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His photographs trace the passage of time
NAME Mark Klett
VOCATION Photographer and regents' professor of art at Arizona State University
KNOWN FOR Documenting our changing relationship with Western landscapes
HE SAYS "Photos always seem to exist as sort of stuffy, unnecessary antiques that we put in a drawer — unless we take them out, put them in current dialogue, and give them relevance."
Photographer Mark Klett speaks about his lifelong love of Western landscapes in a soft baritone like polished gravel. He talks about how his parents, who settled in New York, traveled frequently to visit his mother's family in California, and about how, when he was young, he yearned to close the distance between himself and the West.
Klett studied both science and art in college in the East, and served briefly as a photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey. It wasn't long before he came West for good, and began to use photography to tell the story of the land.
Klett's work is rooted in the mid-1800s, the "survey age" of the Western territories. While Manifest Destiny was hitting its stride, the government and private interests financed wide-ranging surveys of the land and resources of the West. The resulting photographs whetted the nation's appetite for ranching, logging, mining and settlement. At the same time, the photographers created an enduring record of the region.
"The large-scale exploration of the West coincided with vast improvements in photographic technology," says Klett. "The opening of the photographic record coincided neatly with our 'discovery' of the West." In the 1970s, Klett led an ambitious effort to rephotograph more than 90 Western survey sites. Though rephotography is almost as old as landscape photography itself, it was long viewed as simply a technical tool; Klett and his early collaborators were among the first to treat it as both a science and an art.
The resulting book, Second View, published in 1984, documented immense changes, some of them surprising: Western cities had certainly expanded, but it was the region's supporting infrastructure — the reservoirs, canals and pipelines — that left the broadest mark on the landscape. "The biggest physical change in the West had to do with water," says Klett.
Even so, some of his rephotographs show that nature is on the mend: From 1860 to 1880, for example, the Gould and Curry Mine in Virginia City, Nev., was a teeming industrial site. All that remains now is a single road.
When Klett revisited these sites a second time in the late 1990s, for a project he called Third Views, he found more subtle changes. "There are more roads, and now there are cell phones, so the West feels less remote," he says. "Even if the physical space hasn't changed much, it feels like it has, and drastically."
For his latest book, Yosemite in Time, Klett and his collaborators, writer Rebecca Solnit and photographer Byron Wolfe, revisited Yosemite sites explored by landscape photographers Eadweard Muybridge, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams between 1859 and 1937. Like biologist Joseph Grinnell, these photographers have allowed modern Westerners to measure changes in Yosemite's mythic landscape.
Physical change in Yosemite is often easy to capture on film: In some places, for example, fire suppression has turned meadows into forests. The photographs and text in Yosemite in Time also describe the changing experiences of park visitors.
"The artists who came before us found what they were looking for — tangles, precipices, and dramas in Muybridge's case ... supernatural clarity in Adams's," writes Solnit. "We too found what we were looking for: a landscape full of photographs, ghosts, shifts in vegetation, and other traces of passing time."
The traces of time continue to feed Klett's fascination with the Western landscape, even places he visits over and over again. Each time he returns, he tries to look at these places with new eyes, in hopes of finding something different. He says: "That's what artists do."
The author is a freelance writer based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Posted on 08/13/2005 10:25:42 PM PDT by scripter
[This article is key to understanding what children in public schools might be taught as normal and acceptable. Of course, we're already seeing some of it. If you're remotely interested in this topic you'll want to read the article in its entirety. ]
Gay Cornell University Professor Ritch Savin-Williams argues that teenagers are rejecting gender categories in their pursuit of satisfying sexual relationships. And, he's encouraged by the trend.
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Professor Rich Savin-Williams in The New Gay Teenager, presents the premise of his book in the first page of his Preface. He observes: "Gay people have historically too readily accepted the inevitability and desirability of divisions based on sexual categories. It's not that same-sex attractions are disappearing--indeed, they appear to be on the upswing as young people more freely share with each other their same-sex feelings. They're not embarrassed by gayness, don't consider it deviant, and see it all around them--on television, in movies, in songs, in cultural icons, among their friends."
Savin-Williams is encouraged by this trend and looks forward to the day when terms like "gay" become irrelevant in public discourse. He notes that more and more teens are becoming pan-sexual in their outlook--and the line between what was once considered "gay" and "straight" is becoming blurred.
The "New Gay Teenager" will be a person who can be attracted to both girls and boys and have sexual relationships with both sexes without guilt. The "New Gay Teenager," then is basically a pansexual or bisexual who rejects all gender categories.
Savin-Williams asks what has resulted in this "dramatic generational shift" between the old generation of gays who maintained that sexual orientation is fixed and unchangeable versus the new teen who views gender categories as unimportant? "Probably the media," says Savin-Williams. He notes: "The success of the entertainment industry in presenting and hence normalizing same-sex desire has had an incalculable impact on the ability of adolescents to understand their own emerging sexual desires." (p. 18).
Another change agent, says the professor is the public school system. He credits Los Angeles Public School teacher Virginia Uribe and her Project 10 program as the pioneer of this effort to normalize homosexuality among teens. The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), says Savin-Williams is following in Uribe's footsteps. He notes that GLSEN-sponsored Gay Straight Alliance clubs have proliferated on high school campuses.
Gay-Affirming Researchers Invented 'The Gay Teen'
Professor Savin-Williams admits in Chapter 2 that gay or pro-gay researchers "invented" the gay teen. "Gay adolescence came to be what we researchers wanted it to be--what we were," says the author. (p. 23). He observes: "... who researchers say is gay and who they chose to provide data determine the outcome" of the research findings.
He criticizes many of the early studies done on gay teenagers because of the problems involved in correctly defining who is gay and who isn't. "Most biological and social scientists assume a categorical sexual orientation, allowing them to contrast heterosexuals with homosexuals. The category of bisexual is often ignored altogether or folded into the gay group. Bisexuals are said to be confused, in a state of transition, not yet having decided just what they are." (p. 30).
Savin-Williams says researchers define sexual identity in a limited fashion and force teens to choose between limited options. "What about young people who identify themselves using a sexual label not provided, such as two-spirit, polysexual, or ambisexual? What about those who span multiple identities, the bi-lesbian or the gay-curious heterosexual?" asks the author. (p. 35)
Determining who's gay and who isn't, is a difficult task, says the professor. It depends on how researchers define the population: by attraction, behavior, or identity.
Savin-Williams presents the results of his own study of same-sex teenagers and draws the following conclusions:
Research Incorrectly But Purposefully Focused On Troubled Gay Teens
Savin-Williams believes that the early studies of gay teens focused on the psychological problems faced by same-sex identified youth. "Being gay, young, and troubled had thus been intrinsically, even purposefully linked. The linkage made grant proposals and justifications for increased educational and mental-health services an easier sell," said the author.
The professor observes that much of the research published during the 70s and 80s was not peer reviewed. In addition, "... all early gay-youth investigations were based on flawed research designs and included small or biased samples of those who sought the services of mental-health or social-support agencies. In defense of these earlier researchers, they have been so pleased to have access to any gay teens that any slippage in standards for methodological rigor seemed relatively inconsequential ..." (p. 57)
Savin-Williams says the "investigators who published these negative findings knew what they were doing. They were aware of their sample limitations, that they had recruited those disproportionately at risk for negative health outcomes and risk behaviors. Yet few attempted to correct this portrait of the suffering gay adolescent." (p. 68) Their goal was to follow the money in getting grants to conduct their research.
Savin-Williams urges researchers to stop focusing on the suffering gay teen and begin promoting the view that gay teens are healthy and fully functioning individuals. He says: "Same-sex attracted teenagers are, in general, indistinguishable from other teens neurologically, anatomically, and chemically." (p. 85)
Early Same-Sex Attractions: A Great Delight
In his interviews with gay-identified teens, Savin-Williams says that "early same-sex attractions for many teenagers are sources of great delight, fond remembrance, and lifetime reverberations; they may even be these individuals' most tender and pleasurable childhood memories." (p. 131)
In Chapter 7, "First Sex," Savin-Williams introduces the subject of gay childhood sexual experiences by noting that Alfred Kinsey and his associates were the first to systematically explore the "onset and nature of sexuality during childhood." (p. 133)
Kinsey argued that humans are naturally sexual and orgasmic throughout childhood and their reluctance to engage in gay sex is often attributable to repressive socialization that doesn't tolerate such behaviors.
