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(this is a rhetorical post to Code Hard or Go Home, 'cause the amount of bullshit in the post is so much that you can call it almost a "cesspool post" instead of "blog post")
There is one thing I really don't like: Percentages, because it's so easy to mess with the information in a single message. If one product suddenly jumped from 10 users to 20, you can clearly say that it "had a 100% grow!" and call it "the fastest growing" product in its niche. Sure, the other brand with 100.000 users will have a hard way to debunk that, as the message is, for all cases, right.
The other is graphs. Because they show, in a nice way, number without reveling what they mean.
Like the ones John Siracusa used to veiled show that Chrome is better than any other browser.
But let's break this to show how much bullshit there is in that so you can tell this guy to join Atwood and Jeremy Khan and move to farm and stop spreading misinformation as fact.
The first thing wrong, right out of the bat, is how he portraits Open Source communities[1]. You can pick any other open source project, Python, GNOME, KDE — you know, the ones that basically wrote the story on how to open source projects — and see that, way above every project, there is a leadership (Python have Guide, GNOME have the GNOME foundation and KDE have the KDE foundation). Dunno about Guido, but the people in the GNOME foundation, which drives the force behind GNOME, organize, divide resources, help developers with timelines and give some ideas on how to proceed in the next version but they barely do any changes (those are left to the developers themselves). And they still manage and "own" the project.
(I know, for a fact, that Guido reviews a lot of PEPs and give opinions about those, but I'm not quite sure how much "changes" he does in the Python interpreter these days, so I'll keep that out of the discussion for awhile. And feel free to correct me here.)
The second wrong thing are the graphs, with wild claims about what they mean. I'll prove this by reading the graphs in a complete opposite way: If you look at the second graph, you can see that Google have a huge turn-around of developers, while the number of people working on WebKit at Apple is almost steadily. This means that the Apple team probably knows the code a lot better than the Google team.
Stopping here for a second just to say that I, too, can be completely wrong: Apple could have a constant turn-around of developers, keeping the number of those almost the same during all the time while Google may have a core of developers who drive the most of the "Android Green"[2] team. Just saying that to point that, absolutely, this guy needs to learn how to read graphs, 'cause those just tell about numbers and not what those mean.
Now, back to the first graph (which blends with the paragraph just above it): Google had more commits. This means they contributed a lot more, right? Well, if that's the fact and Google really "contributed" to the project, why the WebKit devs claiming they can finally get rid of code that is specific to Chrome? This may actually mean another thing: Google was already fucking with WebKit to do what they want instead of play ball with all the other developers. In that case, the WebKit developers are more into "open source" philosophy than Google, 'cause they accepted things they wouldn't need just to keep the ball rolling.
And stopping again to prove the point that that's what I'm reading and distorting to prove my point that Google is the bad guy in this instead of going after the facts. It could really be that Google, while adding new features, had to open space for its own extensions. But I could also point that, just a few paragraphs later, John points that Google didn't play ball with the open source community when they decided to not to contribute the multi-process architecture back to WebKit. So I can, once again, point that Google never really did embraced the open source nature of WebKit and was, all the time, just fucking it up.
"But I look at those graphs and wonder.", he says. Well, yes, I look at those graphs and wonder: Do you have any idea of what you're talking about?
And then there is the anecdote of Safari crashing more than Chrome. Well, fun fact: I thought ArenaNet botched a patch and was constantly sending reports and was almost furious that they never fixed. Then the NVidia settings panel crashed and I realized it was my system that was botched, not the game. I can also add that, along with Safari, in this year Pwn2Own, Chrome was the first browser to fell (with a bug that they don't to tell anyone and sell to be exploited around); Firefox fell only on the third day. So yeah, I can claim that while John keeps pointing that Chrome is super-duper secure, Firefox is light years ahead 'cause it took longer to crack and, then, this whole debacle is pointless and Firefox clearly won.
But, then again, I'd be doing slight distortion of facts just to prove my point. Exactly how John did with his whole post[3].
But why do I mention the story of my botched system? Because your Safari crashing more than your Chrome means absolutely nothing. It could be a gazillion different things that prove absolutely nothing. The guy could be running Safari with extensions (yes, they exist) and Chrome with absolutely nothing and the extension is preventing Safari from running flawlessly and the pages stop responding to protect the browser itself. It's like people that claimed Firefox was slow and bloated compared to Chrome, when they had a pristine copy of Chrome while their Firefox had more than a dozen extensions.
And I can cite again, using John words, that if Google was really into open source, they wouldn't refuse to contribute to the multi-process architecture and Safari could have better protection. But hey, they didn't and you have to ask what was the point of the claiming that "Google chose to participate in the existing WebKit community" when they clearly didn't.
You know, for a guy with a blog titled "Hypercritical", this guy is pretty full of bullshit instead of being critical to his own writing. Maybe it's a sarcastic title, meaning people that read that are not really critical…
Edit: Forgot to mention this: If the Google developers have "already proven" they are capable, why does Chrome is second in number of hacks inside jQuery, just after IE? This just helps my point that, since the start, Google was just fucking with WebKit code.
Still edit: And just breaking this paragraph to point that this doesn't mean your choice of browser is wrong. The fact that Google seems incapable of being a real open source contributor (which is more than just "post commits with code") doesn't mean the feature you really like in Chrome is bad and you should feel bad (in Zoidberg voice). It just mean that you don't need to pick a graph, read it completely wrong just to have some affirmation on your choice.
[1] And I'll give him credit for at least telling the correct story behind WebKit.
[2] Yes, I saw what you did there. It was not clever, by the way.
[3] And did that with a bunch of links, nonetheless, just to look like a Wikipedia page and give some street cred to the post (including an "already proven" link that actually just goes to the Chrome page without proving a damn thing!)


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1st woman member of the New York Stock Exchange dies at 80
By Li Hongmei
The first woman to become a member of the New York Stock Exchange, Muriel "Mickie" Siebert has died at age 80.
Siebert died Saturday of complications from cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Her death was confirmed by Jane Macon, a director of Siebert Financial and a partner at the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
Siebert, 80, founder and president of the brokerage firm that bears her name, Muriel Siebert & Co. Inc., became the first woman member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1967. She also was the first woman superintendent of banking for the state of New York from 1977 to 1982.
Her company went public in 1996 as Siebert Financial Corp.

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Jan. 4, 2011
Box Score
BOSTON, MA - Freshman guard Grant Fairhurst (Ashland, OH) scored a game-high 26 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the field including 7-of-11 from downtown to lead Baldwin-Wallace University over the University of Massachusetts Boston men's basketball team, 82-71, in the closing round of the 2011 ECAC Holiday Festival tournament this afternoon at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, FL. With the decision, the Yellow Jackets improve their record to 6-7 while the Beacons fall to 6-5.
A jumper by freshman forward Dontreal Thomas (White Castle, LA) put UMass Boston ahead 6-5 with just under 15 minutes remaining in the first half before Baldwin-Wallace put the game out of reach with a 23-0 run over the next five minutes of action, fueled by 11 points from Fairhurt. UMass Boston senior forward Pat Joseph (Queens, NY) broke the scoreless drought with a layup at the 8:07 mark of the first stanza to make it a 20 point game at 28-8, Baldwin-Wallace. The Yellow Jackets would extend the lead to 24 points by halftime, outscoring the Beacons 41-17 in the opening frame.
UMass Boston was able to make things interesting by clawing its way back into the game in the second half. Over the first 13 minutes of play, the Beacons outscored the Yellow Jackets, 33-17, highlighted by a 10-0 UMB run midway through the half to cut the game to single digits at 55-47 with 7:34 to play. After extending the lead to as many as 13 (72-59), a pair of free throws by junior guard Michael Mitchell Jr. (Boston, MA) cut the Baldwin-Wallace lead back to eight at 79-71 with 25 seconds to play but it was the closest the Beacons would get as sophomore forward Chris Ameen (Broadview Heights, OH) connected on three free throws down the stretch to seal the 82-71 win for the Yellow Jackets.
Joseph led the Beacons in scoring for the second consecutive game, netted 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field while also grabbing a team-high seven rebounds. Mitchell Jr. finished the game not far behind with 17 points to go along with four rebounds and three assists. Also in double-figures for UMass Boston was junior guard Isaac Jenkins (Pordenone, Italy) with 13 points as well as sophomore guard Jason White (Roxbury, MA) with 10 points. Joseph and Mitchell Jr. were both named to the All-Tournament team for their efforts over the two games.
For Baldwin-Wallace, freshman forward Kyle Payne (Brunswick, OH) had a fine day from the floor, connecting on 6-of-7 shots including a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc for 19 points to go along with a team-high seven rebounds.. Ameen chipped in with 13 points and five rebounds in the win. Payne was also named to the All-Tournament team while Fairhurst was named the Tournament MVP.
