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IMBA: Not Every Park Suitable For Mountain Biking, No Interests, Currently, For Trails in Wilderness Areas
Yeah you are so right! Hiking is such a better activity that we should discriminate against all other users, horses included. Give me a break! The image you create in your post above is so incorrect and based solely in Sierra Club religious dogma its sickening.
Boulder has the least amount of trail open to bikes of any area I have ridden. The trails in Boulder were laid out and designed poorly and that is why they are wide. Mountain bikers did not build theses trails but they have been repairing and rerouting them. In fact the Boulder area now has some trails that were rebuilt by IMBA and the new sections are great for running, hiking, and cycling.
You have seen elderly folks knocked over by cyclists, more than once? WOW! I have only once seen a cyclist hit a fellow cyclist head on and I have been riding for over 20 years. I have never even heard of a fellow cyclist tell me that they hit a hiker? We don't knock over hikers because we are very focused on staying upright on our bikes. Again this is a typical mantra of the Sierra Club to scare everyone.
Actually the impact of cyclists on a trail network will improve the condition of the trails because unlike the Sierra Club, or most other hiking groups, cyclists put time into the trail networks through hundreds of thousands of hours of stewardship each year.
The only correct quote in the post:
"And, if you have 10 hikers spaced out on a 5 mile trail, chances are you might see one or two of them on your hike. But if you are hiking and have 10 bikers, it is sure that you will see every one of them."
That's because its a shared use trail and we all have a right to ride there.
We have a overweight epidemic going on in this country and promoting cycling in National Parks will help expand the non-motorized use of the park system. You would think that would make the poster happy?
Enough dogma! More trails means better lives for all users! Stop pandering to the Sierra Club and be reasonable in your views since we all want the same thing, except I want to ride there.
The bottom line is that National Parks need to open areas to cycling. This holier than thou bias needs to go away as soon as possible.
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
That's what the majority of protection rangers say
I would like some empirical evidence for this claim, please. The above non-statistical survey does not indicate whether the employees surveyed were protection rangers, interpretive rangers, plumbers, janitors, computer techs, desk jockeys, scientists, etc.
If the majority of protection rangers do, in fact, believe that parks are safer when they have the monopoly on weapons, then I would refer them to the founders who wrote statements such as:
". . . all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves in all cases to which they think themselves competent. . . that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." --Thomas Jefferson
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
...anyone who has a concealed carry permit has ... had the proper training to carry a concealed handgun.
I'd feel a lot better about this issue if that were true. Unfortunately, it is not correct.
I'd ask those who think adequate training is required to obtain a CCW permit to read the comment posted on Sept. 29, 2008 at http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2008/09/trigger-happy-man-shoots-another-rustling-brush#comment-8646 . I won't repeat, except to say that too many states require no training at all to obtain a permit – and under reciprocal agreements, they can "carry" in many other states as well. In states that do require training, it is often minimal. We can debate forever how much is "adequate."
With minimal or no training requirements in mind, here are a few comments by Massad F. Ayoob, an internationally-known pro-gun writer, firearms and self-defense instructor and Director of the Lethal Force Institute. He has authored several books and over one thousand articles on firearms, combat techniques and self-defense:
"Too many people are incapable of using their guns in a combat situation with sufficient expertise to either prevent an armed criminal from taking innocent lives, or to be sure of not hitting bystanders with their own stray bullets. Both knowledge and ability should be pre-requisites for the privilege of carrying a gun in public."
"The handgun is the most difficult firearm to shoot accurately and rapidly; skill comes only with practice."
"There are too many people carrying guns they don't know how to shoot straight, guns they haven't fired in ten years."
" ...the license to carry concealed, deadly weapons in public is not a right but a privilege. To be worthy of this privilege, one must be both discreet and competent with the weapon. The gun-carrying man who lacks either attribute is a walking time bomb."
A lot of the concern about concealed carry would be eased if proponents of those programs would support reasonable requirements for training – and regular live-fire qualification to prove the permit holder has at least a chance to hit his intended target – as part of CHL programs in all states.
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
This will be my last comment on this thread because I think we have explored all the angles. There are people who feel that they cannot be safe without carrying. Fine. All I say is that the parks are safer without a lot of guns than with lots of them. That's what the majority of protection rangers say and I think we should pay some attention to their point of view.
Rick Smith
Sky-High Ginseng Prices Boost Illegal Harvest in Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
dont know of anyone growing it in this area but i hear that some have..i do harvest some blood root and wild yam,and wish ginseng was bringing 900 or better a pound as of 10/19 /08 try about 265 dollars a pound lot of work for that kind of money
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
As a former Ohio police officer and deputy sheriff, I find some of the comments about concealed carry in our national parks very offensive. First of all anyone who has a concealed carry permit has undergone an extensive background investigation. These people are responsible ones and have had the proper training to carry a concealed handgun. In my 8 years as a police officer I can tell you if you think the police can protect you, think again. This is the mindset of ignorance. If the police are doing such a great job why are there over 20,000 murders in this country every year ? I do not blame the police and believe me I am still a police officer at heart. In my 8 years of law enforcement I have seen it all. Rape, torture, and murder, violent beatings, you name it. The criminal mind has no sympathy for human beings or for anything for that matter, and they do not have established guidelines for where they commit crimes. You are not safe anyplace in this country today. The fact that the national park service officers are against concealed carry is disheartening to me because you know you cannot protect anyone in you parks as well as I do. And the thought that anyone with a gun is a threat to you is pathetic. Just ask any number of police officers across this country how many of them would be dead if not for armed citizens. For you park rangers to tell people they are safe in our national parks without personal protection is a discrace and you should be ashamed. Maybe you should turn in your guns as law enforcement officers. (Since the parks are so safe) maybe you rangers are right though. Maybe there will come a day when you are the victim of a violent crime in one of your parks, and since no one will be able to come to your aid, maybe Smokey the Bear can assist you.
