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Friday, February 27, 1 970
Family tensions mount as Ken Fisher and Sam Griffith Faye Kulbitski stars as Mary Tyrone in O'Neill's "Long
portray Tyrone and son. Day's Journey."
Drama Department presents O'Neill
Bethel Co llege, St. Pau l, Minnesota
by Jan Applequist
Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's
Journey Into Night, being present-ed
in abbreviated form this Friday
and Saturday at 8 p.m. by the Beth-el
Drama Department, is a tortured
autobiography of the well-known
American playwright. How closely
the events of the play parallel
O'Neill's own life is almost irrel-evant.
That is, the action, of which
there is little or none on stage,
does not get in the way of the un-folding
of a remarkable, disturb-ing
psychological drama. In fact
specifics are not given till much
later in the play. The audience can
only sense that something terrible
has happened in the past which
has created the pervasive atmos-
Mark Mancall, a scholar special-izing
in China and worldwide rev-olution,
will visit Macalester Col-lege
March 2-6. His schedule will
include three public appearances
as well as participation in semi-nars,
classes and informal discus-sions.
On Wednesday, March 4, he will
speak on "Revolution as De-reifi-cation:
The Chinese Model," at
1:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. At
8 p.m. in the Student Union, he
will introduce a panel discussion
phere of tension in the Tyrone
The play begins cheerfully e-nough
but little signs of suspicion,
mistrust, despair, and outright hat-red
erupt without apparent reason,
soon giving the impression that all
is not right with the Tyrone family.
As the story unfolds the awful fam-ily
secrets are revealed; the father
is a stubborn, miserly Irishman, an
actor who would leave his young
wife alone in their hotel room for
long hours. If and when he came
back after an evening's perfor-mance,
he would invariably be
drunk. The beautiful, naive young
wife who was pampered as a child
turned to drugs in order to face
the loneliness and isolation.
on "Radicalism: Revolt on the
World's Campuses." The panel will
include Macalester instructors Jer-ry
Fisher, history, and Thomas
Grissom, education, and several
others who have been involved in
radical student movements in this
country and overseas.
On Friday, March 6, Dr. Man-call
will participate in the second
of a two-day institute on the cul-ture
of East Asia, speaking at
10:30 a.m. at the College of St.
Catherine's St. Joseph Hall on the
Their sons, James Jr., and Ed-mund,
suffering from tubercu-losis
(corresponding to O'Neill
himself), had let their father's
pennypinching and drunkenness
and their mother's drug addiction
and insanity destroy themselves.
They become rounders, drunkards,
and failures, sponging off their
father whenever they ran out of
money, which was more than often.
The fourth (and final) act is the
most agonizing revelation of the
reasons which the individual mem-bers
of the family on their own
seperate paths of self-destruction.
Although intense, moody and
heart-breakingly pathetic, the dra-ma
looks, forgivingly at all the
characters even while describing
topic, "The Chinese Communist
Revolution: A Revolution in Cul-ture."
The institute is co-sponsor-ed
by St. Catherine's, Hamline,
St. Thomas and Macalester as part
of the Four-College Area Studies
Mancall will live, during his
visit, at Macalester's Inner College,
where 28 students and faculty
preceptors are involved in inde-pendent
semester-long projects.
Mr. Mancall is a University Fel-low
and associate professor of his-their
greatest weaknesses. The play
is a masterpiece of character-study,
soul-searching, abrupt mood
changes and intensity and com-plexity
of feelings—hatred com-bined
with loyalty, admiration with
For example, the character of
Mary Tyrone, the mother, (played
by Faye Kulbitski), is neurotic and
accusing. She feels everyone is
staring at her hair or her rheuma-tic
hands. And yet she is very
tender and fiercly loyal to her
family, always ready to defend any
member that is being unduly cri-ticized
by the others. She is basic-ally
a simple person who can't un-derstand
why the Blessed Virgin
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tory at Stanford University. He
received the 1969 E. Harris Har-bison
Award for Distinguished
Teaching from the Danforth Foun-dation.
He holds a B.A. from
UCLA and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from Harvard. He has since been
granted Fulbright and Ford Foun-dation
scholarships and has also
studied at the University of Hel-sinki,
Taiwan Normal University,
Leninggrad State University and
in Tokyo.
Area schools host scholar of revolution
Campus reflects on Founders Week
Vol. XLV—No. 18
by Cindy Rostollan
It's over! The lines are shorter
the classes are back on schedule;
the students are once more appear-ing
in classes and the basketball
team in practicing full-court again.
Founder's Week comes annually,
and once here, it enters a field of
mixed emotions. Simultaneously,
students are greeting and avoid-ing
certain pastors, and faculty try
to reserve their opinion of the
Week until it's over.
As it was said before, it is over
now, so many have chanced their
"Underneath the week's hassle,"
says John Larson, "there were
many penetrating thoughts and
decisions. Now our task, as it al-ways
has been, is to live what
we've learned, trusting God and
facing the consequences."
Ruth Manderson said, "I appre-ciated
being able to pray with
several Founders at the morning
devotional time. I got a different
outlook about all the Founders as
a result of the prayer time. I
did feel that classes should have
been cancelled because I had to
cut most of my classes in order
to attend sessions which interested
"For me, Millie Dienert was
really great," related Gerry De-
Vries. "Her love for Christ really
Margie Rusche expressed herself
this way, "By disrupting the nor-mal
campus routine, Founder's
Week - besides being overly struc-tured,
boring and irrelevant to
the students —deprives students
of needed classes, time, and fac-ilities.
If it must be held, have it
during semester break, Interim,
or summer vacation."
To Linda Lovgren, "It seemed
that the Holy Spirit was really
working throughout the student
body. During Founder's Week a
lot of kids found a chance to ex-press
what has been happening on
"Being new at Bethel this year,"
began Mrs. Amanda Almer, (Mom
to the gals in Hagstrom), "I have
no other Founder's Week to corn-pare
this one to. I enjoyed it
though, for to me, it was inspira-tional.
I went to the meetings ex-pectantly,
and I wasn't disappoint-ed."
"I can't give you a definite opin-ion
about Founders Week," re-plied
Marji Sorley. "In about a
month we'll see if all the decisions
that were made during this week
are real. I'm waiting to see if these
decisions are more than the usual
re-dedication that comes with our
special meetings. If the decisions
last, then it will have been a
good week."
"Concerning the evening ser-vices,"
began Rosalie Huston, "I
felt the true action began at the
Edgren Lounge meeting at 9:45.
The evening fieldhouse service ed-ified
the adults, but the discussion
period edified the students. The
speakers came over in a complete-ly
different manner in the informal
meeting. Founder's Week meant
vastly different things to adults
and students, and I found there
was, in truth, a Founder's and a
Student's Week."
Said Dr. Robert Stein, "I'm un-sure
of the basic purpose of Foun-der's
Week. If it's for the Found-ers,
why is it during the school
year, and if it is for the students,
what do you do with missing a
week of classes? As a Christian
teacher, my job is two-fold, I must
be able to relate to my students
spiritually, but I have an academic
responsibility as well. During
Founder's Week, there is a prob-lem
of sacrificing the academic al-most
"Unfortunately," said Darlene
Chaddock, "my studies interfered
with the evening meetings, though
I did make it to chapels. I really
appreciated the missionary emph-asis
because so often it is pushed
in the corner. Though the week
was more Founder oriented than
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the CLARION Friday, February 27, 1970
Unravel the snag
This essay is for humanity, a declaration of war.
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in my office trying to think
through one of those common everyday snags. Someone next door in
one of the music practice rooms was practicing piano and I had the
radio on. Soon this snag, which, as I said before, was just a small,
everyday type, began to grow.
The longer I sat focusing my mind's eye upon it, the larger it
became, for although it was a minute sort of problem, in relation to
the problems of war, etc., I had worked on a solution all morning —
off and on — going through all the proper channels, running from one
office to another, from one person and back again and was no
closer to an answer than before. (Actually I was further from an
answer because I had exhausted all my possibilities.)
I decided that such a small snag couldn't be insoluable — if I
would only apply my mind. So that was what I was doing. But in
spite of the minuteness, the longer I applied my mind the bigger it
grew until it filled the whole screen of my thoughts. Then I couldn't
see it anymore because it was too big. Soon it grew until it was
pushing my mind right out of my head. Still, no solution. Suddenly I
felt that if the music and the radio didn't stop, if this snag wouldn't
unravel, my whole body would blow up. The music continued. . . wrong
notes; the radio blared. . . off key; the snag. . . .
The Snag. . .
Suddenly my mind disintegrated.
The piano music and the radio disappeared from consciousness
and an analogy began to grow where the snag had been. I saw a
dirty dark street. Below the crumbling buildings, sidewalks were
littered with paper, cans and broken glass; the lawns consisted of
overgrown, parched weeds in some places, bare parched earth in
others. I stood there listening to the sounds.
