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A "Gem" of a Meteor Shower is Coming
by Joe Rao on
The Leonid Meteor Shower has long passed us by, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any good meteor displays to look forward to. In fact, one of the best is just around the corner, scheduled to reach its peak during the early hours of Tuesday, Dec. 14: The Geminid Meteors.
The Geminids get their name from the constellation of Gemini, the Twins. During the overnight hours of December 13-14—the night of this shower's maximum—the meteors appear to emanate from a spot in the sky near the bright star Castor in Gemini.
Best of the Best
The Geminid Meteors are—for those willing to brave the chill of a December night—a fine winter shower, and usually the most satisfying of all the annual showers, even surpassing the famous Perseid meteors of August. Studies of past displays show that this shower has a reputation for being rich both in slow, bright, graceful meteors and fireballs as well as faint meteors, with relatively fewer objects of medium brightness. Many appear yellowish in hue. Some even seem to form jagged or divided paths.
According to the late meteor specialist Neil Bone (1959-2009), at 2 grams per cubic centimeter on average, Geminid meteoroids are several times denser than the cometary dust flakes that supply most meteor showers. Add this to the relatively slow speed with which Geminids typically encounter Earth—22 miles (35 km) per second—roughly half the speed of a Leonid meteor and you have the recipe for meteors that linger a bit longer in view than most.
The Earth moves quickly through this meteor stream. Rates increase steadily for two or three days before maximum, reaching roughly above a quarter of its peak strength, then drops off more sharply, lasting for only about a day afterward. Those late Geminids, however, tend to be especially bright. A few renegade forerunners and late stragglers might be seen for a week or more before and after the peak night. One interesting finding made recently from video analysis by the International Meteor Organization (IMO) was that Geminids have been detected as early as Nov. 30—totally unexpected from past visual observations.
Some Lunar Interference
The Geminids perform splendidly in any year, although as was the case for last month's Leonids, once again the moon is going to pose a bit of a problem. In fact, the moon will reach First Quarter phase on Dec. 13, the very same night as the Geminid peak, shining brightly in the dim constellation of Pisces, the Fishes. That means that many of the fainter Geminid streaks will likely be washed out by the bright moonlight.
But unlike the Leonids, where the Moon was brightly illuminating the sky most of the night, in the case of the Geminids the Moon will be setting at around 12:30 a.m. local time early on Tuesday, Dec. 14. That means that the sky will be dark and moonless for the balance of the night, making for perfect viewing conditions for the shower.
Perfect Timing
In addition, according to Margaret Campbell-Brown and Peter Brown in the 2010 Observer's Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, peak activity is projected to occur at or near 6 a.m. EST on Dec. 14. Under normal conditions on the night of maximum activity, with ideal dark-sky conditions, at least 60 to 120 Geminid meteors can be expected to burst across the sky every hour on the average (Light pollution greatly cuts the numbers). So, in 2010, along with the lack of significant moonlight, North Americans are projected to be the best situated to catch the very crest of the shower, when the hourly rates conceivably could exceed 120.
But British meteor astronomer, Alastair McBeath also points out that a detailed new analysis confirms that Geminid near-peak activity is very persistent with hourly rates of around 80 to 130 are often seen for almost a day around the predicted time of maximum, corresponding this year from roughly 19h UT on Dec. 13 to 16h UT on Dec. 14. So from virtually anywhere on earth, an excellent Geminid show can be anticipated.
Bundle Up
A productive Geminid watch can actually begin as early as 10 p.m. local time, because the shower's radiant is already fairly high in the eastern sky by then. Even with that annoyingly bright Moon still high in the western sky, it will be worth watching for some early Gems.
But keep this in mind: at this time of year, meteor watching can be a long, cold business. You wait and you wait for meteors to appear. When they don't appear right away, and if you're cold and uncomfortable, you're not going to be looking for meteors for very long! Therefore, make sure you're warm and comfortable. Warm cocoa or coffee can take the edge off the chill, as well as provide a slight stimulus. It's even better if you can observe with friends. That way, you can keep each other awake, as well as cover more sky. Give your eyes time to dark-adapt before starting.
Debris from a Dead Comet?
The Geminids will be especially noticeable right after the Moon sets, as their radiant point will be passing very nearly overhead. The higher a shower's radiant, the more meteors it produces all over the sky. The track of each one does not necessarily begin near Castor, or even in the constellation Gemini, but it always turns out that the path of a Geminid extended backward along the direction of flight passes through a tiny region of sky about 0.2-degree in diameter (an effect of perspective). In apparent size, that's less than half the width of the Moon. As such, this is a rather sharply defined radiant, as meteor showers go, suggesting the stream isyoung—perhaps only several thousand years old.
Geminids stand apart from the other meteor showers in that they seem to have been spawned not by a comet, but by 3200 Phaeton, an Earth-crossing asteroid. Then again, the Geminids may be comet debris after all, for some astronomers consider Phaeton to really be the dead nucleus of a burned-out comet that somehow got trapped into an unusually tight orbit.


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Pagans, Witches, Art and Beer are all topics that are creating the controversy surrounding Lost Abbey's label for their Witches Wit bottle. This label, established in 2008, depicts a witch being burned at the stake. Now, its creating quite a stir.
In many countries, many years ago, women who were accused of practicing witchcraft were exiled from society, tortured and in many cases, ultimately killed. So keep in mind when reading this that the label is historically accurate.
Now, for the record, I am staying out of it. This is an intriguing topic with some heated discussions surrounding it. People think this image is offensive to the pagan community and to history past. Lost Abbey views it as original artwork, something they take great pride in, like their beer. Lost Abbey/Port Brewing is one of my personal favorites. I respect the brand and the beer.
But I'll let you decide by giving you snapshots from the NY Times article, comments by angry people and Lost Abbey's explanation.
First of all, the meaning behind the label. Head brewer and owner, Tomme Arthur has always done an amazing job with his Lost Abbey brand, creating a story behind each beer. The artwork on the labels are the means by which he tells these stories. The back of the bottle reads:
Whether you're a wonder healer, a caller of spirits or a lover of black magic, they will find you. And on that day, they will boil your blood, singe your skin and make a point to burn your soul to the ground. From that lonely stake, you'll be left to contemplate your life of spell casting, obscure texts and a world operated between the shadows of night and day.
Convicted of a dark art, the crowd will gather to watch as they raze your earthen existence. An intolerable pain is the cross you'll bear that day as you are removed from this righteous world. No one will summon the courage to save you in fear of their life. It sucks. But such is the life of a witch. In honor of your fleeting existence, we brewed Witch's Wit. A light and refreshing wheat beer, it's exactly the sort of thing you might expect to find being passed around the center of town on witch burning day. Say hello to the Prince of Darkness for us.
The NY Times article simply states the facts and presents quotes from an outspoken member of the pagan and wiccan communities, a Ms. Noble:
Ms. Noble went home and wrote to her e-mail list. "Can we stop this brewer from their hate imagery?" read the subject line, in all capitals.
"Can you imagine them showing a black person being lynched or a Jewish person going to the oven?" she wrote. "Such images are simply not tolerated in our society anymore (thank the Goddess) and this one should not be, either."
Immediately, friends and followers of Ms. Noble began sending complaints to the brewery.
In response, Lost Abbey posted a lengthy statement on their website. Unfortunately for the past 24 hours, I have not been able to access their website, so I will do my best to summarize. Essentially, Lost Abbey stated that they did not mean to offend anyone and that the label is original artwork depicting a story. This imagery has been used in artworks around the world for centuries.
The brewery stated that they will be reviewing the label and request to make a change during their November meeting. However, its reported that a decision has already been made to change the image. At the end of this long response, the writer opened the forum for discussion on the subject. I thought this was a nice touch.
The subsequent comments consisted of statements ranging from: "Lost Abbey is great. Tomme Arthur, keep doing what your doing" to "I didn't find the imagery particularly offensive, but the description on the bottle- specifically, Say Hello to the Prince of Darkness for us very demeaning". Some were outraged while others backed the brewery's right to be creative with their labels.
Whats your stance?
Leave a comment or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Filed under: San Diego, US, The Brewers Tagged: burning witch, Lost Abbey, pagan labels, Port Brewing, Tomme Arthur, Witches Wit, witches wit label

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available exclusively to Sissyprint followers! Just stop by, become a follower, and leave your email address in the comments to the sissies know where to send your kit! What a great way to get organized for the new year! Happy holidays!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Couples Road Trip Questions
Have a roadtrip coming up with your significant other?
Or, maybe you just want to do something other than catch some Z's after the kids go to bed?
Socially reconnect with your sweetie with these FREE conversation tags.
There are 60 in all, sure to start some chatter.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Giveaway - the Play Space Collection
To wrap up Back to School week at Sissyprint,
we are hosting a giveaway for our very own Play Space Collection.
After a busy day at school, every kid deserves a cheery place to let loose!
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Free Bookplates
Snag up these little goodies for yourself or your busy student!
Visit Sissyprint to get some of your own!
There are six options to choose from, available today in celebration of Back to School Week!
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Labels: freebies, kids, printables
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Back to School Tags
Back to School week continues over at Sissyprint, my free printables blog.
Today, you can snag some back to school gift tags.
Send cupcakes or packages of pencils to your student's new class
and adorn them with these cheery greetings!
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Labels: freebies, printables
Monday, August 22, 2011
Back to School Bookmarks
I know, I know... I've been absent, and it might be that way forever.
I've been dedicating most of my creative energy at my new blog, Sissyprint.
You guys know where my heart really is... designing.
But, if Back To School fever has hit your house, you must check check out Sissy.
