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With the news of the day covering things like America's security agencies monitoring their citizens' phone calls and communications in various electronic forms, the Oscar-nominated Dror Moreh documentary The Gatekeepers couldn't see a better time for a video release. Moreh interviewed the last six former directors of the Shin Bet, the principal security organization of Israel. In the feature, they talk about the collecting of intelligence, some of the more notable events and operations during their tenure, and how this has impacted the country they have all served faithfully for over several decades.
One of the first things the film looks at is the judgment that these men have to occasionally exercise as part of their job. If they are performing an operation that involves the assassination of a terrorist, the decision must be made whether or not to take the subject out. The crazy thing is as we learn through the movie, the decision to kill the subject might spur on attacks regardless of the decision. Making the call may encourage other more peripheral followers to carry out attacks on Israel in the subject's name, not making the call may allow the subject to carry out a planned attack. Many of the directors are reluctant to provide a clear cut decision on whether or not an attack may be justified. Is it because such a justification cannot be made? Is it because (as one of the directors says almost dismissively) morality should be lost when it comes to a war on terrorism? Moreh does an effective job on leaving that decision to the viewer, intermittently asking questions of the interview subjects to help challenge a statement which could be considered confusing to help attempt to remove as many variables as possible.
The various directors' recollections on how the landscape changed and what it meant for Israel at home is also just as compelling to watch. They talk about the Western perception on various Prime Ministers, yet note that they all shared the same general stance on interaction with Palestinians. They talk about their various triumphs and failures, and when it comes to failures, they talk about the disappointment and sadness relevant directors experienced when suicide attacks on Israeli soil increased. And even some extremist Israeli attacks on Palestinians which were thwarted are given some time as well. As a personal note, that someone would consider such an attack, knowing that the ramifications would likely be some of their fellow citizens dying in the process of a higher goal, well, the mind baffles. Looking at how Israel changed through the years is also given attention. The examination on how Yitzhak Rabin's actions in the early-1990s and the signing of the Oslo Accords proves to be some interesting time in the film too. The reaction by Israelis to the Accords (both positive and negative) is given ample time, and the Shin Bet directors talk about the restrictions they experienced as a result of the accords. Rabin was assassinated in 1995 and the directors talk about their feelings on that time and how Israelis have seemingly swung to the opposite end of the spectrum, with more settlements in the West Bank and a more aggressive approach to dealing with Hamas, who stepped in to fill the void of violence on Jews after Yassir Arafat's PLO renounced their position on violence as part of the Accords.
While the film examines some of the missteps by the Shin Bet over the course of the decades since the 1967 Six Day War, there was one portion I would have liked to see a little more focus on, and that was the Rabin assassin, and possible Shin Bet notification would have prevented the assassination. However, that is a pleasant problem when watching The Gatekeepers; you want to see so much more than the time you have been given.
By all means, I certainly do not pretend to be an expert on the Middle East conflict; the feelings of tension and resentment have lingered long before I came to this place in life and will likely be here long after I leave. But each of the Shin Bet directors have spent at least twenty to twenty five years each within the Israeli government, and each appears to have a sense of remorse or even shame at some of the things they have done as Shin Bet leaders. They all seem to share the sentiment that when it comes to delivering a peaceful and secure Israel, that talks with Palestinians, or anyone for that matter, should be an option. They have a quieter shared sentiment: that no one, whether they are a Shin Bet director or a regular Israeli citizen, should go endure what they have.
Sony rolls The Gatekeepers out with an AVC-encoded 1.78:1 widescreen presentation, with the overall results being quite good. The film juggles the interview footage, news footage (both recent and in black and white covering the Six Day War), drone video and several other film sources quite nicely, with little in the way of DNR or image haloing to be concerned about. Image detail is about as good as one is liable to find in a documentary and there are not many instances of crushing or pixilation in darker moments that are not inherent in the source material. Sony has trotted out a better than expected Blu-ray in this area.
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless surround, which surprised me until I started listening to the sound and was convinced it was a solid choice. Dialogue was firm and consistent in the front of the soundstage at all times, and subwoofer engagement both in the score and in the explosions from news and video footage helped make for a convincing and immersive experience. And if that is something that Moreh was looking to do in the film, mission accomplished.
