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CIARlO Bethel College St. Paul. Minnesota
Small town life presented as Drama
department offers Wilder~ s ~~Our T own~~
Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," directed by Kerry Jo Olson,
opened last night in the experimental theater. Other performances
will be staged here at Bethel on March 13, 17, 19 and 20. Denise
Anderson, Linda Erickson, Gordy Franzen, Paul Goddard, Sue Greene,
Jim Hackett and Bruce Nordeen will be playing the leading roles.
"Our Town" takes place in Grovers Corners, New Hampshire,
where "down home, ordinary" people live. It deals with life in a
typical American town at the turn of the century.
on the insi'de -
March 12. 1976
o.c. coffee shop
by Dawn Hart and Paul Healy
Following months of hard work, cutting
red tape, hiring procedures and just
plain sweat, the Old Campus Coffee shop,
alias the Roy L. Hop Memorial Union,
is now open. The coffee shop is located
in the basement of the old college
building on the southwest corner of Old
Campus and is operating Mondays and
Wednesdays from 7-11 p.m. and on Fridays
from 7-12 p.m.
This project was originally conceived
by Mark J ahnson and Bob Moeller last
spring during the Student Senate presidential
campaign. As reported in the
Clarion, March 14, 1975, it was included
as part of their presidential platform:
'To elaborate on what we mean by
social climate. . . we would like to see
a student union set up on the Old Campus
for students." This year the initiating
process was slow and complicated. When
the Special Projp.cts Committee failed
to take decisive action, Lanny Law took
the responsibility for the project.
Lanny soon found tha t the opening
of the Old Campus Coffee shop was
an involved process requiring the consent
of the Bethel administration, Paul Drake,
Glen Hayne, Wayne Erickson, the city
health inspector, fire inspector, and building
inspector. Lanny commented, "All
the people I talked with were really
friendly. Things just clicked. The Bethel
people were very cooperative and the
city inspectors really read the rules
story continued on p 6. with photo
l\ndrae Crouch and the Disciples' reviewed, p. 3
Student opinion on national elections, p. 5
edito·rials -
Housing prop·osal praised
As we stated in an editorial earlier in the year (Feb.
20, 1976), the idea of integrating housing (in terms of men and
women) has become a distinct possibility. Responding to a
proposal presented by Mark Johnson and Bob Moeller, the Bethel
Housing Committee voted this past week to support
this concept of mixed housing. It is now up to the Bethel
administration to decide whether to implement this program.
Basically stated, the Johnson/Moeller proposal would
make Edgren and Hagstrom dorms integrated; i.e., men and
women on alternate floors and/or wings. On New Campus,
the townhouse clusters would become half-and-half in terms
of men and women. New Dorm and Bodien would be left
as is. New Dorm is presently seen as the best housing
situation on campus.
Key reasons given for accepting this proposal are as
1. It would provide natural environments for the development
of good relationships between men and women.
2. On New Campus, campus security could be enhanced
without any additional costs.
3. As seen in petition response, Old Campus students
on the whole want integrated housing.
4. This proposal would not compromise nor diminish Bethel's
reputation as a Christian higher educational institution.
5. This proposal would allow the freedom of choice in
where a student would live (i.e., Bodien would still be all
We are strongly in favor of this proposal, and applaud
our student administration for their foresight and deep
IRE CIt1RIO
Vol. 51 - No. 20
the Clarion is published weekly by
the students of Bethel College and
welcomes concise letters to the
editor. All letters should be signed and
sent to P.O. 91 by the Sunday preceding
Paul Healy
Bill Trollinger
Carla Hage
Mary Norton
Arlan Swanson
Duane Turner
managing editor
copy coordinator
production supervisor
business manager
concern for the welfare of Bethel. Integrated housing at
Bethel should not be seen as a step backward in terms of
a Christian institution, but instead should be seen as a
progressive move toward establishing a policy commensurate
with the attributes of a growing Christian community. We
urge the Bethel administration to accept this proposal immediately,
thus allowing its implementation in the 1976-77
school year.
Students vote YES
Wednesday, March 10, the students of Bethel voted by
means of a student referendum to reduce the size of the
Student Senate from 33 to 20 members. Also, certain basic
functions of the Senate will be altered. The final vote was
599-40, approximately 93 percent in favor , of the proposal.
Needless to say we are excited about these results, and
congratulate the Senate for recognizing its bulkiness by
initiating effective legislation to improve itself. The students
proved their interest in the referendum by turning out in
impressive numbers at the "polls."
This new legislation does not guarantee an inspired and
effective Senate, however. The burden of proof will be on
the senators who will assume office this spring. If the
Senate is to make any significant improvement, those who
are elected to office must realize the importance of their
job and their responsibility to serve with enthusiasm and
Hopefully, the new Student Senate administration, whoever
they will be, will capitalize on this new apparent interest
in the student body and the Senate, and will make
a maximum effort to maintain this level of enthusiasm
throughout the school year and into next year.
[ Letters
Rap treatise, Flameburger hailed
Dear Editor:
At the risk of leaving myself "naked" to your readers
and to Dale Johnson, 1'd like to respond to his letter.
Concerning the use of "rap terms," if you opt to use
those given by Dale, beautiful; if you choose others, super.
My point is that terms don't define a rap but rappers define
their own terms. The important thing, and I think
Dale would concur with me, is that there is a deep level
of understanding in the group. The terms chosen by Dale
were super! They weren't arbitrarily chosen but were very
descriptive words which most of us can relate to. I thank
you, Dale, for bringing raps into the open! I exhort you,
Bethel community, to partake!
Randy Mitrovich
P.S. Thank you, Clarion, for listing the Flameburger, many
issues ago, in rating neighborhood eating places. When I
found the Flame, I found raps.
FelJow rapper lauds Johnson's .analysis,
Dear Editor:
In response to Dale Johnson's recent rap comment
- - sooooper! What could be more beautiful than someone
else's head? I salute you, Dale, for sharing your head
with us!
. William S. Healy
Fellow Rapper
Senator prai$es Clarion coverage
Dear Sir:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
Clarion for the excellent coverage of the recent student
referendum. You were concise and showed the positive
attributes and faults of the bill. It was through this analysis
that the students were given valuable information that enabled
them to come to an intelligent decision concerning the
I hope that you realize how powerful your voice is, and
I hope that you would continue to use it in a manner that
will enhance the status of Bethel College.
It is quite obvious that you have a deep concern for
the Senate, combined with an analytical understanding of this
organization. Keep up the good work the rest of the year
and in the years to come. Whe~ the Senate and the Clarion
can work together on student issues, it is a rare but beneficial
Pete Anderson
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Crouch concert praised
Gospel music does not easily lend itself to objective
critique. Its subjective nature and religious base identify
it as an art form requiring Its own criteria for evaluation~
Distinctly American in its origin, gospel forms the basic
roots of all of American music. Its basic chordal and
rhythmic structures and itS ecstatic tendencies are present,
largely unchanged, in the rock music of today. Jazz, blues,
and country-western music are also among its offspring. Its
rich tradition Qolds much potential help for a nation suffering
from a cultUI:al . identity crisis. Gospel music is a unique,
cultural expression, and there is no greater contemporary
manifestation of gospel than Andrae Crouch and the Disciples.