"Kinsey found little evidence for the traditional view of childhood's being a time of sexual latency or arrest in sexual development," says Savin-Williams. (p. 134)
Savin-Williams observes: "Regardless of gender of person and partner, if an early sexual contact is not abusive or coercive, then it likely has a positive impact on adolescent and adult sexual arousal, pleasure, satisfaction, and acceptance of various sexual behaviors for self and others. Given the degree of sex negativity in U.S. culture, not all view these seemingly positive results as desirable outcomes. As for general social adjustment, sex among children is seldom associated with either developmental benefits or liabilities. " (p. 135)
An Apologist For Pedophilia?
Throughout Savin-Williams' book, he quotes favorably from Dr. Theo Sandfort's various research on gay males. Sandfort's background, however, is ignored.
Dr. Sandfort is a research scientist on HIV and Associate Clinical Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University. Prior to going to Columbia, Sandfort headed up the Interfaculty Department of Lesbian and Gay Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He is former President of the Dutch Society of Sexology.
Dr. Sandfort is also on the editorial board of the Dutch pedophile journal, PAIDIKA, and has written favorably on adult/child sex in the past. Sandfort was co-author of "Man-Boy Relationships: Different Concepts for a Diversity of Phenomena," for the special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality, "Male Intergenerational Intimacy," published in 1990.
Joseph Nicolosi and Dale O'Leary published an article on pedophilia and referenced Dr. Sandfort's pro-pedophile research in: "On the Pedophilia Issue: What The APA Should Have Known."
Savin-Williams favorable use of Dr. Sandfort--without providing background on his his involvement in the pedophile movement--is evidence of the propagandist nature of his writings. Savin-Williams is perfectly comfortable with gay children and teens having sex with each other. His position on adult/child sex is not directly stated but his use of a PAIDIKA board member as a cited resource seems to imply approval.
Sexual Identity Formation
Professor Savin-Williams observes that it is difficult to tell how many teens self-identify as gay because researchers use so many different methods for assessing sexual identity. Among them are: They admit to themselves that they're gay; they consider themselves gay; they describe themselves as gay; they realize they're gay; they have an identity of being gay; they label themselves as gay; and they know they're really gay.
He notes that this current generation of teens label themselves at a much earlier age than in the past. It has decreased by five years among males and more among females--from ages 21 down to 16. A second trend is that sex differences in the age of self-identification have largely disappeared.
The author notes several problems with studies purporting to show the age at which teens identify as gays. One is that researchers confuse sexual identity with sexual orientation, "calling it one thing and measuring the other." (p. 165) Another problem is that many samples are unrepresentative.
He says that female teens are now more likely to use labels other than gay to describe their sexual feelings. "Indeed, only a minority of same-sex-attracted women say they are lesbian. Bisexual is more often preferred," said Savin-Williams. (p. 168). Females also refer to themselves as ambisexual; bi-queer; fluid bisexual; heterosexual-identified bisexual; pan-sexual; polyfide; and more.
Bisexuality is another identity that is resistant to categorization into heterosexual or gay identities. According to current literature, says the author, bisexuals are considered to be in transition to heterosexuality or homosexuality. He notes that many teens are also rejecting the bisexual term as well. They see it as too limiting.
Rejecting Deficit Models Of Gay Teens
Savin-Williams wants researchers to reject the deficit/troubled teen model when they study gay teenagers. "It is not too late for social scientists to reclaim the study of gay adolescence and assert their place as the proper and rightful scholars for developing knowledge about same-sex attracted adolescents. The first step is for them to apply appropriate levels of methodological rigor and sophistication in their investigations. The second is to appreciate the diversity of same-sex attractions and individuals." (p. 186)
Savin-Williams also urges scholars to "break traditional barriers that prohibit a forthright, positive discussion about sexuality with adolescents. (p. 190)
He says the message that scholars should send is that gay teens are diverse and can develop into resilient, coping, healthy adults. "We can deliver this message without ignoring those who are suffering, sometimes to the point of ending their lives. ... It is this message that we need to articulate loudly and clearly, and to support in the pages of our professional journals and in the media. Perhaps then teenagers--and others as well--can hear it and believe it." (p. 193)
Savin-Williams concludes his polemic in favor of unrestrained sexual activity for gay identified teenagers by stating: "It is my fervent hope that what is being achieved in the real world [in the entertainment industry] can be achieved in scholarship. I hope to see the elimination of same-sex sexuality as a defining characteristic of adolescents in my lifetime. If it can be relegated to insignificance, the lives of millions of teens will be dramatically improved." (p. 223)
We (society as a whole) need to get educated on the subject that gays can successfully leave the lifestyle.
Checkout: I Do Exist and People Can Change. Check my profile for pointers to the latest information.
I've never felt my sexuality to be fluid. I still remember the summer when I was 12 and girls suddenly became interesting and scary in a way that required absolutely no thought or reflection on my part.
This whole article is a load of ....
For most folks it doesn't feel fluid at all - it depends on numerous factors with environment being the major factor. The entire issue is quite complicated and cannot be easily summarized, although IMO the following article does an excellent job of it: How might homosexuality develop? Putting the pieces together
Got news for 'ya: we've got 3rd-year college kids at work (a semester-long cooperative-studies program with a very notable East Coast 'polytechnic') and almost 2 out of 3 of the kids already don't quite act like they're "screwed together the right way 'round", so to speak
"The new gay teen will be attracted to both male and female"
Also know as bisexuals. Nothing new about it.
Greedy bastards if you ask me. LOL
The issue of bisexuals have always been a problem for proponents of the born gay theory. And lately the growing number of ex-gays are providing even more problems to the born gay proponents. It's possible this article is the forerunner to a whole new tact at normalizing homosexuality.
Ever since they took Biology out of the schools and replaced it with "sex ed" taught by homosexuals, pedophiles and other sexual deviants, teen-aged, young skulls full of mush have become confused as to what gender they are. Bring back Biology.
This guy sounds like Professor DeCecco at SFU, who just so happened to be the editor of PAIDIKA - a publication similar to what NAMBLA members might subscribe to.
And they can also turn into resilient, coping, healthy heterosexuals. They just need to know that option is available...
But the sodomites appear to be pushing their vile, destructive agenda ever harder each new school year.
I really believe we can help stop their agenda by educating parents, pastors, community leaders and youth (age appropriate) of the growing number of ex-gays.
Gee, Imaging pulling down $100,000 a year to as a professional pedophile and having tenure and complete immunity from prosecution. Michael Jackson is going about his hobbies in a very inefficient way
Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Professor, HD, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall , Cornell University
Current Professional Activities
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Studies
Current Research Activities
Dr. Savin-Williams' current research interests focus on the psychological well-being of same-sex attracted youth and adults.
Now they are honored teachers and professors, and practically brag about their access to teens.
Bingo. What you said. GMTA.
Speaking of schools and what is taught there..
It was over 15 years ago, shoot 20 years ago, I was in middle school and we had a sex ed class. There were diagrams of how STD's could be transmitted and where they could be transmitted. Anyway, I remember looking at the male and female figures and wondering why the male(and female but more importantly the male) diagrams had a red dot on the @ss.
I was not real sure what that meant. How can a man get a STD from his @ss? Well wake up America that was 20 years ago and I bet they got better graphics now and also have people willing to tell you how that can happen, even if you don't want to know.
Any freepers that still have their children in school ever sit in on the "Sex Ed" class? I would love to hear the juicy details. Seriously, I think we need to reign in the out of control education system in this country.
I pray if I have to send my new boy to a public school that some teacher doesn't tell me he has to take some drugs because he can't sit still in class. If I don't hurt the teacher I will make sure they lose there job!
About 8 years ago I was stationed in Va Beach, VA and one of my buddies was dating a teacher. This teacher taught normal elementary school children. Over 50% of these kids had to take pills during the schoold day. WTF is that? I had one guy allergic to white milk in my school. It is an outrage! Kids standing in line after recess to gulp down a pill because the teacher can not control, or interest them. Or, perhaps the teachers have been neutered in their ability to keep the kids attention, i.e. not able to punish bad children.
