She also developed nausea and vomiting and photophobia over this time interval. On physical examination at initial presentation to our hospital, she was found to have nuchal rigidity, but otherwise her neurological examination was unremarkable. A noncontrast computer tomography (CT) scan revealed a heterogeneous very low attenuation lesion extending from the floor of the anterior cranial fossa superiorly along the falx, with diffuse scattered areas of low-attenuation throughout the subarachnoid space and lateral ventricles. These areas of low attenuation resembled the appearance of pneumocephalus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed a large multi-lobulated lesion extending along the floor of the left anterior and middle cranial fossae that was hyperintense on T1 weighted sequences at all locations except at the skull base attachment at the planum sphenoidale, where itventricular contents of the ruptured cyst were approached through a small corticectomy in the middle frontal gyrus. The frontal horn of the lateral ventricle was entered, where a large amount of fatty material expressed itself under pressure. Sebaceous material and hair were removed from a contained cyst that was dissected away from the surrounding ependyma. The sub-frontal exposure allowed access to the remainder of the cyst at the skull base, where it was dissected away from the optic nerve and the carotid artery in a piecemeal fashion and away from the dura of the skull base. During the dissection, and at the conclusion of the case, the ventricular system and subarachnoid space were thoroughly irrigated with saline solution.

Once a gross total removal of the cyst was achieved, communication


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San Francisco Giants star Hunter Pence suffered a broken left forearm during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs when he was hit by a pitch. He began his rehab assignment May 8 and was activated May 16.

Continue for updates.

Pence Activated from DL

Saturday, May 16

The Giants announced they activated Pence from the disabled list ahead of Saturday's game against the Cincinnati Reds. They also optioned Hector Sanchez to Triple-A Sacramento in a corresponding move.

Giants beat writer Andrew Baggarly provided the team's full lineup:

Pence, an anchor in the heart of the San Francisco order, hit .277 last season with 20 home runs, 74 RBI and 13 stolen bases. He made the All-Star team and also helped carry the Giants to the championship with a .333 postseason battingPAPERBACKS

PAPERBACKS; 1939: THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN PAPERBACK

By RAY WALTERS

Published: April 30, 1989

''OUT TODAY - THE NEW POCKET BOOKS THAT MAY REVOLUTIONIZE NEW YORK'S READING HABITS.'' The advertisement announced Pocket Books' intention ''to open up new frontiers of literature . . . by distributing low-priced books.'' The 4 1/2-inch-by-6 1/2-inch volumes, bound in brightly colored paper covers, cost 25 cents and were sold at drugstores and newsstands as well as bookstores and department stores.

The first 10 titles reflected several years of marketing research. Three were the bases of successful movies: Emily Bronte's ''Wuthering Heights,'' Thorne Smith's ''Topper'' and James Hilton's ''Lost Horizon.'' Also included were Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey''; Agatha Christie's mystery story ''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd''; and ''Shakespeare's Five


Great Tragedies.'' In its first year, Pocket Books sold a total of six million copies, most notably at outlets where magazines were sold. In the summer of 1939, the British paperback pioneer Penguin Books began selling its line in the United States. (See page 25.)that she

followed the suspects throughout the store. Both Martinez and his wife had a

cart, and Cook observed the couple pick up items and place them in the carts.

After about an hour, Martinez placed a cooler in his cart and proceeded to the

electronic section; Cook stated that he stopped in front of the phone display,

picked up the cooler and set it on the side of the shopping cart, and began

placing all the items in the basket into the cooler. After the cooler was filled,

Cook observed Velina leave and return a short time later with another cooler and

fill it up with the merchandise in her cart.

      After all the items were placed in the coolers, Cook followed the couple

toward the front of the store. Cook


told the jury that she saw Martinez look

around, bypass the registers, and head straight for the door.       Martinez was

behind his wife, and therefore, Velina was the first to walk through the doors into

the vestibule. As soon as Velina walked through the theft detectors and the first

set of doors, Cook stepped in front of her cart blocking her exit. Cook testified

that she attempted to talk to both Martinez and his wife, but they refused to stay

and left without making any attempt to pay.

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by tweeting about it or contacting other people in any way he chooses. Participants might communicate through the use of a predetermined Twitter hashtag, or they might use a third-party Twitter application such as TweetChat (`http://tweetchat.com`), shown in Figure 3-16, to make the tweet chat easier to follow. Furthermore, tweet chats can consist of a free-flowing conversation or follow an agenda with one person acting as the leader.

Informal tweet chats can happen spontaneously. For example, someone might begin tweeting about a topic using a specific hashtag. His followers might reply or retweet using the same hashtag, and before you know it, a group of people are all communicating via Twitter (in a public forum, which can't happen via other tools such as instant messaging) about the same topic,A New Jersey woman has admitted to luring a teenage girl to a motel for a babysitting job and then holding her hostage for more than a week — forcing her to take drugs and have sex with up to five men a day, according to reports.

Adria Regn, 28, of Mount Holly, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a second degree charge of conspiracy to facilitate human trafficking.

She will be facing five years behind bars in a state prison when she is sentenced on Jan. 5, NJ.com reports.

Reign and her 19-year-old boyfriend, Christopher White, of Eastampton, were both arrested in May after allegedly holding the 17-year-old victim at a Burlington County motel against her will and pimping her out for 10 days straight.

The couple had tricked the girl into coming


to the motel by asking her to watch Regn’s two young children, according to police.

When the victim arrived, they instead pumped her full of methamphetamine and forced her to have sex with several men — sometimes as many as five a day, NJ.com reports.

Regn told the girl that she needed her to work as a prostitute so she could make money to support her kids, cops said.

She and White allegedly moved the teen to various motels in the area before she eventually managed to get away from them one night while they slept.

White’s charges are still pending and he is due in court next week.

He and Regn were initially offered a 20-year plea deal earlier this month, but the state for some reason decided to drop it toSystems remained with the College, the new college resurrected the name Okanagan College – this name reflecting the loss of most of OUC's degree programs.

References

 Capital News (1990-2005). Kelowna, British Columbia.
 Daily Courier (1990-2005). Kelowna, British Columbia.
 Freake, R. (2005). OUC Memoirs. Okanagan University College, Kelowna.

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It didn't take long for Scott McLaughlin's existing practice lap record – a 54.573s set in 2017 – to fall, times dropping into the low 54s inside the first few minutes.

On the 15-minute mark the first sub-54s time hit the board, McLaughlin heading into uncharted territory with a 53.821s.

The likes of Whincup, Chaz Mostert and Rick Kelly quickly followed, before Lee Holdsworth lowered McLaughlin's benchmark with a 53.747s 10 minutes from the end.

Mostert, who had led the way in the first 10 minutes, returned to top spot with five minutes to go thanks to a 53.695s.

Tickford teammate Will Davison then went quickest with a 53.478s, at which point it was an all-Mustang top five.

But with three minutes to go Whincup broke the Ford dominance, going quickest with aspent weightlifting that was most correlated with improved cholesterol levels.

When scientists from the University of Greenwich examined 13 other studies on the best kind of exercise for reducing cholesterol, they concluded that a combination of cardio and weightlifting was probably optimal, with higher intensities of both generally being more effective at lowering total and LDL cholesterol and raising HDL cholesterol.

In another study, scientists from Duke University Medical Center found a dose-response relationship between HDL cholesterol levels and overall activity levels. That is, the more people exercised, the higher their HDL cholesterol levels were.

