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The 83rd Heller-Higgins family reunion was July 28 at the Marion County Lake hall. Sixty-two attendees represented four generations of the descendants of Daniel and Sara (Heller) Higgins.
The family visited during a potluck dinner.
Brad Dody, president, conducted a short business meeting. Tracy Higgins will serve as president for 2014. A few family updates were read from those unable to attend.
Attendees from Marion were Shirley Bowers; Howard and Beth Collett; Charles Stinchcomb; Vernon and Arlene Bowers; Kelli and Josh Housman; and Greg and Mary Beth Bowers.
Other Kansas attendees were Kenneth and Anita Sly, Salina; Jim and Lenore Thompson, Osage City; Jack and Patty Higgins, Hutchinson; Virginia Higgins, Hutchinson; Gene and Marsha Donaldson, Spring Hill; Karen Higgins Smith, Hutchinson; Ray and Anne Janzen, Hillsboro; Tom and Diane Higgins, Emporia; Marge Talbott, Halstead; Gail and Sandra Dody, Wichita; Brad, Elizabeth, Katie, and Kara Dody, Wichita; Norm Bowers, Olathe; Tracy Higgins, El Dorado; Rick and Collette Erickson, Chapman; Keith and Anne Collett, Chapman; Beverly and Dale Curry, Emporia; Briant Lewis, Augusta; Brad Talbott, Wichita; Vin and Grady Parazin, Olathe; Chuck and Barb Stinchcomb, Russell; Derek Higgins and Kara Sutton, Andover; Susie Mueller, Mentor; and Georgia Higgins, El Dorado.
Out-of-state attendees were Manda, Traden, and Cey Karch, Calvin, Okla.; Nicki James and Zach, Katylin, Emma, and Anna, Bonanza, Ore.; Heather and Shawn Hickey, Kansas City, Mo.; Randy, Rachel and Maggie Collett, Jefferson City, Mo.
The next reunion will be July 27, 2014.


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Tilda Swindon Joins Vampire Terror Hottie Cast Of Only Lovers Left Alive
Me and vampire movies have never exactly gotten along, but one thing it's impossible to deny is that vampire movies often pack in some pretty impressive terror hottie counts, and that's just what we'll get with Only Lovers Left Alive.
Featuring Tilda Swinton, and Mia Wasikowska, Only Lovers Left Alive follows a pair of vampires who've been in love for centuries. And naturally, their love is scarcely an easy thing, even more so when you're sucking plasma for all eternity.
They're not even going to start shooting this one until later in the year, so chances are, you're not going to see this one until at the very least late in 2013. But still, putting Tilda Swinton in a vampire role, well, that's no mean thing. And hopefully we'll get to see how this turns out sooner rather than later, so keep it right here for all the latest news on what just might be one of the most impressive vampire movies you'll see lately.

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(Do realize this was a joke)
(Do realize this was a joke)
by wouldntyouliketoknow August 21, 2004
A lisp is when people pronounce their "s" sounds with a "th" sound. People with lisps should not be categorized as retarded or stupid but sadly most of the time are.
Oh you should just stop talking your lisp is really bad today.
by heyheyheyheyhey!!! May 26, 2009
The most cruel and torturous word in the English Language, where a person has a speah impediment that stops them from speaking correctly.
by Matthew Stoner December 30, 2006
A speech impediment which causes the person with it to mispronounce the sounds 's' and 'z'.
Person without lisp: Today I shall swim in the sea with my sister
Person with lisp: Today I shall thwim in the thea with me thithter
Person with lisp: Today I shall thwim in the thea with me thithter
by love child February 03, 2005
One of the most powerful and most respected family of programming languages by computer scientists. Lisp can rewrite itself on the fly, although this potential is rarely exploited. Mainstream Lisp dialects have steep learning curves, so they're rarely used outside of artificial intelligence, space missions, or computer algebra apps, but they are intended to be general purpose.
Dude 1: check it out, I just wrote a Google clone in Lisp while waiting for the bus.
Dude 2: damn, that's more parenthesis than the pennies in my granny's drawer.
Dude 2: damn, that's more parenthesis than the pennies in my granny's drawer.
by lispdude August 09, 2007
To talk with a speech impediment and not be able to sound out their Esshes.
I can not help that i talk with a lisp Dan but will you please move out of your desk so i can eat my Ssheasar Sshalad.
by Grimey the Groper February 14, 2006
a lisp is when you cant talk correctly and slur your words like youre half retarded. Its not being able to talk correctly.
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Hammad A necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 618 diseños de 61 diseñadores freelance.
Azmat Welfare Foundation
The Azmat Welfare Foundation is an independent aid organisation committed to providing medical aid where it is needed most, regardless of race, religion, politics or gender. Our facilities will provide universal medical healthcare in society, especially targeting the poorest section of the community.
It is our intention to promote sustainable development amongst poor rural communities through a framework of health education.
A logo is needed for the launch of our new website and other future media outlets. AWF will have a professional, welcoming look and feel.
Other than our website, the logo could be used on items from letter headed paper and posters to blankets and tents. We want people to know what we do without us being there to tell them.
We are targeting everyone! From healthcare professionals who may like to offer their services to people who want to donate financial aid.
- The logo will be used as a starting point for the website design so needs to really communicate who we are and what we do.
- Should be a combination of themes; the charity name as well as the healthcare theme (feel free to be creative here, but not complicated). Should be able to shorten the logo to a symbol, button or icon.
- We would like the charity name all in upper case with 'AZMAT' as the dominant word (i.e. larger print than 'WELFARE FOUNDATION')
- Examples of logos we like (just the type of theme/icon use we like):
Barnardos - http://legacy.mkacc.org/barnardos.jpg (simple icon)
Islamic Relief - http://www.culturalcup.com/images/i…f_logo.png (logo reflects what they represent)
NB - We do not want to reflect any religion in our logo
- Should be compatible with multiple presentation mediums; i.e. full colour (online, website), black & white (distinguishable if photocopied/faxed)
- Favourite colour: Green (not bright/lime green)
- Professional, simple, conveys trust, easy to understand
- File formats required:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - layered .psd (RGB)
* Do not want overly complicated image/icon
* Do not want to use any words other than AZMAT Welfare Foundation (no uses of 'help', 'healthcare', etc.)
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Cisco WAAS – Key to Cloud, Key to the Cisco Network On Wheels
Wow, time flies. When I started blogging at Cisco, 2 years back (here), helping organizations formulate their cloud strategy was top of my mind. I'd ran a customer market research survey, and one of the things we learned that in certain parts of the world, the access bandwidth to the cloud was a significant concern – in terms of reliability, cost and bandwidth available. From this customer feedback, we concluded that Cisco WAAS – Wide Area Application Services – that helps accelerate applications and optimizes bandwidth usage – was a key asset in helping our customers overcome this cloud adoption challenge. And from this feedback, we realised that our Cisco WAAS Planning and Design Services were key to some of our customers adopting cloud.
Now 2 years on, and I've seen Cisco WAAS in a new light, at first hand, in a different type of application. Cisco WAAS helped Cisco UK put together the "Network on Wheels" – a van (the "NOW" van") filled with networking gear. And as another example of heavy bandwidth use, the Cisco NOW van helped us stream TelePresence live into a camp site (yes a camp site!!!) at the start of a charity cycle event I took part in recently. Cisco WAAS helped optimize the bandwidth of the satellite link, to ensure good end user performance for internet access, as well as supporting the Cisco TelePresence over Satellite.
You can read more about the Cisco "Network On Wheels" here, in my article "The Network on Wheels – Raising Funds for Paralympic Athletes".
And if you need help figuring out how best to apply Cisco WAAS, we in Cisco Services offer a comprehensive Planning and Design Service for Cisco WAAS, as part of over overall Plan, Build and Manage lifecycle. Get in touch if you need more information!
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19th Century English Pottery - Lustreware, Pearlware, Creamware
Circa 1800-35
The early part of the 19th century is a very rich time for English, Welsh, and Scottish Pottery. Hundreds of potters were busy producing decorative and functional wares for the exploding population.
Many of these wares were mass-produced and marketed to the ordinary working family. High quality tableware and decorative items were made for the more aspiring and affluent middle and upper classes. Large country homes and elegant town houses occupied by the new industrialists, financiers and rural elite who wishes to impress bought fine examples of pottery from the classic potters of the time such as Spode, Davenport, Masons, Mayer, Wedgwood, Herculaneum, Don and countless other factories.
Underglaze blue and white transferware was very popular and much produced by numerous factories often illustrating idyllic rural scenes and romantic ruins in foreign lands.
New techniques such as items decorated in lustre were introduced and one of our specialisation's is pink and silver lustre objects from the circa 1820/35 period. These pieces can form a stunning assemblage and are often used by interior designers to create a statement in a room.
The pink splash lustre decorated pitchers are made in the North East of England in the Newcastle and Sunderland area. The silver lustre ware was produced mainly in Staffordshire and Yorkshire. Some fine examples also came from the famous Dillwyn and Glamorgan Potteries in South Wales.
The 19th century saw a massive expansion of the population in Britain a country at the height of its power due to the impact of the industrial revolution and successful military and naval campaigns.
The demand for decorative and functional ceramics was supplied in the main by hundreds of factories in the Staffordshire area and at other major locations such as Portobello and Glasgow in Scotland, Yorkshire, South Wales at Swansea and Llanelli, North East England in Newcastle on Tyne and Sunderland and other provincial factories dotted around the UK.
Our main specialisation from this period is Staffordshire and Scottish animal figure groups. The iconic Staffordshire pottery spaniel has been produced in there thousands and we stock the very rarest and best examples ever produced especially the rarer canine figures of other breeds. We also specialise in the best examples of animal figures such as rabbits, leopards, lions and exotic birds.
