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February 1, 2009
Jan Swoope - [email protected]
Folks in the prairie of western Lowndes County who have known him the longest called him Little Joe, in deference to his great-uncle, Joe Prowell. But somewhere along the way, young Joe Shelton grew into a brawny, hard-driving, harmonica-wielding bluesman, and the "Big Joe" mantle settled easily on his broad shoulders.
For nearly four decades, Big Joe Shelton has been singing, writing and belting out his convictions. He''s long made his home in the clay-shot prairie, in his late great-uncle''s rustic home. In its isolated peace, he wrote or co-wrote every track on his "Black Prairie Blues" CD which was recently judged by International Blues Challenge panels as one of six finalists in the Best Self-Produced CD category for the 2009 IBC competition Feb. 4-7 in Memphis, Tenn.
"Big Joe''s new CD honors some of the biggest names in blues history from Northeast Mississippi -- Bukka White, Big Joe Williams and countless others," said Richard Ramsey, program director of the Howlin'' Wolf Blues Society of West Point, Shelton''s sponsor in the 25th annual competition.
The Black Prairie region of the CD''s title is the 30-mile wide alluvial flood plain of the Tombigbee River, a fertile source for America''s original roots music.
The IBC, said to be the world''s largest gathering of blues acts, represents an international search by The Blues Foundation and its affiliated organizations for the best artists ready to take their music to the international stage. Through days of relentless competition,164 acts from 36 states and nine countries will vie for titles to be announced at the Orpheum Theatre Feb. 7.
Street sounds
In a few days, Big Joe will join the mass of blues fans from around the world converging on Memphis'' Beale Street, where most of the live competition takes place.
"Going up there already being a finalist in one of the categories is cool," remarked the local artist who remembers, as a little boy, being captured by the sounds he heard on the streets of Columbus. He had plenty of opportunities; his parents operated the Cream Bowl eatery and later the Ritz Cafe downtown.
"There was a fella named Blind Ben Covington. He used to be on some of the circuits and would sit on the corner up there at College Street and Fifth by the old five-and-dime and play (the harmonica). I remember thinking about what a haunting kind of sound it was. And there used to be some guys on Catfish Alley when I was a kid. One was named Kool-Aid. He and a cat called Pool Hall Red used to hang around near Jones'' Cafe and play."
The old masters
Shelton would be in his teens before picking up the mouth harp himself.
"I''d always been intrigued by the sound. ... I''d realized by then who Big Joe Williams was and his importance to the blues," he recounted, referring to the Crawford native and former Bluebird Records artist. "And I''d gotten interested in the roots of popular music. It was like having a calling; it was really out of my hands."
The late Williams, born in 1903, would be a big influence on Shelton.
"In the early ''70s, we''d hang out. We''d get out on old 82 out there, and hit those joints starting at the Alabama state line and working our way west, stopping at every little place. I''d be kinda like his chauffeur and he''d play, and I''d get to play some, too. I realized at an early age that I was in the presence of the real thing."
Chicago called Shelton in the mid-''70s. He absorbed the urban blues scene firsthand, soaking up Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Clay County native Howlin'' Wolf and many others before returning to the tall pines and clay soil he knew so well.
In his career, he''s been honored to play with the likes of Son Thomas, Furry Lewis, Willie King, Blind Mississippi Morris, R.L. Burnside, Johnny Rawls and a host of other purveyors of authentic blues music. He''s also spread the Mississippi message abroad, performing in England, France, Belgium, Bulgaria and the Netherlands.
His experiences have honed an impassioned, gritty delivery and taught him "the blues is a universal condition."
"When I was in the 2005 IBC," he said, "blues acts came from such faraway places as Israel, Australia, Ireland, England, Poland and France. And although some spoke no English, they were all moved by the music born right here in the South. I sensed they felt they were making a sort of religious pilgrimage to the land where the blues began."
IBC honor
The six Best Self-Produced category finalists were whittled from a field of more than 50 entries. Aside from Shelton, the remaining five sponsors and finalists are Blues Lovers United of San Diego, with Nathan James'' and Ben Hernandez''s "Hollerin''"; Columbus (Ohio) Blues Alliance, with Teeny Tucker''s "Two Big M''s"; the Connecticut Blues Society, with D. Smith Blues Band''s "Life Is Good"; the Diamond State Blues Society (Delaware), with The Roger Girke Band''s "Shake It"; and the Orange Blossom Blues Society (Florida), with Joey Gilmore''s "Bluesman."
"Black Prairie Blues" was recorded at Wood Shed Studio and Music Alley Studio, both in Columbus, and co-produced by Shelton and Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans, who lives in Columbus. In addition to Evans, the ring of high-caliber homegrown talent surrounding Shelton on the record includes Hoyt Allen, Jimmy Caine, Edwin Daniel, Drew Dieckmann, Lee Graham, Willie King, Bryan Owings, Bobby Shannon and John Simpson.
Shelton competed in the solo-duo division of the 2005 IBC, finishing second in his venue. The winner was Jimmy Hocking, an Australian musician recently named Blues Artist of the Year in that country.
Back at it
The muse doesn''t rest for long. Big Joe, who is also an accomplished stained glass artist, has begun writing and recording songs for the next album, one he hopes to complete before the year is out. He''ll get back to work on it as soon as he returns from his own pilgrimage to Memphis this week.
"(At the IBC) there''s a strong feeling of camaraderie among the artists and the fans that really makes the musicians feel appreciated," he shared. "The energy, excitement and expectations serve as strong motivators for ''keeping the faith.''"
Editor''s note: To learn more about the 2009 International Blues Challenge, visit http://www.blues.org. To learn more about Big Joe Shelton and "Black Prairie Blues," visit www.bigjoeshelton.com.
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.


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We are a 501(c)(3) corporation that works to make people aware of poor people around the world. Get Bridged exists because there are thousands of impoverished communities and even more struggling artisans around the world. There are many people who would gladly offer their time, experience and finances in order to make a difference, but oftentimes there is no bridge to link them. Get Bridged connects the help to the need, creating a spider web of international bridges.
Get Bridged purchases products from struggling artisans around the world through our Get Bridged Partners. Artisans products are then offered for sale on our website. Each month we will feature a highlighted cause on our website. We enable giving to be multiplied by having different businesses sponsor our highlighted causes, and for every product that we sell they will give their pledged amount to that cause. We will endeavor to have multiple businesses sponsoring the same cause, hence having the giving be multiplied even greater. When someone purchases a product from our web site, as much of the profit as possible goes back to purchasing more artisans products.
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Guidelines for non-discriminatory vignette systems for cars – key questions and answers
The European Commission adopted a Communication on road infrastructure charges levied on light passenger vehicles. The Communication provides general guidance for a vignette system to be non-discriminatory and proportionate. Vignette systems are part of the broader strategy on road charging outlined in the 2011 White Paper on transport.
What are the White Paper strategy goals?
The general objective of the European Union's Transport Policy presented in the White Paper on Transport is "to help establish a system that underpins European economic progress, enhances competitiveness and offers high-quality mobility services while using resources more efficiently". A modern road pricing system contributes to the achievement of the White Paper goals by:
What are the current rules on road charges for light vehicles?
While there is EU legislation concerning road charges for heavy goods vehicles EU Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic, the only EU rules concerning the charging of light passenger vehicles - i.e. passenger cars, motorcycles and other motor vehicles below 3.5 tonnes used predominantly for private purpose - are stemming directly from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which forbids any direct or indirect discrimination of EU citizens on grounds of nationality.
Vignettes, as a time-based form of charges levied on road users (e.g. per day, per week, per year), are currently applied to passenger vehicles in seven EU Member States: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania. Other Member States (e.g. Belgium) are planning to implement such systems.
Why a Communication on charges for light vehicles?
In order to assist those Member States wishing to introduce a new vignette system for light passenger vehicles, based on the previously gained experiences and paying special attention to potential discrimination of occasional users, mainly coming from other Member States, the Communication outlines key criteria to see whether a vignette system complies with the general principles of non-discrimination and proportionality of the Treaty.
What is the Commission proposing?
On the basis of the received complaints and analytical studies, the Commission proposes the present guidance on the following points:
This guidance is not based on any ECJ case-law and constitutes the Commission's reflections on existing queries related to the application of the vignette systems.
What are the benefits?
The Communication, as a part of the broader strategy on road charging outlined in the White Paper, aims to clarify the Commission's understanding of how the general principles of non-discrimination and proportionality of the Treaty are to be applied to a vignette system for light private vehicles. It also provides guidance on the application of such vignette system.
As public spending on transport infrastructure keeps on falling, new sources of finance must be found. Road charging is an efficient and fair solution for this issue as it ensures financing for future transport investments.
The Communication does not create new legislative rules. The binding interpretation of EU law is ultimately the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
What are the next steps?
Member States are encouraged to closely co-operate with the Commission in order to converge their national vignette systems as much as possible.
Interested parties are invited to send their comments on the guidance contained in the Communication to the address: email@example.com
More information:
Link to Communication: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road/road_charging/charging_private_vehicles_en.htm
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Vol. XXVII—No. 9
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, February 23, 1951
Bethe Host To "Prospect ives" Mar. 15 -16
Senior Class To Bring
Augsburg Choir To Campus
Projector Available
In keeping with the program of
enlarging the activities of the
Christian Service Department on
campus, Wally Peterson, an officer
in that department, has announced
that an SVE tri-purpose projector
for use with either kodachrome
slides or film strips, has been
The Christian Service Depart-ment
is now in the process of
setting up a visual aid library of
religious slides and film strips.