What’s more, other research has shown that people who burn the most calories through high-intensity exercise tend to experience the largest increase in lipoprotein lipase activity—an enzyme responsible for breaking down cholesterol molecules.

Researchers from the Harvard


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Searching for Sugar Man: Blu-ray
Once upon a time in Detroit, the early-1970s to be exact, a singer-songwriter recorded two Dylanesque albums, then disappeared from the face of the Earth. Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul’s Oscar-nominated documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” tells us the rest of the story. Apparently, the only two places on the planet that Rodriguez – son of Mexican immigrant and Native American parents — was popular were South Africa and Australia, where his bootlegged music was received as if it were the voice of God. Legend had it that Rodriguez was so despondent over lack of recognition that he committed on stage, either by setting himself on fire, purposely overdosing or blowing his brains out. For the better


part of three decades, that’s all anyone knew or thought they knew about the musician, who favored shoulder-length black hair and ever-present shades. Thirty years later, the ever-expanding Internet allowed fans and journalists to pursue the truth. Cape Town devotees Stephen Segerman and Craig Strydom began their search by attempting to trace royalties paid to Sussex Records, which, at the time, was owned by a former Motown executive. He also found producers who worked with Rodriguez, but had no idea where he was or that his music was popular, anywhere. Bendjelloul’s became interested in their quest while scouting stories for Swedish television in Africa. What, then, was the truth?

Don’t look for an answer in this capsule review, because the seeds of good mysteries only reveal themselves gradually. Toimpossibility of any kind of sexual relationship between the two friends and resent the idea he would risk a perfectly good friendship for a few seconds of bliss. Francis also hates having to share his girlfriend with anonymous porn partners. As long as the sex was girl-girl, things were fine for the lawyer. Instead of wasting time in the courtroom, he lets the cocaine tell him what to do, which is treat Angelica as if she were a football at the Super Bowl. The men in “About Cherry” would make any women consider going girl-girl in real life. Other key characters are similarly inconsistent in their treatment of Angelica. Technically, “About Cherry” looks pretty good in Blu-ray and the sex scenes in the studio seem credible. As it


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Just as Gu begins to


it wouldn’t take long from them to expect the same self-deprecating humor, amazing stunts and wild kung-fu action his Hong Kong fans admired. Chan was 38 when he made “Crime Story,” a thriller based on the real story of millionaire Teddy Wang, who was kidnapped twice, surviving only once. Chan campaigned for the assignment to establish that he could act in serious roles when his action career began to wane. Under the direction of Kirk Wong, the story was told in a straight-forward fashion with a dark edge and an indictment against police corruption. Very late in the production process, Chan became concerned that “Crime Story” might damage his image more than help it, especially in his character’s reliance on guns to solve crime instead of fists andto school in Europe and returned with the wardrobe of a dandy and a western girlfriend. (When he left, he was betrothed to the village’s leader.) Because the machine moves on rails, we know that it represents the inevitable approach of the railroad, operated by British interests and protected by the imperial army. The confrontation between the army and villagers, as well as the destruction of the machine, is lots of fun to watch. (Sammo Hung choreographed the action scenes.) By now, Freak has been adopted by the villagers and enjoys a testy relationship with the shunned bride-not-to-be, also a tai chi specialist. Director Stephen Fung sprinkles the narrative with cameos and quirky asides that break the fourth wall. The closing credits serve as a teaser to the


director John Hyams introduces us to the protagonist, John (Scott Adkins), who has to watch helplessly as someone resembling Van Damme brutally murders his wife and daughter. After spending two months in a coma, John awakens to the sight of a federal agent and nightmarish visions of the killings. After leaving the hospital, he’s constantly threatened by a UniSol (Andrei Arlovski) who was born to play a villain in an old-school James Bond flick. The UniSols, I would learn, are genetically designed mercenaries who once fought terrorists but now do the bidding of reanimated super-soldiers played by Van Damme and Lundgren. The really nutso stuff here is figuring out who and what John really is and why the monsters want to kill him.

There are too many surprises toa serial sex offender terrorizing the women of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Early on, he’s somehow in the right place at the right time to disrupt a suspect in mid-attack. After a chase and a fist fight, he discovers that the guy is a cop who, for years, has been attacking brunettes who look like his ex-wife. The bust leads to a new assignment, this time involving the apparent suicide of a woman who danced at a club he used to frequent, before he was shot in the act of trying to extort cocaine from a pair of dealers. Fortunately for screenwriter John Chase’s scenario, Callahan remembers precious little of what happened that night and who was the Good Samaritan that prevented worse harm from coming to him. That confusion


off at Jensen’s character, Martha, because they believe she seduced one of their men, causing him to leave the church and begin to use the devil’s tools to work the land next to the hand-tilled property of his family. Strange things begin to happen when the Hittites learn that Martha is pregnant. Among them, her husband is killed by a tractor in his barn and Berryman’s giant simpleton is killed while looking for his lost shoe in the same structure. This causes Borgnine’s character to declare war on his daughter-in-law and her blond guests from Los Angeles. The question that begs to be asked is why the women remain in the line of fire, while the town’s useless police department twiddles its collective fingers. But, why bother askingfrom the late 1940s through the 1960s. In addition to the movie stills, celebrity shots and commercial work he took early in his career, Willard specialized in “physique art,” male nudes, leather fetishists and drag history. In the period immediately after the Stonewall riots, he published and personally distributed the activist magazine, Gay Scene, under the pseudonym Bruce King. Much of what’s seen in Cary Kehayan’s film was discovered in his cluttered Bronx apartment after his death in 1999. It’s a genuinely fascinating portrait of a largely unsung artist, whose contributions have hardly been accorded a footnote in the history of the gay-rights movement. – Gary Dretzka

The Age of Czeslaw Milosz
The lives of some men and women are so fascinating that it’s possible to watch a 180-minute bio-doc,


in Polish, about his or her life and not once nod off into oblivion. I know, because I did it. The Facets Video documentary, “The Age of Czeslaw Milosz,” commemorates the 100th birthday of the Nobel Prize-winning poet, who, in 2004, died at the age of 93. Recent films about writers Gregory Corso, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Hart Crane, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Walt Whitman and Edgar Allen Poe are shorter by at least an hour. Americans tend to have less patience and shorter memories than Eastern Europeans, for whom the 20th Century could hardly be described as a walk in the park. In the case of Milosz, however, that’s pretty much the whole point. Born in a cross-border region of Lithuania, in 1911, he grew upfluent in Polish, Lithuanian, Russian, English and French. He received a degree in law, but preferred to communicate via radio broadcasts and the written word. Immediately before and during World War II, he and his wife, Janina, would be caught in the vice applied to Poland and Lithuania by the Germans and Soviet Union. He was required to reserve his words for the resistance, via underground presses. After the war, Milosz served as a cultural attaché in Washington – where he was taunted as a Soviet dupe by exiles and treated like a spy by our government – and in Paris, far away from his wife. The Polish communists were as suspect of intellectuals as J. Edgar Hoover, so he finally defected to France, where he wrote his


most famous prose work, the anti-Stalinist “The Captive Mind.” In the early 1960s, Milosz was invited to teach at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught Slavic languages and literature. He would return to Europe after the deaths of both of his wives and the fall of the Iron Curtain. While being received as a literary hero in Poland, where his writing had been banned for decades, he was criticized in his former Lithuanian home for dredging up memories of anti-Semitism there. He died at his Krakow home in 2004, at 93. Director Juozas Javaitis said that wasn’t intention to “show Milosz as icon. … Our main aim was to reflect the personality and biography of the poet. We wanted this film to raise public interest inThe reality, of course, is that, in some quarters, racist sentiments have never gone out of fashion. It would take the combined force of the 13th, 14th, 15th and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make a dent in legal segregation in the South and some western states. Even then, in the 2012 presidential campaign, Republicans pushed to deny some Americans their right to vote, freely and without encumbrance. So, in a very real sense, the Civil War is still being fought. The documentary focuses on the intertwined stories of the leading abolitionists, while also addressing important myths and realities weighing on the struggle. Director Rob Rapley’s cast includes Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Wendy Carter, Ingrid Alli and T. Ryder Smith and Kate Lyn Sheil