Victorian Staffordshire figures are perhaps the most copied and reproduced today. The most frequent question we are encountered with is " how can you tell a modern copy from an original Victorian example".
- Colours used. Antique Staffordshire pottery has a fairly standard range of colours and it one should familiarise colours from authentic pieces. Beware of "wishy-washy"colours and, paradoxically; beware of extra bright colours also.
- Look at the material the item is made from, numerous figures are reproduced in a porcelain body when in fact the original was made in pottery. Many of the copies on the market today are made in China and are made with a crude porcelain body.
- If there is extensive crazing and staining it often denotes a modern piece. Antique examples do not usually have extensive crackleure.
- Some blue blotches (cobalt) in a thick lustrous glaze (lead) are usually a good sign.
- A chalky feel to the base, particularly to the rim is a bad sign and often denotes items produced in the 1960/70's
- If the item is exceptionally heavy or light in weight it could signal the item is a copy. This is a judgement, which can be made after handling authentic antique pieces.
- Reproductions made from a mould from an original piece will be about 10% smaller than the original. (This is due to shrinkage in the firing process).
- Most figures dating from 1840 to 1880 are made by pressing two moulds together and this can be confirmed by the presence of a seam down the side of the item. Later items were made from a slip cast process (a modern technique) and there will be no seam join as these modern examples are made in one single form.
- A marked piece stating "Made in England", Genuine Staffordshire","Ye Olde Staffordshire" relate to items made in the 20th century.
- The gilt decoration applied to antique Victorian piece pre 1870 has a soft and realistic gold look. Later copies from the late 19th century to the present day have a harsh almost chromium look to the gilding.


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Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span.
Beery was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Noah W. and Marguerite (Fitzgerald) Beery. He was a younger brother of actor/film executive William Beery and actor Noah Beery, who also had long careers in the motion picture industry. He was an uncle of actor Noah Beery, Jr. According to U.S. Census records, all three Beery brothers were born to the same parents, making them full brothers and not half-brothers as many biographies have claimed.
Wallace Beery ran away from home and joined the Ringling Brothers Circus at age sixteen as an assistant elephant trainer. He left two years later, after being clawed by a leopard. Beery found work in New York City in comic opera as a baritone and began to appear on Broadway. In 1913, he moved to Chicago to work for Essanay Studios, cast as Sweedie, The Swedish Maid, a masculine character in drag. Later, he worked for the Essanay Studios location in Niles, California.


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LAB necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 22 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
We're a fast-growing company with a new logo designed right here on 99designs!
Now we're looking for some concepts around how that logo might look on a few print pieces including a post card, poster and ad.
We don't necessarily need finished art as we're looking for different concepts at this stage.
We're a new concept in personal assistance. Kinda like CraigsList meets eBay for getting help with everyday to-do's.
Consumers can post any task on TaskRabbit.com and set the price for getting it done.
Nearby TaskRabbit Runners (people who do the tasks) are instantly alerted to the task via SMS and email. They will accept a price & get the job done ASAP.
Typical tasks cost only $10-15 to complete. They include real-world tasks like Goodwill drop-offs, furniture assembly, grocery runs, food delivery, yard work & house cleaning, as well as online projects like researching vacation destinations, selling stuff on eBay & more.
We are currently live in Boston with over 300 TaskRabbit Runners & are on the brink of launching in San Francisco.
--> the best way to understand TaskRabbit is to see us in action @ http://www.taskrabbit.com
- busy, young professionals
- people working for their own businesses or small businesses
- busy young parents, especially moms
their demographics:
• Primary age range: 25 – 34; secondary: 35 - 44
• 60% female, 40% male
• 70%+ either have – or plan to have – kids.
Create high-level concept (or concepts) w/unified look & feel for TaskRabbit.com print collateral
REFLECT the TR personality: "spunky, smart, trustworthy highly personable."
EXPLAIN. what TaskRabbit is (see WHAT'S TASKRABBIT? above.)
IMAGERY: budgets limit us to stock – ideally free or very inexpensive Sadly we can't pursue a concept that'd require prof. photog. or illustration.
COPY: should be light & FPO is fine.
1. 4 x 6 post cards (front + back, used for flyering cars, dropping in retail purchases at stores; these have a "get $15 OFF your 1st task" offer
2. 11 x 17 posters - drive awareness, used 4 neighborhood guerrilla marketing: put in shop windows, community centers
3. 8.5 x 11, 1 page print ad - drive awareness in event guides, mags


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DENVER — Raiders linebacker Sio Moore was with the team when it arrived in Denver after being involved in an auto accident Saturday morning and being diagnosed with a concussion.
Moore was added to the injury report and listed "questionable" to face the Broncos Monday night at Sports Authority Field.
On his Twitter account, Moore said, "Talk about a scary morning man. Just thank God I'm safe and made it safely to CO."
Then he tweeted: "100 percent I'll be in black with my squad."
The Raiders were disclosing no details regarding the accident.
Moore must go through the NFL concussion protocol, passing a battery of mental tests, to be cleared for action Monday night.


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Michael Drake
Class of 2012
Major/Minor: Economics/Business Management
Campus Involvement
- Major: Economics
- Minor: Business Management
- Financial Controller, Student Government Association
- Peer Mentor
- Photographer, Sports Information Department
- Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honor Society)
- Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society in Economics)
- Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
- IM Sports
Hometown? Woodstown, NJ
High School? Woodstown High School
Favorite dance move? The Moonwalk. It never gets old.
Favorite places to eat? Plaza Tapatia is the place to go for Mexican; it is very close to campus and has quite reasonable prices. If you have a car, check out Cafe Sado on Kent Island for Asian cuisine and sushi. Great atmosphere and stellar food. It's worth the trip.
Favorite time of day? Morning. The best time to go for a run or take a walk downtown. Plus, who would want to miss breakfast? Not me.
One mistake you made during your first year at WAC? I wish I had gotten involved in more things my first year here. I'm involved in a lot now, but I would have liked to try a bunch of different things early on.
If you were a Disney character, which one would you be? Timon from The Lion King. He seems like someone who worries often, but ultimately lives by "Hakuna Matata". Also, he's a meerkat, which is awesome.
Favorite Class at WC? Data Analysis. This class taught me to collect, analyze, and draw significant conclusions from sets of data.
Recommended Professor? Dr. Andy Helms. He is a very intelligent guy who is devoted to his students and keeps class entertaining yet focused. He has a great sense of humor which can be subtle at times. So pay attention, or you might miss one of his witty puns.
Most Memorable Experience as a First-Year Student? Well, living in Somerset was quite an experience…
If I Were an Animal? I would be a monkey and try to evolve into a human.
One Thing You Shouldn't Forget to Pack? Get a body pillow. They're just awesome!


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Monday, April 9, 2012
Vertigo RE-UP This Weekend!
Hey! Remember that time, just over a year ago, that I teamed up with 5 of my best friends, slept 2 hours and in turn created "VERTIGO", one of the most expansive art collections that I have ever personally done but the only people that could see it in person were in LA? Well, I have some kinda cool news if you happen to be living in the California Bay Area this weekend! (Sorry rest of the world, still working with The Fly on how to do this whole teleportation thing)
This Saturday, April 14 from 12-6 PM at our Zerofriends gallery in Downtown Oakland, I will be re-displaying a selection of pieces and props from my huge nightmare-based "VERTIGO" show that was on display last year at Corey Helford Gallery. Included in this showcase is 6 of my favorite paintings from the show as well as the gigantic 9-ft unfrozen "Molar Bear" (a monstrous beast made entirely out of extracted teeth) and a nightmare-extracting music box.
But as usual, we aren't just doing a showcase. We are also releasing a brand new never-before-available Limited Colorway Giclee print of "The Breathing Architecture" (online release will happen that same day as well)
AND we are giving away a FREE signed 8" x 10" "AROMA" signed print to the first 50 people that come to the opening and ask for it on that Saturday.
This is a great chance to check out my newly opened Zerofriends store & gallery in Oakland if you haven't had the chance to yet. And I will be hanging around there for a few hours, ready to chat about the paintings or about the actual Vertigo story as it is something that is very close to my heart, so come on by, get free prints and help welcome us to the neighborhood this Saturday, April 14!
Where: Zerofriends Oakland
489A 25th St
Oakland, CA
(@ Telegraph)
When: Saturday, April 14, from 12 - 6 PM
Free admission, and FREE prints to the first 50 people to ask for one.
If you missed the collection last year, there is an entire story surrounding the artwork which you can read about it HERE if you are interested.
See you there!


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Safeguards against overburdening the power multiplier by sensing when the connected equipment is drawing more electricity than the power multiplier can handle. It then disconnects from the power, guarding against electrical fires.
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As part of Frugal Bento Month [1], I've posted a simple challenge: Keep track of what you're saving by bringing bentos for lunch [2] instead of buying lunch. I thought it might be fun to total up everyone's savings. So, use this thread to let us know how much you've saved (weekly or at the end of the month), and I'll total it up at the end of April!
The Big Onigiri.
- Wherever you go, there you are. -
[1] http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-challenges/april-is-frugal-bento-month
[2] http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-challenges/keep-track-your-bento-lunch-savings-april


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Commercial, Products, Public Service, Services
By Staff Writer | April 25, 2013
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Boise, Idaho-based night vision imaging system (NVIS) provider from Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) has completed a Eurocopter EC135 for Med-Trans Air Medical Services. The installation, which took place at Metro Aviation in Shreveport, La., represents the 700th NVIS completion for ASU. The first civil installation traces back to 2003, an EC135 also carried out at Metro.
