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Katrina Clippert '08 is now pursing a Masters of Letters in
Archeological Studies at the University of Glasgow. Below are some
photos and descriptions of her work at University of Glasgow.
The first picture is of me with a standing building
drawing my partner and I were working on. Basically we had to do a
survey of a building by creating a straight line across one wall,
measuring it out and then we had to measure each stone on the wall and
graph it using a scale of 1:20 (meters to centimeters) I guess. It was
The second picture is us during a tea break at the beginning of the
digging break. At the beginning we started by removing all the top soil
which the picture shows.
The next picture is at the end of the dig and it shows a terminal we
dug. The terminal shows the different layers of soil until we got to
the layer we were searching for. Basically it was the bottom layer of
the feature we were digging which was a ditch of a henge.
The next picture shows the final view of the pit we dug. The rocks
were the surface/top layer of the ditch of the henge. The smooth stones
presumable came from the river and the larger rocks came from a quarry
not too far away. Those people in the background are doing the tedious
job of planning the rocks and features of the site on a planning board
which had a scale of 1:20.
The next picture shows the giant monolith stone that we uncovered
because of its size we were not able to do really anything with it
because we were not expecting to find it. We presume that it was either
a standing stone or a capstone because of its size and shape. We were
able to take soil samples from around the stone but nothing else was
really done to the stone. We covered it up and then backfilled it. The
mystery of the stone will have to wait until next year till we can
figure it out.
The last picture shows the process of digging a ditch through the
ditch of the henge. The ditch of the henge was rather large. It went
down well over six meters and was almost three meters across. It was so
deep hard hats were required incase of a cave in. The ditch allows us
to see the different layers of the soil and the cut of the feature.
It is the first day of class. I am apprehensive and excited at the
same time. Meeting new people is not my "forte', so I dread what lies
ahead. I wonder what these new people will be like and how will I relate
to them. It's 8:30 in the morning…time for class to start and meet the
professors. Let's see what happens…
Where do these people come from? Who are these people? They all speak
a language I am not familiar with. They speak about being "saved" and
"called". They interject every other word with amen's and hallelujahs.
Surely, I am on another planet, or perhaps the "twilight zone". This
type of comment is just the thing that makes me cringe. Right or wrong I
associate the words "saved" and "hallelujah" with bad hair and pleas
for money on Sunday morning TV.
The vast majority of the class has been involved one way or another
with the church. Not me. I left the church over 20 years ago due to
personal and spiritual reasons. A "recovering catholic" is what I am.
After speaking to some of the students I questioned my decision to
attend seminary. I am not like them! What am I doing here? Is the UCC
right for me? Is seminary life where I belong? I do not know. I hope I
find out the answers to these questions pretty darn quick!
Well, class has officially started. One by one the professors
introduce themselves. I like them. They appear to be very approachable
and friendly, not to mention knowledgeable. One of the professors, Lee
Barrett, was one of Dr. True's former graduate teachers. It is a small
world. Anyway, Prof. Barrett begins class by asking what sort of changes
if any, will we experience in seminary. We make a list: challenged,
healing, breaking, grace, despair, faith stretched, etc. We discuss how
we are going to be changed by the experience, or at least how we should
be. (SIDE NOTE: The word seminary derives from semen. Supposedly, a
seminary experience is supposed to bring 'new life' as (once again
supposedly) semen does. This word thing is going entirely in the wrong
Next, we are asked to introduce ourselves to the group. This is where
I get scared. Wow! What am I going to say? I just became involved with a
church not even a year ago...that I am lost and confused, and looking
for guidance. That I cringe at the mention of Jesus…and by the way, He
is mentioned multiple times in class…that I am a Buddhist at heart. What
have I gotten myself into!
My turn to speak came and went. I think some people were mighty
confused by my words. I did not hide my true self and to tell you the
truth it felt good to be completely honest. Even though my reasons for
attending seminary differed from most of the students somehow I knew… it
would be ok.
Today we discussed the topic of "Material Christianity" and visited a
church in the neighborhood. Each of the students had to talk about what
sort of icons they remembered from their childhood, and what icons they
now have in their houses. When my turn came I told them about the
crucifix in my room that I had as a child but could not remember
anything else. Then told them about the Buddha statue and Celtic cross
in the yard. It was interesting to hear others talk about their
childhood memories on religious art. Some remembered having nothing
around the house others mentioned multiple objects including bibles,
paintings, medals, rosaries and sacred music. There was a woman who
built an addition to her house that she specifically made into a
'praiseroom' she carpeted this area so that anyone who wished to
prostrate themselves before the Lord would not be uncomfortable. (Please
tell me I'm in the right place, I don't even have a crucifix up in my
house) The professor elaborated by saying that people empower
non-religious objects with religious powers by use and context.
Immediately following the discussion we went to visit a church a few
blocks away. We were to observe and discuss what we saw and experienced
while at the church. My observations were influenced by my catholic
background as I found the church to be extremely plain in architecture
and art. The only thing I saw that caught my attention was the stained
glass in the sanctuary. Oh yes! And the small tapestry of the Virgin
Mary inside the pastors' office. That made me happy. Not the Virgin per
se but the idea of diversity in belief. The experience was interesting
but not moving or enlightening.
Changing the subject.
I find myself wandering in thought and feelings while in class. Where
others find excitement I find nothing. Perhaps is too soon for me to
actually feel comfortable in this new environment. I need to give it
Today we spoke about the purpose of the church. We had to describe in
our own words what we thought identifies a church as a Christian
church. We discussed Church as praise, reservoir of grace, community of
the holy, herald, agent of social change, managerial and therapeutic
institution, community of right experience and right belief.
I never quite gave in any thought, as I have been away from the
church for a long while. To me the church was simply a place where
people went to worship and receive communion. It never occurred to me,
until recently, that the church was so much more.
Before we discussed the purpose of the church we had a quick history
lesson. Prof. Barrett, in a very short period of time, gave us an
overview of the church's history. He started with the early church and
ended with the disestablishment of denominations in the United States.
(What did you say? In my childhood the Protestants were the ones who
were going to hell because they weren't Catholics. No one knew anything
about them other then they went to public school and had Sunday school
instead. We on the other hand were very busy buying pagan babies so they
could know Christ) I was sort of lost as I know nothing about
protestant denominations. It is frustrating to go to class and feel so
inadequate. Most of the other students are aware of the differences and
similarities between denominations. I on the other hand do not. St.
Paul's did have several classes on the history of the UCC. I remember
Congregationalists, and another denomination coming together and that it
took forever to form the UCC, but, Calvinism...the Reformation... that
was way back in some European history class I took long ago. I feel
Today we learned about how Judaism treats the study of the Torah as
prayer. Study and the law are not seen as a burden but as a joy. The
Torah is a gift and never seen as work, and that nothing is accidental
in the Torah. I found this short introduction to Judaism very
interesting specially when the professor spoke to us in Hebrew and
showed us a prayer shawl.
