text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - 1Rand-icelorri Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "1Rand-icelorri" HatememberMember #Joined: 02 Mar 2007Posts: 100 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:28 am here is about 2 hours work of me laying down a beat. its just a concept for a song. the hard work comes from perfecting each sound...etc. but plz enjoy bon appetit it needs more electro kick what else would you add?i like my clap but its very hollow still http://h4te.com/1Rand-icelorry.mp3 its obviously not mastered its not even a full song. Back to top Godzilla Likes Grapefruitjunior memberMember #Joined: 30 Oct 2009Posts: 34 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:20 am wuw that's pretty cool sound, what kind of software u using? Used to do a lot of music in fruityloops some years back. The song could use some breaks and fill ins with drum, maybe slow down the beat 1/8 at some points. Maybe build up tension before the main beat. Just thinking out loud here. Back to top HatememberMember #Joined: 02 Mar 2007Posts: 100 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:24 am thanx so much im using reason 4.0 what u hearing is only a few devices. more about sounds that matter over quantity thanx for the tips ill see what i can do i need a midi keyboard to really get dirty ive sent what u hear to various dj's and producers but i need help on my version Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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News Release
Participatory City: 100 Urban Trends from the BMW Guggenheim Lab Opens at the Guggenheim Museum
Exhibition examines themes and ideas about urban life drawn from the Lab's global journey
(NEW YORK, NY – October 10, 2013) – Participatory City: 100 Urban Trends from the BMW Guggenheim Lab, an exhibition summing up the experiences and concepts generated during the two-year run of the BMW Guggenheim Lab, will be presented from October 11, 2013 to January 5, 2014, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition is the culmination of the Lab—an urban think tank, community center, and public gathering space that traveled to New York, Berlin, and Mumbai to inspire innovative ideas about urban life and new ways of thinking about cities. Tens of thousands of participants engaged with the Lab's free public programs, urban projects, and research initiatives, both on site and online, which informed and helped shape the exhibition.
"With the BMW Guggenheim Lab, we have extended our mission beyond the walls of the museum, providing the Guggenheim with new ways to engage directly with the public and demonstrate our commitment to innovation in the fields of architecture and urbanism," said Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation. "The Lab ignited an important conversation about the differences and commonalities of urban environments and the power of cities as idea-makers. The Participatory City exhibition brings together the ideas found along the way, celebrating this journey and showcasing the extraordinary people and places we encountered."
The BMW Guggenheim Lab is a co-initiative of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the BMW Group. Participatory City is organized by Maria Nicanor, Curator, BMW Guggenheim Lab, and Associate Curator, Architecture and Urbanism.
Exhibition Overview
Participatory City is inspired by one hundred of the most talked-about ideas in urban thinking explored at the Labs in New York, Berlin, and Mumbai. The terms, or trends, featured in the exhibition have been selected from nearly three hundred terms that were compiled in the New York, Berlin, and Mumbai editions of 100 Urban Trends: A Glossary of Ideas from the BMW Guggenheim Lab. New and old, established and of-the-moment, these terms relate to the ways we understand, design, and inhabit cities. Each term references a particular Lab event or experience, highlighting participatory programs, tours, talks, workshops, film screenings, and urban research projects offered in each city. Projections of the terms, alongside corresponding drawings, photographs, and short videos, loop continuously on the gallery walls in a digital installation. Additional videos and images from each of the three cities bring the Labs to life throughout the exhibition. A global roster of architects, academics, designers, and artists has also submitted responses to 100 Urban Trends, which can be viewed online, at youtube.com/bmwguggenheimlab.
Participatory City examines a wide variety of trends that address how we interact with cities, including:
• Participatory Urbanism: a concept integral to the programs in New York, Berlin, and Mumbai, in which citizens are empowered to collect data and contribute ideas to urban decision-makers;
• Ostrich Effect: a topic discussed in Mumbai that describes how individuals convey their indifference to the harsh conditions of everyday street life;
• Collaborative Urban Mapping: an example of a small-scale intervention in an urban environment, which was produced through collaboration and open-source data in Berlin to map elements of the food supply chain;
• Suburban Sprawl: representing outward urban growth;
• and the concept of Happy City and psychological well-being in urban environments.
Other trends include the 3-D Printer revolution that has led to increased Customization; Arduino, hardware developed for operating robots; and urban concepts such as 10,000 Honks, Bottom-Up Urban Engagement, Collective Memory, The New Architect, Eviction, Food Distribution, Gentrification, Infrastructure of Waste and Non-Iconic Architecture, among others.
"Cities are concentrations of buildings, streets, transportation systems, and physical infrastructure, but it is people who are at the center of urban discourse and it is people who, through participation and interaction, continue to make cities vibrant centers for the generation of ideas that shape our world," said Nicanor. "It is this sense of participation that continues to empower urban progress one idea at a time. Participatory City documents the BMW Guggenheim Lab's journey to identify some of the most urgent challenges for cities today and the ideas that could help improve them."
The exhibition also features prototypes of the Water Bench, a project developed during the Mumbai Lab by Lab Team member and architect Neville Mars. Created to address water scarcity and the need for leisure space in Mumbai, the Water Bench collects rainfall for re-use in irrigation and provides public seating. A prototype of the Water Bench is planned for First Park in New York, the site of the New York Lab, and six more are currently installed throughout Mumbai.
"With the New York exhibition, the BMW Guggenheim Lab adventure comes full circle. During its travels, the Lab connected people from around the world to address the challenges that so many megacities face today and in the future. Each and every one of these people who actively participated in this project, be it online or on site, are the reason for the Lab's success," said Maximilian Schöberl, Senior Vice President, Corporate and Governmental Affairs, BMW Group. "The exhibition allows us the opportunity to reflect on the Lab as a whole to better understand how this thinking will continue to inform urban life."
Public Programs
Throughout the run of Participatory City, a series of public programs focusing on a selection of terms from 100 Urban Trends will expand on the issues and projects explored by the BMW Guggenheim Lab.
Programs are $7, $5 for members and free for students who RSVP. Films are screened in the New Media Theater, Lower Level and are free with museum admission. For tickets and more information, visit guggenheim.org/bglprograms or call 212 423 3587.
Urban Data: Michael Flowers and Mayor Bloomberg's Office of Policy and Strategic Planning
Fri, Oct 11, 6:30 pm
Michael Flowers, Director of Analytics for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, talks about the role of urban data in New York, and how untapped information and data sets can be harnessed to improve the way the city runs.
Happy City: Charles Montgomery
Sat, Nov 2, 8:30 pm
Charles Montgomery, former Lab Team member and author of Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), launches his book and presents fun experiments in trust and play, looking into the striking relationship between the design of our minds and the design of our cities.
Rainwater Harvesting: Neville Mars
Sun, Dec 1, 6:30 pm
Neville Mars, architect, founder of Dynamic City Foundation, and former Lab Team member, discusses his interest in design solutions that conserve water and how this led to the creation of the Water Bench, an urban bench that collects rainwater for re-use.
Film Series: Cinematic Sites
Fridays, Oct 11-Jan 3 (except Nov 29), 3 pm
Selected by Paul Dallas, organizer of the New York Lab's film program in 2011, this series examines the relationship between the urban environment and cinematic storytelling. The series includes films set in the Lab venues of New York, Berlin, and Mumbai as well as other cities around the world including Cairo, Chengdu, Los Angeles, Recife, San Francisco, Tehran, and Vienna.
About the BMW Guggenheim Lab
A co-initiative of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the BMW Group, the BMW Guggenheim Lab launched in New York (August 3–October 16, 2011) with a focus on the theme Confronting Comfort; traveled to Berlin (June 15–July 29, 2012), with the theme Making, emphasizing citizen participation in shaping cities; and finally opened at multiple sites in Mumbai (December 9, 2012–January 20, 2013), where projects and programs explored the theme of Privacy. Participants from more than 160 countries and territories around the world participated in the Lab's nearly 600 public programs, workshops, lectures, and research and urban projects, both on site and online. The BMW Guggenheim Lab's global program concludes with the exhibition Participatory City: 100 Urban Trends from the BMW Guggenheim Lab, on view at the Guggenheim Museum, New York from October 11, 2013 to January 5, 2014. The BMW Guggenheim Lab was curated by Maria Nicanor of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and David van der Leer, former Curator, BMW Guggenheim Lab.
The mobile structures for the Lab were designed by the Tokyo architecture firm Atelier Bow-Wow, including a novel carbon-fiber structure used in New York and Berlin and a set of bamboo structures installed at multiple locations in Mumbai. The graphic identity of the Lab, which included an interactive logo, was developed by Seoul-based graphic design firm Sulki & Min. Together with Guggenheim curators, three Lab Teams, composed of individuals from a variety of disciplines, developed programs specific to each city.
