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|2011-01-09, 16:23
|Link #45
Oh Kai what a big pack you got there. I'll show you my special card if you like. It's right there, on my silk bed. Come in and let's lock the door so nobody will see us.
Ok Aichi. I will shuffle your deck hard. I will open up your booster pack and customize your inner workings. Hopefully your trigger won't mess with my forceful entry into your field.
|2011-01-09, 17:11
|Link #46
The Mage of Four Hearts
Join Date: Mar 2010
Age: 28
Just saw the first episode. I thought it was going to be a cheap Yugioh knockoff, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was quite interesting. Not just Yugioh, but I was strangely reminded of Beyblade. The rules sound interesting, it makes for a rather fast paced game. It's still the first ep, so I'm sure the rules and cards will evolve. However, I doubt it can really rival Yugioh, it's just too popular.
|2011-01-14, 21:31
|Link #48
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Age: 25
I hate cards that save you even when you have lost. It is no wonder not a single Yugioh card that does this in the anime has made it to real life (still waiting on Morphtronic Light), it is a cheap thing. Drvie Triggers show off how much this game relies on luck.
So far, I'd take Eyeshield 21 from just the first two episodes, dubbed, over this.
|2011-01-14, 23:21
|Link #49
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
I've going to take an even more negative view about the rest of the episode. Outside of the battle, the rest of it felt tacked on in an effort to fill up the full 24 minutes. It was just pointless filler, even for a kids show. They just show him sitting around.
The card game... what? That made so little sense. If you can knock cards off the field and do damage why didn't he? Okay, that's being unfair. It mostly made sense. The problem is they've shown little to nothing resembling strategy. Just luck and stuffing the deck with the strongest cards wins. The cards on the field didn't seem to matter beside the Vanguard. And yes, the cards are still a Yugioh ripoff design wise.
|2011-01-14, 23:49
|Link #51
Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
@bayoab I didn't quite mean that regarding the shows, but more like the actual game. I'm going to believe they intend to sell this game, but unless the actual thing plays completely different, I can't see it being very successful. Then again, funny to see that is how the japanese guys look at Yu-Gi-Oh!, haha. I personally liked the actual game, and the fact it actually some style, what with the whole Egyptian thing. It's actually what sets DM apart from the other seasons to me, as well.
And well, from the first chapter alone of ZEXAL, they do seem to be trying to recreate DM. The question is whether or not that will succeed. It worries me that the whole "precious" thing (which reminded me and everyone else of the puzzle and all that) will end up wasted in a high school dueling setting. DM had little of it, and no matter how ridiculous it might have been fighting for one's life with cards, that cheesyness was also what made it enjoyable. Independently, though, it certainly shows more promise than this show at the moment, simply because the game is the tried and tested YGO with new mechanics to spice it up.
|2011-01-15, 03:32
|Link #53
Please try to remember that the initial YGO episodes were full of crappy mechanics as well. Remember how you could summon Blue Eyes White Dragon without tributes? Or how Mirror Force and Monster Reborn turned the tables around just like that? Most don't remember because the rules changed later.
|2011-01-15, 14:06
|Link #57
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
|card game, cardfight vanguard, moe
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The Bisons pounded out a season-high 17 hits in the game with catcher Jay Moreland leading the way with three hits, his season high.
Also putting together multi-hit games for the Bisons were M.L. Williams. Tyler Wilson, Tennyson Dodd, Branden Cadavid and Ryan Wilkins who each had two hits.
M.L. Williams hit his first double of his college career. Cadavid hit his third double of the season.
It is the fifth straight game for the Bisons with double figures in hitting.
"We talked about it and our bats are finally getting together with the pitching we have been having on weekends," said Bisons coach Jeff Forehand. "Hopefully, we won't have to worry about hanging on in a game with a couple of runs.
"Our pitchers in the mid-week have to keep learning and getting that experience. Maybe we can get them some relief work on the weekends and we will get it all rolling."
Bolden is hopeful the game will propel him out of the offensive doldrums he has dealt with early in the season.
"I kind of hit rock bottom a third of the way through the season," said Bolden, a senior center fielder. "I wasn't getting things done the way I wanted to do on the field performance-wise.
"It affected my whole demeanor. I decided I was going to change my demeanor no matter what and I have had some things work out for me the last couple of games."
Bolden, one of the leaders of the team, said his teammates were noticing a change in his approach to the game.
"My focus was the biggest thing," said Bolden who also made some outstanding catches in center. "Everything is going well."
Forehand also thinks that the Stetson game will be provide the boost that Bolden, one of the top offensive players on the team last season, needs to get back in a hitting groove on a consistent basis.
"Having someone hit two home runs in the same inning doesn't happen a whole lot," said Forehand. "Hopefully, one game is going to help him the rest of the year."
Lipscomb junior left-hander Rex Brothers won his fourth game in five decisions, allowing six hits and five runs, only two earned, while striking out six and walking three in seven innings. Senior right-hander Kyle Tognazzini gave up two hits, walked three and struck out three while shutting down Stetson for two innings.
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Crawford, Nola top Phils' updated Top 20 list
With the passing of the Draft signing deadline, teams have had a recent influx of talent into their farm systems, and with that, we've updated the Top 20 Prospects lists of all 30 teams.
To be on a list, a player must have rookie eligibility. To qualify for rookie status, a player must not have exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues, or accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the 25-player limit period, excluding time on the disabled list or in military service.
With the passing of the Draft signing deadline, teams have had a recent influx of talent into their farm systems, and with that, we've updated the Top 20 Prospects lists of all 30 teams.
To be on a list, a player must have rookie eligibility. To qualify for rookie status, a player must not have exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues, or accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the 25-player limit period, excluding time on the disabled list or in military service.
Players are graded on a 20-80 scale for future tools -- 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and 70-80 is well above average.
Check out all 30 team Top 20 lists and the Top 100 on Prospect Watch.
1. J.P Crawford, SS
Preseason rank: 3
MLB Top 100 rank: 36 (Preseason: None)
Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 40 | Run: 55 | Arm: 60 | Field: 60 | Overall: 60
The Phillies' top pick in the 2013 Draft, Crawford was the best high school shortstop in the class, and he certainly didn't do anything to dampen enthusiasm with his pro debut.
There's never been any question about the SoCal product's ability to stay at the premium position. Crawford has an outstanding arm and excellent range, and his feel for the game makes his already-sharp defensive tools play up even more. There were some small concerns about his bat, but the Phils believed in it. Crawford is very competitive in the box, using his strong hands to spray line drives to all fields, with more power to come. He's a heady baserunner who will steal some bags along the way.
The Phillies haven't developed a shortstop since Jimmy Rollins. Give him some time, and Crawford should eventually be the next in line.
2. Aaron Nola, RHP
Preseason rank: None (2014 Draft)
MLB Top 100 rank: 48 (Preseason: NA)
Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 60 | Control: 60 | Overall: 55
The LSU ace entered his junior season billed as the most advanced college pitcher in the class, and he didn't disappoint, finishing among the NCAA Division I leaders in a host of pitching categories. That led to the Phillies taking Nola with the No. 7 overall pick in the Draft. He signed quickly and made his professional debut all the way up in the Florida State League.
Not the biggest right-hander in the world, Nola has tremendous command of his three-pitch mix. His fastball sits in the low 90s and appears even faster, thanks to his low three-quarters arm slot. He locates to both sides and throws his fastball with plenty of sink. Nola's changeup is plus at times, and he throws his breaking ball for strikes at any point in the count.
Among the 2014 pitching crop, Nola is the best bet to reach his ceiling and likely will be the first starter to appear in the big leagues.
3. Maikel Franco, 3B
MLB Top 100 rank: 61 (Preseason: 26)
Preseason rank: 1
Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 70 | Run: 30 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 55
Franco had done nothing but hit since finding his footing as a 19-year-old in the South Atlantic League in 2012, though he stumbled a bit in his first taste of Triple-A in 2014. In 2013, he split his time between Class A Advanced Clearwater and Double-A Reading, and he led all Phillies Minor Leaguers in batting average (.320), home runs (31) and RBIs (103).
Franco's best tool is his power, which he has begun to tap into more as he matures. His quick hands allow him to drive the ball to all fields. Franco is a bottom-of-the-scale runner.
Despite Franco's lack of speed, he is a solid defender at third base and has a strong arm. The Phillies have given him some time at first base, but a position change is not necessarily in store for Franco.
4. Jesse Biddle, LHP
Preseason rank: 2
Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Curveball: 60 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 50 | Overall: 50
Drafted by his hometown team, Biddle took a step forward in 2013, pitching in the Futures Game. He took a step back in 2014 while repeating the Double-A Eastern League, but he landed on the temporary inactive list in late June due to his struggles.
When he's on top of his game, Biddle has drawn comparisons to Andy Pettitte, both for his size and his stuff. He can throw his fastball in the low-90s from a three-quarters arm slot. Biddle throws a changeup and a big sweeping curveball, which is his best offspeed pitch. All three of his pitches have a chance to be at least Major League-average offerings.
