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Lasciate Ogni Speranza
the Middle Ages, when an edifice was complete there was almost as much of it under the ground as over it. Except it were built on piles, like Notre Dame, a palace, a fortress, a church, had always a double foundation. In the cathedrals it formed in some sort a second cathedralsubterranean, low-pitched, dark, mysteriousblind and dumbunder the aisles of the building above, which were flooded with light and resonant day and night with the music of the organ or the bells. Sometimes it was a sepulchre. In the palaces and fortresses it was a prisonor a sepulchresometimes both together. These mighty masses of masonry, of which we have explained elsewhere the formation and growth, had not mere foundations but more properly speaking roots branching out underground into chambers, passages, and stairways, the counterpart of those above. Thus the churches, palaces, and bastilles might be said to be sunk in the ground up to their middle. The vaults of an edifice formed another edifice, in which you descended instead of ascending, the subterranean storeys of which extended downward beneath the pile of exterior storeys, like those inverted forests and mountains mirrored in the waters of a lake beneath the forests and mountains of its shores.
At the Bastille Saint-Antoine, at the Palais de Justice, and at the Louvre, these subterranean edifices were prisons. The storeys of these prisons as they sank into the ground became even narrower and darkerso many zones presenting, as by a graduated scale, deeper and deeper shades of horror. Dante could find nothing better for the construction of his
These dungeon funnels usually ended in a tub-shaped pit, in which Dante placed his Satan and society the criminal condemned to death. When once a miserable being was there interred, farewell to light, air, life
ogni speranza
he never issued forth again but to the gibbet or the stake unless, indeed, he were left to rot therewhich human justice called forgetting. Between mankind and the condemned, weighing upon his head, there was an accumulated mass of stone and jailers; and the whole prison, the massive fortress, was but one enormous complicated lock that barred him from the living world.
It was in one of these deep pits, in the
excavated by Saint-Louis, in the
in pace
of the Tournelledoubtless for fear of her escapingthat they had deposited Esmeralda, now condemned to the gibbet, with the colossal Palais de Justice over her headpoor fly, that could not have moved the smallest of its stones! Truly, Providence and social law alike had been too lavish; such a profusion of misery and torture was not necessary to crush so fragile a creature.
She lay there, swallowed up by the darkness, entombed, walled, lost to the world. Any one seeing her in that state, after beholding her laughing and dancing in the sunshine, would have shuddered. Cold as night, cold as death, no breath of air to stir her locks, no human sound to reach her ear, no ray of light within her eyebroken, weighed down by chains, crouching beside a pitcher and a loaf of bread, on a heap of straw, in the pool of water formed by the oozings of the dungeon wallsmotionless, almost breathless, she was even past suffering. Phbus, the sun, noonday, the free air, the streets of Paris, dancing and applause, her tender love passages with the officerthen the priest, the old hag, the dagger, blood, torture, the gibbetall this passed in turn before her mind, now as a golden vision of delight, now as a hideous nightmare; but her apprehension of it all was now merely that of a vaguely horrible struggle in the darkness, or of distant music still playing above ground but no longer audible at the depth to which the unhappy girl had fallen.
Since she had been here she neither waked nor slept. In that unspeakable misery, in that dungeon, she could no more distinguish waking from sleeping, dreams from reality, than day from night. All was mingled, broken, floating confusedly through her mind. She no longer felt, no longer knew, no longer thought anything definitelyat most she dreamed. Never has human creature been plunged deeper into annihilation.
Thus benumbed, frozen, petrified, scarcely had she remarked at two or three different times the sound of a trap-door opening somewhere above her head, without even admitting a ray of light, and through which a hand had thrown her down a crust of black bread. Yet this was her only surviving communication with mankindthe periodical visit of the jailer.
One thing alone still mechanically occupied her ear: over her head the moisture filtered through the mouldy stones of the vault, and at regular intervals a drop of water fell from it. She listened stupidly to the splash made by this dripping water as it fell into the pool beside her.
This drop of water falling into the pool was the only movement still perceptible around her, the only clock by which to measure time, the only sound that reached her of all the turmoil going on on earth; though, to be quite accurate, she was conscious from time to time in that sink of mire and darkness of something cold passing over her foot or her arm, and that made her shiver.
How long had she been there? She knew not. She remembered a sentence of death being pronounced somewhere against some one, and then that she herself had been carried away, and that she had awakened in silence and darkness, frozen to the bone. She had crawled along on her hands and knees, she had felt iron rings cutting her ankles, and chains had clanked. She had discovered that all around her were walls, that underneath her were wet flag-stones and a handful of strawbut there was neither lamp nor air-hole. Then she had seated herself upon the straw, and sometimes for a change of position on the lowest step of a stone flight she had come upon in the dungeon.
Once she had tried to count the black minutes marked for her by the drip of the water; but soon this mournful labour of a sick brain had discontinued of itself and left her in stupor once more.
At length, one dayor one night (for mid-day and mid-night had the same hue in this sepulchre)she heard above her a louder noise than the turnkey generally made when bringing her loaf of bread and pitcher of water. She raised her head, and was aware of a red gleam of light through the crevices of the sort of door or trap in the roof of the vault.
At the same time the massive lock creaked, the trap-door grated on its hinges, fell back, and she saw a lantern, a hand, and the lower part of the bodies of two men, the door being too low for her to see their heads. The light stabbed her eyes so sharply that she closed them.
When she opened them again the door was closed, the lantern placed on one of the steps, and one of the two men alone was standing before her. A black monks robe fell to his feet, a cowl of the same hue concealed his face; nothing of his person was visible, neither his face nor his handsit was simply a tall black shroud under which you felt rather than saw that something moved. For some moments she regarded this kind of spectre fixedly, but neither she nor it spoke. They might have been two statues confronting one another. Two things only seemed alive in this tomb: the wick of the lantern that sputtered in the night air and the drop of water falling with its monotonous splash from the roof and making the reflection of the light tremble in concentric circles on the oily surface of the pool.
At last the prisoner broke the silence. Who are you?
A priest.
The word, the tone, the voice made her start.
The priest continued in low tones:
Are you prepared?
For what?
For death.
Oh! she exclaimed, will it be soon?
Her head, raised with joy, fell again on her bosom.
Tis very long to wait, she sighed; why not to-day? It could not matter to them.
You are, then, very wretched? asked the priest after another silence.
I am very cold, said she.
She took her two feet in her handsthe habitual gesture of the unfortunate who are cold, and which we have already remarked in the recluse of the Tour-Rolandand her teeth chattered.
From under his hood the priests eyes appeared to be surveying the dungeon. No light! no fire! in the water!tis horrible!
Yes, she answered with the bewildered air which misery had given her. The day is for every one, why do they give me only night?
Do you know, resumed the priest after another silence, why you are here?
I think I knew it once, she said pressing her wasted fingers to her brow as if to aid her memory; but I do not know now.
Suddenly she began to weep like a child. I want to go away from here, sir. I am cold, I am frightened, and there are beasts that crawl over me.
Well, thenfollow me! And so saying, the priest seized her by the arm. The unhappy girl was already frozen to the hearts core, but yet that hand felt cold to her.