The project's blog, Lab | Log, features interviews with BMW Guggenheim Lab contributors and includes coverage of the Lab's activities. The public is invited to join the BMW Guggenheim Lab's dedicated social communities on Twitter (@BMWGuggLab and #BGLab), Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Foursquare, and to subscribe to the Lab's e-newsletter for the latest project updates.
For more information about the Lab, go to bmwguggenheimlab.org. See the complete 100 Urban Trends: A Glossary of Ideas from the BMW Guggenheim Lab at 100urbantrends.org.
About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Founded in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The Guggenheim network that began in the 1970s when the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and was joined by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, has since expanded to include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao which opened in 1997, and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, currently in development. Looking to the future, the Guggenheim Foundation continues to forge international collaborations that take contemporary art, architecture, and design beyond the walls of the museum. More information about the foundation can be found at guggenheim.org.
Visitor Information
Admission: Adults $22, students/seniors (65+) $18, members and children under 12 free. Available with admission or by download to personal devices, the Guggenheim's new, free app offers an enhanced visitor experience. The app features content on special exhibitions, access to more than 1,200 works in the Guggenheim's permanent collection, and information about the museum's landmark building. Verbal imaging guides for select exhibitions are also included for visitors who are blind or have low vision.
Museum Hours: Sun–Wed, 10 am–5:45 pm; Fri, 10 am–5:45 pm; Sat, 10 am–7:45 pm; closed Thurs. On Saturdays, beginning at 5:45 pm, the museum hosts Pay What You Wish. For general information, call 212 423 3500 or visit the museum online at:
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Sem Honors
Four seminary students qauilified
for top honors with straight A
averages during the fall quarter:
Charles C. Anderson, David Clark,
Norris Magnuson, and Gordon Ol-son.
The B honor roll includes 35
seminarians: Bert Anderson, Mar-vin
Anderson, Arthur Bayley,
Bernhard Bertell, David Brown,
Ralph Carlson, Bruce Chapman,
Milton Christensen, John Douhan,
David Engebretsen, Carroll Erick-son,
Frederick Erickson, Robert
Erickson, Calvin Fernlund, George
Galstad, Jr., John Hiben, Charles
Hill, Florence Jacobson.
Albert V. Johnson, Gordon John-son,
Ernest Kratofil, Oscar "Bud"
Lee, Harold Lind, Harry Menzies,
Richard Moberg, Paul Moon, Ro-bert
Oberg, Richard Ottoson, Law-rence
Seiffert, Harvey Swanberg,
Fred Thomas, Malcolm Van Ant-werp,
Lawrence Van Heerden,
Richard Varberg, James Wilson.
the CLARION Alezi 9d444e
Vol. XXXIII—No. 9
Published by Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, January 10, 1956
Two Gain Perfect Averages
Two Bethel college students won highest scholastic honors during
the fall quarter. They are George Dvirnak and Linden Magnuson, who
earned straight A averages.
Nineteen students scored B plus
honors by earning 2.50 grade point
average or higher: Marjorie Block,
Bonnie Carlson, Bill Conrad, Bar-bara
Fischer, Barbara E. Johnson,
Lois Johnson, Grace Jolly, Janet
Lindquist, Marie Magnuson, Emily
Mattson, Carolyn Nystrom, Mar-jorie
Peterson, Ardith Rust, Fred
Schindler, June Sparling, Winni-fred
Stanford, Donald Sto'ham-mer,
Henry Swartz, and George
Fifty-three Bethelites earned B
honors: Willis Adams, Phyllis An-derson,
Martha Beaty, Joanne
Bennett, Paul Berg, Luther Bos-track,
Beverly Bowman, Phil Cal-deen,
Beverly Carlson, J. Robert
Carlson, June Carlson, Robert
Carlson, Retha Creech, Marlene
Durscher, Lorraine Eitel, Rollo
Entz, Edwin Erickson.
Nils Friberg, Ken Fuller, Al
Glenn, Donn Goss, Robert Ham,
Wayne Hassell, Betty Hendrickson,
Allen Hubin, Arnold Intveld, Ruth
Irons, Gloria Johnson, Lois Lar-son,
Richard Larson, Barbara Lin-der,
Carol Martinson, Betty Matt-son,
Ripley Moore, Morris Motley.
Fred Nordby , Ariel Obinger,
Normangene Olinger, John Os-born,
Beverly Otterness, Carol
Petry, Robert Reed, Bruce Rich-ardson,
Evan Rogers, Carol Seese,
Marylyn Sharp, Mildred Smith, Al-lan
Stahnke, Sally Waindl, Mar-lene
Warden, Elinor Weaver, Viv-ian
Weekley, Gerry Wilber.
The list of honor winners in-cludes
19 freshmen, 26 sopho-mores,
18 juniors, and 11 seniors.
George Dvirnak looks up for Linden Magnuson's okay on their
two perfect stratight A records.
Above: A. W. Tozer
We Need
Sanctified Thinkers
by A. W. Tozer
(Reprinted from the Alliance Weekly by permission)
The Church today is languishing for men who can bring to the
problems of religion reverent, courageous minds intent upon a solution.
Unfortunately Fundamentalism has never produced a great thinker.
One may examine the output of the religious press since the turn of
the century and not find a single book written by a fundamentalist
Christian that gives evidence of any real independent thought. And
as for those Christian scholars who, while thoroughly orthodox, yet
do not care to be classed with the fundamentalists, they have done
little better.
Let it be understood by everyone that am now and have always
been an evangelical. I accept the Bible as the very Word of God and
believe with complete and restful confidence that it contains all things
necessary to life and godliness. I embrace the tenets of the historic
Christian faith without reservation and am conscious of no spiritual
sympathy with Liberalism or Modernism in any of their manifestations.
Yet it is my painful duty to record not only that I have not been
challenged by the intellectual output of the evangelicals of this genera-tion,
but that I have found evidence of genuine religious thinking
almost exclusively on the side of those who fore one or another reason
are in revolt against Fundamentalism. We of the gospel churches
have sat quietly by and allowed those on the other side to do all the
thinking. We have been content to echo the words of other men and
to repeat religious cliches ad nauseam.
Rehashed Thoughts
By this I do not mean to assert that there have been no good or
useful books produced in gospel circles in the last fifty years. Un-doubtedly
there have been. Many good doctrinal books have appeared,
mainly expositions of the Pauline Epistles. Some excellent devotional
works have also been written, some good Christian biographies, a
number of fine books on foreign missions, not to mention a whole raft
of books on revival, written usually by persons who never saw a revival
of more than local proportions. All these books have served some
good end, no doubt, and we may in all sincerity be grateful for them;
but the trouble with them is that they are no more than rehashes
of other works that have appeared before them. They carry no evi-dence
that they are in any sense original. They were put together
out of pieces borrowed from others rather than born out of the anguish
and joy of personal experience. They cost the authors nothing beyond
the mechanical labor of writing them.
After committing myself to the foregoing sweeping statements
I suppose I should provide myself with an escape hatch in case some-one
drops a depth charge in my vicinity. I admit that I am forced to
speak within the framework of my own limited experience, and it could
be that some great evangelical thinker has appeared unknown to me
and written a masterpiece of which I have not yet heard. If this is
so, then I am in error. Again, if some of my readers should consider
such a man as C. S. Lewis an original thinker, I might explain that I
would classify Mr. Lewis as an apologist rather than as a creative
religious writer. He brings to the defense of historic Christianity a
mind as clear as sunlight and an amazing ability to make the faith
of our fathers appear reasonable. His weakness, or rather the weak-ness
of his books, lies in an almost total absence of moral urgency.
One may read his arguments, admit their soundness and remain com-pletely
unmoved by the whole thing. In short, his books persuade the
intellect but never get the conscience in trouble. For this reason C. S.
Lewis must remain an apologist; he can never be a reformer.
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Nine Win
High School Valedictory Schol-arships
have been awarded to nine
freshmen. These scholarships pay
one half of the winter quarter tui-tion
and all of the spring quarter
The recipients are: John C. An-derson,
Stromsburg, Nebraska;
George Dvirnak, Killdeer, North
Dakota; Mary Fredrickson, Mara-than,
Iowa; Margie Kling, Beulah,
North Dakota; Janet Lindquist,
Grand Marais, Minnesota; Rich-ard
P. Nelson, Balaton, Minnesota;
Mark Nyberg, Kennedy, Minne-sota;
.Evan Rogers, Escanaba,
Michigan; David Shold, Grand
Marais, Minnesota.
College Shows
New Art Display
Boasting thirteen colored panels
and a title panel, the Student Cen-ter
finds itself this week in an-other
sea of colorful modern art.
This exhibition is released by the
Circulating Exhibitions Depart-ment
of the New York Museum
of Modern Art.
Explanatory text on each panel
gives information about the art-ists,
their points of view, and
their outstanding contributions to
the development of modern paint-ing.
Offered in conjunction with the
exhibition is the publication What
is Modern Painting, $1.25.
