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Whitmer Historical Journal, Steve LeSueur
Until about twenty years ago, Apostle William E. McLellin was a one-dimensional cardboard figure in the pages of early Mormon history, a much-reviled apostate and object lesson illustrating the fruits of disloyalty and pride. McLellin's resurrection from cartoon status began in 1986 when two collections of McLellin's writings were unearthed as a result of the controversy surrounding Mormon murderer and forger Mark W. Hoffman. The first set of documents, tracked down in Texas by Salt Lake City Tribune reporter Dawn House and now held by the University of Utah, consisted of twenty-six letters and seven notebooks of essays on Mormonism and religion. These were published last year as the William E. McLellin Papers, 1854-1880.
In addition to nearly four hundred pages of McLellin's papers, the new book contains six splendid interpretative essays examining his life and writings. Tribune journalist Dawn House contributes a riveting personal account of how she came to discover this set of McLellin papers. The five remaining authors, all prominent Mormon historians, wrestle with the man and his character, and provide context for understanding his activities, motives, and place in Mormon history.
Born January 18, 1806, in Smith County, Tennessee, McLellin was baptized in August 1831 by Hyrum Smith in Jackson County, Missouri. He devoted himself immediately to building the nascent church, travelling extensively as a missionary, gathering with the saints in Independence, and rising in leadership to become one of the original twelve apostles. By his own account, he left the church in August 1836, disenchanted with the prophet's leadership in Kirtland and with what he regarded as serious deviations from original church teachings and practices. However, he never stopped believing in the Book of Mormon or in the movement's original precepts; and so, rather than abandoning Mormonism, he began a meandering odyssey among its various Restoration branches, yearning to find the true Church of Christ. Among the stops on his pilgrimage, McLellin in 1843 joined George M. Hinkle's Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's Wife, becoming an apostle and counselor. He subsequently affiliated with Sidney Rigdon's Church of Christ in 1845, James J. Strang in 1846, and the Hedrickite Church of Christ in 1869. At various times over the decades, McLellin also tried to persuade David Whitmer to step forward as Joseph Smith's rightful successor. When McLellin died on March 14, 1883, he was not affiliated with any church, though he still believed strongly in the Book of Mormon and in the imminent restoration of the true church.
McLellin's papers are an eclectic assortment of essays and letters, ranging from lengthy discussions of faith and original sin to equally lengthy lists detailing the reasons why he left Mormonism. In letters to friends and church authorities, he details—often ad nauseam—his objections to teachings and practices that crept into the church. For example, he argues that Joseph Smith and his advisors significantly altered many of Smith's revelations before they were published; that the alleged priesthood ordinations by John the Baptist and Apostles Peter, James, and John were later inventions of the Kirtland period; that the original name of the church—the Church of Christ—was improperly changed; that no spiritual manifestations occurred at the Kirtland Temple dedication; and that Joseph Smith and Mormon leaders became autocratic, greedy, and reckless in their temporal affairs in Kirtland, and dangerously militaristic in their response to troubles in Missouri.
McLellin stated his opinions forcefully, and in some instances condemned Mormon leaders as ferociously as they denounced him. In an 1861 letter to Joseph Smith III, for example, he called the "Twelvites" leading the Utah church "the wickedest people now on this wide earth" (443). But other letters often tempered his blunt opinions with expressions of admiration and friendship. To Apostle Orson Pratt, McLellin concluded an 1854 letter by saying, "You will please to take this letter to the Valley, and show it to the Leading men in the church; especially those of the original council of the 'Twelve.' There is not one of them as men for whom I entertain the least personal ill feeling" (438). He signed the letter, "your old friend and sincere well-wisher." He wrote wistfully about his close ties with the original Twelve, saying in an 1878 letter, "they almost perfectly knew me, and I now think they loved me" (513).
McLellin presents controversial accounts of many teachings and events. Regarding the Kirtland Temple dedication, for example, McLellin contends that some of the Mormon men were not visionary but drunk, having imbibed too much wine on empty stomachs following a fast. In an 1872 letter to Joseph Smith III, McLellin wrote, "I took care of S. H. Smith [the prophet's brother Samuel] in one of the stands, so deeply intoxicated that he could not nor did sense anything … he vomited the spit-box five times full, and his dear brother Carlos would empty it out of the window" (494). In addition, the older McLellin raises objections to teachings and practices—such as editing and publishing the prophet's revelations and taking up arms in Zion's Camp—that he apparently endorsed without objection when they occurred.
The scholarly essays that accompany this volume help make sense of McLellin's varied opinions and recollections—though not completely. But ambiguity is what makes history an intriguing enterprise. For example, Richard P. Howard ("Mormonism's Stormy Petrel") traces McLellin's affiliation with Mormonism and its various branches, acknowledging his intellect but seeing a man who was moody, blustery, and self-absorbed. By the end of his life, Howard says, McLellin had become a strident and at times boorishly repetitious "crank," unable to persuade anyone but himself of the truths he saw (26-27). In contrast, William D. Russell ("Portrait of a 'True Believer' in Original Mormonism") regards McLellin as a prophetic figure who summoned the saints to be true to the original genius of the movement. Just as many of the saints could not accept the evolving theology developed in Nauvoo, McLellin had been unable to accept changes made in Kirtland. McLellin is "an essentially likeable person—not a crank, not a power-hungry fanatic or an immoral person. He was a true conservative who quite logically became distressed with the innovations he observed," says Russell (135).