The Beacons are back in action Saturday, January 8 when they host Eastern CT State University in a Little East match-up at 3:00 p.m. while the Yellow Jackets host Capital University the same day at 4:00 p.m.
ECAC Holiday Festival All-Tournament Team
Kyle Donovan, Colby
Mike Russell, Colby
Pat Joseph, UMass Boston
Michael Mitchell Jr., UMass Boston
Kyle Payne, Baldwin-Wallace
MVP: Grant Fairhurst, Baldwin-Wallace


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Reduce Stress, Balance Your Hormones & Fight Hunger Cravings Naturally with At-Home, Guided Meditation Practices!
No Experience or Training Required – Start Right Now
VIDEO: Amazing, 21-Day Meditation for Weight Loss Challenge.
Dear Reader,
If you're new to The Gabriel Method, you're probably thinking, "What does meditation have to do with weight loss? After all, you just sit there with your eyes closed, so how could that possibly help?"
I lost over 200lbs and have kept it off for over a decade, so I can tell you from experience that of everything I've ever tried, there is nothing as powerful as using your mind to change your body. I don't care how well you eat, how much you exercise, or how many books you read; if you're not dealing with the mental and emotional stresses in your life and integrating your mind into your healing process, you'll never achieve your weight loss goals long term.
Meditation for Weight Loss…
- Relieves stress & reduces stress hormones
- Lowers your heart rate & breathing
- Calms your central nervous system
- Creates positive neural pathways for success
- Promotes deep sleep
- Reduces inflammation
- Increases your body's sensitivity to the fat regulating hormones leptin & insulin
- Builds positive feelings of self worth & meaning
In 2001, I weighed over 400lbs, so if someone had told me then that meditation was one of the most powerful tools for transforming my body, I would have thought it was a joke. At the time, I was doing extreme diets and spending an hour at the gym each day. It wasn't working, of course, diets never work; but still, I would never have thought that meditation could help.
But it did. Meditation and visualization practices actually had the biggest impact on my total body and life transformation, and I continue to practice every day, even now.
Think Meditation is Radical? Think Again…
Meditation used to be thought of as "alternative" or "hippy"—but no more!
Thanks to the dozens of peer-reviewed studies documenting the tremendous health benefits of meditation, it's now incorporated into both mainstream and alternative health practices worldwide. It delivers measurable results you can see and feel almost immediately at home, without any formal training required.
Almost every progressive medical treatment on the planet today for conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer now incorporate meditation because the data is just so clear. You cannot separate the mind and the body in healing, and our attempts to do so are what get us into trouble in the first place.
"Meditation Can Change Your Metabolism, Heart Rate, Respiration, Blood Pressure & Brain Chemistry…"
Harvard physician, Herbert Benson, was one of the first to research and document what he called, "The Relaxation Response," a very measurable and significant change in physical, mental, and emotional responses related to stress through the use of meditation.
Celebrities on Why They Meditate…
"It Will Be the Best Decision You Ever Make."
[Meditation] has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity and happiness deep within. If you don't already meditate, take my advice: start! It will be the best decision you ever make.
"Meditation Has Helped Me Find Moments of Serenity"
In moments of madness, meditation has helped me find moments of serenity. It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
"Meditation Makes for a Better Environment…"
[Meditation] makes for a better environment when everybody is focused and of one mind and doing well.
"It Is My Connection to The Universe."
I have been a meditator for about 12 years. It has given me energy, strength, health, wisdom, and access to my own inner stillness, inner silence, inner bliss. It is my connection to myself; it is my connection to the universe.
"When Your Stress Level is Lower, You Make Better Decisions…"
[Meditation] has made my thought process more ordered. When your stress level is lower, you make better decisions and you have a better thought process.
"It Helps Me Deal with Life's Ups & Downs…"
I'm actually huge into meditation—that really helps create not only a sense of balance, but all the other stuff—this is gonna sound cliché, but, serenity and a calm state of mind. It helps me deal with life's ups and downs, coming from more of a centered place. Also, it helps with creativity.
"Meditation Changed My Life"
Your Mind Influences Your Fat Storage Hormones
In your mind, you desperately want to be thin, and yet your body craves junk food—and too much food. Why does this happen? What's going on?
In my own personal weight loss journey, I made it my mission to answer these questions, and after extensive biomedical research and after working with thousands of clients to all over the world, I've learned that your thoughts and your mental and emotional state actually change your biochemistry.
If you're stressed out, worried, fearful or lonely, the impact on your health is immediate—and the hormonal imbalances created are the same imbalances that cause food cravings that lead to weight gain. Your cortisol levels rise, your blood sugar sky-rockets, your body stops listening the fat hormones leptin and insulin—and you gain weight.
Most people have been unsuccessful with diets; and in most cases, it's because they failed to address the real issues underlying the weight gain. The hard truth is that chronic mental and emotional stresses can be more toxic to your health than fast food, ice cream, or any junk food you can imagine.
But the good news is that there is a solution, and it comes from the inside out.
I often call this mind-body approach, "inside out weight loss" and what that means is we start on the hormonal level, balancing first your biochemistry, and then the food choices, the cravings, the overeating—all those so-called "bad habits" fall away natural and resolve themselves without suffering or restriction.
Stress Makes You Fat (& everyone else too!)
Have you ever wondered why celebrities, politicians, and even the extremely wealthy still struggle with their weight? Clearly, they can afford the best food and the best fitness trainers on the planet, so how is it that people as successful and influential as Oprah Winfrey or Bill Clinton have had to struggle with weight issues?
Why is it that during times of family crisis, many people start to gain weight unconsciously and uncontrollably—as though their body is taking over?
For you, it might be a demanding job, a hectic family life, an abusive spouse or any of the millions of emotional challenges we all face in life—but the biochemical result is the same. Your hormones become imbalanced, your food cravings increase, and you'll very likely gain weight—and it gets worse and worse as time goes on.
Getting Started w/Meditation
"But I can't sit still!" my readers often tell me when I suggest meditation and visualization as the bedrock of their weight loss journey. Don't worry, if you can't sit still or relax, this is a clear sign that meditation is exactly what you need. Like anything, you learn to meditate with time, and using my approach, it's very simple to get started (and the benefits are immediate).
STEP 1: Find a Quiet Place to Meditate
Any place will do, but it's best if you can return to the same spot each day. Your office, a bedroom, even a corner of your house can work. I have readers who take their headphones to the bathroom because it's the quietest place in their house. Literally, any place where you feel calm and can sneak away to for 10 minutes is just perfect. That's your meditation spot!
STEP 2: "Take a Seat" (or lie down)
Seated positions are preferred for meditation. Sitting helps you focus, but if it's just too uncomfortable at first, lying flat on your back is fine too. If you're seated, try to sit up tall but without straining or forcing. You want to feel naturally balanced and relaxed in an upright position. Soften your shoulders away from your years and with your chin parallel to the floor, close your eyes and relax. That's it, you're ready!
STEP 3: Put On Your Headphones & Press Play!
The best way to listen to the 21-Day Meditations are with headphones. They block out other noises and can be very helpful for total concentration. That said, if you are unable to use headphones, using any type of speakers will work just fine too. Once you press play, your job is not to "do" anything. Your job is simply to relax and listen. With guided meditation practices, you'll find your mind will drift in and out of focus—this is normal. You might doze off to sleep occasionally, that's perfectly fine. There is no right or wrong way to meditate—just keep pressing play and let it happen.
Have You Tried "Meditation Music" Yet?
In the past 30 years, there have been huge breakthroughs in what is commonly referred to as "meditation music," or what I like to call SMART Music (Super Mental Awareness Re-education Training Music).
These special tones added to relaxing music encourage your brain wave state to switch from that of an active (and sometimes overactive!) beta state, to that of an alpha state. In alpha, your heart rates slows, your stress immediately goes down, and you'll feel a great sense of peace and calm.
So how do we use meditation music?
With all the guided practices in this program, there is the option to listen with meditation music included. This speeds up the effectiveness of the program, so you'll be able to achieve deeper and more relaxing meditations more quickly and with less practice.
In clinical trials, researchers have found that even novice meditators can drop down into a deeply relaxed alpha state in just a matter of minutes—something that usually requires years of meditation practice to achieve. For you, this means less work and more benefits. Your job is to sit down, close your eyes, and press play.
IMPORTANT MEDICAL NOTE: the frequency following tones used in the SMART Music tracks are not recommended for those with a history of epilepsy or for those with pacemakers. For your convenience, there are "no-music" versions of each meditation available in case this applies to you. For everyone, you should not listen to these tracks while driving or operating heavy machinery.
Meet Your Teachers: Jon & Carol
The program is co-led by both Jon Gabriel and Carol Look. Each have a unique skill set and approach, and together, the program is well-rounded and appropriately varied with masculine and feminine, yin and yang.