The second half of the class was taught by Prof. Barrett. The second
half had to do with classism in the church. Classism became a conveyor
of prestige and power within the church. It also was an indicator of
social class and function. It allowed some people to be valued more than
others due to their position in the church. This classism affected not
only individuals but actual denominations as well. For example,
Presbyterians were valued more than Baptists, etc.
According to Calvin the church should be like a seminary. This
predisposed the need for literacy and economic privilege. In other words
the church becomes accessible only to the educated an upper class
people instead to all. The Reform tradition attracted the upper class.
Three denominations where established in the colonies and they where the
Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Congregationalists. The Lutherans were
the most privileged.
I remember from my childhood being told that only the uneducated and
poor belonged to other denominations. Catholicism was the religion of
the upper class and the educated in my country. Something else I did not
think about until now. How class affects religion.
The class will be visiting different churches every day this week.
Today we visited Grace Lutheran Church just a few blocks away from LTS.
The day started early for me as I did not get much sleep thanks to Ewok,
(bad elderly dog bladder) Anyway, it was a damp and rainy day and I
felt somewhat sluggish. Not the perfect combination to visit a church
and be alert and learning. We walked to the church in the rain. A
multitude of umbrellas parading in the street except me…I didn't have an
umbrella; Sharon took it out of my car.
We finally reached the church located on a corner. It appeared to be
quite large on the outside but the real surprise awaited us inside. The
entrance to the building was spacious, but almost business-like instead
of church-like. Wide glass door separated the entrance from the
sanctuary. The sanctuary itself was quite large. But before we visited
the main sanctuary we were guided to the chapel somewhere else in the
building. There the pastor greeted us and we spent most of the morning
listening to the history and mandate of his church.
The mission of the church was to "make Christ known in the world. In
response to God's grace, forgiveness, and transforming love, we worship
with the saints, see Christ in others, and serve God's people near and
far." I do not know what it is, but I still find it arrogant that we
need to "make Christ known in the world". I believe there are many paths
to God and Christianity is only but one of those paths. All in all, the
pastor seemed to be a smart and likable person. In terms of the mandate
to see Christ in every person I found it lacking. He had trouble with
homosexuality even to the point were he actually said there no
homosexuals in Grace Lutheran church. (Except the 5 of us in the LTS
class) So therefore the issue of homosexuality was a 'moot point' as far
as he was concerned. Other issues were also avoided as not to make the
congregation uncomfortable. (I thought Christianity wasn't supposed to
be comfortable, I missed that in the gospels)
I saw the congregation leading the pastor and not the pastor leading
the congregation. The pastor was, I think, very aware of his wealthy
patrons and how they influenced the church. I believe this church was
well-off therefore had no need to really change and grow even though
this was the pastor's intention.
The church itself was beautiful with its high vaulted ceilings and
elaborate altar. The chapel downstairs was equally charming. It actually
looked catholic in its ornamentation.
Today we visited Trinity UCC. Upon entry to the church we were
greeted by the pastor and a vast array of refreshments. (Always a good
sign) The meeting room was set up with several tables and a TV monitor.
Each table had multiple packets full of information for each student. It
was very obvious the pastor was not only happy to see us, but was also
proud of his church. He introduced the church's mission and mandate both
verbally and visually.
After we watched the church video he took us to the sanctuary. The
sanctuary was different as the pews were designed in a semi-circle
around the altar. (This reminded me of the post Vatican 2 changes in the
Catholic Church) There was a lot of symbolism within the sanctuary
starting with the placement of the altar, to the design of the stained
glass windows.
The primary purpose of the church is to be the body of Christ and to
follow in word and sacrament. They are open to all denominations and
even though they are not ONA they welcome all. We are all broken people
trying to find our way back to God. Word and sacrament appeared to be
very central to this church. They are also a church of community. Pastor
Harry appeared to be a nurturing and easy to talk to person. He was
very authoritative within the church.
I felt comfortable enough to revisit this church. He made me feel
welcomed and at ease. He spoke repeatedly of nurturing and service to
others as the mission of this church. He also spoke of the church as the
extension of the Incarnation. I like the fact that he was formally
dressed as a pastor. Being dressed in a suit with a clerical collar made
me think he appreciated symbolism and felt a certain amount of
reverence toward his position as pastor.
Today we visited Hempfield United Methodist Church. I have one word
for this experience. Big! This church was huge! I felt like I was at a
convention center. Anyway, we were taken to what used to be the
sanctuary and now it is a multipurpose room. The pastor and a manager
introduced us to the church. There was a lot of talk about the physical
building and how it has changed throughout the years. The key word here
is change. There was a lot of talk about the growth and changes within
this church. The congregation is already over a thousand people strong
and growing. People are willing to give up tradition in order to
accommodate change. The church is under "constant change" was a
prevalent theme during the introduction.
The mandate and primary purpose of the church is to know Jesus and to
make Jesus known in the world. They believed in the priesthood of all
believers and that people are "dying for something to die for". This
church mentioned three initiatives: being holistic, building small group
communities and serving.
Now, this church is huge! It is on its way to becoming a mega-church.
The main sanctuary had the feel of a theater with stadium seating and
balconies. The technology within the building is simply amazing. The
service on Sundays is full of imagery due to videos and graphics. It
almost felt like the service is more about showmanship than religion. I
saw no emphasis on word or sacrament. I am not saying they are not
religious but that it simply felt that way due to the size and layout.
I'm not much on strict definitions, but a church should be more
intimate. Even if it's this big they need to find a way to make people
feel bigger than the building that they are in.
Ray's Temple Church of God in Christ
We went to downtown Lancaster just a few blocks from school. The area
was kind of run down and more ethnic. Less middle class. The church was
an old gothic Lutheran church on a corner and even though we knew it
went through a major remodeling, it still looked like it needed more
work. We were finally invited inside and the foyer of the church was
quite small with an "old" feeling too it. Sort of musty and small. In
other churches there were lots of pictures about the congregation and
information about the church, there was none of this. It is an
Afro-Celtic worship style and has 150 members. It was not what I thought
a Pentecostal Church would look like because it had some remnants of
its Lutheran history. We were introduced to the pastor who was VERY
well-dressed. He is an alumnus of LTS. So, the pastor begins speaking
about how the church is part of the community and that mission and
service is very important in the community and around the world. The
main place mentioned was India. He spoke about how the Church's purpose
was to help people recover from difficult times. The main requirement
of this church is that you must have an 'experience' to become a member.