Both Thomas G. Alexander ("The Past as Decline from a Golden Age") and D. Michael Quinn ("My Eyes Were Holden in Those Days") examine McLellin's apparent selective memory and his tendency to edit himself out of scenes and reconstruct the past to suit his later opinions. Neither author claims that McLellin is any different from other participants in that regard, but they help us to understand McLellin's particular biases and contributions to the historical record. Quinn, for example, argues that of all the documents in this volume, McLellin's 1878 letter to John Traughber "deserves the most attention as one of the more personally revealing and historically accurate writings" (59). Alexander says McLellin's papers not only help us understand why some people left the body of the saints but also "offer a glimpse into the operations of the human mind in re-envisioning and reconstructing the past" (58).
Perhaps the most intriguing essay is John-Charles Duffy's "Reinventing McLellin: A Historiographical Review." Duffy argues that McLellin's extreme makeover among historians has been driven in part by the LDS Church's desire to present itself as a mainstream Christian religion. Upon their discovery, McLellin's missionary journals were held up by LDS scholars as evidence that early Mormonism was deeply rooted in the Bible and its gospel teachings. Consequently, "if McLellin's journals were to be used to demonstrate the Christian, not esoteric, essence of Mormonism," Duffy writes, "then McLellin himself had to be rehabilitated" and shown to be a "reliable" eyewitness and "a consummate insider to the faith community," at least during the period covered by the journals (93). McLellins's transformation from "perfidious apostate" to a "model for Mormonism's Christian witness" reflects present-day controversies within the LDS Church, Duffy says.
The book's editors should be commended for providing extensive footnotes with helpful explanations of people and events. The book also contains a helpful bibliography and short biographies of the people mentioned in McLellin's notebooks and writings.
Readers whose primary interest is Mormon history may not find McLellin's treatises on original sin or the blood of Adam and Christ to be compelling reading. But overall his writings provide a provocative window on both Mormonism and the man, and the scholarly interpretations help give meaning and greater insight to what he wrote. I still can't make up my mind whether McLellin was a crank. By the end of his life, he was certainly a lonely voice of one crying in the wilderness. Nevertheless, as Quinn concludes, "it would please McLellin to know that he remains a controversial, aggravating, and essential source for early Mormonism" (82).
Deseret News, Dennis Lythgoe
"The William E. McLellin Papers," just published by Signature Books, has a long and checkered history. It became famous in modern day when master forger Mark Hofmann, now in the Utah State Prison, claimed he had possession of the papers in 1985.
When Hofmann's myriad documents turned out to be forged, and he was convicted of murder, it became clear that he never had the McLellin collection. Instead, Otis Traughber did. Traughber, a Texan, had inherited the collection from his father, a friend and confidante of McLellin, who was a member of the first LDS Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints knew about Traughber as early as 1908. Representatives of the church met with him, acquired much of his materials, but didn't announce the acquisition until 1994. Because the Marriott Library at the University of Utah also has McLellin holdings, it was logical that Stan Larson and Sam Passey, Marriott Library archivists, would transcribe and annotate the documents. The editors also included McLellin's correspondence from the Community of Christ archives (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) in Missouri.
The book also contains compelling essays by former RLDS Church historian Richard Howard, Brigham Young University history professor Tom Alexander, prolific LDS historian D. Michael Quinn, RLDS Graceland University professor Bill Russell and North Carolina graduate student John-Charles Duffy.
McLellin is a controversial figure, having joined the LDS Church in 1831 and becoming an apostle in 1835. He resigned from the apostleship in 1836 and lost his membership in 1838. He always claimed he only heard about Joseph Smith's First Vision years after he left the church. He never returned to the church, yet he remained close to the Smith family and always maintained high regard for the first LDS prophet.
McLellin, a native of Tennessee, also allegedly didn't know of other crucial elements of LDS doctrine, including appearances to Joseph Smith by the angel Moroni, John the Baptist, the apostle Peter or the Hebrew prophet Elijah. Yet he always maintained a strong belief in the Book of Mormon.
Michael Quinn thinks McLellin cultivated a "selective memory," which he called on in later years to write opinions and descriptions about Mormonism that he had never mentioned while a member. Nevertheless, the written record left by the former apostle is considerable and makes good reading for Mormons interested in their history.
Kudos to the editors and the publisher for issuing such a meticulous, interesting and important scholarly work relating to Mormon history, complete with biographical notes, bibliography, footnotes and index.
Association for Mormon Letters, Nick Literski
From the earliest days of the 1830 "Church of Christ," Mormons have always held a special animosity toward "apostates," those dastardly characters who dared to turn away from "inspired truth." Apostasy has traditionally been portrayed in the LDS church as the consequences of pride and serious, unrepented sin. A certain "folklore of apostasy" has developed, providing stories of warning to those church members who might waver in their commitment to the LDS church.
