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Which useless collector's edition did you buy?
Syp has a picture of the day a photo of him holding up a Star Trek Online Collector's Edition he bought for $6.50. Which had my fullest understanding, I bought a collector's edition of Final Fantasy XIV for 9.95 over the holidays. With some collector's editions now priced at $150 and more, getting one on the cheap is fun. You never know when you decide to try the game, and if you do you might as well get all the extra CE goodies.
So, are there any collector's editions you bought but didn't play yet? Did you at least get them cheap?
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My personal "worst" (and unique) record was achieved with Ultima 9 Ascension - Dragon Edition back in 1999. Man... I was SO disappointed when I realized it was just a mass of bugs...
Stupid SC2 Collectors Edition. Had just fallen for WoW, figured their other popular game had to be great. Swept up in their marketing and preordered it. Probably very late at night.
Have played a grand total of about 4 hours. Not my thing. Should sell it, but I like to keep reminders of poor retail decisions.
Have played a grand total of about 4 hours. Not my thing. Should sell it, but I like to keep reminders of poor retail decisions.
Warhammer online... it could have been SO great. Still, the art books are great and I sold the figure for 40 quid on ebay.
I still have an unopened CE box of Tabula Rasa sitting on my shelf I got for $10. I did buy Warhammer online but paid full price for that and I'm still trying to forget the whole thing ever happened.
I bought a collectors edition copy of Hellgate London. I don't really think i need to explain why that was a bad decision.
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STO full price,
Warhammer Full price.
My soul eroded.
STO full price,
Warhammer Full price.
My soul eroded.
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"When we first started this parade, it was our hope to open the hearts and minds of Queens residents,"
said Councilman and Queens Pride Founder Daniel Dromm. "Sunday's parade was proof that we have accomplished just that."
More than 70 groups participated in the parade, entertaining the large crowds of spectators along
the route.
This year's Queens Pride Festival at the end of the parade had more vendors than ever before and featured two stages with entertainment throughout the day. The festival capped off with a performance by music superstar Martha Wash.
Mother Nature took part in the event too, casting a rainbow over Western Queens as the festival
"It was truly a remarkable day," said Hank Krumholz, co-chair of the Queens Pride

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Nik Dag Season Opens Mon;
Southern Musical Planned
Shirley Stearns and Bobbye Driskell shyly approach James Spickel-meir
and Paul Johnson on the Nik Dag question.
the CLARION Gabelein to Speak
At Honors Convo
Don Pasquale', Comic Opera,
To Be Staged By Turnau Players
Volume X XXVII—No. 2 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, September 29, 1960 Frank Gabelein, headmaster of the Stony Brook Boys' school, New
York, will speak at the opening formal academic convocation on Friday
at 10 a.m. in the fieldhouse.
The first in a series of four
evening convocations will be held
October 4 at 8 p.m. in the college
chapel. Featured in the program
that evening will be the Turnau
Opera players in a presentation of
the comic opera "Don Pasquale".
The opera will be sung in English
with specially designed scenery and
supplementary lighting for on-the-road
Alan Baker, baritone and Caro-lyn
Chrisman, soprano, will sing
the leading roles in the opera by
Donizetti. Others in the production
are Ray DeVol, tenor; Eugene
Green, bass; Spiro Malas, bass;
and Lucille Sudlam, soprano.
The Turnau Opera Players be-gan
their work in 1955 under the
direction of the late Josef Turnau,
with a season of 38 performances
in New York. They have since be-come
one of the fastest rising
opera companies in America. Re-cently
they completed a series of
performances during the winter
season in Sarasota, Florida. Ac-cording
to the Sarasota Herald Tri-bune,
"... the secret fo the Turnau
players concerns freshness, love of
singing, good acting, and a certain
added dash."
"It is a notable compliment, re-flecting
Sarasota's warm reception
of the company, that it has been
invited to return for another season
next winter."
Choir Rehearses
Festival choir meets in the
college chapel every Monday
and Wednesday mornings im-mediately
following chapel. All
college and seminary students
and faculty members are wel-come
to sing in this choir, ac-cording
to Julius Whitinger, as-sistant
professor of music.
This choral group sings at the
Festival of Christmas, Founders
Week, and the annual spring
commencement concert.
All the members of the music
faculty alternate in directing
the chorus.
Interested students should
contact Mr. Whitinger.
Mantoux Tests
Required By All
Mantoux tests are scheduled to
be given in the student lounge of
the college building on Oct. 4 and
5, between the hours of 8 a.m. and
3 p.m. This test is to determine
whether a person is infected with
the germs causing tuberculosis.
All persons at the college are re-quired
to take advantage of this
service. This list includes faculty,
staff, and students of both the col-lege
and seminary.
Eunice Peterson, the health ser-vice
nurse, stated that the test is
very important, not only from a
personal standpoint but also for
the health of the college and com-munity.
by Ellen Polk
This coming Monday, at precise-ly
7:30 a.m., season opens on men
(bag limit-2). From that time
through the following Saturday
evening a topsy-turvy state will
characterize our Bethel campus.
That very Saturday is the one out
of 52 when dreams come true —
each girl can be assured of a date,
and no fellow has to spend a dime.
Yes, this coming week is the sea-son
of Nikolinas Dag, sophomore-sponsored
and traditional turna-bout,
when girls grow aggressive
and the fellows relax—ideally, at
least. At this time the feminine
counterpart plays the masculine
role, pays her date every courtesy
and the waiter the check.
Each girl must fashion a corsage
for her date, basing it on his name,
Cars Registered
It is necessary that everyone on
campus using a car have it regis-tered
in the student affairs office.
Students and faculty who do not
have their cars registered should
do so.
hobby, sport, chosen field, or what-ever
else pops into her mind. They
will be displayed by the boys and
judged at the program.
After presenting her date with
the corsage, the girl takes him out
for dinner, showing him—of course
—each courtesy. A Southern musi-cal
comedy will begin at 8:30 at
the Prudential building in Minne-apolis,
3701 Wayzata Boulevard.
There will be time afterwards for
powwows, bowling, houseparties,
General Director and Honorable
Gamewarden is James Spickel-meir.
Members of his committee
are Nancy Gustafson, program dir-ector;
LeRoyce Hohn, publicity dir-ector,
and Emily Mattson, stage
manager. Tickets will be on sale
next week in the student lounge
for 50 cents, which is a consider-able
reduction in price from past
Spire Staff
Initiates New
Annual Format
by Peggy Leunk
Co-Literary Editor of the SPIRE
The Spire staff has been con-fronted
with the question, "why a
yearbook ?" Indeed, why is a pub-lication
of this kind necessary at
Bethel ?
The yearbook is produced for
the sake of the students
themselves; for their enjoyment
in recalling to mind pleasant ex-periences
of the past year. One
of the purposes of the yearbook is
identifying the faces of those
friends whom one has made in a
year at Bethel.
A yearbook is for assistance in
exhibiting Bethel college to those
apart from the campus life; to
those interested in Bethel as pro-spective
Another purpose is to represent
the students in each phase of their
college lives, academically, spirit-ually,
and socially.
The Spire staff feels that to
have an accurate representation we
must present the Bethel student
as a fully integrated student; a
student with many faces, but a
student with the ability to know
himself and to be able to assemble
these many facets into his total
The yearbook is a student pub-lication
and the student should
feel a definite part of its eventual
accomplishment; and with the
thought of integration in mind,
The Spire staff would endeavor to
present to the student an individual
part in the completion of the 1960-
61 yearbook.
A contest is to be conducted
within the various academic de-partments
and the students are
asked to participate in this con-
(continued p. 3)
The college band, under the dir-ection
of Julius Whitinger, will
play the processional and reces-sional.
The marshals are Thelma
Frederickson and George Dvirnik,
who maintained the highest grade
point average of the junior class
of the college and the middle class
of the seminary last year.
Those receiving freshman honors
are students who maintained a 2.5
average in their freshman year.
They are: Sharon Dickau, Curtis
Hallstrom, Paul Johnson, Alan
Larson, Annette Larson, Emily
Mattson, Richard Nelson and
James Spickelmier.
Full tuition scholarships of $550
were awarded to the following
upper classmen who maintained a
2.5 average in their junior and
senior year: Anna Anderson, Mar-ilyn
Benson, Paul Edwin Carlson,
Wanda Chandler, Raymond Dun-can,
Thelma Frederickson, Louise
Holden, Carol Penner, Ellen Polk,
Truman Turnquist, Marie Valdas,
and Gail Westoby.
Also recognized will be the win-ners
of the C.Y.F. scholarships:
Dean Dahlquist, Rockford, Ill.;
Bryce Krohn, Stetsonville, Wis.;
Karen Neslund, East Stanwood,
Wash.; and Joann Wessman,
Omaha, Nebr.
District C.Y.F. scholarship win-wt.::
arc: Richard Krueger; Litch-field,
Minn.; Barbara Brown, Dul-uth,
Minn.; and Paul Norlander,
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Series Planned
The first of a series of Chris-tian
workshops will be held in
the president's dining room on
Tuesday, October 4, at 12:00
noon. Nels Stjernstrom will
speak on "The Technique in
Christian Service Work", after
which Wally Buer, senior, will
discuss benefits from the stu-dents
view point. Q. T. Smith
will talk about the aspect of
public speaking.
