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Personally, I'm grateful for Donald Sterling's retro racism. One glance at this knuckle dragger shows how far most other people have evolved. It's worth celebrating, particularly in California.
After that recently leaked recording in which the Clippers owner was overheard scolding his friend, V. Stiviano, for "associating with black people" and asking her "not to bring them to my games," many opined that the world should not have been surprised.
After all, they pointed out, Sterling, who owns apartment buildings all over Los Angeles, had been sued twice in recent years for discriminating against blacks and Latinos in renting. He settled both claims, paying $2.73 million to the U.S. government in one case.
He once said of his tenants, according to a 2003 lawsuit against him: "…all of the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean." He also allegedly said: "I don't like Mexican men because they smoke, drink and just hang around the house."
So he refused to rent to them. And he was publicly denounced, rightly so.
But time out for a memory jog — or, for most people, a history lesson.
This is the 50th anniversary year of Californians' voting overwhelmingly — 65% to 35% — to legalize precisely what Sterling was rapped for doing: discriminating because of race in the sale and rental of housing. Ultimately, both the state and U.S. supreme courts declared it unconstitutional.
But the racist measure, Proposition 14, probably was the most bitterly fought ballot initiative ever in California — and certainly among the most popular.
Then-Gov. Pat Brown — Jerry's outspoken and gutsy dad — called Prop. 14 a "cudgel of bigotry" and equated its backers to the "hate binge" of Hitler's Nazis.
The Times editorialized that Brown was being "inflammatory" and "overzealous." And it endorsed Prop. 14, asserting that while the paper opposed housing discrimination, it also supported "basic property rights." Fortunately, the courts later ruled that basic human rights trumped property rights.
A lot of ugly racism surfaced during that 1964 election campaign.
"Freedom to be unequal is really our national purpose," declared Nolan Frizzelle, president of the volunteer California Republican Assembly. "People have a right to discriminate in a free society." To prohibit it, he added, is "socialistic and communistic."
A member of the California Young Republicans board of directors said this in an open meeting: "Negroes are not accepted because they haven't made themselves acceptable." He was loudly applauded.
No, that wasn't Sterling, although he was around then, starting to erect his L.A. apartment-building empire. It's probably a safe guess how he voted — alongside 4.5 million other Californians who embraced Prop. 14.
The racial brawl had begun a year earlier, when Gov. Brown pushed through legislative passage of the Rumford Fair Housing Act, named after its author, Democratic Assemblyman Byron Rumford of Berkeley, the first black legislator elected from Northern California.
Soon after Brown signed the bill, the California Real Estate Assn. launched a repeal effort that became Prop. 14. Denouncing the Fair Housing Act as "forced housing," association president L.H. Wilson contended that "every American should continue to have … the right to refuse to rent, lease or sell to anyone, and for any reason."
Prop. 14 declared just that: An owner could sell or rent to any person "he, in his absolute discretion, chooses."
Another sign of the times: The measure didn't even acknowledge that a "she" could be a property owner.
So we, indeed, have come a long way in the past 50 years. Most of us. Maybe not Sterling.
That 1964 vote in favor of housing discrimination marked the beginning of a conservative counterrevolution against California liberalism as represented in the public's mind by Pat Brown and leftist civil-rights and anti-war activists.
In two years, conservative Ronald Reagan ousted Brown from the governor's office, campaigning on, among other things, his strong opposition to the Fair Housing Act. Once the courts killed Prop. 14, Reagan vowed to scuttle the act.
But Reagan was evolving politically and, despite his rhetoric, really didn't try very hard.
Assemblyman Bill Bagley, a Republican moderate from Marin County who had opposed Prop. 14, was appointed by Democratic Assembly Speaker Jesse "Big Daddy" Unruh to chair a committee tasked with retooling the act as Reagan and the electorate presumably demanded. But Reagan privately let Bagley know that it would be just fine with him if the act was left intact.
"I simply never convened the committee," Bagley recalled to me last year. "I saved the act. Reagan never thanked me, but he'd never have been in position to run for president if he'd killed it."
There's a Dodgers-Clippers symmetry, of course, that illustrates perhaps the biggest evolution from racial bigotry to equal opportunity.
Dodgers honcho Branch Rickey, back when the team played in Brooklyn, was the outlier who was criticized for making Pasadena-reared Jackie Robinson the first black major league baseball player. Now 67 years later, Sterling is the outlier team owner who makes a fool of himself by asking his friend not to hang with blacks. It shows how public attitudes have progressed.
Sterling's words may sting. But his racist actions are blunted because most people — and our laws — have turned against bigotry.
Thank you for reminding us, Mr. Sterling. Now sell the team.


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New graduate midwives in Victoria are facing great difficulties in securing employment.
A facebook site has been set up to support student midwives who do not have a 'graduate year' position available to them. The fb group lists 44 as students without a grad year, and a couple of hundred 'friends', all since the site was created a week or so ago.
Midwives Australia has put out a press release, calling on the Victorian Health Minister, Hon David Davis, to intervene on a range of maternity issues, including this one. "... due to a lack of funding 60% of newly graduated midwives have not been offered a 'graduate place' in maternity units across Victoria."
A student who spoke to me said that there were some graduate places in private maternity hospitals, and country hospitals. There are a limited number of graduate places in the level 3 and level 2 teaching hospitals in Melbourne and large regional cities, and these places are quickly filled when offered.
Here are a few points that to me are obvious, but probably need to be stated:
- there's a need for consolidation of learning when new midwives graduate. The 'grad year' is the usual pathway.
- midwives who complete a grad year in a teaching hospital are more likely to be employed in other hospitals, as the scope of learning opportunities is thought to be greater.
- virtually all hospital jobs in midwifery have aspects of 'medicalisation' of childbirth, which conflict with international midwifery standards of optimal practice
- private hospitals in Victoria are owned and controlled by obstetricians, who usually have an expectation that the midwife is an assistant or a nurse, not a professional in her own right
- midwives who have graduated with a Bachelor of Midwifery (B Mid) degree, who do not also have a degree in Nursing, may be unable to gain employment in rural hospitals, as the workload requires both nursing and midwifery
- many graduates of B Mid courses have a preference for primary maternity care, and would like to set up their own private practices. There is a VERY limited career pathway for Victorian midwives to enter private practice, particularly if earning a living is a significant element in making career choices.
I hesitate to attempt to comment on a very complex problem. While the ideal for a new graduate who has grasped to importance of a trusting relationship between each woman and her known midwife, to work in a group practice with well established mentors, that option may not be available to most. The majority of newly graduated midwives need to find employment in mainstream maternity services.
I would not speak against going to country hospitals, if they are offering grad places. Moving out of your comfort zone, and experiencing life from a totally different place, can help establish a person in their professional identity. Every woman giving birth needs a midwife - whether that midwife is with her briefly in labour, or encouraging her through challenging days postnatally as part of shift work, or as her known midwife.
In a similar way, I do not see private hospitals as something to be avoided. About 30% of births in Victoria are in private hospitals.
Every birth represents a woman, and her child(ren). Maternity care that is 'woman centred', and midwifery that is 'with woman', accepts the woman as and where she is. Women are 'patients' in hospitals of all descriptions because that's the world we live in. A midwife who finds a way to be 'with woman' will consolidate her knowledge of midwifery, and establish a strong professional identity, regardless of the place of employment.
My personal journey has included twelve years of part time night shift work, at the Women's, then at St Georges hospitals. During these years my children were growing up, and I needed to put them first. I used to long for the day when I would be able to work with individual women, and when the opportunity for private practice came I claimed it eagerly. During the early years of being self employed I worked 'bank' shifts for private hospitals - Mitcham and Knox.
If there are students and new graduate midwives who read this, who are fearful about your own journey into midwifery practice, I encourage you to speak with experienced midwives, and consider all your options - not just what you see as the ideal. You see, we don't live in an ideal world. We must always navigate unexpected obstacles in life's journey. In learning how to live with uncertainty, and how to maintain your vision while taking necessary steps towards your goal, you will develop personal strengths that cannot be learnt any other way.
Thank you so much Joy for your support and guidance. What you have written is accurate in that "what will the students do"?We are all working hard together to create options. A unity of old and young, able to move away from Melbourne and those that have families and commitments that do not offer the opportunity of anywhere else other than Melbourne.
The figure appears to be 66% of students that do not have a graduate year.
I think it is very important to note that, as you stated, ALL women need a midwife. Our skills give us the ability to be "with woman" in the best way we can. The ability to support and assist in breastfeeding is such an important tool to a midwife. There is much we can do, this includes private hospitals. What all students must remember is that one year of experience will open up a very different set of opportunities employment-wise. For me? Should I be offered a position in a private hospital? Although not what I had planned, I will take the position and be grateful for the opportunity and do my best for a year.