Writing this just made me more pissed. If it had the same effect reading it sorry folks but we as a nation need to be more pissed.
What!!? It took you 12 years to know it?
This whole discussion firms up my feeling: I WOULD RATHER CUT OFF MY RIGHT ARM THAN TO SEND MY KIDS TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL
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Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
06-11-2012, 09:11 PM (This post was last modified: 06-11-2012 09:15 PM by PoolBoyG.)
Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
By "pro american soldier deployment" I mean if you see a picture online with an American soldier posing in uniform and/or with a variety of armaments, you post a comment something to the effect of "Support our Troops" or "Thank you for your service".
My understanding is that you believe service and deployment it's to prevent some sort of 9/11, or invasion, or to spread "freedom".
---If incorrect, what is it then?
But the main question is:
Would you still support US foreign military deployment if you were shown that it increased chances of another 9/11, or it wasn't to spread "freedom"? Be honest.
Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
As a former soldier who has been deployed for said wars, I support those who are willing to wear the uniform. That doesn't mean I have to agree with how they may be used. Each case is unique, but using your example, no. I would not support something if I KNEW it would increase our chances of being attacked. I don't think that most people would support such action even though there are a lot of self serving folks out there. I think it's more gray than you present though.
RE: Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
The reason for comments like "support the troops" has nothing to do with preventing another 9/11 or war on terror.
Comments like "support the troops" is referring to the what the troops have to go through, IED's, being shot at etc..
They put their lives on the line for us and so when you say "support the troops" it's referring to be thankful for those individual troops sacrifice and the fact they're putting their lives on the line for us.
Nothing to do with politics, in fact part of the saying is referring to you might not like the politics, but these men/women are putting their lives on the line and dieing regardless.
RE: Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
I believe the Support Our Troops stems from relief and sympathy. As much as I hate the movie, I'll use it in this reference. It's like in Hunger Games or any movie where there's an unwilling volunteer who is chosen to go risk their life or face certain death for some terrible cause. The people being chosen from never seem to support the cause, some war or experiment or "battle for food for the village" (God I hate that movie), but they always make sure to honor the volunteer. We need soldiers for whatever irrational war we've started. And the government is going to get those soldiers however it can, be it volunteers or a draft (involuntary volunteers). So when we volunteering to fill the ranks, those who get to remain at home are thankful that they don't have to fight, so they "thank us" and "support us," not necessarily for what we're doing, but because we're doing it for them.
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RE: Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
(06-11-2012 09:11 PM)poolboyg88 Wrote: By "pro american soldier deployment" I mean if you see a picture online with an American soldier posing in uniform and/or with a variety of armaments, you post a comment something to the effect of "Support our Troops" or "Thank you for your service".
... Aw, at first I thought I might be able to get in on this, but then I saw the "American" in the first sentence and title.
And then I thought "Fuck it, I'll get in on it anyway. Regardless."
Well, here we go... I do not support unnecessary deployment of my, or any other nations soldiers, and I classify current middle eastern deployment as such an non-necessity, which I assume is the AO you are specifically targeting.
However, being the progeny of an ex-soldier (who served during peace-time in several units and was almost deployed to Kuwait), I do have tremendous respect for soldiers, regardless of their job within the military (I find a lot of people 'romanticize' soldiers and tend to skip over fliers, bombardiers, support techs, what/whoever, for an example check the Atheists in Foxholes podcast ) and as such, I sometimes post/comment like a "support our troops" kind of thing or spread the image/message around, for whatever good it does (0). (I could show one I particularly liked and spread if it is so desired.)
So no, I would not support a US military deployment for the reasons you purpose. And frankly I don't support the pointless number bolstering deployment of Australian troops to Afghanistan which happened recently.
The reasons must be no less then the defense of Australia and neighboring ally nations, with emphasis on defensive deployment for my support (not that my support means or could change anything). It is not our soldiers jobs to be fighting for anybodies freedoms but their (and our) own (Re. spreading "freedom").
To cut it short I support the soldiers, not necessarily the deployment.
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Re: Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
Lemme guess OP, you're going to "enlighten" us with a US self hate fueled story about how our actions abroad peed in the cheerios of terrorists, and that if we just wouldnt have been such a bunch of imperialist bullies, 9/11 and WTC1 wouldnt have happened.
What else did your new professor tell you?
RE: Question for "Pro American Soldier Deployment" users:
What I'm gathering is some users say:
1. Some say no, of course not. They haven't seen or accepted any evidence that's contrary to what they believe.
2. Some automatically deify the "soldier". There's a chance for them to be killed (why it's unique for this profession, that may be for a future question), then they're a Christ like figure and no wrong can be done. Regardless of intent for murder and destruction in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, etc. Reality may have less sway on them.
3. And some are just angry and off in their own world, in their own reality.
Not terrible encouraging results, but predictable.
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Vatican II at 50: A look back at its highlights
In our December 2005 issue, Paul Boudreau reflected on the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of its opening this year, Boudreau takes a fresh look back at the important moments from Vatican II.
We called them the Coneheads, after the family of space aliens featured in a popular skit on Saturday Night Live in the '70s. A wall-sized black-and-white photo mural hung in the common room of my seminary, a family portrait of 2,000 bishops, each wearing identical white cone-shaped miters, jammed cheek-to-jowl into the vast cavern of St. Peter's Basilica. They were participating in the Second Vatican Council, the event that changed the unchangeable Catholic Church. This month we mark the 50th anniversary of its opening on Oct. 11, 1962.
A lot has changed in 50 years. In 1962 you could buy a gallon of milk for two quarters, a pack of cigarettes for under a dollar, and a gallon of gas for 31 cents. You could mail a letter with a four-cent stamp. For $3,490 you could buy a new Pontiac Grand Prix. On TV, The Beverly Hillbillies premiered on CBS, while The Jetsons became the first program to be broadcast in color on ABC. The Beatles recorded their first single, "Love Me Do" and Bob Dylan released his debut album "Bob Dylan." Andy Warhol painted a can of soup, the Oscar went to Lawrence of Arabia, the Dow averaged 640, and three days after the opening of Vatican II, a U.S. Air Force plane took photos of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba.
I am a pre-boomer, born and raised Catholic in the '40s and '50s. The church I grew up in was a whole different ball game from what it is now. Back then the Mass was in Latin and happening up there beyond the rail, shrouded somewhat by a priest who stood with his back to the people facing an altar up against the wall.
I could either follow along in the missal, pray the rosary, or stare at Mary Ellen Gallagher sitting two pews ahead with her parents. Most of the time I chose option number three, since she was a lot nicer to look at than the back of Father McRooney's head.
Being Catholic then was a matter of going to church on Sundays, not eating meat on Fridays, getting your sacraments, not marrying a non-Catholic or—heaven forbid—getting a divorce, having lots of kids, and making sure they practiced their religion, too, just like you did. Then you died and went to heaven.
But in my teen years I didn't appreciate the subtle beauty of my religion, so I left. Besides, based on what I could figure, I wasn't going to heaven anyway. I mean, if a hot dog on a Friday could put you in a handbasket to hell, my frequently committed mortal sins were certainly good for a one-way ticket on the Stygian Ferry.
Sure, I went to Confession before Communion like everybody else, but the state of grace in which I emerged from the booth was like a popsicle on a hot sidewalk. It hardly lasted till Sunday afternoon when a brawl with my brother or a lingering mental image of Mary Ellen Gallagher once again stained my immortal soul beyond deliverance.
So my window of salvation was pretty narrow and unless I got run over by a bus on a Saturday night between St. Lawrence O'Toole's Church and home, I was destined for the everlasting flames. I was damned if I did and damned if I didn't, so I figured it would be a lot easier and less time-consuming if I just didn't.
Years later when I returned to the flock, boy was I surprised. Things were different. It wasn't my uncle's church anymore. The Second Vatican Council put a new face on Catholicism, reworked the worship, dusted off the Bible, and lifted up its members to the astonishing awareness that you, I, and the little kid gobbling Cheerios in the cry room are the People of God.