Flight for Life Eurocopter BK117. Photo courtesy of Flight For Life Transport System
ASU has also equipped a Eurocopter/Kawasaki BK117 in operation with Flight for Life Transport System with night vision cockpit upgrades at Helicopter Specialties in Janesville, Wis. The Air Methods-operated Flight for Life helicopter becomes the 100th BK117 night completion from ASU.
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"If you are looking for an adaptation to enhance your enjoyment of the original Sherlock Holmes story, or perhaps just a well-made, mystery audio drama, you will certainly want to pick up a copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles!" - Audio Theatre Central
We love StoriesBig Finish produce great full-cast audio drama for CD and download, featuring many popular television fantasy series.
Sherlock Holmes
2.3. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by Richard Dinnick
Starring Nicholas Briggs Richard Earl
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Nicholas Briggs on his history with Holmes. This is an extract from a speech he delivered to the Sherlock Holmes Society of London's Film Evening, hosted by the esteemed Matthew J. Elliott.
On the basis that honesty is the best policy, I have to confess to you that I feel like a bit of an imposter, standing here before you tonight. Hopefully not 'The Imposter of Baker Street', which was one of the working titles of Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley's 'Without a Clue', but I have an intense feeling of paranoia that you might ask me something I don't know the answer to.
As you may know, I've had a long association with Doctor Who.
Even before I was the voice of the Daleks,
even before I was the executive producer of the Big Finish audio adventures of Doctor Who,
even before I worked for Big Finish Productions at all...
I was a huge fan of Doctor Who... and I still am.
And during all that time I spent at conventions or on video shoots, interviewing Doctor Who celebrities,
the one,
big paranoia that they always expressed - and indeed, it's the same paranoia that all the actors who appear in Big Finish productions still express - is this...
'I don't know anything about Doctor Who'.
For some reason, they think that talking about their work on Doctor Who is going to amount to some sort of quiz on the history of Doctor Who, upon which they'll be marked, graded as 'failures' and dismissed.
I've always found it odd that they should think this way...
Until I was kindly invited to appear here today.
I love Sherlock Holmes. I've loved the whole idea of the character and his many cases and adventures for as long as I can remember...
I confess.
I'm not an expert.
And that makes me feel a bit inadequate.
So, can we clear this up? You're not going to give me a quizz are you?
[Blank audience response]
I'm an actor, a writer and a producer who's had a passion for Holmes since I was a child... but I suppose it's a passion that came about because of Basil Rathbone... Peter Cushing... Christopher Plummer... Robert Stephens and yes, even Stewart Granger (William Shatner was in that one, too, wasn't he?)!
But I came back to the originals via David Stuart Davies's fantastic one-man theatre shows, starring the superb Roger Llewellyn - The Last Act and The Death and Life. These featured so many tantalizing snippets of the Conan Doyle text that I went back to them. And that made me want to produce audio dramatizations that were as close to the originals as possible.
Previous to this... I'd had two other professional encounters with Holmes...
Back in 1999, when I was working like crazy to finish the post-production sound design and music for the first Big Finish Doctor Who release, The Sirens of Time - I was also rehearsing and subsequently performing as Holmes in a production of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's own play, The Stoner Case - which we retitled The Speckled Band, for the purposes of easier recognition.
As I'm sure you will know, the original productions of it suffered from a lack of authenticity when it came to the representation of the snake. The irony being that when they used a real snake, everyone thought it was a fake one, because it hardly moved.
We NEVER considered using a real snake. We handled the snake problem in two ways. Firstly, the Douglas Wilmer route... when the snake came through the grill, I whacked it with a cane before anyone could see it (YES, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY THERE), then, secondly, we went for high melodrama!
Rylott/Roylott (the name was changed in Doyle's play for some reason - anyone know why?) was heard screaming from outside the auditorium. Suddenly, the doors burst open, and he charged in, wrestling with a fake snake, screaming and howling, his chest bared, his hair in a crazy mess (don't ask me why). And as he 'died', he flung the snake towards us. And I caught it with my cane and flicked it skillfully onto Helen Stoner's bed...
and then Watson and I immediately flipped a blanket over it, before proceeding to whack it to death with our canes. Like two madmen possessed!
Then we stopped... and, panting from our exertions...
We gingerly checked to see if the snake was dead. Discovering that it wasn't, we embarked on another frenzy of whacking, until we were satisfied that our fake snake had indeed shuffled off its mortal coil.
It was quite difficult to get through the lines of the final scene without panting with exhaustion!
The play was performed for two weeks at the Drayton Court theatre (in a big room under a pub - don't know whether it's still going!) and after disappointingly small audiences, word of mouth started to bring the crowds in just as the run was coming to an end. With the rate of increase of audience size, if we'd had permission to stay on, we might still be performing it now.
But the bottom line for me was that I'd loved playing Holmes! Really loved it. I don't think I'm anything like him.
Nowhere near as clever.
Thankfully nowhere near as unhealthy in my habits (any more - I'm talking about the smoking!)
But I do at least recognize something of that single-mindedness of Holmes. The fact that I'm all afire with enthusiasm when I'm working on something that I utterly love (which is thankfully most of the time these days), but utterly destroyed when I'm inactive. In fact, I fear inactivity. I fill my life with too much work - as my wife and child will tell you - not just because I fear I won't have enough money to support them, but because I feel that dark cloud that descends over me when I don't have anything creative to do. That's how I spent a lot of the 1980s! Very depressing.
So I can, to some small degree anyway, identify with Holmes. And, of course, it helps that I'm not entirely unlike him, physically. Well. Not entirely...
My next encounter with Holmes was when I was asked to play him as part of a season of thrillers that I'd been involved in for nearly a decade at the Theatre Royal Nottingham.
As a change to the usual diet of Francis Durbridge, the producer had decided to do a Sherlock Holmes play... mainly because he knew Avengers creator Brian Clemens and mainly because he knew Brian had written a Sherlock Holmes play... Oh and REALLY MAINLY, because he hoped Brian would do him a good deal on the royalties.
Yeah, that was the MAIN reason.
My dear friend and colleague Maggie Stables (if you're a Big Finish fan...) recommended me as Holmes. She had the ear of the producer - and was terrified he was about to cast someone entirely inappropriate... I've no idea who.
So, I got the job.
The Deputy Stage Manager gave me the back-handed compliment of, 'Well, out of all the people they could get for this season, I guess you're the least inappropriate to play the part.' Praise indeed.
Brian Clemens's play was, of course, Holmes and the Ripper. Not the first piece of work to ponder on how Holmes might have solved that infamous, real-life case - and probably not the last.
The style was... interesting, with more than a dash of the Rathbone/Bruce feel to it... And even a hint at a past, lost love of Holmes. A woman who had ended her days in an insane asylum. The clairvoyant character who imparts this information to Holmes, through feeling vibrations from a broach, later fell for Holmes herself. And the play ends rather sentimentally, with the clairvoyant 'Kate' (for whom Holmes has abandoned his customary scepticism) heading off on a chaperoned trip round Europe with 'Sherlock', as she rather outrageously calls him...
A trip which will take in the Reichenbach Falls.
It was a monster of a role in terms of the number of lines to be learnt, and Holmes was in almost every scene. And I had only seven days in which to rehearse it. But it was fantastic fun to do... and was staged with very simple settings, with lighting and sound being employed to great use.
As is always the way when you do weekly rep, there is always some terrible naughtiness going on. Silly really, when the pressure is so high and the potential for cock-ups so great... but actors seem to mess about EVEN MORE when there's more pressure.
And I'm as guilty as the next man.
As Holmes, Watson and Kate finally know who committed the crime and set off to get their man, in rehearsals, I always used to say, 'Come on! Let's really ***expletive deleted*** him up!' as my exit line. On the first performance, I very nearly said it.
And when Watson made his final farewell to me, as I went off to Reichenbach with Kate, he was required to whisper a final piece of manly advice in my ear before I left. Needless to say, I got various versions of... 'She's a lesbian' or 'I'm gay and love you' on every performance. So I had my work cut out for me not ending the play by guffawing.
The great success of this production led the Theatre Royal to plan a return for Holmes and me the following year.
In the meantime, I was lucky enough to see David Stuart Davies's aforementioned, superb plays. I immediately sorted out the rights for audio adaptations. And at some point around this time, the return match for Holmes at the Theatre Royal became The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Following Holmes and the Ripper, by the way, I'd asked Brian Clemens, who came to see the performance and loved it, if I could adapt his play for audio. He agreed, enthusiastically. So I had my first, somewhat eccentric, series of Holmes planned!
Anyway, the producer of Hound of the Baskervilles revealed that he was going to write the script. He was a writer of no note whatsoever. I asked him how he was going to 'do the hound'. He said, 'Oh, that'll all happen off-stage... or maybe we'll see a couple of red eyes through the French Windows.'
I grimaced, saying, 'There aren't any french windows in Hound of the Baskervilles!' (There are in almost every other thriller we ever do at the Theatre Royal - it's the law) 'Oh, do you have any ideas?' asked the producer.
I immediately re-read the great story of the Hound. Made some notes and had a meeting with the producer. 'You're going to end up having to write this,' my wife warned me. I met with the producer... 'I think you'd better write it,' he said. The money was terrible.
I knew the Theatre Royal Nottingham audience well. They come for a laugh, so, without heading for outright comedy, I did bear this in mind. I'd been a part of a couple of really spooky productions at this theatre, and seen how well the mixture of laughs and shocks worked well.