Moreh does a commentary for the film, which is the big extra of the bunch. He largely explains in slight larger detail what happened in the scene, and describes his intent for a scene, and provides additional historical context where needed. He points out any relevant CGI constructed scenes, and his thoughts on how the Shin Bet addressed security matters and their ways of getting intelligence. He does make the observation that what the Shin Bet had to do in the '90s the U.S. is doing now, vis a vis radical Islamic jihadists, which provides an intriguing wrinkle to thinks. He 300 Bus incident is reconstructed in superb detail and he talks about getting the relevant Shin Bet head to talk about it, which may be the crowning jewel of an otherwise average track. He also does a Q&A session (42:23) where he talks about his approach for this film, and talks about which films inspired him. He recounts the reaction from Israelis upon seeing the movie and his thoughts for what people, whether it is a normal moviegoer or a world leader, should talk from it. Between this and the commentary you do not see to see/listen to both, but if forced to pick one, I would say the Q&A was better. The trailer (2:03) completes things.
The Gatekeepers proves to be fascinating to watch as it gives us the stories of those who worked within a branch of Israel security force. It covers any successes and failures in frank manner, and while it does not claim to have a solution, one could easily find some things to take away from the film. Technically it is quite good for a documentary, and the bonus material is up to the task as well, and the film is absolutely worth the time to seek out and find.

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"If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's electrical." -somebody's dad
Interesting to see how the water cooling is designed. It appears that only a very small portion of the cylinders contain water cooling passages, and there are no passages in the heads. Seems like this would make the system light and compact. The overall look of the engine is not too different than the oil cooled.
Is this a new concept for motorcycle engine cooling? Do other manufacturers use similar methods on their water cooled bikes, or is it more common to have a more extensive water jacket?
Theo Marks
Yes, it is quite common to have water jackets which only extend as far down as the piston stroke, i.e., the region of the cylinder which sees high temp combustion gasses.
Mark Neblett
Fairfax, VA
Ah yes. On further inspection I see the small web of passages around the valve seats.
The "concept" has much to do with engine "quieting."
Kent Christensen
This is a great thread, the photos, comments, access to the press kit. One thing I don't see much on is the E-Gas. I noticed they're talking up how well it will handle E-10. I wonder if they're really saying that they've built a lean-burn engine that won't surge ...
E-Gas is the BMW term for their electronic throttle control. It's not related to ethanol compatibility. The R1200 series does not surge, I don't know if it would be considered "lean" burn.
Here's what I read in the BMW ON magazine,
"The bike is designed to run on E10 fuel perfectly, but any alcohol content above 10 percent has not been tested."
I found it odd that at this late date, decades after oxygenated fuel was introduced, that someone would be touting this.
Maybe they include it to refute the less than honest dealer that blame everything that's wrong with your bike on ethonal.
Vespa ET4
Had one new wethead on display. Looked nice. No brochures, but I was there at opening time on Friday. The BMW rep was nice and fun to chat with but did not have any info about the bike - I think I knew more about it than he did which is not a slam against him at all. After all, I read ON!
Felt a notch easier to toss a leg over for the vertically challenged AND those - like me - short on the inseam side....30".
No price was available. None of the guys from the local dealerships were in the BMW display area when I was there. Not all the models were displayed.
Vendor participation down quite a bit and heavily biased - as usual - towards the cruiser/do rag/dress like Village people direction. Sigh.
The new Cycle World [Jan-2013] has a 4 page article about the water cooled Boxer engine.
Dave Swider
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9/29/13 Indians at Twins: Target Field
When I woke up for this game, I knew that all of my nightmares had been true. See most people have a nightmare about oversleeping an exam or job interview. Well I have nightmares of oversleeping a baseball game. It wasn't exactly that bad, but I woke up late enough where I knew that I had time only to get my bag ready, get out the door, and sprint to the nearest major city bus stop, which was almost a mile away. I then realized realized mid-trip that I had taken the wrong bus, and that this one wouldn't take me to Target Field. I had to get off this bus to run to the light rail, which then somehow got me to the game less than half-an-hour after the gates opened. And when I got in, I was greeted with a most welcome surprise:
Maybe you can't tell, but there was batting practice going on. Unlike some teams, the Twins–as I have learned from the ushers–never take batting practice on Sundays, so the visiting team usually follows suit and forgoes it as well. However, the Indians had a possibility of a Wild Card game the next day, they had to stay sharp and take batting practice.