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Running across nicknames and name variations as you research is always a challenge. You can hope that the legal records will list the person's real name, but if you use newspapers, diaries, or personal reminiscences, you might run across shortened names such as Jack (John? Jackson?), Bert (Albert? Herbert? Hubert?), or Nellie (Cornelia? Eleanor?). Sometimes, these shortened names become the real names of descendants (Hamilton is called Hammie, then a great-nephew is christened Hammie). The hard ones are those that can be a name or define a relationship (Sissy for Cecelia or sister). Nicknames can describe physical appearance (Red, Shorty), or some other characteristic (Lucky or Tex). First and middle names could be switched at will, or new names adopted, as with a Queenie and a Narcissa who both changed their names to Mary. Nicknames provide an added dimension to an ancestor, so remember to check all of the possibilities.
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Setting the Stage for Climate Negotiations
This month, a group of enthusiastic Yale students will take part in the ongoing drama of climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar. They will participate in the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the global stage where countries have been meeting to tackle climate change since 1992. While the experience will be new for the students, seasoned diplomats are prepared for a familiar scene: from Cancun to Durban to Doha, efforts to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change and prevent harm to millions of vulnerable people around the world have instead turned into deliberations over the process itself.
Even if developed countries were in full compliance with their Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas mitigation pledges, the global average temperature would only be reduced by 0.03°C by 2100. It turns out that this would not be enough to prevent severe economic, environmental, social, political, and cultural consequences from being felt around the world.[1] Small island nations, in particular, will face existential threats that include off-island migration and the massive displacement of people.[2] Failure to reach agreement threatens to render the UNFCCC a mere rhetorical aspiration.
The Doha conference presents an opportunity to buck the intractability of the negotiations. At the previous COP in Durban, countries declared that they would "raise the level of ambition"[3], and, at the same time, they created an open-ended structure for future agreements. The future agreement, to be negotiated by 2015, may either be a "protocol, legal instrument or outcome with legal force"[4] and will start to become formulated at Doha. The concept of "common but differentiated abilities" isn't mentioned in the Durban Platform, however, meaning that the official division between developed and developing countries isn't as clear as it once was in Kyoto Protocol and the UNFCCC.[5] This opens up a potential avenue for change. In the words of the climate change scholar Daniel Bodansky, "[The Durban Platform] is an empty vessel that can be filled with whatever content the parties choose."[6] All in all, the future pathway of negotiations remains uncertain.
Last month, we visited met with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figures, who shared some of her insights as to the keys for success in Doha:
- The negotiations in Doha are an opportunity for countries to extend the Kyoto Protocol and will help pave the way for a new treaty regime.
- Consumers, civil society, and the private sector must play important roles in reaching the low-carbon economy.
A closed-room conversation with Ms. Figueres gave us a chance to ask frank questions that were of interest to the up-and-coming diplomats in the room. She started off with a discussion of where we currently are at in the negotiation process, noting that progress has been made despite the fact that movement has been, in her words, "excruciatingly slow." However, she was cautiously optimistic overall and thought that the future offers a critical chance to change the psychology of the UNFCCC process; participants must go from a perception of "burden-sharing" to one of "opportunity-sharing." At the next conference, a Doha Amendment will be needed to bring about the "seamless continuity" of the climate regime for all countries, including a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol.
Ms. Figueres also advocated a more decentralized and approach to solving the climate problem. She told us that we can't leave all of this work to governments—consumers, civil society, and the private sector are essential to making the new low-carbon economy a success. She urged us to change our personal habits by re-evaluating our transportation means, electricity demands, and purchasing choices. As our time with her drew to a close, she called on all of us to take personal responsibility and holistically change our carbon-consumptive lifestyles. "Move it!" she said, as she banged on the table. "This country is paralyzed! The problem is going to be in your laps."
Though most citizens will not have the opportunity to attend an international climate change negotiation or meeting, they may nevertheless wield power through influence on politicians, delegates, and the nature of the negotiations. Looking ahead to Doha, nations face the option of negotiating an outcome more ambitious than the Durban Platform that takes the commitment to prevent dangerous climate change seriously or continue the pattern of "a meta-negotiation about what to negotiate."[7] By raising public awareness, consciousness, and activism, participants at both the "top" and "bottom" hope to make people rather than process the focus of negotiations.
[1]William D. Nordhaus & Jospeh Boyer, Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming, 152-153 (2001).
[2]Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. p. 845-870. Accessed online.
[3]The Durban Platform (CP.17), Paragraph 6.
[4]The Durban Platform (CP.17), Paragraph 4.
[5]Daniel Bodansky, "The Durban Platform Negotiations: Goals and Options," Viewpoints, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. July 2012.
[7]Daniel Bodansky, "The Durban Platform Negotiations: Goals and Options," Viewpoints, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. July 2012.


text: M&A Intelligence Report 2016 Share this 6 JUN 2016 Following on from the success of last year's European M&A Intelligence Report DLA Piper has launched its first Global M&A Intelligence Report. Last year's report was based on our analysis of a sample of 200 European M&A 2014 transactions. This year's report is based on a review of 500 deals across the US, Europe and Australia. It looks at the differences between jurisdictions and types of buyers, analyses the changes over the last year and provides comprehensive information on key deal terms. Some of the findings supported what most of us probably suspected was the case - other findings are more surprising. How popular are auctions? Has locked box replaced completion accounts? What warranty liability cap is typical? Private equity houses are canny sellers but what are they like as buyers? How do private equity and strategics differ in their approach to key deal terms? Our report answers these questions and provides the statistics to support them. Not only does the report cover the types of deals and process, it provides an insight into earn outs, financial limits around warranties including cap and basket and at least ten other key aspects of an M&A transaction, and as such really does offer an informed insight to the question of 'what is market'. Clients have already been invited to attend any one of the 18 launch events held across the globe but if you are active in the M&A space and would like an opportunity to discuss the report's findings in more detail with us then please contact us.


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Edwin Jackson et al for St. Louis. Shaun Marcum for Milwaukee. They met in Game Two. St. Louis won 12-3. Cardinals win this time, and they're World Series bound. Cardinals lose, and they're bound for a Carpenter vs. Gallardo deciding seventh game.
Responded Emeritus when asked how his Redbird soul feels today, "Terrified, as usual. It's ridiculous that Cardinals have made it far, so it should feel like house money ... but it totally doesn't." Must be nice.
Fear isn't a factor for Cardinals [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Brewers hope for home renewal [Journal Sentinel]


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What to do in Syria? Western military intervention looks fraught with difficulties, but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is producing greater instability by the week. A recent trip to Turkey and Russia has persuaded me that there might be a path forward. The pressures on Bashar Assad's regime are real and mounting; it is running out of cash and now faces real military pressures from Turkey. These pressures could be heightened and combined with smart diplomacy, and they could push Assad out of power. But that would mean trying to work with the Russian government rather than attacking it.
The U.S. has been bashing Russia for shielding Assad, coddling an ally at the cost of human lives and arming the Syrian military. Some of this is true, some false, and much is exaggeration. But all is unhelpful if the goal is to oust Assad. Unless the U.S. intends to ask Iran for help, Russia is the only country with any influence with the Syrian regime.
The first thing to realize is that Russia's ties to Syria are limited. U.S. officials and much of the Western media keep repeating the mantra that the Assad regime is a crucial ally of Moscow's. This is a vast exaggeration. Syria was a client of the Soviet Union's, but as with many other Soviet allies, that relationship collapsed with the USSR. The economic ties are weak; Russia is Syria's ninth largest trading partner, accounting for just 3% of Syrian trade. Syria's largest trading partners are the European Union, Iraq, China and Saudi Arabia (which has three times as much trade with Syria as Russia does). The political bonds between Damascus and Moscow do not seem tight either. Assad's first trip to Moscow took place five years after he became President--not exactly the behavior of a crucial ally. His first trip outside the Middle East was to Paris, which he has visited more frequently. The next year he visited London. He vacationed with Turkey's Prime Minister on the Black Sea.
The Russian naval base at Tartus in Syria is often described as highly strategic. Yet the Russians don't ascribe much importance to it, not in their words, actions or cash. The port is rarely used and has been allowed to crumble. When Russia's only operational aircraft carrier visited earlier this year as part of a flotilla, no dock could accommodate it. No Russian ship is based there.
Russia is the main arms exporter to Syria and sells the regime a significant amount of hardware every year. Russian officials told me exports were about $150 million annually; many outside estimates suggest the figure is much higher. But in any event, last year Russian arms deliveries to Syria were a tenth of its deliveries to India, a quarter of its deliveries to Vietnam, less than a third of those to China and less than two-fifths of its deals with Algeria. Moscow exports more arms to Egypt than to Syria.
Russia's ties to the Syrian military are real, however, and could be very useful to the West. Moscow could reach out and make Syrian generals understand that they could preserve the military in some form if they assisted in dislodging the regime and moving to a democratic framework. That is essentially what the Egyptian military has done, and while the revolution there has not been perfect, it has certainly been preferable to a long and bloody civil war in that country.