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Editor Lois Bradshaw
Asst. Editor Sharon Dickau
News Editor Marie Hokuf
Feature Ed.____Sharon Bergstrom
Business Mgr.____Richard Kreider
Adviser Lewis Barrett
Donald Lantz
Teaches and
Works on PhD
by Marilyn Benson
Donald Lantz is one of the fac-ulty
members currently working
on his Ph.D. at the University of
Minnesota. A graduate of Wheaton
college, Mr. Lantz, assistant pro-fessor
of biology, is now at Bethel
on a full-time basis. He first be-gan
teaching at Bethel as a labor-atory
assistant in the biological
science department while he at-tended
He has also taught at Whittier
high school, the University of Min-nesota,
and St. Cloud State col-lege.
In addition to this varied
teaching experience, Mr. Lantz has
worked in the field of student
counseling. His knowledge and
background in this area have been
put to use on campus by the fac-ulty's
student personnel committee.
Underlying his reasons for corn-ing
to the Bethel campus is his
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Rachel Koefod Charms Audience;
Plays In Concert Season Opener
Pert, diminuative Rachel Koefod
thoroughly charmed her audience
as she opened the concert season at
Bethel college with a piano recital
on Sept. 20 in the college chapel
under the auspices of the cultural
Miss Koefod presented a pro-gram
from the standard piano lit-erature
but chose works which had
a strong popular appeal. The selec-tion
ranged from Scarlotti sonatas
to the Samuel Barber Excursion
No. 3. Miss Koefod had a technical
fluency at her command which was
especially noteworthy in her deli-cately
controlled pianissimo. The
softer works generally were skill-fully
presented. The two works by
Brahms, Intermezzo in B Flat
Major and Variations on a Theme
by Pagannini were well developed
and executed and were the high-lights
of the evening.
The presentation of some major
work in its entirety was absent.
This and the fact that so many
short selections were presented
gave the program a sort of pot-pourri
effect. If one felt particu-larly
dispeptic at the moment, he
might call the program a program
of piano moods. Music of the ro-mantic
period predominated and
music of a truly contemporary na-ture
was largely ignored.
Although possessing a firm
touch, the very great fortes were
out of the dynamic range of Miss
Koefod. It is regrettable that she
did not scale down her presenta-tion
so that the climactic fortis-simo
would not become pushed or
be inadequate. More attention could
have been given to understanding
the expressive possibilities inher-ent
in the subordinate configura-tions
of the music. This lack was
especially prevalent in the Chopin.
Writer's note — One quality of
an art is that it is a "subtle devia-tion
from the norm." When the
deviation does not exist the art
work is lifeless. When the devia-tion
is obvious (so true in our pre-sentation
of the gospel song) ar-tistic
unity and meaning are de-stroyed
and only sentimentality re-mains.
Judgment in this area is
dependent upon the qualities of
artistic awareness and imagery.
These qualities are not developed
just by intellectual exercise but
rather by living as a poet with an
awareness of life on its emotional
and aesthetic levels.
W'fitE6VTA.. A nor Time
Bonhoeffer Example Found Applicable
Know the Campaign Issues
To Contemporary Discipleship At Bethel
As far as the campus is concerned, religion appears
to be the major issue in the forthcoming general election on Nov. 8.
Never before has a man's religion played so important a role, except
possibly in the Al Smith campaign in 1928.
Granted, religion may be one of the valid issues in the campaign, but
students and others blindly judge the potential ability of a candidate by
his religious beliefs and convictions without considering which ticket the
man is running on or his party platform.
Do we know how a candidate stands on such issues as national de-fense,
foreign policy, the underdeveloped world, the U.N., agriculture,
civil rights, aid to education, veterans affairs or the American Indian ?
These are problems of which everyone of us, as college students, should
be keenly aware. We must form opinions and ideas concerning these
important points. When we decide what we believe concerning these
areas and resolve which of the two parties or which candidates we
more closely agree, we should join the party or back the candidate of
our choice. As intelligent citizens, this is our part in a free and demo-cratic
society. — LEB
Senate Program Aims
For Tangible Results
On a gray dawn fifteen scant years ago a mo-dern
martyr was executed by special order of the
Nazi General staff. In eighteen years since winning
his Ph.D. from Berlin, a 21 year old theologian had
sparked the resistance to the Nazi Regime of the
Confessing church. Issued a call from his native
church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer spent his last years in
pastoring the Confessional German church.
His prolific pen and dedicated mind produced
works reminiscent of the Apostolic age. Life To-gether
flows from seminary months living and
teaching under surveillance of the Gestapo. Of all
his works, one stands as a monument of theological
realism. This hero, to whom the gas chambers and
ovens of Buchenwald were no strangers, paid with
his life The Cost of Discipleship.
Seen in the abstract, life is not difficult to
promise to Christ. Yet Bonhoeffer sears the con-science
with his concrete walk on the path of the
sacred gibbet. Grace is costly and meant the sur-render
of each day to the searching light of the
Cross. "No Way without the going; no Truth with-out
the telling; no life without the living." An Eng-lish
officer, one of many whom Dietrch comforted
in Flossenburg prison camp, remembers forever that
eighth day of April, 1945. Bonhoeffer took him
aside, saying, "This is the end, but for me it is the
beginning of life."
What sort of living, what manner of telling,
what cost of going for the Bethel campus this
year? For this young German it was a prison camp;
for us is it a new car, a split-level house, a cultured
life? When shall we realize that grace is costly,
even as the price paid for us by the gracious Lord.
This world is not our permanent home. The endless
round of pleasure and the uncommitted life lead to
despair and nothingness. Our hearts are restless
till they find rest in God. Day by day and each
passing moment require strength to live. The prison
yard is not Bonhoeffer's home; the prospect of an
atomic grave need not slacken our faith.
Let us learn the lesson of a modern disciple!
He committed culture to the Christ and paid will-ingly
the price. On that grey April morn, Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, age 39, lived what he wrote; the way
of the Cross leads him Home!
July 21, 1944
"May God in his mercy lead us
through these times. But above
all may he lead us to himself!"
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
from Letters and Papers from Prison
by Bruce Leafblad
Student Senate President
A positive program of aggressive leadership with tangible results —
This characterizes the spirit which is pervading the student senate. The
senate has already had two official business sessions this fall. One of
these was an all-day workshop in which the basic program for the en-tire
year was planned by the cabinet and the senate councils. All signs
point to an interesting and busy year for student government at Bethel.
A positive program of aggressive leadership with tangible results —
This probably sounds interesting, but what do we really mean by it?
Well, let's break it down and take a closer look at the three principle
The first element is that of a positive program. By this we mean
that we have specific objectives in mind; there is purpose behind what
we do as a governmental body. To be satisfied with merely functioning
in a traditional manner, without subjecting our entire program to the
dictates of worthwhile goals, would be completely out of harmony with
our philosophy of effective student government. Tangent to these goals
are the methods of implementation which we believe will best achieve
the ends toward which our entire program is directed.
Some of the objectives to which the senate will be devoting much
time and effort this year: 1. An increase in the operational efficiency
of the senate; 2. A concern with matters and issues of a more signifi-cant
nature; 3. Greater participation in the senate by non-voting student
leaders; 4. A greater measure of personal interest displayed by the
student body; 5. Constant improvement in faculty, administration, and
student rapport; 6. Greater degree of co-ordination between the senate
and the student body; 7. Better communication between the senate and
the student body; 8. Implementation of a long-range planning program
extending for more than one year. This is just a portion of the many
objectives which are the foundations of this year's senate program. The
spirit of the senate is characterized by a positive program.
The second element is aggressive leadership. We do not mean to
imply anything negative when we use the term "aggressive". An ag-gressive
leader is one who is, first of all, completely "sold" on the
benefits, the intrinsic worth, and the underlying purposes of student
government. This type of leader recognizes that he is not just a leader
— he is also a servant. He is neither just a leader, nor just a servant.
The role of an aggressive leader is a unique, seemingly dichotomous
position in which his work is characterized by a faithful diligence be-fore
those whom he serves; yet he does not sit idly waiting for the
next command to come, but rather goes to those whom he serves to find
out what he can do for them. An aggressive leader does not assume
that "all is well" simply because students do not fill his desk with com-plaints
and problems; he goes to the students to find out what the
problems and complaints are — and he does something about them! The
aggressive leader is not afraid to take the problems of his students be-fore
those who have some control over the circumstances which sur-round
those problems, and he does not hesitate to speak out firmly,
frankly, and honestly in the students' behalf. He is not afraid to believe
something can be done about these matters. The spirit of the senate is
characterized by aggressive leadership.
The final element is that of tangible results. In the overall program
for the year, the senate aims to devote much of its time to matters of
such a significant nature that improvement in these areas will make a
considerable change in the complexion of these areas of concern. In
other words, the senate is directing its efforts toward making substan-tial
changes in the sore spots of campus life — changes that will make
Bethel a better place for everyone, and not just for this year, but for
years to come. The spirit of the senate is characterized by an aim at
tangible results.
Well, that's it — a positive program, aggressive leadership, tan-gible
results. That is the spirit of your senate. Do we have your support ?
