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Jeff Siemon, former Minnes_gta Viking football player, will be
featured at the Men's Luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Evelyn Christenson, best-selling author, will be featured at the
Women's Luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Dr. John R. W. Stott, rector emeritus of All Souls Church, London,
will speak in Thursday's, Jan. 28, chapel. ---
the Clarion. Vol. 57, No. 16 Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, MN 22 January 1982
Bethel Founders fire up for fortieth annual festivities will speak on Tuesday, On Thursday from
Wednesday and Thursday, 12:30-3 p.m. luncheons are
respectively, at the even- scheduled. Speaking at the
ing inspirational sessions
held at 7:30 p.m.
by JoAnn Watkins
"It is required of a ste-ward—
to be found faith-ful"
is the theme of the
40th annual Bethel Found-ers
Week. A variety of
speakers are scheduled to
address a range of topics
during the week, Jan. 25-
Dr. Andrew MacRae, pro-fessor
of pastoral theo-logy
at Acadia Divinity
College, Nova Scotia, will
be the speaker at the open-ing
banquet Monday, Jan.
25 at 6:30 p.m. MacRae,
who will also speak in
chapel on Tuesday, has
istry in evangelism, Bible
teaching, Christian educa-tion
and church growth.
A former professor of
philosophy at Bethel and
noted speaker, Dr. W.
Robert Smith, will open
each day with a Bible
study at 8:30 a.m.
Five seminar sessions
are scheduled for 10 a.m.
each day. "Women's Em-phasis,"
will be lead by
three women: Germaine G.
Wessman, administrative
assistant to the President
at Bethel College and Semin-ary,
Nancy Lundquist,
first lady of Bethel.. College
and Seminary; and Jean-nette
Bakke, associate pro-fessor
of Christian educa-tion
at Bethel Seminary.
A "Pastor's Workshop"
will be lead by Dr. Paul
Rees, vice-president at
large of World Vision In-ternational.
Ramm, professor of sys-tematic
theology and
Christian apologetics at
the American Baptist
Seminary of the West,
speaks in the session
"From the Pastois'Study.
Millard Erickson, profes-sor
of theology at Bethel
Seminary, will lecture on
"Theology to Live By." "Mu-sic
and Worship will be
lead by Bruce Leafblad,
associate professor of
church music and worship
at Bethel College and Semin-ary.
Bethel College and Sem-inary
President Carl Lund-quist
is the chapel speaker
on Wednesday.
Dr. John R. W. Stott, rec-tor
emeritus of All Souls
Church, London, will speak
on Thursday in chapel.
The afternoons will be-gin
with a 2 p.m. Bible
study. Rev. Curtis B.
Akenson, pastor emeritus
of First Baptist Church,
Minneapolis, leads Tues-day's
and Ramm Wednes-day's
Seminar sessions at 3:40
follow a time for fellow-ship.
Themes for these are
From the Pastor's Study,
"Take Heed," The Equip-ping
Pastor," "Reemphas-izing
the Fundamentals of
the Faith," "Good News
for the Chemically Depen-dent,"
and "Minorities and
the Church."
Leaders for these ses-sions
are Ramm; Akenson;
Clifford Larson, professor
emeritus of educational
ministries at Fuller Theo-logical
Seminary; Clarence
Bass, professor of theo-logy
at Bethel Seminary;
Jeff VanVonderen, certi-fied
chemical dependency
practitioner; and Donald
Belton, assistant professor
in social work at Bethel
Rees, Smith and Stott
by Lori Bemis
"Land of the Dragon," a
colorful ,Chinese fantasy
for audiences of all ages
(but especially children),
will be staged by Bethel
students participating in
the Interim class, "Child-ren's
Theatre," on Jan. 23,
25, 26 and 27 in the Fine
Arts Theatre.
The play will focus on
the comic adventure and
predicament of the hieress
to the Chinese throne who
must marry before her
18th birthday, which is
only one week away.
Richard Rees, Instructor
and Technical Director of
Theatre Arts, will be di-recting
the cast and stage
crew. "We need more en-tertainment
geared toward
children," he said. The play
is directed at 3rd and 4th
grade age groups, but is
designed for the entertain-ment
of all age groups, he
said. "You have to give
the best performance you
can do to develop their
(the children's) artistic
taste," Rees added.
Denise Heikkinen, one
of the students-in the class
and acting assistant di-rector,
said "the play is
unique because people can,
act as props and, there is
pantomiming involved.
It's not a play that they're
so familiar with they'll get
bored," she said.
The play will be adver-tised
in elementary schools
around the metro area ac-cording
to Rees. Per-formances
are scheduled
for 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. on
January 23; at 10 a.m. and
1 p.m. Jan. 25-27. Tickets
are $2.50 each or $2 each
for groups of 20 or more.
The box office can be
called weekday afternoons
at 638-6466 for ticket in-formation.
Founders Week Schedule
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ,
- Theme Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28
8:30 Bible Study W. Robert Smith W. Robert Smith W. Robert Smith
10:00 Seminar
Germaine G.
Wessman Nancy Lundquist Jeannette Bakke
Pastors' Workshop Paul Rees Paul Rees . Paul Rees
From the Pastor's
Bernard Ramm Bernard Ramm Bernard Ramm
Theology to
Live By
Millard Erickson Millard Erickson Millard Erickson
Music & Worship Bruce Leafblad Bruce Leafblad Bruce Leafblad
11:15 Campus
Worship Andrew MacRae Carl Lundquist John Stott
12:30 Lunch
Men's Luncheon
2:00 Bible Study Curtis Akenson Bernard Ramm
3:00 Fellowship
3:40 Seminar
From the Pastor's
Study Bernard Ramm Bernard Ramm Bernard Ramm
"Take Heed" Curtis Akenson Curtis Akenson Curtis Akenson
The Equipping
Pastor Clifford Larson Clifford Larson Clifford Larson
the Fundamentals
of the Faith Clarence Bass Clarence Bass Clarence Bass
Good News for
the Chemically
Dependent Jeff VanVonderen Jeff VanVonderen Jeff VanVonderen
Minorities and
the Church Donald Belton Donald Belton Donald Belton
Monday, Jan. 25
6:30 Banquet
Andrew MacRae ,
7:30 Evening
Inspiration Paul Rees W. Robert Smith John Stott
see page 3
Drama class stages Chinese Fantasy
Volume 57, Number 16
22 January 1982
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
The Clarion is published weekly by the students
of Bethel College. Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff. Letters are wel-come,
and must be signed and delivered in RO.
2381 by the Sunday before publication. •
Leann M. Kicker, editor
JoAnn Watkins, associate editor
Wendy Norberg, sports editor
Don Copeland, photography editor
Anita Baerg, copy editor
Pam Sundeen, business manager
Naomi Ludeman, editorial assistant
Janice Woodard, editorial assistant
Lori Bemis, editorial assistant
Jan E. Johnson, editorial assistant
Beth Nystrom, graphics editor
Timothy Larson, graphics
Jim Larson, Cartoonist
Kraig Klaudt, columnist
Wendi Engel, staff writer
Ross Fleming, sports writer
Rich Whybrew, sports writer
Mitch Anderson, sports writer
John Clark, sports writer
Page 2
Critical comments questioned
regarding Bethel community
Students serve banquets hosted by Bethel
People suggest this school year that the Clarion tends
to promote a negative attitude. Perhaps it does. This is
not a defense of the Clarion, but these suggestions are
thought provoking.
If the Clarion is to be a reflection of community opin-ion,
does this mean that the overall community attitude
is negative and critical?
A friend said that while she was home during
Christmas vacation she found herself criticizing Bethel.
Her father asked if she still liked Bethel. She was sur-prised
by his question. Of course she liked it at Bethel,
she replied. She would not have stayed here for four
years nor would she have paid nearly $20,000.
So why criticize so many things at Bethel—warranted
or unwarranted? Is it because things are not as ex-pected?
For example, consider the following statements: the
carpet is ripped and dirty; the food is no good; the
tuition and housing costs are too expensive; and Bethel
is just a rip off.