Students can reserve these facili-ties
for their use by arrangement
with Mrs. Osterberg, secretary in
the department, in the Christian
Service Office. A slight charge will
be made.
By April of this year a new
revised school bulletin is expected
to be off the press, as announced
by the faculty committee that is
now editing it. One of its biggest
new features will be a section des-cribing
the functions of each camp-us
activity and organization. It will
elaborate on campus life.
A descriptive background of the
administration and faculty mem-bers
will be listed. The bulletin is
designed to facilitate counselling
by a more complete description of
the courses offered as well as in-formation
concerning what courses
will be necessary for certain de-grees.
It is anticipated that the new
bulletin will give the future Beth-elite
a comprehensive picture of
campus life, an adequate descrip-tion
of the courses offered, and
complete information concerning
f e e s, registration requirements,
rules, etc.
64.1.9A /Vein
Orders for the new large-type
edition of the twenty-three
volume Pulpit Commentary,
published by Eerclonans, can
now be made at the Bethel
Bookstore. A price of $67.50
has been set for the entire set
up until March 1, 1951, when
the price will rise to $74.50. The
plan for payment can be arrang-ed
at a $12.50 down payment
and $5.00 per month for 11
New Books Widen
Library Horizons
The library is constantly adding
new interesting volumes to the
library collection.
One series which students inter-ested
in timely controversial ques-tions
would find helpful in the
"Reference Shelf" published by
the H. W. Wilson Company. Re-cently
the library has added four
volumes of this series. They are
entitled, "British Socialism," "T.
V. A.," "Defense of Western
Europe," and "Welfare State."
In the reference collection is
a new volume entitled "Famous
First Facts" by Joseph Nathan
Kane. This volume contains a re-cord
of first happenings, discover-ies,
and inventions in the United
For those interested in music
the biographies of musicians will
prove valuable reading. Among
those recently added are works
on Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Car-uso,
Chopin, Debussy, Foster,
Handel, Kreisler, Mozart, Mendels-sohn,
Paderewski, Schubert, Tscha-ikowsky
and Wagner.
In recent months there has also
been a number of Luther biograph-ies
published. Two new ones on
our shelves are Roland H. Bainton's
"Here I stand" and "This is Luth-er"
by Ewald M. Plass.
These are just a meager samp-ling
of books added. Students are
invited to browse through the lib-rary
and look over the books add-ed
this quarter.
Debaters Meet
At St. Thomas
Bethel's debate team will com-plete
a busy winter quarter by
participating in the annual debate
meet held at St. Thomas College
in Minneapolis on March 1 through
3. The tournament will consist of
eight rounds of debate, plus the
semi-final and final rounds. For
variety, the last round will be held
in Oregon or cross-examination
The tournament, which includes
most of the college teams east
of the Rockies, is noted for its
size both in number of schools
participating and in length. Such
schools as West Point, Notre Dame,
Northwestern University, and
many of the larger state institu-tions
will be present. Since the
usual length for a debate tourna-ment
on the college level is four
rounds, a tournament which con-sists
of eight rounds is considered
the test for both novice and ex-perienced
Bethel will be represented in
the tournament by the team of
Wendell Anderson and Jack Jen-sen.
For a proper start for the spring
quarter, Prof. Harold Berntsen has
decided to test his debaters in the
speech affair held at Madison.,
Wisconsin on March 8-10. This
tournament will consist not only
of debate, but of oratory, extemp-oraneous
and after-dinner speak-ing,
and discussion as well. It will
be the first speech fest of another
busy quarter for Bethel's argu-fiers.
Missions Fellowship
Plans Spring Rally
The main campus of the Univer-sity
of Minnesota will be the set-ting
for the spring rally of the
Minnesota Student Foreign Mis-sions
Fellowship to be held March
31, 32, and April 1. Dr. Bob
Smith of Dubuque University will
be the main speaker. Bethelites
helping to plan the program are
Eric Warnstrom and Milton Paul-son.
"Oh, For a Thousand Tongues,"
a film of missionary work along
the Amazon River in South Ameri-ca,
will be shown at the next mis-sionary
Band Youth Fellowship.
Produced by the Wycliffe Bible
Translators, this film, in sound
and color, will be at Bethel on
March 21.
Missionary Offerings are five
hundred dollars short of the two
thirds mark, with today the last
chance to alleviate the deficiency.
With twelve weeks left in this
school year, the weekly goal is
$185. The last offering was $75
of this mark. The total balance re-maining
is $2,10023.
The plans for the two day affair
are designed to acquaint "pros-pective
students" with the major
aspects of our campus life. In
former years the "prospective"
have been high school students
and graduates planning to attend
college. This year students in col-lege
who are planning on semin-ary
work are invited to spend
these days visiting our seminary.
Included in the program this year
will be a visual aid film, a basket-ball
game (tentative), a chapel
hour in both the college and sem-inary
chapels, an afternoon social
program, and a duo-piano recital.
An informal reception in the din-ing
hall will follow the recital.
As usual, "prospects" will attend
classes of their choice, eat in the
dining hall, and sleep in the
PDG Officers View
Future Schedule
The PDG officers recently held
a meeting at which plans for the
coming quarter were completed.
According to Roger Hedberg, pres-ident
of the group, the following
meetings have been planned to
next quarter: Thursday, March 15,
Professor Rueben Omark of the
seminary will present a discussion
of various viewpoints of the con-cept
of the kingdom of God.
On Tuesday, March 27, Harvey
Swanberg and Paul Thompson will
present a topic on Russian history;
for Tuesday, April 10, Professor
Paul Kaufman of the Northwestern
Schools will speak on the insiration
of the Scriptures; on Tuesday,
April 24th, it is anticipated to have
Dr. Feigl of the University of Min-nesota
address the groups; and for
the final meeting, which will be a
banquet, on the night of April
30th, Dean C. E. Carlson of the
college will discuss with the group
various points of views concerning
the purpose for the existence of
the General Baptist Conference.
Last Tuesday night in the sem-inary
lounge, Dr. Bernard Ramm,
seminary professor, addressed the
group on the topic What Is The
Nature of Man?
Duo-piano Recital
Set For March 16
On Friday night, March 16th, a
duo-piano reciet1 will be presented
by Mr. Howard Smith, assistant
professor of organ and sacred
music in the colleges and Miss
Mildred Bisgrove, assistant profes-sor
of piano and music history in
the college. Special guests will be
prospective students who will be
on campus for the prospective stu-dent's
week activities.
Sem and College Unite
In Introductory Program
The plans for Prospective Students' day are gradually taking form.
Two hundred names of students who should receive invitations have
been submitted by the pastors of churches. These invitations were
sent out Tuesday, February 20. The replies, due March 1, will indicate
how many of these prospects will visit the campus.
The Senior Class of Bethel College will present the Augsburg
College Choir, directed by Leland B. Sateren, in a pre-Easter Sacred
Concert in the Bethel College chapel on Friday evening, March 9th, at
8:30 P. M. The arrangements for this program are being made by
Robert Frykenberg, Don Patet, and Muriel Thompsen, through the
Augsburg Public Relations Office, and Kenneth S. Sorenson, manager
of the Augsburg choir.
The personnel of the choir is
made up of young men and women
from the Music and Liberal Arts
Departments of Augsburg College
in Minneapolis. The median thru
which they bring their message
is the music of the church. That
message is Christ. Their program
throughout, present a theme of
praise and adoration to Christ.
Included on the program are two
choral works by their director,
Prof. Sateren; 'Thy Lamb" and
"The Word Believing".
The choir has just returned from
their Lenten Tour. They have
travelled through Wisconsin, Illin-ois,
Iowa, and Minnesota, giving
concerts in La Crosse, Milwaukee,
Chicago, Moline, Albert Lea, and
several towns and suburbs in and
around these cities. The choir will
wear their new blue velvet robes
when they make their appearance.
Tickets will be placed on sale
this week at the Banking Window,
in the dining hall, and with sev-eral
of the graduating seniors. Ad-mission
price is One Dollar ($1.00),
including tax. The net profit from
the concert shall go into the fund
for the Senior Class Gift.
New Bulletin
To Carry Section
On Campus Life
Music Bulletin
Goes To Press
A music bulletin is now being
printed that will cover information
concerning the functions of the
Music Department on campus. In
it will be included information
about the music professors and
about the courses offered in music,
and pictures of the professors. It
is designed to make the functions
of the department known to pres-ent
students as well as to future
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Friday, February 23, 1951
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Editor-In-Chief Roger Hedberg
Assistant Editor .Margaret Sheffler
Feature Editor Marjorie Ford
Sports Editor Cliff Smith
Business Manager Bernard Hogan
Circulation Manager . Lois Safstrom
Subscriptions Willard Hedberg
Photographers Keith Davis
Ralph Carlson
Typist Naomi Nesterud
Advisor Dave Guston
Feature Writers Dave Carlson, Keith LaGesse,
Marlene Burtt, Ann Radunz, Jean Hosk-ings.
Reporters ... Shirley Lewis, Donna Sigvertsen,
Margaret Ford, Helen Rose Petersen, Jim
Hubbard, Lucy Caskey, Charlotte Hoff-man.
Typist Naomi Nesterud
Issued bi-weekly during the school
year except vacations.