Work Begins on
Our Town"
Thornton Wilder's "Our Town"
will be presented by the Junior
Class April 13. The first rehear-sal
was held 3:00 Friday with
John Woods directing. Adeline
Duncan is assisting as student
director with Ray Geiger as the
stage manager. Mary Lou Rey-craft
is in charge of costuming
and Al Stahnke will manage ad-vertising
and ticket sales.
A Prayer
We Have Asked
Another little day of our earthly
existence is ended, dear Father.
We have asked Thee to use our
lives as vessels through which
Thy love can flow, but in our self-centeredness
we have had only a
stagnant love for ourselves. We
have asked for a portion of Thy
goodness, but we have been cold-ly
indifferent to the cares of
others. We have asked Thee for
joy and have turned to material
things to find it. We have asked
Thee for patience and wisdom, and
yet, we have left Thee out of our
hastily made decisions. In asking
Thee for peace of mind we have
not ceased our worrying and fret-ting,
but through our own efforts,
we have increased our frustrations.
And, because we have failed to
rest in Thy strength, we now come
to Thee in our weariness. Father,
make us conscious of our failures.
Forgive us, dear Father, for
asking and not accepting.
In our Saviour's name, amen.
Page 2 the CLARION Tuesday, January 10, 1956
Not Just
A Week
A Case for Good Judgment
Is Bethel spiritual? Let's see what spirituality means. To me
spirituality is your attitude. Your actions reflect your attitude and
it is by your actions that others judge your attitude and therefore
your spirituality.
Someone will say, "Judge not, lest ye be judged." This may
be a simple problem of the meaning of the word "judge." In this
case maybe to judge means to condemn. It is how you judge—
what your attitude is—that makes a difference.
So, we need standards to judge by. I think they exist some-where
between extreme Fundamentalism and utter cynicism.
Take the fervent "soul-winner."
Christians mistakenly gauge spirituality by the number of
"souls" a person has "saved." The missionary challenge seems far
broader in meaning than just to go about town-crying, "Repent,
or be damned." Such a person may kill himself trying to find a
Bethelite who needs to be "saved," or who would listen to him
if he were not a Christian. I value such enthusiasm but it becomes
so often misguided, abused and uncontrolled—and a powerful good
turns into wasteful evil.
On the other hand, there's the "hard-boiled" cynic.
Have you ever stolen apples ? You know that you are doing'
wrong; you know that the orchard could be entered legally; you
know that you don't need the apples, for you are not starving)
or even hungry. Still you steal—just for the fun and adventure
of disobeying conscience, parents, or the law; just to be a non-conformist,
or just to be naughty. It can be just so easy to become
a most venomous, cutting cynic in a Christian community like
Bethel. And does this mean that such a one has "fallen away"?
It is more nearly correct to judge that he has taken an easy path.
(It may come out the same idea.)
In the matter of spirituality, both of the extremes mentioned
above are poor; fiery but blind zeal, or penetrating but lazy criti-cism.
To level this spiritual teeter-totter is difficult. It is hard
to have a well balanced Christian personality. There doesn't seem
to be the easy Christian life. And there are no easy answers to
its problems.
Is Bethel spiritual ? Look.
Measurable Values
by Paul Grabill, assistant professor of English
Bethel's program each year includes such diverse events as Home-coming,
Nik Dag, the Junior Class play, and Deeper Life Week. The
last-named is upon us. Presumably this week is something other than
entertainment. Now what is it really ?
Let us cite what it is not first. As I conceive it, it is not to be
five full days of rib-thumping, arm-flailing exhortation and challenge.
It is not a period in which we act unusually religious. Nor is it to
provide a religious feast toward which we hungrily press for 51
weeks. It is not to be a peek of "mountain-top experience" climaxed
by impassioned hand-raising and card-signing. Nor is its purpose even
to make better Christians out of us for five great days. Moreover,
it is not an academic vacation.
But Deeper Life Week is an important part of the over-all Bethel
program that strives to develop spiritually and intellectually mature
Christians. We do not sever ourselves from our other Bethel exper-ience
during this week; this is a part of the whole. We bring to the
services that understanding and those critical faculties that we are
developing from day to day. At each meeting ideas are presented
which we listen to and evaluate as best we know how. And according
to our need and our ability we then incorporate these ideas into our-selves.
Thus, Deeper Life Week becomes—not a temporary source of
emotive release and good feelings—but a permanent experience.
Of course this is the ideal. Often we are left unchanged by Deeper
Life Week and piously rationalize that something supernatural has
happened within without our realizing it now, something that will
—someday—result in improved living. I doubt this. Deeper Life Week
should produce spiritual values that can be measured objectively. The
simple test is to ask ourselves during the week following Deeper
Life Week: Am I different this week from week before last? In
what ways ? Am I more conscientious in my studies ? Are my attitudes
and actions toward others improved ? Do I take God into account
more than I did ?
May God grant each of us this year a significant Deeper Life
from a ebri5tnut5 'letter
Then it was Christmas Eve. And the little tribe gathered
around while Papa read the familiar story of the Baby and thanked
the Father for this most wonderful of all gifts .. .
Our family seems especially close at Christmas time. It's the
same feeling you get when someone has gone out of his way to
do something just to please a friend. And of course that feeling
is enhanced at the thought of God's going out of His way to give
man peace. Somehow you look into the faces of the people you
know and have known for years and you see new value. Old fried-ships
take on new meaning and your heart holds deeper love.
You're happy for people's good fortune and care enough for
the needy to do something about it. All around you see people-strangers—
with softer expressions. When you're competing with
customers in a crowded department store and one of them steps
on your heel, you can almost expect a smile and a hearty, "Sorry—
Merry Christmas !" Once in a while someone will answer your
smile with a scowl and you don't flare inside but feel sorry for
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"Tolle Lege"
by Anton T. Pearson, prof. of Old Testament Language and Literature
"Take, read," was the slogan for Universal Bible Sunday, December
11, 1955. These words, "tolls, lege," (take, read) called out by a child
at play led a sophisticated young philosopher, Augustine, to resume
reading the epistles of Paul. In the year 386, through the message of
Romans 13:13-14, he met his Savior and experienced pardon and peace.
He became one of the mightiest theologians ever to adorn the Church
of Jesus Christ.
Well might we apply the words "take, read" as an admonition to
ourselves to "give attention to reading" of God's Word. I would like
to review with you some suggestions that will help us become better
acquainted with the Bible, enable us to teach and speak out of the
(1) Resolve to read the Bible all the way through this year. Read
the New Testament first if this is your initial trip through the Bible.
Otherwise read both Testaments daily. Three chapters each weekday
and five each Sunday will take you through the Bible in one year.
(2) Make use of many versions. Since most of us cannot read
the Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek, we must needs read it
in some version or translation. Rather than taking the word of others,
find out for yourself what the various versions are like. Read Moffatt,
Smith-Goodspeed, and the Revised Standard Version. Read the New
Testament paraphrases by Phillips and the Gospels as translated by
Rieu. A modern language edition throws a flood of light on various
passages. It is thrilling to compare the different versions. A good
way to keep posted on your Spanish, German, Swedish, and Latin is
to read the Bible in those languages. Diligent pastors strive to read
the New Testament in Greek once a year! But what shall I say about
the Hebrew ?
Bible by Mims—these studies will
enrich one's personality and give
him much to share with others.
(5) Last, first, and always there
is the devotional reading of the
Bible. The psalmist delighted in
the law of the Lord, meditated on
it, hid it in his heart, found it
more desirable than gold. In our
devotional reading, we are not
out to cover ground or discover
sermon topics, but to feed our
souls, we are concerned to meet
Christ and to receive reproof, cor-rection,
and instruction in right-eousness.
For a life of spiritual
strength the daily meditation on
God's word is imperative. "They
that wait upon the Lord shall re-new
their strength." "Take, read."
A Refresher Course
by Russell W. Johnson, associate professor of Biology
When I practiced and taught forestry, I attended conferences to
familiarize myself with my purposes and aims as a forester and inject
new ideas into my program. As a Christian instructor at Bethel,
Deeper Life Week is like a conference because I can reacquaint my-self
with the challenging opportunity for service and consider new
I know that I have been com-
Nor is it enough that criticism missioned by God to instruct
be true. The law of libel is useful young people in the way that He
here. A statement may be true has revealed Himself to man in
but libelous if in the court's opin- nature. Through the emphasis for
ion its pronouncement was occas- a "deeper" life, I want to be cer-ioned
by no reasonable purpose. tain that my relationship with the
No one is obliged to shout all the students, and with everyone I
truth he knows from the house- meet, is not shallow. Deeper Life
tops. (This idea does not relate week presents an opportunity to
to the obligation to be truthful recognize more clearly our moti-when
it is necessary to speak on vations and strive with new under-some
matter. It only relates to standing and zeal to commit them
the town-crier instinct possessed to Him.
by many of us.)