The sound of a baby screaming his hungry frustration; a father
cursing at his wife because this was the fourth day he'd spent pounding
the streets in search of employment and the fourth week without a
paycheck; a mother alternately screaming at and pleading with her
young son, who, she just discovered, had shoplifted a transistor radio;
the quiet sobs of a young girl who was unwed and pregnant; the
silent, yet violent mindwaves of a young man frustrated with the
educational system and that feeling of uselessness.
The sound of the streets grew and I recognized the snag.
The common enemy, the snag — institutionalism. Institutions
have become a Frankenstein. Once created to serve man, men have now
made institutions their master. Our best creative efforts are mutilated,
gone unrecognized, or suffocated in the maze. If we are ever to become
what we were meant to be, we must learn to act, not react. We must teach
institutions to serve us once more. We must learn to manipulate them,
out-smart them. Institutions were made for people, and people were
made before institutions. . . the Sabbath was made for man, man was
not made for the Sabbath. Unravel the snag.
An unidentified Bethel sculptor captures the feeling "The
Snag" can cause.
To the editor:
It is tremendous to see the
movement of the Holy Spirit in
changing the lives of students here
at Bethel. Many have become very
excited about the vitality of the
Christian life. We have but God
to thank for all of this. However,
this revival of our hearts is going
to die. Consider the following:
First, Christ tells us to remain
in His Word and then we will be
His disciples. We may think that
our feelings are a taste of Heaven,
but then dependency upon feelings
is not dependency upon God.
Feelings are a tool used by God,
but we will be spinning our wheels
not knowing what to do if we do
not get into the Word. Unless we
realize that the Word of God is
the only thing we can feed upon
to sustain our renewed hearts,
then hardening of the spiritual
arteries is sure to follow.
Second, the complaint is going
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student, there was something for
everyone who wanted it."
"Founder's Week lacked the vi-tality
of last year's," relates Dave
Shupe. "It was as if missions does
not have the youth and enthusiasm
which serving Christ in our own
country might — an unfortunate
unnecessary assumption. The Sen-ate
workshop —small group dia-logue
with the visitors — was quite
profitable for the few who partici-pated."
"I thought it was good," said
Mr. Jon Fagerson, "primarily be-cause
of the student involvement.
I sensed the real spiritual drive
came from the students and not
from the Founders."
"This year's Founder's Week was
interesting, but I don't feel that it
measured up to last year's," said
Pat Chase. "I suppose I believe
that because last year's was so
student oriented. I did think this
year's week allowed a great deal
of time for fellowship and Bible
study which was fantastic. In or-der
for us to let the Holy Spirit
entirely rule our lives we must
bathe ourselves in the Word, and
then do something about it. Foun-der's
Week allowed time for this."
About Founder's Week, Jan Salz-man
said, "I feel that the week is
a worthwhile experience because
it brings us many speakers which
we wouldn't normally be able to
hear. But, I also feel that we do
these speakers and ourselves an
injustice by holding Founder's
Week during school time.
around that "I get bogged down
spiritually when the studies start
piling up." It seems that our stud-ies
quench the Spirit's movement
in our lives. Something about our
classroom experience is inconsis-tent
with the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit seeks to show
Christ as Lord of all — the crea-tor
of man in Psychology, the plan-ner
of diversified culture in An-thropology,
behind all History, the
Sun around which all the discip-lines
revolve. If He truly is the
center of all, then why do we not
learn it that way? This must be
said, that just because we have
Christian educators, Christian stu-dents,
and Christian traditions, we
do not necessarily have a Christian
We go at our subjects as if they
are intellectually autonomous from
the sovereignty of God. We attempt
to appease the Spirit by a little
prayer before class and daily cha-
"In my four year's at Bethel I
have observed increased tension
and unrest among students and
faculty with the coming of each
Founder's Week. It is my opinion
that students would feel freer to
"get involved" in the week's ex-perience
if it were held at a time
like Interim, when there would
be less academic pressure."
"I appreciated Horace Fenton
and Rene Padilla," said Maurice
Zaffke, "and personally, I was able
to have contact with many Foun-ders.
(But that was because I
threw out my schedule.) I learned
to relate with people, and found
this to be valuable."
To Dean Webster Muck, "Foun-der's
Week was less person center-ed,
thus it had a different appeal.
The visitors liked it, but the stu-dents
, not being institutionally
minded, found it not as appealing.
The most attractive thing to the
students was the evening meetings
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by Maurice C. Lawson
Prof. George Cannon of our Sem-inary
will conclude his series on
the Church on Monday morning.
On Tuesday, a contemporory wor-ship
service dealing with the prob-lem
of man's loneliness and based
on the experience of Job will be
presented by a group of Seminary
students. Wednesday, the Pastor
will continue with portraits of
Jesus from Mark's gospel, with
NEW music.
Colonel Knight, selective service
director for the State of Minnesota,
will discuss the new draft law on
Thursday. On Friday, Mr. Richard
Bragg, special assistant to the gov-ernor
in charge of drug educa-tion
for our state, will speak on
the drug problem in Minnesota.
pel services. Christ must fit in
where He can. That is not enough!
The Spirit cannot be satisfied un-til
the Word is made the beginning
and continuing reference point.
Either we acknowledge that Christ
must become the source of each
idea in every discipline, or we
deny our Master His rightful place
and follow after a Lie. The revival
must be carried into the classroom.
Good News! The statement con-cerning
the death of the revival
does not have to be our fate. God
has given us the key for continu-ance.
We must realize that the
classroom as well as outside, that
key, the Word of God, must be our
ultimate Frame of Reference. All
activities must be renewed by the
Word, for then, and only then, can
we become excited and interested
—and we will be honoring God.
To Him be the glory!
Dick Halverson '73
at Edgren."
Said Shelly Danielson, "Parts
were very valuable — like Dr.
Smith's talk Friday evening on
foreign literature distribution. We
as students must realize that al-though
the approach to missions
has changed, it is still an important
"However, with all the talk of
new approaches, I wish the work
and power of the Holy Spirit
would have been emphasized more.
Rather than better methods, God
needs better men. I tell someone
about Christ because He means
much to me, not because I feel it
is something I have to do."
After all that has been said, to
venture my opinion would be re-hashing
what has been already
said. Whatever you thought, Foun-der's
Week has left all of us with
definite ideas in our minds of its
worth. Every opinion is a purely
personal one.
Reporters Anne Dalton, Ruth Bogle,
Tom Ford, Dave Greener,
Jan Ullberg, Jan Urspringer,
Wibby Smith, Ron Roper
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Business Manager .... Warren Magnuson
Photographers Jim Amelsberg,
Phil Humbert
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not necessarily reflect the position of the
college or seminary.
Bethel Forum
Bogged down? God, intellect are not autonomous
Campus tosses out academics for Founders Week
Faye Kulbitski as Mary Tyrone seeks to escape loneliness
and rediscover faith through drug addiction.
'Day's Journey into Night' drama
examines humanity's neurosis
Stubborn, miserly Irishman, Tyrone, played by Ken Fisher,
drives family to self-destruction.
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by Steve Duininck
"Like The long lonely stream
I keep running for my dream.
Like an old dusty road
I get weary from the load.
Moving on, moving on."
At times It seems too overpowering to fight It. I really don't under-stand
fully why we have to fight It. Maybe someday we will all invite
It. There is something very magnetic and enchanting about It and It
is the desire to pack up one's bags, troubles, and small amount of
currency and leave for someplace in your dreams.
Most people get the hunger come springtime with all the freshness
that spring brings. I have a perpetual case of the "itch" and I wonder
if I'll ever be able to settle down to a quiet life. If my memory is cor-rect
the last time I let It get the best of me I woke up in San Diego,
the time before was Iowa, and my first expedition found me in Colorado.
I have never been sorry or disappointed for leaving but It has caused
my parents a few headaches.
I don't feel very comfortable where I am now, never-the-less I
have to discipline myself to see-it-out at Bethel College and Seminary.
But I do have plans of someday traveling around the world with all the
excitement of Columbus to see the rest of God's creation. I keep thinking
I was born in the world and not in the United States, so I would like to
see all my brothers, even those dirty Reds. It's a dream that means
fighting the Combine and struggling to push out all on my own. Maybe
it's one of the few challenges left today that takes a combination of
dreams, muscle, and will-power.
Lately I have been planning on how to disappear during Easter
but I have lots of bridges to cross and even some to build till I can
make-off in the night. Even if I don't see the traditional Florida or
someplace new I may take a trip around here. Who can tell what I'll
find? Maybe a place in the sun or a new tunnel to follow that will lead
me, learn me, and love. Everyone should leave a note to Mom and Dad
and go looking for their oasis, and if you think you've found yours drop
me a post card and the address.
by Marjorie M. Rusche
The delicacy and lightness of
fluid tone and a cascade of bril-liant
crescendos merge together
tonight in a public concert pre-sented
by Mrs. Leah Wilke.
The concert, which will be held
in the fieldhouse at 8, primarily
focuses around French composi-tions
for the piano, performed by
Mrs. Wilke. Ruben Haugen, saxo-phonist,
and Duane Tannehill, sax-ophonist
will also perform French
works. Both are professional per-forming
musicians and educators.