Subscription price $1.25 per year
I have a problem, a big problem. Ever
since I started taking violin lessons here
last September, I have had an extremely
difficult time finding a practice room.
Other students, as well, have this problem.
Two days a week I am to practice in the
lecture room in the seminary, but of late
the room has been locked. The other two
days I have the speech room but this is often
occupied by other individuals, perhaps a
quartet doing some daily barbershopping.
Because I am essentially a kind-hearted
soul, I don't ask them to move but just go
searching for another room.
It is equally difficult to practice here
in the dorm, for the practice hours are
from 5 to 7 P. M. only—a time when the
dorm is extremely noisy and busy. My room
is directly over the lounge. I'm sure the
fellows and girls who congregate there
would not appreciate my "Hrimaly Scale
Several times the situation has become
so drastic that I have practiced in the
seminary boiler room with the friendly
company of a very noisy oil burner. On
other occasions I have practiced in the
seminary laundry room amongst some very
gaudy socks.
As you can see, I really have a problem,
one which will probably not be solved for
quite some time. Musically yours,
Carolyn Clark
That the music faculty and administra-tion
is aware of the problem was confirmed
by Prof. Smith, speaking for the instructors.
Practice rooms are scarce because the
rooms must serve classes in the mornings
and can be used for practice only after-noons
and evenings; then, because some
students may fail to observe their schedul-ed
practice times, difficulties are bound to
The situation will not be remedied until
the new buildings, with six to eight sound-proof
practice rooms, are made available.
Conflicts will be kept to a minimum if
students observe closely their practice
schedule and do not use rooms they are not
assigned, Mr. Smith concluded.
Spiritual Sacrifices
by Hannah Plaut
"Offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ," challenges the
apostle, Peter. Let us first' define this
word "spiritual". It means something pure,
devout, unworldly. So our Christian life
should be and so also our sacrifices.
We must first lay our lives, that is body,
soul, and spirit, on the altar of sacrifice.
Only as we become empty vessels in the
Master's hand will we be able to offer
other spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.
Samuel said, "to obey is better than
sacrifice." Frequently the very act of obed-ience
means the sacrifice of something. If
we are to obey God's will we must make
the sacrifice of our own will to His.
Giving, too, can be real spiritual sacrifice.
Recall the widow's mite. "For 'they all
contributed out of their abundance; but
she out of her poverty has put in every-thing
she had ...." Is it too much to be
asked to go the second mile?—to devote
one extra hour to God's work?
The Greatest Sacrifice of all, "Christ our
passover ... sacrificed for us" has set the
pace. Through Him we may continually
offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, the
fruit of lips that acknowledge His name.
Doing good and sharing what we have then
become sacrifices pleasing to God.
Being the confessions of the chief prop-rietor
of Bethel's new high-class eatee, com-monly
known as the SNACK SHACK, (we
cater especially to the bourgeoisie and
higher elements of Bethel society.) The
peasant classes, though, are also taken into
consideration and may eat in the basement
from 10-11:00 P. M. every night except
Monday and Friday. The elite are served
Sunday 5:40-7:00.)
Our specialties:
hame sandwich a la mustare
coke a la mousee
As is obvious by the insanely low prices
at the Snack Shack, the enterprise was un-dertaken
for a purely philanthropic pur-pose.
One day last fall Paul, my roommate,
says to me, "Cliff, let's do the boys a favor".
And he proceeded to tell me how we could
buy food, make sandwiches, and give them
by Girt Anderson
to the boys who are up late hitting the
rooks, I mean books, practically free.
This was the start of the business which
has now developed into one of the most
extensive on Bethel's campus. We attribute
cur success to the fact that we have always
kept our original purpose in mind; time
and time again, on remembering it, we have
succeeded in overcoming the temptation
of raising prices to the point where we
could make expenses.
In closing, and in the interests of good
business, I would like to clear up a rumor
which has been recently circulating, King
Paul did not retire from the business be-cause
he had made enough money to pay
the rest of his way through school. He got
his millions when a rich uncle died, and be-sides
it was taking too much time.
Cern5 of Tbougbt
President Wingblade
I remember hearing Dr. Charles M. Shel
don, author of In His Steps, speaking at a
W.M.C.A. Convention and saying that he
challenged anyone to name one great move-ment
that has been of any great blessing
to humanity, that did not start with a
prayer meeting. Then Dr. Sheldon illust-rated
by naming one great movement after
the other.
From the deep spiritual fountains flow
blessings that express themselves in the
political, social and economic movements
which vitally affect society.
We have heard more than once that
the Wesley Revival saved England from
a French reign of terror. Great revolu-tions
and reformations came also to Eng-land,
but they came more slowly and grad-ually
because they were illuminated and
buoyed up by spiritual power.
It was only after William Wilberforce
had been led to Christ by men like Will-iam
Cowper, that he (even against his own
father's opposition) became the means of
striking the shackles from the slaves of
the British Empire.
John Howard, also a product of the re-vival,
became a leader in prison reform.
Then it was said of Shaftsbury that just
as truly as Lincoln was the emancipater
of the negroes of America, so he became
the emancipator of industrial England—
but only after he himself had been eman-cipated
by Christ. And so we could go
from one movement to another and demon-strate
that a spiritual renaissance must pre-cede
any other in order that it shall be
real and practical.
In America, it was people like Henry
Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips, and Harr-iet
Ward Beecher—people who knew Christ
vitally as personal Saviour—who stirred the
heart and conscience of the nation, and
prepared for that liberty which was ex-pressed
in the Emancipation Proclamation.
We are told of how Wendell Phillips,
when a young man, came home after hear-ing
a heart-searching message by Lyman
Beecher (father of Henry Ward Beecher)
and went to his room and fell on his
knees and made his prayer of surrender;
"God, I belong to Thee.
Take what is Thine own.
I ask only that Thou keep me from sin
And give me power to do the right."
That was the Wendell Phillips whose
voice later was to ring in Faneuil Hall, and
around the world—for liberty, equality and
Has America slipped since then? If she
has, it is because she has slipped at the
center and at the heart core.
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The power of God is the spirit of love
harnessed to a sound mind.
S. Lindberg
__What happens in us is more important
than what happens to us.
C. Roddy
The fundamental in all leadership is
courage. C. Roddy
__The one thing that counts is to be in the
center of God's will. C. Roddy
In heaven the will of God is done uni-versally.
C. Roddy
_It is better to be than to do. C. Roddy
G is for Gift, which is the principle.
R is for Redemption, which is the purpose.
A is for Access, which is the privilege.
C is for Character, which is the product.
E is for Eternity, which is the prospect.
This is GRACE. C. Roddy
Only that which comes from the heart
will go to the heart. L Perry
The nerve which goes to the pocket-book
is the most sensitive. E. V. Pierce
"I believe that He came from heaven to
be like me, so that I can be like Him."
C. Akenson
No Jitters Here . • •
by Dean C. E. Carlson
The members of the school's administration have been happy to note the absence
of war jitters on Bethel's campus. Reports have indicated that in a number of schools,
the male population has experienced frustration and general demoralization. In con-trast,
most of our people are responding to the Christian challenge of the world
situation with an amazing peace of mind.
Several points should be kept clearly in focus by the students as they face the
draft situation:
1) Regular students who are not in reserve units are entitled to have their
induction postponed until the end of the current school year.
2) Students may choose their favored branch of service by enlisting in that branch
at a date prior to thirty days before the close of the academic year.
3) Students whose academic record places them in the upper half of their classes
should inquire regarding the possibility of being classified 2A for deferment until
their training is completed.
4) Students who are in preparation for Christian service such as the ministry or
missions should investigate the possibility of deferment for training to their objective.
Those eligible under points (3) and (4) above should make application either before
their Board has taken action regarding their classification or immediately upon
notification of 1A classification.
Most local boards seem to be recognizing the need of training leaders for the
future, and they recognize that this must include spiritual leaders.
Fortunately, the Christian can live in terms of eternal values and need not be
too disturbed by the shifting circumstances of life. The Lord is able. He makes no
mistakes. Yielded in His hands we will accomplish His purposes.
Carry on Fellows. The Lord is still God.
Eighty Years of Pioneering
by A. J. Wingblade
Speaking of large enrollments in our schools today, there was a time in the
history of our school when the institution carried on a whole semester with only one
pupil. The second semester another young man arrived and so the enrollment doubled.
That was the first year of Bethel's history in 1871-1872. What would almost anyone
of us have done under these discouraging circumstances? But the founder, John
Edgren, did not quit. He had faith and determination to carry on.
Not only was the student body small, but the support was extremely scanty.
People were poor, and the preachers meagerly educated. Only a few saw the need
of a trained ministry. Thus a heavy burden fell on the founder.
Because of the lack of a suitable home, the school was moved from place to
place, finally, after some years, it settled down at Morgan Park, Ill., and was there.
largely supported by our American brethren. In this location, as well as later, Carl
G. Lagergren served as dean of the Seminary. This post he held for 33 years. Other
men who have filled this position through the years are K. J. Karison and now
Edwin Omark.
Not only was training necessary for our ministers, but the feeling grew that
a Christian education should be provided for our young people generally. Edgren
had early visioned -a high school, a college and even a university, as an adjunct
of the seminary. Many years elapsed before anything like that was realized.
The first in that direction was the founding of Bethel Academy in 1905, with
Arvid Gordh as the first principal. After some years he was succeeded by A. J.