Their concert here last week was an excellent example
of some of the essence and some of the potential of the
gospel idiom. The material was a tasteful balance between
tradition and innovation. Their execution of the material
was excellent, and their stage presence was, for the most
part, both professional and spiritually uplifting.
The music reached the ears of the two-thou sand-plus
audience via excellent sound equipment and personnel. The
sound .~as clear and bright and annoying technical problems
'were virtually nonexistent. Toward the beginning of the concert,
the music was not quite loud enough to fill the room,
and when the audience enthusiastically clapped along, the
music was almost buried.
There were also balance problems. The guitar and organ
were usually inaudible, while the piano and drums were
usually overbearing. The drummer, lacking taste and restraint,
overplayed to th~ point of damaging the essential
simplicity of the music. On the 9ther hand, Andrae's piano
style was tasteful and simple, faithful to the tradition of gospel
The outstanding feature of the concert was the vocal
performance. The singers all have beautiful voices. The
blend was superb and the pitch, though not perfect, was very
good. Most impressive of all was their mastery of the gospel
style of singing. The improvisational solos by the women
were beautifully expressive and true to the traditional blackgospel
style. Reminiscent of a tent-meeting revival, these
solos were enough to make even the critics shout, "Amen!"
One impressive quality of the group is their ability to
synthesize without compromise. They have incorporated many
contemporary rock and jazz ideas into their music, yet have
neither sacrificed the honest simplicitY of gospel nor coinpromised
its meaning as a cultural and religious expression.
Their music is true to its heritage. In a day when gospel
music has been commercialized and secularized almost to the
point of destruction, Andrae Crouch's music still rings of
honesty and genuine spirituality.
This is gospel music, a gut level expression of common
people. It is art in its purest form, not the bastard offspring
of an elite or an academic value system. It is not
subject to or limited by an arbitrary set of musical rules
and standards. It is a pure expression from the heart of
f1 culture, a unique art form with its own religiously based
standards. I have yet to witness a truer or better con·
temporary expression of this form than the music of Andrae
Crouch and the Disciples.
Professor exhorts Bethelites
to live on "growing edge"
by Dr. Phil Carlson
Visitors to OUr campus are very impressed with the
impact of our Christian faith on our campus life. After
four exhausting hours of interviewing students interested in
business vocations, Mr. Bob Hoel of Colorado State University
said he had never met students who impressed him
as much as the ones he met here. When Mr. George St.
Angelo, who arranges UMAIE tours for us, comes to our
campus he always mentions his delight because of the positive
signs of concern and respect which he finds here.
But I am convinced that each Christian must live on his
growing edge (an idea Bruce Larson introduced in his
book, Living on the Growing Edge) and for many of us that
growing edge is learning to live responsibly in a large Christian
Allow me to illustrate what I mean. Back home many
of us use a cup from the kitchen in the bathroom as an
aid in cleansing our mouths after brushing our teeth. This
causes no problem because Mom picks up the cup periodically
and runs it through the dishwashing cycle. Here at
Bethel the residences do not have a family kitcheq available.
Some students act as if Doc Dalton's Coffee Corner
or the dining facilities of the college are the family
kitchen and 'borrow" coffee cups to use in their bathrooms.
In the larger community that Bethel- is, this causes a problem
for the community. Doc has had to add forty new
cups since the start of " Spring term. The food service at
Bethel has lost over 200 sauce dishes, 500 glasses, 300
knives, 400 forks, and 1200 spoons during this school year!
The cost to replace these items is over $1600. Toward the
end of the year shortages will make it difficult for the food
service to supply us with these items when we come to
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Can arrange campus appointments
on Mondays and Thursdays
eat. You see, raiding the "family kitchen" creates problems
in our large Christian community. Perhaps we ought to
provide for snack times in our rooms by purchasing our own
silverware and dishes.
Another thing in our family homes which we use with
ease is the family book collection. Though it may be modest,
we become used to the convenience of dictionaries, encyclopedias,
etc. which are close at hand. Some students treat
the reference collection in the ' LRC as if it is a family
book collection. Reference books (which are not supposed
to be removed from the LRC exc-ept with special permission)
are regularly found in seminar rooms, lounges, and dorm
rooms, having been set aside after a project was ,completed
outside of the LRC. In the Introduction to Liberal Arts
course last fall, many students were put at a great disadvantage
because some students treated the Bible commentary
books as books in a family library.
Because of the above observations I think that the growing
edge for Plany members of the Bethel community is
adequately illustrated' by the above examples.
" One coyld go on to talk about the appropriation of the
lounge furniture for "family living rooms" and a path across
the grass to the circle parking lot as a walk across the
family front lawn, but I think the pattern of behavior is
to learn to live as responsible Christians in a larger ' community.
Paul spoke about similar matters to the church
community at Philippi:
"If then ' our common life in Christ yields anything
to stir the heart, any loving consolation, any sharing
of the Spirit, any warmth of affection or compassion,
fill up my cup of happiness by thinking and feeling
alike, with the same love for one another, the same
turn of mind, and a common care for unity. Rivalry
and personal vanity should have no place among you,
but you should humbly reckon others better than yourselves.
You must look to each other's interests and
not merely your own."
PHilippians 2 :1-4 NEB
"Look to each other's interests." That's the key to living
on this growing edge. Don't take cups and silverware (because
others need them too). Leave reference b<><;>ks in the
LRC (because other students also have papers dueL Leave
lounge furniture where it belongs and keep the lounge neat
and upholstery clean (because other's interests ar~ at stake).
Don't destroy the lawn by shortcuts (because others appreciate
the beauty we destroy), Try living on this growing
edge. Try living responsibly in this large Christian community.
Do you have any cups, silverware, trays, books, or chairs
which you ought to return (because you are looking to the
interest of others)?
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Students polled concerning candidate preference
by Oiana Gonzalez
As things stand now, who do you think you will vote
for in the '76 presidential election? 1 asked several students
on campus this question, hoping to get an answer
other than "1 don't know," or "Who's runnin~?"
vote for Morris Udall. He has a pretty good environmental
Kim Modica (sophomore, Physical Education): "As it
stands now, 1 think I'd vote for Reagan."
Rick Chapman (freshman, History): "From the way
things are going, 1 don't think we need a change right
Here are some student responses as to the candidate now. So 1 think I'll vote for Ford."
they'll vote for, "if he makes it."
Lindsey Ericson (junior, French): "Gerald Ford. He
seems a little dumb, but 1 think he's done a good job s<] far.
Except for pardoning Nixon - that was a mistake."
Keith Johnson (senior, Chemistry): "I'd vote for Birch
Bayh - even though I don't think he'll win. He's against
military spending and believes in medical assistance for anybody
who needs it. He seems to be an intelligent person,
Paul Berry (junior, History): "1 don't like any of them. a ble to use his mind." '
I'd vote for Jimmy Carter, though."
Mary Hessburg (freshman, Chemistry): Probably I'd vote
for Ford. He's not too conservative, and he sems like a
moral and honest person."
The absence of any particularly strong candidate in the
primaries seems to have created a sense of apathy toward
the election. ' Most of the students 1 talked to admitted that
they did not know much about who was running.
