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The following Agreement (as defined below) is entered into by and between Linemedia Sp.z.o.o., a legal entity registered under the laws of Poland, registered address: Kraszewskiego 6, 33-300 Nowy Sącz, Poland, and you. This Agreement shall enter into force on the day once you have started to use this website. The Agreement and all other documents establishing the rules for the use of this website (hereinafter the "Rules"), are available only in English. Regardless whether you are viewing this website, using it, or buying services provided on this website, your use of the website indicates that you have read the Agreement and the Rules in English, have understood their content, you agree to be legally bound by this Agreement and the Rules.
AUTOLINE Services User Agreement
- This Public Agreement (Agreement and/or Offer) shall govern the relations associated with the use of website autoline.ee (hereinafter, the Website or Websites) between the User and Linemedia Sp.z.o.o., a legal entity registered under the laws of the Poland, registered address: ul. Kraszewskiego 6, 33-300 Nowy Sącz, Polska (hereinafter, the Contractor and/or the Company).
- This Agreement is a public contract, and, if accepted, any capable natural person or legal entity (hereinafter, the User) agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as set out hereinbelow.
- In this offer, unless otherwise is required by the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
- Offer means a Contractor's public offer addressed to any capable natural person and/or legal entity to enter the Public Service Agreement with the Contractor subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, including all addenda thereto and the Privacy Policy;
- Acceptance means full acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Agreement by the User;
- User means any capable natural person or legal entity who has accepted the terms and conditions f this Agreement and who uses the Company's services. On behalf of a legal entity, the Website is used by an authorized official/representative of such legal entity. The term "User" includes as well term/notion "Unregistered User" provided that restrictions the use of the Autoline Services by Unregistered apply. Additional terms and conditions for corporate (dealer) account Users are described in Addendum 1 hereto;
- Unregistered User means any capable natural person or legal entity duly represented by the employee/representative who has not undergone Registration but accepted the terms and conditions of this Agreement by filling in (providing) the necessary information in appropriate forms of the Website solely for the use of all available services of the Website for this category of users, in particular to use such a service as viewing (familiarizing) contact information about other Users registered on the Website, and/or communication with the registered Users for getting additional information concerning any Goods;
- Goods mean a tangible property including the following categories of automotive products: trucks, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers, tank trucks, buses, vans, campers, special vehicles, warehouse machinery, agricultural machinery, street-cleaning machinery, spare parts and equipment, and an intangible property associated with the provision of a service including, leasing, lending, etc.
- Service means any operation associated with the provision of a service that is consumed in the process of committing a particular act or pursuing a particular activity to meet User's needs;
- Autoline Service means all paid and free services rendered by the Contractor through Websites (e.g. including but not limited to all its functions, text, data, information, software, charts or photos, drawings etc.) as well as any other services provided by the Company through the Website services.
- Account means User's electronic account on the Website functional system with which the User can manage its ads on Websites. The account can be used by one User only; and no data may be transmitted to another User (another person) to access the account;
- Registration means User's acceptance of the offer to enter into this Agreement and the procedure whereby the User provides necessary information to use Website services by filling in appropriate forms on the Website. The registration shall be deemed to have been completed once all registration steps have been successfully completed in accordance with the instructions posted on the Website.
- Personal Data means personal data, information, details or a data set about an individual who is identified or may be specifically identified by such data and information;
- Account Blocking is an imposing of restrictions by the Company on the functionality of Autoline Service for a certain account which includes termination of displaying of all ads of such account, termination of the right to and technical possibility to create, place and publish new ads.
- If the User disagrees with the Agreement either in full or in part, the Contractor asks the User to leave this website. These terms and conditions govern use of Websites by the User. Using the Website means that the User has reviewed this Agreement, understands and accepts the terms and conditions laid down herein.
- Use of the Website, after the registration procedure, means that the User has accepted the terms and conditions of this Agreement in full without any reservation or exception. If the User disagrees with any provision of this Agreement, the User cannot use Autoline Services.
- The Company hereby offers Internet Users Autoline Services subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
- The Company offers the User Website services for placing information about Goods with the purpose, including but not limited to the subsequent purchase or sale of various Goods by other Users.
- All transactions shall take place directly between Users. Therefore, the Company shall not be a party to Users' transactions but only provides the trading communication platform for placement of ads.
- Internet Users may view ads posted on the Website without registration.
- Unregistered User is able to use services of the Website available to users of the Website which have not undergone Registration, in particular: viewing ads and contact information of the other Users registered on the Website; communication with the registered Users for getting additional information concerning any Goods.
- User registration on the Website is required for using all Autoline Services. In order to receive Autoline Services, the User shall fill in the form, indicating the actual e-mail address accessed only by the User, password chosen at User's discretion, and other data required for registration. Then the User receives an email with a registration confirmation containing a link to be activated to complete the registration procedure.
- While registering the User shall provide true, accurate and complete information about him/her as required by the registration form and forms contained in My Autoline section of the Website and shall keep this information up-to-date.
- Should false information be provided, the Company may suspend or cancel User registration and/or stop Autoline Services for the User.
- The User may place ads on Websites after the payment has been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 below and once a special form with contact information and details of the Goods offered has been filled in.
- A paid ad shall be placed for 65 calendar days on all Websites and may be re-activated by the User thereafter.
- A message posted by the User on either Website shall be automatically placed on all Websites once technical specifications of such ad have been translated in all website languages.
- Use of Website functions and services by both registered and unregistered Users means acceptance of obligations to follow the rules and guidelines on the use of the Website, including this Agreement.
- The User shall be responsible for all activities using his/her e-mail address and password to access the Websites. The User may use Autoline services only with his/her own e-mail address and password. If data is transferred to another User (another person) to access the account, such account may be blocked at the Company's discretion.
- The User shall keep his/her password confidential and may not disclose it to third parties.
- The User shall promptly change his/her login details used to access Websites, if he/she has a reason to suspect that his/her e-mail address and password used to access Websites have been disclosed or may be used by third parties.
- By placing ads on the Website to sell goods or services, the User shall place information about such goods or services subject to this Agreement and guidelines available on the Website, and shall provide accurate and complete information about the Goods and the terms and conditions of sale thereof. By placing information about the Goods, the User confirms that he/she has the right to sell the Goods or provide the service in accordance with the laws of countries where Goods/services are sold.
- The User guarantees that the Goods offered by him/her meet the quality standards established by the laws of countries to which they are sold and are free from any third party claim.
- The User guarantees that the services offered by him/her, if their provision requires a special permit, will be provided in accordance with the laws of the countries where special bodies are authorized to oversee such User's activities.
- The Company shall have the right to change, suspend or extend the period for demonstration of User's goods or services for technical reasons either under or beyond Company's control. The Company may terminate demonstration of an ad if the User has registered goods or service in violation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or current applicable laws.
- It is prohibited to post incorrect specifications of Goods including the price which does not correspond to the actual selling price. The price must be indicated in full for the whole item.
- A heading of an ad to be placed shall correspond to the text of the ad and should not contain any User's contact or personal details (phone, e-mail or web address).
- Photos showing Goods offered by the User for sale shall correspond to the title and text of the ad. The photo should show only the Goods being offered. Stock photos and/or photos downloaded from the Internet, may not be used.
- The User agrees to refrain from the following actions:
- Post ads in the category that does not correspond to the content of his/her ad;
- Post ads with the description and/or title/photos which are unrelated or unreadable;
- Post ads offering several goods and services at a time;
- Add links to his/her ads to resources containing harmful elements or links on the website home page;
- Post ads about goods or services if such posts may cause violation of applicable laws.
- Ads may be subject to random post- or pre-moderation by Company's representatives.
- It is prohibited to place ads to sell:
- Goods not included in either category for which information is available for publication on the website;
- Goods which are stolen or obtained by illegal means;
- Goods that are dangerous to life and health;
- Goods that do not exist.
- The Company shall have the right to withdraw an ad upon request of the rights holder or the competent government authority. The Company also reserves its right to withdraw any ad believed to be incompatible with the principles and standards of public morality. The decision to withdraw an ad is final and may not be appealed against.
- The website Administration (Company's representatives) may:
- Amend the text of User's ads to correct spelling and punctuation errors provided such amendments do not affect the general sense of the content of the ad;
- Transfer ads to other sections of the Websites if another section is deemed more appropriate for such ad.
- The Company shall not be responsible for the content of ads or hyperlinks to resources listed in the description of Users' ads.
- The Company does not guarantee that information posted on websites by third parties is correct, accurate, detailed or complete. In this regard, the Company disclaims any liability for:
- any failure in operation of the Website;
- any error in operation of the Website;
- causing any injury, damage, loss of information or any other damage to any persons that have arisen while using AUTOLINE Service, including expenses for acquisition of items through Websites, loss of profits, customers or data, and any other financial losses incurred as a result of visiting these Websites or the impossibility of visiting thereof, and due to trust to any information obtained directly or indirectly on these Websites;
- User's infringement of third party copyright and other rights by posting materials in violation of the current laws (including copyright), by adding materials to Websites or by transferring such materials in other way to the Company.
- Goods which are not prohibited or restricted for sale by the laws of the country where they are sold and which are not violate this Agreement may be the subject of ads.
- At Registration and while placing ads, Website Users (including Unregistered Users in cases provided hereunder) with the purpose to use Autoline Services hereby authorize the Company to process their Personal Data subject to the terms and conditions laid down by the Privacy Policy available at: https://autoline.ee/privacy-policy/ .
- The Company shall reserve the right to contact the User, as the case may be: to send informational messages to his/her electronic, physical address and/or telephone number specified by the User for the purposes of Registration or specified by Unregistered User in case of using available services of the Website.