The fact that Deeper Life Week
Of course it goes without say- is being held at this time should
ing that criticism ought to be not give students an opportunity to
only truthful but also punctiliously seriously evaluate their spiritual
concerned with accuracy and com- life on campus as compared to
pleteness. their spiritual life in the home
For the Christian critic there is church. Because their memory of
still another demand that must the atmosphere in the home church
be heeded. All criticism must be is still fresh and they are return-given
in love. Jesus was a devas 7 ing to Bethel as students familiar
tating critic. Witness the "white- with college life, I feel that they
washed sepulcher" passage. But are particularly eager for and re-he
wept for those he decried. This ceptive to guidance.
juxtaposition of love and criticism From my experience with Deep-is
hard to achieve, but it is crucial er Life Week during the past
in the teaching, preaching, and years, I know that our young peo-parental
function, and therefore ple will be doing some serious and
must be learned. significant thinking this week and
(continued next page)
the weeks to follow.
by Junetta Best
Deeper Life seems to be one of
the most challenging titles which
could be attached to a week of
inspirational and devotional meet-ings
prepared for a group of
Christians. The title suggests the
possession of a deep life prior to
the week and the possibility of
leading a deeper life as a result
of the week's meetings.
For myself, I expect from Deep-er
Life Week greater insights on
God and His ways and a closer re-lationship
with Him. I would have
the Lord make me recognize my
need for obedience and make me
yield myself completely to Him all
over again, that I might emerge
from the experience with a deeper
life wherein the roots which God
has planted might be more firmly
In relationship to Christ I would
suppose that Deeper Life Week
will be a fulfillment of Colossians
1:27, "To whom God would make
known what is the riches of the
glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory." From the Word
I would expect a fulfilling of I
Peter 1:2, "As newborn babes de-sire
the sincere milk of the Word
that ye may grow thereby." Here
particularly I would expect in this
week to find material to "grow
Just a few thoughts without any
more knowledge of what Deeper
Life Week should mean other than
what is implied in the name itself.
Zetteta to
00n Criticism
Dear editor:
Any society or any individual
needs the prod of criticism at
all times if they are to escape the
stagnating effects of self-satisfac-tion.
Any college community educat-ing
itself for rich living, there-fore,
must permit and promote
criticism of its total life—its val-ues,
its personnel, its student body,
etc., for without criticism the col-lege
itself will be poorer and the
student body will be less skilled
in this needed capacity.
A college newspaper ought to
be one source of this criticism,
and it ought to be free to experi-ment
in the critical arts. But in
exercising these arts those who
write, edit, and even those who
contribute to the letter-to-the-edi-tor
column ought to consider care-fully
the purpose of criticism.
Criticism is a means. It is not
an end. One criterion of criticism
must be, therefore, its usefulness
in promoting some worthy end,
which we may label here as the
bettered life of the group (or in-dividual).
Any attempted critical
effort that is not productive of
some betterment is not really
criticism at all.
Thus, it is not enough that
criticism be clever. The temptation
to use satire, irony, or lampoon
solely for art's sake is very great,
and these are useful tools in the
critic's kit. But when the ill use
of these tools causes bitterness,
hatred, and stand-patism it con-stitutes
pseudo-criticism at best—.
for the simple reason that it may
hinder progress.
(3) Use a good commentary.
Reading a commentary may seem
like a dictionary—hard to find the
plot. But read your Bible portion
and commentary side by side, and
you will be amazed at your growth
in Biblical knowledge. For a be-ginning,
get the New Bible Com-mentary
published under the aus-pices
of the British Intervarsity.
Commentaries are expensive, but
they are life time investments, and
absolutely essential to any deep
study of the Scriptures.
(4) Study special topics re-lated
to the Bible. The minerals,
plants, diseases, astronomy of the
Bible—what fascinating paths to
explore! Archeology and the Bible,
as treated by Finegan, Albright,
and others; The Poets and the
.ette,te rite
Given the above criteria, much
of our critical effort on this cam-pus
and in this paper has been
pseudo-criticism. When this was
due to the "amateur" status
of the critic, it could be excused.
But some efforts have been mere-ly
clever, or inaccurate, or just
plain baiting. These reflect in some
measure the selfish demand for
applause, the • lazy inability to take
pains, and the impish desire to
cause irritation. That such critical
effort has existed is at once de-plorable
and dangerous for many
reasons, among which is the fact
that irresponsible criticism has
often led to the regrettable sur-pression
of all criticism.
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Northland avenged an earlier de-feat
at the hands of the Royals
by topping Bethel 93-88 last Sat-urday
night at Ashland, Wiscon-sin
at a battle of fouls. Seven
players fouled out in the whistle
blowing contest and a total of 59
fouls were called. Rekstad, Ny-berg
and Dahlquist fouled out for
the Royals and four Northland
players were necessarily picking
up splinters on the bench at the
game's close.
The Royals could have very eas-ily
hit 100 if they had been able
to make their lay ups and tip ins
at all consistently. Three times
they had 4 or 5 tip in opportuni-ties
in a row and they missed 8
The teams played to a 41-41
deadlock at half time but North-land,
almost immediately pulled
out in front comfortably in the
second half. With five minutes left
the Royals were 16 points down
but by pressing and converting on
3 technical fouls called against
Sullivan of Northland they were
able to come up within five points
at the close of the game.
Don Knoner played his usual
fine consistent game as he scored
18 points. Four others hit double
figures as Conrad scored 19, Rek-stad
and Ohlin and Rekstad each
hit 15, and Bottonfield 14. But it
was not enough as Northland's
Chaput, Hokanson and Larson led
them to their 93 points.
fg ft pf tp
Rekstad (f)
4 7 5 15
Ohlin (f)
5 5 3 15
Knoner (f)
4 10 4 18
Johnson (f)
1 0 1 2
Nyberg (c)
0 3 5 3
Dahlquist (c)
1 0 5 2
Conrad (g)
6 7 4 19
Bottonfield (g)
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27 34 31 88
fg ft pf tp
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Buetow (f)
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Snackenberg (f)
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Beauchamp (c)
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It was either Milton or Shakespeare or Ronnie Palosaari who once
said, "You can make a heaven out of hell, or a hell out of heaven."
Some of my friends are wondering if the latter isn't happening at
Bethel. It's too bad—I mean it's too bad they think that way.
They look upon practical jokes (such as the pre-burning of the
homecoming bonfires) and instances of boisterousness as indications
of the decentralization of Christ. However, we have had no recent epi-sodes
of putting cattle in the dormitories or the throwing of aged cam-pus
personnel into a pungent bathtub solution. It happened in the
"good-old days," you know.
More money, they say, is spent in the coffee shop than in the
missionary offering. So what? Isn't that as it should be ? Even with
the tithe system, the coffee shop is one outlet for the nine-tenths while
the missionary offering is one outlet for only one-tenth. This becomes
even more significant when one realizes many students and faculty
eat one or two meals a day in the coffee shop.
But do not social activities receive attention and publicity at the
expense of spiritual activities such as prayer meetings ? If this is true,
it is but to be expected. When chapel services, gospel teams, and dormi-tory
prayer meetings happen as infrequently as Nik Dag and Homecom-ing
perhaps they too will be publicized more and attended with greater
Whether or not God is less pleased with Bethel now than previously
is impossible for one to assert dogmatically. It's my guess, though,
that Bethel is putting out a more mature brand of prepared Christians
now than ever before.
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Student Wives
In Charge of
BWA Jan. 19
The student wives will present
the program at the BWA meeting
January 19 in the dining hall.
Shirley Olson, Bernice Van Anda,
and Carolyn Sanders, speakers,
will tell of their life before they
became student wives, their life
now, and their future plans. The
special music will include a violin
solo by Carolyn, a vocal solo by
Bernice, and a sextet.
Northland Gains
Revenge on Royals
Resolved: For Bethel, Times Have Changed Maybe For The Worse
by LaAwrfefnircme vaatni vHee erden Negative
One of the "objects and purposes" outlined in the Constitution of
our Conference is "to maintain a Christ-centered college for the educa-tion
of young people." To what extent are we living up to that ideal?
Is Christ central in our attitudes and activities, or has He been de-throned
in the name of "balance and broadmindedness ?"
Every new generation seeks to escape at least some of the tradi-tional
taboos and mores. This can be a healthy adjustment. But we
are in danger of shuffling our system of values so rashly that we tip
the delicate balance of Christian maturity in the opposite direction,
degenerating into mere labels. Christ and His power may be out of
our grasp and even our view. We may claim Him as Saviour, but shun
Him as Lord.
What is Christ's position at Bethel ? He is no more central than
He is in your life and mine; and, what is more, I am convinced that
an inward usurping of His centrality manifects itself in outward acts
and attitudes. How do we measure up ?
Is rowdiness and a "look at me" complex indicative of a concern
for Christ's control ?
How many of us spend more money on "tricks and treats" each
week than we place in the Chapel missionary offering?
Why all the enthusiasm over Homecoming floats, Humorama and
Nik Dag without an equal interest in prayer and "deeper life" gather-ings
? A mature Christian keeps a wise balance between different sorts
of activities.