Steve Wareham (senior, History): "Right now, 1 guess
I'd vote for Carter. He's for decriminalization." (St~ve later
admitted that for him. it was a toss-up between Jimmy Carter
and Hurricane Carter.)
Roger Ettel (senior, Biology): "Definitely not Humphrey,
Reagan, Carter, or Wallace. The way it looks now, I'd
1 had to ask quite a number of people just to get a
few people to give me an opinion on who they would vote
for. A lot of students gave me the impression that they
would wait until the fall elections /to decide. Perhaps this
attitude is merely a reflection of the nation's attitude toward
politics in geJ;leral this election year.
In short • • •
Student rec';tal Monday
Ann Gottfred and Cindy Wobig will
be presenting their senior recital Monday
evening, March 15, at 8 p.m. at Calvary
Baptist Church, 2120 N. Lexington.
Ann, a senior piano student of Marlene
Lee, will perform selections from Bach,
Mozart, and Debussy. Cindy is a senior
Band concert tonight
Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture will
be the highlight of the Bethel College
Band's performance tonight at
8 p.m. in the fieldhouse.
There will be no admission charge
for this concert. The music department
cordially invites each member
of the Bethel community to attend
this fine display of Bethel's instrumental
talent. Last year's concert
was well attended and considered
by many to be excellent.
CAMPUS COpy SHOPPE
1315 - 4th St. S.E. Minneapolis
organ student of Jean Christian and will
be performing selections of Bach, Ives,
and Manz.
The Music Department extends an invitation
to the Bethel community to attend
this recital and also the reception
following. There is no admission charge.
Devotional Guide
Most of us in our spiritual life are
like little children who come home from
school and request a certain type of
lunchbox, toy, dress or shirt with the
common statement: "But everybody has
one." How many times do we, in our
prayers, request from God that certain
talent, job, or relationship because everybody
else seems to have ' one?
God created all of us differently with
various talents, friends, and abilities
which we are more adept at than other
fellow-believers. Yet we always seem
to want to conform, not only with Christians
around us, but also with the material
status and social status of our nonChristian
neighbors. Many times in the
Bible we are warned 'against wanting
to fit into the establishment of this world.
We are exhorted to 'be of ' God's world,
not of this world in which we presently
When we ask to be a part of the
status quo, we are assuming that God
is a type of vending machine. So often
we pray, "God, please give me that
special little thing 1 asked for by next
Thursday." We think that we have given
God .ample time to work at creating
circumstances appropriate for the giving
of that request, but actually, we haveonly
put limits on our faith and on
God also. We must learn that God is
not a vending machine where we put
a coin in the correct slot, press a panic
prayer button, or a magic prayer button,
and then pops out just the answer or
blessing we were waiting for. God does
not want us to be conformed to the
status of this world, or conformed to
other Christians. He will give us the
degree of conformity that he sees fit
to give, and we should not ask beyond
that degree. Next time we start to push
the panic button, or the magic button,
let's first consider whether the request
is within God's will for our lives. We
must learn to use our common sense
before we request something which only
aids in our conforming to this world
rather than to God's world and His
supreme plan for us.
Saturday, March 13 - Romans 12:1-8
Sunday, !March 14 - 2 Corinthians 10 :2-6
Monday, March 15 I Peter 2:4-10
Tuesday, March 16 - Ephesians 4 :22-32
Wednesday, March 17 - 1 John 2:15-17
Thursday, March 18 1 Peter 1 :13-21
Friday, March 19 I John 4:1-6
continued from page one
broadly for us. That was one of the
nicest things, because we really needed
a coffee shop."
Past attempts at creating an Old Campus
social center have generally failed.
Two years ago, "Jimmy's," a coffee
shop located in the Bodien basement,
was developed by Jay and Gail Carress
This attempt, although it met with some
initial enthusiasm eventually died due
to declining interest.
Certainly the present coffee shop is
another experiment and its future will
be determined by student participation
and involvement. Ii>arryl Lindquist, who
was recently hired as manager of the
coffee shop explained, "It's more of a
helping service than a money-making
project. It's only an experiment, but
I hope it will work."
For the most part, student response
has been enthusiastic. The opening Friday
night, the coffee shop entertained
over 120 students. Other nights have
averaged nearly 50 with Monday being
the quietest night with the average of
Present activities of the coffee shop
include ping-pong, rook, monopoly, and
other assorted box games. The atmosphere
is pleasant beneath the rustic open
beams and the low lit early American
lamps. Future plans for expansion include
the possibility of Friday night entertainment
(live music, Erick Borgenson's
dated Old Campus slides, and more
tournaments), and the establishment of
a lounge and television area.
The purpose behind the creation of
the Roy L. Hop Memorial Union is to
Old Campus residents enioy the comfortable atmosphere of the
Roy L. Hop Coffee Shop.
"encourage interaction on Old Campus
and to -get away from the dorm stigmas,"
stated Mark Johnson. "It's a different
place to meet rather than the
dorms because guys don't feel comfortable
in Bodien and girls don't feel at
home in Edgren." One girl agreed with
this when she commented, "We girls
have put up with a lot over the years.
Finally there is a way to meet the
men from Edgren."
"Through the use of the Old Campus
Coffee shop," said Bodien floor cooridinator
LuAnne Sheldon, "I have discovered
that the guys over in Edgren are pretty
nice and are fun to be with."
"It's a place for kids to congregate
and get to know each other," concluded
Lanny Law. "They have to make it
what they want it to be. We are not
there to entertain them, we have just
provided a place for interaction."
Regents to examine Bethel's distinctive obiedives
by Kathleen Asselin
The Board of Regents will convene
this month to determine the "distinctive
purposes and objectives" of Bethel College,
Bethel Seminary, and the new addition,
Vancouver Bible College, according
to the Chairman, Rev. John F. Anderson.
On March 18 and 19, the Regents
will meet for the first time on Vancouver's
campus since the college came
under the Board's jurisdiction last September.
The Regents, serving five year terms,
are elected three each year by the Baptist
General Conference through -nominating
committees. "The 15 Regents isolated
this meeting out of the four held during
the year for two priority items," stated
Anderson, pastor of Central Baptist
"The Deans of Bethel College and Sem-six
inary plus the President of Vancouver
Bible College have prepared statements
of the basic mission and function of
their institutions," he said.
"We will be questioning the accomplishments
of the purposes, taking a
closer look at which functions are similar
and which are distinctive."
Serving his second year as chairman,
Anderson continued, "The objective is
not to criticize or plan drastic changes
but to re-evaluate. As the overseeing
group responsible for the broad policies
of these institutions, the Board must
insure that the schools have the right
kind of management and ~eadership to
carry out their primary purpose."
He reflected on possible questions clarifying
the role of Bethel College: "Is
nursing, for instance, or business, some..:
thing that should be a part of Bethel?
Or is Bethel running the danger of being
too vocational-oriented rather than a truly
liberal arts college?"
The second major item on the agenda
for the meeting is to become better
a9quainted with Vancouver Bibl'e College,
including a look at "how the needs
of the Baptist General Conference and
the cause of Christianity are served
through the college," in the words of
the chairman.