Jon Gabriel is the best-selling author of The Gabriel Method and The Gabriel Method Recipe Book, and he is best-known for his visualization programs now used by over 300,000 people worldwide.
As Jon says:
"Meditation & visualization are the doing part of The Gabriel Method. Book knowledge will only take you so far, meditation is what creates the internal shift that leads to a total transformation."
Jon himself lost over 200lbs and has kept it off for over a decade. He has been a featured guest expert on television and radio programs internationally, he has spoken live to over 10,000 people, and his calm and soothing voice has turned thousands of skeptical readers into raving fans of meditation.
Carol Look is recognized and respected around the globe as a compassionate, intuitive and skilled healer. She is passionate about helping people attract success and abundance into their lives while guiding them to enjoy vibrant health and freedom from physical and emotional stress.
Originally trained as a traditional psychotherapist, Carol is also trained as a Clinical Social Worker and earned her Doctoral Degree in Clinical Hypnotherapy, and is a pioneer and leading voice in the EFT (Tapping) community. Carol is an international workshop leader, popular telesummit guest, author and abundance coach and has spent more than 20 years in the mental health field helping people reduce their anxiety, fear, and stress through traditional talk therapy, trancework, Tapping and meditation skills. Through her workshops, clinical practice and coaching programs, Carol loves inspiring others to enjoy more peaceful, fulfilling lives.
21-Day Meditation for Weight Loss Challenge
Enjoy 21 separate and unique meditation practices. Each session is just about 10 minutes long, so you can always find time to listen in the morning, during the day, or just before bed (the preferred time for most people).
Each week has a different theme, and each day has an extremely specific focus. The idea is to build healthy habits for life; and very quickly, you'll start to feel these positive affirmations and guided imagery being incorporated into your day-to-day consciousness.
Week 1: Fitness, Health & Vitality
- Day 1: Health
- Day 2: Absorbing Nutrients
- Day 3: Digestive Flow
- Day 4: Live Body, Live Food
- Day 5: Sending Love
- Day 6: Healing Energy
- Day 7: Ideal Body
Week 2: Safety & Weight Loss
- Day 8: I Am Safe
- Day 9: Feeling Protected
- Day 10: Strong and Secure
- Day 11: Power
- Day 12: Releasing Fear
- Day 13: Forgiveness
- Day 14: Feeling Free
Week 3: Stress Reduction for Weight Loss
- Day 15: Peace
- Day 16: Calm Light
- Day 17: Inner Wisdom
- Day 18: Success
- Day 19: Worthy
- Day 20: Trust
- Day 21: Abundance
100% Satisfaction Guarantee – Full 365 Days!
If for any reason, or no reason at all, you are not fully satisfied with this program, simply send 1 email any time in the next year, and we'll refund you in full with no questions asked. No catch. No hassles.
5 Yoga Poses for Meditation (13-min video)
Yoga teacher, Sonia, will lead you through a short series of poses designed to open and relax your body and prepare it for meditation. These yoga postures are also a great way to transition from a busy day to a peaceful and meditative state just before bed.
NOTE: No previous yoga experience required. Designed for all levels. Available immediately for online viewing.
How to Visualize & Meditate w/Jon Gabriel (60-min video)
Get instant-access to this never-before-released 1-hr lecture where Jon will teach you how to meditate and how to visualize on your own. Jon will share techniques and advanced approaches that he's never taught anywhere else before. This is an exclusive, live recording from a private session in Jon's home.
Meridian Tapping for Emotional Release (30-minute audio class & reference report)
Learn this powerful self-healing technique for removing and releasing emotional trauma and blockages in your life. By tapping on your body's meridian points and using very specific language and affirmations, you can create a dramatic shift in your state of mind in a matter of minutes.
Carol Look is a leading authority on tapping (and also the co-creator of this meditation program), and she'll lead you through the basics of getting started with Emotional Freedom Technique (better known as "tapping").
NOTE: no previous experience required. It's a safe and natural at-home practice for everyone.
My Challenge to You…
In all my work and research, I've yet to find anything as powerful or effective as meditation, and that's why I'm thrilled to offer this 21-Day Meditation for Weight Loss Challenge to you along with my friend and colleague, Carol Look.
Research shows it takes at least 21 days to form a habit, and my hope is that the simple practice of setting aside 10 minutes each day to reconnect your body and mind will become a lifelong practice that will have a ripple effective, transforming your body and your life forever.
My challenge to you is this: purchase the program here on this page. Set aside 10 minutes each day to listen to these powerful, guided meditations—and then tell me what you experience! If you're not convinced that meditation is an essential tool for weight loss, just send me an email, and we'll refund your purchase in full. But if things go well, and if you become a meditation "addict" like me, please write me a quick note so I can share your story with my other readers.
Remember, all I'm asking for is 10 minutes each day. Sit down, press play, and relax. Your mind is the most powerful tool you have on your weight loss journey, and I can't wait to hear about your experiences in the next few weeks.
In health,
Gabriel Method
p.s. This is a digital program which means you can get instant access to this 21-day series immediately, right now. The files are compatible with any computer or mp3 player including Apple devices. Also, please be sure to take advantage of the limited bonuses we're offering just this month valued at $65 (but yours for free).
What People Are Saying…
"I have lost weight! I can see it and feel it. It's a miracle."
It's been a week & a half now, been listening to the meditations each day. I have been eating pretty normal, even the odd cookie after dinner. If anything I had the feeling I had been eating more. Not increased my exercise. Eating perhaps a bit more veggies… Long story short – I have lost weight! I don't know how much – don't have scales – threw them out many years ago! But I can see it and feel it. It's a miracle. Thank you! I always knew that dieting was not the answer. That the reason for being overweight, and the 'cure' was to be found in the unconscious, the emotions. I have had so many revelations during the meditations which helped me bring love & healing to those issues/hurts/emotional scars I still carried around with me – literally – as fat. Thank you both so much. You have given us an invaluable gift!
"An invitation to a feast where both my body and soul are nourished"
I just had to write to you both right now to send you my love and heart-felt thanks for getting together and creating this amazing 21 – day meditation challenge. It's only Day 2 and I have just finished listening to Jon but I know that this time after years of struggling with my body weight, largely due to old beliefs and ingrained behavior patterns – this time my body is really ready to get its sexy on!
The 21 days look to be so comprehensive and beautifully planned to permeate all the levels; body/mind/conscious/subconscious, it feels more like and invitation to a feast where both my body and soul are nourished, rather than a challenge. The only way this isn't going to work is if I don't press play! Thanks to you guys, I've already set myself a target weight for optimum health and super sexiness, which I have not disclosed to anyone before… and to reach that goal I have to release 70lbs. I've been carrying around a small child in extra weight – shock, horror! Obviously I'm not going to lose that in 21 days, but watch this space!
"I feel peaceful and calm"
I feel very good, I like this guided meditation. I particularly feel peaceful and calm. I am concentrating closely on every Word I hear. It's great! Thank you.
"I feel great afterwards, and am noticing an improvement in my mood"
A big THANK YOU for the 21 day meditations. It is a fabulous adjunct to the evening visualization and is helping keep me on track. I feel great afterwards and as added bonus am noticing a distinct improvement in my mood and ability to deal with my boisterous 10 year olds twins without totally losing it! Am just 3 weeks into the GM but feeling like it has clicked and I know I'm doing the right thing.
"I'm calmer, more centered, less anxious, sleeping better, making healthier food choices and lost 4 lbs"
Just have 3 days under my belt so far and I am really benefiting already! I feel calmer, more centered, have been less anxious, am sleeping better, making healthier food choices and lost 4 lbs so far. Amazing! I love starting my day with these meditations.
"I was surprised and joyful to let go of some of the excess weight"
Thank you! Due to all the combination of things I'm doing: your meditations, trying to be happy (awareness), modifying my eating habits, exercise: I'm weighing 5 pounds less. I don't tend to weigh myself a lot, because instead of seeing the numbers go down I would see them go up, but not yesterday, I was surprised and joyful to let go of some of the excess weight. Thank you for your contribution.
"The visualizations are doing me a lot of good"
I appreciate the program very much. I am on the Gabriel method for over a year now and lost approximately 15 kilos, easily and in an unexcited way. The visualizations are doing me a lot of good (I also got the visualization-library on your mp3player). Yet, the 1 hour program on how to visualize which is bonus on the 21 day challenge still taught me some new aspects, and this is great. Only recently it was found out that I have ADD (attention deficit disorder) and I feel that visualizing is a great help with this aspect of my personality as well. Thank you all!
"After the meditation, my stomach is pain free"
My stomach was really hurting before I did this meditation. After the meditation my stomach is pain free. Thank you so much!