Why do Bethel employees receive so little gratitude for their many
services and courtesies ? Being polite, kind and thankful is as important
as serving on some Gospel team. Why are there not more Christian
"ladies and gentlemen" among us ?
I appeal then for a realistic self-examination. If we are guilty
of the above contradictions I question the preeminence of Christ at
Sin does not crash in and crush a college group like a bulldozer.
Instead is quietly twines around and strangles the spiritual life as a
jungle vine does a tree. Steadily and insidiously, as we amble along,
we are sapped of vital spiritual power without even realizing it. We
have "broadened our viewpoint" at the expense of cutting the roots of
spiritual depth.
Again I say, examine and "know thyself"—
Bethel Splits
On Road Trip
Bethel broke even on a two
game road trip over the holidays
as they topped Bismarck 67-63
Dec. 19 and lost to Jamestown
88-72 Dec. 20.
The Royals led 44-32 atthe half
in the Bismarck game but were
pressed to win by four points.
Rekstad led the scorers with 21
and Bottonfield hit 18.
In the Jamestown contest, the
Bethel five was down only four
points at half but tired in the
late stages. Rekstad again led the
point parade with 21 and Conrad
and Bottonfield each scored 16.
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Tuesday, January 10, 1956
We Need Sanctified Thinkers
A Continuation
While I am in my spiritual sympathies wholly on the side of the
orthodox Christian faith, I am nevertheless forced to acknowledge that
Evangelicalism as it has been held and taught over the last half century
has tended to paralyze the critical faculties and discourage vigorous
thinking. Modern gospel Christians are parrots, not eagles, and rather
than sail out and up to explore the illimitable ranges of the kingdom
of God they are content to sit safe on their familiar perches and
repeat in a bright falsetto religious words and phrases the meaning of
which they scarcely understand at all. Another generation or two of
this and what is now Evangelicalism will be Liberalism. No living
thing can subsist for long on its yesterdays.
The Christians of this generation must see and hear something
for themselves if they are to escape religious stultification. Effete
catchwords cannot save them. Meanings are expressed in words, but
it is one of the misfortunes of life that words tend to persist long
after their meanings have departed, with the result that thoughtless
men and women believe they have the reality because they have the
word for it. That's where we are now, and may our Lord deliver us.
Triflers Are Out
The creative religious thinker is not a daydreamer, not an ivory
tower intellectual carrying on his lofty cogitations remote from the
rough world; he is more likely to be a troubled, burdened man weighed
down by the woes of existence, occupied not with matters academic
or theoretical but the practical and personal.
The great religious thinkers of the past were rarely men of
leisure; mostly they were men of affairs, close to and very much a
part of the troubled world. Neither will the sanctified thinker of our
times be a poet gazing at a sunset from some quiet secluded spot,
but one who feels himself a traveler lost in a wilderness who must
find his way to safety. That others will later follow the path he
makes will not be primary in his thinking. Later he will understand
this, but for the time being he will be all engaged hunting the way
out for himself.
To think well and usefully a man must be endowed with certain
indispensable qualifications. He must, for one thing, be completely
honest and transparently sincere. The trifler is automatically elimin-ated.
He is weighed in the balance and found too light to be entrusted
with the thoughts of God. Let but a breath of levity enter the mind
and the power to do creative thinking instantly goes out. And by
levity I do not mean wit or even humor; I do mean insincerity, sham,
the absence of moral seriousness. Great thoughts require a grave
attitude toward life and mankind and God.
Another qualification is courage. The timid man dare not think
lest he discover himself, an experience to him as shocking as the
discovery that he has cancer. The sincere thinker comes to his task
with the abandonment of a Saul of Tarsus, crying, "Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do ?" (Thinking carries a moral imperative. The
searcher for truth must be ready to obey truth without reservation or
it will elude him.) Let him refuse to follow the light and he dooms
himself to darkness. (The coward may be shrewd or clever but he
can never be a wise thinker, for wisdom is at bottom a moral thing
and will have no truck with evil.)
Again, the effective religious thinker must possess some degree
of knowledge. A Chinese saying has it, "Learning without thought is
a snare; thought without learning is a danger." I have met Christians
with sharp minds but limited outlook who saw one truth and, being
unable to relate it to other truths, became narrow extremists, devoutly
cultivating their tiny plot, naively believing that their little fence en-closed
the whole earth.
An acquaintance with or at least a perception of the significance
of what Kant called "the starry heavens above and the moral law
within" is necessary to right thinking. Add to this a thorough know-ledge
of the Scriptures, a good historic sense and some intimate con-tact
with the Christian religion as it is practiced currently and you
have the raw material for creative thought. Still this is not enough
to make a thinker.
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The Desirous Heart
Man is a worshiper and only in the spirit of worship does he
find release for all the powers of his amazing intellect. A religious
writer has warned up that it may be fatal to "trust to the squirrel-work
of the industrious brain rather than to the piercing vision of
the desirous heart." The Greek church father, Nicephorus, taught that
we should learn to think with our heart. "Force your mind to descend
into the heart," he says, "and to remain there . . . When you thus
enter into the place of the heart give thanks to God and, praising
His mercy, keep always to this doing, and it will teach you things
which in no other way will you ever learn."
It is itself a cliche that the Christian faith is full of apparent
self-contradictions commonly called paradoxes. One such paradox is
the necessity to repudiate self and depend wholly upon God while at
the same time having complete confidence in our own ability to re-ceive
and know and understand with the faculties God Himself has
given us. That brand of humility which causes a man to distrust his
own mentality to the point of moral diffidence and chronic irresolution
is but a weak parody on the real thing. It is a serious reflection upon
the wisdom and goodness of God to question His handiwork. "Shall
the clay say to him that fashioned it, What makest thou ?" (Isa. 45:9,
Flabby Christianity
A religious mentality characterized by timidity and lack of moral
courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually im-poverished,
dull, repetitious and to a great many persons just plain
boresome. This is peddled as the very faith of our fathers in direct
lineal descent from Christ and the apostles. We spoon-feed this in-sipid
pabulum to our inquiring youth and, to make it palatable, spice
it up with carnal amusements filched from the unbelieving world.
It is easier to entertain that to instruct, it is easier to follow degenerate
public taste than to think for oneself, so too many of our evangelical
leaders let their minds atrophy while they keep their fingers nimble
operating religious gimmicks to bring in the curious crowds.
Well, I dare to risk a prophecy: The sheep are soon going to be-come
weary both of the wilted clover we are giving them and the
artificial color we are spraying over it to make it look fresh. And
when they get sick enough to leave our pastures, the Pope, Father
Divine, Mrs. Eddy and their kind will find them easy victims.
Christianity must embrace the total personality and command
every atom of the redeemed being. We cannot withhold our intellects
from the blazing altar and still hope to preserve the true faith of
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him because he evidently has lost the spirit of Christmas.
I've wondered a lot about the "spirit of Christmas." It does
a lot of things to a lot of folks. But what is it ? Well it may mean
something to you that I never even thought of, but to me the
spirit of Christmas is the spirit of giving. Oh, we "give" all year
long but at Christmas it's different somehow. At Christmas we
give a little of ourselves—in the interest we show for other peo-ple,
in the effort we expend in making cookies or planning a
Christmas program, getting up a basket of food for some needy
family or singing carols to shut-ins, in the love that springs from
a grateful heart in an unrehearsed greeting to those newcomers
at church, and in the thoughts and prayers for those we hold to
us—tender thoughts and unselfish prayers. These are ways we
give and with no thought of personal gain. But I found that when
I give of myselef with no hope of getting in return, that is the
time the Father's gift of peace becomes reality to me. Maybe this
spirit of Christmas is too close to reality for us—is that why for
so many Christmas lasts only one day?
To the tables in the Kremlin
To the place where Stalin dwelled
To the dear old Potash mines we
loved so well,
Sing the commisars assembled
With their Vodka raised on high,
And their murders and their purg-es
cast a spell.
Yes, their murders and their purge
of the names we loved so well
Lenin, Trotsky, Shostakovich and
the rest
We will serenade our Engels
While life and party last
And we'll veto and be forgotten
with the rest.
We are poor little Kulacks
Who have lost our farms
Joe, Joe, Joe.
We are poor little reds
Who have lost our heads
Joe, Joe, Joe.
Gentlemen Cossacks off on a spree
Doomed from here to Si-ber-i-e
Marx have mercy on bourgeousie
Joe, Joe, Joe.
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Describe some of the details of your Wolverine workout regimen.
I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifting in the afternoon. My least favorite is the legs. ... I do quite a few chin-ups and rows. I do mostly old-school lifting with a lot of squats. I actually do more front squats than I do back squats, and I do a lot of deadlifting. If I could only do one exercise, it would be deadlifting. For cardio, I dance, I ride my bike, I run and I have kids. There is a … lot of cardio just from being a parent.