- The information shall be collected by specifying the appropriate data required from the User to place an ad on the Website using Website software tools or by specifying required data by Unregistered User to use available services of the Website.
- Technical information contained in the system, such as IP addresses, shall be used by the Company in accordance with the general rules of web communication for the purposes associated with servicing of network equipment and to aggregate general statistical and demographic information (e.g., about user's region where connection with the user took place).
- Details on the last access shall also be used to collect statistical information about the use of services by the Users.
- The User may not provide information in violation of this Agreement or third party rights.
- All items available through the Company's services including design elements, text, graphics, illustrations, videos, computer programs, databases, music, sound, and other items, as well as any content posted on the Website services are subject to the exclusive rights of the Company, Users and other rights holders.
- The content as well as any other elements of services may only be used as a part of functions offered by one or another service available on Websites. Neither part of the content of Website services, nor any content posted through Website services may be used without the prior consent of the rights holder. The term 'use' includes but is not limited to reproduction, copying, processing, distribution on any ground etc.
- In order to authorize the Company to publish information provided by the User, the User shall grant the Company a generally valid (geographically unlimited), perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right to use, publish, collect, demonstrate, copy, duplicate, reproduce, publicize copyrights, publications and databases owned by the User as well as information, images and photos provided by the User on any known or unknown information carrier. The above rights are granted to the Company at no cost (without payment of remuneration). The User shall retain all proprietary rights to the content posted in his/her ad. In addition to the above, the User shall grant the right to access information posted to all Website users. The User agrees that the text, photos, and other materials attached to the ad may be used by the Company for the preparation of promotional materials, articles, reports, analyzes, etc., and may be used by the Company in its discretion without User's prior consent and without any remuneration.
- By using Website services, the User confirms that he/she assumes the sole responsibility for the content of the provided data and ads posted, and the User has all necessary rights, licenses, and permits to place information in his/her Website ads including but not limited to all patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, or has the respective written consent, license or permit from all persons and companies identified in such ad to use their names or images.
- The User shall:
- Avoid actions that may lead to disproportionately large load on Website infrastructure;
- Not use automated programs to access Websites without Company's written consent;
- Not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, and publicize any information contained on Websites (except for information provided by the User himself/herself) without the prior written consent of the Company;
- Not interfere with or attempt to interfere with Website operation and other activities and not interfere with operation of automatic systems or processes and any other measures to prevent or restrict access to Websites;
- Not use the information provided by other Users for any other purpose, except for a transaction directly with such User, without such other User's written consent. This provision of the Agreement does not apply to User's personal data provided to the Company by the User for the purposes of registration.
- The User may not:
- Discuss actions of Website moderators and administrators except through e-mails with such moderators;
- Use User's names similar to the names of other Users in order to misrepresent himself/herself as such users and write messages on their behalf.
- Use any software, including any software of third parties, in order to aggregate and/or process the data or other information available at Websites, including but not limited to the Personal Information at the User's Account and content of the User's ads.
- To conduct any actions, including but not limited to, deletion and new publication of the similar ad(s), which lead to moving of such ad(s) up in the list.
- Other Users may access User's personal data subject to his/her written consent or pursuant to the applicable laws.
- The Company shall take every effort to ensure proper performance of its obligations hereunder including the normal operation of Website services and non-distribution of personal data provided by the User among third parties except as required by law.
- The Company may from time to time impose restrictions on the use of Website services, such as the maximum number of days to keep ads and the size of ads. The Company may change or discontinue Website services or a part thereof at any time either with or without notice to the User and shall not be liable for such changes or termination.
- The Company may restrict User access to Websites if the User violates the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The fact of violation shall be deemed to have been confirmed, if the User has been notified by the Website administration that User's activity violated the Website rules and third party rights. In case of breach of provisions of the Agreement by the User the Company reserves the right to block User's account (as the term Account Blocking is defined in Sec. 1.3 hereunder) at any time without a prior notice to the User of such blocking and not incurring any liability for such actions before the User and third parties.
- In case of breach of Sec. 6.6.4 hereof by the User the Company has the right to limit the functionality of the ads of the User, including but not limited to, suspending the possibility to update the published ad(s) of the User, suspending the publication of new ads. In such case any funds paid by the User for Services shall not be refunded
- In case of repeated breach of Sec. 6.6.4 by the User the Company shall have the right to block the account of the User whereby no previously paid funds shall be refunded to the User.
- The Company may transfer Websites with all their services and content, including Users' Personal Data, to its successor under contracts or other arrangements. Such transfer and notification of Users thereof shall be subject to applicable laws of Ukraine.
- The Company reserves the right at any time to require the User to confirm the Personal Data specified by the User for the purposes of registration and to request the supporting documents in this connection (including copies/certified copies of identity documents), and failure to provide such documents at User's discretion may be equated to provision of false information. If the User's data specified in the documents so submitted does not correspond to the data specified for the purposes of registration and if the data specified for the purposes of registration does not allow identifying the User, the Company may block User's account either with or without prior notice to the User.
- Paid Autoline services, including placement of ads on Websites, shall be ordered (accepted) by the User on the order page of the Website.
- The User shall review prices for Company's paid services available on Websites, and may order such services.
- The price for the placement of for individual User shall be available on the order page and depends on the specific package of services chosen by the User.
- Before ordering Company's paid Services, the User shall make a payment. The payment received from the User is not refundable and shall be used for the payment of commercial Services of the Company only.
- Obligations to pay for the Company's Services are executed by one of the following persons:
- Fully capacity user;
- The incapacity or diminished capacity User with the written consent of the legal representative;
- The third party to which the User is charged with the execution of a legal representative.
- Autoline Services shall be paid using a bank transfer, a credit card (Visa/MasterCard) or other electronic payment systems depending on User's country of residence. A full list of payment options shall be available to the User on a payment page. The Сompany is not responsible for any possible liabilities of using payment systems, the completeness and quality of payment systems services and any action by organizations that accept payments from the Company.
- When the respective technical option is available and the User may be identified, the Company may provide the User with an Acceptance Certificate for Paid Services Rendered. The User shall sign and send such Certificate within five (5) calendar days after receipt to the Company or shall send a reasonable refusal to sign the Certificate and state the reasons for refusal to do so within the same period of time. If within the given timeframe, the User fails to send the signed Certificate back to the Company or to provide his/her reasonable refusal to so, the paid services provided by the Company shall be deemed to have been accepted without any claims with regard to the quality or timing.
- The Company reserves the right to amend the rates for the Paid Autoline Services, stipulated in points 7.2, 7.3 herein without any specific notice to the User. The new rates for the Paid Autoline Services shall enter into force the day they are posted in the Internet on the Company's Website.
- The User is independently responsible for the correctness of payments, which is made by him.
- By using Autoline services, the User confirms his/her consent to bear all risks associated with the use of ads posted on Websites, and the Company including its management, employees and agents shall not be liable for the content of ads posted on the Website, any damage and loss caused by the use of ads posted on Websites.
- The Company is neither an organizer/initiator nor a party to a transaction between Users and third parties. The Website is a trading and communication platform where Users may offer for sale, sell and buy goods and services permitted by the Website and the law at any time, from anywhere and at any price.
- The Company may not control accuracy of information posted by Users in their ads. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred as a result of the transaction or misconduct of any party to such transaction.
- The Company shall not be liable for Users' behavior or goods/services offered by Users and described in their ads. Any dispute and conflict arising between Users shall be resolved by the Users themselves without involvement of the Company.
- The Company shall not be liable for any unauthorized access or use of the Company's servers and/or any Users' information stored thereon as well as for any errors, viruses, Trojan horses, etc., which may be transmitted by third parties to or through Websites.
- The quality, safety, lawfulness and conformity of goods or services to description thereof as well as User's ability to sell or buy goods/service are beyond the Company's control.
- If a User has a claim against another User arising out of use of Website services by the latter, the User agrees to lodge such claims himself/herself without involvement of the Company and shall relieve the Company (including its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) from any claims, obligations, payments to reimburse damages, losses, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, known or unknown, arising out of or in connection with such claims for damages and losses.
- Company's failure to act in the event of a breach of provisions of the Agreement by the User or other users shall not deprive the Company of its right to take appropriate measures to protect its rights subsequently and shall not constitute a Company's waiver from its rights if similar violations subsequently take place.
- The Company shall not be responsible for any failure or difficulties in performance of obligations to provide access to Websites due to unforeseen force majeure events which consequences cannot be foreseen or overcome (such as government actions, labor disputes, accidents, breakages in the general communications system etc.).
- The Company shall not be liable for failures in Website operation caused by technical faults in hardware and/or software operation.
- In no event shall the Company, its management, employees and agents be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special damage, loss and paid penalty of any nature whatsoever (even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of such loss) resulting from the use of Websites and Website services by the User including but not limited to events when damage was caused by the use or improper use of Websites and Website services.
- Nothing in this Agreement may be understood as agency relationship, partnership, joint venture, labor relations, or any other relationship between the User and the Company unless otherwise expressly stated herein.
- The Company shall be responsible for advertisements placed on Website services to the extent set forth by applicable laws.
- This Agreement shall enter into force once the User has started using any Website service or once the User has got registered on the Website and shall not be limited in time.
- The User may terminate his/her registration on the Website unilaterally, without prior notice to the Company and explanation of the reasons.
- If the Company makes any changes in the Agreement in accordance with paragraph 10.1 below and the User disagrees with such changes, the User shall stop using Website services. Continued use of Websites shall confirm User's consent to the applicable version of the Agreement.
