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Foreskin care
Foreskin care
Key points to remember about foreskin care
- the foreskin is the loose skin that covers and protects the end of the penis
- the foreskin and penis of an infant or child need no special care
- a child's foreskin should never be pulled back (retracted) by force
- there is no need to clean inside the foreskin in young boys; just wash their penis the same as any other part of your son's body and be careful to wash off any soap
- once the foreskin is ready to be pulled back, your son will most probably discover this for himself
- once the foreskin is easily pulled back, your son should learn to do this as part of normal washing in the bath
- make sure he rinses off any soap and pulls the foreskin back over the head of the penis afterwards
What is the foreskin?
The foreskin is the loose skin that covers and protects the end or head (glans) of the penis.
The inside fold of the foreskin is a mucous membrane which keeps the surface of the head of the penis soft, moist and sensitive.
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What care of the foreskin and penis is needed in infants, children and teenagers?
The foreskin and penis of an infant or child need no special care. A child's foreskin should never be pulled back (retracted) by force.
During the first few years of life, the foreskin is stuck to the head of the penis by a membrane (called the synechia). This membrane or connective tissue dissolves naturally – a process that should never be hurried.
The foreskin can be pulled back when its inside surface separates from the head of the penis and the foreskin's opening widens. This process happens naturally in childhood or during puberty, and has usually happened by the age of 18. Even if the head of the penis and the foreskin separate naturally in infancy, the foreskin may still not be able to be pulled back because the opening in an infant's foreskin may only be large enough for the passage of wee (urine).
When a young boy pulls at his foreskin, he usually pulls it outward. This is normal and natural and no cause for concern; he won't hurt himself.
Once the foreskin is ready to be pulled back, your son will most probably discover this for himself. He should be the first person to pull back his foreskin.
Telling your son about pulling back his foreskin beforehand will keep him from becoming alarmed the first time it happens.
How do I teach my son to wash his penis?
There is no need to clean inside the foreskin in young boys. Just wash the penis the same as any other part of your son's body and be careful to wash off any soap. When a boy is old enough to bathe himself, he can wash his own penis.
Once your son can pull back his foreskin, you can talk to him about pulling back his foreskin and washing. A simple explanation of 'how to' may be helpful:
- gently slip your foreskin back
- rinse the head of your penis and the inside fold of your foreskin with warm water
- slip your foreskin back in place over the head of the penis
Tell him to make sure he rinses off any soap before pulling the foreskin back over the head of the penis.
What happens if someone pulls back my son's foreskin too early?
Forcing the foreskin back before the natural separation of the foreskin from the glans has happened causes tearing of the connective tissue. This is painful and can lead to problems:
- tearing the foreskin from the head of the penis leaves an open wound which can lead to infection
- the raw surfaces touching each other can heal together and form areas that stick together (adhesions) between the foreskin and the head of the penis leading to permanent problems with pulling back (retraction)
- small tears in the opening of the foreskin can heal to form non-stretchable scar tissue, possibly causing acquired narrowing (phimosis)
- the foreskin can get 'stuck' behind the head of the penis (paraphimosis)
What is the white lump (smegma) under my son's foreskin?
The white lump (smegma) is made up of the cells that once attached the foreskin to the head of the penis. As new cells form on the head of the penis and the foreskin's inside fold, old cells form pockets that eventually work their way to the tip of the foreskin, where they can eventually be wiped away. So if you see a white lump (smegma) under the foreskin you know that the separation from the head of the penis is occurring naturally.
Why does my son's foreskin 'balloon' when he wees?
This is another indication that the natural separation of the foreskin from the head of the penis is occurring, but the opening of the foreskin is still narrow.
Ballooning can be normal but if it is severe so the flow of wee (urine) is restricted you should seek advice from your family doctor. Encouraging boys to gently try and pull back their foreskin as part of daily hygiene can help. Sometimes a course of steroid cream is needed. Your family doctor can advise you about this.
What if my son's foreskin can't be pulled back (phimosis)?
Phimosis refers to a foreskin that cannot be pulled back because its opening is too small to expand over the head of the penis. This is normal during infancy and childhood. In later childhood if the child is still unable to retract the foreskin, a course of steroid cream can be prescribed which thins the skin and helps it to stretch over the head of the penis. Your GP (general practitioner) can advise you about this.
What causes my son's foreskin to be red (balanitis)?
Sometimes the tip of the foreskin becomes reddened. This indicates the penis is irritated and the foreskin is doing its job of protecting the sensitive head of the penis and the opening in the penis where wee (urine) comes out (urinary meatus).
If children are still in nappies it may be part of nappy rash. When bacteria in the poo (stools, faeces) react with wee (urine), they produce ammonia, which burns the skin and causes nappy rash.
Ways to prevent a reddened foreskin and nappy rash can include the following:
- changing nappies more frequently
- allowing nappy-free times to allow air to circulate and help healing
- soaking in warm baths
- avoiding things that can irritate the skin (such as bubble baths, soap, highly chlorinated water, some laundry powders)
- encouraging your child to drink more so the wee is dilute (not too concentrated)
If the foreskin or penis is red, painful and swollen there may be an infection and you should see your GP (general practitioner).
What about circumcision?
Circumcision is the operation to remove the foreskin. There is no medical reason for routine male circumcision. For more information, see the fact sheet on circumcision on this website.
There is an operation called a dorsal split where the foreskin is cut to widen and loosen the foreskin, without removing any foreskin tissue.
This fact sheet has been adapted, with permission, from:
NOCIRC (National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers) (United States): Answers to your questions about your young son's intact penis. http://www.nocirc.org/publish/pamphlet4.html [Accessed 29/09/2016]
Graphics of the infant and adult penis have also been reproduced from the above source.
This page last reviewed 14 May 2014.
