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Successor to "No Child Left Behind" introduced by Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON – The one-sized-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation Senate Democrats announced Tuesday.
The state-by-state approach to education standards is already largely in place in the 37 states that received waivers to the requirements in exchange for customized school improvement plans. The 1,150-page proposal from Senate education committee chairman Tom Harkin would require some of those states to tinker with their improvement plans and force the other remaining states to develop their own reform efforts. Education Secretary Arne Duncan would still have final say over those improvement plans, and schools would still have to measure students' achievements.
Buried on page 694 of the legislation, the proposal also includes protections for gay students. Schools that don't take stern measures against bullying or discrimination against gays or lesbians would see their federal funding cut. Democrats likened the measure to Title IX, which forced schools to provide equal opportunities for female athletes under threat of penalty.
The proposal faces an uphill climb.
A politically polarized Congress has failed to renew No Child Left Behind, also known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, since it expired in 2007. Harkin's Republican counterpart, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, has supported updating No Child Left Behind but his approach has not always melded with Harkin's.
Those differences are likely to come into full view on June 11 when the education committee begins to fine tune the legislation. A vote by the full Democratic-controlled Senate has not been scheduled and Democratic aides suggested it could be autumn before one occurs.
Lawmakers in the Republican-led House, meanwhile, were reluctant to take steps that could be seen as telling local schools how to best teach their students and enrage tea party activists. Many GOP lawmakers also have been critical of Duncan's tenure as secretary and were unlikely to rush to give him more authority.
And a separate legislative wrangle over student loans is certain to get higher priority. Interest rates on new subsidized Stafford loans are set to double on July 1 without congressional action. Competing versions of legislation to dodge avoid that hike on students were making their way through the House and Senate.
The sweeping Elementary and Secondary Education Act governs all schools that receive federal dollars for poor, minority, disabled and students whose primary language is not English. The latest version of the law eliminates 20 programs while encouraging states to expand art, physical education and pre-kindergarten programs.
In exchange for those federal dollars, schools must meet standards -- previously set by Washington but increasingly dictated by state capitols.
The nation's largest teacher union, the National Education Association, applauded lawmakers for taking up changes to what it called a "flawed law" but urged them not to add importance to testing.
And the American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten called Harkin's bill "a good first step."
"The bill requires a variety of measures to evaluate teachers, rather than making test scores the be-all and end-all," she said.
But that does not mean schools would be off the hook for measuring students' achievements. Students would still be tested in reading and math each year from third to eighth grades, as well as once in high school. Schools would also have to measure students' aptitude in science at least three times between third grade and graduation.
But those tests could be combined with student portfolios or projects, an effort to win over the law's critics who said too much emphasis was placed on testing.
The proposal also requires schools to share detailed performance reports with parents.
Duncan has pushed Congress to update the law to accommodate challenges officials did not anticipate when the measure was passed on a bipartisan basis in 2001. But absent congressional action, Duncan has been giving states permission to ignore parts of the law that are unworkable in exchange for detailed school improvement plans.
Already, 37 states and the District of Columbia have been given such waivers. Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming are still waiting to hear about their applications, along with a coalition of California districts.
In a memo circulating on Capitol Hill and among education advocates, Harkin's Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee acknowledges criticism of No Child Left Behind's requirements as "setting inflexible benchmarks without considering the different needs of schools and without recognizing student progress."
Instead, Harkin's bill would offer states greater flexibility to improve students' education.
The proposal "gets the federal government out of the business of micromanaging schools and instead enables states and districts to focus on turning around chronically struggling schools and those with significant achievement gaps," according to the committee's memo.


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A successful Museum visit with kids starts with preparation. Review the Museum Guidelines with your kids before you visit.
Ask children questions. Discuss artworks that attract you and your child. You can always start by saying, "I wonder what's going on in this picture; what do you think? What do you see that makes you say that? What do you think will happen next in this picture? Why? Would you want to visit the place shown in this picture?" With abstract works of art, it can be fun to ask children to think of a name for the artwork. Compare your answer with the one on the label. Discuss which name you like better.
Games and activities are allowed at the Museum. Old standards like "I Spy" are a great way to get kids to focus on details in artworks. For very young children, ask them to look for shapes, colors, animals, or people. Older kids could search for things that begin with a specific letter, or even an action taking place in an artwork. Bring a pad of paper and a pencil (not a pen). For children who like to write or draw, you can play this either by making a sketch of the item once it is found, or by having them draw or write something for you to find.
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Posted By Daniel Spiewak On October 4, 2007 @ 10:09 am In .NET | 4 Comments
I've done my fair share of .NET development. I've never actually enjoyed it, nor would I want to make a living out of it, but I have done some. Every time, I've been forced to work on Windows to do any serious project. Granted, jEdit can get you awfully far in terms of source editing, but unfortunately (?) it's no IDE. Really, the only way to do serious .NET development is to use VisualStudio.
Now, for a number of reasons (none of which are important right now), I'm already using Windows as my primary OS. However, I don't like being boxed into one OS or another. I try to keep my options open. If I ever could cut those final ties to Windows, I'd love to switch to Linux or Mac. Also, I just don't like feeling forced to do something in a certain way. With Java, I can write the code in Eclipse, NetBeans, jEdit or Notepad for all my employer cares, just as long as it gets done. With .NET, I really don't have any choice but to use Windows.
Well, until nowish. MonoDevelop recently announced the release of 1.0 beta 1 [1]. From what I've read, things are still comparatively unstable, but the features are all there and bug fixing is proceeding apace. Also, for the first time it seems that they're offering some binary packages, allowing users to install easily rather than wrestling with the sources for hours and hours (which is what happened to me last time I tried MonoDevelop).
Actually, the bigger news for me is the addition of all of the "serious coding" features. Things like content assist, searching, error-underlining, etc. These are huge when working on a non-trivial project. In fact, these are precisely the reason I tied myself to Windows and VisualStudio for .NET development rather than just using jEdit or VIM on Linux. Last time I tried MonoDevelop (back in like, 0.2), it really wasn't more than a glorified text editor with syntax highlighting. Now, it's a full-fledged IDE.
As far as I'm concerned, MonoDevelop has reached the point where it can be considered as a serious VisualStudio on Linux. In fact, from what I've seen it's at a level where .NET developers need no longer consider themselves tied to Windows just for the tools.
Of course, the big problem is MonoDevelop is a tool to write code that runs in Mono (hence the name), not really .NET. Technically, the two platforms are very very close, but .NET has some libraries and provides certain functionality that Mono just doesn't emulate yet (things like the win32 API). Also, Mono is a black-box port, so there are bound to be some inconsistencies in behavior here and there. As a result, you can probably write your .NET application on Linux using Mono, but you had better test it running on Windows and the CLR. Otherwise you can never really be sure that your app is doing what you want it to on Windows.
But on the whole, I think this is great news! MonoDevelop gives .NET developers a nice (and free) alternative to VisualStudio, not to mention the benefit of unfettering these developers from the Windows platform. Just one more way to thumb your nose at the boys in Redmond and support FOSS.
Update: The How-To Geek has some excellent instructions [2] on how to install the latest version of MonoDevelop on Ubuntu.
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BRANDON — Brandon officials recently approved a preliminary application from Robert N. Hockaday Jr. of Roland Enterprises for a new development of 70 single-family homes called "The Woods at Spring Pond."
Hockaday, who is based in Baltimore, Md., was granted approval for his firm's preliminary application in the middle of July by the town's development review board. The preliminary application requires approval from local services — including police, fire and rescue departments, water and sewer, and the local school system — to ensure that the town's infrastructure can accommodate the needs of the development.