Coordinator for the meeting, acting
President Harvey DeVries described the
philosophical statements offered by Dean
Brushaber and his contemporaries: "The
focus is on establishing a comprehensive
program for higher education in all three
schools - serving distinctive purpos~s
without duplicating or overlapping.
"It's not on a competitive level," he
added, "but just to make sure all the
bases are covered."
Victory, records spaJrk
Royals; Mac tomorrow
Last Saturday was the first good meet the Bethel track
team has had so far in their indoor season. Although finishing
behind extremely strong st. John's University, which
boasts a sixty-man team roster, Bethel whipped the North
Dakota State School of Science and set three new school
records on their way to second place. Total scores showed
St. John's with 95%, Bethel with 41% and NDSSS with
Individually, Larry Caldwell, competing for the first time
in three weeks because of illness, led the scoring for the
Royals with eight points. Caldwell won the mile-run with
a 4 :22.9 timing and placed second in the two-mile run,
setting a new school record of 9 :42 in the process, ten
seconds better than the old mark. Curt Brown was another
record breaker in the 600-yard dash, winning the event with
an excellent time of 1 :15.4. Bruce Peterson's 13' jump in
the pole vault gave him first place as did the 41' 4%"
triple jump effort of Jon VanLoon, who also placed fourth
in the long jump. The mile-relay team consisting of Steve
Hage, Dave Clapp, Brown, and Bill Whittaker also set a
new school record of 3 :32.6 as they placed second.
Other scorers for the team were Phil LaGesse, placing second
in the pole vault; Dan Hogan, third in the triple
jump and fourth in the high jump; Steve Riddle, fourth
~n' the triple jump; and Steve Carrigan, third in the shotput.
Whittaker was also third in the 600-yard dash. Brad
Strom, Clapp, and Scott Anderson each grabbed a fourthplace
spot in the two-mile run, the 1000-yard dash, and the
220-yard intermediate hurdles, respectively.
Coach Gene Glader said he was very pleased with the
team's performance. "It was a very good meet for us
because almost everyone competing had their personal best
performances," he explained. Glader noted that the score
might have been a lot closer, but because of injuries and
sickness, the team had no participants in the short sprint
and hurdle events. He added that "this meet should really
give the team the confidence they need for the rest of
the indoor season."
The next indoor track meet for the Royals is Saturday
night at 6 p.m. in the Macalester College fieldhouse, located
next to their football stadium. The five-team meet
will feature St. Thomas, Augsburg, and Golden Valley, as
well as Macalester. Bethel is the defending meet champion.
The team encourages everyone to come and cheer them
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Jack Starr, left, views an exhibit · at the new
SCUlpture show in the gallery. The exhibit has no apparent
interest in Jack.
Artists work with bronze
January Interim at Bethel College gave birth to 27
individually conceived experiments in bronze casting by
11 student artists according to the traditions of ancient
foundry SCUlpture. The breadth of ideas and deft expression
of their skills are on display at the Bethel Gallery in
Arden Hills through March 25.
The students met daily for a month, talking about casting,
viewing slides and examining pieces of bronze. Together
they explored foundry procedures and frequently
spent long night hours in bringing their ideas to form. The
exhibition is a monument to their work.
It reveals autobiographical expression: the agony of
Nancy Robinson's cat - bisected in a door; the shy expressiveness
of Jill Pfotenhauer's younger sister; the courageous
character Joan Brand saw in an old woman with
a wart on her brow.
And ideas evolved from natural forms: Cam Johnson's
alluring apple or Steve Johnson's decrepit work gloves;
Bruce Madvig's ceremonial cup or Carol Zeches' unfolding
And there were contrasts in finished forms: Beryl Wells'
fleshy figure compared with Martha Barker's lean nudes;
Lloyd Green's sleek mask profile poised upon rough-hewn
claws; Carl Erickson's mixed media pieces made of clay,
plexiglass and bronze; varieties of presentations on barn
board, tree trunk or smoothly finished wood.
In all, the gallery boasts twenty-seven proud conceptions
from a foundry workshop experience that would stand
well in any show!
T'en nisme,n deifea't
Mac; Joling,
Decker star
by Dan Swanson
The Bethel tennis team started the
year on the right track as they defeated
Macalester 5-4 in their first scrimmage
of the year. It all came down to the
final match of the afternoon with the
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The future of work in America is changing dramatically. As companies continue to streamline their operations, low-skill jobs are increasingly going offshore, to robots, or being outsourced in some way. According to a new report by McKinsey, we are moving full-force into a knowledge economy, where high-skilled workers will be valued more than ever before. Tech companies are accelerating this trend.
The consultancy finds that there could be an 18 million person shortage in the supply of high-skill, college-educated workers by 2020. And that's just in advanced economies; countries like China and India are going to demand more of those workers than they can supply.
That means that companies will have to work harder than ever to attract the top talent, focusing on the sorts of amenities and workplace cultures that will attract and keep the millennial generation. According to McKinsey, that means accommodating more flexible hours and a more virtual workforce. It also means keeping those scarcer, more expensive, highly-skilled employees focused on the specialized tasks that create the most value.
The flipside of that is that they're going to have to replace less specialized work. One of the biggest trends you can see in the above chart is that there's been a massive decline in the number of office support jobs. Increasingly, companies are going to look to innovative solutions and new technology to replace them.
One of the ways they're doing that is by engaging with digital technology, freelancers, and startups to do work remotely that used to require contract workers. According to an Elance survey, 42 percent of employers say they expect to hire more freelancers in 2013 than in 2012, and a majority of freelancers expect their incomes to rise.
And it doesn't mean companies are getting lower-quality work; it's just in shorter bursts, and in a different way. As the demand rises, companies are coming up with innovative ways to supply it. Anders Jones, the COO of virtual assistant company Zirtual explains.
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lol didn't expect that, altho I did wonder how the relationship between Kurogane and Sayuri would develop(not just if romantically but overall), never expected that turn of events simply cause she is a ghost but in hindsight that still wouldn't stop either one actually loving the other.
Would just make the departure between the 2 ever so bittersweet, which I'm now actually hoping for.
I now know what this series is to me, it def is the same feeling as Smash.
I was in it for the sports at first but then got to a point where I stopped caring and just took everything else the stories had to offer, mainly the romance.
Expect here It's happened alot sooner than it did with Smash.
Altho I prefer the potential romance here cause I like Tsubame more
Also get the feeling theres a back story with Sayuri and her love life from before which I'm guessing involves a guy somewhat similar to Kurogane.
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Working the bags...
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Although that's not necessarily a bad thing if it's still entertainingly predictable...
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Introduce weak character > Build him up as something special > Introduce Aizen like invincible character that the main character has no hope of defeating to make him realize he really isn't that special > Train the character for 5000 chapters > Have him face Aizen character again and win through Deus Ex Machina OR Have him beat Aizen character mid-way through and then introduce even more ridiculously powerful characters afterwards.