There are back-to-school oriented printables every single day of the week this week.
Today, we featured bookmarks and tomorrow back to school gift tags.
And, if you know me, you KNOW everything's gonna be free.
Life is better that way.
Happy end of summer everyone.
I hope it was a good one.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Alternative to Birthday Cake
My husband's 30th birthday is just a month away.
Right around this time, I begin planning his annual birthday cake alternative.
I call it the "soda pop cake."
He is not a sweets fan.
No cake, rarely ice cream, and certainly no frosting. He borderline hates the stuff.
So, four years ago I came up with this alternative and the idea stuck.
Just get a plethora of glass-bottle sodas such as Virgil's or Izze.
Arrange tightly into a basket or box and decorate with sparkly, festive goodness.
I use the tall "candle-lit dinner" kind of candles so he at least has something to blow out after we sing.
He loves it and everyone enjoys taking a sip of the specialty sodas.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
the Play Space Collection.
We are JUST starting, so more items will be making their debut.
Currently listed is the Play Space Collection!
I can't wait to hang these goodies in my children's room.
I can't wait to hang these goodies in my children's room.
And, there will be a giveaway this weekend at Sissyprint.
So stop by and enter!
Happy summer everyone!
Doesn't the sunshine just make you happy?!
all images and illustrations are ©emily ward
all images and illustrations are ©emily ward
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Labels: home decor
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Free popsicle cozy pattern and gift tag!
My popsicle cozy pattern and gift tag are available today at Sissyprint.
Check it out!
I think popsicles are a huge part of summer nostalgia.
When my son was a teething baby, I'd wrap a paper towel
with a rubber band around the ice pop to keep his little fingers from getting cold.
Two kids later and a little experience has helped me make the perfect popsicle cozy.
Believe me, there have been several designs that have been modified and simplified.
There have been pocket cozies, wrap-around cozies, but the sleeve-style cozy is the way to go.
What kid wouldn't love getting a cozied ice pop, topped off with a coordinating gift tag!
Make summer special.
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Labels: freebies, gift ideas, kids, patterns, sewing
Monday, June 6, 2011
Quoteable Monday at Sissyprint
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Friday, June 3, 2011
A New Avenue
I am so excited to announce the launch of Sissyprint,
founded by a family of sisterly designers... and me!
founded by a family of sisterly designers... and me!
There you can expect to find free printables, designs for purchase, or print media for hire.
We have an affinity for color, typography, and all things graphic.
Kick off each Monday with a free quotable graphic to help push you along through the week.
Celebrate the weekend with us by enjoying Freebie Friday with a variety of free printables.
Celebrate the weekend with us by enjoying Freebie Friday with a variety of free printables.
And, check back often for sewing patterns, gift tags, organization labels, party pack printables,
and just about anything else we're designing for fun or for purchase.
The first item up for grabs? Here's a sneak peak... photos and more info to come next week!
Happy Summer and visit Sissyprint!
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Happy Summer Print
My mom always had cross stitch samplers that she'd change out throughout the year.
Easter, Summer, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall, Winter, Christmas...
Why not do the same with a little graphic wall art?
Find a frame you love and just switch out the graphic periodically as season and holidays change.
Don't forget to visit Jordan at Blueprint Crafts for the "New to You" series today!
She just turned an old mason jar into this little goodie...
Happy Summer!
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Labels: freebies, home decor, printablesintables
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thrifty Work Space
I wish I knew how to make my camera take bright photos. Any tips anyone? This is my workspace and ALL of it (with the exception of my computer) was purchased on a budget. A very TIGHT budget. But, especially as a freelance designer, I spend a lot of time at this little place. So, it has to be a place I enjoy being.
I got this lamp off clearance for $8, the squirrel for $5, and the vintage alarm clock for $2.
I honestly think my husband thought I'd gone too far when I brought Howard home. But, he keeps me company.
A vintage suitcase purchased for a few dollars at an estate sale a few years ago.
I'm still searching for one a little flatter. But, I'm keeping this one around in the meantime.
My second favorite, a mustard yellow office chair, totally vintage and absolutely free.
A flag garland made from burlap and leftover fabric scraps from my grain sack pillows.
This craigslist find is my favorite piece of furniture I own. It was a bit of a splurge for me at $200. But, it was already finished, is solid wood, and was custom-built for the previous owner. I've been searching for some antique, mustard yellow knobs, but have yet to fall in love. But, this is a refuge I don't mind working in.
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Labels: home decor, thrifty living
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
New love for an old window
Not so long ago, I was behind a local goodwill store, dropping off some bags from a de-cluttering spree.
Propped up against the side of the building were a few old windows, recently dropped off, no doubt.
I asked the man collecting donations if I could purchase the lot of them, on the spot.
He told me just to take them. I probably got embarrassingly excited and quickly swept them into the back of my car. Oh, the ideas...
There are so many vinyl on glass calendars out there. So, I realize this is no novel idea.
But, an old window adds a new flare, I think. And there were already holes drilled into the wood, so stringing through some wire and ribbon for hanging was a breeze.
No painting or distressing necessary. It was roughed up to perfection, as is.
New to me and pretty much free. Life is good.
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Labels: home decor, thrifty living
Monday, May 16, 2011
Blue Print Craft Monday - New to You
I don't know about you guys, but I'm itchin' to start organizing mi casa.
I think it's a side effect of Spring.
Check out Blue Print Crafts to see how she went from this...
to this...
A hanging plastic bag dispenser!
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Really bad news for Microsoft
Sales of its brand new operating system, Windows 8, are "well below projections," inside the company says Paul Thurott at Windows SuperSite.
Thurott is probably the most plugged-in Microsoft reporter. When he says something, you can trust it.
He says sales are being described internally as "disappointing."
Microsoft is blaming its PC partners for the slow start, says Thurott. His source blamed PC makers "inability to deliver".
This is a strange, and frankly pathetic, explanation.
There's no question Apple makes the best laptops and companies like HP, Dell, and Asus, chase after what Apple makes.
But the PC makers are still reliant on Microsoft and its software. And they can only sell computers running on Windows.
The only real explanation of worse than expected sales is that Microsoft decided to mess with the world's most popular operating system and it's blowing up in its face.
As Thurott puts it: "Microsoft's new whatever-the-F-it-is operating system is a confusing, Frankenstein's monster mix of old and new that hides a great desktop upgrade under a crazy Metro front-end."
Microsoft took a big risk with Windows 8 trying to make it more touch friendly. It has confused consumers. With Apple's iPad providing a good enough alternate to a full on laptop, Microsoft's Windows franchise is at risk.
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The CW Renews Whose Line Is It Anyway for Season 2
Jul 29, 2013 6:29 PM EDT
The CW has renewed Whose Line Is It Anyway for a second season, the network announced Monday. The CW has ordered 24 new half-hour installments for Season 2. A premiere date will be announced at a later time. Cult shows that deserve a movie Featuring… Read more


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Sprint And Affiliate Sue Each Other Over Legality Of New WiMax Effort
from the bad-blood deptIn certain markets, Sprint has always used affiliates to sell its service, rather than building out its own efforts. Some of those affiliate relationships caused problems back in 2004/2005 when Sprint merged with Nextel -- as Nextel's service existed in some of those markets, potentially "competing" with the Sprint affiliates who had agreements that Sprint would not compete directly. So, with the new WiMax joint venture with Clearwire, Sprint knew that the big affiliate iPCS would be upset. In fact, last week, Sprint sued iPCS in Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that the new joint venture did not break their agreement with iPCS. That lawsuit appears to have been filed slightly before iPCS filed its own lawsuit in Illinois against Sprint. Chances are the two suits will be combined in some manner, but it's yet another hurdle that Sprint needs to clear before it can get this new WiMax offering off the ground. Sprint may have a decent claim here -- as the agreement with iPCS is focused only on 1.9GHz spectrum, whereas the WiMax network is on 2.5GHz spectrum. Either way, it seems like these affiliate relationships may be a lot more pain than they're worth.
Filed Under: affiliates, contracts, countersuits, exclusivity, wimax
Companies: clearwire, ipcs, sprint


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For the past five years, value has trounced growth. The S&P 600 Smallcap Barra Value Index, for instance, is up an average of 13.1 percent per year during the past five years, versus just 5.4 percent for the S&P 600 Smallcap Barra Growth Index. For the past year, however, the gap has narrowed, with value barely beating growth (7.68 percent versus 7.62 percent). Are the days of value outperforming growth coming to an end?
The folks at Tweedy Browne & Co. recently sent a sobering letter to shareholders, which announced that both of the company's funds, Tweedy Browne American Value, and Tweedy Browne Global Value will close to new investors on May 4, 2005. "What's the big deal" you may wonder? Funds close all the time, usually because there's too much cash coming in, and not enough places to put it and maintain the funds objective, right? True as that may be, in Tweedy's case, it's the stated reasons for closure that have this value investor scratching his head.
The letter quotes fund manager Chris Browne saying:
"Current stock market levels worldwide present few investment opportunities selling at an attractive discount to intrinsic value. Moreover, certain holdings of both Funds have risen to levels of full value in our view, resulting in both funds being net sellers of securities".As a long-time shareholder of Tweedy Browne American Value, and believer in the firm's investment process, that statement is scary.
The fact that Tweedy can no longer find investment ideas that fit its stringent criteria, may mean that value is dead, at least Tweedy's definition of value. While their honesty is refreshing—and I believe these guys always tell it like it is, a rare virtue in this industry—I can't help but question whether to cut and run. Afterall, if they can't find any suitable investments, does that translate into lackluster returns for these funds in the next couple of years?