Richard Lemay
former Swanton Police Officer
and Lucas County Deputy Sheriff
IMBA: Not Every Park Suitable For Mountain Biking, No Interests, Currently, For Trails in Wilderness Areas
Mountain bikes in national parks are totally inappropriate, other than on carriage roads and other wide and heavily used areas. If you want to see the environmental damage caused by large numbers of mountain bikes, simply go to Boulder, CO, where IMBAs headquarters are. Miles and miles of trails there are heavily eroded, extensively widened, muddied, and otherwise destroyed by mountain bikes. The hiking experience is degraded to the point that most people won't even hike on the trails that allow mountain bikes - bikes whizzing by are both scary and unappealing. I have several times seen older folks knocked over by mountain bikers. And, if you have 10 hikers spaced out on a 5 mile trail, chances are you might see one or two of them on your hike. But if you are hiking and have 10 bikers, it is sure that you will see every one of them.
There is no way that bikes should be allowed in National Parks!
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
The vandalism of signs and such is a direct result of public ownership. When land is privately owned there are well constructed fences, security and self-interested owners who have a vested stake in patrolling and safeguarding their property. Public land, on the other hand, is overseen by tax payer funded bureaucrats, most with lifetime jobs and pensions, who have much less incentive to protect as thoroughly the domain under their purview from the multitude of users who freely access and often abuse it.
Much like private home ownership versus public housing the contrast in care and investment is stark. Or as they used to say in Georgia, "It's a case of mine over matter----if ain't mine it don't matter."
To try and blame the bullet holes found in remote governmental signs on concealed carry permit holders is to miss the point entirely and heap scorn on the wrong group. This is a governmental ownership problem rather than a gun problem. Just go visit a public housing project near you for some real illumination.
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
Rick is exactly correct about the much higher incidence of vandalism from gunfire in areas outside of national parks as compared to inside the parks themselves.
Great red herring here. Also unsupported. Show me a scrap of evidence that vandalism is being caused by citizens with a permit to carry a concealed handgun. I'd like to see a study on the types of weapons people use to shoot signs. Are they using handguns, which this rule change affects, or shotguns/rifles/assault weapons? I'm also confused as to why the NPS considers protecting road signs more important than protecting civil liberties.
In addition to the previously covered dismal or non-existent requirements for training for CHL holders
Some states require rather extensive training, but training is not a constitutional requisite for this civil right.
Most law enforcement officers I know . . .
More anecdote. Does anyone have any empirical evidence, not just opinion polls, to justify the NPS's violating civil rights of law abiding CCW permit holders?
I haven't tried to locate data on situations where officers arrive on scene to find an unidentified armed citizen, and the result is a terrible outcome - I doubt that there is a good database of such situations, but I certainly recall having heard about them.
Hearsay is not evidence. I find it laughable that some people use the argument of statistics to say people don't need to carry weapons in national parks (because chances of being attacked are slim), but in the next breath invent some situation that is probably even more statistically unlikely and use that near impossibility as justification for violating civil rights.
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
I WAS a law enforcement officer and Ranger. I also spent 23 years at BLM, documenting HUNDREDS of cases of TOO (Target OF Opportunity) damage to public lands outside National Parks. The issue is NOT just licensed and concealed, but LOADED weapons in the parks and refuges, with free access, outside legitimate hunting areas and seasons.
I am a member of the Oregon Gun Owners Caucus, and a gun owner, and concealed weapons permit holder. Over thirty years experience should make mine, or any other professional's, experience and opinion somewhat more relevant than that of someone who's experience consists of playing video games, target shooting, or even PETA membership.
The Supreme Court D. C. decision said no to banning gun ownership. AT THE SAME TIME the Justices clearly stated that REASONABLE regulations to control firearms use and possession IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT!
I have a ton of photographic evidence and proofs (damage reports et al) that unrestricted firearms use DOES lead to irresponsible firearms use.
I've seen grizzlies doing what grizzlies do, but never seen a "psycho" one. I've seen LOTS of "psycho" human beings doing what they do. Some I put in jail, some I shot at, and didn't miss(ode to Winston Churchill). PETA likes to anthropomorphize chickens, cows, dogs, and elephants in zoos, I would never do the same to a wolf, coyote, mountain lion, tiger or other predator in the wild- they are far too "civilized" to equate them to human behaviors.
Limiting guns to CURRENT RULES in National Parks and Refuges is merely a common sense application of the Supreme Court's own determination, and DOES protect our Constitutional right to BEAR arms, without abusing that right. It also protects my right to enjoy my national parks without fear of gun owners, when bears and lions have NEVER REALLY BOTHERED ME!
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
As a follow-up to Rick Smith's accurate observation, and as requested by several posters, here's some additional perspective from the standpoint of someone who performed law enforcement in parks for 3 decades:
1. Rick is exactly correct about the much higher incidence of vandalism from gunfire in areas outside of national parks as compared to inside the parks themselves. Furthermore, in NPS areas such as national preserves where hunting is allowed, my experience is that weapons-related vandalism is definitely a greater problem than in parks where loaded weapons are prohibited.
2. Most law enforcement officers I know are very uneasy about people carrying concealed weapons in crowded public places. It has nothing to do with "power," but visitor and officer safety. In addition to the previously covered dismal or non-existent requirements for training for CHL holders, here's one example of scenarios that concerns officers:
If an officer arrives at the scene of an incident and finds one or more people dressed in civilian clothes holding a weapon, the office has to make a split-second decision about whether this person is a threat to the officer and to any citizens in the vicinity. It becomes even worse if the officer finds two or more armed civilians in a stand-off or a "shots fired" situation – which one is the victim and which one the bad guy?
I hope no one will make the laughable claim that CHL holders are adequately trained to know how to respond in such situations, especially when the adrenalin is running wide open. Case in point: I've spent a lot of hours on firing ranges: military, law enforcement and civilian/public ranges. A cardinal rule on the range is "keep unholstered weapons pointed down range at all times." If I had a dollar for every time the rangemaster had to remind people about that rule - in that carefully controlled, low-stress situation - I could enjoy several nice steak dinners. The point is that when people are spoken to, their tendency is to turn toward the speaker. If they're holding a loaded weapon, that's not good! If this occurs in the midst of the scenario described above, that's potentially tragic.