C. Edward Thomas will accompany
Haugen on the Tomasi "Gyrations"
number. There is a possibility that
Thomas may play a piano solo.
The concert program is mostly
Impressionist in flavor; however,
there is an overlay of Romanticism
throughout the program. Numbers
which Wilke will play are:
Papillions Schumann
Nocturne in F# Chopin
Waltz in E minor Chopin
Movements Perpetuals Paulenc
Sonatine Ravel
Scherzo Waltz Chabrier
"The music is very delicate, very
intimate, very open in structure,"
states Wilke about her program.
"Thus, the music, besides all that
I can do by, for, or with it, de-pends
heavily upon the warmth
of tone that the instrument (piano)
conveys into the room. I hope the
tone that these pieces express so
well comes through in the field-house."
In the numbers which Wilke per-forms
that emphasize lightness and
openness, mistakes are easily
heard. "You can't blur things over
with the pedal," Wilke noted, "ev-erything
must be technically per-
Friday, February 27, 1970
feet. Yet, to get to the point
in my playing where I am doing
justice to the composer's music,
I must be able not to worry about
technique, so I can sit back and
listen to the piece while I am
doing it and let it become a natur-al
thing." This high degree of art
—artlessness—separates the pro-fessionals
from the amateurs.
Wilke works under a handicap.
She has a growth on her right
wristbone which means she can-not
sustain long periods of prac-tice
or pieces which require a
great deal of forceful wrist action.
Thus, she staggers her practicing
and mostly works on pieces where
hard, driving playing is frequently
alternated with delicate, smooth,
flexible, fluid playing.
Wilke comments on her wrist,
"This means I must work twice as
hard to gain both the ease and
strength that I want for my num-bers."
She has taken lessons for
18 years, presently practices about
3 hours a day, and teaches 55
students privately.
"For example," she continues,
"I've worked on the Papillions
number for two years and have
performed it twice already Yet
this is the first time I feel it will
be really ready for performance.
I don't believe in studying a piece,
performing it, and then saying
you've 'done' it. Music is not some-thing
you learn and then put away
on the shelf. You must grow and
mature with the music, get into
the composer's head and study it
from all possible approaches, keep
on letting the music teach you.
There is always something new
in the music, it is never finished."
Wilke chose to present basically
French music at her concert be-cause,
"I love it." She laughs,
then resumes, "The French people
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always do everything with just
the right touch. What I appreciate
most in the music is the great
deal of subtlety it contains. For
example, the Ravel Sonatine I'm
playing is very subtle in harmonic
dissonances. Also, whenever you
think the music is going to do
something, it does something else."
"This is also why it is so good
for me to play this type of French
music, its subtlety and restraint
help me develop control. It's good
discipline. I have the tendency
to over-play, be over-emotional and
over-dramatic in playing. My teach-er,
Vera Narregang, has helped me
curb this tendency, besides teach-ing
me patience and the import-ance
of thinking through a work,
and not running away with my mu-sical
The uncertainty of the quality
of her performance is both a mo-tivation
and a hindrance 'to Leah.
"I love to play, I am compelled to
play," she states. "Yet, I have
deep-seated fears of my ability."
She draws close parallels between
the uncertainty of every perform-er's
performance and the uncer-tainty
of life. "You never really
know what's going to come out
until you do it. This is what keeps
music and performing fresh and
alive. There is no end to music,
as there is no end to life."
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to whom she used to pray to so
faithfully has deserted her, has
caused her all this agony. Faye
sees the character as "a little girl
(although she is 54 years old in the
story) who is looking for something
precious she has lost—her faith."
Shocked by their mother's addic-tion,
the two sons are nevertheless
very sympathic and often try to
assure her that she is still the same
beautiful, gracious person she al-ways
was. As a footnote, O'Neill's
health did eventually improve and
so did his mother's problems with
addiction and insanity.
From an actor's standpoint the
play is better read than performed.
Ken Fisher, who plays Mr. Ty-rone,
considers it "good literature
but lousy theater." It is long, in-tense,
full of short, scathing dia-logue
and many similar lines—
causing the audience to feel as
needled as the characters. The
play is also slow in that there is
so little action on stage.
The play is being presented as a
three credit independent study of
its director, student Robert Bryant.
For him it is truly a "long day's
j ourne y" which may end in
"night", since he is graded on the
final product.
The actors do not have this pres-sure.
The strength of their per-formances
rest partly upon the
strength of his direction and how
much effort he can elicit from
them. It is a taxing drama for
actor and director.
The play will be given at North-western
Lutheran Seminary Little
Theater. Tickets are $1 for singles
and $1.50 for couples.
Leah Wilke in concert tonight;
French flavor colors program
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Best season
yet ends for
by Bill Ankerberg
With the close of the wrestling
season this year, Bethel says good-bye
to three seniors.
Bob Olsen with a win/lose rec-ord
of 68-4-2 will be missed by
everyone at Bethel. Coach Doug
King says that Bob has done more
to raise respect for our wrestling
team than any other wrestler. Bob,
holding the best record on the
team this year (20-2) has just re-cently
turned down an invitation
to the NAIA National Wrestling
Competition. Bob is not only an ex-cellent
wrestler, but a constant
team leader and teacher in prac-tice.
Commenting on the team this
year, Bob said that he has never
wrestled with a finer bunch of
Four years ago Bob Olson and
Barry Anderson were the only ex-perienced
wrestlers on the team.
That year they had a team record
of 2-14. The following year with
the addition of Coach Doug King,
Bethel came up with a 8-10 season.
In 68-69 we gained new depth and
a 8-9-1 season. This season's record
of 9-9-1 was the best in Bethel's
According to Barry Anderson,
"Wrestling is good because it push-es
you to the point where you don't
feel you can go any farther, then
you find out what you are really
made of." Barry showed his make-up
at Concordia. He was losing his
match 4-3 with 30 seconds to go,
with a shoulder that had put him
in agony from the start. But in the
grips of physical exhaustion he
came through with a burst of
strength to come out on top of his
man to finish with a 5-4 score. "He
gave 201 per cent," said heavy
weight wrestler Tom Hendrickson.
Bob Downing is the third wrest-ler
the team will lose. He has
wrestled only this year, but as
Coach King said, "He was appreci-ated
by everybody. He established
the respect for our team by start-ing
off each meet."
Besides their three empty po-sitions,
the team may be needing a
new coach.
Ski clubbers
study year,
learn much
This year was a beginning for
the Bethel Ski Club. Possibly it
was not the best beginning, but it
was a good beginning. Many of the
people in the club learned a lot
about organization and possibil-ities
available to ski clubs. Now
the year (as far as the club goes)
is just about over and it is time to
start thinking ahead for next year.
It is the idea of last year's lead-ers
and their advisor Dr. Stein,
that now is the time for new of-ficers
to be elected and for a new,
complete program to be worked
out for our second year. There are
many new ideas and great pos-sibilities
and it is time to work
them out. Thus, an important gen-eral
meeting is scheduled for Wed.,
March 4 at 7:30 in Edgren Lounge.
Everyone come and help us get
our potentially great club on its
way for next year.
The Column
by Tim Weko
Winter is nearly over and although there may still be a few snow
flurries before April, there will not be anymore wrestling meets or
basketball games.
It's a nostalgic time of year; a time to look back over the season
and remember the close ones or try to forget them; a time to look at
one's personal failures and accomplishments; a time to analyze the things
that were done and the mistakes that were made in order to learn from
them, and to change the things that are changeable; a time for seniors
to say goodbye to a career, a part of their lives that can never be re-placed;
a time for underclassmen to start looking forward to next year
with anticipation and hope for future success and glory; a time to clean
out your locker and return (or not return) the goodies from the "Jock
Shop"; a time when new faces are seen for the first time in the locker
room, faces that belong to baseball players, trackmen, golfers, and ten-nis
buffs; in general it's a time of change, of flux, of enthusiasm.
If any of you want to see real enthusiasm after a long, dark, dreary
winter, I'll be selling locker room tickets for a dime each. But hurry,
the supply is limited, and there will be no rainchecks.
* * * *
This last week has been interesting. I've gotten many comments on
last week's article—some good, some bad—and while taking them all
with a grain of salt (or sand or whatever) I was reminded by one indivi-dual
of the words of I Corinthians 13, some of which follows: I may speak
in tongues of men or of angels, but if I am without love, I am a sounding
gong or a clanging cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy, and know
every hidden truth; I may have faith strong enough to move mountains;
but if I have no love, I am nothing . . . Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never
selfish, not quick to take offense. Love keeps no score of wrongs; does
not gloat over other men's sins, but delights in the truth . . . Is there
knowledge? It will vanish away; for our knowledge and our prophecy
alike are partial, and the partial vanishes when wholeness comes . . .
Now we see only puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we shall see
face to face. My knowledge now is partial; then it will be whole, like
God's knowledge of me.
