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Newly-elected officers of Student Council are shown above. Seated are
Harold Lind, President; Eleanor Johnson, Secretary. Standing are (left
to right) Al Lindholm, Vice President; John Sorenson, Treasurer.
—Photo by Keith Davis
Missionary Giving Climbs
Beyond Goal Cabinet Sets;
300 Dollar Surplus Now
Hardly daring to expect. it, the Missionary Band Cabinet set a
goal of $3,500 for this school year. $3,800 has come in to date and the
total for the year is expected to go over the $4,500 mark as students
strive together to answer missionary pleas for help.
At present a committee of nine students and six faculty members
are trying to decide how to use the surplus ($100 of which has already
Oft63110gial Bate& School Pareit
Vol. XXVII—No. 12
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Saturday, April 22, 1950
to Enlarge
Planned enlargement of Bethel's
philosophy department was recent-ly
made known when President
Wingblade announced the appoint-ment
of Bernard Ramm to the de-partment.
Associate Professor Ramm will
take e'er his new duties as of
September 1, 1950, and will be
teaching primarily in the upper
division of the College. It is ex-pected
that he will also be offer-ing
some courses in the Seminary.
Mr. Ramm is now serving as As-sociate
Professor of Bible ana
Apologetics _at the Bible Institute
of Los Angeles.
This is the only philosophy de-partment
personnel change that is
planned and it is thought that this
enlargement will put the philoso-phy
major on an even higher plan t
than at present.
Many students at Bethel remem-ber
Bernard Ramm as one of the
main speakers at Founder's Week
a year ago where he spoke on a
practical, livable theology. He also
enjoys a wide reputation else-where
due to the two books which
he has written, entitled, "Princi-ples
of Hermeneutics" and a more
recent one entitled "Problems in
Christian Apologetics."
In addition to his teaching Mr.
Ramm has also taken graduate
work at the University of Southern
California where he has completed
his thesis and expects to receive
his Doctor of Philosophy degree
this summer. Previous to his going
to California he received his B.A .
degree in speech with a psychology
minor at the University of Wash-ington.
He then pursued theolo-gical
work at Eastern Baptist
Seminary and took additional grad-uate
work at the University of
Pick Lad and Lassie
of Year at Banquet
At their second annual Spring
Banquet in the dining hall on
Thursday evening, April 13, the
Lads and Lassies announced the
outstanding Lad and Lassie of the
y ear.
Howard Carlson and Ruth Mar-tinson
were chosen for their ser-vice
to the society and for their
leadership abilities. These two will
be the first to receive the new
Lad and Lasise pin. A committee
headed by Perry Hedberg has been
working on the design for this
pin for several months.
The election of officers for the
year 1950-1951 was held. Lois Mit-chell
was elected president of the
Lassies and Ron Johnson president
of the Lads.
Lois Mellbom and her committee
carried out the theme of "This is
my Father's World" in a display of
blue birds and yellow jonquils.
Jim Merrill of Bethel Seminary,
brought a message from his heart
that was pertinent to the lives of
those present.
At the . special request of the
editor of the Miami Law Quarter-ly,
Mr. E. Victor Walter, Bethel's
instructor of government and eco-nomics,
wrote the main article of
the February issue of that journal
on the great American legal phi-losopher
,Roscoe Pound.
This artcile, which is entitled,
"Legal Ecology of Roscoe Pound,"
contains the findings of Mr. Wal-ter
in his masters thesis research
at Duke University on the subject
of "The Legal Philosophy of Ros-coe
The evaluation of the article,
which is original with Mr. Walter,
points out how Roscoe Pound car-ried
his early botanical training
over to his legal philosophy.
Mr. Walter divided his thirty
page article into two parts: the
first, backgrounds and thought of
Roscoe Pound as a jurist; and the
second, a critique of his legal
The Miami Law Quarterly is a
law journal published by the Uni-versity
of Miami Law School at
Miami, Florida. It publishes docu-ments
which are of timely interest
to lawyers and others in related
Mr. Walter received his B.A.
degree from the University of
Miami and also took training at
the law school there.
This year, for the first time,
Bethel students gave blood to the
National Blood Program of the
American Red C r o s S. Eighteen
Speaking Programs
Are Going Forward
Alma Bjork has been making her
-forced absence from China count
by carrying on an extensive speak-ing
program as well as taking clas-ses
at Bethel. A week from today
wil find her in sunny California,
bringing the message of China's
need to Conference churches in
that state.
Equally active, missionary candi-dates
have been touring the mid-west
in their deputation work. B-Etta
Mayer spoke in Wisconsin
and Nebraska, Glen Swanson in
lower Michigan, Russell Johnson
in the Minneapolis area and George
Johnson in Illinois during the last
two months.
The first of the spring elections
saw Harold Lind, Albert Windham,
Eleanor Johnson, and John Sone-son
take over positions of leader-ship
in the 1950-51 StUdent Council.
The final election, held in chapel
on April 6, found Harold Lind with
the winning margin over Russell
Seminary Banquet
Will Feature
Outstanding Talent
The Seminary Banquet, to be
held this year at Dayton's R e d
Room on May 4th, with "To Known
and Make Him Known" as it's
theme, will feature several out-standing
people on it's program.
Music will be furnished by Ray
Bodin, tenor soloist' and Carol
Landberg, violinist. Mr Bodin is
well-known in Twin City music
circles. He has been soloist with
the Augsburg Chorus and the Luth-eran
Evangelistic Mission chorus.
Miss Landberg is a former Bethel
student and has been featured in
several concerts on campus.
The speaker of the evening is
Dr. W. Robert Smith, head of the
Philosophy and Bible Department
at Dubuque University, -Dubuque,
Iowa. Dr. Smith was Bethel's com-mencemedt
speaker in 1949 and
w as the main speaker at the Min-nesota
Baptist Young People's Con-ference
last fall. Dr. Smith's mes-sage
will center in the theme of the
Seminary students may obtain
tickets from Russell Johnson, tick-et
sales manager.
have signed up thus far and made
their donations at the Red Cross
center on Kellogg Blvd., last Mon-day.
All types of blood are needed.
It is calculated that five pints of
blood are needed annually for each
hospital which means 'a total of
3,700,000 pints of blood per year.
The Red Cross makes no charge
for this service and it is available
for civilian, military and veterans'
Previously the hospitals in the
city had had their own private
blood banks, but now they are all
drawing on the Red Cross bank
of the city.
It is hard to estimate how many
lives this program, which develop-ed
from successful wartime experi-ence,
has saved. The enterprise
offers inrceased protection against
the suffering caused by disease
and injury.
Johnson and Dean Shaffer that
made him President of next year's
Council. Harold has served as
President of the Sophomore class
and headed up Tau Sigma Pi. He
also is a member of this year's
debate team.
Albert (Al) Windham led Harm
(Bud) Weber for the position of
Vice President in the closest race
of the election. Al steps into this
job after having held a position
as President of Freshman class
this, year.
Eleanor Johnson will be record-ing
Student Council proceedings
next year as a result of her victory
over Margaret Miller in the con-test
for Secretary.
The success of John Sonespn.
over Gordon Paulson for the office
of treasurer makes him the only
present Council member to return
to the executive body for next year.
John represented the College Sen-iors
this year.
Bob Daley, President of the
Council this year, expressed his
feeling of confidence in the new
slate of officers. He was also hap-py
over the fact that the Council
had been able to present such a
strong group of contenders as was
shown by the close election re-turns.
Bethelites to Sing
With Choral Group
Saturday Evening
The Harmonists, a choral group
with several Bethelites as mem-bers
will -be singing under the di-rection
of Mr. Lee Lewis some
specially arranged sacred and secu-lar
numbers at 8 p.m. next Satur-day.
The guest artists for the evening
Myrna and Eunice Montgomery,
will be playing classical selections
on the piano and marimba. The
Montgomery sisters presented a
program in the collegi chapel pre-ceding
Christmas vacation this
school year.
The Harmonists will be present-ed
by the Johnson high school Hi-
C Alumni Club in the college
chapel. Tickets will be sold at the
door or can be purchased next
week from members of the Alumni
Club on campus. The public is in-vited.
Price of the tickets is 60c.
Eying the Future
Language Clubs meet
Progressive Discussion Group
Harmonists Concert
B.W.A. Banquet
Seminary ,Banquet
Collegiate Cup Contest
Students Elect
New Executives
First Spring Election Prepares
Student Council for New Leaders
gone to Rev.