Oh, she murmured, tis the icy hand of Death! Who are you?
The priest raised his cowl. She lookedit was the sinister face that had so long pursued her, the devilish head that she had seen above the adored head of her Phbus, the eye that she had last seen glittering beside a dagger.
This apparition, always so fatal to her, which thus had thrust her on from misfortune to misfortune, even to an ignominious death, roused her from her stupor. The sort of veil that seemed to have woven itself over her memory was rent aside. All the details of her grewsome adventures, from the nocturnal scene at La Falourdels to her condemnation at La Tournelle, came back to her with a rushnot vague and confused as heretofore, but distinct, clear-cut, palpitating, terrible.
These recollections, well-nigh obliterated by excess of suffering, revived at sight of that sombre figure, as the heat of the fire brings out afresh upon the blank paper the invisible writing traced on it by sympathetic ink. She felt as if all the wounds of her heart were reopened and bleeding at once.
Ah! she cried, her hands covering her face with a convulsive shudder, it is the priest!
Then she let her arms drop helplessly and sat where she was, her head bent, her eyes fixed on the ground, speechless, shaking from head to foot.
The priest gazed at her with the eye of the kite which after long hovering high in the air above a poor lark cowering in the corn, gradually and silently lessening the formidable circles of its flight, now suddenly makes a lightning dart upon its prey and holds it panting in its talons.
Finish, she murmured in a whisper, finishthe last blow! And her head shrank in terror between her shoulders like the sheep that awaits the death-stroke of the butcher.
You hold me in horror then? he said at last.
She made no reply.
Do you hold me in horror? he repeated.
Her lips contracted as if she smiled. Go to, said she, the executioner taunts the condemned! For months he has pursued me, threatened me, terrified me! But for him, my God, how happy I was! It is he who has cast me into this pit! Oh, heavens! it is he who has killedit is he who has murdered himmy Phbus!
Here, bursting into tears, she lifted her eyes to the priest. Oh, wretch! who are you?what have I done to you that you should hate me so? Alas! what have you against me?
I love thee! cried the priest.
Her tears ceased suddenly. She regarded him with an idiotic stare. He had sunk on his knees before her and enveloped her in a gaze of flame.
Dost thou hear? I love thee! he cried again.
What love is that! she shuddered.
The love of the damned! he answered.
Both remained silent for some minutes, crushed under the load of their emotionhe distraught, she stupefied.
Listen, the priest began at last, and a strange calm had come over him; thou shalt know all. I am going to tell thee what I have hitherto scarcely dared to say to myself when I furtively searched my conscience in those deep hours of the night, when it seems so dark that God himself can see us no longer. Listen. Before I saw thee, girl, I was happy.
And I, she faintly murmured.
Do not interrupt me Yes, I was happy, or at least judged myself to be so. I was puremy soul was filled with limpid light. No head was lifted so high, so radiantly as mine. Priests consulted me upon chastity, ecclesiastics upon doctrine. Yes, learning was all in all to meit was a sister, and a sister sufficed me. Not but what, in time, other thoughts came to me. More than once my flesh stirred at the passing of some female form. The power of sex and of a mans blood that, foolish adolescent, I had thought stifled forever, had more than once shaken convulsively the iron chain of the vows that rivet me, hapless wretch, to the cold stones of the altar. But fasting, prayer, study, the mortifications of the cloister again restored the empire of the soul over the body. Also I strenuously avoided women. Besides, I had but to open a book, and all the impure vapours of my brain were dissipated by the splendid beams of learning; the gross things of this earth fled from before me, and I found myself once more calm, serene, and joyous in the presence of the steady radiance of eternal truth. So long as the foul fiend only sent against me indefinite shadows of women passing here and there before my eyes, in the church, in the streets, in the fields, and which scarce returned to me in my dreams, I vanquished him easily. Alas! if it stayed not with me, the fault lies with God, who made not man and the demon of equal strength. Listen. One day
Here the priest stopped, and the prisoner heard sighs issuing from his breast which seemed to tear and rend him.
He resumed. One day I was leaning at the window of my cell. What book was I reading? Oh, all is confusion in my mindI was reading. The window overlooked an open square. I heard a sound of a tambourine and of music. Vexed at being thus disturbed in my meditation, I looked into the square. What I saw, there were others who saw it too, and yet it was no spectacle meet for mortal eyes. There, in the middle of the open spaceit was noona burning suna girl was dancingbut a creature so beautiful that God would have preferred her before the Virginwould have chosen her to be His motherif she had existed when He became man. Her eyes were dark and radiant; amid her raven tresses where the sun shone through were strands that glistened like threads of gold. Her feet were invisible in the rapidity of their movement, as are the spokes of a wheel when it turns at high speed. Round her head, among her ebon tresses, were discs of metal that glittered in the sun and formed about her brows a diadem of stars. Her kirtle, thick-set in spangles, twinkled all blue and studded with sparks like a summers night. Her brown and supple arms twined and untwined themselves about her waist like two scarfs. Her form was of bewildering beauty. Oh, the dazzling figure that stood out luminous against the very sunlight itself! Alas, girl, it was thou! Astounded, intoxicated, enchanted, I suffered myself to gaze upon thee. I watched thee long till suddenly I trembled with horrorI felt that Fate was laying hold on me.
Gasping for breath, the priest ceased speaking for a moment, then he went on:
Already half-fascinated, I strove to cling to something, to keep myself from slipping farther. I recalled the snares which Satan had already laid for me. The creature before me had such supernatural beauty as could only be of heaven or hell. That was no mere human girl fashioned out of particles of common clay and feebly illumined from within by the flickering ray of a womans soul. It was an angel!but of darknessof flame, not of light. At the same moment of thinking thus, I saw near thee a goata beast of the witches Sabbath, that looked at me and grinned. The midday sun gilded its horns with fire. Twas then I caught sight of the devils snare, and I no longer doubted that thou camest from hell, and that thou wast sent from thence for my perdition. I believed it.
The priest looked the prisoner in the face and added coldly:
And I believe so still. However, the charm acted by degrees; thy dancing set my brain in a maze; I felt the mysterious spell working within me. All that should have kept awake fell asleep in my soul, and like those who perish in the snow, I found pleasure in yielding to that slumber.
All at once thou didst begin to sing. What could I do, unhappy wretch that I was? Thy song was more enchanting still than thy dance. I tried to flee. Impossible. I was nailed, I was rooted to the spot. I felt as if the stone floor had risen and engulfed me to the knees. I was forced to remain to the end. My feet were ice, my head was on fire. At length thou didst, mayhap, take pity on methou didst cease to singdidst disappear. The reflection of the dazzling vision, the echo of the enchanting music, died away by degrees from my eyes and ears. Then I fell into the embrasure of the window, more stark and helpless than a statue loosened from the pedestal. The vesper bell awoke me. I roseI fled; but alas! there was something within me fallen to arise no moresomething had come upon me from which I could not flee.