Or, allow another question. What value is there in
criticism? When constructive, it can help discover a
cure to an annoying problem. But when not construc-tive,
criticism can promote pessimism and stifle ambi-tion.
Nothing changes, and hope for a unified commun-ity
is threatened,
This summer while trudging over a two-mile portage
with a 70-pound canoe on aching shoulders, complain-ing
began pretty fast. The mosquitos were biting and
the sweat was dripping down the entire body. The rest
of the group was also suffering with loaded backpacks
and another canoe.
Each person's attitude and words could make all the
difference in that situation. It would be easy to throw
down the heavy burdens, tumble to the ground and
complain about the heat, the mosquitos, the food, the
mud, the torn tents and each other.
Would the complaining help? Would it improve the
situation? Would conditions change? No. Negative atti-tudes
and grumbling words would only disrupt the
struggling team, blur the common goal, and possibly
dissolve the group.
What will the criticism and complaining that roams
this community's halls do to the students and to Bethel?
It is doubtful that either will dissolve. It is also doubtful
that the criticism promotes a healthy comminity.
One final question. What can be done about this
spread of criticism in this community?
by Jill Johnson
If you have ever at-tended
a banquet at Bethel
you've probably seen them
scurrying around, setting
'tables, serving meals, and
cleaning up afterwards.
They are the Bethel ban-quet
servers and they earn
money and a meal for their
service .
Approximately 40 Beth-el
students work regular-ly
as servers. Another 40-
50 students have worked
at least one banquet at
some time. These students
are found by word of
mouth for the most part.
"We take friends, and
friends of friends," said
Genelle Knopf, student ban-quet
director. "The work-study
program also pro-vides
us with a few
names." Wages paid are
work-study wages: $3.35
for freshman and $3.55 for
all others. Each worker
also receives a free meal of
to distribute "Student
Rate" subscription
cards at this campus.
Good income, no sell-ing
involved. For in-formation
and appli-cation
write to: CAM-PUS
4377 W. Indian School
Phoenix, Az. 85031
taining in their homes.
Knopf and Mattson have
served as student banquet
directors for the past two
years and were appointed
by the previous directors
Doug Hage and Marc Mal-lifer.
Knopf and Mattson
schedule workers for each
event, with numbers rang-ing
from one to 40 or more
at the largest functions.
They also work approxi-mately
15 hours each
week. "I enjoy the work,"
Mattson said. "It's nice to
work with people and we
get to set our own hours."
Other servers echo her
thoughts: "It's a fun job,"
Bret Williams said.
"It's nice to work with
friends. That way I can
enjoy myself while I am
working," said Kim
b-ball, from page 4 •
meroth led with 15 points
each. Duehn had 8 steals
Almeroth 10 rebounds.
Coach Carol Girdler said
by Richard Whybrew
The Bethel Career Coun-seling
and Placement
Office provides Bethel
students with many ser-vices
for finding em-ployment.
The most formai func-tion
of the office is to
provide individual coun-seling
for students inter-ested
in planning a career
or seeking a job. Director
Paul Redin says that about
350 people a year make
appointments for such
He said the Placement
Office cannot guarantee or
place the student in a job.
"The hiring company de-cides
if the student gets
the job, not us; we provide
the student with infor-mation
to contact pro-spective
employers, and
we give the student tips
on such things as resume
writing and interview
techniques," said Redin.
Redin says that the
office furnishes pamph-lets,
magazines and bul-letins
which supply stu-dents
with information
about prospective work.
The office also sponsors
the bulletin boards with
off-campus job informa-tion,
upcoming job inter-views
and notices for sem-inars
on the "how-to's" of
obtaining employment.
Redin says students
should begin as freshmen
to use the _services pro-vided
by his office.
"If a student comes to
Bethel and knows exactly
what he wants to do, we
can help to find a job in
a related field to introduce
him to the kind of work he
wants to get into. He can
then better decide if his
career choice is a wise
one," says Redin.
the delay of the game orig-inally
scheduled for Fri-day
hurt her team. "We
were playing in second
gear, not -third. The wee-kend
hurt us," she said.
Down two points at half-time
to Carleton, the Roy-als
.seemed to shift into
fourth gear as they out-scored
the Carls by twenty
points in the second half.
Huisinga led the ROyals
with a' season-high 26
points. •
'the Royals will be at St.
Thomas Saturday, Jan. 23.
the same menu they
Under the supervision
of Wayne Erickson and
Judy Hellman, manager.
and assistant manager of
food service, student ban-quet
directors Marcy Matt-son
and Knopf coordinate -
an average of 20 special
breakfasts, luncheons and
dinners each week. These
meals range from a lunch
for eight in the Swedish
decorated Uppsala room,
to dinner for over 1700 -at
the All-School Banquet,
the largest banquet served
during the year. Athletic
honor programs, planning-committee
meetings, Home- -
coming reunions and fund-raisers
often involve meals
or coffee hours. All are
served by the banquet ser-vice.
Besides these, some
off-campus events at
churches, including wed-dings,
are served by these
workers. Occasionally
President Lundquist and
Seminary Vice-President
Gordon Johnson use ban-quet
servers when enter-njl
Bethany Baptist Church
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn
Worship Service at 11:00 AM
Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM
Church Telephone 631-0211
Pastor Bruce Peterson
Woodburn works display
natural form and realism
events calendar
Friday, Jan. 22
Winter picnic, Edgren hill, 4:30-6 p.m.
HOC—Hamline, Home, 7:45 p.m.
CC—Randy Stonehill & Richie Furay concert, Gym, 8 p.m.
CC—Rollerskating, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, Jan.
Theater—"Land of the Dragon,"Theater. 10 a.m., 1 & 7 p.m.
MBB—St. Thomas, Home, 5:30/7:30 p.m.
WBB—St. Thomas, Away, 5:30/7:30 p.m.
HOC—St. Olaf, Away, 7:15 p.m.
Founders Week
Monday, Jan. 25
Chapel—Celebration, 11 a.m.
Theater—•Land of the Dragon," Theater, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.
HOC—Bemidji State, Away, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Chapel—Andrew MacRae, 11:15 a.m.
Theater—"Land of the Dragon," Theater, 10 a.m., 1 & 7 p.m.
Student/Faculty Committee meetings, 3:40 p.m.
Theater—Auditions for "Ladyhouse Blues," Theater, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 27
Last day to sign up for IM open league basketball
Chapel—President Carl Lundquist, 11:15 a.m.
Theater—•Land of the Dragon," Theater, 10 a.m., 1 & 7 p.m.
WBB—Concordia/Moorhead, Away, 5:30 p.m.
WR—Carleton, Away, 6:30 p.m.
MBB—Concordia/Moorhead, Away, 7:30 p.m.
Theater—Auditions for "Ladyhouse Blues," Theater, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 28
Last day of classes
Chapel—John Stott, 11:15 a.m.
Woodburn exhibit closes
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Page 3
Inger Dahlin, violin in-structor
at Bethel, will per-form
in a concert at the
Bakken Museurh in Min-neapolis.
As part of the
baroque ensemble, Musica
Primavera, she will be
playing the baroque violin
Friday and Saturday, Jan.
29 and 30 at 8 p.m.
The program of baroque
music will feature read-ings
from the diary of ec-centric
and much-quoted
17th century Englishman
Samuel Pepys. Providing
the wits and wisdoms of
the charming Mr. Pepys
will be poet Michael Den-nis
Tickets will be $5 and
available at the door. MAT
vouchers will be accepted.
For more information con-tact
the Bakken Museum
at 3536 Zenith Ave. S. in
Dahlin graduated from
the University of Minne-vsota
after studying violin
and piano.
by JoAnn Watkins
A new communication
plan has been developed
by the college administra-tion
in the event that
classes are cancelled. The
need for such a plan sur-faced
when classes were
cancelled on Nov. 23 due
to weather conditions.
Bethel, which had not
cancelled classes since
-March 1966, no longer had
the identification code
number needed for an an-nouncement
over the radio
at that time, but has now
obtained it.
