<|")([^>"]+)(>|")' ) env.Prepend(SCANNERS=[SWIGScanner])
Mattias also writes: "Regarding the _wrap.h for directors I just add it add a SideEffect and a Clean call for it. You might also considering throwing a Depends() in there. Do the same for the generated .py file." -- JohnPye


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Mariusz Stanowski
Independent Poland
Mariusz Stanowski was born in Warsaw, Poland, 1951 and graduated from the Technological University in Warsaw (1974) and Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1979). He was Assistant Professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1979 to 1984 and since then has been a painter, theoretician of art, designer, and graphic artist. He is also interested in Theory of Information.
He can be contacted at email@example.com. Website http://stanowski.artinfo.pl/


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Attention 3D and 2D CG animators: The best CG animators in the world are invited to participate in the second international FJORG! competition at SIGGRAPH 2008.
Competing teams will be called on to try to create the best character-driven animation the world has ever seen, within a limited window of 32 straight hours, while overcoming multiple staged distractions in a test of skill, talent, and creativity. Fabulous prizes will be announced at the event.
The Event
Judges will select 16 teams from a pool of team demo reels submitted from around the world. Teams must have three members and submit their team reels in accordance with the submission guidelines. The 16 qualifying teams will be selected based on criteria set forth in the official rules.
For SIGGRAPH 2008, we are introducing a new category: pot luck. If you are a solo animator without a team, but you have great character animation material, you can apply as a single entrant by submitting a demo reel (60 seconds or shorter). If you are selected, you will be grouped with two other single entrants to form a team of three.
Also new this year: if we have enough teams in the professional and student categories, we will split the judging between pros and students to create two competing categories of teams. This is dependent on the entries submitted.
Sixteen teams will be invited to participate in the main FJORG! event, to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center before an attendee crowd and a panel of judges from the animation industry that may include leading talent from top graphics, feature film, animation, and game companies.
The qualifying teams will be asked to create an animated sequence of at least 15 seconds in length to a maximum length of 45 seconds based on a theme to be provided at the main event, during the limited time allowed, using only those assets supplied at the event and their own talent and skills.
The Viking Masters of FJORG! are planning to supply the following at the event:
- Sound and voice-over selections
- Rigged model for Maya
- Hardware
- Software
- Meals
- Liquid refreshments
- White boards and markers for team manangement
- Entertainment
- Nap area
- . . . . . But no place to shower!
Teams will need to focus, as there will be multiple distractions at the event. Time-management skills will also be crucial: teams need to plan sleep and food breaks into their production cycle. Teams will be tested not only on their animating talents, but also on their ability to withstand and manage the elements conjured by the Viking Lords of FJORG!
View the animations produced at the first-ever FJORG! and a documentary about the event.
Educators and Leading Artists
FJORG! is looking for four guest speakers from the animation and education arenas to share the BEST in training and education for animators on the topics of story, movement, and timing subjects. Please send email to the the Chief Viking Priestess and the Assistant Viking Chieftain if you would like to be considered.
The Prizes
Entrants will compete to win the title of FJORG! Viking Animator! The winning team will be chosen by an elite panel of judges from the entertainment industry based on the judging criteria set forth in the official rules. The winning team will receive a medal and other prizes, and the bragging rights associated with what could be the toughest animation contest in the world. This is expected to be a high-profile event.
All members of the 16 finalist teams whose teams successfully create an animation sequence of at least 15 seconds in length, in the time allotted, will be awarded a full conference pass for the remainder of SIGGRAPH 2008 and a ticket to the Computer Animation Festival.
Additional awards and prizes will be set forth in the official rules. More prizes may be revealed at the event.
Entry Fees
The team entry fee is $US 30, to upload a demo reel and enter the qualifying portion of the contest. Each team is limited to one submission, and no one is authorized to enter more than once. If we find anyone listed on more than one team, all such teams will be disqualified. The individual entry fee is $US 10. Information on how to enter as an individual will be available here soon. (See official rules for details.)
Provided Software includes:
Autodesk Maya
Macromedia Flash
Adobe Photoshop and After Effects
Toon Boom Studio, Storyboard Pro, and Digital Pro
These applications are generously provided by our friends at the above companies, and are subject to change without notice. No other software may be brought to the competition by contestants.