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From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech or not, and in later years he strove long to learn what can be learned, in silence, from the eyes of animals, the flight of birds, the great slow gestures of trees.
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police tell Channel 2 Action News they have identified the suspect in the shooting of a 2-year-old outside a Kroger store.
Police have identified the man as Chazerel Burton. Burton is charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of damage to property.
The shooting happened Wednesday around 1 p.m. outside the Kroger store on North Hairston Road in Stone Mountain.
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Ties That Linked the Rails
Ties That Linked the Rails: Utah's Role in the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Benefits
Keynote address by BYU Professor Fred E. Woods
May 10, 2016, Promontory, Utah
I feel honored to have been selected to provide some remarks at this annual celebration. I keenly sense my responsibility as a keynote speaker to address this vibrant topic. As a boy living in Southern California, I received an electric train set one Christmas which brought me more excitement than I can possibly articulate. I approach this occasion with that same enthusiasm.
Leonard J. Arrington argued, "More than any other single agency the railroad converted a nation of diverse sections into 'one nation, indivisible.'"[1] Today we are now at the crossroads where a monumental task was completed involving an abundance of iron rails and wooden ties. This colossal enterprise stands as a testament to a catalytic transportation transformation. It seems appropriate it would take place in Utah Territory. Here, Utahans completed the transcontinental telegraph and later assisted in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
When the telegraph was completed in Salt Lake City, October 1861, Brigham Young sent a clear signal to President Lincoln, "Utah has not seceded, but is firm for the Constitution and laws of our once happy country." Less than eight years later, on May 10, 1869, hundreds gathered at Promontory to witness another coast to coast completion. The driving of the last spike of the transcontinental railroad reverberated continuity to a once broken nation.[2]
Railroad enthusiast Asa Whitney had strongly asserted that the Pacific Railroad would bring the nation "all together as one family, but with one interest – the common good of all."[3] Promontory was selected to be the place of convergence ending an intense rivalry between the UP and the CP. What Appomattox had been to the North and South, Promontory became to the East and West. Both places were catalytic in binding a nation, now tied together in each cardinal direction.
The moment the final spike was struck, telegraph wires transmitted the simple but momentous communication, D-O-N-E. Instantly news of the completion spread across a nation erupting in celebration. Cannons boomed in cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In Salt Lake City, 7,000 gathered in the Tabernacle for the celebration. Promontory enjoyed bands from Fort Douglas and the Salt Lake City 10th Ward.[4]
As the nationwide celebrations faded, America entered an era of new prosperity with the expansion of commercial ventures. As with our transforming informational age, the uniting of the rails from the Pacific to the Atlantic suddenly brought the world much closer. Soon the first transcontinental freight train left California bound for the east coast transporting Asian teas as well as regular passenger service. Travelers could now cross the continent in a week instead of six months. Previously exorbitant overland travel costs were reduced to a mere $70.00 for emigrant rail passage.[5] Gone were the days of treacherous ocean travel via the Panama route that ended the life of railroad enthusiast Theodore Judah and others.[6] The new rail connection made America's future promising.
Intercontinental trade began to grow extensively. Within a decade of completion, the transcontinental railroad managed to transport $50 million worth of freight across America annually. The connected rails also unlocked markets of the west coast and Asia in the east, (only 5% from Asia and 95% locally),[7] and also carried eastern goods to a blossoming west beyond the rolling waters of Old Man River. Just as the railroad promoted the expansion of commerce in America, it also stimulated intellectual life, a transfer of cosmopolitan culture, and stirred public discourse. Passengers and freight not only traveled faster, but as with the telegraph, it was a pathway for ideas and intellectual stimulation.[8]
Such benefits however, came at a costly price. Constructing the transcontinental railroad required vision, muscle, brains, sweat, and undeviating doggedness. General Wm. Sherman called it a "work of giants." Most of all it demanded tenacious teamwork and many believed the end result would be worth it. As early as 1866, the Rocky Mountain News proclaimed, "The one moral, the one remedy for every evil, social, political, financial, and industrial . . . need of the entire Republic, is the Pacific Railroad."[9]
The building of the railroad completed largely by manual labor. It is hard to imagine the completion of Pacific railroad without the efforts of the Chinese laborers. Charlie Crocker, in an attempt to justify why he wanted to bring Chinese workers on the construction line of the Central Pacific, simply stated, "They built the Great Wall of China, didn't they?" Further, the CP set a record of laying 10 miles of track in one day with a workforce of 90% Chinese!
Not everyone benefitted from the transformative tracks. For the Native Americans, the Iron Horse led to another trail of tears: encroachment, intrusion, and infringement. Abundant buffalo herds were slaughtered by invading whites, ancestral lands lost, and thousands of Natives were thrust onto unwanted reservations. A penetrating statement spoken by a Native American in Dee Brown's classis book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, captures the resentment of a deceived people: "the only promise the white men ever kept was to take our land, and he did."