"When school is called
off in the morning it will
be announced on WCCO
AM," stated Dr. Dwight
Jessup, acting dean. Radio
station KTIS will also an-nounce
the cancellation of
by Wendi Engel
Steve Woodburn's art ex-hibit
deals with elements
of surprise in a flat yet
bright manner. The New
York artist displays small
drawings in the Bethel Art
Woodburn's interest lies
in realism. This is shown
with his attention to de-tails
and his "photo imita-tion
of nature," says Bon-ita
Wahl, art gallery coor-dinator.
Although only small
drawings are exhibited at
Bethel, Woodburn has
classes, according to Jes-sup.
However, because
KTIS broadcasts only dur-ing
daylight hours, it may
not be broadcasting in the
early morning at certain
times of the year.
Jessup said the an-nouncement
would specify
if it is morning, afternoon,
evening or a combination
of classes which would be
"The key things are whe-ther
or not we can operate
the busses between the
campus and the apartment
buildings and if the roads
are open for faculty to tra-vel
on," Jessup said.
An internal system
within departments will
be used as it has in the
past. Jessup said that the
problem with calling is
much larger pieces with di-mensions
of 8 to 10 feet.
Dale Johnson, associate
professor of art at Bethel,
says that Woodburn's
pieces show skill and have
natural form. "He thinks
of his works abstractly, in
terms of lines and sur-faces,"
Johnson said. Wood-burn
taught and studied
painting and drawing with
Johnson at Western Michi-gan-
Woodburn's work has
been shown throughout
the U.S. and Europe. The
exhibit will be open
through January 28.
that some people are not
reached early enough.
"This has only to do with
whether or not classes will
be suspended because of
bad weather," Jessup said
of any announcement corn-ing
from his office con-cerning
cancellations. "The
Dean's office is only re-sponsible
for calling off
classes," he said.
Art McCleary, personnel
director, said that student
workers would help to
keep the library and food
service open. He said stu-dents
should not expect
other offices to be operat-ing
if classes are cancelled.
A record number of
Bethel's student body has
been swept into the action
of IM broomball, and the
mid-Interim results are in.
Each team in the six di-visions
has played at least
four games, and as of Sun-day,
Jan. 16, the leaders in
the standings are as fol-lows
in A-league action:
Nordic- "Bad Company"
3-0; Yukon- "Frostbite
Brawlers" 2 - 0; Arctic-
"Rink Rats" 2-0; and Polar-
"Haugen's Heroes" 2-0.
In B-league team play
the results are as follows:
IceCap- "Bru's Bruisers"
3-0 and Tundra- "Rinky
Dinks" 3-0.
So far this year's tour-nament
has gone smoothly,
and according to Phil Al-meroth
there have been
no major injuries. Regular
play will continue until
the first week in February,
when play-off action be-gins.
Founders, from page 1
women',s luncheon will be
Evelyn Christenson, best-selling
author on the sub-ject
of prayer. She was
selected "Church Woman
of the Year" by Religious
Heritage of America arid
is the founding president
and chairman of the board
of the United Prayers, St.
Paul, MN.
All-pro linebacker for
the Minnesota Vikings,
Jeff Siemon, will be fea-tured
at the men's lunch-eon.
Siemon was the Vik-ings
1972 first draft choice
and played in three super
bowls and four pro bowls.
He attends Bethel Semi-nary
in the off-season.
Sweeps up
by Wendy Norberg
Cancellation coded for broadcast
Friday, Jan. 29
HOC—Augsburg, Home, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 29
WR—Augsburg & Gustavus Adolphus, Home, 12 p.m.
WBB—St. Mary's Home, 7:30 p.m.
MBB—St. Mary's Away, 7:30 p.m.
The Royal hockey squad skated to a 3-2 overtime victory over St. John's last Friday night (photo by
Don Copeland).
BB women uphold win streak
standings as of 1/16
w L T
Augsburg 5 0 0
St. Olaf 5 2 0
Bethel 4 2 0
Gustavus 4 2 0
Hamline 2 3 0
Concordia 1 2 0
St. John's 1 3 0
St. Mary's 0 4 0
St. Thomas 0 4 0
Tommies pin Royals,
Cads and Pipers fall
by Rich Whybrew
Doug Johnson was
named "Wrestler of the
Week" for his perfor-mance,
as the Bethel wres-tling
team posted a 2 -1
record in a dual against
Carleton Wednesday, Jan.
13, and a triangular with
Hamline and St. Thomas
Saturday, Jan. 16.
Johnson, wrestling at
142 pounds, won all three
matches he wrestled and
recorded two decisions
and a major decision.
Coach Dave Klostreich
was pleased with John-son's
performance. "I'm
really glad Doug is doing.
so well. He's won three
matches in a row now and
I hope he keeps going," he
Other Bethel wrestlers
also had standout perfor-mances
during the week
as Bethel began by defeat-ing
Carleton Jan. 13 by a
score of 29-18. Tim Kemp
and Rick Schwab won by
falls, Schwab came back
after having his leg
strained by his opponent
and pinned the man 20
seconds after the jncident.
In a-triangular meet Jan.
16, Bethel lost to St. Tho-mas
39-5 and defeated Ham-line
46-8. "That's the worst
we've ever been beaten by
St. Thomas," said Klos-treich.
"We had a few close
matches that could have
gone either way, but that's
the way things go."
"Hamline wasn't quite
the team St. Thomas was,
even though they pinned
Jim Krier, which was kind
of an upset. In fact, Krier
was leading 13-8 just be-fore
he got pinned," said
"In addition to beating
Hemline, the team had an-other
victory, according to
Klostreich, as Rich Regnert-son
(126 lbs.) finished his
match against Hamline.
Reynertson has been suf-fering
from hyperventila-tion
during the season and
has been having difficulty
completing his matches.
The Royals will try to
continue improving their
record as the team travels
to St. John's to wrestle the
Johnnies and St. Olaf Sat-urday,
Jan. 23.
Wrestler Rick Schwab battles his St. Thomas opponent during the recent Triangular meet vs.
Hamline and St. Thomas (photo by Don Copeland).
Page 4
Overtime wins boost Hockey standings
by John Clark
If Bethel Hockey Coach
Craig Dahl looks a bit older
than his 29 years indicate
it's no wonder, consider-ing
the three overtime
games his squad has put
him through in as many
But if you notice the
smile on his face it's be-cause
of the two overtime
games his Royal team won
last week against St.
Thomas and St. John's on
Jan. 12 and 15 respectively.
The 9-8 win over the
Tommies and the 3-2 thrill-er
over the Johnnies helped
boost Bethel into the thick
of the MIAC conference ,
race with a 4-2 mark and a
8-5 overall record.
"It's gratifying to see us
win when we don't play
real well," said Dahl of
Bethel's third straight
overtime win, including a
win over Concordia the
previous week. "Especially
the St. John's game where
we were behind and came
back," he said.
In the St. John's contest
the Royals trailed 2-1 to
the team they had beaten
16-4 earlier in the season.
With under a minute to
play the Royals had a
faceoff in the Johnnies zone
and pulled the goalie to get
six skaters on the ice. Scott
Dahlstrom won the faceoff,
and Dave Johnson took a
25-foot shot that sailed
into the net with 38 se-conds
left that triggered a
bench clearing celebration
on the ice by the Royals as
the players piled on John-son._
Jeff Schaber scored the
winning goal in OT on
assists from Johnson and
Jim LaPorte,- and gave
Bethel its sixth win in
seven games. The Royals',
record shows a major turn-around
from last year, as
the Royals won only three
games last season.
In the shoot-out against
St. Thomas the Royals got
a hat trick from Dahlstrom
and a pair of scores from-
Johnson. Bethel got the
winning score from Jon
Erickson 20 seconds into
overtime off an assist from
Jeff Schaber.
The Royals tendency to-ward
overtime games (4-0
this season in OT) doesn't
have Dahl too concerned.
In fact, he says it's a trib-ute
to the work the team,
has put in this season.