- The Agreement may be terminated by the Company in either event:
- The User violates provisions of this Agreement, causes any damage to the Company, including its reputation, or to other Users;
- Other actions are committed in violation of Company's policy.
- Legal relationships may be renewed once the Company's administration has made the applicable decision.
- The Agreement may be amended by the Company without any specific notice to the User. The new version of the Agreement shall enter into force the day it is posted in the Internet at the address specified herein below unless otherwise expressly prescribed by the new version of the Agreement. The current version of the Agreement is always available at https://autoline.ee/rules/.
- Information messages intended for a wide community of Users shall be posted on Websites and/or shall be e-mailed at Users' addresses.
- If disputes and discrepancies arise out of or in connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall resolve such dispute or discrepancy through negotiation, taking into consideration terms of Sec. 11.3 hereof. If any dispute, discrepancy or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including performance, violation, termination or invalidity thereof, may not be resolved through negotiation, such disputes shall be resolved by court in accordance with the applicable laws.
- If the User has complaints and / or claims against the Company in connection with this Agreement or in connection with the actions of other users of Autoline Service, the User may send the Company an e-mail to the address: complain @ linemedia.com. The complaint shall be considered within thirty (30) calendar days.
- This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Poland. Any matter not governed by this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the applicable laws of Poland.
This Agreement is made in English. Translation into any other language was made to comply with the applicable legal requirements. Should there be any discrepancy between the English version and the version in any other language, the English version prevails.
The Contractor may provide Services to Users in different countries through its affiliates. Affiliates shall not be liable for any consequential damage, unintentional actual damage or lost profit, lost data or any other damage or inconvenience caused to the User in connection with the use of Websites. All liability shall be born by the Company.
- If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court as invalid or unenforceable, this does not affect validity or enforceability of other provisions of this Agreement.
Addendum 1
- Corporate (dealer) accounts allow dealers to make one account on the Website available for use by several persons having employment or agency relationship with the User, the account owner.
- Corporate (dealer) accounts allow Users to create WEB-pages with business entity's logo, profile, location map and machinery offered for sale.
- Users using corporate (dealer) accounts may use Services for ad self-placement and editing; enter business entity's details in the catalogue of machinery sellers; and receive 'orders for purchase of machinery' by e-mail.
- Persons having access to the corporate account should represent one business entity.
- To create a corporate (dealer) account, the User shall be registered on the Website using a special registration procedure and shall provide the Company with additional information about the business entity.
- Should the terms of use of corporate account be violated by the User, the Company may block User's account and no paid funds shall be refunded.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Females, Including Teens, Harassed at Several Albuquerque McDonald's, Federal Agency Charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - JEC Enterprises, Inc., which operates at least four McDonald's restaurants in Albuquerque, violated federal law by subjecting a group of female employees, including teens, to sexual harassment and forcing some women to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed September 28th.
In its suit, the EEOC said that managers of an Albuquerque McDonald's operated by JEC sexually harassed Samantha Collins and Teneka Templeton, and also subjected a class of female workers at various McDonald's also operated by JEC to sexual harassment. The women, including some teenage hires, were subjected to pervasive sexual comments and innuendo and unwelcome touching or attempted touching of their bodies, which created a hostile work environment for them. The EEOC also alleges some women were forced to resign their employment because of the harassment and failure of the employer to provide prompt corrective action.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on sex, including sexual harassment. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (EEOC v. JEC Enterprises, Inc.,d/b/a McDonalds, Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-01015 CG/WDS)after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.
"We continue to see a significant number of sexual harassment cases throughout our district," said Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, which has jurisdiction over Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah. "We are particularly concerned when managers and supervisors of companies are involved in harassing vulnerable teenagers and other women. The EEOC will prosecute such cases vigorously."
The lawsuit asks the court to order JEC to provide all the affected women with appropriate relief, including back wages for those forced to resign, compensatory and punitive damages, and to grant a permanent injunction enjoining the company from engaging in any further gender-discriminatory practice. The EEOC also asks the court to order the company to institute and carry out policies and practices that eradicate and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
"Our investigation revealed that sexual harassment of these women included teenagers working their first jobs," said EEOC Deputy District Director Elizabeth Cadle, "Employers have an important responsibility to maintain a workplace that is free of sexual harassment."
The EEOC recently updated its Youth@Work website (at http://www.eeoc.gov/youth/), which presents information for teens and other young workers about employment discrimination. The website also contains curriculum guides for students and teachers and videos to help young workers learn about their rights and responsibilities in the work force.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Students at Mount Abraham Union High School dance, sing and swoon in this fall's production of "Bye Bye, Birdie." Students took the stage on November 19, 20 and 21, while students from other area schools performed "Beauty and the Beast" and "Grease."
Photos by Trent Campbell
Slideshow by Tamara Hilmes
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Bethel halfback Tom Klitzke looks for daylight against St. Thomas in the Royal's 42-14 loss .
(Photo by Tom Twining).
Mickelsens receive literary award
On the Inside
Rosedale Fine Restaurant Reviews, p. 3
Dr. Lester Arasmith, p. 4
Open Column: Don Larson, p. 5
Letter: Rollerskating Music, p. 2
Recreation for Geriatrics, p. 6
New Commuter Assistant, p. 4
Football team loses; Mac next, p. 7
`The Fixer,' p. 5
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Graduate Puii works,
waits for further tests
by Shelly Nielsen
"Everything is uncertain and up
in the air," said Bethel graduate
Puii Chhangte, who last spring
faced the possibility that she had a
brain tumor. After a summer of
brain scans and check ups, the
doctors are still not definite as to
the course to take.
While she waits for either the
gradual disappearance of the
"mass" or its eventual 'growth
and subsequent surgical removal,
Puii works full time at Donald-son's
Minnesota Room as a cook
and waitress. She also con-templates
enrolling in the U of
M's English literature graduate
program next year.
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steps can be taken, however, her
dreams of flying home to India
have to be postponed.
It has been only 6 months since
the mass was discovered. After a
long semester of headaches, Puii
was resting in her apartment last
spring when her arm began shak-ing
uncontrollably. She was taken
via ambulance to a hospital
emergency room where she under-went
a series of tests. '
Checking in and out of the
hospital, Puii spent a total of ten
days under surveillance and test-ing.
Her first two brain scans
proved normal. The third, con-ducted
at Ramsey hospital, in-dicated
the presence of "a mass
on one side of the brain." Puii
was ordered back to the hospital,
and Bethelites wre informed that
she might be facing immediate
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tumor and the edema-fluid sur-rounding
it had put pressure on a
nerve and caused the convulsion,"
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This next , test was encouraging.
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improvement"; the lesion ap-peared
to be smaller. It was now
about the size of a coin. The mass
was not growing, so it was decided
that anticipated surgery be ruled
out. Puii was released from the
hospital, and scheduled for fre-quent
scans and check ups.
Her last visit to the hospital
proved a disappointing one. She
had been hoping for the complete
disappearance of the tumor. The
scan showed no change in the
"mass." In the meantime, Puii
says she will go on "living one day
at a time," and waiting.
"The Family Bible Encyclope-dia,"
a joint effort of Bethel Pro-fessors
Berkeley and Alvera Mick-elsen,
received the Gold Medallion
Award in August, almost one year
after its first publication.
Evangelical Publishers Associa-tion
chooses the best book in five
categories each year. The Mickel-sen's
book won the award in the
juvenile non-fiction category.
Several of Mrs. Mickelsen's
students in her Writing for Chil-dren
class in 1977 helped with en-tries.
Lorraine Eitel, assistant pro-fessor
of English, also contributed
several entries.
"This was the most educational
thing I've ever done," said Mrs.
Mickelsen. "I feel like I. got a
seminary education."
Her husband, she explained,
was the Biblical authority. Some-times
they would discuss for two-three
hours the revision of one
Dr. Berkeley Mickelsen is pro-fessor
of New Testament at Bethel
Seminary and Mrs. Mickelsen is
assistant professor of journalism
at the college.
So far 25,000 copies of the en-cyclopedia
have been sold.
Although confined to a hospital
bed at the moment, Mrs. Mickel-sen
seemed excited about the
award. She broke her leg in an ac-cident
at home, and is to begin
crutch therapy soon.
She will be conducting her two
classes, Writing for Children and
News and Feature Writing, from
her home when she is released
from the hospital. She expects to
be home next week.
Mrs. Mickelsen will be in a cast
until Thanksgiving.
Student's response mixed
to tripled up dorm rooms
CDC reconvenes
plans special supper
around protein
An "alternative supper" kicks
off the school year for the Chris-tian
Discipleship Coalition at the
home of Don Postema, Sunday,
Sept. 23. Emphasizing more effi-cient
use of protein sources, the
supper will feature many dishes
new to students.
The CDC's concern with the
conservation of world resources
indicates its global concern. With
over 80 members on its mailing
list, the CDC was formed last
spring in response to a challenge
by several speakers , on campus.
Though • Postema enables the
CDC to continue through his sup-port,
he does not actually lead the
coalition. Bethel students are
responsible for the activities and
concerns of the CDC.
by Jay Russell
With the freshmen dorms filled
to capacity, some dorm rooms
built for two students now have
three students occupying each
Marilyn M. Starr, director of
housing, said that 15 men's and 15
women's dorm rooms that nor-mally
have two students now have
three students living in the rooms.
"We selected the rooms at ran-dom,"
she said. "The 15 men's
rooms that were tripled up are in
Bodien and Edgren dormitories,
while Nelson dormitory has all of
the women's rooms that were tri-pled
Miss Starr said that students
have been tripled up in two person
rooms many times in the past.