Nevertheless, in the name of "manifest destiny," the train rolled on, and along with it, promises to yield big dividends. The Central Pacific leadership was made up of the big four: Crocker, Hopkins, Stanford, and Huntington, whose combined business experience was both impressive and influential. For the UP, there was Sherman, Dodge, and the Casement brothers; all former Union generals. Engineers and foreman were also Civil War veterans overseeing many Irish and German immigrants as well as ex-soldiers from both the union and confederate armies. Ambrose argued this enterprise, "could not have been done without the Civil War veterans and their experience. It was the war that taught them how to think big, how to organize grand projects, how to persevere." The work force was made up mostly of Chinese on the CP and Irish on the UP, but critical to both were the Mormon graders under the direction of the American Moses, Brigham Young.[10]
The impact of Utah's contribution in building the transcontinental railroad and her subsequent territorial benefits is a subject that merits attention. Keep in mind that in 1869 Mormons made up 98% of Utah's total population.[11] In this same year, Samuel Bowles, editor and publisher of the Springfield, MA. Republican, observed, "but for the pioneership of the Mormons, discovering the pathway, and feeding those who came out upon it, all this central region of our great West would now be many years behind its present development, and the railroad instead of being finished, would hardly be begun."[12] Further, in his book, History of Utah, Hubert Howe Bancroft wrote, "It was acknowledged by all railroad men that nowhere on the line could the grading compare in completeness and finish with the work done by the people of Utah."[13]
The Mormon grading was not only superior, but their construction camps were conducted in stark contrast to the notorious "hell on wheels" encampments. Instead of boisterousness induced of whiskey, gambling, and soiled doves; the Mormon camp sites operated under orderly and peaceful religious governance. "Twice daily, workers and their families assembled for prayers and on Sundays they attended religious services. . . . Neither swearing nor drunkenness characterized their construction camps."[14] Clarence Reeder, summarized the Mormon efforts to construct the railroad: "A people working together in harmony under the guidance of their religious leaders to accomplish a temporal task which they treated as though it were divinely inspired."[15]
Music in the Mormon camps along the Union Pacific was sometimes provided by the "Rocky Mountain Glee Club," comprised of the laborers. Home spun songs were sung by Latter-day Saints around the campfires, including this one written by Mormon grader, James Crane:
At the head of great Echo
The railway's begun
The Mormons are cutting
And grading like fun.
They say they'll stick to it
Till it is complete,
When friends and relations
They're longing to meet."[16]
Another preferred Latter-day Saint song was:
Hurrah, hurrah, the railroad's begun.
Three cheers for the contractor, his name Brigham Young.
Hurrah, hurrah, we are faithful and true
And if we stick to it, it's bound to go through.[17]
An estimated five thousand Utahans did "stick to it," laboring for both the UP and the CP, whose supervisors were complimentary of the grading, trestlework, bridge-building, tunneling, and furnishing of ties completed in Utah.[18]
John J. Stewart wrote, "No state nor people figures more prominently in the story of the Pacific Railroad than do Utah and Utahans, particularly the Mormons. Mormon pioneers blazed the trail for much of the route of the railroad. The Mormon empire in the Great Basin provided much of the incentive for construction of the railroad. Mormons were among the first to petition Congress to construct the railroad. Brigham Young was one of the very first to subscribe to Union Pacific stock. Mormons provided much of the labor and capital in construction of the railroad, doing some of the surveying on Union Pacific and the grading on both Central Pacific and Union Pacific through Utah.
It was in Utah that the railroad was completed. Ogden, Utah, became the terminal point and the junction for the two railroad companies. Utah was site of one of the first branch lines on the Pacific Railroad." The Utah Central ran 37 miles from Ogden to Salt Lake City. The last spike, driven by the American Moses, Brigham Young, had inscribed upon it (along with the mallet he used) "holiness to the Lord." Stewart continues, "And Utah was to a peculiar degree both benefactor and beneficiary of the railroad, both as to passenger service and freight, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints utilized the railroad greatly with its missionary and immigration programs, and the mining industry could be developed extensively only with the aid of railroad facilities."[19]
Some argued that Latter-day Saints did not want a railroad coming into Utah, the Mormon Mecca in the West, as it would disturb their cultural isolation. According to Samuel Bowles, Brigham Young was quick to respond to this claim: "It must indeed be a damned poor religion if it cannot stand one railroad."[20] Utah's consensus was that the benefits would outweigh the potential challenges. National newspapers boasted that Mormons would be crushed by gentile influence when the railroad reached Utah. Utah's citizens soon recognized they would no longer be isolated, so they created programs to insulate their people. This was done through a variety of LDS church programs: a school of the prophets, the women's Relief Society re-emerged, and agricultural and manufacturing cooperatives, enabling increased self-sufficient. In addition, the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) was established to handle the purchase and distribution of wholesale items to shore up the city of the Saints.[21]
LDS Church leader, John Taylor stated, "It has been thought and charged by some that we are averse to improvements, and that we disliked the approach of the railroad. Never was a greater mistake. We have been cradled in the cities of the new and old worlds, where we have built locomotives, steamboats, gas works, and telegraph lines. . . . We have always been the advocates of improvement of the arts, science, literature, and general progress; and whilst we abjure evils, the follies, the crimes, and many of the lamentable adjuncts of civilization, we are always first and foremost in everything that tends to ennoble and exalt mankind. . . . We meet in friendly conclave with distinguished gentlemen connected with the eastern and western divisions of the railroad. . . . We hail these gentlemen as brothers in art, science, progress and civilization. . . . We will bare our arms and nerve our muscles to aid in the completion of this great cord of brotherhood which is already reaching our borders."[22]
LDS leader, George A. Smith noted, "We started from Nauvoo in February, 1846, to make a road to the Rocky Mountains. A portion of our work was to hunt for the railroad. We located a road to Council Bluffs, bridging the streams, and I believe it has been pretty nearly followed by the railroad. In April 1847, President Young and one hundred and forty-three pioneers left Council Bluffs, and located and made the road to the site of this city [Salt Lake City]. A portion of our labor was to seek out the way for a railroad across the continent, and every place we found that seemed difficult for laying the rails we searched out a way for the road to go around or through it."[23]
Mormon pioneer Jacob Weiler noted, "In April, 1847, I was chosen to be one of the hundred and forty four men and three women with Brigham Young as our leader . . . . Many times when gathered around the camp fire we would plan and talk over the future of our dreary wastes through which we were traveling. I remember more than once the possibility of a railroad to the Pacific was spoken of as being in the near future."[24]
Brigham Young stated, "I do not suppose we traveled one day from the Missouri here, but what we looked for a track where the rails could be laid with success, for a railroad through this Territory to the Pacific Ocean. This was long before the gold was found, when this Territory belonged to Mexico. We never went through the canyons or worked our way over the dividing ridges without asking where the rails could be laid. When we came here over the hills and plains in 1847 we made our calculations for a railroad across the country. . . . We want the benefits of the railroad for our emigrants so that after they land in New York they may get on board the cars and never leave them again until they reach this city."[25]
The thousands of European converts gathering to an American Zion in weeks, rather than months, was chief among the railroad benefits. With the transportation revolution of steam power, instead of a 54 day voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans or 38 days of ocean travel to New York, the passage across the Atlantic was reduced to only eleven days and over America in just a week.