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Prabhat Kalavidaru is a theatre group based in Bangalore. It was started in the year 1930 and, since its inception, has staged many drama performances. It is particularly famous for its ballets of which its most popular is Cinderella, based on the English fairy tale, which has been staged over a thousand times by the troupe since 1977.

Prabhat Kalavidaru has produced about 20 ballets so far. A lot of experimentation is involved in enacting these dramas which include fusion of Western dance forms with Indian classical dance styles, and also using special lighting techniques to enhance the appeal of the drama. It also houses a recording studio where they compose songs and musicincluding the BBC, Emirates Airlines, Borderlands and other top global brands, designs and leads each journey to ensure that guests capture excellent photos and video, as well as advance their imaging skills. In addition, a goal of each expedition is to capture memorable photos and video of the guests enjoying their unique adventure.


The journal of the instant invention was invented for use in the field of wind turbines. In particular, the journal is used to mount the blades of the wind turbine to the central rotor such that the pitch of the blades can be adjusted as the rotor rotates. Adjustment of blade pitch is the mechanism used in the wind turbines under discussion to maintain a constant RPM of the turbine rotor, and to prevent the mechanism from running away under high wind conditions and causing the entire wind turbine to crash.
When the wind turbines were used with prior art journal mechanisms, in time the oxidation of the bearings reduced the diameters of the bearings slightly, and at the same time introduced an abrasive oxide powder into the journalmechanism. The slightly loose bearings coupled with this abrasive powder, would continue to grind away at both the bearings and the bearing races (roller bearings were used previously), causing a brinelling of the races, creating cavitated areas which eventually caused the journal to freeze up, or at least become stiff enough that the pitch adjusting mechanism was thwarted by the bearing.
With the blade pitch adjustment mechanism incapacitated, it would be just a matter of time before a high wind condition would arise to which the pitch adjustment mechanism could not respond, causing a runaway rotor condition and a flying apart and crashing of the entire turbine assembly.
Occurrence such as this indicated a need for an anti-brinelling journal. The two principal causes of brinelling (first, the wearing of the


South African Hotshot House Producer Prince Kaybee has finally Dropped the Colaborated record with Msaki Titled Fetch Your Life, the lastest single Off his 2019 album that has been titled. His Fans originally get to hear Fetch Your Life last year after the music producer started Previewing songs off the album.All the US coastal monitors of the Civil War presented generally the
same appearance: a low iron "raft" with one or more turrets on deck, and
little, if any, superstructure. These ships were intended solely for
operations in sheltered coastal waters; two were sunk when open ocean
passages were attempted.

Most of the Civil War monitors were designed by John Ericsson, and used a
turret of his own design. Ericsson's monitors were built with a shoal
iron hull supporting an ironclad "raft", the raft being the only portion
visible above water. The raft was of very low freeboard, and generally
featured a large overhang all around, particularly at the bow and stern.
The joining of the iron hull to the overhanging raft was a weak point in
most designs.

Most of the surviving ships went into reserve ("ordinary") immediately
after the


Civil War. Most remained in reserve for many years, generally
with little or no additional service, before finally being disposed of.

Concept/Program: The first "monitor", and gave her name to the type.
The vessel was intended as a means to counter Confederate ships
attempting to challenge the blockade of southern ports; the type also saw
considerable service in attacking coastal fortifications. This was the
first US warship fitted with a turret.

Design: Designed by Ericsson. Set the standard pattern for all
following monitors. In addition to the general weaknesses of the type
(i.e. seaworthiness), ventilation was very poor (despite the first use of
mechanical ventilation in a warship), leading to terrible conditions for
the crew. The originally planned armor had to be much reduced to increase
freeboard; even so, freeboard was only 14 inches. The turret mechanism
was imprecise and difficultto work. The anchor and hawsepipe were below
the "raft", in the hull itself, dangerously close to the water. There was
a small pilothouse forward, and low funnels aft. Design speed of 8 knots
was not reached. Despite design flaws, this ship set the stage for
future monitors and battleships.

Operational: Is best known for her engagement with CSS
Virginia (a.k.a. "Merrimac" in Hampton Roads, 9 March 1862;
this battle was the first ironclad-vs.-ironclad encounter, and the start
of the modern battleship era.

Engaged CSS Virginia 9 March 1862. Participated in actions on the
James River and supported Army forces during the summer of 1862. Sank
under tow off Cape Hatteras during a Force 7 gale, 31 December 1862.

Concept/Program: An improved version of Monitor, correcting
several of the deficiencies of that ship. Most of these vessels were
contracted to their designer,


John Ericsson, who then subcontracted the
actual construction of the ships to various shipyards. Several
of these monitors were renamed during 1869, then returned to their
original names within a few weeks.

Design: Designed by Ericsson. Compared to Monitor, there
was better ventilation, higher funnels, improved "raft" and hull shape,
and the pilothouse was atop the turret. Seaworthiness was evidently
improved, as Lehigh survived a Force 10 gale off Cape Hatteras,
perhaps the worst conditions survived by any ship of this general type.
One major weakness was extreme vulnerability to mines.

Variations: Two units were completed with variant armament, as
listed above; Lehigh had her 11 inch replaced by an 8 inch Parrot
MLR soon after completion.

Modernization: Following the attacks on Charleston there were
improvements in armor around the turret and pilothouse bases, turret
roof, and decks over magazines and machinery. Twolight guns of various
types were also fitted in most or all units. All surviving units
were eventually fitted with two 15 inch Dahlgren smoothbores.

Operational: Saw extensive service during the Civil War, almost
exclusively during the attacks on Charleston, and the blockade of
surrounding waters. Postwar they saw little action, but survived to the
late 1890's and early 1900's, and were recommissioned for "coast defense"
during the Spanish American War.

Departure from Service/Disposal: All the survivors were discarded
within a few years of 1900, by which time they were quite old and
completely obsolete. Although nominally in reserve, towards the end of
their existence (especially after the Spanish-American War), they were
probably poorly maintained and in no condition to return to service.

Severely damaged 7 April 1863 during attacks on Charleston;
decommissioned at New York for repairs 12 May 1863. During


smoothbore was replaced by an 8 inch Parrot MLR immediately
after completion. Operated in Hampton Roads and the James River, then off Charleston. Ran
aground under enemy fire and was damaged, 16 November 1863.

Decommissioned to reserve 9 June 1865. Recommissioned 15 December 1875
as a training ship for the Naval Academy, then operated off Port Royal.
Decommissioned to reserve 1879. Recommissioned for Spanish American War
service 18 April 1898; decommissioned 8 September 1898. Sold for
scrapping 14 April 1904.