"We have had very few problems
with this policy," she said.
"When these students were giv-en
a chance to move into new
openings, most students didn't
want to move," said Starr. The
tripled occupants will also receive
a $50 reduction on their board
payments, she said.
Many of the freshmen living in
these rooms said that they didn't
feel very crowded, but a few said
that they were having some pro-blems
with the lack of space.
One freshman said that he felt a
little crowded with three desks,
bunkbeds, and a single bed in his
room, while another said that she
was having problems with a lack
of closet space.
Skaters' responses "unchristian"
Next week the Clarion will cover the story behind the recent
alteration of Bethel's creekside landscape.
Dean Charlie Retts
Creek Redevelopment
Twin City Coffeehouses
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`Childish' expressions
create student division
Child-like attitudes at roller-skating last Friday night not only caused
division among students but was a poor testimony of our Christianity.
Several students expressed their disapproval of the Christian music
that Bethel D.J. Rod Leonard had prepared. They loudly voiced their
opinions and made disapproving gestures. Students who did appreciate
the Christian atmosphere campus coordinators Mary Beth Larson and
Bob Schmidt were trying to create did not express their approval of the
music until later.
Bob and Mary Beth said they have prayerfully considered the reasons
for playing Christian music at roller-skates. They have asked for the
opinions of faculty, staff, administration and students. "It was not a
decision we made alone," Mary Beth said.
Mary Beth said that she feels it is their duty as campus coordinators to
serve the Bethel students, but as Christians, it is their duty to serve God
As Christians, we should support Mary Beth and Bob in their attempt
to help us serve God better.
Several students said they thought skating to Christian music is
sacreligious. Why, then, do they skate at all—to Christian or secular
music? Is not our purpose to glorify God in everything we do?
In expressing our negative feelings about the type of music played at
roller skating, we are displaying lack of concern for Christian brothers
and sisters, namely, Mary Beth, Bob, and Rod.
We also do not help our testimony to those who may work or be at the
rink who are not Christians. One person at the rink said that Bethel
students are no different from any other students. Aren't we Called to be
different, to be set apart from the world?
The issue is not that one type of music is better than another. More
important for us to remember are the attitudes we express and behavior
we display, especially in public.
Ramos leaves Clarion post;
Cartoonist Ortiz fills in
With this edition, the Clarion bids a hesitant and warm adieu to our
cartoonist, Juan Ramos.
Ramos' cartoons and caricatures have captured the heart and soul of
life at Bethel with wry observations and pointed depictions for over two
years. Citing a hectic first semester schedule and the emergence of an
able replacement as reasons for his resignation, Ramos' departure is en-tirely
amicable (just to stifle rumors).
Ramos' replacement is new to Bethel this year and hails from Cuba
and more recently Florida, Juan Ortiz. An example of Ortiz' talent is
seen on pages four and six.
Ortiz' work will be utilized both in the editorial cartoon area and in a
semi-regular series depicting Christian life.
Because Ortiz' style and message is quite different from Ramos', we
will continue to use both cartoonists as occasion permits, with the
schedule for second semester as yet undecided.
On behalf of the Bethel student body, the Clarion wishes to thank
Juan Ramos for his service and contribution to Bethel life.
the Clarion The Clarion is published weekly by students of Bethel College. Letters to the editor should be
typed, signed and sent to PO 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Vol. 55 No. 2 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
Paul Olsen, Editor
Suzi Wells, Associate Editor
Carol Madison, News & Sports Editor
Steve Erickson, News & Sports Editor
Joy Nannette Banta, Copy Editor
Shelly Nielsen, Production, Doug Barkey, Photographer
Carolyn Olson, Graphics, Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Juan Ramos, Juan Ortiz, Cartoonists
Dear editor, We would also like to encour-age
them to continually try new
This letter is the result of many things to expand the traditional
concerns that we have relating to events of the year.
last Friday's roller-skating party.
Replacing the top forty music with
contemporary Christian music Our intent is not to support any
caused much conflict. We would particular type of music. We do,
like to respond to this conflict. however, have a concern for some
One of our concerns is that as a of the music played at past roller-
"Christian community," we skating parties. For example, con-should
respond Christ-like. This sider the words of the song "Brick
means incorporating into our life House." Are these edifying
styles such things as understand- words?
ing and sensitivity.
We are disappointed to say that
the response of some people skat-ing
was not glorifying, and did not
show the understanding, sensitivi-ty
and integrity we strive for as a
Because of this we would like to
apologize to Mary Beth, Bob and
Rod Leonard (D.J.). We hope
that as the year continues, Bob
and Mary Beth will continue to in-corporate
a, spiritual emphasis in
their leadership, even when it
proves unpopular.
Welcome week staff
deserves applause,
exuberant thanks
To the editor,
I would just like to thank the
Welcome Week Committee for a
"super duper" welcome. Every-one
just opened their arms to us
Monday night's banquet and
program was the highlight of it all.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. I know I
speak for all the new students
when I say a big THANKS again.
a freshman
Roller-skating as an organized
Bethel event bears the Bethel tes-timony.
We ask that this testi-mony
be consistent with the
school's convictions. We all love
to roller-skate and hope that this
activity continues to be a mean-ingful
part of our community.
Cheryl Thomas,
Steve Penner and
Phil Thompson
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Bill of fare
Snack Bar The Great Hot Dog Experience Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta
Hot dog .75 The Great Long Hot Dog 1.49 Pizza, slice
Chili dog .90 Polish sausage 1.20 sausage .79
Kraut dog .90 The Great Hot Dog .89 pepperoni .79
Cheese dog .90 Fries cheese .69
1/4 lb. dog 1.25 sm. .39 Beverages
polish 1.15 1g. .58 sm. .45
chips .25 Beverages 1g. .55
pretzel .35 sm. .35 Coffee .30
donut .30 med. .50 Super Sam's
sweet roll .40 lg. .50 Hamburger .55
Beverages Ice Milk Cheeseburger .65
sm. 35 sm. .35 1/4 pounder .99
med. 45 lg. .45 1/4 pounder with cheese 1.19
1g. 55 Double cheese 1.19
Slush Orange Julius Super burger 1.39
sm. .35 Bacon burger 1.39
lg. .45 sm. .60 Fish burger .89
Soft Serve .35 med. .75 Corn dog .75
.45 lg. .90 Fries
Popcorn .35 Sandwiches 1.39 sm. .49
with cheese add .15 lg. .79
Potato chips .25 milk .30
coffee .30
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Hot dogs, O.J. provide ultimate food experience at Rosedale
by Paul A. Olsen
It is said there is a vast, un-tapped
reservoir of esculent de-lights
in the United States today.
As common as Dairy Queen and
as American as McDonald's these
outlets of culinary creativity have
long been taken for granted by the
fast pace of the '70's.
I'm talking, of course, about
the lunch counter.
These small-time bastions of
fast food finery are firmly en-trenched
in our shopping center
tradition. Names like Orange Ju-lius,
Winchell's, Snack Bar and
Super Sam's immediately recall to
one's mind the thrill of a quick
snack and the agony of a gut
Rosedale is resplendent in the
lunch counter tradition. With five
bona fide fast food establishments
and numerous other snacking op-portunities,
Rosedale's possibili-ties
are endless for a fast food
In reviewing the five • major
lunch counters, I found, surpris-ingly,
a lot of good food. Grant-ed,
I am a fast food freak; I dream
of hot dogs, go into hamburger
withdrawal and drive miles out of
my way for an Orange Julius. But
whether one is looking for a snack
while shopping, or just looking
for a place to eat, don't overlook
Rosedale; the prices are good and
the food . . . .
I recently ate at The Snack Bar,
Super Sam's, Pasquale's Pizza
and Pasta, Orange Julius, and
The Great Hot Dog Experience.
The prices listed are from the res-taurants'
marquees. As a final
basis for judgement, I have used a
four-hot dog rating,,system.
Upon entering Rosedale be-tween
Dayton's and Penney's,
one is immediately confronted
with two opportunities, the Snack
Bar and O.J.
The Snack Bar
The Bar offers mainly hot dog
fare, with packaged donuts and
sweet rolls, soft pretzels, soft ice
cream, popcorn and slush as
snackable alternatives. A plain
hot dog is cheaper than at the
Great Hot Dog Experience, but if
you prefer chili of kraut, it be-comes
more expensive.
The flavor of my kraut dog may
have been influenced by the aro-matic
wave of fresh permanent
from the neighboring hair salon,
but is just didn't taste right. The
bun was old and the sauerkraut
was hardly sauer, mostly kraut.
The slush was poor (compared to
the Dairy Queen variety); the ice
balls wouldn't fit in the straw.
All in all, the food at the Snack
Bar should be avoided, but it is
the only lunch counter to avail
popcorn and soft pretzels. Should
you crave a salty snack the Snack
Bar is likely your best bet.
Rating: one-and-a-half hot
Orange Julius
Across the mall from The Snack
Bar lies Orange. Julius. In my opi-nion,
nothing beats the orange
juice concoction from which the
shop receives its name. I've tried
the peach variety, and they also
have pineapple, strawberry, and
banana, but nothing compares to
Orange Julius.
A pleasant surprize at O.J. is
the quality of their ham sandwich.
Though nothing fancy, and mod-erately
expensive at $1.39, the-sandwich
was fresh and hot, a
welcome change from the lunch
counter tradition. O.J. also offers
roast beef and turkey sandwiches.