Wingblade, who served in this capacity for more than twenty years. The Academy
had bright history over a period of more than three decades. Hundreds of students
were graduated and went out into home and foreign missionary work and into
other useful pursuits—medicine, teaching and other callings.
Eventually in 1914, the Seminary and the Academy were united on the present
campus under the presidency of G. Arvid Hagstrom whose leadership extended
over a period of 27 very successful years.
In 1931 the Junior College was organized with Walfred Danielson as dean. Hsi
was followed by Emery Johnson and C. Emanuel Carlson. This department also ex-perienced
a healthy growth. Fifteen more years elapsed before the Conference dared
launch out with a full four-year college. This is now fully accredited, due in a
large degree to the efforts of Dean C. E. Carlson.
How well Bethel has succeeded in her task through the years is left for our
constituency to judge. Of one thing we are sure, that if Edgren or Sandell or any
other of our pioneers, earlier or later, could have seen the growth of Bethel espec-ially
during the later years, they would be astounded. To look into the faces of half
a thousand young people, all registered in our four-year college, and also to see
the large enrollment in the seminary, is something scarcely anyone would have
dared to dream possible, even as recently as fifteen or twenty years ago.
Much of this recent growth is due to the wise leadership of President Henry
Wingblade and to H. W. Malmsten's energetic promotional efforts, as well as to
the loyal support of our board members and our constituency generally. Most of
all we thank God for His blessing upon the work of our hands.
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Some of the other major schools
attending the speech fest were
Notre Dame, the University of
Wisconsin, Luther College, Macal-ester,
Northwestern Schools, and
Hamline University. Twenty-eight
schools were represented with a
total of ninety two teams. The
University of Notre Dame was the
highest ranking school in regard
to points in the whole tournament.
The national question for debate
this year is, Resolved; 'That the
non-communist nations should
form a new international organ-ization."
Ramm Has New
Book Underway
A new book entitled "Types of
Apologetic Systems" has begun to
materialize in the workshop of
Dr. B. Ramm. This new work is
a survey of the different methods
by which Christianity is defended.
But remember, texts are not
written in a day. As Dr. Ramm has
suggested, "It is a long way from
being finished. It will be at least
a couple of years before being
Dr. Ramm has already shown
his ability as a writer by the re-cent
publication of his text on
interpretation. This text is being
used in at least three seminaries
at this time—Fuller's Seminary,
Western Baptist, and Bethel.
As yet there have not been
any outside reactions to this work.
"It takes time for reactions," said
Dr. Ramm, "Books have to be on
the market for a number of
When asked concerning the class
here at Bethel he remarked,
"There are reactions always; es-pecially
when we've had a brief
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Poster Materials
Now Available to
All Organizations
The Student Council has pro-vided
poster materials for the use
of all activities and organizations.
These materials include poster-board
in several different colors,
poster paints, brushes, and a
Speed-Ball pen set with India ink_
The poster board is ctiNo fit our
new bulletin board by just insert-ing
it in the slots.
Any individual, activity, or organ-ization
desiring to use these mat-erials
can obtain them at the Chris-tian
Service office. A small fee is
charged to cover the cost of the
poster-board and paints, which
must be replaced. The charges are
as follows:
Posterboard with paints, brushes,
or Speed-Ball pen set $0.12
Posterboard alone $0.10
Paints or Speed-Ball pen set
alone (per poster) $0.05
These provisions make it possi-ble
for all organizations to have
attractive posters at minimum cost,
and without each organization hav-ing
to keep its own supplies on
Record Player and
Three Pianos Added
To Music Dept.
In rescent months much of the
old in the Music Department has
been replaced by better equipment.
From the Cable Piano Company
in Minneapolis, the school purchas-ed
three reconditioned upright
pianos and one small grand Schu-man
make piano. Another upright
was made a gift to the school.
These pianos have been placed
in various class rooms of the col-lege
building and are being used
as practice pianos for music stu-dents.
The pianos that were re-placed
were donated to mission
groups, and some destroyed.
Also recently added to the fac-ilities
of the Music Department
was a three-speed record player,
cabinet style, purchased from the
Allied Radio Corporation, Chicago.
'This player has been put in room
204 in the college and is used for
classroom purposes.
Dalton Awarded
Masters Degree
With Honors
In recent months more honors
have come to the History Depart-ment
of our school. Almost two
months ago now, on December 21,
1950, Mr. Roy Dalton, History prof-essor,
received his Master of Arts
Degree from the University of
Minnesota. For achievement in the
work done for his degree, Mr.
Dalton was given membership in
the Phi Alpha, the National Hon-orary
Historical Fraternity.
In connection with his work for
his degree, Mr. Dalton did a star-ed
course paper on The Develop-ment
of Science and Medicine in
the Renaissance. For this paper,
he was awarded the Class of 1889
Memorial Prize of $100.
Mr. Dalton was a member of the
first graduating class of Bethel's
four year college plan innaugur-ated
in recent gears. His post-graduate
work consisted of study
at the University for one year
plus a summer term.
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The first meeting was just to
elect a committee to draw-up the
constitution. Those serving on this
committee are as follows: Carol
Bessey, Barabara Mullin, • Gloris
Swanberg, Ann Radunz, Wendell
Anderson, Dick Anthony, and Jim
Hubbard. A proper name for the
club has not been chosen as yet,
but a Greek name is being con-sidered.
Last fall, the officers of last
year's literary societies, the Lords
and Ladies, and Lads and Lassies,
met and laid the foundation for the
new Arts Club. They have already
set March 13 for the next meeting,
and have engaged Gene Johnson
to present different phases of art.
This will be an all-school affair
and everyone is invited. Each
meeting will pertain to one of the
different arts and there will be
one to two such meetings each
quarter. Talent will be used from
our campus and also from other
colleges. The members will also
meet occasionally and discuss dif-ferent
ways of improving their
cultural standing and out-look on
All information about school
activities, whether it be announce-ments
from the administration, or
announcements about religious and
social activities, or just plain mis-cellaneous
announcements, will
appear under its respective head-ing
on the newly designed bulletin
board. Notices will be added daily,
but all of them will be removed
weekly, so that material will be
new every week.
Cards for writing or typing noti-ces
are provided in the box immed-iately
below the board. All notices
must be on these three by five
cards and must be left in the box
to be posted by the one in charge
of the bulletin board. Printed noti-ces
of a larger size must be mount-ed
on the yellow cardboard pro-vided
in the box. Poster material
of the correct size is available for
a nominal fee in the Christian
Service office. Notices of such a
nature that they cannot wait until
evening to be posted should be
taken to office of the Dean for
approval and posted in the "Emer-gency"
section of the board. An-nouncements
not posted by the
one in charge of the bulletin board,
Miss Ruth Haglund, or if an emer-gency
one, approved by the Dean,
will be removed.
Jim Rentz, Treasurer of the Stu-dent
Council, headed the commit-tee
which designed the board. It
was constructed by Mr. Bersell and
Lloyd Cummings. The design in-corporating
slots which will accom-odate
notices of the "correct" size
has Completely eliminated the need
for any more "tax", thumb "tax"
that is.
Anderson and Jensen Edged Out
In Eau Claire Debate Tourney
The Bethel debate squad traveled to Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. 15 and 16
for the 7th annual Eau Claire State College speech tournament, con-sidered
one of the major forensic events of the year among the schools
in the mid-west.
The tournament was divided into A and B divisions, with a Bethel
team participating in each section. The team composed of Wendell
Anderson and Jack Jensen was entered as the A squad and Thomas
Persson and Cliff Anderson made up the team entering in the B
Arts Club Is Formed; Johnson
To Address Group March 13th
The initial meeting of the Arts Club was held February 14 directly
after Youth Fellowship. Fifty-one students from the Bethel campus were
invited. These had been chosen by an organizing committee as those
being most likely to have an interest in this organization.
The Arts Club is being formed to present a fuller and more cOm-plete
picture of music, art, literature, and drama to the Christian
student. Membership is not limited, and anyone showing a genuine in-terest
in the club may join.
division. Prof. Harold Berntsen accompanied
Although the local boys were
entered in all of the events of the
tournament, which included extem-poraneous
speaking, oratory, after
dinner speaking, discussion, and
debate, adverse road conditions
prevented their participation in all
events except the major event of
The team composed of Anderson
and Jensen defeated Souix Falls
College and River Falls College in
two of their four rounds. Bradley
University of Illinois and the Uni-versity
of Minnesota were victor-ious
in the remaining two rounds
by scoring two points higher than
the Bethel team. The teams are
rated on a scale of one to twenty
The team of Persson and Ander-son
scored a win against one of
the teams__ from__ Northwestern
Schools in their second round of
debate, However, in the other
three rounds they met defeat at
the hands of the University of
North Dakota, Northern Michigan
University, and St. Mary's College.
The losses were scored by four
points, one, points, and two points,
the team as coach.
Student Council Eliminates "School Tax"
by Russ Johnson
One can scarcely enter the college building now without being
very aware of a radical change. Something that has stood the school
in good stead for an unknown number of years has disappeared and
something new has been added. This "something" has been designed to
practically eliminate the need for chapel announcements, a goal aimed
at for years by students and faculty alike. It is now a reality.
HOPEFUL OF retaining the Coffee Cup trophy they won last
year, these six men will form the neucleus of the Faculty team who
will take on a College All-Stars team on Thursday, March 15 at the
Minnehaha gym. From left to right are: W. Bergstrom, Del Peterson, R.