"We don't base our sea-son
on one game," ex-plained
Dahl, "and, our con-ditioning
has a lot to do
with it. When we get close
the guys really get after
Tonight the Royals
have a horrie contest
against Hamline at Colum-bia
Arena beginning at
7:45 p.m., and Saturday go
against St. Olaf at North-field
in an important con-test
between two teams
challenging for the con-ference
"St. Olaf is coming fast
and playing very well,"
said Dahl of St. Olaf.
"They're a veteran club
with juniors and seniors.
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game was closer than the
sixteen point final margin
After dropping its first indicates. The Royals,
five games, the Bethel after enjoying large leads
women's basketball team in the second half, found
has shifted into fourth gear themselves only up three
and won four games with just under five min-straight.
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victories, Carleton fell 77- Leading season scorer
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loss Monday, Jan. '18. 4:50 remaining. With of-
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backcourt speedster Sue
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their lead.
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freshmen and two sopho-mores
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until 13:38 of the first half
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action week matched that with -two freethrows.
of both their opponents, From that point on the
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the short end of two close Johnnies and took a '17-15
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John's 57-54 and. Hemline left in the first half. St.
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10 seconds to play, only to for the fourth straight time
since he went down with
his ankle injury.
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phySical contest as 44 total
personal fouls were called.
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in field.goals made (27-24)
Hamline outshot Bethel at
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attempts, as compared to
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Bethel's top scorer was
Wolter with 18, Support
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have Goodrich end the
game with a three point
play and a victory for the
Johnnies, 57-54.
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Bear with me on this, but I want to talk about 1998.
In 1998, the Jets won the AFC East for the first time since the NFL-AFL merger. Bill Parcells was the head coach. Their record was 12-4 and they lost in the AFC Championship game to the Broncos.
For some reason, two things stick out in my mind about that game in Denver. The first is Keith Byars's fumble in the second quarter (the Jets committed 6 turnovers that day).
The other is Fireman Ed.
A big deal was made at the time that Fireman Ed was travelling to the game. Rumors circulated that he had signed a contract with NFL Films, that the Jets had flown him out to Denver, and that the FDNY brass had made sure he got the day off to the chagrin of many other firefighter Jets fans working that day.
I don't know if any of that was actually true. It is just what sticks out in my memory. There he was on TV in Denver. For me that Denver game was when, for better or worse, he became the national face of the Jets fan. Soon after, he would be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame's Hall of Fans. And so on...
Since that season, the NFL's brand has exploded in popularity, thanks mainly due to the internet, HD television and the growth of online gambling and fantasy football. The game and its owners have profited tremendously from this, often in an ostentatious fashion (looking at you Jerry Jones!).
Fireman Ed's story arc has followed a similar trajectory. The rising tide of the NFL's popularity lifted him from a relatively unknown cult figure to national fame and recognition. He became the corporate face for the fans in the league's biggest market. If he wasn't getting paid -- as he's said he wasn't -- he probably should have been.
Meanwhile, the death knell has sounded for the traditional season ticket holder. The cost of attending games has exploded, while the fan experience from home has improved dramatically. More and more people would rather watch Red Zone than pay $200+ to sit in the seats.
But, some still do. Myself included.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the NFL is not immune to the populist anger that has gripped other areas of American society. Jets fans invest themselves, with their time, their emotion, and increasingly their money, in the team and the gameday experience. More and more of them have come away feeling suckered and gipped. And they are justifiably angry about it.
There is no denying Fireman Ed has his place in Jets history. Tell me you've been to a game in the last fifteen years and not done the J-E-T-S chant at his direction? Kids, especially, loved it. He also, for obvious reasons, happens to be an exceedingly convenient target (although I've never said anything to him). His face is everywhere, the media cites him all the time, and, perhaps most importantly, he is in the seats. Proximity means a lot to an angry mob. If you can't yell at Woody, might as well yell at Fireman Ed. You can't really blame him for saying enough is enough. I don't.
His stepping away may inadvertently be his most historic moment, eclipsing that Denver game. Think about it: Things have gotten so bad that the Jets' most public fan is fatigued by being so closely associated with them anymore. Think about something else, too: The stadium has often been starkly empty this year. The stadium of one of the NFL's New York franchises has not been filled to capacity. The NFL! The most popular game in the country in the nation's biggest city!
Blame the price increases, blame PSLs, blame having to pay full price for preseason games. Blame whatever you want - there's a long list of irrationality that the fan base is waking up to. Some people are simply choosing to stay home. And the rest…the diehard, gameday attending Jets fans are angry in a way that they've never been before. I'm sure Ed is angry, too. Angry at the team, and angry at the blame put on him.
But what can you do about it? The phenomenon is that when the seats aren't filled, the guilt trip is thrown on the fans for not supporting the team. This is the same team that charges the highest ticket prices in the NFL, that puts an inferior product on the field, and that, by its owner's own admission and a mounting pile of evidence, top-down manages in a way to maximize marketing and media attention, and not gameday ticket holder value.
Woody's right. It is an entertainment business. But the irony is that Jets games are not as entertaining as they used to be. Certainly not at these price points.
So, the fan is left with two choices: boo or go home. Boo the players, boo the coaches, or boo the self-designated Jets fan spokesman.
Fireman Ed isn't walking away completely, but he's taking a huge step back. And he isn't going to be the last unless the Jets dramatically change the way they do things.
There's another, lesser known chant we've heard at every Jets home game this year that may be taking on a brand new meaning:
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- Will Wright, the creator of SimCity, has imagined what the first Mars settlement might look like in 2047. A Martian town with a population of 8,000 inhabitants sounds somewhat unlikely in less than 50 years, but it might happen someday. [url]
- An open source Mars Simulator built in Java has been around since 1998. SimMars was never commercially released, so this open source project was the only game in town -- until the mod for SimCity 4. [url]
- FMARS is a simulated Mars habitat project, located near an impact crater on Devon Island. The Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was created by the non-profit Mars Society in 2000 -- and it would be cool if they rented it out on AirBnB... [url]


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Not much action on the forum these days and given the fact that I am planning to prepare a couple of templates this winter and vacuum bag outside this summer, I thought that a discussion on the impact of rocker, concave and fins would help me understand more kiteboard designs and hopefully help me improve the quality of my first boards...
I have some wakeboard boots and would like to build a board that will be adequate to ride in relatively strong conditions (overpowered). So my question is what, between the rocker, the concave and the fins, has the biggest impact on the ability of a rider to keep its edge (and ultimately jump to decent heights).
Worst case scenario I will copy my Cabrinha Custom board but I am still curious of your opinions on this subject.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 21, 2011) – Twice a year the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament selection committee invites coaches, conference administrators, and members from the WBCA to participate in a "Mock Selection." In February and July these selected individuals gather at the NCAA Headquarters, located in Indianapolis, and get an inside look at how teams are selected, seeded, and bracketed for the NCAA Tournament. This past weekend, head ETSU women's basketball coach Karen Kemp had the privilege to be one of 16 Division I Coaches selected to join this group and get a better understanding of how this process works. After two long days and many hours of deliberation, the group completed the "mock bracket" and took away useful ideas which can be implemented at their respective campuses and conference offices.
After returning from Indianapolis, coach Kemp had the time to sit down and share her experiences from the selection process. Below are her responses to selected questions.
Coach, please talk about your experience participating in the 2011 NCAA Mock Selection exercise this past weekend in Indianapolis?
Attending the mock selection was a very useful exercise. I am glad I was selected to attend because I was able to learn how the tournament field is made up and see what pieces of information the committee members look at when determining the selection, seeding, and bracketing of teams.
This gave me a greater appreciation of what the committee has to go through during the year and when making the selections, seeding, and bracketing in March. I now have a better understanding after this past weekend of what we need to do in order to get a better seed – or eventually – get an at-large seed from our conference.