Vatican II was the latest of 21 ecumenical councils that refined and defined the nature, scope, and mission of the Catholic Church throughout history, a kind of periodic ecclesiastical reboot
Begun on Oct. 11, 1962, by Pope John XXIII, the jovial, rotund Italian who is now beatified and up for sainthood, Vatican II gathered bishops, advisors, and consultants from around the world—2,450 strong—and hammered out 16 documents sometimes described as the greatest expressions of Catholic teaching the world has ever known.
The council's driving force was best expressed in Unitatis Redintegratio (Decree on Ecumenism): "Christ summons the church to continual reformation as she sojourns here on earth. The church is always in need of this, insofar as she is an institution of [people]. Thus, if, in various times and circumstances, there have been deficiencies in moral conduct or in church discipline, or even in the way that church teaching has been formulated—to be carefully distinguished from the deposit of faith itself—these can and should be set right at the opportune moment."
Full, conscious, active
Changing language is really tough; just ask an immigrant trying to learn the lingo of a new land. My second week in Mexico I knew my limited Spanish—¿Dónde están los baños? and Dos más cervezas, por favor—wasn't getting the job done. The early church struggled when the original language of the liturgy, Greek, was dumped for the common tongue of the people, Latin. A vestige remained, the Kyrie (Lord, have mercy), but for the people of the Roman world to understand and participate, the vernacular was needed.
The same was true for the 20th-century church. Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy) observed that "the use of the mother tongue, whether in the Mass, the administration of the sacraments, or other parts of the liturgy, frequently may be of great advantage to the people." The vernacular Mass, which emerged from the inspiration of the council, recognized the dignity of every language, whether it was Spanish, Swedish, or Swahili, and made our native tongues holy.
Bringing home the language of the liturgy drew people closer to the source and summit of their faith, but more was needed.
The original disciples gathered—sprawled is a better word—around the table of the Lord's Supper, and that became the model of the early church's assembly. But when Christianity went legit in 313 A.D., when Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity, they moved the whole shebang into civic assembly buildings to accommodate greater numbers—and maybe boost the collection. These royal courtrooms, or basilicas, were built long and narrow because the architectural technology of the day limited the span of an arch. On one end was the entryway, and on the other was usually a raised platform for legal proceedings, speeches and ceremonies, and a rail that separated the dignitaries from the hoi polloi, much like in a modern courtroom.
That rail remained in our churches for nearly 17 centuries, drawing a line between the people and the action of the liturgy. It was a boundary you did not cross until Vatican II declared that "Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations." It was determined that nothing should stand between the people and the table at which they were invited to dine.
Large and in charge
Our bishop back then was Henry J. O'Brien, God rest his soul. Now, my dad had a friend who drove a car called a Henry J, and for most of my youth I couldn't figure out whether the bishop was named for the car or the car for the bishop. At any rate, Bishop Henry J. ruled the roost. He drove around—or I should say he was driven around—in a long, black Cadillac, and when he showed up, all the priests scrambled to kiss his ring and show him deference.
He didn't seem like a bad guy; in fact he was rather nice. I remember at our Confirmation, when I was about 11, he stood at the door of the church after Mass and greeted the confirmands. "The hope of the church!" he announced to each of us as we filed out, but the kid in front of me was upset because he thought the bishop called him the dope of the church. Hey, the kid didn't even know the answer to question #6, "Why did God make you?"
But make no mistake, the chain of command was simple: God, the pope, and Henry J. O'Brien.
Vatican II reaffirmed that the pope is the boss. Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church) declared that "the Roman pontiff has full, supreme, and universal power over the church," professed certainty in "the sacred primacy of the Roman pontiff and of his infallible magisterium," and pointed out that the bishops, together with the pope, "govern the house of the living God." Well, there you have it.
But don't get the wrong idea. The pope does not decree on a whim. The infallibility of the pope when teaching on faith and morals is seldom exercised. Pope Benedict XVI, speaking to priests, told them that the pope isn't an "oracle" and "is infallible only in rare situations."
To safeguard the pontiff's thoughts while shaving from making their way into the church's infallible doctrine, Lumen Gentium also shored up the power of the bishops' conferences to act in "collegiality" with the Holy See. The two must always be one so that the office of teaching and of governing the church "can be exercised only in hierarchical communion with the head and the members of the college [of bishops]."
Girl power
Lumen Gentium goes on to state that the rest of us, the faithful, "are by Baptism made one body with Christ and are constituted among the People of God" and "sharers in the priestly, prophetical, and kingly functions of Christ." Wow! Nobody ever told us that we were the People of God. The entire second chapter of Lumen Gentium, named "The People of God," is dedicated to just us folks.
The council gave us an extraordinary role to play in the ongoing practice and leadership of the church, teaching that the People of God "should openly reveal to [the bishops] their needs and desires with that freedom and confidence which is fitting for children of God and brothers in Christ. They are ... permitted and sometimes even obliged to express their opinion on those things which concern the good of the church."
Yikes! That means you and I have a share in and a responsibility for leadership in the church. The establishment of Catholic practice moves not only from the top down, but from the grassroots to the papal apartments. Here's how it works.
There was more to being a Catholic back in the day than pay, pray, and obey. We also played. Altar boys took the occasional hit from the altar wine and used their cassocks for Halloween costumes. But no one ever thought that girls could become altar boys. I mean, really.
The Code of Canon Law states that, while lay "persons" could assist in various liturgical functions, only lay "men" were allowed to be instituted as acolytes, serving the priest at the altar. So forget about it, right?
Well, not exactly. After Vatican II girls and women started showing up on the altar wearing liturgical robes and hauling the water and wine. Some folks were shocked, others delighted. Bishops for their part generally looked the other way. Altar girls were a "don't ask, don't tell" practice that became widespread in our parishes. The reasoning was that the girls weren't "instituted" as acolytes anymore than the boys were. Still, it was pushing the limits.
This went on for years. Then in 1994, Pope John Paul II decreed that altar girls were OK in his book and it was a done deal. The system worked. The desire of the People of God was made known through the bishops to the Holy See and it became the practice of the church.
OK, so women still can't achieve the "Big O" of Catholicism: ordination. Or, as one fifth-grade wag answered when asked how many sacraments there were: "Seven for boys and six for girls." But the roles of women in the liturgy and in the community expanded.
Hundreds of parishes in the United States are run by women in the ministry of parish life director or pastoral coordinator. Thousands more are run by women delegated to the task by smart pastors who want to save their sanity. "It is fitting that [women] are able to assume their proper role in accordance with their own nature," it says in Gaudium et Spes (The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World). And "it will belong to all to acknowledge and favor the proper and necessary participation of women in the cultural life."
Dust off the old Bible
When I was a kid growing up Catholic, I loved the Bible. Ours sat on a shelf in the living room next to the television. I never actually read anything in it, but the pictures were spectacular.
We weren't encouraged to read the scriptures. I mean, look what happened when Martin Luther read it. We couldn't have that again. Besides, the 1899 Douay-Rheims American Edition, the only Catholic Bible available, was written in old-fashioned English with all the thees, the thous, the hasts, and the wasts. So who needs that, right? Plus, we had been taught everything anyone ever needed to know about the Bible: "Thou art Peter," and "This is my Body." Every self-respecting Catholic had those two verses in his pocket, and that covered about everything.
Well, that all changed with Vatican II. Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation) urged Catholics "to learn by frequent reading of the divine scriptures the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ ... for ignorance of the scriptures is ignorance of Christ."
Six years after the close of the council, the New American Bible was published and widely acknowledged as a primo English translation. The post-Vatican II lectionary, the Bible readings for Mass, provides a much wider selection of passages than the old one to promote a greater familiarity with scripture. And what parish doesn't have a Bible study group or two? So now there are at least some Catholics who can thump the Bible chapter and verse with the best of the Baptists.
Protestants rescued
But what about the Protestants? Heck, they were all going to hell back in my day. It was kind of sad, really. I mean, all my friends who were Protestant, some of them who didn't use swear words like I did, or smoke cigarettes behind the school, or siphon off vodka from their father's stash and replace it with water. No matter. They didn't stand a chance because only Catholics went to heaven.