Again he paused and then resumed: Yes, from that day onward there was within me a man I did not know. I had recourse to all my remediesthe cloister, the altar, labour, books. Useless folly! Oh, how hollow does science sound when a head full of passion strikes against it in despair! Knowest thou, girl, what it was that now came between me and my books? It was thou, thy shadow, the image of the radiant apparition which had one day crossed my path. But that image no longer wore the same bright hueit was sombre, funereal, black as the dark circle which haunts the vision of the imprudent eye that has gazed too fixedly at the sun.
Unable to rid myself of it; with thy song forever throbbing in my ear, thy feet dancing on my breviary, forever in the night-watches and in my dreams feeling the pressure of thy form against my sideI desired to see thee closer, to touch thee, to know who thou wert, to see if I should find thee equal to the ideal image that I had retained of thee. In any case, I hoped that a new impression would efface the former one, for it had become insupportable. I sought thee out, I saw thee again. Woe is me! When I had seen thee twice, I longed to see thee a thousand times, to gaze at thee forever.
After thathow stop short on that hellish incline?after that my soul was no longer my own. The other end of the thread which the demon had woven about my wings was fastened to his cloven foot. I became vagrant and wandering like thyselfI waited for thee under porchesI spied thee out at the corners of streetsI watched thee from the top of my tower. Each evening I returned more charmed, more despairing, more bewitched, more lost than before.
I had learned who thou wasta gipsya Bohemiana gitanaa zingara. How could I doubt of the witchcraft? Listen. I hoped that a prosecution would rid me of the spell. A sorceress had bewitched Bruno of Ast; he had her burned, and was cured. I knew this. I would try this remedy. First, I had thee forbidden the Parvis of Notre Dame, hoping to forget thee if thou camest no more. Thou didst not heed it. Thou camest again. Then I had the idea of carrying thee off. One night I attempted it. We were two of us. Already we had thee fast, when that miserable officer came upon the scene. He delivered thee, and so began thy misfortunesand mineand his own as well. At length, not knowing what to do or what was to become of me, I denounced thee to the Holy Office.
I thought that I should thus be cured like Bruno of Ast. I thought too, confusedly, that a prosecution would deliver thee into my hands, that once in prison I should hold thee, that thou couldst not then escape methat thou hadst possessed me long enough for me to possess thee in my turn. When one sets out upon an evil path, one should go the whole waytis madness to stop midway in the monstrous! The extremity of crime has its delirium of joy. A priest and a witch may taste of all delights in one anothers arms on the straw pallet of a dungeon.
So I denounced thee. Twas then I began to terrify thee whenever I met thee. The plot which I was weaving against thee, the storm which I was brewing over thy head, burst from me in muttered threats and lightning glances. And yet I hesitated. My project had appalling aspects from which I shrank.
It may be that I would have renounced itthat my hideous thought would have withered in my brain without bearing fruit. I thought it would always depend on myself either to follow up or set aside this prosecution. But every evil thought is inexorable and will become an act; and there, where I thought myself all-powerful, Fate was more powerful than I. Alas! alas! tis Fate has laid hold on thee and cast thee in among the dread wheels of the machinery I had constructed in secret! Listen. I have almost done.
One dayit was again a day of sunshinea man passes me who speaks thy name and laughs with the gleam of lust in his eyes. Damnation! I followed him. Thou knowest the rest
He ceased.
The girl could find but one wordOh, my Phbus!
Not that name! exclaimed the priest, grasping her arm with violence. Utter not that name! Oh, wretched that we are, tis that name has undone us! Nay, rather we have all undone one another through the inexplicable play of Fate! Thou art suffering, art thou not? Thou art cold; the darkness blinds thee, the dungeon wraps thee round; but mayhap thou hast still more light shining within theewere it only thy childish love for the fatuous being who was trifling with thy heart! while II bear the dungeon within me; within, my heart is winter, ice, despairblack night reigns in my soul! Knowest thou all that I have suffered? I was present at the trial. I was seated among the members of the Office. Yes, one of those priestly cowls hid the contortions of the damned. When they led thee in, I was there; while they questioned thee, I was there. Oh, den of wolves! It was my own crimemy own gibbet that I saw slowly rising above thy head. At each deposition, each proof, each pleading, I was presentI could count thy every step along that dolorous path. was there, too, when that wild beastoh, I had not foreseen the torture! Listen. I followed thee in the chamber of anguish; I saw thee disrobed and half-naked under the vile hands of the torturer; saw thy footthat foot I would have given an empire to press one kiss upon and die; that foot which I would have rejoiced to feel crushing my headthat foot I saw put into the horrible boot that turns the limbs of a human being into gory pulp. Oh, miserable that I am! while I lacerated my at this, I had a poniard under my gown with which I lacerated my breast. At thy cry I plunged it into my flesha second cry from thee and it should have pierced my heart. LookI believe it still bleeds.
He opened his cassock. His breast was indeed scored as by a tigers claws, and in his side was a large, badly healed wound.
The prisoner recoiled in horror.
Oh, girl! cried the priest, have pity on me! Thou deemest thyself miserablealas! alas! thou knowest not what misery is. Oh, to love a womanto be a priestto be hatedto love her with all the fury of ones soul, to feel that for the least of her smiles one would give ones blood, ones vitals, fame, salvation, immortality, and eternitythis life and the life to come; to regret not being a king, a genius, an emperor, an archangelGodthat one might place a greater slave beneath her feet; to clasp her day and night in ones dreams, ones thoughtsand then to see her in love with the trappings of a soldier, and have naught to offer her but the unsightly cassock of a priest, which she will only regard with fear and disgust! To be present with ones jealousy and rage while she lavishes on a miserable, brainless swashbuckler her whole treasure of love and beauty! To see that form that enflames you, that soft bosom, that flesh panting and glowing under the kisses of another! Dear heavento adore her foot, her arm, her shoulder, to dream of her blue veins, her sun-browned skin till one writhes whole nights upon the stones of ones cell, and to see all those caresses, which one has dreamed of lavishing on her, end in her torture! To have succeeded only in laying her on the bed of leather! Oh, these are the irons heated in the fires of hell! Oh, blest is he who is sawn asunder, torn by four horses! Knowest thou what that torture is, endured through long nights from your seething arteries, a breaking heart, a bursting headburying your teeth in your own handsfell tormentors that unceasingly turn you as on a burning gridiron over a thought of love, of jealousy, and of despair! Have mercy, girl! One moments respite from my tormenta handful of ashes on this white heat! Wipe away, I conjure thee, the drops of agony that trickle from my brow! Child, torture me with one hand, but caress me with the other! Have pity, girlhave pity on me!
The priest writhed on the wet floor and beat his head against the corner of the stone steps. The girl listened to himgazed at him.
When he ceased, exhausted and panting, she repeated under her breath: Oh, my Phbus!
The priest dragged himself to her on his knees.