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Bus leaves Bodien Hall at 9:30 a.m., and 6:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m. — Morning Worship
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11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship
7:15 p.m. — Gospel Service
8:30 p.m. — Senior C'YF
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Worship 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School __________ _ 10:00 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
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John F. Anderson, Youth Pastor
Elim Baptist Church
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9:45 a.m.
11 a.m
7 p.m.
Bible school
Morning worship
Evening service
A Home Away From Home
Elim bus leaves at 9:15
Emmett V. Johnson, pastor Frank Shindo, assistant pastor
Celebrity Series Direct Approach,' Photo Exhibit,
Highlights Reviewed Displayed in Student Lounge, Oct. 1-31
The Regimental Band of the
Coldstream Guards and the Pipes,
Drums and Dancers of the Camer-on
Highlanders will headline the
1960-61 edition of the University
Artists Course — Celebrity Series.
The spectacle of marching cere-monies
and martial music will be
presented in Williams arena at
the University of Minnesota on
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Rally at
7:30 in
Monday, October 31, at 8:30 p.m.
The first concert on the Celeb-rity
Series will present Mantovani
and His New Music in Northrop
Memorial auditorium on Saturday,
October 29.
The second concert of the series
will be the Williams arena appear-ance
by the Coldstream Guards and
Cameron Highlanders on Monday,
October 31. This program is pre-sented
in the arena to allow the
audience to watch the colorful
marching ceremonies and pagean-try
together with the fancy foot-work
of the Highland Dancers.
"J. B.", Archibald McLeish's
Pulitzer prize-winning play, will
be presented on November 21. The
cast for the performance of "J.
B." will be announced at a later
The Andahazy Ballet Borealis
which has performed many times
during the summer season in Nor-throp
auditorium will be presented
on the Celebrity Series on Febru-ary
Andres Segovia, recognized as
one of the finest classical guitar-ists
of all time, will be presented
on the Celebrity Series on Febru-ary
23. This performance will be
Segovia's third Artists Course ap-pearance.
Season tickets for the University
Artists Course — Celebrity Series
are now on sale at the University
Artists__ Course Ticket office, 105
Northrop Memorial auditorium at
the University of Minnesota.
Tickets for the concert series are
priced from $3 to $11.25.
"The Direct Approach," the
George Eastman House traveling
exhibition, will be on display in
the Bethel student lounge from
Oct. 1-31. Sponsored jointly by
school publications and the cul-tural
council, the display consists
of a selection of photographs by
noted American photographers.
The photographers, Edward Wes-ton,
Ansel Adams, Brett Weston,
and Pirkle Jones, have developed
a style which is particularly suited
to depicting the chosen subject
matter of these four photogra-phers,
natural forms and objects,
found mainly in the Pacific coast
region of the United States.
Their attitude is summarized in
a catalog prepared for a showing
of this exhibition at the University
of Redlands, Redlands, Calif.: "The
photographers . . . have been lead-ers
in asserting the essential char-acter
of photography as an inde-pendent
art. They have been
among the chief exponents of
`creative-expressive' photography
which embodies or symbolizes some
unique aspect of the photographer's
experience of reality as opposed to
that conception of photography
based only upon popular or fam-iliar
The exhibition consists of
twenty-eight original prints, as
well as an explanatory text.
Donald Lantz
(continued p. 1)
commitment to public education.
Mr. Lantz says about Bethel,
"Here there is acceptance of the
individual. It is comparable to a
family relationship; we may not
always agree, but we -usually ac-cept
one another." This range of
intellectual freedom at Bethel not
found in other Christian schools is
one of the qualities he praises.
Mr. Lantz lives in St. Paul with
his wife Marilyn and their three
children, two girls and one boy.
Mrs. Lantz, a home economics and
science teacher, has taught in both
elementary and secondary schools.
Camping is an avid interest of the
whole family.
Mr. Lantz is the protestant chap-lain
for the Minneapolis garrison
of the national guard. Both he and
his wife are members of the Beth-any
Baptist church in St. Paul.
Flying Club
To Organize
Paul Finlay, associate pro-fessor
of religious education,
recently announced that if
enough students are interested
in learning to fly, a flying club
will be formed.
Last year two students, Larry
Sewell and David Stahnke, earn-ed
their private pilot licenses.
The cost for instruction is $5
an hour solo and $9 an hour
Interested students should
contact Dr. Finlay, P.O. 312.
Sem Event
Sept. 30
All new and returning seminary
students and their wives will be
feted at the annual student-faculty
seminary reception on Friday,
Sept. 30. The event will be held in
Bodien dining hall at 8 p.m.
Students will be given an oppor-tunity
to meet the faculty, after
which a program will be present-ed.
Among the features will be the
male quartet of the seminary.
the CLARION
Lois Bradshaw
"Sand Dunes," a photograph by
Edward Weston. This is a part of
the Eastman Exhibition to be dis-played
Oct. 1-31 in the student
Spire Contest
(continued p. 2)
test. Every person interested will
write a short story, essay, or
poem, the subject having to do
with his main field of interest. The
theme does not necessarily have to
do with "what my major means to
me", but the work should include
some subtle reference to the stu-dent's
respect for his chosen field
of endeavor.
Th winning theme from each de-partment
will be published in The
Spire within the departmental sec-tions.
Space is limited and there-fore
the maximum length of these
essays is 1,200 to 1,500 words.
On December 12 interested stu-dents
will present their work to
the departmental head, under
which their work is to be judged;
and the results will be known by
December 15.
The Spire encourages interested
students to take part in this con-test.
The next CLARION deadline is Oct. 7 at 5 p.m. Copy
may be inserted in P.O. Box 350. All letters to the
editor must be signed.
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The Royal team prepares to launch an attack on Mayville college
tomorrow night. The game will be played in North Dakota.
B. Blomgren Leads
1960-61 Cheer Squad
Worship, 11
Sunday School, 10
Evening service, 7:30
Singspiration following
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We invite you to attend
Payne Avenue Baptist Church
Payne and Sims, St. Paul
9:45 a.m. Bible school
11 a.m. Morning worship
Evening service
8:30 p.m. Youth meeting
bus leaves Bodien at 9:15 a.m.
J. Leonard Carroll. Gordon Sundberg
Youth Director
Pastor Stanley George L. Johnson and
Park Baptist Church
invite you to attend
Sunday School 9:45
Morning Worship 11:00
Evening Service 7:00
College Fellowship 8:30
41st St. and Highway 100
St. Louis Park
Welcome to
Bethany Baptist Church
Bible School 9:45
Morning Worship 11:00
Evening Worship 7:00
Walfred Johnson, pastor
2025 W. Skillman Ave., near Cleveland
Minnehaha Baptist Church
4155 41st Avenue South
Bible School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Service 10:50 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
Senior CYF 8:15 p.m.
Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m.
"A Warm Welcome to Bethel Students"
Harvey R. Hill, Pastor
First Game is
13-7 Defeat
by Arnie Doerksen
The Bethel Royals met the ma-son
City Trojans in an exhibition
game on Friday, September 16, to
kick off the 1960 football series.
The Royals revealed their offen-sixe
tactics early in the first quar-ter
when Ken Baird completed a
pass to Dave Hagfeldt, who ran
49 yards for a touchdown. The ex-tra
point was then scored by Ken
With the Royals leading 7-0,
Gary Yezek led the Trojans out of
their wooden horse to push the
Royals back 73 yards and score a
touchdown. However, a tackle by
175 pound Don McKelvey fouled
up their try for the conversion.
Excitement was in the stands
during the second quarter when
Mason City made a splendid kick
to Bethel's five-yard line. At this
point, the Royals defensive line
went into action, not only holding
the line, but pushing the oppon-ents
to a 38 yard loss and forcing
them to kick. Bill Holzworth re-turned
the punt to Bethel's 40 yard
line in a spectacular run. Ken Baird
then kept the bandwagon rolling
with another 38 yard run only to
see it all smashed when Mason
City completed a pass for a touch-down,
and continued their pressure
for a halftime score of 13-7.
The last five minutes of the
game saw the Trojans hammering
on the Royal line and sending it
from the five to the three to the
one-yard line, but finding it im-pregnatile.
At this time, the Roy-als
put forth their final bid for
glory. Ken Baird, not seeing any-one
to pass to, careened through
the opposition for a 30 yard gain.
The death blow came as Mason
City intercepted Baird's last pass,
to give Bethel its first loss of the
season, 13-7.
Captain of Bethel's 1960-61
cheerleading squad is Bonnie Blom-gren,
a sophomore from Tyler,
Minn. This is Bonnie's second year
as a member of the squad.
An innovation this year—John
Davis, a transfer student from
Des Moines, Iowa, will be the only
male member of the cheerleading
squad. Freshmen women comprise
the rest of the squad.
Jeanne Gould, of Waukegan, Ill.,
was chairman of the senior class
play in high school, was in pep
club and a girls' water ballet.
Hailing from Huntley, Minn., Anita
Sheplee was a yell leader for three
years and also homecoming queen
in high school. Also, a high school
cheerleader, Betty Guida, of Tyler,
Minn., was pep club secretary,
president of a Bible club, and ac-tive
in her area Youth for Christ.
Bethel's football squad collided
with a hard-hitting Lakeland line
on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24,
and was handed its second defeat
of the 1960-61 season.
