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Crosswords Online!
Welcome to my website. Its exactly what it
says free crosswords online to print off so you
can solve them at your leisure. No subscriptions, no pop-up
ads, no nonsense.
I am a professional crossword compiler, and I
produce puzzles for the Financial Times and more
recently, the Independent as Klingsor. I have
also contributed a couple of puzzles to
the Times Listener series. The puzzles in this
collection are on the difficult side (I hope!) several are
thematic and/or use a wide range of vocabulary. Solutions to
each puzzle are available via a link at the bottom of the
You can find my puzzles via an index
page which says a little about each puzzle. I have also
published several crosswords from other setters, and have been
very impressed by the standard of the puzzles I have received,
many of them from new compilers. These are listed on the Guest
Puzzles page. In response to
several requests I have added a beginners puzzle which, as the title suggests, is
significantly easier than the rest. There are explanations for
each clue accompanying the solution and new solvers would do
well to start here. There are yet more free
puzzles on offer though I should point
out that these are the leftovers from my first job
writing puzzles for a media agency and are therefore pretty basic.
Is using a dictionary to help solve crosswords
cheating? Find out what I think about
this. Novice crossword compilers may find the page on Ximenean clueing helpful.
There is a follow-up article on the
same topic outlining some of my ideas on the ever-continuing
debate on how rigidly clue writing should follow rules. The
article on single letter indicators
examines the various techniques for indicating initial and
final letters of words in a clue, and there is also an
article on link words in clues. Theres
an article which deals with cryptic definition
clues and, another which discusses &lit clues. Encouraged by an email from a visitor, I have written a piece about which words can be used in
different puzzles. Ive also done a piece about Ninas, which are increasingly used
by some setters in crosswords. Good surface readings are an important part of clue writing, and I explore this in another article. I hope that the growing collection of general tips for setters will be useful to anyone who seriously wants to write puzzles.
Poor grid construction can lead to an otherwise decent puzzle being rejected, and so I have written a guide to the basics of this aspect of creating crosswords. I would advise anyone who wants to publish here as a guest setter to read it before submitting a crossword to me.
The Chambers Crossword Manual is essential reading for solvers and setters of all levels, and I have written a piece extolling its praises. Also to help aspiring setters theres a
piece on how to set about becoming a
professional compiler in response to
several questions on this subject. For those of you interested
in crossword compiling software there is an article on Bryson Limiteds Sympathy
This site has received traffic from all round
the world and not only from English speaking countries.
Indeed, some of the guest puzzles are excellent cryptics from
people who have learned English as a second language.
This spurred me on to put my knowledge of the Czech
language to use. The Czech Puzzle
is a simple, definition only crossword to my shame I
couldnt manage a cryptic! so if you speak the language, do
"czech" it out.
I have responded to the phenomenon of the
incredibly popular Sudoku
puzzle by writing an article on how I
see crosswords faring in the future in the face of such stiff
competition. Also I have included a piece about that pinnacle
of crosswording achievement, the Listener
If you like this site and would like to find
more crossword sites, please take a look at the Links Page. I am happy to
promote other crossword sites here, but please note
that I prefer to include links to sites that offer some
or all of their puzzles without charge. I would of course
appreciate the favour being returned!
Ive had a number of enquiries about
copyright, and have written a short piece about using these puzzles in other
publications which I hope will
From time to time Ive been moved
to write a few articles unrelated to crosswords about
various subjects - these can be found on the Bits and
Pieces page.
If you have any questions, the FAQ page may help. If not
dont hesitate to contact me. All feedback is


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I, like many others, pay a lot for home phone service, which is becoming increasingly obsolete with the ubiquity of cellular phones. In an effort to cut out this mostly needless expense, I decided to try and combine two free services, Google Voice and Gizmo5, to make and receive free calls with actual landlines and cell phones via my existing internet connection.
The concept works like this: when you sign up for a Gizmo5 account, they assign to you a free SIP number, which you can basically think of as an IP-based phone number. This is already pretty cool, but the catch is that only other IP-based phones can call this number, and that's where Google Voice comes in. Through this free service, Google will connect any number--physical or SIP--with any other number--again, physical or SIP. Once the initial connection is made (the hard part for Gizmo), Google steps out and you're left with a working SIP-to-landline call without a phone line and without paying a dime.
To get this sweet deal going, you have to have an account with both services, which could be the biggest stumbling block: Google Voice is currently in an invite-only, privite beta stage and Gizmo5 has stopped accepting new registrations after it was recently acquired by Google (existing accounts still work, though).
If you've managed to snag some accounts, though, and they are all set up (you've chosen a local phone number for Google Voice, Gizmo has assigned a SIP number, etc.) you're ready to get started.
First, open your Gizmo5 account in your favorite web browser and find your SIP number (it will have an area code of 747):
Next, open your Google Voice account and click on 'Settings.' Under the 'Phones' tab, click 'add another phone' to forward your calls to:
Name it something recognizable (I called it 'Gizmo'), type in your Gizmo SIP number into the second blank, and then select 'Gizmo' from the pull-down menu:
Next, we'll want to install the Gizmo5 client on our computer (you can also use the gizmocall web-based interface, but it is made in flash and feels a little kludgy). Go to Gizmo's download page and download the client program for your operating system. If you're using Linux (like me), you'll notice that this is a bit of a problem, as the links are all missing. Luckily, you can still download the deb installer file for Debian-based distros, such as Ubuntu, from a direct link. UPDATE: the Linux download page is back!
Once the client is installed and running, you can enter your Gizmo account information and login. You can also choose to configure the client to manage your IM accounts, but I chose not to.
From now on, calls made to your Google Voice number--which is accessible to normal phones, either landline or cellular--will cause your Gizmo5 client to 'ring.' That means we can now receive calls from normal phones on our computer! We can also make calls to normal phones, but the trick is to use Google Voice instead of Gizmo's built-in (for-pay) calling feature:
When you click 'connect,' Google will call your Gizmo client (you answer it when it rings) and then call the number you have entered, merge the two calls, and then step out, just like your own personal secretary:
This method is not a perfect replacement for a home telephone. It only works when you have internet access (the silver lining of which is that you can use it at Starbucks, your hotel room, etc.; anywhere with a broadband connection). More importantly, it doesn't provide emergency 911 access, so if your house catches on fire, you'll just have to watch it burn because the fire department won't be able to look up your information via your phone number.
Furthermore, this method may not work forever. Google has just purchased Gizmo, so things are sort of up in the air until they figure out what they want to do about the way the services interact. Hopefully, if anything changes, it will be for our--the users'--benefit.
There has also been speculation that Google is planning to fully integrate these services together and then make them run on a wifi-enabled mobile device (Android-based, of course). This will essentially create a mobile phone that only works within wifi, but that can make and receive calls to/from any other phone without the need for a carrier (no carrier means no contract, no fees, etc.). That is, a fully ad-supported phone powered entirely by Google services and software.
Google, if you're reading this with your all-seeing robot eyes, please make it happen as soon as possible.

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689: FIRST Design
|FIRST Design
Title text: Pool on the roof must've sprung a leak.
Two members of a team are designing a robot for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, in which teams design robots to push soccer balls into their team's goals. The final design for this team's robot is a trailer with a matchbook on a telescoping pole and the actual robot, a mobile platform with an umbrella on top and pusher in front.
This is an underhanded design, exploiting the presence of a heat-activated sprinkler system at the venue and lack of water resistance in the opposing team's equipment.
When the event starts, the robot moves off and deploys its umbrella. The trailer extends its arm, causing a lit match to set off the sprinkler, which causes the opposing robots to short out and malfunction. This allows the umbrella-protected robot to score goals without opposition.
This may also be referencing how FIRST is famous for its bending of the rules, as loopholes are not only not against the rules, they are encouraged. This would be shown best by how Team 67 designed a robot that utilized a loophole, which allowed them to control a robot using an Xbox Kinect during the time where the robot is supposed to be autonomous. (This loophole has been removed in the rules for more recent competitions.) Note, however, that this would be simply illegal based of the 2010 FRC Breakaway rules, as rule S01 under section 7.3.1 Safety prevents dangerous robots from competing and R02 points E and F under section 8.3.1 Safety & Damage Prevention prevent "Flammable gases" and "Any devices intended to produce flames or pyrotechnics."
The title text is an excuse presented by the umbrella robot team, presumably because they won but are facing disqualification. This excuse seems weak because none of the venues have a rooftop pool.[citation needed] The comment "the pool on the roof must've sprung a leak" is a quote from the 1995 movie "Hackers".
- Team Member 1 (out of panel): Wow, this is a much better design.
- Team Member 2 (out of panel): Let's build it.
- [A blueprint depicting a robot design for the FIRST competition. It consists of a standard mobile platform, with a pusher blade at the front. Additional parts include an umbrella on top and a trailer unit consisting a telescoping pole with a matchbox and match on top.]
- Referee (out of panel): Go!
- [A FIRST competition field, with teams at opposite ends. Various robots appear on the field, and the team whose design appears above activates their robot.]