The story of William E. McLellin (1806-1883) is one such "hiss and byword" in Latter-day Saint history. In LDS cultural memory, McLellin's contributions are rarely acknowledged. Rather, he is remembered only as an example of damning pride, and the story of his failure to write a revelation equal to Joseph Smith's is told as both an evidence of Joseph's inspiration, and a stern warning to modern members who might question priesthood leadership.
In his treatises, essays, and letters, McLellin's real story emerges as that of a deeply sincere religious seeker who believed that the pure church of Jesus Christ had been restored to the earth, but experienced profound disappointment and frustration as that church organization evolved in structure and doctrine. For McLellin, the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," as it was named in 1838, was no longer recognizeable as the pristine "Church of Christ" which he had joined.
McLellin's writings provide a snapshot of one early apostle's understanding of Mormon beginnings. We learn the key elements which attracted McLellin, perhaps the most highly educated of early Mormon converts, to the new faith. While it may be tempting for some to suspect an "apostate's" recollections, McLellin's views need not be an infallible record of early Mormonism, in order to shed light on the movement. In particular, I was surprised at several of the doctrines mentioned by McLellin, which are generally thought to have originated in Nauvoo-era Mormonism. McLellin's perspective provides a view of pre-1838 Mormonism that is more doctrinally complex than I had expected.
McLellin also provides his own perspective on several events of Mormon history, such as the printing of Joseph Smith's revelations and the Kirtland Temple "endowment from on high." While McLellin's descriptions differ considerably from traditional LDS accounts, they are difficult to dismiss. Honest readers will consider McLellin's eyewitness accounts as an important source in reconstructing these events as they were originally perceived.
On this note of historiography, the editors have prefaced McLellin's writings with no less than six introductory essays, including such notable writers as Richard P. Howard, Thomas G. Alexander, D. Michael Quinn, John-Charles Duffy, and William D. Russell. A full exposition of the source material's discovery is provided by Dawn House, a direct participant. Some of the essays predated this book's production by several years, while others were prepared for the current publication. Each author provides a distinct view of McLellin and his writings, and where one writer may irritate (as Alexander's did me), another will illuminate. In particular, John Charles-Duffy's outstanding essay, "Reinventing McLellin" provides a history of changing perspectives on McLellin, which is worth the book's purchase price alone.
The editors of this volume have produced an exemplary work, unencumbered by excessive annotation. They have also included a masterful appendix of biographical sketches, which I found quite useful. The only one editorial practice which I found unfortunate was that of transcribing McLellin's textual insertions as if they were in the original text, with a footnote identifying the insertion. I would have preferred the more standard practice of setting off the insertions with brackets. Still, this is a minor matter of preference, and hardly a "criticism" at all. Larson and Passey have produced this work as complete professionals, neither taking up McLellin's cause nor defending against him. They, along with their publisher, Signature Books, have simply allowed McLellin to speak for himself, and that "old apostate," as some called him, has done so admirably.
Ask an active member of the LDS Church if they recall William McLellin. Some will know the name. Most will furrow their brows, say something like, "I've heard that name before … but I can't place it."
For most, McLellin is a footnote–a name in the church almanac. William E. McLellin, apostle excommunicated in 1838 …
In seminary class I heard an amusing tale in which McLellin offered to wrestle the Mormon prophet Smith, but only if Smith's hands were bound. Another anecdote recalls McLellin trying–and failing–to receive a revelation.
During Mark Hofmann's 1980s crime spree, McLellin's name resurfaced. Hofmann pitched the "McLellin papers." He didn't have them, but interest in the early Mormon was high. The Salt Lake Tribune's Dawn House found a collection of McLellin's writings with a Texas family and, LDS Church leaders discovered, in the First Presidency's vault, more McLellin writings and keepsakes.
When some of McLellin's writings were published in the 1990s, they revealed an enthusiastic early LDS convert who worked hard, gained the notice of LDS leader Smith and was called to be an LDS apostle. The early church's struggles in Kirtland led to McLellin's apostasy.
Except McLellin never really left Mormonism. For the rest of his life he searched for a divergent path of Mormonism–one that would bring to him the euphoria he experienced in 1831 with Joseph Smith, and then believed Smith lost due to what he described as wickedness.
McLellin never found another permanent church, although he sampled just about every offshoot of Mormonism that surfaced after Smith's assassination. A doctor, he remained a prolific writer, offering his interpretations of scripture and opinions of Mormonism past and present. They were published in journals, church magazines, and letters. He swapped opinions with Utah LDS apostle Orson Pratt and Joseph Smith III, who became president of the Reorganized LDS Church in 1860.
Signature Books has published The William E. McLellin Papers, 1854 – 1880. The volume is as much history as theology. McLellin, with ponderous prose but sincere effort, represents Christian theology in early America, particularly the frontier. He's opinionated, yet maintains a friendship with his adversaries. He blasts Joseph Smith III's father, exhorting the RLDS leader to check with his mother to verify his accusations, but ends in a gentle manner. His letters to Pratt–while contentious–have that same polite undertone. Like many 19th-century early Mormons who left the church, he never stopped believing in the Book of Mormon.
There are several essays in the volume that accompany the writings. One, by John Charles-Duffy, suggests that historians stop trying to tag McLellin as either an embittered apostate or an "enlightened Paul" who saw through Smith. Rather, the essay suggests that McLellin's life and writings can be used to add to a Mormon historical narrative that encompasses the 19th-century frontier.