Instructor Writes
Main Article in
Florida Journal
Sundell for missionary work in Finland). Faculty members
on the committee include the fol-lowing
instructors: Mr. Norquist,
Mr. Larson, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Eng-wall,
Mr. Adolf Olson and Miss
The students on the committee
are Harold Christenson, Keith La-
Gesse, B-Etta Mayer, Eleanor John-son,
Florence Nordstrom, Roger
Hedberg, Jim Young, Carol Berg-sten,
Bob Daley and chairman Glen
Swanson. Glen especially requests
prayer for the final decision which
will be made Monday, April 24.
Bethel Makes its First
Donation to Blood Bank
With Eighteen Contributing
Page 2 THE CLARION Saturday, April 22, 1960
As the Axe Is Ground
Bristles In the Beard of Life
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Do You Know?
The Clarion you are holding con-tains
over 7,000 words. Production
costs $100, plus 50 hours of care-ful
work by the Clarion staff while
other Bethelites study, write term
papers or relax in extra-curricular
These 50 hours or more are do-nated
willingly, but some of them
are donated at a sacrifice, by
Bethelites who believe not only
thot Bethel is a school worth pub-licizing,
but also that her student
body is alert enough to see the
value of a campus newspaper. A
school without a newspaper is a
school without a voice so far as
the outside world is concerned.
About 200 Clarions make their
way into 'exchange' schools every
two weeks to let Macalester, Drake
Hamlin, Augustana, and schools all
the way to Alaska and the Hawai-ian
Islands, know where Bethel
stands spiritually as well as what
she is doing socially.
Those who believe in Bethel and
in its school paper to the extent
of $100 and 50 hours each issue,
are concerned that the Clarion
might be a true representative of
an advancing, Christ-centered cam-pus.
They gave 50 hours. Would you
take 15 minutes to glance thought-fully
through this paper, and then
let the • Clarion know what you
think of the job it is doing? After
all, you are the people the Clarion
"Some people cause happiness
wherever they go ; others whenever
they go." The Lord said in Mat-thew
5:14, "Ye are the light of the
world." If we are the light, are we
a black light; a blinking light or
a bright shinning light? If a
bright shinning light, then we are
spreading happiness wherever we
go, which reminds me of a Radio
Tube Tester I saw last week.
Its functions were to first, check
a tub's goodness, second to locate
any short present, and third, to de-termine
the life expectancy of a
tube by a Life Line Indicator.
It had three main functions:
first, it could tell definitely
whether there was a short in the
tube or not, and thirdly, it had a
Life Line Indicator, which told the
life expectancy of a tube.
To test it's first function, I put
a tube into the machine, the tube
lit up and the indicator turned to
GOOD. This reminded me of a
Christian whose light is shinning
brightly for Jesus. This person
causes happiness wherever she or
he goes because they shine forth
with the Love of God from the
hearts. Then I pushed the "Shorts
Test" button to see if there was a
short in this tube. No, the tube
still held it's bright beam shining
Another tube was put in; the
tube didn't light up and the in-dicator
turned to BAD. This tube
was black. As black as hearts are
when they haven't accepted Christ
as their own personal Saviour.
John the 12th chapter says, "Yet
a little while is the light (meaning
Ah, Spring!
by Muriel
You've often heard the well
known saying—"Spring is sprung
the grass is riz; I wonder where
the flowers is"—It so happens that
several of the more inspired and
hopeful "inmates" of Bodien Resi-dence
have popularized a new ver-sion
of this old familiar saying. It
goes like this—"J. • S. draws near
as time flies by; Each girl is think-ing,
'where's my guy?'
Spring is the time of the year
that Como Park blossoms forth
and, to say the least, becomes very
inviting. It is the time of year that
a young man wakes up to the reali-zation
that a certain little gal with
freckles and pink cheeks is pretty
cute. It took Jimmy Lemon a long
time to wake up though, didn't it
Spring is also the time of year
that every one feels gay and hap-py.—(
not including Dick Tracy,
whose house just burned down.)
Mary, with a sparkle of excite-ment
in her big blue eyes, digs
out her last years formal, while
best boy friend Johnny shines his
black shoes and reminds himself
to order a corsage of red roses.
Spring is the time for banquet-ing,
fun, and laughter. Jim Merrill,
a well-known personality on our
campus, was chosen to speak at
the Middle-Aged Men's banquet on
a Sunday Afternoon. He arose to
his full stature, and began to speak
in a deep, resonant voice. But as
he spoke the audience became
more and more restless and bored.
He got so dry, that finally the
toastmaster of the banquet rose
to his feet to ask Jim to please
conclude. He raised his gavel to
pound the table but accidentally
missed and hit a bald-headed man
on the head. The old fellow looked
pleadingly up at the toastmaster
and said, "Hit me again sir, I can
still hear him."
Spring is a wonderful time of the
year, but be careful that you don't
get bit by the "bug."
by Harold Lind
Jesus) with you. While ye have
light, believe in the light, that ye
may be the children of light." This
is the answer to the unbeliever,
to believe in the Light, accept Him
as your own personal Saviour and
then, and only then will Jesus
come into your heart to shine.
I put another tube into the
machine, pushed the "Shorts Test"
button and sure enough the light
blinked on and off. This tube had
a short in it and the indicator
turned to "Short Life Expectancy".
This reminds me of Christians who
are trying to find a happy medium
between living for this world and
living for Jesus. II Corinthians 6:17
says, "Come out from among them
and be ye separate," saith the
Lord, "and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you and
will be a Father unto you, and ye
shall be MY sons,and daughters."
A short in a light can only lead to
a burnt out light. Blinking Chris-tian,
don't burn out your light on
the pleasures of this world but re-generate
it through I John 1:9.
"Come to the Light, He's shinning
for you."
Here at Bethel the question come
to us today, are we on the beam
for Jesus? Is ours a black light or
a bright shinning light, that causes
happiness wherever we go? Is our
light then shinning clearly in all
our organizations and functions so
that none could mistake it to be a
blinking one?
You know what's wrong with
most people? They worry too
much. I came to that gigantic con-clusion
after a chat with my friend,
"Happy" Kokannen, in the world-firaous
Toddle House last week.
People worry too much about what
has happened and they worry
equally 'as much about what is go-ing
to happen. I say live for today
and you will be much happier.
Take my friend "Happy" for in-stance,
he wakes up each morning
and asks himself, "What is the
worst that can possibly happen to
me today?" He ennumerates a few
tragedies that could befall him and
proceeds with the thought that
since that is the worst that could
happen he may as well accept it.
Then calmly and methodically he
seeks to improve on the worst and
you'd be surprised what a 'pleasant
day he has in comparison to his
expectations for that 24-hour per-iod.
Another approach to the problem
is to try to think of Hoover Dam
and the eighth 'president of the
United States at the same time.
You see, if you are thinking of
something else, you can't worry.
That's what my friend, "Happy",
says, anyhow. He is spending his
life turning lemons into lemonade
and what a contribution he is mak-ing
to society in his small sphere
of influence (i.e., Happy's Grocery,
Twig, Minnesota).
So now I've stopped worrying
and what happens? Now I'm apa-thetic.
I breathe fresh air deeply,
I walk with my shoulders back,
and I pull my lips over my gums.
I'm smiling, see. But now I have
a smiling face and a empty head.
The answer, "Happy" says, is to
think positive and courageous
thoughts such as, "You can be
better than you are." Just a simple
phrase based on a simple principle.
Dreams .. .
Out of the Past
To sit and day-dream in the
Bethel library isn't to be consider-ed
the rarest of occurences; and
who knows when that "far away
look" is observed on the counten-ance
of a stude with knitted brow,
whether he is 'wrestling with some
deep logical or theological question
or whether he is struggling to
think of some painless approach
for asking that certain girl to be
his J. S. date.
But sometimes the curious vol-umes
which inhabit the library
shelves are responsible in them-selves
for a flight Into fantasy,
or a seizure of the imagination by
Such was the case recently when
a time-yellowed slip of paper bear-ing
the name of a Duluth bank and
the date line, 188...., was found in
an equally venerable volume, Com-mentary
on The Revelation, by
one Justin Smith.
The reader's eye scanned the
simple slip which lacked any en-tries
for the columns marked,
"Gold, Silver, U. S. Bank Notes,"
but found the reverse side to con-tain
a brief but careful outline
in the Swedish language.
Gold, silver coins, a Duluth bank,
life of the 1880's—a Swedish stud-ent,
or perhaps intsructor—what
drama could rveolve about such
details, what stories could be told
of deep life-issues in days and
years gone by—and one dreams on.
by Ancient Alex
I had a friend, Harold Nash, who
was 'a pejorist. One day he was
run down by a streetcar and that
really laid him low. His world had
crashed around his ear's. I sent
"Happy" to see Harold in the hos-pital
and "Happy" did wonders for
him: He told him it could have
been a train that hit him. Now
H. N. is a meliorlst, just like any
hit-run victim. You gotta look for
the silver lining, see?