- [The robot's trailer unit detaches as the telescoping pole begins to extend, and the mobile platform with umbrella rolls forward.]
- [Telescoping pole extends further.]
- [Telescoping pole extends further.]
- [Telescoping pole extends further, approaching a sprinkler head fixture.]
- [Telescoping pole stops extending, placing the matchbox and match very near the sprinkler head fixture.]
- [The mobile platform stops moving.]
- [The umbrella deploys, extending beyond the dimensions of the mobile platform.]
- [The match box and match are lit beneath the sprinkler head.]
- [The heat from the match triggers the sprinkler's valve, and water sprays out of the sprinkler into the room below.]
- [Water pours from the sprinkler onto the competition field, causing the electrical components of the opposing team's robotics platform to short and malfunction. The opposing team appears distressed and confused.]
- BWooooooo!!!
- [The initial robot, still protected by its umbrella, pushes along the balls toward the goal zone without any difficulty.]
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Should I mention there is an Umbrella Corporation? 126.96.36.199 15:00, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- As a former student in FRC, the little plow thingy in the front is also a thing. but nobody is going to read this so whatever. 21:03, 18 January 2014 (UTC)~ 184.108.40.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- I read this. I appreciate your contribution. Benjaminikuta (talk) 11:52, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
It wouldn't work in Dallas--the Dallas Memorial Arena is too high, and doesn't have a proper sprinkler system. It's just too old. -R, another former US FIRST member (#3392). 184.108.40.206 02:47, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
You would lose ranking points if the opposing alliance doesn't score anything. Also you will have destroyed your alliance partnr's robot. I'd try it with VEX first... 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Should we mention the fact of how much against the rules this is? I mean they are breaking at least three rules off the top of my head. 126.96.36.199 17:26, 11 October 2016 (UTC)


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I have a frantically busy weekend. Lots going on, so the posts are coming thick and fast before the fun begins. I'll probably tell you all about it on Monday, so watch this space, as they say. The travel theme is 'circles. Here are some that I've found on my travels.
Taken just a couple of days ago you can see the remnants of our early snowfall.
Circles in nature are always a joy. These seem things of the past, but they will reappear next year.
And lastly, a circle of sauce! Don't forget to check out the other entries here.


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The X-Factor goes virtually mobile, expands voting
We're not just a TV show now
April Fools The X Factor, staple of end-of-year TV viewing, is set to launch its own MVNO with a branded handset providing discounted voting and access to exclusive X Factor content.
The X Factor Network will be a virtual network operator, and the company isn't saying who will be hosting the infrastructure, but it will have its own branded handsets and tariffs, which include bundles of TV Votes in addition to the usual minutes/text/data allowances provided by other operators.
"The public loves The X Factor, and the clear branding on our handsets lets them express their interest to those around them", says the canned quote from the X Factor Network CEO Todella Tyhmä Tuote, "last year Nokia made a terrific job of adding value to the show with behind-the-scenes extras and clips of songs, but we think we can do even better in 2011".
One thing Nokia couldn't do last year was provide a phone application for voting – such things were only approved for use by UK regulator Ofcom in November, but the X Factor Network will take full advantage.
"We'll be offering customers an on-screen voting experience. They just select the performer they want to vote for and the vote is instantly, and securely, registered by the network," said Tuote. "There'll also be applications for Android and iOS to provide the same functionality, and voting by text message will remain possible."
But the secure platform isn't just being developed for The X Factor TV show. The company intends to rent out the platform to other shows, and other occasions that call for a public referendum. "We've worked hard to ensure that we can support the Alternative Vote system, so anything is possible in the future," said Tuote.
That sounds scary, but voting by text message has already been trialled in the UK, so if X-Factor Network can offer a secure platform, there seems little reason to object. The X Factor creator Cowell is very keen to get involved in UK politics, and sees the voting platform as ideally suited for the 2015 general election.
At the moment, however, Cowell is directing most of his energies towards the USA, with The X-Factor USA due to premiere there in September. Being born in Lambeth, London, the US presidency is closed to him, but come 2015 perhaps he'll be be taking part in the debates rather than just running the voting system. ®
April Fools!


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Lately there has been a real storm of standalone HD video players appearing on the market that can support 3D video playback as well s 2D, all thanks to the Realtek 1186 media processor that provides the 3D support. And yet another company called AC Ryan is also launching their 3D-capable player called Playon!HD 3D Player on the local market in Singapore this month, hopefully to soon follow with release on other markets as well.
The AC Ryan Playon!HD 3D player is based around Realtek's 1186 media processor that provides support for the most commonly used media formats including the popular stereoscopic 3D formats as well. The player comes with Gigabit Wired Networking and a built-in wireless-N adapter for fast network transfers. The devices comes with 4 USB 2.0 host ports for connecting external devices such as keyboard as well as a USB 3.0 slave port for faster transfer speeds. You of course also have the ability to use the EZ Drive HDD slot for inserting a 3.5-inch HDD drive inside the device for storing your data.
But now, back to the 3D features of the Playon!HD 3D player. The device apparently will support HDMI 1.4 frame packaged 3D output, ensuring compatibility with different stereo 3D capable display devices such as most 3D HDTVs and many 3D-capable projectors. The player is supposed to be offering support for 3D Blu-ray (ISO files as the device does not have an optical drive), 3D AVCHD, Side by Side and Over/Under format videos as well as even be able to do 2D to 3D realtime conversion of videos.
The suggested retail price for the Playon!HD 3D player is $249 Singaporean dollars or around $199 USD. Meanwhile there are other 3D-capable video players based around the Realtek 1186 chip, so if you know another good one that is widely available you can share it here along with your feedback from the device. For example other similar 3D-capable players are Egreat R6S, Egreat R300, Fantec 3DFHDL, Himedia HD900B, Himedia HD910A, HDPro-i6, Measy X5, Xtreamer SideWinder 3 and others. Looking over the names of these devices you'll see that still none of the more popular brands making such products still hasn't offered a 3D-capable solution, it is mostly less known Asian brands.
– For more information about the 3D-capable Realtek RTD1186 media processor chip…


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Chum wrote:TMC wrote:Chum wrote:The Blazers are so boring to watch, and the Warriors are incredibly fun to watch. Their styles are like night and day and it makes a big difference in the "fun factor" of the game.
I guess the Blazers aren't looking for any new fans, because they sure aren't making any with their slowest of slow pace. Boooooooooooooring!!!
The difference also shows on each team's record, you know...
I get what you're saying, but keep in mind that there's no way the Blazers would be winning so much playing a faster tempo. It's a matter of doing what's best in order to win, and... frankly, I'm tired of our Dubs being fun to watch, but a perennial loser.
I think the Suns are a good example of what the Warriors can become. Add a dominant big man and emphasize defense a little more and the Warriors will start winning.
The Suns have been a fun team for years... but never a contender. That kind of bball just doesn't cut it. I'd rather play like the Spurs and win a ring each few years than like the Suns and be playoff fodder for a long time.


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Twelve Appreciations
Eleven Point Comparison of U2's guitarist vs. G:TB's Doofus Overlord,
(More than) Ten past-year memories,
Nine Clips You Tubin',
Eight Wren-based Nuggets,
A Seven Point Loss,
Six games worth watching (and picking),
Five Combined Wins,
Four Compliments For T.J.,
Three French Hens,
Two Dope-ass Rhymes (and a whole mess of sub-par ones as well),
And a Doofus Dancing (Amidst a Really Long and Grumpy Analysis of the New Kanye West Album).
The time has come, the year is over; thought I'd something more to say.
We're closing out Gheorghemas and 2010; we might miss the antics of Gmas, but quite a few of us will not miss the 365 days of miscellaneous scrotazzling that comprised this calendar year. G:TBers and FOGTB, like everyone else, had highs and lows, but with our collective's uncannily disproportionate doses of health issues, close relatives going to the great beyond, financial woes, relationship struggles, job stress, parenting challenges, people generally being Mike Love on a daily basis, and the motherfucking griffin, I mean . . . didn't it suck? It sucked.
All that said, Gheorghe: The Blog remains the perennial highlight, a salve to the chafe of our day to day drawers. It underscores my unfun year when I realize that I spent less time chiming in and bringing my blather to your eyes than in any year of G:TB past . . . except perhaps Year 1, which was Teejay's one-woman stage show, "Non Sequitur: A Stream of Consciousness Thought in 137 Parts." My absence is my loss, not yours, obviously, and Igor did little in my stead to fill the void. Vows around the New Year are like those preceding a walk of shame, but I'm promising myself to take more advantage of Gheorghe: The Blog (and the women who read it) in 2011. My condolences in advance.
Anyway, it's time to shelve the lamentations and remind ourselves of the best things of the year, at least in the Gheorghian view. (Which is akin to gravity bong vision.) So, as I've done in Gmases past, I'm delivering my dozen or so appreciations for this year.
