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By Leigh Ann Davis, M.S.S.W., M.P.A
Children with disabilities of any kind are not identified in crime statistic systems in the U.S., making it difficult to determine their risk for abuse (Sullivan, 2003). A number of weak and small-scale studies found that children with all types of disabilities are abused more often than children without disabilities. Studies show that rates of abuse among children with disabilities are variable, ranging from a low of 22 percent to a high of 70 percent (National Research Council, 2001). Although the studies found a wide range of abuse prevalence, when taken as a whole, they provide consistent evidence that there is a link between children with disabilities and abuse (Sobsey, 1994).
One in three children with an identified disability for which they receive special education services are victims of some type of maltreatment (i.e., either neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse) whereas one in 10 nondisabled children experience abuse. Children with any type of disability are 3.44 times more likely to be a victim of some type of abuse compared to children without disabilities. (Sullivan & Knutson, 2000).
Looking specifically at individuals with intellectual disability, they are 4 to 10 more times as likely to be victims of crime than others without disabilities (Sobsey, et al., 1995). One study found that children with intellectual disability were at twice the risk of physical and sexual abuse compared to children without disabilities (Crosse et. al., 1993).
According to researchers, disability can act to increase vulnerability to abuse (often indirectly as a function of society's response to disability rather than the disability in itself being the cause of abuse). For example, adults may decide against making any formal reports of abuse because of the child's disability status, making the abuse of those with disabilities easier for the abuser (Sullivan, 2003). Parents fear if they report abuse occurring in the group home, they may be forced to take their child out of the home with few options for other safe living arrangements. Often the abusers are parents or other close caregivers who keep the abuse secret and do not report out of fear of legal and other ramifications.
Children may not report abuse because they don't understand what abuse is or what acts are abusive. Communication problems that are inherent in many disabilities also make it difficult for children to understand and or verbalize episodes of abuse (Knutson & Sullivan, 1993). Those with limited speaking abilities have had no way to talk about or report abuse. Only recently have pictures demonstrating acts of abuse and sexual anatomy been added to communication boards to help non-communicative children and adults (or those with limited communication) report acts of abuse.
A number of studies have found that different types of disabilities have differing degrees of risk for exposure to violence. For example, Sullivan (2003) reported that those with behavior disorders face greater risk of physical abuse, whereas those with speech/language disorders are at risk for neglect.
Sullivan & Knutson (1998) also found that out of all the types of disability, children with behavior disorders and children with intellectual disability were both at increased risk for all three forms of abuse (neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse) compared to those children with other types of disabilities (speech/language disorders, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, health impairments and Attention Deficit Disorder).
There are no differences in which form of child maltreatment occurs the most often between disabled and nondisabled children. For both groups, neglect is the most prevalent, followed by physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse (Sullivan & Knutson, 2000).
Children with and without disabilities share similar indicators of abuse. Along with physical signs (bruises, broken bones, head injuries, or other outward marks) two primary indicators are reports from the child that abuse has occurred and changes in the child's behavior. Children with disabilities face greater risk of abuse going unnoticed if their behavior change can be attributed to their disability instead of the abuse. Also, children with intellectual disability may be viewed as easily suggestible or untrustworthy, especially when the report involves abuse that seems improbable. Any time abuse is suspected, it is the adult's responsibility to carefully monitor the child's behavior, ask the child about his or her safety and follow through by reporting any suspected abuse. State laws vary regarding who is considered a mandated reporter, although usually professionals who have regular contact with children are included, such as teachers, physicians, dentists, speech pathologists, etc. (see "To report abuse" in the box on the back page for more information).
Consequences of abuse may be physical in nature, such as damage to the central nervous system, fractures, injury to internal organs of the abdomen, burns, malnutrition, and trauma to the head (such as in the case of Shaken Baby Syndrome). Other consequences reap havoc on the heart and in the mind of a child, with abuse resulting in long-term emotional trauma and behavioral problems.
Another possible consequence of being abused is to become disabled. Some children who had never had a disability before become disabled due to abuse. For example, a one-year study of children with firearm injuries identified an 11.7% mortality rate and a 10% permanent disability rate. (Dowd, et.al., 1994).
Encourage training and continuing education about violence against children with disabilities for those with disabilities themselves, their families, legal professionals, judges, prosecutors, victim advocacy agencies, Guardians ad Litem, public defenders and police officers. Children with disabilities need early education about the risks of abuse and how to avoid it in a way that they can understand.
Parents can get to know all persons working with their child and observe interactions closely for any signs of abuse. Parents and other caregivers may be the abusers, so other adults in the child's life should also be able to identify possible abuse and know how to go about reporting the abuse.
Parents of children with disabilities and the organizations they are a part of (such as local chapters of The Arc or state Developmental Disability Councils) can form relationships with local victim assistance or child abuse agencies, share each other's expertise and partner together in serving children with disabilities in their local communities.
Obtaining (or advocating for the funding of) family support programs, such as respite care, that have a direct impact on families with disabilities can help prevent abuse by giving families breaks from day-to-day caregiver responsibilities that can seem overwhelming.
Although there is no single public policy initiative that addresses abuse of children with disabilities, there have some attempts to address the issue. The Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act of 1998 mandated the inclusion of disability status in the U.S. National Crime Victim Survey. It also mandated that research be conducted to address crimes against individuals with disabilities, including children. See the report at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10042.html.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is a law that helps prevent children from being abused, including those with disabilities. Since 1974, this law has been part of the federal government's effort to help states and communities improve their practices in preventing and treating child abuse and neglect. CAPTA provides grants to states to support child protective services (CPS) and community-based preventive services, as well as research, training, data collection, and program evaluation. (see http://www.cwla.org/advocacy/2003legagenda09.htm for more information).
Contact your local child protection or law enforcement agency. State laws vary regarding who is a mandated reporter. If you need assistance with reporting or have questions about reporting abuse, contact ChildHelp USA's 24-hour hotline at 1-800-4-A-CHILD
August, 2009
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One of the critical elements of any successful content strategy is promotion. Whether you are creating content yourself, or outsourcing it to someone else, one thing matters.
Getting it noticed.
So how do you go about developing a promotion strategy that makes a difference to your bottom line AND makes a difference to your traffic? This post examines some of the processes that you need to nail to really get your content performing on a global stage.
1) Outreach
As it's name suggests, outreach is the process of 'reaching out' to other bloggers, friends and influencers to ask them for their help in promoting your content. If the network of people you reach is large enough, the chances of your content spreading virally increases. Common sense. So how do you go about finding these influencers?
There are a number of ways to search Twitter with Google, this can be a godsend when looking for particular 'types' of people in certain niches. This post from Tamar offers answers to What gets an influencers attention? Using sites and tools like SocialMention.com, WeFollow.com, Topsy (Expert Search) and Alltop.com will also help you find top users in your niche.
Services like BlogDash, eCairn and GroupHigh – see this post for a review of blogger outreach tools can all help you group relevant influencers together from these tools and follow up with them later.
Export.ly can help you find more data about the users already following you on Twitter, and whether they follow you back (i.e. are in your sphere of influence). Rowfeeder allows you to follow hashtags that you know are in use within your industry, and report on who receives the most retweets and responses – and finally these masterful excel tips from John Doherty show how to properly analyse influencers inside different niches.
All of these techniques can help you build up a picture of who's who in your chosen industry. Once you have that data, you can begin the process of getting on their radar.
There is however a right and wrong way to do outreach. Firstly, there is an element of intrusion into the inboxes of the people you target, so the tone and delivery of what you are asking for is important. This post from technotheory offers practical advice on how to compose an outreach email 'Without being a kiss-ass or jerk' and is an entertaining read in its own right. This older post on WebmasterWorld offers some firm practical advice on email outreach as well.
Making it personal and offering a way for those people to unsubscribe from future mailings from you is also a good idea. You don't really want to piss people off in the process.
2) Influencer Networking
Once you've found an influencer using the above techniques, you are probably going to want to connect with them. There are a number of ways to do this, but one of the best ways to do this is to become valuable to them.