That makes sense, and it is why McLellin's writings are important today. It is easy to erase McLellin from Mormon history with the harsh tag of apostate, but the truth is he played a role in the early growth of the Mormon Church. And then he left it in a time duress. And while many criticize McLellin for leaving, some of his complaints–such as the ill-advised organization of a bank–were valid.
Why McLellin and others became disillusioned is part of the young church's history. his refusal to completely abandon the beliefs that brought him to the Book of Mormon reflect the fervent beliefs and hopes of revelations and manifestations that early Americans–particularly rural settlers–embraced.
McLellin seems to have grown more disillusioned as he aged. He died in 1883, 45 years after he left Smith's church. His post-LDS religious efforts usually met with failure. He was often out of new churches within months after joining. Perhaps he was hard to get along with?
Late in his life McLellin was publicly rebuffed by early Mormon David Whitmer, who McLellin believed was the true successor to Smith. That repudiation must have hurt the proud ex-Mormon. After Whitmer finally started a church, McLellin seems to have mostly ignored it. Some of McLellin's accusations in his writing are contradictory. He criticizes events he must have once approved of, such as early LDS church revelations. But those are theological squabbles, and that isn't the value of this volume of McLellin's papers. They are historical documents, and will provide patient readers valuable insights into early Mormon history.
Once considered myth, former Mormon's writings are published
By Jennifer Dobner
The Associated Press
Once upon a time, the McLellin collection was nothing more than Mormon mythology, a rumored set of writings and documents from an influential 19th century church apostle who was close to founder Joseph Smith but fell away.
The papers of William E. McLellin, however, are not a myth. His letters, sermon-like essays and journals have been published for the first time in a 570-page book released this week by Signature Books. The originals are at the University of Utah's Marriott Library and in the archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"It provides the opportunity for a snapshot into early LDS history," said Stan Larson, one of the book's editors and curator of manuscripts at the library.
McLellin joined the church in 1831, just after its creation. He quickly rose in Smith's regard and was an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, the second-most powerful group of Mormon men. But McLellin left the church in 1836—some claim after looting Smith's home and stealing important church papers—and was excommunicated in 1838.
Despite attempts to bring him back to the fold, McLellin wrote in an 1854 letter to apostle Orson Pratt that "aside from the principles you learned in the first three years of Joseph Smith's public ministry, I know of no principles or practices of that people now, which they have learned since, that I believe or admire."
McLellin's struggle was with Smith and a changing church, not Mormon theology, said book co-editor Sam Passey, director of the Uintah County Library and Regional History Center in Vernal, Utah. "He bought onto Mormonism as it was preached by Joseph Smith in the early 1830s, and as it changed he really didn't," Passey said. "A train was in motion and he couldn't stay on it anymore. He had certain boundaries in his faith."
Letters between McLellin and confidant John Traughber, who inherited the collection upon McLellin's death, reveal a Mormon story far different than the one believed today by most church members.
He writes of never hearing the story of Smith's "first vision," the visit by God and Jesus Christ to a young, prayerful Smith in a grove of trees that led to the church's founding in New York state. Nor was McLellin familiar with the angel Moroni, who led Smith to buried gold plates that became the foundational text, the Book of Mormon, or the story that John the Baptist had appeared to Smith on the banks of Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River.
Some will wonder whether Smith was adding to the church story as he saw fit, or McLellin was so embittered that his recollections were intended to undermine the church. "We're never going to find the answer," said Larson, who admits to having his own suspicions.
It was those contradictions that Mark Hofmann exploited when he first circulated rumors about the collection in 1985. Hofmann, who claimed to have discovered McLellin's works in Texas, said it contained bombshells that would unravel the worldwide church.
It turned out that Hofmann was a forger who never had the collection, nor knew what it contained. But his lies generated interest. He promised a sale to more than one collector, including the Mormon church, and borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from a Salt Lake City bank for its alleged purchase.
"It was a big deal," said Brent Ashworth, a Utah collector who unwittingly bought other forgeries from Hofmann. "People wanted it because it was going to be controversial and interesting. I don't know if anybody on either side thought it would damage the church, but I think they thought it would be fascinating, entertaining and probably valuable," Ashworth said.
Deadlines to repay the $185,000 loan and deliver the papers passed and Hofmann's desperation rose. To deflect the attention of bankers and buyers, he built pipe bombs, killing two people and wounding himself. In 1987, Hofmann pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and remains in the Utah State Prison.
After the bombings, much of the collection was found in the Texas basement of Otis Traughber, son of John Traughber. Another set of journals scripted while a faithful McLellin served a church mission were discovered in the church archives, where they had been stored since 1908.
The McLellin collection falls short of discrediting a church that claims some 13 million members. "There was nothing there that hadn't been said already by other apostates," Passey said. "No big bombshells."
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Chapter ThreeMature
The loud screeching noise of my alarm woke me up at a ridiculous six fifteen a.m. I groaned as I got out of bed and began digging in my box of clothes. I told myself that I really needed to actually hang this up in my closet or put them in my dresser but it was just so much easier to leave them in the box and put them away when my mom did laundry.