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A significant missing piece stepped on the court Saturday at the Lakers' practice facility, providing a psychological jolt to a team inching to climb out of the Western Conference cellar.
In what marked his first full practice since shattering his left Achilles tendon seven months ago, Kobe Bryant joined the Lakers for a series of five-on-zero drills, strategy and shooting work.
Lakers forward Pau Gasol described the setting as "very contained" considering the sensitivity surrounding Bryant's injury. But Gasol described Bryant's progress as a "great step forward" for obvious reasons.
"He looked really good. He looked like Kobe," Gasol said. "I was very happy to see him and I'm looking forward to seeing him do more out there."
Bryant has increased his on-court activity recently to running and light shooting, though the Lakers (4-7) haven't offered a timetable on his return. But Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni expressed doubt this week that Bryant would play before Thanksgiving.
Should that happen, Bryant would miss at least five more games, including home games against Detroit (tonight), Golden State (Friday) and Sacramento (Sunday) as well as road games in Washington (Nov. 27) and Brooklyn (Nov. 28).
"That's a guy whose presence you can't replace," Lakers guard Jordan Farmar said. "He got out there today and changed the tone on his first day back with us. It's exciting to see. I'm looking forward to having him there. It'll benefit everybody."
Bryant hasn't spoken to reporters since nine days ago in Houston. But he told NBA TV in a recent interview that he'd already be on the court had the Lakers been in the playoffs.
"I don't know how effective I'd be, but I would play," Bryant told NBATV. "The fade-away still works, the ball-handling and being able to post.
"Those are things that I can do right now. But it's not the playoffs."
Therefore, Bryant has tried perfecting the balancing act between staying patient with his recovery while staying motivated with what he called "the low-hanging fruit" surrounding the ongoing uncertainty about his return.
"That's right there," he said. "It's very easy to get me going, hearing what everybody says and the countless times they write me off. That's, like, really, really easy to hit that switch."
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Within a week span, New Orlean's Anthony Davis (32 points), Denver's Timofey Mozgov (23 points) and Zach Randolph (28 points) carved up the Lakers' interior defense like a Thanksgiving turkey.
Whether it's a rising star (Davis), an established veteran (Randolph) or a third-string center (Mozgov), the Lakers have established a pattern where they've allowed the opposing team's frontline players to bully them inside.
That's why D'Antoni sounded resigned when informed the Pistons average a seventh-best 41.4 points in the paint, led by Greg Monroe (16.5 points per game), Josh Smith (16 points) and Andre Drummond (12 points).
"That's not good," D'Antoni said. "We have to do a good job of the bigs showing up and guarding the rim."
Gasol, who has struggled in that area, downplayed the trend.
"NBA guys' starting lineups are pretty talented," Gasol said. "Hopefully we do a good job containing them. (Against Memphis), we did a pretty good job. They just hit tough shots down the stretch.
"We just have to counteract, play to our strengths and have an effective gameplan on the other end.
Follow all the latest Lakers news on Mark Medina's Inside the Lakers blog.


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Fitch strips Britain of triple-A credit rating
Move considered an embarrassment for Britain's Conservative-led government
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Files/Reuters
Britain's credit standing took a further blow today when Fitch Ratings became the second international agency to strip the country of its top-notch credit rating.
Fitch trimmed the rating to AA-plus from AAA, citing a weaker economic and fiscal outlook. But it returned the outlook to "stable", removing the threat of any further rating action, at least in the near term.
"Despite the loss of its 'AAA' status, the UK's extremely strong credit profile is reflected in its 'AA+' rating and the stable outlook," Fitch said in its statement.
Sterling fell against the dollar after the news.
Fitch's move is an embarrassment for Britain's Conservative-led government which promised to slash the deficit and protect the country's rating when it took power in 2010.
Moody's was the first agency to downgrade Britain in February and Standard & Poor's has said there is at least a one-in-three chance it will follow suit.
Sluggish economic growth has pushed the government's deficit reduction programme several years off track, leading to criticism that its harsh austerity programme is being counter productive. Even the International Monetary Fund, once a key ally in the case for fiscal austerity, has urged Britain to consider slowing the pace of deficit cuts.
Finance minister George Osborne admitted last month that growth this year would be half the level previously assumed and public debt would rise for several more years.
Fitch's downgrade will be seized upon by critics of the government's austerity policy, but market reaction is likely to be more muted. France and the United States have both been stripped of their triple-A rating by more than one agency without any major loss of investor confidence.


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Havelock's bid for a state basketball championship came to an end, as did the coaching career of Bill Fryczynski.
FAYETTEVILLE � This isn�t the ending Havelock boys� basketball coach Bill Fryczynski had hoped for.
But, it�s the furthest this program has gone since the 1991-92 season.
The Rams lost to Wilson Hunt 68-60 in the 3A Eastern Regional semifinals on Wednesday at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville.
�The last time I was involved in a final eight, I was 22 years old and in college. This reminded me of that,� Fryczynski said. �You have the big venue, people wanting to talk to you all the time.
�I will remember this to my dying day.�
After 13 seasons as head coach, Fryczynski was on Havelock�s sidelines for the final time.
The sixth-seeded Rams (19-7) finish the season with 19 wins, including victories in 19 of 21 games since the football players returned in December.
�It is a tough way to end a season but everybody goes through it except the one who wins the whole sha-bang,� Fryczynski said. �We had a great run and accomplished things that no other Havelock team has accomplished in quite a while.
�I�m proud of how we conducted ourselves this season.�
Kyran Bowman scored 30 points, but was 1-of-9 from 3-point range, and pulled down 12 rebounds. Brother Micheal Bowman scored 12.
The Rams have just three seniors on its roster. Twin brothers Jordan and Julian Cuthbertson accompanied Fryczynski to the post-game press conference.
�It hurts a little bit, knowing we got this far and were so close,� said Julian Cuthbertson, who scored three points. �These guys have the will to win and they want to be great.�
Kyran Bowman scored 17 points in the first half, keeping the Rams within four points at halftime.
A 3-pointer by Bowman cut Havelock�s deficit to 19-13 after the first eight minutes. The Rams closed the gap to two late in second quarter, but settled for a 34-30 deficit at halftime.
Third-seeded Hunt (24-3) outscored Havelock 14-7 in the third quarter to build an 11-point advantage.
Havelock trimmed Hunt�s lead to 65-60 with 18 seconds remaining, but the Warriors converted their free throws in the waning seconds to seal the win.
�It�s a tough way to go out,� said Jordan Cuthberton. �I know these boys will be back. These are some of the hardest boys I�ve ever played with.�
Havelock turned the ball over 21 times and were outrebounded 40-37.
�That�s the name of the game,� Fryczynski said. �When you get past the first round of the state playoffs, you don�t have any cupcakes left. When it comes down to this level, it�s a matter of mistakes, making stops and having the will to win. We had the will to win. We just made too many mistakes.�
Havelock�s defense forced 26 turnovers, but the Rams were 4-of-20 from 3-point range.
Josh Willingham led Hunt with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Justin Jefferson scored 17 and Quan Ken scored 10.
Hunt (24-3) plays either Orange or West Brunswick on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the state semifinals at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville.
Havelock 13 17 7 23 � 60
Wilson Hunt 19 13 14 20 � 68
HAVELOCK (60): Kyran Bowman 30, Micheal Bowman 12, Keion Joyner 1, Matt Boykin 3, Jordan Cuthbertson 3, Shondel Granison 9, Jordan Begley 2.
WILSON HUNT (68): Quan Kent 10, Justin Jefferson 17, Keenon Tabron 7, Josh Willingham 18, Jaylen Gilliam 8, Orlando Dickens 4, Dexter Wright 4.
Team statistics: Rebounds � Havelock 37 (Kyran Bowman 12), Hunt 40 (Williamham 12, Wright 10). 3-pointers � Havelock 4 (Kyran Bowman, Boykin, Granison, Jo. Cuthbertson), Hunt 1 (Jefferson). Turnovers � Havelock 21, Hunt 26. Records � Havelock 19-7, Hunt 24-3.
Adam Thompson is a reporter for the Sun Journal.


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The US Treasury department has put out a new presentation on the state of the economy.
It's fairly non-biased in its assessment of things.
The presentation acknowledges that the economy has a lot further to go to get to a real "recovery" but it does point out what the economy has done since the crisis, and what's held it back.
There are some great charts in there on the connection between the unevenness of the recovery and various external factors like the Japanese earthquake, the debt ceiling debacle, and of course Europe.
It spends a lot of time on public sector fiscal drags.
It also attempts to clear up other misconceptions, such as the tax burden (it's not that high) and regulations (which haven't grown very much).
All in all, it's a very useful presentation.


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"This cake is so moist. Enjoy it with a delicious cup of tea or coffee in the morning."
1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
|Can also add 1/4 cup of blueberries if you like
|Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch spring form pan pan.
|In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Mix in 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Spread 1/2 of batter in the prepared pan.
|Prepare the filling: In a medium bowl mix 1/3 cup flour, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and cinnamon. Sprinkle cake batter with 1/2 the filling. Spread second half of batter over the filling, and top with remaining filling.
|Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.