Upon entering the stadium, it took me less than five minutes to get a baseball. I have no clue who the who tossed it to me was since he was a coach-type person who isn't on the roster, but it was good for my first ball of the day:
My next ball came when the Indians pitchers were throwing down the left field line. Again, I don't know the name of the man who threw me the ball, but I can say that he was an Indians relief pitcher:
After that, I headed back up to the flag court. There I quickly got and gave away a Jason Kubel homer. And that was it for me for batting practice. After which, I headed to the bullpen. There Scott Diamond was just getting to the bullpen. I also met a ballhawk whose nickname is "Panda." We had met several times at the dugout after games as we were both going for an umpire ball, where he actually instructed me to call him Panda. Anyway, he has always been nice, so we struck up a conversation there. During this I got both Scott Diamond and Rick Anderson to wave at me, so I figured that I had the ball in the bag if either of them ended up with the ball. Surely enough, Rick Anderson ended up with the ball, so I called out when he was high-fiving the other pitchers; and with an assist from Jared Burton, I got the ball:
And then it was time for the game itself. Like the previous game, (click the "previous entry" button at the bottom of this entry if you're on the page for this entry only, or click on the title of this entry and then do that if you want to read that entry) the Twins were again doing the "autographed baseball every inning" thing, so I did that every at the bottom of every inning and positioned myself at the Twins dugout at the top of every inning to try to get a third-out ball. At the top of the first inning, the Twins sent this tweet out:
I had been at the team store by Gate 29 at that time, so I sprinted to the flag pole. I got there only about ten seconds after the tweet had been sent out, but there was already a sea of people with phones. (Well like five, but it might as well have been given how quickly I got there.) All of them were looking up and down at the flag pole area and then their phones in confusion. I didn't see anyone with a ball fleeing the scene, so I assumed that the prize had not been given out yet. Using my previous experience with the contest, I figured the representative hadn't yet arrived with the ball. So I looked around for a person with credentials hanging from his/her neck. And then I saw a woman that matched this description perfectly walking from my right. Before anyone could even realize what I was doing, I had claimed the ball. I know that there were definitely people who hadn't seen me get the ball at all because two asked me after the fact if the ball had already been claimed by someone.
My next ball came at the Twins dugout. After several innings of trying, I finally got a Twin to toss me a third-out ball. Clete Thomas, who was the left fielder, made a catch for the third out. When he jogged back to the dugout, I thought there was no chance that I'd get the ball, since I was behind a crowd of five kids, so I backed up a little and took advantage of the fact that I was the only one actually with Twins gear on. Not expecting him to actually toss me the ball, I waved my arms. And he lobbed the ball perfectly enough that it just barely cleared the kids' gloves and landed in my glove for the basket catch. But I then pulled out a ball from my backpack and gave it to one of the kids.
Then when I finally stopped going after the autographed baseballs, I went to the Indians dugout and got Yan Gomes to toss me a third-out strike out ball. It was the first time I've ever been able to adjust to the strike out ball. Usually I'm committed hard to the third-out ball on the outfield end of the dugout, so I miss the strike out third-out ball. This time, though, I was able to identify the fact that it was a strike out, go to the back of the section, and run down the proper staircase in time for Gomes to see my Indians attire:
Suffice to say I was proud of myself. However, I wasn't able to get any of the other players from the two teams to toss me a third-out ball, so my next baseball wouldn't come until the game had ended.
Unfortunately, the Twins were unable to win and force the first ever-three way Wild Card situation, so the Indians were on the field celebrating after the game:
The good thing about this, though, was that after C.C.Lee tossed me a ball at the dugout, Vinnie Pestano–who was walking right behind Lee and of course saw me get the first ball–tossed me a second ball without me even asking:
Little did I know at the time, but the first of these was my 200th ball ever at Target Field. This made it the first stadium I've snagged 200 balls at, and it put me at nine for the day. Had I been able to get to the outfield end of the dugout in time, I might have ended the day with 14 baseballs by how many the two bullpen catcher were throwing into the stands. But because of the amount of people who stayed because of the celebration, the area was packed and couldn't get to that side in time. Instead I decided to try to get on the Twins side in case they were to throw up any miscellaneous items they no longer needed for the offseason. I didn't make it in time for that, but I did get Panda to take my picture with the remaining six baseballs:
Now you may have noticed that I haven't mentioned giving away three baseballs in the entry thus far. That's because I don't remember which baseballs I gave away before this point. This is because after this point I resolved to give away baseballs who had been nice to me all year. But before that, I made sure to run into Tony Voda for one last time. I don't think I mentioned him before this point in the entry, but he was indeed there, and had an amazing game in his own regard. (To find out how, click his name, which will take you to his entry for this game.)