Chris Browne's comments continue:
"Since the collapse of the technology, media and telecommunications bubble in 2000 wrung out the grossly inflated excesses of the so-called growth sectors of the market, the more mundane value stocks have risen to levels at or near their private market values. The result is that the price difference between the most expensive and the least expensive stocks is narrower than we can recall in more than 30 years. Current cash levels at both funds provide more than enough "dry powder" to take advantage of buying opportunities when they present themselves. At the present time, having no limits on allowing new investors into the Funds could excessively dilute existing Funds shareholders' investments in a limited pool of cheap stocks."
To put Browne's comments into perspective, thirty years takes us back to the mid 70's, not a great time for investors. Browne's words are certainly disheartening.
For those of you who are not familiar with Tweedy Browne, this firm once served as Ben Graham's brokerage firm. They are true dyed in the wool value investors, seeking to buy firms well below intrinsic value: companies trading at low price to cash flow, low price to book, low P/E ratios, low price to sales ratios. They like management to have a stake in the company, and that insiders are buying, not selling. The Investment Research and Reports section of their website is a must for anyone interested in value investing. One report entitled "What Has Worked In Investing" provides excellent insight into the company's investment philosophy, and even discusses one of the topics this site is devoted to—companies trading below their net current asset value.
The author has had a position in Tweedy Browne American Value for years, and continues to add to it on a monthly basis. The fund is not a high flyer, but provides decent risk adjusted returns. For the past 5 years through March 31, the fund has averaged 5.45 percent per year versus (3.16) percent for the S&P 500. That's a spread of more than 8 ½ percent.
I think I'm coming back to my senses. Value isn't dead, value never dies. Maybe it's on hiatus. When it returns, the boys at Tweedy will pounce. I'm keeping my Tweedy Browne American Value shares. Thank you (managing partners) Chris Browne, Will Browne, John Spears, Tom Shrager, and Bob Wyckoff for your honesty. We need more like you in this industry.


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By Congressman Tim Huelskamp
From job-killing regulations to invasions of our privacy, the executive branch in Washington is out of control.
The alphabet soup of federal agencies is on an all-out push to produce new regulations: from the EPA, to OSHA, to HHS. According to the Heritage Foundation, during President Obama's first term in office, the annual regulatory burden on the economy increased by $70 billion! And in 2012 alone, the President's team put forward 2,605 new rules. Of those new rules, 69 cost more than $100 million, but only two rules actually decreased regulations.
Consider the story of Marty the Magician. Marty owns a rabbit as part of his act. He was informed by federal regulators that he has to file a "contingency plan" for handling his bunny in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Marty is subject to an unannounced home rabbit inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture once a year to evaluate his plan, and he will be required to carry a copy of the contingency plan with him at all times.
In Kansas, we know a little bit about federal rules and regulations causing us headaches.
New school lunch regulations have taken away the flexibility of local school districts to provide meals that parents want and students will eat. The regulation will cost schools at least $3.4 billion to implement – taking much of that money out of the classroom.
The Fish and Wildlife Service wants to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered even though Kansas has enough birds to still allow them to be hunted.
Sunflower Electric has been unable to bring much needed new power generating capacity online in Holcomb because of federal rules. Now, President Obama's EPA is proposing a rule that even the EPA admits would prevent coal-fired plants from being built for nearly two decades. This will lead to more expensive, less readily available power to our local economy.
Regulations even threaten our religious liberties. A rule promulgated by Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius in the name of Obamacare mandated abortion coverage in all insurance plans, even by employers who hold Constitutionally-protected rights of conscience opposed to it.
Last week, I worked with my House Small Business Committee to pass our Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013. This proposal requires the federal government to account for the real economic impact of any new regulation. It also requires regulators proposing new regulations to identify alternatives that would minimize any adverse impacts on small businesses. Further, I amended the bill to increase transparency in these agencies. My amendment requires federal agencies to turn over all information on how proposed rules impact small businesses before the regulation is finalized. At a minimum, small businesses and all of America should know why and how agencies make decisions that so affect our daily lives.
The House also passed a bill this summer, called the REINS Act, to require all major regulations to gain Congressional approval before taking effect. If Washington adopted this approach, Americans could rest easier knowing bureaucrat-filled agencies inside the DC beltway would no longer be free to pass regulations that strain the bounds of common sense – like their abandoned proposal to limit the ability of kids to work on farms.
When dealing with a huge Washington bureaucracy, legislative proposals like these are a necessary check on this ongoing DC power grab.


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Apple has revealed a new, thinner, sleeker iMac for those who still like to sit at a desk. Pocket-lint was at the San Jose Special Event to have a gander at the new computer first hand, along with only a handful of other journalists from the UK.
From the front you can't immediately see the changes Apple has made, but move the angle of your view and you'll soon see the difference.
The biggest change is that the new iMac takes on some of the design ethos of the old eMac from all those years ago, featuring a bulbous back plate that hides all the gubbins but tapers down to an incredibly thin 5mm edge.
That's achievable mainly because Apple has lost the optical disk drive from the side. Don't worry, there's an optional optical disk drive if you really must have one.
Back to the main focus of the iMac - the screen - and the IPS display itself is now 5mm thinner than before, and now laminated to the front glass in order to eliminate an air gap that was there previously. The result is a very crisp screen that you'll enjoy whether you've opted for the 27-inch or 21.5-inch model.]
It's worth pointing out that with the 21.5-inch model you won't be able to upgrade it to the way that the back is sealed, and even the 27-inch version only lets you swap out memory and nothing else. That's certainly something to factor in if you are buying one. Buy as powerful machine as possible now rather than believing you can upgrade later.
A number of configurations will be available and start with 2.9GHz quad-core Intel i5 and 2.7GHz quad-core Intel i5 processors for the 27 and 21.5-inch models respectively. We didn't have that much time at the event to play with the iMac to see how it performs, but a quick whizz of the mouse and opening up some apps proved it to perform as we would expect.
Both models feature 8GB of RAM and a 1TB HDD, and graphics duties are handled by Nvidia cards; the GeForce GT 640M for the 21.5-inch (with a 1920 x 1080 resolution) and the GeForce GTX 660M for the 27-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels).
One optional extra (as well as an optical drive) is Apple's new Fusion Drive, a flash memory/HDD hybrid that speeds up some usage, such as boot time and a few pre-installed apps.
As standard, Apple will pre-install its applications on the Flash drive to speed up boot times, however it will learn which apps you use and switch them accordingly.


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Donald Trump's presidential campaign is taking even sharper aim at one of its biggest foes - the news media.
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Construction of college housing is in full swing at Arden
Hills campus.
Volume XLII—No. 27
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, May 22, 1968
College relocation moves forward,
co-ed residence under construction
Retired colonel "bugs" campus, Commencement weekend features
releases 'Sounds of Bethel' album long and varied slate of activities A record album that could be
described as a yearbook of cam-pus
sounds is being distributed at
Bethel College.
The title is "The Sounds of Beth-el"
and it purports to be a faithful
reproduction of the campus sounds
and noises harvested during the
current school - year — literally
a yearbook of sounds instead of
This package of sounds is a set
of two 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm stereo
records edited from more than
48,000 feet of professional tape
that represent about 300 hours of
on-location recording.
No one at Bethel had ever hit
on such an idea until Arthur Boyd
enrolled last fall to complete sen-ior
college credits. Boyd, who had
retired earlier as lieutenant-colon-el
after 22 years in the Army, had
considerable experience in sound
recording as a specialist in audio-visual
communications design and
He suggested to college officials
that they consider a year of re-corded
sounds. They approved the
idea but told Boyd he would have
to produce it alone.
This offered no problem since
Boyd had turned out a number of
military records including band
presentations, special service pro-grams,
and on-location sound of
live combat fire. Besides, he had
equipment and was rigged for the
So, during much of his time free
from the books, Boyd has roamed
the campus corraling the sounds
that make up a year at Bethel.
Many of these now may be listened
to in sample form from the album
which sells for $4.95.
There are four sides with a va-riety
sure to please the Class of
'68 as they depart and listen-back
in reverie a s alumni i n future
years. They will also have a chance
to look-back since The Spire, reg-ular
college annual, will be pub-lished
and mailed this summer.
Construction began last week on
the first building of the college
section of the Bethel campus be-ing
developed in Arden Hills.
This initial development in the
relocation will be a three-story
dormitory with a wing for men
and a wing for women. It is sched-uled
to be ready for occupancy
by the opening of classes next
A construction start at this time
is possible through a gift of $500,-
000 from an anonymous donor who
specified that the building be a
dormitory and that it be erected
and occupied this year.
Target date for completion of
the $103/1 million college reloca-tion
from the present campus to
the North St. Paul suburban com-munity
is by the fall of 1971, Beth-el's
centennial year.
The dormitory is part of a hous-ing
cluster unit which will even-tually
provide facilities for 240
residents in four living sections.
A commons will extend from a
central coed entrance and recep-tion
area providing study, recrea-tion,
and lounge areas.
At this time two living sections,
one housing 61 men and another
housing 61 women, are being built.
They will be joined by the cen-tral
entrance and reception area
with lounges on the two upper lev-els.
This coed dorm wlli contain 31,-
000 square feet of space and is
designed predominantly with dou-ble
rooms, some two bedroom
suites, and several single rooms.
There will be study areas on each
level with recreation and storage
areas and laundry facilities on the
first level only.
At the end of each living sec-tion
there will be a linking unit
expandable for future living sec-tions
and containing counsel-ing
rooms on the first level and
apartments for dormitory parents
on the two upper levels.