I haven't tried to locate data on situations where officers arrive on scene to find an unidentified armed citizen, and the result is a terrible outcome - I doubt that there is a good database of such situations, but I certainly recall having heard about them. One is certainly too many.
Current regulations for national parks make such potential tragedies very unlikely. If rules are relaxed to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons in national parks, only time will tell if my concerns on this issue are correct.
Woman Dies in Fall From Angel's Landing
I went from Zion today. I thout it would be cool to hike up Angels Landing. But, on the bus they taked about the trail, and now I never want to go on angel landing hike. I have very good balance but i'm clumsy i have been ever sence I was little.
Hearing about all the people who died did not make me more scared, It made me sad but they knew the risk.
When i heard that some one took there baby up on the trail that made me mad. Who would put there kids, there baby in that risk. It sounds like to me theydon't care about there baby safty. There stupid but, it was there choose, stupid but it was up to them it is there kid and always will be.
I will never do that take my kid on that trail, and you who all that are reading this i hope you dont neather.
Remember be careful waer the right shoes, have every thing that you need, and lots and lots of water.
Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
Let's be clear: wilderness should be open to bikes as Congress contemplated it when it passed the act over 40 years ago (look it up... it's in the notes). Bikes are no more mechanized than carbon fiber hiking poles and do less damage than horses. The number of visitors to the parks is dwindling every year. Opening wilderness to biking makes logical senses and would bring back people to their parks. The banning of bikes from wilderness is not based on objective science but rather some illogical reasoning. The pseudo environmentalists hang on to the ban as a way to appropriate to themselves a public good. Get used to it, at some point, reason will prevail and bikes will be allowed in wilderness once again.
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
Frank C--
I am not providing a study, only speaking from personal experience. Every time I visit a USFS area in NM to camp or hike, I see signs that are shot up. I have seen similar shot up signs on BLM and USFS lands in other states. One sees little of this kind of thing in the weapons-free national parks. I think there is a relationship.
Someone in the above posts mentioned the fact that most law enforcement organizations oppose concealed weapon regulations. He or she claimed they did so because of a question of power. I think that is a bogus argument. They oppose concealed weapon regs because they know that the more guns there are, the more dangerous their jobs are. That's why both the organizations that represent rangeers in the NPS, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge and tha Association of National Park Rangers (of which I am a member even though retired) oppose the proposed new NPS reg. I kinow you think that their views are irrelevant. I don't.
Rick Smith
Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
It seems all we're getting are slippery slope arguments and straw men.
Arguers also often link the slippery slope fallacy to the straw man fallacy in order to attack the initial position:
1. A has occurred (or will or might occur); therefore
2. B will inevitably happen. (slippery slope)
3. B is wrong; therefore
4. A is wrong. (straw man)
This form of argument often provides evaluative judgments on social change: once an exception is made to some rule, nothing will hold back further, more egregious exceptions to that rule.
Note that these arguments may indeed have validity, but they require some independent justification of the connection between their terms: otherwise the argument (as a logical tool) remains fallacious.
A is the change in concealed carry permit rules.
B is the killing of people, wildlife, signs, and windows.
Unless someone can show a valid study of concealed weapons permit holders in a comparable environment, say in Forest Service land, that shows that allowing people to carry concealed weapons in these areas leads to a higher incident of people, wildlife, sings, and windows being shot, these arguments remain fallacious.
I look forward to reviewing some facts.
Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
Dave, unlike IMBA's track record on this issue, in which, once they got their feet in the door, they slowly expanded what they really seem to want from the National Park Service, I think the Traveler's position has been clear from the get-go, as I previously noted.
That said, as to your concerns:
* The photo was taken of IMBA riders at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. It was an IMBA event and so I thought representative of the vision IMBA had of riding in the parks. It certainly seems to mesh with Jenn Dice's thoughts on what mountain bikers want.
* You're absolutely right, of course, about hikers being just as likely to bring invasive species into parks as cyclists.
* As I mentioned, "cut" is vernacular for trail building, whether for hikers, cyclists or equestrians.
* I'll let Jenn Dice's words speak for themselves. I think she made herself clear.
* I, too, have been known to ride mountain bikes. Got one in my garage, as a matter of fact. I've also been known to water ski. But I don't think all national parks should be open for water skiing and power boating. Ditto for snowmobiling.
Finally, watch for a piece Sunday on IMBA and their views on wilderness areas.
And, as D-2 and Bob have already pointed out, I don't get paid a dime for this website.
Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
You are quite correct, d-2. Dave's remark is way out of line. Everyone who writes for Traveler is an unpaid volunteer. Kurt also has significant out-of-pocket expenses that aren't reimbursed.
Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
Dave, I don't think it is correct to say Kurt gets paid. My understanding is this is a webside serviced by volunteers. To be fair.
"Talking" Buoys Deployed Along Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
Given the unique nature of the trail, it seems like this buoy project is a form of "cell phone interpretation" that most Park advocates can all agree on. It looks like an innovative approach to tell this important story in a very unique sort of Park...
Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
I find it disappointing that you don't respond to any of the substantive criticisms from the posts above mine, nor the points I made, but chose to respond by going off on my use of the word disingenuous. I don't expect to change your point of view, but I hope you'll hear me out, and then maybe respond thoughtfully to my comments and those that preceded mine.
First, let me stipulate some things. I'm a backpacker, as well as a cyclist. I work in an environmental field that requires education and persuasion.
I don't want to see bicycles on the John Muir trail or riding through the Gettysburg Battlefield or the like, and I can't help but see this move from the White House as a somewhat self-serving gesture. I also understand the difference between the NPS mission and that of the other agencies.
That said, I do think that on a case by case basis, park managers could establish a very clear set of guidelines, then look at fire roads and yes, trails, using those guidelines, to see if some bicycle traffic could be compatible with that trail, it's surrounding, and the overall use of that trail. Criteria would include topography, degree of use, soil types, potential conflicts with other users, whatever was really relevant to the issue at hand. There are trail quotas and permits already required in some situations, and this could be a way to manage bikes, again, on very specific routes. With a careful process, you could pick trails that would still allow for quiet contemplation of nature.