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I appreciated turning 40. I appreciated like hell that quite a few friends came long distances to the Outer Banks to help me ring it in drunkenly. Hell, I appreciated that I lived to see 40, which for a handful of our cronies was too much to expect. And I appreciated that the good lord is still blessing me with the self-confidence to slip into (just) a bikini bottom in the middle of a party and the craftiness to wake up early and delete pictures from everyone's cameras and phones.
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I've been snoring and sleeping badly for the better part of those 40 years, so I went to the local sleep center and had a study done. The technician awoke me in the middle of the night, telling me it was "too painful to watch you breathe . . . or I should say not breathe." At one interval, I went 64 seconds without taking in any oxygen. The paraphrased prognosis: fuck, dude, you could die. And so I just now picked up my handy-dandy CPAP machine, destined to turn my girlfriend off but turn my life around. Or so they tell me. Since by some estimations I haven't had truly restful sleep since Rafael Santana was in the bigs, I am appreciative even of the prospect of some solid Z's, and I don't mean Zman and his impending shorty. (For which the G staff is appreciative as well, natch.)
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I have, at times, appreciated anonymity. It can be liberating. Coming back as myself is, like a never-nude shedding his cutoffs, a little odd. Those of you who haven't picked up a nifty new moniker should try it. It is so choice. And get a douchey one like Mr. Truck, they're more fun.
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I'm appreciative for tequila, lately. I spent a night with a brand called Corzo a few weeks back with good results (many yuks, no yaks). Last night it was Cazadores Blanco. Get some. Tequila!
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So the year was 1994. Bill Clinton was in his first term. George Clinton was on the big screen in PCU. Gheorghe Muresan was on the Bullets. Some among the G:TB family were still in high school. And it was the inaugural season of our fantasy football league. Caveman style, where we called opponents with starting lineups and checked the Washington Post for stats the next day to see who won. I made the playoffs that year; our chum Cliff did not. Nor did he in 1995. Nor 1996. Nor 1997. And in every year since. Cliff's team missed the postseason every single year. That's sixteen years without making the playoffs.
12 teams in the league; six get in every year. The odds that year in and year out Cliffy would fail to make the postseason are staggeringly low. But that he did. He'd start 5-1 and miss the playoffs. He'd start 0-4, then rattle off 5 straight, then miss the playoffs. He'd tie for the last spot, be short a few points overall, and miss the playoffs. In life, there are very few things you can count on over time, but Cliff missing the playoffs was one of them. This is a guy who was nicknamed "Jim Thorpe" in college, a dude who spends more time playing and watching sports than bathing or keeping in touch with his friends. It made no sense.
Cliff analyzed, overanalyzed, and out-thunk himself every time. And missed the playoffs. He recruited "assistant coaches," friends who'd won their other leagues, to help him out of the funk. Those friends would stay on the job a few years, pull their hair out, and quit after missing the playoffs every year. Inexplicable.
2010. Cliff was again flanked by Billy, his third frustrated resident guru. Billy had won a handful of FFL titles before languishing in obscurity aboard the cursed Cliffy vessel, and word had it he was on his way out. The duo went 7-6 this year. And . . . Cliff made the playoffs. Cats and dogs, living together. Cliff made the playoffs. For the first time in 17 seasons, Cliffy made the playoffs.
. . . and won twice, vaulting himself into the finals, where . . . Rob beat him. What a dick.
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The Teej. I appreciate 'im. Left my laptop in his car after the OBFT, dude FedExed it overnight to me. I forgot to pay him back the 94 smackers that cost, dude never mentioned it. I suck. Teej is cool. Preesh the Teej.
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I appreciate traditions. Love them, in fact. Traditions like Gheorghemas, and like the dudes here letting me finish off the Year with Day 12 once again – even though my output resembled Luis "#1 in Your Scorecard But #25 Million in Your Heart" Castillo's this year. Greatly appreciated.
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Speaking of crappy teams and the crappy people who root for them, my sports teams are predominantly wretched and embarrassing – and even the Tribe has taken what I penned in this space last year and shoved it up my Haynesworth. Wren football gacks one up in the first round, Wren hoopsters . . . poopsters. But, and this is a William & Mary co-ed sized but, I'm still paying my dues. Watching every down of the Redskins, still paying for Extra Innings to watch the Mets, even as they embarrass themselves (and me) routinely. My world is the opposite of the one Dave depicted in his post (and on SoD) – the players seem to fatalistically relive their nightmares time and time again, while I forget them and move on, hoping against hope. Someday, one day, I am going to be one of these morons, and it will be worth it. Unless I die first.
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I appreciated Jeff Tweedy uttering my name on stage (twice) in March and giving me a gift certificate to a restaurant. Tweed-meister, here's your reciprocal shout-out. Bit of a letdown, I'm sure.
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And finally, I want the world to know that I appreciate Clifford Ray.
Yeah, that Clifford Ray.
You know, the one who played in the NBA. The one whom the C's shitcanned from their coaching staff this year for no good reason. The one who molded many a big man into a big stud. (Ask Dwight Howard.) The one who saved a dolphin's life. Yeah, that's right. (Read about it at Deadspin.)
The one who had this written about him in the Globe:
He's had breakfast with Alfred Hitchcock in Hawaii. He's walked with Marlon Brando on Brando's island. Jack Nicholson has sent him text messages. WheneverIt's the same Clifford Ray who appeared in the 1980 film Inside Moves – which is why I bring it up. The movie was on cable two days ago, and there was Clifford Ray (as himself). And when I saw him, I remembered all the crazy facts about Clifford Ray . . . well, not all of them, I didn't even know some of them until I just looked him up today. The man is fascinating, a cancer survivor, and good at what he does.
he's in Oakland, Al Davis insists they have dinner together. He's sailed from Fiji to Tahiti on an 85-foot catamaran. He saved a dolphin.
One time, he got a call in the middle of the night from a friend in the music business. He had a song he swore would be a hit and he wanted Ray to hear it before he recorded it.
The friend was Marvin Gaye. The song was "Sexual Healing.''
And he's 6'9". Well, of course he is, right? I would have made it up if he hadn't been, but he is.
But why I do I appreciate him? All that stuff is cool, but it's something more personal.
Let me take you to the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland. The year is 1997. The Bullets are playing the Nets, and – in a promotion aimed at a very fringe element – it's 70's Night at the game. Future FOGTB Shlara was working for the Bullets at the time, and she scored Buck and me some good seats – contingent on us dressing up. Fair enough, we're easy.
As it turned out, there were at least four or five people dressed for 70's Night; two 6'5" honkies stand out a little wherever they go, but you deck them out in pleather, velour, and platform shoes (what?? Of course we had this stuff on hand), not to mention my wrist cast that I had painted at Mardi Gras the week prior . . . we stood out like sore thumbs. Slightly drunk, retarded sore thumbs.
Our seats were right over the tunnel where both teams went into the locker room at halftime, so when that happened, we stood up to clap our heroes off. As Big Gheorghe was walking through, I yelped gleefully, "Gheoooooooooooorghe!!!" This blog's namesake glanced up at me with a look that, if I had to describe it in a word, I'd call terrified. Rightfully so. A big fat guy in a leisure suit and a cast shouting your name will do that to you.
Seconds later, while still laughing at Gheorghe's reaction, I hear Buck say, "Hey – that's Clifford Ray. That's Clifford Ray!"
"Clifford Raaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!!"
I was sure Buck would get the same reaction, but then it happened. Clifford Ray looked up at my man, gave him a head-bob, and sent him a nod like "That's right. Sup."
Clifford Ray is fucking cool.
I appreciate Shlara, Les Boulez, Buck, the 1970's, Mardi Gras, Budweiser in a plastic cup, live sports, and Gheorghe Muresan. I also appreciate Clifford Ray. And so should you.
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I've been channeling the Mountain Goats' chorus for a while: "I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me." I'm nearly there, and looking for much more next year. But not before I get rip-roaring hammered again among friends tonight. It's okay, mom; I'm a good drunk.
As Coach Dale said, I love you guys. And my team's on the floor. Happy New Year, Gheorghizens.
So F '10; this one goes to '11.


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Mike Munchak's status with the Tennessee Titans remains a mystery, but answers are coming.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports, via team sources, that new Titans CEO and president Tommy Smith is flying from Houston to meet with Munchak, who met with general manager Ruston Webster on Tuesday and Thursday. Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean first reported the news of the meeting.
Rapoport was told earlier in the week that Munchak's status remains "very much in the air" after posting a 22-26 record with zero playoff appearances over the past three seasons. His 2-20 mark against winning teams has the organization frustrated, as does Munchak's approach to the offense.
Tennessee's decision-makers weren't pleased with how the Titans veered away from their run-heavy offense to throw the ball more down the stretch. Rapoport reported that he "would be shocked" if coordinator Dowell Loggains remains with the team.
Munchak has been with the Titans since he was drafted by the franchise -- then the Houston Oilers -- in 1982. Tennessee's brain trust is taking its sweet time with this decision, but Friday's meeting is certain to move the needle forward.