Initially, employment on the railroad provided Utah an immediate solution to a devastating problem. In 1868, Mormons first contracted to work for the Pacific railroad at a time when an insect infestation had brought the Saints to their knees. Crops were ruined, farmers were out of work, families need to be fed, and there was a shortage of cash. Work on the railroad was a God-send.
Lewis Barney wrote, "The grasshoppers put in their appearance and destroyed our Crops it seemed that every avenue was Closed And the saints Cut off from supplies But the Lord who had brought them safe through all their troubles had not forsaken them For at this Critical time President Young was requested to take a heavy contract on the union pacific Railroad which he accepted this gave the Saints Labor for which they got Cash Clothing and provisions."[26] In late May of 1868, Orson Pratt writing to Brigham Young stated, "Much of our wheat in this settlement is eaten off by the grasshoppers; consequently several are ready to go to work on the rail road."[27]
In addition, Milando Pratt recalled, "The grasshoppers had eaten up my crop. . . . These pestilential migrators were no respecters of alighting places when night overtook them, for they would settle down upon the Great Salt Lake which pickled them in its briny waters by the hundreds of thousands of tons and then cast their carcases ashore until a great wall from 2 to 5 ft. in depth and from 3 to 9 or 10 ft. in width of these inanimate pests was formed for miles around the lake's shore. And oh what a stench did this lifeless mass make. . . . Great clouds of grasshoppers flew over these Intermountain vallies, and would darken the sun like a misty fog, and when night overtook them, they would alight upon the ground and devour the crops wherever within their reach. This grasshopper plague was the incentive cause . . . to cease farming and go to railroad work."[28]
Along with employment, there was the hope of an expanded market to transport local goods to a national market. Further, steel tracks could transport large granite stones for the Latter-day Saint temple, a distance of 20 miles from Little Cottonwood Canyon to Salt Lake City. Instead of taking several days to carry a load of stone from the quarry, it took about an hour. In addition, with increased visitors to Utah, the Mormons hoped that prejudices would soften towards the City of the Saints.[29]
Hope was realized when Mrs. Frank Leslie (wife of the famed New York publisher) took a trip by rail to Utah the following decade. Leslie perceived the impressive industry of the Saints that made the desert blossom as the rose and observed that Utah's citizens were "'better fed, better dressed, and better mannered' than other Westerners, and lived in neater cottage, amid flowers and garden produce in profusion." Although she could not yet come to grips with the practice of polygamy, Leslie admitted, "roses are better than sage-brush, and potatoes and peas preferable as a diet to buffalo grass. Also schoolhouses, with cleanly and comfortable troops of children about them, are a symptom of more advanced civilization than lonely shanties with only fever-and-ague and whisky therein."[30]
But the transcontinental railroad was larger than a window to the Mormon Mecca or to benefit Utah's inhabitants alone. It was built with the aim of producing more opportunities for all Americans to profit thereby and with the hope of generating greater national unity. Providentially, the words engraved upon the golden spike read: "May God continue the unity of our country as this railroad unites the two great oceans of the world."
On the day of dedication, Reverend J. Todd of Pittsfield, Massachusetts offered a prayer stating, "Our Father and God . . . we have assembled here, this day, upon the height of the continent from varied sections of our country, to do homage to Thy wonderful name, in that Thou hast brought this mighty enterprise, combining the commerce of the east with the gold of the west to so glorious a completion. . . . We here consecrate this great highway for the good of Thy people. O God, we implore Thy blessing upon it . . . that this mighty enterprise may be unto us as the Atlantic of Thy strength and the Pacific of Thy love."[31]
I conclude with a hope that we remember the immense price paid by a large body of men to complete this enormous undertaking. I pay tribute to the collective calloused hands, aching arms, strained backs, and blistered feet of the men who leveled the path and laid the rails under unrelenting circumstances. Regardless of size or strength, these diverse human beings linked rails that tied the nation together and prospered the whole. As we walk in the diversity of our daily lives, may we too leave tracks and form ties with the aim of benefitting the greater whole. Remembering our common humanity will keep our nation united and lay the rails for generations to come.
[1] Leonard J. Arrington, "The Transcontinental Railroad and the Development of the West," Utah Historical Quarterly vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 1969), 4.
[2] Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), 368, notes, coincidentally that Theodore Judah, the railroad visionary, and his wife Ann Ferona, commenced their wedding union on this same day.
[3] David Howard Bain, Empire Express: Building the Transcontinental Railroad (New York: Penguin Books, 1999), 14.
[4] Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World, 363, 366.
[5] Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World, 369.
[6] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-impact/
[7] Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World, 371.
[8] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-impact/ See also http://gtgtechnologygroup.com/transcontinental-railroad/ which notes reduced time to travel and cost.
[9] Rocky Mountain News, 1866, cited in http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/intercity/perspective-the-northeast-corridor-has-nothing-on-us%E2%80%9D.html
[10] Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World, 18-19.
[11] http://www.city-data.com/states/Utah-History.html Leonard J. Arrington, "The Transcontinental Railroad and the Mormon Economic Policy," Pacific Historical Review, vol. 20, no. 2 (May, 1951), 157, put the LDS population for the year 1869 at about 75,000.