Standard shounen fare. Not sure how the series is doing now as I stopped reading after the mangaka introduced a character who basically diminished everything that made Kurogane special. Something tells me, the series won't last long enough for us to actually see them fight again anyway. Not doing too well in the rankings and you know how WSJ is. I'm thinking most of the young readers of WSJ would find it boring.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - The UCSB women's cross country team competed in their second meet of the season on Saturday, finishing second in the UC Irvine Invitational in a field of 18 teams at Central Park in Huntington Beach.
The Gauchos were led by two runners that finished in the top 5, junior Megan Lewis, a Tracy, Calif. native, took third place on the 5 kilometer course, coming in with a time of 17:59.3. Crossing the line just behind Lewis was sophomore Danielle Domenichelli, from El Dorado Hills, Calif, finishing fourth overall in 18:15.0. Lewis and Domenicheli ran together through 2.25 miles in a pack and then moved up through the field over the last mile.
A second pack of Gauchos employing the same strategy included junior Christie Farson, freshman Alyssa Brown and freshman Katie Voigtlander. Voigtlander (18:45.4), Farson (18:52.2) and Brown (19:00.6) finished in twelfth, fifteenth and nineteenth respectively.
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TALLAHASSEE (AP) - The Senate's budget panel is expected to consider a statewide texting-while-driving ban that has eluded passage for several years.
The Budget Committee on Tuesday will take up the bill (SB 416) that already has been cleared by three Senate committees with a total of two votes cast against it.
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There might not be a hotter team in the league right now than the Saints, winner of five of their last six.
Of course, that might not matter, after an 0-4 start punctuated a tumultuous offseason, which nearly ended their season before it started. Between the bounty scandal that threw a cloud over their season and took coach Sean Payton away, it was hard to see this coming.
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The Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew meet for a second time this season in what could be a crucial contest for both clubs when they face off Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are still holding onto a tie for fifth place in the Eastern Conference and the final playoff spot, after a 1-1 home draw with the Chicago Fire last weekend. The Crew find themselves in eighth place in the division after a second successive defeat last weekend, a late 2-1 loss at Toronto FC.
Kevin Stott. AR1 (bench): Brian Poeschel; AR2 (opposite): Greg Barkey; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal MLS Career: 237 games; FC/gm: 25.6; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 60; pens: 50
HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: Calen Carr – left knee; Andrew Driver – right Achilles tendonitis; QUESTIONABLE: Brian Ching – left adductor strain; Anthony Arena – right ankle sprain; Omar Cummings – right adductor strain
COLUMBUS CREW -- OUT: Eddie Gaven – Left ACL surgery; Glauber – Left ACL surgery; Aaron Schoenfeld – Right shoulder sprain; QUESTIONABLE: Eric Gehrig – Right ankle sprain
- ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Dynamo 2 wins, 16 goals … Crew 4 wins, 20 goals … Ties 9
- AT HOUSTON (7 meetings): Dynamo 1 win, 7 goals … Crew 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 5
- FUTURE MATCH: 9/4: Columbus Crew vs. Houston Dynamo, 7:30 p.m. ET
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. The teams played to a 1-1 draw June 1 at BBVA Compass Stadium and Houston's Warren Creavalle and Federico Higuain of Columbus traded goals.
- The Crew have an nine-game unbeaten streak alive against the Dynamo, over the last four-plus seasons, with three wins and six draws in that time. Houston's last victory in the series came Aug. 2, 2008.
- The teams have played to four consecutive draws.
- The Crew have come away with points on four consecutive trips to Houston, and six of seven visits there alltime. The Dynamo's only home win in the series was their last win vs. Columbus, in 2008.
- Coaches record: Robert Warzycha vs. HOU: P9 W3 L0 T6 … Dominic Kinnear vs. CLB: P19 W4 L6 T9
The Houston Dynamo extended their undefeated streak to three games, reaching a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are in a tie for fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 30 points from 19 matches.
- Both goals came in a span of three minutes midway through the second half. The Dynamo opened the scoring in the 61st minute when Cam Weaver finished off a well-crafted team goal, turning home a cross from Brad Davis.
- But the Fire were level in the 63rd minute when Mike Magee played the offside line just right, working into a position two yards from goal to tap in Patrick Nyarko's goalmouth cross.
- Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made one change to the team that defeat the New England Revolution 2-1 at Gillette Stadium. Corey Ashe came into the team for Eric Brunner.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Boniek Garcia, Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark (Warren Creavalle 69), Andrew Driver (Brad Davis 15) - Giles Barnes, Cam Weaver (Jason Johnson 79).
- While the Dynamo did extend their undefeated streak to three games, they have taken the full three points in just one of their last six matches at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- "You want to win three points no matter if it's home, if it's Columbus, or New England or even tonight against Chicago," said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. "The aim is always to get three [points]. We want to be higher than where we are in the conference and we know it's going to take wins to do that."
- Said defender Bobby Boswell: "We had our chances. We still could've finished them. We pride ourselves on being able to win with a zero at home and that wasn't the case tonight. A tie's not the worst thing, but obviously we wanted to win."
- Cam Weaver scored his first goal since May 28, 2011, when he netted vs. FC Dallas. Weaver was starting his second consecutive match, his first two starts since April 6 (and his third of the season).
- "I thought he was good. I thought he was due for a goal. He's had his chances along the way, and I'm sure he's frustrated at times but he was a big part of what we were trying to do," said Kinnear. "We were trying to get some balls wide, get balls in the box, and I think he had clear off the line in a corner kick. He had a kick in the first half….held the ball well for us, put himself in the right spot for his goal."
- Said Weaver: "I think it's been a while, so I'm definitely happy to get that goal. I had a few chances tonight, and I happened to get one. It would've been a lot nicer in a victory, but hopefully that's one of more to come."
- The Dynamo were forced into a very early change after Andrew Driver suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon that forced him off after just 15 minutes.
- Brad Davis made his first appearance in four matches, coming off a hamstring strain, and played 75 minutes in relief of Driver.
- Davis contributed his fourth assist of the season, his first since May 8 in a 4-0 win vs. D.C. United. Davis has recorded double digits in assists each of the last four MLS seasons.


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Binding-time polymorphism enables a highly flexible binding-time analysis for offline partial evaluation. This work provides the tools to translate this flexibility into efficient program specialization in the context of a polymorphic language.
Following the cogen-combinator approach, a set of combinators is defined in Haskell that enables the straightforward transcription of a binding-time polymorphic annotated program into the corresponding program generator. The typing of the combinators mimics the constraints of the binding-time analysis. The resulting program generator is safe, tag-free, and it has no interpretive overhead.


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Spirit of Olé!
Santa Barbara, CA: If there was any hesitation in a Gaucho's mind as to whether or not they were ready to compete this weekend, those fears were quelled as soon as the steady sound of slow claps permeated through the stadium. Of course, every Gaucho athlete knows this sound and upon hearing it, reports to the call without hesitation. As killer bees know to attack their prey once it has been stung, the Gauchos swarmed the closest side of the track, the claps getting louder and more frequent. Soon the mass of blue bodies had grown to a great size and then the clapping ceased all at once, for what was to come next necessitates silence. A heroic speech from Sean Johnson, a senior hurdler and leader of the sprints squad, rose from the center of the crowd, tension and anticipation both rising as his words struck the minds and bodies of the athletes surrounding him, everyone knowing what was at hand. And then every Gaucho screamed out at once, the words "Ole" and "Gauchos" piercing the morning air in a triumphant bellow as they jumped up and down, arms stretched out amongst each other. The "Olé", a pre-meet Gaucho tradition, is the rallying cry of the UCSB track and field team and its roar strikes fear in anyone that has the misfortune of being on its receiving end, because once its momentum starts… it cannot be stopped.