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Mr. Johnson
Miss Larson
"... Man of Understanding"
c`... Who is Wise?"
Climax Convocation
Dr. Olsson
Mr. Gowdy
c`... Insight and Ecstasy"
"...God and Man"
Alumni Recognize Graduates
At Annual Banquet Saturday
In honors convocation Friday
President Carl Lunquist will award
scholarships to achieving students.
College co-valedictorians will
speak for the graduating class,
Paul Johnson delivering "The Man
of Understanding" and Annette
Larson speaking on the topic "Who
Is Wise?" Seminary valedictorian
Kenneth Gowdy will address "God's
Foolishness and Man's Wisdom."
In behalf of the college class
of 1963, class president John
Draws Youth
August 29-31
"Learning Today, Leading To-morrow"
highlights the Quadren-nial
nrovr3m August, 24-31. at Camp
of the Woods on Lake Pleasant
at Speculator, New York.
Reservations are open through
June 15 at conference headquarters
in Chicago.
Principle speakers include Presi-dent
Carl Lundquist, Lawrence F.
Swanson, Maurice Lawson and Wal-ter
Olson. Other Bethel persons on
the program and administrative
staff are Clifford Anderson and
Paul Finlay.
Under the direction of Don Jost
the Quadrennial will feature band,
orchestra, choir and other musical
Days will begin at 6:30 a.m. and
include such activities as Bible
study on II Corinthians, swimming,
skiing and hiking with the evening
bringing skits, campfires, a musi-cal
festival and each night a late
moonlight program.
Three levels of accommodations
are available: rates A—$44, rate
B—$48, rate C—$58; the difference
is mainly in the location. Further
information may be obtained by
writing CYF Quadrennial, 5750 N.
Ashland, Chicago 26, Ill.
CLARION Rates
ACP All-American
For the first time in history, the
CLARION received an All-Ameri-can
honor rating from the Associ-ated
Collegiate Press. Competing
with 35 schools of the same size
all over the country, the first sem-ester
issues of the paper received
one of the three top awards.
Under the leadership of editor-in-
chief Dean Dahlquist, the CLAR-ION
was judged strongest in fea-tures
and layout. News coverage
and photography were also com-mended.
Ratings are made on the basis of
coverage, style, appearance and in-terest
in a comparison among the
papers in each division. Ratings
are made by instructors in journal-ism
representing the ACP.
Holmberg will present their gift
with seminary class president
Walter Shearer presenting for
the seminary graduates.
Band prelude of the "Great Gate
of Kiev" by Moussorgsky and "A
Mighty Fortress is our Gad" by
Luther will begin the program fol-lowed
by Williams' "The Sinfon-ians"
for a processional.
Women's choir under the direc-tion
of Nancy Gustafson, assistant
director, will present "Sing to the
Lord of Harvest" by Willan and
"God Be in My Head" by Davis.
Reading scripture will be Cur-tis
Hallstrom, and Richard Nel-son
will lead in prayer. They are
co-salutatorians of the college
Band recessional of "God of our
Fathers" by Warren will follow the
benediction given by Leonard Cop-pes,
salutatorian of the seminary
On Friday evening at 8 in the
fieldhouse, the commencement mu-sic
festival will feature the grad-uating
senior music majors, the
band, the college choir, the festival
choir, the male chorus and the
women's choir.
Graduating music majors being
featured are Sheila Crabtree,
Vancouver Hosts
Annual Meeting
University of Britsh Columbia
will host the 84th annual meeting
of the Baptist General conference
June 22-26 in Vancouver.
Theme of the conference is
"Christ Our Confidence" taking the
text from Philippians 1:6. Rev.
Dale Bjork, missionary to Japan,
will moderate the conference.
For youth is the Stanley park
pavilion banquet at 7 p.m. on Sat-urday,
June 22. Rev. Harold Carl-son
of Chicago will speak. Tickets
may be obtained at $2.20 from
CYF, 5750 N. Ashland avenue,
Chicago 26, Ill.
Workshops for youth are includ-ed
in the program at the Christian
education congress to be held in
Vancouver before the conference
on June 21 and 22. Registration
price is $2.00 before June 12.
Bethel faculty heading work-shops
are Junet Runbeck, treating
"Techniques of Lesson Prepara-tion"
and "Techniques of Good
Teaching;" Eugene Sprinkel, deal-ing
with the subject of "Attracting
and Teaching Senior High Youth;"
and Paul Finlay, taking the topic
"Bringing the Sunday School and
Home Together."
Commencement activities will
culminate for 108 seniors graduat-ing
from the college and seminary
with three ceremonies on Sunday,
Seminary graduates will initiate
the day's activities with an inves-titure
ceremony at 10 a.m. in the
seminary chapel.
SCHEDULED for 11 a.m. in the
fieldhouse, the baccalaureate ser-vice
speaker will be Rev. Robert
Wells, pastor of the First Baptist
church, Reseda, Calif., whose topic
is "Power To Become."
During the service, C. Howard
Smith will direct the male chorus
in "Let Their Celestial Concerts
All Unite" by Handel and "Great
Is Thy Faithfulness" as arranged
by Sjolund.
Prelude to the commencement
program will be furnished at 2:45
p.m. by the concert band. They
will perform "The Minstrel Boy"
by Anderson, "Sacred Suite" by
Reed, and the processional "Proud
Heritage" by Latham.
Two selections will be presented
by the college choir under the dir-ection
of Robert Berglund: "Psalm
150" by Lewandowski and "Come
Thou, Oh Savior" by Bach.
DR. KARL OLSSON, president
of North Park college and semin-ary,
Chicago, Ill., will deliver the
commencement address, "Mind and
Spirit: Insight and Ecstacy."
Nancy Gustafson, Richard Nelson
and Shirley Root. Mrs. Crabtree
will sing "My Jesus Is My Lasting
Joy" by Bach. Miss Gustafson has
chosen "Two Moravian Songs" by
Dencke for her selections. Nelson
will play "Spoon River" by Grain-ger.
And Mrs. Root will perform
"Etude un Sospiro" by Liszt.
Lee's "The Face of Moses
Shone" and "Sheep And Lambs"
compose the numbers by the wo-men's
"Chorale and Alleluia" by Han-son,
"Proud Heritage" by Latham
and "Sea Pieces" by MacDowell in-cluding
"From a Wandering Ice-berg,"
"Starlight," "Song" and "To
the Sea" will be played by the
"Make a Joyful Sound" by Davis
and "Jesus Walked This Lonesome
Valley," a Negro spiritual, are the
male chorus selections. The col-lege
choir is singing "Jesus Our
Savior, God's Incarnate" by Bruck-ner
and "I Hear A Voice A-Prayin,"
a spiritual.
Festival choir will sing "If Ye
Love Me, Keep My Command-ments"
by Tallis, "Cry Out And
Shout" by Nystedt and "Thou
Life of Life" by Tehesnokov,
with Marshall's "Awake My
Heart" concluding their num-bers.
Conductors are Julius Whitinger
and Shirley Root for the band, Ro-bert
Berglund and Bruce Leafblad
for the college choir, C. Howard
Smith and Ed Anthony for the
male chorus, Julius Whitinger and
Nancy Gustafson for the women's
choir and Oliver Mogck for the
festival choir.
Concluding the program will
be a hymn of dedication, "I Lay
My Sins of Jesus" by Englebrekt,
sung by the college choir, and
the presentation of the new
"Bethel Hymn" written by Julius
Marshals for the activities will
"Called To Be Sorvants" is the
theme of the annual alumni ban-quet
to be held Saturday at 6:30
p.m. in the fieldhouse.
Guests for the banquet include
this year's graduating classes from
the college and the seminary, mem-bers
of the freshman class and
representatives from the class of
HIGHLIGHT of the evening's pro-gram
will be a panel discussion
moderated by Dr. Virgil Olson.
Discussing the theme of the ban-quet
will be Jim Spickelmier, pre-sident
of the college student sen-ate;
Dr. Clifford Larson, dean of
the college; and Rev. Albert Wind-ham,
pastor of Bethany Baptist
Entertainment during the din-ner
hour will be provided by a
girls' trio composed of Anita
Bennett, Nancy Gustafson and
Judy Van Wambeke; a piano solo
by Shirley Stearns Root; a sem-inary
quartet of John Ander-son,
Bud Malmsten, Jim Nelson
and Dick Wiens; and a presenta-tion
by Ronn Veenker.
Chairman of the alumni council
Dr. Richard Burton will welcome
the seniors and also recognize
those 25-year alumni and 50-year
alumni present. The two remain-ing
50-year alumni are Rev. Ellis
Eklof, Minneapolis, and Mr. Johan
Isak Berg, Norwood, Mass.
Including freshmen among the
invited guests for the banquet
marks a new policy from the alu-mni
office. Under the new pro-gram,
the graduating senior class
this year will be invited to return
to the alumni banquet when this
year's freshman class graduates in
ALUMNI DIRECTOR Bob Ricker
expressed the hope that this ar-rangement
would increase alumni
involvement in activities of the
school, thereby strengthening the
alumni organization.
Preceding the banquet, alumni
will meet for an informal lunch-be
Robert Sorley, honor student
from the college junior class and
Victor Winquist, honor student
from the seminary junior class.
At 4:30 p.m. graduates and their
guests will meet for a reception on
the lawn adjacent to Bodien resi-dence.
eon in the college coffee shop di
12 noon, following which they
will tour the new campus site.
Graduates, parents and alumni
are invited on this tour, and buses
will be leaving from the parking
lot at 2:30 p.m.
Choir Grants
Eight Vocal
At the spring awards convocation
eight college choir members will
be awarded assistance covering
one-half the cost of voice lessons
for one school year.
Each year the college choir will
make eight awards available to
college choir members with at
least one year of experience.
By offering this assistance, the
college choir seeks to raise the
overall musical ability of the choir
by developing the ability of in-dividual
members, to stimulate in-terest
in the music program at
Bethel on the part of students and
prospective students, and to make
available to financially needy mem-bers
the opportunity for vocal
Applications are considered on
the basis of musical potential, fin-ancial
need and spiritual leader-ship.
Try-outs for the college choir,
male chorus and women's choir
will be held during finals week,
May 27 - 29. Necessary informa-tion
will be posted on the music
bulletin board across from the
post office.
Bethel College Learning Resource Center the CLARION
Volume XXXIX—No. 26
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, May 21, 1963
Graduation Exercises
Honor Seniors Sunday
Commencement Festival
To Be Presented Friday
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Integrating Faith and Culture
Challenges Christian Student
Dear Editor,
Yes, spring is here and with it
spring sports, including track. Yes,
we do have a track team. The stu-dents
haven't heard much about
them this year? It's probably be-cause
they aren't interested enough
in Bethel to find out what its track
team is doing. The tremendous
turnout at the triangular meet with
Stout State and River Falls was
greatly appreciated.
Both of our sports fans, two
Bethel "lovelies," had to assist in
regulating the meet because of the
apathy of the Bethel "men." The
student body can't even get enough
men out to act as officials, let a-lone
provide the depth needed to
win a meet.
Consider the thoughts of the
opposing coach when he was ask-ed
by our coach to help by judg-ing
the shot put because a school
of 700 couldn't provide ten men
to help run the meet.
Bethel did get 14 men out for
track. This number is far from
sufficient. It is necessary for the
coach to decide during the meet
what events an athlete should en-ter.
Most men on the squad partici-pate
in at least three events. Sev-eral
members, trying to gain a
maximum number of points for the
team, participate in as many as
five or six events.
Under these conditions the
coach evaluates the opposition
and sometimes changes the
events an athlete runs in so he
won't waste his strength in some-thing
in which he isn't likely to
place. This strategic placing of
athletes is good coaching.
For those of you who have never
seen a track meet don't get the
wrong impression from the con-eluding
paragraph in the last
Sportlight column. A track team
does not join hands in the middle
of the field, shout words of en-couragement
to each other, and
gallop frantically to their events.
The statement that "A track
squad probably depends more on
teamwork than any other sport" is
ridiculous. Of all sports, track is
one of the most individual.
Perhaps it is good though, that
Bethel doesn't over-emphasize ath-letics
lest we get a reputation for
being an athletic institution. This
would be a severe handicap to the
Bethel students who have time for
only academic pursuits.
Mike Rynkiewich
Art Dykstra
Dear Editor,
The sports column in the last
issue of the CLARION led the
average reader to draw some false
conclusions concerning this year's
track squad. Admittedly we have
not had a successful season in
winning meets and there is room
for improvement, but some rather
erroneous and destructive views
were taken on the situation.
As a representative voice of the
team I must tell you we are not
an apathetic squad and we give our
coach a unanimous vote of confi-dence.
To gain a real understanding of
the track situation you must be
more than the casual observer tak-ing
in a meet; you must appreciate
some of the difficult conditions the
team is forced to operate under.
Factors such as schedule con-flicts
with team practice hours,
lack of depth in talent, lack of ex-perience,
not having our own prac-tice
area, and lack of athletic schol-arships,
pose real hardships. We
by Jim Spiceland
Christian college students in mid-twentieth
century are faced with
many obstacles and a few challen-ges
that are genuinely exciting.
Not the least of these challenges
is the communication of the gospel
of Christ in such a way that its
life-changing message of redemp-tion
is understandable to our con-temporaries.
As we who are the emerging
generation of mid-century look
back over our times we observe
that our elders have made the
Christian church into a sort of sub-culture,
a society set apart from
other men so completely that it
seems to fear that any honest ef-can
only strive to make the most
of our conditions.
Track is primarily an individual
sport, yet it is also a team effort.
When the final scores are tallied,
the win or loss in charged to the
team. Even though before a meet
each team member has been told
exactly what events he will par-ticipate
in and what is expected
of him, there come times in the
course of a meet when the coach
must rearrange and juggle his en-tries
at the last minute to get the
best possible point production from
the available material.
I'm sure each squad member
would unhesitatingly perform any
task our coach would require of
him. We would do this not only
out of respect for our coach but
primarily to be a more effective
witness for Christ.
Dave Hagfeldt
Dear Editor,
We as intramural managers do
not feel that Mr. Allison's criticism
of the intramural program is justi-fied.
His satirical comments seem
to stem from a desire to be contro-versial
rather than from a desire
to be objective in his criticism.
Unfortunately Mr. Allison pre-sents
only what he terms to be the
weaknesses of the intramural pro-gram
rather than also presenting
evidence to show that the intra-mural
program has been much im-proved
over the past year.
He maintains that the objective
of gaining the participation of all
men students and staff members
is "sheer nonsense." Yet he fails
to mention that Bethel's intramural
program is as inclusive as those of
any Minnesota college. This in it-self
lends more students an op-portunity
to participate since there
are very few students who can say
fort for interaction will result in
a secularized church.
CONTEMPORARY ART, music,
and other forms of creative ex-pression
are looked upon with con-siderable
apprehension, while the
artistic expression of one hundred
years ago or before is considered
healthy and good.
There are doubtless many good
reasons for this thinking, but we
can see also many reasons why it
is inadequate in our situation.
Among the most significant of
these reasons is the very nature of
the Christian message which drives
us to loose ourselves of all non-essentials,
such as out-moded lan-guage,
customs and ideas. This
that they do not have an interest
in at least one of the sports offer-ed
by Bethel's intramural pro-gram.
Mr. Allison also asserts that "the
recruiting system, centered around
the first objective of participation
by all has resulted in a weak pro-gram,
especially in the area of
team sports." But he fails to men-tion
that our flag football program
was more successful than ever be-fore,
and that for the first time a
softball program has been intro-duced
to intramurals. Also such
individual sports as wrestling, ten-nis,
badminton and paddleball have
enjoyed more success this year
than ever before.
He says that "not everyone with
team membership is participating"
(which is true), "so why should
everyone belong to a team." He
seemingly overlooks the fact that
many have conflicts with regard
to outside jobs and studies which
are probably the primary reason
why some students do not partici-pate
in any activity.
His suggestion for a revamped
intramural program is somewhat
nauseating since it would result
only in making those who do not
participate in intramurals become
more acutely aware of their lack
of athletic ability. Undoubtedly
there are weaknesses in the intra-mural
program, but it is indeed
unfortunate that the author re-stricts
himself to cynical remarks
and naive suggestions for improve-ments.
Gene Brunzell
Dave Buck
Curt Hallstrom
Jim Larson
Dave Peterman
Don Peterson
Dennis Wahlstrom
Jerry Wahlstrom
would be a sincere effort to be
honest with the world and com-municate
to them the simple gospel
of Jesus Christ which can make life
disturbingly meaningful even to
our confused generation.
Phrases such as "Jesus saves,"
"Christ is the answer" are totally
without significance to our genera-tion,
except for extremely negative
connotations with a bungling fana-ticism.
We must re-interpret these
terms if men are to understand
what redemption really is.
TO DO THIS adequately will in-volve
a head-on encounter with the
thought trends, attitudes and hopes
of our generation. Dr. Bernard
Ramm has said, "If you understand
only the Bible, you do not under-stand
the Bible." We must learn
all that this means.
For Christian students to stand
by with an "I told you so" atti-tude
while the contemporary
scene becomes increasingly de-praved
is a tragic misinterpreta-tion
of the life of Christ. He
said that Christians are the salt
of the earth, but salt is not use-ful
if put on a shelf.
This implies that our effort will
also include a re-evaluation of our
attitudes. Re-evaluation does not
mean that we will lose our iden-tity
as children of God, that we
will become so secularized that we
will become impotent.
It means that we must pray for
discernment and then give our-selves
without reservation to the
task of exploring contemporary art,
drama, music, etc. from a Christian
perspective. It may be that along
with the evidences of depravity
that are undeniably present, we
will find some things so refresh-ing,
so exhilerating that we will
not only gain new insights into the
longing of our contemporaries, but
also a new love for them.
When we love them, we will
speak to them as fellows, not as
"souls" and here is where corn-munication
Certainly caution is a primary
value here, and we must be certain
that our motives are sincere ra-ther
than a "passion for the secu-lar."