I made the Barrymores a little broad and overly emotional about the death of their master... hoping to get a few moments of Watson being overly stern with them and regretting upsetting them. The trouble is, the actor playing Barrymore took the comedy cues in the script far too far to hard, and ended up rather milking it.
I also had fun with comedy elements with a soldier leaping out at Watson's party as they approached Baskerville Hall.
But my solution to the whole problem of portraying the hound on stage was to hit the problem head-on. My premise was that Watson was putting on a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles and had asked Holmes along to a final rehearsal to judge how accurate the play was.
This meant that Holmes could be in the story more... because even when he wasn't meant to be in it, he could pop onto the stage to quiz Watson about how things were unfolding. I remember I was particularly concerned that Watson, suspecting that Barrymore might be connected with the murder, went out and left Henry Baskerville alone in the house with the Barrymores for quite some time (allowing him to meet the Stapletons). Why would Watson leave Henry at risk like that? The way we played it, Watson hadn't thought of that... leaving Holmes looking rather smug and superior.
The other advantage of it being portrayed as a stage play was that I could have Holmes as concerned as the audience might be about the potentially rubbish portrayal of the hound. During the play, he keeps asking Watson how exactly the hound will be portrayed. Irritated, Watson keeps avoiding the question.
And as the play progresses, Holmes gets more and more involved in the re-enactment... at one point quoting Watson's famous narrative passage about the appearance of the hound. The idea is that Holmes is quite disturbed the memory of the monstrous beast.
And finally, Holmes finds himself left on stage, with the lights fading and only the sound of the hound in the distance as company. Clearly caught up in it all, he draws his revolver and challenges the hound to appear. And for a split-second it does - as an actor wearing a giant hound mask leaps out for a moment before the lights black-out. In the blackout, Holmes fires five shots (of course... and if the blank firing gun was working - I think one night, the back-up gun firer was a little too anxious and fired off a couple of shots as well, which made it sound a bit like Holmes had a machine gun).
When the lights come up, Watson and the rest of the cast come on to apologize for there not being a hound. 'It was too difficult to do. We thought that should just all happen off stage!'
Utterly bamboozled and really quite disturbed, Holmes turns to the audience and says, 'But I saw it. I saw... the hound of the Baskervilles.' Curtain in. Thunderous applause.
My next Holmes experience was directing Roger Llewellyn in audio adaptations of David Stuart Davies's brilliant one-man shows. And this is the start of the audio journey...
In the case of the first releases of our second series - my dramatizations of The Final Problem and The Empty House hardly qualify as adaptations at all. They are very nearly just the original text with the 'said he's removed. The main adapting involved breaking the text up into new paragraphs, to emphasize changes of thought for the actors, and audio stage directions which gave hints at the emotional content - especially of Watson's decision finally to break the silence and speak out about Moriarty.
Hound of the Baskervilles needed more work, but only because it was over 60,000 words long and we knew our script had to be 20-odd thousand words to happily fit onto two CDs of drama. As much as we possibly could, we left Conan Doyle untouched.
I found that when you go back to the original texts, you think, why have people ever felt the need to mess about with this? Probably because Watson's narration is removed for the sake of dramatic variety... but on audio, your audience welcomes narration and you can keep Watson's narration in tact!
But the bottom line is...
Change the context.
It's all fine... It's often brilliant.
But go back to the original and you'll have the best time
CHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT of The Hound of the Baskervilles:
That's for you to investigate!
- Nicholas Briggs (Sherlock Holmes)
- Richard Earl (Dr John Watson)
- John Banks (Dr Mortimer / Mr John Barrymore / Selden / Postmaster / Lestrade)
- Samuel Clemens (Sir Henry Baskerville)
- Barnaby Edwards (Mr Jack Stapleton)
- Charlie Norfolk (Miss Beryl Stapleton / Mrs Eliza Barrymore / Laura Lyons)
- Cover Artist Alex Mallinson
- Director Ken Bentley Nicholas Briggs
- Executive Producer Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Music Jamie Robertson
- Sound Design Martin Montague
- Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Adapted by Richard Dinnick
- Line Producer David Richardson
- Product Format: 2-disc CD (jewel case)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Duration: 156 minutes
- Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-84435-593-8
- Production Code: BFPSHCD006


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Annual Funds' Review: Dawood Income Fund tops benchmark returns
July 15, 2019 (MLN): Investment in income funds during a phase of high volatility at equity market and unpleasant investment opportunities elsewhere, could be a dicey approach to uptake, one that requires smart tactics along with a hint of luck.
When Pakistan came to face such harsh conditions during fiscal year 2019, only one income fund managed to cross over the benchmark i.e. the annual average of 6-month KIBOR. Due to persistently rising policy rates throughout the year, the KIBOR maintained a steady hike up north.
While the average 6 month KIBOR for the year stands at 10.2%, the performance chart put together by Mettis Global shows that only Dawood Income Fund managed to jump over this benchmark by giving annual returns worth 11.12%.
However, the rest of the funds also gave decent returns with the lowest of them marked at 6.46%.
Dawood Income Fund's net assets were valued at Rs.80.4 per share on June 30, 2019 as compared to Rs.72.4 recorded at the start of the year.
The open ended fund carries a 'medium' risk profile and has been given a stability rating of 'AA-(f)' by PACRA.
During first half of the year, most of the fund's portfolio comprised of T-Bills, TFCs, Commercial Papers and placement with banks and DFI. Through the latter part (December 2018 onwards), the proportion of placement with banks & DFI grew larger and dominated the portfolio.
In addition to this, investors of this fund also recorded the highest dividend gain when compared to the gains earned from the rest of income funds.
As can be seen in the chart, Dawood Income Fund stands tallest with a dividend gain of 18.96%, followed closely by NAFA Financial Sector Income Fund with 14.11% and JS Income Fund with 14.08%.
In FY19, Dawood Income Fund gave a total payout of Rs.16.74 per unit, NAFA Financial Sector Income Fund gave Rs.1.57 per unit while JS Income Fund gave Rs.14.3 per unit.
The maximum total payout was given by Atlas Income Fund which gave returned its investors a sum of Rs.60.5 per unit.
In addition to this, Dawood Income Fund also observed maximum dividend yield at the end of FY19, positioned at 20.82% while JS Income Fund's dividend yield stood at 14.96%.
In conclusion, all income funds performed decently during the year, but not all of them could beat the average 6-month KIBOR. To be precise, investment in income funds proved to be much riskier that the equity market, and much less riskier than the money market. That being said, the income funds' performance befits their reputation as the medium risk investment opportunity.
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European stock markets dip at open
July 17, 2019: Europe's main stock markets eased at the start of trading on Wednesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.2 percent at 7,563.88 points.
In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index dipped 0.1 percent to 12,424 points and the Paris CAC 40 lost 0.2 percent to 5,605, compared with Tuesday's closing levels.
Higher rates boost NSS receipts volume in FY 2018-19:...
Jul 17, 2019: Owing to higher rates offered on different instruments, the net receipts of National Saving Schemes (NSS) witnessed considerable growth during the fiscal year 2018-19 compared to the corresponding period of last year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported.
"The net receipts of National Saving Schemes (NSS) surged to Rs225.3 billion, compared to only Rs 48.7 billion recorded in the previous corresponding period," the SBP said in its latest third quarterly report on The State of Pakistan's Economy.
This showed an increase of Rs176.6 billion in receipts during July-March (2018-19), according to the report.
Giving break up, the report said that the Defence Saving Certificates (DSC) receipts increased from Rs8.3 billion in FY18 to Rs44.6 billion in FY2019, showing an increase of Rs36.3 billion, the Special Savings Certificates (SSC) receipts increased from minus Rs38.5 billion to Rs33.1 billion, showing growth of Rs71.6 billion whereas the Regular Income Certificates (RIC) increased from Rs1.9 billion to Rs102.9 billion, a growth of Rs100.9 billion.
Similarly, the Behbood Saving Certificate (BSC) receipts increased from Rs32.1 billion to Rs89.5 billion, an increase of Rs57.5 billion.
However, during the period under review, the Special Saving Accounts (SSA) receipts declined by Rs102.9 billion from Rs27.5 billion to minus Rs75.4 billion, Saving Accounts (SA) from 2.2 billion to minus 1.1 billion, hence showing 3.3 billion decrease.
The other receipts of NSS increased by Rs16.5 billion, from Rs15.3 billion to Rs31.7 billion, it said.
The major rise was observed only in third quarter where the main contribution was from Regular Income Certificates (RICs), followed by Behbood Saving Certificates (BSCs) and Defense Saving Certificates (DSCs).
According to the report, this increase was due to higher rates offered on these instruments as the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) had increased profit rates on the savings' instruments under NSS with effective from January 2019
On the other hand, according to the report, the saving and special saving accounts recorded a decline during Jul-Mar FY19.
The Receipts are expected to grow further as the Central Directorate of National Saving (CDNS) has further increased rates on various savings certificates with effect from July 1st, 2019.
"The CDNS notified the upward revision in the profit rates for various saving certificates with effect from July 1st (2019), this would encourage people to invest in various schemes of the directorate," a senior official of CDNS told APP.
The rate for Defense Savings Certificate has been increased from 12.47 percent to 13.01 percent while the rate of Special Saving Certificate from 11.57 to 12.90, Regular Income Certificate from 12 percent to 12.96 percent.
Likewise, the rates of Savings Accounts have been increased from 8.5 percent to 10.25 percent while the rates of Bahbood Savings Certificates and Pensioners' Benefit Account were increased from 14.28 percent to 14.76 percent.
The government had also increased the short-term (3 months), medium-term (6 months) and long-term (12months) certificates to attract more people towards savings and investments with CDNS.
CPHGC Power Plant to complete in August 2019: Chinese...