During the first quarter, the
Bethel Royals, with excellent block-ing
and tackling plunged and pass-ed
to what looked to be their first
success of the year, holding the
Lakeland eleven to a mere 22 yard
gain while they rushed for 7'3
yards, passed for 19 yards and ob-tained
three first downs. Drizzly
weather and a soggy gridiron did-n't
seem to faze the Royals as they
ripped holes in the Lakeland line.
But Bethel's ambitious hopes were
dashed by two Lakeland touch-downs
in the second half.
Mike Askley, Lakeland end,
charged four yards on a 25 yard
pass to score the first touchdown
in the third quarter. The conver-sion
try failed, but the play left
a hole in Bethel's line when Jack
McNaughton, Bethel end, suffered
a dislocated elbow. A combination
of errors and weather conditions
forced the Royals back to their
own two yard line. Bethel retreated
from the immediate danger zone
as an intercepted Lakeland pass by
Bill Holzworth earned Bethel a
first down. Launching a fierce at-tack,
the Bethel eleven hammered
in vain at a solid Lakeland line.
On the fourth down, Bethel went
into kick formation; Lakeland
rushed for a touchdown, success-fully
kicked a conversion and end-ed
the game 13-0.
First Conference Game
Taken By Lakeland
by Arnie Doerksen
The Pirates will beat the Yankees in the Series.
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text: The Garry farm has adult chinese geese for sale of the following flocks. Each goose is $20 each: Brown Chinese Geese White Chinese geese Here are pictures of some of the brown chinese flock: In the past some of you have asked if these will be good mothers, No guarantee but here's one of the mother's of the current flock after she hatched her egg! Our white chinese geese photos are not loaded on the computer I'm using. These are purebred and the geese are kept in separate areas during breeding season. These are farm born and raised on our full time farm. They are also known as the farmer's friend and do a great job of weeding crops. They are especially good for eating down/killing off grass weeds. You do not have to have a pond to raise them. A tub of water or a small child's plastic swimming pool is just fine! These geese are very used to people walking around them and are gentle enough to allow me to collect the eggs from under them. Please see our website for more information about how we farm http://thegarryfarm.webs.com/ or visit us on Facebook at The Garry Farm We cannot ship so please schedule an appointment to see and Buy some of these fine birds!


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[lastfm]Sheryl Crow[/lastfm] is one busy woman. On Tuesday, July 20 (5 pm PT/8pm ET), she is set to appear in a free streaming concert as part of the Live on Letterman music series. That same day, her newest CD 100 Miles From Memphis drops. Less than a month later, the music legend embarks on a grueling world tour. Want see the world traveler? Be sure to catch her free concert (or get it On Demand after the show) and check out her American tour dates after the jump.
Sheryl Crow's Summer Tour:
7/20 New York, NY @ Live on Letterman
8/12 Gilford, NY @ Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center
8/13 Canadaigua, NY @ Constellation Brands Peforming Arts Center
8/14 Atlantic City, NJ @Caesars Circus Maximus
8/15 Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
8/18 Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre
8/19 Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Ampitheatre
8/20 Memphis, TN @ Mud Island River Park Ampitheatre
8/21 Sedalia, MO @ Missouri State Fairgrounds Grandstand
8/22 Des Moines, IA @ Iowa State Fair
8.24 Tulsa, OK The Brady Theater
8/26 Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theare
8/27 Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
8/28 Austin, TX @ The Backyard
8/30 Albuquerque, NM @ Sandia Casino
8/31 Morrison, CA @ Red Rocks Ampitheare
9/1 Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden
9/9 San Diego, CA @ humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
9/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
9/11 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
9/12 Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center
9/14 Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery
9/15 Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery
9/16 Santa Ynez, CA @ Chumash Casino
9/17 Murphys, CA @ Ironstone Vineyards
9/18 Rancho Mirage @ Aqua Caliente Casino
9/23 Boston, MA @ Citi Performing Arts Center
9/25 Mashantucket, CT @ MGM Grand Theater At Foxwoods
9/26 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/1 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
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Two different sources are claiming that the beta version of Windows 8 will go public in either January or February of 2012.
Over at The Next Web (TNW), they've spoken to sources close to Microsoft who claim that the public beta has been pegged for late Febraury, though what exactly will be included in this version of Windows 8 is still being finalised.
TNW claims that this date ties in with a previous report that Windows 8 will be released to manufacturers in June, however July or August would seem like a more realistic date for that release.
Microsoft themselves have been rather quiet on the final release date for Windows 8 and engineers are still working on which components of the new OS will be ready for release in the public beta.
Over at WinRumours however, they are claiming we'll get our hands on the Beta version sooner than that, pegging it at a late January release. Initially Microsoft had been hoping to get the beta ready for CES in early January, but it seems that deadline will certainly be missed.
According to a source who spoke to WinRumours, we will however get a chance to try out a near final copy of Windows 8 beta at CES alongside a Metro version of Office
We will of course be bringing you all the details of these presentations direct from CES in Las Vegas next month, but for now let us know if you will be trying to get your hands on Windows 8 beta when it is finally released.
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Ever lain on your back, studying a starry sky, wondering if there's anything else out there?
It's possible that there could be another spot in our own solar system that supports life, or did in the past. Some planetary scientists think that Martian life, past or present, is a possibility. Bacteria live in some of the harshest environments known on the Earth, from Antarctic ice to deep sea vents - so why not the Red Planet? Earlier this year, astronomers reported finding methane gas in the Martian atmosphere. Their paper, published in the journal Science, said that gas could result either from geochemical activity or possibly living organisms.
Other experts are looking further afield in search of extraterrestrial life. But will we be able to recognize exotic life forms if we stumble across them? Are alternate systems of biology, based on chemistry involving arsenic or sulfur, rather than carbon, alive and well elsewhere? In this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk about the origins of life, and the possibility we're not alone in the universe. We're broadcasting from Tempe, Arizona this week, as part of ASU's Origins Symposium. See a web stream of the Origins Symposium here.


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CAGE/PEN SIZE MINIMUM: According to the House Rabbit Society, should be at least 4 times the size of your bunny - more if confined for large amounts of time each day. (Rabbits should get a LEAST three hours a day of free exercise time)
CAUTION ABOUT CUBES & ZIPTIES: Some of the cubes now being sold have larger 3 inch grids instead of 1 inch grids. The larger grids are NOT recommended and are considered dangerous as a rabbit can squeeze their head through these larger grids and get stuck. ONLY USE THE CUBES WITH THE 1" GRIDS.
When using zipties, be sure to have the tie wrap ends face the OUTSIDE of the cage so that if you accidentally miss one, it does not cause eye injury to your bunny. (This has happened!)
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When using zipties, be sure to have the tie wrap ends face the OUTSIDE of the cage so that if you accidentally miss one, it does not cause eye injury eye injury to your bunny. (This has happened!)
I found my "Organize it" cubes at Target (I have only found them at the physical stores, not online) NOTE: Some Targets are no longer selling the frames that have the 11/2" grid mesh. My understanding is that the mesh size is now 3". That is too large and can be dangerous for rabbits and other small animals. Be sure to check this before purchasing the "Organize it" Cubes.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4433076 (14.99 at Walmart) Variety of colors
UK Based
I know that we bought four boxes to make a huge condo. NOTE: You can't build it with just the supplies in the box. You'll need to secure with zipties and possibly other types of support depending on your design. But it's still a cheap price for an awesome habitat. See below for building instructions.


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The triclinium, in all the better Roman homes, was the place around which the feasting and partying took place. Each wide lectus, or couch, held up to three people. For larger parties, more triclinia were provided. Dinners lay on their left side and reached up over the edge of their couch for the goodies placed before them by the dining room slaves.
You can see from this diagram that there was a definite pecking order as to who reclined where. The 'seating' arrangement tried to honor the most important guests while at the same time promoting harmony and lively conversation.


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That being said- this is a fun alternative! John and I *love* getting pictures taken together, but getting them as often as we'd like is definitely cost prohibitive.
This is a fantastic solution for such a situation! The cost is ridiculously cheap, anyone (even in the tiniest spaces!) can do this and turn their home into a studio for between $3 & $33. If you're wondering what the difference is, one method uses an old bed sheet and the other uses an actual backdrop (click here).
The key to getting great results is to a) reallyyyy press the wrinkles out (failed) and b) get great lighting. Natural lighting would be beautiful, but if you have extremely bright lights in your home, that will work, too. We didn't have great lighting.
At all.
So if you're wondering what the results are like with sub par, standard fixture lighting + an old bed sheet- here they are! I'd like to do this again in the day time and with one of the backdrops I found online, but I wanted to experiment first. This way you can see the absolute worst results!
Aside from the sheet/screen, the only other thing you'll need is a set of 3M Command Hooks. We used the kind that hinge, but if you're hanging your backdrop from the wall, you can get any kind you'd like.
(1) Choose a space. If you have a bare wall, that would work best. You can also hang it from the ceiling using the hinge hooks!
|Hook attached to the ceiling
|my test picture to adjust the hooks for standing subjects. It's a good thing I'm already married! Haha, sucka!
(3) Hang your screen. I just put a little safety pin in the corner of my sheet and hung it on the hooks!
(4) Photograph! Experiment with the lighting in your space to see what gets you the best results. And have fun!