Built by Donohue, Ryan & Secor at Joseph Coldwell, Jersey City, NJ.
Construction was delayed
by use of her parts for other vessels. Disassembled and shipped to San
Francisco in 1863 aboard the freighter Aquila, which sank at her
dock 16 November 1863, before the monitor was unloaded. Camanche
was salvaged, reassembled at Union Iron Works, and launched 14 November 1864,commissioned
22 August 1865.

Apparently was completed with two 15 inch Dahlgren smoothbores.
Decommissioned to reserve shortly after commissioning. Loaned to the
California Naval Militia 1896-1897. Apparently
reactivated for Spanish-American
War service; dates unknown. Sold for scrapping 22 March 1899.

Concept/Program: An improved version of the Passaic class,
taking into account war experience. Four units
were incomplete at the end of the Civil War.

Design: Designed by Ericsson. Significant changes from the
Passaic design included heavier deck armor, better internal backing
for the armor, uniform main batteries, and heavy armor around the turret
base. As in the previous classes,
they were highly vulnerable to mines. The design speed of 13 knots was not
met.

Built by Harrison Loring, City Point Works, South Boston. Contracted 15
September 1862, launched 1 August 1863, commissioned 16 April 1864.

Operated in the James River, then in blockade service, and in


attacks on
Fort Fisher.

Decommissioned to reserve 30 June 1865. Renamed Scylla 15 June
1869, then Canonicus 10 August 1869. May have been overhauled
during 1869-1972. Recommissioned 22 January 1872 and operated with the
fleet, but was frequently placed out of commission for short periods.
Decommissioned to reserve 1877. Retained in reserve for use as a display
at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition; was cleaned up, towed to the Exposition
and placed on display, but was not
recommissioned or made operable. Sold 19 February 1908.

Saw extensive service in the James
River and in the assault on Wilmington. One 15" gun exploded 12
January 1865. Two alleged accomplices to assassin John Wilkes Booth were
briefly imprisoned aboard during April 1865.

Decommissioned to reserve 13 June 1865. Recommissioned 30 April 1869 and
operated along the Florida coast. Renamed Centaur 15 June 1869,
then Saugus 10 Augustat Callao 16 January 1881, raised in 1881; used as hulk. Finally
discarded around 1910 and presumably scrapped.

Saw extensive service along the James
River, supporting Army operations.

Decommissioned to reserve 8 June 1865. Sold to her builder 12 July 1867,
and was then resold to France
under the same name. Was rearmed by the French with four 9.4 inch rifles;
remained in service through 1903, stricken 1904, and subsequently
scrapped.

Concept/Program: Larger dual-turreted monitors, generally
considered the best US monitors of the era. Two ships of the class
undertook major ocean voyages, indicating a vast improvement in
seaworthiness over the earlier classes.

Design: Designed by the Navy. The hull was of conventional form,
but was unfortunately wooden, not iron. Freeboard was 31 inches. The
turrets were similar to those of the Passaic class, but slightly
larger; a pilothouse was fitted atop each turret.


There was a light
hurricane deck between the turrets, a tall funnel and a tall ventilation
shaft. There were variations among the ships, and some sources identify
them as four one-ship classes. Tonawanda's turrets were closer
together than in the other three ships.

Departure from Service/Disposal: By the 1870's the wooden hulls
were badly rotted, and the ships were disposed of. They were nominally
"repaired" as "New Navy" monitors, but in fact the old wooden ships were
sold to the shipbuilders as partial payment for the new iron ships, and
were scrapped.

Built by New York Navy Yard. Laid down 1862, launched 15 August 1863,
commissioned 18 September 1865.

Sent to Europe under tow in 1866; operated in
European waters 16 June
1866 to 15 May 1867. Decommissioned to reserve 26 July 1867; recommissioned
15 November 1869; decommissioned to reserve 28 July 1870.

Transferredto John Roach, Chester, PA for scrapping, 1874, as partial payment for a new
monitor of the same name.

Built by Boston Navy Yard. Laid down 1862, launched 23 March 1863,
commissioned 4 October 1864.

Participated in the assault on Fort Fisher and in operations on the James
River. Sent to the Pacific under tow; departed Philadelphia 5 October
1865 and arrived at San Francisco 21 June 1866. Decommissioned to reserve
30 June 1866.

Transferred to Continental Iron Works, Vallejo, CA for scrapping,
1874-75, as partial payment for a new monitor of the same name.

The shallow-draft coastal monitors were essentially shallow-hulled and
lightweight versions of the other coastal classes. The Milwaukees
were designed for river service, but were employed to good effect in the
Gulf of Mexico. In general the notes for coastal monitors apply to
these ships as well.

Concept/Program: A


class of shallow-draft dual-turret monitors
designed for river service, but also employed in the Gulf of Mexico.
Apparently were some of the best-designed monitors of the time, and were
generally a success.

Design: Designed by Eads. They were iron-hulled with a
turtleback deck. The forward turret was a standard Ericsson turret (as in
the Passaic class), but the aft one was designed by Eads.
The Eads turret allowed double the elevation of the main guns
(20 degrees vs. 10 degrees). There was a pilothouse at deck level, abaft
the forward turret. Additional deck armor was later added over the
magazines and perhaps over the machinery. Evidently had much better
compartmentalization than other monitors of the time, as the one that was
mined took three minutes to sink (vs. 15-30 seconds for other classes),
and one compartment of the sunken ship didnot flood for nearly an hour.

Operated exclusively in the area of Mobile, AL. Mined and sunk
in the Blakely River, 29 March 1865. Salvaged in 1868, towed to St.
Louis and scrapped; some material reportedly was used in the
construction of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis.

Operated briefly on the Mississippi, then exclusively in the area of
Mobile, AL.

Decommissioned to reserve 6 July 1865. Renamed Samson 15 June
1869, then Chickasaw 10 August 1869. Sold 12 September 1874 and
converted to a railroad ferry under her original name. Converted to
sidewheel propulsion in 1881; renamed Gouldsboro in 1882. Scrapped
in 1944.

Concept/Program: Designed as shallow-draft coastal monitors; were
to be fitted with extra ballast tanks to ballast down and reduce freeboard
when entering battle. The design weight calculations were very badly
flawed, so the ships were badly overweight and had


was much lighter than most, and
was able to float, fully armored and armed with 1x11 inch Dahlgren and 1x8
inch Parrot MLR, prior to having her hull deepened.

Departure from Service/Disposal: All were laid up in reserve ("in
ordinary") promptly after the Civil War, and all were sold for breaking
up in 1874-1875, many without ever having been commissioned.

Was the only ship of this class completed to the original design.
Found to be unseaworthy during her first ocean voyage, 21 September 1864,
and was promptly decommissioned pending modifications. Hull deepened at
William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, starting 19 October 1864; was rearmed
with two 11 inch smoothbore during the rebuilding. Recommissioned 12 July
1866, but was immediately decommissioned to reserve.

Renamed Hydra 15 June 1869, then Ostego 10 August 1869.
Sold and scrapped 1874.

Saw no active service. Decommissioned toreserve 27 June 1865. Renamed
Gorgon 15 June 1869, then Minnetonka 10 August 1869.
Transferred to Harlan & Hollingsworth & Co., Wilmington, DE for
scrapping, 1875, as partial payment for construction of a new monitor by
that yard.