Bloom, G. Johnson, and H. Berntsen. Kneeling in front is E. Fischer.
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In observing the cagers climb their way back up the victory trail
after a near disastrous early season start, I think it is remarkable to
note the progress of the team. The team lately has been functioning
as a smooth-working outfit and really looks great on the court. For
a team of comparatively little height, it is all the more amazing the
way they have been winning. Hats off to Coach Peterson and each
member of this team.
* * * *
Spring will soon be here and among other thoughts, come those
of spring sports. Once again in this year, Bethel will field a baseball
team, a golf team, and a tennis team. In addition, track will probably
be added to the roster of sports. It seems we have quite a few dashing
young men on campus who are waiting to drag out the spikes and hit
the cinders. Best of luck to each spring sport team!
Friday, February 23, 1951 THE CLARION Pape 4
Coffee Cup Game Set for the 15th of March
Minnehaha Gym Scene of
Faculty-All Star Contest
Bethel's annual Coffee Cup Game will be played on Thursday,
March 15, with activities beginning at 7 p.m. The game a traditional
affair will be played in the Minnehaha gym and will feature the Faculty
team. Opposing them will be the College All Stars, individuals who
have been picked by the Coffee Cup Committee, to represent the
Scoring an easy second triumph
over Bethany, the Indians rang up
the fifth straight victory on Feb.
13, at Minnehaha. The final score
was 69 - 50.
Led once agath. by Bud Pierce
with 20—he has led the scoring
in twelve games-the Indians had
an easy time of it for a change.
Coach Peterson used his entire
squad of thirteen players in the
Starting slow, Bethel got off to
a IS - 10 first quarter lead. In the
second quarter, the Bethel quint
opened up with all they had and
outscored the visitors by 13. Gordy
Johnson and Bud Pierce both
scored eight points this quarter
to lead the outburst.
Continuing their torrid drive in
the third quarter, the Indians push-ed
their margin to 55 - 32. The
second team ployed most of this
period and the fourth quarter also.
They were outscored by the Man-kato
team in the fourth quarter
by only four points.
Johnson had twelve points, Mar-tin
and Carlson had nine, and
Hage followed with eight. The
win__ marked__ Bethel's__ seventh
against six losses.
Cagers Tip Austin
InOvertime 67-66
Gaining their sixth straight win,
the Indians downed Austin JC at
Austin. The game went into over-time
before the Bethel five won
Both teams battled on even
terms throughout the first half.
Led by Pierce and Unruh, the Red-man
managed to gain a 31-29 half-time
advantage. In the second half,
the Indians built up a ten point
advantage at 42-32. However, the
home team rushed back to close
the gap at 45-42. From this point,
the game was a tossup.
Bethel lost its height when Ralph
Martin fouled out in the fourth
quarter, after scoring 19 points. A
short time later, Bob Carlson was
ejected from the game via the foul
With the score at 59 all, the
Bethel cagers elected to stall out
as much of the one minute re-maining
as possible. However, they
were not able to get a shot off, and
the game ended in this deadlock.
Bud Pierce's free throw proved
the overtime difference.
Roaring out from an 18 point
deficit at one time, Bethel downed
Mankato Bethany on the losers
floor on Feb. 9. The game finished
in a tie before the Indians estab-lished
their 89-80 win.
Bud Pierce fired five baskets
through the hoops to lead the
Redmen in their fifteen point
five minute overtime splurge.
Meanwhile the Bethany team
was scoring only six points.
First period score was 24-12 for
Bethany and this quickly mounted
to 34-16 as the second period pro-gressed.
However, Art Hage con-nected
on two long shots and this
seemed to set the spark off. Gordy
Johnson came in with two baskets
and Pete Unruh hit for three. As
the half ended, the Indians had
pulled up, but were still losing
40 - 34.
This lead was whittled to a three
point margin, 57 - 54 in the next
quarter. Both teams played good
ball and things were about even.
Pete Unruh led the way in the
last quarter with nine points be-fore
he fouled out of the game
with several minutes to go. Both
teams raced to the 74-all deadlock,
thus setting the stage for the pre-cision-
like Pierce and his overtime
Pierce finished with 25, followed
closely by Unruh with 23, Martin
14, Hage 13, and Johnson 11.
Johnson f 3 2 4 8
Hage f 1 2 2 4
H. Nelson f 1 0 0 2
Messenger f 0 0 0 0
Martin c 5 9 5 19
Carlson c 2 2 5 6
Unruh g 3 8 5 14
Pierce g 6 2 2 14
- - -
Totals 21 25 23 67
Nelson f 3 3 4 9
Wagner f 0 2 4 2
Helland f 5 2 2 12
Hanson c 2 0 4 4
Freeburg g 2 3 5 7
Johnsen g 8 5 5 21
Anderson g 2 7 5 11
- - - -
Totals 24 22 27 66
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Pete Unruh _____ 38 30 106
Art Hage 35 31 101
Gordy Johnson _ 37 26 100
Ralph Martin ___ 36 19 91
Bethel Engages
Austin Cagers
Austin will be Bethel's oppon-ent
in the Minnehaha Academy
gym tomorrow evening, February
24. The Indians will be out to
continue to improve their record.
The Austin squad is much im-proved
over last year's weak squad
which the Bethel five had little
trouble in registering two wins.
After losing six of their first
eight contests, the Indians have
shown a sharp reversal of form
in bouncing back the victors
in six out of the last seven
games. All scores have been
very high-in the sixties- with
Bethel hitting a new high of
89 against Bethany. This is
believed to be the highest
score ever rolled up by a
Bethel cage team.
In preliminary games tomorrow,
both the B squad and the girls
team will see action. The girls
are slated to start at 6:00 followed
by the B team at 7 p. m.
Pictured here is the Coffee Cup
trophy awarded annually to the
winner of the Coffee Cup Game,
being played this year March 15
at the Minnehaha gym. The game
will start at 7 P. M. and will be
followed by a varsity game. The
price per person is only 25 cents.
The Coffee Cup game is played
each year to raise money for the
Bethel Fieldhouse fund. However,
the game has been played more
on a basis of general fun and ri-valry
in recent years.
The two teams will be bat-tling
for the Coffee Cup tro-phy,
a trophy of chiefly
sentimental value and one that
is highly prized. Last year
the Faculty won the trophy
for the first time in Coffee
Cup history. They rolled by
a picked student's team.
Coffee Cup officials announced
recently that the price for the
event is only 25 cents. This low
price has been set so everyone in
the school could and would come
to the game. Faculty, students,
friends, and anyone else interested
is invited to be 'present to view
this spectacle.
It is hoped the officials will be
Bill Adams, coach at Minneapolis
Southwest High School, and
Charles Sulack, coach at Minne-haha
Academy. Halftime enter-tainment
will be furnished by the
gymnastic team. The pep band
will also be featured.
Plan Chicago Trip
For Indian Cagers
Plans were announced re-cently
by Coach Del Peterson
for a trip to Chicago by the
basketball squad. Coach Peter-son
is still working out details
of the trip, but plans to leave
on the weekend of March 3,
for the Illinois city.
North Park College is sched-uled
to be played on Tuesday,
March 6. Because of the team
being out of town, the Coffee
Cup Game will be shifted from
this night to March 15.
Another game will be play-ed
somewhere in the Chicago
area, but the opponent is not
known for sure.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The San Francisco city attorney filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the state of Nevada, claiming it has wrongfully and intentionally bused psychiatric patients to the city and declined to pay the costs connected with their care.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed the case in San Francisco Superior Court a day after a deadline he had set for Nevada to strike an agreement with the city.
Named as defendants were the state and several Nevada agencies, the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, and state health chief Mike Willden.
"What the defendants have been doing for years is horribly wrong on two levels," Herrera said in a statement. "It cruelly victimizes a defenseless population, and punishes jurisdictions for providing health and human services that others won't provide."
He said he plans to seek class-action status for the case to include other California jurisdictions where patients were sent.
The state is aware of the suit and plans to make its response in court, according to Jennifer Lopez, spokeswoman for Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.
In August, Herrera threatened to sue the state after an investigation that he says identified 500 patients who were discharged from Rawson-Neal and transported to California since 2008. Of those, he said, 24 people with no prior connection to San Francisco were taken there, and 20 needed medical care shortly after they arrived.
Nevada officials pushed back this week, saying they had sent Herrera documents that "demonstrate that the policies are appropriate and that proper discharges were made."
"You made a demand for approximately $500,000 but you fail to provide details to support your claim including how you identified the 20 patients," Nevada Chief Deputy Attorney General Linda Anderson wrote in a letter dated Monday. "Moreover, you do not provide sufficient explanation of your legal theory or standing for the initiation of a lawsuit by you on behalf of the 'affected California cities and counties.'"
Officials with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services said they have conducted their own review of 1,473 bus tickets purchased in the past five years, which account for about 5% of total discharges.
In 10 of those cases, Nevada officials said there wasn't enough documentation to know whether hospital staff had confirmed there was a support structure waiting for the patient at their destination.
Since the issue came to light in March, health officials said, discharge policies have been strengthened to ensure a patient has support at their destination, several employees have been fired, and more than $30 million has been added to the budget to fund mental health services.
Anderson contended both states are impacted by patients moving across state lines, citing a recent report of a woman with mental illness who was sent from California to Nevada. She added that many patients in Nevada's mental health facilities are California residents.