Several housing cluster units
will be positioned eventually as
a "housing wall surrounding the
college," according to the archi-tects,
Grande & Peacock, of Min-neapolis.
The master design for the aca-demic
and housing facilities for
the college is described as a com-munity
for living and learning
Closing the school year, and for
many senior students a four-year
stay at Bethel, the 1968 Commence-ment
Activities will include pro-grams
by Bethel's music depart-ments,
the Alumni Banquet on Sat-urday,
June 1, and graduation serv-ices
on Sunday, June 2.
With the Honors Convocation
this past Tuesday reviewing
achievements during the school
year, the seniors begin the last
lap of their journey before emanci-pation
from Bethel.
The Fieldhouse Auditorium will
host a majority of the events. Sun-day
afternoon, May 26, at 3 p.m.
the Band, Womens Choir, and Male
Chorus will present a concert. Col-lege
Choir also will perform an
evening musical at 8:00 p.m. on
Friday, May 31.
Special focus will be placed on
former Bethel students from the
classes of 1918 and 1943 at the
Alumni Banquet on Saturday eve-based
on a philosophy seeking to
integrate educational objectives in-to
the social, cultural, and spiri-tual
development of young people.
The college section in general
and the dormitory in particular are
being developed south of a large
wooded hill that separates it from
the seminary section.
In October, 1965, four of six
units of the seminary academic
complex were occupied. These
were the classroom building, ad-ministrative
unit, library and mul-tipurpose
Dr. Carl Lundquist, Bethel pres-ident,
said that the remaining two
units, a chapel and a student cen-ter,
will be under construction la-ter
this year. When these are com-pleted,
the seminary section, in-cluding
total land acquisition, site
planning and assessments, will rep-resent
$3.2 million.
Last October, three seminary res-idence
buildings providing 69 one
and two bedroom apartmets for
both single and married students
were dedicated. These represented
construction costs of approximate-ly
Two additional residence build-ings
of similar design but provid-ing
54 apartments are presently
under construction for the fall
opening of school.
ning, June 1, at 6:00. Other spe-cial
guests include pianist Mr. C.
Edward Thomas and vocalists John
L. Larson and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
During the program President
Carl Lundquist will address the
graduating class. Two awards of
$1,000 will be presented to Miss
Lillian Ryberg for electronic
equipment in the language labs
and to Dr. James Rogers for film-making
material to aid instruc-tion
in the chemistry department.
Early Sunday morning, June 2,
an 8:45 breakfast will be served
in Bodien Dining Hall for parents
of the 1968 graduates. Mrs. Mary
Fall will provide special music and
Dr. Robert Guelich will bring a
devotional. This fellowship will al-low
the adminstration and faculty
to express their appreciation to
the students and to gain better
rapport with the parents.
The Seminary Investiture Cere-mony
will be held at 9 a.m. at
the Seminary Campus. This serv-ice
is a traditional activity for sem-inarians
recognizing those who
have achieved their M.A. degrees.
Also Professor Reuben Omark will
be honored with a book of letters
written in appreciation to him for
his twenty-eight years of teaching
at Bethel.
The Reverend Franklin Nelson,
executive officer of Baptist Gener-al
Conference, will speak on the
topic "Our Father" at the Bacca-laureate
Service at 11 a.m. in the
Fieldhouse Auditorium. Special
music will be provided by Dan
Wickman, and Mr. C. Edward
Thomas will be at the organ.
Testimonies will be given by sen-iors
from the college and the semi-nary.
Leading the academic pro-cessional
as marshals will be the
highest Seminary middler, Linden
Karo, and the highest College jun-ior,
Karen Steinke.
The 1968 Commencement Serv-ice
to be held in the Fieldhouse-
Auditorium at 3 p.m. will be
unique for Bethel. After discussing
the format the Convocation and
Commencement Committee decided
against having a speaker. Instead
An ad hoc committee met twice
in the last week to lay the ground-work
for "The Negro in American
Life: the Plight of Racial Minori-ties,"
an experimental course
which will be offered during the
fall semester. The committee in-cludes
faculty members, student
representatives, and the dean.
Earlier this month, the Educa-tional
Policies Committee, acting
on a student proposal, initiated
the course. It will be interdisci-plinary,
probably involving about
ten departments.
Dr. Walter Wessel, Acting Dean,
called the first meeting of the ad
hoc committee last Thursday. It
included four faculty members:
Rev. Franklin Nelson
they voted that the valedictorians
of the Seminary and the College
will address the graduates. Gradu-ating
with an honor point ratio of
3.88, Seminarian Robert J. Sorley
will talk on "The Balance God Ap-proves."
Claiming a present honor
point ratio of 3.97 College repre-sentative
Johnathan L. Larson will
speak on "The Door God Opens."
Twenty-nine Seminarians will be
graduating, three with M.A. de-grees
in Christian Education and
twenty-six with M.A. degrees in
Divinity. The College will be grad-uating
167 students, five with the
two-year Associate in Arts degree
and 162 with B.A. degrees.
The College Choir will be sing-ing,
and Mr. C. Edward Thomas
will be the organist. Again the
academic processional will com-pose
part of the ceremony.
Part of the uniqueness is a new
scholarship that will be introduced
this year. It is "The Duff Wessman
Memorial Scholarship" to be giv-en
to a seminarian in memory of
Reverend Morrison Wessman. He
was elected Alumnus of 1967 and
spoke at the 1967 Homecoming
before his death in January of
this year. Mrs. Wessman, of Sioux
Falls, So. Dak., will be present at
the inaguration of the scholarship.
A reception for the graduates
and their friends will be held at
4:30 on the campus lawn following
the Commencement Service.
Jon Fagerstrom (English Depart-ment),
Dwight Jessup (Political
Science), Donald Larson (Anthro-pology),
and Dale Rott (Speech).
Two students were also includ-ed.
They were Ron Stone, chair-man
of the academic committee
during 1967-68, and Lynn Berg-falk,
editor of the Clarion.
The committee felt that t h e
course should help students to
both understand contemporary
racial problems and to stimulate
involvement. The structure of the
course was a matter of consider-able
Several more definitive propo-sals
regarding course structure
were presented at the committee's
next session on Tuesday, May 21,
with Bergfalk, Fagerson, Chip
Goff (next year's chairman of the
academic committee), Jessup, and
Wessel in attendance. Attempts at
a consensus on the proposals will
be made next week.
The committee is also discussing
whether or not to limit enroll-ment
in the course, and what kind
of grading system should be used.
A simple "pass-fail" was consid-ered
as the best system of grad-ing.
Before summer vacation begins,
the committee hopes to have com-pleted
the bulk of the planning
for the course, including dates,
teachers, reading lists, and content
of the class sessions.
Weekly TV program discusses
problems in black community
Black voices, a regularly scheduled series of hour-long programs,
began Wednesday, May 22, 1968, on Channel 2 from 7 to 8 p.m. During
this year-long series leaders hope to discuss a wide variety of problems
in the black community of the Twin Cities.
Through observing these programs members of the white commu-nity
may see that the problems confronting all Negroes regardless of
economic status are both strikingly similar to and srikingly different
from problems confronting the white community.
Anyone interested may set up a study group to discuss each pro-gram
immediately after the Wednesday night programs. These groups
would seek a fuller understanding of problems in the black community.
Topics discussed will include student, parent, and teacher reactions
to school problems; housing; the suburban Negro; problems among black
university students; employment; community centers; police; black his-tory;
interracial dating; urban planning; the arts; the church; and music.
Ad hoc committee views course
Dr. Donald Larson addresses a group of missionaries in
classroom situation.
Page 2 the CLARION Thursday, May 22, 1968 Scrap four year program?
Dilemma of education:
who shall make policy?
The problem is who shall govern the college or univer-sity;
who shall determine policy? This basic dilemma of higher
education is one that is shared by both the Christian liberal
arts college and the "secular" university. While the problem
has specific manifestations on the Christian campus, it is uni-versal.
In the past, it has been the accepted norm that the bulk
of power should be in the hands of the constituency, or, more
precisely, in the hands of the constituency-supported adminis-tration.
However, in the last few years, a basic revolution has
been taking place in higher education as evidenced by the
incidence of campus riots. At the base of these disruptions
is the demand by students, and often faculty, that the policy
of the university be determined by faculty and student con-sensus
rather than by administrative or constituency decree.
The theory behind this demand is that the university
can best be governed by those intimately involved with it.
If the purpose of the university is to advance human under-standing
and to effect beneficial social change, it seems in-explicable
that it should be governed by a constituency who
reflect the conditions and education of a decade or two ago.
If there are no new truths to be discovered, the colleges
and universities ought to lock up and go home. However, if
there are new ideas being discovered, it seems that univer-sity,
of all institutions in society, ought to be guided by them.
The problems boils down to one of trust. Can society trust the
intellectual community to govern itself or must the power
of the purse influence every decision?
While the conditions are somewhat different, the same
dilemma exists at the Christian liberal arts college. Tradition
dictates that the school be governed by the constituency; whe-ther
this is by direct ballot or subtle influence is irrelevant.
As the Christian college submits to this standard, the "con-serving
and preserving" nature of the school is insured.
Despite the fact that this situation is widely accepted, it
is based on fallacious reasoning. The power to control ought
not to be inherent in the purse.
Because one contributes to the school does not make him
informed on the situation and issues involved, nor does it in-sure
good judgement. It is an immature mentality that reasons
that because I contribute, I have the right and the ability to
determine policy.