Biddle has struggled with his control throughout his professional career, and finding a way to improve it will be critical to his success as a starter in the Major Leagues. If he can lower his walk rate, Biddle profiles as a middle-of-the-rotation starter.
5. Roman Quinn, OF
Preseason rank: 4
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 30 | Run: 80 | Arm: 60 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
While the 2013 season was a lost one for Quinn, both because of performance and injury, he still might have as much upside as anyone in the Phillies' system.
A broken wrist cost Quinn the second half of 2013, and he missed the first six weeks of '14 as he recovered from a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered during the offseason. Now that Quinn is back in action, he's once again trying to maximize his raw tools. Speed is his best asset, and he has plenty of it to spare. It will help Quinn in his new position, as he moves from shortstop to the outfield, where he played in high school.
If the switch-hitter can stay on the field and mature as hoped, Quinn could end up being a dynamic top-of-the-order catalyst in the future.
6. Aaron Altherr, OF
Preseason rank: 5
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 55 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
It can take the raw, toolsy athletes a little bit longer to develop at times, but Altherr could look back at the 2013 season as the year where it really started coming together.
Tall and athletic, Altherr looks the part of a toolsy center fielder and now needs to build on his first extended success. He's started to learn to tap into his raw power, pulling the ball with authority instead of being satisfied with going up the middle and the other way. There's still some length and swing and miss to Altherr's game, but if he can continue to punish mistakes on the inner half, he could be dangerous. With enough speed to steal some bases, Altherr has the tools to stay in center, but he could handle a corner if needed.
Patience can be a virtue with athletic players like Altherr, and the Phils could soon be rewarded as a result.
7. Severino Gonzalez, RHP
Preseason rank: 6
Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Curve: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 60 | Overall: 45
There are few prospects who seemingly came out of nowhere more than Gonzalez did a year ago.
Beginning the year in extended spring camp, the right-hander was sent to the Florida State League for a one-week fill-in role, and he basically never left during his U.S. debut. The Panamanian had success with three effective pitches in his 91-93 mph fastball, his curve and his slider, which acts like a cutter and could be an out pitch. Gonzalez is also working on a changeup. All of his stuff plays up because of his outstanding command and control.
The 2013 season was a breakthrough, and now Gonzalez is in the upper levels, where he'll have to prove his repertoire is good enough to get more experienced hitters out.
8. Deivi Grullon, C
Preseason rank: 11
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 45 | Run: 30 | Arm: 70 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
It's hard not to get excited about this young Dominican catching prospect, though it must be tempered by his age and distance from the big leagues.
Grullon has a short, compact body that is well suited to a career behind the plate. He has a quick release, a strong arm and will shut down the running game in the future. Grullon is not just an all-glove backstop, though. He has the chance to hit for average and develop some power along the way. The potential to be a top-notch all-around catcher is there, but Grullon will be just 18 for all of the 2014 season, so patience is key.
Grullon has already shown an ability to deal with adversity and adjust, dealing with the death of his father the day after he signed with the Phillies and acclimating to the United States fairly quickly in 2013.
9. Cord Sandberg, OF
Preseason rank: 12
Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
A two-sport star in high school who turned down the chance to play quarterback at Mississippi State, Sandberg has the chance to be a solid outfielder at the highest level.
The former football star will need some time to find himself as a baseball-only athlete, but Sandberg showed glimpses of loosening up at the plate and started to stay through the ball more consistently while spending a month at the Phillies' Dominican Academy. If he can continue to do that, he'll be able to start tapping into his raw power from the left side more consistently. Sandberg runs well enough, but he will likely settle into a corner spot in the future.
Sandberg, who is not related to Phils manager Ryne Sandberg, brings a football mentality to the diamond, and his makeup and work ethic should allow him to maximize his ability as he develops.
10. Matt Imhof, LHP
Preseason rank: None (2014 Draft)
Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Slider: 45 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 50 | Overall: 45
A late bloomer who went undrafted out of high school, Imhof parlayed a strong junior season as Cal Poly's Friday starter into becoming a second-round pick.
Tall and lean on a 6-foot-5 frame, Imhof has some room to fill out. And what he has is already pretty good. The left-hander pitches downhill, with natural cutting movement on his fastball. His short, sharp slider is an out pitch at times. Imhof has solid feel for a changeup, though it's still a work in progress. He is generally around the plate with all of his pitches and has been one of the nation's top strikeout pitchers.
Taken a round after the Phillies selected Nola, Imhof gives Philadelphia another college arm who could move fairly quickly through its system and into the big league rotation.
11. Andrew Knapp, C
Preseason rank: 13
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 30 | Arm: 55| Field: 45 | Overall: 50
The first college catcher to be taken in the 2013 Draft, Knapp's calling card was his bat, though the Phillies were pleased with his work behind the plate before needing Tommy John surgery in October.
Knapp has a good swing from both sides of the plate, one that should produce both a good average and decent power. Knapp didn't catch a whole lot at Cal, but he made progress as a pro, and the Phils are confident he'll develop defensively. He had an average to a tick above average arm before the surgery, and there's confidence that will return. Knapp is a natural leader who should work well with his pitching staff.
Knapp may always be an offensive-minded catcher, but he has the chance to develop into an everyday player behind the plate in the future.
12. Carlos Tocci, OF
Preseason rank: 7
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 40 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
The Phillies have been aggressive with the teenaged outfielder's assignments, and while Tocci's numbers don't jump out, the organization is pleased with his development.
The main thing holding back Tocci's production has been his physicality, or lack thereof. He just needs to add strength, and he has been working tirelessly to do just that. When Tocci matures, he can then tap into his considerable tools. He has a fairly advanced approach at the plate and makes consistent contact. Tocci can cover a lot of ground in the outfield and has a strong arm, and he should be able to use his speed on the bases more effectively in the future.
Tocci just needs time, and considering the Venezuelan will spend nearly all of the 2014 season at age 18, it is definitely on his side.
13. Ken Giles, RHP
Preseason rank: None
Scouting grades: Fastball: 70 | Slider: 50 | Control: 40 | Overall: 45
If you like pure arm strength, then Giles is the prospect for you.
The right-handed reliever has always been able to light up a radar gun, hitting the upper 90s regularly and even touching triple digits occasionally. He complements the plus heater with a solid slider. Giles' biggest issues have been that, as hard as he throws, his fastball can be straight, and he hasn't always had a strong relationship with the strike zone.
Giles did show some improvement with his command, enough to go from Double-A to the big leagues to make his Major League debut in 2014.
14. Dylan Cozens, OF
Preseason rank: 10
Scouting grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 55 | Run: 45 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
If you've see Cozens on the right day, he looks like he could be an all-everything player. Now, it's just a matter of him finding a level of consistency.
Cozens' raw power is the tool that stands out the most, and he can hit it out to all fields, showing an ability, at times, to take breaking stuff away to the opposite field. He runs very well for someone his size and can even steal a base. Cozens is acceptable in the outfield, though his arm may relegate him to left field, and some feel he may eventually end up at first base. A former defensive line recruit, he's still learning the nuances of the game.
Further removed from playing two sports, things could start coming faster for Cozens, who could eventually be a solid run producer in Philadelphia.
15. Cam Perkins, OF
Preseason rank: 15
Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 40 | Run: 45 | Arm: 50 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45
In his brief time as a pro, Perkins has shown a knack for doing one thing very well: hit. And as most baseball people will tell you: If you can hit, you'll likely find a job in the big leagues.
Perkins was raking in the Florida State League during his first full season in 2013 before a broken wrist forced him out for a month. He has a knack for making consistent hard contact, and with a 6-foot-5 frame, he should add strength, which should lead to some of his doubles clearing fences. Perkins' other tools won't jump out at you, but he has the skills to be a decent corner outfielder.
Perkins has played some corner infield in the past, and he could get another look there, but it's his ability to swing the bat that will continue to propel him up the ladder.
16. Chris Oliver, RHP
Preseason rank: None (2014 Draft)
Scouting grades: Fastball: 65 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 40 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45
A member of the University of Arkansas' weekend rotation, Oliver was the fourth in seven straight college selections the Phillies made to open the 2014 Draft.
Projectable power arms from the college ranks aren't all that common, but Oliver fits that description. Throwing downhill from his 6-foot-4 frame, the right-hander has a live arm that can deliver fastballs in the mid 90s at times, with run and sink as well. Oliver calls his breaking ball a curve, but it's really a slider. It's been inconsistent, but it shows flashes of being an out pitch. His changeup is below average and behind the other two. That, along with his command, are the two things that hold Oliver back as a starting pitching prospect.
The jury is out about whether Oliver will remain a starter, but he has the power arsenal to succeed in the bullpen, if that's the direction that makes the most sense.