In word, there are three things that last forever; faith, hope and
love; but the greatest of them all is love." And when we compare our-selves
to that kind of standard, we find ourselves living a lie.
This year intramural basketball should prove interesting. The fa-culty
has fielded a very strong team with Coach Traeger, Lee
Bajuniemi, and freshman coach Tom Meeks along with Paul Redin being
the workhorses. They will be tough to beat, but if any of their opponents
are capable of beating them, the most likely is First Floor, which has
been the intramural stronghold for the last two years.
The B league is, thus far, quite exciting. Where else can you go
to see a compound fractured arm, fist-fights, sudden death overtimes,
and once in a while a basketball game? Walk into the gym some Satur-day
morning —you'll have nightmares for months.
by Rich Zaderaka
The 1969-70 basketball season
came to a close Tuesday night with
the Royals falling 54-47 to the
Red Raiders of Northwestern.
In the early going, the lead
changed hands four times before
Northwestern took the advantage
at 8-7. The Raiders doubled the
Royals total 22-11 for their biggest
lead of the game. Bethel fought
back and narrowed the gap at
halftime to 28-24.
The Royals' second half effort
got them to within one point at
42-41 on a free throw by Tim Weko
with 8:50 remaining. They were
able to score only six points after
that however, and Northwestern
coasted to victory.
Andy Feldman scored 16 points
in his final game. Dan Larson and
Bob Brodin each had 8.
Last Thursday afternoon, the
Royals followed the script that
seemed to have been written for
the basketball team this year, los-ing
to Concordia 62-61.
The Comets held a thirteen point
halftime margin. Bethel charged
back in the second period to cap-ture
a 60-56 lead with less than
three minutes to play. Concordia
reversed the advantage however,
on a fifteen foot jumper by Rich
Cloeter, and weathered the final
Royal efforts for the victory.
Saturday evening the Royals
played their final road game a-gainst
Northland, at Ashland, Wis-consin.
Bethel led 23-21 at the
helf, but when the final buzzer
sounded, the scoreboard read
Northland 57, Bethel 48.
Andy Feldman dropped 19 points
before fouling out. None of the
other Royals had more than six.
For Northland, Stan Sanuik had
16, Dick Lee and Gordy Lake had
13 each.
Each team netted twenty field
goals, so the game was settled
at the charity strip. Bethel con-nected
on only 8 of 21 from the
foul line. Northland hit on 17 of
The Royals ended the season
with a record of 7-17. Three of the
losses were by one point, one was
a two point defeat, another was
in overtime, as well as several oth-er
narrow defeats.
Coach Jack Trager, looking back
Contact Lenses
over the long season stated "I
really commend the team for be-ing
able to get themselves up night
after night, because it wasn't a
very easy thing to do." He went
on to say that this effort was
praiseworthy, "because of the num-ber
of ball games that were lost
by such a small margin."
Junior guard Bob Brodin saw
the season as "personally frustrat-ing."
He said, "I never got go-ing.
I just never got on the right
Junior forward Gordy Nordmark
was also disappointed by the sea-son.
Gordy said, "We're a much
better team than our record shows.
I'm looking forward to next year,"
he added.
The individual statistics for the
year were headed by a variety
of players. Andy Feldman was the
leading scorer with 338 points for
an average of 14.1. Andy also led
the team in rebounding with 307.
That gives him a career total of
662 which is the second highest
mark in Bethel history. Andy also
tied the single game rebound rec-ord
with 30 against Albert Lea
on January 17.
The shooting percentages for the
season were shared by four dif-ferent
players. Andy Feldman and
Doug Fargo were the best floor
shooters with 43 percent each. Dan
Larson and Jim Delich were the
leaders from the foul line with
marks of 67 percent.
As a team, Bethel shot about
34 percent from the field, and
around 60 percent on free throws.
Those figures were the team's
weakness according to Coach Jack
Although the players themselves
don't really feel satisfied with the
season, a number of fans feel the
Royals played extremely well. Dale
Osterman summed things up by
commenting, "A lot of people
thought that when we lost Peder-son
(Ron) we would go down the
drain. But I think this year's
team was better than last year's."
Record-wise it wasn't, but as
Gary Hasselblad said, "There were
a number of games that could
have gone either way."
As my favorite sportscaster
said, "It was an unbelievable sea-son.
We could have just as easily
had a record of 12-12 as 7-17."
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DALLAS—Retired Dallas Stars center Mike Modano is on a Caribbean honeymoon after marrying professional golfer Allison Micheletti in a ceremony in Texas.
A Stars spokesman says the 43-year-old Modano and the 24-year-old Micheletti got married Sunday at the Hotel Joule (JOOL) in Dallas. The couple is honeymooning on the island of St. Bart's.
This is the second marriage for Modano, whose five-year marriage to actress/model Willa Ford ended a year ago. Micheletti is the daughter of former NHL player Joe Micheletti, who is now an analyst on New York Rangers telecasts.
Modano is the highest-scoring American-born player in NHL history with 561 goals and 1,374 points. He spent 21 years with the Stars in Minnesota and Dallas before retiring after one season with Detroit.

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SCENE | Patagonia H.Q., Ventura, CA.
When I found out I was going to be able to get a tour of the Patagonia offices in Ventura, CA., I freaked out. It's a brand I've utterly been in a relationship with since I was a kid. Really. I know that might sound weird or uncool or materialistic, but it's true. When the Patagonia catalogs would come in the mail and I would see photos of these rad girls surfing and kayaking and climbing mountains, I was truly inspired to travel and be adventurous and, well, be a tomboy.
If I'm being honest though, 10% of me was a little nervous to see the office today. When you hold something in such a high regard, it's easy to get let down. And especially when you're seeing "how the sausage is made", there's great opportunity for the magic to be lost.
But, unsurprisingly, that didn't happen today in Ventura. Patagonia is as magical and inspiring a place as I imagined it would be. I was grinning the whole time. I truly believe that despite its retail success (they do half a B in sales every year), Patagonia is still an iconoclastic company with its roots still very much in tact. In fact, its founder Yvon Chouinard, the man who founded the company in 1972, was there today eating his lunch in the small cafeteria in an old fleece and a pair of flip flops.
Color schemes from the Spring '87 line.
One of the several machines in the fabric test lab.
An original tin building on the Patagonia campus.
Solar panels in the parking lot that offset most of the energy produced by their main building.
Some of the awesome designers and pros on the Patagonia team! This site visit was one of the highlights of my year, thank you so much Patagonia!
18 comments:
- dz_g said...
shut the front door! that's awesome; patagonia is just plain dreamy in my book.
- December 19, 2012 at 7:55 PM
- Heather said...
I love Patagonia, they support so many local Ventura groups. And the tin shed you pictured is actually where Chouinard started making his climbing equipment in.
- December 20, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Thank you so much for this post! I have absolutely loved Patagonia for years and as a dog walker in Michigan wear their gear literally every day. I truly appreciate their concern for the environment, fair labor practices, great catalogs (as you said), fun colors, and well-made clothes.
- December 20, 2012 at 5:30 AM
This makes me want to buy some Patagonia, what pieces would you recommend for a newbie in SoCal?
- December 20, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Thanks so much for your visit yesterday Lizzie. You captured the essence of our little company so eloquently. We love your work and we hope to see you again soon.
Patagonia Color
- December 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- Aja Lake [the gold hat.] said...
from one retail junkie to another, that looks so rad. thanks for sharing, lizzie. xx
- December 20, 2012 at 11:40 AM
this rules!!!
- December 20, 2012 at 1:28 PM
The Dream Team.
- December 20, 2012 at 5:42 PM
- jill said...
There's my classmate from Otis, Rachel! Hi Rachel :)
- December 20, 2012 at 11:37 PM
I also had a full blown relationship with the Patagonia catalog as a kid. Growing up in a small, Midwestern private college town, all the beautiful coeds wore Patagonia everything. At the time, it was the acme of cool. Now I'm spending a lot of time trying to find the bolder-color styles on eBay, reminiscing about when Rusted Root played up the block from my house (ha!).
Thanks for your awesome posts!
- December 22, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Emme said...
So amazing! Love everything about this post.
- December 22, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- sweet harvest moon said...
Love this brand! Thank you for sharing with us, loved this post!
- December 26, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Love this. Awesome pictures.
- December 27, 2012 at 10:57 AM
- kimberly flower said...
I love working for them! It really is the best company, and great to be behind a brand that stays true to it's roots.
- December 27, 2012 at 5:25 PM
- Tradlands said...
Would love to see some more of those older color ways from different years.
It would be interesting to see how those colors have grown and progressed and changed with the times.
Yves in 180 South was amazing too.
- January 1, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Yes Patagonia has great values and I like the gear but...
they could do better on women's clothing.