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Witches' Legacy: Lair of the Witch Queen
Nice game. Great graphics and continuing story line. The Witches' Legacy games are all quite fun!
The Book of Unwritten Tales
This game has a cute story line and nice art, but it's way over the top in the convoluted ways it sets out to achieve even the simplest steps forward. If it wasn't for Youtube, and having to quit the game over and over to find out what the heck was going on, I'd never have finished. I'm totally exhausted! If you have nothing better to do than go back and forth a thousand times with each and every step, don't bother buying this game.
Danse Macabre: Crimson Cabaret
I really wanted to love this game, but alas, do to bugs I wasn't even able to finish it. I've tried reloading but when I'm at the point where I need to check out a certain object outside of the room where the Duke is hanging, the game won't let me click on it. The curser just tracks around with a bunch of arrows "Dansing Macabre-ly" all over the screen. Darn it all!


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New Country Music Releases – January 2013
Fans have been hungry for new music from two country artists and with the new country music releases for January 2013, the starvation will subside. Darius Rucker and Gary Allan will both release new albums early in the new year. In fact, both will release their long-awaited albums on the same day.
Set aside some holiday money for Jan. 22. That's the day Rucker has announced that 'True Believers' will be in stores. Amazon.com has revealed that Allan's 'Set You Free' will be out that very same day. Randy Houser's 'How Country Feels' album will also compete for shelf space in late January, as will new albums by Katie Armiger and Kris Kristofferson. Check out our complete list of all new country music releases scheduled for January 2013.
New Country Music Releases for January 2013:
January 15
Katie Armiger, 'Fall Into Me'
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Darius Rucker, 'True Believers'
Gary Allan, 'Set You Free'
Randy Houser, 'How Country Feels'
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I've got Windows 8 PRO on my laptop. Just installed latest XAMPP & with latest control panel.
I launched control panel and started Apache & mySQL.
I edited my HOSTS file and now I have these lines:
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EASTON, Pa. (AP) Ian Hummer finished with 28 points on 12-of-16 shooting to lead three players in double figures as Princeton beat Lafayette 72-53 Saturday in nonconference action.
T. J. Bray scored 17 points and Will Barrett chipped in with 13 points for Princeton (2-3).
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Princeton made 14 of 28 shots in the first half, while the Leopards (1-4) shot just 32.1 percent (9 of 28). Princeton led at halftime 33-23.
The Tigers shot 68.2 percent (15 of 22) in the second half to pull away.
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Yesterday my husband had his last chemo treatment (he had 12 rounds).
He was really fortunate in that he never got sick from the chemo. In fact he has thrived and he looks far better and healthier now than he did before all this. The most side effect ever was that he would get tired sometimes, but even that was really slight. I am so thankful to God for this. And needless to say I'm so proud of my husband, he has been a real soldier and has kept positive through it all.
I wanted to have a big party and invite all our friends to celebrate his being over with chemo, but he nixed that idea immediately, saying that he feels "survivors guilt" that he had such an easy time.
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The single most important thing, we as believers, will ever do aside from accepting our Savior ourselves, is bring His message to others.
The pure and simple foundation of our redemption, the Gospel, is the weightiest subject matter in the entire body of the scriptures.
Having an eternal impact on every single being accountable to a moral standard… what we do with the Good News is ultimately the measure of what kind of servant we were for Him.
Some of us are naturally more outspoken than others, and so that difference means that we will each have our own level of comfort when it comes to witnessing to strangers… or even those we know well.
There is no need to feel disabled by an innate level of shyness, however.
Even the most introverted and non-confident believer should understand that, if nothing else, the Gospel is the one thing in which he or she can have perfect confidence.
What is, unfortunately, often mislabeled as shyness is a sense of shame… a self-consciousness which comes from a desire for personal acceptance the believer feels might be lost if they share the truth with another.
There is a great deal of danger in being this sort of believer, not only to the cause of witnessing, but the entire relationship between the individual and his or her Elohim.
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the splendor of His Father with the sacred messengers.
– Mark 8:38
We can never excuse ourselves from the task put to us… to be the light in a dark world. Being that light not only means being able to communicate His message to others, but to do that correctly.
There is one simple difference between witnessing correctly and incorrectly, and that difference is directly tied to the motive we have for witnessing the Gospel.
Correct witnessing of the Gospel is much more about the why than the how… the reason we want to tell others the Good News, should obviously be the same reasons Yahushua wants us to tell others.
That every instance wherein we open our mouths and speak His message to another is a moment with eternal impact aught to put us in mind that we are literally becoming a part of that person's eternal future, whatever it will be.
If we do this in any other spirit but His… a spirit of deep concern, compassion and genuine desire to see someone enter into His Kingdom… we have already failed.
The motive, too often, among believers is far more utilized like a call to battle with the lost person who is receiving the message.
It becomes a boxing match of clever words and memorized arguments, the goal of which is someone coming out "the victor".
If the lost remain lost… no matter how cleverly you've stated your argument… there is no "winner", instead you leave a lost individual embittered against the subject to a degree which will throw up road blocks in the face of the next to attempt to evangelize.
Remember, the lost don't need to hear how well educated you are… they need to know that there is a Creator who cares for them.
The correct and incorrect reasons to witness are, very simply, compassion or pride.
The why will always mean much more than the how… but after you have witnessed His message to a variety of individuals you will quickly learn that there are various stands that the lost will take as their reasons for living a life apart from Him.
Being able to understand those positions and relate to how people came to hold them is an integral part of being genuinely concerned for the individual.
The lost must, by the very nature of their "lostness", practice a certain level of dishonesty with themselves. This being the case… they are not able to be any more honest with you than they've been with themselves.
Spiritual discernment is crucial… that ability every believer has to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit can tell you much more about what makes the lost person tick than any words he or she will say.
There's no possibility of putting every individual into a category… there will always be people who defy the usual, but there have been in my experience, very often repeated versions of certain types of unbelievers.
Here is what I've learned from them, which might in some way help others to understand their positions and what they need to hear (or not hear) from believers.
The Intellectual Atheist:
A case of seeming like everything they are not. These are those people who are a student of every kind of evolutionary science man has to offer.
They have spent hours reading books, taking classes and watching documentaries that bolster their faith in a theory of macro evolution.
Having done so and properly memorized every term and one-line argument that sounds intelligent… they are literally self-trained to wage verbal war with believers.
That is precisely what they have done… though you will never come across an Intellectual Atheist who will admit that all this time spent was for the sole purpose of disproving a Creator to themselves and others… that's exactly what it is.
Atheism is a faith built of shaky ground, therefore it requires such maintenance as to seek out those who believe in a Creator and continually strengthen their own resolve by "winning" verbal wars with them.
As a believer, you will never effectively witness to these by engaging in those battles. It doesn't matter how well you have researched the data and know that the "science" behind evolutionary theory is flawed… you will not convince them.
They have a desire in which they have invested a great deal of time, pride and desperate hope… their reasons are deeply emotional and your arguments threaten, what is to the defense mechanisms of their mind, a matter of survival.
They have a Need to not believe in Him… that need can stem from a place of having suffered terrible trauma which they can not or do not want to reconcile with the existence of a loving Creator.
It can also stem from a deep attachment to a lifestyle which is not morally sound… their resistance to Him is a resistance to accountability for sins they do not want to admit they commit.
Intellectual Atheists do not need an intellectual response… they require the knowledge that there is, in fact, a loving Creator Who is both worth living for (even if it's difficult) and Who has promised justice to all those who cling to Him.
The Emotive Atheist:
While the Intellectual Atheist uses a necessary screen of shallow indifference to conceal his or her intense dislike of the concept of a Creator, the Emotive Atheist doesn't bother hiding the fact that he or she despises the idea of an Almighty Elohim.
This person is outwardly angry, bitter, and tends to be a rather unpleasant person with whom to try to witness the Gospel. The arguments of Emotive Atheists normally revolve around their perceived lack of "fairness" of YHWH's nature as presented in scripture.
These will often accuse Him of being tyrannical, violent and war-loving… they will mention His "indifference" to the suffering in the world and His general lack of compassion as they see it.
They'll also not hesitate to call the believer a variety of insults for having faith in such a Creator.
Emotive Atheists are usually deeply hurt individuals. There is often terrible abuse in their past… not unlikely administered by their own parents or some other adult who was looked up to or trusted in their formative years.
Their raging anger is often towards that abusive parental figure and a Creator who, in their understanding, did nothing to save them from it.
Witnessing to an Emotive Atheist is normally done best in the shortest amount of time you can possibly spend on it for at least the initial attempt.
Anything which becomes a long 'give and take' will only allow the person to shut his or her ears and open their mouths in the familiar output of venomous hatred which is their defense.
Again… these need to understand that we follow an Elohim who is all about love and justice… even when, in our shortsightedness, we can't see it immediately manifest.
Give them the option to come talk about it with you… but take care not to pursue.
The Pagan/ Pantheist:
Many believers might be under the impression that the worship of pagan deities is a thing of the distant past… but that couldn't be more wrong.