17. Kelly Dugan, OF
Preseason rank: 14
Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
Dugan's progress through the early part of his pro career has been slowed by injuries, but health of late has allowed him to show why the Phillies made him their top Draft choice in 2009.
While Dugan started the 2013 season late, he finished it in Double-A, showing some serious offensive potential. He has the chance to be an impact hitter, one with leverage in his swing that should produce plenty of power. Dugan has improved his defense, and he should be a solid corner outfielder with the glove, with average speed and enough arm for right field.
The key now is for Dugan to stay healthy. If he can continue to do that, he could give the Phils a left-handed-hitting run producer in the future.
18. Zach Green, 3B
Preseason rank: 16
Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 55 | Run: 45 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
A shortstop from the NoCal high school ranks, the Phillies gave Green an above-slot bonus to sign, and they moved him over to third, where he could profile as a power-hitting corner infielder.
Green certainly looks the part, with a big and strong frame, one that can produce outstanding power from the right side of the plate. It also produces a good amount of swing and miss, not shocking for a young hitter, but he will have to close some of the holes in his swing in order to tap into that raw power more consistently. Green is a fringy runner with more than enough arm to stick at the hot corner.
Green will play the 2014 season at age 20, with plenty of time to find a comfort level at the plate that could allow him to be that run-producing third baseman all organizations covet.
19. Aaron Brown, OF
Preseason rank: None (2014 Draft)
Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 40 | Run: 30 | Arm: 55 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45
One of the better two-way players on the college scene in 2014, Brown had been drafted as a pitcher as a Draft-eligible sophomore a year prior and as an outfielder coming out of high school. The Phillies liked what he could do with the bat more, as well, and they sent him out as a position player.
The Pepperdine product has some pretty legitimate raw power from the left side of the plate. Brown is fairly athletic, and with an arm that produced low-90s fastballs from the mound, he could fit a right-field profile nicely. While he is a below-average runner, Brown did play center field at Pepperdine, and the Phils kept him there during his pro debut.
Eventually, Brown should settle into an outfield corner, with the Phillies knowing that if hitting at the next level doesn't work out, they have a southpaw with a three-pitch mix to fall back on.
20. Tommy Joseph, C
Preseason rank: 17
Scouting grades: Hit: 40 | Power: 50 | Run: 30 | Arm: 50 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45
Instead of a season that perhaps could have resulted in his first big league callup, concussion issues led to a lost year in 2013 for the young backstop who came to the Phillies by way of the 2012 Hunter Pence trade with the Giants. A strong start to the 2014 season was also derailed by similar issues.
When healthy, Joseph has some right-handed power at the plate and a powerful arm behind it. Whether he can be a regular remains to be seen, but no one was questioning his ability to stay behind the plate anymore before his injury. With the issues Joseph has had with concussions, there is some concern about his ability to stay behind the plate. His bat would have to play up more for him to profile at first base.
The best thing Joseph can do is wipe the slate clean, start over and prove to the Phils he has a future behind the plate.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLBPipeline.com and writes a blog, B3. Follow @JonathanMayoB3 on Twitter.


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Dodge Dakota Quad Cab - Project 4xQuad, Part 4Posted in Project Vehicles on June 1, 2000
Yes, we heard the snide, under-the breath remarks. "I bet that thing doesn't even run." Of course, there is our personal favorite, "That thing is just a show truck." Well, we didn't gut a whole truck and spend countless nights spinning wrenches until 3 a.m., and then waking up four hours later to start the madness again just to build some damn show truck. If we were going through the trouble of building a very custom truck, then we were going to make it work, and work bitchin' at that.
Naturally we couldn't do it alone. Heck, if it was up to us editors, we couldn't even do it. While we might be able to scrape up a tube bender and welder between us, we definitely didn't have all the skills, know how, and tools to tackle a project this big. Plus, with only a month to work with, we knew we needed somebody good. That is why as soon as we took delivery of our 2000 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab we dropped it off to Maurice Rozo and the crew at Off Road Unlimited (ORU), where the work immediately began.
The first obstacle for the ORU crew to hurdle was to install the radical drivetrain that was covered in a previous installment.
Out came the stock engine, transmission, and transfer case. The amount of horsepower was then more than doubled with the installation of a 575hp, 500 cubic-inch Mopar Performance V-8. A Holley 950-cfm double-pumper carburetor drawing air through a K&N air filter feeds the thirsty beast. A full MSD ignition then destroys the whole air/fuel mix. Other nice pieces such as a Mean Green starter juiced by an Optima battery, March Performance pulleys, and a Powermaster alternator were used to help complete the engine. Cooling water is provided by a custom built Griffin Thermal Products radiator, cooled with a Flex-a-lite fan. Hot gasses are expelled through Thorley Headers coated by Gold Coast Coatings, Flowmaster mufflers, and a custom exhaust built by Morse Muffler.
All those ponies are then sent through a 727 automatic transmission beefed by Pro Trans, while a B&M Racing & Performance Products deep transmission pan keeps it cool. A 2,500-rpm converter from Continental Torque Converters was also thrown in the mix to keep things beefy. Power is then split by an Advance Adapters' Atlas II transfer case.
With the drivetrain installed it was time for some seriously custom work. Yes, it was time for ORU to build a totally trick suspension for the Dakota that we covered in the April 2000 issue. First, ORU got a hold of a set of 39.5x18-inch Boggers from National Tire & Wheel mounted on Weld Racing wheels. These were then mounted on front and rear Dana 60s built by Dynatrac and equipped with Detroit Lockers and Precision Gears from Reider Racing. Suspending the beefy Dynatrac Dana 60s are super-trick 2-1/2-inch Bilstein race shocks equipped with Eibach coils. A four-link suspension designed by ORU was used front and rear to provide maximum articulation. Steering duties were handled by Lee Manufacturing, who built a steering box and hydraulic assist to guide the Dakota down the trail while ORU performed a crossover steering conversion.
Finally, with the majority of work done it was time for all the little details to be finished, which was also covered in a previous installment. The tube benders and TIG-welders were kept busy as custom bumpers and a Con-Ferr rack were installed. Ramsey winches and IPF lights also adorn the truck. Auto Meter gauges were then blended into the dash to give a cool and custom look to the interior. The whole truck was then plumbed with Earl's Performance Products fittings.
With the truck up and running, there was nothing left to do but take it out for a flogging. While most custom-built trucks have plenty of bugs to work out, the Dakota had none and, much to our amazement, it also worked great. Yes, it does work and yes, it is done!
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Sep 5, 2012
Weekly Human Wednesdays: Jareth
Performed by...
David Bowie (1986)
First appearance...
Labyrinth (1986)
Most recent appearance...
Jim Henson's Return to Labyrinth (TOKYOPOP Manga) (2010)
Best known role...
King of the Goblins; Master of the Labyrinth; granter of wishes
Sarah Williams, Sir Didymus, Ludo, Hoggle
Jareth is the ruler of Goblin City and the Labyrinth that surrounds it. He, along with his goblin army, overheard Sarah's wish to have her half-brother, Toby taken away forever. He is endowed with many magical abilities aided by crystals. He is able to teleport himself at will, transform into a white owl, turn humans into goblins (his plan for Toby) and cause hallucinations.
Although Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus are all his subjects who betray him, Jareth only cares about Hoggle's betrayal. Constantly sneaking up on him and questioning his actions. Jareth threatens to throw him into the Bog of Eternal Stench as punishment for treason.
He also performs in the film's musical numbers: "Magic Dance," "As the World Falls Down," and "Within You." These musical numbers all revolve around Sarah and were all written by Jareth's performer, David Bowie.
At first Jareth just seems to be helping Sarah out by fulfilling her wish, but he later becomes enamored with her. He offers him one of his crystals in order for him to not only control her but to turn Toby into a Goblin. During the musical number, "As the World Falls Down," Jareth causes Sarah to fall into a hallucination in which the two are at a masquerade ball and dance together.
He sings to her again with "Within You" where he states his unrequited love as she searches for her brother in a maze not unlike M.C. Esher's famous painting, "Relativity." He sings of everything he is offering her and he becomes devastated when she refuses.
In the 4-Part Manga Series Return to Labyrinth we learn that even after Sarah and Toby come home to their parents, Jareth hasn't given up all hope on Toby. He and his Goblins have been protecting Toby for the last 15 years and making sure he gets everything his heart desires until the day when he would return to Labyrinth (hence the name) and become the heir to the Goblin Kingdom.
Jim Henson knew that one of the reasons The Dark Crystal didn't do as well as he hoped was because people might have been off put by its lack of "Henson-ness" that people were accustomed to. So when he began working on Labyrinth he knew he wanted musical numbers written by a major musician who would also perform the character of Jareth. Jim was drawn to Bowie's "other-worldliness and energy" which made him a perfect casting choice.
The Labyrinth needs Jareth because without him there would be no Labyrinth. He is charmingly evil and classy. He is also needed because I bet his crystals were the inspiration for the children's toy "Fushigi."