- January 8, 2013 at 5:47 PM
true to it's roots??!!
patagonia is nothing more than an overpriced hipster city brand nowadays... i cannot tell you the last time i saw someone wearing/with anything patagonia doing something in a respectable wilderness setting, and i can certainly promise you i don't
plus, everything is made overseas... EVERYTHING. how that is staying true to your roots is way beyond me. and please, don't give me some b.s. about having to stay competitive in a global marketplace... weak!
patagonia embodies everything that is wrong with the outdoor industry today; it makes me sick.
- January 16, 2013 at 2:47 PM
- Rogger Mcloud said...
You are welcome. Come back whenever you want. Patagonia is your home. And the house of the world. So is Buenos Aires, and the rest of Argentina. If you go to the city you should look for Buenos Aires temporary rent apartments. It is less expensive and nicer than a hotel.
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Craig: "I can't sleep."
Dr. Grumpy: "Are you okay?"
Craig: "Something is bothering me."
Dr. Grumpy: "What?"
Craig: "Did people at Target have to work on St. Patrick's Day?"
Dr. Grumpy: "Um, I guess so. They were open. This is why you can't sleep?"
Craig: "I don't think it's fair. They only wear red shirts at work, so won't people pinch them? For not wearing green?"
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I should have written much earlier about an interesting congressional race in my district, Maryland's Eighth. It pits incumbent Democrat Chris Van Hollen against Republican challenger Ken Timmerman.
What makes the race stand out is not its competitiveness; Van Hollen is very likely to win. Rather, the race stands out because of the sharp contrast between the two candidates on foreign policy, an issue seldom seen in the 2012 election.
To put it simply, Timmerman has worked tirelessly for decades to support democracy abroad and to support our democratic allies, most notably Israel. Van Hollen, by contrast, has worked tirelessly for decades against democracy abroad, and to make life difficult for Israel and more comfortable for its enemies (and ours).
Think of Timmerman as John Bolton. Think of Van Hollen as a non-Muslim Keith Ellison.
Timmerman has, in fact, been endorsed by John Bolton, along with Michael Ledeen, Andy McCarthy, Frank Gaffney, and former CIA head James Woolsey. And with good reason. For the past fifteen years, Timmerman has served as president and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran. In that role, he has worked closely with the pro-freedom movement in Iran.
Timmerman has also been the lead investigator for families of 9/11 victims in a civil lawsuit against Iran. Based on evidence he helped uncover and develop, a federal district judge has ruled that Iran "shared responsibility" for the 9/11 terrorist attacks with al Qaeda, and had provided "direct, material support" for the attacks. Simon Wiesenthal said of Timmerman: "I have spent my life tracking down the murderers of yesterday; Mr. Timmerman is tracking down the murderers of tomorrow."
Timmerman is a passionate supporter of Israel. He has been traveling to Israel since 1982, and in 2006 he covered Israel's war in Lebanon for Newsmax. Here is a piece he wrote for the Daily Caller about the threat Israel faces.
Van Hollen is the anti-Timmerman. As a congressional staffer in the 1980s, he worked against U.S. efforts to thwart Communism in Central America. These days, Israel is a main target of Van Hollen's foreign policy leftism, with the Palestine Authority and Iran the main beneficiaries.
For example:
Van Hollen was one of 74 U.S. lawmakers who signed a "J Street" letter demanding that Israel announce its acceptance of a two-state solution, even though no peace negotiations were underway or planned. Van Hollen joined Keith Ellison, Jesse Jackson, Jr., and Bobby Rush in signing the letter.
Van Hollen urged the Bush administration to back a ceasefire during the Israel-Lebanon war that would have protected Hezbollah.
Van Hollen voted against funding for Israel's Iron Dome short-range missile defense system, a program that enjoys broad bi-partisan support.
Val Hollen refused to join a bipartisan coalition calling on the Justice Department to enforce the "Koby Mandell" Act to bring terrorists who killed American overseas to justice.
Van Hollen refused to join congressional colleagues who urged action against the scandalous United Nations report (the "Goldstone Report," as to which Goldstone, the author, admits he was duped) accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza.
Van Hollen refused to support the Palestine Accountability Act that would ban the State Department from referring to the Palestine Authority as "Palestine" until the PA recognizes Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
Van Hollen refused to support the Iran Transparency and Accountability Act to require corporations to report to the SEC any activities potentially in violation of U.S. or international sanctionns on Iran.
Given this record, it isn't surprising to find connections between Van Hollen and Islamist and pro-Iranian groups. He has met with and cooperated with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) supporting, for example, the implementation of Islamic curriculum in Maryland public schools and the barring of federal and state law enforcement from engaging in surveillance on Muslim extremists.
Van Hollen has also met and cooperated with the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). In 2007, he agreed to sponsor a NIAC forum in Congress whose goal was to defeat congressional funding for democracy promotion in Iran. And NIAC has boasted about how Van Hollen helped defeat a measure to block shipments of refined petroleum products to Iran in 2008.
More recently, Van Hollen combined his sympathy for U.S. enemies in the Middle East and U.S. enemies in the Western Hemisphere by refusing to support the "Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act," despite solid evidence that Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has been setting up terrorist cells in tri-border area in South American and building ballistic missile factories in Venezuela.
Is it shocking that Montgomery County Maryland, with its large Jewish population, is represented by an anti-Israel congressman? Not really. Left-liberalism tends to trump support of Israel among large chunks of the Jewish community and certainly among the majority of Jews that live around here. And left-liberalism has veered steadily towards hostility to Israel in recent decades.
Van Hollen, then, is likely to beat Timmerman, even though redistricting (an attempt to defeat Republcan congressman Roscoe Bartlett) has made our district a bit less liberal. Since Van Hollen apparently aspires to run for the Senate, it will be interesting to see what the margin in his race with Timmerman will be.
In any event, I should have urged readers to support Timmerman months ago. Those who are inclined to do so at this late date can do it here.


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London – Stock markets continued to slide Friday in Europe following sharp sell-offs in Asia and on Wall Street, as pessimism about weak growth in the United States combined with longstanding worries about debt levels in the euro area.
Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 were also down, indicating another weak opening in New York.
Investors continued to pull funds away from stocks — including in emerging markets despite their solidly growing economies — and shifted instead into the perceived safety of assets like U.S. Treasury bonds, German bunds and precious metals.
Slowing manufacturing and service activity and the prospect of spending cuts to reduce debt loads and balance budgets are raising questions about where future growth will come from on both sides of the Atlantic.
Traders in Europe were awaiting an important jobs report from Washington later in the day for more clues on the health of the U.S. economy. A weak number, they said, had the potential to intensify the downward selling spiral seen this week.
Luc Van Heden, chief strategist at KBC Asset Management in Brussels, said the prospect of a "double dip" in the United States, where the economic recovery falters and turns into a second recession, was becoming even more of a concern than the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
"We've known about the euro's debt crisis for months," he said. "Fears of a double dip in the U.S. are making the market very, very nervous at the moment."
Mr. Van Heden said he thought it would take a really strong labor report — perhaps with the addition of 150,000 or so jobs in July — to durably lift investor sentiment. The market consensus is for an increase of 85,000; the figure for June was 18,000.
China, as the United States' largest foreign creditor, is closely watching developments and the impact these may have on the value of China's holdings.
On Friday, the Chinese foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, said he hoped the United States would take "responsible monetary policies" to support the global economy, and "take tangible measures to protect the safety of assets" held by foreign nations.
China has increased its holdings of euro bonds in recent years, Mr. Yang said in a written response to questions from the Polish press during a visit to that country. He added that China believed Europe could overcome its "temporary difficulties," and would continue to support Europe and the euro.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and the French president Nicholas Sarkozy were interrupting their vacations Friday to hold a telephone conference on the euro zone debt crisis. Mr. Sarkozy's office also confirmed that he would speak by telephone with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain to discuss market turmoil. There were no immediate details about the discussion.
Stock markets in Europe were lower after steep losses at the end of the trading day on Thursday, but then recovered some lost ground.
The FTSE-100 in London was down about 2.4 percent and the DAX in Frankfurt 2 percent in midday, while the CAC40 in Paris and the Euro Stoxx 50 Index of euro-zone blue chips were each down around 0.5 percent. Yields on Italy and Spanish 10-year yields whipsawed, as in recent days, but remained around the stressed level of 6 percent.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo and the Kospi in Seoul both closed 3.7 percent lower. The Taiex in Taipei slumped 5.6 percent, and the Australian market
shed 4 percent. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong closed down 4.3 percent.
Neither the Japanese central bank's efforts on Thursday to dampen the rise of the yen, nor the European Central Bank's move to buy bonds of some European countries served to reassure the markets.
The E.C.B. bought bonds of some smaller euro area countries, but not those of Italy and Spain, whose mounting troubles have been a focus for investors. This was taken as a sign that the recent rescue packages by Europe could soon be overwhelmed by the huge debt burdens in those two countries.
"One assumes the E.C.B. doesn't want to give governments a free pass and wants them to make appropriate structural reforms first," analysts at Deutsche Bank said in a research note. "The longer they leave it to intervene aggressively, the more they may actually have to do as more and more investors flee the euro government bond arena."