During the depression people
were obsessed with worry. It was
almost a phobia. Indeed, the future
looked black . . . no ten thousand
dollar bonuses, no yachts, only two
servants and only two-car garages.
My friend, "Happy", was just settl-ing
down after ten years in school.
He had his Ph.D. in Zoology but
the best job he could find was on
W.P.A. Yet to him it was romantic.
He spent many hours discussing
the effects of Neo-Platonism on St.
Augustine with the sick man on
his right who was an M.A. in
English. One day a slick yellow
convertible, with a nice-looking
blonde at the wheel, got stuck in
the mud. He chivalrously helped
her out of her 'perdicament and
just as philosophically he refused
the money she offered him. "You're
cute," she said, and then she plant-ed
a kiss on his cheek. In another
month they were married. It so
happened she had two or three
million dollars stashed away and
they lived happily even after.
Romantic. See waht I mean?
So I end on this inspirational
note. Every day is a bristle in the
beard of life and it is up to you
whether you put shaving lotion on
it to make your day smell sweet
or whether you hack at that bristle
with a dull razor and fright your
life. I hope this little chat helps
you to cultivate those bristles and
make each and every bristle a joy
and a treasure.
Married Couples
House New Arrivals
Do you spend the spring worry-ing
about how to get through
Do you find that there are too
many pages left to read?
Do you have too many term
papers to write?
If so, why not try following the
example being set by two of the
latest Bethelites who are now re-siding
in •the married couples
apartment. Arriving too late to
take any winter quarter work, Jig-gers
and Parky have found no
trouble in keeping up during the
spring quarter.
Students may envy the class
attendance record of these 'brains',
for Jiggers has attended but one
class, becoming completely rattled
by the attention offered the new
student, while Parky has yet to
attend a lecture period. Both feel
more can be gained in listening to
students hash over the profs lec-tures.
Their extra-curricular activities
this spring have included strolls
in deep right field on the ball
diamond. Both are well satisfied
with the food here, Parky being
especially fond of grahan crackers,
while Jiggers loves lettuce. Living
conditions are somewhat crowded
but comfortable since hay has been
added for the beds. Both plan on
majoring in 'Animal Husbandry.'
(Editor's Note: For the benefit
of any not as yet personally ac-quainted
with the newcomers, they
are Golden Hamsters—cuddly little
creatures claiming to be Syrian
cousins of the gopher and mouse.)
eing of irbougbt
By President Wingblade
We may recall the incident of
the questioning of young Moody by
an older Christian: "Are you an
'0 and 0'?" "What do you mean?"
said Moody. "Are you an '0 and
0"?" "What do you mean?" "Are
you 'out and out' for Jesus Christ?"
"I certainly want to be and I am"
—the young soul winner replied,
and the influence of Moody is, of
course, well known.
It is rather thrilling to contem-plate
what influence one person
can have.
The story of Sheridan's ride and
how he turned the tide of retreat-ing
troops from rout to victory is
When Napoleon escaped from
Elba, army after army was sent
to arrest him, but through the
magnetism of his 'personality he
transformed each group into loyal
followers and marched triumphant-ly
on Paris.
John R. Mott started a revival
almost single handed in "atheistic
Bible scholars see in the death
of Stephen and in the release of
power three marvelous conversions
—that of the Ethiopian eunuch,
the centurion Cornelius, and the
scholar Paul.
In Cornelius we have the Japhe-tic
race represented, the continent
of Europe, and the passion for
power symbolized (the Roman
In the eunuch we have the race
of Ham, the continent of Africa
and the passion for wealth (trea-sure
In Saul of Tarsus we have the
race of Shem, the continent of
Asia, and the passion for know-ledge.
In the conversion of these three
outstanding men we have then
symbolically laid at the feet of
Christ three continents, three
races, and three basic desires of
the human heart. No, Stephen's
life was not wasted, but became
rather a fountain of radiance.
It has been well said that "In-fluence
is the effluence of afflu-ence."
And from the heart and life
in which Christ is enthroned, in-fluence
becomes the flowing out
of virtue, of power, of Christ Him-self.
Who shall measure the influence
of a life wholly yielded to God--
across the centuries and across
the world. John 7:37, 38.
Imagination was given man to
compensate him for what he is
not; humor to console him for
what he is.
He that slingeth mud loseth
Many believe that it was the
Bad Apple that caused all the
trouble in the Garden of Eden, but
it was really the Bad Pair.
Either the Lord' is Lord of all, or
He is not Lord at all.
Christ is the greatest divider of
all time—He divided history into
B.C. and A.D. and mankind into
the saved and the lost.
HE bore the cross at ,Calvary
That we might never bear
Our own without the knowledge
His presence lingers there.
He wore the thorny crown of
That we might sometime wear
A crown of glory—praise His name,
Our sins were buried there!
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It is too early in the season as yet to predict anything about this
afternoon's opening baseball game against Luther. I saw the Indians
practice against a reserve team from Augsburg this past week and could
tell that there were several rough spots that needed smoothing out;
how ever, both Coach Sandin and the team members recognized this
and have been stressing practice in coordination in teamwork, and have
also had a 'class room' lectdre on baseball theory. Both Eklof and Green-man
are in good condition to toss from the mound what ought to keep
the Luther batters guessing. Its pretty hard to say how the boys might do
at the plate. There is evidence that more batting practice against fast
pitching is needed by several of the newcomers; however, Bud Pierce,
who is new to the team will start as catcher today, got several hits in
the Augsburg practice. I'm sure his hitting ability will prove vital for
\ Indian victories. Well, be sure to come out at Como Park today and
see how the boys do. I want to wish Sandin and the ,team the good
fortune of a victory on this their opening day.
Theer is still time to sign. up for the tennis or golf teams if you
desire. See Roger Berg if you are interested in tennis, or if golf is your
game see me as soon as possible. Last year our tennis team was SMJCC
champs and from reports I get from Roger Berg, it sounds as though
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Indians Meet Luther on Diamond at 2:00 P. M.
Grouped around Coach Robert Sandin (right) are three members
of the 1950 Indian baseball team who will appear in the opening game
against Luther this afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock at Como Park.
Left to right is newcomer, catcher Bud Pierce, veteran pitcher Bud
Eklof, letterman Harold Wurts, and Sandin. (Photo by Keith Davis)
All-star Team Wins
Softball Duel 11-10
A Bethel All-Star softball team, came from behind to edge out an
Augsburg nine, 11-10, last Wednesday afternoon. ,
Augsburg took an early lead by scoring three runs in the opening
inning and holding Bethel scoreless in the first two innings. In the top
half of the third three Augsburg men crossed the plate to extend their
leading margin to 6-0. After an out, Dye faced the pitcher and slugged
a three bagger driving in Welch, who had walked, to score the first
run for the All Stars. Before the inning was over Bob Bennett hit to
drive in Dye and the 3rd inning
closed with Bethel behind 6-2.
Both teams scored in the fourth
inning with Bethel having its big-gest
batting round of the game.
One run gave Augsburg 7-2 lead;
however four Bethelites made the
complete circuit to tie the game at
7 all. During this rallying inning
Pete Welch scored his second run
and Gordy Wood soon followed him
to the home plate. Then, with the
help of a three sacker banged out
by Al Lambert, Dye and Bob Ben-nett
trotted home, and the fifth
run of this big inning was made by
Lambert, being hit in. by Swanson.
No runs were scored in the fifth
inning, but in the sixth inning cat-cher
Bill Nickel hit a single to
bring in Lambert who had gotten
on on an error, and Bethel took the
lead 8-7 as the final inning opened.
In the seventh and final inning
Augsburg put the pressure on the
All Stars and scored three quick
runs to force the Bethel team to
face a 10-8 deficit as they took
their half of the inning. Short Stop
Pete Welch was first at the plate
and after watching a few go by he
hit solid to place him on second.
Wood then walked to first, and Dye
singled to bring in Welch and
Wood, tieing the score. Trying to
stretch his hit into extra bases,
Dye was picked off on third. A
single by Gunther drove in Ben-nett
who had gotten on by a walk,
and the winning run was scored to
make Bethel victorious, 11-10. The
game was Umpired by 011ie 'Mc-
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Como Park Is Site of Opener;
Pierce, Eklof Form Battery
This afternoon, starting at 2 'o'clock at Como Park, the Indians
baseball team will open their nine-game season against Luther Junior
College, of New Ulm, Minnesota. Bad weather conditions have limited
the Indians to just a little over a week of outside practice, however,
they are expected to fare as well - as they have in any opener of past
Last Tuesday afternoon, at Nokomis Park, Minneapolis, a practice
game was held against The Augsburg reserves, who outscored the Bethel
team. (no official record was made). By observations made this past
eek, coach Sandin expects to use as many of last year's regulars as
possible, puting D. Johnson, Wurts, and Greenman in the infield, and
probably Bloom from last year's squad will start in the outfield.