You must be 'touched by the spirit' and be turned into a holy person to
receive communion. There is education to help you become a Christian,
but you must have a transforming experience and be re-baptized. This
church believes that infant baptism, doesn't count. It is a testimony
church. People speak in tongues and dance around the church. When they
were asked what their purpose was in India, was it for humanitarian
effort or was it to open churches. The pastor said they did both, but
his explanation was strictly limited to discussion of conversion to
Christianity. He talked about Hinduism as have '30 million gods and he
stated that this worship is done in idolatry. I believe their main
purpose in India was to change their religion, not to help them with
daily needs. When asked for an example of someone in the United States
who would be committing idolatry, he stated that anyone who was a
Buddhist, who would 'worship' Buddha, would be committing idolatry. I
was very angry. Buddha is not a God and he is not "worshiped". This
makes me quite angry as it brings out everything I hate about mainline
Christianity. We'll welcome you, but you are wrong and you have got to
change. Church's say they are welcoming and open, but in fact they just
want to make you into their image. They are not interested in you as a
person and what you bring to the church. This Church's mandate is to
preach and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Not just to bring people
to recognize Jesus, but to make them worship him in THEIR WAY, because"
They are right" (a quote from the pastor).
I left this Church feeling like I had stepped back hundreds of years.
To me, this church was not truly Christian; in that it did not "Love
their neighbor" they just want to make you into their image.
After getting slightly lost we finally reached our destination.
Today's visit took us to the Beachy Mennonite Church in Kinzers. This
church stood out in stark contrast against the other churches we
visited. Its sheer simplicity spoke of humility and service to God. The
building itself had no icons, no banners, no crosses and no altar. A
large room full of pews was all that greeted us today. A small stand at
the front of the building acted as a lectern. There was no color on the
walls, any candles or flowers.
We spent the morning listening to the Brothers lecture us about
Mennonite history and the purpose of the church. They spoke on how the
early church was full of conflict and opposition. History is very
important to them as it links them with the past and educates them about
their present and future. Their roots are Amish, but they accept modern
conveniences if they are of help to them. Technology can be helpful
but also detrimental to the Christian experience.
According to these Mennonites the purpose of the church is to bring
honor and glory to God, and to help one another through Jesus.
Brotherhood and family is also very important and part of the mission of
the church. But what really touched my heart were the stories told by
one of the brothers. As he went on with the story he would get all
choked up. As the story continued he would break into a smile and tell
us, "That's what it's all about! People helping people!" His stories
spoke of his community and how important helping each other really is.
God is primary, and we all must be available for Him. But community
is very big for the Mennonites. They are a church of right belief, right
behavior and right experience. The pastors are chosen by the Lord and
only males can achieve this position. They truly try to live their
faith. I saw a passionate example of people who believe in the Bible,
but at the same time keep people as their main focus in day to day life.
Our last visit found us at the Vision of Hope Metropolitan Community
Church. The actual physical church was sort of gothic looking with
stained glass and wooden accents around the sanctuary. I am not sure
which denomination used this church before the MCC moved in. The
sanctuary was small and very colorful with posters and banners all
around. Two rainbow flags were proudly displayed in the back of the
sanctuary. Multiple crosses adorned the chapel.
When I walked into the sanctuary music was being played, and the
students had musical instruments to play along with the music. Following
the music the pastor introduced herself. The church is Christ centered
but also very much community centered. People are encouraged to question
to aid them in the process of learning. The church ministers to all
people but especially to the LGBT community. The pastor made it very
clear it is not a gay church but a Christian church that happens to
minister to the gay community.
I felt liberated while in this church. The idea that here I am not a
minority did empower me and made me feel truly wanted. The pastor did
come out to the class and made it very obvious she was extremely
comfortable with her sexual orientation. There were a lot of brochures
on AIDS, gay adoption, and community support. The church was, at least
for me, a place of comfort and safety.
THE RETREAT (dramatic entrance music)
There was a two day retreat to end the September session. It was held
at a Mennonite retreat center. There were two main buildings which
housed kitchen and administrative functions. The buildings where we
stayed were named and decorated according to each continent. The
bulletin board near the kitchen told me I was in the Asia House. (This
is really funny because I love Asian everything) I put my stuff in my
room and immediately noted that none of the doors had locks. It was an
unspoken thing that nothing would happen to your processions while you
were here.
Once everyone had settled we went to morning worship. Each worship
was designed by the students. (Prior to going to the retreat we had to
be on the worship committee or the get-to-know-you committee. Neither is
my strong point.lack of protestant worship and a fear of new people...I
chose the get-to-know-you- one, it was less threatening). We wrote our
feelings on paper and then burned them outside to release our
negativity. After this we went to lunch. I was really worried. I am a
vegetarian and rarely do people think about us. I knew I was going to
live on iceberg lettuce for 2 days. I talked with my fellow students and
had a good time. We wondered what was in store for us next. In the
community center after lunch, we had our first exercise. We were divided
into 2 groups. Our group was told that we were a tribe. We then had to
write on a piece of paper that we would be in the tribe (king, queen,
warrior, stargazer, healer, animal shaman, pottery maker, etc.) I hate
being stereotypical, but most of the men chose to be warriors. Our
scenario was that the food and water were running out and decide what we
were going to do. We decided that we would have to move to another area
of the room. (So, far I'm pretty bored). Then the professor comes in
and says "FREEZE" half of your tribe doesn't want to stay here they want
to move somewhere else because it's too small. The queen decides
without consulting anyone to send scouts to other lands. The scouts came
back and say that they have found a land of milk and honey but there is
someone else living there. (Okay this is where I start to get upset)
The first things that came out of the warriors mouth was "Let's go kill
them" The queen agreed ( I'm not making this up, they really did this)
Now I'm very annoyed because we were all to have a voice, but only the
warriors and the queen had power. There were people offering non-violent
suggestions, but they were ignored. The queen decided to send another
group to talk with them. The group suggested the healers and
story-tellers because they were peaceful. What the queen did decide to
do was put healer tags on the warriors. Some of this felt it was
deceitful. The scouts came back and said the other group was dying of
cholera. The Warriors said that this was great because now we can really
wipe them out (IS THIS LTS OR MICROSOFT???) All the non-violent people
are really upset, they want to help them. We were ignored. Ultimately it
was decided to help them, with the idea that we might still have to
kill them. In the meantime, we found out that the other tribe was having
a worse time than us. Their structure was chaotic; there were all
followers and no leaders. The professor had killed the leader with
cholera. (This was done because the person who was the leader was being
sexist and over-bearing, not as part of his persona.) The women in this
group had decided that they would just go to the winemaker and get drunk
and forget about it. The point of this exercise was to learn about were
we fell in the theological world. (We had learned about this earlier in
class) and to see how the other students interacted. How did we behave
in a group, where did we stand with each other?
After this we had dinner (iceberg again) then we went to the party.