"When you're awarded approval at this juncture, it means that the town has awarded you approval in principle," says local realtor Skip Davis, whose office has listed the property for sale. The developer will now have to submit more detailed engineering drawings for the final permitting process.
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BRIDPORT — By a 81-75 vote, Bridport residents on Thursday approved a plan to spend $600,000 to build a new town garage and move the fire department across the street into the current municipal garage.
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Building the new, five-bay garage is estimated to cost $500,000 and will be erected on a 16-acre parcel of town-owned land at the intersection of Crown Point Road and Short Street. The spot is already the site of a sand and salt shed operated jointly by Bridport and the state of Vermont.
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One of the fun things about hanging around in Japan is that I can experiment more freely than I can at home with some very Japanese ingredients, since they are much cheaper here. Quinoa is one of my grains (as an alternative to rice) for bentos, since it maintains its distinct, poppy texture even when cooled. As it happens, quinoa (written キヌア and pronounced as ki-nu-wa) is getting quite popular in Japan as it seems to be all over the world, and it's sold at regular supermarkets. This is quite different from the situation a few years ago when I had to smuggle a bag in for my mother to try. I married quinoa with various things that were in my mother's refrigerator that needed to be used up. We both loved the result, both hot and the next day when we had the leftovers. This should keep nicely in the fridge for at least 2-3 days. You could just pack this alone in a bento box, and you'll get all the major nutrition groups - carbs, protein, a little fat and vegetables, plus fiber - in one go.
"Wafuu" means "traditional Japanese style" by the way. Quinoa is not at all Japanese, but the flavors in this are.
3 to 4 servings
Rinse the quinoa grains in a fine meshed sieve. (Note: this step may not be necessary these days, since most quinoa sold now seems to be pre-rinsed. However, it's a good idea to rinse it anyway since quinoa does have a natural soapy coating, which will taste bitter if it's not rinsed off.)
If you have a rice cooker, put the quinoa, water and the dashi stock granules (or use your own homemade dashi) into the bowl. Switch it on - use the 'rapid cooking' (i.e. no soaking time needed) setting, if your cooker has one. This is the easiest hands-free way to cook quinoa. If you don't have a rice cooker, cook the quinoa by putting 2 cups of water and the dashi granules first to a heavy-bottomed pot, bringing it up to a boil, adding the grains and then lowering the heat to a bare simmer. Put on a tight fitting lid and let cook until all the water is absorbed. This takes about 15 minutes.
In the meantime, chop and prep your vegetables. Cut up the satsuma-age.
Heat up the oil in a frying pan or wok, and add the ginger and green onions. Sauté briefly until he oil smells very fragrant. Add the sakura ebi. Add the satsuma-age and sauté until it starts to brown. Add the cup up vegetables, and sauté until tender but crisp, about 3-4 minutes.
Add the quinoa and stir well. Add the soy sauce, and a few drops of sesame oil if you like it. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve hot or cold. A nice garnish for this is some shredded shiso leaves, or beni shouga (shredded pickled ginger, see okonomiyaki).
It's fresh sakura ebi season here in Japan by the way. Here's a fresh sakura ebi sushi (next to a fresh shirasu (tiny fish) sushi) that I had the other day. (Not recommended for bentos though.)
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Wow, this is such an interesting recipe. South America meets Japan. There are no frontiers in cooking.
I will definitely give this recipe a go.
Thank you for sharing it.
Have you ever tried cooking barley in your rice cooker? My family loves barley pilaf (3/4 C barley cooked with 2 C broth, and when it is finished you add grated parmesean cheese), goes great with veggies and fish. It would make the process a little easier if you could use the rice cooker.
Your recipe just might get me to try cooking quinoa...Finding alternative grains/starches for a non-potato eating toddler in Germany is hard somtimes...
I tried quinoa for the first time today, and this will be the perfect way for me to expand my horizons a little. Is there anything that I can substitute for the satsuma-age or sakura ebi?
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That flavor combination sounds lovely. I'm really fond of quinoa's flavor and texture anyway, and can imagine that the texture contrast would work very well in that dish. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Just curious: I ordered a thrunite-ti and itp a03 ITP A03.
Just curious: I ordered a thrunite-ti and itp a03 ITP A03.
Someone asked a very similar question a few weeks ago, it might be worth a search of the forums for it. My vote then went for the Fenix LD01 but I recall the Thrunite Ti got a few supporters as well, also ARC.
Personally I think you can't really go wrong with any of the Fenix AAA lights, which one depends on what brightness you want and what sort of runtime, number of modes, etc. I have all 3 (LD01, E01 and E05) and find them all very useful, E01 on my keychain, E05 on nightstand and LD01 for EDC.
Stainless Steel Fenix LD01.. it is a tank with very smooth threads.
Best - depends on your personal definition.
Most reliable - lots of people swear by the Fenix E01.
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Got to be the E01. It is bombproof!XD
There was a recent member whose Ti lost its moonlight mode since the small metal below the head was broken IIRC
I have to go with the Fenix E01 or E05. The LD01 Stainless is built like a tank, but the multiple modes make it more vulnerable to failure. I have had some serious quality control issues with my two Thrunite Ti lights...I would't say they are reliable.
Coincidentally I just ordered myself a Fenix E05 last night. But of course I won't be able to speak to its reliability until I've owned and used it for a good while. But based on tons of research, I selected it for my AAA choice (no pun intended) because if fit my current want for a teenie, tiny light built to today's standards (waterproof to ipx-8 standard, type III hard-anodized anti-abrasive finish, aircraft or aerospace grade aluminum and CREE LED).
But even more specifically to the E05, I wanted the super simple one mode operation and the softer, wider flood beam it offers combined with a medium to low output for more personal, up close uses and a decent run time - while fighting back the urge to go for the most powerful and brightest single AAA light with a loooonnnnng throw, multiple modes and a kitchen sink installed, etc.
But without being able to personally vouch for the E05 from experience, I will say that the myriad of reviews I've read, Youtube video reviews I've watched and other general information perused pertaining to the E05.... that it would be an incredibly safe bet to go with. Here's a great review in the CPF for that matter!
Writing about it makes me want mine now! Hurry up USPS.
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I think "best" needs to be defined by you, as there are too many variables.
Most reliable, there are some that seem to have only one potential area that can stop the light from working, and that's the battery.
I'd go for a Peak Eiger, an Arc, or a Fenix E01.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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The current Eiger with QTC is pretty flaky and is pretty hard to get. Peak Customer service is non-existant but their vendors do a pretty good job.
The single mode 5mm 11lm light like the Arc and E01 are proven reliable lights, but kinda suck with their one mode, ringy, purple beams.
I put the Fenix LD01 as the most reliable of the multi-mode higher output AAA lights, the SS one is now hard to find. I carry a discontinued Revo and or a Klarus MiX6 and they have been problem free so far but some have reported problems with the spring plate thingy.
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I wonder if the Mako AAA might fit into the category of most reliable AAA light based on coyote's thread. The last run only had 75 pieces so it might be difficult to get now being essentially a custom light. For a more generally available light I would go with the Fenix E01
No matter what you have.. Keep the threads cleaned and lubed and the internal battery contacts clean of any residue.
The love of light is the reason why I don't walk in darkness. But darkness has it's beauty...Sadly, my lights are much more beautiful!!
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I'll cast another vote for the LD01. I have both the SS and aluminum versions and have used both a lot. Each has proven durable and dependable and I like the three levels. I'm not a big fan of twisties, but since I carry them on key rings it is probably the most suitable option. I would like to try out a Peak but I haven't yet gotten around to getting one.