Hugo Guzman in his article, 'how to engage with an influencer' suggests retweeting their content, putting in the hard work and time to get on their radar. Adding valuable comments to their posts, resharing their content, referring business – and finally meeting them and having a discussion in person makes the difference. One of the under valued techniques is simply picking up the phone and having a chat with the influencer in question, or simply sending a personal email to say you value their content can separate you from the crowd.
It's important to not only concentrate on big fish influencers, instead connecting to a large number of smaller influencers with targeted interests in a particular niche can reap rewards. For blogger outreach this rings true as well, with the likelihood of multiple smaller blogs running with your PR being much higher than a single large entity – who in turn will likely pick up the story anyway if they are readers of any of the smaller blogs you've contacted.
3) Social
Getting your message out via social networks is one of the common ways suggested to promote your blog. With the wide variety of multiple different kinds of social media platforms out there, it makes sense to not just blanket them with your message, but to truly understand the network before posting in them.
The below diagram highlights typically what you should be aiming your marketing sights at – illustrating why great content drives traffic.
Choosing the network that matches best with your content will result in increased engagement within that network and there's only one way to learn that skill – become an active participant inside it to learn what types of content works. This should include learning what tone the communication takes and how you can shape your content to better fit with their existing audience.
There are obvious niche social networks that lend themselves to particular types of content, e.g. writing about jobs, and posting on LinkedIn – but if you look closer there are often micro communities within larger social networks that can see improved response rates.
If there are guidelines for posting. READ them. Don't be selfish. Provide value first, ask for favours second. Gain the trust of the community, become a valuable part of it, and people will be attracted to you and your content.
Avoid the mindset that your content must be published only on your site and completely controlled by you. Making it easily shareable, embeddable and portable will increase the likelihood of it being shared as does social proof, visible evidence of social sharing and easy to find sharing buttons. With this variety of tactics you'll be giving your audience all the more reason to share your content with others, and spread your message even further.
4) Email
Email still plays a massive role in driving traffic online. Not convinced? Take a quick look at how Google have integrated it into the launch of Google+, and view the numerous email notifications within their application.
Someone adds you to a circle? You get an email. Someone tags you in a photo? You get an email. You get the picture.
As well as that, in the build up to the launch Google released numerous Google Doc spreadsheets to collect users details for later email marketing. (BTW in case you weren't aware, you too can easily use a Google spreadsheet with a form to profile users, and email from it. )
You should be concentrating on building up a list of people to expose your content to as a part of your overall strategy at every opportunity. Newsletters offer your visitors an obvious reason to signup to your site, and if you haven't already considered it, WordPress offers a cheap and cheerful solution for the implementation.
Bloggers have long been aware of the benefits of building a repeat audience using email subscription. Feedburner is one such service that allows you to email your visitors when new material is published. Doing so automatically gets your content out to an audience who will potentially share it further and improve your site reach. Dynamic signatures of your latest blog article implemented across your organisation can also drive traffic. Think about how much external mail you send in a typical week! SigFeed can handle automation process for you.
If I produce a really great article that I'm proud of, I'll also typically ask for help promoting it from online friends whom I've helped promote in the past. It all comes back to building a network around you and your site.
5) Distribution Networks – other websites
Distribution networks offer a guaranteed source of both links, and exposure for your content. Most niches have low hanging fruit where you can post your link, and expose your content to the existing audience of that website.
Seeding Strategies
I blogged a list of places to seed your content in the web design world some time ago, finding that a number of those website use similar software to allow submissions from their visitors. It's a trivial task to fingerprint these and find more with Google, and you can use the same techniques to find similar sites in your industry.
Once you've posted your article, its important that you get your timing right with the promotion across the sites you've found. I tend to time things to coincide with the U.S. waking up, as that is where the majority of these site see their traffic coming from, and when the traffic arrives.
Guest posting
Guesting on other peoples blogs offers an opportunity to reach a new audience. If you treat it as such rather than an opportunity to just drop links, you'll experience much greater return on your time investment.
If you are struggling to grow your traffic – consider a syndication strategy where you provide your content on third party sites, with the end result of links pointing back to you. The key here is to bring value to other sites on the web. Can you curate your content in a particular way that makes it extremely relevant to someone else? For example , providing hyperlocal content to local websites that compliments the existing information found on that site.
Larger Websites
It's the holy grail of every webmaster, getting picked up by larger blogs. With the millions of other sites out there, how do you go about getting noticed? There's no magic wand for this one, just keep creating great content, keep promoting your site, and engage with the relevant influencers as mentioned earlier. You can however get an idea of who maybe reading by subscribing to your own site, then watching carefully for people 'liking' your post. William has been a reader of my content for some time and frequently shares it, so you should really follow him! (This is a thank you btw! )
I've followed back and engaged directly with my readers in this way for a while, and find it strengthens the community and engagement around your site.
6) Advertising.
So you've created some fantastic content, and want to get it in front of lots of people in a short space of time. Why not just advertise it directly? Google Adwords, and Facebook advertising allows you to significant reach volumes of targeted traffic on the cheap, and with the end goal of receiving backlinks to your site, its a guaranteed way of getting in front of other webmasters.
Other sites in your niche may also offer advertising, and there's no reason why you can't deep link to a great post on a short term advertising deal to drive some traffic to it.
Think about the keywords you'd like to try ranking for organically, and consider buying the traffic to your page to help seed it. This recent post on the Harvard Business Review blog highlights how creative thinking with Google Adwords can be a godsend for a variety of business scenarios.
7) Reaching Traditional Media
As much as I hate to admit it, there's nothing quite like seeing your name in print. With newspapers and traditional media also being high in traffic, and rich in Google juice chances are your business and site will benefit immensely from a mention. There are three steps to achieving this goal. Firstly, finding journalists, secondly – pitching to them, and finally following up with a thank you.
If you are looking to reach U.S. media – muckrack offers an extensive list of journos to follow on Twitter. Media UK have a similar resource if you are in the UK. Failing that, the publications themselves are pretty much always a safe bet to find contact details.
Twitters speed of response and accessibility makes it a great candidate for the getting your story quickly in front of journos. RWW provide a great guide on the art of the pitch in 140 characters. For the more formal approach, Journalism.co.uk offers a great inside into writing a kick ass press release.
Content promotion isn't rocket science, it does however, when done right, take almost as much time as the content creation process itself. With promotion often playing second fiddle to content, I'm confident implementation of at least some of these tactics will separate your site from 99% of the competition.
5 responses to "7 content promotion strategies for healthier website traffic."
Re the Howie Jacobson post – I bought AdWords for Dummies many years back – and thought it was an excellent and quite funny read (even if I didn't agree 100% with everything in the book).
I'd definitely recommend people buy the new one whenever it is released (don't ask me when).
Though it you click on his 'AdWords certified partner' logo on his web site – you'll see that his company only has one employee certified in Search Advertising (none in Display Advertising and none in Reporting and Analysis)(note to self must re-sit those other 2 exams soon…:-)
Thanks for mentioning me and for putting together such a thorough resource!
Nicely done.
Great post. The information is still very relevant today. This is a perfect example of content that is timeless and always stay top of mind to readers for years to come. Bravo!!!
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Stanley Turrentine is the featured artist in this big band session with an all-star orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson. While Nelson's charts are funky and easygoing (without providing any solo space for the likes of Phil Woods, Clark Terry, and Jay Jay Johnson), they serve the purpose to inspire the tenor saxophonist. Turrentine is quite soulful on Percy Mayfield's "River's Invitation," and his huge tone carries the day in a waltzing chart of the 1960s hit "A Taste of Honey." The artist also contributed some originals to the date, including the easygoing "Little Sheri," which features the unison flutes of Danny Bank and Jerry Dodgion, and "Mattie T," a gospel-like song that almost seems like a march. ~ Ken Dryden


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Chris Brown's fifth studio album, "Fortune" (RCA), is a pure-pop candy cane, meant to be enjoyed, consumed and forgotten. Thinking would ruin everything. At its best, it does its job very well – a mix of bangers and ballads as instant and insistent as anything on commercial radio.
Like most of the singer's albums, its mixture of smut, vulnerability, menace and dancefloor celebration tells us next to nothing about what is going on between Chris Brown's ears, which is probably for the best. In his most expressive moments, Brown plays a not very likable character: a demanding rogue who wants sex, and wants it now, no questions asked. "No is not an option," he declares in the groupie-love ode "Biggest Fan."