I beseech thee, he cried, if thou hast any bowels of compassion, repulse me not! Oh, I love thee! I am a wretch! When thou utterest that name, unhappy girl, tis as if thou wert grinding every fibre of my heart between thy teeth! Have pity! if thou comest from hell, I go thither with thee. I have done amply to deserve that. The hell where thou art shall be my paradisethe sight of thee is more to be desired than that of God! Oh, tell me, wilt thou have none of me? I would have thought the very mountains had moved ere a woman would have rejected such a love! Oh, if thou wouldsthow happy we could be! We would fleeI could contrive thy escapewe would go some-wherewe would seek that spot on earth where the sun shines brightest, the trees are most luxuriant, the sky the bluest. We would lovewould mingle our two souls togetherwould each have an inextinguishable thirst for the other, which we would quench at the inexhaustible fountain of our love!
She interrupted him with a horrible and strident laugh: Look, holy father, there is blood upon your nails!
The priest remained for some moments as if petrified, his eyes fixed on his hand.
Well, be it so, he continued at last, with strange calm; insult me, taunt me, overwhelm me with scorn, but comecome away. Let us hasten. Tis for to-morrow, I tell thee. The gibbet of La Grèvethou knowestit is always in readiness. Tis horrible!to see thee carried in that tumbrel! Oh, have pity! I never felt till now how much I loved thee. Oh, follow me! Thou shalt take time to love me after I have saved thee. Thou shalt hate me as long as thou wiltbut come. To-morrowto-morrowthe gibbet!thy execution! Oh, save thyself! spare me! He seized her by the arm distractedly and sought to drag her away.
She turned her fixed gaze upon him. What has become of Phbus?
Ah, said the priest, letting go her arm, you have no mercy!
What has become of Phbus? she repeated stonily.
Dead! cried the priest.
Dead? said she, still icy and motionless; then why talk to me of living?
He was not listening to her.
Ah, yes, he said, as if speaking to himself, he must be dead. The knife went deep. I think I reached his heart with the point. Oh, my soul was in that dagger to the very point!
The girl threw herself upon him with the fury of a tigress, and thrust him towards the steps with supernatural strength.
Begone, monster! Begone, assassin! Leave me to die! May the blood of both of us be an everlasting stain upon thy brow! Be thine, priest? Never! never! no power shall unite usnot hell itself! Begone, accursednever!
The priest stumbled against the steps. He silently disengaged his feet from the folds of his robe, took up his lantern, and began slowly to ascend the steps leading to the door. He opened the door and went out.
Suddenly she saw his head reappear. His face wore a frightful expression, and he cried with a voice hoarse with rage and despair:
I tell thee he is dead!
She fell on her face to the floor. No sound was now audible in the dungeon but the tinkle of the drop of water which ruffled the surface of the pool in the darkness.
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Skip to comments.Blockbuster Book "Goodbye! Good Men" Exposes Gay Subculture in Catholic Church Hierarchy
Posted on 04/11/2002 7:16:08 PM PDT by Antoninus
This book is going to rattle a few cages I'll reckon. As described on the web site:
"In this explosive new book, investigative reporter Michael S. Rose reveals how deliberate discrimination against traditional, or "orthodox," men has been effected by well placed ideologues who want to change the Catholic Church in America to suit their personal tastes and politics."
The following snippets are taken from the 'feedback' page of the Good Bye! Good Men web site. They are currently soliciting even more responses.
I couldn't believe what I experienced in seminary
Submitted by Daniel W. Krueger, Ph.D., 8 April 2002, 5:43 p.m.
I am an ex-seminiarian. St. John Vianney College Seminary, Miami, Florida. Diocese of Orlando, Florida. I could not believe what I experienced while in Seminary. I have told few people and far fewer believed me. My experiences were in the early 1990's while I was in my late 20's. My bishop told me that I was obviously confused about my vocation after I complained to the rector about the gay subculture and the unwanted advances. I was told to take the Summer to think about it. I spent the summer in total isolation from my diocese, unreturned phone calls, treated like a second-class citizen. The vocations director told me I had an unhealthy need for attention. Needless to say, I never returned. It was a very sad decision for me and for the small parish in Bushnell, Florida who somehow came up with the money to sponsor my pre-theology education so I would not be strapped with student loans. It was also devastating to the pastor.
I am excited to read this book. I hope that many people will see where our seminaries need help and thus be inspired to push for reform. Congratulations on the upcoming publication!
A crisis that is not peripheral
Submitted by Michael S., 7 April 2000, 6:28 a.m.
I am glad you put out such a book, and without reading it I know its sorrows and woes. I still hope to become a priest if they will let me. The current craze of finding a conservative haven is not easy; in fact I have been in two "conservative" orders recommended by EWTN, and they both have all the trimmings of insanity and untraditional understandings of the Church. While I have not read the book I can say the crisis is not peripheral but shoots directly to the top of the Church as part of the problem. The fostering of a neo-Modernism, under the guise of a New Springtime, has caused irreperable harm to many priests psyche, and the beauty of it is they claim this insanity under the title of "pastoral sensitivity." As a 25-year-old man stuck in a Church that perceives men like me as ossified integrists with a distorted, fossilized perception of the Church, the saddest part is that the Vatican knows our woes, but won't give us the necessary means to overcome these problems with practical solutions. Until the Vatican and those who lead the Church are inevitably held accountable and change, I fear we have blinded ourselves to the true cause which has plagued many good Catholics and will continue to do so in the future.
We need to demand changes
Submitted by T.C., 2 April 2000, 12:50 p.m.
I have talked to many good priests who told me they were lucky to make it through the seminary. They were not allowed to pray the Rosary, not allowed to kneel during the Consecration at Mass, not allowed to have adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. They were taught lies about the faith--not to believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to masturbate, to experiment with their sexuality, and that homosexuality was OK. There were more homosexual instructors than there were heterosexual. Instructors who taught the truth about the Catholic faith were kicked out. Most of the seminarians who believed in the true teachings of the faith were kicked out or went through a living hell to make it through the seminary. Thank God for those good ones who did. Also thank God for the young men coming into the seminary now who are demanding to be taught the true faith. I really wish you would list every single seminary, rector and instructor who has been a part of this destruction of our Church. We all need to demand changes from our bishops. The seminary that I have been speaking of is St. John's Seminary in St. Paul/Minneapolis. The instructors haven't changed, but the good seminarians are out-numbering the bad ones and starting to demand change. I am still horrified about the lack of courage and integrity of our bishops.
Confused and floundering in seminary
Submitted by Mike W., 2 April 2002, 10:13 a.m.
Unfortunately the Church has a number of irresponsible gay men in positions of influence, which is one of the things that has led us to the present crisis. Gay priests have often been active in 'progressive' movements aimed generally at undermining the authority of orthodox Christianity. Maybe in part this is just their neurotic way of dealing with male authority figures; but also it is ideological and tactical: undermine the authority and you undermine the sanctions against gay sex. And, pace Garry Wills, who of course has his own agenda, it isn't merely fear of being tarred with the same brush that has inhibited superiors from disciplining deviant padres, but fear of being attacked and smeared: few things have made me, a mere nobody, more cautious about expressing an (orthodox) opinion than fear of being mugged by charges of conservatism, or worse --and evoking a more vicious response-- homophobia. Most of the time I think: it's just not worth it. The problem, further, lies in a Church adrift after Vatican II, which left most of the bishops, as well as the faithful, confused and floundering. Spirituality was replaced with pop psychology (there was a fad per week on offer when I was a seminarian in the 80's at a place where anti-clericalism was the norm), and discipline was replaced with 'tolerance.' Church progressives can be distinguished by a craven need for validation by the secular left, and their abandonment of orthodox sexual doctrine was inevitable. We now have the result.