I ran through my morning routine fairly easily: clothes, hair, makeup, breakfast, teeth, backpack, door, bus top. It was a very hard one either though. I waited at the bus stop for around five minutes or so, listening to the middle school children talk in their high pitched voices and in their IQ dropping dialect about hand holding like they had just lost their virginity. Oh my frakkin' god, your hands touched in math when he picked your pencil off of the ground for you. Whoop dee fucking doo. I couldn't stand it any longer and started to untangle my iPod headphones. I believe 30 Seconds to Mars just saved me from punching an innocent twelve year old in the mouth.
I didn't even bother to turn my iPod off as I walked through the school to my locker or while I was setting up my locker shelf and putting my binders in. I was already tired of people and I honestly was a lot happier when I was listening to music than when I wasn't. It calmed me down which is one reason why I don't understand why we can't listen to music during tests. I'm much calmer and more focused, plus I can remember things so much easier. It isn't like I'm going to cheat anyway, and what's going to happen, I'm going to memorize an answer to one question based off a line from one song, out of the thousands I know and the hundreds on my iPod. Yes, that is exactly what will happen, all the time.
I put all of my binders and my locker and went to Algebra early. I was too lazy to find Cai, Echo, or Sabella, besides I'm sure they have their own friends and don't need me around to stand awkwardly around them. It isn't my style anyway.
No one was in the Algebra room when I got there, not even Mr. Ward. I dropped my book and binder on the desk, if Mr. Ward had been there, I'm sure that I would have gotten yelled at for making too much noise. I pulled my phone out of my purse, checked the time (I had about twenty minutes before class started), and turned my phone off. It was supposed to be off and in our lockers, but I think off and in my purse will be sufficient. Even if it does turn on, it is set on vibrate only so I don't think I will have any issues with it.
I laid my head on my desk. I had nothing else to do but take a nap, only I was afraid to. I was worried that Mr. Ward would come in and drop a book on my head or that a kid would walk in and think it was funny to draw on my face. I sat back up and looked around for something to do. About this time, the door creaked open. I figured it was Mr. Ward, which would only make sense; I looked up anyway to see Josh staring at me with his head slightly tilted to one side. I gazed back, initiating a contest. He kept eye contact as he set his things on his desk, the reason he came into the room I assume. He eventually blinked and lost. I wanted to talk to him, like Kali had suggested, but I had absolutely no idea what to say.
Fortunately, he asked me a question, "Do I know you from somewhere? You seem extremely familiar."
"Did you have Mrs. White as your fourth grade teacher?"
"Yeah, but why would you have been in that class?"
"You don't pay attention in class, do you?"
He shrugged, "Not really."
I sighed, "Friday was my first day of school here."
His eyes widened slightly, as though it was all coming back to him. "Aylin, Aylin Gallagher. I sat by you. We would always make terrible jokes about the teacher needing a candlestick."
I chuckled, "Because she was Mrs. White, from Clue."
"Good times." He laughed along.
It sort of slipped out before I could think about what I was saying. I confessed, "I always wondered what had happened to you. It was a terrible way for a first crush to end."
"Oh really, I was your first crush?"
"Kind of, sort of."
He laughed quietly. I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow at him, an unspoken question. "What?" he asked.
Okay, so maybe it had to be a spoken question after all. "What's so funny about that?"
He flipped his fringe out of his bright green eyes to look straight into mine. "The fact that you were mine."
I rubbed my arm like I always did when I was uncomfortable. Some people bite their lip, some look at the ground, some tap pencils or tables, or some people rub their arms, like I do, but mine is always the right arm with my fingers tracing over my scar. I had to stop myself from laughing awkwardly.
"Hey Josh!" Someone stuck their head into the classroom. "Nere wants you!"
"Thanks." Josh said, and the guy left. As soon as the door shut, Josh groaned. "I have been summoned." He mumbled. "Anyway, we have to catch up soon. I will talk to you later."
He left and almost immediately afterward, Cai came into the room. "I have been looking for you everywhere!"
"Obviously not everywhere."
He smirked. "Okay smartass, everywhere until I got to here. This is a part of everywhere."
"Anyway, what was so important that you were searching everywhere for me?"
That grin never left his lips. "I don't know. I don't remember. I was searching high and low for what seems like forever. All of that work has tired me and I can't remember why I was looking for you." He held a hand to his hand, palm facing me, for dramatic effect.
"Then I suppose I shall stay right here."
"Who ever said I wanted you to go somewhere? I just said I was looking for you."
I smiled. "Context clues that is who."
He shook his head. "Those jerks! They ratted me out again! I can't believe them. We had a deal from the last time they did this! I promised to give them my lunch money and in return they wouldn't give away what I wanted people to do anymore!"
I clapped my hands. "Your ability to BS anything and everything astounds me."
He rocked back and forth from his toes to his heels. "I'm quite good at thinking on my feet." He grinned again.
"Look who is punny today!"
"Me!" he said with excitement.
Our conversation came to an abrupt end. Something possessed me to ask, "Who is Nere?"
"The school bitch whore."
My jaw dropped. "Cai!"
"What?" he wondered, "I can't help what she is! Once she figured out that her name means 'mine,' it was all over. If it has an 'N' in the middle of a heart on it, don't touch it for it belongs to Nere. One of her favorite things to say is, 'That is mine because it is Nere and dear to my heart.' Then she will laugh her annoying high pitch laugh and her lackeys will as well to remain 'Nere and dear.'"