A real screen + good lighting would have given us a much more white background, which is what I was trying to achieve. However, you could do this with *any* fabric background if that's not your goal. In fact, I have an awesome fabric print at home, maybe I'll try it again with that one before I put up the pro muslin backdrop.
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We started a new tradition last night, too. John came home with a big box of chocolates for me. I've never gotten a box of chocolates before, so I was pretty excited. He told me that it was the exact same one that his dad gets for his mom each year, and now he wants to get them for me. It was sweet. He's such a great guy.
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Railroad, mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails, or tracks, either by self-propulsion or by the propulsion of a locomotive.
After the first crude beginnings, railroad-car design took divergent courses in North America and Europe, because of differing economic conditions and technological developments. Early cars on both continents were largely of two-axle design, but passenger-car builders soon began constructing cars with three and then four axles, the latter arranged in two four-wheel swivel trucks, or bogies. The trucks resulted in smoother riding qualities and also spread the weight of heavy vehicles over more axles.
Freight cars
Throughout the world the great majority of freight cars for all rail gauges are built with four axles, divided between two trucks. Because of the layout constraints of some freight terminals, several European railroads still purchase a proportion of two-axle vehicles, but these have a much longer wheelbase and hence a considerably larger load capacity than similar cars in the past. Some bulk mineral cars in Germany and the United States have been built with two three-axle trucks, and Russia and various other former Soviet states still have a number of freight cars carried on four two-axle trucks; these are the world's largest. Concern to maximize payload capacity in relation to tare vehicle weight has led to U.S. and European adoption of articulation for cars in certain uses, notably intermodal transport. In this system a car comprises several frames or bodies (usually not more than five), which, where they adjoin, are permanently coupled and mounted on a single truck.
One type of vehicle that is virtually extinct is the caboose, or brake-van. With modern air-braking systems, the security of a very long train can be assured by fixing to its end car's brake pipe a telemetry device that continually monitors pressure and automatically transmits its findings to the locomotive cab.
Before World War II, freight cars consisted almost entirely of four basic types: the semiwalled open car, the fully covered boxcar, the flatcar, and the tank car. Since then, railroads and car builders have developed a wide range of car types designed specifically for the ideal handling and competitive transport of individual goods or commodities. At the same time, the payload weight of bulk commodities that can be conveyed in a single car without undue track wear has been significantly increased by advances in truck design and, in North America, by growing use of aluminum instead of steel for bodywork, to reduce the car's own tare weight. In Europe and North America, where highway competition demands faster rail movement of time-sensitive freight, cars for such traffic as perishable goods, high-value merchandise, and containers are designed to run at 120 km (75 miles) per hour. The French and German railways both operate some selected merchandise and intermodal trains at up to 160 km (100 miles) per hour to achieve overnight delivery between centres up to about 1,000 km (600 miles) apart. In the United States, container trains traveling at 120 km/hr where route characteristics allow are scheduled to cover about 3,500 km (2,200 miles) in 52 hours.
In Europe and North America open cars for bulk mineral transport are generally designed for rapid discharge, either by being bodily rotated or through power-operated doors in the floor or lower sides of their hopper bodies. Modern North American four-axle coal cars typically have 100–110 tons' payload capacity. In Europe, where tighter clearances necessitate smaller body dimensions and track is not designed for axle loadings as high as those accepted in North America, the payload capacity of similar four-axle cars is between 60 and 65 tons. High-sided open cars also are built with fully retractable sliding roofs, either metal or canvas, to facilitate overhead loading and discharge of cargoes needing protection in transit. In a variant of this concept for the transport of steel coil in particular, the sidewalls and roof are in two or more separate, integral, and overlapping assemblies; these can be slid over or under each other for loading or discharge of one section of the vehicle without exposing the remainder of the load.
Fully covered hopper cars or tank cars are available with pressure discharge for bulk movement of a variety of powders and solids. Tank cars are also purpose-designed for safe transport of a wide range of hazardous fluids.
Because of the rapid growth of intermodal transport in North America, boxcar design has seen fewer changes there than in western Europe. For ease of mechanized loading of palletized freight, modern European boxcars are built with their entire sidewalls divided into sliding and overlapping doors. Another option is to replace the sidewalls with a fully retractable, material-covered framework, so that the interior of the vehicle can be wholly opened up for loading or discharge. A typical North American boxcar for bulky but comparatively light cargo may have a load-area volume of up to 283 cubic metres (10,000 cubic feet); that of a modern four-axle European boxcar is 161.4 cubic metres (5,700 cubic feet). Boxcars are often fitted internally with movable partitions or other special fittings to brace loads such as products in sacks. Vehicles for transport of fragile merchandise have cushioned draft gear that absorbs any shocks sustained by the cars in train or yard shunting movement.
The automobile industry's concentration of manufacture of individual models at specific plants has increased the railroads' share of its transportation. As distances from manufacturing plant to dealer increase—and in many cases these involve international transits—the security and economy offered by the railroad as a bulk transporter of finished autos have become more appreciated. In North America vertical clearances allow automobiles to be carried in triple-deck freight cars, but in Europe the limit is double-deck. Retractable flaps enable each deck of adjoining cars to be connected to form drive-through roadways on both levels for loading and discharge of an auto-transporter train. Such cars also are used for a type of service for motorists that is widespread in Europe but confined to one route in the United States: trains that combine transporters for autos with passenger cars for their occupants. These are mostly operated between ports or inland cities and vacation areas in the peak season. Special-purpose cars also have been developed for inter-plant movement of automobile components, including engines and body assemblies, and for regular delivery of spare parts to distribution areas.
Passenger cars
The first passenger cars were simply road coaches with flanged wheels. Almost from the beginning, railroads in the United States began to use longer, eight-wheel cars riding on two four-wheel trucks. In Britain and Europe, however, cars with more than six wheels were not introduced until the 1870s. Modern cars, for both local and long-distance service, have an entrance at one or both ends of the car. Commuter-service cars also have additional centre doors. Flexible connections between cars give passengers access to any car of a moving train, except when the coupling together of self-powered, reversible train-sets for multiple-unit operation makes passenger communication between one train-set and another impossible, because there is a driving cab at the extremity of each unit.
In the United States modern passenger cars are usually 25 metres (85 feet) long. In continental Europe the standard length of cars for conventional locomotive-hauled main-line service is now about 26 metres (86 feet 7 inches), but the cars of some high-speed train-sets are shorter, as are those of many urban transport multiple-unit cars and of railcars for secondary local services. Modern British cars are roughly 19.5 or 22.5 metres (64 feet 6 inches or 75 feet) in length. The sharper curves of narrow-gauge railroads generally demand shorter length.
Reduction of the weight of a car's mechanical structures has become important to minimize the energy consumed in traction, particularly for high-speed vehicles. Car bodies are still mostly of steel, but use of aluminum is increasing, especially for passenger cars and for high-speed train cars. Modular construction techniques, simplifying the adaptation of a car body to different interior layouts and furniture, has encouraged railroads to standardize basic car structures for a variety of service requirements. For this reason, construction of small numbers of special-purpose cars demanding nonstandard bodies is not favoured; an example is the dome observation car, with a raised, glass roof section, popular in North America.
Modern truck design is the product of lengthy research into the interaction of wheel and rail, and into suspension systems, with the dual objectives of stable ride quality and minimum wear of track and wheel sets, especially at very high speed. The trucks of many modern cars have air suspension or a combination of air and metal springing. The entrance doors of all modern European cars are power-operated and capable of interlocking from a central control by the train's conductor to prevent improper passenger use when the train is moving. Efficient soundproofing and insulation of car interiors from external noise and undesirable climatic conditions have become a major concern, particularly because of more widespread air-conditioning of cars. Very-high-speed train-sets must have their entire interior, including intercar gangways, externally sealed to prevent passenger discomfort from air pressure changes when they thread tunnels.
Brake systems
There are two principal types of continuous train braking systems: vacuum, which now survives mostly on railroads in the developing world, and compressed air, the inherently greater efficiency of which has been improved by modern electric or electronic control systems. With either system brake application in the train's driving cab is transmitted to all its vehicles; if a train becomes uncoupled on the move, interruption of the through-train connection of controls automatically applies brakes to both parts of the train. Modern passenger cars—and some freight cars—have disc brakes instead of wheel-tread shoes. Wheel sets of cars operating at 160 km (100 miles) per hour or more are fitted with devices to prevent wheel slip under heavy braking. On European cars designed for operation at 200 km (125 miles) per hour or more, and on Japanese Shinkansen train-sets, disc braking of wheel sets is supplemented by fitting electromagnetic track brakes to car trucks. Activated at the start of deceleration from high speed, these retard by the frictional resistance generated when bar magnets are lowered into contact with the rails. Some Shinkansen train-sets have eddy current instead of electromagnetic track brakes. The eddy-current brake makes no contact with the rail (so is not subject to frictional wear) and is more powerful, but it sets up strong electromagnetic fields that require reinforced immunization of signaling circuitry. Also, where operation of trains so equipped is intensive, there is a risk that eddy-current braking might heat rails to a degree that could cause them to deform.