And it goes on and on and on like this....
Is anyone else as furious as I am?
Oh, I think the issue of age regarding the Church's criteria for ordaining priests is the least of it's problems at the moment. Getting anyone to believe pedophilia/homosexuality isn't running rampant from top to bottom is.
Twenty-five year olds don't know a thing about "critical self-distance."
I'm not sure I do.
Some young people just like to gripe.
Maybe. But I still think that asking a 24 year old to take a lifelong vow of celibacy is unrealistic.
I suppose that's why the U.S. armed services train twenty-something ensigns/2d lts. to fly $30 million dollar aircraft loaded with bombs and missiles. By the time they hit 30, they've completed several carrier-based deployments.
No more unrealistic than a lifelong vow of monogamy.
There is no temptation too great than which can be resisted. This includes lust. This definitely includes homosexuality. Yes, even pedophilia, murder and cannibalism and every form of abomination which man might be tempted to commit. They may all be resisted through Christ.
So what? What does that have to do with a hierarchy that not only winks at homosexual abuse, it probably even participated in it?
I want to know why the hierarchy of the Catholic Church aids and abets the abuse of their flock and I want those responsible, be they directly responsible, or accessories before or after the fact to go to jail.
This book sounds like it will help me answer that question.
I pray that the Lord will aid us against evil, and bring us to victory.
Homosexual Agenda
Shocking as it is, this is not an isolated case. Rose reports that another clinical psychologist, Dr. David J. Brown, screens candidates for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania. Dr. Brown, he reveals, "has gone out of his way to make the case that homosexuality is perfectly normal.
"Testifying before a public school board in State College, he argued on spiritual grounds for legitimizing homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle in the public schools there. Brown told the school board that he was 'appalled' that the school district had excluded known homosexual speakers from Penn State University from making presentations to teachers at in-service day workshops."
We've been trying to get Brown kicked out here for years. A close friend here interviwed for Brown's position before Brown was hired. When questioned about his opinions on homosexuality, he replied giving the orthodox Church position. The priest interviewing him, the director of Vocations here, stood up and shouted "WHAT?!? You can't say that!"
My friend was not hired. Brown was. And we know good men Brown prevented from entering seminary for our diocese because of their orthodoxy.
Altoona-Johnstown Diocese Homosexual Scandal:
Part I - Link Between Homosexual Promotion & Penn State Catholic Community
Part II - Video shows Diocese paid psychologist advocating the homosexual lifestyle
And the lies here continue. Comments in BOLD are from a friend here who collaborated with Michael Rose regarding Brown for his book:
[ Thursday, April 11, 2002 ]
Priests, experts respond to national controversy
By Meghan Sedlak
For The [State College PA Campus Paper] Collegian
As several priests have nationally admitted to molesting young children and teenagers within their parishes, local citizens are responding to the incidents. In the past two months, the archdiocese of Boston has provided the names of more than 45 priests accused of molesting children, and dozens more nationwide and around the world are also being brought up on similar accusations. The Rev. Stephen Honeygosky, director of the Penn State Catholic Community, said that allowing priests to marry would not be a cure-all to the situation at hand.
"(This situation) has nothing to do with celibacy and homosexuality," he said. Some people believe it does have something to do with pedophilia, which is defined as the sexual attraction of adults to prepubescent children.
This situation has EVERTHING TO DO WITH HOMOSEXUALITY. How can Honeygosky make such a comment, which is unconscionable given that we're talking about boys being molested here, not girls. There is a direct correlation between homosexuality and pedophilia as documented by the National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. Michael Rose's new book Goodbye! Good Men, which documents how generations of vocations were turned away from the priesthood is proof positive that a "gay" subculture exists in the Catholic Church that must be rooted out. Honeygosky's obfuscation on this issue contributes to the problem rather than solving it.- Gary L. Morella
"Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder recognized by the mental health community," said Gowen Roper, Penn State assistant director of The Psychological Clinic and assistant professor of psychology. "There is a diagnosis that can be found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which has listed behaviors, thoughts and feelings. There are treatments, but the success rate of these treatments is variable." As more and more victims speak out, some churches are being forced to make amends for priests. Some parishes have begun to sell off property and other assets to pay for lawsuits that have resulted. Honeygosky said there are several steps parishes can take to limit further problems among clergy.
We're not talking about a "three strikes and you out mentality" which does not belong in the consideration of those who are supposed to be acting as an "altar Christus", "in persona Christi" (another Christ, in the person of Christ), which is what the Catholic priesthood is. You do not allow people guilty of child abuse anywhere near children. You do not take that chance for the very good reasons that we're seeing reported daily.The Church is not in the business of rehabilitating those suffering from severe developmental disorders, but rather of saving souls. The former is best left to what ever reputable psychiatrists and psychologists remain; the latter is the business of the Catholic priesthood. - Gary L. Morella
"We should be very careful in the screening of people that come into the seminary, and monitor their maturation spiritually and academically and sexually. We also need to teach them not to be afraid to talk about things."
Honeygosky's last statement betrays his true feelings. The Church had better be afraid of such things because being inclined to homosexual acts is not a red badge of courage for the Catholic priesthood. In this context, Honeygosky's statement above is contradictory. How can you claim to be careful in your screening process if you feel that there is not problem at all with those who are inclined to what the Church officially refers to as "an intrinsic moral evil, the inclination itself being objectively disordered?"
Somebody BETTER BE AFRAID ABOUT SUCH THINGS! The consequences are scandalous as we all now know. - Gary L. Morella
Honeygosky believes much of these problems can be attributed to the lack of communication within the Catholic Church, and the repression of problems. Newman Catholic Student Association Treasurer Steven Kiernan, in response to last week's comments by the Pope said, "Here on campus we have four priests who do an excellent job of performing their ministry with honesty and integrity."
The problems are directly attributable to the unchecked dissent from Church teaching that has been allowed to fester since Vatican II. The lack of communication that Honeygosky should be referring to is that of the direct intentional ignorance of Church Teaching in documents from Rome that are dead-on-arrival before the ink is dry. The dissenters have done their work well. In fact, THE problem is nowhere better evidenced than with Honeygosky's comments in the Penn State student paper. - Gary L. Morella
Representatives from Good Shepherd Catholic Church and Our Lady of Victory Church, both in State College, and St. John Evangelist Catholic Church, in Bellefonte, all declined comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
A key reason for the homosexual agenda's being taught in schools from the get-go. It's ESSENTIAL that sufficient experimentation take place so that kids are accustomed to bisexuality, if not turned to homosexuality, and consider it just another means of scratching an itch.
Just like surrogate mothers, artificial insemination, artificial wombs, cloning and such are just another means of purchasing the Perfect Child to accessorize your lifestyle if you feel entitled to exericise your "right" to have child.