I stared at him. "You made all of that up right now."
"Have I mentioned she is as dumb, if not dumber, than a box of rocks? Honestly, I'm sure they would hire a monkey to do any job over Nere. Oh, my favorite Nere moment was in sixth grade when she told all of us that when she grew up she was going to work the corner. The teacher wasn't pleased, to say the least, but Nere didn't and still doesn't see anything wrong with that. It is very amusing actually."
I shook my head. I just couldn't believe it. This girl must be one of the stupidest people on Earth. For her own sake, I hope she is drop dead gorgeous. At least then she might be able to make it through life without selling herself, even though that is what she wants. She could marry rich and then there wouldn't be any problem. Otherwise, Cai is right and a lot of the jobs she applies for are going to be given away to monkeys who will easily work for bananas.
"Why did you want to know about Nere?"
"I was talking to Josh right before you got here, and someone came in and told him that she was looking for him."
"Oh, he has been her target for a very long time."
"She has probably slept with every member of the football team at least twice, basketball once, most of the golf team, anyone popular. Never Josh though. You never hear a word about him doing anything with anyone, ever. She has been trying to fix that."
"So is he just really good at hiding all of that or does he not have anything to hide?"
He was silent for a moment, as if he didn't want to answer my question. He seemed almost pained when he began to, "Well… you see… the thing is th-"
The bell cut him off. I waited for him to continue but Mr. Ward came in and told him to sit in his seat, which was too far away from me to talk about this. He actually sat almost right in the very middle of the class. He was the same distance away from me as he was from Josh, just at different angles. I was surprised when a piece of folded up paper landed on the floor next to my desk. As casual as possible, I picked it off the ground. It read, "Meet me after class. I will walk you to your next. Josh." I folded it back up before Mr. Ward could see it and make me read it aloud, or whatever Mr. Ward's punishment for notes was.
Josh waited at the door after class, I tried to hurry, but someone grabbed him on their way out. Josh turned back to look at me and held up the number three using his hands. I interpreted that to me that we will try again third hour, but the same thing happened that hour too. He was just too popular for me to get a chance to speak with him.
I even tried to find Josh after school, and all I could find was a mob of people standing by an older car. I figured it was Josh's but was too lazy to go and ask, and I had a dumb bus to catch to make it home. At least this time I brought my iPod to try to block them out. I like still like hear them like talk like this over like my like music. It tested my patience; I was about to hurt some children and I don't usually find myself to be an aggressive person but it was too much, even for me.
I couldn't wait to tell Kali I talked to him though, she will be so proud of me. Usually she has to force people to talk to more, or more often, had to force me to talk to other people. I'm pretty much a closed book with a long waiting list for you to be able to check me out. You have to be around for a long time and show a bit of interest and that you care before I will talk to you about anything important. It was definitely doing to be a fun story to tell her, if she decided to pay attention for once in her lifetime. If she doesn't I'm going to find some kind of something that can harm you through the computer…. I smell computer virus.
I texted her to Skype me and she had a mini freak out via text. She knows that if I don't specify why, then it is usually important. She didn't even start out with "Hello," instead she jumped right into, "What happened?"
"Josh remembers me."
She had a mini spaz attack, when she recovered she said, "Okay, I'm good now. So that means you talked to him, right?"
"Only briefly before Algebra started but then he said we needed to catch up."
"Did he give you anyway to contact him?"
"No. He passed me a note in Algebra that he was going to walk me to my next class but he got grabbed by one of his buddies. I guess I will just have to see what happens tomorrow."
"You better tell me, right away. I don't care if he is still standing right there."
"Well, I do, so you shall find out as soon as I feel like telling you."
I had the urge to check my Facebook after the contacting comment. Turns out, I had a friend request, from Josh. I was wondering why I had never seen this when I would search for him, but once I was brought to his page; I understood why. I was his only friend as of the moment.
"What? What happened?"
"He just got a Facebook!"
"Aw! He did it for you." She teased.
I stuck my tongue out at her. "I highly doubt that."
"Why don't you message him and ask?" At that moment the chat noise went off, making Kali think she was some kind of psychic. "See, he even wants to talk to you."
Amazingly it was from Josh. "Kali, chill. He just said his parents finally caved and let him get a Facebook."
"Send me a link to his page. It is time to see if I approve."
I rolled my eyes but did so anyway. "Because all that matters is that Kali approves."
"That is right. If I don't approve, you don't get to date."
"What if I didn't approve of Jaron?"
"That is a different story."
I laughed. "That is what I thought."
I could hear someone yell at Kali. "I have to go. I will talk to you later." She signed out without waiting for me to say goodbye.
I talked to Josh for a bit about bands and artists, turns out we like the same genre of music. He had to leave and I talked to Cai for a while about the same exact thing. The three of us all liked the same type of music. It was kind of creepy. At least we all had different favorite bands: mine was Ludo, Josh's was Breaking Benjamin, and Cai's was 30 Seconds to Mars. I have to admit that I didn't listen much to Breaking Benjamin but what I had heard of theirs was good.