We had 16 Division I coaches, nine members from conference offices, and staff from the WBCA all be a part of this process. One thing I was most impressed with was how the representatives from BCS conferences were not trying to put all the focus on the major programs; they were actually a big proponent of mid-major programs getting serious consideration. Another piece of information I was fascinated with was when the ten committee members told us they watch over 150 games during the year – including video streaming of teams from mid-major programs. The committee members told us they put more emphasis on the games they watch, than the stats they look at on paper. In addition, I am a member of the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee, and the ten selection members told me they actually value our opinions more than some other numbers, since we are watching these teams up close.
Overall, I didn't know what to expect as I was going into this process, but in the end, it was very, very, very beneficial to me. It was a great experience to learn and see what goes into the selection process, and it was an educational exercise. I enjoyed being part of the weekend's activities, and I hope I can share some of this information with the conference and coaches in our league so they know what they need to do in order to get a stronger seed.
What was the biggest piece of information you took away from this selection process?
How the committee looks more at a team's strength of schedule and the SOS from non-conference play. They look more into the non-conference SOS because this is the one thing we as coaches have control over when building our schedule. The committee wants us as mid-majors to not only schedule the BCS teams, but also play top mid-major programs. This was most intriguing to me because I learned the committee looks into these numbers the most when highlighting a team's resume.
Prior to this weekend, I always thought we had to schedule the top teams in the country, but that's not really what the committee wants to see. Typically, I was under the impression the committee leaned more to the RPI, but was completely wrong, as they look more into the non-conference strength of schedule and how a team did during the year.
Another misconception the general public makes is they think the committee looks more into the conference a team plays in, but actually it's more about the "team." Overall, the committee looks at their resume/body of work and a team with 18 wins against wins can be looked at as a stronger fit than a team with 25-plus victories, because that team with 18 wins has a stronger non-conference SOS.
Will you change your scheduling patterns now after attending the exercise?
I think the way we scheduled in the past has definitely helped us. The first year we made the NCAA Tournament we beat Alabama, and the following year we won at Kentucky. I really believe those wins and how we played a tough schedule, helped us not be a 16 seed when it came selection time. Yes, we still want to play the BCS teams, but we also need to play the mid-majors who continuously make the NCAAs and beat them. For example, this year we play MTSU at home, and we always play Chattanooga – these two programs have rich NCAA Tournament tradition. The committee looks at the teams who schedule those opponents, as well as look at how they fared against them. In the end, that's the difference between being a 14 seed and a 16 seed.
My goal now is to play more high mid-majors in the years ahead instead of playing four high BCS schools like we did last year. I am going to try to schedule two BCS schools, and then try to schedule more of the top mid-major programs. I do feel like we have done that in the recent years, so hopefully we can continue with this process. Hopefully, this season with the preseason WNIT game against Tennessee Tech, playing MTSU, Chattanooga, and Appalachian State is placing us in the right direction. However, I now have a better understanding of which teams I need to schedule.
Typically, the talk is if a team has a strong RPI, then they will be a "lock" for the tournament. How much of a factor does RPI play in the committee's minds when determining a bubble team?
Prior to attending this mock selection, I thought having a strong RPI would make a difference between getting into the tournament or being left out – now I understand this is not a big factor. The way the committee described it was, they look at the entire body of the season and not necessarily one team having a better RPI than another. It deals more with which team played a stronger non-conference schedule and how they fared. When I was on the "mock" committee, I looked more at SOS, non-conference SOS, and wins and losses, than I did at RPI. The other thing the committee doesn't really lean heavily on are good wins versus bad losses. Instead, they put more emphasis on a team's last 12 games and weigh more on road wins than home wins.
How important does the committee look at travel when it comes to bracketing teams in the tournament?
This was an interesting topic as the committee members make travel a factor when bracketing teams.
For example, if we were sending a team from the East all the way out West, the committee would then take a step back and see how they can make it work to send that team to a closer site where they can bus. The committee also tries to see if they can keep a team closer to home so they can have fans travel and support their team. If we sent someone from the East to West the fans couldn't travel – so the committee looks at sites and where they place a team in regards to location. However, a team's seed can change due to travel, so their fans would have the opportunity to travel and support that team. The other thing we had to pay attention to was host teams, because they were set to play in a specific region, while teams in the same conference cannot meet until the Regional Final – unless a conference has nine or more teams in the tournament.
How difficult was the process and would you ever like to be on the selection committee?
This was a very difficult process, but I did learn a lot and took away a lot of useful information.
I want to commend those ten committee members because this was a long and stressful process. Before this meeting, I never understood how much time and commitment was put into the selection process; however, I now have more appreciation for those ten members than I ever did in the past. In the end, it was an amazing experience and I respect those members on the committee, but I would never want to be in on the selection process.
I do recommend attending this "mock" selection if it's offered to any coach or conference representative across the country because there are so many important things to take away from this experience.
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Million things still to do: Daltrey
The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has said he wants to make "as many" records as possible while he can.
The 69-year-old singer, who recently recorded an album with terminally-ill Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, said he had "a million things" he still wanted to do.
He said: "I want to do as many records now in this last bit of my life, even if I just get them into the can, in as many styles, because there's a huge amount of my voice that people haven't heard.
"I mean I used to sing Howlin' Wolf in 1963 and Johnny Cash in 1963 and Roy Orbison in 1963. You can't get more different sounds. Those bits of my voice the public have never heard."
The star, who announced the line-up for the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs in March, said he hoped to get Wilko involved but added that the musician's cancer meant they could not make any plans.
He said: "W e've got a show planned for the25th of February but you've got to understand that, at the moment, this thing inside of him is as big as a grapefruit and getting bigger every day."
Roger said the recording was not a "grim" experience despite the state of Wilko's health.
He said: "B oth him and I are very philosophical about death. We sadly live in a society that is in denial of it. It doesn't frighten me at all."


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Sharp Park Golf Course, a rare seaside municipal golf links built in 1932 by master architect Alister MacKenzie—- best-known for building world-class private courses like Cypress Point Club and Augusta National, home of the annual Master's Tournament – will mark its 80th anniversary Saturday, May 19 with a golf tournament and birthday celebration.
The festivities are part of National Historic Preservation Month, and will be hosted by the Pacifica Historical Society, Pacifica Chamber of Commerce, Sharp Park men's and women's golf clubs, and the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance. A long list of sponsors include the Northern and Southern California Golf Associations, and PING Golf, a leading golf manufacturer now based in Phoenix, that was founded in the early 1960's in San Mateo County.
Sharp Park is designated an "Historical Resource" under the California Environmental Quality Act by the Planning Department of the City and County of San Francisco, which owns the property – notwithstanding its location in San Mateo County. The golf course is also listed as a threatened nationally-significant cultural landscape by the Cultural Landscape Foundation of Washington, DC.
San Francisco favorite son and 1964 U.S. Open winner Ken Venturi, Honorary Chairman of the Golf Alliance, calls Sharp Park "Alister MacKenzie's great gift to the American public golfer," because of its Scottish seaside links character, distinguished architect, great natural beauty, and modest greens fees. In December, 2011, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee vetoed a Board of Supervisors resolution designed to lead to closure of the golf course.
Sharp Park is currently the subject of a lawsuit, brought in 2011 by a collection of conservation groups, which claim that golf harms endangered frogs and snakes that inhabit wetlands on the golf course. In April, 2012 that suit was stayed by Federal Judge Susan Illston, who shelved the legal proceedings pending a Biological Opinion from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which is due to render its Opinion sometime in September, 2012. In November, 2011, Judge Illston denied the conservationists' motion for a preliminary injunction to halt golf operations at the course.
"The frogs and snakes wouldn't even be there if it weren't for the golf course," says Lisa Villasenor, a Pacifica resident and member of the Women's Club. "We golfers are stewards of this beautiful place. Golfers are light on the land, and their presence actually protects these creatures from their animal predators, such as dogs, cats, and small mammals like raccoons. The golf course is also the social and economic heart of Pacifica's Sharp Park district. Folks here love this place, and that's why we're celebrating it and working hard to preserve it."
The May 19 golf tournament, expected to draw nearly 250 golfers, will be followed at 6 p.m. by festivities, including historical observance and a silent auction, in the Sharp Park Clubhouse Restaurant.