But the state of our world
calls for an active church that is
willing to take some risks. Even
that fact that positive action is
considered risk may cast a re-flection
on the condition of the
Weeh • •
Thursday, May 23 -
Wednesday, May 29
Finals week. Friday, May 24
10 a.m. Honors convocation. Fieldhouse.
8 p.m. Commencement music festival. Field-house.
Saturday, May 25
12 p.m. Alumni fellowship luncheon. Coffee
2.30 p.m. Tour of new campus site.
6:30 p.m. Alumni banquet. Fieldhouse.
Sunday, May 26
10 a.m. Seminary investiture ceremony.
Seminary chapel.
11 a.m. Baccalaureate service. Fieldhouse.
2:45 p.m. Concert band prelude to corn-mencement.
3 p.m. Commencement. Fieldhouse.
4:30 p.m. Reception. Campus lawn.
Friday, May 31
1:15 p.m. Dining hall closes.
5 p.m. Dormitories close.
Tuesday, August 20
Next CLARION issue.
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic year,
except during vacation and examination
periods, by the students of Bethel college
and seminary, St. Paul 1, Minn. Subscrip-tion
rate $3 per year.
Volume XXXIX
No. 26
Dave Johnson
News Editor
Marilynne Anderson
Feature Editor
Karen Neslund
Sports Editor
Don Allison
Photo Editor
Elizabeth Carlson
Business Manager
Bob Larson
Advertising Manager
Marcia Daniels
Office Manager
Joan Anderson
Circulation Manager
Marilyn Swan
Edward Avey
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
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the CLARION Tuesday, May 21, 1963
Summer Vacation Adds
Learning to Education
Summer vacations are an integral part of the Christian
liberal arts education. Admittedly, vacation represents a break
in the formal academic life of the college and the closely as-sociated
life of the campus community. But each student's sum-mer
has potential learning benefit if he will take advantage
of the situations in which he will find himself. A number of
potentially valuable areas can be mentioned.
Much can be learned through simple observation. Watch-ing
scenery and looking at places and things is an often-men-tioned
and very effective way to learn about our country. Pay-ing
close, evaluative attention to what happens at home and at
church is an excellent way to learn. Camp counseling provides
a chance to observe both campers and other counselors.
No worthy defense can be made for the person who fails
to use the summer to learn through reading. It is natural that
the student, relieved of pressing assignments and tests, will
devote time to sheerly informative as well as devotional and
recreational reading.
Summer vacations offer opportunities to test ideas fostered
in the hothouse environment of the Christian campus. College
students are axiomatically idealistic. Idealism, however, must be
governed by practical reality.
Service of all kinds is the best, most practical way to learn
reality. Christian service through the church is an essential
part of Christian belief, that part which makes faith workable.
Civic or community service teaches lessons and brings exper-ience
making future service and ideas more useful. Being a
helpful member of a family carries many values.
Change in environment also helps the student in the most
valuable experience of all: learning about himself. Such learn-ing
has several aspects. Attitudes altered by a year or more on
a Christian campus will be bent somewhat during the sum-mer.
Assumptions about life will be battered by actuality found
in office or factory. Ideals will be jolted by experience. Beliefs
will be made apparent through increased contact with non-be-lievers.
None of the benefit of anything mentioned here will magi-cally
fall upon the student the minute he steps off the campus.
What is contributed is still the basic ingredient of what is re-ceived.
Each learning experience is meaningful only to those
who involve themselves in careful, thorough, thoughtful in-spection
of himself, other people and what is around him.
Letters to the Editor:
Athletes Criticize Column's Track, Intramural Ideas
George Grizzard as Hamlet and Ellen Geer as Ophelia enact a
scene in "Hamlet," directed by Tyrone Guthrie, which opened May 7
at the Tyrone Guthrie theatre in Minneapolis.
Guthrie Theater Stages
Contemporary 'Hamlet'
by Dan Martinez
Any professional production of Hamlet, considered by many as
Shakespeare's best drama, is subject to scrupulous criticism. The pro-duction
of Hamlet by the Minnesota Theater company directed by
Tyrone Guthfie at the Guthrie theater is a scandal to the classicists.
The drama was set in a contemporary scene. The King and courtiers
were decked in modern cutaways; Hamlet and his companions showed
good Madison Avenue fashions; some of the soldiers wore the uniforms
of East European armies. Flashlights, guns and umbrellas were part
of the props.
The production was not as heavy as is usually performed. It was
perhaps the lightest "Hamlet" ever seen by the majority of the aud-ience.
The audience responded uninhibitedly to the surprisingly ac-centuated
humor in the play, while many well known and cherished
lines were not emphasized.
George Grizzard portrayed stiff self-possessed ivy-league Hamlet,
the image of a modern youth who gives the appearance of maturity and
confidence while committing great blunders. Robert Pastene gave a good
portrayal of a loving father, politician, and fool in his role as Polonius.
The King was faintly portrayed by Lee Richardson.
Insane Ophelia was vividly portrayed by Ellen Geer who emphasized
an element of sexual frustration in her insanity. Jessica Tandy did an
adequate job as Gertrude although her most difficult scene, that in
which she is very affectionate with her son Hamlet, was significantly
modified. Horatio's role was dramatically acted by a Negro, Graham
The production is director Guthrie's non-classical interpretation
of "Hamlet." The contemporary idiosyncracies and innovations, al-though
unorthodox, gave the play a freshness and intimacy which
Shakespeare's contemporaries must have experienced. The acting
complements the directing.
The theater building, designed by Ralph Hanson, has many motifs
which will soon go out of fashion. However, the functional problem of
seating is solved excellently. It is impossible to obtain a "bad" seat in
the theater. Steep seating levels and audience seating on three sides
of the stage is the pattern.
Guthrie theater is surely a great fine arts contribution to Twin
Cities cultural and educational growth.
In keeping with recent tradition on Bethel's campus, and desiring
to do its part to make Bethel college winner of the "Most Polled Cam-pus
in America trophy, the CLARION contributes its questionnaire.
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Bethel faculty find a variety of
experiences facing them this sum,
mer including study, camping and
teaching in summer school.
Mr. Philip Carlson will work
with three other mathematicians
at the University of Minnesota on
the production of a programmed
instruction course in modern alge-bra.
Purpose of their work is to
train high school teachers in con-cepts
which relate to the modern
high school curriculum.
DR. HOWARD DINSMORE will
do research for Minnesota Mining
and Manufacturing in a field in
which he worked before coming to
Bethel. In laymen's language he
will be determining structures of
new compounds through the use
of mass spectrometry.
Dr. Paul Christian has a Na-tional
Science foundation grant
which will enable him to attend
a genetics conference at Fort
Collins Colorado State college in
Mr. Frank Eshelman, also award-ed
a NSF grant, will study at Clare-mount
college in California. His
studies will focus on electromag-netic
theory and quantum mechan-ics.
Leaving St. Paul June 15 by
trailer, he and his family will take
a two-week trip through the sou-thern
United States.
From the Dean's office comes
information that three faculty
members will teach in summer
school. Dr. James Johnson goes to
Syracuse university to teach in the
history department. Mr. Royal
Bloom will teach two graduate sec-tions
in statistics at the University
of Indiana.
DR. JUNET RUNBECK has sev-eral
master's candidates to prepare
for their theses, and will be teach-ing
three courses in psychology at
Pacific Lutheran university in
Washington state.
Drama and oral interpretation
will occupy Mr. Dale Rott at the
University of Minnesota. Present-ing
a paper at the Denver Speech
conference on "Dimensions of
Drama in Protestant Seminaries"
promises a worthwhile exper-
for Graduates . .
Books, Bibles, dictionaries
Scrapbooks & photo albums
Pens & pencils
for those at home ...
Sweatshirts—new kinds &
Kid's sizes, too
Bethel hats—pennants
Lil' stinkers & wee stinkers
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ience along with attendance at
legal and historical aspects of the
the American Education Theater
meaning and status of non-profit
association. organizations and their implica-
Miss Marilyn Starr plans to con- tions toward church-state relations.
tinue her graduate studies in the Dean and Mrs. Clifford Larson
field of guidance at Colorado State leave for Berkeley, California at
college in Greeley. Mr. Gene Glader the end of the summer where they
anticipates more graduate study at will study until April when they
the University of Iowa in physical go to Cambridge university in Eng-education
and school administra- land for further work.
tion. DR. CLARENCE BASS of the
Dr. Roy Butler and his family seminary has been accepted as a
are looking forward to the unusual post-doctoral scholar at Harvard
experience of pastoring a small university during his sabbatical
conference church in northern year. "An Integration of the Psy-
Minnesota. chological Insights of the Nature
UNDERTAKING a new project of Man with the Biblical and Theo-at
Bethel, Dr. Ronald Youngbl000d logical Concept of Man, with Par-will
teach an eight-week course in ticular Reference to the Relation
elementary Hebrew. between Personality and Faith," is
Two of the faculty will be
the title of his studies.
working with the Baptist Joint
Mr. Julius Whitinger antici-
Committee for Public Action. pates French classes along with
Mr. Edward Avey will assist on
his Ph.D. course work at Catho-a
report on "Freedom of Infor-lic
University of America in
mation." He will also take gradu-
Washington, D.C., "one of the
ate courses at the University of
better schools on the east coast
Minnesota. with an excellent music depart-
Dr. Walfred Peterson will be in ment."
Washington, D.C., obtaining a back- Miss Lillian Ryberg, also to take
log of information on various up- a leave-of-absence, will be travel-coming
court decisions. His pos- ing to Brazil with a group of SPAN
sible work will be research on the students.
"To Decide on a Seminary..."
What led Michael Cassidy — born experience Cassidy has had while
and raised in So. Africa, educated studying at Fuller ... one summer
at Cambridge in England—to enroll with the Billy Graham Washington
at Fuller Theological Seminary in Crusade and this past summer as
Pasadena, California? leader of a Fuller student group that
"Circumstances played a part," says
Cassidy, who was welcomed to the
U. S. by a Fuller graduate who read
a letter Cassidy wrote to Billy
Graham New York Crusade in 1957. cessful evangelical crusade in Pieter-
Graham while attending the Billy If you would like to know more about
conducted an outstandingly suc-maritzburg,
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commitment to Holy Scripture."
"At Fuller I have found conviction
on essentials, liberty on nonessen-tials,
and love over all. This has
changed my initial interest in teach-ing
to a greater and greater inter-est
in evangelism. I now intend to
devote my life to evangelical work in
the cities of Africa."
This decision on a life's work is
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Captain Dave Hagfeldt passes the baton to Fred P urcell
running the 440 yd. leg of the record-breaking sprint-medley-relay. Other
members of the relay team were Art Dykstra and Jim Nelson.
Tracksters Capture
Conference Crown
Fred Purcell led Bethel to their second straight Badger-Gopher Con-ference
Invitational victory last Saturday with firsts in the mile, 880
yard and two mile runs. Team totals were Bethel 89% , Northland 60,
Pillsbury 37, St. Paul Bible College 23%, Northwestern (Minn.) 5, and
U. of M. (Morris) 3. The Royals captured nine first places in the fifteen
event meet.
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of you are doing a double take at that last line right about now. You're
probably wondering if I feel all right, especially in view of last week's
column. The truth of the matter is that I believe that you should give
credit where credit is due.
The fellows out there running on Saturday had something I had not
seen in their previous meets. I believe it was something akin to team
spirit. For the first time this year it actually appeared as if they wanted
to take a meet.
I don't know where all this enthusiasm suddenly came from, but
it's for certain it wasn't because of the large crowd that came out
(about ten spectators).
The tennis Royals topped off a successful season with a 6-3 win over
conference rival Northland. Northland, the defending conference champ,
went down as Bethel won four of its singles matches and two of its
doubles matches. George Palke, Ed Carlson, Roger Kingsley and Paul
Wicklund came through with wins in the singles while Carlson and
Kingsley, and Paul and Phil Wicklund came out on top in the doubles
Matches over the last week have seen Royal victories over Con-cordia
twice, 4-2 and a forfeit; Bethany college 8-1 and Northland col-lege
6-3, succumbing only to River Falls 4-5. River Falls had previously
beaten Bethel by a score of 8-1.
George Palke, coming back after an injury, was the only team
member to go undefeated in singles competition. First man John An-derson
held his own against some very rugged competition, with
Wendell Carroll lending a lot of support, losing only two during the
season. Team totals for the season include nine wins to two losses.
Next year's varsity cheerleaders were chosen after try-outs in the
fieldhouse last week by a committee comprised of the athletic council,
varsity team captains, Miss Starr and Mr. Healy.
The girls were selected on total points covering qualities such as
personality, appearance, skill, voice control, etc. The six chosen were
Linda McKelvy, Phyllis Kredit, Phyllis Larson, Linda Olson, Phyllis
Nelson and Pat 1VIcCarrell. Six more will be chosen next fall comprising
a "B" squad.
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The Royals upped their season's
baseball record to 15-7 last week
by taking doubleheaders from
Bethany college and Luther col-lege.
On Wednesday Bethel took
a pair from Bethany by overwhelm-ing
scores of 12-1 and 6-0. Satur-day's
games showed the Royals on
top of Luther by 10-1 and 4-3
In the opener on Wednesday four
runs in the first inning started off
the rout. Before it was finished
Bethel had collected twelve runs
on eight hits, while Curt Hallstrom
and Jerry Moulton held Bethany to
one run on one hit.
John Holmberg and Jerry
Moulton combined in a shutout
pitching performance to win the
second game of the twin bill.
Moulton again added three per-fect
innings after Holmberg had
gone through four innings allow-ing
only two hits.
Bethel scored enough runs for
a victory in the first inning on a
single by Don McKelvy. In the
second Curt Hallstrom smashed a
two run homer to give Bethel a
3-0 lead. The Royals added three
in the fifth on hits by Dave Buck
and Hallstrom.
Bethel took two from Luther on
Saturday, with play halting after
five innings of game number one
after the Royals had compiled a
10-1 lead. Hallstrom was on top
again, gaining his seventh victory
of the year.
Bethel finished a perfect week
with a narrow 4-3 victory. Luther
gained a 2-0 lead in the second,
but the Royals bounced back
with two in the top of the third
and added two in the fourth to
take the victory.
Holmberg, now 7-1, gained his
sixth straight on a fine four-hitter.
Hallstrom continued to hit well
with a two-for-three game. He
drove home the two runs in the
third with a double. Dave Buck
knocked in the other two with a
single in the fourth.
Saturday morning ten brave
Bethel girls left on the annual
girls' intramural canoe trip. They
spent the day canoeing on the beau-tiful
Rum river, beginning their
trip about ten miles up river and
paddling to Cambridge, Minn.
At 9:30 five canoes were launch-ed
by six less than confident first-timers
and four old hands, and
by 3:30 the ten sore-arm "experts"
had beached their canoes.
The girls ate a picnic lunch on
a sandy bank, rested in the sun,
and explored the nearby woods.
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Record breaking events, both won
by the Royals, included the mile
relay (3:45 min.) and the sprint-medley
relay (3:43 min.). The sprint
medley relay consists of two
220's, a 440, and an 880 run;
run in that order by Jim Nelson,
Art Dykstra, Dave Hagfeldt and
Fred Purcell.
Jim Nelson anchored the mile
relay which also included Hagfeldt,
Dave Beek and Dykstra. Nelson
also placed first in the 220 low
hurdles, second in the 120 high
hurdles and third in the broad
Hagfeldt entered seven events,
capturing victories in the 220 and
440 yard dashes with times of 25.1
sec. and 55.4 sec. respectively. Jack
Buss placed first in the shot put
(39' 61/2") and second in the dis-cus
(120 3 1/2").
Art Dykstra placed second in the
220 low hurdles and broad jump
and third in the 120 high hurdles.
Sam Wilson took a second in the
440 while John Dischinger and
Hans Waldenstrom took thirds in
the mile and pole vault respec-tively.
Other winners were Arnold of
Northland in the 100 yd. dash and
the 120 yd. high hurdles, Stevens
of Northland in the high jump,
Carlson and Harju of Northland
in the discus and pole vault and
Phillips of SPBC in the broad
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Vector Tanks was around for at least three years on the iTunes App Store and looked a lot like Battlezone the whole time. It isn't there anymore. Atari recently sent legal papers over to the game's developer, Black Powder Media, which now warns other indie developers that "anything that has even a passing resemblance to an Atari classic" can expect to see a copyright infringement claim.
Atari has responded; Develop, which first noticed Black Powder's statement, says the firm considers its intellectual property portfolio its "most valued asset" and one it must defend.
"While we have great respect for the indie developer community and greatly appreciate the enthusiasm that they have for our renowned properties, we need to vigorously protect our intellectual property and ensure that it is represented in highly innovative games," Atari told Develop in a statement.
Black Powder did not say if it voluntarily removed Vector Tanks and Vector Tanks Extreme or if Apple did so, but the studio did complain that "thanks to their special relationship with Apple, Atari has successfully scrubbed the app store of their perceived competition".
Atari has published Breakout and Asteroids games for Android and iOS devices and says it has plans to publish more of them, ones also developed by indie studios. Doesn't sound like Black Powder Media will be one of them.
Atari: We Need to Defend Our IP [Develop]