Built by Globe Works, South Boston. Contracted 17 March 1863, launched 1
February 1865, delivered 8 July 1865. May have been commissioned 27 July
1865, but was immediately decommissioned to reserve. Renamed
Spitfire 16 June 1869, then Suncook 10 August 1865.
Scrapped at Philadelphia 1874.

Built by Donald McKay, East Boston. Contracted 10 June 1863,
launched 26 April 1865, commissioned 10 August 1865.

Saw no active service. Decommissioned to reserve 24 August 1865.
Renamed Aetna 16 June 1869, then Nausett 10 August 1869.
Transferred to John Roach, Chester, PA for scrapping, August 1875,
as partial payment for construction of two new monitors by that yard;
scrapped


by Roach at New York.

Built by Curtis & Tilden, East Boston. Contracted 2 April 1863, launched
13 March 1865, delivered 22 July 1865. Probably never commissioned and
placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. May have been in commission
but inactive 18 August 1865 to 10 November 1865. Renamed Eolus 15
June 1869, then Shawnee 10 August 1869. Sold 9 September 1875 and
subsequently scrapped.

Built by Harlan & Hollingsworth & Co, Wilmington, DE. Contracted 2 March
1863, launched 26 November 1864, converted to spar torpedo boat prior to
completion, completed 4 May 1865. Never
commissioned; placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Renamed
Nemesis 15 June 1869, then Napa 10 August 1889.
Transferred to John Roach, Chester, PA for scrapping, 1875,
as partial payment for construction of two new monitors by that yard;
scrapped by Roach at New York.

Built by J.S. Underhillat New York Iron Shipyard. Contracted 4 June
1863, launched 21 March 1865, converted to spar torpedo boat prior to
completion, completed 23 June 1865. Never commissioned; placed in reserve
immediately upon delivery. Renamed Achilles 15 June 1869, then
Modoc 10 August 1869.
Transferred to John Roach, Chester, PA for
scrapping, August 1875, as partial payment for construction of two new
monitors by that yard; scrapped by Roach at New York.

Built at A & W Denmead & Son, Baltimore. Contracted 13 March 1863,
launched 4 May 1865, completed 21 October 1865. Never commissioned;
placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Renamed Niobe 15 June
1869. Transferred to John Roach, Chester, PA for scrapping, August 1875,
as partial payment for construction of two new monitors by that yard;
scrapped by Roach at New York.

Built by Wilcox & Whiting, Camden, NJ. Contracted 24


April 1863, launched
18 May 1865, suspended 17 June 1865, delivered 28 November 1865. Never
commissioned; placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Renamed
Argos 15 June 1889, then Koka 10 August 1869.
Transferred to Harlan & Hollingsworth & Co., Wilmington, DE, for
scrapping, August 1875, as partial payment for construction of a new
monitor by that yard; scrapped by Harlan & Hollingsworth at Philadelphia.

Built by Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, NY. Contracted 17 April 1863,
launched 31 May 1865, delivered 19 January 1866. Never commissioned;
placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Renamed
Charybdis 16 June 1869, then Cohoes 10 August 1868. Sold
July 1874 and subsequently scrapped.

Built by Charles McCord, St. Louis. Contracted 24 June 1863,
launched 3 July 1865, delivered 12 March 1866. Never commissioned;
placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Renamed Hectate 15
June 1869, then Etlah 10 August 1869.Sold 12 September 1874 and
subsequently scrapped.

Built by Alex Swift at S.T. Hambleton & Co, Cincinnati. Contracted 26
March 1863, launched 30 May 1865, delivered May 1866. Never commissioned;
placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Renamed Tempest 15
June 1869, then Yuma 10 August 1869. Sold 12 September 1874 and
subsequently scrapped.

Although intended for seagoing service, the extent to which these large
monitors were truly capable of that service is debatable. They certainly
were not capable of fighting battles on the open ocean in severe or even
moderate sea conditions, but they could undertake ocean voyages and
survive rough seas, in sharp contrast to many of the smaller ships. The
principal advantage offered by these ships would have been the ability to
meet the enemy at a greater distance off the coast, rather than right at
the shoreline.

In design terms,


these craft (except the converted Roanoke) were
generally similar to the smaller coastal monitors, but were greatly
enlarged and refined in the details to improve open-ocean performance.
They were also significantly faster than most of the smaller ships.
However, they never had a chance to prove themselves, as only two ships
were completed, and neither saw combat.

Concept/Program: One of the largest monitors of the Civil War era,
and the only one to mount three turrets. Was converted from the steam
frigate Roanoke; prior to conversion the ship was sister to USS
Merrimack (later CSS Virginia). Although not usually
considered as a seagoing ship, she was intended as the first seagoing
monitor in US service, but design flaws prevented her employment in this
role. Was not a success.

Design: Was not an Ericsson design. The wooden frigate was razeed
(cut down) andthe remaining freeboard armored; three turrets were fitted.
A fourth turret had been planned, but the weight could not be
accommodated. Pilothouses were fitted on two turrets; there was a tall
funnel, and possibly a hurricane deck, but no other superstructure. The
armament was oddly distributed, but in total amounted to two each 15 inch
Dahlgrens, 11 inch Dahlgrens, and 8 inch Parrots. The wooden hull was too
weak for the weight of the armor and turrets, and the stern was damaged
when the ship was re-launched. She had high freeboard (for a monitor),
but rolled heavily and was generally unseaworthy.

Operational: Due to her unseaworthiness, she was confined to
harbor defense duties at Hampton Roads, and saw no action.

Built by Norfolk Navy Yard. Launched 18 December 1855, commissioned 4 May
1857. Decommissioned to reserve 24 September 1857; recommissioned


18
August 1858. Again decommissioned to reserve in May, 1860; recommissioned
for war service 20 June 1861. Decommissioned for conversion 25 March 1862
and converted at Novelty Iron Works, New York. Conversion completed and
accepted by the Navy 16 April 1863; recommissioned as a harbor defense ship
29 June 1863.

Served as a harbor defense ship at Norfolk. Decommissioned to reserve 20 June 1865. Recommissioned
to commissioned reserve 13 January 1874; decommissioned to reserve 12 June
1875.
Transferred to John Roach, Chester, PA for scrapping, 1876, as partial
payment for construction of a new monitor by that yard, but approval for
scrapping was revoked and the ship remained at the Roach shipyard,
nominally in reserve. Stricken for disposal 5 August 1882, sold 27
September 1883 and scrapped at Chester, PA.

Concept/Program: The first purpose-built US monitor intended to be
truly seagoing; was designedas a "seagoing high speed monitor". Although
her speed and seaworthiness were an improvement over previous ships, the
design had problems, and she left much to be desired.

Design: A single-turret Ericsson design, generally increased in
size over the coastal ships, with the lines of the raft improved, and with
less overhang. There was a tall funnel and tall ventilation shaft; there
probably was a light hurricane deck amidships. Design speed was 15 knots,
but this was not reached. The design was overweight, reducing freeboard
to 16 inches. The main shaft bearings were too short, resulting in
excessive wear.

Concept/Program: Intended as a "seagoing high speed monitor".
Ultimately would have been an enlarged version of Dictator,
carrying the largest diameter guns ever fitted in a ship. The ship went
through a complete redesign prior to construction, and was never
completed. The ship


was nominally "repaired" as a "New Navy" monitor, but
in fact was sold to the shipbuilder as partial payment for a new ship, and
was scrapped.