What I mostly did there was play ping-pong with my friend the pastor. I
was laughing my head off. We couldn't play ping-pong to save ourselves.
We then played Hungry Hungry Hippos and made lots of noise and
apparently irritated people who thought we were having way too much fun.
The next morning there was breakfast and worship and then we went home.
The most fun and enlightenment I had was sitting with my friends in
the Africa house talking about religion and family. I really felt like I
got to know the people around me.
I have not mentioned my home life during this time. I spend lots of
time glued to the computer, stressing over my inadequacies and wondering
if I'm doing the right thing. My partner once again offered to go out
and buy me some self-esteem (because apparently I say the same things
over and over) I read every free minute and it's become more apparent to
me something that was not a problem before. English is my second
language. The process of reading, interpreting, and writing takes a long
detour in my brain and archaic language makes me tear my hair out.
I'm still getting up and going to class. And Sharon hasn't thrown me out yet. All is right with the world.
This is the journal of Jessica Doyle. Jessica graduated from Wilson
College in Spring 2005 with a degree in Philosophy and Religion.
Jessica decided to join the Americorp *NCCC and is stationed is
Sacramento, California for her 10 month training period. During the
coming months we will follow Jess's adventure through her training.
Check back regularly for her journal entries.
I guess I should start out and introduce myself. My name is Jessica
Doyle, and I graduated Wilson in the Spring of '05 with a degree in
religious studies and philosophy. Not quite sure what to do with my
degree, I decided to join AmeriCorps *NCCC. Yesterday, was my first day
on campus in Sacramento, California. Now, if anyone knows me, I am not
really the adventurous type, but here I am anyways, miles and miles away
from my home in NJ, here to serve for 10 months. AmeriCorps itself
is a nation wide community based volunteer program. Tomorrow we start
our physical training schedule. I am not too excited about this. Our day
starts at 6:45 am each morning with a brisk 1.5 - 3 mile run. Then after
breakfast, we have a bunch of team building exercises. Think back to
Freshman year, doing all of those icebreakers. Today, we played Ameri
Bingo. Basically a huge meet and greet which turned out to be pretty
rowdy gathering. Today was also our first day we had to be in full
uniform. I do believe that the entire ensemble from shirt down to the
boots is totally geared toward the male figure. Totally non flattering
for the us girls, the shorts come down to the knee almost; we all
realized that they look and fit better on the guys here on campus than
the girls. I am still trying to figure out whether or not I want to join
the fire team and help fight forest fires in the area. Monday starts
the week long "pack" trials, where we literally have to wear a fire coat
loaded with weights (45 lbs) and walk for 45 minutes straight, no
stopping. The only problem with joining the Fire teams, is that most
stay in the area, which means no traveling down doing disaster relief in
New Orleans or Texas if it gets bad down that way. This "journal" entry
could easily become an entire page, what with all the new information
and things I have saw and done so far, but that could become boring and
very tedious for me, so for now I will sign off. To all my Wilson Girls,
(and you know who you are!) I miss you all!
Hey all!
Hope everyone is doing well. It still is absolutely gorgeous out
here, and the temperature never reaches below 70's unless its early in
the morning or at dusk, which is perfect. I am sorry this second e-mail
has been so long in coming, they have really kept us all very busy, so
when I do have free time, I usually opt to go to bed early!
I have so much news for everyone, I just don't even know where to
start! First off, I have to say, that I am glad to be off the catered
food, and onto bigger and better three square meals a day. Once we got
into our permanent teams (we are Blue 2!), we started cooking for
ourselves (twelve of us) and also for the team (blue 7) who shares our
kitchen station with us. Gus and I cooked dinner one night, and made
excellent chicken and eggplant Parmesan. So good! Let me tell you, it
is very hard to cook for 24 people!
Our days have been spent pretty much either in the
Wildlife Training Center receiving more training, or in one of our
buildings, with the entire Corps (about 220 of us), either having
meetings or taking more classes. Two of the best classes so far, were
when we received Red Cross training in disaster relief (Mass Care and
Shelter Operations- learning how to fill out paper work to either take
in or discharge clients who come to us needing shelter) and our
afternoon class in community mapping. I know you all will want to call
me a dork, but I really enjoyed the community mapping class (five hours
long) because it was exactly like a lecture class, and I really miss
taking classes. Basically what the lecturer talked about was building
communities by their assets, instead of limiting their community and
who served in their community by what was different, or by the skills
they didn't have. I think that this "thinking" was big in the 80's or
early 90's though I don't remember it.
I guess you could say our team is bonding, it is very hard though
because of the age differences and the maturity levels of some on the
team. A lot of the other teams that I know of, have a much more balanced
team per say, and then their is my team which is a basic hodgepodge of
members. Five of us are 21- 24 years old, and the rest are 18- 20 years
old. I have to say though, that even not knowing how old everyone is, I
can tell just based on the maturity level those that are much younger.
It's not a bad thing really, its just something I have to adjust to. I
have become fast friends with Emily who is from South Dakota, Kendall,
who is from South Carolina, and Meghan who is from Florida (who is not
on my team but was on my POD- temp. team at the beginning). We have had
many a good time, trying to get into Old Sac by Light Rail late at
night, realizing once we got to the station, that the train was not
running, and then walking back to base. I think that Sacramento has to
be one of the dirtiest cities that I have visited so far. There is this
one part, a tunnel, which goes underneath the train tracks (about a 20
minute walk from base) let me tell you, its very scary at night, the one
time, the guys that were with us lit the tunnel using their cell
phones, it was so dark, an not a very pleasant place either. Twice upon
walking through there (because that is the only way to get to the main
road) we have seen homeless men either near the tunnel, or near it.
Driving into the city of Sacramento, I saw an actual homeless community,
"FriendshipPark." It really wasn't that big, but their was one main
building, and then on the outskirts, various different sized boxes, and
clothing articles lined the chained link fence which enclosed the entire
place. So sorry for this bummer of a section of mail, its just that
seeing this every day, has left a huge impression on my mind, that
something needs to be done. Maybe I can come up with a good ISP project
(Independent Service Project- I have to do 80 hours throughout the
Now for the exciting news! We have found out what our first Phase
project will be! I think, being that my birthday is on the 23rd, and we
get deployed on the 24th, I will be getting the best birthday present
ever! We found out last Friday, that our team will be doing disaster
relief with the organization FEMA (Federal Emergency Management
Association) to help out in the Katrina and Rita disaster relief. How
awesome is that? We still do not know where we are headed, and might
not know until the day before we depart, but that's what we will be
doing the first four weeks of phase I. The second month, we will be
heading down to Orange County California, home of Los Angeles, and also
(for all who is familiar with these shows, especially my Wilson girls)
it is home to the two TV shows the OC and Laguna Beach!!!!!!!!! How
awesome is that?!?! We are going to be working at a camp for mostly
inner city youth (it seems to be like a ranch) fixing up the camp as
well as cleaning brush along trails, so there is less of a fire hazard.