When lifting I'm always with a trainer because the thing that makes a difference is that last 20% in your training, and he very scientifically looks after my food as well, because when I'm going for a "shirt off" shot, everything changes the month before, and I'm timed down to the day. There is water dehydration for 36 hours before. It's quite a scientific process to looking your best.
And what about playing the role itself? I'd imagine that's a workout on its own.
It's absolutely physically demanding to play the role of Wolverine. There's a lot of action, and I try to do as much of it as I can because it's better for the audience. You don't just have to look physically in shape; you really have to be mobile and be able to fight and jump and do wire work and stuff like that. The training has to be functional. Of course, you want to look a certain way, but to me the look is more about him being animalistic than just looking buff.
You have a Broadway show coming up. Does the added muscle interfere with that?
Yes, it does, and when I dance I drop muscle very quickly. The body is very smart and efficient, and a traditional dancer's body is not going to be bulked up on top because they're muscles that you don't really need. And your body is constantly going for the most efficient way to do something. A sprinter's body is very different from a long-distance runner's body.
You're well known as a dedicated family man. Does a desire to look good for your wife help motivate you to train hard?
Of course, but my wife is not so much like that. She says, "Will you stop all this body obsession? I'm the one who is supposed to be looking good." She also says, "The best thing about being married to an actor is that I get to have an affair every few months." It's a different kind of look all the time. But I've got to be honest, mate, being in a 3-D film on a 40-foot screen is pretty good motivation for being in shape.
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Alexa Johnston, author of best-selling cookbooks Ladies a Plate, A Second Helping and What's for Pudding, draws from her treasure trove of vintage community and family cookbooks.
My favourite recipe from Ladies, a Plate: The Collection is Louise Cake (with Marmalade Tea Loaf a close second). Both recipes offer ways of using home made preserves, but Louise Cake is the winner for me because the delicious red fruit jam - preferably home made of course - is sandwiched between a tender shortcake base and a thin layer of crisp coconut meringue.
New Zealand home baking often includes desiccated coconut, originally, I imagine, an economical substitute for ground almonds - but it has become our preference.
And Louise Cake is quickly made, cuts into lots of slices, looks pretty, keeps very well in the tin and is perfect with a mid-morning coffee - any time of the year.
My best new dish this year was Madhur Jaffrey's Salmon in a Bengali Mustard Sauce from her brilliant new book Curry Easy.
I've always relied on Madhur Jaffrey's books, and Curry Easy is both a beautiful book and a treasure trove of great new recipes.
My favourite cook book this year was Margaret Costa's Four Seasons Cookery Book, first published in 1970 and reprinted in 1999, it is a best seller and still available.
Costa writes with great knowledge, enthusiasm and charm about home-style rather than restaurant-style food and cookery and her 1960s columns for the London Sunday Times magazine were legendary.
This year I'll be finishing the photography and writing for my next book.
I've had a great year researching and testing all the recipes - and tasting the results.
And I'll also be working with Auckland Museum on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Louise Cake
For the base
70g butter
55g sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp
140g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
For the topping
5 tbsp raspberry jam *
2 egg whites
115g caster sugar
55g coconut
* or other tart red jam
Getting ready
Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a shallow 30cm x 20cm tin with baking paper, or butter it lightly. Soften the butter.
Mixing and baking
1. Cream the butter and sugar together until light then beat in the egg yolks and mix thoroughly.
2. Add the lemon juice, then sift in the flour and baking powder and mix to a firm dough.
3. Press the dough evenly into the prepared tin, and spread over the jam. You don't need a thick layer.
4. Beat the egg whites until stiff then gently fold in the caster sugar and the coconut using a metal spoon. Spread carefully over the jam, again trying to keep an even thickness. Sprinkle with a little more coconut.
5. Bake for about 25 minutes until the coconut is just turning a golden brown.
6. Remove from the oven and cut into squares or fingers while it is still warm. Store airtight. Makes 24 fingers.


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Novak Djokovic wins the Wimbledon men's singles title for the second time
CNN) — Novak Djokovic fought off a valiant challenge from seven-time champion Roger Federer Sunday to win the Wimbledon men's singles title for the second time after a five-set thriller on Centre Court.
It was a performance of typical determination from the Serbian top seed, who shrugged off the disappointment of failing to convert a match point in a pulsating fourth set to wrap it up in the decider.
Leading 5-4, he forged two more match points on the Federer service and when the Swiss maestro dumped a backhand into the net, Djokovic was champion again.
After dropping the opener on a tiebreak to the 32-year-old Federer, Djokovic took the next two sets and twice moved a break clear in the fourth set.
But each time Federer fought back, cheered to the echo by the crowd. After saving the first match point he broke Djokovic for a third time to force a fifth set.
The momentum was now with the 17-time grand slam champion, but not for the first time in his career Djokovic dug deep to find a way to win.
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Kristal came down to Miami since she was invited to a big birthday bash for one of her best friends. She called me up looking to see if I could hook her up with a date for the gala while she was down here. I told her I would be more than glad to help since she has always been a blast to hang out with and I knew this would be no different. The day came and I picked her up in a limo and headed over to pick up Levi. Of course he was not ready at all, or maybe that was part of his blind date maneuver to insure Kristal got a good look at him. He walks out of the bedroom with his dress shirt all open and trying to pull the Casanova role. I had to stop myself from laughing because I knew what he was up to and if I wanted to see Kristal bang one out right before we headed out to the birthday bash I had to keep my composure. As much as I though it was kind of douchie, it actually worked. Levi asked Kristal to help him with his tie and as soon as she got close enough he went in for the kill. They banged their brains out and I was able to catch it all on camera. We were late to the party but I think they had their fill of fun even before we walked out the front door.
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Allison is a writer, editor, and musician living on a long, narrow lot in a beautiful, ancient hardwood-lined neighborhood of Decatur, Georgia, a small town situated fifteen easy minutes east of downtown Atlanta. Her southern urban homestead consists of two gardens, a flock of happy hens, the Australian shepherd who herds them, a cat who thinks she is a chicken, a giant communal compost bin, a whole lotta earthworms, a home canning system, and three rain barrels. On this little green dot in a landscape of mostly concrete and asphalt, Allison goes about the tasks of providing–of feeding herself and those she cares for. It's a daily invitation to be mindful of labor, consumption, and reward. It is possible to live lightly, in balance, and with plenty, even here, in the heart of the urban South.
Allison's intention with this blog is not to live "impact free"–no extremes, no gimmicks. Rather, she aims to share her daily search for ways to live effectively, efficiently, and responsibly in an urban landscape. She invites others to share their efforts and ideas through the blog, as well.


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A Look Inside Kittywood Studios, Where All Those Internet Cat Videos Come From [VIDEO]
Famous internet cats are made, not born. In fact, all your favorite cat videos were meticulous storyboarded by a team of writers, and then produced in a high-tech studio using puppets and the latest in CGI animation?
Actually, that's not true. But it's the basis for the hilarious mockumentary, 'Kittywood Studios: Cat Videos Incorporated,' in which we learn the surprising origins of feline flick favorites like 'A Very Angry Cat' and 'Keyboard Cat.'
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SAN DIEGO -- A pharmacy that provided controlled substances to the San Diego Chargers has surrendered its federal registration and can no longer distribute prescriptions to the team, the Drug Enforcement Administration said Friday.
RSF Pharmaceuticals and RSF Pharmaceuticals Inc., voluntarily surrendered their registration numbers on June 30, the day after the DEA served 10 administrative inspection warrants within San Diego County, including at the offices of the Chargers and San Diego Padres, DEA spokeswoman Amy Roderick said.
Roderick said RSF Pharmaceuticals also served the Padres.
The DEA investigation comes several weeks after the Chargers released safety Kevin Ellison, who was arrested in May in Redondo Beach on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance. Police said a search of Ellison's vehicle turned up 100 pills of Vicodin.
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Among those honored were six nominated with a 4.00 GPA, including Thomas Grove and Tyler Wortman (Nebraska), Jared Glover and Andrew Lewis (Oklahoma State), and James Griffin and Graham Harrell (Texas Tech). Texas placed a league-leading 22 student-athletes on the squad -- 17 on the first team and five on the second.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and its media relations offices, the football academic all-league squad consisted of 96 first team members combined with 46 on the second team. First team members have recorded a 3.20 or better GPA, while the second team are those with a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher, either cumulative or in the two previous semesters and have participated in 60 percent of his team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.


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Events & Festivals
James Gregory hits the stage with a humorous look at our lives in America to opensthe 2014 season at The Morehead Center for Performing Arts & Events. Gregory, �The Funniest Man in America� will take the stage at the Morehead Center, 1311 Arendell St. in Morehead City, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7. Tickets are $25 each and are available online at themoreheadcenter.com or by phone at 252-726-1501 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit funniestman.com.