On the significant issues a denominational community
is supposedly monolithic and not pluralistic. If we are in
essential agreement on the basic principles, it seems reason-cont'd
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Christian colleges:an alternative
by Donald N. Larson
Just a few days ago two students,
four faculty members and the dean,
representing at least a half dozen
departments, met for breakfast to
lay plans for The Negro in Amer-ican
Life, a new course to be of-fered
in the fall. Sharing the con-vicition
that the Church has failed
in its responsibility to racial min-orities,
they further agreed that
much could be gained from the
insights of a variety of disciplines
brought to bear simultaneously on
this problem.
It is virtually impossible to find
such a situation duplicated on the
campus of a public university. In
spite of its lower cost to the stu-dent,
its prestigious faculty, its
superior facilities and expansive
and sometimes lush environment,
the public university has not yet
found the answer to certain prob-lems
inherent in mass education:
secularization, specialization, nar-rowness,
regimentation, crowding,
alienation and anonymity.
Yet Dr. Fagerstrom, in last
week's Clarion, suggests that we
have no "progressive mission in
higher education," but that we can
best hope to survive (1) with a
conservative academic program, (2)
operating on "well-tried modes of
curriculum, calendar and pedago-gy,"
(3) with "Christian truths du-tifully
plugged into the class-room."
I take issue with this position,
for at Bethel I see four strengths,
conspicuously absent at the public
universty, in areas which may well
be critical in the future of higher
education. First, instead of duty-bound
professors "plugging in"
by Gary R. Collins
( The following is edited from
an article by Dr. Collins in
ACTION magazine, December,
For at least three broad reasons
—financial, educational, and ideo-logical—
the Christian liberal arts
college is in a serious struggle
for survival. A recent Time maga-zine
article (June 23, 1967) report-ed
that most private colleges are
in "grave financial trouble, and
many are searching frantically to
close a dollar gap that threatens
their very existence." This prob-lem
is especially serious in the
small church-related colleges, many
of which stake their financial ex-istence
on student tuition and the
contributions of church members.
In spite of claims of academic
excellence, there are few good
Christian liberal arts colleges in
this country. Because of the high
costs involved, laboratory facilities
are often poor and libraries are
small in comparison to secular
colleges (and many high schools)
of equal size. With these inferior
facilities and low faculty salaries
(few Christian schools—including
Bethel—even begin to approach
the national average for faculty
salaries which is now over $11,000)
Christian colleges cannot attract
top faculty and must often settle
for teachers who have poorer aca-demic
qualifications. Faculty who
do make the financial sacrifice to
work in a Christian college find
themselves overworked and with
neither the time or facilities to
maintain academic excellence in
their fields. Perhaps because of
this many small Christian schools
have difficulty getting accredita-tion
and their students are poorly
prepared for graduate schools.
Apart from these more practical
Christian truths,I see a dynamic
concern for integrating the world
of human knowledge with the affir-mations
of the Christian.
Secondly, I see the well-tried
modes of curriculum, calendar and
pedagogy continually challenged by
innovations and experiments in a
growing number of areas, many of
which bring disciplines together in
new and vital relationships.
Thirdly, I see signs of attempts
to preserve and even cultivate in-dividual
differences, although it is
rather plain to see that patterns
of regimentation and conformity
often prevent this. Finally, I see
a deep and sincere concern in help-ing
individuals through periods of
identity-crisis to new experiences
of self-expression and interaction.
Students should not be misguid-ed
by those voices which suggest
the false dilemma that the church-related
college will have to choose
between the alternatives of being
fully Christian and being academ-ically
respectable. Rather, we
should see clearly the importance
of doing both simultaneously.
To overlook or to deny that
forces of erosion are at work in
the church-related college would
be foolish. We cannot ignore the
finnicky nature of mythical consti-tuencies,
nor can we laugh off the
concerns of over-protective par-ents,
who rightfully deserve to
know that their child is secure,
is developing his talents, is receiv-ing
good dividends from each dol-lar
of investment in education.
cont'd on page 3
issues, some sincere evangelicals
have been asking for a long time
if continued existence of the Chris-tian
liberal arts college is even
justified. Is it right, they ask, to
put Christian young people into a
monastic environment where they
make no influence on their genera-tion
and where they are shielded
from the problems they will have
to face after graduation?
In spite of these financial, edu-cational,
and ideological problems,
however, there are probably few
evangelicals who would advocate
the closing of all Christian col-leges.
The recognition that there
is value in an education within a
positive Christian environment, the
moral decline that characterizes
many secular schools, the unwil-lingness
of many non-Christian pro-fessors
to give conservative Chris-tianity
an intellectually honest
consideration, and perhaps a vague
feeling that our teen-agers are not
prepared for the freedom of a sec-ular
campus, lead many parents
to encourage their young people
to apply for admission to Chris-tion
To meet the increasing demands
of higher education for Christian
young people we should establish
two-year junior colleges which are
loosely affiliated with and geo-graphically
adjacent to the cam-puses
of state universities. These
junior colleges could have a Chris-tian
faculty and administration;
their o w n classroom, dormitory,
cafeteria, and chapel facilities; a
small library containing mostly
theological and Bible related books
that would not be readily avail-able
in the main campus library;
Larson listens
To the Editor:
When a man enters his forties
today, he encounters hang-ups for
which his parents did not prepare
him. One of these is the problem
of what to do with the fifth push-button
on one's car radio when
WCCO, KSTP, WPBC and KTIS
supply all the entertainment that
he needs. Another is the problem
of the "big beat."
A few months ago these prob-lems
came at me simultaneously,
and I solved them by setting that
extra button on WDGY. Since then
I've tried to listen and understand,
although quite frankly, I've been
less than successful for the most
So, when the Ylvisakers were an-nounced,
I felt that it was worth
another try, and decided to go,
partly out of curiosity. I steeled
myself against the "appeal to bas-er
motives," which are are told to
Quite honestly, I did not expect
to be challenged, preached at and
brought under conviction but that
was what came. Furthermore, I
was prepared to listen to rhyth-mic
patterns "straight out of West
Africa," yet time and again I
recognized musical forms, such as
canons and fugues, that I did not
expect to hear in the big beat.
I'm not ready to replace KTIS
with KDWB, nor am I going to say
that this music cannot be used as
a vehicle in the service of God.
Thanks to those who brought the
Ylvisakers to campus and a new
and rich experience within the
grasp of the middle-aged man.
Donald N. Larson
Professor of Linguistics
and Anthropology
Dr. Gary Collins
and perhaps some limited recrea-ational
The college would maintain a
freshman and sopomore academic
program, admissions policy, and
grading standards which are simi-lar
to those of the university. This
would facilitate transfer to the
university when the student com-pleted
his second year of college.
In addition, of course, the Chris-tian
junior college would offer
some Bible courses, perhaps a
course in apologetics, and an at-mosphere
for integration of bibli-cal
Christianty with the academic
subject matter.
The university could provide li-brary
facilities, access to cultural
and athletic events, some use of
recreational and athletic facilities,
cont'd on page 3
McCarthy thanks
To the Editor:
I am writing to you in the hope
that you will communicate my ap-preciation
to the students on your
campus for their CHOICE '68
Not only because my candidacy
was favored in the balloting am I
grateful. More significant than the
success or the losses of individual
candidates in CHOICE '68 is the
participation by one million stu-dents
on some 1200 campuses in
the political process. Student opin-ions,
debated and expressed demo-cratically,
will influence elections
throughout our nation.
CHOICE '68 opinions on military
action, bombing and the urban sit-uation
have been forwarded to
me. I note that 55.4 percent of
my student supporters favor a re-duction
of military action in Viet-nam
and 9.1 percent are for with-cont'd
on page 3
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
college, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4.50 per year.
Editor-in-chief Lynn Bergfalk
Editorial Contributor Robert Holyer
Feature Editor Sue Bonstrom
Sports Editor Jerry Loomis
Business Manager Bill Goodwin
Circulation Managers Sheila Spain
Charlene Greene
Proof Reader Karen Rodberg
Advisor Perry Hedberg
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the COMM*
or seminary.
Moving ahead
Four critical areas in Bethel's future
campus forum
Student views communication pattern
finds stilted religious vernacular A word of thanks...
Thursday, May 22, 1968 the CLARION Page 3
by Jim Carlson
"A blessing is something I've
never been able to figure out. I
know I use it all the time—I say,
for example when I pray, 'bless
Aunt Mary' — but I don't really
know what it means."
This was the remark of a Bethel
student recently interviewed in a
study dealing with the language
used by the fundamental Baptist
community at large. The project,
originally designed to determine if
there were certain unique charac-terstics
of language style in reli-gious
communication, brought to
light a variety of such responses
and revealed several insights into
our use of religious words and
First of all, the study strongly
suggested that some of the terms
used in the religious verbal style
of a Baptist community, such as
Bethel College, lack definition in
the minds of a major portion of
the Bethel student body. Most of
us don't really know the meaning
of some of the religious words we
use every day.
The phrase, "accept Christ," for
example, was used repeatedly by
almost every person interviewed,
yet the semantic field behind this
phrase varied significantly between
a number of different people. Such
definitive responses included "tak-ing
a person," "accepting an idea,"
and "believing the precepts of the
Christian religion."
Senator grateful
from page 2
drawal. Among students for me,
51.2 percent would stop the bomb-ing
and 28.4 percent prefer tem-porary
suspension. I can assure you
I shall keep these views in mind
as I try to develop intelligent re-sponses
to changing international
The emphasis of students for
An even more apparent discrep-ancy
was demonstrated with the
greatly over-used word "blessing."
One student felt it was a "special
type of inspiration from God." An-other
felt is was "when everything
is going good for you." And a
third fellow was honest enough
to say, "A 'blessing is something
I've never been able to figure
out. . . ."