[12] John J. Stewart, The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969), 176.
[13] Hubert Howe Bancroft History of Utah (San Francisco: History Company, 1890), 754.
[14] http://npshistory.com/series/archeology/rmr/16/clr2d.htm
[15] Clarence Reeder, "A History of Utah's Railroads," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Utah (1959), cited in Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World, 287.
[16] Wesley S. A. Griswold, A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962), 270
[17] Cited in Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World, 286.
[18] Leonard J. Arrington, "The Transcontinental Railroad and the Development of the West," Utah Historical Quarterly vol. 37, no. 1 (Winter 1969), 10.
[19] Stewart, The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969), 175.
[20] Samuel Bowles, Our New West (Hartford, CT, 1869), 260.
[21] Stewart, The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969), 184.
[22] Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 2, 238-239.
[23] Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 2, 239.
[24] Autobiographical sketch of life and labors of Jacob Weiler, cited in https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/sources/4462/weiler-jacob-autobiographical-sketch-1892-1895, 3-4.
[25] Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, vol. 2, 240-41.
[26] Autobiography and Diary of Lewis Barney.
[27] Letter of Orson Hyde to Brigham Young, May 27, 1868, CR 1234/1, Reel 53, box 40, fd 6, CHL.
[28] Milando Pratt [Autobiographical Sketch], pp. 7-8, 12, Utah State Historical Society.
[29] http://emp.byui.edu/PyperL/New%20EM%20Lessons/EM_8.htm
[30] Leonard J. Arrington, Great Basin Kingdom (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, paperback ed. 1966), 239.
[31] "The Proceedings at Promontory Summit," Deseret News, May 10, 1869.
Craig L. Foster's Review of "Conversations with Mormon Historians"
Review of Alexander L. Baugh and Reid L. Neilson, eds., Conversations with Mormon Historians, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in cooperation with Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 2015. pp.580 + xv, including index. $34.99.
Abstract: Conversations with Mormon Historians is a compilation of interviews with sixteen Latter-day Saint scholars. The book reveals why they went into their chosen professions, their rise to prominence as historians, and their thoughts regarding important topics such as the Prophet Joseph Smith and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Part of understanding history is to understand the historians who wrote it. In other words, to truly grasp historical interpretations and perspectives, we need to know the historians behind the works of historical writing. Only then can we recognize how and why various historical events and people are being portrayed. . . .
See the full review here.
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RSC as Professional Preparation
"The Religious Studies Center has been an important part of my professional success. At the RSC I received professional job training while I was a student and was able to work on professional projects, which prepared me for employment as an editor after I graduated. Learning from professionals there was invaluable, and I was able to hone the skills I gained in class by working on real-world projects. I could also see that knowledge in action and broaden its scope. In my editing work I have relied on the knowledge of the publishing process I gained at the RSC. I also made lifelong friends and associates there. I am incredibly grateful for all the RSC taught me."
—Elizabeth Pinborough, former RSC editing intern and now writer at Church Publishing Services Department
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RSC Authors at 2016 MHA Conference
Join us for the 2016 MHA Conference June 9–12 at Snowbird Resort's beautiful Cliff Lodge. To register, click this link. Sign up soon because the Early Bird discount ends on Saturday, May 7. The following RSC authors will speak:
Jonathan A. Stapley, "Mormon Ordination: Texts, Powers, and Priesthoods"
Clinton D. Christensen, "Racial Perception and the Priesthood: Practice Among Latin American and Caribbean Saints"
Matthew C. Godfrey, "A Season of Blessings: What We Learn about Ordination and Patriarchal Blessings in Kirtland, Ohio, from the Joseph Smith Papers"
Jill Mulvey Derr, "How Women Created and Negotiated Their Institutional Presence: Emergent Narratives from Key Documents in The First Fifty Years of Relief Society"
John C. Thomas, "Ambivalence Lost? Remembering and Forgetting Unknown Tongues"
Brant W. Ellsworth, "Portals to the Past: Reflexivity and the Study of Memories"
Casey Paul Griffiths, "Young, Progressive, and in Love: Joseph F. Merrill, Laura Hyde, and the Origins of Latter-day Saint and PR Man"
Richard E. Turley Jr., Roundtable and Audience Discussion: Global Practice
Richard L. Bushman, "The Council of Fifty Minutes—An Initial Scholarly Appraisal"
Richard E. Bennett, "The Council of Fifty Minutes—An Initial Scholarly Appraisal"
Tona Hangen, "Performing Trek: Becoming 'Pioneer Children' in the Digital Age"
Laura Harris Hales, "Legal Briefs or Pastorals? The LDS Church's Three Official Statements on Marriage and Family"
Barbara E. Morgan and R. Devan Jensen, "Line Upon Line: Joseph Smith's Growing Understanding of Families and Heaven"
Jennifer Brinkerhoff-Platt, "A Cultural Perspective on Latter-day Saint Eternal Family Discourse"
Brett D. Dowdle, "Promised Gatherings to Promised Lands: Mormon Gatherings, Early Zionism, and Orson Hyde's 1840 Mission to Jerusalem"
Samuel Brown, "'To Read the Sound of Eternity': Speech, Text, and Scripture in the Book of Mormon"
Terryl Givens, "The Book of Mormon and the Reshaping of Covenant Theology"
Ugo Perego, "Was Joseph Smith the Biological Father of Josephine Lyon? The Genetic Evidence"
Brian Hales, "Polyandry and the 'Offer' Mentioned in D&C 132:51"
Kenneth L. Alford, "The Utah War's 1858 Move South Viewed through Women's Eyes"
William P. MacKinnon, "Rescued or Kidnapped: The Trans-Atlantic Saga of Henrietta Polydore"
Patrick Q. Mason, "Twentieth-Century Environmental Politics in the Mormon Culture Region"
Kate Holbrook, "Mothers at Work: A Look at the 1970s"
Dave Hall, "Changing Realities for Mormon Women: The Gospel Literacy Effort During the Presidency of Elaine L. Jack"
Stephen J. Fleming, "When Did Joseph Smith Know What He Knew? Hints at Pre-Existence, Deification, and Eternal Marriage in the Book of Mormon"
Janiece Johnson, "Becoming A People of the Books: Early Mormon Converts and the New Word of the Lord"
Scott C. Esplin, "Changing Their Practice: Latter-day Saint and Reorganized Church Approaches to Historical"
Andrew H. Hedges, "Practice in the Papers: News from Utah, 1847–49"
Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, "Agriculture, Adversaries, and Apostasy: Joseph Smith's Unpublished Revelation and the Conflict over Frederick G. Williams' Consecrated Farm"
Justin R. Bray, "The Nose Knows: Mormons, Smell, and Sensory History"
Reid L. Neilson, "'A Fine Intellectual and Spiritual Opportunity': Church Historian Leonard J. Arrington's Tour of the LDS Church's Asian Area General Conferences, August 1975
Ardis E. Parshall, "'The Matter is Having My Close Attention': Discoveries into Winston Churchill's Investigation of Mormonism in Britain"
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"The Worldwide Church": A Kaleidoscopic Collection
In a new book titled The Worldwide Church: Mormonism as a Global Religion, noted authors discuss the history and challenges inherent to the growing global nature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ranging from India to Taiwan to Africa, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and Russia. The volume is bookended by keynote addresses by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, and Terryl Givens, professor at the University of Richmond. The book is edited by Michael A. Goodman and Mauro Properzi, professors of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University, and copublished by the BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book.