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Ok so I modified the chicken cordon blue pretty much from the hungry girl recipe (in case you never look at her stuff, she is like super skinnifier!), but I changed it a little and it is super lean and super delicious.
*2 8 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts
*3 wedges laughing cow lite cheese (I used the french onion flavor. The swiss is probably more traditional to the flavor, but I liked the french onion)
*6 slices canadian bacon
*4 tbs part skim mozzarella
*Salt, pepper, garlic powder, italian seasonings
Pound chicken breasts out to about 1/2" thick. Cut in half to make 4. Season to taste with salt, pepper, garlic powder and italian seasonings. Spread 3 wedges of laughing cow evenly between the 4 chickens. Top with 1 and a half slice each of canadian bacon. Roll up and secure with a tooth pick. Bake in a foil covered dish at 350 for 20 min, remove foil and cook for an additional 15 min, sprinkle each chicken with 1 tbs part skim mozzarella and let finish cooking for an other 5 min. Super easy.
Serves 4 @ 250 calories each so you can eat it with a biiiig serving of...
Any flavor fat free sugar free pudding mixed with 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk. After you mix together, pour into 2 bowls (The recipe says its four servings, but trust me you will want to have half the package and you CAN!) and chill for about 20 min (I put mine in the freezer because I'm impatient, but be careful because it can get icy if you don't watch it). Top with 4 tbs fat free whipped cream (then I mix it all together because it's most delicious that way :O) )and enjoy for 100 calories! Yummmm.
Sorry it's been so long! I'm gonna try to be better!
PS: Walmart sells these new extreme wellness tortillas that have more fiber than carbs and only 70 calories each! I LOVE them!