The word "saved" was also a bit
confusing for some, eliciting such
responses as: "We're saved from
ourselves." We're saved from
Hell." "We're saved from the
world." To put it bluntly, the
project revealed that many of
these terms which are an intri-cate
part of our religious vocabu-lary
a r e nothing more than
ambiguous utterances which are
convenient to use at the appropri-ate
time and place.
Secondly, the study clearly show-ed
that a basic, traditional system
of speech patterning is consistent-ly
employed throughout the Bap-tist
community. What this actually
means is that most of us who have
been brought up in a rather con-servative
Christian environment
learn an almost mechanical way
of expressing ourselves when we
talk about our Christianity.
Upon careful examination, it
was discovered that those indi-viduals
who had grown up in a
Christian home and had attended
church all their lives were, indeed,
McCarthy on education and job
training in our urban reconcilia-tion
efforts is reassuring to me
in a very personal way. Let us
remain together, and I am confi-dent
that our common cause can
change the direction of our coun-try.
With best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Eugene J. McCarthy
most prolific in their systematic
use of these traditional speech pat-terns,
but they were also most de-ficient
in their ability to say these
old things in a new way.
On the other hand, the study
clearly showed that Bethel students
who were not brought up in any
type of Christian home or church
were far more versatile, regardless
of I.Q., in their responses and dem-onstrated
far more creativity in
defining and explaining certain key
Christian concepts and ideas with
which they were familiar. In turn,
their use of traditional, fundament-al
Baptist words and phrases was
far below the norm.
The implications and extensions
of this are far reaching, to say the
least. The danger of such a situa-tion,
however, is immediately clear.
The danger is that words and
phrases may become the substance
of our Christian beliefs rather than
the media by which these Christian
beliefs can be expressed.
Hence, the overall study at least
suggests that a new form of expres-sion
is in order for us who belong
to the fundamental Baptist commu-nity
at large. We all want to com-municate
a relevant Christ who is
living and alive in the world to-day,
but for many of us this may
involve keener thinking, deeper
insight, and greater introspection.
Our faith demands a new depth,
a new creativity, and, most im-portant
of all, an honesty with
Larson sees
college mission
from page 2
We cannot restrain those stu-dents
who demand a sense of ac-complishment
of life's objectives
in each course, who insist that
each hour bring challenge and
stimulation, who call for new pro-grams
dealing with timely issues,
and so on.
We must not be unsympathetic
with the faculty member faced
with the risky business of carving
out a professional reputation in an
unknown college or bereft of a
sense of fulfillment in his desire
to influence and help to shape the
next generation. On the other
hand, intense preoccupation with
such matters may keep us from
advancing toward new and higher
ground and from outdistancing
those very forces which would de-stroy
We shall never offer many of
those attractive features of cam-pus
life at the public university,
yet we shall always be able to of-fer
some of those important quali-ties
which the public institution
cannot easily provide.
My own opinion is that Bethel
is moving in the right direction,
although quite frankly, I think that
our pace must certainly be quick-ened.
More and better action is
needed in each of these four criti-cal
No student should be able to
lose himself very long on our cam-pus,
but the fact remains that too
many live in loneliness. No stu-dent
should feel that his own per-sonal
views and idiosyncrasies are
unimportant to other members of
the community, yet it is evident
that regimentation and homogen-izing
out of individual differences
is all too common. No faculty mem-ber
can defend his "sameness" in
course structure or pedagogy, for
it is evident that we are encour-aged
and given freedom to experi-ment
and innovate.
If we do not think about, inquire
from page 2
and hopefully recognition of the
college faculty (such as a grant-ing
of some kind of special faculty
The junior college, its faculty,
the university, and most of all the
student could benefit from such
an arrangement. Considering each
of these in turn:
The college will be able to save
operating expenses by eliminating
the costs of a large library and
the expensive laboratory facilities
that are needed for junior and
senior courses. The saving could
also be used to raise salaries and
thus attract better qualified fac-ulty
The university would benefit
from some alleviation of over-crowding
in the basic freshman
and sophomore courses. In addi-tion,
the people in the university
counseling and dean of students'
offices who must work with the
adjustment problems of entering
freshmen would have some of their
work lightened.
The university could benefit
from the presence of additional
nearby faculty, some of whom
could teach part-time in the uni-versity.
Then, although university
personnel may not see this as a
benefit, the nearby presence of
concerned, consecrated Christian
students and faculty could make
a spiritual impact on the larger
campus. With one small college,
of course, the university would not
stand to benefit greatly from the
affiliated junior college arrange-ment,
but the advantages would
be multiplied if other religious
(and non-religious) groups estab-lished
similar cluster colleges near
the main campus.
Faculty members, if they are to
remain competent, must have ade-quate
library facilities and oppor-tunities
for interaction with other
people in their field. By their
proximity to the personnel and
facilities of the larger school,
faculty would be able to experi-ence
the advantages of teaching
in a small Christian college com-bined
with the benefits of a large
state university.
The student stands to gain the
most from this proposal. He will
into and discuss the integration
of faith and learning, we have only
our inertia to blame. not the fa-cilities,
nor the faculty's lack of
competence, nor the administra-tion's
denial of freedom to do so.
In maintaining our present di-rection
and quickening our pace,
we shall most certainly carry out
an important and progressive mis-sion
in higher education. More im-portantly,
in the name of a fully
Christian institution we shall pro-vide
models of respectability for
public institutions to emulate.
be able to make an easier adjust-ment
to college because of the
low student-faculty ratio and the
availability of concerned faculty
counselors in the junior college.
His basic college courses will be
superior because the classes will
be smaller than in the university
and will be taught by fully trained
faculty rather than by graduate
students (as is the case in many
large universities). Nearness to the
"world" of the secular school will
permit a greater familiarization
with the nature of the large school.
Thus, at the beginning of the
junior year, transfer to the uni-versity
will be academically and
psychologically easier. Also, as he
moves the student will have a ba-sic
Bible knowledge and Christian
friends will go with him.
The nearness of his junior col-lege
will also mean that there is
a place where he can return for
fellowship with other alumni. If
he desires, he can engage in dis-cussions
with junior college facul-ty
who are academically and spir-itually
prepared to talk about the
relationship of scholarly disciplines
and the Bible. Finally, when he
graduates at the end of his under-graduate
career, the student will
have had a good college education
characterized by interaction with
Christian and non-Christia profes-sors
and students. All of this will
have been cheaper than the tradi-tional
four year private Christian
Of course there are problems
with such a program, not the least
of which would be convincing a
university administration to coop-erate
with such a veture. Also, if
freshman Bible courses are a part
of the junior college curriculum,
these credits would probably not
transfer to the university. As a
result the student would have to
take summer courses if he wanted
to complete his college education
in four years. Nevertheless, in
spite of the problems, this propo-sal
is more feasible than the pro-liferation
of struggling four year
Christian colleges.
Ideas which look good on paper
sometimes are difficult to trans-late
into concrete action. How then
could his proposal be implement-ed?
Perhaps as a start, concerned
educators, laymen, students and
denominational leaders should
meet together to consider such is-sues
as the feasibility of the plan,
the nature of a curriculum, pro-posed
relationships with a larger
institution, and sources of financ-ing.
Then, as clearly as possible,
the proposal should be formally
presented to some secular univer-sity.
All of this will require time,
organization, and sales ability but
the effort could produce a realis-tic
answer to the increasing prob-lems
of Christian liberal arts.
As Dr. Walter Wessel, Acting Dean, read at Honors Con-vocation
Tuesday morning, May 21:
The month of June approaches,
And soon across the land
The graduation speakers
Will tell us where we stand
We stand at Armageddon
In the vanguard of the press
We're standing at the crossroads
At the gateway to success
We stand upon the threshold
Of careers all brightly lit
In the midst of all this standing
We sit and sit and sit.
Bethel students salute the wisdom of the convocation and
commencement committee in eliminating the speaker for the
commencement service.
Collins proposes junior colleges
campus forum, cont'd
Ai the last days
"And it came to pass that early in the morning of the last
day of the semester there arose a multitude, smiting their books
and wailing. And there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth,
for the day of judgment was at hand and they were sore afraid.
For they had left undone those things which they ought to have
done and done things which they ought not to have done. And
there was no help for it.
And there were many abiding in the dorms who had kept
watch over their books all night, but it nought availeth us. And some
there were who arose smilingly, for they had prepared for them-selves
the way, and made straight the path of knowledge; and
these wise ones were known to some as the burners of the midnight
oil. But by others they were called the curve-lousers. And the
multitude arose and ate a hearty breakfast.
And they came unto their appointed place, and their hearts
were heavy within them. And they came to pass, and some passed
not, but only passed out. And some of them repented of their riotous
living, and bemoaned their fate, but they had not a prayer.
And at the last hour, there came among them one known as
the instructor, he of the diabolical smile, and passed papers among
them and went his way. And many and varied were the questions
asked by the instructor, but still more varied were the answers
which were given, for some of his teachings had fallen among fertile
minds. Others had fallen fallow among the fellows, while still
others had fallen flat. And some there were who wrote for an
hour, others wrote for two, and some turned away sorrowful.
And of these, many offered up a little sacrificial bull, in hopes
of pacifying the instructor, for these were the ones who had not a
prayer. And when they had finished, they gathered up their be-longings
and went away quietly, each in his own direction. And
each one vowing himself in his manner, I shall not pass this way
again; but it is a long road that has no turning."
Handball ace Terry Muck in action.