Particularly in the recent decades, people have been more and more drawn to what they consider "older" faiths than Judeo-Christian beliefs.
There is a certain level of self perceived "enlightenment" in following after a "god" who is attached to romanticized notions of an ancient past. There is definitely a "fad" feeling to the modern adherents of pagan worship.
These individuals normally have very little actual knowledge of the faith they profess in their chosen deity… they generally don't investigate what history has to say about those who, in the ancient past, gave homage to these beings.
The attraction of worshiping a pagan deity is often the sense of being able to choose among an extensive pantheon of beings to find the "right god for me".
When that deity is chosen, even the peculiar attributes which are supposedly applied to them undergo a distinct adjustment by the whim of the pagan who chose them to further suit their own likes and dislikes.
You will find most Pagans/ Pantheists are quite unwilling to venture into the darker histories of the worship of their chosen being. Few want to admit that they bow to a creature who demanded child sacrifice or who tends to be more or less indifferent to their subjects wants and needs.
Modern Pagans know not what they worship… they simply have chosen a poor alternative solution to their very real need for a Heavenly Father.
They have done so in the most shallow and sin-friendly way available. A mystical, spiritual "experience" + a designer "god" + the ability to write their own moral code or live without one entirely.
These individuals have often been put off from Christianity by bad examples thereof. They have experienced rejection, poor teaching and a lack of understanding in churches or from representatives of Christian faith.
They want and need YHWH… but they are wholly disillusioned by how He has been presented to them.
They are not unlikely to also have attachments to morally questionable lifestyles which they are reluctant to give up or be convicted of. What they will certainly not have experienced in their choice of a deity is real love and an active interest in their lives.
What the Pagan needs to hear from us are good, sound reasons to logically conclude we serve a King above all Kings, that He is the One and the Only Being called Elohim who is a true Creator and loves His creation.
They need to understand that we, just like them, and every "Christian" they have ever met… are sin-natured beings and that our mistakes are not His.
The Unitarian/ New Age Collectivist:
I consider the Unitarian or Collectivist philosophy to be one of the more dangerous ones.This idea is founded on very ancient roots, but manifests in a very modern way to people who adhere to it.
I call this the Religion for Junior Luciferians.
Completely ignorant of why this concept exists or what its ultimate purpose in the world is, the people who believe in it are pawns of something much darker and more sinister than they could imagine.
Unitarianism might be defined as a separate entity from New Age Collectivism by many to adhere to one or the other.
Unitarianism is an "everything that equals nothing" faith. The lure of it is supposedly its wide tolerance for… whatever. Anything you decide to believe is true is fine… as long as you think everything you don't want to believe is also fine for those who do believe it.
It means nothing except that you become tolerant of everything… except what is exclusive. The truth being, by nature, exclusive, simply means that there's nothing you're not allowed to believe as Unitarian… except the truth.
Collectivism is not much different… it's just dressed up as more spiritual, sometimes adorned with the seriously weird and fantastic, but it ends in the same place.
You are subject to a concept that not just allows… but demands that you conform to a wide tolerance of everything except exclusive truth.
Those that have bought into either one of these ideas have done so in an outward attempt to be progressive, peaceful, more evolved, and unified in some idea of global brotherhood with all humanity.
The tolerance to which these ideas owe their call to arms is typically turned inside out. At the core of the matter… Unitarians and Collectivists have a desire to see the Truth snuffed out in the world.
They have a deep and even disturbing spirit-level hatred of the judgment they inevitably feel weighing on them from that Truth. As a passive-aggressive means of retaliation… they seek to become the "army of the enlightened" who would eradicate the presence of that Truth in the Earth if they could.
They are the ironic epitome of intolerance and they hold a philosophy which will be a mortal threat to true believers in the last days.
These are truly brainwashed individuals… mainstream entertainment, news, political climate and nearly anything else you can name in society has driven this message into the subconscious of the masses.
Truth is despised to the point of being called (insanely enough) non-existent in an absolute sense.
People are convinced of only relative truths, which is always more comfortable as one can dream up any "reality' they like.
The mind of a Unitarian or Collectivist is not unlike a mind clouded by a cocktail of drugs, and in fact, you will very often find most of them on some sort of mind altering prescription drug. It is tough to deny the existence of reality you can observe without some manner of intoxication coming into play.
Perhaps some of the hardest people there are to witness to… the Unitarians/ Collectivists needs to be shown what should be readily obvious to them, but isn't.
Very simple examples of truth they can not change or deny… very basic level logic. Not having a grasp of a basic level of reason means that they can not possibly process a higher logic which deals with spiritual things.
The aim is to not only illustrate that truth is whatever it is, regardless of our wishes… but also that ultimately the truth is Good News.
The Apathetic Agnostic:
These individuals don't think much about spiritual matters. They are immersed in life right here and now… subject to the flesh in everything.
Because they enjoy and are deeply concerned with the temporal, the eternal is shoved to the back burner of their mind where it is only brought out on rare occasions when great adversity and loneliness descend on the individual.
It is normally just as quickly shelved again when that adversity has passed. Their general position on a Creator is "maybe there is and maybe there isn't… but if there is, He's certainly not that one talked about in the Bible."
The Apathetic Agnostic doesn't want to have to think about Him… they enjoy a far away, misty idea of going to heaven… something they hold onto for the sake of loved ones who have passed away, but not consciously for themselves.
They generally feel some level of invincibility… as if they, themselves, will never die. They normally like to live fast and destructive lifestyles; drugs, an overabundance of alcohol and promiscuous sexual encounters are not uncommon.
They are often people who either have been disillusioned by how Christianity was presented to them, or have grown up without any spiritual training whatsoever.
Eternity is always far in the unimaginable future to Apathetic Agnostics… a thing that might be out there… but they'll never get to. The love of all things worldly that they subsequently manifest makes them a ticking time bomb of disaster…. headed for, in the best of cases, a rude awakening.
Since they are people who, for lack of a better term, are "chronologically handicapped" and believe "now = forever", they find it difficult to concern themselves with what they see as an impediment to the enjoyment of their lives… a Creator to which they are accountable.
The Apathetic Agnostic, more than anything, needs to be made aware of how fleeting a thing it is in which they have invested all their energy.
These are those that require some fear… some sober words of truth about the consequences of ignoring even a Possibility that He exists and that He requires things of us.
The message to get across is that "someday" is some tomorrow's yesterday and that this is not LIFE, but a preparation for it if we will have it.
The Seeking Agnostic:
Maybe one of the more fortunate groups of lost people out there… the truly Seeking Agnostics know they have a need to know spiritual truth.
These tend to be individuals who have had little to no training in spiritual matters growing up, but in whom that void has sparked a deep curiosity or even a desperate need to find out "what it's all about".
Though they are aimless and often dabble and experiment in a wide variety of spiritual outlets, they retain a general feeling of dissatisfaction and emptiness which causes them to keep looking.
The Seeking Agnostic is a good person for the witnessing believer to run into if they are fully prepared to answer the questions.
They have obviously not yet encountered any Christian who could answer those questions efficiently and that opportunity is a big one for us. Any truly Seeking Agnostic person will not be able to ignore the simple and true rational answers which faith in Him affords, if we are competent to provide them.
Anyone Really seeking the Real Creator of Heaven and Earth is good ground for good seed.
It's our job to sow carefully… to be able to explain why we are all in need of salvation… why salvation had to come in the way it did, and why our acceptance and devotion to Him in truth is necessary.
We need to be able to explain why sin is the destructive agent that it is and why He hates it… where it began and when it will end.
The seeker needs to know why the void in him or her exists that is reaching out to an Elohim they never met… and that He can fill that and impart peace that resists temporary circumstance.
The "Christian" Cultist:
This category might cover a pretty broad spectrum of individuals. I do not define it, however, in terms of 'Christians who simply don't agree with me on one or more issue'.
I have found very few people who don't, and I would venture to guess that most believers can say the same.
Differences of understanding what I call "secondary doctrine" are those which can not undermine salvation and do not constitute "lost individuals".
It's a very dangerous practice I see too often, that believers will label anyone of disparate views from theirs as essentially "lost souls". We absolutely can't spout idle words like that and not consider the consequences of being wrong.
The Christian Cultist is one who, in one or more way, entirely diverges from the core message of the gospel and presents some other "gospel" as being Christian.
"But even if we or a messenger from the sky preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. " – Galatians 1:8,9
These individuals adhere to their choice of scripture… but subtract the elements with which they are not satisfied.
When this touches the core of the message… YHWH's intervention on Earth as the physically embodied Messiah, the death of Yahushua, His bodily resurrection or His ascension which is the hope of His people, the message is entirely defiled and becomes something other than Christian.
Many examples of Christian Cult groups like Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and Christian Scientists are under the control of leadership who practice a method of leading their flock in one understanding of their faith while holding a "secret" understanding of the roots of their belief to themselves.
The leadership understands that the religion they practice is not Christian… it's only the lay people of the congregation who are kept unaware of that fact.