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Overcoming through Prophecy 3 (video)
Intercession & Prayer
Bible Quotes
He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another; and that you love one another as I have loved you. By this everyone shall know that you are my disciples, if you have love for each other.
And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.


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Forget the spiny cacti and the cowboys on their trusty steeds. Think Los Angeles without the Pacific. Sprawling across more than 500 square miles of what once was cactus and creosote bushes, the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, is home to dozens of resorts, hundreds of golf courses, countless great restaurants, fascinating museums, and a red-hot nightlife scene. However, in the end, it is the sunshine and winter warmth that are the city's biggest attractions.
Things to Do -- Although it's known for its furnacelike summers, actually finding the desert in Phoenix can be a challenge. At the Desert Botanical Garden, marvel at bizarre desert plants from around the world. Hike South Mountain Park or Camelback Mountain to experience Arizona's own Sonoran Desert. For a superb introduction to Native American cultures, visit the Heard Museum, and for a glimpse of the Wild West visit Goldfield Ghost Town, Rawhide, or Cave Creek. March's baseball spring-training camps bring the boys of summer (and their fans) to town.
Active Pursuits -- Ample winter sunshine and more than 200 golf courses mean golfers vacationing in the Valley have plenty of opportunities to improve their handicaps. For wide, forgiving greens, head to such classics as the Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa or the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club. Once you're up to par, tee off at a challenging desert course such as Troon North Golf Club or the Boulders. If you're not a golfer, go take a hike or redefine lounging by the pool as an active pursuit.
Restaurants & Dining -- Beans and black coffee may once have kept cowboys contented, but today, Phoenicians are a bit more discriminating. Savor the flavor combinations of James Beard-award-winning chefs, or troll for dinner at one of the many restaurants along the Scottsdale Waterfront. Wake up your taste buds at Mexican and Southwestern restaurants serving up bold flavors, with or without fire. Cowboy steakhouses offer up both hefty steaks and family fun.
Nightlife & Entertainment -- It wasn't that long ago that a harmonica by the campfire constituted nightlife in these parts, but today, the Valley of the Sun club scene is as hot as, well, Arizona in the summer. Swanky Scottsdale bars and night clubs, such as AZ88, Myst, and Axis/Radius lure the city's hip fashionistas and the occasional Hollywood celebrity. Cowboys, urban and otherwise, can ride off into the sunset and do a bit of boot scootin' at bars such as the Rusty Spur and the Buffalo Chip Saloon.