BETHEL BASEBALL player awaits pitch against Concordia on
May 11. The squad has had an extended layoff from competi-tion
due to weather conditions which washed out last week-end's
College needs trust of backers
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able that the interpretation of these be left to the ones most
competent to make the decisions.
Thus while the Christian college has been on the back
edge of the current readjustment in college power structures,
it has every reason to be on the forefront. In a pluralistic
society, the making of decisions by an intellectual elite can
present problems. However, in a denominational community
united by a common faith, the situation demands that power
be given to those in informed positions.
Specifically the issue at Bethel is whether or not the
constituency will place enough trust in the leaders at the
college to allow them to make decisions and policies without
justifying nearly every detail and openly defending every move.
The issue is crucial; if faith is placed in the college in the
form of liberal financial support and the freedom to develop
and experiment with new methods, the Christian college has
a potential to become a truly creative and vital force in so-ciety.
However, if the school remains bound by the fetters of
the constituency and not allowed the freedom it must have,
it will continue down the road of mediocrity.
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Thursday, May 22, 1968
Tennis squad sweeps three matches,
conclude spring action with 5-6 record
Bethel's tennis team swept their
final three matches of the season
to boost their record to five wins
and six losses. The squad volleyed
their way to a 6-3 victory up at
Northland, bested North St. Paul
High School, ranked third among
state high schools, 3-2, and con-cluded
the season with a 9-0 romp
over Concordia of St. Paul.
Rain and short-handed opposi-tion
curtailed tennis action at
Northland, as the Royals defeated
their hosts in abbreviated competi-tion.
Bethel toped Northland 3-2 in
actual singles competition, adding
a Northland forfeit to make it 4-2.
Bill Peterson, Charles Lindwayy,
and Gary Ask won for the Royals.
Northland's five man squad also
had to forfeit one doubles match.
Bethel won the other two doubles
matches which were in progress
when the rains came, halting ac-tion.
In their final match of the sea-son,
the racketeers pummeled Con-cordia
9-0. Each individual match
resulted in a lopsided victory for
Bill Peterson, Bethel's top sin-gles
man, trounced his opponent,
6-3, 6-3. Craig Anderson defeated
Concordia's number two man by
a score of 6-2, 6-4. John Tegenfeldt
and Gary Ask both impressively
stopped their respective opponents
by identical scores of 6-1, 6-0. Dale
Lindwall won his match by a
count of 6-1, 6-2, and Duane Han-son
defeated his man 6-1, 6-1.
In doubles competition, Peter-son
and Aderson won 6-1, 6-3.
Tegenfeldt and Ask scored a 6-1,
6-2 romp, and Mark Smith and
Gaylord Anderson roared to an
impressive 6-0, 6-1 victory over
their Concordia opponents.
Coach Bob Gustafson feels that
Bethel should have just an aver-age
team next year due to the
loss of its top three singles players,
and especially the loss of Bill Pe-terson.
The Royals will also lose
Mark Smith and Duane Hanson,
who is transferring to the Uni-versity
of Minnesota.
Thus the squad will have only
three returning lettermen: Gary
Ask, Dale Lindwall, and Gaylord
Anderson. The team hopes next
year's freshman class will contri-bute
some good players to help
take up the slack.
Bethelites see Twins, Cardinals
winning world series positions
Muck notches national laurels
by Jim Youngquist
Recently a poll was taken among
Bethel students to predict the
probable outcome of the baseball
season. Those participating in the
poll predicted the order of finish
in both leagues, winner of the all-star
game, and the winners of
each league in each of the fol-lowing
categories: most valuable
player, highest batting average,
home runs, runs batted in, stolen
bases, and for pitchers, most wins
and most strike outs.
A similar poll was taken last
year also, with thirty-eight partici-pating.
Over-all predictions then
had the Cubs and Red Sox on the
bottom of their respective leagues.
With these two teams and others
as Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and St.
Louis having unexpected years,
most predicitions were far off the
actual finishes.
In determining the most correct
predicition, the predicted finish of
each team is compared with the
actual finish. For example if the
Cubs were predicted fifth and end-ed
up first there would be a pen-alty
of four points. Penalty points
are added for each team and a
total is obtained for the league.
Winner of last year's poll was
Andy Feldman who was twenty-two
points off in the National League
and twenty-four off in the Ameri-can
League. The over-all predic-tions
were twenty-six points off
in each league.
This year twenty took part in
the poll. Predicted order of finish
in the American League is as fol-lows:
Minnesota, Detroit, Chicago,
Baltimore, Boston, California ;
Cleveland, New York, Washington,
and Oakland.
The National League order is:
St. Louis, San Francisco, Cincin-nati,
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Atlanta,
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Hous-ton
and New York.
In setting up the over-all order
of finish from all the predictions,
point totals were computed on the
basis of ten for a first place vote,
nine for second place, and so on
down to one for tenth place. The
Twins edged out Detroit by one
point in gaining the top spot in
the American League. The White
Sox were a close third.
In the National League the Car-dinals
made a run-a-way as they
polled eleven first and six second
place votes. The Giants , were a
distant second. Of the nineteen
votes in the N.L, the Mets cap-tured
sixteen last place votes.
A majority went with the A.L.
to take the all-star game; the gen-eral
opinion being that it is about
time they win one. Following are
those drawing most votes for the
different categories: most valuable
player - Killebrew (AL) and Cepeda
(NL); highest batting average -
Oliva (AL) and Clemente (NL);
home runs - Killebrew (AL) and
Aaron (ND); runs batted in - Kille-brew
or F. Robinson (AL) and
Aaron (NL); stolen bases - Campa-neris
(AL) and Brock (NL); most
wins - Chance (AL) and Marichal
(NL); and most strike outs - Mc-
Dowell (AL) and Marichal (NL).
Nobody would give Bethel's
football team much chance against
Notre Dame. Even Bethel's house-mothers
would shake their heads
if the Royal's basketball squad
scheduled UCLA. But when Terry
Muck walks out on the handball
court, no university in the country
can find a equal for the Bethel
Muck has an enviable record—
he is one of only four individuals
to ever win the National Inter-collegiate
Handball Tournament
twice. And, if he succeeds in de-fending
his title next year, he
will step out of that elite group
to become the only collegian to
linksmen finish
golf competition
This past week, the Bethel golf
team played its final three matches
of the 1968 season.
Last Monday at the Como Park
Course, the Royals went down to
defeat at the hands of a very
strong Mankato team by a score
of 12-6. George Cliff of Mankato
took medalist honors with a score
of 74.
Four of Bethel's linksmen turned
in rounds of under 85. Curt Dok-ken
led the Royals attack with a
fine 77. He was followed by Cal
Harfst (80), Jerry Loomis (82), and
Steve Peterson (83).
On a very cold and windy Thurs-day
afternoon, Bethel decisioned
Concordia of St. Paul in a 9-hole
match by 15 strokes. Dave Living-ston
was low for Bethel with a 42,
a very good round for such
"wretched" weather conditions.
Finally, on Saturday, the Royals
journeyed to Northland, where un-der
miserable weather conditions
(rain, cold - 35 degrees, and a very
strong wind), they managed to take
third place behind Northland and
Michigan Tech, finishing ahead of
St. Paul Bible College.
Representing the Royals were
Dave Livingston, Curk Dokken,
Rick Peterson, Cal Harfst, and Jer-ry
Loomis. Rick and Curt fired 85
and 86 respectively to lead the
Royal attack.
dominate intercollegiate handball
competition for three consecutive
Each year Muck has been beat-ing
the handball circuit while at-tending
Bethel. This year he has
participated in over 15 tourna-ments,
travelling as far away as
St. Louis and Seattle. During Feb-ruary
and March, Terry was gone
nearly every weekend.
Besides winning the National
Intercollegiate Tournamet for the
second year running, Muck notched
a number of other victories. Com-peting
in the National Open tour-nament
against the top amateurs
in the country, Terry finished in
the top 16, being eliminated in the
round prior to the quarter-finals
by the eventual champion. There
were 130 singles entries in the
Muck is also an accomplished
baseball player, and is currently
under the watchful eye of several
major league scouts. If the money
is right, he may sign a pro con-tract
this summer if picked in the
big league's collegiate draft.
Whether shooting for a major
league berth or a record third
straight handball crown, Terry
Muck will be a young man that
Bethel sports fans will have a
hard time forgetting.
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Claire's Quilt 89 x 90, by 17 members of the Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County
Claire's Quilt is the 2012 Opportunity Quilt for this Guild, and we enthusiastically purchased raffle tickets in hopes of winning such a fabulous prize. The inscription reads, "Claire's Quilt was appliqued by 17 members of the Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County and has 326 hours of hand quilting, mostly by 7 members.This quilt is in memory of Claire Jarrett, an avid applique artist and past president of the guild. The pattern is the 'Conway Album Quilt' by Irma Gail Hatcher.
Close-up of Claire's Quilt
The ruched appliqued flowers in the center and the prairie points sashing around the borders of the blocks are examples of attention to detail which give this quilt such a special look.
Home Tweet Home, 41 x 41, by Cindy Greco
Cindy writes, "This pattern is by McKenna Ryan. I enjoyed making this whimsical quilt and sewing on the embellishments, including hundreds of beads. I hadn't used the bead embellishments before and felt that they added an interesting dimension to the flowers...It was a fun quilt to make and I particularly liked the look of the diagonal strips on the border. I used all my own stash of batik fabrics except for the backgrounds and border, which I purchased from BatiksPlus.com. I decidedto not quilt the background of the birdhouses because I liked the "puffy" look. The technique is fusible applique but each piece must be stitched down to make it hold. "
Close-up of Home Tweet Home
There's something fun to see in every block here. Look at the little bird (an oriole perhaps) ? peeking from her house to have a conversation with a friend.