"As a nurse, I've never seen this peaceful approach to weight loss"
Thank you. I needed that message. I haven't felt safe since my husband passed away two years ago. Ice cream has been my comfort food since then. Your mission on true health and well being is commended. As a seasoned nurse I've never seen this peaceful approach to weight loss. I know it's working already. I've lost 4.5 lb's in one week.
"I've already dropped 8 pounds"
I play the meditations several times per day and have already dropped 8 pounds. I find the meditations very empowering.
"Completely safe solitude"
My safe place became a smooth beach, pristinely blue ocean, glistening white sands, gentle breeze, and completely safe solitude. Thank you for these meditations!
"Very, very powerful!"
I wanted to comment on this meditation. It was very, very powerful! I cried a lot. An awareness of just how powerLESS I had felt for so long surfaced. I tapped a lot with those feelings, till the tears stopped, till I could let go of that identity. All this before even getting to the aspect of having power to create… Very wonderful, thank you so much.
"I imagine myself floating in an ocean"
This helps me… I imagine myself floating in an ocean of all types of white flowers. As I gently bump into them, I imagine the glittery sheen on the petals travelling onto my skin and then into my body until I am all shimmery.
"The meditation helped me focus on what I can control and change"
I'm feeling better. The meditation has helped me to disassociate my mind and soul from unpleasantness, and to focus on what I can control and change.
"Feels wonderful!"
Feels wonderful. I lost 6 pounds since I started, how can that be?
"The weight is finally coming off & I no longer feel stressed"
This has been truly a gift as I've been on a detox program right along with the meditations. I am finally "getting it" after 5 decades of being overweight that this is more about spiritual, mental & emotional energy than following a strict diet & exercise program. The weight is finally coming off & I no longer feel stressed or obsessed about it. You'll never know how much I appreciate these meditations!
"I know it is safe to release the weight"
I know I am protected. I know it is safe to release the weight. Thank you for a wonderful meditation!
"I am choosing better foods and eating less"
I enjoyed that, it was relaxing, motivating and I'm excited to see the weight drop off. I have been listening to Jon's evening meditation for about a month now and his daily meditation I listen as much as I can. I really did not change the way I'm eating but for some reason I am choosing better foods and eating less! I lost about 10 lbs, it was effortless! I'm not kidding. The best thing is this past weekend I lost a pound instead of gaining! I usually gain back the weight I lost during the week, but I actually lost a lb.! I love the opportunity that you are giving me. Thank you!
"An enormous gift, filling me with so much joy"
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Introduction to the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable
Each year the RIAA releases sales figures to try to show that their industry is dying and then points to a wide variety of causes. Dig into the numbers and you will find one bright spot for the music sales: vinyl. Vinyl is now selling better than it has in a number of years, with large growth year over year. From people returning to vinyl after decades away, or younger listeners moving into it for the first time, the old record is selling better than it has in years.
Of course you need something to play these on, and turntable vendors have been happy to provide a wide assortment of turntables for the new listener. Pro-Ject has been making turntables for two decades now and they have always had a major focus on value with their Debut line. Now they have introduced the Debut Carbon, which is their cheapest table to come standard with a carbon fiber tonearm, and improved the standard cartridge to be the well-regarded Ortofon 2M Red. Is this the easiest way to get straight into high quality vinyl playback without spending a fortune?
- 8.6″ Carbon Fiber Tonearm
- Ortofon 2M Red MM Cartridge
- Belt Drive Turntable
- Speed: 33/45 RPM (Manual belt change)
- Wow and Flutter: +/- 0.10%
- Speed Drift: +/- 0.8%
- Platter: 300mm Diameter Aluminum with Felt Mat
- Tonearm Overhang: 18.5mm
- Effective Tonearm Mass: 6.0g
- Dimensions: 4.7″ H x 16.5″ W x 12.7″ D
- Weight: 12.5 Pounds
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Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable Design and Setup
Turntable setup is much different than a disc player, and so Pro-Ject has tried to make it as easy as possible for those getting started. The Ortofon 2M Red MM cartridge is pre-mounted to the carbon arm and is almost ready to go. Installing the arm counterweight is a relatively simple process but will require that you have access to a scale to verify the load. My 2M Red cartridge was just slightly misaligned, but 5 minutes with a screwdriver and the included alignment tools and everything was setup and ready to go.
Out of the box and in glossy red the Debut Carbon is a striking table. The top of the table is very clean, with the power switch hidden away under the plinth and the belt located under the platter. Pro-Ject has done away with the captive phono cables that are typical on budget tables, so you are free to upgrade the phono cables to a higher quality cable if you wish, or to just install a cable of the correct length to avoid a rats nest of cables in your AV rack. Pro-Ject also includes a dust cover to keep the table clean, though I prefer not having to deal with it and left it uninstalled for my testing.
The Debut Carbon comes ready to go, other than a phono amp, but they offer a range of upgrades for the table as well. The Speed Box II replaces the standard wall-wart power supply with an external box that offers a quartz clock generated power supply to allow for both more accurate speed control, and push-button 45 RPM playback so you no longer need to adjust a belt. There is also an acrylic platter, the Acryl-It, to replace the standard metal platter and felt mat that offers lower resonance and no static electricity.
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable In Use
After a short installation and setup the Debut Carbon is ready to start playing some music. Listening to Nirvana Unplugged from ORG Music, the bass is much deeper and tighter than with a typical budget turntable and cartridge. Kurt Cobain's voice is a bit hoarse and scratchy but well anchored and isolated from the instruments. Musicians are well laid out on the stage in front of me, though it doesn't extend beyond the speakers or too deep into the rear wall. Projecting a large soundstage is where budget tables and cartridges run into their limits, but the Debut Carbon did a very nice job with putting everyone in their proper place.
Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water sounds far more impressive than Nirvana did. On "The Only Living Boy in New York" the Debut throws out a soundstage well beyond its price range. Vocals were articulate and clear, with the harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel staying distinct from each other instead of blurring together. Instruments often seem to be coming from the walls halfway between the speakers and my chair, providing a larger-than-life soundstage that is truly enveloping.
To see how the Debut Carbon can improve from stock I installed the Acryl-It and Speed Box II upgrades to my unit. The Acryl-It is lighter than the included metal platter, but lets you ditch the felt mat, and is less resonant as well. The Speed Box II is a far higher quality power supply that uses a quartz clock and filter system to improve upon the speed control of the table and allow for switching between 33 and 45 RPM with the touch of a button. Installing both upgrades takes under 5 minutes, and the Speed Box II is tiny enough to hide right next to the table.
Though you would think these are subtle upgrades, I find them to be anything but. With The Black Keys El Camino LP, the Carbon does a better job of getting everything out of the grooves, for better or worse. Backgrounds are now clearer, though any dust and grime that is in the grooves is also far more present as well. Speed control is improved, and drums have more kick to them than before. Moving between the two different upgrades, the Speed Box II makes more of a difference as the boost to speed accuracy is clearly noticeable, but the benefits of the Acryl-It are strong as well.
Being able to switch from 33 RPM to 45 RPM without needing to switch belts makes the Speed Box II an upgrade I wouldn't go without. Many titles I previously avoided as the changing of belts is a hassle, but removing that obstacle led me to my 45 RPM titles. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac is as brilliant as always, with detail and clarity that blow away the CD version my wife owns. Strings and guitars have more texture and air than on CD, sounding far more like a live performance and less like a sterile recording.
Beyond audiophiles, the main growing market for turntables is a young buyer. While some hipsters just want to use a turntable to flash their indie-cred and show they don't fall into the iPod crowd, for many they are discovering it's the best way to actually hear their music. The past two decades have seen the mastering of popular music go way downhill, where Radiohead's second album, The Bends, has fantastic dynamic range but their latest releases like In Rainbows are horribly compressed and squeezed yet still get Grammy nominations for recording quality!
Thankfully there are often two masters produced for albums: One that is used for the digital copies of it, be it on CD or a download, and one that is used for the vinyl release. Often the vinyl release has a wider dynamic range, more detail, and can actually take advantage of high performance audio equipment. Listening to the latest releases from Fiona Apple, Passion Pit, M83 and others on vinyl all sounded superior to their digital versions. Background instruments were more audible and not just obscured by louder instruments; drums and bass had actual kick instead of just being loud or louder, and the top end wasn't nearly as harsh since the recording wasn't constantly being clipped.
While those that listen to jazz and classical are spoiled by having recordings that truly prize quality and dynamics compared to popular music, those of us with more mainstream tastes can get much better quality from a turntable like the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon. No matter how great your CD player or DAC is, if your recording is junk, it's going to sound like junk, and you'll find that a simple $400 turntable will blow away far more expensive digital equipment on modern music. Listen to some current recordings on the Debut Carbon and I doubt you'll want to buy a CD of anything again.
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable On The Bench
Using the Platter Speed iOS app from Feickert Tools and the Ultimate Analog Test LP record, I was able to easily compare the speed accuracy of the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with and without the Speed Box II in place.