On the basis of my infatuation
with Orange Julius (the beverage)
I gave Orange Julius (the lunch
counter) a solid three hot dog
Super Sam's
Down on the lower floor near
Donaldson's, in a cavernous hole
in the wall, Super Sam pushes
hamburgers, fries, fish and corn
dogs. I only tried the cheeseburger
and fries, and at Super Sam's,
once is enough.
The cheeseburger was chewey
and tasteless; only the ketchup
woke my tastebuds, while the
french fries were cold and greasy.
Both seemed to have been cooked
hours before I arrived.
For my part, better food can be
found cheaper at the Bethel coffee
shop. Ranking bottom on my list,
Super Sam's pulls down a one hot
dog rating.
Pasquale's Pizza and Pasta
Pasquale's is brand new in
Rosedale's new Montgomery
Wards addition. Located next to
the well-patronized sit down res-taurant,
Pasquale's lunch counter
serves three kinds of pizza, bever-ages,
and Italian Lemon Icee.
Pasquale's pizza is highly aver-age.
Skimpy on both the pep-peroni
and cheese, my piece was
mindful of a very good frozen piz-za
with an extra thin crust. How-ever,
even an excellent frozen piz-za
cannot be considered worth go-ing
out for.
Algo, at over 80c a slice, the piz-za
is no bargain. At that rate, a
whole pie would run somewhere
around $6.50.
Based on price and quality, Pas-quale's
rates a solid two-and-a-half
hot dogs.
The Great Hot Dog Experience
Finally, the only four star rating
goes to the Great Hot Dog Experi-ence.
This obviously reflects my
craving for a good hot dog, but
I'm convinced the Experience has
struck on a winning formula by
providing good food on a limited
specialty menu, unique decor, and
moderate to good prices.
At the Experience, chili and
sauerkraut are free, and near the
counter stands tremendous
"fixin's" bar, featuring onions,
bacon, tomatoes, pickles, relish,
ketchup and mustard. A meal of a
foot-long hot dog, fries (which are
good), and a coke is well satisfy-ing
and worth the price:
Rating: an outstanding four hot
These five shops are Rosedale's
main outlets for fast food, but for
desert and snacks, the shopping
center offers numerous others.
The Yogurt Maker offers
frozen yogurt and natural top-pings
for the nutrition-minded.
The Cookie Factory sells tons of
cookies, large and small, and two
fancy stores push chocolate on the
non-nutrition minded.
Add to this the sit-down res-taurants,
and one realizes the gold
mine of eating experiences at
Rosedale-in my opinion, worth
the trip whether I'm shopping or
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Minneapolis, MN 55415
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Morning Worship, 11:00 A.M.
Evening Service. 7:00 P.M.
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Watch for announcements on Bulletin Board
Dr. Lester Arasmith joins
economics department.
the faculty as chairman of the
Christian life, by Juan Ortiz
Tom Grace, new commuter R.A., assists a student visiting his
office in the P.E. lounge.
Page 4 names & faces
Arasmith aims to be the best
by Brad Lewis
Some Bethel students manage
to squeeze four years of college in-to
five, but the new chairman of
the economics department, Dr.
Lester Arasmith, took 14 years to
complete his B.A. degree! And he
chose to major in an area where he
first received C's.
Dr. Arasmith joins the Bethel
faculty this fall as associate pro-fessor
of economics. "I don't
want to be one of the better
teachers of economics—I want to
be the best!" he said, reasoning
that he wants students who major
in economics at Bethel to be as
well prepared as any other under-graduate.
He began a military career in
1942, enlisting in the Air Force ten
days out of high school and serv-
Two recent Bethel Graduates,
Meg Zauner, and Virginia Heuer,
will be featured in Lakeshore
Players upcoming production of
Lerner and Loewe's enchanting
musical "BRIGADOON."
Virginia Heuer, who plays the
leading role of Fiona McLaren,
the lovely Scottish lass who proves
that love can make miracles hap-pen,
was a member of Bethel's re-nowned
college choir for four
years and has studied dance at the
Minnesota Dance Theater, as well
as performing in "CHARLIE'S
ing in combat in World War II,
Korea, and Vietnam.
Dr. Arasmith started the long
process toward a college degree
with an interest in engineering,
but this appeared a physical im-possibility
in his night school class
schedule. Arasmith was instead
directed into principles of eco-nomics
at the University of Mary-land
under one of the foremost
authorities in the field.
Dr. Arasmith explains that he
didn't do very well in that course:
"C's both semesters—but I was
intrigued by the subject and began
a love of economics as a discipline
over the years."
After retiring from the Air
Force in 1969, he began a doctoral
program at the University of
AUNT" and "FUNNY GIRL"
and "FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF" at Bethel's Theater and at
Meg Zauner plays Maggie, and
also is choreographer for the
show. While a student at Bethel,
Meg performed in " THE FAN-TASTICKS",
"THE BIRDS" and "WINNIE
THE POOH." Her impressive
background in dance includes
study with the Minnesota Dance
Theater and a west coast tour with
Colorado, and completed it in
As a teaching associate at the
University of Colorado and then
assistant professor in economics
at the University of Nebraska/
Omaha since 1975, Arasmith was
recognized for excellence in
teaching four consecutive years.
Besides teaching, Dr. Arasmith
has other loves: "My children in-terest
me enormously (one of the
three is still at home with Ara-smith
and his wife Nadine) and I
love athletic competition."
Arasmith says economics is not
a business course, as an encour-agement
to students who might be
interested in the field but shy off
because they are afraid of num-bers.
"It is simply a way of look-ing
at the world around us in eco-nomic
"BRIGADOON" will continue
playing September 21, 22, 23, 27,
28, 29 & 30, with' two perform-ances
on the 22nd. Call the theater
box office at 429-5674 for reserva-tions.
Tickets are $4.25, with spe-cial
student rates of $3.00.
by Joy Nannette Banta
With the convergence of a
record number of freshmen on
campus one might stop to wonder
if there are any students who do
not live on campus; that is, com-muters.
They do exist and they got into
the swing of things when they
stayed on campus during the
Welcome Week festivities. They
were scattered throughout the
dorms on couches, floors and
bean bag chairs trying to get the
feel of college dorm life even
though they would not continue
to reside there.
Now they have all returned to
their homes to embark on their
first year of commuting to
The effort to get the freshmen
and transfer commuters involved
at Bethel is headed by junior Tom
Grace, this year's commuter assis-tant.
Tom was active in last year's
commuter program headed by
Larry Kaasa and Tammy Roedel.
The kick-off for the third year
of the program was a special
dessert held in the seminary stu-dent
center during Welcome
Week. Tom said that there was a
good turnout and the students
were receptive to the program.
Tom will be working to get com-muters
involved with on-campus
activities and, more importantly,
students on campus.
Tom said that, "Activities will _
go as the interest flows." He
wants - commuters to get involved
with each other too. He said,
"They share the same problems
and concerns."
Grads grace Lakeshore stage
He is planning weekly Bible
studies and will be sending out a
weekly newsletter, "The Second
Other possible activities include
a progressive (or regressive) din-ner,
a bowling party and outings
with dorm residents. "I'm always
open for suggestions," said Tom.
"I want commuters to feel that
they can come to me to talk if they
are feeling 'lost' at Bethel. I'm
here for friendship," he said.
The commuter office is located
in the concession stand near the
gym. Tom asks that questions or
suggestions be directed to him
there or through P.O. 1617.
Innovative C.A. welcomes commuters,
organizes Bible study, assorted outings
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Alan Bates in "The Fixer."
`The Fixer'
film forum
"The Fixer," starring Alan
Bates, initiates Bethel's Film
Forum's second season at 7 p.m.
Tuesday in FA 313.
Bates portrays a young Jewish
handyman, Yakov; who attempts
to pass as a Gentile in an anti-
Semitic Russia during the Czarist
era. Framed for murder and
imprisoned, he undergoes a meta-morphosis
in prison, finding
himself as a Jew and discovering
honor and dignity.
"Alan Bates does a supreme
job," said Dr. Don Postema,
founder of the Film Forum series.
"The Fixer" is the first of seven
films to be shown this year under
the joint sponsorship of the Cam-pus
Coordinators and the Philoso-phy
department. Chosen for artis-tic
contributions as well as fOr
treatment of issues, the films are
all highly acclaimed.
Following each film, Postema
will lead an open-ended discus-sion.
Postema first began work on a
film series while teaching at Nyack
College. He brought his ideas to
Bethel two years ago, convinced
of the value of great films.
"You can get caught up in
films," he said, "and they can
teach you. It's literature made
Other films in the Forum series
include "The Seventh Seal" by
Ingmar Bergman and "Small
Change" by Francois Truffaut.
Monday, Sing and Share
Tuesday, Mr. Lal Rema (In-dia)
Wednesday, Pastor Spickel-mier
Thursday,' Pat Hurley
(Spectrum Inc.)
Friday, Student senate
Page 5
Ultrastability demands best effort
by Donald N. Larson
Johnny Johnson was crossing the ocean to America. A storm was
raging. His ocean liner was sinking fast. Passengers crowded three-deep
along the rail were trying to jump overboard. Johnny, not quite aware
of the situation, hung back. A friend several feet away began to shout,
"Johnny, Johnny! Jump! Jump!" Johnny, confused and terrified,
cried back, "How can I yump yen I got no place to stood?" Is Johnny
expressing your sentiments?
Some years ago on a visit to Peru, I was walking along a dusty road
from Yarinacocha, the location of Wycliffe's base camp, to a little town
where I hoped to find a badly-needed barber shop. Out of the corner of
my eye I saw what appeared to be a moving white line. Actually it turned
out to be a seemingly endless row of ants with white specks on their
backs. Turning in the direction from which I had come, I saw a
grapefruit that someone had dropped or perhaps thrown from a car.