I am really excited! This Tuesday, our team has to give our first team
briefing for the staff here at NCCC, to show them that we have
researched the project and the site to the best of our ability (nearest
hospital, team goals for the project, what our different team member's
strengths and weaknesses are etc.).
This past week, has been really hectic but a lot of fun, maybe the
best week so far of training. On Wednesday, our Unit (the Blue Unit
encompassing seven different teams) headed out to Camp Mendocino,
located four hours north east of Sacramento. We stayed there for three
days and three nights, just got back this afternoon actually, and did a
bunch of team building exercises as well as helped to clean up the camp
for the kids in the summer (throughout the week the entire Corps was
able to install about 400 feet of pipe- for water supply, four large
piles of chopped fire wood and three miles of underbrush cleared from
off the main road that leads into the camp. The camp itself is for the
San Francisco Boys and Girls Clubs. The camp itself is located on 2000
acres of absolutely beautiful mountainous redwood forests. The first
day we got there, we walked to "the Big Tree" which was a 2000 year old
large Redwood tree, it took all 12 of us linked arms to "hug" the
diameter of the trunk that's how large this tree was! Two days was
certainly not long enough, I could have stayed there for quite some time
and been pretty content, the area was so amazing. My favorite team
training, was a project called "hands of peace." We learned how to
actively listen and also how to be non bias when giving someone advice, I
think that this will definitely come in handy during this year, and also
later in life.
Although, in the last email I think I had stated we were going into
San Fran, our plans fell through, so I am hoping that this weekend, we
will be able to go. I will try my hardest to send e-mails more
regularly so that there is not too much to read in one e-mail, there's
just so much that we are doing here. I hope all is well at home and
with all of my friends and family who are either traveling, or who are
at school. Hope to hear from all of you giving me updates on your
lives! Miss you all!
Love always,
P.S. My address is:
Jessica Doyle
AmeriCorps *NCCC
3427 Laurel Street
McClellan, CA 95652
Hey to all!
Hope all of you are doing fantabulously!
I am really excited, T minus 45 minutes and counting until we leave
for the airport! Our plane leaves from the Sacramento airport at 12:15
am tomorrow morning (Oct.25). We arrive at Houston airport, have an hour and a
half layover, and then we fly out to Jackson Mississippi. So far
anyways that is our plan. I think AmeriCorps pretty much booked the
entire flight, for there are 7 teams of 12 flying out on the same plane
to Houston. Then from Houston, half of the teams fly into Baton Rouge,
and the other half fly into Jackson. We have heard many Ameri rumors
however, that everyone's plans are going to change, so I guess we surely
won't know what our orders are until we get off the plane! This
morning, our team was still going to go to Jackson Mississippi for
training with FEMA, and then participate in Operation Blue Roof (tarping
peoples houses to keep out the rain), but this afternoon, we heard that
we were still headed to Jackson for training, and then we were going to
drive to Alabama to help process people coming into shelters, and also
helping them move back into their homes. So, as of right now, we are
all quite clueless, but we have to keep telling ourselves to be
Some of the other teams have already left this morning, including my
roommate, Shannon's team. They too are going into Jackson, Mississippi,
but they are manning the phones at a call center, locating people, and
answering questions and such. Another friend of mine, Beck is in
Jackson too, but they are working in a food bank area, handing out food
to people. So it would be nice to stay in Jackson(or near there)
because we would all be staying in the same tent city. The Corps that
is there, are to occupy an entire tent (100 people a tent). Supposedly
we get portable showers, the kitchen and mess hall is in one tent, there
is a rec room which is also in a tent, even an infirmary and such. An
entire community located under canvas. How exciting is that!
I am hoping to be able to check my email while i am there, though I
am not sure when, it all depends on if there is a local library in the
area or not. Just wanted to thank you all for the emails, and cards, I
enjoy hearing from everyone so much, it makes me feel like home is not so
far away. and of course you have all been in my thoughts and prayers.
Last weekend, Peter, Allie and I went to San Francisco! It was so
amazing! we stayed at this little historical hotel called, Hotel de
Paul, in Little Italy, about five blocks maybe from Pier 39 and
Fisherman's Wharf. I think San Fran is now my favorite city in the US.
Beautiful weather, amazing food, great people. We ate at this small
Italian and Greek place for lunch on Saturday, then we walked down to
Pier 39 and saw the sea lions. I think they like the tourists, for they
all at one time or another, would perform, and "sing" for their
audience. We also got to walk around China Town, which is so beautiful,
so colorful. Dinner, we ate till we were stuffed at this Indian
restaurant, I'm telling you that we were so spoiled by all the delicious
food that we ate while there. On Sunday, we slept in, and then
walked to and up Lombard street(the windiest street in the US) and we
took a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge, and then to Haight and Ashbury
Street (Hippie street). Such amazing stores with beautiful clothing, it
was like walking back into time to the 60's and 70's. We didn't spend
too much time there though, because we had to get back to the bus, but
we are already planning a second trip out!
Well, I guess I should be going, only a few minutes more, and then I
will be headed out to the airport! ~ Oh, and in case any of you were
wondering, I can still get mail, while we are doing disaster stuff,
AmeriCorps ships Fed Ex packages to us all twice a week. No pressure
though, although I do miss hearing from all my Wilson girls!
Take care all! Hope to hear from you soon!
Love always,
Hope everyone is healthy and happy. I would first like to say that
at this current moment, I am sending you all a big warm greeting and a
Happy Thanksgiving from CA and recently, from Mississippi. To all of my
Wilson girls, since I am missing the annual Wilson Thanksgiving dinner,
do me proud, and carve those turkeys!
Oh geez oh man, (that seems to be my new phrase of choice these days
for some reason); where do I start? I thought e-mail would be an
excellent way to keep in touch with everyone, and it really is, but a
whole month's worth of updated info is a lot to put into one e-mail, so
maybe I'll do this in segments.
Our Katrina disaster relief/ recovery project began when we left for
Jackson Mississippi on a delta flight at 12 am on the 24th of October.
Our team first met up with a bunch of other teams from Sacramento, and
also from the Charleston campus for a one night stay in the attic
of Mississippi College's sports center. That was pretty sweet, in the
fact that they had a jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, so we figured us
girls would pamper ourselves before our month of disaster relief. The
next day we drove to Mobile, Alabama where we stayed for two days and
three nights on the cruise ship Holiday. Yes you heard that right, it
was indeed a cruise ship! Here we got our first glimpse into the lives
of the Katrina evacuees, for not only were there volunteers living
aboard, but also FEMA personnel, the regular crew staff and the
displaced evacuees. The cruise ship was run exactly like how I would
imagine one would be run except that all of the entertainment, the poker
rooms, were closed, and other common room areas were taken over by FEMA
personnel to either do intake information for those people just
boarding the ship, or rooms were allotted for training new volunteers.