Then it was time for the usual dinner and the almost scripted conversation that went with it. Mom would ask how my day was. I would say it was good. Dad would ask how school was. I would say okay. Mom would ask if I had any club meetings tomorrow. Usually, I would respond no or yes, but tonight I reminded her that I just moved here and wasn't in any clubs at the moment. Dad would ask how I did on a test or if there were any tests this week. I would respond accordingly. Mom would ask if I had any plans this coming weekend. I would respond I don't know. By then dinner was over, and I had to clean up the table and wash the dishes while my parents went into living room to watch whatever show that played on Monday's that they liked and just had to watch.
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Zila Panchayat Kanker Jobs 2016 Notification issued. Check North Bastar application process, age limit, qualification and selection details here. Download 163 lecturer vacancies application form from here on www.kanker.gov.in
Zila Panchayat Kanker Jobs @ www.kanker.gov.in
North Bastar Kanker Board delivered a Notification for 163 Lecturer jobs. Job Applicants who are probing for Government jobs in Chattisgarh may use this chance. Zila Panchayat Kanker Recruitment 2016 notification was released in this month of May 2016. Contenders who want to achieve job in Zila Panchayat Uttar Bastar organization can use this opportunity. Postulates who are applying for this recruitment, they have to refer the eligibility norms. People who are eligible for this notification may download the Zila Panchayat Kanker Jobs Application from from the official website www.kanker.gov.in. Last date to submit application form is 15-06-2016.
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Job Runners who are Curious for vacancies in Chattisgarh, this is the right place for you to refer this article for newly posted Chattisgarh notification. Contenders who are grace for freshly opened Govt Jobs in Chattisgarh may examine this Recruitment. Zil Panchayat Kanker Recruitment 2016 print a notification for 163 lecturer jobs in various branches. Download zila Panchayat Kanker official notification on our page govjobsonline.com. Find your eligibility on this recruitment. Postulates who want to register for this notification, they have to download the Application form and fill your details correctly. Send it to the legal portal address before the expiry date 15.06.2016. There is no other chance to apply for this recruitment. For more details about the North Bastar Kanker jobs refer the official notification form official portal kanker.gov.in
North Baster Kanker Zila Panchayat Recruitment – 163 Lecturer jobs
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Zila Panchayat Kanker Vacancy Details
Total No of vacancies: 193 posts.
Name of the Post: Lecturer post.
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Zila Panchayat Kanker Recruitment 2016 Details
Name of the organization: North Bastar Kanker District panchayat.
Name of the post: Lecturer post.
No of vacancies: 193 posts.
Job Location: Chattisgarh.
Job category: State Government.
Application mode: Offline.
last date: 15-06-2016.
Official website: www.kanker.gov.in
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Offered Salary is Rs. 5300 – 8300 per month.
Important Date:
Last date to be submit application form: 15-06-2016.
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Eligible contenders who want to apply for Zila Panchayat Kanker Jobs download application form & official notification must follow these steps.
- Log on to the official site: www.kanker.gov.in or www.zpkanker.gov.in
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Uche Sam, Director of Changing Attitude Nigeria, is presenting a position paper at the hearing in Abuja on Monday on the Same Gender marriage prohibition bill 2011. Uche will be sending reports from the hearing on Monday which will be reported here on the web site.
Position Paper
Our great country of Nigeria is blessed with people from so many different classes, faith groups, cultures, ethnic backgrounds and social status. We are also blessed with people of diverse gender and sexuality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB&T) people are an integral part of our national community, secular and religious. Our presence as members of the community cannot be overlooked because we also contribute to what makes this country of Nigeria a great nation.
Laws should be designed to protect citizens from hatred, crime and discrimination. The proposed same gender marriage prohibition bill will add to the discrimination, prejudice and hatred against LGB&T Nigerians if signed into law. When a proposed law threatens harm to some of our citizens then we need to check and correct that which is wrong.
The proposed bill to prohibit same gender marriage has many negative implications which affect the rights of sexual and gender minorities. It will not bring about justice for all. it will add to the climate in Nigeria where individual gays and lesbians are the victims of blackmail, Job discrimination, police harassment, shunning by families and even mob violence. This stigmatization of LGBT people leads to self-hatred or internalized homophobia which results in high rate of depression, alcoholism and even suicide.
What causes homosexuality?
The answer to this question is argued about a great deal. The most recent answer is that we do not know with absolute certainty. None of the theories can definitively explain the great variety of same sex sexual behaviors that appears around the world in different cultures across time. The fact that homosexuality appears frequently in nature clearly destroys the argument that homosexuality is unnatural. Nature is unquestionably one of the many factors that plays a role in determining a person's sexuality, heterosexual as well as homosexual. The attraction to people of same sex for a minority is hard wired into their brains and cells.
(Source: Unspoken Facts: a history of homosexuality in Africa – Published 2008; ISBN 9780797434837)
A minority of people are born lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. It is not a choice people make but the way some are created by God. Research has shown that sexual diversity is a natural state in creation, for animals as well as for humans. To force someone to act against their true nature as this bill would do is in effect to torture them.