Now you may notice (1. That Tony is dressed up like Waldo. I'd like to explain it, but I think it's best if you just imagine why he did it. I mean, it is pretty self-explanatory. But also…) that I have something made out to myself. Tony had been in the behind-home-plate club earlier in the game. So when I passed by on the Twins dugout side to talk to him, he handed that to me. You see, he did something in April of this year that was pretty awesome. He asked his readers (which I include myself in) if they wanted a hand-written copy of the entry he was going to write, and this (these words are a link to the contents of the envelope you see in the last picture) was the result. After that, I went to the ushers in that I most liked and gave away all but two of my baseballs. The two I kept were the one signed by Bert Blyleven and my 756 career baseball, because I thought it'd be fun to keep the ball that tied me with Barry Bonds if each of my baseballs were a major league home run. After which, I went on my way, but not before I took a final picture at Gate 34 with the Bert Blyleven ball:
And then got on the bus where I read the Events Operations Guide that one of the ushers gave me as a parting gift:
And with that I rode off into the sunset (literally) back to my apartment.
- 9 Balls at this Game (2 pictured because I gave 7 away)
Numbers 755-763:
- 317 Balls in 64 Games= 4.95 Balls Per Game
- 9 Balls x 30,935 Fans= 278,415 Competition Factor
- 126 straight Games with at least 1 Ball
- 31 straight Games with at least 2 Balls
- 5 straight Games with at least 3-5 Balls
- 3 straight Games with at least 6 Balls
- 201 Balls in 38 Games at Target Field= 5.29 Balls Per Game
- 36 straight Games with at least 1 Ball at Target Field
- 16 straight Games with at least 2 Balls at Target Field
- 5 straight Games with at least 3-5 Balls at Target Field
- 3 straight Games with at least 6 Balls at Target Field
- Time Spent On Game 11:15-5:30= 6 Hours 15 Minutes
And to wrap up this entry, which was for my last game of the season, I would like to write to end with this preliminary forecast of what is to come. Obviously I can't tell the future, and I do love ballhawking. However, this shall be my last season of full-time ballhawking for the foreseeable future. I have been trying to do it as long as I can, but with this being my sophomore year of college, I think it's time for me to start doing something work-related during my summers instead of spending it going to baseball games and then writing about them. Not to say there's anything wrong with it; Go ahead and do that for as long as you can. But with the "work" world readily approaching, it seems like I need to get an internship or something related. This coming Tuesday I have a face-to-face interview at Target Field regarding a Baseball Operations position. I feel as though I am a really good candidate for the position, but there are also–I'm sure–many other VERY qualified candidates. So if I get this internship, I will be working that the whole summer and will then almost definitely not going to any Twins games as a ballhawk, but I may be able to attend other teams' home games. If I don't get that internship, my next option would be to try to get an internship with the St. Paul Saints, but I've heard those are very time-demanding, so I don't know which games I could even try to make.
As for the offseason, I plan to make it pretty much the same as last year. So I will post my review of my season ballhawking next, and then I'll make a video of the entry ideas I have for the winter and you'll vote throughout the offseason as to which entries you want to read. (I'll explain the details more clearly in the video.) I'll probably be blogging 1-2 times per week until I run out of offseason to do so. Past that I have no clue what I'll be writing about, but rest assured that I will be writing about something. So until then, thank you for reading this season, and we'll see where this blog is when the 2014 season rolls around:


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Hal Blumenfeld, MD, PhD
Mark Loughridge and Michele Williams Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience and of Neurosurgery; Director, Yale Clinical Neuroscience Imaging Center (CNIC)
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Dr. Blumenfeld received his clinical training through medical school and internship at Columbia University, Neurology Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Epilepsy Fellowship at Yale. He has been in practice since 1996.