I remember one day coming home from catechism, where I had once again been taught the unhappy destiny of the denominationalists, and asking my devout Irish mother, "Is it true that all the Protestants are going to hell?" "Well," she said, "that's what the church teaches." Then she added, "but I don't believe it."
They didn't invite Mom to Vatican II, but she would've made a good addition. Lumen Gentium declared that Protestants "are joined with us in the Holy Spirit, for to them, too, he gives his gifts and graces whereby he is operative among them with his sanctifying power." The ink wasn't dry on the document before you could hear the hammering and sawing of expansion work coming from above the clouds. Make room, Catholics. We've got one big busload of Protestants on the way.
Unitatis Redintegratio speaks of the "one and only church of God" but acknowledges that "serious dissensions" caused large groups to abandon the communion, disagreements "for which, often enough, men of both sides were to blame." Now, generations later, all baptized believers, no matter what their affiliation, are to be embraced as brothers and sisters "in communion with the Catholic Church, even though this communion is imperfect."
Inspired by Vatican II, Catholics from the pope on down dove head first into the ecumenical movement and began working for the restoration of Christian unity. Does this mean that all the Protestants are going to line up to kiss the pope's ring wearing Mother of God T-shirts? I doubt it. Ecumenism, a word that means "to inhabit one house," is not about changing the other guy but growing together in mutual charity, respect, and understanding. That's a far cry from sending them all to hell.
Oh, and don't forget the Jews and the Muslims. The council holds them in esteem in several places because they are "Abraham's seed" and "along with us adore the one and merciful God" (Lumen Gentium).
That's a big load off Jewish shoulders. Let's face it: We've been dumping on them for centuries. They were fair game, even for my devout mother. She'd always start out with the disclaimer, "I'm not prejudiced," then she'd add, "but you know those Jews..." and then she'd start stacking up the stereotypes. But Nostra Aetate (Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions) "decries hatred, persecutions, [and] displays of anti-Semitism directed against Jews at any time and by anyone." Excuse me. I need to call my mother.
That leaves the Hindus, the Buddhists, Baha'is, Unitarians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mennonites, Christian Scientists, Amish, Seventh-Day Adventists, the Moonies, Scientologists, and the Church of What's Hap'nin' Now. Evidently there's room for everybody. "The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions," it says in Nostra Aetate, and that often the teachings found in them "reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all."
Rights and freedoms
"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable!" Vatican II? Nope. Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act II, Scene II. But Gaudium et Spes could give The Bard a run for his money. "Man has been created by God," it says, "for a blissful purpose." The council celebrated the sacred dignity of humanity beyond anything ever before. It placed humanity at the center and apex of creation, hallowing the human conscience as "the most secret core and sanctuary of a man where he is alone with God, whose voice echoes in his depths."
And all these dignified people now have the freedom to choose any religious path they wanted. Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom) taught that all human persons have a natural and inalienable right to be free in seeking religious truth, in living and worshiping according to their own religious convictions, and in bearing witness to their beliefs without human interference. Tell that to Mrs. O'Houlihan next time she complains about her kids who don't go to church and haven't had their children baptized yet.
When I was growing up, being Catholic meant that you went to church on Sunday, ate fish on Friday, didn't swear, and really tried to steer clear of sinful sex stuff. Your mission in life was to get all your sacraments and die in the state of grace. Other than that, what you did was your own business.
Not so, said Vatican II. The council taught in Gaudium et Spes that Catholics are gravely mistaken "who think that religion consists in acts of worship alone and in the discharge of certain moral obligations." The sacred dignity of human life defines the duty of every Catholic to work diligently "for fundamental decisions to be taken in economic and political affairs ... which will everywhere recognize and satisfy the right of all to a human and social culture" in conformity with that dignity.
What came from that was Catholic stewardship, the understanding that the things we have are given to us by God to be used for the welfare and benefit of all. The poor, the needy, the vulnerable, the lowly, all have a legitimate claim to our time, our energy, our money, our resources, our presence, and our attention. And we're talking about a serious obligation here. "The Christian who neglects his temporal duties, neglects his duties toward his neighbor and even God, and jeopardizes his eternal salvation." Catholics were called upon to make the shift from the more internal focus of the pre-Vatican church to the outward mission and responsibilities expressed in Gaudium et Spes.
So Good Pope John convened the council 50 years ago because he wanted to open the windows of the church to let in some fresh air. Vatican II did more than that. Mass in English, taking down the rail, sharing power with the people, cracking open the Bible, saving the Protestants, and affirming the sacred dignity of all human life opened up a whole world of participation and shared responsibility for the People of God.
The church was no longer the exclusive realm of the priests and the sisters; it belonged to us all. Sunday mornings at church became a happening that involved everybody. People got to know each other. Home-grown ministries sprouted in parishes like dandelions on a spring lawn. Oh, it hasn't been perfect. There is still much to be done. But the legacy of Vatican II is that it can be done, and God knows just the people to do it.


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Whitman Peer Listeners is a student run organization through the Whitman College Counseling Center. Our mission is to foster emotional well-being on campus through programming and peer-to-peer interaction. As listeners we provide an alternative to the Counseling Center and a resource for students. We are available to discuss any and all issues that students may be dealing with.
Peer Listeners are trained in a variety of areas including listening skills, problem solving, and crisis management. We are available to meet by appointment as well as holding regular open office hours in Hunter Conservatory. We serve as an open network and community to all students.
In addition to our role as listeners, the Peer Listeners sponsor events and programming on campus educate, raise awareness, provide resources, promote well-being and relieve stress. Please see Programming and Events for details on past and future activities.
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You can't beat a system you can't understand
All journalists have visions at the beginning of their careers of writing a great expose. We all want to author the next Watergate.
Today is my day. I am not writing an earthmoving expose, but nonetheless, an expose, of something that is happening right here on our safe little island in Jamestown.
Those of us who have weight issues will readily identify with this topic. Diets. "Which diet is the one I will stick to and actually lose copious pounds of gelatinous fat?" Have you ever asked yourself that question? Of course you have. Don't lie. It is a question that the inventors of diets make careers out of answering.
Most diets work if the dieter adheres to the plan. The reason diets don't work is because they all have the same shortcoming. Somewhere in the course of the weight loss process, dieters must stop eating as if they don't have any idea where their next meal is coming from. They also must lift their generous butts from their overtaxed couches and move a little, and I don't mean taking a walk to the kitchen.
Dieters don't like that. Consequently, they are constantly searching for the miracle diet that allows them to eat like the piglets they are while assuming their standard position on their comfortable couches. According to them, anything that breaks this routine is just icky.
We know that one day, some fat scientist will discover or invent a magic pill or potion that will solve all weight issues without requiring us to do the unspeakable - Stop Eating!
Those of us who spend time on the Internet either professionally or recreationally are accustomed to seeing a plethora of ads for the fad diet of the week, whatever it might be. There's the South Beach, the Atkins, the vegetable soup, Jennie Craig, Weight Watchers, Herbal Life, etc., ad nauseam. The list is seemingly endless.
The latest ad is sneaky and needs to be exposed. It looks like a heading for a news article or health advisory. It has a couple of different headlines.
Lose Your Belly: 1 Rule.
How I Lost 36 lbs of Body Fat in just 3 Months by Obeying this 1 Rule.
Tabloid headlines like this are designed to attract fat people who are seeking the magic potion. Although we know that such a cure defies the laws of physics, we secretly hope that one of them will be the real miracle deal.
When readers click on the headline, they are whisked to the following website where they will find pictures and a testimonial by a successful follower of this diet. www. emmasweightloss.com/indexphp?t 202id=3531&t202kw=aolhome
A before and after picture of a woman by the name of Emma Johnson shows her before the Acai berry and colon cleansing diet and after she was allegedly on the diet for six weeks.
The before picture shows Emma sitting on a couch dressed in a tracksuit looking plump and unhappy. The after picture reveals Emma in a skimpy bikini looking as if she were a poster model for Gold's Gym. In six weeks, in addition to losing an extraordinary amount of weight, this diet gave her ripped abs, welldefi ned biceps, and legs that would be the envy of most movie stars.