The Gaucho Roundup is the first time many athletes compete in a UCSB jersey and this year it was held up in the hills at Westmont College, with the track overlooking the Santa Barbara valley all the way to the coast. Yet, the pretty view did not stop the Gauchos from throwing down some impressive marks and personal bests, even with this meet being the first of the season. UCSB took the day's top honors winning both the Men's and Women's competitions, despite facing a seasoned and nationally ranked NAIA squad in Westmont College.
Starting the running events off for the day was the women's 4x100 meter relay team consisting of Kayla Campbell, Betsy Armitage, Kellie Gratigny, and Shannon Trumbull. The handoff between Armitage and Gratigny almost spelled doom for the relay team as Gratigny took off too early and had to put on the brakes to let Armitage catch up to her. Although, the quick, crisp handoff from Gratigny to Trumbull sealed the deal as Trumbull lit up the back side of the track. The team took first in the race with a time of 49.71 seconds.
The men's 4x100 meter relay followed, which was opened up by Nate Harvey, with Jacob Vowels, Michael Aiken, and Evan Walker following his lead, winning with a time of 42.53 seconds. Sprint Coach Travis Anderson will continue to shuffle the order until he finds the right fit, but the race was a good indicator of their abilities running together in the future.
Maxine Goyette won the women's 1 Mile with a time of 5:06.36 and was joined by fellow Gaucho Bailey Miller, who finished third with a time of 5:19.40.
Shyan Vaziri put on another of his dominating performances showing his prowess in confidently leading a race and keeping a fast and controlled pace. Vaziri won the race with a 4:06.13 mile and was pursued by teammate Bryan Guijarro who finished second with a time of 4:10.47. Guijarro, a long distance 5k and 10k specialist, displayed his range by stepping down to the four lap race while Vaziri dropped a spectacular early season time in the rarely contested NCAA outdoor event.
The Women's 100 meter hurdles saw another Gaucho winner with Shannon Trumbull taking first place with a time of 14.68, picking up where she left off in 2013. Coming off of her 4x100 anchor, the sophomore is showing great promise for an outstanding career this year.
The Men's 110 meter hurdles ended with a first place finish by senior Sean Johnson running a 14.53. Second place was taken by freshmen Brendon Weaver with a time of 15.52. When asked how he felt about the race Johnson said, "Normally, I'm relying on my ability to run clean over the hurdles to run a good time, but today that was not the case as I destroyed almost every hurdle. I was able to stay fast in between the hurdles which made up for hitting them, which is a good sign seeing as this is just the first meet of the season".
The Men's 400 meter hurdle race, arguably the hardest race on the track, was won by Myles McDonald with a time of 56.20 and was followed closely by teammate Troy Hardy, with a second place finish and time of 57.68.
On the field events side, the meet opened up with the women's hammer throw and the Gauchos did not hesitate to take first through fourth place in the event. Taking first with a throw of 152'11 was Hanna Person. Kathleen Guzman finished second with a mark of 150'3, holding off Heather Hawes who threw 132'3 and finished third. Fourth place was secured by Ashley Alama. Early hammer success was a great way to start the meet for this women squad.
The Men's Hammer throw was won by Albert Hughes with a heave of 177'2. Hughes also claimed top honors in the discus with a throw if 151'5.
Women's Shot Put was up next with Heather Hawes putting up a huge first place mark and a new personal best with a 13.10 meter toss (42'11.75). When asked about what it felt like to improve upon her best so early in the year, Hawes exclaimed, "I'm really excited because it can be a big struggle sometimes when you do not know what you're going to open [the track season] with and for me to open up this good, I know I set up my season right". Wise words from Hawes, who proves how important pre-season training is in order to set up a successful year on the track. Melissa Rake took second place in the event.
Men's Shot Put was a close competition between two Gauchos that came down to the wire. It took the final throws of both Pat Smith and Denley Rodriguez to score first and second place finishes, respectively. Smith won with a toss of 48'4.75, just beating Rodriguez, who threw 48'2.5.
In Women's Pole Vault, Jaime Greenburg with a vault of 3.33 meters, recording her first collegiate win.
Gauchos took first and second in Men's Pole Vault with Clint Gallivan jumping 4.42 meters and Zack Logan jumping 4.12 meters.
Tori Usgaard, a talented sophomore heptathlete, won the Women's Long Jump with a 17'11.75 jump. Usgaard also took third in the high jump with a leap of 5'3. Jessica Emde would finish second in the high jump with a mark of 5'5.
Men's Long Jump was showcased by the Gauchos who took first through fourth place. Oscar Pearson jumped 22'11.25 on his very first jump to win, with Chris Brooks jumping 22'2.5 to take second, Ike Okpara jumping 21'4 and Jeff Oechsli jumping 21'1.5 to take third and fourth place, respectively.
First place in the Women's Triple jump was taken by Kellie Gratigny with a jump of 36'9.5 and Laurel Shepperd coming up in second place with a 35'2 jump.
Men's high jump was won by decathlete, Brenden Weaver with a first attempt clearance of 1.95 meters (6'4 ¾") to beat Ike Okpara (also a decathlete) who also jumped 1.95 meters, but cleared the bar on his second attempt, putting him behind Weaver. Both jumpers took attempts at 2.00 meters (6'6 ¾"), but did not clear it. Note: 1.95m is good for 758pts. In the decathlon scoring tables.
Women's Javelin was won by Melissa Rake with a throw of 125'6 with the spear. Freshman, Kylie Butler finished second in the event.
In Women's Discus Ashley Alama finished first by throwing 136'6, edging out second place teammate Heather Hawes. Rounding out third place was hammer winner, Hanna Person.


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The Raiders selected Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson with their fourth-round pick Saturday. A short time later, Wilson spoke with the Bay Area media via conference call. Here's the entire transcript:
Q: What was your level of involvement and contact with the Raiders heading up to this?
Wilson : We had some contact, obviously, they were part of the Senior Bowl. I was on the other team. I was on the Detroit team, but definitely had some contact during the week there at the Senior Bowl and had a one-on-one interview with them a number of times during the week. I thought our connection was very, very good and I thought they were a team going into this that I thought was potentially very, very interesting and so it happened.
Q: How did difficult senior year prepare you for NFL career?
Wilson : Experience as far as my senior year?
Q: Yes, senior year, in terms of what you went through?
Wilson : You know, it as tough. It was a difficult situation. Obviously we were No. 5 in the country, a top five team in my junior season after a great year, went to the Cotton Bowl and you kind of go through a number of things, that test your character, test a lot about you as a football player, and I really love this game and I think that I'm going to be a better player because of it. You learn a lot during those kinds of years.
Q: Regrets about coming back for your senior year?