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, firstname.lastname@example.com
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I only got Fushigi because of Jareth.ReplyDelete
Jareth... *drool* I'm sorry. Was I oogling? Dang it! I love the labyrinth and everthing about it! My dad still says I'm obsessed..... I am. But.. I like to call myself a muppet specialists.... I think I'll go watch the labyrith again on my sick Saturday. Hugs and giggles ~mariaReplyDelete
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Vol XXIV — No. 4
BETHEL INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota
November 22, 1944
President State Senate
Wingblade Installs New
By way of the "Empire
Builder" and the Southern Pacific
I was privileged to travel almost
7,000 miles to Seattle and then to
San Diego—near the Mexican
I was impressed with the abund-ance
of sunshine and flowers, and
with the generosity of the people—
and then with the service men
For fifteen hundred miles I was
privileged to fellowship with a
naval officer who had attended a
Christian college and who refused
to smoke during the entire trip—
because I did not smoke. On an-other
train I was privileged to
show a Filipino student, who was
going to a wedding—the way of
salvation and to give him a
soldier's testament, which he
promised faithfully to read,—with
great joy. On another occasion I
was privileged to kneel with a
great big strapping service man
who definitely accepted Christ.
I mention this to emphasize that
everywhere we have opportunities
to let our light shine—sometimes
without a word. A big construc-tion
engineer was cordial to me
wherever I met him on the train.
Toward the end he said, "You
must be a minister. I saw a Bible
in your grip."
Everywhere out West we met
people who used to live somewhere
in the East, and who know persons
and places we know.
Especially was it a joy to meet
friends of Bethel—former students
and relatives of present students—
and then former instructors such
as Dr. Harvey Stallard, Mrs. Swed-berg,
and Professor George Hult-gren.
Some of the finest and most gift-ed
young people would come up
and say, "The Lord seems to be
leading me into Christian work.
Tell me about Bethel."
Of course we visited churches
all along the way, and often both
the pastor and his wife were Beth-elites.
Then we did feel at home.
Everywhere there was enthusiasm
for missions—home and foreign.
The high light was possibly
the visit with Charles Fuller—this
man who is used more of God per-haps
than any other man living,
today—as far as the spoken mes-sage
is concerned.
Mr. Fuller emphasized the need
of evangelism today—the need of
bringing the simple and pure gos-pel
to sin laden hearts.
All in all, we were impressed
with the marvelous country in
which we live and also some of its
throbbing problems. Only as we
look up is there hope.
Happy are we to be home again.
The State Legislature of Minne-sota
is divided into two chambers,
the House and the Senate. The
House has an electric roll call
machine, but the 67 members of
the Senate have had to do their
voting by answer "yes," or "no"
to verbal roll call. This practice
is very time consuming because
some days, roll is called 3 or 4
score times.
One evening last session, Sena-tor
Sullivan from St. Cloud and
Dean Johnson, who are seat-mates
(off the record—Senator Sullivan
is a Democrat) introduced a bill
which would direct an appointed
to receive bids and to direct instal-lation
of a Senate electric roll call
Incidentally, that evening the
Senate had been voting on non-controversial
bills. The House had
finished voting and had come to
pay the Senate a visit. They stood
grinning at the Senators who were
sweating away hour after hour.
This inspired Sullivan and John-son
to draw up a bill the next
morning, and under suspension of
rules, it passed the Rules and Leg-islative
Expense Committee. It
was approved by the Finance Com-mittee,
and passed by the Senate.
Then it was transferred to the
House and passed under suspen-sion
of rules. The bill was en-grossed,
brought to the Governor,
who signed it, and became a law
within 24 hours after it was draft-ed.
This bill became a law in less
time than any other bill thus far
passed. The total cost of the elec-tric
roll call system is $33,000.00.
On the desk of each Senator,
there are three buttons, one indi-cates
"No," and one "Yes," and
the third calls a page. On the walls
of either side of the Senate, there
is a board indicating the names of
all senators. Two lights are after
each name, the green specifying
"yes," and the red "no."
Underneath the secretary's desk,
there is a machine that automati-cally
records every vote. The
paper sent through this machine
makes the perment record.
On the desk of the Lt. Governor,
president of the Senate, there are
several dials which give an immed-iate
indication of the number of
yes and no votes. There is no
chance of error, and it takes only
1/2 minute to make a complete roll
On the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in January, Senator
Sullivan and Senator Johnson in-tend
to press the button, thereby
inaugurating the new system.
Central Church
Last Sunday, November 19th,
was Bethel Day at the Central Bap-tist
Church here in the Midway
district. More than sixty Bethel-ites
shared in fellowship with the
members of this Swedish Baptist
The day began at ten o'clock
with Sunday school, most of the
students attending the adult young
people's class lead by the first vice
chairman of the church, Dr. C. R .
Wall. Many inspirational blessings
were received from a discussion
concerning Christianity and demo-
-- cracy.
During the morning worship Pro-fessor
Edwin Omark of the Semin-ary
delivered a message entitled,
"The Power of Pentecost," and
Jean Hamlet-of the college gave a
vocal solo. All the students were
then invited to the homes of the
members for dinner and fellow-ship.
At five-thirty Miss Betty Daniel-son,
newly-elected president of the
young people's society, presided
a meeting where one of St. Paul's
most prominent Christian business
men, Mr. Norman P. Mears, gave
a brief talk. Audrey Skarp pre-sented
a violin solo accompanied
on the piano by Florence Hedman.
A vocal trio, Grace Jorgenson,
Elaine Pegors, and Jean Hamlet,
then sang and Bob Nelson played
a trumpet solo.
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No Classes
To Meet Friday
The faculty members have offic-ially
announced that the college
and seminary classes will not meet
on Friday, November 24. There
will be double cuts for absentees
on Wednesday, November 22, and
Monday, November 27.
Christmas vacation will begin
after classes on Wednesday, Dec-ember
20, and classes will resume
again on January 4.
Miss M.1/1/ atd
Joins Faculty
Miss Myra Ward has recently
joined the faculty of Bethel as an
instructor in the English and Lit-erature
Miss Ward is a graduate of Col-umbia
University and at present
is working for her doctor's degree
in English at the University of
Miss Johnson, formerly of the
English and Literature depart
ments, has now accepted a posi-tion
in Oklahoma.
Girls Sponsor
Annual Party
For Fellows
The annual Sadie Hawkins Day
program was conducted by the
girls of Bethel in the college chap-el
on Friday, November 17.
The toast mistress, Maxine Ol-son,
presided over the program.
Community singing was conducted
by William Peterson, from which
resulted a number by a quartette
composed of James Anderson, Carl
Appelquist, Philip Johnson and
Walfred Peterson.
A reading, A Boy, A Sled, a Cus-tard
Pie, was given by Violet Carl-son.
Ruth Rask and David Daniel-son
presented a musical interpre-tation
of several ballads. A one
act drama entitled, The Lamp
Went Out was presented. The
members of the cast were as fol-lows:
Lois Raymetz, Arleth Brask,
Robert Bergerud, Dana Larson,
and Douglas Smith. The toast
mistress acted as the narrator.
A light lunch was served after
which a humorous duet was pre-sented
by Jackie Lundquist and
Mae Belle .Anderson. Following
this number Elving Anderson gave
a brief talk. The final number on
the program was a saxaphone solo
by Neva Liljemark.
Bethel Club
Bethel Club is an organization
for children of the Bethel neigh-borhood.
Every Saturday night at
6:45 between twenty five and thir-ty
girls and boys gather in the
Seminary building for their week-ly
classes and assembly. The Club
is for the purpose of instructing
young lives along Christian lines
and bringing them to a saving
knowledge of the Lord Jesus.
Grace Swanson is in charge of
Bethel Club with Evelyn Sund-berg,
Jane Larson, and Alford
Gustafson as assistants. Each has
his or her special class to teach.
There are four such classes divid-ed
up according to ages which run
from —yes-2 to 15.
From 6:45 until 7:30 the four
groups meet in their respective
classrooms of the Seminary. Flan-nelgraph
stories, handwork, and
bookwork are used effectively in
the class period instruction. Then
at 7:30 and until 8:00 o'clock the
combined assembly meets in the
Seminary chapel for a half hour
period of worship and singing.
Bethel Club is not a new organ-ization
but has been part of Beth-el's
program for the spread of the
Gospel for the past few years.
Many children have come to know
Christ as their personal. Saviour
through the teaching at Bethel
Club and already this year the
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A bl-weekly campus newspaper.
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor-in-chief Mabel . Anderson
Associate Editor Carl Appelquist
Feature Editor Walfred Peterson
News Editor Carl Ekstrand
Circulation Doug Smith
Typists Elaine Ballentyne, Doris M. Johnson
Business Manager Bill Thompson
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
This year, November 23 has been set aside as Thanksgiving Day. We
We have chosen this day to pause and give thanks to God for all the
blessings he has abundantly bestowed upon us.