When I used the word "disingenuous in regards to your opinion piece, I did it for some very specific reasons. It's not that you weren't clear where you stood. You are. But even with the opinion writer's option to cherry-pick your facts, you resorted to a series of emotionally loaded devices to get your point across. Here are a few:
- The use of the photo at the top, of speeding bikers kicking up dust on a dirt road, is visually loaded. Consider the different image that would be projected by a photo of cyclists climbing towards beautiful scenery or looking at a view.
- Your repeated use of the word "cut" when discussing whether a given existing route could be administratively opened to a new use;
- Your comparison of IMBA to the NRA; I don't know about you, but the two organizations couldn't be much more different in my mind, and Jenn Dice sure has a different style of communication from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre;
- Your singling out bike tire and gear cleaning in Hawaii, as if those same risks of non-native plants didn't exist from hiker's shoes and equipment;
I could go on, but I won't. You get paid for this and I don't. I'm a supporter of National Parks. I also believe in reasonable regulations based on transparent, objective criteria. I don't see a compatibility problem with those two sets of values.
Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
The opponents to opening trails to mountain bikers never talk about their real motivation: selfishness. They just don't want to share the trails with other users. The arguments about safety, erosion, sense of belonging, and whatever else one comes up with is utter nonsense. The real motivation here is that established users just don't want to share their recreational areas with others. These national parks belong to all of us, and as such, should be shared with as many people as possible, as long the usage is appropriate. Mountain biking is a low impact environmentally friendly mode of recreation, just like hiking. Most of the backcountry is completely empty anyway, as few people ever venture more than a few miles from the trailhead. Let's open the backcountry to mountain bikers for all of us to enjoy our national parks.
How to Hijack a National Park
Jim and MRC, I can agree that the momument belongs to the nation - because, by definition, all units of the NPS belong to the nation. The question is - should it? What about other monuments like George Rogers Clark and Perry's Victory? NPS gets these places, like JNEM, because a local government started in and then could not afford to finish it or operate it. Even Mount Rushmore came to the NPS this way. The Arch is a beautiful piece of engineering and fantastic icon - but so is the Empire State Building and Golden Gate Bridge. They are symbols of America. Doesn't mean the citizens of America have to run them.
How to Hijack a National Park
Recall that whole blocks of historically buildings on the waterfront were destroyed so that arch could be built. Filling in the open space with crap would be the ultimate insult.
Imagine the Impacts of Climate Change on the National Park System
Frank C., I think there's a similar report to yours (loose in facts) that was put out sometime ago by Exxon...and like oil companies. I don't put much credence in oil company research teams, especially when they exploit the motto:Drill baby drill! This very idea that we're playing Russian roulette with our global environment, I can only foresee terrible and dire consequences for are stupidity...especially what has transcended down from this present lame and duck administration. Being a backpacker throughout the Sierra Mountains for the past 30 years, I can honestly say there has been some abrupt and subtle changes in the terrestrial environment surrounding Yosemite National Park. The famed plant ecologist and naturalist ranger from Yosemite, Carl Sharsmith once told me (some 20 years ago, to paraphrase) I no longer hear the chorus of song birds at different intervals of the day...as I did so many, many years ago. And, today I stretch my ears just to hear a simple warbler sing...so sad! I guess this wouldn't rile the oil industry one bit, despite all the effects of global warming on our floral and fauna in our National Parks. What lies ahead for the next generation in this country...I'm not sure. Perhaps and most likely a wilted and dying natural heritage exploited for greed, rape and pillage. This should be one of the most critical topics to be pressing on Kurt's blog...not meaningless drivel over hand guns in the National Parks.
Longtime Yosemite Wilderness Ranger Retires
I volunteered in her department the summer of 2001 when she led Laura Bush through the High Sierra Camps with her friends. I dropped off her Dodge at the Cathedral Lakes Trail head and then hiked in on a Wilderness Technician patrol that did a big loop from there to Merced Lake and then back to Tuolumne Meadows. I met the party during my hike, and forgot to get a picture! Partisanship aside, a first lady is a first lady! Laurel did a great job of training me for my job, and it was really neat to see her guiding Laura.
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Any ideas - scallop shells
We just spent a week on vacation at the Cape. Came home with 2 paper grocery bags of scallop shells - these are the smaller ones from Bay Scallops.
Any ideas of what to do with them? DD is going spray some silver, add a head and wings, and turn them into shell angels. So that will use up half a dozen. . .
Here is a link that might be useful: Bay Scallop Shell Photo
This isn't garden junk but I took some of those last year & painted some with Champagne metallic paint or White pearl Metallic paint,both by Decoart (1 light coat) & then when dry I used Decoart Craft Twinkles brushed on with a small flat craft brush & when dry sparkle beautifully. Then added a gold or fish-line loop to the back(Where the flat part is) with E-6000 glue & let dry(loop is for hanging on tree). They are beautiful Christmas ornaments! I left the little tree in kitchen up a couple of weeks longer than usual & lite it every night as I loved the shimmer on the shells. I also once took a large shell & added other shells to it & some of those unusual yarns they have now in sand color ,teal or bluish(water) & had them hang down from behind the shell after I tied them together. Brought a couple of the thicker pieces up above the large shell to use as hanger. Gave as gift, she loved it. Jan
Thanks for the ideas. DD will love the shell bug idea. That will use up a few more shells. I'm also thinking of just painting as Christmas Ornaments, but hang them from my trees outside.
We have a small skating pond in our back yard - so I'm trying to think of something to down there. I'm going to look at some concrete benches from someone on Craigslist this weekend. So maybe I could put those down by the pond, and cover the legs and underside with scallop shells.
Seriously - I must have 1,000 shells. I was telling DH that I'm going to pave the driveway with them!
I too was thinking about the Christmas ornament idea. I have a small Christmas tree just for "beachy" and "fishy" ornaments. I even use one of those plastic Herons as a tree topper. We had him at our camper site on the Bay for years. I wonder too if you could glue them to a bowling ball or similar for a beachy gazing ball.
Post a picture of your creations...we'd love to see!
Love the shells. They are different than the ones we have here. My daughter is planning to get married next July and wants to use her scallop shells as individual butter dishes on the tables. Also I have been wanting to make some with chocolate. Tried one but the chocolate has to be thicker, will try again.