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Adam Dzak's Apollo 13 midi controller is a recreation of DJ Sasha's "Maven" which is Sasha's personal, customized controller he uses for his sets.
The Maven is a one of a kind, unique, controller that you'll never be able to personally see or touch (or much less have access too). It's the one off controller that you only wish could play with. It's the kind of device you know there is absolutely no way you'll ever get to use. If you know what Ableton is and you see this controller, you should rightfully flip out over it.
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The incredible shrinking foreign trip
The crowds that often line the streets to see President Barack Obama when he travels abroad had better not blink. They might miss him.
Obama's overseas travels in his first term have often been at a frantic, almost breakneck pace that exhausts his staff, the Secret Service and even the White House press corps.
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( PHOTOS: President Obama's 24 international visits)
Staying a day, or a night, in a single country is typical. Two nights seems leisurely.
While Obama might be expected to slow the trips down a bit in his second term, his first international trip after winning reelection gives no hint of that.
During Obama's first term, he and his advisers had their eyes on his reelection prospects and well understood that spending time abroad could rile U.S. voters focused on the home front. The severe economic downturn made the pressure to limit foreign travel even more intense.
( PHOTOS: Obama's overseas trip)
Criticism of Obama's foreign travel made it a domestic headache. And the 24/7 news environment seems to make it harder for Obama to take a break from his latest domestic message, now focused on the need for a balanced approach to deficit reduction.
"It's become politically unwise for a president to appear to be enjoying a trip — with the possible exception of an occasional holiday," said Bill Plante, a CBS News correspondent who began covering and traveling with presidents during the Reagan administration. "To take time to smell the flowers is to open oneself to charges of being a malingerer on the taxpayer dollar. … Seems to me it's of a piece with today's unforgiving, accelerated political culture."
The domestic optics of foreign trips are "always a problem," but especially so in the current economic hard times, a former Clinton White House official observed. "How do you sell this to those unemployed? That's tough. It looks like he's just taking a vacation, but then again you hear same thing when he plays golf [and] when he's in Hawaii," said the ex-aide, who asked not to be named.
On Obama's current jaunt, he spent 17 hours in Thailand — much of it at his hotel. He spent just six hours on the ground for his landmark trip to Myanmar. And he was in Cambodia for 24 hours for two summit meetings before jetting back to the U.S. All told, he spent about 47 hours on the ground at his destinations and almost as long — 41 hours — in the air and at refueling stops.
( Also on POLITICO: In Thailand, Obama defends Burma visit)
National Security Adviser Tom Donilon acknowledged in a speech last week that proposals for Obama to spend time abroad often generate robust debate in the White House.
"It requires a yearly commitment of quite a bit of the president's time, frankly, to travel to Asia for this," Donilon said, referring to the East Asian Summit that Obama attended on Tuesday. "And as you can imagine, when you're talking about the president's time, which is the most precious resource in the White House, there's going to be a debate about whether or not this is worth the candle. Is it worth that amount of time? It turns out being most of a week to attend."


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Actress Scarlett Johansson hops in the shower in front of Jean-Paul Goude's lens for the Girl Power issue of V Magazine.
In the realm of pop culture, there is no greater champion than Scarlett Johansson. Aside from being an actress with range, she is also an activist, often using her celebrity to affect positive change (which is more than we can say for most).
This month she embodies Janet Leigh in Hitchcock, based on the making of the Psycho (with Anthony Hopkins playing the eccentric auteur).
Upon hearing this news, the legendary Jean-Paul Goude excitedly conceptualized and photographed our thrilling cover—recreating the film's infamous shower scene—with his unique blend of glamour and humor. Johansson, a risk-tasker who has long grabbed Hollywood by the horns and wrestled it right to the ground, was happily up to task.


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Report: Strasburg has 'irritation' in right arm
Washington, DC – Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is reportedly dealing with irritation in his right arm.
Strasburg pitched six innings during Monday's game against Atlanta and was seen shaking his right arm after some pitches during the outing. Nationals manager Davey Johnson said after the game that Strasburg had some tightness in his forearm.
