I'll be out of town the following Sundays. June 8, 15 July 6, 13, 20, 27 On Aug. 10 I'll probably have family in town, but might be available in a pinch. Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Friesen Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies 2505 University Ave. Stop A3700 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1086 Office: 530 Burdine Hall W: (512) 471-8629 F: (512) 232-4230 homepage<https://webspace.utexas.edu/sjf365/Friesen/Home.html> podcast<http://sites.la.utexas.edu/religionreport/> COMCAR<https://googledrive.com/host/0B0Gc1JCMzkffdkgzMEVrWms2Wmc/COMCAR/Welcome.html> (colloquia for faculty) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The top 1 percent in America now own assets worth more than those held<http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105> by the entire bottom 90 percent. * The six Walmart heirs are worth as much as the bottom 41 percent<http://www.epi.org/blog/inequality-exhibit-wal-mart-wealth-american/> of American households put together. * The top six hedge fund managers and traders averaged more than $2 billion each in earnings last year<http://www.institutionalinvestorsalpha.com/Article/3337321/The-Rich-List-The-Highest-Earning-Hedge-Fund-Managers-of-the-Past-Year.html>, partly because of the egregious "carried interest" tax break. President Obama has been unable to get financing for universal prekindergarten; this year's proposed federal budget for pre-K for all, so important to our nation's future, would be a bit more than a single month's earnings for those six tycoons. - From N. Kristof column<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/opinion/kristof-its-now-the-canadian-dream.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0#story-continues-2>, 14 May 2014. On 5/19/14, 7:56 AM, "Dixie" <dixichik1981@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dixichik1981@xxxxxxxxxxx>> told me: Hello all: Please send me your summer plans (for weekends that you will be out of town). I am going to (attempt) to make the summer schedule for June, July and August in the upcoming week. Thanks for your continued service to AMC. Sincerely, Dixie Yoder