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Last week, I wrote of strange fiscal shenanigans in the reddest of the red states; like tax increases in Mississippi and increased government spending in Texas. "So," I asked, "why are Texas and Mississippi having serious budget problems? And why are their governors breaking promises about taxes and spending?" There are two answers to that question; one simple answer, and one that delves deep into the mysteries of tax and spend conservatism.
Taxes, Truth & Consequences
So, why are Texas and Mississippi having serious budget problems? And why are their governors breaking promises about taxes and spending? Because the prevailing conservative economic policy in those states hasn't worked.
In the case of Texas, it was just last January that governor Rick Perry touted his state's "balanced budget," which attributed to tax cuts and his efforts as governor to "create a climate where people have the opportunity to succeed." Before the year was out, despite CNBC naming it the "best state for business, Texas budget mess was a bad as California's. Indeed, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities lists Texas among the states with the biggest budget shortfalls projected for 2012, with a $13.4 billion shortfall — second only to California's $25.4 billion shortfall
By June, perhaps out of desperation, budge t woes drove Texas legislators to reconsider some corporate tax breaks. The biggest of those tax breaks, the nearly $1 billion carve out for natural gas, came under scrutiny this past February, as eliminating it could pump millions into the state. That seems an obviously smart move, considering that business tax breaks cost Texas $4.3 billion in its last state budget — about a third of the state's current shortfall. Local governments lost $235 billion in state property tax exemptions.
By August, it was the Texas state comptroller acknowledged that Texas' state budget would show a deficit at the end of the year. The deficit came to light because Texas usually deals with its budge shortfalls the old fashioned way: they borrow the money.
The deficit came to light because of a routine borrowing exercise. Every year, the state borrows money to make up for a cash-flow gap created every autumn, when its bills arrive faster than its revenue. The state normally pays the loan back in the spring and summer, when revenues catch up. But this year, there's a dull-but-important fact hidden in that cash flow estimate: State leaders looked a year ago and determined that the "deep hole" — when the cash-flow demand peaks — would be $7.8 billion. Now, Combs has told the debt markets that the deep hole is actually $10.8 billion, or about $3 billion worse.
Revenues didn't catch up. Revenue forecasts, it turns out were down because "under-performing sales and franchise taxes." The former might be blamed on the economy, as fewer people are working and those who are still working are spending less. But the latter may be a direct result of another Texas tax cut. The state recently change the form of its franchise tax for one that's only raising half the revenue anticipate.
By this January, Texas — which has no individual income tax or corporate income tax, and where the state constitution severely restricts passage of a state income tax — was considering eliminating 8,000 state jobs to avoid raising taxes. Meanwhile the Republican-dominated legislature is scrambling to make up the budget shortfall with "non-tax revenue" — like an increase in college tuition, and higher fees for drivers licenses.
Like Texas, according to the CBPP Mississippi is among the states with considerable budget shortfalls — to the tune of $634 million projected for FY2012. It also tops the states where severe budget cuts have impacted the most vulnerable residents. Saddled with its biggest budget deficit since the Great Depression, according to no less than Barbour himself, the Mississippi governor has responded with many painful cuts.
Mr. Barbour has taken an ax to his state's budget more than five times since September 2009. No agency has been spared, with education, mental health and other areas cut by almost 10% from what was originally budgeted for the 2010 fiscal year that ended June 30. He proposed another 8% to 10% cut for some agencies in 2011, and belt-tightening in 2012 is expected to continue.
At the same time Mr. Barbour has been cutting spending, he has been buoyed by access to more than $2.6 billion in funds from the controversial federal stimulus, which forestalled deeper cuts, and by two tax increases he signed into law. Those will be scrutinized closely by tax-averse GOP primary voters should he run for the party's presidential nomination.
Like his Texas counterpart, Mississippi Governor (and GOP 2012 wannabe) Haley Barbour recently bragged about his state's balanced budget, and claimed to have managed the achievement without "raising anybody's taxes." But, as I pointed out before, the truth is that Barbour raised somebody's taxes. Funny thing is that neither Babour's budget cuts or tax increases has done his state much good, or changed its position at or near the bottom of most state rankings.
What's more revealing, however, is which tax and whose taxes he actually refused to cut. Mississippi is one of two states that currently tax groceries. That is, Mississippi is one of two states that "continue to apply their sales tax fully to food purchased for home consumption without providing any offsetting relief for low- and moderate-income families." (The other is its neighbor Alabama.) In Mississippi, that's a 7% sales tax.
But while Barbour's found some tax increases he does like, he also found one tax cut he doesn't like — a proposed cut in Mississippi's tax on groceries. In 2007, Barbour — a former tobacco lobbyist — claimed "sticking to guns" on his campaign promise, "I'm not gonna raise anybody's taxes," when he opposed a bill that would increase the cigarette tax by $1 while cutting the food tax in half.
The governor's aides and allies say Mr. Barbour is simply sticking to his no-new-taxes promise. "The governor ran four years ago on, 'I'm not going to raise anybody's taxes,' and he hasn't," Mr. Robertson said.
But others, including health officials, say the dichotomy is false. The governor's no-tax pledge, they insist, is at odds with the public good, since most studies show that increasing the cost of cigarettes sharply diminishes the number of smokers.
"We have the worst health indices in almost every category of any state in the country," said Dr. J. Edward Hill, the immediate past president of the American Medical Association and a physician in Tupelo. "Reducing the percentage of citizens who smoke and increasing funding from cigarettes would have tremendous advantages."
Dr. Hill said the issue had become entangled in political ideology. "It's political so-called principle — 'I'm never going to raise taxes on anything' — which is actually also relatively stupid," Dr. Hill said.
If the Texas example illustrates once again the failure of the GOP's "cut and grow" ideology, the Mississippi example illustrates an important truth about what I'm calling "tax and spend conservatism.
It's Not Taxes
Perry's tax cuts and Barbour's tax increases suggest that when it comes to "tax and spend" conservatism, it's not about taxes.
That is, it's not just about taxes. It's about whose taxes are cut, and whose are increased. Which means that in this economic crisis it's all about who picks up the bill, and who doesn't.


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Quantifying the scope of the latest launch from John Deere may be difficult. Do you start with the Machine Synch system that allows a single combine operator to manage the logistics of a field full of tractors pulling grain carts? Or how about a significant combine upgrade that includes the first new cab since 1989? Or maybe it's the new 6R or 9R tractors.
Essentially the company is holding its largest equipment launch in its 174-year history. The launch includes new 5 series utility tractors, 6R series row-crop tractors, 9R and 9RT high horsepower tractors, the new S Series combines, and there will be more surprises when the gates open next week.
It's difficult in a short space to tell the story of the all new equipment Deere is launching ahead of the Farm Progress Show. There was a theme throughout the introduction event that showed how John Deere equipment is incorporating new technologies including FarmSight.
In the video on this page, John Lagemann, vice president, marketing, for the region that includes North America, outlines the significance of the entire launch.
The new combines provide a peek into some of the highest-tech products the company is launching.
Combine rollout
This new combine series includes five machines:
S550 - a Class V machine with 271 horsepower.
S660 - a Class VI machine with 320 hp.
S670 - a Class VII machine with 373 hp.
S680 - a Class VIII machine with 473 hp.
S690 - a Class IX machine with 543 hp.
Engines for the new line are all interim Tier 4 lower emissions engines that Deere says are cleaner burning that include higher horsepower across the line. The bigger machines will need the power to work with new draper headers and a big 16-row corn head.
With that much grain going in, the new machines also feature a 33% increase in cleaning shoe capacity. The Variable Stream rotor is a new option that improves straw quality in rice and high-yielding grains with tough, dense straw.
Spacious, roomy cab
For the operator of the new S Series machines, the cab stands out. This big operator station, with the seat centered for comfort and improved visibility. The control console is expanded with new integrated screens - including an optional Green Star 3 screen that can offer you full control over a range of functions.
And the cab even includes an integrated refrigerator for keeping your lunch, and cold drinks, cool. It's an interesting innovation for the machine. The new cab is 30% larger than its predecessor and is the first significant redesign of a combine cab for the company since 1989.
But where the rubber meets the road, these machines can perform too.
The grain tank ranges up to 400 bushels per acre - for the S680 and S690 - and features an unloading auger that moves 3.8 bushels per second when unloading.
Smart iron at work
The event started with a look at Machine Synch which provides that extended logistics for the combine operator. Once equipped with the right radios, the combine can interface with tractors and carts in a given field. The in-cab display even shows grain tank status, so cart operators will know when to pull up to the combine.
Once a tractor driver pulls into a defined area by the combine, he or she takes their hands off the wheel as the system takes over. The tractor will then track the combine across the field automatically as grain is unloaded in the cart. When unloading ends, the tractor can be released and the driver can move off to take the grain away.
The system will be available early in 2012.
New big tractors
With the advent of new emissions standards, John Deere is reworking tractors too. The 9R - or 9000 series - will range from 360 to 560 horsepower and include five wheeled and three tracked models. And for the first time, the company is offering versions that can be outfitted with scrapers (that option is available in all but the smallest two machines the 360 hp 9360R and the 410 hp 9410R.
The line gets the latest roomy cab, but there's more. Transmission choices include a 24-speed manual shift (only for the 9360R, 9410R and 9460R ag only - tractors) or an 18-speed power shift transmission. The 18-speed gearbox now includes the Efficiency Manager, a control system that when engaged allows the engine computer to keep the tractor moving at the speed you set, but vary the gear and engine speed for improved fuel efficiency. In a demonstration, running at full throttle (about 2,220) at 5 miles per hour, the tractor was burning about 13 gallons per hour. Engage Efficiency Manager, the throttle drops to between 1,400 and 1,600 rpm, maintains the 5 miles per hour and fuel use slides to less than 9 gallons per hour.
This kind of technology was available with the infinitely variable transmission, but now can be had with the big-tractor power shift. The machines feature a range of other advancements including higher 3-point lift capacity, four selective control valves as standard and more.
You can learn more about all the equipment being launched at www.JohnDeere.com.