"Nice thighs, nice waist," he oozes in "Strip," then adds, almost as an afterthought, "and you know I can't forget about your face." The relationships in these songs don't require much in the way of conversation or intellect, and Brown's narrator clearly prefers it that way.
Some listeners will never forgive Brown for beating up his former girlfriend, Rihanna, several years ago, though Rihanna seems to have done so, recently collaborating with Brown on two remixes. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting the singer and was sentenced to five years probation, one year of counseling and six months of community service. Yet his career has continued to sail along. His 2011 release, "F.A.M.E.," became his first chart-topper and won a Grammy Award as best R&B album.
If Brown has any regrets or has experienced any personal growth, he's kept that out of his music. On "Fortune," he makes one oblique reference to his past on "Don't Judge Me," in which he pleads with a new lover to "take me as I am, not who I was," otherwise, he suggests, "it could get ugly."
It's a sentiment in keeping with an album that is all about surface needs and shallow relationships. Little wonder the music cuts to the chase with ear-grabbing efficiency. The snaky robo-reggae feel of "Bassline," the way martial drums rise and disappear throughout "Till I Die," the star-burst keyboards that paint the background sky in "Sweet Love" – the production by a trove of collaborators (Pop Wansel, Danja and Polow da Don among them) is often dazzling in the details.
Brown's voice is serviceable but hardly exceptional. He sounds best when he's just a background accessory, strutting onto the dancefloor for "Turn Up the Music" and chanting on "Trumpet Lights" that "I'm gonna be the one you love," as if saying it enough can make it so.


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Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply "Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, brings gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24. The modern figure was derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, which, in turn, was part of its basis in hagiographical tales concerning the historical figure of Christian bishop and gift giver Saint Nicholas. A nearly identical story is attributed by Greek Orthodox and Byzantine Christian folklore to Saint Basil of Caesarea. Basil's feast day on January 1 is considered the time of exchanging gifts in Greece.
Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man - sometimes with spectacles - wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots (images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache). This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.
According to a tradition which can be traced to the 1820s, Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, with a large number of magical elves, and nine (originally eight) flying reindeer. Since the 20th century, in an idea popularized by the 1934 song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", Santa Claus has been believed to make a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior ("naughty" or "nice") and to deliver presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer who pull his sleigh.


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late 14c., from Late Latin paganus "pagan," in classical Latin "villager, rustic; civilian, non-combatant" noun use of adjective meaning "of the country, of a village," from pagus "country people; province, rural district," originally "district limited by markers," thus related to pangere "to fix, fasten," from PIE root *pag- "to fix" (see pact). As an adjective from early 15c.
Religious sense is often said to derive from conservative rural adherence to the old gods after the Christianization of Roman towns and cities; but the word in this sense predates that period in Church history, and it is more likely derived from the use of paganus in Roman military jargon for "civilian, incompetent soldier," which Christians (Tertullian, c.202; Augustine) picked up with the military imagery of the early Church (e.g. milites "soldier of Christ," etc.). Applied to modern pantheists and nature-worshippers from 1908.


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The American flag exists at the periphery of most our lives. It takes on significance mainly at events kicked off by the playing of the national anthem, at parades and during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankees games. At those times we pause and reflect, perhaps on the memory of a family member or friend who was lost on a foreign battlefield.
For others, however — a shrinking brotherhood of veterans of Word War II, Korea and Vietnam, as well as the men and women who have served in the gulf war, Iraq and Afghanistan — the flag is a much more powerful symbol that to some degree defines their lives. In many cases they gave up years of their youth to defend it, and because so many of their friends died in that effort, those who survived came home feeling the weighty responsibility for keeping that history — and the flag's symbolism — alive.
In the 1960s, those who denigrated the military and its adventures overseas often mocked people in uniform and the flag they saluted, sometimes gleefully burning it and much more often cheapening it by decorating everything from T-shirts to Volkswagen Beetles to bags of marijuana with it. In the social and cultural upheaval of the times, it was hard to predict what the future of that flag might be.
But 50 years later, with men and women still dying in its defense, it flies high still. The flag made a dramatic comeback after the Sept. 11 attacks, and now proudly flutters almost everywhere, it seems, from construction trucks to homes and businesses to the lifeguard stands at Jones Beach.
Today there is even a group of volunteers who use old, tattered flags — which by law must be destroyed — to honor servicemen and women. Susan Wells, of Troy, N.Y., who started the project, called Stars For Our Troops, collects discarded and damaged American flags and removes the stars. Each one is washed and pressed, and then placed in a small bag with a note that reads, "I am part of our American flag that has flown over a home in the U.S.A. I can no longer fly. The sun and winds have caused me to become tattered and torn. Please carry me as a reminder that you are not forgotten."
"When I had a soldier crying on my shoulder and thanking me for remembering his service," Wells said, "I knew it was right."
On Friday, Flag Day, take a moment to think about all those soldiers, and all that the flag means.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday attempted to up the pressure on Congress to resolve the so-called "fiscal cliff," saying immediate action is necessary.
The Bush-era tax cuts expire and massive spending cuts kick in Jan. 1 if Congress doesn't act to rein in the federal deficit.
Obama and Republicans disagree on how to approach the issue, Obama advocating an increase in income taxes on incomes above $250,000 coupled with spending cuts, while Republicans insist on not raising marginal tax rates on incomes exceeding $250,000.
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Obama initiated a campaign-like effort to enlist the public in pressuring Congress, urging Americans to flock to Twitter and post under the "#My2K" hashtag, a reference to the $2,000 average annual increase in middle-class taxes if nothing is done.
"Now's the time for us to work on what we all agreed to, which is let's keep middle class taxes low. That's what our economy needs, that's what the American people deserve, and if we get this part of it right, then a lot of the other issues surrounding deficit reduction in a fair and balanced and responsible way are going to be a whole lot easier, and if we get this wrong, the economy is going to go south, it's going to be much more difficult to balance our budgets and deal with our deficits because if the economy is not strong, that means more money is going out on things like unemployment insurance, and less money is coming in in terms of tax receipts, and it actually just makes our deficit worse," Obama said, adding he is hopeful something can be worked out by Christmas.
Obama again urged the House to approve a Senate-passed measure that extends tax cuts on income of less than $250,000 to give lawmakers time to revise the tax code and budget after the first of the year.
"Even the wealthiest Americans would still get a tax cut on the first $250,000 of their income. So it's not like folks who make more than $250,000 aren't getting a tax break, too," he said. "They are getting a tax break on the first $250,000 just like everybody else. Families and small businesses would, therefore, be able to enjoy some peace of mind heading into Christmas and heading into the new year.
"And it would give us more time than next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down our deficits, to streamline our tax system, to do it in a balanced way, including asking the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more so we can invest in training, education, science, and research."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, shot down the suggestion, supported by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., party strategist and former chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee.
"I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him," Boehner said, adding raising taxes on the top 2 percent of taxpayers will "hurt small businesses. It'll hurt our economy. That's why it's not the right approach."
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Obama also was to meet with 14 chief executives from big businesses.
Negotiations grew knottier Tuesday when several leading Democrats called on Obama to demand Republicans agree to raise the nation's $16.4 trillion debt limit as part of a fiscal deal.
"We would be somewhat foolish to work out something on stopping us from going over the cliff and then a month or six weeks later, the Republicans would pull the same game they did before," The Washington Post quoted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as saying.
The "game" he referred to was the summer 2011 debt-ceiling negotiations.
Republican leaders denounced Obama's "campaign" as a public-relations ploy aimed at bypassing congressional leaders.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the "time for campaigning is over."
He said Obama should focus on ensuring Democrats compromise over higher tax rates for the wealthy.
"If the president wants a solution to the challenges of the moment, the people he needs to be talking to are the members of his own party, so he can convince them of the need to act,'' McConnell said.