After the 3-2 loss, in which Strasburg did not factor into the decision, the right-hander said he would not miss a start.
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was quoted by the Washington Post on Tuesday as saying Strasburg has "irritation" in his right forearm and has no structural problems. Rizzo also said the issue is in no way related to the Tommy John surgery he underwent in 2010.
Strasburg has struggled somewhat this season in six starts, posting a record of just 1-4 with a 3.13 ERA. He was 15-6 with a 3.16 ERA in 28 starts last year before being shut down for an innings limit.


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VOL. XXII No. 3 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) Oct. 22, 1942
Pedal Pusher at Bethel
Those of you who rode up to
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Our traveller began his long trek
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stood an impassable chain of im-mense
height. The 460 miles that
lay ahead of him seemed quite as
impossible as a round-the-world
trip. But these difficulties did not
daunt our hero. On and on he
went, stopping only to eat at res-taurants
and to sleep at the Amer-ican
Youth Hostels along the way.
Asked whether he encountered
an special difficulties along the
way, this courageous fellow re-lied,
"No...well, there was a hill
in Wisconsin that was pretty bad."
And, in the next breath, he told of
meeting three girl cyclists on their
way from Redwing to Minneapolis.
We didn't ask him if they were
The longest day of his trip was
one on which he cycled 120 miles,
which took 14 hours. Just this
side of LaCrosse, he was offered a
ride to St. Paul, but, though it
was a great temptation, lie refused,
not wishing to break the record
that he had made so far.
Tired but victorious, our hero
finally arrived in St. Paul, on Tues-day,
September 8th, with nary a
flat tire on the record!
He comes from Chicago! He's a
member of the Emerald Avenue
Baptist Church!
Hats off to Roy Nordstrom! !
No Fun for Editor
If we print jokes, people say we
are silly;
If we don't we are too serious.
If we clip from other papers we
are lazy;
If not we're conceited.
If we stick close to the job, we
should be hunting news.
If we go out and hustle news, 'we
should be at work.
If we don't print contributions. we
don't appreciate genius:
If we do print them, our paper is
filled with junk.
If we make changes in the other
fellow's articles, we're too crit-ical;
If we don't we are asleep at the
switch and poor newspapermen.
Now like as not, some student will
say we swiped this from some
magazine—We did!
—(Belle Fouche, S. D. High
School, "Hi Times")
The Red elsod4
I have a brother in the Army
Medical Corps located in Camp
Barkeley, Texas. He recently sent
me a copy of their paper, The
Camp Barkeley News. The follow-ing
is quoted. from an article in it
entitled, "Got A Minute, Soldier?
—Let's Have A Talk".
"Ask yourself, soldier. Are you
a trained, efficient fighting man?
Are you as good as the enemy?
Are you better? Let's not let our
ego or our spirit fool us. Look
square at yourself and take inven-tory.
Deep down inside, do you
feel competent, able to take care of
yourself in any emergency?
Can you scout? Can you slither
along the ground and through the
underbrush as quietly as the Jap-anese?
Are you satisfied with
your marksmanship? Can you
throw a grenade and throw it ac-curately?
Can you march long
hours under all conditions?
Can you dig a hasty trench? A
foxhole? Do you know how indi-vivally,
to stop a tank? Ca nyou
identify gas? Can you make a
tourniquet? Do you know what to
do in case of low flying planes
attempt to straff your outfit? Can
you use your bayonet and use it as
well as you like?
Have you been careless about
your gas mask and the care of your
equipment? Is it always in the
best of condition and ready for
use ? And your gun : is it always in
top condition and working order?
These are only a few of the im-portant
questions to ask yourself
tonight. There is no need to out-line
the countless others that apply
to you and the branch of service
you represent. But it is not enough
to know all the questions. How do
your answers stand up? Are you
satisfied with them?
There is no sham about war. It
is the grimmest kind of reality.
The earth trembles and rocks with
the roar and thunder of guns; the
skies are red and crackling with-fire.
Men kill each other. The
guns, the tanks, the big guns, they
are the weapons of war with which
to kill the enemy.
Men will try to kill you. They
will come at you on foot and in
machines. Their faces will be
screwed into a strange mask of
hatred. Sweat will stand out in
moist beads on their foreheads.