The stock speed at 33 RPM is close, with deviations of -0.22% and +0.19%, but certainly not spot on.
At 45 RPM the lower deviation is higher, at -0.25% but the upper deviation is closer at +0.08%. Lowpass-filtered both results are even better, and those numbers are better to use as they represent a more likely real-world result. Adding in the Speed Box certainly made a measurable difference.
Now if you look at the raw data, we are only at +/- 0.11% for 33 RPM playback, but lowpass-filtered that is a remarkable 0.01% deviation, which I don't imagine many people being able to notice.
At 45 RPM the numbers are not quite as good, though that early error seems to throw it off, but in this case the numbers have the same mean frequency as without the Speed Box, but the variation is more centered instead of low.
Using the 1 kHz test track on the same LP, I measured the THD+N on the Pro-Ject Carbon, using all four permutations of the Speed Box II and Acryl-It Platter, and using a Pro-Ject Phono Box as the Phono Preamp.
Here you can see the Speed Box II makes a moderate, but measurable, difference. I'm a bit surprised to see that the Arcyl-It version scores worse both times, but that seems to be the case. From these numbers I do recommend picking up the Speed Box II if you want to get the most out of the Pro-Ject Debut Turntable, as it makes improvements in both sound and usability.
Conclusions about the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable
Vinyl is experiencing a resurrection in the marketplace, but is an intimidating world for many to enter. For many used to CD players or digital downloads that just play and don't require any tweaking, it is often overwhelming to enter the world of analog and all the adjustments it can entail. Pro-Ject has done a wonderful job of producing a table that someone new to vinyl, or returning after an absence, can remove from the box, quickly assemble, and be ready to start playing without any fussiness.
Compared to the budget table I started with a few years ago, the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon offers better bass and soundstaging, with a wide variety of upgrades available that allow the performance to really grow. It also looks far cooler to all my guests with the bright red finish of my review unit really standing out in my rack. The Carbon is an exceptional performer for the price, and is highly recommended for those that want to add a turntable into their system. Out of the box it is great and only gets better as you add a Acryl-It platter and Speed Box II control to it. As your love of vinyl grows you can go ahead and upgrade the cartridge as well and get even more performance out of the Carbon tonearm and platter than the very capable Ortofon 2M Red can do.
If you're a fan of modern rock at all, you really need to get a turntable into your system, as digital music is often far more compressed than the analog master is now, no matter how good the digital section of your system is. Adding a turntable and some of your favorite titles on vinyl will let you hear what you've been missing and the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon is an ideal place for making that leap.


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I watched this a couple days ago, and I'm still letting it sink in.
Wiglum's house reminded me of Adam Kesher's house in Mulholland Drive. It's this upscale LA home that's very new and clean but contains a darkness or chaos that's in dramatic opposition to the surroundings. The things that happen in and around Wiglum's house felt very Mulholland Drive to me as well, and reminiscent of Inherent Vice and Punch-Drunk Love in the way that troubling things happen in this goofy way (carrying Wiglum and buckling his seat belt for example).
The assistant is an intriguing character. I'm not sure how self-aware the film is about him. Are we supposed to think he's deep, or are his affectations (especially the funeral thing) supposed to be part of his flaws? Either way, I'm almost more curious about him than I am about Wiglum. Also it feels like there's a time jump after the interview, and when he carries Wiglum out he's done this before and always needs to get high before doing it (there was special emphasis on that). I think I'm more interested in their relationship than I am about either of the characters individually. I'm hooked.
The chaos of being Wiglum, for 15 minutes.
And like jenks says, there's truth in the actors. The wonderfully surprising reactions, like the little strange construction of a smile happening on Doug's face, then Fair enough, and then this little strange tick he does. I had a cat once. Family. Hah! Also the little moment when Dough smells Wiglum as they walk is very very funny.
You know that the relatively fast pace and intense tone of the beginning, that throws us headlong into this headspace, doesn't need to be there all the time, and after that first part climaxes with the car driving and the kind-of-suicide-attempt in the garage, you shift the tone, and we enter a calmer state of Wiglums mind. And in this calmness he actually does try to kill himself. I love tonally versatile directors who get at their characters insides from different angles.
The set-design is all sorts of wonderful, with the weird images on the wall in his office and the TV outside. You're not afraid to push the details in a slightly surreal direction.
And it's incredibly exciting to hear how you describe the feature! You talk like you walk the mood of that description in this short already, and I can't wait to see what you do with a bigger canvas.
That grim trepidation of 'how the fuck am I going to make it through another one of these?'. Any time I read Kafka, i feel like i doubt he wrote any of it in the summer months.


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The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XVIII No. 12 BETHEL INSTITUTE April 28, 1939
Frisky Frosh Frolic
A new spirit invaded the College chap-el
last Friday evening. The assembled
students and their friends alternately
laughed and applauded as the Freshman
class members portrayed the events of
"School Days".
After a speech of welcome by the
president of the Freshman class, Glenn
Anderson, the theme song, "School Days",
was presented by Doris Jane Eggleston
and Dean Nordell. The first event of the
school day was the German Class under
the tutelage of Miss Marjorie Lager, im-personating
our efficient Fraulein Nel-son.
After an appropriate celebration of
their instructor's birthday — reverted to
in preference to a test—the joyful stu-dents
ran from the class-room in re-sponse
to the invitation of the closing
bell of the period.
Robert Peterson, a helpful sophomore
friend, contributed a humorous reading,
"Mr. Hayes' Memory System". Miss Car-men
Anderson participated in the pro-gram,
playing "Souvenir" by Drdla, and
"Salut d'Amour" by Elgar.
Karl Karlson, as Professor Norstrom,
conducted the chemistry class. After a
witty lecture by the instructor, the class
closed as a sleepy member, (Thor Kom-
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Chorus Visits Red Wing
The Bethel Male Chorus will travel
south again! On Thursday evening, May
4, the chorus will render its concert at
the First Baptist Church of Red Wing,
Minn., (about 80 miles south of the Twin
Because of the inability of Professor
George Hultgren to make this trip, the
chorus will sing under the direction of
its student director, J. Gordon Peterson.
Ruth Fredine will accompany the chorus
at the piano. The program, with its ex-tra
features, will be about the same as
it was on the concert tour. Maurice
Wessman is the pastor of the Red Wing
Dr. Hagstrom Entertains
Tuesday evening, May 9, the seniors of
Bethel Seminary and the faculty with
their wives will be entertained at a re-ception
held in the home of Dr. and Mrs.
G. Arvid Hagstrom. This function is in
the honor of the Seminary seniors, and
has come to be an annual event.
April 28 Baseball, Waldorf, there
May 2.... Sophomore Class Program
May 2 Missionary Band Study
May 3 Alexis
May 3 Baseball, Concordia, here
May 4 Male Chorus Concert
May 5 Visitor's Day
May 8 Baseball, Blake, here
May 9.... Seminary Grad's Reception
May 10 College Club
Male Chorus Memories
With the playing of the first few pon-derous
chords of the 150 Psalm the 1939
Concert tour of the Bethel Male Chorus
began. The church was very near filled
and the fellows stood so neat and stiff
in the formal attire of a conventional
Bethelite. Some of the new members
looked pale and nervous while the older
members grinned confidently, having
gone through the procedure many times
before. The beginning as most begin-nings
was not polished and smooth, but
the concert ended quite successful with
the basses only one note ahead of the
tenors, the pianist coming in last.
Battle Royal
Look out for the window! Ferdinand
is on top of the pile of legs, arms and
heads, no, Micky is on top now. There
goes someone's shoes. "Oh, fright," Law-son
cries, "Who tore my pants?" And so
tenor, bass and director pull, slap, pinch,
tickle, tear, and not until the last cloud
of sneezing powder has blown away can
one smell the aroma of sweaty bodies, in-spect
the torn clothes, and soothe the in-jured
freshman pride. However, after
the battle is over the spirit of fellowship
has grown stronger because some new
members have been initiated into the ex-clusive
Russian fraternity, "De-pan-tsoff".
"Fern" Mail
Some folks look forward to receive fan
mail, but the boys on the male chorus
trip awaited anxiously the "Fem" mail.
"Where is the mail?" was the cry that
greeted every new destination. Oh boy,
twenty-two letters at the pastor's house.
Sidney secretly wonders if his mother
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The traditional Bethel Visitor's Day
will be held this year on the evening of
Friday, May 5. Contrary to traditional
schedule, however, the entire program
this year will be in the evening. Ordi-narily
a program of events has been car-ried
out throughout the afternoon and
evening, beginning with "open house" in
the dormitories at two o'clock. This was
followed by "kaffe och dopp", and later
in the afternoon, a baseball game and
other athletics. The evening was taken
up by a combined Male Chorus and A
Capella Choir Concert.