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SCOTLAND's quangos spent £113 million of taxpayers' cash on public relations, consultancy fees, overseas travel and hospitality in one year, newly released figures show.
Think-tank Reform Scotland today published the expenditure of nearly 100 organisations and claimed that the quangos were spending taxpayers' money "without sufficient public accountability" and should either be "brought back into government" or "set apart entirely".
The figures, released under freedom of information law, reveal tourism body VisitScotland was one of the biggest spenders on marketing and PR, with more than £33m of its £44m government funding going towards that budget.
Publicly owned Scottish Water handed out more than £6m to consultants, while the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) used £1.5m of its £17.3m budget to pay for its PR operation. The £113m was part of £14 billion of overall expenditure over a year by Scottish Government bodies, including NHS spending.
Creative Scotland spent £250,000 pounds on consultancy fees, more than £200,000 on PR and £42,000 on hospitality, as well as nearly £50,000 on overseas travel. A spokeswoman for the quango insisted foreign travel was needed to "promote Scottish arts and culture at events" and that its other spending, such as that on consultants, was "closely monitored".
VisitScotland also defended its £33m expenditure on PR and claimed that the bulk of the cash had gone on "marketing activity" to promote Scotland as a tourist destination.
Scottish Natural Heritage, the agency responsible for the nation's land, spent more than £4.7m on PR, as well as nearly £2.8m on external consultants as part of work to "encourage people in Scotland to get out into Scotland's outdoors".
There were also large spends by learning and training quango Skills Development Scotland, which shelled out nearly £1.5m on PR and more than £1m to hire consultants, which it said was done in the "most cost-effective way". Meanwhile, Scottish Enterprise took £12m from the public purse to pay for its PR bill, as well as handing out £4m in consultancy fees.
Reform Scotland director Geoff Mawdsley said: "We have revealed significant sums of public money being spent without sufficient public accountability.
"Ministers who spend public money are accountable to the people at elections and to the parliament between them. Similarly, independent organisations performing work for public money must enter into an open and transparent contract.
"Spending by quangos sits in an accountability gap in between."
"In some cases, the best option would be to devolve their functions to local government delivering the double benefit of accountability and real devolution."
Some of the £14bn overall spend by Scotland's quangos were from budgets for 2011-12, while others released to Reform Scotland were for 2010-11.
Scotland's health boards were also included in the overall £14bn figure.
The amounts spent were criticised by MSPs who said that the publicity and hospitality budgets would provoke anger at a time when frontline services were being "starved of cash".
Holyrood economy committee convener Murdo Fraser, a Tory MSP, called on the quangos to curb their spending.
He said: "The SNP government is forever complaining that it is not getting enough money.
"But here we see over £100m spent on areas which can hardly be classed as core services. There is ample scope for savings to be made."
Labour MSP Neil Findlay said: "At a time when public services are being starved of essential funds, the use of such large sums of taxpayers' money for public relations, trips and hospitality will be hard for people to understand."
However, the Scottish government and quango bosses accused Reform Scotland of a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the public sector.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "It is wrong to suggest that public bodies are not accountable. All public bodies have a responsibility to deliver on their objectives and are answerable to ministers and the parliament, the Scottish public, and are also subject to audit by Audit Scotland.
"We expect all parts of the public sector to ensure their activities deliver maximum value for money."


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Lenders Mortgage Insurance, or LMI, will be payable on most loans where the borrowings are greater than 80% of the value of the property.
However, you may be able to capitalise LMI into your loan, increasing the overall loan amount by about 2% (in order to cover the cost of the insurance). Contact a loan market broker to find out how LVR and LMI might impact the cost of your loan repayments.
- Lvr
- 85%
- Capitalise LMI
- Yes
For Owner Occupied in NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA, VIC, TAS, and ACT.
- Term
- 1 - 30 years
- Min
- $50,000
- Max
- $1,000,000
The level of financial documentaion and credit history required to apply for the loan.
- Financials
- Full Doc
- Credit History
- Non Conforming
- Genuine Saving
- Required
Offset Account
Save on interest repayments by holding spare cash in an offset account.
- Offset account
- Offset
- 100%
Redraw Facility
Get quick access to cash by drawing on the loan to pay for renovations or other purchases.
- Redraw Facility
- Min Redraw
- $100.0
- Redraw fee
- $0
Banking Features
Given the wide range of loans on offer – with different interest rates, product features and fees – it pays to shop around to find the loan that fits your needs and circumstances. Some loans offer features that may be appropriate for your situation and result in savings over the life of the loan.
Some features you may wish to consider include:
- an offset account;
- ability to make extra repayments;
- a redraw facility; and
- linked credit card and savings accounts;
- ability to split your loan between fixed and variable interest rates
- Offset Account
- Redraw Available
- Internet Banking
- Telephone Banking
- Credit Card
- BPay Option
- Portability of Loan
- Professional Pack
- Check Account
- Direct Salary Credit
- Free Transactions
- Minimum Redraw
- Redraw Fee
You can make your repayments Fortnightly, Monthly, and Weekly.
- Interest Only Option
- Max Interest Only
- 0 years
Upfront Fees
Upfront fess associated with estabilishing the loan. Other loan set-up fees, such as valuation fees and lender's mortgage insurance, and Government charges, such as registration fees and stamp duty on property transfer, have not been included. These will be determined after application.
- Total
- $899
- Application
- $599
- Valuation
- $300
Ongoing Fees
Monthly and annual fees and charges during the loan period.
- Total
- $0
Exit Fees
Fees associated with prematurely ending the loan.
- Total
- $608
- Exit
- $608
- Early Repayment
- $0
- Switch To Fixed
- $0
Non-resident lending policy all applications: - Non resident loans are not applicable on FlexiChoice Specialist products STEPPED RATE DISCOUNT: Applies to FlexiChoice Plus and FlexiChoice Assist products only. If on the first and second anniversary of 12 on time payments, the funder will decide in absolute discretion that the conduct of the loan has been satisfactory, then the interest rate will reduce by the following levels: First Anniversary Discount: 0.25%p.a. (e.g. 9.00% to 8.75%) Second Anniversary Discount: 0.25%p.a.( e.g. 8.75% - 8.50%) Notes: Satisfactory is defined as the loan not being in default at the review date, and the Borrower has not defaulted on any payment in the 12 months immediately prior the anniversary (i.e. on time payments and no arrears balance). The applicable interest rate reduction will be made in the month following the relevant anniversary but applied with effect from the anniversary date. Where a loan has been in arrears at any stage in the first two years, the applicable 12 month period does not re-commence until all payments have been adjusted in full, including all fees and charges. It is possible for the original step-down period of two years to be extended if there has been a missed or late payment within the first two years. RATE LOADING MAY APPLY TO APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED ON AN EXCEPTIONS BASIS. MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNTS (Maximum LVRs and Loan Amounts may be reduced for applications considered on an exceptions basis): 75% LVR - $1,5M 80% LVR - $1,25M 85% LVR - $1M 90% LVR - $750K. Maximum LVR (Specific Cases Only): Where the security property is located in Victoria, the maximum LVR will be 5% less than the product limit. LMI WAIVER FEE: Up to 70% LVR - 0.30% >70% up to 80% LVR - 0.80% >80% up to 85% LVR - 1.05% >85% up to 90% LVR - 1.30%. LMI Waiver Fee Capitalisation: To max LVR of 90%. NOTE: Capitalisation of LMI Waiver Fee does not alter the original LVR for Interest Rate purposes. The Homeloans FlexiChoice full doc has been specifically tailored to suit the needs of borrowers who fall outside the mortgage insurance and banking guidelines. Types of borrowers that may fall into this category include: self-employed borrowers, credit impaired borrowers, contract workers and other Applicants who do not fit into mainstream products, or borrowers who have reached their exposure with mortgage insurers. Key Benefits: - No Lenders Mortgage Insurance LMI Waiver Fee applies to all loans - Adverse credit history is considered - Adverse mortgage arrears considered - Bankruptcy discharges considered - No limit on the number of debts that can be consolidated - Available for refinance, including Non-Conforming, Private and Solicitor Loans - Child support (children 13 and under) and Family A & B benefits (children 11 and under) accepted - Unlimited Cash Out for any worthwhile purpose including payout ATO debts, working capital and purchase of business equipment (Max LVR 80% for cash out) - Refinance of business loans (Please Note max LVR is 80% for Business Purposes) Features: - Redraw - Credit impairment considered - To 90% LVR - Choice of Repayment Frequency - Extra Repayments - 100% Offset available Repayment Methods of Direct Debit, Direct Credit, BPAY. Internet and Phone Redraw: Min $100 Max $20,000 per day, no fee. Manual Redraw: Min $100 Max is the balance available. Redraw Fee $26. Loan Statements issued Six Monthly. Loan Increases: Interest Rate Increase and LMI Waiver Fee may be applicable - rate and amount dependant on end LVR. Split and Switch Loans: There is a maximum of 6 split loan accounts. The minimum amount of a split loan is $10,000.