Our country is confronted with many urgent and serious challenges. The presence of LGB&T peoples in our communities is not a threat or a challenge but a gift. There are intelligent, faithful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in our federal and local governments and in the Christian and Muslim faith communities. Every person in our country will have a family member, colleague or friend who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, even if they are not able to identify them.
Now is the time not to look at people's sexuality as the key that defines them, but to look at the contribution each one of us can bring to society and to promote our country be you gay, straight, bisexual or transgender. We should not look at being gay as a problem to our society but how people live their lives the right way to bring peace, love and unity to our dear country, because peace and unity will only come when we all see ourselves as one and show respect and dignity to each one person, then face the challenges that face our country and fight for the growth of it.
Under Article 214 of the Nigerian Penal Code a person who has carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature is liable to 14 years imprisonment. Our country should be seeking to repeal this law which is used to criminalize homosexual people, rather than passing a new law which is unnecessary and will fuel prejudice and put the next generation at even higher risk of violence.
Same gender loving people form happy, faithful, loving relationships in the same way as heterosexual people. Their love does not affect the quality of Nigerian society in a negative way but helps to build social stability and maintains the common good. It is time to increase the share of love for each other and banish laws that harm the well being of minorities. If passed, this law will not add to the common good but will bring more hardship to the citizens of our country and sadness to the families of homosexual children. Many LGB&T people who make a positive impact and promote our country are running away to countries where their safety and human rights are protected.
I speak to the conscience of your heart to give justice to all, show love, respect and dignity to everyone one in Nigeria whatever their sexuality, because being gay, straight, bisexual or transgender is not the problem. Our challenge is to discover how we can all join hands and focus on building one Nigeria, promoting peace and creative environment for everyone.


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Wu Zheng was the biological father of Nicole in the Season 5 episode Birthmarks. He was portrayed by actor Raymond Ma. He was the husband of Wu An Lan.
When Nicole approaches him and his wife, he reacts angrily and tells her to leave them alone. When Nicole gets in their way again, her translator has to intervene to apologize. The translator then tells Nicole that Zheng said that they don't have a daughter.


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Lunch had been a quiet affair. I had gotten a tray from the Dining Hall and taken it back to my desk, where I sat in my empty classroom, pouring over papers. The first lesson had gone well, but I had been working straight out of the text, and it was a boring class, especially when I had to teach it three times in a row. "The rules of English." What a joke, Eve was right, rules are made to be broken. Especially with this language. I shook my head, turning back to my papers. Maybe tomorrow, if I could figure out how... Things could get more interesting. Hmm a debate, using the rhetoric, or something. My head hit the desk, I was totally at a loss.
When the bell chimed for the next class to start I jumped, surprised at the sudden sound. No students began to file into my classroom, quickly I pulled my schedule out from beneath a stack of papers, the entire stack fell to the floor. I grimaced, looking at it for a moment, before looking at the schedule in my hand. Planning period. I had the hour off from teaching to plan, but if had already used my lunch for that! I ran out of the classroom. I'd been looking enviously at the beautiful day outside, and I was going for a walk.
I burst out of the building, the sun had warmed the grounds and a light breeze blew from the lake, it was nice. I paused for a moment to enjoy the weather, closing my eyes as the breeze moved across the grounds. I felt so relaxed, the stresses of being a teacher just melted away, for a moment.
Opening my eyes I began my walk, I thought I'd go over to the greenhouses. The herbology teacher had bragged about the exotic plants he was cultivating there. I looked around, the green houses were in the same direction as the lake, but much closer to the school. I started heading in that direction and as I passed the eastern wing, closest to the lake, I saw Eve storm out of the building. She looked to be in a bad mood, and I was wary of approaching, but she looked upset, and I couldn't leave her like that. She had stopped by the shore of the the lake, I walked up until I was a few feet behind her. In my head I went through something to say, Eve, are you ok? Seemed too childish, I still had to prove myself to this girl.
"Miss Ward,"great start Oliver. "why aren't you in class?" The question burst out of me, though it wasn't what I'd been wondering,
"It's Miss Ward now? I thought we were closer than that." Even upset she teased, it didn't bother me this time though.
"Eve, which ever class you are supposed to be in I suggest you go to it. Now." I said it sharper than I meant to, and she seemed to shudder.
"I'd rather be here." She said. I paused for a moment, what could I say to that?
"Eve, I don't know what you think is going on but let me tell you. You're a student, at a school. You do as the teachers tell you, and you learn. That is what you're doing here.What you do in your free time is basically up to you, as long as you don't break the rules, but when school hours begin you follow your timetable. Now get to class or else I'm taking you to the headteacher." I had given a speech, on the benefits of school, I guess this teacher thing really was starting to kick in.
"Oh yeah?" She turned to face me, my confidence dropped, she'd been crying. She lashed out verbally. "Big deal. My mum, how terrifying. What else could she possibly say?"
My concern rushed back, who cared about classes anyways? "What's happened...? Are you okay?"
"Sure. Never better." She snapped, shaking her head. She started marching off towards the trees.
"Eve wait-"
"Sorry, got to get to class. Apparently I'm not allowed to have a moment to myself here." She ran off, leaving me by the lake, wondering at what to do.
I was still standing there when the bell chimed again. I started back to the building, the weight back on my shoulders of my new responsibilities as a teacher. And it looked like it was going to rain.