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This was one of my first sewing projects in years. The pattern is Simplicity 4079. I modified it a tiny bit so that the sides are lining fabric and the back and front are patterned, to keep the flower-patterned fabric from being too overwhelming. There are a lot of pieces to this pattern, but it was very fun to make a fully lined vest—turning it right side out is like magic. I topstitched around the edges to make sure they stayed flat and nice.I wanted to use some antique shoe buttons that I inherited from my grandmother, and I wasn't so sure about making buttonholes on my ancient Singer. So I opted out for the time being and sewed on loops made of cord. Maybe I will add buttonholes someday…
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It has been nine years now, but Mike Mularkey still recalls the anxiety. Draft weekend was coming. His Falcons had the No. 3 pick. He knew what he wanted but wasn't certain he would get it.
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NO, Prime Minister
A Journey: My Political Life
The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour
The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour
Failing Intelligence: The True Story of How We Were Fooled into Going to War in Iraq
No one who experienced the elated atmosphere of the American presidential election two years ago and who had also been in London in May 1997 could fail to be reminded of the similar mood when Tony Blair won his first general election. He makes the comparison himself. Just as Blair had once been, Barack Obama was greeted by adoring crowds "giving all that you touch something akin to magic." Blair's election had "felt like a release, the birth of something better than what had been before," he writes, and the word "release" is right. After eighteen years of Tory rule, most British voters badly wanted a new government.
But the personable man who entered Downing Street just before his forty-fourth birthday was in many ways an unlikely figure. Blair's father, who was born poor in Glasgow (and was a youthful Communist), rose to be a prosperous barrister, had hoped to be a Tory MP before he was incapacitated by a stroke, and gave his son the education he had lacked. After attending Fettes, the Edinburgh public school, and Oxford, Blair became a barrister and joined the Labour Party, although he had no roots in the movement or obvious political convictions. In an aside at the end of his memoir, he remarks that he has always been more interested in religion than politics, and he entered Parliament almost by inadvertence.
When I first came across Blair he was standing unsuccesfully in a by-election in 1982. He was elected the following year in an otherwise disastrous general election for his party—Margaret Thatcher's second triumph—when "I didn't really think a Labour victory was the best thing for the country, and I was a Labour candidate!" He joined opposition benches much diminished in talent; soon afterward, the Tory politician and diarist Alan Clark spotted "two bright boys called Brown and Blair" among Labour freshmen, and both their stars steadily rose.
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The Tokyo String Quartet Will Bid Farewell
It's time to say goodbye: After more than 40 years, the members of Tokyo String Quartet have decided they will disband at the end of the 2012-13 season.
Several months ago, the group had announced that its last two founding members, violinist Kikuei Ikeda and violist Kazuhide Isomura, would retire in June 2013, and that violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith were beginning a search for new colleagues. However, the quartet has decided to disband altogether. In an official notice posted on their website, Beaver says: "It is a difficult prospect to replace one long-standing quartet member. To replace two of them simultaneously is a Herculean task. With the retirement of our colleagues in our minds, we increasingly felt over the last few months that the most fitting way we could honor and celebrate our quartet's long and illustrious career was to bring it to a graceful close."
Officially founded at Juilliard in 1969, the Tokyo players originally found inspiration at Tokyo's Toho School of Music, where they worked with Hideo Saito (who also mentored Seiji Ozawa and after whom Ozawa named his Saito Kinen Festival). Today, East Asian players form a huge presence in Western classical music, but when the Tokyo Quartet first burst onto the scene, they were pioneers. They have made more than 40 widely hailed recordings, including complete cycles of Beethoven, Schubert and Bartok quartets, which have earned the Diapason d'Or prize, a Gramophone Award and seven Grammy nominations.


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Above is a scene from "Servant In The House" which will be pre-sented
next Thursday and Friday nights in the college chapel. Left to
right are Tom Perrson as Manson; Ann Radunz as Auntie; and Willard
Hedberg playing the role of Vicar.
Cast Seeks Perfection
As Final Practice Begins
Behind locked doors the stage is being set. Curtain time! The house
lights dim, the audience hushes, and the curtains go up on the first
professional drama presented at Bethel! Yes, by now Servant In The
House, by Charles R. Kennedy has almost reached the peak of perfec-tion
and will be performed on Thursday and Friday of next week. The
diligent practices are bringing results and during this final week of
practice the cast is striving for the professional touch.
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Vol. XXVII—No. 12
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, April 20, 1951
Juniors Sponsor 'Servant in the House' Apr. 26-27
Those included in the cast are
as follows:
Bishop Arnold Regier
Vicar Willard Hedberg
Auntie Ann Radunz
Mary Mary Quernemoen
Robert Don Barnhill
Manson Tom Persson
Rogers Don Lindgren
Tickets have already been put on
sale for sixty cents each. Thursday
night, April 26 has been set as the
night students should attend as
the Friday night performance has
been designated as St. Paul night
when members of the twin-city
conference churches will be attend-ing.
Chorus Starts
WeekTour Today
The Bethel Girl's Chorus left to-day
on a seven day singing tour
throughout northern Minnesota and
into Canada. Accompanying them
will be the Bethel male quartet
composed of Dave England, Bruce
Woodman, Dan Seagren and Jim
Tonight these two musical
groups will give a performance in
Thief River Falls, Minn. Saturday
and Sunday they will be in Winne-peg,
Manitoba, Canada, appearing
at a Youth For Christ meeting Sat-urday
night. Monday the groups
will sing at Karlstad, Minn.; Tues-day
at Kennedy, Minn.; Wednesday
at Faffton, Minn., and Thursday
at Millaca, Minn.
Anderson, Jensen
Among Top Six
In U. Tournament
Wendell Anderson and Jack
Jensen, two members of Bethel's
debate squad, placed among the
top six teams at the University of
Minnesota's annual debate annual
debate tournament which was held
April 6 and 7. They won four of
their five debates to achieve this
honor. They defeated St. Olaf Col-lege,
rated among the top teams
in the nation, the University of
Minneosta, Winona State T. C., and
Mankato State T. C. Their one loss
was to the Duluth branch of the
University of Minnesota.
Jack Jensen also won an award
for high speaking ability in the
tournament. He placed in the up-per
bracket of speakers for the
entire affair to win the award.
Wendell Anderson also scored
highly in speaker points to help
give the team its high advantage
in speaking ability.
Tom Persson and Cliff Anderson
were also entered in the tourna-ment
as a Bethel representative.
They won one of their five debates
in the collegiate section.
The speech event was divided
into freshman, junior college, and
inter-collegiate sections, with both
of Bethel's teams participating in
the latter class. Schools from all
over the upper Northwest were re-presented
in the debate classic.
The tournament was the last one
of the season for the Bethel squad.
491ticadicatai extefrutioot
On Friday, May 4, during Per-iod
IV, Howard G. Grant, Ram-sey
County Agricultural Agent,
will speak to the Rural Sociol-ogy
Class of the College and
the Religious Education Class
of the Seminary on the topic,
"The Agricultural Extension
Service and the Church," in the
College Chapel. He will discuss
the ways in which the AES can
work with the rural church and
its desire to do so. Students
who are free that period and
other visitors will be welcome.
24 Volunteer
for DVBS work
To date, some twenty-four Bethel
students have volunteered to do
work in Daily Vacation Bible
Schools throughout the coming
summer. Miss Esther Sabel, faculty
member and director of the work,
said that these students will do
work in churches in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Illinois, South Dakota,
Connecticutt, and Nebraska.
The Minnesota Women's Union
donates $500 to the support of the
workers in Minnesota. Most gener-ally,
however, the workers work
voluntarily, their transportation
room and board being paid by the
Those already to go for the sum-mer
are: Betty Anderson, Phoebe
Anderson, Dorothy Dalbey, Joyce
Hill, Charlotte Hoffman, Helen
Holle, Dorothy Lindbloom, Elaine
Holmquist, Eunice Hulth, Ann Lar-sen,
Mable Larsen, Virginia Lov-aas,
Margaret Miller, Naomi Nest-erud,
James Niles, Florence Nord-strom,
Hannah Plautt, Helen R.
Peterson, Dorothy Riek, Becky
losty, Gloria Berhow, and Gene-veive
Seven to Compete
In Oratory Wed.