Civil War Adventure Day for children will be held March 15 at the New Bern Battlefield Park commemorating the Battle of New Bern, which occurred March 14, 1862. The event is for children 6 to 12 years old. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with activities from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Young recruits and their parents will be greeted by re-enactors from the 5th N.C. regiment and Reilly�s Battery of the 10th N.C. The newly �enlisted� recruits can choose to participate in practice drills or Civil War period camp activities and crafts. Children participating in drills will be assigned to a Union or Confederate company, and issued a proper hat and wooden rifle that they will take home. An encampment with expanded living history presentations will also be set up at the battlefield.
Historical Society battlefield guides will provide a walking tour of the battlefield. A commissary lunch of Brunswick stew, hush puppies and sweet tea will be served to each recruit and parent. After lunch, the day�s activities will conclude with a battle re-enactment that includes the children.
The cost is $20 for one child and one adult. Each additional child in a family is $5, and each additional adult in the family is $10. Registration is limited to 80 children. For more information or tickets contact the New Bern Historical Society at 252-638-8558 or visit newbernhistorical.org.
Cape Fear Music Teachers Association will present its annual Monster Concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church, Wilmington. The Monster Concert features more than 100 piano students playing a program of piano duets on multiple keyboards. The concert is open to the public and free of charge.
For further information contact Joanne Riesz, President, at 910-262-6224.
Kinston Area Railroad Modelers Association hosts its annual Model Train Show/Exhibit at the Community Council for the Arts in Kinston. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 8 and from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9. It will feature operating model train layouts from New Bern, Havelock, Greenville, Thomas the Train layout, Polar Express layout and a New N Scale display. There will also be a raffle to win a Lionel Polar Express set. Admission is free. For more information, call 252-527-2517.
History is free during a special event on Feb. 1 at Tryon Palace.
Tryon Palace Free Day: Forget Me Not will include free admission to the gardens, the first floors of the historic buildings, the North Carolina History Center�s Mattocks Hall and the Gateway Gallery from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 1.
Reduced prices will be available for admission to the North Carolina History Center Regional History Museum, Duffy Gallery and the Pepsi Family Center.
Two free lectures are scheduled at Cullman Hall, beginning at 10 a.m. with a lecture on genealogy and a second at 2 p.m. entitled �Filling in the Blanks: Rediscovering �Lost� History.�
For more information, call 252-639-3500 or visit tryonpalace.org.
Love is in the air and water at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. On the evening of Feb. 14, Seduction in the Seas takes an intimate and educational look at wildlife wooing techniques.
There will be a belly-dancing demonstration, including a ladies-only lesson later in the night; a sit-down catered dinner; and live jazz music.
After dinner, guests will explore the Aquarium at their own pace and participate in a wide variety of games and activities, including a Mating Game quiz competition.
The event is open to guest 18 years or older and is suggested for couples. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. Advance registration is required. General seating tickets are $95 for two if purchased before Jan. 31; $110 after that. A limited number of tables for two are available for $150. All ticket sales end Feb. 7.
Swansboro Parks and Recreation hosts �Snow Up the Park� from 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Swansboro Municipal Park. Municipal Park will turn into a winter wonderland with slopes for sledding and a play area with two tons of snow. Grab your mittens, toboggan and come dressed to have snow much fun with children�s activities, arts and crafts, food and live music. Free snow play area with unlimited sledding for $5 per person. For more information call Swansboro Parks and Recreation at 910-326-2600 or visit swansboro.recdesk.com.
Wine and Design located at 1006-B Henderson Drive in Jacksonville will hold a vendors event at the studio from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 1. Different vendors will be there to help people find that special gift for Valentine�s day.
On Feb. 14 head over for a Valentine�s event with a painting with a local artist for two hours, free wine tasting from one of the local �Shop at Home� ladies, free dessert to share with that someone special and an hour and a half of entertainment from Debbie�s Angels Productions. For more information or to register, visit wineanddesignus.com/calendar.
Newport Historical Museum and Civil War Memorial Park, 220 Chatham St., will be open all day during Newport Heritage Weekend, Jan. 31-Feb. 2.
Jan. 31: The fourth annual Newport Heritage Dinner will be held at St. James Community Life Center in Newport. For a $10 donation guests get barbecue chicken, two sides, a roll, dessert and drink to eat-in or take-out. The evening will include entertainment by Morris Willis and others with Gerald Mann speaking at 7 p.m. about Newport Heritage and the Battle of Newport Barracks Civil War Memorial Park. Dinner will be served from 5 - 7 p.m. with entertainment concluding at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at the Newport Historical Museum. A bake sale will also be conducted during the evening.
Feb. 1: Living history on the grounds of the museum and park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with members of 5th N.C. Troops and Ellis�s Battery along with a contingent from Pennsylvania Battle Field. Tours of original Newport Barracks site depart from museum at 1 and 3 p.m.
Feb. 2: At 2 p.m., a dedication ceremony will be held for the Battle of Newport Barracks Civil War Memorial Park being constructed on the grounds adjacent to Newport Historical Museum. This park dedication will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle that occurred on Feb. 2, 1864. On Feb. 1 and again on Feb. 5, the NC Troops reenactment group along with members of Ellis�s Battery will be encamped on the grounds.
For more information, contact Dianne Johnson at 252-241-1793.
Community Contra Dance is held every first Friday of the month from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Farmer�s Market Building. Contra dancing is similar to square dancing but not limited to groups of four couples. Long lines and big circles are common in contras. Concessions are available at the 1st Friday dances. Admission is $7 per person; $5/student; $20 family cap. For more information, call 910-548-0505 or visit kingsfriendmusic.com/contradance.php.
Children�s Museum of Jacksonville host its second annual �Zing Zumm Runn� family fun run from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 15 at the Jacksonville High School track area. All proceeds are dedicated to the Capital Campaign building fund for the future museum. Registration is $25 for the 1 mile and 5 K races for runners ages 8 and up. Children�s races are $12 and include a diaper dash for crawlers up to 12 months; toddler trot for ages 1 to 3 and youth ages 4-6 and 7-8. Pre-registration fee includes a T-shirt for all age groups. On-site registration is from 8 to 9 a.m.
Register for the race at active.com (enter Zing Zumm in the search box) or at Century 21 Champion Real Estate, 2820 Henderson Drive, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at Don Williamson Nissan, 310 Western Blvd., during showroom hours. Call 910-650-2769 for more information.
NC Coastal Federation will celebrate oyster habitat restoration efforts with a free oyster roast at 5 p.m. Feb. 6 at Hannah�s Haus located at 900 Live Oak Street in Beaufort.
Oyster habitat restoration helps repopulate native oyster populations, which in turn helps the environment, because oysters are filter feeders that keep coastal waters clean.
A special $15 federation annual membership, regularly $35, will be offered at the event.
Carteret County Master Gardeners Volunteers offers �Design with Perennials - Form, Texture and Color� at 10 a.m. Feb. 6 at Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 252-222-6359.
N.C. Maritime Museum hosts Merry Times for Tots: Whales & Dolphins. Preschoolers (ages 2-5) and their caregivers meet from 10 to 11 a.m. Jan. 31 for this free hour-long program where visitors will have the chance to hear a story about dolphins and smell the oil from a Sperm Whale. Pre-registration preferred.
For more information on these events call 252-728-7317. North Carolina Maritime Museum, 315 Front Street, Beaufort or at ncmaritimemuseums.com.
The N.C. Maritime Museum is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Donations appreciated.
The Empty Bowl event in Morehead City will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City. Potters and craftspeople, educators and others in the community create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, the guests keep a bowl. Tickets are $20 each and will be sold at the Aquatic and Wellness Center Cape Carteret, Art Escapes in Morehead City, Bike Depot in Havelock, and Handscapes in Beaufort.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores is teaming up with top restaurants to dish up recipes and tips on selecting and preparing fresh, seasonal, local seafood. Succulent Seafood sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on selected Mondays and occasional other days of the week. Guests of the Succulent Seafood sessions will also learn about the life cycles and habitats of featured seafood species from aquarium staff members.
Chefs provide favorite recipes and insights on preparing finfish, shellfish and crustaceans. A taste test of the featured dish tops off each gathering.
The schedule includes:
Feb. 3: Clawson�s 1905 Restaurant & Pub, Beaufort
Feb. 24: Island Grille, Atlantic Beach
March 3: Amos Mosquito�s Restaurant & Bar, Atlantic Beach
March 17: Island Grille, Atlantic Beach
Other dates and restaurants may be added later. Succulent Seafood is for ages 12 and older and costs $15 per person, per session. Advance registration is required. Call 252-247-4003 for more information.
A new traveling exhibit called Blackbeard�s Queen Anne�s Revenge-1718 will show off treasures and 300-year-old artifacts from the famous pirate�s wrecked flagship through Feb. 15 at Tryon Palace. The exhibit includes a traveling trunk complete with games and a model life-sized pirate; the exhibit also includes multi-media displays explaining what life was like aboard the ship. Admission is included with regular cost of admission to Tryon Palace or a separate galleries pass costs $12 for adults and $6 for students.