The book features stories of pioneering members worldwide. Rosemarie Howard, reviewer for the Deseret News, writes, "This kaleidoscopic collection of papers offers insights as well as faith-promoting stories and experiences illustrating the multifaceted and expanding international nature of the LDS Church." To see the complete review, click here. To buy a copy, visit here.
German Ambassador Receives "Called to Teach"
His Excellency Peter Wittig, German ambassador to the United States, presented a lecture on April 6, 2016, hosted by the Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University. On behalf of the university, author LeGrand (Buddy) Richards presented Ambassador Wittig with a copy of Called to Teach: The Legacy of Karl G. Maeser at a luncheon hosted by BYU president Kevin J Worthen. The book was published by the Religious Studies Center.
Karl G. Maeser has rightfully been called the spiritual architect not only of Brigham Young University but also of the Church Educational System. As the first superintendent of Church Education, he helped found and maintain over fifty academies and schools from Canada to Mexico. He helped develop the public education system in Utah and helped establish the Utah Teachers Association. The students he taught personally included future United States senators and members of the House of Representatives, a United States Supreme Court justice, university presidents, and many General Authorities. He translated twenty-nine hymns and about a third of the Doctrine and Covenants into German and founded Der Stern, the Church's German magazine (now called the Liahona).
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Designing Success at the RSC
After being here [at the RSC] for about two and a half years, my time here is soon coming to an end. During that time, I've participated in five different internships, several of which were quite competitive, and published several articles and one award-winning children's book. After looking back, I can comfortably say that I couldn't have accomplished even a fraction of what I did without the opportunities, experiences, and knowledge that I gained here at the RSC.
I'm certain I could not have learned as much as I did in any class offered at BYU. I learned things about editing that they didn't cover in the copyediting classes, and I was able to master InDesign and become incredibly proficient with Photoshop. I learned so much about publishing and academia in general, and I got the opportunity to digitize maps, which I've found I really enjoy. For all these things, again I have all of you to thank, along with some of the other students.
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Pitt's Spring Game Draft doesn't operate under the same conditions as most selection processes. The unique style displayed itself in the form of the draft's No. 1 overall pick.
It wasn't James Conner or Jordan Whitehead. Rather, the Blue team tabbed offensive tackle Brian O'Neill to start Wednesday's proceedings.
"I thought that was a strength of our team," fellow tackle and Blue team captain Adam Bisnowaty said. "We started off there and worked our way, we have a lot guys inside on the offensive line so we have a lot of guys in there and we have a strong offensive line for our quarterback."
The structure of the Spring Game Draft is such that each position is chosen during a single round. What position is drafted is determined by the player chosen at the start of the draft.
So, when the Blue team drafted O'Neill first, the rest of the offensive tackles were chosen to close out the first round. As a result, an additional element of strategy enters the fold and Bisnowaty's group capitalized.
"I'm pretty sure our offensive line is one of the best in the country," Bisnowaty said. "Last year we were up for the Joe Moore Award, I think this year we're going to win it so I think come this fall we're going to have the best line in the country."
The Blue team drafted O'Neill to pair with captain Adam Bisnowaty and left the Gold team thin at the position while it tries to protect one of its captains, Nathan Peterman Saturday. While Peterman will likely wear a red jersey at Heinz Field, strategy permeated the draft as chosen by the seniors.
Peterman, Mike Caprara, Scott Orndoff, Dorian Johnson, Tyrique Jarrett, Chris Blewitt, Jaymar Parrish, John Guy and Chris Wuestner captained the Gold team. Bisnowaty, Ejuan Price, Dontez Ford, Matt Galambos, Reggie Mitchell, Terrish Webb, Shakir Soto, Bam Bradley, Ryan Lewis and Pat Quirin were drafted by the coaching staff as the Blue team's captains.
Peterman was pleased with the Gold team's draft, as his group added kicker Alec Schuster to Blewitt and punter Ryan Winslow to seemingly gain an edge in the special teams game.
"I think it was our best draft," Peterman said. "We're really confident about our picks, they actually played into our hands perfectly."