Student Talent Used
The plan this year is to have an eve-ning
program beginning at 8:00 o'clock,
and featuring as much student talent as
possible. Such groups as the Male Cho-rus,
A Capella Choir, Male Quartet, Band,
and String Trio will be featured, as well
as vocal and instrumental solos by the
students. Prize winning orations and dec-lamations
will also be on the program.
Invitations Sent
Special letters of invitation will be
sent to all the Twin City churches as
well as to Twin City students' parents,
and to members of homes in which stu-dents
are residing. However, all inter-ested
in the program are cordially invit-ed
to attend and students may secure let-ters
of invitation to send to their friends.
Instead of featuring "open house" at
the dormitory in the afternoon this year,
it will be held, together with a social
hour, immediately following the evening
Dr. Gordh Honored
Continuing in the procedure of honor-ing
the Seminary faculty of Bethel, the
Alexis Society will honor Dr. Arvid Gordh
at the regular meeting, May 3.
Grace to you and peace.—Phil. 1:2.
Unless it be that I have unwittingly viewed the site of some Indian massa-cre
or similar frontier-day combat, I have never seen a battlefield. Yet, I know
one intimately, for I have carried it in my very breast.
There, at times, have been arrayed the hosts of Satan against all the forces
I could muster. Great was the tumult and loud the shouting until, despairing
of all other resources, I listened again to the message of grace. Then came
The grace by which the sinner is saved is the grace that brings the saved
sinner peace. Peace comes in the assurance that the work of grace has been
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imiputeth not iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no guile.—Ps. 32:1,2.
—Ralph Johnson.
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The Bethel Clarion
1480 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Official School Paper of Bethel Institute Published twice
monthly during school year
Gordon Peterson Editor
Virgil Olson Associate Editor
Carl Young Associate Editor
John Valine News Editor
Viola Waihela Feature Editor
Vernon Pearson Sports Editor
Alrik Blomquist Business Manager
Dorothy Drotz Asst. Business Manager
Stanley Rendahl Circulation Manager
Doris Eggleston Asst. Circulation Manager
Grace Widen—Elaine Youngquist Typists
Miss Enid Platts Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
Question: Should Bethel have an all-school
At the present time in the Bethel mu-sic
department there are two organiza-tions
in which the students may receive
musical training outside of private les-sons,
namely the Male Chorus and the
A Cappello Choir. Some years ago in the
days of the Academy there was a large
school choir for all who were interested,
but in recent years this musical oppor-tunity
has been limited to those of dis-tinct
ability in singing.
There has been a feeling prevailing
among a number Hof the students who
live not been able to sing in. the A Cap-pella
Choir that they too would like to
receive some instruction in music as well
as those who are more fortunately favor-ed.
It is not the easiest thing to fill this
need and desire, but this may be a sug-gestion
to a working out of a satisfactory
answer, that of organizing an All-School
Choir for all that are interested. This
choir would not necessarily be trained
for concert presentation, but yet it would
afford the opportunity for a number
which would like to better themselves in
musical lines. This choir would not nec-essarily
do away with the A Cappella
Choir which could be given more direct
attention, or perhaps a chapel choir of
selected voices could be organized to add
to the already fine chapel programs.
When Bethel is so fortunate as to have
such men of rare musical ability as Pro-fessors
Hultgren and Bergman, every
musically minded student should have the
opportunity to come into contact with
these men. This is a real musical treat
of which many would long to take advan-tage
and therefore every student with a
love for music should be given some op-portunity
to at least become acquainted
with these men of note and to inspire a
greater love and respect for the fine art
of music.
It Can Happen Here
In the Spring a young man's fancy has but little time for love
For the heart responds much quicker to the baseball and the glove.
And the thwack of wood on leather does more to warm the heart,
Than countless puerile prickings of Cupid's harmless dart.
Who would languish 'neath the languor of a dark-eyed maiden's glance?
When the baseball diamond lures you, then its time to jilt romance.
Is there anything as wondrous in the fairest female's eye
As the soaring arching witchery of a lazy outfield fly?
Come then! Mighty men of muscle! Heed the nobler instinct's call.
Do or die for dear old Bethel . . . . In the pursuit of the ball.
Oh, Say Can You See?
Thanks to you, friend; "who would like to see the flag of U. S. waving over
Yours is a good suggestion.
Maybe you remember the rascals who tore the rope from the towering pole, some
time during the winter. And the reason for the flag not being up is that the old pole
must be climbed to replace the rope, and as yet, no stalwart Bethelite has been em-ployed
for the job. Maybe we should have a flag pole sitting contest, and that would
put something on top of the pole.
But we'll admit that a display of patriotism in a colorful flag waving at the peak
of the pole, would add to the decoration of our spring blossomed campus.
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Do You Xemember ?
"To Whom Honor"
The Alexis program, April 5, was in ap-preciation
of Prof. Olson for the work he
has done and the inspiration he has been
to the school. A short sketch of Prof.
Olson's life and work was given by Ralph
Johnson. The history of the Swedish
Baptist denomination was given as a ra-dio
broadcast. Miss Christenson from the
St. Paul Bible Institute played two mu-sical
selections on a vibra harp.
"Be Prepared"
Dr. Arthur B. Johnson, a prominent
medical man of Minneapolis, spoke to the
College Club, Wednesday evening, April
19th. A very impressive, as well as en-tertaining
talk was given on "Life's Pre-paratory
Problems". Special singing was
rendered by Arvid and Wilford Young-quist,
members of the Goodfellowship
gospel team of the First Swedish Baptist
church of Minneapolis.
Freshman Fun
On Friday, April 21, the Freshman class
sponsored the annual class program. De-tails
of program will be found on page 1.
"Little David, Play on Your Harp"
On Monday evening, April 24th, the
last program of the Chautauquan series
for the current school year was present-ed
in the College chapel.
At that time, Ruth Linrud, distin-gished
soprano soloist and harpist, gave
her program in two sections, the first of
which she appeared in Scandinavian cos-tume
and presented a number of Nor-wegian,
Swedish and Irish folk songs. As
a special feature Miss Linrud played an
instrument which was a copy of a ninth
century Irish harp.
The second part of the program in-cluded
several classical selections, well-cknowns
songs, a description of the
mechanism of a harp, and concluded with
a group of hymns.
Evening of Song
"An Evening of Song" is the caption
given to the program to be rendered this
evening by the Bethel Institute Woman's
Federation. The Elim Swedish Baptist
Choir, well known in the northwest as a
fine musical organization, will be the
feature attraction of the program.
Other features on the program will in-clude
a mixed quartet, the Bethel String
Trio, readings by Mrs. H. Wyman Malm-sten
and a historical sketch given by
Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom. Rev. J. G. John-son,
the pastor of the church the choir
represents, will give a short talk in or-der
with the evening's events.
This program is sponsored in behalf of
the Bethel Institute and therefore should
enlist the support and backing of every
true Bethelite.
Sophs Present Program
The class of '39 will present the annual
sophomore program Tuesday, May 2nd,
at 8:00 p. m. The class is featuring
three Twin City artists in this traditional
Gertrude Ehlen, soprano, is a soloist in
the Minneapolis A Cappella Choir, di-rected
by Prof. George Hultgren.
John Dennis, high school violinist, is
well-known for his concert work in the
vicinity of St. Paul. He has at various
times assisted in the Minneapolis A Cap-pella
Choir concerts.
Harry Bromlay, magician, is famed for
his clever and amusing performances.
This will be the last program sponsor-ed
by this year's graduating class. Tru-man
Halvorsen, class president, is in
charge of arrangements. George Darry
heads the committee directing ticket
Male Chorus Memories
(Continued from page 1)
has remembered him. Nearly all receiv-ed
a letter except Olson—the mailman
couldn't find him so he sent his mail
back to the U of Minnesota. More "Hard
It was a thrill for "Axel" Holmgren to
take a bow for the Quartet, for the trum-pet
player to hit high C, to hear the last
three measures played correct in Olaf
Trygvasson on the Hammond organ, to
welcome the girl friends at Albert Lea.
All of these were enjoyable to be sure.
The greatest thrill for the chorus as a
whole, however, was the complimentary
praise for Prof. Hultgren after a success-ful
concert. "Well, boys, you did fine
work this evening, the best concert so
far." This is a thrill that repays all of
the practice, hard work and even being
the goat by carrying a flat iron around
all day in the suitcase.
There could be no more fitting conclu-sion
to the concert tour than the singing
of the majestic "Hallelujah Amen." In
singing the last number the fellows held
hands and sang as one body united in a
bond of Christian fellowship. As the
final Amen faded away there was noth-ing
that remained but the happy memory
of a most enjoyable Male chorus tour.
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We suggest that Floos take at least
one good' look at a Sociology book. The
author's name is spelled Maclver, not
McKeever as she had it in her announce-ment.