Now it was clearer: there were really two rows of ants, one moving
toward the grapefruit and the other moving away with its burden of
pulp—the little white speck !
Gee! Wow! Thousands of ants oriented to a single task, proceeding
step by step toward its fulfillment!
But the impishness of the boy survives in the man. I tried to steer the
ants off course by "re-directing" them with the end of my pencil. I plac-ed
rocks here and there to make an obstacle course for them. I switched
a few of the burdened ants into the other line to see what would happen.
But the ants were not to be distracted! Each seemed to know exactly
what to do to keep things going. Order was quickly restored. Errors
were immediately corrected. The consensus of the community was un-mistakable.
Aren't ants interesting? Did you know that they have these
remarkable capacities?
Johnny Johnson and the ants were both in trouble, but they handled
their situations differently. The ants held themselves together, discharg-ed
their functions and performed their tasks, changing themselves as
their surroundings changed. Call them ultrastable. Johnny, on the other
hand, stood transfixed on the spot. Call him stable. Ultrastable in-dividuals
and groups are those with the capacity to stay alive in a chang-ing
environment. Stable organisms are those which lack this capacity.
Are we stable or ultrastable?
The four cricital factors in an individual's or a group's capacity for
survival in a changing environment are 1) its capacity to keep all inputs
open to all incoming information, 2) to forget the past when its image
blocks its development of new strategies for reaching its goals, 3) to self-monitor
and learn from mistakes, and 4) to' reprogram when necessary.
The ants had them. Johnny didn't.
Do we have these four critical factors in hand?
In one form or another there has been a Bethel for more than a cen-tury.
Some members of this community never owned a car. Others never
rode a horse. Some never heard a radio broadcast. Others never heard
Billy Sunday. Some never understood Swedish. Others never
understood English.
Have we changed? Of course. Has the environment changed? Of
course! Are we still alive? Pinch yourself!
Our capacity to survive in a changing environment has been tested
countless numbers of times in the past hundred or more years. Even
since we convened here in September, 1978, we've encountered
numerous obstacles, and worked our way around them. In fact, our
capacities have been put to the test again in just the past couple of weeks
in a well-known series of incidents.
Will we pass this test? Of course. From whence cometh such con-fidence?
The panorama of Christian history shows that the Church remained
open to the world, in spite of its local ghetto-like exceptions. It has
forgotten the past, when necessary, even though in certain local expres-sions
Christians hang on tenaciously to outmoded forms of worship and
service. It has monitored itself and learned from mistakes, even though
specific examples can be cited to show its obtuseness and insensitivity.
Its very presence in linguistically and culturally diverse settings is
evidence of its capacity for adaptation, in spite of its obvious isolation
and rigidity in particular situations.
Yesterday we were a handful of deviant Jews huddled around a young
rabbi. Today we are the world's most multi-lingual, multi-racial, multi-ethnic
community. "See how they love one another" and an unpar-ralleled
record bf constructive influence on mankind echo down the cor-ridors
of history into remote corners of today's world.
Of course we'll make it through these most recent tests of ultrastabili-ty.
We are remaining open, not closed. We are manifesting signs of flex-ibility,
not rigidity, as seen in the fact that some lessons have been
learned from mistakes that have been made. We are showing signs of
youth, not senility, as we prepare to forget aspects of the past that block
our view of ultimate goals. We show signs of creativity, not conformity,
in our search for new alternatives.
But the maintenance of ultrastability demands our best efforts. When
one closes inputs, another must help to open them. When one hangs on
to the past, another must help him to re-focus on ultimate goals. When
one doesn't learn from mistakes, another must jump in with a lesson.
When one can no longer innovate, like Johnny, another must help him
find a way.
Our attention to such matters is a positive sign that God is keeping us
alive to work out his will through us in this place.
We may be down but we're not out!
Editor's Note: This article was written in response to a series of
incidences concerning the removal of a controversial piece -of
sculpture from the Bethel art gallery, last spring.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Senate focuses on services
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Geriatric recreation falls short of usual tennis, golf, softball
by Joy Nannptte Banta
Senior Dave Danelson found an
unusually interesting job in
Stromsberg, Nebraska last sum-mer.
Dave worked as recreation
director at the Midwest Covenant
Home helping elderly people,
ranging in age from 75 to 95, stay
occupied and happy.
Dave led a variety of activities
by Steven Hoswell
and Susan E. Stone
Thanks to Senator Mark Hat-field
and his book, "Between a
Rock and a Hard Place," we were
able to come up with an appro-priate
title for This student senate
We find ourselves in relatively
the same situation as Hatfield:
bringing a Christian perspective to
all actions we take in Bethel go-vernment.
Being in the student, faculty
and administration's view con-stantly,
we find ourselves caught
in limbo. We want to serve the
student association well, and
therefore we become enthusiastic
and even carried away with the
talks before us.
This tends to be overtaxing, not
serving the student body well. Our
eyes could easily become too big
for our stomachs.
Realizing this dilemma, we have
worked out what we believe to be
a viable and workable list of goals.
Many of these goals have been
accomplished, and many have yet
to be seen, but we feel confident
that our aims will be accomplished
by March 31.
Our aims this year are primarily
aimed at student services and stu-dents'
direct needs. Because of a
good working relationship with
the administration—with credit
going to former senate officers
Tannie Woods and Jim Torger-son—
we have been able to imple-ment
change in needed areas of
student life.
We reorganized registration,
which allowed all pertinent infor-mation
to be gathered for speedy
from sing-alongs to Bible studies
to ceramics to the ever-popular
Bingo. He was there to help life at
the home be a little bit more in-teresting.
As a major in elementary ed-ucation,
Dave found that the old-er
people were very much like
kids. "It was a super experience.
You need a lot of patience to work
with the people there. They don't
arrivals of the Roster. The student
directory will be incorporated into
a separate booklet which will be
easily placed in the Roster as a
guide to mechanic work, typing
and whatever.
Also, the student birthday
directory is a new concept which
will be published with the student
Student senate requested and
received permission to revise the
Bethel I.D. card in order to make
it more useable outside the school.
This should particularly help out-of-
state students.
Freshman and transfers will be
choosing their senators in the elec-tions
on Sept. 26 and 27. This will
be the first opportunity for trans-fer
representation, as the seat was
created after a student body refer-endum
last spring.
By working with student-faculty
committees and the newly-formed
student services commit-tee
(bookstore, health service and
food service), students can have
an active part in constructive
change for the student body. Stop
in the senate office and pick up an
application if you are interested.
We are service oriented. We
need your support, with ideas,
concerns, questions and construc-tive
criticism. We want to work
with you so we can work for
like change and they can be very
stubborn at times," he said.
Some of the people in the home
were confined to wheelchairs so
Dave helped them do leg exercises
and other simple movements to
limber up their muscles as much as
He was in charge of care plans
for all of the residents of the
home: the ones who could take
you—loaning Doc Dalton funds
to start up the "corner" business,
validating student I.D.s, or just
handing out hangers—we are here
for your benefit.
by Bob Schmidt and
Mary Beth Larson
After two weeks of classes, the
pile of homework is getting a little
thicker, and free time is getting
harder to find. However, every-one
needs to break away and get
in on some action and lots of fun.
Tonight (Friday night), "Lamb"
is singing at the Minneapolis Au-ditorium
at 8:00 p.m. A freewill
offering will be taken so there are
no tickets needed. Buses will not
be provided to the concert but we
want you to be aware of the op-portunities
in our area.
There will also be rollerskating
this evening at the Roseville Saints
Roller Rink. Buses will leave
from NC, OC, FT, and SC at
11:30 p.m. The rollerskating par-ties
are good ways to meet other
students and make new friends.
The cost is $1.50.
care of themselves and the ones
who couldn't. Each resident had a
chart with their name, age, etc. on
it and alongside that was listed
one long-term and one short-term
goal. Dave worked to help men
and women reach their goals.
Dave said, "An example of a
short term goal would be to per-suade
one of the more stubborn
men to come to one of our Bible
studies or to get someone involved
with a special friend from one of
the local women's groups."
"Long-term goals," he added,
"were like teaching a person who
had broken their hip how to walk
The executive board, which was
comprised of ten residents, the
director of nursing and Dave, de-cided
that the summer bus trip
The U.S. Air Force Academy is
engaged in a massive deception
aimed at recruiting high school
students, a former cadet charges
in the October issue of a national
To the surprise of most ca-det
s —and to many civili-ans—
Academy cadets do not rou-tinely
learn to fly planes despite
Air Force Academy catalogue
claims that "the mission of the
Air Force is to fly...Since the total
mission is based on flying, the
aviation training you receive as a
cadet is a significant part of your
career preparation."
Saturday, the 22nd, is a big day
filled with activities galore. The
event is "Almost Anything
Goes!" Ten teams of ten each
have already signed up to begin
competing at 10:00 a.m. in such
contests as the canoe war, a can-u-canoe
race, a toboggan run, and a
pier pressure relay race. All of the
activities in the morning will be
held on the lakefront over by the
seminary hills. After the football
game, the playoffs will be held on
the football field in a "team cross-country
race." The winning team
will receive a substantial prize. If
you are not on a team, it will be a
lot of laughs to observe the con-tests
and to cheer your favorite
team on to victory.
Don't forget about the Film
would be just a ride about twenty
miles down the road and back
again just so "they could look at
the crops and things."
"It was not like the average
summer job," said Dave. "I had
to be there everyday and go from
door to door and let them know
that someone cared about them. It
was tough because I had to be up
all the time," he added.