Automatic body tilting
The permissible maximum speed of a passenger train through curves is the level beyond which a railroad considers passengers will suffer unacceptable centrifugal force; the limit beyond which derailment becomes a risk is considerably higher. On a line built for exclusive use of high-speed trains, curved track can be canted, or superelevated, to a degree specifically suited to those trains. The cant can be steeper than on a mixed-traffic route, where it must be a compromise between the ideal for fast passenger and slow, heavy freight trains, to avoid the latter bearing too severely on the curve's inner rail. Consequently, on a dedicated high-speed passenger line, the extra degree of superelevation can raise quite significantly the curving speed possible without discomforting passengers from the effects of centrifugal force.
On existing mixed-traffic lines, however, passenger train speed through curves can be increased by equipping cars with devices that automatically tilt car bodies up to 9° toward the inward side of the curve, thereby adding to the degree of cant imparted by the track's superelevation. There are two types of automatic body-tilting system. A passive system is more complex. It reacts to track curvature: that is, the body-tilting mechanism responds retroactively, if only by a fraction of a second, to its gauging of deficiency in the track's superelevation relative to the speed at which the vehicle is traveling. An active system employs sensors to detect the transition to curved track and controls to measure the progressive degree of tilt applied by the tilt-operating mechanism in response to the sensor's electronic signals as the curve itself is threaded. The sensors are usually fitted to the front vehicle of a tilt-body train-set, so that the tilt-body equipment on following vehicles operates in smooth, split-second anticipation of a track curve's development. An active system can apply a higher degree of body-tilt than a passive system, but active systems impose constraints on some aspects of car design and add to the car's capital and maintenance costs.
Cars for daytime service
The preferred interior layout of seating cars throughout the world is the open saloon (or parlor car), with the seats in bays on either side of a central aisle. This arrangement maximizes passenger capacity per car. Density of seating is less in an intercity car than in a short-haul commuter service car; the cars of some heavily used urban rapid-transit railroads, such as those of Japanese cities and Hong Kong, have minimal seating to maximize standing room. European cars of segregated six- or eight-seat compartments served by a corridor on one side of the car survive in considerable numbers. Marketing concern to tailor accommodation to the needs of specific passenger groups, such as businesspeople and families, has led to German production of some cars combining saloon and compartment sections and to French semi-compartment enclosure of the seating bays on one side of the first-class cars in TGV train-sets.
The great majority of cars in short-haul commuter service are still single-deck, but to maximize seating capacity there is an increasing use of double-deck cars for such operations in North America, Europe, and Australia. North American operators have tended to prefer a design that limits the upper level to a gallery along each side wall, but in most double-deck cars the upper level is wholly floor-separated from the lower. A four-car, double-deck electric multiple-unit of the Paris commuter network in France is 98 metres (324 feet) long and can seat 534 passengers.
Double-deck cars, suitably furnished, are found in long-haul intercity operation by Amtrak in the United States and in some Japanese Shinkansen train-sets. Since 1996 French National Railways has operated TGV "Duplex" train-sets with every car double-decked except for the locomotives at each end. These cars exemplify modern weight-saving construction. French National Railways insists on a static load limit of 17,000 kg (37,000 pounds) on any axle of a vehicle traveling its high-speed lines. The French also prefer to articulate adjoining, nonpowered cars of their TGV train-sets over a single two-axle truck. Consequently, each double-deck car, roughly 20 metres (65 feet) long and providing up to 96 comfortable seats, must weigh no more than 34,000 kg (74,000 pounds).
Because of its high operating costs, particularly in terms of staff, dining or restaurant car service of main meals entirely prepared and cooked in an on-train kitchen has been greatly reduced since World War II. Full meal service is widely available on intercity trains, but many railroads have switched to airline methods of wholly or partly preparing dishes in depots on the ground and finishing them for service in on-train galleys or small-size kitchens. This change is sometimes accompanied by substitution of at-seat service in place of a dining car, which has lost favour because its seats earn no fare revenue. At the same time, there has been a considerable increase in buffet counters for service of light snacks and drinks and also through-train trolley service of light refreshments. Most European railroads franchise their on-train catering services to specialist companies.
Cars for overnight travel
A crude car with bedding provision was operated in the United States as early as 1837, but sleeping cars with enclosed bedrooms did not appear until the last quarter of the 19th century. The compartments of most modern sleeping cars have, against one wall only, normal seating that is convertible to one bed; one or two additional beds are on hinged bases that are folded into the opposite compartment wall when not in use. A low-priced version of this concept is popular in Europe, where it is known as "couchette"; the compartments are devoid of washbasins, so that convertible seating and beds can be installed on both walls, and the beds do not have innerspring (sprung) mattresses. Double-deck sleeping cars operated by Amtrak in the United States have on their upper floor "economy" rooms for single or double occupancy; on the lower floor are similar rooms, a family room, a room specially arranged for handicapped travelers, and shower rooms. Rooms in modern European cars are of common size, the price of use depending on the number of beds to be occupied.
Railroad track and roadway
Location and construction
Ideally, a railroad should be built in a straight line, over level ground, between large centres of trade and travel. In practice, this ideal is rarely approached. The location engineer, faced with the terrain to be traversed, must balance the cost of construction against annual maintenance and operating costs, as well as against the probable traffic volume and profit.
Thus, in areas of dense population and heavy industrial activities, the railroads were generally built for heavy duty, with minimum grades and curvature, heavy bridges, and perhaps multiple tracks. Examples include most of the main-line railroads of Britain and the European continent. In North and South America and elsewhere the country was sparsely settled, and the railroads had to be built at minimal costs. Thus, the lines were of lighter construction, with sharper grades and curves. As traffic grew, main routes were improved to increase their capacity and to reduce operating costs.
The gauge, or distance between the inside faces of the running rails, can affect the cost of building and equipping a railroad. About 60 percent of the world's railroad mileage has been built to standard gauge, 1,435 mm (4 feet 8.5 inches). However, a considerable mileage of lines with narrower gauges has been constructed, mainly in undeveloped and sparsely settled countries. Use of a narrow gauge permits some saving in space. In addition, narrow-gauge cars and locomotives are generally smaller, lighter, and less costly than those used on standard-gauge lines. Disadvantages of a narrow gauge include the limitation on speed because of reduced lateral stability and limitations on the size of locomotives and cars.
The advent of modern high-capacity earth-moving machinery, developed mainly for highway construction, has made it economically feasible for many railroads to eliminate former adverse grades and curves through line changes. Graders, bulldozers, and similar equipment make it possible to dig deeper cuts through hillsides and to make higher fills where necessary to smooth out the profile of the track. Modern equipment has also helped to improve railroad roadbeds in other ways. Where the roadbed is unstable, for example, injecting concrete grout into the subgrade under pressure is a widely used technique. In planning roadbed improvements, as well as in new construction, railroads have drawn on modern soil-engineering techniques.
When track is laid on a completed roadbed, its foundation is ballast, usually of crushed rock, slag, or volcanic ash. The sleepers, or crossties, to which the rails are fastened, are embedded in the ballast. This is tightly compacted or tamped around the sleepers to keep the track precisely leveled and aligned. Efficient drainage of the ballast is critically important to prevent its destabilization. The depth of ballast depends on the characteristics of a line's traffic; it must be considerably greater on a track carrying frequent high-speed passenger trains, for example, than on one used by medium-speed commuter trains. As an example of the parameters adopted for construction of a new high-speed line in Europe, in Germany the total width of a roadbed to carry two standard-gauge tracks averages about 13.5 metres (45 feet). The tracks are laid so that their centres are 4.7 metres (15 feet 5 inches) apart. The standard depth of ballast is 30 cm (12 inches), but it is packed to a depth of 50 cm (20 inches) around the ends of the crossties or sleepers to ensure lateral stability.
In some situations where track maintenance is difficult, such as in some tunnels, or where drainage problems are acute, ballast and sleepers are replaced by continuous reinforced concrete support of the rails. This system, known as slab track, maintains accurate track geometry without maintenance attention for much longer periods than ballasted track, but its reduced maintenance costs are offset by higher first and renewal costs.
In western Europe considerable stretches of new high-speed railroad have been and are being built alongside multilane intercity highways. This simplifies location of the new railroad and minimizes its intrusion in rural landscape. Such sharing of alignment is feasible because tracks for the dedicated use of modern high-speed train-sets can be built with curves and gradients not far short of the most severe parameters tolerated in contemporary express highway construction.
The modern railroad rail has a flat bottom, and its cross section is much like an inverted T. An English engineer, Charles Vignoles, is credited with the invention of this design in the 1830s. A similar design also was developed by Robert L. Stevens, president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the United States.
Present-day rail is, in appearance, very similar to the early designs of Vignoles and Stevens. Actually, however, it is a highly refined product in terms of both engineering and metallurgy. Much study and research have produced designs that minimize internal stresses under the weight of traffic and thus prolong rail life. Sometimes the rail surface is hardened to reduce the wear of the rail under extremely heavy cars or on sharp curves. After they have been rolled at the steel mills, rails are allowed to cool slowly in special boxes. This controlled cooling minimizes internal shatter cracks, which at one time were a major cause of broken rails in track.
In Europe a standard rail length of 30 metres (98 feet 5 inches) is common. The weight of rail, for principal main-line use, is from about 55 kg per metre (about 110 pounds per yard) to 65 kg per metre (130 pounds per yard).