Seven contestants are signed up
to compete in the Dr. Alford Han-son
Oratory Contest to be held
next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
in the college chapel. The fifty
dollar award money has been des-ignated
by the speech faculty to
be distributed in $25, $15, and $10
amounts and given to the first,
second, and third place winners.
Professor Berntsen, in charge of
the contest, has announced the
following entrants and their topics:
"Is This America" — Muriel
"Whither Education" — Marvin
"The Stamp of the Coin"—Jack
"What is Our Christian Respon-sibility?"
— M-E- Van Antwerp
"The Most Discussed Question in
Scandinavia"—Thorlief Aunevik
"The Wall of Offense" — Henry
"The Social Gospel — Challenge
to Evangelical Christianty"—Reu-ben
Mr. Edward LeVau
PDG Meets Tues;
Banquet April 30
Next Tuesday evening at 9 o'-
clock in the Seminary Lounge,
former Bethel students Mel Sone-son
and Robert Sandin, will lead
the Progressive Discussion Group
in their discussion of the topic,
"The Meaning of Ethical Terms—
Or the Definition of Good."
On Monday night, April 30th,
the group will hold their annual
banquet at Webers Inn at which
time Dr. C. E. Carlson will address
the group and lead a discussion
on the topic "What are the pur-poses
for the existence of the Bap-tist
General Conference."
For the concluding half of the
program, the former Bethel male
quartet will present a vocal con-cert
of spirituals and hymns. The
quartet members are Robert Sand-in,
Paul Leafblad, Don Patet, and
Jim Rentz.
Tickets for the program will be
on sale at forty cents apiece, the
proceeds being used to purchase
the J. S. Banquet tickets for the
graduating Sophomores.
The Orations will be judged
sixty per cent for content, original-ity,
persuasivness, organization and
delivery and forty per cent for
gestures, posture, eye contact, and
Le Vau Gives
Recital Tonight
Bethel's faculty and student
body will again have the privilege
of hearing one of its professors in
music in a baritone voice recital
which will be presented tonight at
Mr. Edward LeVau trained at
the McPhail School of Music and
the University of Minnesota before
he came to Bethel two years ago
to teach voice, vocal ensemble, and
to serve as music librarian. He has
appeared in several recitals at the
University, and at the present time
is a student of Mr. Schuessler,
Professor of Voice, University of
Throughout his program, he will
be accompanied by Miss Mildred
Bisgrove and assisted by Mr.
Valdeko Kangro and Mr. Kaljo
Raid on the violin and cello, re-spectively.
His selections will be: Consolati
e spera!—Scarletti; Spesso vibra
per seco gioco. — Scarletti; Pur
dicesti, o bocca bella. — Lotti;
Yclept My Ladye Faire—Dunn;
and 0 Mistress Mine—Dunn.
Mighty Lord—Bach; Thus Saith
the Lord and But who may abide
the day of his corning—Handel.
Ich grolle nicht — Schumann;
Wohin—Schubert; Die Mainacht-
Brahms; and Fussreise—Wolf.
Songs of Travel—Vaughn—Will-iams;
May the Maiden—Carpenter;
The Cave—Schneider; Memories-
Goossen; and Tally Ho!—Leoni.
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Tonight, Vocal Recital, Mr. LeVau.
April 23, PDG, Sandin and Soneson.
April 26, 27 Junior Class Play.
April 30, PDG Dinner Meeting. Dr.
Carlson, speaker.
May 2, BWA Banquet.
May 3, Freshman Talent Program.
May 4, Missionary Chapel.
May 4, Faculty Recital (Trio)
May 8, Student Recital.
May 10, Seminary Banquet.
May 11, J. S. Banquet.
Freshman Talent Night May 3
To Mix Music, Speech, Comedy
On Thursday night, May 3rd, at 8 o'clock in the college chapel, the
Freshman class will present a Talent Night program in the fields of
music, speech and short comical drama.
Nadine Westin will start off the first half of the program with a
piano solo, followed by an organ number by Pauline Anderson. Florence
Ohman will present a vocal solo after which Jack Jensen will give a
humorous speech.
A string trio number will be included in the musical part followed
by a number yet to be selected.
A short humorous skit, written by Freshman Donald Richardson,
entitled "Romeo and Juliet", will follow the. series of musical presenta-tions.
Romeo is played by Don Richardson; Juliet, by Cal Anderson;
Juliet's father Mr. Anderson is played by Eddie Meyer; and Pat Nolan
has the part of Juliet's mother, Mrs. Anderson.
YOU should be attending some Sunday school!
are cordially invited to attend Calvary's.
9:45—Two College Classes
—Soul Winner Class
—Expositers Bible Class
11:00 Morning Worship
7:30 Evening Service.
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Market, Inc.
Quick Freeze Service
and Frosted Foods
Meats at Fair Prices
Johnson & Barnes
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Fruits, Vegetables
and Bakery Goods
597 Snelling Avenue North Ne. 8621
Mobile Service Station
Snelling and Como Ave.
Flower and Gift Shop
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• Text Books
• Souvenirs
• Stationery
• Cards
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Campus Capers
by Marty
Cleaning the lounge in the Girls' Dorm can be quite a riot, just
ask Don Barnhill. Don will tell you that he expects to find most any-thing
in his cleaning closet. Anything from a nest of sandwiches to
limburger cheese or a puppet. The puppet was clothed in various bor-rowed
clothes from the girls on first floor.
One morning Don got out of cleaning the lounge, for he found
three girls sleeping on the couches. Don tried to wake them, but they
didn't move, so he went back home and went to bed.
Warning to Don: Some morning beware that you aren't met by
some sheeted ghosts. I talked to some gals who thought it would be a
good idea.
Sonny, the chicken has died. That is the explanation for all the
black attire in evidence some Tuesdays back. A funeral was held, with
Marie Ekstrom and Betty Jane Hjort singing a duet, by special request.
Because the ground is still too hard, Marilyn Dahlquist reports that
the chicken was (not creamed) but cremated.
It's old, but I've just got to tell you. When Mr. Dalton asked "Red"
Nelson What his folks would say if he went down in History, Red re-sponded,
"George Washington went down in history, so I guess• it'd be
all right if I did, too."
Another time when informed he'd get a zero, Marlin cheerfully re-torted,
"Well, that'll bring up my average."
Choristers Chuckle at Trials
by Carolyn Clark
Always on a choir trip, things happen that the members can
chuckle over when the trip is completed. Such has been the case on
our tour.
A Lonely Heart's Club was formed at the tour's outset. This in-cluded
everyone on the bus. By popular request, Herman Van Arsdale
was appointed as president. Ronnie (alias Roland Jackson) Johnson,
our co-pilot, ran a close second for the honor. Because the mail service
was Ixcellent, the Lonely Hearts weren't too lonely. Chuck Lindgren,
our big boy, received more letters than anyone else, nearly forty in all.
The couple times he didn't receive those "sugar reports," he was
rather blue. They must have nice girls in Duluth, Chuck.
It is surprising how the vocabulary changed in such a short time.
Nicknames sprouted up everywhere. For instance, Anna Karcher and
her frequent "Baloney!" to various situations has given her the name of
"Anner," typically Brooklyn in tone. On one of the daily "radio pro-grams"
on the bus, our next Burle Ives, Russ Baustian, was introduced
as Russ "Spontaneous Combaustian." This name continued for the rest
of the tour.
A frequent stopping place on trip has been the Howard Johnson
restaurants, well known for their famous twenty-eight flavors of ice-cream.
Al Windham admits that he has ten flavors yet to go. Perhaps,
Al, when you return to the East, you can complete the rest.
Warren Nelson has been the brunt of much teasing. Known for his
ability to be the last one on the bus, it became the custom to ask
before leaving any place, "Is Warren here?" There are always difficul-ties
in being next to the youngest in the choir.
Three years ago when the choir was first started, a system of fines
for being late to rehearsals and boarding the bus was introduced by
Mr. Smith. This year for the first time, the tables were turned on him.
It seems the service must have been slow at a Howard Johnson's on
our way along the Pennsylvania Turnpike and he got back to the bus
late. He had to pay a fine for both he and his wife, much to the amuse-ment
of the choir.