This week, Germany, the biggest economy in Europe, saw its short bond yields drop below the inflation rate for first time since reunification. This suggests that investors were willing to sacrifice a return on their investment to hold the least risky bonds in Europe.
"One assumes the E.C.B. doesn't want to give governments a free pass and wants them to make appropriate structural reforms first," analysts at Deutsche Bank said in a research note. "The longer they leave it to intervene aggressively, the more they may actually have to do as more and more investors flee the euro government bond arena."
This week, Germany, the biggest economy in Europe, saw its 10-year bond yields drop below the inflation rate of 2.5 percent for first time since the 1960s.
This suggests that investors were willing to sacrifice a return on their investment to hold the least risky bonds in Europe.
There are also new fears about whether France will have the resources to fund the bailout of its peers without suffering a downgrade of its AAA ratings. The spread between French and German 10-year bonds has been widening this week, hovering around 85 basis points Friday.
Likewise, Belgium's 10-year bond spreads with Germany have also been widening, suggesting that country might soon be dragged into the fiscal crisis.
Both Italy and Spain have canceled debt auctions scheduled for this month.
Wall Street saw the worst day in more than two years Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average ending down 4.3 percent, and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 finishing 4.8 percent lower. The S.& P. 500 has now fallen 10.7 percent from 1,345 on July 22, underlining the new negative investment sentiment.
Analysts said the market still might have further to fall, as investors reassess the dimming economic prospects, especially given the prospect of steep budget cuts in the United States in the coming years that were part of a deal this week in Washington to raise the government's borrowing limit.
Some in the markets are already questioning whether the Federal Reserve could soon take further steps to stimulate growth in the United States.
In a research report Friday, London based analysts at Credit Suisse revised down their forecasts for earnings per share growth in the United States and the euro area for this year and next.
As a result, they also cut their 2011 year-end forecast for the S.&P. 500 to 1,350 points, from 1,450. The 2012 estimate is 1,400 points.
But analysts also said credit markets were still healthy and the United States was now stronger than just a few years ago, so that a repeat of the financial crisis was unlikely. Many said the decline in equities did not yet look like a rout.
Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance at Georgetown University, said that during the financial crisis the banking sector broke down. "Right now it's a crisis of confidence based on weak economies but the banking sector is not broken," she said.
Ultimately, the negative real interest rates seen this week in Germany could spread across the yield curve and into other debt instruments, which would serve to alleviate the financing burden of indebted countries and ultimately force investors to take on more risk.
"There is a price for everything and I am thinking as much of opportunities now as I do of risks." said Alexandra Hartmann, London-based manager of the Fidelity Funds Euro Blue Chip fund.
In Europe, data releases Friday underlined the weak state of several economies.
The Bank of Spain said that the economy there expanded in the second quarter by 0.2 percent on the previous three months. That was better than the 0.1 percent rate economists had expected, but down from 0.3 percent in the first quarter.
Preliminary data from the national statistics in Rome showed Italy's economy grew 0.3 percent between April and June, in line with expectations, after 0.1 percent increase in each of the previous two quarters.
But industrial production in Italy fell 0.6 percent in June, having declined by the same amount a month earlier.
"These figures suggest sluggish domestic demand on the consumer front," said Fabio Fois, an analyst at Barclays Capital. "That's not good news for the Italian economy, which will have to rely on foreign demand to expand its real G.D.P. growth."
The yen, which had weakened against the dollar after the Japanese central bank intervened in the currency markets on Thursday to halt the Japanese currency's ascent, crawled higher again on Friday, to 78.6 yen per dollar.
The Japanese economics minister, Kaoru Yosano, suggested on Friday that more interventions may follow. "We will continue to intervene at the most effective moments," Mr. Yosano told reporters. "It would be rash to assume a one-off action, and we will continue to assess the situation going forward."
Elsewhere in the region, the Australian central bank underlined the general unease by lowering its economic growth forecast for this year.
Although ravenous demand from China will continue to buoy Australia's commodities sector, the bank cited the sovereign debt problems in other parts of the world as a risk.
Washington's reaction to the market's tumble was muted. The Treasury Department said it did not plan to issue any statements or provide officials to comment and the White House spokesman, Jay Carney, said, "Markets go up and down."
This article, "As Wall Street Opens on High Note, Markets Still Fall as Global Worries Multiply," originally appeared in The New York Times.


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BANGOR, Maine — Allegiant Air, which offers several flights from Bangor International Airport, announced a new route Tuesday between Bangor and Punta Gorda Airport in Florida. The airport is halfway between Ft. Myers and Sarasota.
"We are pleased to add the beaches of Southwest Florida as another affordable, convenient destination option for Bangor residents," said Andrew C. Levy, Allegiant Travel Company President in a press release Tuesday.
Like Allegiant's current direct flights to Tampa and Orlando, flights to Punta Gorda will run twice per week, BIA director Tony Caruso said during a Tuesday morning press conference. The airline previously offered direct flights to Fort Lauderdale, but canceled that route in early 2012.
Caruso said the "market has reacted very well" to Allegiant flights.
Allegiant has been part of the growth of Bangor International Airport in recent years, making its first flights in 2007 to Orlando and later adding routes to Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla.
The airline is offering a promotional rate of $125 for one-way flights on the route, according to Allegiant officials. The flights must be booked before Aug. 6, for travel by Feb. 11, 2014. The route starts Oct. 30, according to Caruso.
Caruso said he expects the route to be popular among people vacationing in southwestern Florida, as well as Red Sox fans heading to Fort Myers for spring training games.
"As a baseball fan myself, I'm sure I'll be using that flight," Caruso said.
The airport also celebrated the arrival of the first Allegiant Airbus flight into Bangor on Tuesday. The flight was greeted with a water cannon salute, in which firetrucks aimed arcs of water over the plane, a traditional airport celebration during the inaugural flight of an airline or aircraft type. It also can serve as recognition of a longtime pilot on his last flight before retirement. Passengers from Florida deplaned before Bangor passengers boarded and headed to the Sunshine State.
Allegiant is beginning to introduce the 177-seat Airbuses to its fleet of mostly MD-80 jets, which seat 150 passengers, according to officials.


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If Wiener did not come right out and say he won't seek the mayoralty, many political insiders say he might as well have. By announcing that he would wait until the end of May to make a decision, many believe he is in effect throwing in the towel, though, of course, Weiner himself denied the rumor in his letter to campaign supporters announcing his changed plans.
In the letter, Weiner, who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens, said in the coming months he was duty bound to focus on national problems like the reeling economy, not local city issues. Come May, Wiener wrote, he would "look at the lay of the land again and try to determine the best political course." In the meantime, Wiener stated, "you won't see me holding campaign rallies. You won't see me knocking on doors asking for votes."
If Weiner doesn't come knocking, worried city Democrats are now asking, who will?
The congressman's apparent withdrawal has seriously narrowed the mayoral race, in essence, some say, leaving only New York City Comptroller William Thompson as the lone serious Democratic contender to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a longtime Democrat-turned-independent who will likely run as a Republican, although Councilman Tony Avella continues to make it known that his hat is still in the ring.
Thompson and Wiener were widely considered to be the only elected officials of any party interested in running for the city's top post with enough name recognition, fundraising clout, and political heft to even challenge Mayor Bloomberg, who has once again assembled the best campaign that money can buy.
Now that Wiener's out, a race between Bloomberg and Thompson could shape into an ugly, lopsided rout considering the mayor's incredible fundraising advantage. Bloomberg, after all, has only to reach into his own pockets to secure tens of millions of campaign dollars.
Bloomberg has already used his vast personal fortune to hire Hillary Clinton's former media strategist, Howard Wolfson, now a Bloomberg campaign spokesperson, Ken Strasma, a top Obama campaign researcher, and several other first-rate political operatives.
The mayor spent roughly $160 million on his first two elections, and his campaign has said it is willing to spend another $80 million or so to ensure he wins reelection, to the frustration of opponents like Thompson and Avella who have called for the mayor to run on his record, not on his wealth. Democrats' pleas to level the playing field and give others at least a fighting chance fell on deaf ears.
No, Bloomberg is willing to spend again and spend big to ensure a third term. His campaign even hinted it was prepared to spend as much as $20 million just to push Weiner out of the race. There's no need for that now, though. Weiner seems to have bowed out for free. Keep the money, mayor, and save it for a rainy day.


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The spell was cast in minutes. One visit to this idyllic parcel of property and actress Marcia Gay Harden and her husband, Thaddaeus Scheel, were sold.
"It was October. Indian summer," recalls Marcia. "The trees were beautiful. The light, perfect. It was the magic hour. We knew immediately we had to buy it."
Twelve years -- and innumerable hours of TLC -- later, the couple have created a Thoreau-worthy retreat for themselves and their three young children-Eulala, 11, and twins Julitta and Hudson, 5.
Photography: John Bessler
Nestled in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, the 300 acres (including the aptly named Gossamer Lake) are now sprinkled with a slew of structures that Thaddaeus designed and helped build, including the lofty studio shown above.