Often Christian Cultists have either been raised in the faith they are in or they were drawn into it as scripturally unlearned individuals who were seeking something genuine.
Since most of these groups do not encourage reading or studying scripture itself, and offer alternate texts and teachings to the bible, the adherent is usually entirely convinced of the righteousness of his or her faith.
Witnessing to these necessitates making them aware of what actual scripture actually says.
It's not effective to bring your favorite English translation of the bible into such an endeavor because there is no clear way of proving the superiority of one translation over another by the use of those texts alone.
One needs to go a little further and provide concordance definitions of original words which can shed light on the meaning of scripture without an argument over one translation versus another.
The Spiritist/ Occultist:
One should be well versed in spiritual warfare before treading some of the more dangerous ground of witnessing.
Though most Spiritists or Occultists whom you're likely to come across are simply dabblers in such things… there are very some serious individuals who have made a life's endeavor of living with one foot in the Devil's realm.
Occult practitioners are those individuals who call upon the power and knowledge of demons and fallen angels to manipulate the world around them in whatever fashion seems to them to benefit their goals.
This is a costly practice for them… though most who begin dabbling in it take a very reckless and childish view of those consequences, assuming that they are the ones who have control of the affair.
Save for a few who have only played with such things a short time and been very fortunate… you will hardly meet an occultist who has not become possessed or attached to by an evil entity.
The great draw of spiritism is the lure of power. Being able to manipulate natural life through the use of supernatural means is the stuff of every kid's fantasy (thanks to Disney).
Having that "edge" against the average mortal is a most attractive prospect… attractive enough to sometimes Literally sell one's soul to the Devil.
Not every occult practitioner… and very few dabbling individuals… will claim to be calling on the devil or any negative forces.
Most would like to believe, and hence convince themselves, that they have the ability to only call upon "good" spirits… and they rarely ask themselves if spirits could convincingly lie to them.
The more adept occultists are people that the average Joe is not likely to meet… these are people in places of great power and influence, who have come by wealth and worldly favor through their arts.
If ever one does have a chance to speak to them, you might find it next to impossible to speak to a real human being through the web of demonic spirits that have attached themselves to them.
It's advisable to precede witnessing to an Occultist with a prayer… one that binds and silences every influence apart from the Holy Spirit.
Dabbling Occultists need reasonable and very sober words that sensibly explain the horrific consequences of being utterly possessed and enslaved by an enemy who is quite capable of lying.
The adept occultist no doubt has already realized the pitfalls… but often sees no means of escape or a way to relinquish that worldly power. These need to know that we serve an Elohim that practices an amazing grace, and that there is an escape, even from the full force of hell.
All Occultists need to understand that the world is full of temporary things… and the only thing worth living for is what is eternal.
The Satanist:
The mention of "Satanists" to many believers invokes a concept of "the worst of the worst".
Though, (depending on what kind of Satanism one is referring to) there are some practitioners who are very deeply involved in some very dark things, there are many Satanists who are no more than hedonists who have made a religion of their selfishness, and use Satan as a symbolic, not literal, figurehead.
The Satanist, of whatever ilk, is someone who holds a deep resentment for YHWH. Most Satanists of a hedonistic sort begin their venture into such a religion through some manner of traumatic or disillusioning experience which makes them mistrust or hate YHWH.
The Satanist of the more literal type is quite often born into the scene by way of a family who has gained a powerful position through their practice.
Children born to Satanic families are almost always very damaged and not unlikely have been put through an intense, lifelong ordeal of producing in them a dissociative identity.
Unfortunately many of these individuals are caught up in a life that they have only broken memories of, and very little chance of escape from without divine intervention. These are the individuals who become the unknowing patsies of black op government projects and perpetrators of mass murders.
The Hedonistic Satanist is a mere dabbler… he or she is normally a very desperate and needy soul who very much wants to believe in better things than the life they lead.
They want to know He cares… even though they might entirely deny His existence. There is a place inside them that realized YHWH exists since it is impossible to hate anyone who does not… and they require someone to be the example to them of what He is really about.
The Literal Satanist is a much more difficult individual to reach. Chances are you are dealing with someone who has parts of their psyche programmed to respond with hostility, violence or escape back to their "handlers" in the event of anyone attempting to usurp their "system".
Be very cautious… some of these include programs which will literally "self destruct" (suicide) the person in such an event. Witnessing to these should be done with a group of faithful believers who are well trained in dealing with DID/ SRA victims.
The Luciferian:
Perhaps the most unlikely lost individual you are to meet, simply due to the secrecy and high position that is usually associated with the belief system.
These are the counterpoint to the true Satanist… they are the servants of the Evil One, who disguise themselves throughout society and religion as benevolent… even Christian.
Whereas the Satanist practices a dark art forthrightly and is either viewed by the masses as non-existent or a rare, fringe element, the Luciferian is all but unknown to most people because they appear openly in the world in seemingly humanitarian, political and civil servant positions.
There is not much to be said for a "dabbling" faction of Luciferians because this belief is normally only understood in its entirety by the highest factions of their very powerful construct.
The lower novices among Luciferians are often presented with the notion that they are worshipers of the true Elohim, and as that person advances, the lines are blurred and finally erased to expose the fact that the "Christ" that they follow is not Yahushua… but Lucifer.
Luciferians along with Satanists are the ruling controllers of this present world age… they literally have their strings attached to every facet of government, entertainment, economy, commerce and infrastructure on the planet.
The Luciferian faction is in a position to be a much greater threat than the Satanists, perhaps due to their chameleon tactics in society and even amongst their own adherents. One does not "join" to Luciferians… they are born to it. Bloodline is of extreme importance to them.
The average Luciferian has been born into a generations old position… they are born to fill a spot in the machine that will one day bring about the "great vision"… the New World Order.
They are often very assured of the righteousness of their own undertakings and have been conditioned to believe in a very warped moral standard, including a twisted perspective of who YHWH is and the power of Lucifer which they suppose to be superior.
They are likely to view the average populace as property more than humanity, and understand this as a condition which is for the "greater good".
Luciferians are, like Satanists, often subjected to a rigorous life that produces a dissociative psyche. The parts which are used to carry out more nefarious activities are often hidden from a front alter which is oblivious of those things and can present a very normal countenance.
The same cautions apply to witnessing to a Luciferian as with a Satanist and perhaps go even further… be aware that the high connectedness of a Luciferian can mean that one who is willing to leave their position is also marked for termination and needs prayer support as well as a safe haven.
We are the followers of a Messiah who is a Rock of Offense to the world. Telling people of the Good News will, more often than not, be received as anything but good news.
Sometimes those encounters can degrade quickly into hostility and an evident attitude of rejection. It's never good to proceed past the point of clear rejection… the point of witnessing is compassion, when your message carries on past where it has been thrown aside and trampled, you are no longer doing a service of compassion.
Remember… there is an eternal impact to that rejection every time it occurs… when the answer is clearly no, we don't want to compound the condemnation with further rejection.
We might leave it lie for the time and present it again later… allowing for a different mood or mind set. Two rejections on two occasions is normally the finale for me. After our words have been rejected… our witnessing to that individual should be confined to using our lives as examples in action.
All we can do is sow the seed… YHWH alone can give the increase. Pray He leads us to good ground.
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Friends, family and business associates flooded the cavernous lobby of the BMI building in Nashville on Tuesday afternoon (July 1) to honor Eric Church and Luke Laird for writing Church's third and latest No. 1 single, "Give Me Back My Hometown."
It was Laird's 15th No. 1 as a songwriter.
BMI's Jody Williams told the celebrants that witnessing Church's slow but steady rise to fame was "like watching the little engine that could."
Church charted his first single, "How 'Bout You," in 2006, but he didn't score a No. 1 until 2011 when "Drink in My Hand" topped the chart. He followed it with another No. 1, "Springsteen," in 2012.
As a songwriter, Williams continued, Church is "outspoken and likes to rewrite the rules. He knows who his audience is, and he never disappoints them."
Williams noted that Laird, apart from his string of No. 1's, also co-produced Kacey Musgraves's Grammy-winning album, Same Trailer Different Park, and is currently co-producing her follow-up project. He also co-wrote Kenny Chesney's new single, "American Kids."
Laird's wife and business partner, Beth Mason Laird, presented Church and her husband custom-made wooden plaques in the shapes of their home states — North Carolina and Pennsylvania, respectively — with a star emblazoned over each of their hometowns.
She related that her husband is from Hartstown, Pennsylvania, a town of approximately 200, "half of whom are Amish and the other half his family." Visits to the Pizza Hut were the big deal for the Lairds when he was growing up, she added.
Along with the wooden plaques, she handed out gift certificates to Pizza Hut for the principals involved in making "Give Me Back My Hometown" a success.
"Ironically, Eric Church's goal has never been to have No. 1 records," said Mike Dungan, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group and the man who signed Church to his original recording contract. "His goal was to make great records."
Dungan said Church's music has reached the point that "it now impacts our culture."