Railroads in the United States and Canada have used T-rails of hundreds of different cross sections. Many of these different sections are still in use, but there is a strong trend to standardizing on a few sections. Most new rail in North America weighs 57.5 or 66 kg per metre (115 or 132 pounds per yard). The standard American rail section has a length of 12 metres (39 feet). Some ore mining railroads in Western Australia employ rail weighing about 68 kg per metre (about 136 pounds per yard).
One of the most important developments is the welding of standard rails into long lengths. This continuous welded rail results in a smoother track that requires less maintenance. The rail is usually welded into lengths of between 290 and 400 metres (320 yards and one-quarter mile). Once laid in track, these quarter-mile lengths are often welded together in turn to form rails several miles long without a break.
Welded rail was tried for the first time in 1933 in the United States. It was not until the 1950s, however, that railroads turned to welded rail in earnest. Welded rail is now standard practice, or extensively used, on railroads throughout the industrialized world and is being adopted elsewhere to the extent that railroads' finances allowed.
Controlling the temperature expansion of long welded rails proved not so difficult as first thought. It was found that the problem could be minimized by extensive anchorage of the rails to the sleepers or ties to prevent them from moving when the temperature changes, by the use of a heavy ballast section, and by heating the rails before laying to a temperature close to the mean temperature prevailing in the particular locality.
Rail fittings
Whether in standard or long welded lengths, rails are joined to each other and kept in alignment by fishplates or joint bars. The offset-head spike is the least expensive way of fastening the rails to wooden crossties, but several different types of screw spikes and clips are used. The rails may be attached directly to wooden crossties, but except on minor lines it is standard practice to seat the rail in a tie plate that distributes the load over a wider area of the tie. A screw or clip fitting must be used to attach rails to concrete ties. A pad of rubber or other resilient material is always used between the rail and a concrete tie.
Sleepers (crossties)
Timber has been used for railroad sleepers or ties almost from the beginning, and it is still the most common material for this purpose. The modern wood sleeper is treated with preservative chemical to improve its life. The cost of wood ties has risen steadily, creating interest in ties of other materials.
Steel ties have been used in certain European, African, and Asian countries. Concrete ties, usually reinforced with steel rods or wires, or ties consisting of concrete blocks joined by steel spacing bars are the popular alternative to wooden ties. A combination of concrete ties and long welded rails produces an exceptionally solid and smooth-riding form of track. Concrete ties have been standardized for the main lines of most European railroads and in Japan. Use of concrete elsewhere is increasing—although in North America, which has no European- or Asian-style high-speed rail and where hardwood for traditional crossties is cheap, there is no widespread use.
Track maintenance
Modern machinery enables a small group of workers to maintain a relatively long stretch of railroad track. Machines are available to do all the necessary track maintenance tasks: removing and inserting ties, tamping the ballast, cleaning the ballast, excavation and replacement of worn ballast, spiking rail, tightening bolts, and aligning the track. Some machines are equipped to perform more than one task—for example, ballast tamping combined with track lining and leveling. Mechanized equipment also can renew rail, either in conventional bolted lengths or with long welded lengths; a modern machine of this type has built-in devices to lift and pass the old rail to flatcars at its rear and to bring forward and deposit new rail, so that it dispenses with separate crane vehicles.
Complete sections of track—rails and crossties—may be prefabricated and laid in the track by mechanical means. Rail-grinding machines run over the track to even out irregularities in the rail surface. Track-measurement cars, under their own power or coupled into regular trains, can record all aspects of track alignment and riding quality on moving charts, so that maintenance forces can pinpoint the specific locations needing corrective work. Detector cars move over the main-line tracks at intervals with electronic-inspection apparatus to locate any internal flaws in the rails.
The mechanization of track maintenance after World War II has constituted a technologic revolution comparable to the development of the diesel locomotive and electrification. Precision of operation, especially in maintenance of true track alignment, has gained much from the application of electronics to the machines' measuring and control devices. In Europe in particular, highly sophisticated maintenance machines have come into use.
Auxiliary plant
Railroad fixed plant consists of much more than the track. More than two-thirds of Germany's new Hannover-Würzburg high-speed line, for example, is in one of its tunnels or bridges or in cutting (excavations). Railroad civil-engineering forces also are concerned with constructing and maintaining thousands of buildings, ranging from small sheds to huge passenger terminals.
The designer of a railroad bridge must allow for forces that result from the concentrated impact that occurs as a train moves onto the bridge; the pounding of wheels, the sidesway of the train, and the drag or push effect as a train is braked or started on a bridge. These factors mean that a railroad bridge must be of heavier construction than a highway bridge of equal length.
As axle loadings become heavier and train speeds higher, bridges need to be further strengthened. Another major objective in modern railroad-bridge construction is the need to minimize maintenance costs. The use of weathering steel, which needs no painting, all-welded construction, and permanent walkways for maintenance personnel contribute to this end. In the advanced countries there has been a widespread trend toward reinforced concrete structures.
Railroad buildings have become fewer and more functional. With paved highways running almost everywhere in the developed countries, it has become more economical to concentrate both freight and passenger operations at fewer stations that are strategically sited and have good highway access. Provision for intermodal traffic exchange has become increasingly important. Particularly in conurbations, the forecourt and surroundings of new passenger stations are laid out to provide adequate and convenient areas for connecting bus or trolley-car services, for private automobile parking, or for so-called "kiss-and-ride"—automobiles that are discharging or picking up rail passengers. Many existing stations have had their surroundings reorganized to provide these facilities.
Many new local stations have been built to serve the spread of commuter and rapid-transit rail systems. However, except on high-speed intercity lines, or at some airports, few sizable city stations have been newly constructed. On the other hand, there has been major reconstruction, updating, and expansion of facilities within the historic fabric of many major city stations in western Europe and in Asia. Particularly in Germany one objective of this rebuilding has been to create easy interchange between ground-level platforms and new metro line platforms below ground. Reconstructed German city stations are also unparalleled for their range of shopping, snack-bar, and restaurant facilities. Another reason for reconstruction has been special provision for new high-speed train services; examples are the Atocha, Nord, and Waterloo termini in Madrid, Paris, and London, respectively. The majority of stations built to serve city airports, generally from platforms beneath a main airport terminal, are on branches of a city's commuter rail system. Those at Frankfurt (Germany), Schiphol (Netherlands), Gatwick (England), and Zurich and Geneva (Switzerland) are directly connected to their national railroad's intercity passenger services.
Diesel and electric locomotives require few maintenance shops as compared with steam locomotives. Car shops, too, have been reduced in number and made more efficient through the use of process-line techniques. It is usually more efficient to construct new shop buildings rather than convert old ones to handle modern types of rolling stock.
Although very expensive, tunneling provides the most economical means for railroads to traverse mountainous terrain, to gain access to the heart of a crowded city, or, more recently in Japan and Europe, to project a railway across a maritime strait below its seabed. Railroad tunnels, however, confront the construction engineer with some unique problems, particularly in the ventilation of very long bores and in mastery of difficult geologic conditions.


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The Gin Rickey/
If that was Feh-bruary, I'm hoping this doesn't become Meh-rch.
Part of the reason I didn't post much last month was, Sean and I conducted a mega cocktailing session a couple weeks ago that yielded, like, 8 or so bloggable potations -- zero-ish of which I felt any excitement about. We were going for volume, and aiming to keep the necessary ingredients in line with what we already had on hand. Such cocktailing under pressure can still yield inspiring results -- and in fact, I always try to err on the side of fridge and pantry staples when composing recipes, because, you know, Shit At-Home Bartenders Have.
So maybe it was just Feh-bruary working its dour magic, or maybe the problem was that we relied on one book out of our entire cocktail reference library, a book I must now admit I find lacking in its organization, writing style, fonts and pretty much anything else you eyeball when you open a book.
(If you see this book cover, crack with caution...)
So, here I am with a backlog of recipes and a complete lack of anything to say about them... except, I suppose, this one. Because it doesn't matter how poorly laid-out a rickey recipe may be within the pages of a particular tome; a rickey recipe is forever timeless and foolproof (and boastworthy as its own mini-history lesson). Never mind the five inches of snow that's accumulated since this morning OF MARCH FIRST on the Montreal side street I look out at every day; wherever you're downing a rickey, it's at least 60 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny. Writer's block may be the sad side effect of a neverending winter and a glut of who-cares concoctions, but a rickey can always get your juices flowing.
A rickey is one of those categories of cocktails -- well, firstly, it's not technically a cocktail, it's a highball; second, what I mean is, it's like a smash or a shrub or a julep -- defined not by its primary liquor but by all the other stuff, which in this case means lime juice, club soda and a lime garnish. So you can have a bourbon rickey, a Scotch rickey, a sloe gin rickey, a vodka rickey, a brandy rickey and so on. (Although whatever you do, don't have a vodka rickey. Drink with purpose!)
Really, the rickey embodies all those qualities that make me most love a five o'clock cocktail (it's not just a blog; it's a thing you can do!). It's a good and proper drink, imbued with history and flavor (the gin rickey's especially nice with its gimme combo of juniper and citrus), and it's got that elegant simplicity thing going that allows a feeling of all-is-rightness to wash over me, even when I'm stuck in a glut of wrong.