So we spent two intense days of training under the supervision of UMCOR
(United Methodists Committee on Relief). During that time we learned how
to become good case workers, and we soon found out we were also FEMA's
guinea pigs due to the us being the first teams to do this kind of
work. Our title would now become the "Shelter Transition Strike Team"
(if this is stated in a loud booming voice, one gets the full effect).
Basically our job was to sit down with evacuees, and help them to
fill out paperwork (which sometimes was already filled out beforehand,
but then was lost somewhere between Mississippi and the JFO- Joint Field
Office in Jackson). If this was the case, we would apologize, turn our
FEMA badges around and explain that we were only working with
FEMA to gather this info, but we were actually AmeriCorps
*NCCC members. Usually people would be understanding, but there were
still some disgruntled people understandably. This paperwork was
basically their link to the computer program NEMIS through which FEMA
would set the evacuees up with travel trailer homes, mobile homes or
other means of assistance.
Once we left the cruise ship, we traveled to Gulfport, Mississippi
(one of the hardest hit areas a few miles from the Gulf coast) where we
would be staying on the Naval Seabee base (oh yeah!) for the first three
weeks. Our team, along with five other AmeriCorps teams from
Sacramento, and then five other teams from Charleston, slept on cots
alongside 600 other volunteers from all over the country. Let me just
say, that it was the most amazing experience I have ever been able to
have! The second night we were there, a group of 30-40 fire fighters
from Puerto Rico came and stayed near our group, so I got to meet a few,
and talk to them about what they were doing. They were actually
working on an island, called Horn island located just off the coast,
doing debris removal. I loved the time spent on the base. The American
Red Cross did such an amazing job in setting up our facilities, and I
really called it home after a few nights. The food itself was so good, I
think I put on a few pounds (every Sunday night they would cook us all
prime rib- and the one night we had catfish and gumbo, not to mention
the lavish breakfasts, and five pound lunches each day). We found out
that we were actually eating a 3000 calorie diet per day, because the
food service that was contracted out by the Red Cross had specific info
to feed us all like we were fire fighters doing debris removal and such.
We spent the next three weeks at the Woolmarket Community
Shelter. This particular shelter, was for special needs evacuees. The
most amount of people, we had at the shelter was 50 people, which is
really good for us, since other shelters in the area had anywhere from a
couple hundred evacuees to a couple of thousand. The first couple of
days were pretty busy, I did three to four initial intake interviews.
Those first days were also the most mentally draining as well. The one
day, as I was checking in with the Red Cross volunteer to see how many
new people that had just come in, and how many people had left the
shelter, she handed over the list of the outgoing people; their were 16
people who had left for other means of shelter! That I think was our
overall best day at the shelter. When that happens its kind of
bittersweet in a way. Bitter, in the fact that our newly made friends
were leaving us, but also extremely sweet because we knew that they were
moving on to better housing whether it be a FEMA trailer, an apartment,
moving in with friends, or renting a hotel room.
The one afternoon we had off, one of our supervisors at the time,
Dave, took us out to the Gulf Coast to see all of the damage first
hand. That part of Biloxi, Mississippi, the highway 90 that runs down
the coast, is still controlled by the national guard down there. If it
wasn't for our FEMA badges, we would not have been able to get past the
check points. The devastation was so immense. I have never seen
anything like it. What you see on T.V., or in the newspapers, or hear
on the radio could not prepare anyone for what you actually see in
person. The coast of Mississippi was hit hard. Thirty foot waves
engulfed the coast line, taking huge Casino boats, tied to the docks,
and dumping them hundreds of feet up, across interstate 90 onto
people's yards and what once were houses and hotels. Absolutely
incredible. Almost all of the houses and hotels which once lined the
beach front area, were totally devastated. Most aren't there anymore,
bare foundations wiped clean. In one "neighborhood", we walked around a
bit just taking it all in. One house which was damaged, but managed to
stay somewhat intact, had a huge piece of plywood nailed to the front
door. In bright orange spray paint it read, "All Ok, do not demolish."
Just a few houses down, another piece of plywood, read, "You Loot, We
Shoot." I was able to take some photographs, but not many, because if
we were caught taking pictures, we could all be arrested, that's how
stringent the police/ military force was in many areas.
The last week, we all broke into pairs, and we traveled up the East
side of Mississippi in rental cars to the different hotels, helping
people fill out the paperwork for trailers, monetary assistance etc. By
this time, we all had it down pat, at times, we even knew more than our
own FEMA supervisors!
Although our job down in Mississippi was oftentimes
frustrating, overall I had a blast. I met so many awesome people both
residents of Mississippi and Red Cross and other volunteers. I wish
that I could write more, but I am afraid that this e-mail would soon
become a book, I have so many stories to share. Tomorrow though, my
team is leaving for Orange County, CA to work on a camp for kids
learning about the environment, called Rancho Sonada. There, we are
doing fuel reduction and fire mitigation, clearing brush from the areas
around buildings so the threat of fire is not as great. Can't wait to
come home for Christmas though, we get back to campus on the 18th of
December, have time to debrief and do some laundry, and then I can leave
for home by the 22nd of December at 5pm!
I meant to include this in with the first e-mail, if anyone is interested in learning more about AmeriCorps *NCCC, go to www.americorps.org/nccc. Also, if you would like to donate to help out with the Katrina/ Rita disaster relief and recovery go to www.redcross.org. Not only are monetary donations needed, but clothing donations are needed too.
Take Care all! Love ya!
Our two weeks of training seemed to drag on for all of us. It seems
sometimes, that NCCC just thinks up some different workshops for us
Corps members to attend to. Three of our workshops were pretty
interesting, and we learned some invaluable information. One afternoon
we had a workshop on poverty in the United States. I thought that it
would give a lot of statistical information, but it ended up being a
workshop on human stereo types that go with the different social
statuses (Poverty, Middle Class and Wealth). Most of us were pretty
disappointed. The next workshop was on mandated reporting and the signs
of abuse in children and adults. That was an intense three hours, but
included a lot of information which could be useful in the future. Our
other workshop was on alcohol awareness. It seems that a lot of our NCCC
campuses have been having issues with alcohol abuse with underagers-
ours included. The workshop was good, though it ended up being mostly on
drug information- so now I could tell you all the uses/missuses for the
drug marijuana (or cannabis).