Wedding Star, 67 x 67, by Tammy Zanella
Tammy says, "This is a Judy Niemayer paper pieced pattern. It was machine trapunto quilted using Hari Walner's method." Clear monochromatic shades of blue are interspersed with red-orange to form a strong geometric effect. We really like the lively curved border which provides so much energy around the outside of the quilt.
Jeweled Stitches, 16 x 27, by Dale Wolfe
Dale writes, "Eight colors of silk fabric, a batik, and a large Asian print fabric were used in this quilt to create jewel-colored eye candy. It is embellished with many different types and sizes of threads, including luminescent, metallic, and satin, along with silk ribbon, beads, and charms to add texture, design elements, and a little bling to a simple strip quilt. Traditional crazy quilt, silk ribbon, and surface embroidery stitches were used in many variations."
Close-up of Jeweled Stitches
Here's a look at some of the darling charms that Dale embroidered on Jeweled Stitches, including the little gold lion and the giraffe.
Luke's Block Party 93 x 106, by Anita Mingham. 1st Place Traditional - Machine Quilted.
This inscription reads, "Machine pieced and designed by Anita Mingham. Artistic choices and co-designed by Luke Mingham. Machine quilted by Kamala Alahan. This Rainbow Tumbling Block was a loving collaboration with Anita's grandson, Luke. He chose the colors, the rainbow, thepattern, and with talented guidance from Kamala Alahan, he also chose the quilting pattern. The quilt is backed in cozy flannel - all with loving guidance by Nana."


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(Gilbert ,AZ)
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I had the most amazing weekend of my year. It was too incredible to blog about in words, or I'd need a month worth of posts to cover it all. Dilema. I want you to know everything! But this is a blog, not an epic trilogy of 100K word tomes. Then it hit me. Wait. A. Minute. Maybe pictures really are worth a thousand words!
So, I bring you, my weekend in pictures.
Hooray! Sure, some of my friends are already there and we live 4 1/2 hours away and are just now getting in the car, but three kids are safely at grandma's and I AM not in the car, so WHEEEE! Here we go! R-O-A-D T-R-I-P! Off to the Lori Foster, Reader & Author Get Together at last!
Gah! Rain! *shakes fist at windshield* My hair is flat-ironed to perfection! "Boooo" I chant as the wipers move quickly around my scary fists.
Oh, sweet arrival. I'm about to kiss the ground to be free of the blasted car when I hear "Julie?" SQUEEEEEEEs ensue. It's my very best bestie, who I met because of this very blog a couple years back and have never-ever-never seen in person! She's Valerie Haight and she's as gorgeous and amazing as I imagined. I love her so much I want to burst into confetti to prove it.
Inside the hotel. Look at the line to check in! *Hoots* *Waves* Hugs random liners* I am here!!!
Look at all these RAFFLES! *Buys insane amount of tickets, then a bunch more* The entire hotel is replete with bookish-awesome and I want to move in and stay forever.
There's a Starbucks inside the lobby and I want to ask the teenage barista to take a pic with her because I love her so much for being there. I resist and buy a bucket of iced latte instead.
This is my contribution to the raffle. My Death by Chocolate basket. And this is the Honey Creek Books basket I contributed to. I brought two delicious bottles of Ohio wine. Three free Honey Creek stories were inside and chocolate covered pretzels and note cards and the super-cutest Honey Creek t-shirt. I needed it bad. Tossed some tickets that way. I admit it. I saw the shirt and my brain blinked Want-want-want.
Speaking of the awesomesauce that is Honey Creek books. Here are two more Honey Creek authors. *Sighs contentedly* I love these girls so much. Jennifer Anderson and Maggie Greene.
Oh, while I'm on a Honey Creek bit, this is my gorgeous and lovely editor, Wendy Williams. She makes sure my sweet romances are sweet and romantic. I'm so thankful for my time with her this weekend I could bounce around a little. I might have already. I'll never admit it, so don't ask. – I totally did.
Turquoise Morning Press sponsored the event, so double bonus of whoo-hoo! My nimble and stealthy boss, Kim Jacobs somehow managed to elude my mad camera skills. She's a true ninja. *curtsy to you madam* You are the fire to my flies. <– that sounded cooler in my head. Kim invited us TMP authors, beat readers and bloggers up to her room for a pow-wow, meet-n-greet, girl bonding moment of silly good fun. I met so many ladies I will never forget and who I now twitterstalk. Thanks Kim!
Here's one of those ladies. Julie Doner. She has my name. I have hers. We are matchers. BFFs. Twins. ———>
I bought a bunch more tickets right before the final raffle. Took the tickets to dinner with me to write my name on them, then realized the raffles already happened. Der. Doy. Duh. Now my kids have fun little red raffle tickets to play with. *headdesk*
I returned to the hotel and a flurry of texts & tweets. While I was out missing the final drawing, I won the Honey Creek basket LOL
The mischief, angst and crazypants was high all weekend long. I think we all lost a decade or two on our age the moment we saw all the other 400+ book lovers. Here are some more fun pics to leave you with. We ate cupcakes at the bar. I got silly with my bestie and favorite book blogger in-the-WORLD (okay and she's also my cousin, but you guys know that) Nikki Brandyberry, the evil mastermind who runs Ramblings from a Chaotic Mind. I was involved in a drive-by kissing. (Look, I am the Cursed Highlander!). And me and my crew dressed up as a rougher crowd for this final picture.
Also missing from these pictures because she is obvi somewhere causing hysterical laughter and mischief are two of my favorite people. One, I met on twitter and has become a dear friend -I'm serious people, Get. On. Twitter. You're missing out if you aren't- Heather McKenna, mild mannered librarian by day – smart, witty wildwoman every other minutes. And thanks to Heather I met the fun, silly ornery, gorgeous Rachel Tinsley.
This event is a permanent part of my life calendar. I will never miss it for the rest of my life. I will attend when I'm hunch backed and wearing orthopedic shoes. I will have my great-granddaughter drive me if necessary. This is the fountain of youth event of the year.


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Canada sets final 23-man roster for WJCby Mike G. Morreale
The last day of Canada's National Junior Team selection camp at Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary also provided the final round of cuts as coach Steve Spott trimmed his roster in preparation for the 2013 World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, later this month.
The eight players released Thursday were forwards Mark McNeill (Chicago Blackhawks) of the Prince Albert Raiders, Daniel Catenacci (Buffalo Sabres) of the Owen Sound Attack, Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals) of the Plymouth Whalers and Hunter Shinkaruk (2013 draft eligible) of Medicine Hat Tigers; defensemen Mathew Dumba (Minnesota Wild) of the Red Deer Rebels, Frank Corrado (Vancouver Canucks) of the Sudbury Wolves, Ryan Sproul (Detroit Red Wings) of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds; and goalie Laurent Brossoit (Calgary Flames) of the Edmonton Oil Kings.
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Spott's 23-man roster consists of 13 forwards, seven defenseman, two goalies and one emergency goalie in case of injury. The club will depart for pre-competition camp in Finland on Saturday.
After being told he was cut and meeting the media, Sproul took to his Twitter account:
"Wow that is not easy," he wrote. "Had a great experience and wish the guys best of luck in Russia. Having no regrets …"
The 2013 WJC will be held Dec. 26 through Jan. 5. All countries are required to submit their WJC rosters to the International Ice Hockey Federation by Dec. 25.
There were nine players who did not dress for Thursday's exhibition match against the Canadian Interuniversity Sport team, comprised of players from the University of Calgary Dinos, Mount Royal Cougars and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. Those players were defensemen Dougie Hamilton (Boston Bruins), Scott Harrington (Pittsburgh Penguins), Xavier Ouellet (Detroit Red Wings) and Morgan Rielly (Toronto Maple Leafs); and forwards Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida Panthers), Boone Jenner (Columbus Blue Jackets), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton Oilers), Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets) and Ryan Strome (New York Islanders).
The Canadian team will have six returnees from last year's bronze medal-winning club at the 2012 World Junior Championship: Hamilton, Harrington, Scheifele, Jenner, Huberdeau and Strome.
There will be three draft-eligible players on roster, which is a first for Canada. Linemates Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin of the Halifax Mooseheads, and J.C. Lipon of the Kamloops Blazers are eligible for the 2013 NHL Draft in Newark, N.J. Lipon, 19, was passed over in the previous two NHL drafts.
In the exhibition Thursday, Anthony Camara (Boston Bruins) and Ty Rattie (St. Louis Blues) each scored, and Drouin and Lipon notched assists as Canada earned a 2-0 victory. Laurent Broissoit (Calgary Flames) and Malcolm Subban (Boston Bruins) combined on the shutout for Canada with 13 and nine saves, respectively.
Jake Paterson (Detroit Red Wings) might have been the youngest of the four goalies at the three-day camp, but he stopped all 33 shots faced in regulation time. The only shot that beat Paterson was Huberdeau's marvelous shootout attempt at the conclusion of the first period of Tuesday's Red-White exhibition.
Binnington (St. Louis Blues) yielded three goals on 34 shots (.912) and Subban (Boston Bruins) halted 38 of 43 shots (.884). Brossoit sported a .960 save percentage with 48 saves on 50 shots.
Canada will compete in Group B at the 2013 WJC, along with Russia, the United States, Slovakia and Germany, with preliminary-round games played at the 7,950-seat Ufa Arena. Sweden, which scored a 1-0 overtime victory against Russia in last year's WJC gold-medal game to end 30 years of championship futility, heads Group A with Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Latvia.
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