The Gin Rickey
(Adapted from the book pictured above, and really, I"m not looking to start turf wars here, I just don't find this book as handy and delightful as many others)
2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
Club soda
Lime wedge or wheel, to garnish
Pour gin, lime juice and club soda, in that order, into a tall, ice-filled Collins glass. Stir briefly. Garnish with lime wedge or wheel.
Tasting Notes
A less-tall highball glass will suit if you don't have a nice, tall, slender Collins glass. Trivia: Add simple syrup or sugar to a rickey and you have a Collins.


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With the Mustang celebrating its 50th anniversary, you could pull from any number of years and categories to showcase racing success.
With the Mustang celebrating its 50th anniversary, you could pull from any number of years and categories to showcase racing successes with this most versatile of race weapons. Practically throwing a dart on a board, we chose the '70 Trans-Am series with Parnelli Jones at the wheel of the Bud Moore–prepped Boss 302 Mustang.
The Trans-Am races were an incredible convergence of virtually every American car manufacturer offering up competitive cars with legendary drivers, especially in '69 and '70. Even American Motors fielded Roger Penske Javelins with none other than Mark Donohue and Peter Revson driving. Then you had Jim Hall, Milt Minter, and Vic Elford campaigning Camaros; Sam Posey with his Challenger running a Keith Black–built destroked 340; Jerry Titus in a single 303ci Firebird; and Dan Gurney driving the Phil Remington–built Barracudas. It was an amazing group of well-respected and recognized drivers presenting a level field of the best Detroit had to offer. Maybe ever.
The Mustang had done well in '69 with the new Boss 302 and its new tunnel port featuring the big-valve Cleveland heads. The legendary Parnelli and underrated George Follmer drove the Bud Moore–built Mustangs to numerous wins and near wins. But the Penske Camaro would beat out the competitive Fords to take the Championship.
Disappointed but not deterred, Ford came back with the same lineup for '70—in fact, the Mustangs were the same cars, just updated with '70 sheetmetal. Cutting back to a single team, Ford proved almost invincible. But the '70 Championship was not determined until the final race at Riverside, where Parnelli came in First, with Follmer Second, giving Ford the Championship by 1 point. Ford won 6 of the 11 races.
After the season ended, Ford canceled all racing support.
Riverside International Raceway
The original Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, California) was built in 1957 and raced on until 1989. The longest track configuration was 3.27 miles. Now the Moreno Valley Mall parking lot covers much of the old track. One lap around its parking lot is 1.4 miles.


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Having found one's passion in the field of emergency medicine, the next question is inevitable: "What is the right emergency medicine residency program for me?" I am excited for you as you embark on your search for that perfect program, and I welcome the opportunity to tell you about the many features that combine to make Carolinas Medical Center, part of Atrium Health, an outstanding place to hone your skills as an emergency physician.
|Sandy Craig, MD
After doing your research and visiting your favorite programs you will undoubtedly choose the program where you feel most at home. I'm often asked what the single best feature of our program is. Simply said, it is the feeling of camaraderie between resident and attending physicians. Residency training is necessarily rigorous. Wouldn't you like to experience it as part of a family? We look forward to welcoming you into our home.
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Recently the Defense Information Systems Agency released its Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG) for use of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. The unclassified version is available on the DISA website.
First, the guide specifies that this STIG covers only the versions of Windows 8 that supports the x86/64-based processor architecture. This precludes Windows 8 RT, but DISA said RT is being evaluated under a different STIG. Since RT runs on ARM processors, it only makes sense that DISA would cover it with other mobile operating systems.
For Windows 8, the guide goes into the specific steps that Defense Department IT personnel are supposed to take to review a Windows 8 system, such as changing the security and network settings to comply with DOD standards. To make these changes would require using the Computer Management Console and the Registry Editor, so you know this STIG isn't fooling around.
In a FAQ included with the guidelines, DISA noted that it is moving toward adopting the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), a National Institutes of Standards and Technology specification for standardized use of security data. DISA also is formatting the STIG in Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF), an XML-based language for writing security checklists, benchmarks and related documents.
The DISA STIGs often become the standard by which other agencies and even private companies secure their computers. So admins setting up Windows 8 tablets or desktops should take a look.
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text: North Carolina Dairy Farm, Owner, Plead Guilty to Violations December 16, 2013 03:35 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Associated Press Email Source: Associated Press A western North Carolina dairy farm described as one of the largest in the state and one of its owners has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Clean Water Act after animal waste was discharged into the French Broad River. The U.S. Attorney's office in Asheville said Tap Root Dairy, LLC, and 60-year-old William Franklin Johnston of Mills River entered pleas on Friday. Documents show that from September through December 2012, Tap Root didn't check and maintain levels of cow waste in its on-site containment lagoons. That led to a discharge of 11,000 gallons of cow feces and other waste into the river last December. Johnston faces up to one year in prison. He's agreed to pay a $15,000 fine. A sentencing date has not been set yet. Back to news


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The Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., released a report in May that revealed how a small group of wealthy funders are influencing the denomination's debates on homosexuality in the church. "The donors include five secular foundations that have contributed heavily to politically conservative advocacy groups, publications, and think tanks, and one individual, savings and loan heir Howard F. Ahmanson Jr., who has given millions of dollars to conservative causes and politicians," wrote Jim Naughton, author of the report, titled "Following the Money."
Specifically, these funders have supported campaigns by the American Anglican Council and the Institute for Religion and Democracy that oppose the ordination of gays and lesbians and the blessing of same-sex relationships. Working in concert with Anglican bishops in Nigeria, Uganda, and Argentina, these organizations and others are attempting to split the U.S. Episcopal Church from the worldwide Anglican Communion.
"The articles have gotten a terrific response," Naughton, director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, told Sojourners. "People are curious about who stands to gain from the turmoil in our church, and I hope now that they have a pretty clear idea."


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1) Macro design. Achieve unmatched resolution in critical applications. These objectives consistently deliver better image quality than standard fixed focal length lenses used with extension tubes.
2) Exceptional low distortion. Perform measurement tasks with a high degree of accuracy and reliability.
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Arr, his be a great ride for costumes you scurvy dogs, even wearing a stinkin bandana can make you look a bit 'ore lik a pirate! The title "Ride Like a Pirate" has more to do with costumes and getting everyone to join the crew of san jose bike party, to DO something. Pirates don't give any quarter to stoways.
It does not imply nor are we encouraging people to be jerks and ride illegally. If you want to ride like that, don't join our ride.
The SJBP "experience" starts @ 7pm, not 8pm!
We have 5+ food vendors – so no need to eat at home – or you'll miss out on the great sjbp vibe. We roll at 8pm, but the party starts at 7pm! Allow extra time to get to the start!
Check out this video! SJBP Backgrounder
Get Involved – Volunteer!
Because we are volunteers, we need your help. The more people willing to help with the ride, the better the ride will become!!
How We Ride!
If you follow these eight rules, Bike Party will be safe and a positive place for riders, drivers, pedestrians, and the community
1. Stay in the right lane when possible. NEVER ride the sidewalk. NEVER ride against oncoming traffic.
2. Pick up your trash, leave nothing behind.
3. Stop at red lights – behind cars already there. Let cars "out."
4. Ride straight, ride predictability.
5. Roll past conflict.
6. Leave no one behind.
7. Ride sober! It's illegal and dangerous to ride a bicycle inebriated.
8. Communicate to fellow riders! (We need your help to remind those who aren't following the rules!)
Remember, Arrive Closer to 7pm, not 8pm!
If you follow the top header, notice 7pm, not 8pm. Get there early and enjoy the Bike Party vibe!
We make sure there are food vendors at the site for you to eat. Bring cash. These are great food and great value for all of us. So make sure to get to work early, have a big lunch and leave work early or on time to make sure to join us!
Ahoy!Last month's ride was frought with Disresprectful Scallywags and Drunken Rascals abound. This ride's route has a limited distribution – if ye are a responsible rider ye must TALK TO A PIRATE VOLUNTEER to stand a chance at finding ye a treasure map!
That's right, treasure maps aren't just thrown about the interwebs like Davey Jones' candied bones. Volunteers [BIRDs] on this crazy ship we call Bike Party know where X marks the spot.
If yer true of heart AND ye can abide by the pirate law of HOW WE RIDE then ye best call a PARROT with a map. And if you don't know a volunteer or a BIRD it may be best for the cold innards ye calls a soul to get to know one or better yet… become one….ARRRR!
Volunteer – Step Up!
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The process of buying; seliing; or exxhanging products, services, or information via computer networks. ^__^
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Arctic melting may help parasites infect new hosts
Grey seals are encountering a killer microbe as they move north
M. Grigg
CHICAGO— Along with melting Arctic ice comes an erosion of natural barriers that once separated parasites from hosts.
That erosion has allowed at least two pathogens to infect marine mammals they were previously unknown in, said Michael Grigg, a molecular parasitologist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. He reported the findings February 13 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A newly identified parasite was once frozen safely away from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). It has now infected some with disastrous consequences. In 2012, about 20 percent of healthy-looking grey seal pups born on Hay Island off the coast of Nova Scotia mysteriously died. The cause turned out to be a parasite that destroyed the livers of 404 pups and two adults, Grigg said.
Grigg and his colleagues found that the parasite, a microscopic creature shaped like a crescent moon, also infects about 80