When we sang at Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia, Nettie
Dvirnak decided the tenors and basses needed some assistance. During
the male solo part in "King of Kings", Nettie sang along with them as
nice as could be, without realizing her error. Good job, Nettie.
Our direcor was taken by surprise the night we were in his home
church in Collingswood, New Jersey, when he discovered he had left
his tuxedo (red suspenders and all) on the bus, which was nowhere to
be found. It looked as if it would be an informal concert, as he was wear-ing
a sport shirt. A rented tuxedo filled the bill, and we were able to
carry out the concert in true form.
People remark about the manly fellows we have in choir, for at
least five are over six feet tall. At Elim Park Rest Home, however, this
manliness broke down. It was such a joy and blessing to sing for those
dear old people that when we finished singing there wasn't a dry eye
in the choir.
Now that the tour is over, we can look back and truthfully say that
it was one of the happiest two weeks in our lives. Along with the
humorous times, we had wonderful moments of blessing and fellowship
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No doubt we have all heard and
possibly experienced the "second
wind." A runner runs and runs,
and then after a while he comes
into the discouraging state of being
all out of breath and weak, and
feels unable to run another step.
But he keeps doggedly on, slow-ly
and laboriously, and soon some-thing
happens. There is resuscita-tion
of heart and lungs, and he is
all fresh and can carry on, as it
seems, indefinitely.
Professor William James speaks
of the "second wind" of the soul
and of the human spirit. Its pos-sibilities
are greater. Not only a
"second wind" but a third, and a
fifth, and a tenth, and almost
inexhaustable are the possibilities
of the human soul—for resuscita-tion.
But greater than the statement
of William James is that of Paul
and of the inspired Word: "I can
do all things through Christ who
strengtheneth me."
In early years, Oliver Cromwell
wrote to a friend: "I am weak as
water." Then he discovered that
passage by the great Apostle, and
the possibility there set forth, and
Cromwell became Cromwell — the
indomitable, the victorious.
And the secret and the source
will be found clearly set forth in
John 7:37-38.
Batting and infield practice got
underway at the team's first out-side
practice last Friday, at which
time Coach Peterson laid down
plans for the season to the boys
and gave them their first tips that
will prepare them for their first
game Wednesday, April 25th a-gainst
Out to give their best in team-work
for the Bethel nine are Art
Hage, Gordy Johnson, Harold
Werts, Bud Pierce, Bob Carlson,
Ronnie Nelson, Don Barnhill, Cliff
Vennerstrom, Ken Stickler, Al
Malmstrom, Jerry Hegstrom, Rod-ney
Kjell, Stan Meyer, Don Spratt,
and Lowry Frederickson.
Jewish Student Begins Work
With Hebrew-Christian Center
One of the most interesting people on campus is, without question,
Richard Stohr.
Student at both Bethel and the University of Minnesota, Mr. Stohr
hopes to complete his college work this June. Stohr is also a licensed
Covenant minister, having graduated from North Park Seminary last
This year the work that Stohr and his wife are engaged in is con-nected
with the Hebrew Christian Fellowship Center. They hold meet-ings
for children, women, and men in the large basement of their home.
Mrs. Stohr is in charge of the children's and women's meetings.
Trying to interest both Hebrew
and Gentile students in the new
program. Stohr invites those in-terested
to attend the first meet-ing
of the "Young Messiahists" on
the last Sunday in April. Meetings
will be in the form of a regular
gospel meeting, with singing and
an outside speaker, perhaps.
Mr. Stohr, who is himself of
Jewish descent, was born in Vien-na,
Austria, where he lived until
the time of the war. He went to
Sweden, where his schooling was
continued and where he was con-verted
one Easter Sunday. After
the war, Stohr acted as a travelers'
guide and introduced groups of
students to all of Europe.
Because his father is a famous
musician—pianist and composer,
now at the Curtis Institute in Phil-adelphia—
the matter of passports
was made easier for Stohr.
Mr. Stohr asserts that there are
1,7000 Jewish students here in our
state and therefore, is certain that
this need must be met, in ways
and groups such as the "Young
gab, Soilitail
Athletically minded girls are get-ting
back in the swing again as
preparations for a girl's softball
team gets underway. The organiza-tion
meeting was held Saturday,
April 14, in the college building
with about sixteen girls present.
Practice sessions will be held
every Tuesday and Saturday after-noons
between 3:00 and 4:00 P. M.
Good news for fans who enjoyed
the girl's basketball games is that
plans are being made for games
with other schools this spring.
Other girls who are interested
in taking part in this sport and
were unable to attend the first
practices are still welcome to join.
Indian Trackmen
Set Five Meets
Has track finally become a real-ity
at Bethel? It seems so, as a
number of meets have been sched-uled.
The first meet is the Carleton
Relays, Saturday, April 21, which
includes such schools as Macales-ter,
Mankato Teachers, St. Olaf,
So. Dakota St., and Carleton. A-
. mong the squad of Bethelites mak-ing
the trip to Carleton will be
Chuck Lindgren, Ron Skoog, Don
Spratt, Wayne Thompson, Cal An-derson,
Don Barnhill, Skip Beard,
Al Malmstrom, Ford Wilson, and
possibly Ed Viren.
This will be the first outing for
a Bethel track team.
The schedule:
April 21, Carleton Relays
April 24, St. Thomas and Hamline
May 1, St. Thomas and Mankato
May 5, St. Thomas Relays
May 11, St. Olaf and Augsburg
Baseball Candidates Drill As
Season Opener Approaches
When will the sun shine and the weather warm up? This question
has been asked by the baseball candidates as they hopefully watch for
the opportunity to get out and limber up their arms and lay wood to
the "horsehide."
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The Lady Bisons won the first game 8-0 as Whitney Kiihnl combined with Ali Watson for the Lady Bisons 26th shutout of the season. In game two the Lady Bisons prevailed 20-1 as Alaina Jacobson and Watson combined for the win.
"It was a great way to finish up conference play," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "We came out and hit the ball well. Belmont struggled some on the mound."
The 20 runs tied the season high for the Lady Bisons who scored 20 against Oakland University Feb. 20 in a tournament in Statesboro, Ga.
Game one was called after six innings as the Lady Bisons scored two runs in the fourth, four in the fifth and one in the sixth after opening the game with one run in the first.
The Lady Bisons pounded out 13 hits, led by catcher Mollie Mitchell and designated player Caroline Mason with three apiece. Mason drove in a season-high four runs, including two on a home run to right center. Mitchell slammed her sixth double of the season.
Second baseman Abby Keese hit a solo homer in the first with two outs. It was the 50th career home run for Keese who has 13 this season, one short of her career season high of 14 set both her freshman and sophomore years.
"Abby has been noted for her power," Ryman said. "Her average has also been more consistent this year. "Today she got back to taking some really aggressive swings. It's good to see her get back to that form."
Kiihnl, 28-2, gave up one hit in four innings. She walked two and struck out seven. Watson pitched two innings and did not give up a hit as she earned her second save.
In game two, called after five innings, the Lady Bisons took advantage of six walks and one hit batter to score six runs. They added five more in the second sparked by a three-run home run to left field by Mitchell.
In the third the Lady Bisons again scored six runs as three batters walked and one was hit by a pitch. Lauren Dortwegt's RBI-triple, her first of the season, was the big hit of the inning.
In the fourth the Lady Bisons added another run as Courtney Billington scored on a wild pitch.
With Camille Cross on base with a single in the fifth Megan Rottler hit her second home run of the season to left field to close out the scoring.
Jacobson pitched four innings. Scattering five hits and allowing one run. She walked two and did not strike out a batter Watson picked up her second save of the day. In one inning she gave up two hits and walked one.
"There were a lot of walks in the second game," Ryman said. "I felt like our hitters adjusted to that. We were disciplined at the plate. We weren't chasing a whole lot of pitches.
"They had trouble finding the zone and walked in a few early. I felt like when we did swing the bats we got the most out of it and moved runners around. We took advantage of the fact that we had so many base runners."
Every healthy player on the roster played in one or both games.