Harry999: i agree. and also believe the E01 is the most reliable of the inexpensive models.
pjandyho: while your Mako Flood is brand new, the original Mako and Mako 60 that use the same design have been around since 2007. they have proven themselves to me, time after time, having owned and EDC'ed a good number of them.
anyone wishing to read the Mako thread that Harry999 mentioned can view it here
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For me, it's the E05.
I realize that most people say the E01, but I don't think the E01 passes the most minimal qualifications for a light.
So, I moved to the next higher step, the E05, which I prefer greatly for actually lighting things up, and it has never failed me.
The Maratac AAA series in Stainless is bombproof. I can't say the same about the Aluminum versions having dropped an AL AAA on tile from about 3', and being surprised to see the head had snapped clean off above the threads:
Last I heard the Maratac lights are manufactured by ITP.
I understand exactly where you are coming from. I have the E01 and the E05 and the flood beam of the E05 is better. However, having carried out the steel wool polish mod of the stock E01 I prefer the E01 because of the longer runtime that might be required in an emergency. The steel wool makes the E01 beam floodier and also removes the ugly purple tint.
Also given Scout24's testing of the E01 I have more confidence in the E01. Don't get me wrong - I like the E05 and keep it with my EDC diabetic and first aid equipment.
i agree with what Harry999 said about the E01 and E05.
i have a number of both, and while i prefer the E05's size, beam tint/angle and brightness, i think Scout24's testing proved the E01 as the tougher model, not to mention having a much longer runtime.
and i too wooled my E01s making their beam quite a bit nicer.
there is a place for both, but the E01 is likely more reliable, as the title of this thread is asking.
My Al LD01 occasionally doesn't go to the mode I expect (it's like I'll occasionally double-twist due to jerky hand motions or rough threads - perhaps it's time to clean and lube it), but it hasn't failed to light when the battery is good.
My SS and Cu Maratac AAA's (same design as the IPT A3 and Olight i3) occasionally fail to come on, or will come on briefly, then go out. Once in a while, they don't switch modes. I'll crank the head down, and they'll stay on. Also, if I twist 'em "Off" lightly, I can still press the head to the tail and get them to turn on. I haven't tried the Al versions. Gave a purple A3 to my niece, and she's very happy with it.
I think the Maratac's are tough, and it will take a lot to break them, but they're not what I consider most reliable. Though I do love their compactness and brightness and will never part with them.
My Ti has not yet failed to function as expected, but I haven't had it long enough or used it often enough to be a reliable gauge. I have seen a couple threads questioning the long-term dependability of the tab. But I'm going to get another anyway.
I gave away my only Preon1. My Preon2 in "twisty" configuration came on unexpectedly in my pocket, twice.
I guess I prefer the solidity of a switch press to the uncertainty of all this twisting.
Said Preon2, now with improved Zodiac-modified Ti tailcap, has never let me down. And I've used it enough to go through a few sets of batteries. For reliable AAA, that gets my vote by far.
The modified clicky fits the 1 as well, if you're looking for single AAA. But you'll need to get creative if you want to hook it to your keychain.
(If I really need Reliable, I'll grab my Groovy!, or a Surefire with a Malkoff. I expect my upcoming HDS will fall into this category, as well. But those are far from AAA.)
Good luck!
- Tom
Yes the Eiger's QTC can be a bit finicky, and not smooth ramping, but it will always work.
Every one of my AAA lights except the Peaks has failed at some point, sometimes just with some cleaning needed, but failed when needed.
Small AA is another story. I have a very well used first run neutral Quark MiNi (almost AAA sized) that I have never had a problem with.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
-- Albert Einstein
The tint issues with the E01 can be fixed with a mod of the LED - although it is a pain and likely reduces some of the reliability (but I did re-pot the head). http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...in-5000K-90CRI
I also think the E01 is very reliable, but I have to nod my head towards the Arc, Sapphire, Peak Eiger family of lights - which are all compatible. I have a Mako too and it is in the same reliability camp. The Peak Eiger heads need to be used with regular bodies (or QTC bodies with the pill removed) for ultimate reliability. The Peak heads are rock solid.
I do like the head on the McGizmo Sapphire - very tough as well and I trust the sapphire lens more than a plastic LED head. I wear my high CRI Sapphire on a Peak body and it just works every time:
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I put the Fenix LD01 as the most reliable of the multi-mode higher output AAA lights, the SS one is now hard to find. I carry a discontinued Revo and or a Klarus MiX6 and they have been problem free so far but some have reported problems with the spring plate thingy.[/QUOTE]
I have the LDO1. Great. I have now had the Klarus (Gold) MIX6 for 6 MO. There was concern by some that the gold would not hold and the neg prongs would flatten crushing the batts. The gold on mine is as new,the neg prongs will not flatten as it is designed that when tighten fully it does not bottom out. IOW"S, when fully cranked down the batt will not push down, by design, far enough (not on mine) to flatten the prongs. My 10 year old GD fully cranked (it has happened more than once) the head down TIGHT and with a bore light the prongs are still fully standing up as they should be. The modes are spaced nicely, and the beam is a beautiful flood of perfect light. Run times are very good. there is not a thing I do not like about the light. Someone complained about it having a blink mode but you never have to see it as it defaults on med. Most all the lights noted are great lights but I will take the MIX6 any day! It is also a classy light.
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I don't own any high end ones like Peak (on my to do list though) but from my small collection, the E01 seems to be the most reliable. I'd put the Streamlight Microstream up there too. I know everyone hates the stiff switch but I actually like it. I've never owned the A3 but the replacement, the I3 seems pretty bullet proof. I have a couple other cheap 5mm lights like the SWM R01A and the Nitecore T0, but they don't give me the same feeling of robustness that the E01 does. Neither does the Ti, though I think it might be my favorite night stand light of all time. But just going strictly by reliability (or appearance of at least) from the ones I've seen so far, that would be the E01.
I sent a Ranger off with an EO5, it's seen three tours in Afghanistan so far and still working as it should! I've carried an EO1 in my pocket for the last 3-4 years, still on the same lithium battery! I have another EO1 in the storm shelter, unused other to check function. I TRUST these lights!
I really think you will be hard pressed to find a better platform than these lights! I've heard horror stories of what some Arc lights went through and still worked, I've no doubt this series of lights would perform the same as well!
My Mags aren't very impressive anymore!
Got myself an E05 & E15 today to replace my Photon keychain light. I must say they are quite a big improvement in terms of output and the quality of the light as compared to my diminutive photon. I like the E05 better than the E15. Smaller and utilizes AAA battery. Its a winner!
Fenix, Spark, Xeno, Zebralight, Sunwayman
4Sevens, ThruNite, JETBeam, Klarus, Eagletac
For me its Fenix E01.. That's for sure..
Get the E01 /LD01 double pack. Its like $35-$40. Two is better than one.


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Atlanta welcomes the Google Street View Car Team! Monday, I had the rare opportunity to hit the streets and check out one of Google's original Street View cars from Mt. View, CA right here in Atlanta, GA. (new hubcaps?)
In case ya'll : ) don't know about Google Street View it's a Google Maps feature where users can explore cityscapes, landmarks, take virtual walks; pan, rotate and zoom in on points of interest, shops, restaurants, parks, hotels and more. All of this immersive interactivity is made possible thanks to a fleet of cars owned by Google and equipped with a roof mounted GPS camera system.