Wilson: Obviously, I think you, after things pan out you kind of look back and say, `Well, that wasn't certainly business-wise maybe the smarter thing' but I'm always, the way I approach it, I know everybody else looks at and probably questions my judgment, but my thought is I wanted to be the most ready, prepared football player that I could be and I thought the only way I could do that would be to go back to school for my senior season, and I think, regardless of what happened, and where you go in the draft, I think I'm a more prepared football player by staying in school. In that regard, I'm extremely happy that I've got an opportunity, and still have an opportunity to stay in the NFL.
Q: Did you think you'd go earlier, upset you're a fourth-round pick?
Wilson : Well, I think it being such a different year in the draft, that I did expect to go a little bit earlier, but I'm so excited I think the situation, going into it, everybody said the situation is what is most important. It's not necessarily what round or what slot or that, but it's the situation and I think the situation in Oakland is perfect. My dad's from the California area, he's from Southern California , but there's definitely a lot of family out there. You look at the organization, there's a lot of tradition in Oakland with three Super Bowls. There's a lot going on in the right direction. And I'm excited that I get to come in and compete, and potentially have a chance of playing on Sunday and leading the football team. That's what I'm excited to do is get there as fast as I possibly can and start getting in the playbook.
Q: they have QBs with combined total of three starts, a new offense, so everybody starting off same page, do you look at this as chance to come in and start as a rookie?
Wilson : I think any competitor would agree that they want to play, they want to start, they want to come in and work. But talking to the coaches on the phone, they say, we want you to come in and compete your tail off, and that's my approach. Wherever that leads me, we'll see at the end of the day. Obviously we've got three pretty good guys in there and I'm going ot come in and compete like crazy.
Do you have an issue with concussions?
"I had the one last year, the Dr. Collins in Pittsburgh, who's kind of the foremost expert on concussions. Very much cleared in his regard, and got his checkmark of approval, so I feel very confident. I played the remainder of eight games at Arkansas with no problems there, and took some pretty good licks. So I feel very good in that regard."
Do you take too many hits?
"I think, one, it goes back to playing in a tough conference. And we had to throw the ball in order to be successful. During the two seasons that I was there, we kind of struggled running the football. So there were a lot of teams that were pinning their ears back and trying to pressure us a lot. Unfortunately, it was that type of a situation where a lot of times you had to sit in there and rip it, because of the situation we were in at Arkansas. As a quarterback you're gonna have to take some shots and compete to give us a chance to win. I knew that. Fortunately, and unfortunately, I was able to take a hit. I think that's part of my game a little bit."
Looking forward to playing with Darren McFadden?
"No question. Grew up here in Arkansas as an Arkansas fan, and watched him do what he did for the school and for the university. Obviously he's done pretty well out there. So anxious to get back there with him and build a relationship and see if we can't work together."
How much did former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino help your development as a QB?
"He's a tremendous quarterback coach. It's a quarterback university at whatever school he's at. The practice is tailored around the quarterback position. So I think any quarterback who plays for him has an advantage on a lot of other quarterbacks from schools because of the knowledge that he expects you to know and the amount of pressure and substance that he puts on the quarterback's shoulders. I think some years that's really, really good, and some years it's a little tougher. But I think I'm ahead of the curve in a lot of ways as far as a freshman coming in – or, I'm sorry, as a rookie coming in – because of what Coach Petrino kind of instilled in the quarterback position. So I'm excited to get in there and learn and figure out what we're doing offensively. And I think we'll be ready to go."
Who did you talk to when Raiders called?
"I talked to Coach Allen. Coach Allen was one of the first people I talked to. As well as Coach (John) DeFilippo and Coach (Greg) Olson. Those were the first few guys I talked to."


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Yeah, ok, new apple stuff
I don't know that you need another person telling you what they think about the new Apple stuff. Instead, I want to start out telling you that today I didn't watch the Apple news event in real-time first time in more than a decade. It's weird to break habits.
Related: The Best Laptop, Best Power Laptop, Best Cheap Tablet and Best Tablet have all been updated to reflect today's news.
Once I skipped a giant 10-foot snowstorm in California to go to the iPad launch in New York and regretted it.
Today, after a really slow summer, surf is up. So I made the last minute decision to let the news settle before looking at it and get into the water to clear my head. It was kind of scary to not watch the event and I blew a lot of waves thinking about work instead of focusing, because deep in my brain, a really annoying voice was telling me that if you are a tech writer you have to tune into Apple events. On the other hand, I think every tech writer probably groans a little bit like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day on days like this.
You Guys! Wouldn't it be fun to escape?
Given that I'm far away from CA and not welcome at these things anymore, it's not much of a decision for me. But I found my time away from the event's usual combination of theatrical pacing, hyperbole and hypnotic repetition to be somewhat useful for keeping a grip on reality. So here's my take on it.
Two things matter from today: The iPad mini is probably my favorite iPad, and the Macbook Pro 13 is probably going to be my new favorite computer. Even if I don't need either and you don't either, they're likely to impact your happiness upgrading from a first generation iPad or a computer over 3-4 years old.
iPad mini
The iPad mini is interesting because it takes care of the one thing that everyone kind of just accepted after awhile--the regular iPad is a brick. The full sized iPad looks like it wants to be used like a magazine, but it really wants to be used like that because of its weight, which is more appropriate for a coffee table book. It's heavy and I never use mine because I never stopped noticing the heft. It's not Apple's fault--its just physics and just the state of the art. But it's a real distraction.
It's awkward to use in most positions because of its heft relative to its size. Recall the original iPad ads showed people using the machine on their lap in a near fetal position to rest the tablet on their thighs--that's how it wants to be used, on some major muscle group or piece of furniture to support its weight. Even Jobs couldn't deny this. (When asked by a reporter about the original iPad's weight, he replied that it would eventually get lighter.)
I'm a little ashamed I never made a bigger deal of the iPad's weight until now, which is kind of a fanboy thing to do--wait until Apple addresses a flaw in a previous device with a new model before acknowledging the original flaw--but even its weight didn't stop it from being the most wonderful tablet around. It's a big nit but still a nit and now we have a fix in the Mini.
And it will stash better in a bag.
So what are you giving up by going mini vs mega iPad? I can't see much. A device 2 inches smaller is not that big of a deal when it comes to viewing content at arms length. And if you're doing work on an iPad, you're probably not doing it as efficiently as you would on a laptop or desktop, so the extra real estate doesn't matter in that case either. (No one does work on an iPad except as a parlor trick. It's like a coffee shop equivalent of riding a Fixie in a hilly city or wearing a beard in a place where there are no snowstorms. It's cool, but its not really as useful for anyone except students doing light note taking.) The mini's big drawback is the fact that the device is handicapped to be only as fast and low res as an iPad 2. This segmentation is usually done to make purchasing more clear and friction free--something that I appreciate as the ed of Wirecutter--but in this case, it bothers me because small things are sometimes superior in the right situations, as with surfboards in big waves and plates of food when you are not that hungry. And with tablets meant to be placed in bags and held like books not coffee table tomes or small telephone books. In America, big is better, but Apple is from California, and they ought to know small and powerful is very underdog description for things that are very cool.