You bet. A couple of years ago a friend of mine entered the (traditionalist) seminary of the Priestly Society of St. Peter in Nebraska under Bishop Bruskewitz. I asked him if he had considered nearby St. John's Seminary in Brighton, MA under Cardinal Law.
He shook his head and mentioned something about a "gay problem." Since I wasn't sure what he was talking about, I let it drop. The picture for me is becoming clearer.
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Sandusky transferred to state prison
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One of Jerry Sandusky's victims has written a book about his abuse. It hit store shelves Tuesday.
Aaron Fisher, previously known as Victim No. 1, said the abuse and ensuing investigation made him suicidal.
The book is called "Silent No More."
In it, Fisher recalls the night he heard about Sandusky's conviction.
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"Your pitching staff either gets you to the White House or the outhouse but there's no one key guy,'' Cooper said. "There's an asterisk next to Danks' name because of surgery. But if he gets on that plane, we feel he's ready to get people out. All signs right now are headed in that direction.''
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While the car-driver combination can legally be above the limit, teams try to keep as close to the mark as possible, as every kilogram extra costs about three-hundredths of a second per lap on an average circuit.
Some reports have suggested that highly-regarded Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg missed out on a seat at Ferrari next season and is being viewed skeptically by other top teams because, at 78 kilograms, his weight could be a liability under next season's rules.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said the Hulkenberg situation provides a strong argument as to why the limit "is something that should be looked at."
"Theoretically it is not a factor for us because we have got two drivers that are of a reasonable weight, but it does penalize a driver like (current Red Bull driver) Mark (Webber), who could have driven for us, or someone like Hulkenberg," he said.
"It would be a factor in signing a driver like him, which cannot be right. He shouldn't be penalized for being more than six foot."
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said the hyper-competitiveness of F1 teams and the realpolitik of the sport meant a united front in arguing for an increase is unlikely.
"The teams now will have, and are working hard, to meet the weight limit and the team's self-interests will prevail," Whitmarsh was quoted as saying by Autosport. "The team that thinks it is OK will block any change, and that is how things will work I'm afraid.
"Momentarily, maybe for one or two years, a heavier driver is going to be disadvantaged. That it not what was intended but that is how it has happened."
Taller drivers like Webber and McLaren's Jenson Button are in a constant battle to keep their weight down. Webber was concerned that the new regulations will provide an even greater barrier for tall drivers making it in F1.
"The lighter drivers should be pushing as well (for an increase in the minimum weight) but they don't because obviously it's nice for them," said Webber, who is leaving F1 at the end of the season to move into sports-car racing with Porsche.


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Your carefully crafted resume got your foot in the door, and you nailed the interview. Don't mess up your chances of getting hired by making these common mistakes with your references.
Your carefully crafted resume got your foot in the door, and you nailed the interview. Don�t mess up your chances of getting hired by making these common mistakes with your references.
Don�t tell your references to expect a call.
While this seems like an easy mistake to prevent, "there are always the reference checks where candidates forgot to tell employers they would be receiving a call," says Julie Kline, SPHR, executive HR consultant at Prastmark Consulting. It�s a professional courtesy to ask people�s permission to use them as a reference, so they know to expect a call sometimes in the future. If your references respond with surprise and confusion when a potential employer contacts them, it gives the impression that you are unprofessional or disorganized.
Give references that have little relevance or are inappropriate.
An example, Kline says, would be listing the CEO when you were actually 15 steps below C-level on the food chain. Or worse: "I had a candidate who listed his mother as a reference," she says "I didn't know whether to ask if he made his bed every day or if he was a good listener at home."
Giving a reference who barely knows you -- or knows you a little too well -- makes potential employers question your judgment, professional networking abilities and past performance. After all, if you don�t want potential employers to talk to past managers, they will automatically wonder what those past managers might say.
Make it hard to contact your references.
"If you don't list different ways that your references can be contacted, it could cost you the job," says Cheryl Palmer, owner of Call To Career. "It is standard to list phone numbers on your references sheet, but it can also be useful to list email addresses and even Skype usernames if your references are outside the country. Giving employers different ways to contact your references can speed up the process."
Be sure that your references will be there when you need them, as well. Anastacia Kurylo, president of Fortified Communication Consulting, says she pushed to get some references from a job candidate, but "they would not call us back after leaving several messages. Admittedly we were making the decision quickly; they could have been on vacation. We hired him after finally securing better references and he was fantastic for what we needed. We almost missed out. Candidates should know that their references may not be available to speak when the employer needs them in order to make a hiring decision."
Don�t prepare your references.
Your references might be from jobs you had a while ago, and they might not know what you�re doing now. If your potential employer feels like you�re not in touch with your references regularly, they may wonder why you listed them.
"If it has been a couple of years since you worked with the people who serve as your references, you may need to update them on what you have been doing as well as what your job target now is," Palmer says. "A recent copy of your resume can fill in the gaps for your references, and vacancy announcements that are representative of the type of position that you are seeking can give your references more specific information about what aspects of your background they should highlight when talking with employers about you."
Give a reference without knowing what they might say.
"You should never ask someone to be your reference if you are not sure what they will say about you," Palmer says. "Employers usually check your references as a last step before they make you an offer. You can't afford to be in a position where you have to guess what your references will say. You should know that they will speak glowingly of you."
Kline says she called a reference on a candidate once and got the response, "Oh, that [guy]? We canned him three years ago." Kline says, "The candidate didn�t get the job."
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Indian companies on Monday to invest in his country, and India's leader said economic development in the war-torn nation would contribute to stability in the region.
"Investment opportunities are better today in Afghanistan, a country that is more confident of its future," Karzai told reporters after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Karzai's five-day visit is viewed as a bid to shore up security in the faction-ridden region before the planned departure of most NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014.
India has invested more than $2 billion in Afghan infrastructure, including highways and hospitals and rural electricity projects. New Delhi is hoping to gain some influence in the country after 2014, when Afghan forces become responsible for the entire country's security.
"India has been a generous front-line partner in Afghanistan's rebuilding and reconstruction efforts," Karzai said.
Singh said his talks with Karzai covered bilateral relations and regional security.
"I reiterated to President Karzai our belief that Afghanistan's regional economic integration will contribute to the overall prosperity and stability in the region," Singh told reporters.
The two countries signed four agreements, including ones on mining and development of small enterprises.
Karzai, who arrived in India over the weekend, said one of his priorities during the visit is to urge Indian companies to invest in his country.
"Indian businessmen need not shy away. The Chinese came five to six years before you and they have already got two or three major contracts," Karzai told business leaders in Mumbai on Sunday.
He said Afghanistan would lay out a "red carpet" welcome for Indian businesses. "You should come in large numbers," Karzai said.
The two leaders also reviewed a strategic partnership agreement that the countries signed last year, Indian officials said.
India is helping the Afghan government rebuild its police forces, judiciary and diplomatic services. Small batches of Afghan soldiers are undergoing training at military schools in India.
"India is involved in capacity building in various fields including the security sector," said Yash Sinha, a top official in the Ministry of External Affairs. He refused to say how many Afghan soldiers had been trained in India.
India and Afghanistan are careful that their cooperation is not viewed as a threat by Pakistan, which lies sandwiched between them.