We have many things for which to be thankful. First of all, we
thank God that we have a living Savior who watches over us constantly.
Secondly, we thank God that we are privileged to live in a nation where
we can pause and give thanks unto Him unmolested. And then there are
scores of other blessings too numerous to mention in this space.
But why do we have only one Thanksgiving Day a year? Why not
make every day a day of thanksgiving? We have the privilege of coming
to the Lord in prayer at any time, and He is always willing to listen
whether it be a prayer of request of one of thanks.
-Here at Bethel we have at least two group prayer meetings each
school day. One prayer meeting is immediately after lunch and the
other immediately after supper. It is our duty to be there, but should
there be other things that demand our attention, let us be considerate
of others and be as quiet as possible that those talking with God may
do so unmolested.
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that
ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much."
—Carl Ekstrand.
e Tbanti By Edith Bowman
Page 2
I'm an American, and Americans
have always had something to be
thankful for.
I'm an American college student,
and I rather think that I can speak
for other collegians in saying, "We
realize in 1944 the long list of
things for which we should be
deeply thankful,—more than that,
the things for which we ARE deep-ly
I am truly thankful for the back-ground
of Thanksgiving Day in our
country. It is well to read history
of the pioneer Americans and the
unselfish statesmen and officers of
their day and recognize in their
proclamations and worship the
true and abiding spirit of trust
and devotion to the Almighty,
rather than the expressions of dic-tators
of our own day who in other
lands have set themselves up as
objects of worship.
Let us not forget that Thanks-giving
Day in the United States is
"an annual festival of thanksgiv-ing
for the blessings of the clos-ing
It is not a day to remind our-selves
with a gloating attitude that
we are worthy of more than other
peoples of the earth.
It is not a day to set ourselves
up on a pedestal and then "point
with pride."
The Psalmist in the Old Testa-ment
seemed to know quite a good
deal about the spirit of true
Thanksgiving, when he cries "Oh
that men would praise the Lord
for his goodness, and for his won-derful
works to the children of
This seems to be an individual
and a national matter with the
Psalmist. A nation after all is
composed of a given number of
individuals. If the individuals re-fuse
to praise the Lord for His
goodness, then it logically follows
that the nation is not in a position
to render its praise.
We as individuals, fellows and
girls in school, might lead the way
this Thanksgiving time, wherever
we happen to be. When we sit
down at the table which will pro-bably
be "groaning" with its load
of food, let's be the first to sug-gest
that even before we pray, we
take just a couple of moments to
circle the family group and have
one after the other call to mind
something for which we are thank-ful,
"Whoso offereth praise glorifi-eth
"0 give thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good; for His mercy en-dureth
forever." Psalm 107:1.
We here at Bethel have literally
thousands of things to thank and
praise our Lord for. The other
day while asking Bethelites just
what they were especially thankful
for at this Thanksgiving season,
Jean Hamlett replied, "I'm thank-ful
for my Christian brother and
for the wonderful Christian fellow-ship
with the fine group of friends
here at school.
Don Patet stated that he is hap-py
because of the opportunities
this is his to come to such a fine
school such as Bethel to prepare
himself for the ministry. The
peace and happiness given by
Christ was another factor he men-tioned
for which he was thankful.
In conversing with Margaret
Jensen, she stated, "I'm thankful
for Christian friends who have
helped me to realize the vital
necessity of Christ in my life. Be-cause
of their influence, every day
with Jesus truly is sweeter than
the day before."
It's strange, but Warren Pal m-quist
gave me the idea that he
loves to eat. When I asked him
what he was especially thankful
for, he looked at me, sighed, said,
"O-o-o joy!" and then proceeded
as follows: "Seems to me I smell
food around the corner. Just think
of a table overloaded with food;
turkey with its lucious stuffing,
along with gravy and creamy
mashed potatoes, corn pudding and
all the rest. It makes my, mouth
water. But, along with all this
tasty food, let us not forget the
blessings we've received through-out
the year, and thank God from
the bottom of our hearts for all
that He has done for us."
Neretta Perry told me she was
thankful for the opportunity she
has to testify for Christ at the of-fice
where she works as doctor's
receptionist. Here she has a
chance to witness every day to the
people who come and go, and to
tell them of the wonderful saving
power of Jesus Christ.
Melville Chatfield—
"The greatest example of prayer
is the Lord of Glory Himself. The
Lord has a place for each one of
us and He can truly bless us only
when we are in that place. The
secret of the Christian life is the
phrase, "not my will, but Thine be
Rev George Reise-
"In our interpretation of the
Word, we have forgotten to empha-size
that salvation is for the whole
world. All through His ministry
Christ taught that salvation was
for the whole world."
Rev. Kenneth Ham—
"When Christ dwells in any
Lyndon Loper is thankful be-cause
we may pause to bow our
heads and hearts before God and
thank and praise Him as we
choose in the free country in
which we live.
Florence Peterson spoke for all
of us when she said she was
thankful to God for blessing Beth-el.
Through Bethel, Christ has
become nearer and dearer than
ever, and her Thanksgiving prayer
is that Bethel might continue to be
the House of God.
"The knowledge of Jesus Christ
and the privilege I have to live
for Him," was the answer I re-ceived
when 'I stopped Sam Stoesz
in the hallway to ask him what he
was most thankful for. "The Lord
has so many blessings for us when
we yield our lives fully to Him,
and come to realize that other
things must be considered subor-dinate
to our spiritual lives," he
Grace Jorgenson informed me
that she is thankful for a Chris-tian
home, a praying mother and
dad, and Christian sisters and
brothers. "I'm glad I can look for-ward
to going back to a home of
which Christ is the head." she said.
In speaking with David Sch-wartz,
he said that he was thank-ful
for the Lord's teaching him to
live so that a brother of his was
saved before induction. He is also
thankful for the guidance of Christ
in leading him to Bethel, and for
the new means of employment
which the Lord has opened to him.
To avoid repitition, I've waited
until the end to include the one
thing for which everyone was
thankful. It is best summed up in
the words of that beautiful chorus:
"Thank you Lord, for saving my
Thank yuo Lord, for making me
Thank you Lord, for giving to me
Thy great salvation, so rich and
As Thanksgiving draws nigh and
we stop to count our many bless-ings,
let us pause and thank God
for the greatest gift of all, our
Saviour, Jesus Christ.
school or any heart, or any institu-tion
there is a difference."
Rev. William Hagstrom-
"There is a call of full time ser-vice
for Christians. We need to
have faith to heed this calling.
We need a faith for our profes-sion."
Rev. Axel Rendahl-
"Five thoughts that will make
things go easier are:
1. Golden Rule
2. Do your best with what you
have to do with today.
3. Keep your heart diligent.
4. Recognize the Divine
5. Be absolutely honest.
Chapel Nuggets
Church Calendar
November 24—S. S. Teachers'
and Workers' Convention,
First Swedish
December 3-10—Special evange-listic
services with Rev. An-ton
Cedarholm, Bethany
Campus Calendar
November 23-24—Thanksgiving
November 29—Prayer and Mis-sion
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
DORM 'A' TELLS "Is the Mail In?" Success
Two announcements of engage-ments
in one weekend!
First of all, Warner Lundberg
received an affirmative answer
from Mildred Westlund of Mason,
Wisconsin. Ever since, the long
distance telephone bills have kept
the Lundberg treasury in a state
of panic. Two days later we were
surprised (?) by the announcement
of Jane Larson's betrothal to Har-old
Carlson. Ever since, the long
hours together have kept the Carl-son
scholastic standing in a state
of panic.
At seven o'clock the next morn-ing,
the fellows in the dorm form-ally
received both the fortunate
young man into a tubful of ice-cold
water. Hearty congratulations—
to Warner and Harold, not the fel-lows
in the dorm.
The Sadie Hawkins party brot
strange happenings to the dorm
halls. Fellows rushing frantically
about, struggling with their "coif-fures,"
asking advice about bouton-nieres,
last minute "primping,"
being helped into coats. And what
a privilege to even scores by leis-urely
enjoying the last chapter of
Roget's "Thesaurus" while the G.
I. paced the floor and chewed her
nails in the first floor reading
room. Now she knows how a fel-low
feels when he timidly enters
the girls' dorm reception room and
has to locate a passing soul kind
enough to announce his presence;
also how a meager ten-minute wait
By Marianne Schouweiler
Carefully they work-ed out each
detail. The brass(?) band was to
introduce the Homecoming Hostess
with gala fan fare. The cow, who
was to pull the carriage, had been
fed, the master of ceremonies had
overcome his speech impediment.
Excitement was at a high level as
the charming hostess herself step-ped
forward to thank those who'd
labored so diligently.
Outside at the football game the
surging crowd awaited Her Maj-esty.
A whisper trinkled across the
crowd. Something had gone wrong.
There would be no presentation.
In the college building, four hef-ty
fellows were removing the
door, for the royal carriage had
been built to wide.