It is tentatively planned that
veteran pitcher Bud Eklof will
start on the mound against Luther,
and Bud Pierce will appear behind
the plate. During the Augsburg
practice game, Pierce got several
clean hits into center field good for
a two-sacker and two singles.
Next Wednesday afternoon the
Indians diamond-men will play a
home game against Concordia, of
St. Paul, at Como Park. The third
game of the season is also a home
game at Como Park and places the
local nine against The North.
western Schools, of Minneapolis.
The Sports Department of the
Clarion urges all members of the
student body to be out at Como
Park this afternoon to sup-port
the Bethel team in their first
game of the 1950 baseball season.
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Golf and Tennis
Competition Slated
As Teams Organize
Both the tennis and golf teams
have been organized and are pre-paring
for their ocmpetition for
this Spring season. Tennis com-petition
will be against Concordia
and Bethany and possibly Roches-ter.
The golf team will play match-es
against Bethany, Worthington,
Concordia, and Rochester.
In May, the tennis and golf
teams will partcipate in the SMJCC
Invitational match to be held at
Rochester, in which the Conference
championships will be determined
and team and individual awards
Members of the tennis team in-clude
Roger Berg, Gordon Berg,
Arvid Berg, Doug Baltz, Rodney
Anderson, Bob Frykenberg, and
Phil Carlson. Of this number,
Roger Berg and Doug Baltz are the
only players returning from last
years' squad.
Returning to the golf team from
last year will be Frank Schlader,
Cliff Anderson, and Roger Hed-berg.
Newcomers will be George
Visell, Harvey DeVries, and Bill
Players of either golf or tennis,
interested in joining either team
are requested to make their desire
known to Roger Berg for tennis,
or Roger Hedberg, for golf.
Sports Sketch
Leading the attack of the Indian
baseball squad on the pitching
mound this spring is veteran hur-ler
Bud Eklof, who alternated last
year in this capacity with Bob
Sandin, who is coach of the Indian
club this year. Outstanding among
last year's games is the no-hitter
Eklof pitched against Concordia to
give the Indians a 9-0 victory.
Bud graduated from Newtown
high school in New York City in
1939. Since that time he has serv-ed
with the U. S. Marines in the
Pacific area for three and one half
years during the last war. Also
previous to Bethel, Bud attended
Augustana college where his pitch-ing
abilities were used extensively
throughout his entire three years
of study there.
The six foot hurler completes his
senior college work at Bethel this
year. In addition to this, Bud has
two years of seminary study be-hind
him and will graduate from
the seminary next year.
When asked about interests and
activities outside of the scholastic
realm, Bud laughlingly remarked
that his chief interest lay in
Bridgeport, ,onnecticut. (Bud will
marry Myrtle Rehnberg late this
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Page 4 THE CLARION Saturday, April 2R, 1950
Differential American
Attitudes in Heidelberg
Arouse Student's Concern
Missionary Band
Has Final Program
Last night marked the last Mis-sionary
Band meeting of this school
year. Beginning promptly at 8 p.m.
and closing at 9 p.m. in the College
Chapel, a program featuring Semi-nary
student John Michael as
speaker, and also films dealing
with a gospel team tour of Europe,
was presented.
John Michael, born•in Czechosla-vakia,
and presently a pastor in
Bethel Seminary, presented a
Missionary challenge for European
Missions and then showed films
which were taken when he was a
member of a gospel team which
toured Europe recently. Following
the meeting, refreshments and fel-lowship
were served in the school
dining hall.
During the year, the Missionary
Band has presented evening pro-grams
and Chapel services which
have kept the students aware of
the missionary challenge to young
Christian lives.
The budget of $3,500 has been
met and a sizable sum is mounting
above it. The Missionary Band
Cabinet has announced their desire
to express their appreciation to
the student body and faculty for
their cooperation in giving, writ-ing
for the 525 Club, and praying
for missions.
New Officers
Of TSP Chosen
At the last meeting of Tau Sigma
Pi an Oration was given by Henry
Nelson about "Displaced Persons";
an impromptu by Helen Dahl; a
reading by Mike Malone and a very
interesting time of business. Elec-tion
of permanent officers for next
year was held and the following
are the results: Chairman, Joe
Brygger, Vice Chairman, Thorleif
Aunevik, Secretary-Treasurer, Ruth
Danielson and Student Council Re-presentative,
Frank Doten.
These officers will take charge
immediately and May 8th is the
last meeting of Tau Sigma Pi for
this year. A humorous skit and
other things have been planned.
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(Editor's note : Annamarie Oest-erle,
a German student for whom
American House in Heidelberg
proved to be the first link in the
chain of events that led her to
Bethel campus last Fall, let us in
on her reactions to American Oc-cupation
in Germany and the needs
of her countrymen as she sees
We, twenty-five German employ-ees
under an American director,
sometimes found it a hard task to
advertise the good will of the
American people while the attitude
of occupational personnel and the
military governmental policy show-ed
little consisency with our en-deavors
in the American occupied
zone of . Germany.
"The biggest aspect of the oc-cupation"
Amerika Haus is often
called by the Heidelberg people.
(Four thousand of them hold li-brary
cards there and many others
attend educational activities with-in
its walls.) But we, who had
witnessed the lack of consistency,
sometimes wonder whether the
"real" America was in agreement
with the Amerika Haus we repre-sented
or the general attitude of
the military government.
Whenever we could talk to visi-tors
from the States we asked the
question: "How much do the
American people know about our
work and what do they think of
it?" We hung our heads when,
while talking about America's de-sire
to open a window to the
world for the German people, we
could not find enough members of
the occupation forces to sponsor
discussion groups to satisfy keen
German young people, full of ques-eattiarp
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tions and, ideas about American life
and ways.
Now that I have learned a little
bit about the "real" America I
wish that many other German peo-ple
knew it too.
I remember the day I discovered
Amerika Haus in Heidelberg—one
of the twenty-five Information Cen-ters
in Germany. My eye was
caught by the big sign outside
the building that reads: "This
United States Information Center
is given to the German people by
the citizens of the United States
for the purpose of promoting good
will and mutual understanding."
"Mutual" sounded incredible to a
German under Military Occupa-tion
in 1947.
I entered the Amerika Haus li-brary
for the first time and studi-ed
the schedule of activities, in-cluding
lectures, educational mov,-
ies, musical programs and a varie-ty
of discussion meetings. It was
not long before I found myself part
of the institution, ready to be-lieve
in good will and understand-ing
and to teach others to believe
in it too.
I would like to see Christians re-psresenting
the United States in my
country because Germany is a field
for people who are willing to un-derstand.
Such understanding takes
effort, patience and time. In to-day's
Germany this is especially
true. The German thinking has
been misled for a long time and is
only now on its way to recovery.
I hope that many Bethel students
will go to Germany with Christian
understanding and that they will
never pass by an Amerika Haus
without dropping in.
Larson Family to Leave
For Ethiopian Field Soon
To Journey by Train; Ship and Airplane
Fourteen packing boxes (each as large as an ordinary chest of
drawers) and three large barrels were shipped out of St. Paul yester-day,
tagged for Ethiopia and designated for the Ralph Larson family.
Rev. Ralph Larson, his wife and his infant son will begin the same
journey in a few weeks, taking a train to the east coast, a ship to
Port Said, train from there to Cairo, Egypt and a plane from Cairo to
Ethiopia. Mr. Larson, who plans to
teach elementary school in Ethio-pia,
was commissioned for foreign
missionary service March 31 at
Temple Baptist Church of Duluth.
He and his family will join the
Luckmans on the east coast and
accompany them to the field. (Mr.
Luckman addressed the students
during Missionary Emphasis Week
this year, being one of the main
speakers at that time).
Left with a coffee-pot and one
pan in the line of cooking uten-sils,
Mrs. Larson made no com•
plaints, choosing to laugh at the
situation in which she found her-self.
She is already anticipating the
unpacking of surgical instruments
and hospital linens which are to be
shipped to the mission station from
the east coast and should be there
by the time she arrives.
Field equipment, sufficient for a
five-year stay, was supplied large-ly
by Conference churches and
other interested individuals.
The Larsons were formerly sche-duled
to leave on a boat sailing
May 15, but this ship was cancell-ed
for an unknown reason by its
shipping company, delaying the
Larsons' departure until about May
19 or 20.