Design: A compromise design between Ericsson and the Navy. The
original design was for a dual turreted ship with four 10 inch Dahlgren
smoothbores, but this was altered to the single turreted design listed above.
Ericsson favored a single turret and single shaft; the Navy wanted dual
turrets and dual shafts. There were problems in producing the 20 inch
guns, and only one was ever cast.
Design speed was 15 knots, but it is believed that horsepower and speed
would have been similar to Dictator.

Contracted to John Ericsson; construction subcontracted to Continental
Iron Works, Greenpoint, NY. Contracted 28 July 1862, launched 2 July 1864.
Completion was delayed by problems in obtaining the guns. Suspended1865;
never completed. Transferred to John Roach, Chester, PA for scrapping,
1874, as partial payment for a new monitor of the same name.

Concept/Program: The largest monitors ordered during the Civil War.
Would have been far more seaworthy than any of the previous classes. Were
incomplete at the end of the Civil War but were improperly preserved and
protected while awaiting a decision on future completion; ultimately had
to be scrapped after their timbers became rotten.

Design: A Navy design. Essentially an enlarged version of the
Miantonomoh class, with improved lines. Freeboard was projected to
be 45 inches. The turrets would have been as in Dictator. The hull
was wooden with iron structure to support the turrets. There would have
been pilothouses on the turrets, a hurricane deck, two tall funnels, and a
tall ventilation shaft.

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In days and centuries past, the connection has been vibrant, with docks floating offshore bringing steamboats and passengers to and from the area. Even today, long after the extinction of the steamboat service, the docks are a place of community and beauty with fishing, kayaking and wildlife viewing.

Washougal residents gathered on Tuesday for the official ribbon cutting of the new dock at Steamboat Landing Park. Photo by Jacob Granneman

The time for replacement and upgrades, however, came for the city of Washougal this year, and a complete overhaul of Steamboat Landing


And it was McKay, not the news guys at ABC, who stayed with us the next 16 hours as the story unfolded. McKay who made the transition from the track and swimming events which were still going on to various ABC sports reporters (and Peter Jennings) who staked themselves out at the Olympic Village as they tried to get the facts.

Jim McKay knew that as a person, what he thought about the event was unimportant. The important thing was what was happening. He didn’t speculate. He didn’t share his thoughts. He gave the facts. He set the scene. Just as he did every week on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. So when McKay turned to the camera and said those three words, it meant just that much more.

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Stadium home to Brisbane Roar for five more years

Suncorp Stadium will be the home of Brisbane Roar in the Hyundai
A-League for at least the next five years after the stadium and club
management signed off on an agreement today.

The agreement is another significant boost for the club ahead of the opening of the Hyundai A-League 2010/11 season.

Brisbane Roar CEO Peter McLennan said the deal was a win for both parties.

"We've always been confident of reaching a mutually beneficial arrangement throughout this process," McLennan said.

"For Brisbane Roar, it means we will continue to showcase the best Australian football talent at the best football stadium in the country.

"Our players will have the best facilities on and off the pitch and our fans will have a great view regardless of where theysit.

"On the stadium's behalf it means football remains an important part of its operations and I'm sure it is a relationship which will continue to grow."

Suncorp Stadium General Manager, Alan Graham welcomed the decision by the Brisbane Roar to play its Hyundai A-League games at the Stadium for the next five years.

Mr Graham said the Brisbane Roar Board had shown tremendous foresight in committing to the Stadium long-term.

"Despite media speculation to the contrary, the Brisbane Roar board to its credit, recognised Suncorp Stadium as the most commercially viable venue going forward," Graham said.

"They are successful business-people in their own right who understand the market and the importance of customer service, they are also passionate about football and know only too well it is the sleeping giant of Australian


sport.

"Their decision is about the Roar being able to showcase football at a world-class venue and taking advantage of the associated opportunities to grow the game not only in south-east Queensland but the whole State.

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GETTYSBURG, Pa.—Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the White House on Tuesday, clearing the way for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to claim the Republican presidential nomination and end the primary season after three months and 37 contests.

The former Pennsylvania senator told a news conference he had made the decision over the weekend with his family. Trailing far behind Mr. Romney in the delegate count, Mr. Santorum faced a growing chorus of calls from within his party to exit the race and allow Republicans...Vol. 11 The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

No. 11

Tenure and Promotion

The past month or so has been quite
unsettling for UF faculty as one of the
most important and cherished tenets
of the academy has been challenged,
namely the process by which tenure
and promotion procedures are carried
out. Academic tenure has been
questioned before and will likely
see more such attacks, but this one
differed in that it appeared to come
from within the university, not from
without. And therefore all the more
disturbing.
As most everyone now knows, a
faculty member in another college
challenged the traditional closed
meetings at which faculty discuss
specific cases and then come to
judgment about tenure and promotion
decisions. It is a good process, tested
over many years in the crucible of
candid and frank discussions by
which faculty arrive at consensus
positions on who will remain or
advance in


weeks after the catastrophic
earthquake that devastated Mexico
City in 1985, anthropology professor
Russell Bernard was walking around in
the rubble. "There were still aftershocks,"
he says. "Thousands had died, but no one
knew how many. The government was
saying 6,000 people had been killed, but
opposition newspapers were claiming the
casualties were more like 20,000."
People he talked to on the streets also
felt the numbers were higher than the
official count. "One person I met kept
saying, 'Everyone knows someone that
died,'" remembers Bernard. This intrigued
the social scientist. "If everyone knew
someone who died, and there were 18
million people in Mexico City..." he says,
"I had this macabre thought: we can test
that." He conducted a street intercept
survey two months after the quake and
found that 23% of those surveyed knew
someone who had been killed in the
disaster. Bernard used this figure in an
equation tocondition. Bernard hopes to
overcome this hurdle by surveying people

about others instead of themselves. Most
people are willing to provide information
about members of their social circle, as
long such information is completely
anonymous.
The problem in using the grapevine
to estimate "uncountable" populations,
however, is that everyone polled has a
different size and type of social network.
Some people know more people than
others, and socio-economics also come
into play. In the case of the earthquake,
for example, wealthier respondents
would probably have known fewer
people who lived in the kind of housing
vulnerable to destruction by natural
disasters, while poorer respondents may
have known many.
Peter Kilworth, a physicist at the
University of Southampton, in England,
and Bernard's research partner for 25 years,
developed a technique for approximating
-See Uncountable, page 12

Professors from Religion and Sociology write about the Promise Keepers--pp 4-5

Around the College

Dr. Rick Knight (left) and his


nephew Mark Masters (right)
present Carol Holly (philosophy, center) with an alligator foot
after their recent visit to her American Indian Philosophy
class. Knight is the executive director of the Native American
Cultural Center in Bradford County, and works to share,
preserve and archive national Native American culture.

DEPARTMENTS

ANTHROPOLOGY
This past summer, Paul Magnarella attended trials being held
at the United Christian Tribunal for Rwanda, in Arusha, Tanza-
nia. Magnarella has been designated a legal researcher for the
Tribunal and has organized an international research unit to aid
the Tribunal in its work.

CRIMINOLOGY AND LAW
Charles Thomas has been appointed Technical Advisor to
the Criminal Justice Committee of the American Legislative
Exchange Council, comprised primarily of elected state legis-
lators who are seeking research and information about private
corrections.