If you know of someone getting married in the future it could be a gift to them if they are having a beach theme.
I had a sand dollar Christmas Tree at the Lighthouse Hall last year.
If there is a way to drill holes in them easily you could string them into garlands. I like 2 holes (top and bottom) with a loop of wire holding each to the next, hanging from trees outside or where ever. A lot of shell garlands hanging down in the same area would be cool looking.
I drilled holes in mine, and when I made macrame
plant hangers, used them like beads in the hangers.
They really look pretty hanging from the trees.
I used Silicone II for Doors & Windows & glued mine on a birdhouse that we made ... that was in '09 & it is still hanging outside (all yr round) & being used each summer by Wrens! (mine was a recycle of a windchime...so you could make a windchime, too). Have fun! Jeanne S.
Such a pretty bird house! I love shell art, and have a small collection of boxes that I keep sewing smalls in.
I always wanted to decoupage my tv set (big black box, ugh). If I had a bunch of shells I might stick them on it. gotta watch out for the cooling holes, but the front shouldl be ok.
Why doesn't someone make a pretty colored piece of electronic equipment every now and then. I'd like a green tv!
You can do a lot more; especially those of you who make things to sell:
1. Look up how to bronze/electro plate things, like bronzing baby shoes. It is not extremely complicated. You can have bronzed shells polished to a mirror finish.
2. You can make a silicone rubber mold to cast plaster shells with incredible details. If you use food-grade silicone rubber, you can make scallop shell cookies, chocolates, etc.
Pixie Lou- Martha Stewart had this cool way to use seashells. It is on my 'to do' list. I have a bug to work with shells and have been saving them. Would LOVE to see more ideas.
Jeanne- your birdhouse is absolutely adorable. Very nicely done.
-Sprout (Linda)
Here is a link that might be useful: Seashell lights
more ideas!!
Here is a link that might be useful: More from Martha

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Arthur Money (left) and Peter Marino have joined the advisory board at Thinklogical.
Former Pentagon CIO Arthur Money is a founding member of a newly formed advisory board for Thinklogical, a provider of fiber optic-based peripheral routing systems.
Money was named Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence in 1999 and served simultaneously as DOD's CIO, according to Thinklogical's announcement. Having held other positions in DOD and in industry, he now serves as the chairman of the Outside Advisory Board for the National Security Agency and the FBI.
Money's fellow founding advisory board member is Peter Marino, a longtime CIA official who is now chairman of the board of directors for TASC Group.
"We are honored to welcome Art and Peter as founding members of the newly established Thinklogical Federal Advisory Board," said Joe Pajer, president and CEO of Thinklogical. "We are growing very fast as a company, spearheaded by our tremendous success in the military, intelligence and homeland security sectors of the U.S. federal government."
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The Raj at Table: A Culinary History of the British in India
Faber & Faber, 1994 - Cooking - 240 pages
While the British were in India they developed a curious cuisine all of their own. As they made their mark on their host culture, the formidable memsahib - or English housewife - made sure that much traditional cuisine was rejected in favour of an impossible combination of European customs, and the results were frequently chaotic.Anglo-India cooking was at its best when it achieved a kind of cultural balance; mulligatawny, kedgeree and Worcestershire sauce are all products of the Raj.David Burton's book - subtitled 'A Culinary History of the British in India' - is now considered a classic, and was acclaimed by the Observer on publication as 'one of those rare and delightful works from which, once caught, you have no desire to escape'.
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Another amazing historical cookbook from David Burton, who also authored French Colonial Cookery. Looking forward to trying many of the recipes here. I've already knocked back several of the gimlets! Read full review
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The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com
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LA Times' Kathleen Hennessey: "Obama: Religious intolerance has 'no place in our society'" President Obama on Monday called on Americans to stand up against religious bigotry as he offered his support to the families of those killed in shootings at two Jewish community centers in the Kansas City area. "Nobody should have to worry about their security when gathering with their fellow believers," Obama told religious leaders at the White House for the annual Easter prayer breakfast. "No one should ever have to fear for their safety when they go to pray. And as a government, we're going to provide whatever assistance is needed to support the investigation." LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Carol E. Lee, James Marson, and Lukas I. Alpert: "Obama, Putin Talk as Unrest Roils Eastern Ukraine" The U.S. stepped up efforts to dissuade Russia from intervening in Ukraine's increasingly unstable east, with President Barack Obama telling President Vladimir Putin Monday that a diplomatic solution to the crisis is still possible even as he warned against further escalation. Russia requested the call, the first between the presidents since March 28, after Mr. Putin annexed Crimea. LINK
The New York Times' Andrew Higgins: "Ukraine Falters in Drive to Curb Unrest in East" Ukraine's failure to enforce its own ultimatums and its appeal on Monday to the United Nations to send peacekeepers laid bare a grim reality for the shaky government in Kiev, where political leaders and security forces have few reliable ways to confront Russian-backed separatists in the restive east. A deadline set by Ukraine's acting president for the start of a "large-scale antiterrorist operation" in the east passed without any clear police or military intervention. Meanwhile, pro-Russian militants seized yet another government building in the Donetsk region, bringing to at least nine the number of eastern towns now swept up in an insurgency. LINK
The Hill's Justin Sink: "Putin denies Russian involvement in Ukraine during call to Obama" A defiant Vladimir Putin told President Obama his accusations of Russian meddling in Ukraine are mere "speculations" that are "based on inaccurate information," as the two leaders discussed the brewing crisis in the country. In a phone conversation described by a senior administration official as "frank and direct," Putin and Obama traded accusations of blame for violence that has gripped cities in the Eastern regions of the former Soviet republic. According to the White House, President Obama expressed "grave concern" that Russia was supporting the armed separatists who had taken control of government buildings. LINK