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Wednesday 7:45
Foreign Students
to Receive Gospel
The Minnesota Christian Fellow-ship
is attempting to reach several
hundred Twin City foreign stud-ents
with the gospel.
From nearly every country in
the world and with almost every
heathen creed, these native lead-ers
come for short periods, of time
to receive American education and
culture at Bethel's doorstep. For
some time a small group of stud-ents
have been metting every Sun-clay
afternoon in room 345 of the
Minnesota Union to pray together
and go visiting these students.
They have always found open
doors and eager ears.
But only a few foreign students
have been reached and many will
leave soon for their distant homes
without a knowledge of Christ—
often to places no missionary will
ever reach.
To meet this challenge the assis-tance
of Bethel students is very
much desired. Further information
may be obtained from Harvey
Sperry of the Seminary.
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Writing from Beijing
I'm going to get vulgar here, but in my defense, I didn't start it. I'll lay the blame at the highly polished brogues of television personality Richard Quest. Spiffed up with just the right amount of French cuff revealed at the sleeves of his perfectly tailored suit jacket, Quest was clearly on a hunt for trouble on Monday at the International Air Transport Association annual meeting in Beijing.
In what might be considered putting a stick into a bucket of you-know-what and giving it a stir, the CNN host asked provocative questions of his panel of airline executives and got back as good as he gave when he took on the quarrelsome boss of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker.
Asking if al Baker was satisfied with his new role on the board of governors of the group, Quest suggested that the scrappy airline exec's presence in IATA's inner circle reminded him of something once said by US President Dwight Eisenhower; "Better to have you on the inside pissing out, than on the outside pissing in." (Quest misattributed the quote. It was in fact said by US President Lyndon Johnson. Still, we got the point.)
In making the jibe, Quest waded in to the thicket created last year when al Baker took on the controversial outgoing director general of IATA, Giovanni Bisignani accusing him of high handedness and excluding from important decisions in the association, the up-and-coming Eastern carriers including those in the Gulf.
Bisignani is gone and the opinionated al Baker, is not. Far from it. He was sharing the stage with executives of Qantas, Cathay Pacific and Thai Airways.
Bisignani is gone and the opinionated al Baker, is not. Far from it. He was sharing the stage with executives of Qantas, Cathay Pacific and Thai Airways.
"I will still piss when I'm not satisfied," al Baker told Quest. Promising or perhaps threatening more rain could fall on IATA's parade.
As airline members complete the first of two days of meetings here, Quest prompted the panelists to talk about their frustration over a lengthy list of challenges they face from fuel prices, to Europe's emission trading scheme to the fact that airlines are - as Qantas boss Alan Joyce put it - "easy cash cows" for governments to milk.
But nobody spoke as bluntly as al Baker. The regulators "think the sun shines through their ass*****" he offered, and even Quest, who started it all seemed startled.
Lest I lead you to believe the entire session was potty talk, it was not. Some time was reserved for the less sensational opinions of the other executives. Joyce in a fit of optimism predicted that next year, many of this year's problems will be resolved and airlines will be flying high.
"Delusional!" was Quest's comeback.
But it was Piyasvasti Amranand, the (recently sacked) leader of Thai Airways whose speculation was most in keeping with Quest's tone as trouble-making moderator.
"Next year" he said, IATA members will be talking about the same old problems, problems with fuel, problems with labor, problems with regulators, even "the same problems we've been having with Akbar al Baker, " and neither Quest nor al Baker had a rejoinder to that.
Special thanks to Zach Naimon for his help posting to Flying Lessons while I am traveling.
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Object Versioning allows you to store multiple versions of your content to recover from unintended overwrites and deletions. It provides an easy method to implement version control that can be used on any type of content. It is strongly recommended that you put non-current objects in a separate container from where the current versions exist. Once you enable Object Versioning, new data written to an object causes the non-current version to be written to the separate container. Each of the non-current versions has a timestamp appended to it, so you know when it was created.
To enable Object Versioning, create a container where your non-current versions will be written. Next, set the metadata X-Versions-Location header on the container that holds the current versions of your objects. Set the metadata header to point to the new non-current version container you created. This is where your non-current versions will be stored. Once this is done, each object in your current-version container will have Object Versioning enabled; changes to the objects automatically create non-current versions in the separate container.
Nothing is written to the non-current version container when you initially PUT an object into the current-version container. Only when you make edits to the objects via PUT will you create non-current versions. These non-current versions are labeled according to the schema below.
Non-current versions are assigned the name <length><object_name>/<timestamp>, where length is the three-character zero-padded hexidecimal character length of the <object_name>, and <timestamp> is when it was initially created as a current version.
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A GET to a versioned object returns the current version of the object without having to perform any request redirects or metadata lookups.
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Note: A large-object manifest file cannot be versioned, but it may point to versioned segments.
To turn off Object Versioning on your current version container, remove its X-Versions-Location metadata by sending an empty key value.
Example: Object Versioning with cURL
First, create a container with the X-Versions-Location header or add the header to an existing container. Also make sure the container referenced by the X-Versions-Location exists. In this example, "versions" is the name of that container; "container" is the location for the current version.
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Create an object (the first version):
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See a listing of the older versions of the object:
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — One of two hikers missing for three days in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest was found alive Wednesday night, but his companion remained missing, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Another hiker found 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya at about 8 p.m., then told a crew of firefighters where to find him, Orange County sheriff's Lt. Jason Park said.
Cendoya was found severely dehydrated and was talking to paramedics but struggled to answer questions about what had happened and where the second hiker, 18-year-old Kyndall Jack, might be.
"He was extremely confused and disoriented," Park said.
Cendoya was flown to a hospital 20 miles away in Mission Viejo. Television footage showed him walking with help from paramedics.
The search for Jack would continue into the night, Park said. He had no further information on where she might be or what information Cendoya was able to give.
The hiker who came across Cendoya went for help and found the firefighters, a training crew not involved in the search that just happened to be nearby, Park said.
They found Cendoya in thick brush about a half-mile south of where much of the search had focused.
The pair had not been heard from since their cellphone died Sunday night.
Several dozen searchers with help from three helicopters had been combing the rugged hills of Trabuco Canyon in the national forest.
They were searching the area because a 911 call from the hikers' cellphone was traced to a nearby cell tower, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. John Muir.
Muir said earlier that Cendoya and Jack's "probability for survival is good" with mild weather both day and night.
The two were believed to have gone off trail near Holy Jim Trail, a tree-lined dirt path along a creek that leads to a waterfall and is popular with day hikers.
In the 911 call, they said they were about a mile from Jack's car, which was parked at a trailhead, but rescuers expanded the search when they weren't found nearby.
Jack's mother drew a message on the car's dusty windshield that read: "Kyndall - we r looking wont stop love you mom," and signed it with a heart.
"When you're disoriented because you're out of breath and tired and you think you're one mile away, you could be potentially three or four miles away," Muir said Wednesday afternoon. "There's a lot of ground to cover."
It was unclear whether the lost hikers carried water and Jack's father, Russ Jack, said he worried that after three days the pair might be dehydrated.
The area is in a section of the national forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, which lie along the border of Orange and Riverside counties southeast of Los Angeles. The trail ranges in elevation from about 2,000 feet to about 4,000 feet.


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The Victoria's Secret show was held in NYC last night and it seems the belle of the ball was Karlie Kloss, a lean-limbed beauty who absolutely rocked what appeared to be a Sexy Native American Chief costume. From the turquoise beaded jewelry to the breathtaking headdress to the fringed moccasin-like heels, Kloss looked ready to strut straight off the runway and into the powwow. Hoka heeyyyyyyyyy, am I right?
Of course, this Kloss's outfit begs the question of why it's okay for a white underwear model to be culturally insensitive, but it's not okay for a white pop star girl to do the same. I mean, isn't outrage over the whole headdress-and-beads thing exactly why No Doubt pulled their recent "Looking Hot" video?
In case you missed it, No Doubt briefly posted a music video that featured Gwen Stefani playing a Native American princess captured by cowboys. After getting L.A.M.B.asted (get it? Get it? Ehhhh) with claims of racism, the band yanked the clip and issued an apology:
Although we consulted with Native American friends and Native American studies experts at the University of California, we realize now that we have offended people. This is of great concern to us and we are removing the video immediately.
Now, there's no way for Victoria's Secret to retroactively rethink sending Kloss out in that outfit, since what's done is done. I'm not saying they should feel forced to apologize for it, either. But it all sends a baffling message -- is it always offensive to borrow cultural elements outside your own? Isn't that what Gwen Stefani did, like, NONSTOP during her Harajuku phase? What about the bindi she wore in the '90s? Why was that stuff okay but a headdress is super controversial?