Google's Street View Car fleet are "Blue Flash Metallic" 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt LS 4 doors. Each has a 148-hp 2.2L engine and get about 22 miles per gallon city, 31 hwy. The original Google Maps Street View fleet features an automatic transmission, head-curtain as well as side-impact air bags, CD/MP3 player and center console with armrest standard. In addition to the standard equipment each car is equipped with a "custom" roof rack, panoramic camera mount, external roof mounted cell phone antenna and Topcon PG-A1 high precision standard and/or dual-frequency, dual-consellation antenna GPS antenna with a range of 1217-1260 MHz.
Inside the car you'll find the Google Street View Maps Team custom EVDO Rev A USB720 modem connected via Verizon's Wireless mobile network. This modem features download speeds of 450-800 kilobits per second (kbps) and average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps. The wireless modem is compatible with many of the latest laptops and measures 3.52 x 1.49 x .69 inches (89.5 x 38 x 17.6 mm) and 1.6 ounces (45 g) according to the manufacturer. All this is connected to a Topcon Odyssey-RS GPS Receiver equipped with it's own Paradigm chip offering 40 universal channel selection via L1 and/or L2 GPS and GLONASS satellite system each with signal processing, multi-path mitigation and co-op tracking. According to Topcon their GPS+ rates best in the field for under-canopy and low signal strength reception via USB. In the front seat of each car, there is a "custom" handmade wood frame to support the drivers Planar LX1200TI touchscreen AMLCD monitor designed for daylight/night viewing. The touch screen is mounted low so as to be in view of the driver only and not seen by occupants in other cars. The USB Touchscreen supports Windows 2000/XP.
While I stood there checking out all the features Google has packed into this car I couldn't help but wonder where all this little car has gone in the past year. You can't expect to see at least one of these in a museum before all is said and done. Either way cool car and thanks for the nickel tour guys!
- beu


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In IR 2018-149, the Service highlighted tax tips for the summer season. While most taxpayers are understandably thinking about barbeques and summer vacations, the IRS offered seven summertime suggestions that may affect taxpayers.
- Summer Jobs - Many students and younger individuals work during the summer. They may not have earned enough to owe income tax, but their employers will withhold Social Security and Medicare taxes from their pay. If the individual is self-employed, he or she must pay Social Security and Medicare taxes even if there is no income tax obligation. These taxes will also count toward future Social Security benefits. The employer should send a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, by January 31, 2019. It will show the withholding amount for state and federal taxes, Social Security and Medicare. Taxpayers will need this form in order to file their annual tax returns.
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A house divided: One Dalit Christian pastor's family has diverging views on "reservations"
The Rev. John Yesunatha Das, a Pentecostal Pastor, calls himself "buffalo color"—black. Though his wife is Brahmin, their daughter Feba inherited his dark skin, a visible sign that he's a Dalit, or untouchable.
As a product of a mixed-caste marriage, Feba doesn't have a caste, but when the second-year honors history major started university, most the girls didn't speak to her because of the color of her skin.
The problem wasn't only their presumptions that she was Dalit, but also a backlash against the reservation system. Like affirmative action, university seats are reserved for low-caste individuals in India, and the girls assumed Feba earned a spot in their class not based on her merit but her caste.
As a Christian Dalit, Feba didn't have access to reservations. But even as Christians sue to gain access to them, others want to see the system of government benefits reformed.
Das is part of a group of Christian Dalit pastors who support the Supreme Court case to open the reservation system to Christian and Muslim Indians. He was passed over positions when he graduated seminary because he was Dalit, he says. "I would have been in the leadership now."
Feba, however, understands that reservations don't guarantee that the most qualified is admitted to a school or chosen for a job. "Many who don't study…get it only because of reservation. The one who worthy for it, they don't get it sometimes," she says.
Critics also worry that the "creamy layer," highly educated or wealthy individuals from a low caste, benefit from reservations while the poorest Dalits don't receive any government assistance.
Reservations should be based on individual need rather than communal distinction, Indian-American scholar Rajiv Malhotra says. Benefits based on identity rather than need perpetuate the caste system. "If I were a Dalit, I would be better off not being Dalit," he says.
But the reservation system offers more than jobs and spots at universities, argues Father G. Cosmon Arokiaraj, executive secretary for the Office of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India. As a community, Christians would also gain access to funds and political power through reserved government leadership positions—along with greater respect.
Removing reservations would mean "the end of the downtrodden people," Das says. "At all costs, I would say it should continue until the lowest strata comes up in life."
Even as his daughter has her doubts, Das is committed to seeing the reservation system expanded. "If our case is still pending in another 10 years, that means it is hurting my children, and thousands and millions of Dalit children also," he warns.
This article is a web-only feature that accompanies "Caste off" which appeared in the March 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 3, pages 23-27).
Image: Rev. John Yesuntha Das, a Dalit Pentecostal pastor, is married to a Brahmin, Grace (left). Their daughter Feba (right) understand arguments both for and against the reservation system as a university student. Photo by Megan Sweas


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Vol. 36 St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 24, 1959
No. 6
Beck to Speak the Majeske to
at Convocation Dec.4 CLARION "A New Plan for Education in
the Soviet Union" will be the topic
of Dr. Robert Beck of the Univer-sity
of Minnesota as he speaks in
a morning convocation on Dec. 2.
Dr. Beck is a professor of
History and Philosophy of Educa-tion
at the University and his area
of teaching includes comparative
educational systems.
In Sept., 1958, Dr. Beck traveled
in Russia with seven other men
from the University representing
several departments. This trip was
made possible by a grant from the
Hill Family foundation.
A Fulbright grant took Dr. Beck
to Holland in 1955-56. His family
accompanied him as he studied the
educational systems of Holland
and neighboring countries.
Last summer Dr. Beck spent six
weeks investigating education in
Dr. Beck, who received his doc-torate
at Yale, has written two
books, Curriculum in the Elemen-
Look Inside For
Devotional pg. 2
Letters pgs. 2-3
Justing It (Plain) pg. 3
Basketball pg. 4
John Swanson, seminary senior,
was ordained at Edgewater Bap-tist
church in Minneapolis on Nov.
Ordination consists of two parts:
the ordination council and the or-dination
The candidate for ordination
must state his conversion exper-ience,
his call to the ministry, and
his doctrinal statement to the coun-cil
which is comprised of the pas-tor
and laymen from each of the
twin city and suburban area Bap-tist
General conference churches.
The council may question the can-didate
after each of these sec-tions.
Following the questioning,
the candidate is asked to leave the
room while the council votes on
whether they will recommend that
Choirs Combine
for Christmas
Two or three thousand people
are expected to attend this year's
Festival of Christmas on Dec. 11
and 12 according to Julius Whit-tinger.
The program will feature the
festival choir composed of the wo-men's
choir, the male chorus and
the college choir. On the program
are several selections from the
"Messiah." Assisting the festival
choir in this presentation will be
four narrators.
Eugene Johnson and the
art department are designing and
constructing the stage setting.
Philipp Gustafson and the music
club are doing the publicity.
This is the third annual program
of this type presented on Bethel
campus by the combined music
and art departments.
tary School
A Harvard university graduate,
Dr. Beck has taught at the Univer-sities
of Rochester, Kansas City,
and Texas, and has been at Minne-sota
since 1947.
Women Sing
in Chapel
The Thanksgiving chapel service,
Wednesday, Nov. 24, will be pre-sented
by the Bethel women's
choir under the direction of J.
Philipp Gustafson, music depart-ment
instructor and voice teacher.
Preceding the choir's opening
number, "All Praise to God, Who
Reigns Above," by Johann J.
Schuetz, Dr. Robert Mounce will
lead in the invocation.