Entry Details
The demo reel can be 2D and/or 3D animation but must be no longer than two minutes in length (for a team of three) or one minute in length (single applicant) and no greater than 200 MB in size in QuickTime (.mov), Windows (.avi), or MPEG (.mpg or .mp4) format. Only one entry per team or single applicant is permitted. Entrants are not permitted to enter on multiple teams. If they do, they and all teams they have entered on will be disqualified.
The team demo and single demo reel must contain original material that has been created by members of the team alone (without the help or contribution of any other individuals). The material included on the team/single demo reel cannot be copied from any other materials or sources, and cannot be owned or copyrighted by anyone other than one or more of the members of the team.
In the event of any conflict between this announcement and the official rules, the official rules will control.
Thank you!
Patricia Beckmann-Wells
Chief Viking Priestess
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Pete Braccio
Assistant Viking Chieftain
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
If your organization is interested in sponsoring the second FJORG! event, please contact the the Chief Viking Priestess and the Assistant Viking Chieftain.


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text: Kindergarden and 1st grade in many of the schools I have been in. Certainly by 5th and 6th grades. I have often been surprised by some of the posters.seeker242 wrote: At what age do schools generally start teaching kids about drugs and alcohol? I doubt they are out there telling preschoolers "don't smoke crack".


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Wildlife Directory
Coyote ( Canis latrans )
Did you know?
- Illinois pioneers called coyotes 'prairie wolves' or 'brush wolves.'
- Coyotes can run up to 43 miles per hour for short distances.
- Coyotes are good swimmers.
Description and Identification
Coyotes belong to the family Canidae (dog family) along with other dog-like mammals such as the red fox, gray fox and wolf. The coyote looks like a medium-sized dog, but its nose is more pointed and its tail is bushier than most dogs. A coyote holds its tail down between the hind legs when running. Their fur is typically gray to yellow-gray with guard hairs tipped in black. The fur often has a tinge of red behind the ears and around the face, but fur color varies among individuals. Some of the color variation in Illinois coyotes is due to hybridization with domestic dogs. Coyotes are 23 to 26 inches high and three to four and a half feet long. They typically weigh 20 to 40 pounds but sometimes weigh up to 55 pounds. Because of their long fur, coyotes are often mistaken as being much larger than they actually are. Illinois coyotes are usually larger than those from the western United States. A coyote's eyes are a striking yellow with large dark pupils, instead of brown, like most dogs. Their eyeshine is greenish gold. The nocturnal yaps and howls of coyotes may be their most distinguishing characteristic.
Coyote tracks can be difficult to distinguish from medium-sized dog tracks, but are typically more oval-shaped than dog tracks. A coyote print has two nail prints at the top of the paw in addition to having a larger heel impression. Coyote tracks will appear in a straight line whereas dogs shift directions constantly. The track of a coyote's hind foot may almost overlap the track of the front foot.
Coyotes occupy a variety of habitats in Illinois. They prefer semi-open country with a mix of grasslands and woodlands. However, they are very adaptable and it is not uncommon to find coyotes living in suburban or urban areas.
Coyotes in Illinois tend to have large home ranges compared to coyotes in the western states. In central Illinois, researchers documented an adult male with a home range of 13 square miles and a subadult male with a home range of 39 square miles. In Cook County, Illinois, solitary coyotes traveled over 20 square miles, while coyotes living in family groups traveled over 3 square miles.
Distribution and Abundance
Coyotes are common across Illinois and have increased during the past few decades. For these reasons, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources uses Hunter Harvest Surveys to monitor the status of the coyote population. Surveys conducted by the Illinois Natural History Survey during 2013-2017 estimated an average annual harvest of about 85,000 (range of 54,444-110,738) coyotes, which comprised only a fraction of the total statewide population. More information on coyote harvest can be found in Legal Status below.
Breeding peaks in late February or early March. Gestation is approximately 58 to 65 days, with pups born during late April or May. Litters of two to 19 pups have been recorded but six to seven pups per litter is average. Coyotes typically produce one litter per year. Den sites may be underground, under hollow trees, logs, or brush piles, or in abandoned buildings, but most are in vacant fox, badger, or woodchuck burrows that coyotes have taken over. Pups begin playing near the den entrance at three to four weeks of age. Pups are weaned by the time they are two months old and begin to learn how to hunt when they are two to three months old. By late summer or early fall most young coyotes will be on their own, but some stay with their parents for another year and help raise the next year's litter.