July 17, 2019: China Power Hub Generation Company is soon to complete its 2×660 MW coal-fired power plant in Hub, Balochistan.
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Chinese Embassy Mr. Lijian Zhao congratulated Pakistan in his tweet on Tuesday, by saying that the CPHGC power plant in Hub Balochistan will be completed in August. It is the largest project under CPEC in Balochistan. It created 2900 local jobs.
The CPHGC project, located in Hub, Balochistan, is a joint venture between China-Pakistan International Holding — a state owned entity — and the Hub Power Company Ltd (Hubco) with 74 percent and 26 percent ownership respectively.
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CA balance to face challenges from low exports and...
July 17, 2019 (MLN): Recently the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its third quarterly report on State of Pakistan's economy for the Fiscal year 2019-20, as per which the overall macroeconomic situation remained challenging during the said period, as suggested by preliminary data.
However, the report also highlighted that the improvement in Pakistan's current account balance during the aforesaid period gained further momentum as a significant decline in imports more than offset the stagnancy in exports and resulted in the shrinking of merchandize trade deficit.
The macroeconomic stabilization measures undertaken earlier resulted in a slowdown in economic activity in the country. The sizable decline in machinery imports following the conclusion of early phase of CPEC, lower quantum energy imports (excluding LNG) amid lower power generation in Q2 and Q3, and a temporary softening in global oil prices, all contributed significantly to improvement in the Current Account deficit (CAD) by reduction of import payments.
Thus, a slowdown in economic activity and government's efforts to curb non-essential imports by imposing duties, seem to be just fine to reduce trade deficit, but the qualms haven't yet disappeared as the other side of the equation i.e. the exports have shown no retrieval as yet, remained unanswered.
Exports in FY19 remained flattish. In the 1QFY19, they were down by nearly 12.66% QoQ, which went up to 4.73% growth by the end of 2QFY19. This is the time around which rupee depreciation started and the currency shed considerable value which reflected in exports numbers. However, in 3QFY19, the growth in exports started to slowdown, crushing to 0.03% QoQ by the end of 4QFY19.
Although trade deficit improved YoY in Q4, it would be worthwhile to note that the reduction in trade deficit by about 13.7% QoQ in 3QFY19 has been offset with rise in trade deficit by about 19% during 4QFY19, as the last quarter of FY19 witnessed 10.3% rise in imports along with a negligible (0.03%) growth in exports compared to previous quarter of FY19.
The SBP report further highlights that import payments dropped in Q3-FY19 was the largest drop in almost 10 years, and was more than sufficient to offset a marginal contraction in exports in the quarter, specifically due to declines in both energy and non-energy import payments.
Moreover, despite the contraction, the current account deficit (CAD) still remained at a higher level from the external account's stability perspective. The average CAD between FY11-15 was US$ 2.6 billion only, while this number is US$ 10.3 billion in Jul-Mar. In addition, total foreign investment continued to decline since last three quarters of FY19 due to the looming uncertainty regarding the exchange rate adjustment and the finalization of the IMF program, which may have dented the investors' confidence.
Besides, as per the SBP document, the lowering of Pakistan's credit rating by Fitch in December 2018, due to the country's external financing risk and deteriorating fiscal position, further exacerbated the situation.
By examining the above-mentioned scenario, it is sensible to say that despite the improvement in the CAD and trade balance, its management will remain challenging, especially when exports and foreign investments will not show corresponding increases.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Flying is a headache for most people, but for some that figure of speech becomes literal, according to researchers.
In 2004, doctors reported the first case of "airplane headache" in the medical literature; three dozen more cases were documented in the following years.
The unusual head pain is specific, researchers say: severe pain, usually on one side of the head and near the eye, that flares up during an airplane landing.
Whether "airplane headache" is a distinct condition is still up for debate.
But Italian researchers are arguing that it should be considered a new subtype of headache.
In a recent article in the medical journal Cephalalgia, they report on another 75 people with complaints that fit the signs of airplane headache.
And they suggest a list of criteria that doctors can use to diagnose it.
Whether airplane headache will be officially recognized is anyone's guess. Doctors go by a detailed classification system, called the International Classification of Headache Disorders, to diagnose specific subtypes of headache.
"Is (airplane headache) a unique disorder? I think it is. But others might disagree," said Dr. R. Allan Purdy, a neurologist and professor at Dalhousie Medical School in Halifax, Canada.
Classifying airplane headache as a distinct disorder would allow it to be studied more directly, according to Purdy, who wrote an editorial on the report.
"Nobody knows what causes it," Purdy said. "Nobody knows how many people have it. Nobody knows what treatments work."
Further research would presumably help answer those questions.
In this most recent report, researchers led by Dr. Federico Mainardi, of Giovanni e Paolo Hospital in Venice, describe the cases of 75 people with symptoms suggestive of airplane headache.
Those individuals had contacted the doctors — mostly by email — after reading about a case of airplane headache Mainardi's team had published in 2007. The researchers had all these people complete detailed questionnaires to delve deeper into their symptoms.
Overall, respondents' symptoms fit the features of past cases of airplane headache — severe pain on one side of the head that was usually limited to the time when the plane was landing.
The headache was almost always short-lived — less than 30 minutes for 96 percent of people. Only a minority consistently had headaches during airplane landings; for most, it happened on some flights but not others.
There are limitations to the report, Mainardi and his colleagues acknowledge.
Except for three of the possible airplane-headache sufferers, who had physical exams, the rest were assessed long-distance.
Purdy agreed that that's a shortcoming — and said that some people in the group may well have had other reasons for their head pain.
But taken along with earlier case reports, Purdy said he thinks there's enough evidence to suggest that airplane headache may be a "new and unique disorder."
It's not clear what, precisely, might trigger headaches during airplane landings. But one theory is that the pain may be related to pressure changes in the sinus cavities. (It's known, for instance, that airplane passengers with colds or sinus infections can get severe headaches during take-off or landing.)
Another question is why only some passengers would succumb to airplane headaches.
But Purdy pointed out that just over half of the people in the current report also had a history of other headache problems — including migraines and frequent tension headaches.
So people who are already vulnerable to headaches may be at greater risk.
But Mainardi's team says airplane headache is distinct from migraines and other well-known headache types.
One of their diagnostic criteria is that the pain can't be linked to other causes.
They also say a person should have had at least two attacks of severe head pain during flight, with the symptoms lasting no more than 30 minutes. And there should not be any other symptoms — like nausea or sensitivity to light or noise, which may be signs of migraine.
But if you think you're getting airplane-related headaches, Purdy suggested bringing it up with your doctor. You may at least be able to rule out other causes of the pain.
And if you do have true airplane headaches, the good news is that they seem harmless, though unpleasant.
"It doesn't appear to be a serious or life-threatening disorder," Purdy said — noting that that's also true of most headaches.
No one, however, is sure how to prevent airplane headaches.
Of the 75 people in this report, 29 said they'd tried taking medication to head off their pain. The tactic was a success for 11 of them — with over-the-counter painkillers, like aspirin, naproxen and ibuprofen, being the most common choice.
SOURCE: bit.ly/L3spx5 and bit.ly/MfdyRp Cephalalgia, online April 5, 2012 and May 23, 2012.


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Are 'Cloud Hubs' the Way of the Future?
The pressure of moving government applications into a cloud-computing environment is rapidly building as government agencies look to cut IT costs. According to a new report, the concept of "regional community cloud hubs" among government entities will greatly change the way state and local government procure cloud services.
The report, Best Practices: Regional Community Cloud Hubs - The New "Trickle Down" Effect That's Boosting State and Local Computing by IDC Government Insights defines regional community cloud hubs as one government agency - most likely at the state level - that could serve as a host facility and offer cloud-computing services to other government agencies (most likely local governments), which can then be shared. The host facility could then gain revenue by selling the cloud services to other government agencies, which in turn would help the host facility gain revenue to offset their own IT costs, according to the report.
If local governments buy the cloud services from the host facility instead of looking for cloud services on their own, the cloud services could be purchased at a lower cost.
Shawn McCarthy, an IDC Government Insights research analyst, said the concept of the cloud hub has already started to be used in states like Michigan and Utah and have been deemed successful.
"They're dipping their toe in the water saying, this is the way we want to start offering these things," McCarthy said. "The smaller governments seem interested because it allows them to get out of the infrastructure business, which can be very capital intensive and very maintenance intensive, so where we are is a toe over the starting line."
McCarthy said for Utah's case, the state began segmenting data storage for local government end users. By offering the data storage, some local governments showed interest in tapping into the available storage space. Eventually the state offered to host a server, which triggered more local governments to want to connect into the "hub."
Local governments are interested in moving systems such as applications used to manage its human resources information to the cloud because updating an existing system may cost more, McCarthy said. As the market for cloud computing evolves, local governments may want to look to see if other entities, particular surrounding ones, have a human resources application both entities can share through the cloud.
But providing the cloud doesn't have to be the responsibility of the state governments. Through the regional community cloud hubs, vendors can play an important role in providing cloud space. McCarthy said state governments (the host facilities) could make agreements with cloud providers for cloud storage, offer the same services to local governments who want to join the hub, and negotiate costs down.
Because there are different types of private clouds, state governments that act as the hosting facilities could either host the private cloud with or without the use of a cloud vendor, McCarthy said.
Although the concept of a regional community cloud hub is not quite a trend yet, McCarthy expects state and local governments to start adopting the practice within the next couple of years.
Will Agencies Pay for Social Media Advice?
The rise of social media has forced government agencies to revamp their online offerings in order to keep pace with perceived public expectations. Some departments have made a smoother transition than others to e-government strategies that often center on Facebook and Twitter.