The governments of India and Afghanistan share a distrust of Pakistan. Afghanistan says Pakistan contributes to Afghan instability by offering a safe haven to Taliban insurgents. India accuses Pakistan of harboring and nurturing terrorists who have carried out attacks in India.
Karzai, who earned his college degree in India, has visited New Delhi more than a half dozen times in the past few years, most recently in October 2011.


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No Carrier Classic basketball in SC this year
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - There will be no second act for the Carrier Classic basketball games on the USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor.
The executive director of the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum said Wednesday there will be no attempt to stage basketball games on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier in November.
A doubleheader was scheduled last November, but after the women's game between Notre Dame and Ohio State, moisture on the playing surface prompted the cancellation of the men's game between Ohio State and Marquette.
Museum director Mac Burdette says if a major television network offers to pick up most of the tab, he is willing to try again. But Burdette says the risks of trying to stage the doubleheader exceeded the potential reward for the museum.{}


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Werner Weber
Werner Weber
- Ph.D., Technische Universität Munich (1972).
- "Diplomphysiker," or Degree in Physics, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany (1970).
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Werner Weber is an emeritus professor of physics at the Technical Univeristy of Dortmund. He has done past research with Bell Laboratories, and was a visiting research scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratores in Murray Hill, NJ.


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NEW YORK (AP) — An independent group supporting Republican Mitt Romney is launching a major TV advertising push in four presidential battleground states.
American Crossroads announced the new ad campaign Wednesday. The spot, titled "Four More," says Americans would face more taxes, greater debt and higher unemployment if President Barack Obama is re-elected.
The ad says, quote: "Another four years focused on everything but jobs? No thanks."
American Crossroads is a super PAC with ties to Karl Rove, a longtime political adviser to former President George W. Bush. The group plans to spend $7.4 million to air the ad in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.
Crossroads and its affiliated outfit, Crossroads GPS, earlier this year announced plans to spend up to $300 million on ads to influence the 2012 elections.


text: Student Profiles Chris Bixby '07 Chris Bixby '07 Majors: Economics and Government Hometown: Falmouth, Maine Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? My interest in Bowdoin started at a very young age. Because I grew up in southern Maine and my father is a Bowdoin graduate, I was able to visit the college when I was younger and come watch some Bowdoin hockey games at Dayton Arena, the school's ice rink. Although I expressed interest in attending Bowdoin College to my college councilor during my freshman year of high school, she urged me to broaden my college search to ensure that Bowdoin was, in fact, the right fit for me as a student. I spent time during my junior and senior years deciding on the type of school I wanted to attend and visiting these schools. It was important for me to find a school with strong academics, a very close-knit community, and a large student-athlete population. Bowdoin had all of these qualities and the intangible quality that just felt right. Why did you choose your major? I was interested in experiencing a true "liberal arts" education, so I enrolled in classes in a variety of concentrations my first year. Freshman year gave me the chance to take courses in psychology, philosophy, history, government, economics, mathematics, and Africana studies. I have always been interested in current events and politics, and I thought I might pursue a career in business. It was a fantastic experience for me to take courses in a range of majors my first year, but I eventually felt that double majoring in government and economics would have real world applications. The professors I had my first year were very good at showing the practical implications of economic theory, and they influenced my decision to become a major. I also liked how I could take courses that combined ideas from both majors. As an economics major, I took a seminar on public sector economics, which demonstrated the relationship between law and economics. This semester, I am taking a course on the politics of the European Union that also combines ideas from both disciplines to show the economic motives involved in political integration. Both of these classes offered me a framework and insight about how economics are involved in governmental and judicial policy. What courses and professors have especially inspired you? My freshman seminar with Professor Jean Yarbrough, titled Exercises in Political Theory, was especially inspiring. The class was a writing-intensive course that focused on the works of political philosophers such as Aristotle, Locke, Tocqueville, Jefferson, and Machiavelli. Although I had heard the names of many of these political commentators, I had never had the chance to study their work. The class size was only fifteen freshmen, and Professor Yarbrough emphasized developing one's own perspective on the class reading and presenting those points of view during class discussion. She was also very good at playing the devil's advocate and questioning our opinions and forcing us to develop them further in papers and class. The class gave me a great opportunity to discuss important political works and analyze and apply the authors' theories to current events. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? Since my first year, I have been playing golf for the Bowdoin College golf team with some of my closest friends since freshman year. In fact, many of my friends have just recently realized that I am on a varsity sport team. The group has grown much closer as a team through my four years at the school, and we have become much more competitive as a program. I hope and anticipate that this growth will continue after I graduate. During the winter, I spend a significant amount of time officiating ice hockey games for high school and preparatory leagues around New England. It has always been extremely important for me to be involved with things on and off campus and break out of the "Bowdoin Bubble." In the spring, I coach high school lacrosse at Brunswick High School. I started coaching my sophomore year, when the Bowdoin lacrosse coach, Coach Thomas McCabe, encouraged me to apply for a position as a head lacrosse coach at the middle school. After one year coaching middle school boys, I was asked to coach at the high school level. I have respected the time and effort that my youth and high school coaches have given me in the past, and I wanted to find the time to "pay it forward." I have an absolute blast coaching high schoolers, and learn a lot about myself as a coach and person. It also forces me to organize my time between doing work for school and having fun. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? I studied abroad in Stockholm, Sweden, fall semester my junior year. Until the end of sophomore year, I was apprehensive about studying abroad because I had never really been away from New England. I thought I would have difficulty leaving Maine and Bowdoin to spend four months in a different culture. However, I had an absolutely incredible time and I truly grew as a person. I was able to experience a new culture, develop new friendships and take different types of classes. The Swedish people were very warm and friendly once you got to know them, and they welcomed me into their lives. I was able to become involved with a club lacrosse league in Stockholm, and I officiated ice hockey for a semi-professional league around the area. What have you done during your summers? I have had financial internships the past two summers. After my sophomore year, I lived at home in Falmouth, Maine, and installed window shades for my father's business, while participating in a part-time internship at H.M. Payson, a small private wealth management firm in Portland. The internship was a great chance for me to learn about finance and life in a business atmosphere. I consider myself a true Mainer, so I was slightly anxious about working in a big city, but I expanded my job search to include Boston next summer because there were more internship opportunities in the city. I ended up interning at a small investment bank, Colchester Partners, which focuses on advising companies on acquiring other financial firms. Living and working in the city was a lot more exciting than I had imagined, and I found that I really liked it. What are your plans for after graduation? Since I had an absolutely great time living in a city and I found investment banking very interesting and intellectually stimulating, I focused my career search this fall at larger investment banks in Boston and New York. After many exhausting interviews, I accepted a job to work as an analyst at Jefferies Investment Bank, an investment bank in New York City. As an analyst, I will be gathering data and financial informational in order to determine what companies are actually worth. I am incredibly excited to experience life in a big city and learn a significant amount about a number of industries working as an analyst. What is your best Bowdoin memory? As I mentioned, Bowdoin has a very tight community and the school comes together to support athletic games and competitions. Bowdoin's strong school spirit certainly comes out at hockey games versus Colby. I will always remember the atmosphere at Dayton Arena when the Colby hockey team is visiting. The energy and emotion from the crowd is incredible. Over half of the student body comes to the game. Although some students have never seen a hockey game before and others grew up die-hard hockey fans, they all understand the incredible rivalry that exists between the two hockey programs. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? I would recommend that everyone seriously consider taking a semester abroad. I know that it is impossible for some students to study abroad because of athletic or academic commitments, but I think that everyone that can should. Studying abroad for a half a year has allowed me to really appreciate my last few semesters at Bowdoin. It is also an incredible time to be immersed in a foreign culture and try new things. Sometimes people can fall into groups at Bowdoin and get into a routine. Going abroad changes things up and opens your eyes to another world. What quirky or fun thing did you wish you knew before you came to Bowdoin? I wish I knew about lunch puck. Lunch puck is an hour each afternoon that Dayton Arena is open to all college students to play pickup hockey. The students that want to play just have to bring a helmet and stick at 1:00 p.m. and the ice is totally open to shoot pucks around. The guys at the rink are great, and playing hockey with friends or roommates that are just learning the sport is a lot of fun. I had a chance to practice with the varsity hockey team my first year, and I have played with the Club Hockey program my last few years at school, but playing pickup hockey during lunch puck has been something I have missed out on for the most part. Story posted on March 23, 2007 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Blumenthal stresses lifting debt ceiling, boosting exports, at Stamford chamber lunch
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., believes the federal government should extend the debt ceiling, while making "tough decisions" on taxes and spending to reduce the deficit at the same time.