The choir will also sing "Bro-ther
James' Air," arranged by
Gordon Jacob; "Sing to the Lord
of Harvest," by J. S. B. Monsell;
and will close with the dedication
song, "When I Survey the Won-drous
Cross," based on the Gre-gorian
A trio composed of Mary Ander-son,
Grace Seffens, and Karen Mol-let,
members of the choir, accom-panied
by Roberta Yaxley, will
sing "Morning Will Soon Be Here,"
and "I Will Not Forsake Thee."
the local church ordain the candi-date.
Mr. Swanson's father, Rev. Law-rence
Swanson of Chicago, gave
the sermon at the ordination ser-vice
in the evening.
The purpose of ordination is to
determine whether a man is fit for
the ministry and to publicly rec-ognize
this fact.
Mr. Swanson, who will graduate
at the end of this quarter, is mar-ried
and resides in Hagstrom resi-dence
with his wife Virginia and
a son Kenneth, age three.
literature is only six years old,
but it is perhaps the fastest grow-ing
honorary society in the coun-try,
with 51 chartered chapters
in 22 states and Puerto Rico.
Requirements for membership
are nine hours of upper-division
English literature or six hours of
foreign literature with a "B" av-erage
or above in either field.
Those wishing to become members
Bethel's 52 voice college choir
will be the featured choir at St.
Paul's annual Christmas Festival.
This year the festival will be Sun-day,
Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. in the St.
Paul auditorium.
Church choirs, public school
choirs, and college choirs combine
to form a 3,000 voice mass choir
for the festival. This year the
group will be under the direction
of John McAlpine, music sup-ervisor
of the St. Paul public
The program also includes nar-ration
and dramatics by students
from Hamline university, Macal-ester
college, College of St. Cath-erines,
and College of St. Thomas.
Bethel's choir will sing three
selections under the direction of
Robert Berglund. They will
be singing "0 Magnum Myster-
Pictured at the left is the
prayer room in the upper level
of the Bethel library. Its interior
was designed by Betty Ohlin, a
former Bethel student. The calm-ness
depicted by this silhouette
communicates a certain spirit of
quietness. Thanksgiving gives to
all a prescribed time to quietly
consider blessings. The people at
Bethel have much to consider
when they look about them at
what they have.
Daniel Majeske, violinist, will
present a concert at the second
evening convocation on Friday,
Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. in the fieldhouse.
This will be the second of five in
a series of evening convocations.
Mr. Majeske, assistant concert-master
of the Cleveland orchestra
under George Szell, was born in
Detroit. He began his study of
the violin at the age of four,
making his debut at age 13. Also,
when he was 13 he accepted a
four-year scholarship to study at
the Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia where he studied un-der
Ivan Galamian. He made his
first solo appearance with the De-troit
Symphony orchestra when he
was 16 years old.
Students may secure tickets for
this concert at the bursar's win-dow.
Cleveland orchestra violinist
Daniel Majeske who will present
a concert at the next evening
must also submit a paper to the
executive committee.
Most of the L.I.T. chapters are
housed at comparatively small col-leges.
Catholic colleges have 22 of
these chapters, Protestant and pri-vate
19, and public supported in-stitutions
Qualifying Bethel students,
alumni. and faculty members may
belong to the organization.
ium," by Victoria; "God's Infant
Son," by Praetorious; and "Hodie,
Christus Natus Est," by Willan.
St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press
sponsors the festival, which has
been held annually for 17 or 18
years. Each year one of the St.
Paul colleges is asked to be the
featured choir at this event.
Prayer Room
"To Eric Frykenberg, class of
1929, who as a student inspired
the first prayer room in the sem-inary,"
are the words of dedica-tion
inscribed on the door of the
new prayer chapel in the seminary.
The chapel, on the second floor
of the seminary, was dedicated be-fore
the missionary chapel service
on Thursday, Nov. 19.
At the dedicaton, planned by the
seminary council, Nils Friberg gave
a historical sketch and Linden
Magnuson told the purpose of the
chapel. Scripture was read by Wil-liam
Mr. Frykenberg, chapel speaker
for missions week, closed with the
dedicatory prayer.
The first prayer tower was start-ed
32 years ago by Mr. Fryken-berg.
It was located on the first
floor of the seminary in the south-west
corner of what is now Dr.
Virgil Olson's office.
J. Larry Johnson was elected
president of Lambda Iota Tau, na-tional
literature and language soc-iety,
at the Nov. 12 supper meet-ing.
Mr. Johnson is a literature ma-jor
and a college senior.
Vice president is Inez Welch;
Mary Lou Wick is secretary-trea-surer.
Yearly an advisor is chosen from
either the English or language de-partment.
Jeannine Bohlmeyer,
English instructor, is this year's
Departmental chairmen serve as
ex-officio advisers. They are Fran-cis
Wheeler, chairman of the lan-guage
department, and Chris
Weintz, English instructor.
"Lambda Iota Tau houses stu-dents
with minds and consciences,"
says Russell Kirk. This honorary
fraternity of students majoring in
Edgewater Church
Ordains J. Swanson
Lambda Iota Tau Elects
J. Larry Johnson, President
College Choir Featured
in St. Paul Festival
the CLARION
Editors: Alice Huffman
Conrad Woodall
News Editor: Lois Bradshaw
Sports Editor: Dick Kreider
Business Manager:
Maureen Bronstein
Advisor: Roy C. Dalton, Ph.D.
by Gail Ohlin
Some men are very handy
When it comes to throwing lines,
Other guys are punctual
At the most improper times.
Although these faults may rile
and anger
Many a sweet young lass,
There's nothing quite so trying
As the briefcase droppers crass!
He'll drop his satchel
Anytime or anyplace,
As innocent, sweet ladies
Fain trip over them with grace.
Every hallway, every staircase,
And all doorways to be sure—
Stop and look and listen
Or you'll land right on the floor.
Assimilated knowledge is quite
heavy they complain.
Carry them throughout the day ?
Why that would be insane!
We girls may gripe and grumble
But I guess we'll grin and bear,
As oft we have to dodge and
This educational snare.
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the CLARION
mind: Do we understand the sig-nificance
of the day and do we
honor it in a worthy manner ? "Of-fer
unto God thanksgivng . . ."
President Abraham Lincoln in 1863
declared the last Thursday of Nov.
to be the Thanksgiving holiday.
On that day we offer unto God
thanksgiving. Is that enough ? No
—if we, once a year, offer thanks
because it is the tradition of the
land, certainly God is not honored.
In Psalm 19 we read: "The hea-vens
declare the glory of God . . .,"
but Jesus also found God's glory
in the simple ground: "For the
earth bringeth forth fruit of her-self;
first blade, then the ear,
Thanksgiving Devotional
A Unique Day in a Busy World's Year
Page 2
Political Awareness - A Duty
Political awareness has become more prominent at Bethel. A grow-ing
portion of the students is participating in the activities of Bethel's
chapter of young Democrats (YDFL) and young Republicans (YGOP).
This activity and interest is encouraging. Last week two Bethel
young Democrats were part of a Minnesota delegation of twenty at the
national convention of young Democrats in Toledo, Ohio. The YGOP
has only recently formed (YDFL organized last spring), but if interest
is shown, the Republican group may also look forward to good ex-periences.
Groups such as YDFL and YGOP have to face the usual problem
of apathy as they try to stimulate interest. They face an even greater
"foe," a critical foe. This foe, sometimes unconsciously, doubts (1) that
partisan political groups belong at a school such as Bethel because it is
not necessarily educational to acquaint oneself with politics through
biased channels, and (2) the propriety of this participation in politics,
a field well-published for its disreputable tendencies, is questionable.