Even then, the doorway wasn't
large enough. They only solution
was to bring the crowd inside. And
can seem interminable when in
"enemy territory."
I guess the party helped break
the ice for a couple of fellows.
Having enjoyed a pleasant evening
on Friday, girl-shy Bob Sandin and
ditto Ralph Johnson made commit-ments
for Sunday evening—maybe
there's something to this Sadie
Hawkins business after all.
There are now seven married
men living in the dormitory: Roger
Youngquist, Burt Ankerberg, Bob
Hailes, Lloyd Sprecher, Paul Mey-er,
Roy Hansen and Bob Swanson.
These "part-time" residents leave
on Friday to go to their churches
(and wives) and return for Tues-day
The ages of the two occupants
of one of the dorm rooms total
eighty-two years, approximately
(the adverb inserted as precaution
against libel proceedings).
Familiar to the dorm residents:
at prescribed times—the 6:30 A.
M. rising bell, the hymn at 6:30 P.
M. to close the prayer service,
Ma's Saturday morning "clean
linen" call, the blaring of all the
radios announcing the Saturday
afternoon football games. At any
time—Roger Youngquist's zither,
Harold Dark's harmonica, Harris
Youngquist's cornet (from the boil-er
room), Ralph Johnson's "recita-tions,"
the firebell rung by some
miscreant, John Agees rendition of
"The Big Rock Candy Mountains."
On Icing
Flattery is like Kolone water,
tew be smelt of not swallowed.
—Josh Billings
* * * *
A fool flatters himself, a wise
man flatters the fool.
* * * *
Men are like stone jugs—you
lug them where you like by the
* * * *
No man flatters the woman he
truly loves.
* * *
The man that hath a tongue, I
say, is no man if with his tongue
he cannot win a woman.
a small voice belonging to Bill
Peterson was heard echoing, "Now
I've seen everything!"
"Is the mail in?" "Any mail for
me?" "Did I get a letter?" These
and many similar questions bring
students to the counter in the of-fice.
And when they get to the
counter, there are any number of
bribes offered Marjie and Bob the
mailman if they will only produce
a letter from someone—mother,
father, sister, brother, friend, or
sweetheart.—it doesn't seem to
matter much who the mail is from,
just so it comes. To some it means
more than others too, and there
are those who will do anything
from helping sort the mail to pay-ing
for a coffee shop treat just for
a letter.
Strange, isn't it, haw just one
piece of mail can mean so much.
Well, it may seem strange to you,
but if you could stand in back of
those boxes as mail is being dis-tributed
you might understand a
little better what a letter really
does mean. Just from the moans
and the groans, the chuckles and
the expressions of glee, as the let-ters
are being read right there in
the hall, it is easy to imagine just
what each might contain. Perhaps
from mother there is loads of news
from the hometown—you know th_,
little things no one else would re-member
to write. Maybe there is
both sad news and glad news—at
any rate it's the kind that makes
you feel a wee bit homesick. And
then there are the letters from
daddy. Quite often they are the
ones that bring the shouts of glee
—especially the ones that enclose
a check. Brother's letter tells
about what's going on back in high
school—or maybe something about
the army camp he's stationed.
But then there are some letters
that just aren't read out loud—at
November has certainly been a
busy month at the Girl's Dormi-tory.
After the Homecoming act-ivities
ceased, "bath tub" parties
seemed to be predominant—at six
o'clock in the morning! The first
victim was Jane Larson, who, after
having been escorted (or rather
dragged) down the hall by the
second floor members, was sudden-ly
awaken when, with a splash,
she landed in the ice cold tub!
Says Janie, "that's one way of
waking up." However, her pals
disagree with this statement for
after the "splash party" she went
back to bed, and—slept through
her first hour class! Incidentally
this happening was the Dorm
Girl's way of congratulating Jane
for that sparkler on her left hand.
Again, Janie, best wishes!
To help Ruth Gimbert celebrate
her birthday another six o'clock
splash party was held for this
young miss. Did she enjoy it?
From all appearances she didn't
seem to mind for that same eve-ning
found "Gimbie" entertaining
the "culprits" at a party in her
room. Those present were Bar.
bara Edson, Norma Seaquist, Dor-othy
Carlson, Gloria Anderson,
least not outside the mail boxes--
but just take a walk down the hall
after the mail is distributed, and
you'll get a pretty good idea who
those letters are from. None but
a sweetheart's letter could bring
that "out of this world" expres-sion.
That precious letter is forgotten
by noon however, when the office
girl loses her new-found friends,
as afternoon mail comes without a
letter for them. She only asks
your cooperation, have you answer-ed
all the letters she's given you?
Ladies Pay
Now I'm not cheap,and I like
good food. However, for years I
have been forced to turn my eyes
to the right side of the menu
column. Last night, however, I
was in a different position, I could
order, she could pay.
I gazed fondly at such unheard
of delecacies as T-bone steak, one-half
chicken, and complete ham
dinner. I studied the menu from
all angles, At this time—this once
—I could wave the check to her.
I tried to imagine what was the
most delicious of the items and
at last the waitress came, I had
my choice ready.
I quivered with excitement as I
waited for the return of the wait-ress.
She passed out the chicken
and steaks to all the others at the
table. Finally, she turned and
handed me my plate.
"And do you care for something
to drink with your hamburgers?"
she asked.
Mabel Anderson, Jane Larson, and
Pauline Widen. After munching
the delicious chicken (without any
bad after effects) and after having
devoured the luscious cake, Gim-bie's
mother made, all these gals
heartily agree that Gimbie's
birthday should come_ more than
once a year.
The party of great importance to
the Bethel girls was that annual
"girl-dates-man" affair. NEestor
9133 (the Seminary) was certainly
a popular number last week, and
now that the festivity is over, the
girls all agree that they're glad
the event occurs only once a year.
"Men can really be expensive,"
they claim.
When it comes to , getting the
gong, Phyllis Johnson "takes the
cake." Just the other night Phyllis
got up for the fourth time at
twelve o'clock p. m. thinking it
was morning. "Quiet please, after
10:30," should be inserted here,
for without the noise, there would
be no need for a gong, and then
Phyllis wouldn't wake up in the
middle of the night. "However,"
says Phyll, "there's one consola-tion!
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Eunice Wood
Named Girls'
B. B. Captain
By a popular majority, Eunice
Wood has been elected captain of
teh 1944-45 girl's basketball team.
Eunice is back from last year's
team, and has already shown us
some good playing this year.
The girl's basketball season
opened Tuesday evening, Novem-ber
14th, by a scrimmage with the
Midway Hospital Girls. A few
spectators gathered to see the
Bethel girls defeat the visitors 65-
38. The starting lineup included
Eunice Wood, Lois Raymetz, and
Betty Nyman as forwards, and
Marianne Schouweiler, Ruth Rask,
and Ruth Gimbert as guards.
The team looks very promising
and their one request is that YOU
give them your support by rooting
for them at the games.
Pictures of the Camarrons mis-sion
field in Africa were the high-light
of the Missionary Band meet-ing
held last Wednesday night.
Donald Ganstrom, a senior in the
Seminary, showed the pictures and
explained the great work to be
done in the field as well as des-cribed
the conditions of the coun-try.
Mr. and Mrs. Ganstrom are leav-ing
next June to take up their part
of the work in the Camarroons,
which has at the present time on-ly
one missionary family on the
field of 160 churches.
Following the showing of the
film the meeting was thrown open
for questions and discussion.
Special music of the evening
consisted of vocal solos presented
by Jean Hamlett.
Indians Take
Crusaders 50-31
Bethel outscored the Nisei Cru-s,
xders Saturday night, Nov. 18, by
the score of 50-31 on the Bethel
C. Sahlin began the scoring
spree but W. Peterson took top
honors with a total of 14 points
while M. Lundh and B. Nelson
tied for second place with 10
points apiece.
Bethel led all the way by quite
a large margin, the score being
23 to 4 at the half period.
This was Bethels' first game of
the season and with such promis-ing
new players as Sandin, Lind-strom,
Dayel, and Berg this years'
team looks like one of Bethels
This coming Saturday, 'Novem-ber
25, the Bethel Indians will play
the Augsburg team in the gym in
the Armory at Minneapolis. Let's
have a good representation from
Bethel out to really back the team.
Sandin B. B.
Captain of
44-45 Season
Robert Sandin, better known as
"Bob," is Bethels newly elected
basketball captain of the 1944-'45
season. Bob is enrolled as a fresh-man
in the college this year and
he hails from Skokie, Ill., where
he played one year of varsity bas-ketball
in high school. He also
played on the baseball and foot-ball
teams in high school and lists
baseball as his favorite sport.
He stands about five feet, seven
inches tall and weighs 140 pounds.
He plays the position of guard on
the team.
Bob is going into the ministry
and far as he knows now he is
going to take all of his training at
Bethel College and Seminary.
A group of nurses from the
Mounds-Midway Hospital present-ed
a very interesting discussion
relative to the cadet nursing pro-gram
on Tuesday, November 14.