It took two whole days of driving to get to Green River. We left at
6am on the 17th of January. We ended up spending the night in Wells,
Nevada (a very small town), and then started driving at quarter to 6 the
next morning. Well at around 7am- after waking up, and realizing it
had started snowing pretty heavily, we passed a sign which read "Snow
chains required when lights are blinking, pull off 1/4 mile." So, along
with everyone else, we pulled over and jumped out thinking that it
would only be a quick fifteen minutes or so and then we would be on the
road again. That fifteen minutes turned into a very long and cold hour
and a half as we struggled to get the chains over our back tires. The
State trooper who finally stopped to help us even tried, and we realized
that the chains were too short. Although we went through training, we
realized that three out of the four chains that were issued to our
vehicle were not the right size. Thank you US govt.!
Despite the snow and somewhat slick conditions we managed to get to
Green River safely and without any mishaps. As we pulled up to the
local community center, we were greeted by several of the kids who
attend there, as well as our sponsors, Christine and Joanie. Our main
goal of this project is an unmet human needs project along with an
educational project as well. The town of Green River, Utah has a
population of a little below a thousand people (aka- everyone knows
everybody). The main businesses, which line main street are three
different restaurants,a museum, a post office, a bank, a tavern, the
community center, one elementary school, a medical center, one high
school, one grocery store, 8 different hotels/ motels, one catholic
church (which is in somebody's house), a small pentecostal church, and a
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The community basically
survives off of their agriculture (watermelons are big), and tourism in
the summer.
The town itself has a very high population of kids under 18, and
adults over 40 or so. Most people once they graduate high school, leave
the town, so many of the kids do not have many mentors to look up
too. Our project here is to work with the students in the elementary
school and the high school, during the school day hours, and then come
back to the community center to help out with after school activities.
We learned that 40% of the population of Green River is at or under the
US Poverty line. A lot of the kids parents are not home after school, so
many of them including a lot of the younger kids, end up staying home by
themselves. We have learned that there is also a high rate of teen
pregnancy and drug use. So we are trying to get the kids to come to the
comm. center for after school activities. The comm. center also has a
food pantry, and we help Christine and Joanie provide the kids who come
to the center with nutritious lunch and or dinner. Yesterday I learned
that the center also delivers hot meals to 30 elderly shut ins five days
a week, as well as numerous food baskets on any given week for those
residents who are ill or who had fallen on bad times. I don't know how
Christine and the rest of the staff do it, but this community center is a
model for all and I am just so glad to be helping out here.
On Thursday and Friday, I got to help out in the elementary
school- helping out a class of third graders on their math assignments,
and helping to read to some kids in a 1st grade class. After the day is
done- which isn't until 6 or seven pm. I realize just how waring kids
really are. They have so much energy, especially the little ones.
Today we were able to help with taking down the Christmas lights at a
local park which the previous NCCC team had put up. We are also
supposed to go to a local geyser just five miles away, which should be
I do have to say, that the country out here, is nothing that I have
ever seen before, and is absolutely breathtaking. I have never seen so
many stars at night, and wish I had a telescope. Our view right outside
our window is absolutely breath taking, for the Book Cliff hills are in
the distance across the Green River. The only thing I can compare
them too, is what the grand canyon looks like, with all the
stratification on the hills. I am hoping to get some good hiking in,
since we have two whole months here!
Well, this e-mail seems to be of formidable size, and I have rambled
enough for one letter. Please keep me updated on your lives there at
home, and if I have forgotten to send this to anyone, please pass this
Much Love from the grand state of Utah,
I guess I should first apologize for not writing in such a long time,
computer access has been somewhat scarce, when I actually do have time
to sit down and write. Hope this letter finds everyone
well. Congratulations, goes out to the Wilson College Western Team and
the Hunt Seat Team for doing so well in all of their shows. I miss my
Wilson girls! Right now I am in Lake Charles, Louisiana, working with
the City of Lake Charles, cleaning up debris from resident's yards of
the area. Mainly we work with the elderly, the disabled and the low
income residents of the area to get their front/back yards cleaned up.
On Friday I learned all about the joys of weed-whacking, and I fear when I
come home in the summer, weed-whacking will be another job for me to
do. So far my team and I have been working really hard. Just last week
we cleaned up 14 total yards! This week, I am hoping for 16.
This Tuesday, there is another team coming in from the Sacramento
Campus who will also be staying with us at the Purple Heart Rec Center,
also helping people clean up their yards. Although there are 80,000
residents of the City of Lake Charles, I am positive that between the
two teams, we can put a small dent in the lives of those who were
affected by Hurricane Rita. I also have to say, that I love the south,
the southern hospitality that has met us each and every day, has been
nothing that I have ever experienced before. The St. Mary's Missionary
Baptist Church of Lake Charles has been making us home cooked meals for
dinner on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I fear if I am to fit
comfortably into my uniform pants, I will start having to exercise six
times a week (I have been doing 5). And of course, the food here is
amazing. I am currently trying to work on getting somewhat of a
"favorite recipe" book together of my time within AmeriCorps *NCCC.
Lake Charles, was not hit nearly as bad as some other areas that I
have been in (like Biloxi, MS or St. Bernard Parish, LA) but driving
around you can definitely tell a big destructive storm came
through. Not a lot of water damage thankfully. Most houses just had a
little rain, and wind damage, with others not so lucky, succumbing to
tornadoes and stronger winds. Though it will still be awhile before the
City will be back to where it was before Rita hit. I am hoping to get
out to Cameron parish, which is where the worst of the devastation seems
to have been. Cameron is located about a 15 minute drive here, but
they say that there was 100% damage, there is not one house that was not
touched by the storm. We already have four AmeriCorps *NCCC teams
there, living in a tent city and gutting houses (removing the interior
walls, ceiling, pretty much everything) so that the house itself can be
aired out and sprayed down with bleach to remove the mold. So next
weekend, I hope to help a team out there in a distribution center if at
all possible. Well, I have to get back to the van, we have to get our
living quarters (which is a aerobics room in the back of a rec center)
ready for the other 12 member team which should be arriving on Tuesday.
I hope to write again soon, with more updates of my travels.
Much Love,
Jess Doyle
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APCE (Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators)
FTE (Fund for Theological Education)
HEMA (Higher Education Ministries Arena)
SBL (The Society of Biblical Literature)
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- Collections: Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
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- Description: Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses. [02/03/2007-02/03/2008]. Installation view.
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Judy Chicago includes nine ancient Egyptian female figures in The Dinner Party. She invites Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh, as one of the thirty-nine honored guests. The names of the powerful queens Tiye, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra and of the goddesses Isis, Hathor, Neith, Tefnut, and Wadjet are written on the Heritage Floor. This exhibition features objects related to these figures from the Brooklyn Museum's renowned collection of ancient Egyptian art. It also examines the impact of feminism on the modern discipline of Egyptology.