The above doubts can be lessened or over-ruled by some observations
of the Bethel groups specifically and "politics" in general.
Thus far, Bethel YDFL has not lent itself to narrowness, violent
partisanship, or proselytism. Its programs have consisted of discussions
of important issues in our world today; these discussions have often
been led by some prominent people in the areas of interest. The YGOP
hasn't had a chance to really show its colors yet, but similar program-ming
on its part is desirable and likely.
As to the charge of dishonesty, there is some strong evidence that
politics is not necessarily this country's most crooked profession. Tele-vision
has proved untrustworthy, and bank officials and community
business leaders have frequently come up with some gems of crimin-ality.
And even if politics was a "dirty" game played by gangsters, to
abstain would be to leave the field open to the evil. Many problems in
this world of "the bomb," over-population, and world division, can only
be solved by political means..
Politics is important in today's world and in preparing to cope with
tomorrow's. Surely this is a duty of any American. Perhaps it is espec-ially
the duty of a product of this "campus of Christian scholarship."
Bulavycky Art
In Center
Ukrainian artist Olexa Bula-vycky
is the man behind the paint-ing
now on display in the stu-dent
Since coming to the Twin City
area in 1950 Mr. Bulavycky has
displayed his work locally, in New
York at the American Ukrainian
art exhibit, and in Toronto and
Mr. Bulavycky studied in pri-vate
studios and art academies in
Kiev, Odessa, and Leningrad prior
to the second world war. When
the war broke out he managed to
place himself in areas that were
liberated by Americans. He spent
five years in a prisoner of war
camp near Munich.
Although Mr. Bulavycky is class-ed
a painter, he has worked in the
fields of theatrical design and at
present builds models for archi-tectural
by Marie Valdas
"Offer unto God thanksgiving;
and pay thy vows unto the most
High." Psalm 50:14
The Thanksgiving holiday is a
unique day; on that day a prayer
of thanksgiving is offered in near-ly
every family, in many social
gatherings and in churches
throughout the United States. It is
a unique day also in that many
people who never pray or offer
thanksgiving do so on that day,
remembering the first thanksgiv-ing
day in 1621 when the pilgrims
took time out from their daily
work to thank God for material
Tuesday, November 24, 1959
Letters to
the Editor
Dear Editors,
At the outset I would like to acknowledge the Homecoming com-mittee,
and to thank them for their loyalty and help to make Parent-
Homecoming weekend, 1959, a success. More work was done by these
individuals for their school and their God than can be visualized by
the casual observer. This was the best committee I have yet to work
with in my college experience.
It would be well here to review what a committee is. A committee
is a group with a goal, led by one person to unify the group. This chair-man
has the added duty of making the members enjoy working as a
unit as they approach the goal. I hope that this letter will help ex-plain
our goal.
Back at our first meeting, when I related to the kids about Home-coming
activities and all that this entailed, we made an analysis and
tried to honestly evaluate the situation. If our devotion was just to the
school, the kids, glory, or just plain humanity, we would soon be crushed
and hurt. If our motive was to honor God and glorify Him, there could
be no ingratitude no matter how small our services might seem to others.
It is indeed wonderful that love to God can be shown in ways such
as church services and gospel teams. Yet love to Jesus Christ can be
shown in other ways. The Christian does not limit his life to just this
"spiritual" area. There are many facets to the Christian life—Home-coming
is one of these.
To quote scripture here seems a fallacy. Jesus lived a questioned
and misunderstood life. He was desecrated by the most "spiritual" lead-ers
of His time and He never used Bible references for His defense. His
love for all men was enough.
What does all this mean to Homecoming ? It is the whole philoso-phy
of the committee that molds their labor. Each week when the com-mittee
met they asked God to be in their midst and to guide them through
every phase of Homecoming. Our desire was not to have the need of
panic prayer, but we found that even while we were running around on
the week-end, we had to stop and ask for His strength and guidance.
Just because the name of Christ was not mentioned in our variety pro-gram
does not mean that He was not there. A Christian carries Christ
with him everywhere. Our lives are not divided into the physical and
the spiritual but are combined into one unified whole.
Our goal was to make this Homecoming distinctive. To do what we
could do to the best of our abilities.
Perhaps a new sound system would have helped so that the objec-tives
of the program could be better understood. The hymn was put
in not as an after-thought to add religion to the program, but to show
the ribbon movement of different types of music beginning in 1898. The
movement of the dates was not as effective as it could have been, we
realize. The Moody-Sankey era was an important one and had a great
influence on many people of that day. Each song in the variety program
represented another wrinkle in this ribbon of time.
Yes, Bethel has grown. We have received our North Central Accredi-tation
and gained a respectable position in the community. This is only
because God has been here to influence our program. But we must rea-lize
that it is only through co-operation of student body and administra-tion
that we can grow.
We, as the 1959 Homecoming committee, have tried to uphold
Bethel's standards and traditions and the kingdom of God. We want
never to lose sight of Him nor cease to feel His grasp leading us and
directing all our ways. As students it is our earnest prayer that we can
always be a credit to Bethel and the surrounding community.
Marilyn Swanson
Homecoming Chairman, 1959
Juvenile Demonstration
has not had either of the afore-mentioned
issues called to its at-tention.
It is my opinion that it
is extremely un-Christlike to air
an issue in the press before ex-hausting
the possibilities of secur-ing
improvement through exist-ing
In regard to the article report-ing
student reaction of the serv-ing
of tomato aspic salad, I think
it speaks volumes concerning the
immaturity of a part of our stu-dent
body, rather than serving as
an indictment of the food service
staff, as may have been intended.
The faculty happened to have
been the guests of the school the
evening the aspic was served. Some
expressed pleasure at having this
particular salad with the meal.
Tomato aspic is not my favorite
dish, but to the best of my know-ledge,
it was well prepared and
properly served. It is not infre-quently
served at banquets that
cost considerably more than the
evening meal in the dining hall.
For students to behave as re-ported
by Plain Just appears to
me to reflect the fact that some
of them (a minority, I hope) are
weighted down by the burden of
ungrateful hearts.
Roy C. Dalton
blessings and for saving their lives
in the difficulties of the first
We want to remember that day
and honor it in our minds. It has
become a beautiful tradition; how-ever
in the minds of the pilgrims
it was something greater. It must
have been a day of rejoicing mix-ed
with sadness over those who
had lost their lives in the struggle
for existence. They gave thanks
for friends they had gained among
the former occupants of the land,
at the same time fearing for fu-ture
conflicts which were bound
to come.
Today the question comes to
Dear Editors:
I should like to make two or
three observations concerning a
recent letter to the editor about
the temperature of meals served in
the dining hall and the article in
the last issue of the CLARION re-lating
to the juvenile demonstra-tion
of some Bethel students over
the serving of tomato aspic salad.
I am a member of a faculty-student
food service committee
that exists to entertain student re-actions
to any aspect of the food
service at Bethel and to work with
the food service staff to correct
negative situations, if possible.
To my knowledge the committee
after that the full corn in the
ear." The farmer with his concern
cannot help the growing of his
crop but it is the gift of God.
Offer unto God thanksgiving;
and pay thy vows unto the most
High. Not because it is a good
tradition but as reflection of your
inner feelings. Not just once a
year, but daily. Of such a person
God will say: "Whoso offereth
praise glorifieth me: and to him
that ordereth his conversation a-right
will I show the salvation of
Israeli pianist David Bar-Illan,
whose 1959-60 season includes four
performances with the New York
Philharmonic under the baton of
Dimitri Mitropoulos, has concert-ized
in Israel, Europe, South Am-erica,
the U.S. and Canada. He is
to appear at the University artists
course—Masterpiece series at 8:30
p.m., in Northrup memorial audi-torium
on Tues., Dec. 1.