"I couldn't leave at five o'clock
and forget about it. I would take
their problems home with me and
try to find ways to solve them."
said Dave.
Dave said that he used music
quite a lot. "Some people would
not respond to anything, but
eventually the music got through
to them. I was even teaching one
woman how to conduct," he said.
So disappointing is the reality
of the Academy—in contrast to
pre-enrollment promises—that
40% of the Class of 1980 had
dropped out, says E. M. Porra-zzo,
who was midway through his
senior year when he dropped out.
"It costs $100,000 of the tax-payers'
money to put each cadet
through the Academy," he says.
"Can we afford to allow the Air
Force to continue with its present
false advertising campaign?"
Porrazzo says that "Academy
cadets don't learn to fly any air-craft
in the Air Force inventory.
Air Force, see p. 7
Forum movie, "The Fixer," to be
shown on Tuesday, September 25
at 7:00 p.m. in FA 313. Of course,
you don't want to miss the re-freshments
You don't want to miss these
exciting activities. You will have a
great-, time, and you can't beat the
cost. See you there!
Bethany Baptist Church
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues _Roseville, Mn.
Worship Services at 9:00 & 11:15 AM
Sunday School at 10:00 AM (Special College-age Class
(See posters for church bus schedule)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone - 631-0211
Latest homework break
Goes for 'almost anything'
Accusation by former cadet
points finger at USAFA
Dave Kadlec was Bethels' offensive player of the game, as he gained 62 yds. on 11 carries, and
caught four passes. (Photo by Tom Twining)
Thousands of missions-minded students gather at Inter-varsity's triennial Urbana conference.
Students interested in the 5-day conference, held in late December, should contact the Campus
Ministries' office.
COLLEGE REP WANTED to distribute "Student
Rate" subscription cards at this campus. Good in-come,
no selling involved. For information and appli-cation
write to: TIME INC. College Bureau, 3223
Ernst St., Franklin Park, .Illinois 60131.
1713 N. Snelling
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Bethel Events
Friday 21 Lamb Concert
Rollerskating, 12:00-2:00 a.m.
Volleyball, Bemidji Invitational
Women's Cross Country, Lake Nokomis
Royal Invitational, 3:30
Saturday 22 Almost Anything Goes
Men's Cross Country, Bemidji, Duluth, Su-perior,
11:00 a.m.,(Duluth)
Soccer, Hamline, 1:30 p.m., (A)
Football, Macalester, 1:30 p.m., (H)
Volleyball, Bemidji Invitational (continued)
Monday 24 Volleyball, St. Paul Bible College, 6:30 p.m.,
Tuesday 25 Film Forum, "The Fixer," 7 p.m., FA313
Wednesday 26 Soccer, Gustavus, 4:00 p.m., (H)
Thursday 27 Volleyball, St. Thomas, 6:30 p.m., (H)
Friday • 38 Movies and Munchies, 8:00 p.m.
Women's Cross Country, Macalester, 3:30
Saturday 29 Valley Fair Day
Men's Cross Country, Northwestern (MN),
11:00 a.m., (H)
Football, St. John's, 1:30 p.m., (A)
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by Steve Erickson
Last Saturday Doug Dietz
showed why he is the best quarter-back
in the MIAC. The St.
Thomas senior ran for two touch-downs,
passed for two more, and
accounted for 265 yards in total
offense in leading the Tommies to
a 42-14 victory over Bethel.
The loss, coupled with - the
Royals 21-14 win over Mayville
State the preceding week, gives
them a 1-1 record going into
tomorrow afternoon's game at
home against lowly Macalester.
Mac, with a new head coach, is
much improved, though, as
shown in its 21-7 loss to last year's
co-conference champ, St. Olaf.
Local and national media will be
watching tomorrow's game close-ly
to see if the Scots can break
their 43-game, record losing
streak against the Royals.
Last year Mac also hoped to
end their losing skein in the Bethel
game, but the Royals routed them
Against St. Thomas, Bethel
came out fired up. On their first
possession, the Royals sliced
through the Tommie defense like
a hot knife through butter. The 76
yard drive, featuring an 11-yard
run by Dave Kadlec and a 11-yard
pass reception by Ken Cooper,
was climaxed by Jim
Anderstrom's 6 yard TD pass to
Rich Graves.
Anderstrom, a junior transfer,
had a good day passing, going 13
for 28 for 160 yds, although he did
have three interceptions. His
leading receivers on the day were
Cooper and Kadlec, each with
four catches.
After the first drive, it looked
like it was going to be a pleasant
day for Bethel, but Dietz quickly
went to work to show otherwise.
On the Tommies' second posses-sion,
Dietz engineered a 65-yard
drive, ending it with a 3-yard pass
to favorite receiver Mike Flood.
Later a Jeff Wilson punt put St.
Thomas back on their own 34,
three minutes into the second
quarter. Dietz, on the first day;
raced up the middle 66 yards into
the endzone. The extra point was
again good and the score stood at
Then came the play that may
have really turned the game in St.,
Thomas' favor. Anderstrom
dropped back and threw a pass in
the right flat to transfer wide
receiver Frank Sanza. As the ball
arrived, both Sanza and defensive
back Brian Harger got their hands
on it, but Harger wrestled it away
and sprinted 73 yards down the
sideline for the TD.
Although the score was 42-14,
Bethel controlled the ball as much
as St. Thomas. The Tommies led
in total yardage by a slight
margin, 376-330 but the Royals
led in first downs 25-19, and plays
In the second half, the Tommies
scored three more TD's, including
a 10-yard run by Dietz and a
33-yard pass from Dietz. The
Royals got on the board with a
one-yard dive by Kadlec on
fourth down after a 74-yard drive.
Air Force, cont. from page 6
In fact, the Academy will not even
let a cadet pull the stop clocks on
any flying machine—from a Cur-tis
Jenny to a hang glider."
Advertised "aviation training"
consists solely of demonstration
flights aboard Cessna aircraft.
A cadet who wishes to learn to
fly must pay $1,000 to $3,000 of
his own money to obtain a pilot's
license from a private school.
Promises of free time off the
Academy grounds—or to roam
the 18,000-acre grounds of the
Academy near Colorado Springs,
Colo.—are routinely broken. In
fact, cadets are routinely re-stricted
to the 1,000-acre Aca-demy
campus area. Overnight ab-sences
from the Academy are se-
Royals succumb to
Tommie QB Dietz
verely limited.
Moreover, the post-graduation
commitment to the Air Force has
been increased twice in the past
few years. Cadets who entered be-lieving
they would have to serve
for five years (as pilots) after
graduation are now committed to
serving seven years.
The result of false advertising
and recruitment claims, write Por-razzo,
is an enormous drop-out
rate at taxpayer expense.
"Remember that it costs
$100,000 of your money to send
each and every cadet through the
United States Air Force
Academy," he writes. "Are you
really getting your money's
Freshman Mark Johnson splits the St. Mary's defense in Bethel's 3-1 triumph.
Friesen leads harriers to win
Page 8 sports
Soccer wins opener,
dismantles Redmen
by Steve Erickson
The Royal soccer team opened
their season last Saturday,
dismantling the Redmen of St.
Mary's 3-1. In doing so, Bethel re-venged
a season-ending 2-0 loss to
the Redmen last year that pre-vented
the Royals from gaining a
playoff berth.
St. Mary's, perhaps Bethel's
greatest nemesis the last few years,
also kept the Royals from a play-off
spot in 1977 by tying them 1-1.
Bethel, a young team (four
first-year players starting), looked
nervous as St. Mary's controlled
play through the initial fifteen
"We started out shaky," said
coach Mark Leigh. "But when we
calmed down, we started to move
the ball around and control the
game. And it was really great
when the fans reacted the way
they did."
After the slow start, the Royals
began to click. Midway through
the half, two freshmen combined
for the season's first goal. Mark
Johnson from Edmonds, Wash.
scored after a nice feed from
Wheat on native, Joel Kraakevik.
Minutes later Kraakevik made
it 2-0, knocking in a rebound.
Doug Hage took the initial shot.
The score stood 2-0 until early
in the second half in the rough and
by Carol Madison
The women's cross country sea-son
started with optimism as
Bethel placed third of six teams at
the Bethel Time Trials at Como
Park last weekend. Had it been a
scored meet, Bethel would have
finished behind St. Olaf and
Ellie Abbott led the Royals as
she finished twelfth in a field of
60. All other Bethel runners fin-ished
in the top two-thirds of the
Returning sophomores Wendy
Norberg, Tina Anderson and Ab-bott,
along, with junior captain
Brenda Harris, turned in strong
finishes comparable to last year.
"Everyone was running almost
on par with their times at the fin-ish
of last year," said Coach Shir-ley
Dawson. "We'll have a much
better group running this year.
Last year Denise Egge always took
the lead and the rest of the team
was stretched out behind her."
Teresa Meredith and Katy
Zappe, both freshmen, also com-peted
for Bethel.
Coach Dawson predicts St. Olaf
to be the strong team in the state.
They took seven of the top ten
tumble game. St. Mary's, not one
of the more finesse teams in the
league, could put little pressure on
goalie Jeff Beckman.
Five minutes into the second
half, Bethel completed its scoring.
Johnson carried the ball up the
right wing, cut inside, and fed the
ball up the middle. Center for-ward
Neil Kaiser allowed it to roll
past him to Jon Fredrickson, who
left-footed it into the lower left
corner of the net.
The Royals could score no
more, even though they had nu-merous
chances. Hage's shot hit
the crossbar late in the game and
Johnson missed several headers
from close in.