Their guns* will be firing, not at
targets, but at you. The cold steel
of their bayonets will be pointed,
not at straw, but at you.
Are you ready to bet your life on
how well you have learned your
Can those of us fortunate enough
to be here in safety read these
questions that our friends, broth-ers,
and fathers must answer and
(Continued on page 2)
An installation service for the
new officers was held at the last
B. W. A. meeting. Special music
and Scripture reading featured the
opening part of the program, fol-lowed
by a quiet candle-lighting
Musical numbers were furnished
by Joy Phillips on her clarinet;
Marie Green and Ethel Tederman
sang vocal selections. Gertrude
Carrol read Scripture passages.
The installation was presided over
by Miriam Johanson. As the offi-cers
were installed each lighted a
candle as a symbol of her respon-sibility
to the club.
Before the program a time of
fellowship was held where the
freshman girls particularly became
better acquainted with faculty
wives, teachers, and upper class-women.
Miss Nelson served a
tasty lunch which consisted of
petite sandwiches, cake, and coffee.
Why I Came to Bethel
The girls responded thus to the
Lorna Swanson: For the C. W. C.
course and the atmosphere!
Carol Rexion : Dad came to Bethel,
and I wanted religious as well as
academic training.
Delores Clauson : For Christian
fellowship and accredited college
Janet Rye: After I found that they
didn't wear their hair in buns, or
long black stockings, I came for
the real Christian school, and
college work.
Doris Phillips : There was no such
school close to home.
Verda Lindberg: Not to get a man!
Mostly for the education.
Peggy Applequist: I don't know—
but I'm having a lot of fun since
I got here.
Evelyn Sundberg: To receive an
education in a Christian atmos-phere,
and so that I might learn
to know my Lord better.
Elderine Nordquist: Because I've
heard sd much from people who
came here, about the wonderful
companionship. (???)
Marjorie Cook: I wanted a Christ-ian
group, and an accredited pre-nursing
Mrs. McClure: I'd been here be-fore—
Gwen Parsons: I felt I needed a
good background, educational
and spiritual, before going to the
Most freshman boys came to
Bethel to get an education. This is
the astonishing fact gleaned from
the recently conducted survey.
However, there were other reasons,
as shown by these typical ans-wers:
"And this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our
faith."—(1 John 5:4)
The presence of the Holy Spirit
was felt in a greater sense than
ever before, as we "tuned our
hearts to Christ's" in our "Victor-ious
Life" services held last week.
Believing that there would be a
greater significance in having a
spiritual reawakening at the be-ginning
of the school year than at
the close, - the council arranged
this week of religious emphasis in
place of the one usually scheduled
for the Easter season.
The messages of the speaker,
Rev. W. Tapper of Duluth, chal-lenged
our hearts and souls, as
many re-consecrated their lives to
fuller service for Him. This man
of God spoke stirringly on the sub-jects
of salvation through Christ,
separation from the world, and ser-vice
for our Lord. Among the
many thought provoking state-ments
made, was this: "Does the
world like to have you around? If
so, you are not experiencing the
truth found - in Galatians 6:14...
`But God forbid that I should
glory, save in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom the world
is crucified unto me, and I unto
the world'."
Not only in the morning chapel
hour did we feel His nearness, but
also in an equally great measure
in the after-dinner fellowship meet-ings
in the evenings, as Rev. Tap-per
spoke to the combined prayer
group in the seminary chapel.
The power of prayer was cer-tainly
felt as a result of the all-school
prayyer meetings in the
college chapel each noon-hour.
The music for the week was fur-nished
by the chapel choir, Roger
Youngquist, Sidney and Melvin
Wyma, and James Nyquist.
We thank God for sending Rev.
Tapper to help us in gaining a
better understanding of His plan
for our lives and to picture for us
the sweeter, closer, more victor-ious
life that may be ours in our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Richard Klein: I heard that it was
the best and only really Christ-ian
school around here. I found
it was true.
Vernon Olson : I heard it was one
of the best places for Christian
fellowship and for getting an ed-ucation
in a spiritual atmosphere.
Percy Warner: I came here to get
a Christian education.