Some evolutionists are afraid to trace
their ancestery for fear that they will
find one half of their forefathers swing-ing
by their tails and the other half
swinging by their necks.
One glance at a pair of brilliantly col-ored
socks brought fourth the following
remark from Professor Norstrom: "Whee,
I'll bet that his feet began to water when
they think of the hose."
How to spill an entire dinner in three
easy movements.
1. Struggle with a bit of meat near the
edge of the plate.
2. Lean with a heavy hand on the han-dle
of the fork.
3. With one smooth motion flip the
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Enthusiastic Turnout
Promises Good Team
An unexpected return of old man win-ter
forced an unplanned rest for Bethel's
baseball players. With several inches of
snow covering the playing field, the
squad had to amuse themselves by telling
old baseball yarns to pass the time and
still keep in the spirit of baseball.
After the departure of the snow, prac-tice
has been held every day, thereby giv-ing
the Coach ample opportunity to look
the players over. In an interview, Coach
Adam said, "As yet all positions are wide
open, and when the time comes to choose
the team, past performances will be no
gauge to this year's team." He also
hopes to have enough men for two teams
so that more games can be scheduled.
0. Johnson and F. McOlash will bear
the pitching burden with Blomquist and
Pearson on the receiving end. Carl Holm-berg,
batting champion of the confer-ence
last year, is at present holding down
the first base position. On second is Gus
"hard working" Ferre. At shortstop will
be either the veteran Dickau or Ray
"Handsome Applequist. One of these
two men will play shortstop and the oth-er
the outfield. At third base is W. John-son.
In the outfield Rueben Dahl, Rodger
Nordell, and Arvid Edblom have shown
great possibilities. Among the freshmen
that have been impressive in early prac-tice
sessions are R. Hovinen, D. Peter-son,
and S. Carlson.
Bethel Wins 22-6; 5-3
In a practice game played at Bethel on
April 24, the Red and White trounced
Minnehaha 22-6.
On April 25, Bethel engaged the St.
Paul Boys Club in another practice ses-sion,
and came out victorious by the
score of 5-3. The big guns of Bethel
were silent as they made only 5 hits, but
capitalized on walks and errors.
Handball Won by "Duff"
In the final game of the hand ball tour-nament,
Duff Wessman, Seminary Senior,
won a hard earned victory over Maurice
Lawson to win the championship. It is
planned to have a feature game in the near
future between last year's champion.
Aymond Anderson, and this year's charn,
pion, Duff Wessman.
Baseball Schedule
Apr. 28 Waldorf there
May 3 Concordia here
May 8 Blake* here
May 12 Luther there
May 13 Bethany there
May 16 Blake* there
May 19 Luther here
May 26 Waldorf here
May 27 Bethany here
June 2 Concordia there
*Non-conference games.
Frisky Frosh Frolic
(Continued from page 1)
medahl) fell from his chair to the floor.
Bernard Johnson, as the handy-man, suc -
ceeded in entertaining the audience be-tween
As a musical interlude, a vocal duet
by Doris Jane Eggleston and Joyce John-son,
and a trumpet solo by Thor Komme-dahl
were offered.
The English class was under the su-pervision
of Pearl Peterson. Among the
brilliant students of English were Leone
Smith, Gladys Hansen, and Reuben Dahl,
who read original themes.
A dormitory skit by Viola Waihela and
Leone Smith was acceptably received.
Miss Platts, advisor of the Freshman
class, presented some thought-provoking
comments on student "boners" as a con-clusion
to the program.
Contestants Visit Concordia
Five Bethel students will participate in
the Southern Minnesota Junior College
Conference declamatory and oratory con-test
at Concordia Junior College in St.
Paul, Friday, April 28.
Plans are also being completed to en-ter
a group of contestants from Bethel in
the regional contest at Eau Claire, Wis-consin,
on 1Saturday, April 29.
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Hurricane Sandy has provided yet another reminder of our practical and psychological dependence on a steady supply of electricity. Granted, the current devastation to the energy grid is a distribution, rather than a supply, crisis. Nevertheless, utopian greens should take note. Undoubtedly many of the Brooklynites and Lower East Siders desperately searching for ways to recharge their cell phones and iPads share their cohort's usual scorn for coal, fracking, and nuclear. But nearly every one of them would jump at the opportunity to crank up a greenhouse-gas-spewing generator, if that would get their wired (and lighted and refrigerated) lifestyle going again—and understandably so. Even a desert-sized bank of Solyndra-built solar panels is unlikely to do the trick at the moment.
But Sandy is also a reminder of the ongoing necessity of blue collar workers—all those hard hats trying to repair power lines and pump the water out of miles of homes, tunnels, and subway tracks. A universal population of college graduates, the desideratum of nearly all Democrats and far too many Republicans, composed as it inevitably would be of marketing and ethnic studies majors, would be of little use in rescuing the tri-state area from its catastrophic blow. Yes, more engineers are also needed–in the long run, to try to design more resistant infrastructure, and in the short run, to diagnose the current ruptures and plan a strategy of attack. But manual labor is a crucial component of the current recovery. To be sure, many of these hard hats belong to recalcitrant and budget-breaking public employee unions. But their power is slight compared to the teachers unions. And unlike teachers, who enjoy regular paeans of praise from politicians and advocates, utility workers rarely are the object of aspiration and admiration.
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Secular Traditionalist · November 1, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Our society has dumbed college down to the point where it's basically high school. High school means nothing. As a result, almost every job requires a "college degree," and HR works out some mystical math as to what constitutes an actual college versus a quasi-college for the sake of that position.
We shouldn't send so many people to college, but the root of that is that we shouldn't send so many people to high school. The education system serves those to whom we norm it, and no one else. Who is that in modern America? An IQ of 115, or of 90? If we teach to the 90s, we'll bore anyone else and force everyone to go get four more years of expensive real schooling to replace the ersatz high school schooling.
nazgulnarsil · November 1, 2012 at 11:33 pm
I'm of the opinion that liberalism is like any other narrative that departs from pragmatism. It is a story you purchase with surplus wealth.
Natalie · November 2, 2012 at 12:08 am
If the teacher's unions are so powerful, why was my mother's school district in Georgia able to dock her pay $500 per day for attending her mother-in-law's funeral out of state? (I assure you, she does not make $500 a day teaching public high school in Georgia.)
D · November 3, 2012 at 8:22 am
And yet despite all this Bloomberg's task force has reduced NYC's carbon footprint by 16% just in the last few years.
Making strategic public policy decisions in the midst of a crisis is usually a bad idea.
It doesn't all have to be about green power. I was in NYC during the hurricane and stranded in a Chelsea hotel without power for three nights. You know what I did? I walked. A lot. And I also noticed all the new bike lanes that have made it easy for people to commute on skateboards. It reminded me of Berlin.
Remember when bike messengers were organizing protests? Bloomberg didn't need a Solyndra to make real improvements in people's lives.
I do agree with you 100% on college vs. blue collar work. The whole idea of higher ed needs to be re-thought. But even there I think Obama is doing something besides issuing more loans. The education department is doing some good things with community colleges.
D · November 4, 2012 at 5:10 am
Romney is not a CEO. He's an investor. W had more experience actually running businesses than Romney.
TStockmann · November 4, 2012 at 12:32 pm
I'm sorry the comments veered off to the usual shallow comments the election, specifically whether Romney's private sector experience is a plus, minus, or nothing when it come to be the President of the United States.
Not when the original posting is so incoherent in an interesting way. College doesn't make one ineligible to be a utility worker. Given good compensation (which intersects with the snotty anti-union aside), the degree may irrelevant, but it's often an artificial, signaling credential for even white collar positions. Or is the point to drive down the compensation so we'll have hordes of utility serfs, paid in that easily mintable coin, expressions of respect?
TStockmann · November 4, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Ah, Steve, you'd be so wrong to believe you understood my political leanings, and particularly on some kind of simple-minded left-to-right scale that the very existence of Secular Right calls into question. You're also a surprisingly poor reader of something that doesn't match your expected response: her "championing" is what I would call "sham-pioning" – acknowledging the value while indicating that basking in the esteem of her and her cohorts alone would be a good substitute for the kind of hard, useful compensation wrung out of the State and the utility customers by the collective unions of the pleasingly grubby blue collars she praises. But do come back to praise any progeny you might have for their decision to forego college, or is that a decision for the little people?
John · November 5, 2012 at 12:52 am
Wishful thinking aside, the fact is that the percentage of people who are both willing and able to handle real college-level academic work is no higher than 20%. Yes, we can hand out more degrees, as we already do, but that is not the same as making people more educated.
Probably no more than 2/3 of the population could even get anything resembling a good high school education. But high school has been dumbed down so much that it is virtually impossible for anyone with an IQ above 70 to fail unless the student wants to fail. Parents complained that their kids were failing, pressure was put on administrators, and viola!: no child shall ever be left behind. The same pressure is on colleges now, with predictable and disastrous results.