Bar-Illan, who was born in
Israel in 1930, received his pri-mary
musical education in Haifa,
his home town. After appearing
in recitals and with orchestra in
One More
Dear Editor,
According to the most renowned
historical authorities the best, cur-rent
interpretation of both oral
tradition and of the extant docu-ments
deposited in the Bethel
archives indicate that Nikolenas
Dag has generally been conceived
as a friendly, non-catastrophic ex-istential
encounter between stu-dents
in a somewhat novel social
situation. To be sure, the steadies
and steadilies have usually man-aged
to get together without much
objection, some enduring alliances
are indubitably attributable to the
dulcet mediations of the vener-able
institution, and always some
have opportunistically regarded
this as an occasion to make a good
Feeling that most of the pre-sent
student body is firmly ground-ed
within the orthodox Nik Dag
tradition (geschite) I wish to ob-ject
to the "pre-Open Season" in-vitational
activities on the part
of some of the fair sex—be it
feverish, nocturnal, clandestine,
imaginative, or what have you—
and the corresponding failure on
the part of the males involved to
decline premature invitations.
Fortunately this is probably not
a crucial, burning issue on which
one is impelled to passionately
protest that primal principles have
been patently violated. But it is
just ludicrous for supposedly ma-ture
college students to become
so agonized over who they will
invite or be invited by that they
have to circumvent the grim rules
of this worthy event. The number
of days one is asked before Open
Season would seem a questionable
index of male popularity; femin-ine
ingenuity is better illustrated
in corsages than in ways and
means to beat the rush.
This missive should not be so
construed as to suggest penitent
remorse that results in ulcers,
neuroses, increased concentration
on studies, or disavowal of future
dates. Rather, it is to be hoped
that in the future all students
might more consciously attempt to
evidence a better sense of propor-tion,
and, above all . .. to relax!
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Wait 'til next year
by Plain Just
It was a good evening. A good meal (french
fries and all), nice ride, fine program, nice ride, all
during a nice evening. Very fine, that Nik Dag.
But ...
Those corsages. If they get any bigger we'll
have to post guards. One girl said, "We don't like
them, the guys don't like them; let's make them
obnoxious." Well, this is kind of a poor outlook,
but we heard that the girl who won the best cor-sage
award won because she made the smallest
corsage (We don't really believe it).
Seriously though, what happened to subtle Am-erican
femininity ? Back in the days of the father of
our country Martha Custis never would have pinned
a crosscut saw to her beau's lapel, because it was
rumored that he had this thing about chopping up
cherry trees.
Now when Mrs. Dalton took Mr. Dalton to Nik
Dag several years ago (before they were married)
she didn't tie him to a horse to signify that his
name was similar to that of an early American
western family that achieved outlaw fame.
Well, I guess that's progress. It was a nice
Nik Dag, but we would have enjoyed it better if
the female part of the couple in front of us didn't
have this premonition that the male part was go-ing
to strike oil. She built a ... oh well, you wouldn't
believe it anyway.
Tuesday, November 24, 1959
the CLARION
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Israel, he made his first trip to
the United States as a scholar-ship
student. He interrupted his
studies a few months later to
join the army of Israel during
the War of Independence, then
returned to America and was gra-duated
from the Juilliard school
and the Mannes college of music.
Acclaimed by the press as "one
of the most brilliant pianists of
his generation" at the time of
his Carnegie Hall debut, in 1954,
as "poet of the keyboard" after his
first appearance in Wigmore Hall
in London and as "one of today's
most notable pianists" in Buenos
Aires, Bar-Illan has been touring
on the three continents.
Tickets for the concert are avail-able
at the University artists
ticket office, 10'5 Northrop audi-torium,
University of Minnesota;
the downtown ticket office in Min-neapolis;
and at Field-Schlicks in
St. Paul.
phone Fe 2-5681
1008 Donaldson Bldg.—Mpls.
take Northshore grill elevator
lar campus ski club next fall.
According to Mr. Resch, the
purpose of the club is to stimu-late
interest in skiing. The group
will make trips to several twin
city ski resorts and to Virginia,
Those who attended were shown
ski equipment and magazines and
given tickets to "Let's Go Skiing,"
a movie to be presented in the St.
Paul auditorium on Saturday,
Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.
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Organizing for the first time,
about 25 students interested in ski-ing
met on Monday, Nov. 16.
Dick Resch, sophomore, who pre-sided
at the meeting, stated that
the group will continue to meet
informally this year. If enough
people show interest this year,
the group will organize as a regu-
Ski Club Organized
to Create Interest
Truman Turnquist leaps high in practice to show us some of
the form he used in Saturday's ball game as he led the Royals to
victory over Sioux Falls. Truman led the scoring with 17 points as
Bethel sneaked by the Braves 71-69 for an opening game victory.
Bethel's next home game is on Monday, Dec. 7, at 8:00 p.m. in the
Coach Healy Announces
New Basketball Group
Coach Healy has come up with what we think is a good idea. We
would like to tell you about it because we know all basketball enthus-iasts
will be interested.
Healy would like to meet with students, faculty members, and any
other interested persons to talk basketball. These meetings would be
held every Thursday, if possible, in the president's dining room. At
these meetings an informal discussion, led by Gene Sprinkle, will be
held pertaining to previous and coming basketball games.
The first meeting of this type is
scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3,
at 6:30 p.m. On this evening all
interested persons may either eat
their dinner in the president's din-ing
room or come to the hall at
6:30 for the discussion.
Mr. Healy would like to invite
all of you to this first basketball
discussion. It is hoped that an in-terest
in the details of Bethel's
basketball games will be gained
through these meetings. At any
rate, this type of meeting should be very interesting, and this writer
will certainly be there.
The Big Rage-Paddle Ball
My room in Edgren residence happens to be right above the gyms
where energetic students and faculty members participate in a sport
called paddle ball. Rarely a day goes by but that at the moment I want
to study, some enthusiastic paddle ballers invade one of these gyms
and begin slamming that little ball all around. The sport seems to bring
out a lot of excitement from the players, because the slapping of the
ball around the room is always accompanied by numerous enthusiastic
shouts, and screams.
One day as I was listening to this commotion, I ventured down to
the gym to see what was really going on. Soon I had a paddle in my
hand and was receiving my first lesson in paddle ball. It's really fun.
Now I play the game regularly.
Edgren residents will be interested to know that paddles and balls
have been ordered and will be available for their use. We have fun,
but remember the poor student in the dorm that is trying to study.
Frosh Basketball Team Looks Strong
Bethel's freshman team coach, Bud Pierce, seems to be shaping up
a pretty good freshman team this year. The freshman team looked very
strong in a scrimmage with the varsity last Thursday. The team lacks
height, as does the varsity team, but they have some very fine ball
players on the team. We are looking forward to enjoying many good
freshman games this year.
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the CLARION Tuesday, November. 24, 1959
For Girls
Bethel Victorious
in Season Opener
by Don Delich
The Bethel Royals buried the Sioux Falls Braves with a rousing
rally in the final minutes of the ball game to start the '59-'60 basket-ball
campaign with a 71-69 victory at the Bethel fieldhouse Saturday,
Nov. 21. Good Royal bench strength paid off as Mery Sheplee, Lee
Bajuniemi, and Dan Nelson filled the shoes of foul-laden starters and
helped to keep a steaming rally hot.
The intramural program for wo-men
is in full swing, and tonight
at seven o'clock they will meet
in the fieldhouse for the third
time. Every woman in school is
invited to take part in this new
program, which many girls say
is very enjoyable recreation.