I'm not arguing one way or the other, I'm just legitimately confused. The "good" news for Karlie Kloss is that she's no stranger to having her image criticized, since she's the model whose protruding ribs were airbrushed out of a (NSFW) photo a couple months ago. As Kloss herself has said,
You are physically up for scrutiny by everyone and you hear everyone's opinion. You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.
Sure, but what is it that we're learning, I wonder?
What do you think about the Victoria's Secret outfit? Is it offensive?
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Gosh I hate grey skies. It's not so much the rain as the dismal colour of everything that makes me feel gloomy. Heck, give me a sunny shower to dance about in any day. But give me a sky the colour of an elephant's behind, and I'm in an instant bad mood.
Still, despite the rather chilly start to the year, I do at least have some fond memories of sunny days out and about. In fact, since getting the hound, I've been feeling very 'back to nature' and loving filling my lungs with fresh air whilst stomping around muddy fields, and listening to the sky larks sing for me (yes, for me) in the blue sky. Gosh it sounds so far away and romantic right now, so here's a reminder of what that all looks like, from my stack of iPhone photos taken on my recent walks…..


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In 2009 I was lucky enough to find probably the cheapest flight ticket that summer, a return ticket between London and Barcelona for 8 pounds in total! Please don't hate me!
I went to Barcelona solely for the Catalan Gastronomy, I've had a list in my pocket with restaurants and tapas bars and I knew that is going to be an expensive trip, despite my almost free ticket.
We had to save money somehow so during the day, every day, we had only the cheapest ham, the cheapest cheese plus some bread, we didn't buy anything at all, we only visited places with free entry, but at the night time, we lived like kings!
That's sounds awesome and I don't want to ruin this "article" with sad stories but Barcelona can be really dangerous, we have had some craziness with thieves and drug dealers. (Don't get me wrong we did not want to buy anything, they wanted to sell...) All I want to say with this to my fellow photographers or anyone with a camera to be careful and read this article before you visit Barcelona.
In this part I am going to tell you about the best Marketplace I have ever seen, it's called La Boqueria.
You can get anything here from wild birds, through a huge variety of local and exotic fruits to seasonal mushrooms, seafood and sausages. One of the most interesting markets of Europe and probably the highest quality fish market in the World. You name it! Octopus, Crab, Oyster et cetera... anything you want really. You can find the market on the main street which is La Rambla.
There are two tapas bars I have to mention The El Quim de laBoqueria and the Pinotxo Bar.
If you ever get there, you should definitely try out both of them.
When you walk into the market you just need to turn a little bit to the right and you will see the Pinotxo right away. This place is one of the favourites of some world-wide known Chefs like Ferran Adria, Santi Santamaria or Carles Abellán!
Joan Bayén Pérez (the owner) runs the best place at that market, don't even dream of an empty seat at your arrival, you will need to wait till someone finishes cause there is always "full house".
But it's worth to wait indeed! Trust me.
The El Quim is similar in both style and quality, but enough said. Have a look at the pictures!
Tuna head
Freshly made Smoothies
Dried Fruits Lobster
Local and Exotic fruit mixes and numerous vegetables and mushrooms
Bull's Tail
Wild Mushrooms Whole Octopus
Pinotxo Bar from the entrance
Joan Bayén Pérez
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The Cypress Group acted as the exclusive advisor to R & R Ventures in the refinancing of its Taco Bell Restaurants and the acquisition of corporate Taco Bell Restaurants in Northern Virginia. R & R is owned by Robert Calucci, a 20-year veteran of the Taco Bell system. Cypress represented R & R in identifying the opportunity for the financing, conducting a competitive process, structuring the transaction, and managing the closing. The refinancing will be used to retire existing debt, fund the acquisition, and provide additional liquidity for new unit development and image upgrades.
"Cypress' services were invaluable in understanding the details of the debt markets, the most competitive lenders, and the alternatives available. We were able to take advantage of a favorable credit environment to lower our debt service and secure new development capital," says Bob Carlucci, CEO of R&R Ventures. "As we worked through the recapitalization, an acquisition opportunity surfaced requiring a major pivot on the debt engagement. Cypress and our new lender, RBS, worked through the changes on the loan request and managed to close the transaction on time. Cypress' knowledge of the Taco Bell system and their relationship with the lender community were invaluable to our company. We have utilized Cypress on numerous occasions as our company has evolved. Once again, Cypress delivered."
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Warhead wrote:Communiqué to Admiral BlackDog of the Blue from Grand Admiral Cromwell of the Black wrote:I suggest you gather as many fast raider class ships as you can spare without endangering the security of the territories that you hold. With this fleet, launch a foray against the system in a bid to seize or destroy this prototype before it has had a chance to finish construction. Any ship building infrastructure found at site that can not be held or removed before a Scythian reaction force arrives must be destroyed prior to withdrawing your fleet. Good luck and good hunting Admiral. For the Queen!
Admiral's log: At 1100 hours today, our fleet sighted the experimental Scythian Darkstar-class battlecruiser. It is currently being escorted by two frigates, one of which appears to be a fighter carrier. This presents an additional difficulty in our plan, since the frigates, and presumably their fighters, carry light laser cannons accurate enough to shoot down our boarding pods. No matter. For Queen and country, we will push on.
Because of the importance of this mission I have chosen to lead personally from my own spacecraft. Our force consists of my ship, two gunboats, and a Q-ship which will be providing missile and fighter support as well as carrying our boarding pods.
With all of our royal marines called up to fight against the ASE, I was forced to choose from among a few ragtag volunteers to form the away team that will capture the ship. Two midshipmen were eager to join the fight, and I issued them pistols and cutlasses, always useful weapons in a boarding assault. In a stroke of luck, Captain Harris himself has chosen to leave his well-earned retirement to show them the ropes, and one of our weapons factories has been able to make a copy of the rotary muskets used by the Colonial brigades for him. Brutus, leader of my personal security detail, has joined them with his trusty plasma blunderbuss. Though they lack the spit and polish of our Royal Marines, I have no doubt that they will acquit themselves well once we board the ship.
Our final warp jump is complete, and the enemy fleet lies ahead.
The Q-ship breaks right with one gunboat accompanying it. Blackdog takes the other gunboat and breaks left.
The Scythian ships accelerate straight ahead, the small frigate firing its afterburners to close with the Q-ship and its escort. The big ship holds back. "Admiral? We're getting strong energy readings from the battlecruiser, but nothing's happening."
"I see it. They must be charging... something. Stay alert."
The Q-ship fires a missile at the fighters, but it misses. It also launches a torpedo towards the Scythian fleet.
Knowing that the Q-ship's survival is vital to their plan, its gunboat escort sheds velocity to put itself directly between the incoming fighters and the Q-ship. "All guns, stand by to fire!"
Blackdog and his frigate continue maneuvering for their attack on the fighter carrier.
The fighter carrier speeds up to avoid the incoming torpedo and strike at Blackdog's ship. Its attacks miss, and it takes a point of damage from response fire.
The fighter squadron decides that the Q-ship is too difficult a target with the gunboat blocking their paths, and go after blackdog and his gunboat instead. A lucky response shot from the gunboat takes out the squadron leader, putting the squadron in disarray and causing their attacks to miss.
The light frigate exchanges fire with the gunboat and Q-ship but neither side does damage to the other.
Finally, the Darkstar decides to enter the fray...
...and tears the frigate apart in a single outsized volley! "Bloody hell! How can its guns fire that fast!?"
The torpedo hits the Scythian fighter carrier, doing another point of damage.
The gunboat kills a fighter, and does two points of damage to the light frigate...
...and the Q-ship finishes it off with a missile.
Blackdog goes after the fighter carrier with little luck.
The fighter carrier drifts clear of the Darkstar's path, allowing it a clear shot at the other gunboat.
Blackdog kills the fighter carrier.
"Bloody 'ell, we're getting rogered out here! Launch everything we've got!" The Q-ship fires off a missile, a torpedo, a boarding pod and all three fighters. The boarding pods each have a teleport receiver, so when one of them docks with the ship the away team can instantly be transported aboard.
The fighters kill the last Scythian fightercraft. With no target left, the torpedo self-destructs.
The Darkstar concentrates all its firepower on the boarding pod. Despite the inaccuracy of its heavy guns, one shot still hits and destroys the pod. "Ah well, there's two more where that came from."
The Q-ship comes dangerously close to the battlecruiser, and manages to hit it with a boarding pod before its batteries can react. With the away team on board the ship and no other threats in sight, the action shifts to the battle to take the bridge.
The bridge crew are sitting at their consoles when...