Coyotes took over the role of largest predator in Illinois after wolves and mountain lions were extirpated (removed) from the state during the 1860s. Coyotes hunt mice and voles, rabbits, deer fawns, and other prey, but they supplement their diet with insects, plants, and fruits and berries when these items are seasonally available. Besides being good hunters, coyotes are opportunistic feeders and will occasionally eat carrion, garbage, and dog and cat food. Coyotes may also kill livestock and poultry. However, there are many feral dogs in Illinois, and often the coyote is blamed for livestock depredation actually done by feral dogs. It is also commonly thought that urban coyotes frequently prey upon cats and small dogs. A recent study of coyotes in Cook County found that small rodents were the primary food source for urban coyotes. Cat remains were found in less than two percent of the coyote scats studied.
Coyotes are nocturnal (most active from dusk until dawn), but are sometimes seen during the day. They communicate with a variety of vocalizations including barks, yips, and howls.
Coyotes live in close proximity to humans throughout North America. This video produced by the Colorado Division of Wildlife explains typical coyote behavior.
With the extirpation of wolves and mountain lions from Illinois, the coyote has no remaining natural predators. Forces other than natural predation impact coyote longevity. Urban coyotes typically live less than two years, and vehicle collisions are the most common cause of mortality. Rural coyotes typically live three to four years. Malnutrition and disease are also common mortality factors. Coyotes are susceptible to sarcoptic mange, Canine distemper, and Parvo virus. The oldest coyote found in a study conducted in central Illinois during 1996 and 1997 was 13 years old.
Damage Prevention and Control Measures
Despite common misconceptions about coyotes, they are not likely to cause problems. However, individuals do sometimes kill or injure domestic pets, young livestock, or poultry. These incidents can typically be prevented by removing resources that attract coyotes and by using exclusion techniques. Make sure livestock and poultry have access to secure shelter and properly fenced areas.
Some coyotes become accustomed to human activity and may approach close to buildings, people, or pets. Cats and small dogs should be observed closely and placed in fenced areas (yards, kennels) when coyotes are known to be present.
Video Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Recommendations for Living with Coyotes
Recommendations for Dealing with Coyotes Fact Sheet
- Alert residents of the neighborhood and the local municipality (e.g., police, public safety officer) as soon as a problem develops with a coyote.
- Target the responsible coyote(s) when a pattern of "undesirable" behavior develops. Usually it will be easier to change human and domestic animal use of an area than to capture a coyote.
- Do not feed coyotes.
- Property owners should limit the availability of unintentional food sources such as bird food, pet food, ripe fruit, and trash.
- Comply with local ordinances that require oversight/restraint of pets. Do not leave small pets unattended when they are outside. Consider the use of fencing or kennel runs to protect small pets.
- Recognize that coyotes are a permanent fixture in Illinois' rural, suburban and urban areas. Seeing a coyote(s) cross a field, backyard, golf course, road, etc. does not necessarily constitute a problem or a dangerous situation for humans or domestic animals.
- Recognize that coyote population reduction (removing some or all of the coyotes in an area) is usually unrealistic and always temporary. Removal of coyotes also requires time, effort and funding.
- If removal of a coyote is deemed necessary, hire a person with coyote removal experience who is licensed by the IDNR. Coyote removals approved by the IDNR usually involve the use of cage (live) traps or padded foot-hold traps.
- Safety procedures for dealing with coyotes are different than those for dealing with a strange dog. If a coyote approaches you, do not run. Yell, stand up straight and wave your arms (the goal is to make yourself appear larger), or throw something at the coyote to scare it away.
Habitat Modification
- Keep garbage stored securely. Coyotes may eat garbage, but they are more attracted to the rodents that feed on garbage.
- Keep bird feeding areas clean of debris. Even well-maintained feeders can attract rodents. In turn, this may attract coyotes.
- Use squirrel-proof bird feeders. In an urban environment coyotes naturally feed on mice, voles, rabbits, and woodchucks. When natural prey populations decline, it has been shown that squirrels that visit bird-feeders become easy prey for coyotes.