Elaine Johnson, student chair-man
of this new program, stated
that the attendance at the first
two nights of intramurals the girls
did not support the program as
was hoped they would. In the near
future each girl will be assigned
to a team, similar to the set up
the men's intramural program has,
and it is the thought of those in
charge that this will create more
interest for the girls participating.
A schedule will be set up and the
results will be recorded so that
standings will be kept. Each team
will have a captain who will be
in charge of stimulating interest
in her particular team.
Sue Bodien, a University of
Minn. physical education major, is
in charge of this year's program,
and she is working hard to set up
a strong program in which all the
girls will want to participate.
She would urge all women to turn
out at 7 p.m. tonght in the field-house
to enjoy an hour or so of
recreational activities.
Gym Classes
Build Strong
by Larry Bradshaw
Running laps, doing push ups,
lifting weights; what is it ? Are
the guys afraid they won't get a
Nik Dag date ? No, it is instructor
Lundin's gym class. The new
weight lifting program seemed to
have worked miracles; the fellows
aren't even dropping their books
so much anymore. (How can they ?
They're too weak to pick them
Volleyball time rolled around
quickly, and to many of our great
gym class athletes who were used
to playing volleyball on a tennis
net, the height of the net caused
a great shock. As they settled
down to fundamentals of the game,
presence of a few pros was evi-dent.
Bob Smith and his Leban-ese
serve, Jim Spickelmier's pre-cise
set ups, and spikes like John
Holmberg's show promise for a
good intramural season. Instructor
Lundin dwelt on the subject of
keeping the ball high one day,
so nobody was too surprised to
see literal minded Al Littler knock-ing
down stage lights by keeping
the ball on the rafters. A new
supply of official leather volley-balls
are being used this year and
are a great improvement over the
old rubber balls.
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Counts and
Barons Lead
by Darrel VanOrsdell
As the intramural program
moves into its fourth week the
Counts and Barons continue their
battle for first place, both teams
having been undefeated in three
games. The Pages and Jesters are
tied for third with two and one
records, while the Peasants and
Dukes are all knotted up for fifth
with one and two records. The
Knights and Squires have yet to
make the winning column as they
battle for seventh place with a zero
and three mark.
Now that the standings are tak-en
care of, a close look at the in-tramural
program reveals a lack
of interest.
The problem seems to be lack
of participation. Each intramural
squad has about 50 members. But
several games have been post-poned.
The team captains aren't
able to muster six men from their
team to play volleyball.
Volleyball ends before Christ-mas.
The new year will begin the
intramural basketball season; table
tennis also begins at this time.
About 15 fellows are involved in
the paddle ball tournament now in
Intramural Standings
Counts 3 0
Barons 3 0
Pages 2 1
Jesters 2 1
Dukes 1 2
Peasants 1 2
Knights 0 3
Squires 0 3
With eight minutes to play,
Sioux Falls commanded their big-gest
lead of a see-saw battle, at
61-55. Coach Healy's boys called
time out, talked things over, and
went out on the court and out-scored
the Braves 16-8 to wrap
up a thrilling first-game exhibi-tion
before a cheering crowd of
Blue-and-Gold partisans.
Bethel jumped into an early 17-9
lead after only six minutes of the
first half. They extended this to
make it 31-19 before Sioux Falls
rolled up nine straight points to
make it 31-28. A tight first half
ended with the Royals trailing
The score continued to jockey
back and forth and stood at 50-50
with twelve minutes of play re-maining.
Then, after falling be-hind,
the Royals surged back to
eke out their final two-point mar-gin
of victory.
Captain Truman Turnquist led
the Bethel marksmen with 17
points, followed closely by John
Peterson with 15.
In the "B" squad game before
the regular tilt, Augsburg raced
to a 96-71 triumph over Bethel's
junior cagers. Bajuniemi led the
scoring in this contest with 26
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FERC rule to increase interstate gas price transparency
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued on Nov. 20 a final rule that would make interstate natural gas prices more transparent.
Nick Snow
Washington Editor
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 25 -- The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued on Nov. 20 a final rule that would make interstate natural gas prices more transparent. The rule requires the posting of market information about underlying supply and demand fundamentals.
FERC also issued a notice of inquiry seeking comments on whether certain intrastate pipelines should be required to post details of transactions with individual shippers in a manner comparable to interstate pipelines' reporting requirements.
"As interstate and intrastate pipelines operate seamlessly, often within the same markets, the posting requirements have become necessary because interstate postings alone cannot determine market fundamentals," said FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher.
He said the final rule was rooted in the new authority FERC received under the 2005 Energy Policy Act (EPACT). "Significantly, the transparency authority was discretionary: We were authorized to act to improve transparency of wholesale natural gas markets, but not required to act. We were careful in our use of this new transparency authority, soliciting the views of market participants on what types of information would improve market transparency," he said.
FERC also carefully weighed the burdens of transparency requirements on market participants, according to Kelliher. The final pipeline posting rule reflects this, since types of information that pipelines must disclose have been adjusted, and the rule's regulatory burden has been greatly reduced, he said.
Second use of authority
The final rule is FERC's second exercise of its transparency authority with respect to wholesale gas markets, Kelliher said. The agency issued a final rule in December 2007 that was designed to improve price transparency of wholesale natural gas sales, he indicated. EPACT gave the agency similar discretionary price transparency authority over wholesale power markets, which it has not yet exercised, he said.
"It is important to recognize that our transparency authority allows FERC to collect information from a much broader universe than our traditional regulated community. We are authorized to collect information from market participants, rather than the more narrow classes of 'natural gas companies' and 'public utilities.' The final rule explains our interpretation of the statutory provisions in this area," Kelliher said.
In a separate comment, Commissioner Philip D. Moeller said the new final rule should allow FERC and other market observers to better understand supply and demand fundamentals and provide remedies for potentially manipulative activity.
The rule also will make Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Southern California, and other important gas markets more transparent, and will allow market participants to better understand developing markets, such as the Barnett shale in the Fort Worth area. Many of those new markets are served by both interstate and intrastate pipelines, he noted.
What the rule does
The final rule, RM08-2-000, establishes new posting requirements under Section 23 of the Natural Gas Act. It requires interstate and certain "major" noninterstate pipelines to post daily operational information, such as scheduled volumes and design capacity for certain receipt and delivery points, on their publicly accessible websites, according to FERC.
It identified a major noninterstate pipeline as one not classified as a natural gas company under the Gas Act but delivers on average more than 50 bcf/year of gas over a 3-year period. Such pipelines currently are subject to transparency regulations under Section 23 of the Gas Act, which asserts FERC jurisdiction over any market participant for the purposes of making markets more transparent, the federal energy regulatory agency said.
It said the rule also would require noninterstate pipelines to post daily specified flow information at each receipt or delivery point having a design capacity of 15 MMcfd or more. Noninterstate pipelines that are located entirely upstream of either a processing or treatment plant, deliver more than 95% of their gas directly to retail end-users as measured by average delivers over the previous 3 years, or provide storage would be exempt.
The new rule also will require interstate gas pipelines to post information regarding the provision of no-notice service, as provided by FERC regulations, the agency said. Interstate pipelines will have 60 days following the final rule's publication in the Federal Register to comply with the rule, while major noninterstate pipelines will have 150 days. This will let them make necessary adjustments without affecting service during the current heating season, FERC said.
It said the notice of inquiry would explore whether changes are needed to regulations requiring daily postings of regulations by pipelines operating under Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act, and by Hinshaw pipelines, which generally are intrastate systems that provide interstate services.
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