The Washington Times' Dave Boyer: "Obama urges Putin to defense Russian separatism in Ukraine" President Obama urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Monday to compel pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to lay down their arms and surrender buildings they have seized in 10 cities. Seeking yet again to calm the situation a day after a Russian jet fighter buzzed a U.S. warship in the Black Sea, Mr. Obama "reiterated the importance of Russia withdrawing its troops from Ukraine's border in order to defuse tensions," the White House said. With their relationship worsening since Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last month, Mr. Obama told the Russian leader that a diplomatic solution "cannot possibly succeed in an environment of Russian military intimidation on Ukraine's borders, armed provocation within Ukraine, and escalatory rhetoric by Kremlin officials." LINK
The Hill's Rebecca Shabad: "Rep. King: 'Awarding the Pulitzer to Snowden enablers is a disgrace'" Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) on Monday blasted the decision to award Pulitzer Prizes to the two major newspapers that exposed the National Security Agency's surveillance operations through documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The Washington Post and The Guardian newspaper both won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service. The winners were announced just after 3 p.m. on Monday. Glenn Greenwald won for his reporting on the NSA and Snowden, published in The Guardian, where he no longer works. Barton Gellman won for his reporting on similar coverage in the Post. Both journalists worked with Snowden, the former NSA contractor, early on when he began leaking highly classified U.S. government documents last June. LINK
The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan: "Study: Little hope for GOP on immigrants" An influx of immigrants has boosted the Democratic Party, and that trend is set to continue. Even in places where Republicans support legalization of illegal immigrants, the party hasn't been able to stem those changes, according to a study being released Tuesday. James Gimpel, a professor at the University of Maryland, said in a report being released by the Center for Immigration Studies that many of those in the recent wave of immigrants trail native-born Americans on education and skills and favor a broader scope for government action, which makes them "ideal recruits for the Democratic Party." LINK
Politico's David Nather: "Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Do's and don'ts" Sylvia Mathews Burwell will start her new gig with a lot of goodwill. Everyone knows she's not the Health and Human Services secretary who fumbled the launch of Obamacare, but the competent head of the wonky Office of Management and Budget. And then, something else will break. And then, Burwell could end up the one up on Capitol Hill, taking one for the team at the next round of Obamacare hearings, just like Kathleen Sebelius used to. LINK
The Washington Post's Marc Fisher: "Social Security stops trying to collect on old debts by seizing tax refunds" The Social Security Administration announced Monday that it will immediately cease efforts to collect on taxpayers' debts to the government that are more than 10 years old. The action comes after The Washington Post reported that the government was seizing state and federal tax refunds that were on their way to about 400,000 Americans who had relatives who owed money to the Social Security agency. In many cases, the people whose refunds were intercepted had never heard of any debt, and the debts dated as far back as the middle of the past century. LINK
ABC News' Alexander Mallin: "Boehner's GOP Challenger Charges 'Electile Dysfunction' In Video" A new parody video out this week from one of John Boehner's Republican primary opponents is accusing the House Speaker of "electile dysfunction." In a not-so subtle spin of Boehner's last name, Tea Party candidate J.D. Winteregg recruited a team of actors to stage a Cialis-style commercial that takes jabs at everything from Boehner's smoking habits to his skin color. LINK
NY Daily News' Adam Edelman: "Republicans warn of 'Bush fatigue' ahead of possible Jeb Bush presidential candidacy" At least a handful of Republicans aren't enthusiastic about a potential 2016 Jeb Bush presidential candidacy. A growing group of GOP senators are warning that voters could experience "Bush fatigue" if the former Florida governor — and brother and son of former U.S. Presidents George W. and George H.W., respectively — were to run. "It's time to turn the page," Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe told The Hill. "Looking at it practically, there are others who could do a better job in terms of winning the election." LINK
The Hill's Molly K. Hooper: "Lawmaker: If Jeb runs, 'I'm with him'" A Republican lawmaker says if Jeb Bush opts to run for president in 2016, "I'm with him." Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehitnen (R-Fla.) told The Hill that the the former Florida governor would garner her support in what is expected to be a crowded GOP primary.The big brother of former President George W. Bush has been testing the waters recently of pursuing a bid to the White House. Ros-Lehtinen said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) would likely opt against running in 2016 if Bush were to toss his hat in the ring "Maybe some folks don't think that [Bush is] as conservative as he should be, but he's a very pragmatic conservative and compassionate man as well," Ros-Lehtinen said. LINK
USA Today's Catalina Camia: "Chelsea Clinton goes from 'no way' to 'maybe' on political bid" Chelsea Clinton is no longer an automatic "no" when it comes to running for office someday. The former first daughter is now willing to leave the door open — a teeny, tiny bit — to a political bid, according to an interview with Fast Company. LINK
Bloomberg's Julie Bykowicz: "Rove's Super-PAC Reports Raising $5 Million in One Month" Karl Rove's pro-Republican super-political action committee banked more money last month than it did in all of 2013. American Crossroads raised $5.5 million in the first three months of this year, almost all of it in March, the group said in a written statement yesterday. The surge comes after a relatively quiet 2013 in which it raised $3.6 million throughout the entire year, U.S. Federal Election Commission reports show. LINK
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Under the sea octopus crafts for toddlers made with toilet paper roll.
The mesh idea to hang between bathroom and classroom in kindy, hang art n craft from?
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Shark marshmallow pops for SHARK WEEK.
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Fish bowl with jello and Swedish fish for a mermaid birthday party.
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1 two-liter bottle lemon-lime soda, flat (just leave the cap unscrewed over night) 4 1/4-ounce packages unflavored gelatin 2 drops blue food coloring 2 ounces gummy fish Directions Place 1 cup soda in a large bowl. Sprinkle gelatin evenly over soda, and let stand to soften, about 5 minutes. Place 2 cups soda in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat until just before a boil. Add the softened gelatin, stirring to dissolve the gelatin completely over the heat, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add the remaining soda and food coloring, and stir to combine. Pour the liquid into the fish bowl. Using a damp paper towel, carefully remove any bubbles that have formed on the surface. Transfer to the refrigerator to chill overnight. When ready to serve, use a sharp knife to make vertical slits in the gelatin; insert the fish in a random pattern to make it look as though they are swimming in the bowl. Keep refrigerated until serving. Serve within 6 hours.
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Shark Bait Candy Bar. A sweet treat for a shark birthday party!