As if to illustrate Music Row's convoluted networking, Laird recalled that when he was just getting his start and singing his songs at Nashville's Broken Spoke saloon, he was encouraged by music publisher Katherine Blasingame, who then worked for Williams' publishing company. That was before Williams moved to his present post at BMI.
Blasingame is now Mrs. Eric Church.
Laird told the story of driving from Nashville to the palatial "cabin" Church had rented in North Carolina for a co-writing session.
On his way there, his old car began giving him trouble. So he called his wife to arrange for him to travel to Knoxville to buy a vehicle he'd always wanted — a Ford 150 pickup truck. He went to the car dealer, got the truck and proceeded to his destination.
Laird said the first thing he told Church when he arrived was that they had to write a single that would enable him to pay for the truck he'd just bought.
Church suggested they write a song about what was happening in the mind of a Confederate soldier.
Laird all but rolled his eyes at that idea, realizing it had no commercial potential at all. But he said he did appreciate Church's imagination.
The two wound up writing five songs together, one of which was "Give Me Back My Hometown."
In his brief remarks, Church spoke repeatedly of "doing battle" on behalf of his music.
"Music is the most important thing," he said, "but without a team behind it, the music has no avenue."


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For we are His work-manship,
created in
Christ Jesus unto
good works, . . .
. . . which God bath
before ordained that
we should walk in
them. Eph. 2:10 ft63M0 Betheti Vaal School parvi
Vol. XXX—No. 2
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, October 3, 1952
Show Slides
By Ed Stayton
In anticipation of the national election, November 4, we are made
aware of the many problems that confront the principal contesting
parties. The Democrats and Republicans have at least one thing in
common. They both are troubled with internal disunity; however, these
cleavages are not as pronounced as the public would think.
There are generally two factions within the Democratic party, with
varying degrees of dissention. The southern Democrats, representing
the economic conservatists, conflict with the northerners, who liberally
follow New Deal policies. The civil rights issue also divides north and
south; however, this is not as vital a difference as is generally sup-posed.
There is within the Republican ranks also a wide range of differ-ence.
Basically, the "Old Guard" faction continues its nostalgic remini-scence
of the conservative policies of the 1920's. Then, due to little
interest in welfare programs or participation in international affairs,
government spending was kept at a minimum. In contrast, within the
G. 0. P., there is the progressive faction, who favor a modified New
Deal program that would continue the present welfare program, and
the present participation in international affairs, but with stringent
curtailment of expenditures on both accounts.
Evidently, these differences will allow considerable overlapping
of opinions and voting between parties. Whether this circumstance is
of decisive importance remains to be determined on November 4.
Port-Soneson Win
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Host-Hostess Honors
Dr. Grabill Starts
Weekly Series On
Practical Witnessing
Begun last Tuesday evening, a
series of fall-quarter discussions en-titled
"Speak the Language" will
continue under the guidance of Dr.
Virginia Lowell Grabill, associate
professor of English. The informal
meetings held in the Seminary
lounge start promptly at 9:15 p. m.
and end promptly at 9:45 p.m.
The discussions, under the dir-ection
of Donald Dye, Foreign Mis-sions
Fellowship president, will be
a "preparation for the most vital
part of home and foreign mis-sions,"
says Dr. Grabill, "for the
students will have opportunities
to practice telling the Gospel in
succinct, clear, man-of-the-street
These meetings are a continua-tion
of last year's meetings on the
"Biblical Basis of Missions" which
was sponsored by the Foreign Mis-sions
Seminary Sets Up
Council To Study
Activity Problem
September 19th marked the be-ginning
of the seminary Council
with the election of Rudolph Fors-
Dahl, middleman, and Robert San-din,
This council has taken recom-mendations
from the Seminary
Steering committee, led by Roy
Nelson, midleman, and developed a
program to meet the needs of sem-inary
students and their families.
A five point program has been
proposed: Spiritual, Cultural, Soc-ial,
Recreational, and Economic.
Suggestions for activities in any
sphere may be given to members
of the council or Dean Edwin
Omark who is acting as adviser to
the council.
In keeping with the student body
constitution, this organization is
represented on the student coun-cil.
If you consider Ramsey
county your home and have
lived in it over 30 days, you
have until 14 October to
register for the coming na-tional
election. Register be-tween
8:45 a. m. and 9:00
p. m. at the court house at
Wabasha and Kellog Blvd.,
St. Paul.
If you are an "out of stat-er"
send immediately to your
county clerk for an absentee
registration blank. Most state
deadlines are the middle of
October. Act Now!
Gullman Heads
Sem. Juniors
Ken Gullman of Westfield, New
Jersey was elected president and
Ronnie Nelson from Omaha, Neb-raska
and Paul Dubuque of Kings-ford,
Michigan were voted into
the offices of vice-president and
secretary-treasurer respectively.
The junior class also elected the
class adviser, Dr. Bernard Ramm
of the Seminary faculty. Members
of two homecoming committees
are: on the float committee, as
chairman, Jim Young; Dwight
Erickson will assist him with those
duties. The grounds committee is
composed of Bernie Hogan, Dick
Bandy and Dick Dahlquist.
Choir's First Work
Slated as Messiah
The Oratorio choir, under the
direction of Miss Mildred Bisgrove,
assistant professor of music, started
rehearsals last Monday evening,
September 29, from 7:00 to 8:30.
Participation in the choir is
without audition and is still open
to everyone who likes to sing.
Wives, husbands, other relatives of
students, faculty members and out-side
church people are welcome to
join the group, which last year
numbered 70 to 75 voices. This
year work will again be on Han;
del's "Messiah," the singing of
which will probably become a tra-dition
with the Bethel Oratorio
choir, according to Miss Bisgrove.
Our petite, dark-haired Home-coming
Hostess, Barbara Jean
Port, a native of Youngstown, Ohio,
was born there on August 5, 1931.
She went to grade school there and
attended South High School for
three years, being graduated from
Wheaton Academy, Wheaton, Ill-inois
in June of 1949 after the
completion of her senior year. .
In the fall of that same year,
Barbara entered Bethel Junior Col-lege
and was graduated two years
later, in the spring of 1951. Last
year was spent in Youngstown
working in a bank.
Hostess Barbara is a junior in
the college this year and plans to
major in psychology.
Evangel Baptist Church of
Youngstown, where Rev. Ben F.
Sherman is pastor, is Barbara's
home church. She takes great pride
in the church and pastor claiming
them both as "the best in the con-ference."
Barbara enjoys to sing and was
a member of the now defunct Girls'
chorus in her freshman year. As
a sophomore she sang in a trio
with Carol Windham, now a senior,
and Beverly Harris, formerly a
Our hostess is kept busy with
extra-curricular activities this year.
Singing second alto in Chapel
Choir and serving as activities edi-tor
on the Spire will occupy much
of her time. As a hobby, Barbara
is perfecting her culinary skill.
I think we have made a top
notch choice for our Homecoming
Hostess. "Long live Hostess Bar-bara!"
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Oct. 3—Foreign Missions Fellow-ship,
8 p. m.
Oct. 6—Swedish Club
Oct. 7— Spanish Club
Oct. 10-11—Homecoming
Oct. 16—BWA, 3 p. m.
Oct. 30—Mock Political Rally, 8
p. m.
Oct. 31—Presidential Election on
Oct. 31—Foreign Missions Fellow-ship,
8 p. m.
Nov. 1—Nikolinas Dag
John Gaylord Soneson, our gen-ial,
amiable Homecoming Host, is
a middleman in the Seminary. John
was born in Forest City, Iowa on
August 24, 1928 and moved to
Cook, Minnesota in 1932. He was
graduated from Cook High School
in 1946 and entered Bethel College
in the fall of that year. John maj-ored
in psychology and was grad-uated
with a Bachelor of Arts de-gree
in June 1950.
In December of 1950 the Courier
Quartette composed of Don Peter-son,
Ronald Nelson, Leonard An-derson
and John sailed from New
York for Sweden. The quartette
spent six months travelling in Swe-den
doing evangelistic work and
singing the majority of their songs
in Swedish. The group spent one
month touring on the continent,
leaving England for home on June
30, 1951. John entered the semin-ary
in the fall of 1951.
During his years on Bethel cam-pus,
our Host has been active in
many campus organizations. He has
worked on both campus publica-tions���
the CLARION and the Spire
—and was treasurer of the junior
class while in the college. Johnny
sang in the male chorus for three
years, the Chapel Choir for one
year and in the Courier Quartette.
At present John is a member of the
Progressive Discussion Group and
pianist for the Seminary Chapel
Last summer John was assistant
pastor in Dalbo, Minnesota. Dur-ing
previous summers he has work-ed
as a laborer in a construction
gang on Lake Vermillion. I think
Johnny will represent us as a stu-dent
body very effectively and
make the alumni feel welcome.
"Long live Host John!"