"We believe that government officials would benefit from better communication and collaboration on protocols to address the needs of these patients rather than trying to allocate financial responsibility through litigation," Anderson wrote.
Herrera told The Associated Press on Tuesday that while state officials say they've adopted better patient discharge protocol, Nevada has not signed on to a set of policies put forth by San Francisco, and the two parties haven't had a meeting on the issue.
"I don't have a heck of a lot of confidence in what they have to say judging on what they've said in the past," he said.


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A crazy mishmash of video deliciousness.
01. Found randomly on Yahoo, KT Tunstall covers one of the only 80s songs I can stand, "Walk Like An Egyptian." I like KT, she's a solid rocker but not all about herself.
02. Idolator found Irene Cara's video for "Fame." Oh yes, that Fame. Check out that gold lamé, and remember that those who do not learn from Youtube are doomed to repeat it.
03. Over Christmas, Electroqueer posted up a video from Mattafix, a duo from the UK. The song is (was) hot in Europe at the time of posting: it's called "Living Darfur," and it's veddy nice African fusion.
04. Also a few weeks ago, The Rawking Refuses To Stop dug up the old video to "Only Wanna Be With You," by the fabulous Hootie and his Blowfish. This song reminds me of NYC, because the one time I visited it, Hootie was on heavy play (yes, it was that long ago).
05. Posited by Fourfour: "Celine Dion is f*ing amazing." Honestly, that woman's a performer, and she got it done for years in Vegas, and everyone loved it. I got nothing agin' her, as long as I never have to hear "My Heart Will Go On." Ever. Again.
06. Also via Rawking, the adorably cute video for Lupe Fiasco/Kanye/Pharrell's song "Us Placers." Cute little mini-Thom-Yorke! *pats him on the head* although I do lose comprehension when they start singing about eyedrops and Glaxo-Smith-Kline.
07. Via Culture Bully, we get some Wyclef on Kimmel, doing "Sweetest Girl." Dang, I love that song.
08. Whaa? New Mountain Goats video? "Sax Rohmer #1"? FTW!
09. At Electroqueer (scroll down), an odd T.A.T.U. video for their new song, "Beliy Plaschik" (White Robe). This is one band I can't even pretend to understand.
10. Gvs.B, showcasing Alela Diane like they tend to do, notes that Le Blogotheque did a takeaway show with her. It's very cute if you like little kiddos. I spot binky! Hee.


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GREENVILLE, S.C. — The deficit between foreign cotton consumption and production is expected to shrink to 10.1 million bales in 2004, down from 20.3 million bales in 2002. Despite the smaller market, U.S. cotton producers should export 10 million to 11 million bales of cotton in 2004-05, according to Gary Adams, vice president for economics and policy analysis, National Cotton Council.
Adams, speaking at the Engineered Fiber Selection Conference, said a big reason for the production-consumption deficits has been shortfalls in the last two Chinese crops, which averaged 22 million bales. With domestic consumption of right around 30 million bales, "they have come to the world market with some significant imports."
This demand helped push cotton prices to as high as 80 cents in October 2003. "Since then the market has given back some of those gains," Adams said. "The weakness that we're seeing in prices today reflects some of the anticipation for (higher) production in 2004."
China is expected to increase its cotton acreage by 10 percent in 2004, according to Adams, "assuming that their weather will continue to cooperate. With average yields, we could see a Chinese crop somewhere in the neighborhood of 27 million to 28 million bales."
Other countries likely to increase production for 2004 include Pakistan, Australia and Brazil. Acreage declines are expected in the United States and India. "We do expect an increase in acreage in India, but it's coming off a record yield, and we assume a return to more average yields."
The United States also had record yields in 2003, but the latest acreage estimates indicate that U.S. cotton acreage will slip below 14 million acres, due to higher grain and oilseed prices. In addition, U.S. stocks will be at the lowest levels since 1998.
The U.S. cotton crop "has gotten off to a reasonably good start," Adams said. "There have been some pockets of concern, but there is still a lot to be determined as we go through the growing season. Average yields would produce a crop of around 17 million bales, about 1.1 million bales less in 2004," Adams said.
If average world yields are applied to the expectation of higher acreage, "we come up with a world crop in excess of 100 million bales, a record," Adams said.
Meanwhile, world mill use of cotton is forecast at between 99 million and 100 million bales for 2004. The growth in polyester consumption could reach 108 million bales.
China is expected to continue to expand its mill capacity at the expense of other countries. China's percent of total mill use in the world has risen from 22 percent in 1997 to 32 percent in 2003, while U.S. percent of total mill use declined from 20 percent to 10 percent during the time period.
China is set to claim some additional demand growth when quotas on textile imports into the United States are eliminated in January 2005. Pakistan, Turkey, Brazil and India could claim some marketshare as well. Mill use will continue to contract in Japan, the European Union and the United States, where mill use could drop to 5.8 million bales for 2004-05.
U.S. raw cotton exports will depend in large part on the size of deficits of foreign cotton use relative to production, according to Adams. The last two years, the deficits have been significant, at 16 million and 20 million bales, respectively, which led to substantial trade.
"Expected recovery in world production will narrow the gap between foreign production and consumption in 2004, to around 10 million bales," Adams said. "That's a much more difficult environment for exporting U.S. cotton. That creates some additional challenges for us in terms of exports."
Still, Adams expects the United States will export 10 million to 11 million bales in 2004-05, down from just under 14 million bales in 2003-04. World cotton ending stocks have continued to decline since 2001 and stand at 33 million bales for 2003-04. Stocks will rise slightly in 2004-05, according to Adams.
At the time, the market doesn't appear concerned about the world's ability to meet demand, noted Adams. "But given the level of consumption, we need to see a record crop. So it's still a delicate balance. If we see some weather concerns develop and we're looking at a 98 million- to 99 million-bale crop, we'll have to ration demand or draw down stocks."
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For a calender challenge were artists create illustrations with animals for specific months. This is the start of my entry for June. It is called "Jaxartasarous speaks in circles regarding the his infinite journey delivering Jackalope's Jack Fruit Jam."
I am also still plugging away at "Innie Minnie & Miny Moe" illustration. Updates soon.


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A new round of privacy concerns has Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) once again playing defense, and users questioning just how much information advertisers can access.
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The renewed skepticism comes on the heels of an announcement of two new efforts on the social network. Facebook Exchange, which gives advertisers the opportunity to bid on ads placed in real-time; and Custom Audiences, which uses user data to determine a relationship between ads and actual in-store purchases.
Facebook users are perhaps most up in arms about the latter effort. The social network is partnering with Datalogix, a market analytics firm, to analyze user data and study the link between what ads are placed on user profiles, and what products are purchased in brick-and-mortar stores. The idea is for marketers to learn how much influence their ads have on potential buyers and how much ad-viewing increases sales of a particular product.
But users worry their personal information won't be kept private and confidential, as promised. In a September 30 blog post, Facebook's privacy engineer addressed those concerns, reassuring users their information remains under lock and key and that none of the data gathered can be attributed to a specific Facebook user.
"Datalogix is not allowed to learn more about you from Facebook profile information. Similarly, Datalogix does not send us any of their purchase data, meaning we cannot specifically tell whether or not you purchased a marketer's product. ..Datalogix only sends the marketer aggregate information about large groups of people," he wrote.
He went on to reassure users the social network still maintains its commitment to privacy, and this latest marketing effort is designed with users in mind.
"Advertising helps keep Facebook free. We believe we can create value for the people who use our services every day by offering relevant ads that also incorporate industry-leading privacy protections. In our view, this is a win-win situation for marketers and for you."


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You are main hero, this time you are not alone, your beautiful partner will help you to resists the evil forces together.
A-long should enjoy wonderful holiday, but this peace was disturbed by an unexpected arrests and burst. The police was targeted that Wanted Man and A-Long who were attacked and coma when you arrest criminal trading. However, when you wake up, you find that your body was full of energy, this without any conscious control over energy to let your forces are out, you put the shirt and the beauty pair "lipstick" and hearts will start a fight to the death.
Bring a new wave of more readily, gorgeous fighting the wind, and add different game-play BOSS new, ambitious full. A variety of gorgeous varied skills with level and open. Definitely, it's exciting game with fresh elements.
King Fighter III is an action martial arts game; you are A-Long who were attacked and coma when you arrest criminal trading.
*Sensitive control! Using multiple fighting strategies
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* Various updates levels and arena mode are on the way soon!
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* It supports dual role system, level switch, a variety of hidden challenge levels and many other new elements.
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Saving your Game with Blueprints covers the basics, but it doesn't cover how to actually trigger the save (e.g. quick save or quickload).
The variables you need:
The full MySaveGame blueprint flow for saving and loading, by triggering events:
Triggering custom events within other blueprints from an existing blueprint - because you won't have access to the KeyInputs from the MySaveGame blueprint (they're only available for Actors, but the MySaveGame needs to extend from SaveGame):
If classes or events are not showing up, make sure that you hit "Compile" every now and again, so that these classes and events can be picked up.
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There have been hundreds of books on how to get published. Here's my condensed version:
1. Write When You Can - Find the time to write, even if you have to give up other things to do so. And know who your audience is, and as much about that audience as possible, before you write your first word.
2. Finish What You Start - Turn off your internal editor until you finish that first draft, and get to the ending no matter how much you think it sucks.
3. Edit What You Finish - Rewrite, add, cut, and polish. Then give it to others to read, consider their suggestions, and keep repeating the process until you've got something your peers, and you, consider decent.