Blumenthal spoke to the Stamford Chamber Commerce on Friday, echoing sentiments he's expressed on the floor of Congress on a variety of issues.
"The debt ceiling has been passed tens of times, mostly under the Bush administration, where it attracted no attention," Blumenthal told the audience of about 150 at the Stamford Plaza Hotel. "It authorized borrowing money for spending already approved by Congress. You could well say that, if you didn't want to spend that money, why did you offer it? We have a historic opportunity to cut spending in major ways. The American people want things to be done and we've got to heed the American people."
The senator made clear his intention to concentrate on boosting exports, both nationally and on the state level. Speaking directly about Connecticut's economic strengths, Blumenthal stressed the large role that military and aircraft industries play in the state, seeking to urge Congress to walk the fine line between decreasing spending and keeping the country's defense well-funded.
"This recovery is too slow and too fragile. Some of the numbers are encouraging, government spending is going down, military spending has dropped, but exports are down 5.7 percent," Blumenthal said. "That's an area where I think we need to focus our effort. I will work on trade policies, tax incentives, and a range of measures we're putting together in Washington. Connecticut should benefit because we're an exporting state. I'm going to make an effort to make sure that Washington keeps our defense strong."
He also exhorted the members of the local business community, like those in attendance, to put forward their ideas and solutions for solving some of these problems.
Debbie Gunzelman, sitting in the audience, felt that Blumenthal offered a very measured perspective.
"He's very clear in his understanding of the issues," said Gunzelman, a Stamford-based director for noncredit programs at the University of Connecticut. "I think he's one of the few that is able to walk both sides of the aisle. Whether you agree with him or not, I think he's very objective."
Calling China "a great trading partner for the U.S.," Blumenthal also stressed his consistent support for closing tax benefits that reward companies for sending jobs overseas.
The senator spoke strongly of the "DREAMers," children of immigrants who have been primarily raised in the United States and have a large potential to participate in the community and the economy, he said. As a member of the Judiciary Committee's Immigration Subcommittee, Blumenthal has raised the issue in Congress with his co-sponsorship of the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013, also known as "I-squared," which aims to help companies draw in and retain talented employees from other countries.
"We need about 120,000 computer-skilled jobs," Blumenthal said. "We educate people to take those jobs, but we don't allow them to stay here."
Tom Clements, attending the event from 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors, spoke of his particular focus on Blumenthal's views on immigration, as an immigrant from the United Kingdom himself.
"I was very interested in the immigration issue, how the regulations will affect me," Clements said.


text: Garland Emergency Management Coordinator, Mollie Gilmore Rivas, was one of 75 candidates who were approved by the North American Application Review Commission during the February 20-22, 2014 review meeting to receive the Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM®) credential. The CEM® designation is the highest honor of professional achievement available from the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), which has in its membership more than 5,000 emergency managers representing professionals whose goals are saving lives and protecting property and the environment during emergencies and disasters. Ms. Rivas has served in the City of Garland's Office of Emergency Management since 2006. She has been involved in preparedness planning and responses such as Hurricane Katrina, area severe weather events, H1N1 influenza, and the Bush Presidential Library Dedication. Ms. Rivas considers regional collaboration a critical part of disaster planning and serves as vice chair of the Regional Emergency Managers Committee for the North Central Texas Region. She is responsible for developing the City's emergency preparedness planning and training programs. She coordinated the installation of a new outdoor warning system that covers major outdoor gathering venues in Garland. "One of my current priorities is to enhance our ability to communicate with and assist residents with functional needs," said Ms. Rivas. "We want to ensure these unique needs are included in our disaster planning process." For more information about emergency preparedness, visit the Office of Emergency Management web page. Commission, Requirements IAEM administers the program for the profession, and policy decisions and judgments are made by a Commission of respected professionals in the field. The North American Application Review Commission approved applicants who successfully completed an extensive credentials package, a management essay and a written examination. The credentials requirements include experience, references, education, training, and contributions to the profession. The management essay requires respondents to submit a response to a scenario they might face while fulfilling emergency management responsibilities. To maintain certification, CEM® recipients must submit additional training and contributions to the professional every five years. CEM® Program The emergency management certification program was developed over the last several years by IAEM with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and guidance from an advisory board which included professionals from a variety of disciplines and representatives of key groups with a stake in emergency management. The new class of CEM®'s join the 2,066 other emergency managers who were approved for the designation since January, 1993 bringing the total number of Certified Emergency Managers® to 2,141.


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The original artwork by John Byrne used for FM @NicolaSturgeon's 2017 Christmas card will be auctioned on 22 September. Proceeds of the sale will go to @scotwomensaid, @TheTeapotTrust, @sciaf & @FoodTrainScot. Full auction details: greatwesternauctions.com/cata… pic.twitter.com/ygWqb2mb34
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Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera's airplane missing
MEXICO — Authorities in northern Mexico are confirming that a small plane carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera has gone missing after taking off from the city of Monterrey.
Jorge Domene, spokesman for the Nuevo Leon state government, told Milenio television on Sunday that the plane left Monterrey about 3:30 a.m after a concert there. It was bound for Toluca, which is located outside Mexico City.
Domene says a search for the plane was launched early Sunday, with helicopters from the local civilian protection agency flying over the state. He says seven people are believed to be aboard the U.S.-registered Learjet 25.
The 43-year-old who was born and raised in Long Beach, California, is known for her interpretations of Mexican regional music known as nortena and banda.
(So sad especially since she's known to travel with her kids often. Hoping she's okay. Didn't want to tag this death because it isn't confirmed yet.)