- Feed pets indoors. If pets are fed outside clean up any leftover food daily.
- Do not leave small pets like rabbits, cats, or small dogs outside unattended, especially at night.
Excluding coyotes from your property is an effective way to prevent possible conflicts. Fencing your property can help keep coyotes out if the fence is properly installed. A fence that is at least four feet tall will keep most coyotes out. Chain link or sturdy welded wire fence may be used. Coyotes can jump several feet and are also very good climbers and diggers. Reinforcing the fence with an electric wire or a roll bar, or installing a taller fence, may be needed to deter an overly ambitious coyote. Since these methods can become expensive, using a dog run with a roof can help protect small dogs and may be less costly to install.
Preventative measures do not always work. If a coyote is killing domestic animals, or is aggressive towards people, it may need to be removed. When dealing with coyotes it is safer to use the services of a nuisance wildlife control operator who has experience trapping coyotes than to trap the animal yourself. These professionals will trap and remove the animal from your property for a fee.
Public Health Concerns
Coyotes in Illinois are not considered to be a public health concern. While coyote attacks on humans are increasing in some suburban areas in the Western United States, there have been no reported coyote attacks on humans in Illinois in the last 30 years. Coyotes can be carriers of canine distemper, parvo virus, rabies, and mange (Sarcoptes scabiei). These are diseases to which domestic dogs, cats, and livestock may be suspceptible. However, only mange and rabies have public health implications.
Sarcoptic mange is caused by mites that burrow into the skin. The burrowing of the mites causes severe itching. Sarcoptic mange is contagious to humans and domestic pets (cats and dogs).
Coyotes can be carriers of rabies. This disease is transmittable to humans, pets, and domestic livestock and is fatal if not treated early. If you see a coyote that demonstrates neurological symptoms such as tremors, lack of coordination, paralysis, or convulsions, you should contact your local Illinois Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist.
Ecological Role
Coyotes are valuable members of the wildlife community. They help keep populations of small mammals and rabbits under control. As Illinois' largest remaining predator they are an integral part of healthy ecosystem functioning.
There are many misconceptions about coyotes and their role in urban landscapes. In 2000, a collaborative research project began between the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, the Brookfield Zoo, and the Zoological Pathology Program from the University of Illinois. This project resulted in a six-year study of coyotes living in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. The researchers captured 253 coyotes and placed radio-collars on 175 so that they could track their movements. Their findings indicate that coyotes are an asset in the urban environment. If you are interested in learning more, read the report Urban Coyote Ecology and Management.
Legal Status
In Illinois, coyotes are protected as a furbearer. Coyotes in urban areas that become problems may be removed if a nuisance wildlife permit is issued by an Illinois Department of Natural Resources District Wildlife Biologist.
In rural areas, a hunting or trapping license is needed to harvest a coyote. In rural areas, there is no limit to the number of coyotes an individual with a hunting or trapping license may take. Coyotes may be hunted year-round except during firearm deer season, when only licensed deer hunters may take coyotes. They may be trapped from November through February 15. Illinois Department of Natural Resources biologists monitor the number of coyotes in Illinois to ensure that hunting and trapping do not negatively impact the population. For full hunting and trapping regulations, visit the IDNR's Hunting Regulations, Licenses, Permits and Applications site.


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Course Information
National Price: $355.00
Developing Understanding with Dynamic Media and Digital Storytelling
- Course Description:
Digital storytelling and dynamic media have the power and the potential to engage learners in remarkable new ways. In this course, you will explore the basics of these 21st century teaching and learning approaches and how they connect to an updated version of Bloom's Taxonomy. Learn about useful Web tools like 'mashups' for creating and sharing stories. Study the steps involved in digital storytelling and the powerful corresponding evaluation rubrics.
Note: This is a facilitated course. Learners submit coursework and participate in asynchronous discussions throughout the course term, and receive graded feedback.
Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available).
For assignments and evaluation details, see the full Syllabus.
The number of hours identified for each course reflects time spent online, but does not reflect the total time spent completing offline coursework and assignments. All learners are different and you will likely spend double the indicated number of hours completing all coursework depending on your learning style and work habits.