What should the left half of the bell curve do? I don't pretend to have the answer, but I know that the answer is not to pretend that differences in ability don't exist.


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Coming up this evening at 9, Piers Morgan sits down for an honest and emotional face to face conversation with Brandy.
As the 33-year-old singer born Brandy Norwood has recently released her sixth studio album, tonight she opens up about the woman for whom the work honors, Whitney Houston.
With Brandy's CD entitled "Two Eleven," she explains that the numbers signify not only her own birthday (Brandy was born on 2.11.79,) but also the day on which Houston passed, February 11th of this year.
Having known the music icon since the pair worked together on the film "Cinderella" in 1997, Brandy surmises what it must have been like for Houston to have endured the loss of her iconic and powerful singing voice:
"I understand you know, because, I feel like when I don't have my instrument, I don't really have me," she tells Morgan. "Of course there's more to you than your voice. But, that's what you use to share, that's what you use to give. It's your purpose. It's what you were born to do ... It probably drove her insane."
Having admittedly lost touch with Houston during the star's final years, Brandy was in the hotel on the night the six-time Grammy Award winner died, and tonight she describes hearing the tragic news:
"I fell to the floor, in tears. And had been crying for weeks, and months after that," says Brandy. "It hit me. It just hit me in ways I can't even, explain."
Watch the clip, and listen to the interview, then tune in this evening as Brandy opens up further about her relationship with Houston and shares details about her newest musical production.
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Okay Brandy, I love you girl but listen you lost touch with her, but keep going around doing these interviews. On the surface it seems like you're using this to your advantage, but if I'm wrong I apologize in advance.
Uh Chika how exactly do you know Brandy lost touch with Whitney. Her brother hung out with Whitney for over 4 years, and Whitney has had several visits with the whole family at dinners and stuff . Please do your research
Brandy seems to sing the sort of song that would have helped your other guest when the floor fell out of her life and her three children died, by for example suggesting a activity for after the tragedy, in her song "After the Flood", when she talks of the pain drying up and changing plans so as to make a stand, and also in the same song she talks of being overwhelmed by the feelings tragedy brings, which at least means that those who suffer a loss have the companionship of knowing that what they are going through has been gone through before.
You say you have long been a friend of hers but as this world so values the cognitive faculties, as human society so gives a chance to talk, to a hearing, to those with cognitive faculties and so shuts the mouth of those who have not won a place as intellectuals, if you want to be someones friend you have show them off to others by putting them through their paces on the intellectual field, by showing how counscious they are of fabricating their sound, inventing it rather than being instinctive, as animals are meant to be and of how counscious they are of how their message might serve others. You are not acting as a true friend unless you show up their intellectual abilities. I know htose who pretend they want to show of your paces, when they get you in to a marrass of questions that are really designed to trap you in to looking silly and shamless they are desigened to show off your faults or what some imagine to e your faults i know those who would have you tellthe truth and it turns out thaat what they would have you say is not so much the truth as that you seethings as they do, so, as with everthing, one has to be careful with those who pretend to teach you or show your abilities off to others.
Though you are usually good at bringing out the most serious in all others, in the case of Brandy, I think the gossipy questions overwhelmingly took the fore over the technical ones on singing and her expression of the world of pain and joy and such, her art. What can you say about when a freind dies, freinds have often died for you long before their real death and you have spent years morning there loss while they are alive and so you are not so overcome with emotion at their real death as you might otherwise have been and if you are not overcome with emotion you will be called a psycopath, no one knows of the years in which you missed them without havign much ocasion to talkof it and if you are overwhelmed by emotion, will you be beieved? I also often grieve people for years after their death though at the time they died I was not really able to understand their loss and not so terriblyefected. I feel terribly sorry for people when they are ill and not sorry for them when they are dead which annoys some people, anyway round it is often dangerous to talk of your feelings at such a time. Another thing about morning is that there are friends who are not very kind and I would do anything not to cry in front of them, or to talk of ever having cried so there is a reason not to react which reason is balanced out by the dangers of not doing so, as you maybe accused of insensitivity if you dont cry. With so many reason to cry or not to, how can one know what a person feels in such a moment from what they say or do, to ask it is to be less likely ot know them than if we talk of their relations at any other moment. Those who tell you public opinion is not dangerous simply want to put you in to a vunerable position. rose macaskie madrid
I agree with you Brian. Chicka, you should really do your research. They were extremly close. Maybe Brandy just wanted to be closer than they already were! You shouldn't come on here and post things like maybe she is using it to her advantage, because little do you know, Brandy didn't even talk about Whitney in interviews when she first passed because it was too difficult. However, how else do you keep the memory of someone that you held close to your heart alive? By speaking highly about them. I feel as though this is good for her to keep Whitney's memory alive. Brandy has a number 1 album name TWO ELEVEN named after her birthday and the passing date of her her mentor and the album is phenomenal, she also has a new Tyler Perry movie that will surely be a blockbuster hit coming out in March, and a number 1 TV show on BET, she is also set to take the stage with Taylor Swift and more @ Dick Clark's Annual Rockin New Years Eve show in a few weeks....so does it sound like she needs the publicity...ummmm...NO! Just saying...research first!
@ Rose Macaskie Madrid....Im sorry, Im not following anything that you posted! I don't understand your point.


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David Bowie: Seven Hip-Hop Songs That Sample the Icon
The world is reeling from the death of the iconic David Bowie. Nicknamed the Thin White Duke, Bowie influenced music across genre boundaries. Here are seven hip-hop tracks that make use of the legend's catalog compiled by Billboard.
Jay Z - "Takeover"
Hov's Blueprint track makes us of Bowie's "Fame," which hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Bet Bowie never thought his music would be used for a diss track against Nas and Prodigy.
Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby"
The world was first introduced to the white rap phenom when he put out a track sampling Bowie and Queen's "Under Pressure." The future reality-TV star didn't credit Bowie or Queen at first but soon listed them as co-writers.
Crooked I - "Rap or Die"
The Long Beach rapper and Slaughterhouse member jacked the melody for "Rap or Die" from Bowie's "Opening Titles Including Underground" from the Labryinth soundtrack.
Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads."
Before Hov did it, Chuck D and Flavor Flav beat him to the punch by sampling "Fame."
MC Lyte - "Put It on You"
The Queens MC also made use of "Fame," not for a diss track like Jay Z, but for a steamy love song.
Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Dirty Run"
The Wu-Tang Clan member's posthumous mixtape saw him putting bars over the guitars featured on the "Fame" beat.
Puff Daddy and the Family featuring Notorious B.I.G. and Mase - "Been Around the World"
One of the kings of sampling larger-than-life tunes, Puff Daddy made use of Bowie's "Let's Dance" for the foundation of a new party anthem.


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Romney suggested that the health care law was the decisive political issue for minority voters who in the end brought him down. "The weakness that our campaign had and I had," he said, "is we weren't effective in taking our message primarily to minority voters, to Hispanic Americans, African Americans, other minorities. We did very well with the majority population but not with minority populations," which voted overwhelmingly for Obama.
These observations inevitably recycled Romney's campaign comment to a closed meeting of donors that the "47 percent" of Americans "are dependent upon government, ... believe they are victims, ... believe that government has a responsibility to care for them," and thus would never vote for the
Romney candidly acknowledged now that "it was a very unfortunate remark that I made. It's not what I meant. I didn't express myself as I wished I would have. You know, when you speak in private, you don't spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted, distorted and it could come out wrong and be used. But I did (say it), and it was very harmful. What I said is not what I believe. ... My whole life has been devoted to helping people, all of the people."
Romney's implication that the 47 percent comment had been "twisted and distorted" belied the fact that the remark was recorded and videotaped for all the country to see and hear.
Earlier in the same interview, Romney's wife, Ann, acknowledged that she and one of her sons were frustrated that their own campaign resisted family urgings that more of the nominee's personal life be made public. But she argued that the election loss "was not just the campaign's fault."
She went on: "I believe it was the media's fault as well, that he was not being given a fair shake, that people weren't really allowed to see him for who he was." She said she was "happy to blame the media," that "our side believe that there is more bias in favor of the other side," and that "I think that is a universal, pretty universally felt opinion."
At the same time, Ann Romney confessed that while "we certainly had the passion coming from our side ... I don't think we were as aware of the passion that was coming from the other side," and that "we were a little blindsided by that."
And when asked by Fox anchor Chris Wallace about the image that "you were so wealthy that you were somehow out of touch with the concerns of the average American," she inartfully replied: "That's a reality, you know, you can't change. I mean, we are who we are."
Yes, but it might have helped had her husband been a bit more attuned to, and articulate about, how the other half lives.
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