LVR Notes
Risk Fee replaces LMI. Risk Fee applies to all loans regardless of LVR. Max LVR 90% inclusive of any capitalised Risk Fee. Capitalisation of Risk Fee does not alter the original LVR for rate purposes. Refer to Product Guide for further information.
Fee Notes
Valuation cost payment required following conditional approval. Quoted valuation fee of $300 is the average cost of valuation. The borrower/s will be charged the exact cost of the valuation.


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Zucchini Pizza
Everyone enjoys the flavor of this delicious and different way to serve zucchini. It is a healthy, quick meal to prepare and a change from what we know as pizza. I serve it quite often to my guests and they can never guess what the "secret ingredient" is!
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 35 min.
Makes6-8 servings
- 3 cups shredded zucchini
- 3 large eggs, well beaten
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided
- 1 teaspoon dried basil, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sliced ripe olives
- 2/3 cup sliced green onions with tops
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 to 3 medium tomatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
- Press excess liquid from zucchini and place in a bowl. Add eggs, flour, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, 1/2 teaspoon basil and salt; mix well. Spread evenly over the bottom of a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
- Bake at 450° for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Reduce heat to 350°. Sprinkle zucchini crust with olives, green onions, green pepper, cheese, and remaining oregano and basil. Cover with tomato slices.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Cool on wire rack 5 minutes before cutting.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 166 calories, 10g fat (5g saturated fat), 102mg cholesterol, 355mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 10g protein.
Originally published as Zucchini Pizza in Bountiful Harvest Cookbook
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My Review
Sep 3, 2010
sorry, this is the wrong zucchini pizza recipe that I meant to rate....disregaurd previous rating.
Sep 3, 2010
I am gluten free and this recipe is easy to convert to gluten free since the crust is made of rice, zucchini and other non-bread ingredients. My whole family loved this. They gobbled it up and didn't care that it was good for them! I used brown rice instead of white, which made this recipe even healthier. A+++


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This is like the time the racers went to South Korea, near the border with the North and had to do the swim under the ice. While the running in the buff will not be as bad, did you notice they showed three women and one guy? Do you think this was done on purpose?
Probably, out of the two reality shows on at 8pm, we do have a larger male audience then Extreme makeover, So I can see them pushing the ladies.
Did they not release a extended preview on cbs this wk for this episode.
She's a Little Scared of Stick, But I Think She'll Be OK! (Siberia)Ready, set, strip! Racers Run Wild. One team turns on two others-until it no longer suits their needs. One team goes for the fun-will their party priorities pay off?
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In the latest annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett chose to describe public pension plans as a "gigantic financial tapeworm" and warned of a decade worth of pain. He was certainly right about the first point, but not necessarily about the second point.
Alberta Martin (Stewart) died in Montgomery, Alabama from complications of a heart attack on May 31, 2004. She was 97 years old. When she died, the American Civil War Pension program finally laid its last widow to rest. As of today, only two children that have gone unnamed – and each only being paid a small amount of $876 a year – stand between the pension program and the overall end of a long, convoluted journey that nobody could have foresaw, which began in 1862 nearly a century and a half ago.
The Civil War Pension plan remains a large reminder of promises made lately and their unintended consequences, without having much regard for planning for the future. The plan was originally set up during the war to pay disabled union veterans pensions along with their dependents (including orphans and widows), and the scheme was extended gradually over successive decades to encompass all veterans as well as their families.
There were punishing consequences. During the 1880s, this pension scheme took up nearly half of the federal budget, leading to public anger and social tensions. As an example, in 1887, President Grover Cleveland vetoed a bill of a new pension, claiming that it "put a further premium on dishonesty and mendacity."
As veterans grew older and passed on from this world, they also became attractive commodities. Many younger women began to marry veterans that were far older than them, including Alberta Stewart, who in 1927 at just 21 years old married the 81-year-old William Martin. After he passed away in 1931, she remarried just a few months later and was hitched to his grandson. By the time Alberta passed on from this world in 2004, the Civil War Pension plan – both Confederate and Union – cost the federal government more than $100 billion in excess of the original cost of the Civil War, in today's terms.
As of today, the American Civil War Pension plan is an obscure footnote in history, but its lessons are quite profound.
A Slow-Motion Crisis
One of the biggest tragedies of the Great Recession is that we are focusing so much on the "urgent" today that we are completely forgetting about tomorrow. The shortsightedness of humans tells us that there's always going to be a bias, but there are far reaching consequences to this particular mentality.
Retirement was a major aspiration just a century ago. Women's average life expectancy was 57 years old, and for men it was only 52. In today's world, it's likely that we will spend one third of our lives while retired. It's a staggering achievement, and quite notable. But as people begin to live longer – an extra 15 minutes for every hour, according to some estimates – there is also a darker side: the cost of paying for this through health care, pensions and other similar things. As the baby boomers begin to retire in the coming years, this will put enormous pressures on the ever strained public balance sheet in particular areas such as Medicare, long-term care and Social Security.
These future liabilities today are vague since they are not recorded officially. According to the CBO, the current debt to GDP ratio is 73% – a "reassuring" figure for today's world. But this only takes into account the acknowledged public debt and the official number. If you add in Social Security, Medicare and pension obligations, you'll soon begin to see a much different number.
This ratio suddenly takes GDP to well above 500%. And this is only just scratching the surface. Boston University's Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, a long-term forecasting expert, calculates that the gap between projected taxes for the US and projected spending is an incredible $222 trillion, based on the latest projections of the CBO.
This unfunded area is going to present a real solvency crisis for the United States over the long run. We can mess around with tax codes. We can make changes to the budget at the margin in order to control the far smaller deficit of today. But as far as solving the major crisis coming up on the horizon, it's equivalent to using a teacup to attempt to bail out the Titanic.
We no longer have this luxury today. As people begin to live longer, the social fabric strains will continue to grow due to lack of solutions. If things do not change, by 2050 the US is going to pay an additional 8% of GDP due to age-related expenditures. That is another $1.1 trillion a year in additional costs, and this is not even taking into account the whole burden that will be accrued by then.
Hope for the Future
The long-term management and planning for society require a much longer term perspective. In practice, policymaker actions always have a much shorter horizon than the large systems that they manage.
Little decisions made today will play out in big ways in the future.
We choose to fight the small crisis that is presented today instead of fixing the important crises that are building up in the future. Because many people believe it's more important to preserve today's financial system. There is also hope that if using stimulus works, the economy is going to come back to life and make those much larger future payments a lot more affordable. There is always going to be enough time to plan the bigger reforms tomorrow that will make health care, Social Security and other spending more viable in order to sustain society.
Hope is not a strategy unfortunately. There is going to be another urgent crisis tomorrow, and if we do not take action, our shady horizon will push off the bigger issues for another day.
It's time to take into account the important issues, and not just the urgent ones. Or else we run the risk of repeating the familiar Roman pattern of a strong beginning that ended up careless at the end.