Why just one page you
ask? Well—next week is a
Big week on campus with
Homecoming in full force so
we plan on having a Big is-sue,
six pages in all. This
single sheet cuts down ex
Tonight at 8 p.m., in the college
chapel, students have the oppor-tunity
to see slide pictures of the
destruction caused by one of the
largest earthquakes in history. Mr.
and Mrs. William Hagstrom, our
Conference missionaries to Assam,
India, and first-hand observers of
the huge quake, will show the pic-tures.
In addition to the slides Mr. Hag-strom
will present the work and
his wife, who is a nurse, will give
her testimony. They expect to sail
again for India on October 15.
Everyone is invited to this first
meeting of the Foreign Missions
Foreign Missions Fellowship
1. Ford Wilson has been elec-ted
2. The first three of the Fri-day
missionary offerings have
amounted to $300, $242, and
$202.50 respectively.
Four Day Check
For Nik Dag Day
Nikolina's Dag will be held in
the field-house, November 1, at
7:30 p.m. This year the rule is
that girls cannot start asking fel-lows
until October 27, 12:15 p.m.
Committees are now working on
arrangements for the affair, which
is being sponsored by the sopho-more
class. On the decorations
Committee are Jim Forsell, Jim
Baxter, Chuck Schultz, Marjorie
Knapp, Florence Pruessner and
Lola Kleinsasser. Ronald Polasa-ari,
Ronald Olson and Gene Glader
are arranging the program. On the
publicity committee are Elwood
Erickson, Norman Moore, Eloise
Anderson, Ann Littlefield, Beverly
Mullin and Marlys Malmsten.
100 Attend Big -
Little Sis Tea
Approximately 100 girls attended
the annual Big and Little Sister
Tea, sponsored by the Bethel Wo-mens
Association, in the dining
hall September 25 at 3:00 p. m.
Each "little sis" wore a rose given
to her by her "big sis." Refresh-ments
were served followed by the
program which was led by Carol
Turnwall, BWA president.
After a welcome by the presi-dent,
a trumpet trio was played
by Carolyn Dahlquist, Marilyn Bitt-ner,
and Florence Voth. Shirley
Anderson gave a humorous reading
entitled, "Why those tears?" fol-lowed
by a duet, "Friendship," by
Doris Moberg, school nurse, and
Nancy Swanson. Barbara Mullin,
college junior, gave a toast to the
"little sisters" and freshman Doro-thy
Iblings, gave the response. A
violin solo was played by Margaret
The group sang "Blest Be the
Tie that Binds." Miss Effie Nelson,
dean of women, closed in prayer.
Above are Barbara Port, college junior, and John Soneson, semin-ary
middleman, who will represent the student body as host and hostess
for next week's Homecoming activities. They were elected at a student
election Wednesday, 24 September. —Photo by Frank Shindo
Hostess . . . Barb Host . . Johnny
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Back on campus again this year
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Mr. Raid spent some time in As-pen,
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Mr. Raid will be teaching adyan
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As one of the conference musici-ans,
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Minutes later Rochester's fumble
on their own 26 paved the road for
Bob Kendall to scamper around
right end for the eleven yards
needed and six more points mak-ing
the score 19-0 with Don Stipe
making good his kick for the extra
Scott Hood did his best to try to
keep his Rochester teammates in
the game after Bethel had as-sumed
their 19-0 lead. Mel Nygren
kicked off to the Rochester 10 with
Hood receiving. A speedy back.
Hood, proceeded to follow his
blockers up the left, side of the
field for a touchdown after a 90
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Chuck Smith proved to be in
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THE CLARION Friday, October 3, 1952
• • •
dear roger hedberg after your allowing even the presence of a cock-roach
on this campus let alone failing to toss into the round file his
stupid clarion article scribbled last issue i feel like changing your last
name to berg and taking off your hed why dontcha wise up to whats
what at bethel the past couple of years cockroaches just aint no more
cause the brewer used them all up in the coffee at homecoming in
1947 he ran out of coffee beans for potor anyone can see silverfish now
control the campus for one thing we have the greatest numbers in the
married apartments and even the professors are recognizing us they
are giving less and less c's and more and more f's which also proves
the fishes have it all over the croaches also our silverfish local union
'i812' has all rights to the campus and a closed shop which will not
allow union or non union cockroaches on the campus without a pass-port
and mister roger open your eyes once will you and see the ad-vancements
under silverfish administration we have personally account-ed
for a new library and field house so for your information I'd like to
say this year the silverfish will rule we dont want any outsiders the
only thing i agree with in the stupid article of last week is when he
said if this is edited may the editors grandchildren have hangails and
i hope if you edit this that they also have drooping toenails
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by President Wingblade
There is a song of the old South that for long years has been very
popular in the hearts of all America, entitled "Old Folks at Home".
The "folks" of the students at Bethel may not be very old as yet,
nevertheless they are looking this way with yearning and expectant
hearts and they miss the quick steps and youthful voices that so re-cently
were heard in the old home.
They are thinking often of son or daughter and praying, and maybe
sacrificing. They half expect to hear the sound of steps or voices
still, but then they remember that the boy or girl has gone to Bethel.
But they do miss them and they wonder just what they are doing—
and hope that they are doing well. Of course they deserve not to be
The next thing to the presence of the loved one is a letter in the
mailbox. They know just when the mail is coming and so they watch
and wait and hope.
It does not take long to write a little note home���even on a post
card. The message need not contain anything unusual or startling, but
it is from son or daughter and therefore it is welcome—and thrilling.
All right. How many times have you written home since you left?
In future years, when mother or daddy may be gone, you will never
regret that you warmed their hearts with this kind of remembrance.
geolita Be?
Royals? Falcons? Beavers? What,
will it be? The search is still on
for a suitable school nickname!
The Student council will endeavor
to find it by taking an all-school
vote soon.
In the contest last spring, the
name "Falcons" was judged as the
best entry of those submitted. The
name "Royals" was suggested after
the contest. If possible, the team
should be named before Homecom-ing.
Ideas are welcome, and the
names should be placed in the Sug-gestion
box in the college building
as soon as possible.
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Royals Meet
When the Bethel Royals move in-to
the gridiron at Worthington to-morrow
night they will be out to
spoil the Southern Minnesotan's
record which shows two seasons of
football without a loss. Having
never defeated a Worthington
eleven the Royals hope to gain
their first victory over a Worthing-ton
squad. Last year Worthington
spoiled the Royals' Homecoming
with a decisive victory.
Bethel is potentially stronger
this year with a larger number of
players and a faster and heavier
team which may prove to be a
deciding factor in the game.
The game should provide an ade-quate
test of Bethel's strength and
a victory over the Worthington
team would be a definite morale
lifter for the Homecoming tilt
which takes place the following
Bethel will be minus the ser-vices
of Virgil Hegle who suf-fered
a fractured collarbone in the
Rochester game last weekend.
Library Features
New Book Display
To acquaint Bethel students with
the new books in the library, a
new book display has been located
at the right of the main entrance.
Louder and Funnier by Burr Shaf-er
has attracted the attention of
several interested students as they
walked by. Other interesting (and
more educational books) are: How
to Help an Alcoholic by Clifford
Earle, World Crises and the Pro-phetic
Scriptures by Wilbur Smith,
and Marriage and Jewish Tradition
by Stanley Bray.
A helpful reference book is,
Americana Annual 1952. In it are
found the outstanding dates and
events of 1951. Material is ar-ranged
both chronologically a n d
alphabetically for speedy reference.
For the art lover two volumes of
Italian Painting by Venture Lion-ello
and a Treasury of Art Master.
pieces by Craven Thomas have been
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Bethel Whips Rochester
In First Gridiron Victory
Demonstrating both a solid forward wall and much depth of re-serves
in the backfield, the Bethel gridders soundly whipped the Ro-chester
team 25-6 at Rochester last Saturday evening.
Jim Baxter led the Bethel eleven on a steady march up the field
from their own 10 yard line early in the first quarter. This show of
strength was climaxed when Baxter broke away for a 30 yard gallop
putting the ball on Rochester's two-yard mark. From there two plunges
gave Baxter and Bethel their first six points.
A partially blocked kick enabled
Bethel to get a good start on their
second touchdown march before
the end of the quarter. Jay Wil-liamson
showed his heels to the
Rochester team as he scampered Selecting of cheerleaders for the
43 yards to set the ball on the 1952-53 season took place on Wed-home
team's 14 yard mark as the nesday, September 24, by a corn-gun
went off for the first quarter's mittee of four faculty members and
end. On the first play of the sec- one student representative.
and quarter Williamson swept Out of a group of fifteen candi-around
right end into pay dirt. dates, four girls were chosen to
serve as regulars with three to
serve in alternate positions.
The regulars include Eleanor
Swartz, Beverly Patterson, Peggy
Grooms, and Elnerine Forssell. On
the alternate list are Ramona Nel-son,
Helen Messenger and Ruth
Selections were made on the
basis of personality, appearance,
poise, gracefulness, agility and
voice quality. Pep rallies and lead-ing
cheers for the home games
will be the major assignments for
the leaders.
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