The pictures are followed by a claim: " My name is Emma Johnson. I have 2 kids and a wonderful husband. I lost 47 pounds using a combination of two products I saw on TV. Read my story to learn how I did it. Best part is, I saved money with free 30-day trials . . . "
Her story begins as follows: "Hi, I am Emma, and I'm from Jamestown, RI. I know there are so many diet ads around that tell you their product really works. I just thought I would share my story with you in the hopes of inspiring you with a real example . . ."
It continues for three boring pages. Note that the woman claims to be from Jamestown, RI.
If you click on a similar headline that reads: "Here's How I Lost 47 Lbs of Body Fat In Just 4 Months By Using These 2 FREE Diet Products I Saw On T.V.," you will be taken to a duplicate website. Here, you will find the same woman with the same story, word for word, except her name is Helen Miller. She also claims to be from Jamestown. The woman apparently has two different names.
And surprise, nobody in Jamestown knows who this woman is.
This is Helen's web address: www.helensdiet.com/my/blog/rachael rays-dietphp?t202id=6137&t 202kw=feb17x6
To make matters worse, the ad goes on to explain how readers can get a month's supply as a "free" sample just by paying $4.99 for postage and handling for each bottle, one bottle of Acai berries and one bottle of colon cleanser.
Then, in a disclaimer that is highlighted in gray and written in small print so it is difficult to read, the ad explains how your credit card will automatically be charged $65 monthly for a continued supply "for your convenience so you are never without the product." This makes the product nearly twice as expensive as most prescription drugs manufactured for the same purpose.
It's a scam. Do not buy into it.
And we wonder why our economy is in such sorry shape in this system we can't understand.


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As seen from above, Senator Daniel Inouye lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. There, his colleagues and members of the public will pay their respects to the Senate's second-longest serving member. The Democrat from Hawaii was a Medal of Honor recipient for valor in World War II. He died Monday from respiratory ailments at age 88. Lying in state is an honor typically reserved for presidents, bestowed only 31 times since the 1800s. Draped in the American Flag, Inouye's casket sits underneath the Capitol dome, atop the Lincoln catafalque, the platform built in 1865 to support Abraham Lincoln's casket when that president's body lay in state. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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I cut the parts individually to allow for different posing options as I weld them together. The photograph is of the first one I made in that pose, and yours may turn out slightly different. Let me know if you are interested in a custom pose. Price is usually the same unless additional things need to be cut for it.
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MOSCOW – Russia's foreign minister says Moscow has proposed talks with the main Syrian opposition coalition, despite previous Russian criticism of Western countries' recognition of the group.
Sergey Lavrov told a news conference on Friday that Russia has contacted the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces through the Russian Embassy in Egypt and "we expressed readiness to conduct a meeting" with coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib.
The statement comes in the wake of comments by officials, including President Vladimir Putin, that suggest Russia is resigned to its longtime ally Syrian President Bashar Assad losing power.
The opposition coalition was formed in November and recognized by Western countries as legitimate representatives of the Syrian people. Russia has criticized such recognition as running counter to agreements to seek political transition in Syria.


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Syracuse's Grant wins family battle
Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse freshman forward Jerami Grant walked out of the Carrier Dome with family bragging rights.
Those will be cashed in much farther down the road, however, if it all.
More importantly, Grant was a catalyst in a key bounce-back win for his basketball family.
Grant sparked his team with a career-high 14 points and added six rebounds, and Syracuse forward C.J. Fair dropped in 18 points and snagged 10 boards to help No. 9 Syracuse push aside No. 25 Notre Dame 63-47 Monday in the Carrier Dome.
Jerami Grant's older brother, junior guard Jerian Grant, scored a team-high 15 points for the Fighting Irish (18-5, 6-4 Big East).
Jerami got his team off to a strong start, scoring 10 points in a first half that ended with the Orange up 30-24 The Orange used that momentum to pull away in a second half.
"Every once in awhile at the free-throw line, we'd talk some trash. Or just walking up and down the court. But not as much as we probably expected," Jerami said of the by-play between him and his brother. "This is our first regulation game against each other. We haven't played one-on-one since we were like 8 years old. I'm definitely gonna talk a lot of trash when I get out of here and talk to everybody.''
Jerian advised him to hold off on that for now.
"This was a tough one to take,'' Jerian said. "This is just one game. We still got a whole season left."
Syracuse (19-3, 7-2) snapped a two-game losing streak, and the Orange earned its 36th consecutive win in the Dome, the longest active home winning streak in Division I.
"When you lose two in a row in this league, you get nervous. Everybody does,'' said Orange coach Jim Boeheim.
Grant, Fair and center Rakeem Christmas (12 points) were part of a dominant Syracuse front line that combined for 44 points and 21 rebounds and helped shut down Fighting Irish center Jack Cooley, who was held to a quiet 10 points and 11 rebounds.
"We couldn't get the ball down deep enough,'' Fighting Irish coach Mike Brey said of feeding Cooley. "Those are the nights we don't have much success. They had lost two in a row and were pumped up."
Jerami Grant capped his 10-point first half with a driving layup at the horn that gave Syracuse a six-point edge at intermission. Earlier, the Orange had nursed a 16-15 lead before creating some breathing room with an 8-2 run.
Syracuse's Grant sparked that stretch by dropping in a layup off a fast break, but Notre Dame's Pat Connaughton answered with a layup.
Fair drilled a foul shot for Syracuse and then sent the Orange ahead 21-17 with a rebound dunk off a miss by Trevor Cooney. Brandon Triche rolled in a layup, was fouled and sank his free throw to pad the Syracuse cushion to 24-17 with 3:25 left in the half.
The Irish, the Big East's best three-point shooting team at 39.6 percent, had no counterpunch in that category Monday. Notre Dame hit just 30 percent of its three-point tries, at 6-for-20.
"We got about 20 threes (attempts). About 18 of them were good looks," Jerian said.
"I think the big thing with Notre Dame is you have to guard their three-point shooters,'' Boeheim said. "You can't let them get set.''
Syracuse salted the game away with a 9-0 run early in the second half. Fair sank a jumper to push Syracuse ahead 36-28, and with 12:53 left, Christmas dunked after a rebound.
Cooney then hit a 3-pointer, and Christmas again tallied from down low to push the margin to 43-28 with 11:03 remaining.
"I was worried about their guards,'' Brey said. "Their front line did damage to us.''
NOTES: Brey is tied with former St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca for fourth place on the Big East's career wins list at 139. Brey is one of 10 coaches in league history with 100 conference wins. ... Notre Dame's senior class needs eight victories to become the program's winningest class. The class of 2011 compiled 96 victories. ... Syracuse holds a 25-19 edge in its series with Notre Dame, but the Irish won last year's game in South Bend, 68-57. The Orange played that game without center Fab Melo, who was academically ineligible. On Monday night, Syracuse played without another big man, center DaJuan Coleman, who is out about a month after undergoing left knee surgery. Orange forward James Southerland also sat out, missing his fifth game in a row because of an eligibility issue.


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The Walrus Says
Timing in life is everything. If we hadn't stopped in at
the Jamestown Press office Friday afternoon at the same time the paper's historian was there, we may have missed out last weekend on a great trip back in time.
Sue Maden said there was something at the Jamestown Museum she thought we should see. She said they had found a packet filled with official papers from WorldWar-II era that belonged to James M. Munro.
Mystified, we asked when we could see it. Sue called the museum and informed intern Lauren Thacker that we'd be stopping by shortly.
When we got to the museum, Lauren had the packet ready for us to examine. The 21-year-old East Providence resident is
interning for the summer at the museum before entering her senior year at Holy Cross.
She told us she had found the small leather case on a shelf in the back of the room. We determined later that because of its size and shape the case probably had been designed to carry and protect War Ration Books. Because there was so much material in the packet, we asked Lauren if we could borrow it for the weekend so we could thoroughly examine it.
Saturday morning, we sat down with a cup of coffee and proceded to go through the papers. It contains examples of wartime memorabilia from 1942 through 1945 with one 1938 pass thrown in. During those dates, our family lived in Newport, Teaneck, N.J., and Wickford.