CHEMISTRY
Will Harrison presented an invited lecture on Pulsed Glow
Discharge Atomic Spectrometry at the 7th Beijing International
Conferenceand Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis held in
Shanghai, China (October).
Kenan Professor Alan Katritzky has been appointed to the
advisory editorial board of the Journal of Organic Chemistry.

ENGLISH
Debora Greger's Desert Fathers, Uranium Daughters (Pen-
guin, 1996) is one of six finalists for the Lenore Marshall Prize, a
$10,000 award for the best book of poetry published last year.

GEOGRAPHY
Cesar N. Caviedes presided over the sixth international meeting
of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG),
held in Arequipa, Peru from July 20 to July 23. Professor
Caviedes presented a paper entitled, Cincuenta anos de uso y
mal-uso del concept El Nifio. During his stay, Caviedes was
interviewed twice for the national edition of the Lima newspaper
El Comercio and was featured on national television. Back in
the US, he has appeared on channels 2 and 20 commenting on
the effects of the


developing El Nifio phenomenon.

GERMANIC AND SLAVIC LANG. AND LIT.
Nora M. Alter recently presented two papers: "Alternative
Mediatization of Violence: Germany in Autumn and 18 Okto-
ber, 1977" at the German Studies Association in Washington
DC and "Lebenslaufe: The Children of Goldzow
Project," at the Cinema of Eastern Germany conference in

Northhampton, Massachusetts.
Keith Bullivant recently took part in a panel discussion with
critic Martin Luedke and author Juergen Becker on Literary
Groups in Germany at the Goethe Institute in London. Addition-
ally, at a press conference in Cologne, Bullivant and Manfred
Durzak (University of Paderbom) presented their 6-volume
edition of The Collected Works of Dieter Wellershoff, which was
also featured at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.

MATHEMATICS
Joe Glover gave a series of four lectures on "Symmetries of
Markov Processes" at the Functional Analysis V Conference,
held at the InterUniversity Center in Dubrovnik, Croatia,Sep-
tember 15 25.

PHYSICS
For their pioneering work in thermometry at low temperatures,
Dwight Adams and the UF physics department received much
attention in the August Physics Today, one of the most widely
circulated physics publications in the world.
Neil Sullivan has been invited to serve as a member of the Na-
tional Research Council's Physical Sciences Panel (Washington
DC), which reviews the organization's associateship programs.

STATISTICS
Andre Khuri presented an invited paper at the 51st Session
of the International Statistical Institute in Istanbul, Turkey, on
August 19, 1997.
Richard Scheaffer presented an invited paper at the 51st Session
of the International Statistical Institute held in Istanbul, Turkey
in August. His paper focused on the use of real and simulated
sampling activities in the teaching of that subject. He also served
as an invited discussant on the role of assessment in statistics
education.

ZOOLOGY
Buzz Holling will receive


an honorary Doctor of Science degree
from the University of Guelph, Canada, in February of the new
year. The University elected to award Holling because of his
"outstanding accomplishments in the fields of population biology
and natural resource management." As part of the ceremony, he
will give an address to the new graduates of Guelph's College
of Biological Science.

Around the College
Geography Gets New Technology

(Left) Dean Harrison does the honors during the opening reception of Geography's new Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Analysis Lab, while Cesar Caviedes and Mike Binford look on. Room 3018 in Turlington Hall now houses a local
area client-server system with 14 user terminals, a large digitizing tablet, a computer LCD display and several printers. "This
lab is the first of its kind in the College and really puts Geography at the forefront technologically,"Caviedes explained at the
lab's September 25 opening. (Right) Students work with satellite images as part of Mike Binford's remote sensing class.

Construction at Rolfs Hall Nearly Complete

When Rolfs Hall was built in 1927, it was only half finished. In addi-
tion to more space, the initial design gave the building a tower and
main entrance on its west side. Although no new classroom space
could be added, this February the scaffolding and temporary fencing
presently blocking the passage between Rolfs and Turlington (right)
should be gone, and Rolfs will have a new look (lower right) includ-
ing an entrance and tower (elevator shaft) very similar to its original
design.

University Center for Excellence in Teaching
Conversations About Teaching

Reservations are necessary. Please call Nadine (846-1574)
or e-mail her at nadine@ucet.ufl.edu.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Promise Keepers Should Promise Equality for Women

by Connie


Shehan
(UCET Director
and professor
of sociology)

American
feminists have been
outspoken in their
criticism of the PK
and their agenda.
The National
Organization for
Women (NOW)
recently passed a
resolution declaring
the PK a great danger to women's
rights because they believe the PK
emphasis on male leadership and
female subordination is a throwback
to the days of women's servitude and
oppression.
There is considerable evidence to
support the Promise Keeper's (PK)
premise that men need to rethink
their commitments to their female
partners and their children. Statistics
on divorce, out-of-wedlock births,
deadbeat dads, male uninvolvement
in family life, and domestic violence
suggest that some men are failing to
act in a responsible way in regard to
their families.
Is a revival of the "traditional"
nuclear family of post-WWII America
(with its breadwinner husband and
homemaker wife) the solution to the
social problems plaguing our nation?
Feminists think not.
First, the financial survival of the
average American household and of
the US economy as a wholedepends
on the labor force participation of
wives and mothers. The married
woman who is employed full-time,
year round contributes over 40%
of her household's total income, on
average. Furthermore, over 45%
of the US labor force is female and
a large proportion of the new jobs
that will be added to the economy
over the next decade will be filled
by women. Thus, a full-scale return
to the one-earner household is not
economically feasible.
Second, public opinion will

not support male
dominance in family
decision making in
households in which
adult women are major
economic contributors.
Women who've
responded to various
magazine polls in recent
years have indicated
that their preferred type
of relationship is one
where spouses are equal
S partners. Other ideals
_j of the past-such as
the husband as senior
partner and wife as junior partner-
have been resoundingly rejected
among many younger, well-educated
segments of the female population.
Patricia Ireland, president of
NOW, says: "Two adults standing as
equals and


peers taking responsibility
for their family is a much different
image than a man being the head
and master, and women being back
in an old role that historically was
very detrimental." NOW sponsored
a counter-rally in Washington at the
same time as the PK's "Stand in the
Gap" rally. Ireland has said
of the
absence "public opinion wi
of dominance in family
women households in whit
at PK
ants: major economic
events:
"The PK
come to their rally and check their
wives and daughters at the door like
coats. We're here with a promise
we want the PK to keep: 'I promise
to support equality for women.'"
The PK themselves justify their
single-sex gatherings by saying that
women impede men's ability to "soul
search."
Criticism from feminist groups
has actually succeeded in forcing
the PK to retract some of its original
extremist statements about male
dominance. NOW has attempted
to debunk prevalent myths about
the PK and to counteractGod.
You know what a woman is told[in
the bible]? Respect your husband.
OK? The way she would do that is she
would come alongside him and let him
take the lead, and he in turn would
lay down his life. He would serve her,
affectionately
and tenderly
tot support male serve her."
decision making in Conservative
adult women are women from
contributors. m a i n i n e
Protestant,
Orthodox,
and Roman Catholic churches have
denounced NOW for its attack on
the PK. Mary Ellen Bork, wife of the
unsuccessful Supreme Court nominee
Robert Bork, and a lecturer on Catholic
life says NOW has missed the point of
the PK and is out of touch with what
American women want. "Power is not
(our) goal in life." Wives of PK members
have started a number of Christian
women's ministries. Cheri Bright, the
founder of one such group, Suitable
Helpers, says she prayed that