There are many issues to sort out - such as usage policies for social media, Web design and back-end system integration. There's sentiment that many governments may not have enough expertise to make these decisions themselves, especially with an aging workforce that was hired long before "Retweet" was a word.
At least a few companies believe this perceived knowledge gap is bringing forth a business opportunity: social media consulting that caters to government clients. One such entrepreneur is Kristy Fifelski, the Web services program manager for the city of Reno, Nev. - who is also known by her online alias GovGirl. Two weeks ago Fifelski launched her own social media consulting firm called DigitalGov Group, which will work with city, county and state governments when they develop social media and policy. Fifelski's company is offering social media assessment, policy development, account setup for websites like Twitter and Facebook, and staff training. The company is offering its services either online or onsite.
Fifelski, who is the CEO and lead social media expert for the company, said she considers her startup to be one of the first founded specifically to work with government clients. Why should a government consider hiring consulting firm like Fifelski's? A robust social media presence for government agencies creates return on investment for agencies, she said. Agencies should seek outside help, she said, when creating social media that helps citizens - particularly to prepare for emergency situations that require mass communication efforts.
"It's not the time to be thinking, 'Well I guess we should have set up social media channels for communication and in emergency events,'" Fifelski said. "I think it's critical to put the work and thought in about this beforehand."
Another reason for social media consulting, Fifelski said, is that when agencies don't have proper policies in place, government employees can come under fire if they post embarrassing or inappropriate content on their personal social networking accounts. For example, if employees mention on their personal accounts that they work for a specific government agency, the inappropriate material on those accounts can put the agency at risk of public uproar. Developing policies helps agencies follow protocol on how to handle such mishaps or prevent them in the first place, Fifelski said.
Fifelski's new firm isn't the only company working within the nexus of government and social media. Jed Sundwall, president of Measured Voice, an Internet communications consultancy for the private and public sectors, has worked for more than three years with the federal government on social media and their policies, he said. Sundwall's company helped develop social media and social media policies for USA.gov.
Sundwall said he doesn't see big demand now from government for social media services from private consulting firms. But he does anticipate it to increase in the next few years.
"There's all this other pressure that if social media becomes more and more mainstream, and as more and more consumers use it, it becomes less easy to deny that it has to be a pillar of your communication strategy," Sundwall said. Staying In-House
It's probably too soon to tell if government agencies contracting with a private company for social media work is a viable long-term strategy. Some governments have steered away in favor of developing social media and policy all in-house. Utah, for example, released social media guidelines for its employees in 2009 and never sought outside help when developing the rules.
Utah CIO Steve Fletcher said the benefit of developing the guidelines in-house is that those who enforce the guidelines will better understand them and the policy will relate directly to what the state wishes to accomplish with social media.
Utah adapted its guidelines for social media from similar policies already enacted in the private sector. The state received permission from companies to use their best practices for social media.
Fletcher said he thinks creating social media guidelines isn't a difficult task. And because creating accounts on websites like Facebook and Twitter costs nothing, he said spending money on a consulting firm to help develop those accounts isn't a worthwhile expenditure.
"There are lots of difficult tasks that we do hire outside help for," Fletcher said. "But personally, for me, this wouldn't be one of those because there's so much information already out there."
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February 24, 1944 BETHEL INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota Vol. XXIII — No. 8
Rumor False
Bernard Hammerbeck, quarter-master
first class, made a surprise
visit to the campus last week. A
rumor, which had been circulated
throughout the denomination, be-ing
printed in the "Standard" and
the "Clarion", had it that Bernard
was missing in action, but he said,
"I knew where I was all the time."
He was on a landing ship's tank
boat in New Guinea and wasn't
really missing at all.
Bernard spent three of his thir-ty
days in the Twin Cities enroute
to his home in Warren, Oregon.
From there he will be going to
Norfolk, Virginia for a new con-struction
job and will probably be
senior quartermaster on• a new
"Victory Is In
Sight, but .." says Davis
"The Price of Freedom", was
the subject of Howard Pierce Da-vis'
talk in convocation on Feb-ruary
15, 1944.
He stressed the fact that science
and technology have been develop-ing
at the expense of man's social
and spiritual adjustment. "Victo-ry
is in sight," he said, "but there
is a post war crisis which we will
have to face."
Many changes are inevitable.
The center of trade and other ac-tivity
will be shifting from the At-lantic
to the Pacific; Russia will
emerge as a country with much
dominance and prestige for having
made a major contribution in the
war; ,China will have her eyes on
democracy and Christianity, and
if she discovers that after the war
the United States has become a
party in aiding the British colonial
system, she will probably line up
with the Asiatics and regard the
white race as her natural enemy.
The old economic principle of
scarcity must go, with cooperative
endeavor taking its place. Our con-ception
of space will have changed
for no longer can it be used as a
localizer of war. Isolationists will
be unable to exist.
Germany and Japan recognized
these changes years ago and de-veloped
a new order based of de-termination
and "master race".
The only alternative is organiza-tion
on the basis of cooperation.
equality and the submerging of in-dividuualism.
He concluded by asking the
question, "Twenty-five years from
now will you be saying good-bye
to our sons as they leave home
for college -or war? The answer is
up to you."
With the subject "God Runs My
Business" Mr. R. G. Le Tourneau
will be the main speaker at the
Founders' Week Banquet, sched-uled
for 5:30 P. M. on Thursday,
February 24, in the College Chap-el.
The program will be as follows:
Invocation—Dr. G. Arvid Hag-strom
Special Music—Bethel Male
Quartette, also Leone Smith John-son.
Address—Mr. R. G. Le Tourneau
Receives Rating
Results of the judging of the
entries submitted to last year's
Journalism contest between the
members of the Southern Minne-sota
Junior College Conference
have been recently received.
The Clarion received 207 points.
The Waldorf Lobbyist of Forest
City, Iowa took first place with
225 points. Mr. A. H. Klassen,
Dean of Tracy Junior College of
Tracy, Minn. was the judge.
Points considered in the judg-ing
were: coverage, balance and
arrangement, originality and
school life, treatment, news sto-ries,
features, sports, editorials,
printing and the general effect.
The Clarion was commended on its
coverage of missionary interests
and alumni activities, and the va-riety
of treatments and make-up.
In a personal note Mr. Klassen
said, "The Clarion has improved,
the war notwithstanding. I think
you have done well. Your im-provement
over entries of former
years was greater than. that of
other schools of the conference.
The printing job is decidedly more
"God Runs My Business"
Benediction—Dr. Ragnar A. Ar-landar
Speakers on Friday will be:
Rev. Eric Frykenberg-9 A. M
Rev. Gordon Hasselblad-10:15
Rev. Gust Johnson-11:00 A. M.
Rev. Bengt Anderson-1 : 45 P.
Dr. Earl V. Pierce-3:00 P. M.
Rev. Eric Frykenberg at 7:30 at
the evening service in the Payne
Avenue Baptist Church.
"Everybody's Birthday Party"
sponsored by the Sophomore class
under the direction of Wilbur Er-icson,
was held in the college cha-pel,
Friday, February 18. The
doors opened at 7:25 and closed
at 7:40 after which a fee of 10
cents was charged. Twelve tables
were decorated to represent the
twelve months and the individuals
sat at the table which represented
their birthday month.
Before the program the ,Bethel"
Band, under the direction of How-ard
Olson, rendered several selec-tions.
Russell Taft as Master of
Ceremonies called on each month
to contribuute a number to the
Judges of the table decorations
were Mr. C. E. Carlson, Mr. A. J.
Wingblade, and Miss Alice John-son.
After everybody's age in pen-nies
had been collected, "Bill Grog-gan's
Goat" was sung by a quar-tet
consisting of Wilbur Ericson,
Maurice Lundh, William Peterson
and Ray Ashman.
Lawrence Wagstrom led in de-votions
after which refreshments
were served.
Basket Social
At the Little
Red Schoolhouse
The Basket Social, sponsored by
the freshmen, is scheduled for
Tuesday, February 29 at 7:30. The
program will be centered about
the "Little Red Schoolhouse." All
Bethel girls are asked to attend,
bringing a basket with lunch for
two. Married and single women's
baskets are to be sold separately.
Prizes will be offered for the high-est
selling and prettiest baskets.
The wives of married Bethelites
are invited.
Special features include a fish
pond, "Candy Girls", and free cof-fee
served by the freshmen. Har-old
Carlson will act as auctioneer
and Robert Nelson as master of
When asked to help on the com-mittee,
Walfred Peterson said,
"Sure, I'll take games. At home
I was THE game committee." Oth-er
members are Elayne Ballentine,
refreshments; Mabel Anderson,
fishpond; Kay Shimatsu, advertis-ing;
Kay Darling, invitations.
"The fellow who buys your bas-ket
is not necessarily your date
for the evening. All Bethel girls
and Bethel and other interested
fellows are invited", says Adeline
Sivertson, Chairman.
February 26—Bethany, there
February 29—Basket Social
March 7 —Missionary Band
Study Group
March 9—B. W. A.
Seen On
The Campus
Bethel is ever ready to open her
doors and make welcome to
friends and former students. Dur-ing
the past few weeks many out-of-
town visitors have been on the
campus. Among those were Rev.
Gordon Peterson, and his wife and
child, Ensign John Gould, Second
Lieutenant Dale Lindberg and his
sister Verda, and Private David
Erickson. Mrs. A. E. Clausen of
Forest City, Iowa, Mrs. E. Ander-son
of Chisholm, Mrs. Nyman and
son Bobby, of Fergus Falls, Mrs.