"It was nice to jump out and get good leads in both games and be able to rest some girls," Ryman said. "We were able to give some girls who work hard in practice a chance to play. We talked with them after the games and told them we don't take for granted what they come to practice every day and do.
"They have an outstanding group of experienced players in front of them. There are not too many years when it is like that. I thought those players were ready today when we called on them. They went in and did a great job. We want them to continue to be ready through this last stretch and into the postseason."
The Lady Bisons are 42-10 overall, 18-2 in the conference. Belmont is 10-42, 3-15 in the A-Sun.
Senior Day for the Lady Bisons is planned for May 6 when Middle Tennessee State visits Draper Diamond for a doubleheader to finish the regular season.
Final exams begin Friday and end next Thursday.
"We are going to do some light practices between now and MTSU," Ryman said. "We are going to take a few days off as well. We want to give them some time to rest and study."
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The Miami Dolphins have two choices with Joey Porter.
They can cut him the first weeks of March before a $1 million roster bonus he is scheduled to receive comes due. Or they can lose all credibility with the rest of the players in their locker room, the media, and their fans.
It's that simple.
Last week I reported to you exclusively that Porter went on a hometown radio show and said he didn't want to return to the Dolphins. That same report also included details of a meeting Porter had with Tony Sparano in which the enigmatic linebacker told the coach how unhappy he was with the Dolphins.
Despite other media questioning the validity of my report, it was confirmed Monday -- by Porter himself. He went on the Jim Rome show and basically repeated most everything he told his hometown radio station, including the idea that the best thing to happen now is that he's traded.
"I mean, it would just kind of be the smart thing do," Porter said of a trade out of Miami.
Porter also confirmed the meeting with Sparano.
I have also confirmed that Monday's nationally telecast call for a trade didn't take the Dolphins by surprise. Porter, a league source told me, has told the Dolphins he would like to be traded.
But in going public with his desire in this and the Bakersfield, California radio interview, Porter has all but sealed his fate. Even though the Dolphins last week had not made up their collective minds that Porter had played his last game for Miami, that is changing.
Until only recently, Porter had two advocates at Dolphins camp. While football czar Bill Parcells recognized Porter as a potential trouble-maker and distraction, he accepted his presence because Sparano was a fan and appreciated Porter. Porter's 17.5 sacks in 2008 also played a big role, no doubt.
Other players also liked and even looked up to Porter so that helped the linebacker.
But I am told that while the players remain Porter advocates, Sparano has soured on his weakside linebacker. The coach now sees Porter as a declining role player who is coming off a down year and isn't, at age 33, likely to improve substantially going forward.
In a phrase popular to the Dolphins, Porter is being viewed as a "progress stopper," because the team wants and expects to have younger players coming in that they want to play more than Porter.
The Dolphins, of course, could walk back from all this because they haven't made any public statement about Porter other than to say his future is still not decided. But is that really true?
The last time a Dolphins player requested a trade -- Jason Taylor in 2008 -- it got done.
Does anyone see the Dolphins hearing Porter's now nationally telecast complaints and saying, "OK, Joey, you're right and we're wrong. We're sorry. Please come back, and to make you see we really mean it, here's $1 million?"
That would send the young and impressionable players in the Miami locker room the message that management can be bullied.
And can anyone see Sparano bowing to Porter's demands to play all three downs every game no matter what after Porter basically called him out on national TV?
Where would that leave Sparano's reputation?
And would you, the Dolfan, have a higher or lower level of respect for the organization if it puts up with this kind of bovine manure?
This issue would ordinarily threaten to carry over for quite some time if Porter's delusional thinking was accurate and he actually had trade value. Then, 2010 likely being an uncapped year, the Dolphins might decide to pay Porter $1 million for the sake of salvaging a third- or fourth-round draft pick -- sort of like they did with Jason Taylor in 2008.
But Porter's trade value is zero. Zilch. Nada.
There is no team insane enough to pay a draft pick for a declining, undisciplined, headache. The market for such players is generally small anyway. In a year when the draft is promising lots of good talent even into the late middle rounds, the market for Porter practically disappears.
So, while the choice whether to keep or cut Porter remains a topic in the public realm -- largely because Porter has kept it there. The truth is the Dolphins have very little choice in this matter.
Porter's days with Miami are numbered.


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Every year, injuries, motor vehicle crashes, falls, knife or gunshot wounds or sport and recreational accidents bring patients to Cedars-Sinai for treatment. Each patient with severe, potentially life-threatening or disabling injuries, receives immediate attention.
As a Level I trauma hospital, Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing the highest level of care for injured patients. The services of the Cedars-Sinai Trauma Program range from prevention through rehabilitation.
Every hour of the day, the Trauma Program provides surgeons, surgical specialists, emergency medicine physicians, nurses and many other healthcare professionals to give immediate care to trauma patients. The Trauma Service is supported by specialists such as neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons as well as emergency medicine physicians and anesthesiologists. Crucial support services such as a blood bank, laboratory services and diagnostic radiology are part of the trauma care team. The Medical Center provides state-of-the-art equipment to resuscitate, stabilize and support the most critically injured patient.
Under the auspices of the Cedars-Sinai Department of Surgery, the Trauma Program provides leadership in injury-prevention programs, research, education, community outreach and trauma system planning.
From the emergency medical personnel at the site of an accident or injury to emergency care through intensive care, rehabilitation and eventually a return to home, the Cedars-Sinai Trauma Program plays a vital role in the survival and healing of severely injured people throughout Los Angeles County and beyond.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was initially designated a Level I trauma hospital in 1984 by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Following this initial designation, we have also attained Level I trauma hospital verification from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. This is the highest honor attainable for a trauma hospital and re-verification has been granted to the hospital every three years since the initial designation-verification was granted.


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Art Soiree hosted a private event for 'Thoughts of a Butterfly' book release at Puro Lounge in Georgetown. The crowd, like the awe-inspiring book, was in good spirits enjoying drinks and live jazz music outdoors.
Watch 'Thoughts of a Butterfly' book release on WUSA9 Friday morning!
Let go, laugh, live, love is Shirley Ramos personal credo and motif in her new book 'Thoughts of a Butterfly'. After suffering a stroke at the young age of 29, Shirley grabs her second chance at life with passion, even writing a book of poems about her journey. Yoni Lee contributed to this OMG report.
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Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Template
NOTE: Some pictures on this site are contributed by persons who have built this antenna, all pictures on this site are used with the permission of their author(s). Please send me a picture of your effort and let me know how it went.
Advantages over other antennas such as the Pringles Can Antenna
- No Pigtail Required
- No Modification to AP (No voiding of warranty)
- No Matching (SWR) Problems
- No Purchased Parts
- Trivially Easy Construction
- Very Low Probability of Error
- As Good As or BETTER Performance than the Pringles Can Antenna
- Superior Front to Back/Front to Rear Ratio
- Improves Wireless LAN Privacy
- Reduces Interference
Basically this antenna is so easy to make, tune, and install, and it performs so well that it is foolish not to try one before electing to purchase a commercial antenna, if for no other reason than you can check to see if you are purchasing enough commercial antenna to make the link you want to make. I needed a parabolic reflector to eliminate off property coverage. This one can eliminate signal from some areas while enhancing signal in other areas. A six or eight inch version of this reflector is just perfect for eliminating off site coverage while enhancing signal in poorly "lit" areas. You can make one from a Pringles can, there is little need to get fancy. I designed this reflector to be installed in outdoor enclosures with WAP-11 access points but it is becoming with people building indoor LAN's and people building very short point-to-point links between homes and offices because of it's performance and easy availability (scissors, tape, cardboard, tin foil and twenty minutes and you are in business). It can easily complete links up to one Km by sitting two WAP-11's in windows at each end of a link with clean line of site. The six inch version of the antenna will give you about 10 to 12 dB of gain over what you have. This equates to approximately 27 to 33 dB of EIRP. That means you wind up with an apparent power in the favored direction between 500 mw and 2 Watts. These numbers depend upon your access point, cards in use, which WiFi gear, etc... etc... That gain has to come from somewhere and it comes from the back side of the reflector, power normally transmitted in that direction is "bounced" forward. Therefore you have more control of where your signal is going when using this reflector. That feature of this antenna can be used to enhance the privacy of your wireless network and that was my reason for designing it in the first place, the rest is just gravy but it is very real and rather tasty gravy. Please also note that antenna gain is preferable to amplifier gain because it adds to both transmitted and received power. Usually amplifier gain only increases transmitted signal. It does one little good to increase transmitted signal when the access point is unable to "hear" the weak little PCMCIA card at the other end of the link.