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Shark bait candy bar is perfect for your shark themed party. It's super cute and super easy. #partyfun
Saul loves sharks and he has a birthday coming up, so I"m looking for shark-themed party ideas for him.
Shark themed ocean birthday party: www.notconsumed.com 'On the candy bar were various kinds of Shark Bait: flavors of goldfish, swedish fish, gummie worms, and gummie octopi. We had a few fish eggs…mint M&Ms, and blue raspberry jelly beans. Green and white "life preservers" were provided in the event of a shark attack.'
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Twist 3 different colors of blue streamers and tape them to the wall really close together to make a photo area background. Use a box cutter and cut out starfish....use spray paint and then sprinkle some glitter on there for a mature look PHOTO BACKGROUND:)
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Under The Sea Party Idea ~ Twist 3 different colors of blue streamers and tape them to the wall
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Octonauts Birthday Cake Tower… Haha Garret said he wanted cake pops, cupcakes, and cake… I don;t think I'd have time for all of this but I love it!
Ocean Party Food - Also lots of easy decorating ideas
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A shark swim party is such a great theme for a boy birthday, lots of under the sea ideas! See more party ideas at CatchMyParty.com!
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this would be killer coming out of a veggie dip bowl
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Oh, hai. I'm a cucumber whale. this would be killer (haha killer whale) coming out of a veggie dip bowl!
this would be killer coming out of a veggie dip bowl (this is ridiculous! lol) HAHA soooo making this for my next veggie tray
Whale themed party ideas...
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Little tuna sandwiches?! Shark Week Party!
Fish Sandwiches – Make typical tuna sandwiches or whatever your kid's favorite flavor is. Then, use a fish-shaped cutter to cut them in fishy shapes. Underwater Gelatin – Make some blueberry-flavored Jello, and before it sets, add some gummy fish and sharks in the mold. When you're ready to serve it, put some sea foam (whipped cream) on the surface. A tasty dessert kids will enjoy. Ocean-Blue Punch – A day before the party, make some grape or blueberry juice. Then, get ice molds and place a gummy fish or shark in each cube. Pour the juice and let it freeze overnight. At the party, prepare some green punch and pour them in clear glasses. Before serving, add a gummy ice cube in the glass. One last tip: Serve your dishes and food in under the sea theme containers. If it's a kiddie party, use clean beach buckets and plastic shovels. If it's for adult, find shell-shaped glass containers or party utensils with under the sea designs printed on them. These will add a lovely look to your party spread.
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Stuffed animals I've been making some of these and my 4 year old daughter loves them!!
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Heart of a Dog
By Mikhail Bulgakov; Mirra Ginsburg (Translator)
(Grove Press, Paperback, 9780802150592, 84pp.)
Publication Date: January 1994
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This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureaucracy as the government official in charge of purging the city of cats.


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VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Korean seminarians: "be a man of God, not administrators or bureaucrats"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The last meeting of the pastoral visit in Korea of Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was reserved for seminarians, on Saturday afternoon, October 5.
"This meeting ideally embraces all of the students of our Seminaries in Korea, to whom I give my affectionate greetings - the Cardinal said the Seminarians gathered in the Major Seminary in Seoul along with their formators - . The Church in Korea responds today with more than 1,500 young men to its future pastoral needs, preparing you for priestly ministry".
The Cardinal then paused to reflect on discernment and orientation: "the time that you spend in the Seminary - he said - is a time of discernment, of orientation, and of preparation for the service of God and the Church. In this context, I want to highlight the responsibility that falls to your Bishops and formators, who may not give to this duty only a small part of their time or a partial attention".
Then outlining the characteristics that a priest must have, the Prefect of the Congregation pointed out: "be a man of God, be a man of prayer, a man of noble virtues and of charity, who loves the Gospel, a man truly formed by the word and by Divine Wisdom. Not, therefore, bureaucrats or administrators of religious questions like any other non-governmental organization (NGO), not ideologues of an evangelical message of a type socialized according to a reading consonant with political and social sciences; even less a sort of immanent and self-referential psychiatrist, deprived of transcendence and sense of mission; and even less a kind of elitist, that is, standing far away from reality in a context of disembodied pessimism, far away from God and from humanity". After thanking the Bishops, formatord and teachers, Cardinal Filoni concluded: "I want to assure you, dear Seminarians, that our Congregation follows your progress with much attention. You represent the hope of the Church in Korea, a Church that is alive and very much admired in the Catholic world, as well as in this Asiac Region". (SL) (Agenzia Fides 07/10/2013 )
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It will be located on Tamil Nadu Agricultural University campus
Handicrafts and tribal arts' enthusiasts will soon have much to cheer about. Coimbatore will soon get the 30{+t}{+h}exclusive 'Tribes India' showroom that will offer a variety of tribal arts, crafts, and other products from all over India.
To be located on the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) campus, it will give access to residents on a variety of quality products and at the same time create business opportunities and ensure fair and equitable remuneration to the tribals, Jiji Thomson, Managing Director of Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, said here on Thursday.
Announcing the setting up of the showroom at a press conference at TNAU, Mr. Thomson said the showroom would showcase various items such as metal work, textile, pottery, paintings, carvings, jewellery, cane and bamboo works, and organic and natural products, characteristic of their settlements in various States of the country.
TRIFED was primarily engaged in marketing tribal traditional products including handicrafts and natural products to improve the livelihoods of the tribal communities. As part of the marketing initiatives, it had set up 29 exclusive 'Tribes India' showrooms across the country. In addition, it also had 20 outlets in Government showrooms.
Inking a memorandum of understanding with TNAU, the Managing Director said the showrooms in other parts of the country, mainly North India, were doing very well and hence the decision to open one in Coimbatore.
"Their work is very good and is appreciated by the buyers. But, some of their designs with respect to clothes and jewellery are not contemporary and in sync with the modern taste. Hence, TRIFED is accessing designers from Milan to train them in textile design. They will also be trained in customising jewellery to make them more popular," Mr. Thomson said.
The Federation has value experts who assess the worth of each product before it is priced competitively. This would guarantee that the shop in Coimbatore, set to open in July, would ensure that the seller and buyer got their money's worth.