Gordon Johnson of Trade Lake,
Wisconsin, Rev. and Mrs. Nelson
from Central Avenue Chuurch in
Chicago, Mrs. V. E. Anderson from
Winnipeg, Canada, and Lorraine
Stewart also from Chicago, were
other new faces seen on the cam-pus.
of Founders' Week
A bl-weekly campus newspaper.
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor-in-chief Barbara Edson
Associate Editor Carol Rexion
Feature Editor Wal f red Peterson
Sports Editor Robert Bergerild
Reporters Gloria Anderson, Dorothy Benson, Irene
Benson, Harold Carlson, Carlton Christenson,
Lucille Collin, Joyce Gilbert, Betty Hoff, Esther
Ingebretson, Marian Larsen, Hazel Nelson, F.
Robert Otto, Janet Rye, Kiyoo Shimatsu, Marianne
Schouweiler, Lorna Swanson, Evelyn Sundberg.
Circulation Norma Seaquist
Typist Dorothy Dahlman
Business Manager Philip Johnson
Editorial Advisor Miss Enid Platts
Business Advisor 4 Dean Emery Johnson
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
We Appreciate
One of the most conscientious students rallying for real col-legian
spirit in Bethel is Howard Olson. "Howie" has volun-teered
his services to organize and direct the band and is doing a very
good job of it. Yet the toil of one does not show up to any appreciable
extent unless the student body backs him up.
"Howie" is letting the band use his own music, spending his time
for band practice and receiving nothing in compensation. He wants
nothing except that the student body take notice and encourage him
with their co-operation.
Members of the band are: trumpets—Bette Mae Nelson, Harris
Youngquist, Dorothy Dahlman; clarinets—Miriam Nelson, Phyllis An-derson,
Gretchen Clauson; French horn—Ruth Rask; trombones—How-ard
Olson, Weston Seaquist; Baritone Sax—Conwell Anderson; bass
drum—Irene Benson; and snare drums—Kay Shimatsu.
Are we "Warriors" of Bethel lacking in our school spirits? No!
We'll back you up "Howie," with all of the talent, time and co-opera-tion
that you are giving.
Interview .
"A Son of the Golden West"
Stan "Johnson," Yamashita as called by the students of Bethel,
is another interesting member of the student body. Since his enrollment
last fall, Stan has established a firm reputation as posessor of a keen
mind, radical thoughts, and smashing forearm returns in table tennis.
A true "Son of the Golden West," Stan says that he was born in
Los Angeles and has spent the greater part of his life on Terminal Is-land,
which is one of the great commercial fishing ports of the Pacific
Coast. "My father was the captain of a tuna clipper and hence I in-herited
a love for the sea. While in high school my ambition was to
become a marine navigator or a deck officer in the navy," Stan tells us.
When the war broke out, Stan was one of the many citizens evacu-ated
to inland relocation camps. Poston, Arizona, was the camp to which
Stan and his family were sent. While he was there, Stan spent months
working as a vacation Bible school teacher. -His pastor urged him to
go to Bethel.
When asked to make a statement for the paper Stan replied: "We
should become increasingly aware of the momentous changes that are
taking place in our social order. If we are to take part in the postwar
world, should we not prepare ourselves for it? Let us have more lectures
by people like Mr. Davis, more discussion groups, less of an ostrich-like
attitude of pretending not to see all of the world problems."
Chapel Nuggets 2/15/44 Winston Sherwick
"Christians are crestfallen be-
By Evelyn Sundberg
2/9/44 Joseph Fransen 1. They do not live as though Je-
"We should pray that God will
sus were alive.
also fill us with love and His Spi-rit
that we will be able to help 2. We live as though the Bible
and inspire our fellow-men as we were not true.
travel through life and live such a 3. We live as if our testimony
life that our fellowmen will be doesn't matter."
able to thank God for us." (Continued on page 4)
QU ESTI 0 N : What are you gain-ing
from Founder's Week?
Stanley Paulson: "The benefit
of older men's experiences."
Ethel Heitzman: "A lot of good
hard work."
Conwel I Anderson: "A chance
to catch up on my sleep!"
Vazul Tanyas: "A vacation—to
Gloria Anderson: "$.75 for serv-ing
at the banquet."
Jeanne Borgeson: "I met my
Second Floor North of the Wo-men's
Dorm: "Company for din-ner."
"What Are
You Worth?"
By Philip Johnson
"The earth is the Lord's and the
'fulness thereof; the world and
they that dwell therein." Psalm
The world is again engaged in
another great war. Throughout
this earth many battle fronts are
steeped in blood. Everywhere men
are suffering and dying. The
world is seething with confusion
and turmoil. On each home front
there are hearts that are bleeding
and broken for the loved ones who
have gone away to war. Thus far,
many of our valiant men have giv-en
their lives. They have willing-ly
sacrificed their lives for us here
at home.. We might say that they
are fighting for the "stars and
stripes." They are dying for the
flag, which symbolizes "America,
the land of the free and the home
of the brave"; the flag which sym-bolizes
a peace loving people and
the heritage we received from our
Above this flag which symboliz-es
freedom, only one other flag
can fly—the Christian flag. It is
a flag symbolizing the "brOther-hood
of mankind". It stands for
one whO "gave his life in ransom
for many". Willingly this man, Je-sus,
suffered, bled, and died for
you and me, "that we might ob-tain
the gift of eternal life."
We will honor our dead. Bands
will play for them. Speeches
,will be made about them. But for
this man Jesus scarcely a word is
heard. For those noble men who
died for America a clarion call is
heard, the world around. Above
the busy din and noise of this
world there is heard only a faint
murmur of the glories of Christ...
Are we too busy for Christ?
Are we too busy to stop, look up
to Jesus, and to pay to Him the
proper tribute? To Him who died
that we might have victory over
sin we ought to be most thankful.
It is up to each one of Ili to let
our light shine for Jesus. We
should tell the world of the hero
who died alone on Calvary's hill,
of His love and compassion. Re-member
we are the Lord's. "It is
He that hath made us, and not we
.. Remember Christian, are you
worth the price that was paid?
By Marianne Schouweiler
Zbe eburrb
I like colleges that nestle
In quiet little towns,
And seem to offer something more
Than credits, caps and gowns.
I like classes filled with friends
Who have a smile for me,
I don't like profs who know me as
Row 31, Seat 3.
I hate to meet a former prof's
Unrecognizing stare;
I like the kind who knows your
Your hopes, your love affair.
I like Church-college profs who
Like wise, inspired crusaders;
Who take the time to read your
And don't hire student graders.
I like colleges, which strive to
Years later where you are;
Yes, even tho' you've never been
A campus queen or star.
A mammoth institution holds
Within its office space,
Along with proof of my degree,
A photo of my face.
The most it knows about me is
My city, birth, and class4.
I like my old Church-College best;
She doesn't think en masse.
She'll gaily cheer each grad's ca-reer
With faith that's optimistic;
To her a former student is
No musty old statistic.
The friends I made at old B. C.
Passed not like ships at night;
They send me lengthy letters still,
Though I forget to write.
I like colleges that nestle
In quiet little towns
And offer students something
Than credits, caps and gowns.
Harriet Ruhenbrod
From The Junitian
•PIG4-ITING ;Olt
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
The Editor Speaks
Stan Johnson wouldn't write a line
And Eunice just forgot,
And Marianne didn't want to,
You see the editor's lot.
And Seaquist got his line in late,
And Harold later still,
So the poor editor sits all day
And writes this stuff to fill.
Perhaps someplace, a somewhere,
In heaven let us say,
The news will all come in on time
Oh! what a joyous day.
I received your Christmas greet-ing
a few days ago. I sure appreci-ated
hearing from you—it meant
a lot to me. A Christmas greeting
like that brings up one's morale
one hundred per cent.
It has been quite some time now
since I have walked up the halls
of Bethel but I shall never forget
some of the friends I made there.
I never dreamt five years ago
that I would be down here in the
jungles of New Guinea fighting for
my country.
We have our chapel services
just like in the States. We have
our services out in the open air
under the coconut trees. It is quite
a contrast to the chapel we had at
Bethel but it serves its purpose.
We have a very fine chaplain and
he is doing a great job.
We are doing our best out here
for you folks. Many of our boys
have paid with their lives already.
Keep buying bonds so we can get
the supplies through and end this
war. We still have a big job a-head
and we need your full sup-port.
One can't realize what it is like
until he gets to a place like this.
Besides fighting Japs we have to
fight off Malaria—one of our chief
enemies. We take every precau-tion
possible and fight off the mo-squito
from all sides.
The days are unbearably hot
and the nights are nice and cool.
We never have to worry about
shoveling snow out here.
Must close now and go to bed.
My candle is burned way down so
it is time to say goodnight.
Your friend,
Roy M. Lundquist 17107057
109th Signal Co.
In Care of Postmaster
San Francisco, California.
When I think of last summer,
many vivid pictures come to my
m i nd—memories of Bethany
Beach on Lake Michigan.
How well I remember Gladyce
and I, two girls, young, excited,
and wondering what the summer
had in store for us, boarding "the
400" for Chicago from Minneapolis
that momentous morning in June.
I remember, too, those three pack-ed-
to-the-minute days with Alice
Sabel in Chicago, seeing the other
two Bethelites who were to work
at Bethany, the smell of fish and
sausage in the pokey train to
Michigan City, the fresh "scrubbed
and shiny" look of the little Swed-ish
coffee shop at our last bus stop
near Sawyer, Michigan; the dus-ty
hot road leading to the summer
village—Bethany Beach! Adven-ture!
And four Bethel girls had
two and a half months in which to
find it!