"There's freedom here," says Marcia. "The kids talk about eagles, heron, catching frogs. It gives them a sense of play. Not to mention the adults."
Life at the lake consists of a multitude of chores peppered with downtime -- pedicures creekside courtesy of Julitta, homework with Eulala, post-dinner marshmallow roasting at the fire pit, and salamander wrangling with Hudson.
Inside the lofty studio, natural materials are favored. Walls throughout are rough-sawn pine. The studio's floors are slate. The classic lines of Stickley furniture mingle with salvaged pieces. An old farm sink plucked from a nearby field is carefully perched on red-painted cabinets from HomeGoods -- a favorite source. A pint-sized Gothic-style chair was meticulously crafted by Eulala. There's no Tony here, no Academy Award on display, though Marcia has one of each. Instead, her pottery takes center stage. It lines the shelves of a salvaged school cubby and is scattered atop a diminutive grade-school art table rescued from the streets of New York.
The centerpiece, though, is a hefty, custom-built pottery wheel, seen here with young Hudson. The pottery wheel was a gift from Thaddaeus. "He was still wooing me then," recalls Marcia. "He fabricated almost everything other than the seat, which is from my grandfather's tractor."
In the sitting area, wide-plank pine floors were heavily distressed by Thaddaeus, then sanded and sealed. Patinated materials cleverly give the illusion that the year-old structure has quietly stood sentinel in these woods for decades.
While Marcia's love of pottery began in junior high, years of hectic filming schedules kept her away from the wheel until 1993, while she was appearing in Angels in America-her Broadway debut, for which she garnered her first of two Tony nominations. (She won this year for her lead role in God of Carnage.)
"I found that throwing pots was a great way to center myself. You literally have to be centered on the wheel. And in your body and your feelings. You have to come to a place of focus."
A teapot with a woven handle.
Thaddaeus Scheel.
Thaddaeus's workshop.
The guest house perches just above the new pottery studio and accommodates guest quarters and Thaddaeus's shop.
Ranger, the family's border collie.
A spot for reading scripts?
Marcia Gay Harden's Inspirations
1. Reading. "It ignites curiosity, invites fantasy, teaches, heals, and inspires travel. Reading while traveling? Double whammy."
2. Music. "From Ennio Morricone to Eddie Vedder, music is universal in its ability to move us. I love Gregorian chants or yoga music for quiet head space. And always classical music."
3. Calming colors. "Whites and creams in light, beautiful spaces make me feel clean and at peace."
4. My children. "Their wisdom and laughter open me up."
5. Nature. "So much beauty! So many mysteries! A universal sanctuary. I am grateful to Sierra Club and Waterkeepers for all the work they are doing to protect it."
6. Scents. Her favorites? "Aveda Chakras. Amber incense while I'm throwing a pot. Roses in the garden. Lavender oil to sleep."
7. My Man! "My husband is capable of just about anything and has such an eye for beauty. He has built us a wonderful home on Gossamer Lake."
8. Irena Sendler's courage. "Irena Sendler was a young Christian woman who risked her life to save many Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. Her words, 'We need love, tolerance, and humility' to get by in this world are so true."
9. The Ocean. "I love the ever-changing colors, the natural bounty, and the mind-stretching and eye-stretching vastness."
10. Work. "I love to work! Whether acting, throwing a pot, gardening, or sewing, work lets me be creative. I dwindle when idle!"


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Man Arrested After Stabbing at Country Thunder Festival
An early morning argument turned violent at the Country Thunder Festival in Arizona over the weekend. Twenty-year-old Austin Hansen was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a 36-year-old man around 5:30AM on Saturday morning, April 13. The victim was hospitalized and is in critical condition with wounds to his upper back and ribcage.
According to KPHO television, Hansen was charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. Witnesses say a verbal argument escalated between two groups of festival-goers, resulting in a stabbing at the four-day camping and music festival that featured headliners Brantley Gilbert, Eric Church, Toby Keith and Lady Antebellum.
The unidentified victim was treated on site, but was later flown to a Scottsdale, Ariz. hospital where he underwent surgery. KNXV-TV reports that the Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said he is in critical condition.
Over 22,000 people attended Country Thunder Arizona, a sold-out festival in its 20th year. Country Thunder Wisconsin is July 18-21 in Twin Lakes, Wisc.


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Abstract: Naval Warfare in the 3rd Century BCE: Warships, Rams, and Tactics
After extensive work through the 2013 field season, the battle zone for the naval clash between the Romans and Carthaginians in 241 BCE is increasingly defined. Remains from this naval battle site detail the events of a Roman fleet conducting a surprise attack on a Carthaginian fleet, defeating it, and bringing an end to the First Punic War in Rome's favor. This crucial naval engagement launched Rome on a path of Mediterranean conquest and the remains of this battle provide unprecedented evidence for warship construction, armor types, and fleet operations in the 3rd century BCE. Additionally, the numerous inscription and iconographic examples provide an exceptional dataset for the investigation of state organization and religion in society. Addition bronze warship rams continue to be discovered, with the total prior to the 2013 being ten. These rams are consistent in size and configuration, and indicate a consistent class of warship. Furthermore, the warships represented at this site assist in the ongoing dialogue with the descriptions of events left to us by Polybius, Philinus, Fabius Pictor, and Diodorus. Ram analysis also provides conclusive evidence for direct ship-to-ship attacks that resulted in the sinking of many warships. Building on the finds of last field season, an additional two bronze helmets were discovered in the battle zone. One helmet may prove to be the first Carthaginian example of this era discovered. This battle zone is largely delineated by the scatter of ceramics, overwhelmingly intact, across the seafloor. Over 150 amphoras of both Punic and Greco-Italic types, as well as numerous examples of tableware, were mapped in 2012. The mapping process has of all artifacts in this expansive site has greatly increased the overall extent of the battle zone. A new mapping technology was employed during field operations as an experimental approach to surveying areas of rock outcrops typically impenetrable to sonar. An AUV was deployed equipped with newly-developed photographic recording systems that produced highly-detailed three-dimensional photogrammetric models of the seafloor. In addition, a sector sonar was used to map large sections of flat seafloor areas in order to document artifacts. Ongoing analysis of artifacts continues to bring new information about the people and equipment embroiled in this important ancient naval conflict.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
Tusa S. and J. Royal, 2012. "The Landscape of the naval battle at the Egadi Islands (241 B.C.)," Journal of Roman Archaeology 25: 7-48.
Curry, A., 2012. "The Weapon that Changed History," Archaeology 65.1: 32-7.
Ancient Warship Archaeology Program: http://www.rpmnautical.org/awap.html
A brief video on the Egadi project can be viewed on the University of Nottingham website at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/november/ancient-naval-battle-site-relics-of-war.aspx
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(Phoenix, Ariz. - March 24, 2005) An investigation by the Attorney General's Office has concluded that the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board in Prescott violated the state Open Meeting Law several times last year when a quorum of the members communicated about board business via email. The investigation found that the board also violated the law by failing to create minutes of board "work sessions."
In lieu of filing a court action against board members, the Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team of the Attorney General's Office recommends they enter into a consent agreement, which contains the following provisions:
- Board members Herald Harrington, Edward Harris, Paul Madden and Donna Michaels will each pay a $500 penalty to the Yavapai Community College general fund.
- The board will review the investigation's findings and recommendations during its next board meeting, make copies of the report available to the public at the meeting and invite public discussion.
- Board members will participate in Open Meeting Law training within 90 days of accepting the consent agreement.
- Prior to the training, each board member will sign a statement agreeing not to use email to communicate with other board members.
- Within six months of the training, the board will develop an email communication policy that complies with Open Meeting Law.
"The repeated failure of board members to conduct the public's business in public adds up to a serious disregard for the law," Attorney General Terry Goddard said. "I hope other public officials will take note of these findings and my office's commitment to rigorously enforce the Open Meeting Law."
The investigation was prompted by a complaint filed last August by Terry Bowmaster, who was then a vice president at the college. He subsequently resigned.
Under Arizona's Open Meeting Law, "All meetings of any public body shall be public meetings and all persons so desiring shall be permitted to attend and listen to the deliberations and proceedings." A meeting is defined as a "gathering in person or through technological devices" of a quorum of members.
The investigation report notes that board members received Open Meeting Law training on Aug. 10, 2004, when Yavapai Deputy County Attorney Victoria Witt specifically warned that email communication among board members posed a serious risk of violating the law. Yet several emails found to be in violation were sent by board members after the board received Witt's admonition.


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Democrats urge Gov. Rick Scott to call special session on Medicaid
Pressure is mounting on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to call a special session to end the Legislature's impasse on Medicaid expansion.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and the 14 Democratic members of the Florida Senate sent separate letters Monday making the request, following House Democratic leader Perry Thurston's request for one Friday.
Scott isn't likely to oblige them if he doesn't think Republican lawmakers are ready to deal.