During the convocation hour of
Tuesday, November 21, the United
States Steel Corporation sponsored
a film which described the manu-facture
of steel from a raw to a
finished product.
J. C. Committee
Elects Members
Dean Johnson has recently been
elected as a member of the com-mittee
on the Long Term Plans
for Junior Colleges in Minnesota.
This committee deals with such
problems as the location of new
junior colleges in Minnesota, the
expansion program of branch agri-cultural
stations into junior col-leges
and any other information
concerning the future of junior col-leges
in the state.
Other members of this commit-tee
are Dean Drescher of Hibbing,
Minnesota, Dean F. F. Cake of Vir-ginia,
Minnesota, and Mr. R. R.
Shumway of the University of Min-nesota.
Thank Thee, 0 Lord,
For this, my bed,
For roof unbombed
Above my head,
And for Thy gift
My daily bread.
Why is it we
Must come to know
From other's woe
The gratitude
We always owe?
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Wednesday, November 29, here on
the Bethel Campus. Sessions will
be -held at 9:45 A. M., 2:30 P. M.,
and 7:00 P. M.
Dr. Glenn Tuttle will show his
moving pictures, Samba, which
presents the medical missionary
work in the Belgian Congo. Dr.
Earl L. Riley, president of Bacone
College for Indians, himself part
of the Greek Tribe, will give an
There will be special music dur-ing
the various sessions, and mis-sionary
objects from several lands
will be on display in the college
(Continued from page 1)
At the evening service Anella
Krueger sang and Bob Nelson
played once again. Life on the
Bethel campus was then vividly
portrayed by the promotional
movie presented by Rev. H. Wy-man
Malmsten. Our Field Repre-sentative
then spoke briefly of the
school, its urgent needs, and also
of the general conference missions.
The closing of this meeting
brought an end to another enjoy-able
Bethel Day at the Central
Baptist church.
(Continued from page 1)
Lord has worked in the hearts of
the boys and girls. The workers
covet your prayers for Bethel Club
that a real harvest of souls might
be gathered this year.
At the present time a canvass
of the homes in the vicinity of the
campus is being made in order to
contact new members for the club
and also investigate the spiritual
condition of the homes in the
May the Lord continue to bless
this work of child evangelism car-ried
on at our own school and each
child and teacher as they work to-gether
for the furtherance of His
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BIRMINGHAM, UK, 19 February 2013—OCLC has announced it is working with several members of RLUK (Research Libraries UK), to pilot a new service which brings improvements to the way libraries manage electronic resources and to users' access of these valuable collections.
Powered by the WorldCat knowledge base, OCLC WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager delivers WorldCat MARC records for electronic materials automatically to libraries and ensures the metadata and access URLs for these collections are continually updated, significantly streamlining the processes of managing eResources.
A number of libraries in North America have already worked with OCLC to test WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager. The UK pilot will last six months, and will help hone the new service, ensuring it accommodates any regional nuances before general release.
"I anticipate that WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager will enable us to achieve better control over our eBook collection," explains Stuart Hunt, Data Services & Digital Production Manager, The University of Warwick. "We acquire eBooks from many different suppliers. Being able to consolidate the metadata from WorldCat, via Collection Manager, will help us work more effectively."
Talking about their motivations for joining the pilot, James Clark, Metadata Coordinator at King's College London, states: "We were keen to participate because Collection Manager looked like a very efficient way to manage our eBook collections. The ability to get all of our eBook records into our catalogue via automated daily updates could make a significant saving in staff time. We also hope that Collection Manager will make it easier for us to avoid acquiring unnecessary duplicates of eBooks, which is increasingly difficult given the growing number of eBook suppliers and the uptake of patron driven acquisition."
The full list of RLUK OCLC WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager pilot institutions are:
- King's College London
- The University of Manchester
- The University of Warwick
- University of Cambridge
- University of Leeds
- University of Oxford
- Wellcome Trust
"This has been an excellent opportunity for RLUK libraries to deploy and test this new service from OCLC," said Mike Mertens, Deputy Director of RLUK. "Being able to have the ability to shape WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager, that is, contextualise it for the UK academic library sector demonstrates the commitment that OCLC has to the notion of building community and also underlines the authoritative and exemplary knowledge and expertise possessed by staff working in RLUK libraries."
David Whitehair, Senior Product Manager, Metadata Management, OCLC, adds: "We are delighted to have the chance to work with these institutions before a full UK release. We have pretty much passed the tipping-point in academic libraries – electronic collections now outweigh print. These changes bring new challenges. Library staff often have to support multiple workflows, manually tracking data of varying frequencies and quality from different sources. WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager is informed by the needs of our members, and will simplify the whole process of metadata management in the growing area of eResources."
About Research Libraries UK
Research Libraries UK is a consortium of 33 of the largest research organizations in the UK and Ireland, including the three UK national libraries. Founded more than 25 years ago, RLUK has directly and indirectly sponsored some of the major free online UK resources in support of research, including Copac, the de facto UK Union Catalogue. RLUK's mission is to work with their members and partners, nationally and internationally, to shape and to realise the vision of the modern research library.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.
OCLC, WorldCat and WorldCat.org are trademarks and/or service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.
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Opinion: One Man, One Vote?
Political Diary editor Jason Riley on the Supreme Court challenge to the Voting Rights Act. Photos: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... the Supreme Court takes up an important provision of the nineteen sixty five voting rights Act this week ... that has left crying racism ... political diary editor editorial board member Jason Riley is here Jason ... but the fuss all about ... well you know if the voting rights Act I aam where the voting rights ... well the voting rights Act was passed in nineteen sixty five and ... the irony here is that it's been a tremendous success story ... this was a a law passed ... at a time when there was frankly a lot of racial discrimination ... violent opposition to black Spaulding take a leak ... in the south just to give you quick example aam ... in nineteen sixty four of the year before the voting rights Act passed ... voter registration Mississippi was seven percent ... a year after tax nineteen sixty six it was sixty per cent and to date ... a black motor registration itself is higher than is the menorah ... and I'm so the voting rights Act is really a success story ... and the story today however is how the last ... one to use that ... ah for reasons that was never intended to be used for the robbery rate it was intended to be a temporary provision ... an emergency measure ... on it fulfilled its purpose and the left wants to keep in place for other reasons mainly on hand including but not limited to ... the believe that the Republicans over the head and call them racists one of the IPOs ... of making certain provisions of an obsolete okay so not enough the whole act were just talking about section five for this section five to write the whole when we are not going to return to the literacy test and poll taxes ... those are common in provisions ... of the voting rights Act were talking about a provision in there that says ... the federal government ... on past to sign off on changes to voting procedures ... and certain status Leon song was a history ... of of discrimination ... dating back ... to prior to nineteen ... nineteen sixty five or talk about those provisions ... had no state show that they no longer need this federal supervision ... and the heavens as I mentioned earlier in terms of voter registration rates is overwhelming that this is unnecessary this is an obsolete ... provision but the left wants keeping in place they they renewed it ... in nineteen ... and two thousandsix for another twenty five years and the ... White House and Congress dealt with this if it's such an obsolete provision along well it's it's tough I mean you still have members of the wasn't that long ago he still had members of Congress what John Lewis who were part of the film rights movement ... anytime you want to talk about ... updating it for for getting rid of those awfully permissions he starts moralizing I knew getting out there talking about ... how people add for this cause ... and ... what love really was due today however ... is use this permission to do other things it's no longer about ... access to the ballot with the racial and ten dollar but it's about outcomes ... it's about racial gerrymandering it's about to create these majority black districts ... it's about ... blocking voter ID laws that are really about ... voter about ballot integrity so they only use this federal jurisdiction to do other things affecting how cops ... on the left and they're finding that for the purposes of owning the country is still nineteen sixty five in the middle of the Black ... White House and a black man or an adjusted ... it and and also I can come please or rice the Secretary State Colin Powell etc ... long way we have come along with that person want from Florida for has had some issues when it comes to ... ballot boxes he trusts the States ... I in in in the voting systems in the state's two together from any one person one vote is that well the thing is to the voting rights that you can ... you can trust that to happen if it doesn't happen there's legal recourse for people to take that wasn't there before the voting rights Act in nineteen sixty five ... what they're saying though and I'm in the question here is ... what's worse the other for the federal government ... would do better ... the ten states in terms of writing these day-to-day operations ... ALM so so so that's the question of the bottom line ... is that the country's come a long way ... if people believe they're being discriminated against his legal recourse ... and this provision of the voting rights tacked ... on his way past its peak into the justice Kennedy the swing voters usually ... it could come down a justice Kennedy and and and we know now we know from the Obamacare decision than even the more conservative dresses are not immune ... to public pressure so ... who knows how many will come down on the Supreme Court nominee into broader political pressure Political Diary editor Jason Riley


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Debug and deploy the iOS app to an iPad
You will learn
- How to debug your application and how to deploy your app to an iPad
When the application is not doing exactly what you expect it to do, the need arises to examine portions of the application to be able to determine where the problem occurs. A breakpoint is usually very instrumental in this process. A breakpoint pauses an app during execution at a predetermined location, so that you can inspect the state of variables and the app's control flow.