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The Effect of Malaria on Disease Progression of HIV/AIDS
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00499876
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 12, 2007
Last Update Posted : January 26, 2017
- Study Details
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Malaria
|Drug: mefloquine Other: placebo
|Not Applicable
Malaria and HIV are among the most prevalent infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the sub region. Because of the wide-spread geographical overlap in HIV and malaria, the probability for co-infections and the potential for interactions between the two diseases are high. Even modest interactions may have substantial impact in populations.
It is now clear that there are interactions between the two infections. HIV associated immunosuppression erodes the malaria acquired immunity of the HIV patients. The risk of parasitaemia, high parasite density and malarial fever increases with decreasing CD4 T cell counts and increasing viral load of HIV patients. Plasmodium falciparum has been shown to stimulate HIV replication through the production of cytokines (including interleukin 6 and tumor necrosing factor α (TNF-α)) by activated lymphocytes. Malaria treatment in HIV patients with malaria resulted in significant reduction of the median HIV viral load concentration.
Although it is now clear that malaria causes transient rises in HIV-1 viral loads, could repeated episodes of malaria in areas of intense transmission lead to a cumulative effect on viral load and accelerate decline in CD4 counts thereby accelerating HIV disease progression? If so, could the decline in CD4 count in individuals who have not yet started on anti-retroviral drugs be slowed down by intermittent malaria treatment?
A controlled interventional study with mefloquine as malaria prophylaxis for 6 months will be used in HIV/AIDS patients who are not already on ARTs in KATH, and malaria parasitaemia and density, HIV viral load and CD4 cell count will be monitored in both arms.
Comparison: Malaria parasitaemia and density, HIV viral loads and CD4 cell counts will be compared between the intervention group and the control groups to determine the effect o malaria and malaria prophylaxis on HIV disease progression
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|197 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Double (Participant, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Malaria on Disease Progression of HIV/AIDS in Kumasi, Ghana
|Study Start Date :
|October 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2008
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2009
|Active Comparator: A
Drug: mefloquine
250mg weekly PO for 6 months
|Placebo Comparator: B
Other: placebo
1 tablet weekly PO for 6 months
- Measure the effects of antimalarials on CD4 cell count decline and HIV viral load increase in study patients [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Measure the effect of malaria prophylaxis on malaria parasitaemia and haemoglobin levels in study patients [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult HIV patients attending the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) HIV clinic who do not yet fulfil the criteria for ARTs. This includes a CD 4 cell count of ≥ 300x106/l and World Health Organisation HIV stage I-III
Exclusion Criteria:
- All children with HIV infection attending the HIV clinic at KATH
- Adult HIV patients on ARTs attending the HIV clinic at KATH
- Adult HIV patients with WHO stage IV and V AIDS
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00499876
|Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
|Kumasi, Ghana, 1934
|Principal Investigator:
|Ruby Martin-Peprah, MBChB, PhD
|Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Brian Greenwood, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00499876 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|July 12, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 26, 2017
|Last Verified:
|January 2017
Keywords provided by Brian Greenwood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:
Human immune deficiency virus
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Treatment Naive
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Disease Progression
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Protozoan Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents


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- 2 lbs. potatoes I like red or gold
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 tsp. Italian herb blend
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 cup fat free chicken broth
- 1 Tblsp. soy sauce
- Wash potatoes and dice or cube.
- Spread potatoes evenly into a 9X13, non-stick baking pan. (cooking spray is optional)
- Sprinkle with seasonings.
- Mix chicken broth and soy sauce and pour over potatoes.
- Bake uncovered at 400 degrees, on the middle rack of the oven.
- Stir/toss every 15 minutes until crisp and brown.
Terri's Notes
~ Wonderful flavor!
~ I wanted to brown them up just a bit more and turned on the broiler for the last 5 minutes, but watch them carefully at this point.
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When Criticism Grows from Love
"I see my identity as deeply tied to a family. I'm very deeply Jewish. My mannerisms, whatever it may be, I mean, I was brought up with Jewish music, my father, the institute is called after him. He was very poor, but he celebrated the Shabbat with joy. So I have deep memories, Jewishly. So I have never had the desire to leave. I had the desire that it should be better, so my criticism grows from love. It's like I was once told, don't be critical as your mother-in-law who enjoys to find out things that are lacking in you [laughs], but be critical out of compassion, out of real love for what you think the people could be."
I really relate to these words from Rabbi David Hartman. As the daughter of a pastor, raised in an evangelical Christian home, I've found it hard to reconcile my faith with Christianity writ large.
Homophobia and sexism are two issues that I argued against in my father's church. At times, those disagreements cut so deeply that they caused not only strain in my relationship with my father, but made me doubt my belief in God and Christianity. How could the God that I was raised to believe in, a God of love and mercy, not believe in the equality of all human beings, regardless of sexual preference and gender? It became the question that I spent most of my 20s trying to answer.
"Tova once said to me, Abba, the problem with women in Judaism is not a woman's problem. It's your problem. It's the Judaism that you want to be committed to.' Now do you want to be committed to a Judaism in which the woman is not a person? She could be a great surgeon during the week in Hadassah, she comes to the shul, she's not part of the minyan, she's not part of the quorum. I remember a rabbi calling me, says, 'David, what should I do? I come to the shul in the morning and some people have to say Kaddish, which requires a quorum of 10 men. I only get nine and I get seven women.' When Orthodoxy denies the personhood, it commits spiritual suicide. It is blind to the human condition, to the dignity of human beings. I can't see a Judaism that flourishes and consider the woman in a second-rate, very limited legal powers, etc."
I first heard Krista's conversation with Rabbi Hartman via podcast. It was my day off, and I was walking around D.C. aimlessly, listening to the show as I went along. Rabbi Hartman's voice — that raspy, old Bronx accent — grabbed me. As the conversation unfolded, this religious man bowled me over. This deep, wise thinker spoke so poetically about his faith but, more importantly, about his relationship with his daughter Tova.
When I heard this story, I stopped walking and sat down on the nearest bench. I couldn't believe that a man as religious and as learned as Rabbi Hartman changed his mind on an issue as important as a woman's role in Judaism. And that change happened because of his relationship with his daughter. I started crying, on a park bench, right there in the middle of Dupont Circle.
Later that week, I burned a copy of that podcast onto a CD and mailed it to my father. I don't know if he ever listened to it. I know he got it. He told me the package had arrived, but when I asked him if he'd heard it he said he hadn't had a chance to yet. And I never brought it up again. For me, sending him Rabbi Hartman's words was enough. He spoke for me. He said everything that needed to be said.
Rabbi Hartman wasn't perfect. As you hear throughout his conversation with Krista, he wrestles deeply with his anger towards Palestinians and with his frustration with his Jewish faith and people. That wrestling is what brings me comfort. The fact that he continually wanted to change, wanted to adapt, wanted to learn — that is what I take away from him. I find myself often returning to his final words from this interview:
"I don't know what God is, the being of God, but I know it's a shattering experience. It opens you to the world. It takes you out of your narcissistic ego trip and says, look, see the other. Show strength through compassion, through love, not through violence. And to be reminded each day of those achievements. Not simple, but I'm still hoping. I'm still hoping. It's not easy to be a religious man. On my gravestone it's going to be written: 'David Hartman who wanted to be a good Jew.' He wanted to."


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I see we've had "race a ruckus" but I thought this was a neat reshaping too:
you're a non-white dad raising mixed raise kids
(which I saw today, in the ghastly "Daily Mail")
What eyeshadow colours suits mixed raise skin?
I say this as a mixed raise woman.
Living in New York city with a Mixed raise background gave him a new perspective on things
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On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
I can't think of an eggcornish meaning connection offhand, but it's a fun substitution.
Being brought up (raised) by parents of different cultures? I didn't think it was worth spelling out!
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
I don't see raising as having anything to do with race.
The issue did not arise for me, J23. Grade A in my books. Just when I thought the stream was dried up, this spate of great eggcorns appears.


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Definition of diaster
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