Music & Culture
Local Christian rock band Turnbridge will be in concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Salvation Army Triangle Store, 204 Wilmington Hwy. Free admission.
Country music singer Corey Smith will take the stage at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 at Gus� Bar located at 108 Carver St. in Midway Park. Mallary Hope will be opening the show.
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra presents �A Change is Gonna Come,� at 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Kenan Auditorium. The program commemorates the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Bill through the music of the era and readings from Dr. Martin Luther King�s work.
For tickets call the Kenan Auditorium Ticket Office at 910-962-3500 or visit wilmingtonsymphony.org.
A Coastal Carolina Community College faculty recital will start at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Jacksonville. Music will include three Soprano Arias from Messiah by George Frederick Handel, �Laudamuste� from Mass in c minor, K. 427 and �Laudate Dominum� from Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; American Sacred songs, and Spirituals. Messiah arias will be performed with period instruments.
Theater & Arts
At 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14, The Arts Council of Carteret County (ACCC) will open its signature event, the 24th annual Art From The Heart art show, an exhibition and sale of original artwork.
The non-juried show will be held in Morehead Plaza at 3000 Arendell St. in Morehead City. The show will be open to the public for two weeks, ending March 1. Admission to the gallery is free.
For more information, visit artscouncilcarteret.org or call 252-726-9156.
The Carteret Community Theatre in conjunction with West Carteret High School presents �Annie� at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 and 13, at 8 p.m. Feb. 7, 8, 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 9 and 16 at West Carteret High School. Admission is $5 for students, $15 for adults and $20 for preferred seating. For more information visit CarteretCommunityTheatre.org or call 252-497-8919.
J. Marshall White will teach a photography workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Council for the Arts located at 826 New Bridge St. in downtown Jacksonville. This workshop will cost $15 and will cover �how to take great portraits� by posing, lighting or just a simple head tilt. For more information, call 910-455-9840 or visit jaxarts.com.


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UD Botanic Gardens announce annual benefit plant sale
The 22nd annual University of Delaware Botanic Gardens Benefit Plant Sale will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, on the South Campus in Newark. The sale will be held from 3-7 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday – the latter in conjunction with Ag Day — in the fenced area across from Fisher Greenhouse. Admission is free. Those with interest can view the plant sale catalog at the UDBG website to see an array of summer's grande dames of horticulture — the hydrangea, a prime selection of magnolias, maples and iris, along with hundreds of additional select treasures. UDBG Friends enjoy an exclusive day to shop at the sale on Thursday, April 24, from 3-7 p.m. To enjoy other exclusive member benefits, join the Friends online or contact Melinda Zoehrer at 302-831-0153 or email@example.com. Hydrangeas featured The featured plants, hydrangeas, though a small portion of the many ornamental shrubs available to modern gardeners, embody all the best attributes of horticulture as a hobby and, for some, an obsession. This beautiful group of plants exhibits a stunning diversity of species and cultivated varieties that satisfy a wide range of tastes and garden settings. All members of the genus share a common name, but in some cases the similarities end there. The impressive floral prowess of many hydrangeas is arguably their most exciting and endearing feature. Interestingly, the impressive diversity of the family means this characteristic is itself subject to a number of different factors. These traits, long admired by hydrangea aficionados, include flower color, size, shape and the season in which they are at their best. Next, the specific growth habit, growth rate and mature size of the various hydrangeas dictate their appropriate landscape placement. Finally, their varying foliage characteristics, from spring through fall, combine to provide a plethora of exciting options. When it comes to hydrangeas, there is truly something for everyone. The genus hydrangea consists of over 70 species worldwide, but the best choices for Mid-Atlantic gardens can be narrowed down to five main groups. Each group consists of one or more "hallmark" species that exemplify their prime ornamental features and any number of named varieties, known as cultivars. The first four groups consist of shrubby plants and include Smooth hydrangea (H. arborescens), Oakleaf hydrangea (H. quercifolia), Panicle hydrangea (H. paniculata) and the classic lacecap and mophead types (H. macrophylla and H. serrata), whose colorful blooms have graced gardens for centuries. The fifth and final group includes the handsome pair of vines known as Climbing hydrangea (H. anomala ssp. petiolaris) and its cousin the Japanese hydrangea vine (Schizophragma hydrangeoides). Each group offers its own personality, distinct ornamental attributes and respective place in the garden. About the hydrangea groups First, Smooth hydrangea is a native shrub found in shady forest nooks throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. It becomes a prominent garden feature each May as large creamy flower clusters cover its leafy framework. This plant, perhaps best known by the popular variety Annabelle, often droops to the ground under the weight of its floral might. Dedicated breeding work in recent years has led to the availability of pink flowered types such as Invincibelle Spirit and Bella Anna. The second group also consists of a shrubby denizen of the southeastern United States. Oakleaf hydrangea is so-named for its deeply cut foliage that mimics the familiar look of many oak tree (Quercus spp.) leaves. This fascinating textural attribute alone would be a great reason to grow this species, however it also offers an excellent display of white, conical flower panicles in late spring. Fall brings yet another season of interest as the leaves take on gorgeous shades of burgundy, orange and scarlet. Many selections have been made for flower size and growth habit over the years. These even include an intriguing cultivar with glowing chartreuse foliage known as Little Honey. The next group of hydrangeas is one that has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years. The Panicle, or PeeGee hydrangea, is a feature of older farmsteads and the confines of "grandma's garden." It is an Asian import that became quite popular during Victorian times. Athletic in its physiology, it is a plant of impressive growth rate that springs into aesthetic action during mid to late summer. Prominent white flower panicles decorate the landscape at a time when most other trees and shrubs have faded into the background. Interest in this old favorite has been rekindled by newer varieties bred for compactness and reduced size at maturity — perfect qualities for today's smaller gardens. The exquisite, showy blooms of the fourth group represent the quintessential concept of the genus hydrangea. Bigleaf hydrangea (H. macrophylla) and Mountain hydrangea (H. serrata) are closely related species that serve similar ornamental roles. The first species has been cultivated for centuries and offers flowers in either a "mophead" (ball-shaped) appearance or a "lacecap" (flat or horizontal) arrangement. Cultivars have been bred in a dizzying array of color combinations, including white, pink, red, blue and purple. Mountain hydrangea differs mainly in its smaller stature and proclivity toward the "lacecap" floral type. These species are the hydrangeas famous for exhibiting varying flower color depending on soil chemistry. Acid soils (higher pH) encourage flowers that tend toward blue, while neutral to basic soils (lower pH) lead to pink flowers. Newer reblooming varieties such as Endless Summer all but guarantee a captivating floral show from spring through fall. Finally, two additional species typify a decidedly non-traditional concept of hydrangeas. Both are climbing vines quite adept at scrambling up walls, fences and even the sides of buildings. Though differing in small fairly obscure botanical traits, Climbing hydrangea and the Japanese hydrangea vine are used similarly in the landscape. Both offer lacey white flower clusters in late spring and add a new dimension to how hydrangeas beautify our gardens. UD Botanic Gardens The UD Botanic Gardens are open year-round to provide ideas and inspiration, or for a quiet stroll. UDBG contributes to an understanding of the relationships between plants and people through education, research, cooperative extension, and community support. Article by Jason Veil, UDBG curatorial graduate teaching assistant This article can also be viewed on UDaily.


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Andie's Autumn Party: Chili & Cocktails
These are dark days in Seattle--quite literally. The sun goes down around 4pm and it's difficult to function as if the day doesn't end at that moment. In order to keep it festive, we decided to host a "Little Autumn Chili Party," for no other reason but to get together with friends, eating great food and having warming cocktails by candlelight. Take a look!
We started off with the invitation. As much as I love paper invitations, this was a quickly-planned get-together, and we needed to let people know fast. Paperless Post is my favorite stop for online invitations that are design-worthy and unique, plus they have a new printing feature and a lot of the "cards" are by independent designers. (And you get more RSVPs when it's as easy as a quick click.)
Next, was the menu. A rich, venison chili (check out the recipe here) that we slow-cooked all day in preparation for the evening was in the spotlight, with sweet cornbread, apple cider and a homemade amuse-bouche of garlicky beef and goat cheese dip. Cocktails included an array of warming whiskeys (delightful in cider!) or St. Germain-Champagne cocktails, and of course, red wine.
The intimate number of guests arrived around 6:30pm, where we toasted next to an open fire, ate around a colorful fall table, including painted pumpkins, and outdoor foliage from Fall itself. The party didn't take itself too seriously, obviously, with multi-colored, felted acorns scattered about, yummy peanut butter M&Ms and our little chihuahua who wore a very specific sign on her sweater for guests to heed (see photo). Combined with a cozy, autumnal playlist on the iPod, the evening was charming, warm and left everyone fed & happy.
Photos: Andie Powers