The illustration above shows the source editor, with the app paused by an enabled breakpoint. The green pointer and highlight in the source code indicates the location of the instruction pointer and the current line of code to be executed.
The easiest way to set a breakpoint is using the source code editor. To go to the source code editor, (single) click on
ViewController.swift in the navigation tree. This will bring up the
ViewController logic of your application. To set a breakpoint, click the gutter next to the line where you want execution to pause. When you add a breakpoint, Xcode automatically enables it. When an enabled breakpoint is encountered during execution, the app pauses and a green indicator shows the position of the program counter. You can create breakpoints at any time, including when your app is running in a debugging session. If a breakpoint is not in the ideal location, drag the indicator to a better location. To delete a breakpoint, drag the indicator out of the gutter.
Try to set the breakpoint on the same line as the illustration above by clicking in the gutter. Observe what happens to the breakpoint when you click it again. You disable a breakpoint in the source editor by clicking the breakpoint indicator, even while your app is running; this allows you to adjust set locations where the app will be paused as you work through a problem. Disabled breakpoints display a dimmed blue indicator. Enable the breakpoint by clicking the indicator again and make sure it is not dimmed anymore.
To start a debugging session, just press the "Build and Run" button. This will launch the simulator again if you closed it, and will start your application in the simulator. The breakpoint you set is in the section of the code that is run when the "OK" button is pressed. Enter your name in the text field and press the "OK" button. Once the app execution reaches the breakpoint, Xcode will show the position of the program counter, allowing you to have a closer look at the state of variables.
Note that when the debugger opens, the navigation pane will also change from the Project Navigator to the Debug Navigator.
Inspection of variables is made possible using the Variables View on the left side below the code editor. The Variables View lists each variable available in the context where the app is paused.
To see the value of
textField, Ctrl-click the variable in the Variables View, and select Print description of
textField. This will print the current state of the
textField to the Console that is located on the right of the Variables View. In that view you should now see something similar to:
Printing description of self.textField: <UITextField: 0x7fb76c407340; frame = (16 110; 343 30); text = 'John Doe'; clipsToBounds = YES; opaque = NO; autoresize = RM+BM; gestureRecognizers = <NSArray: 0x608000242040>; layer = <CALayer: 0x608000225be0>>
In the example above you can see that the current value of the text attribute is "John Doe". The output you will see in the Console will include the text that you entered.
To resume execution of the application, press the Continue/Pause button in the debug bar:
To stop the application, press the Stop button in the toolbar controls:
Note: do not remove the breakpoint. You will be using it in the next steps.
With the iPad connected to your Mac, click on the target device on the left section of the top toolbar (this is currently set to the simulator device). You will notice that the device connected to your Mac will show in the top of the list:
Select your device so that its name appears in the toolbar. With your iPad selected, click on the Build and Run button to build and run the app.
When you launch your app for the first time, there is a good chance you will see this alert:
In this case, just follow the instructions of the message. Open the Settings app on the iPad, and navigate to General > Device Management. From there, tap on the certificate associated to the team, and trust it by tapping the Trust button.
Once the application has just been trusted, it will not automatically be launched again. To launch it, just press the Build and Run button in Xcode again. You should now see your app appear on your iPad.
When the app is running, you can see that Xcode has changed its appearance into debugging mode again. In the left pane, the Debug Navigator is active and debug gauges are shown.
Can you see how much memory your app is currently using?
While the app is running on the iPad, enter your name again and press the OK button. This should go to the same portion of the app's logic as you debugged before.
When the app on the iPad encounters the breakpoint, you can see that Xcode highlights the line where the breakpoint was set and will show the Variables View. This means that Xcode does not only allow you to debug your apps in a simulator, but also on your device.
From the Variables View you will be able to have a closer look at your app's variables again. Can you find your name?
Congratulations, you have now deployed and debugged your self-built app to an iPad!
- Development machine: Access to a Mac computer


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In our last blog on Landscape and Puppet, we talked about using Landscape to automatically deploy Puppet on new computers. In this article we'll dive deeper, and look at how to use Landscape as an External Node Classifier for Puppet.
In a typical Puppet configuration, all your nodes are defined in site.pp under the "node" definitions section. Each node is assigned Puppet classes by manually editing the file. When your number of nodes grows, manually managing the site.pp file becomes tedious and error prone.
An External Node Classifier (ENC) is Puppet's way of offloading the tedious node maintenance to an external program. The interface is dead simple – puppet executes the external node classifier program with a single full node name as the only argument. The classifier just has to write a YAML blob out to stdout before exiting.
To start, let's create a simple python ENC in /etc/puppet/landscape_enc – Don't forget to make the file executable.
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import yaml
# The node name to be classified is supplied as an argument to the script
node_name = sys.argv[1]
classes = ["basenode"]
# Output must be a YAML document
"classes": classes,
It ignores the node name and just puts everything into the "basenode" class. Not very interesting but it's enough to get started with Puppet.
NOTE: These examples are all using puppet 2.7 which ships on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise LTS. The ENC functionality behaves a bit differently in versions of puppet earlier than 2.65 – See http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/external_nodes.html for details.
To test the ENC I put together a minimal puppet configuration with two simple classes and put everything into my site.pp in /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
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class basenode {
notify {"I am a basenode!":}
class specialnode {
notify {"I am a specialnode!":}
Notice that no nodes are actually defined. That is the ENC's job. To enable the ENC you need to add two lines to your puppetmaster's config file /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
Add these lines at the end of the "[master]" section:
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node_terminus = exec
external_nodes = /etc/puppet/landscape_enc
You can now test that the puppetmaster is using your new, rather basic, ENC.
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo puppet agent --test
info: Caching catalog for ubuntu
info: Applying configuration version '1354824718'
notice: I am a basenode!
notice: /Stage[main]/Basenode/Notify[I am a basenode!]/message: defined 'message' as 'I am a basenode!'
notice: Finished catalog run in 0.06 seconds
As you can see, with our trivial ENC everyone is a basenode.
Now we're going to enhance our ENC to ask Landscape to classify nodes for us.
The Landscape API
To use the Landscape API you need three pieces of information: the Landscape API endpoint URI, the user key, and the secret for your user.
To find your API credentials, log in to the Landscape web interface and click your username on the top right. Your API credentials are in the "API Access" section.
For this example, we'll use the python API client provided with Landscape (NOTE, you must install the landscape-api package first). Here's how to query for a computer registered with Landscape using it's host name:
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from landscape_api.base import API
landscape_uri = "https://landscape.canonical.com/api/"
landscape_key = "43NW6OV71L32CSOPCJGX"
landscape_secret = "agBf3v267DqO8vtVRnzjseWfYdV4ueklj5a81iIT"
api = API(landscape_uri, landscape_key, landscape_secret)
[{u'access_group': u'server',
u'comment': u'',
u'hostname': u'appserv1',
u'id': 1,
u'last_exchange_time': None,
u'last_ping_time': u'2012-09-07T15:19:22Z',
u'reboot_required_flag': False,
u'tags': [u'lucid', u'server', u'puppet-webfarm'],
u'title': u'Application Server 1',
u'total_memory': 1024,
u'total_swap': 1024}]
Now if we combine that with our ENC we get the following:
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import yaml
from landscape_api.base import API
# Create our connection to Landscape
landscape_uri = "https://landscape.canonical.com/api/"
landscape_key = "43NW6OV71L32CSOPCJGX"
landscape_secret = "agBf3v267DqO8vtVRnzjseWfYdV4ueklj5a81iIT"
api = API(landscape_uri, landscape_key, landscape_secret)
# The node name to be classified is supplied as an argument to the script
node_name = sys.argv[1]
# Ask Landscape about the computer
computers = api.get_computers(query=node_name)
# If we don't get back any computers or if we get more than one, error out.
# You could also handle this case by simply giving the node a default class.
if len(computers) != 1:
sys.stderr.write("Only expecting one computer, instead got this: %s" % computers)
# Extract the tags from our computer
tags = computer[0]["tags"]
# Now here you can use whatever logic you want to convert
# tags into classes. I'm going to use any tag that starts with "puppet-"
# as a class name. I'm also going to make sure every node gets the
# "basenode" class
classes = ["basenode"]
for tag in tags:
if tag.startswith("puppet-"):
class_name = tag.split("-",1)[1]
# Output must be a YAML document
"classes": classes,
That's all there is to it. Now if you tag a computer "puppet-database" in Landscape, it will automatically get the "database" class in Puppet.
You can see in the script comments that it's very easy to customize the behaviour to match your environment. Now tag away and let Landscape and Puppet take over your world!Read more


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