The presence of Caprara, who knows all three linebacker spots, also allowed the Gold team to choose another Money linebacker in Saleem Brightwell. Caprara will move to the middle while Brightwell will play the Money, allowing the Gold's linebacker group added versatility and depth.
"I don't think it's necessarily the question if I want to play middle but the fact that we have depth of guys," Caprara said. "There's a lot of things going on in the spring game, and the spring game atmosphere itself, we just want to have a lot of depth so we get a good rotation and keep guys fresh."
Blue countered by drafting the one long snapper available in Jake Knight with starter Pat Quirin was already on the team as a captain. As a result, fullback Nate Bossory will likely take on snapping duties for the Gold on special teams which could present challenges. That allowed the Blue team to choose two defensive tackles in the final round.
Perhaps the biggest surprise pick Wednesday was when the Gold team made Chawntez Moss the first running back chosen. Moss, an early-enrollee from the Class of 2016, was selected before Darrin Hall and ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year Qadree Ollison.
Head coach Pat Narduzzi says Moss has impressed in practice and scrimmages of later, but expects Moss will face much pressure heading into Saturday's game.
"I don't know if that was against the third defense or the second defense but they have the image that he's made plays," Narduzzi said. "It's a tribute to what he's done and if I'm the second or third or fourth tailback taken, I would imagine they'll come out and run pretty hard."
After the Blue team chose Hall, the Gold took Rachid Ibrahim and left Ollison as the last back chosen. Peterman wants to see what Moss does with the spotlight.
"We knew we couldn't have a wrong pick basically," Peterman said. "We think Chawntez brings a little burst and we'll see what he can do Saturday. We want to put him in a situation where he can make some plays for us."
Narduzzi said he wasn't surprised by the order the players were drafted, and liked seeing how the Panthers understood the importance of generating depth for Saturday's game.
"That tells you what the kids understand about depth on your chart," Narduzzi said. "You've got to have it at every position and I think you're a stronger unit when you have it because eventually you're going to need that guy."


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Internet Technologies – Assignment 1
You are assigned the task to develop the software necessary that will provide all the features of a client/server Internet Shopping Application. The particular shop that you wish to develop is up to you. There are many shops available on the internet where you can buy items such as domestic appliances, books, computers and baked beans; the style and user interface of an internet shop varies according to the type of item being sold. You are advised to browse around various sites to get some ideas of how the client user interface appears to the shopper. You might also care to consider what must be happening on the server in order to keep the shop's database up-to-date.
There are many aspects of internet programming and database design that you will need to learn and develop; it is right that you get credit for all you have done. It may be that your software is not complete, but this should not detract from the work that you have done. You might have developed a prototype for your application, but which has no real functionality. So that you can get credit for all you have done, you are required to maintain a portfolio that shows the work you have done and how your software has been developed. The aim of the assignment is to develop an internet shop; towards the end of the module your tutor will launch your shop application and see how it works. In order for your tutor to fully understand what is happening in your application, and so that you can point out particular features, you will need to provide a technical user guide that describes how the user interface operates and how it interacts with software and databases running on the server.
Your portfolio will contain details of how your application has been developed. There are many aspects that you will need to consider: you might need to develop web pages, test programs, simple databases, database queries, application server programs, etc. Each significant stage in the development of your application should be documented and included in your portfolio. It will be to your advantage to save your development work so that, even if you do not complete the implementation, you can still demonstrate the work that you have done. You will want your portfolio to be presented to a high standard so that you can show prospective employers your knowledge and understanding of the subject. It is also important that you demonstrate your understanding by ensuring that your portfolio does not include irrelevant material; good documentation explains thoroughly and concisely. Remember that the reader of your portfolio is not simply an internet shopper or novice programmer but a potential employer whom you wish to impress with your technical ability and communication skills.
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Chapter 4 - Sold to a Stranger
A light mist blankets my meadow. I say 'my meadow' because this is the only place where I feel I belong, where I find peace, where I see life. Everything has its season. When something dies, another grows to take its place. I witness an endless circle of life.
Above me, a songbird croons its high pitched tribute to the rising sun. Its compatriots join it, their voices blending together in one glorious chorus of song. The green blades of grass are spattered with droplets of dew. I walk lightly, letting the drops bathe my bare feet.
A cool breeze, scented with vanilla and cherry undertones from heliotropes, the syrup sweet grape fragrance from mountain laurels, and other myriads of fragrances that I cannot distinguish, kisses my cheeks gently. I breathe in the air, filling myself with it. I feel light, untroubled, free, peaceful, as if all my worries, cares and woes floated away with the morning breeze.
The sun has finally risen above the horizon. The rays reflect off the dew, making it shine like diamonds. The mist around me has dissolved into nothingness.
If only the darkness in my life were like mere mist. The sun would dispel it from my life.
My question is: Where is the sun?
My answer is: I don't know.
I trudge on, weaving a path through the long grass to my cherry blossom tree. Before long it comes into my view.
The branches have been stripped of the beautiful pink and white blossoms. I wonder if my life was like that, laden with beauty and happiness, before something came along and left it bare. The blossoms lay around the tree, in various stages of decay. Save for one. I pick it up and tuck it in my tresses.
The Witch seems to be in deep conversation with the man. Hopefully, she won't notice me.
I walk as quietly as I can, hardly daring to breathe. My escapades usually merited a clout to the ear, along with no food for an entire day.
But of course, with my luck, it is futile to wish that I go unnoticed.
"Nera, come here right now!" She rasps.
I force my feet to move towards her, keeping my face devoid of all emotion. "Yes, Mrs. Gertrude?"
"This man here wants an efficient servant to assist him for various tasks. He has agreed to pay me for your services."
"What must I do?"
"Whatever he tells you to do. You will go with him."
In other words, I am sold to a stranger. I knew this would come one day, but I never did fathom that it would be so soon.