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In much the same way, Egyptologists now recognize the queens Tiye and Nefertiti as their husband's partners in ruling Egypt rather than as women who attempted to claim more power than was proper. Even Cleopatra, whose reputation among the ancient Romans as well as many modern historians was essentially negative, is today recognized primarily as the legitimate guardian of her country's political interests.
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My wife and I were in our Hot Tub on Friday 4/26/2013. It is a Coleman Hot Tub we have had since 2006. When I got out and was drying off I leaned in and touched the water with my hand and got shocked. I tried it again to make sure it was not a reflex and yelled at my wife to get out immediately. I immediately disconnected the power and have just back to it today.
I removed the side cover to the hot tub and took the cover off of the control unit and where the heater is located. One of the studs had rusted almost lose and looks as though it had been oxidization.
I have never known hot tubs to do this in the past and thought that my GFI should have shut it down.
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Signs of support at Heinz FieldPosted by on November 12, 2012 – 8:36 pm
In honor of Veteran's Day and the NFL's "Salute to Service," sideline personnel and team staff will be wearing camouflage NFL ribbon pins during the game. Players will have ribbon stickers on their helmets, as well as stickers representing different branches of the military.
"Salute to Service" banners were hung on field level, sideline Gatorade towels were camouflage and the game balls all had the camouflage NFL ribbon. In addition a commemorative coin was used for the coin toss.
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It was really informative because I always thought liberals fought wars with armies of lawyers and liberal judges. It turns out they also like to wait until the U.N. signs their permission slip to lob tomahawk missiles from behind the skirts of the French (AKA in France as applying for citizenship).
Nobody disputes that Gadaffi is a bad bad guy, and what he's doing is as Obama put it, unacceptable. However, people are uneasy about this because it seems less like an effort to oust Gadaffi and more like Obama is just trying to answer the age old question of what a dog would do if it finally caught the car it was chasing.
That's Obama vs. Gadaffi in a nutshell. Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan (conflicts that were actually relevant to American interests), the mission objectives were clear as mud. People understand even less why our military is getting involved in Libya, or what the goal line even looks like.
What's worse is Obama is treating this like it was the fight over ObamaCare all over again. He seemingly had moments to make a decision, and he took his time to the tune of days and weeks on this.
If he wants to flex American muscle when time is truly of the essence he should pretend that he's choosing ice cream flavors that have just been removed from the freezer and wont go back in until he picks one...
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Jonathan M. is breaking it down chapter by chapter at Evolution News. Chapter 2 is on fossils. In his response to chapter 2, he covers fish/amphibian evolution, bird/dinosaur evolution and whale evolution.
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The next transitional series alluded to by Coyne is the whale series. One of the most notable problems with the evolution of the whale is the extremely abrupt timescale over which it is supposed to have occurred. The sheer force of this conundrum is only properly appreciated when one considers the multiple feats of anatomical novelty, innovative engineering and genetic rewiring necessary to change a terrestrial mammal like Pakicetus into a fully aquatic whale. Indeed, evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg has argued that even many of the relatively minor changes are extremely unlikely to have occurred in the time-frame allowed. Consider the following small sample of necessary modifications:
- Counter-current heat exchanger for intra-abdominal testes
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- Blubber for temperature insulation
- Ability to drink sea water (reorganization of kidney tissues)
- Fetus in breech position (for labor underwater)
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- Forelimbs transformed into flippers
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- Emergence and expansion of the mandibular fat pad with complex lipid distribution
- Reorganization of skull bones and musculature
- Modification of the ear bones
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- Synthesis and metabolism of isovaleric acid (toxic to terrestrial mammals)
- Emergence of blowhole musculature and their neurological control
According to Richard Sternberg's calculations, and based on the equations of population genetics applied in a 2008 paper by Durrett and Schmidt in the Journal of Genetics, one may reasonably expect to see two coordinated mutations achieve fixation in the timeframe of around 43.3 million years. When one considers the magnitude of the engineering feat, such a scenario can only be ruled incredible. The problem is accentuated further when one considers that the majority of anatomical novelties unique to aquatic cetaceans (Pelagiceti) appeared during just a few million years — probably within 1-3 million years.
[…]More recently, however, a jawbone was discovered that belonged to a fully aquatic whale dating to 49 million years ago, only four million years afterPakicetus! This means that the first fully aquatic whales now date to around the time when walking whales (Ambulocetus) first appear. This substantially reduces the time window — to 4 or 5 million years, perhaps even less — that may be allotted to the Darwinian mechanism to accomplish truly radical engineering innovations and genetic rewiring. It also suggests that this fully aquatic whale existed before its previously presumed semi-aquatic archaeocetid ancestors.
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Money in the bank is just around the corner and with all the buzz around Rob Van Dam, it is time to focus on another. Chris Jericho has to win the money in the bank breifcase to save his career.Keep reading to find out more or stop reading now.
Chris Jericho has been a huge character in every brand he has been in, WWF/E,Smackdown,Raw,WCW. Chris has had his career because of his
Hi Guys go easy as this is only my second blog but have a look and let me know your thoughts. I've tried to combine in part how I think parts of the ppv will be booked and how I would like other parts to be booked. So Lets Start.
Match 1 Divas Title: AJ vs Kaitylyn- rematch, winner Aj.
Kaitlyn gets her rematch. She dominates Aj and sets up for the spear. Aj dodges With Kaitlyn
John Cena (C) vs Daniel Bryan
Winner: Daniel Bryan by DQ
Story: Kane interferes (without his mask now) and attacks Daniel Bryan getting John Cena DQ'd; Ends with Kane destroying Daniel Bryan and becoming fully heel
HHH vs Vince McMahon with Stephanie McMahon as Special Guest Referee
Winner: Vince McMahon
Story: I don't know what the story line is going to be going
Updated 06-21-2013 at 06:58 PM by lucidreamer
This is the first in a series of posts that will be TNA vs WWE. Each time I will take 2 matches and post them. Whoever wins is solely up to you the reader each match will be worth a certain amount of points.At the end I will total up the results and post them on each blog.. Vote in the comments and suggest matches you want to see to decide what is the ultimate roster. Polls for these close Thursday
Updated 06-19-2013 at 04:15 PM by WWE Brain
In here I will give a overall score of Monday's show 1-10, the hits, the misses, and a summary of the blog.
Overall Score: 10
Del Rio Segment: I'm really happy that WWE has decided to turn Del Rio back heel. I never liked him as a face as I found him so cocky and arrogant. With that being said I'm okay with him winning the World Title from Ziggler as long
What a weekend to be a part of WWE's once ignored universe.
WWE showed us that they can still put on an (almost – thanks to John Cena and Ryback you can happily turn off the last thirty minutes of Payback and miss absolutely nothing) flawless PPV, and decided to ride the wave of momentum with an episode of Raw which symbolised the end of a number of decent storylines only to replace
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