There is a Gasoline Ration Card with two tabs remaining that should have been used by June of '42. Several Selective Service notices classify my father as II-B and later as 4-A. A door pass from the U.S. Naval Air Station at Quonset allowed Badge #1833 entry to the building and a Milage Rationing Card on Nov. 27, 1944, issued 10 gallons of gas to a l936 Chevrolet Coach due to a hardship. My father had to attend a funeral.
The 1938 item is a pass from the Newport Police Department allowing my father "to go to the Ocean Drive and adjacent streets." The date was four days after the "Great Hurricane."
There were War Ration Books for all four members of the family. In 1943, one was issued to my little brother Bruce, who according to the book weighed 46 pounds and his occupation was "school child." Our ration book in 1942 read that we were 11 years old and a "school boy" who weighed 70 pounds.
There are four tickets for "passenger autos & light trucks" to cross the Jamestown Bridge. A book of tickets costs $1.50.
Wow, the memories that packet brought back! The places we lived. Tomato and noodle soup that lasted for days and horse meat that lasted longer. My father pouring gallons of Renuzit cleaning fluid - $1.18 a gallon - into his gas tank to stretch out the gasoline. Putting used razor blades in a slot in the wall. Shoveling coal into the furnaces. Saving rolls of tinfoil and empty coffee cans full of lard.
There wasn't any whining in those days about the price of gas. In fact, there was little whining about anything.
Everybody got behind President Franklin Roosevelt because he was our president and this is our country. We often think of how in 1941 this nation came together to arm and send our military to continents throughout the world and brought three major countries to their knees in just four years.
Now it seems we can get nothing done.
So, how did my father's packet get to the Jamestown Museum? We can only surmise that he read that the museum was requesting donations of World War II memorabilia for one reason or another, and he put the package together and dropped it off. Thanks, Dad.
Fifty Jamestown School
eighth-graders accompanied by 11 adults will leave by bus at l p.m. today for a three-day visit to our nation's capital.
After settling into their hotel tonight, the group will begin tomorrow with a visit to the Arlington National Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial followed by an interior tour of the Capitol building arranged by Sen. Jack Reed's office, a White House exterior visit, and a viewing of the World War II Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, and Korean War Veterans Memorial, with much of the latter in a lighted tour at night.
On Saturday, the class travels to the F.D.R. Memorial and Jefferson Memorial, takes a drive-by look at Embassy Row and the National Cathedral, Smithsonian Mall with tours of the National Air and Space Museum, Museum of American History, the Museum of Natural History, and the Daniel's Story portion of the U.S. Holocaust Museum. They'll wind up Saturday with a Moonlight Dinner-Dance cruise on the Potomac.
The group will visit the National Zoo on Sunday, on its way out of town with a stop for lunch at the Delaware House.
Maureen McDermott has coordinated the many difficult aspects of putting a trip like this together.
Financial support has come from the Ali Dunn Packer Memorial Fund, the Jamestown Rotary Club, the Jametown PTO, the Jamestown Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force, the Jamestown Education Fund, a grant through Rep. Bruce Long's office, and a series of class fundraising efforts.
Great job! Enjoy your country!
The Central Baptist Church is
gearing up once again for its annual June Festival to be held Saturday, June 24. The church is in need of donations for the flea market, kids' mart, live auction, and used clothing.
The church will accept the contributions Saturdays at the church from 9 a.m. to noon through June 10. If you need assistance with delivering your donation, please call Dave Dolce at 423-2241 or Deb Hentschell, 792-0166.
For the second Sunday in a
row, Jamestown's Babe Ruth League team Ali's Run was victorious at Cardines Field in Newport. The island guys beat O'Bs 3-2 in extra innings.
Whoops! We said in our May
18 column that Jamestown Community Band's new director, Katherine O'Neill, is also a member of other musical groups. Those were all past activities.
It is our error and we vow never more to interview anyone with a low cell phone signal.
Joyce Hooley Bartlett celebrated
a "big" (husband's quotes) birthday on May 24. Fred said, "Let's just say the 40s were a great run!"
Big kudos to Martha Milot of
Highland Drive, Avenue B residents Baxter and Patricia Venable, Joe Tiexiera of Brook Street, Dorothy Norton of Howland Avenue, Joseph Tamburini and Erica Gregg of Meadow Lane, Rep. Bruce Long, Ed and Mary Thacker of Conanicus Avenue, and BankNewport for their donations to the Fireworks Fund.
Only four weeks to go. The more you send, the more we can blow up. Fill up Box 1776, Jamestown 02835 with checks and the Rocket Dawgz will fill the sky with glory on Independence Day.
Hallelujah and KA-BOOM!
We just passed $4,000, $11,000 to go!
*** Dr. Joshua Hatch of the
Jamestown Animal Clinic is in a rabbit mood this week. Let's see what the sage has to say in his Pet Tip of the Week.
"House rabbits can make great pets but do have some common isssues. Both ear mites and ear infections are common as are overgown incisors that cause trouble eating. Both diarrhea and respiratory disease can be life threatening but are usually treatable if addressed early.
"Overfeeding rabbits with pellets and not enough fiber in the diet is probably the number one rabbit issue. Rabbits should be fed mostly quality timothy hay and an assortment of green vegetables with only a small amount of pellets as a treat. Avoid fruits and be careful with foods like spinach, mustard greens, and kale, which have a lot of oxalates and can cause kidney stones. Beans, potatoes, and rhubarb are toxic to rabbits and should never be given to them.
"See www.rabbit.org for more great rabbit tips and feeding guidelines."
A wiggle of the nose to the good doctor.
Congratulations to former resident
Elvis Seth who graduated from Johnson and Wales May 20 summa cum laude/Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society in information sciences.
Last Tuesday at 7 a.m., a deer
passed by our kitchen window in the same part of the yard our watch dog Joshua hangs out on his leash and where our grandchildren play when they come to visit. This isn't the north end or Beavertail. This is Pembertown Avenue near the school and senior apartments. Anyone listening?
Don't let the feds upset you
about hurricanes. They have no idea what is going to occur next week. What happens, happens!
Stacey Martin #52 e-mailed to chastise us for our remark last week about the MLB's pink bats. "The players were using them (and wearing pink wristbands) in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Susan G. Komen Foundation." She added that this push for donations occur around Mother's Day each year. "So, please applaud the Pink Bats and don't despise them."
OK, we apologize, but what were the green and blue bats for and how do you explain the pink ones to an 8-year-old star shortstop?
Stacey, that #52 is her player number, reports that her football team the Intensity is into full-contact outdoor practices three times a week. She urges fans to check out the team's schedule and directions to their facilities on the team's Web site, www.newenglandintensity. com, or call Stacey at 374-4775. HUT, HUT, HUT
It was 62 years ago next
Tuesday, June 6, that the allies invaded the beaches of Normandy. *** Be true!
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HONOLULU (AP) - A defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend has moved to a Honolulu halfway house to await trial.
Court records show Benjamin Bishop was sent to Mahoney Hale from Honolulu's federal detention center on Friday.
U.S. District Court Judge Leslie Kobayashi last month said Bishop could go to Mahoney Hale once the facility equipped its computers with passwords to prevent Bishop from logging on and using the Internet.
Bishop may only leave the facility for medical reasons, court appearances, attorney visits and religious services. His attorney or an approved third party custodian must accompany him.
Bishop is charged with one count of communicating national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it and one count of unlawfully retaining national defense documents and plans.
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MARQUETTE, Mich.—Two United States Olympic Education Center Greco-Roman wrestlers will be donning caps and gowns on Saturday, Dec. 15, to receive their diplomas during Northern Michigan University's commencement ceremony.
Brothers Corey and Ryan Hope of Carol Stream, Ill., will earn degrees in exercise science and community health education, respectively.
The brothers chose to attend NMU because of its unique offerings.
"NMU is a perfect fit. We are grateful that we were able to pursue an Olympic dream in Greco-Roman wrestling and have the opportunity to receive a degree," said Corey.
The brothers have also made an impact in the local community during their stay in Marquette. For the past four years, they have coached the NMU Angry Fish Wrestling Club and have held wrestling clinics for local high school athletes.
Their coaching opportunities are something they will always carry with them.