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WASHINGTON TALK: BRIEFING; On Job Security
By IRVIN MOLOTSKY AND WARREN WEAVER Jr.
Published: March 2, 1987
Top White House positions rarely come with any guarantee of job security, and these days their occupants are even less inclined to boast tenure. Last week at a dinner for Brookings Institution trustees, Frank C. Carlucci, President Reagan's new national security adviser, heard a series of tributes to Bruce K. MacLaury, observing his 10th anniversary as president of Brookings. When Mr. Carlucci was introduced to speak, he said, ''I don't expect to be around to get my 10-year pin.''


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USD/CHF Records New Lows in a Sharp Bearish Resumption
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Prev: EUR/CHF, GBP/CHF, and USD/CHF Back from the Abyss (Video)
Pullback Over, Bearish Continuation:
- The USD/CHF was in a correction last week, rallying to an important pivot at 0.8280.
- It was not able to push above, and ended the last week threatening to resume the bearish trend.
- We start this week with a strong signal for the resumption of the bear run as a strong 4H marabuzo type of making fresh record lows (currently at 0.8020).
- Note the RSI reading in the 4H chart failing to break above 60, and now falling below 30. This confirms that the market has the momentum for the bearish continuation scenario.
Bearish Targets:
- The bearish targets seen in the daily chart are 1)a range breakout projection to 0.7960 and 2) Swing projection to 0.7850.
Fundamental Factors:
- The main fundamental factor for the USD/CHF is going to be how the market reacts to the debt ceiling vote in the US, and how its government deals with the budget deficit.
- August 2nd could provide a temporal pivot for a correction especially if the market has completed a wave equality to 0.7850 or at even lower price levels.
- While we can expect some correction rally attempts after making fresh record lows, politics as usual can pressure the USD/CHF later in August.
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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by Doctor32, Mar 11, 2008.
My mama said, "Speak yo mine, Boy," so I say this mock ducks! :bang2:
I was wondering why his name wasn't ringing a bell with me. So, he is projected in the 3rd, but we will take him in the 1st? Interesting. Thanks for the link.
I really like Justin King. The kid is a great talent and blazing fast. He is a development player though. He would be a damn good pick as long as he had time to develop. King will be a starting CB in this league, just probably not as a rookie.
Considering we have our starting CBs next season, I wouldn't be overly upset by drafting King. It would depend on who was still on the board when we took him.
He went to high school near me and played at PSU obviously. I can't imagine there is a better athlete at corner in this draft, even DRC, but it never translated to the field for King. I've said previously, I don't know if it was scheme, coaching, or King's fault. I wouldn't mind drafting him, but not in the first round.
That being said where was Quincy Carter projected to go? Jerry doesn't seem to mind drafting a guy a full 2 rounds ahead of where he's projected. Hopefully those days are long gone.
I agree completely. I think this kid is going to be very good in this league. Speed wise, to say he is fast falls short. (4.31 40 @ Combine) King ran down Rashard Mendenhall from behind who just happen to run a 4.45 40 at the combine.
Both those players could be available in the 2nd round.
So basically you think he's the best, but have absolutely no facts to back it up other than placing the blame on the world around him?
How about a thumb to the eye?
My opinion is he is going to be pretty damn good when it's all said and done. What I mean by that is he very well could end up being the best CB to come out of this years draft.
Now, that by no means says he *IS* the best CB in the draft. I think he is less developed than some of the others at this point. Without question though, there is a valid possibility his ceiling is higher than any of the other CBs in the draft. DRC is the other I believe could have the highest ceiling. In the first round, I take McKelvin or DRC before King though. They, I believe are more ready to take the field. I'm not sure King is even ready to be a 3rd cornor.
Of course as with any draft prospects, there is always the possibility of him being a bust.
That is the key. #22 is far too long of a reach for King.
...and by the 59th pick, he will be long gone.
I don't understand where the "less developed" argument comes from. He started for two seasons in the Big 10.
I do agree that Rogers-Cromartie also has a high ceiling but the basis for most of my opinions come from studying players going against NFL caliber competition. I couldn't care less that a player dominates a future insurance salesman, I want to see what he does against other players who'll have NFL careers. Unfortunately there's very little film of that on him so he's very difficult to get a good read on. I've also heard a few rumblings of some personal issues with him but I haven't confirmed any of them.
I was one of the few who had Aaron Ross as the best corner in last year's draft. A lot of even the most ardent Longhorn proponents were down on him for some reason and there was bashing when the Giants selected him. It's difficult to base a projection on only his rookie year but it seems as though my opinion has been justified.
I saw where you quoted someone who wanted "facts". Facts are great if the draft was an exact science where a ratio of measurables to statistics yielded an accurate result. It's not, it's an artfom where science such as measurables come into play. Throw in the unknowns such as injuries and it really is a crap shoot.
If we gonna take a CB with the 1st pick, i rather us take McKelvin, the guy looks like a shutdown CB..
Carucci had him off of the board at #7 to New England.
It makes more sense as the Draft approaches that they draft that kid, and re-sign Ty Law to make up for their losses in Free Agency.
NE wants to re-sign Law back? well that makes sense for them..That cromartie guy looks solid also..
McKelvin is gonna be good
from what little ive seen he has great ball skills
oh no doubt
I havent seen too many that I really like so far though
The less developed agument is my opinion. I think other CB in the draft are more polished in their techniques. I think he needs more time like many other draft choices have needed. You never know, sometimes it click somwhere betwen their last college game and the start of the season. Guys come out and play great. I don't think he is going to come out like that. I think he is going to need some time.
For the record, I felt Darrelle Revis was the best CB coming out last year. Of course, I felt Ross needed more development. He ended up doing pretty well with 1.5 sacks, 3 INTs, 11PDs while playing in fifteen games and starting nine of them.


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