At stake is $51 billion in federal funding to provide insurance coverage to 1 million low-income Floridians. House Republicans blocked that from happening during the regular session, which ended Friday.
Neither Scott nor Senate President Don Gaetz have said they would support reconvening the Legislature to address the issue.
House Speaker Will Weatherford was cool to the idea when the Herald/Times spoke to him on Monday.
"I don't know what it would achieve," Weatherford said. "Unless there was an agreement of what the session would do, calling one doesn't make sense. We would have to have some agreement on policy, other than drawing down on federal funds."
Weatherford would not say what type of alternative plan he thinks would make a special session a good idea.
Scott may not be keen on calling a special session if he's not assured the Legislature is ready to compromise. In 2010, the Florida House adjourned a special session convened by then-Gov. Charlie Crist after only 49 minutes of work, rejecting his proposal to initiate a ballot referendum on offshore drilling.
In his letter, Nelson said Scott had a moral duty to urge the Legislature into action.
"Your announcement last February — when you publicly declared you wouldn't be the one to 'deny' these Floridians this coverage — was seen by many as a 'watershed moment' for the nation's health-care bill," Nelson wrote.
"Now, the Legislature has done exactly what you said you wouldn't: it has denied these Floridians access to coverage. And now, only you have the chance to remedy the lawmakers' failure to expand Medicaid to these needy Floridians."
During the last week of session, House Democrats forced every bill to be read aloud for two days to protest the lack of a Medicaid deal. Minutes after the session adjourned, Thurston issued a statement saying Scott should require them to return "at the earliest convenience" and work out an agreement.
On Monday, Thurston said he would keep the pressure on Republican leaders because the state can't afford to wait until the 2014 session. "The time to do it is now," he said.


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Representing Australia and Germany
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Three members of the Yale men's heavyweight crew team will be representing their countries at the 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships in Linz, Austria, on July 24-28. Junior Simon Keenan will row for Australia while sophomore Hubert Trzybinski and incoming freshman Stephan Riemekasten will represent Germany.
The three Elis are among the 811 athletes from 52 nations that will descend on the Ottensheim international regatta course for the championships. The first heats will kick off July 24, while the finals will be raced on July 27-28.
All three of the Yale rowers have substantial international experience, and will be looking to post strong results over the course of the competition.
This is the third year in a row that Trzybinski will row in the single at the U23 championships: in 2011 at Amsterdam, Netherlands, he took home the championship, while in 2012 at Trakai, Lithuania, he finished second. In addition, he is a two-time gold medalist from the 2008 and 2009 Junior World Championships in the quad and double, respectively.
Fellow German Riemekasten is also a two-time gold medalist at Junior World Championships: in 2010 and 2011 he won in the double and single, respectively. At last year's U23 World Championship, he finished second in the double. He will be racing in the double again this year.
Keenan, meanwhile, will race in Australia's coxed four. Although this will be the first time Keenan has represented Australia at the U23 World Championship, he has rowed in boats that won the Fawley Challenge Cup and the Thames Challenge Cup at the 2010 and 2011 Henley Royal Regattas.
Report filed by James Lu '14, Yale Sports Publicity.


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This is the fourth and final blog in our week-long series on What America Wants from the Postal Service.
Nowhere has the digital revolution been more disruptive than in communications. The rapid evolution in Internet-based technologies has changed the way businesses and individuals communicate and transact. They now rely on both digital and physical communications. This dramatic shift has certainly challenged the Postal Service, but also created opportunities for it to expand into digital services to meet customers' needs.
What digital services might the Postal Service offer to serve customers and potentially generate new revenue? In the paper What America Wants from the Postal Service, our web survey of 5,000 Internet-connected Americans aged 18 years and older asked respondents to consider the Postal Service as a provider of digital services and to weigh in with their preferences of potential new digital services it could offer.
Interestingly, an overwhelming majority of respondents (especially younger respondents) are comfortable with the Postal Service as a provider of digital services. Only 12 percent of respondents indicated they would not trust the Postal Service to provide any digital services. More than 80 percent of respondents trust the Postal Service for providing package tracking, followed by e-government services (34 percent), and identity verification services (nearly 30 percent). More than 40 percent of respondents expressed interest in having a digital mailbox service, while more than 55 percent of respondents see value in the Postal Service providing a delivery preference management system.


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For the first time in 500 years, East Timor stands alone
WAILING in grief, Lucia Pina stood over the body of her murdered 17-year-old nephew and threw her hands in the air.
''I was in shock and pleading with God to protect innocent Timorese,'' she remembers.
The photographer Jason South captured the moment on May 11, 1999, amid a reign of terror in Dili during a United Nations-sponsored referendum that led to East Timor's breakaway from Indonesia.
The referendum fuelled optimism about the world's then newest nation. But as the last Australian infantry troops withdrew from East Timor on Friday, marking the first time in almost 500 years the small half-island nation is standing alone in the world, Mrs Pina said life had improved little for her family and she worried about the future.
''The rich people are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer,'' she says, sitting near the grave of her nephew, Elizier Dos Reis, who was hacked to death by pro-Indonesia militia, apparently because his family was giving away rice to independence supporters.
Despite massive spending of oil and gas revenue by East Timor's government, the lack of spending on education and health in the country is worse than in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and other nations considered poor, says Charles Scheiner, a founder of the respected Dili-based non-government organisation La'o Hamutuk.
''The number of people living below the poverty line has increased over the past five years, even though the government has spent billions of dollars,'' Mr Scheiner says.
The Dos Reis family is typical of many in East Timor as the country emerges from Portuguese and Indonesian occupation and the shadow of the UN, which shut its mission in Dili on December 31, 13 years after arriving in the country.
Fifteen people are living in a bare house in the Dili suburb of Santa Cruz existing on $US150 ($140) a month the government pays in compensation for Elizier's death.
''Sometimes we do not have enough money to buy food and someone has to go and see relatives outside Dili to bring some back,'' says Maria Dos Reis, 24, who is Elizier's sister.
Her father, Manuel Dos Reis, 62, suffered a stroke four months ago and lies motionless, staring into space on a bed.
Mrs Dos Reis, a mother of two, says she also does not feel safe because ''people in the
neighbourhood are always threatening each other''.
She says the Australians who used to patrol Dili's streets were friendly and popular and liked to play with the children. ''I felt safer with them here,'' she says.
Fifty of the last Australian infantry troops in East Timor boarded an RAAF C-130 transport aircraft Friday, ending a six-year intervention that helped secure stability.
''I'm looking forward to getting home, seeing the missus and having a beer,'' said Private James Cerone, 20, from Narre Warren in Victoria, as he boarded the plane for Adelaide, where his platoon is based. ''It's been good experience … mostly training, and I'll see where it all takes me now,'' he said.
As the troops leave, East Timor's leaders face crucial decisions that will define their country's future, including how to resolve a dispute with a Woodside Petroleum-led consortium over development of the Greater Sunrise gasfield in the Timor Sea.
They can withdraw East Timor from agreements with Australia and Woodside on Greater Sunrise next month, a move that could reignite a bitter dispute with Canberra over sea boundaries in the Timor Sea.
Mr Scheiner says that if East Timor continues to spend oil and gas revenues at the rate it has been for the past several years it will be bankrupt in about 2024.
This is when twice as many Timorese as now will be looking for jobs, and foreign debt repayments will be due.
Mr Scheiner does not think donor countries will support East Timor to the extent it would need if the money runs out. ''If the Timorese blew $30 billion of oil and gas revenue, why would anybody feel sorry for them,?'' he says. ''There are many places in the world that need more help and don't have access to oil and gas revenues.''
Even before the UN and foreign troops withdrew, almost all the country's decisions were made by the 66-year-old Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, a former jungle fighter during Indonesia's 24-year occupation who was re-elected last year. This month he was seen directing traffic outside his office. When some of his staff were late for work the other day he locked them out.
''Nobody in government makes a decision that is contrary to what Xanana wants,'' an analyst living in Dili says.
Lieutenant Colonel Mick Sasse, commander of the departing Australian troops, says he feels a ''growing sense that the Timorese want to get on with being an independent nation''.
''We have provided the security environment … they can stand on their own. It's time,'' he says.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.


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Hi Everybody. Today is release Day over at My Time Made Easy!!!! Today we are having a group post. The template we are showing today has 2 options. So some of us are showing option 1 and some are showing option 2 ...
Today I am showing you Option 1 of this New Template called A box is a Box. It has a petal top on the box. I thought this would be the perfect gift to give my hubby when all the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over. :)
This template is so versatile. It come with 2 lid options and 4 different cut outs for the sides...I have not used any cut outs on my side I have just left it it solid. I have alternated my paper with black card stock and Pop up some Fun Paper. Topped it off with a bow and Ta Da :)
Here is a view of the inside with all my goodies.. I also decided to make a tag to go with the surprise. My tag was make using Round Up cut file and Night at the Movies Stamp set.
And last but not least my coordinating card using the same paper Pop some fun and Night at the movies stamp set.
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