Here's a critique sheet to help you out. http://www.jakonrath.com/critsheet.pdf.
4. Submit What You Edit - Since you know your audience, you should know who reps/publishes your type of story. And don't get hung up on writing the perfect query letter. The writing sells the writing, not the query letter. All a query needs is a two sentence description of the book (mention setting, genre, and a bestselling similar work by another author), some praise for the recipient, and a thank you.
5. Repeat
That's all. Now stop sweating the process and go do it.
If you have any questions, put them in the comments section of this thread. Or if you want my undivided attention, visit me in person.
For everyone in the St. Louis MO vicinity, I'll be in town Jan 16 and 17.
Friday, Jan 16 - ST. CHARLES CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION, MO
Joe will be doing a presentation 7pm - 9pm. Details at http://www.stchlibrary.org.
Saturday, Jan 17 - BIG SLEEP BOOKS, ST. LOUIS
Joe will be doing a signing at this wonderful mystery bookstore, 1pm - 2:30pm. www.bigsleepbooks.com
Feel free to spread the word and come see me. The library event has a cash bar. How cool is that? Naturally, books will be available at both locations, and besides dishing out wisdom I'll be giving away some free cool stuff.
Hope to see some of you there.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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By Jeff Case
When most of us think of NBA Jam of the 1990s on the old Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo, we think of the high-flying dunks, the trademark catch-phrases ("Boom shalakalaka! He's heating up! He's on fire!). For me, that game was all about getting on fire and seeing how far away from the hoop you could get before you'd go up for a monster jam.
Anyway, we mention all of that to say sometime art imitates life in the NBA. A couple of nights ago, Gerald Green of the Phoenix Suns went into NBA Jam mode. He burned the Oklahoma City Thunder for a career-best 41 points and eight 3-pointers en route to Phoenix's upset win. The fine folks over at Suns.com decided to give his night a little bit of the NBA Jam treatment:
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Statement on Joshua Floyd Passing
Joshua Floyd was a wonderful young man. While in high school (Godby) he was a member of the Students Against Destructive Decisions, (SADD) and the Key club, both of which I was faculty advisor. He was also in the Jr. ROTC program. He was a positive role model for his peers, did so much for his school and community, and his smiling face cheered anyone who came in contact with him. He will be missed.
Sue Shoemaker
Teacher and Faculty Advisor to Godby Key Club
and Godby SADD club
Taylor County, FL -- May 28, 2012 --
Weather played a role in an accident that killed a former Godby High School student.
Joshua P. Floyd, 20, was driving westbound on U.S. Highway 27 in Taylor County near James Beathea Road at about 12:50 p.m. Monday afternoon.
A 2008 Honda Civic, driven by David Sasnett, 27, of Athens, Georgia was in the eastbound lane. Sasnett's vehicle hydroplaned on the wet road and entered the westbound lane. The right side of the vehicle struck Floyd's motorcycle.
Floyd was wearing a helmet at the time and alcohol did not play a factor.
The Florida Highway Patrol was assisted by Taylor County EMS and the Taylor County Sheriff's Office


text: Nottingham - England captain Alastair Cook has said the international future of Kevin Pietersen needs to be "resolved" in the next few weeks.Pietersen has been in England exile since being dropped following the second Test against his native South Africa in Leeds last month.Officials, already frustrated by rows over his desire to play less one-day cricket, were furious when it was revealed he'd sent "provocative" texts to South African players -- some allegedly critical of then captain Andrew Strauss.That meant the 32-year-old missed the final Test against the Proteas at Lord's and the subsequent one-day series, which ended in a 2-2 draw with one no-result after the tourists' seven-wicket win at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.Pietersen will also miss England's defence of their World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka later this month, despite being man of the tournament when they won the 2010 edition in the Caribbean.Strauss announced his retirement last week, although he insisted his decision to quit wasn't prompted by the latest row involving Pietersen, his predecessor as England skipper.Cook, already leading the one-day side, was named as the new Test captain.He now has a role in deciding Pietersen's immediate international future ahead of the tour of India, starting in November."I haven't really been thinking about it too much, with the one-day series on," Cook said of the Pietersen stand-off."Over the next couple of weeks, it's certainly an issue which we as the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) will have to get resolved."It is a situation which does need to get resolved. There is stuff which needs to be talked about behind closed doors. That will happen."England, after Cook won the toss, were bowled out for just 182 on Wednesday as South Africa recovered from two straight losses at The Oval and Lord's.The Proteas' top order stumbled for the third match in a row when they slumped to 14 for three.But an unbroken stand of 172 between man-of-the-series Hashim Amla (97 not out) and Proteas captain AB de Villiers (75 not out) saw South Africa home with more than 15 overs to spare.One consolation for England was that, despite this defeat, they remained top of the 50-over world rankings having won 12 of their last 14 completed matches.Amla, who made a brilliant 150 in South Africa's 80-run win in the second ODI in Southampton, was named man-of the-match and series.That followed on from his corresponding award in the Proteas' 2-0 Test series win over England where he scored a South Africa record 311 not out at The Oval.Amla's combined tally for both series was a colossal 817 runs at 116.71 and there could be more to come in the upcoming three-match Twenty20 series starting on Saturday."He's in some serious form," Cook said of Amla. "It was 14 for three; we knew we were one wicket away from causing a few nerves in the camp. "But with those two (Amla and de Villiers) in, they showed what a good batting wicket it was -- and they gave us no chances."Meanwhile Amla was left to reflect on his latest impressive display."I'm just enjoying it, and I think today's innings was probably one of the most enjoyable -- because we were in a spot of bother," he said."I played at Nottinghamshire for a season, so it's almost like a home ground to me."


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Indigenous Public Authoring
A collaboration with Professor James Leach (UWA/CNRS) working with local people in Reite village, Rai Coast Papua New Guinea to co-design new shareable ways to record and share their local environmental and cultural knowledge.
Begun 2012 | Ongoing
Hidden Families
A collaboration with ISG at Royal Holloway University of London, Freya Stang, NEPACS and Action for Prisoners Families to document and share the experiences of families visiting relatives in prison.
Begun 2012 | Completed 2013
Visualise Lifestreams
An Art + Industry commission as part of Anglia Ruskin University's Visualise programme to work with Philips Research UK exploring new ways to engage people with biosensor data to promote wellbeing and healthy life choices.
Begun & Completed 2012
Pallion Ideas Exchange
A collaborative community co-design project in partnership with the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway University of London and Pallion Action Group in Sunderland to assist in creating a grassroots knowledge network.
Begun & Completed 2012
A commission to create a site-specific artwork on Hive Beach, Dorset (on the "Jurassic Coast") as part of the Cultural Olympiad connecting human time with geological time.
Begun 2011 | Completed 2012
Fabric Design
Experiments with drawing and digital printing of fabrics.
Begun 2010 | Ongoing
Public Goods Lab
Our in-house R&D creative technology initiative.
Begun 2011 | Ongoing
Public Goods
Our new 5 year programme of projects focusing on making and sharing tangible representations of the intangible things we value most about the places and communities we belong to, such as stories, skills, games, songs, techniques, memories, local lore and experiential knowledge of local environment and ecology.
Begun 2011 | Ongoing
Agencies of Engagement
A collaborative research project with CARET & Crucible at the University of Cambridge investigating groupwork and collaborative practices in the university community to support software development of a collaboration platform.
Begun & Completed 2011
City As Material
A series of one day events in London combining urban exploration and collaborative publishing with bookleteer. 5 collaborative eBooks published and 4 eBooks commissioned from invited guests : Tim Wright, Ben Eastop, Simon Pope & Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
View the eBooks here
Begun & Completed 2010
Safe Planet
A commission to co-design and develop the artistic identity for a major global awareness campaign about Persistent Organic Pollutants for the United Nations Environment Programme.
Begun & Completed 2010
Proboscis is a creative partner in the Graffito project, supported by the Horizons Digital Economy Research Institute, developing a collaborative drawing platform for smartphones and tablets.
Begun & Completed 2010
As It Comes
A commission from the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce to create a series of artistic works by Alice Angus about the independent traders of Lancaster and the culture of local trade.
Begun & Completed 2010
Birmingham Total Place
A commission for the Birmingham Total Place project to document the experiences of families receiving "Early Intervention" from social services and to communicate this in a novel way to policymakers and senior management.
Begun & Completed 2010
Our new free web service for creating Diffusion eBooks and StoryCubes.
Launched 2009 | Ongoing
With Our Ears to the Ground
A commission from Green Heart Partnership to engage with 4 different geographic communities in Hertfordshire and explore people's ideas about community.
Begun 2009 | Completed 2010
Proboscis is continuing our collaboration with DodoLab (a project supported by University of Waterloo and the Musagetes Foundation) first initiated at the 5th World Environmental Education Congress in Montreal, Canada May 10th-14th 2009.
Begun 2009 | Ongoing
Sensory Threads
Proboscis is developing a new mobile participatory sensing project with researchers from the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London; Pervasive Computing Lab at Birkbeck College, Mixed Reality Lab at University of Nottingham; and the School of Management at University of Southampton.
Begun 2008 | Ongoing
Sutton Grapevine
A commission by ADeC (Arts Development East Cambridgeshire) to create a space where local residents of Sutton-in-the-isle near Ely, new and longstanding, can have the room to explore place and identity through creative activity.