"In the name of God, Country, the Queen, and my totally awesome hat, I claim this vessel for the Britannian Empire! Surrender, bitches."
One crewman with particularly fast reflexes gets a shot from his SMG off before Harris can react, and wounds him.
Harris responds by mowing down another crewman.
"All right, chaps, here's the plan..."
"You two, go left, try to catch those two crewmen unawares from the sides."
"Brutus, you head for the stairs and do something about the blighter on the upper walkway."
The shotgunner fires down at the two midshipmen, but misses both of them.
One of the crewmen attacks them from the front, and kills one...
...before being shot himself.
The other crewman kills Brutus; his chain mail spacesuit didn't help him at all.
Captain Harris comes around the stairwell and attacks him with his rotary musket, but both of his attempts fail. "Bloody modern engineering! They just don't build these things like they used to!"
I'm not gonna keep taking pictures when there's no action happening... but for your information, these guys spent every turn until the end of the battle shooting at one another... and missing. Every damn time.
Dissatisfied with the newfangled rotary musket, Harris picks up Brutus' blunderbuss instead and charges the SMG crewman, killing him at close range.
On the next turn, he manages to get to the top of the stairs but can't get close enough to the shotgunner to use the annoyingly short-ranged musket. "When I was a lad," he tells himself, "I could shoot a bird out of the air from two hundred paces with one eye closed. Let's see if I've still --" Nope. He fails the stupendous feat roll by 1, incurring no consequences but he's still unable to make the shot at longer-than-usual range.
The shotgunner finally kills the last midshipman.
And then gets blasted off the walkway at short range by Captain Harris. Still totally worth it.
"Admiral, Captain Harris here. We're ready to enter warp at your leisure."
Communique from Admiral Blackdog of the Blue to High Lord Grand Admiral Cromwell:
Lord Admiral, we have captured the Scythian battlecruiser as ordered and returned it to Blue Sector headquarters. The Scythian border has been quiet, but I do not know whether they are unwilling to retaliate for fear of revealing their new battlecruiser to other factions, or if they are planning something in the future. Our casualties in the raid consisted of two gunboats, lost with all hands, and two midshipmen who were killed boarding the Darkstar. I am submitting a formal request that the captains of both gunboats be knighted posthumously for their courage in battle. They placed their vessels directly in harm's way so that the Q-ship and her boarding party could complete the mission.
As I speculated, the Darkstar-Class battlecruiser does contain an extremely large Anti-Matter reactor. Surprisingly, it also contained an enormous bank of capacitors. When these capacitors are fully charged, its lasers can fire at twice the rate of normal Scythian laser cannons -- as we witnessed in its destruction of the first gunboat. With time we will be able to adapt this technology for our own use, but I should warn you that it might entail some trade-offs in our ship design. In particular, note the Darkstar's lack of point defense, which allowed us to board it easily once its escorts were eliminated -- by fitting it entirely with heavy guns to make the best use of its capacitor banks, its designers made it vulnerable to our attack.


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A flurry of new reports from prominent health care research organizations show the cost of individual health coverage under Obamacare will vary widely among states next year, but drastic predictions of premium "sticker shock" have not materialized thus far.
New research by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the RAND Corp. and Avalere Health have found competitive, affordable prices for individual coverage in states where the information is available. Those states include Washington, California, Florida, South Carolina and Texas.
"Our analysis found no widespread trend toward sharply higher prices in the individual market," said a statement by Christine Eibner, a senior economist at RAND, a non-profit research organization based in Santa Monica, Calif.
The report from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation examined individual premiums for the largest cities in 17 states that have released either actual 2014 premium rates or rate requests from insurers.
"We know what the cost of employer-based insurance is, and these rates are what you'd expect to see for similar benefits," said Gary Claxton, vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation. "These rates don't look to be so high that we should have the sort of widespread sticker shock."
New research by the conservative Manhattan Institute appears to be an outlier. Its report found nine states will see premiums increase, on average, under Obamacare next year, while five others will see average rate declines.
The Affordable Care Act makes sweeping changes to the way health insurance is bought and sold outside the workplace. Beginning next year, insurers in the individual market must provide beefed-up coverage and cannot deny insurance based on current or past health problems.
The estimated 125 million Americans with job-based coverage won't be affected by the changes.
In fact, only 15.4 million people purchase individual policies. But that number will increase dramatically, beginning next year, when premium tax credits become available to help low- and middle-income people buy individual policies in the new state insurance marketplaces. An estimated 80 percent of marketplace enrollees will qualify for the tax credits.
The Kaiser study found that monthly premiums for a 40-year-old earning nearly $29,000 will run about $146 per month in Baltimore next year and $155 in Albuquerque, N.M., for the cheapest "Bronze" plan, which covers 60 percent of health care costs.
The insurance marketplaces divide individual coverage into four tiers based on the portion of medical expenses they cover. "Silver" plans cover 70 percent, "Gold" plans cover 80 percent and "Platinum" plans cover 90 percent.
Residents in Seattle and Portland, Ore., will pay $213 and $165 monthly respectively for the same lowest-cost Bronze plan, which will cost $308 in New York City and $336 in Burlington, Vt.
Kaiser estimates that tax credits will lower the cost to $111 in Baltimore, $136 in Albuquerque, $123 in Seattle, $157 in Portland, $111 in New York and $116 in Burlington.
"It's hard to believe we'll see things that are way different from this in other places, but there could be a few surprises," Claxton said.
The Manhattan Institute expects such surprises. The institute found that individual premiums will rise in states like New Mexico, Vermont, South Dakota and Connecticut, while Maine, Colorado, Ohio and New York will see rates decline on average.
Ohio, which is projected by the institute to see a 30 percent decline in average premiums, is notable because the state insurance department predicted in June that rates would rise by 81 percent next year, and then lowered the projected increase to 41 percent in August.
Avik Roy, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and an ardent critic of Obamacare, said Ohio's surprising numbers stem from the different methodologies used by the state and the institute.
In a study of 12 states, Avalere found that minimum premiums for a 40-year-old non-smoker averaged $261 for a Silver plan. Maryland had the lowest-cost Silver plan at $197 per month, while Vermont's lowest-priced Silver plan cost the most at $383.
"Regardless of whether the state or federal government is operating the exchange, we are seeing competitive Silver premiums in the low $200 to $300 range in most markets," said Caroline Pearson, Avalere vice president.
Although tax credits are based on the second-lowest-cost Silver plan, individuals can use their tax credit toward the purchase of a cheaper Bronze plan.
Pearson said these "buy downs" will be a likely occurrence.
"We expect consumers to disproportionately enroll in lower-cost plans," Pearson said. "Bronze plans are offering a significant reduction in monthly costs relative to Silver products, which is likely to entice healthier enrollees to opt for a less generous benefit package."


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Reuters reports on EA's plans to drop licensed guns from their video games, or more accurately the licensing part, as they still plan to include the guns without the licenses under the fair-use principle, quoting EA's Frank Gibeau saying "A book doesn't pay for saying the word 'Colt,' for example." They say recent shootings and the NRA's attempts to shift blame for them onto the games industry did not factor into this, quoting EA spokesman Jeff Brown: "The response from our audience was pretty clear: they feel the comments from the NRA were a simple attempt to change the subject." They also note that there is currently a preliminary legal action between EA and Bell Helicopter over unlicensed helicopters in the Battlefield series, which Bell says is trademark infringement, and they suggest how the Bell case turns out may reflect on the legality of using the firearms as fair use. The article also states: "Legal experts say there isn't a single case so far where gun companies have sued video game companies for using branded guns without a license." Activision declined to comment when Reuters asked whether they were considering dropping gun licenses from the Call of Duty series.
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Police: Girl, 15, allegedly raped by 5 men
STAMFORD -- Police are investigating the alleged gang rape Tuesday night of a 15-year-old Stamford girl on the city's West Side, Stamford Police Lt. Diedrich Hohn said.
Detectives with the Stamford Police Youth Bureau have taken the girl to various locations in an attempt to identify and apprehend her five assailants, he said.
Hohn said no further details of the alleged crime were available Wednesday.


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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (PG)
Family (2012)
93mins US
Starring: Frances McDormand, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Schwimmer, Cedric The Entertainer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ben Stiller, Martin Short, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston
Director: Conrad Vernon, Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell
Writer(s): Noah Baumbach, Eric Darnell
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Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the hypochondriac giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus hanker for a return to New York's Central Park Zoo. They leave their island retreat for the metropolis but draw the attention of tenacious Animal Control officer Captain Chantel DuBois and her cronies. To escape, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria join a circus train and persuade Vitaly the tiger and Gia the jaguar that they are performing animals too.