- Subject Area:
- Instructional Technology
- Grade Level:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30.0


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Preview Of Beauty And The Senior!
When Anne does the garden, she sure makes a thorough job of it. She even cleans all the woodwork, much to the surprise of Robert who only goes there to relax. But Anne knows a lot of other ways to enjoy yourself... and each other!
Young Babes In Need Of An Experienced Cock!
Horny Old Men Doing Anything To Get Into The Girls Their Pants!
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BizzyBlog (cross-posted to NewsBusters) is blogging about attempts by feminazi brown shirts sorry, women's groups to prevent a Focus on the Family ad that will feature Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother from airing during the Super Bowl. The controversy? The ad will apparently focus on the decision that Pam Tebow made in 1987 not to abort her fifth child against the recommendation of doctors in the Philippines after she became ill while there on a mission trip. Obviously pro-choice feminists view this ad as a threat. It might make women contemplating abortion think twice when they think about Tim Tebow, who went on to win the 2007 Heisman Trophy. He couldn't have done that if he had never been born, and maybe women contemplating abortion will wonder what future their own children will miss out on.
This is, of course, an unacceptable message for pro-choice feminists. God forbid women make a thoughtful and well-informed decision about abortion. Better to scare the hell out of them and urge them ever forward toward the nearest Planned Parenthood clinic.
BizzyBlog notes that while the Associated Press described Focus on the Family as "conservative," it made use of no such ideological descriptor for the so-called "women's groups." But — surprise! — they're all part of the liberal/progressive/socialist machine. Take Jehmu Greene, for example, the president of the Women's Media Center. She's quoted by the AP: "An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the biggest national sports event of the year — an event designed to bring Americans together."
When I read the AP article, I thought to myself: Jehmu Greene? Jehmu Greene. Oh, Jehmu Greene? That Jehmu Greene? It was sort of like a mental Christmas in January, when my brain happily connected the dots that brings these women's groups together with the Democrat establishment and supposedly non-partisan youth get out the vote organizations and reveals a giant left wing conspiracy. Turns out this particular left wing conspiracy has some rather radical views about our children and how they should view their sexuality. And the fact that these radicals are stupid enough to target one of the most popular college football quarterbacks in America and his mother? Well, that's just a bonus!
Much more about Jehmu Greene, her radical ties, her connection to the Democrat establishment, and — another bonus — a reminder about the Connecticut Senate Republican primary all beneath the fold…


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A brainy college kid and his beautiful girlfriend battle evil alien robots in order to save humankind.
On the surface, the plot of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" sounds like the perfect match for the sci-fi-crazy, gadget-obsessed, Megan Fox-loving technophiles. And yet, the film, which is scheduled to open this Wednesday, has so far failed to attract the level of geek buzz garnered by May releases like "Star Trek" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" -- even in the geek heartland.
"There's just not a lot of genuine excitement for the movie around here," said Brian Hibbs, owner of comic book store Comix Experience in San Francisco. "The first one wasn't that good, so it doesn't surprise me that people aren't really saying much about this next one."
Evan de la Torre, a San Francisco-based travel advisor who saw the "Lord of the Rings" movies a total of 20 times, said he is in no rush to see the film.
"It's so easy these days to lose track of a good story and replace it with pretty faces and big names," said de la Torre. "They screwed up the last 'Transformers,' so I doubt they'll make good with this one."
While die-hard fans may not have embraced the first installment of the series, the movie was a box-office success, grossing over $700 million worldwide.
The second installment could follow a similar path. Even if the film isn't a hit among the demographic for which the original "Transformers" franchise was intended, it could still be a commercial success thanks to interest from a younger crowd.
Century 16 Cinemas in Mountain View has already sold about 20 advance tickets for the film. Arantxa Astudill, a customer service representative for the theater, said that many of the people buying the tickets have been young families.
Rob Gill, an employee at Century 12 in San Mateo, said that around 40 people had bought advance tickets for the midnight screening of the movie, nearly eight times what had been purchased in the lead-up to either "Star Trek" or "X-Men."
"People have been asking about it a lot," said Gill.
As of this morning, MovieTickets.com reported 350 sold-out showings of "Transformers" across the country. Regional data on ticket sales is not yet available.
Do you think "Transformers" will be a hit where you live? Leave your prediction in the comments below.