The drawing can be scaled upon a copy machine to make a dish of any reasonable size. The gain computations for various sizes of the dish are also provided as well as rough graphs showing beam width and gain/frequency. This reflector is frequency independent, meaning it will work with any wireless gear on any band.
There is a square drawn upon the diagram. It will help you to ensure that your scaling does not corrupt the aspect ratio of the template. In other words, if the square is still square after you enlarge or reduce the template, you still have a good template.
Focal length varies with the size of the dish (but proportionally) therefore the focal point is also shown on the drawings. Positioning of the feed point (focal point) is the most critical aspect of a deep dish parabolic. Errors of 1/4" are unacceptable at these frequencies. It may help to "fiddle" with the positioning as small irregularities (~> 1/4 inch) will move the focal point slightly. If the dipole is not in the focal point, you will loose gain.
Parabolic reflectors also loose gain if your finished reflector varies much from the correct curve. This drawing should be accurate enough to be scaled to any reasonable size.
The reflector is designed to be fed by a dipole. That is why it is not circular. A dipole is long and cylindrical, the focal point on a circular dish is circular. The focal point on this design is a cylinder. Many access points use dipole(s) as their antenna, the WAP-11 is one such AP. This reflector is the optimal shape for such an antenna. More recent units, such as the WET-11, do NOT use dipoles as their antenna. I have added a template designed with those antennas in mind also.
The reflector is designed to be "square". Meaning you will use a piece of square material to shape the curve. If you need to reduce height for packaging reasons, a shorter antenna will work but you will lose roughly 3 dB for each halving of reflector height. It is also important to try to get the dipole lined up in the center of the reflector (see above).
If you don't have a copier, or you want to make a very large scale version, you can make your own graph paper and transfer the curve manually. Brown wrapping paper works fine. You might scale each 1/4" block to be 1" and the final result would be a 24" reflector. Smaller reflectors around 6 or 8 inches are more practical at home. If your access point has two antennas, just make two reflectors one for each antenna.
The template is a bit large but be patient. Right click on any image and select "Save Picture As" or "Print Picture"... Once you have a printed copy, ensure the grid on the printed copy is square. You can then use the image directly, as indicated in the lower pictures, or you may scale it on a copier, using paint, or manually. You might use the template to make a more rigid cardboard template so that you can check the entire surface of your reflector as you shape it. If you decide to scale the image in Paint be sure to check the little square drawn on the template. Scaling can change the "aspect ratio" of an image and that would create a bad template. So long as the little square on the template is still square after you re-size the template, you still have a good template. You can also decide to use only a portion of the curve from the template. If you do that you should still use the same focal point that is marked on the template.
Front to back ratio is a measurement of how well a directional antenna rejects interference from directions other than the desired direction. This reflector has excellent front to back ratio. Front to back ratio with this antenna depen*s upon the size of the wire mesh you use to make the antenna. Finer mesh will yield only slightly better gain but will yield much better front to back ratio. Modeling shows the F/B ratio to be better than ~25 dB if you use 1/4" or smaller mesh. My calculated gain figures presume the reflector is 55% efficient. If you use a solid sheet of aluminum or copper as your reflector, your gain figures may be a little bit higher than these. The radiation pattern is narrower in the vertical plane than the horizontal plane. With larger sizes pointing the antenna can require care.
So if you have an AP in your house, snatch one of your cookie sheets and get out the tin snips =), just don't get caught by Mom :-( Actually you can make this reflector from just about anything. People have made good ones from Pringles cans, large tin cans, wire screen, aluminum sheet, and tin roofing material. Any flat metal surface or screen, even tinfoil taped to cardboard will work. You can build one of these in less than a half an hour using an old shoe box and a roll of tin foil.
I would really like to hear from people who have made one of these as this helps me to improve this page.
Ask yourself NOT what you can get from
what you can give to the Maldiviandigital community
"Vengeance is mine;I will repay,saith the lord"" I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
Gallery of Successful Builds:
An eight inch version of this reflector out performs the "cantenna" in all respects and it's much easier to make a good one on the first try.
Ask yourself NOT what you can get from
what you can give to the Maldiviandigital community
"Vengeance is mine;I will repay,saith the lord"" I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."


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Happy Nowrouz0 comments - published on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Dear Friends,
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Nowrouz. I hope this will be the year of the overthrow of the Islamic Regime in Iran and Iranians will be able to celebrate Nowrouz in a free, secular and democratic Iran next year.
On this happy occasion please keep in your thoughts and hearts political prisoners, their families and the families of those who have lost a loved one at the hands of the Islamic Regime. In hopes of a day not very far, when Iran will no longer have any political prisoners.
Wishing everyone a joyous season full of love, laughter and happiness.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran.
Today Iranians celebrate Chahar Shanbe Soori also known as the Fire Festival where bonfires are lit and people jump over the fire in hopes of happiness in the new year to come. The Islamic Regime has always tried to stop Iranians from celebrating this festival and especially from lighting bonfires, but according to news coming from inside Iran, young Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran lighting bonfires, celebrating and turning the celebrations into a fight against the Islamic Regime, by chanting "death to dictator and death to Khamenei."
Let's celebrate Chahar Shanbe Soori wherever we are, and let our joy and happiness be a slap in the face to the Islamic Regime in Iran.
Wishing everyone a happy Chahar Shanbe Soori and a very happy new year to come.
Today we celebrate women (past and present) who have taken an active role in the fight for freedom and equality for women. While the women's movement has come a very long way over the past 120 years, there are still many countries in which women live under poverty and oppression.
Iran is one of the countries where women do not have even the most basic rights. While some activists choose to focus solely on the women's rights issues in Iran, the reality is that women's rights and freedoms can never be realized under the current Islamic dictatorship.
The broader fight must be a political fight against the entirety of the Islamic Regime, as only when the regime is overthrown can women have the rights and freedoms they are entitled to.
Today I honour all Iranian women, especially those who are inside Iran, fighting on the very front lines to bring down the Islamic Regime. While today we honour and celebrate women I also want to celebrate and honour men who stand side by side with female activists and share the struggle for freedom and democracy in Iran.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
Women's Day Event Organized by Green Seculars-Toronto0 comments - published on Monday, March 05, 2012
Yesterday I attended a Woman's Day event organized by Green Seculars Toronto branch at the North York Centre in Toronto.
The event was very well organized and I was especially impressed with the presence of the Lion and Sun Flag and the singing of the "Ey Iran" anthem. What was also wonderful about this event was the fact that many of the individuals involved in organizing the program were women.
During the event a number of women including myself were given a "recognition award" for our work in the fields of human rights, politics, arts and social issues. Other noteworthy women who received an award included Ms. Homan Arjomand, Ms. Mina Ahadi, Ms. Parvaneh Radmeh and Ms. Hengameh Afshar. I was proud to be the youngest female among these well known and distinguished activists. The event was concluded with a speech by Ms. Hengameh Afshar.
I hope to see other similarly well organized events in the near future and wish to thank everyone who was involved in organizing this event.
Also a big thanks to Faramarz Shiravand for taking these wonderful pictures.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran


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Progress Toward Ranks
The Progress Toward Ranks emblem is for Wolf and Bear Cub Scouts. While working toward the Wolf or Bear rank badge, Cubs receive one bead for every three achievements completed: Yellow beads for Wolf, Red beads for Bear.
The emblem is worn suspended from the right pocket flap button on the blue Cub Scout uniform shirt.
Arrow Points
Arrow Points are for boys who hold the Wolf and Bear Cub Scout Ranks. Once the rank badge has been earned, Cub Scouts may complete elective requirements to earn Arrow Points. After completing the first ten electives, a gold arrow point is awarded. Each further 10 electives will earn a silver arrow point. They are attached below the left pocket of the blue Cub Scout uniform.