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After a lacklustre second instalment, which saw Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the hypochondriac giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus crash-land in Africa, Madagascar 3 rediscovers some of its animal magic...
A circus of performing critters provides the dramatic hook for the usual wise-cracks, and a boo-hiss pantomime villainess generates much-needed dramatic tension. The setting lends itself perfectly to 3D and directors Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon have a ball contriving outrageous set pieces. The camera swoops as Merman and Gloria teeter on the high wire, Alex tumbles acrobatically on the trapeze and Marty soars out of the barrel of a giant cannon. Animals ricochet around the screen at dizzying speed and pyrotechnics explode to the infectious beat of Katy Perry's self-empowerment anthem, Firework. Eye candy is plentiful but there's an inescapable feeling that the flimsy narrative has been tailored to the 3D and the higher ticket prices commanded by the eye-popping format. You could cheerfully distill the plot into 10 minutes - the remainder of Darnell, McGrath and Vernon's upbeat adventure is glossy, feel-good packaging adorned with rump-shaking musical interludes from Sacha Baron Cohen's lord of the lemurs.
Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer) and Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) hanker for a return to New York's Central Park Zoo. They leave Africa and head first to Monte Carlo to reunite with the penguins, where the gang has a close encounter with tenacious animal control officer Captain Chantel DuBois (Frances McDormand) and her scooter-riding cronies. Alex and co seek refuge on a circus train and persuade Vitaly the tiger (Bryan Cranston), Gia the jaguar (Jessica Chastain) and Stefano the sea lion (Martin Short) that they are performing animals too. Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria nervously train alongside the professionals, knowing they must impress a big promoter in Rome in order to secure a booking in the Big Apple. En route, Alex purrs affectionately for Gia and the lion helps Vitaly to revive his show-stopping solo dive through a flaming ring. "It is impossible," growls Vitaly, referring to his daredevil act. "That's why people loved it," smiles Alex.
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is undemanding escapist froth. McDormand gleefully chews the computer-generated scenery and the script pokes fun at our European neighbours, such as when Mason the chimpanzee quips, "Labour laws are a little more lenient in France. They only have to work two weeks a year!" Apart from Alex, who enjoys a romance that defies Mother Nature's grand design (lions roam Africa and Asia, jaguars stalk the Americas), other characters embark on journeys that are literal rather than emotional. Kids will love the slapstick and high-octane action but parents may find the tomfoolery as tame as the four-legged heroes.
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There are numerous things we encounter in our busy lives that we typically take for granted: Family, friends, health, housing, food on our table, amongst others. All are very important and often under-appreciated until faced with a crisis. When people think of life's essentials, very few would name the urban forest.
While many people think of street trees when thinking of the urban forest, it is much more than that. If you took a look at an urban area such as Auburn from the air you would see a stunning network of green.
The urban forest is all of the trees and other vegetation in and around a community including trees in home landscapes, school yards, parks, riverbanks, cemeteries, vacant lots, utility rights-of-way, adjacent woodlands and anywhere else trees can grow. Shrubs, flowers, vines, ground covers, grass, and a variety of wild plants and animals also are part of the urban forest. Streets, sidewalks, buildings, utilities, soil, topography and, most importantly, people are also an integral part of the urban forest. The urban forest is, in fact, an ecosystem.
A healthy urban forest is seen as essential to the quality of life of the region. It is an asset that increases in value over time- one that provides service as well as beauty to Placer County residents. Some of the benefits of the urban forest can be measured. The energy saved from decreased heating and cooling costs, the water kept out of treatment plants and the benefits of cleaner air can be quantified. It is estimated that one large residential tree produces $4,000 of net economic benefit over its first fifty years and increases residential resale value by six to nine percent.
Other benefits are less easily measured, but no less valuable. The aesthetic value of the thousands of trees in an urban forest is incalculable. Neighborhoods with trees feel warm and inviting. Trees soften the hard line of cement sidewalks and provide shade for parking lots and protection from wind. Through their spectacular variety of shapes, sizes, colors, flowers and shade patterns, trees also add visual interest.
Quietly, in exchange for a few gallons of water a week, they help mitigate the noise of traffic, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and trap dust particulates on their leaf surfaces. We use the urban forest for recreation and in turn, it provides habitat for our urban wildlife.
Yet, as important as the urban forest is, it is increasingly at risk. When does the urban forest move from unrecognized and under-appreciated to valued? It's when the oak woodland you've taken for granted near your home is bulldozed to make way for a subdivision of new homes. It's when fifty-year old trees that you've driven by daily are removed to increase a business' visibility. It's when your shaded patio becomes sun-baked after disease kills your backyard tree. Or when a nearby hillside starts eroding after the property owner removed the trees.
In the rush to make our communities modern marvels we've fine-tuned nature out of the design process. Rapid land development and unnecessary tree cutting is severely impacting community forest resources that are already weakened by aging, fire, storms and humans.
Management of the urban forest is complex and challenging. A new awareness of urban communities as ecosystems can be achieved through education and community involvement. An initial step is a re-examination of the natural and manmade infrastructure that make up our communities, the ways they interact, and how the urban forest fits in. Only then will we be able to manage our resources in a socially desirable, ecologically and economically possible way, so they can sustain our community for future generations.
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Protecting and planting native trees is important to preserve the unique landscape appearance that helps give Placer County its unique character. Regional character is increasingly threatened by the trend to make neighborhoods and commercial centers to similar that we cannot tell one city from another. By preserving regional landscape character, we can help offset this homogenization. Our sense of identity and belonging is enriched through our association with these unique places that we claim as our own.
Trees that are native to a locale are very well adapted to the naturally occurring site conditions. This adaption can result in lower maintenance costs and eliminate the need for supplemental irrigation, specialized fertilizers, herbicides, soil amendments, or protection from wind, sun and cold. Native trees are linked to the well-being of the insects, birds, and wildlife species that naturally occur in an area. Over many generations of living in proximity to these native trees, some of these animal species have evolved to rely on the trees and the associated understory plants, such as shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers, to meet their specialized food, shelter, and breeding needs.
Oaks can prosper in close proximity to human habitation if care is taken to preserve the basic elements of the natural oak environment. If the needs and limitations of mature oaks are not considered, well-meaning people can make serious mistakes.
For additional information:
Choosing the Right Tree
Oak Tree Care, California Oak Foundation
Choosing the Right Tree
Oak Tree Care, California Oak Foundation
Construction activities can cause serious damage and even death to trees if proper measures are not used to protect trees. Injuries to trees are not always obvious, and the decline of the tree may not be evident for months or years after the construction activities are complete. When such conditions do become evident, it is often too late to correct the damage, and tree loss or tree hazards may result.
Preventing damage to trees during construction is not difficult or expensive. In fact, taking protective measures will probably cost less than replacing or treating a damaged tree.
For additional information, see the: "Protecting Trees During Construction" brochure.
The decision about what type of tree to plant is an important one. Most trees will outlive the people who plant them, and trees can require a steady investment of time and expense over their lifespan.
When choosing a tree, several essential steps will help you select the proper tree. Considering site conditions and constraints, the appropriate maintenance needs for the tree, and your overall expectations for the tree will help you make the right choice. Taking these steps will help focus your search to a list of candidate trees that will grow successfully on your property and meet your needs.
For additional information: Choosing the Right Tree
Trees beautify our surroundings, increase property values, and help save energy. Trees add value to your home, help cool your home and neighborhood, break the cold winds to lower your heating costs, and provide food for wildlife. But proper tree care is essential.
Every new tree is planted with the hope that is will grow strong and healthy, providing benefits to the community and environment for many years. Proper care is important throughout a tree's entire life, especially during the first three to five years. The care and attention during those critical early years will give the tree its best chance for reaching maturity and thriving.
Before planting any young tree, you should take into account a number of important factors:
For additional information: "Young Tree Care" brochure
To continue to enjoy the benefits of trees, we need to preserve and care for them to keep them healthy. Properly caring for mature trees is critical because they are valuable resources that cannot be readily replaced if they are lost to disease or damage. Most tree species take many years to reach maturity and must survive numerous threats to their health during development.
Find out what your mature tree needs and why: "Mature Tree Care" brochure
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The Auburn Trail of Treasured Trees is a self-guided walking tour through Old Town and downtown Auburn's urban forest featuring approximately 50 trees - treasured trees and other trees of interest. The tour encompasses Lincoln Way, High Street, College Way, Maple Street and Court Street. The tree tour starts at the deodar cedar near the new restroom facility in Old Town Auburn and is free to the public. Sidewalk markers have been painted and each tree on the walk has been tagged with an engraved medallion.
Downloadable Map and Guide
Downloadable Map and Guide


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