"I have been privileged to work with youth wrestlers in the Upper Peninsula," said Ryan. "The experience I gained is something that I am extremely grateful for. My brother and I will never forget the athletes and parents we worked with."
The next step for the brothers will be a five-month stay in Armenia to continue their training and to receive more international experience.


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This Freedom Express ultra lite trailer 248RBS features a rear bath layout, a single slide for added interior space, and a convenient camp kitchen also!
Step inside and notice a comfortable sofa straight ahead through the door. There is overhead cabinetry above for storage. On the opposite side of the room along the interior wall just off the dinette area you will find an entertainment center for your enjoyment.
To the right of the door you will see a sliding door to a front bedroom featuring a queen bed including wardrobes on either side, and an overhead cabinet for even more storage space.
Head back to the center kitchen area with a large slide out 88" wide u-shaped dinette. The dinette can also be used as additional sleeping space with the table folded down. Across the room to the left of the entrance you will find the kitchen area that features a pantry, a refrigerator, and a three burner range with an overhead microwave oven. There is also a handy double sink for cleaning up.
The rear bath features a large linen cabinet, a radius shower, plus sink and toilet. No running to the campground bathroom in the dark here!
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Why You Should Learn How To Rock Silver Make-Up And Planets
By 2050, a Japanese company named The Obayashi Corporation will have finally created an elevator into space. Just what you've been waiting for, yes? And lucky you, you only have less than 40 years to go before your wait is officially over. Those 40 years are definitely going to fly by in a flash.
The space elevator will be able to take tourists 20,000 miles above the earth. Can you imagine the view from up there? First we heard that Newt Gingrich plans on a space colony (that is, if he can get himself into the White House), so we covered what we'll have to wear when that day comes. Now it's time we cover the make-up end of things. Because you can never be too prepared when trying to look good for the future.
I'm picturing a lot of silver and shimmery cosmetics, as well as planet-inspired themes. It will be the future after all, and hasn't Hollywood taught us the future is rather metal-like in its look? I think yes.


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"I am proud to support the development of the European Red List of Species. Excellent work!" With these words EU Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik addressed a red crowd gathered for the launch of the European Red List on 21 November at the Berlaymont building in Brussels. To show their commitment to biodiversity participants were asked to wear something red.
The situation which many European species face today calls for more action to protect and conserve our precious natural heritage – so fundamental for our own survival and well-being. The latest data of the European Red List leave no doubt: many species groups in Europe (mammals, amphibians, butterflies and more) are in need for more protection. See more on the latest assessments.
EU Commissioner Potočnik stressed the importance of the European Red List for policy-makers "Too often we take nature for granted and we forget how valuable it is. […] Thanks to the work of IUCN we have a database that provides sound scientific data that will allow us to assess the status and trends of species and habitants in the European Union. These data together with the information provided by Members States will allow us over time to measure progress and asses if our policies on nature and biodiversity are on the right track."
"The latest findings on the state of biodiversity are truly alarming and clearly make the case for stepping up strategy and action in Europe and beyond. The IUCN Red List, whether at the national, regional or global level provide clear and quantified evidence of the state and demise of endangered species" underlined Gordon McInnes, Deputy Director, European Environment Agency (EEA) "I am pleased to work with IUCN on developing the knowledge base for biodiversity including indicators to track progress and show where assessment and action should be focused."
"The data provided by the European Red List serve also to show where progress is made. "With the Red List we can also highlight the successes of well-designed conservation measures – many species protected under the EU Habitats Directive and included in the Natura 2000 protected area network have actually improved their chances of survival. Conservation works! We just need more of it! We call the European Union to continue acting for nature" said Dr Hans Friederich, IUCN Regional Director for Europe.
MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Rapporteur for Biodiversity at the European Parliament stressed the need to reconnect people to nature "Thinking of nature and biodiversity I always think of a small child and I see the fascination in the eyes of a child for nature, it is incredible, I am sure you have all witnessed it. It is some sort of natural fascination with nature that children do have. So seeing that and how responsible people (or they should be, influential people) behave with our natural environment, I always ask myself, where did it go wrong? […] Let's use this Red List and let's try to awake this natural fascination that small children have again in the people who are deciding on this very important issue."
Charlie Dunmore, EU Correspondent at Reuters, presented the challenge of communicating biodiversity to the general public "The problem is partly one of language. Let's be brutally honest, the word biodiversity is about as interesting as quantitative easing to many people […]. We have to try and keep our language as direct and as relevant to everyday people as we can when we try to communicate the issue. […] Rather than talking about the risk of an 80% drop in biodiversity, […] we should be talking more about the risk of being surrounded by dead seas, and oceans empty of fish and other life, or walking in silent forests devoid of birds or looking out of empty plains where there are no animals or plants to be seen."
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Susan Millers excitement about picking up an old friend turned into a bit of stress when she struggled to find a parking spot at the Durango-La Plata County Airport nine days prior to Thanksgiving.
That surprised me I had to drive around the lot, but I finally found one, said Miller, who lives in Farmington.
For the Thanksgiving weekend, only the early birds are likely to find parking at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. Travelers are urged to arrive two hours before their flight.
On regular weekends, the main parking lot has been filling up by Thursday, the credit card or long-term parking lot is full by Friday, and the overflow parking lot is at capacity by Saturday. So the rush is expected to be exponentially worse during the holiday weekend.
Ron Dent, airport director, advises travelers to get a ride to the airport rather than drive themselves and to always think a few steps ahead, such as printing boarding passes and paying luggage fees online before arriving at the airport.
Security lines at the airport have been extending outside the door.
In the mad dash to board the plane, airline passengers have been known to leave their cars in the loading and unloading zone with their keys still in the ignition.
Growth by bounds and leaps
The airport can accommodate 1,000 parked vehicles, but the problem is, the airport has been growing by about a 1,000 passengers a month.
Boardings are expected to be up 5 percent for the year, totaling about 185,000. Departing airplanes are averaging loads of 75 percent capacity.
Our boardings are booming, up 10 percent in the last two months, Dent said.
We boarded 17,412 passengers in October, thats equivalent to our summer months two years ago, he said. This used to be a shoulder season. Were not seeing that any more.
The airport expects to take in about $1 million in parking revenue this year, which is a lot considering it costs $6 to park a day. Parking should cover about a third of the airports total operating costs.
Parking, however, is not a simple business.
One reason why the airport contracts with a management company, Republic, is that people are so savvy at cheating the system and getting out of paying the parking fees.
Because the airport has a lot of land, it is likely to build a seasonal overflow lot in the near future, which would be in addition to the planned $6 million expansion of the terminal, Dent said.
A short-term solution might be to provide public transportation to the airport, but Dent estimates that only about 40 percent of the passengers come from Durango. Most passengers come from around the region, such as Farmington, Pagosa Springs, Bayfield, Silverton and even Telluride.
And, it also would be difficult to coordinate public transportation times with airplane departures since airplanes can be subject to last-minutes delays and travel changes.
Planes, cars and bicycles
For ease of travel, Dent also suggests catching a ride with a private airport shuttle, which range from $15 to $30 or more for a one-way ride, according to an informal survey of local services.
John Nadolny of Animas Transportation is gearing up for a crazy holiday rush, anticipating a big demand from college students.
They all think they can wait until the day of, he said. I get some panicked calls My ride didnt show up. My flight leaves in a half an hour. When can you get here?
Some start celebrating the holiday early and are in no shape to drive themselves.
A young lady I picked up said, Geez, I thought I would be sober by now, he said.
A perk to using a private shuttle is that travelers wont have to worry about digging their car out of the snow when they return to Durango from a winter trip. They can have a warmed-up shuttle to pick them up if they have made a reservation.
It becomes a convenient thing more than anything, Nadolny said.
People also will go to extremes to save a buck. In bicycle crazy Durango, its not unheard of for travelers to pedal the 14 miles out to the airport.
The airport will store the bicycle in a warm spot if the traveler makes arrangements ahead of time, Dent said.
Of course, people are much less likely to cycle to the airport in the winter, but another option is to catch a ride to the airport and then leave a bicycle there for the return trip home.
From the airport to Durango, its all downhill, Dent said.