James Nyquist : For too many rea-sons
to enumerate, but mainly
to get a college education, in a
Christian atmosphere,
James Schlaf: I came to Bethel be-cause
a friend told me of the
fine social contacts and high ed-
Continued on Page 2
Sights in the Dorm
"Mugs" Swanson at Dorm meet-ing,
suggesting a limit to lengthy
phone conversations. Why some-times
the line extends all the way
down-stairs and into the living-room!
* * *
Those new blue drapes in the
doorway of the reception room.
These are closed on the "forbidden
nights", to serve as a gentle re-minder
to the gentlemen callers
that the lobby is the limit.
* * *
The girls tracking down the cul-prit
who smeared honey on the in-side
door knobs of the rooms in
the wee hours of the morning. My,
it was a sticky mess ! Whoever is
the guilty party must have had a
rather let-down feeling that same
morning, when the majority of the
girls, too sleepy to notice or care
about the conditions of the door
knobs at such an hour, said nary
a word!
* * *
Speaking of phone calls, what's
his name, Ethel Hale?
* * * *
Speaking of Chemistry:
A green little freshie in her green
little way
Mixed some green little chemicals
together one day,
Now the green little grasses ten-derly
O'er the green little freshie's green
little grave.
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Red Cross
(Continued from page 1)
say that we've done our best? Have
we done everything in our power?
The Red Cross is asking for
blood donors to give their blood to
a blood bank which will be used to
meet the emergency when it comes.
They want blood from all those in
good health between the ages of
fifteen and fifty. The blood you
give may save a life. We should
be behind this one-hundred percent.
If some soldier's life is worth just
one pint of your blood, sign the
list which will be posted on the
college bulletin board. Do it today,
will you? I will offer the list to
the Red Cross and they will assign
us a date for the donation.
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Convocation Hither • and Yawn
On October 6, Mr. Ingraham, who
has been with us for Sunday School
Teachers' Institute and also sever-al
of our preceding chapel services,
gave us a very interesting and ed-ucational
lecture about "the olcl
He presented this lecture from
his personal viewpoint, under six
different headings.
First, he told us about the South-country
itself. He gave a very
vivid description of the land...
telling of the beauty of the moun-tains
and the rolling hills. In his
lecture Mr. Ingraham preferred to
talk of Georgia, because it was his
Secondly, he told of the weather
in the South. We learned that
the seasons in which we see the
most wonderful changes in nature,
are the same here in the North as
they are in the South—namely
spring and fall.
We found that the population of
the South is quite varied. One
out of every four persons is a
Negro. In some parts the major-ity
of the population is Negro. To
illustrate the part that the Negroes
in the South, Mr. Ingraham told
of the little pickaninny from Flor-ida,
who was asked how he made
his living. The little lad replied,
"On watermelons and tourists".
There are also Spanish, Mexican,
French, and Indian people in the
South. Some of the Indians on the
reservations are) very wealthy, yet
they do not wish to give up their
, old traditions. For example, some
of the most wealthy are still living
in mud-huts with scant furnishings.
The Catholics have been going into
these reservations to work among
the Indians.
Much of interest was told us of
the cities of the South. The speak-er
gave the different character-istics
of the cities which he men-tioned.
For example, Charleston,
South Carolina is a very conserva-tive
city. He also told us about
Nashville, which is called the
Athens of the South, because of all
its schools.
Concerning the agriculture of the
South, Mr. Ingraham said that to-bacco
and cotton are the leading
crops. There is quite a bit of
dairying also. Citrus fruits are
raised in many of our southern
states—especially Texas.
Lastly, Mr. Ingraham told us
about his home in Tennessee. He
has a small, ten-acre tract of land,
on which he raises cows and chick-ens.
His farmer-hands were Ne-groes,
and very often they would
stay only a day.
This lecture was enjoyed by the
audience, not only because of its
educational features, which were
most valuable, but also because of
the striking humor that it con-tained.
Why I Came to Bethel
(Continued from page 1)
ucational standards that exist
Henk Bros.: Remnant of quartet
comes to Bethel to find peace
and quiet—end up in chemistry
Maurice Lundh: I came to Bethel
to gain training for entrance into
the seminary.
Herbert Nelson: To receive junior
college education in a Christian
Melvin Peterson: I came to Bethel
to get an education in a Christ-ian
atmosphere, so that I might
be better able to serve Christ
after I have finished school.
Why did you come to Bethel? ..
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