Begun 2008 | Completed 2009
Being In Common
Being in Common invites people to expand and alter their understanding of 'common space' and is inspired by the close connection between the histories of enclosure, surveying and gunpowder that coincide in Gunpowder Park. A commission by Haring Woods Associates / Landscape+Arts Network Services at Gunpowder Park as part of the Art of Common Space programme.
Begun 2008 | Completed 2009
Perception Peterborough
Proboscis was commissioned (with strategic consultants Haring Woods Associates) to develop the creative vision for the growth for the City of Peterborough, an ambitious £1bn development plan over the next 15-20 years. Through an anarchaeological investigation of the city, its environment and inhabitants, Proboscis devised and facilitated a series of workshops and distributable works that contributed to a major regeneration strategy.
Begun & Completed 2008
Proboscis was invited by the British Council to design a framework for a series of collaborations and residencies with organisations in East Asia, as part of their Creative Cities programme. Lattice is a framework for Proboscis to work collaboratively with different partners in the region to engage local communities in developing their own tools and techniques for public authoring, anarchaeology and cultures of listening. The initial project Lattice:Sydney is hosted by ICE (Information & Cultural Exchange) in Western Sydney during 2008.
Begun 2007 | Completed 2008
Experiencing Democracy
A week long Social Tapestries workshop with Year 4 students at the Jenny Hammond Primary School in Waltham Forest investigating children's experiences of democracy and democratic behaviour. Developed and delivered with Loren Chasse.
Download the learning diary eBook (A4); final Group eBook (A4) and project report (A4)
Begun 2007 | Completed 2007
Snout was a Social Tapestries collaboration between inIVA, Proboscis and researchers from Birkbeck College exploring relationships between the body, community and the environment. It built on our previous collaboration on Feral Robots to investigate how data can be collected from environmental sensors as part of popular social and cultural activities. Two carnival costumes instrumented with environmental sensors were created and a mock carnival held in Shoreditch, east London in April 2007.
Begun 2006 | Completed 2007
Conversations and Connections
Proboscis collaborated on an 18 month Social Tapestries project with community development consultancy, Local Level and Havelock Independent Residents Organisation to explore how public authoring concepts and tools could be used by residents of a low income social housing neighbourhood (in Suthall, West London) to map and share local knowledge leading to an improvement in services from the local authority and housing agency. The project was funded through an Innovations grant from the Democratic Engagement branch of the Electoral Policy Division of the Ministry of Justice.
Download the Evaluation Report
Begun 2005 | Completed 2007
Everyday Archaeology
A week long Social Tapestries workshop with Year 4 students at the Jenny Hammond Primary School in Waltham Forest exploring the local environment and the children's relationship to it. Developed and delivered with Loren Chasse.
Download the Activity & Impact Report
Begun 2006 | Completed 2006
Robotic Feral Public Authoring
A Social Tapestries collaboration with Birkbeck College and Natalie Jeremijenko to adapt toy robots with GPS positioning, environmental sensors and wireless data upload to Urban Tapestries. The prototypes were built for and tested in London Fields with the help of local people, and presented publicly at the Science Museum London.
Download the Cultural Snapshot
Begun 2005 | Completed 2006
Topographies and Tales
Topographies & Tales is about the relationship between people, language, identity and place, revealing small local stories against the larger picture of how our concept of space and environment is shaped by "belonging" and "nationhood", and how boundaries, barriers and borders come to be formed. Proboscis collaborated with and supported residencies in the UK for two artists to create new works with us – Joyce Majiski (Canada) & Loren Chasse (USA).
Begun 2004 | Completed 2007
Social Tapestries
Social Tapestries was a research programme developing experimental uses of public authoring to demonstrate the social and cultural benefits of local knowledge sharing enabled by new mobile technologies. These playful and challenging experiments built upon the Urban Tapestries framework and software platform developed by Proboscis and its partners. Through collaborations and partnerships with other civil society organisations we addressed education, social housing, community arts and local government. Projects include: Experiencing Democracy, Snout, Conversations and Connections, Everyday Archaeology, St Marks and Robotic Feral Public Authoring.
Begun 2004 | Completed 2008
Navigating History
A collaboration with curator Deborah Smith commissioning 11 artists' projects in local libraries and local history collections in the South East region of England. This unique project built on the Topologies research and created dynamic new relationships between local people, the artworks and the collections.
Begun 2003 | Completed 2005
Urban Tapestries
Proboscis created and developed this groundbreaking project exploring mobile technologies, mapping and public authoring in partnership with the London School of Economics, Hewlett Packard Research Labs and Orange with Ordnance Survey and France Telecom R&D. The initial prototype (for PDA and WiFi) had a public trial in London in December 2003, the second prototype (for Symbian mbile phone and GPRS) was given a field trial in June 2004.
Download the Report: Public Authoring, Space & Mobility
Begun 2002 | Completed 2004
StoryCubes are a tactile thinking and storytelling tool for exploring relationships and narratives. Each face of the cube can illustrate or describe an idea, a thing or an action, placed together it is possible to build up multiple narratives or explore the relationships between them in a novel three-dimensional way. StoryCubes are part of the Diffusion Shareables concept and can be created using the Diffusion Generator, as well as purchased as packs for creative projects, brainstorming and workshops. Proboscis also offers a personalised StoryCube printing service.
Begun 2002 | Ongoing
Landscape and Identity; Language and Territory
Liquid Geography questioned and explored contemporary perceptions of geography, territory and landscape, at a point in time when understandings of place and space are being redefined. The initial strand of this research was Landscape & Identity; Language & Territory, a collaboration between Proboscis, MEDIA@LSE and inIVA. Two Creative Labs will be held on March 22nd and June 14th 2002 exploring how new technologies can be used in innovative ways to transform our knowledge of other societies and cultures and act as enabling tools providing a catalyst for the development of new ideas. A series of DIFFUSION eBooks were commissioned as pilots for future experiments in knowledge creation and dissemination.
Begun 2001 | Completed 2002
Sonic Geographies
Sonic Geographies takes sound as the entry point for excavating and mapping urban experience and invisible infrastructures of the city. A series of experiments and sketches were developed that operated as maps and journeys but also as highly personal renderings of sonic experience – sounds of the personal world in conversation with sounds of the city.
Begun 2002 | Completed 2003
Private Reveries, Public Spaces
Proboscis commissioned 14 proposals from leading artists and designers addressing the theme of converging media technologies (internet, radio, interactive television, wireless telecommunications etc) and their social and cultural impact on the shifting relationship between private and public spaces. Three of the proposals were selected by a panel of judges to be developed into 'conceptual prototypes' for presentation to the public, peers, academia and industry as online demonstrations and at an event at the London School of Economics on June 25th 2002.
Begun 2001 | Completed 2002
Peer2Peer was an informal network of people interested in developing collaborations and practical solutions for potential partnerships across the arts, industry and academia. The Network consists of individual artists and designers and people from academia, industry, public funding agencies, private foundations and government. Proboscis initiated the network and hosted a number of meetings and events in partnership with the LSE, RCA, Iniva and others.
Begun 2001 | Completed 2003
SoMa – Social Matrices
In 1999/2000 Proboscis began to re-orient itself as a creative studio with a strong emphasis on research. Over the next 18 months we developed close partnerships with Professor Roger Silverstone at the London School of Economics and the School of Communications at the Royal College of Art. Our collaborative research programme, SoMa was launched in April 2001 as a 'think tank for culture' – a think, make and do environment for transdisciplinary collaborations.
Begun 2001 | Ongoing
Mapping Perception
A collaboration between Giles Lane, curator and producer, Andrew Kötting, the acclaimed director of This Filthy Earth,Gallivant and Smart Alek, and Mark Lythgoe, neurophysiologist at the Institute of Child Health, London.
The project looked at the perceptions of impaired brain function to further understand the mind and body interaction and our relationship with its abnormality. It made visible connections between scientific and artistic explorations of the human condition, probing the thin membrane between the able and the disabled.
Begun 1998 | Completed 2002.
Diffusion is a downloadable hybrid digital/material book format, developed by Proboscis in 1999/2000. Since the publication of the first series of Diffusion eBooks, Performance Notations, in September 2000, Proboscis has continued to use the format for commissioning new creative publications, as well as adapting and developing the format for uses in other fields and projects. The design schematics were first published in 2002, and since 2003 Proboscis has been developing the Diffusion Generator – an online application allowing people without design skills to publish Diffusion eBooks of their own.
Begun 1999 | Ongoing
Topologies was a research and feasibility study to investigate creating an initiative which could challenge existing definitions of public art. By commissioning and disseminating public artworks through the UK Public Library system, and using visual, aural and tactile media to investigate and represent abstract spaces and concepts, the works would form part of a wider attempt to broaden the audience for contemporary conceptual artwork. Topologies aimed to change both the context and the way in which people encounter art, aiming to introduce concepts of process-based art practices (as distinct from object-based works) to diverse and new audiences, and move the experience of encountering public (or conceptual) art away from a 'viewer' experience to that of a user.
The Research Report is available to download as a PDF file here.
Begun 1999 | Completed 2000
COIL journal of the moving image
Proboscis' founding project, COIL was a 10 issue experimental publication that explored the practice of, and commissioned, artists film, moving image and new media works between 1995 and 2000. Over 140 artists, writers and others were published in the journal.
Begun 1994 | Completed 2000


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Santa Maria Urban Ministry Tutoring
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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