Looking back over the summer
certain things stand out • in my
memory. Letters, the expectancy
of each of us when the mail came
in and the sudden ceasing of chat-ter
immediately after we received
the letters—the midnite swims we
had—campfires glowing, the times
Andy, the baker, let Us frost his
"melt-in-the mouth" rolls, and the
time he took us to Benton Harbor
to visit the "House of David" city.
Then came Camp ! Three weeks
of little boys and girls and bigger
boys and girls. Everywhere and
anywhere you looked, you could
see busy hands and swift feet.
From early morning until late eve-ning
the high excited voices of
their counsellors was heard. Then
camps were over, the buses had
gone and there was a settled quiet
over the Beach again. The weeks
went by and soon it was the last
day Gladyce and I would be at
Bethany. We were all packed and
ready to go the night before we
left—all except for a few "last-minute"
things. Early in the morn-ing
before the sun was up, we
were dressed and on our way
down to the Beach, with our break
fast and our Bible.
Oh, how quiet it was; there was
a rosey-gray tint over everything,
the tiny white houses, the rose
arbors, and grape vines, the tops
of the trees, the winding road that
twisted up the hill before we came
to the lake—everything along the
way had that soft glow over it.
We stood for a moment at the
top of the hill and looked at Lake
Michigan—cold, powerful, steel-gray
against the morning sky, and
while we stood there, we could see
the refleCtion of the sunrise in the
water and in the clouds above the
water. After we had eaten break-fast
down by the lake, it seemed
entirely fitting that we should
read the story of Christ's walking
by the sea shore after his resur-rection,
breakfasting with His dis-ciples,
and our hearts were quiet-ed
as we realized how close to
us He was that morning on the
shores of Lake Michigan—how
very near to us He would be, all
through our lives no matter where
we would be. And so very quietly,
we bowed our heads, realizing in
a small measure, what a wonder-ful
Savior is ours.
Beneath the Snow
Beneath the snow, there are such
As green green grass,
As violets blue,
As tulips of the brightest hue,
The things the snow can't hide for
The things the snow can just make
By J. W. Seaquist
As a student one must face
seemingly unsurpassed barriers.
There are dozens of things that
tend to hold us on the lower edu-cational
level keeping us from the
successful end we're all striving
for. Small items of seemingly lit-tle
significance reach profound
magnitudes when placed in one's
path at the right time—precisely
the wrong time if one becomes
I've experienced gross set:backs
repeatedly this last week because
of the actions of my brown "birth-day
gift" fountain pen. Odd as it
may seem I've experienced com-plete
mental blankness, embar-rassment,
ink covered pants and
finally out and out anger as a re-sult
of its incompetence to write
(archaic, in case Miss Johnson
reads this).
Any well meaning person of in-tellect
would naturally wonder
how the above misfortunes could
possibly take place as a result of
a pen's actions. To them I forward
the following explanation.
Class room work has been of
more than the usual interest this
past week. Everything from the
French Revolution to the Geneti-cists'
theories have been discussed
within our hearing. Interesting as
these subjects are they have not
been wholly entered into my note
book for obvious reasons: My pen
was either blotting immediately
upon contact with the notebook or
else waiting until it has scratched
a place in which to do so.
One would presumably be of the
attitude that a pen of such nature
would feel "pen"itent (?), but not
this one. It's strictly hard shelled
(brown), and I've found it to be
slightly "screwy" in the cap. On
the completion of this writing its
'disposal will be immediate.
We need to, in our attempts of
acquiring scholastic compitence,
eliminate all that tends to divert
our attention. The above might be
somewhat of an extreme example.
I hope though, that it illustrates
the "penned point" to the extent
of complete comprehension.
Midwinter Night's Dream
By Eunice Anderson
Sem Snatches By Harold Carlson
Smokey Hails thought that he had delivered a good sermon Sunday
morning after he heard several members of his flock thank him for it.
Little did he know that Willie Wessman who had substituted for him
two weeks before had delivered the same message. They even used the
same illustrations. However; Willie had a house burn down in one of
his illustrations and in the same story Smokey had a barn burn down
instead. It's funny how people get the same thoughts, isn't it. (I won-der
where they get them).
The Junior Class had a party last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Ankerberg. I doubt if I've ever laughed as hard as I did
that-nightit really hurt. A blowing contest proved that Lloyd Sprecher
was the windiest fellow in our class (as if we didn't know this before).
I might add that Gloria Mitchell ran a close second.
Don't ever borrow Gunnar Hoglund's car—not even for an emerg-ency
trip. It won't get you there. A group of students used it one night
and were only too glad when they could turn the keys over to Gunnar
again. First, a tire blew out, then they ran out of gas (with the nearest
gas station six blocks away). To top it off, they could hardly drive
home because of the falling snow and refusal of the windshield wiper
to work.
Everyone is agreed that the Sophomore Birthday Party was swell.
Special recognition is due to the new Bethel Male Quartette and their
rendering of "Bill Grogan's Goat."
I wish that I could have gotten a recording of the discussion that
went on in the dorm Saturday. Bill Haring and Clarence Sahlin were
arguing at the top of their voices as to who was the most fickle of the
two. What do you think?
Former Bethelite
Receives. Wings
The Clarion has received notice
from the Public Relations Office
at the Pecas Army Air Field in
Texas that Dale Lindberg, former
Bethel student, received his silver
wings on February 8 when he gra-duated
as a Second Lieutenant
from the Pecas, Texas, AAF Ad-vanced
Two-Engine Pilot School.
This was announced by Col. Orin
J. Bushey, Commanding Officer.
Pecas Army Air Field is a sta-tion
of the AAF Training Com-mand,
largest educational system
in the world. Before being as-signed
there, Dale was in training
at Marana Army Air Field in Ari-zona:
Dale was a campus visitor
last week.
Bergfalk Emphasizes
Home Missions
The Missionary Band met in the
Seminary Chapel on Wednesday,
February 16. The meeting was led
by Harold McClure, president of
the organization.
After two trio numbers sung by
Rose Challberg, Betty Olson, and
Miriam Nelson, Rev. Albert Berg-falk,
state missionary secretary,
addressed the group on "Home
Missions". He spoke of two great
needs in this field, one, of Daily
Vacation Bible School teachers,
and added that Bethel girls should
feel the challenge; and secondly,
of working among housing com-munities
in defense areas.
Mr. Bergfalk stated that thous-ands
of people are settling in new
districts, with no church connec-tions
in their new locations. He
again presented the challenge for
those interested in this work. At
the close of the meeting refresh-ments
were served in the dining
CHAPEL NUGGETS Con't
2/17/44 J. C. Krebs
"The Word of God is not bound
by a body that is handicapped by
a mind that is limited or a soul
that is shackled."
Sid Harris, Manager
Modern Equipment
20 Minute Battery Charges
Como and Snelling MI. 4131
The Anderson Press
4210 E. 34th St. DUpont 5495
Minneapolis, Minn.
Wessman Leads
Indians-102 Points
Scoring over a quarter of the
Indian's points thus far, Wessman
leads the Chieftains with 102
points in the 11 games from which
we have sufficient records. Capt.
Bob Hails and Lundh have both
been consistent scorers and have
each put in thirty field goals.
Hails has been hitting from the
free throw line and so leads
Lundh by four points for second
E. Johnson and Lundh have
done most of the "dirty work",
each having 26 fouls, but Wess-man
follows closely with 215 to
his credit!
It's our patriotic duty
to give your car
the best of service..
Drive in for a check-up
SNELLING and BREDA
Hamline Hardware Co.
General Hardware
F. 0. Hagen J. W. Hagen
755 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul
Have Your Shoe Repairing
Done at
1560 W. Como at Snelling
Coal, Pkg. Fuel and Fuel Oil
Phillips 66 Gas & Greases
Ralph's Motor Clinic
1116 N. Snelling Ave.
St. Paul, Minn.
Midway 2464
LINCOLN 5c-1 oc $i and up
Larpenteur and Snelling
1573 University Avenue Midway 9910
"and Israel did eat manna
for forty years."
Exod. 16:35 •
Your schools favorite bakery
Como and Snelling
Even Sampson got his
hair cut. Why not you?
1182 Snelling
near Como
"Direct Your Feet to
Pete's Retreat"
—Where Students and
Faculty Meet Around
the Coffee Cup.
Pittsburgh Coal
410 St. Peter St.
Cedar 1851
Meats at Fair Prices
Fruits and Vegetables
597 Snelling Avenue North Ne. 8621
Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
"Everybody out for calisthen-ics!"
is a familiar call frequently
heard resounding through the
halls of the Seminary Men's Dor-mitory
about 10:30 P. M. Soon the
halls are filled with a variety of
figures—tall and short, fat and
slim—all working furiously amid
numerous grunts and groans.
Hollow chested and dripping
with perspiration, some exhausted
form laboriously makes his way
into the bathroom to turn on the
water. "I'm first in the tub," "Sec-ond!"
"Third!" "Fourth!" cry the
fellows in rapid succession. After
a period of energetic lathering,
soaping and water-splashing the
fellows return to their wont places
of rest. Before the clock strikes
eleven the dormitory is quiet and
lifeless again. (?)
Bethel Falls Again
The River Falls boys failed as
perfect hosts to our Bethel boys
when they pounded out a 62-27
victory in their own back yard
over at River Falls last Wednes-day
night, February 16.
The Indians kept pace with
them for the first few minutes,
and even at the half there was a
slight glimmer of hope. But Nate
DeLong and his henchmen turned
on the heat even more in the sec-ond
half and rained shots through
the hoop.
The Bethel boys were scrappy
but only managed to connect for
11 points during the second half.
Even though the score leaves a
bad taste, other events proved to
make the trip a happy and mem-orable
(Ask Bill Peterson)
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