The Redmen finally got on the
board with eight minutes left in
the game. Beckman made a fine
stop on the first shot, but a fol-low-
up shot hit the back of the
But Coach Leigh warned that
one game does not make a season.
"I just want to play every game
one game at a time. I think that's
the only way you can play them.
Every team is looking at the
MIAC crown."
Tomorrow the team hopes to
move another step closer to the
top of the MIAC as they take on
Hamline in an away game at 1:30.
They return home next Wednes-day
to play Gustavus.
places at the time trials.
"St. Olaf will be state and re-gional
champ without a doubt,
and they should also do well in the
nationals," said Dawson. "We'll
be strong, but we'll have to catch
Carleton and St. Thomas to place
near the top."
The Royals are competing in the
Lake Nokomis Invitational,
hosted by Golden Valley Luther-an,
at 3:30 p.m. today.
Women's X-country team
turns in par performance
by Shari Goddard
Bethel's men's cross country team
placed first out of three in its first
official meet of the season at
Southwestern State University at
Marshall (SSU) Saturday.
Brent Friesen, Bethel's top re-turning
runner, placed second
overall and first for Bethel at
29:11 on the flat, five-mile plus
Bethel's team distinguished it-self
by scoring nine of the thirteen
top scores. "It's the first time
we've had this kind of depth,"
commented Eugene Glader, Beth-el's
Other Bethel team members
who placed were: Jim Feleen, fifth
at 30:00; Mike Culp, seventh at
30:08; Randy Bostrom, eighth at
30:14; and Ross Allen, ninth at
Bethel members who finished
were: Dwight Newman 31:17;
Bryan Galloway 31:36; Mitch
Johnson 31.51; Dan Hicks 31:56;
Phil Schweitzer 32:04; Ross Flem-ing
34:51; Wendell Geary 35:36;
and Todd Benson 38:00
Bethel's sixteen member team,
the largest in its history, boasts
eight returning runners as well as
eight additions. Glader anticipates
the team will be a little stronger
than last year.
Keith Lee of SSU placed first in
the meet at 28:43 and Steve Pack-ard,
Gustavus, took third in
29:23, giving each of the schools
one of the top three individual
This year marks the seventh
that Bethel has competed in this
meet, and the third year it has
Bethel led team scoring with 31,
followed by SSU and Gustavus
with 38 and 65 respectively.
The Royal volleyball season begins this weekend at the annual Bemidji invitational.
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Brian Joseph Davis has been using police composite software to create realistic images of fictional characters based on the way they're described in prose. And his latest portrait, of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, does look like some actors who have portrayed the character.
Davis used this text from A Study in Scarlet to inform this particular portrait:
His very person and appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual observer. In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller. His eyes were sharp and piercing, save during those intervals of torpor to which I have alluded; and his thin, hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness and decision. His chin, too, had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.
Of modern Sherlock Holmes actors, Benedict Cumberbatch looks a bit more like the sketch than Robert Downey Jr. or Jonny Lee Miller. But what about the older Sherlock Holmes actors? Peter Cushing? Jeremy Brett? Arthur Wontner? Which actor bears the strongest resemblance to the sketch?
Sherlock Holmes [The Composites via Dangerous Minds]


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As of now, besides the audio files, this photo is the only known evidence of our sesh with Kevin Carafa at Backroom Studios in Rockaway on Saturday. We wound up tracking everything live, so it should sound exactly how we sound….live or close enough for comfort! Keep checking back for updates on that.
Also, come rock out with us for Melissa's birthday on Saturday! The big TWO-ONE. This show is also a benefit for Mustache Magazine, a local zine started by three ladies who really care about what's going on locally and beyond when it comes to music and art!


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The email I'm about to share with you is the kind of email that makes me want to throw my hands in the air and say "I give up. I'm done. Why am I bothering??"
As a preface, many of you know that I maintain several websites and blogs. For anyone interested, the complete list of my 20 blogs and websites is on my About Lorine page.
My main website is Olive Tree Genealogy which I started in 1996. One of my blogs is Ask Olive Tree, where I try to help readers with their challenging research puzzles. At no time in the 17 years I've had a website online have I ever charged anything to view the content I have transcribed and published. All content on all my sites and blogs is free. Ask Olive Tree blog is one of the free services I offer.
So I'm pretty busy bringing free content online and trying to help other genealogists as much as I can. I happily give up my own time to do this. I have to get the content, then transcribe or index it. I have to maintain the sites, fix broken links and so on. And having been online the past 17 years makes me an official internet dinosaur!
I don't talk about the financial aspect much but I also spend my own money to acquire content to publish for free. And of course, I pay for my webhosting and other incidental expenses out of my own pocket.
I'm not whining about my workload or asking for applause or sympathy, just setting the scene so my readers understand why the email I received today annoyed and bothered me so much. I get emails like these once in awhile, and usually I just sigh and shake my head in disbelief, but this one managed to push me over the edge.
In his first email this person wrote to Ask Olive Tree blog and demanded (not asked - demanded) to know why I do not have any ships passenger lists online sailing from England to Virginia between 1635 and 1700 on my Olive Tree Genealogy website. I would think a little common sense and reading my articles about ships passenger lists to USA might give him some guesses why..... here's a few answers that come to mind immediately:
1. I am lazy and didn't feel like putting any online (not likely but it's an option as an answer)
2. I ran out of money and/or time to transcribe them and put them online (very possible)
3. My health prevents me from working on my sites as much as I'd like to (that's true)
4. I have a life outside of genealogy and the internet (some would disagree with this but it really is true)
5. Before 1825 ships passenger lists to USA didn't have to be kept. So finding any for this earlier time period is a bonus as very few exist. (Bingo!)
That email was a tad irritating to me but his followup email was the one that got me. Here it is
if Olive Tree can only partially answer queries - why would I what to pay and join Olive Tree to begin with ? If you guys don't have a clue like you said you did and can't help find the answers to my questions- why should I sign up?I'm sure my readers have instantly spotted the huge misconceptions this dude has about me and my site. But let's break it down to the errors and the demands found in his email:
1. "partially answer queries"?? I cannot respond to every query that comes my way. I'd need 72 hours in the day and no down time with family and friends
2. "Pay"?? Where on any of my sites do you find me asking for money??? Oh, where I sell my books. But you aren't asking to buy one of my books, you want me to answer your query. No charge for that buddy and I defy you to find where I say you have to pay me to help you.
3. "Join Olive Tree"? What the heck are you talking about? Where do I have anything on my sites that says you have to "join" ???
4. "You guys"?? What "guys"?? There's just ME. One person. And what's with this "don't have a clue" Gosh I consider myself fairly knowledgeable but I freely admit I do not know the answer to every single genealogy question that comes my way!
5. "Sign up"?? For what? Again, where do you find something on my sites or blogs that requires you to "sign up" for my free services or my free content!
Phew. I feel better now. I needed to vent and I hope my readers understand that sometimes - rarely but once in awhile - I need to share my frustration with you. Thanks for listening and please don't send me emails telling me if I don't like what I'm doing and can't take the heat I should give it all up.
Because as much as I sometimes feel like throwing in the towel when I see emails like the one this morning, I love doing this. And I love meeting (albeit virtually) my readers and site visitors and interacting with them. Thanks for listening. I think my blood pressure is slowly returning to normal.


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No progress was reported Tuesday after a closed door meeting between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to AFP, Netanyahu left the White House after spending an hour and forty minutes inside, without making any declaration to the press.
"The president reaffirmed our strong commitment to Israel's security, and discussed security cooperation on a range of issues," the White House said in a brief statement. "The president and prime minister also discussed Iran and how to move forward on Middle East peace."
Ahead of the meeting, Netanyahu said he was prepared to immediately engage in peace talks. The summit was announced late Sunday only after Netanyahu had arrived in Washington. Netanyahu earlier called on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to immediately renew peace negotiations. "I say today to Mahmud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, 'let us seize the moment to reach an historic agreement. Let us begin talks immediately,'" he told a conference of North American Jewish leaders.


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It has been a tough year for online video portal Joost, and things aren't likely to improve. The company launched last year with an innovative software client and built a decent catalog that included mainstream content. But now, Joost has announced that its less-capable website will be the only place to enjoy the company's content.
As of December 19, Joost's Windows and Mac software clients will cease to work, and instead will invite users to visit the company's site if they want to get access to its catalog of over 46,000 music videos, TV shows, movies, and short films. A recently release iPhone client will apparently continue to work.
Starting with its private beta launch in January 2007, Joost offered a unique spin on the video experience by allowing users to add various widgets and chat in real-time while watching mainstream programming, which included content from Comedy Central, CBS, and CNN.
In October, Joost announced a revamped Joost.com website, effectively writing an epitaph for the client software. Competition in the online video market has exploded in recent years, and Joost's catalog was eventually eclipsed by efforts like the NBC/Fox joint venture Hulu and its many competitors. Everyone from user-generated content king YouTube to individual network sites like ABC.com are getting into the mainstream online video business—soon even TV.com will be joining them.
Joost hasn't thrown in the towel yet, but the company needs to do something to catch the public's attention in an increasingly crowded market. The company may have an easier time making content deals now that its P2P-based software client is getting phased out, but that comes at a significant cost. The client's added value—mini-applications and a real-time community—were arguably the service's defining features.
One of Hulu's weakest areas is its lack of community, but TV.com is planning on filling that gap through its upcoming redesign, which will also mark the availability of mainstream content. If Joost wants to survive its rebirth as a web-based video portal, re-envisioning these features—and doing so ahead of the competition—will probably be one key to weathering the storm.