That loss in processor power means it'll last less long as a full sized iPad as apps and Apple's operating system require more and more power to work property over the years. It's about $170 less in every configuration than a full sized iPad, so there's always that benefit but its not like it's anywhere near cheap enough to make you get one without a little bit of that buy-fear. (Oh the buy-fear!) It's also only a few bucks more than an iPod touch and just close enough to a full sized iPad in price to make you want to go all out, so it really does come down to size. Shit just got confusing.
Many of my colleagues have been wishing for smaller high-powered Smartphones. I'll make the same wish for the tablet. Because even if things can get bigger and faster in tech, our hands and bags stay the same size.
I should add that the perfect iPad for me is the iPhone, aka, the iPad micro. It's not for everyone, but its subsidized in cost and fits in your pocket and hand better than any tablet. We can't forget what the hardcore apple user's argument has been since Apple told us to think it: Mid sized tablets are dumb, mainly because they're bad at magazine layouts and too close in size to smartphones. I don't know why that's different now, especially since the iPhone's bigger, except that Apple has made one. That's not good reasoning.
What Else is New?
There's a new Macbook Pro with a high res retina display, in the 13-inch size. It's lighter than the old pro and has no optical drive. It also costs about $1700 in its basic form, which is kind of a joke because 128GB of SSD is not a lot of storage space, so expect to spend about $2k give or take. I really could use that extra pixel count to good use in my daily work. But I also feel like these first generation retina Macbook Pros probably need to be revised a generation in graphics power to really drive these pixel counts in a breezy fashion. Especially the 13 which has integrated, not dedicated graphics. But that's just a hunch until Anandtech takes one for a drive. The other thing is that much software for Macs is not optimized for retina displays yet, appearing jaggy on the new screens. It's ok to wait. But again, those extra pixels will make a difference and you could be happier going to one of these machines.
Me? I was going to get one to replace my 2009 Macbook Pro, but instead I bought a really nice longboard and a new SSD drive for my old one. I've got another year before I need to upgrade. And the longer any of us wait, the happier we will be with the jump and the further our money will go. This is a point that a reporter who gets free stuff from Apple cannot feel in his bones*. Being cast out from that circle, paying for my own stuff that costs as much as my rent, well, its scary. Oh the buy-fear! (*No big deal, I get tons of review samples for my writers to test with, which I deal with by forcing my guys to look very hard at street prices. Very hard!)
Oh, there's a new iPad four with a lightning connector and a slightly faster processor. It will certainly not increase your happiness over the iPad 3. And if you got an iPad 3 a few months ago, it's ok to be a little mad but honestly, don't worry about it. I don't really care about this big hulking brick tablet anymore, no matter how powerful and high res it is. I'm all mini, iPhone (or Android phone) and Macbook.
There's also a new iMac that is made using some friction/pressure method of welding, resulting in a thinner body around the edges. It's also lighter. But that doesn't really matter. What's important is that it's faster and the larger 27-inch model allows people to swap in more RAM without disassembling the whole thing. Part of its speed comes from a hybrid drive based on SSD and a regular old record-player type hard drive. You get speed and capacity--it's great. It's the only machine to get if you're into Macs and don't need a laptop or want more power for the money. It could be worth the cost if you're a power user or have a computer over 4-5 years old, but you know, computers all do the same thing, really. It doesn't matter. Just don't be the poseur getting a new computer and getting rid of your old one just because its thinner. How thin your computer is likely has no correlation to how satisfied you are with it and no correlation to the quality of your life.
There's also a new Mac Mini. I have nothing to say about the new Mac Mini.
I have nothing else to say, really.
If you want specs, please go to Apple.com. If you want to read some interesting analysis, go to Gizmodo, GDGT, FWD, The Verge (which means penis in French, by the way), Ars, Om, and all my other friends working hard to cover this stuff in real time.
Sometimes I don't know why I still write about tech when I am clearly over it. I guess I think there's value to being the guy in the room who understands it while not caring about it too much about it.
Special thanks to Wirecutter writers Seamus and Michael Zhao for helping me update pieces.


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December 13, 2012
Assemblymember Isadore Hall announced that he has been admitted to Harvard's Emerging Leaders Academy. The Academy will train 70 top executives and elected political leaders from around world. Hall is one of only five leaders from the Unites States to gain admission and will participate in the program between December 9 and December 15. The classes will be held at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"I am looking forward to joining with leaders from across the globe in participating in Harvard's Emerging Leaders Academy," said Hall. "As a lifelong student, I am always looking for ways to improve my leadership and management abilities. I am incredibly excited to learn from Harvard's esteemed faculty and lecturers."
Hall is a former two-term president of the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees. He was elected to the Compton City Council in 2003 where he served in various leadership positions including mayor pro tempore. Hall was elected to the California State Assembly in 2008 and served as assistant speaker pro tempore during his first term. He currently serves as a member of the Appropriations, Elections and Redistricting and Human Services Committees. He chairs the Assembly Committee on Government Organization.
The youngest of six children, Hall was born and raised in the city of Compton. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, a master's degree in Management and Leadership from the University of Southern California, a master's in Public Administration from National University and a Ph.D. from Next Dimension Bible College.


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An Arkansas judge has confessed to leaking confidential information about Charlize Theron adopting her son months before she made an official announcement.
The Oscar winner became a mom to Jackson in early 2012 and managed to keep the news secret for several weeks.
She eventually confirmed she had adopted in March of that year, but the news had been leaked on a Louisiana State University message board two months earlier.
A poster using the name "geauxjudge" revealed the star was going through adoption proceedings and that she had turned up in court in a "long brown wig (and) oversized clothes" to "camouflage her appearance."
After a online report pointed the finger at Circuit Judge Mike Maggio on Monday, he has admitted being behind the leak.
A statement from Maggio reads, "I take full responsibility for the comments that have been attributed to me.
"I apologize deeply for my lapse in personal judgment and for that, I have no excuse. The comments posted were not acceptable. These comments are not a reflection of who I am."
Maggio has now ended his campaign for a seat on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. The state's Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission director David Sachar has ordered an investigation into the scandal.


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BayAreaHoopz wrote:What David Lee attributes to this team can be repeated night in and night out. He's a rebounder thats going to score in a variety of ways. Curry, on the other hand, is only as effective as his jumper falling in. He isn't showing that he could do much more. He's not that Derrick Rose type point guard where he's going to attack the rim. Most of what Curry does, relies on hiding behind screens and shooting open jumpers. He could shoot the team right out of the game like he did against the Rockets when he went 8 for 21 and 3 of 8 from 3 point land. Even though he ended up with 24 points, it wasn't exactly an efficient night. I felt this should of been Lee's team the moment they traded for him. He was an All-Star that averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds, yet Monta Ellis refused to relinquish his hold on the franchise. If he doesn't score, he's chipping in on the boards and dishes the ball such as the game against the Mavs where he only took 13 shots. He ended up with 15 points, 20 rebounds and 7 assists in a Warriors win.
Absolutely. Agree 100%.
And, riddle me this, if Lee is turned into a more prevelant part of this offense, whom the team can feed constantly, where he can dominate in man coverage or find open players out of virtually any situation, and the defense feels the need to adjust based on the fact that he hits 52% of his shots...
What's that do for our shooters?
Hurt or hinder?