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The Pope's Thumbs Up For Gibson's 'Passion'
By FRANK RICH
Published: January 18, 2004
POPE JOHN PAUL II, frail with Parkinson's at age 83, is rarely able to celebrate mass. In recent weeks, such annual holiday ceremonies as the ordination of bishops and the baptism of children in the Sistine Chapel were dropped from his schedule. But why should his suffering deter a Hollywood producer from roping him into a publicity campaign to sell a movie? In what is surely the most bizarre commercial endorsement since Eleanor Roosevelt did an ad for Good Luck Margarine in 1959, the ailing pontiff has been recruited, however unwittingly, to help hawk ''The Passion of the Christ,'' as Mel Gibson's film about Jesus's final 12 hours is now titled. While Eleanor Roosevelt endorsed a margarine for charity, John Paul's free plug is being exploited by the Gibson camp to aid the movie star's effort to recoup the $25 million he personally sank into a biblical drama filmed in those crowd-pleasing tongues of Latin and Aramaic.
''Mel Gibson's 'The Passion' gets a thumbs-up from the Pope,'' was the incongruously jolly image conjured up by a headline over Peggy Noonan's column for the Wall Street Journal Web site as she relayed the ''happy news this Christmas season'' on Dec. 17. Daily Variety, a day earlier, described John Paul as ''a playwright and movie buff,'' lest anyone doubt that his credentials in movie reviewing were on a par with Roger Ebert's. Mr. Gibson's longtime producer, Steve McEveety, told Ms. Noonan that ''The Passion'' had been screened ''at the pope's pad,'' after which John Paul declared of its account of the crucifixion, ''It is as it was.'' That verdict was soon repeated by virtually every news outlet in the world, including The New York Times. In Ms. Noonan's view, the pope's blessing was likely to settle the controversy over a movie that Jewish and Christian critics alike have faulted for its potential to reignite the charge of deicide against the Jews. It was also perfectly timed to boost the bookings of a movie scheduled to open nationally on Feb. 25, Ash Wednesday.
Since I am one of the many curious Jews who have not been invited to press screenings of ''The Passion,'' I have no first-hand way of knowing whether the film is benign or toxic and so instead must rely on eyewitnesses. In November, The New York Post got hold of a copy and screened it to five denominationally diverse New Yorkers, including its film critic. The Post is hardly hostile to Mr. Gibson; it is owned by Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox film studio has a long-standing deal with the star. Nonetheless, only one member of its chosen audience, a Baptist ''Post reader,'' had kind words for ''The Passion.'' Mark Hallinan, a priest at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, found the movie's portrayal of Jews ''very bad,'' adding, ''I don't think the intent was anti-Semitic, but Jews are unfairly portrayed.'' Robert Levine, the senior rabbi at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan, called the film ''appalling'' and its portrayal of Jews ''painful.'' On Christmas Day, Richard N. Ostling, the religion writer of The Associated Press, also analyzed ''The Passion,'' writing that ''while the script doesn't imply collective guilt for Jews as a people, there are villainous details that go beyond the Bible.''
And so, John Paul's plug notwithstanding, the jury remains out on ''The Passion.'' What can be said without qualification is that the marketing of this film remains a masterpiece of ugliness typical of our cultural moment, when hucksters wield holier-than-thou piety as a club for their own profit. For months now, Mr. Gibson and his supporters have tried to slur the religiosity of anyone who might dissent from his rollout of ''The Passion.'' (And have succeeded, if my mail is any indication.) In The New Yorker last fall, the star labeled both The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times ''anti-Christian'' newspapers for running articles questioning his film and, in this vein, accused ''modern secular Judaism'' of wanting ''to blame the Holocaust on the Catholic Church,'' a non sequitur of unambiguous malice.
This game of hard-knuckle religious politics is all too recognizable in our new millennium, when there are products to be sold and votes to be won by pandering to church-going Americans. At its most noxious, this was the game played by Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson on Sept. 13, 2001, when they went on TV to pin the terrorist attacks of two days earlier on God's wrath, which Mr. Falwell took it upon himself to say was aimed at all of those ''who have tried to secularize America'' by ''throwing God out of the public square.'' The two men later apologized, but this didn't stop Mr. Robertson from declaring this month that he was hearing ''from the Lord'' that President Bush is going to win this year's election in a blowout. ''It doesn't make any difference what he does, good or bad,'' Mr. Robertson said. ''God picks him up because he's a man of prayer and God's blessing him.''
Such us-vs.-them religious oneupmanship is more about political partisanship than liturgical debate. Its adherents practice what can only be called spiritual McCarthyism, a witch hunt in which ''secularists'' are targeted as if they were subversives and those who ostentatiously wrap themselves in God are patriots. Mr. Gibson has from the start plugged his movie into this political scheme; his first pre-emptive attack on the movie's critics (there weren't any yet) took place on ''The O'Reilly Factor'' a year ago. Not for nothing did he stack last July's initial screening of ''The Passion'' in Washington with conservative pundits like Ms. Noonan, Linda Chavez and Kate O'Beirne who are more known for their ideology than for their expertise in the history of the passion play's lethal fallout on Jews. (Should anyone not get the linkage of conspicuous sectarian piety with patriotism, Ms. Noonan produced a book titled ''A Heart, a Cross, and a Flag: America Today'' last summer.)


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Noted Physician, Best-selling Author Abraham Verghese to Give Mayhew Lecture
The first doctor to admit AIDS patients to Tennessee hospitals will talk about his experiences as a physician, professor, and best-selling author when he delivers the fourth annual Anne Mayhew Distinguished Honors Lecture at UT on September 25. Abraham Verghese has been senior associate chair and professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine since 2007.
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Two UT faculty members are representing the university in Leadership Knoxville's Class of 2014. Ernest Brothers, assistant dean of the Graduate School, and Victoria Niederhauser, professor and dean of the College of Nursing, are two of the forty-eight area leaders in this year's class of accomplished professionals from an array of backgrounds. This is the thirtieth year of Leadership Knoxville, whose mission is to "…build a stronger Knoxville by developing people and groups, leading to a greater community."
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