"women
wouldn't be a discouragement, that
women wouldn't become a hindrance
to the work God wanted to do in their
lives, but that women would step back
-See Own Words, page 12

As busses filled
up with evangelical
Protestant men
bound for the
Promise Keepers
Rally in Washington,
DC, print media and the airwaves
filled with controversy regarding
the implications of this event and
its motivating ideology for gender
relations in American society, and with
charges that the rally represented a
major political move on the part of the
Christian Right once again disguised
under the cloak of spirituality.
Nevertheless, from our vantage
points, the expressions of alarm seem
overworked and excessive, finding
grave danger where little really exists.
Promise Keepers is notable for an
absence of a political agenda either in
its platform or amongst its leadership.
With the exception of James Robinson,
none of the Promise Keepers' leaders
have had careers as political activists,
and the movementhas made an effort
to avoid holding forth on popular
Evangelical political issues such as
abortion and homosexuality. Founder
Bill McCartney has argued publicly
that Promise Keepers will never have
a political plan or a call for action.
This stance places him somewhat
in opposition to such groups as the
Christian Coalition. Nevertheless,
critics correctly hear reverberations of
political language in Promise Keepers'
statements- for example the claim that
America has become a corrupted state
because Christian men have forsaken
their God-ordained roles within the
family, church and society. These
images of national repentance and
redemption are, we believe, merely
part of standard Evangelical rhetoric.
These are people who are covenantal
in their social thinking- covenant is

a metaphor as old as the movement
itself. Evangelicals have always and
will always continue to use language
of national redemption because this
is the way this form of Christianity
thinks about the larger society. This
is not a


racial divides.
The future of the movement is
likely to be limited. Most attendees
at the Washington rally were people
already active in their churches-

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ment's
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ke back
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and is
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ted by
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another pilgrimage of
the choir. Yet because
Evangelical women
constitute a majority their
churches' membership
and volunteers, there
is an enormous pool of
under-active men which
may be stirred into life.
McCartney's decision to
make Promise Keepers'
rallies free for the next
two years (standard fee
is $60.00) may entice the
uninvolved into some
degree of commitment.
Our guess is that by the
time the movement goes
global in the year 2000,
Promise Keepers is likely
to attain its goal of being

neither more nor less than a standard
feature of American revivalism.%

New Faculty

Sid Dobrin, an assistant professor of English, was most recently
employed by the University of Kansas as an assistant professor.
He studied rhetoric and composition at the University of South
Florida, where he received hisPhD in 1995. Sid is the author
of Constructing Knowledges: The Politics of Theory-Building and
Pedagogy in Composition (SUNY Press, 1997) and the co-editor
ofJAC: A Journal of Composition Theory. His research interests
include composition theory and environmental rhetoric. He enjoys
saltwater fishing, camping, boating and diving in his free time.

S" Pamela K. Gilbert, an assistant professor of English, joins UF
from the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, where she was an
assistant professor. She received her PhD in English from the
University of Southern California, and her work centers around
Victorian literature, theory, women's literature and the novel.
Pamela's first book, Disease, Desire and the Body in Victorian Women's
Popular Fiction, was published in October by Cambridge University
Press. She is currently working on a second book, which will
focus on the social body in Britain from 1832 to 1867;


she is also
co-editing a volume of essays on the work of M.E. Braddon,
a Victorian writer. She will be teaching courses in Victorian
literature, women's literature and feminist theory.

Tanya Storch, an assistant professor of Chinese religion,
received her PhD in East Asian Buddhism from the University
of Pennsylvania, where she has been a lecturer in Asian and
Middle Eastern Studies since her graduation in 1995. Her
research focuses on Chinese religions, particularly Buddhism.
She is working on a book which seeks to legitimize and recognize
Buddhist scholarship. She hopes to present the breadth and
depth of Buddhist scholarship, which includes the study of the
nature of human language, the principles of human history and
the basic science of life. Tanya teaches courses in Buddhism,
Taoism, Confucianism, and syncratic folk religions of East Asia.
She enjoys practicing yoga, tai chi, and Buddhistmeditation.

Darin Weinberg, an assistant professor of sociology, will be
receiving his PhD in sociology any day from UCLA. Before
attending UCLA, he studied at the London School of Economics,
where he received a MSc in social philosophy in 1985. He is
interested in sociological theory, sociology of science, social
problems, deviance and medical sociology. His recent research
has largely centered around completing his dissertation, which
is entitled: "Of Others Inside: Insanities, Addictions, and
Recoveries Among Homeless Americans." Darin teaches courses
in sociological theory and the history and development of
sociological thought. His outside interests include spending time
with his wife and 9-month-old son, listening to all kinds of music,
and getting to know Gainesville.

The South and Florida Have Rich Labor History
An interview with History Professor Robert Zieger

Cn: Southern Labor in
Transition 1940-1995, which you
edited, was just published by The
University of Tennessee


Press.
Do the essays in the book discuss
a central change or trend in labor
activism in the South?

RZ: Not exactly. The
collection serves more to
challenge the common notion
of a non-union South, and to Robert Zieger, pr
illustrate the depth and richness editor of Southern
of traditions of labor activism in
the South.
Patrick Maney's essay, for example, focuses
on Hail Boggs, the Louisiana Congressman who
benefited from a progressive labor/ civil rights
coalition in the fifties and sixties. As House
Majority Leader, he was one of the most powerful
Southern politicians at the time and his career
forces us to revise our view of Deep South politics
of this period as being inherently anti-labor and
anti-civil rights.
Boggs in fact relied on the same liberal and
labor groups that we normally associate only
with northern Democrats of this era. Of course,
his reliance in part on thesupport of blacks
in New Orleans was unpopular
among many whites, but his
association with a then-strong
Louisiana labor movement
helped to build bridges to the
white working class. Until now,
historians have largely overlooked
organized labor's role in the racial
politics of the postwar South.
Additionally, we hoped
to address the theme of
exceptionalism. Historians and
social scientists often treat the
South as an exotic exception to
some imagined American norm.
How "exceptional" has the South
been in regard to labor issues? Is
the "Southern exception" now the American
norm?

Cn: Well, is the South an exception to the
American norm?
RZ: No. Although the processes of dealing
with certain issues have been very different,
historians are finding similar patterns present in
the development of race and labor issues in both

ofes
L

the North and South. There were
vigorous bi-racial unions in both
North and South, and there have
been numerous examples of sharp
racial tensions within the


working
class in both sections.

Cn: Four of the essays in
your book deal with Florida, and you
recently said in an interview that
Florida is "on the cutting edge" in
sor of history and regard to labor trends and dealing with
ibor in Transition. workplace problems. Can you elaborate
on this?
RZ: Well, in addition to important labor
organizing done in manufacturing fields (a bi-racial
radical labor coalition in post WWII Miami's air
transport industry, unions for steel, shipyard and
papermill workers) Florida pioneered movements
in non-manufacturing fields. The nation's first
statewide teacher strike happened here in 1968.
Firefighters in Florida were among the earliest to
form effective unions, which in turn led in 1967 to
innovative state legislation in this field.
Currently, because the national labor force has
shifted toward a service economy and because
manufacturing workers no longer constitute
a majority of the labor force, the
patterns ofemployment nationwide
increasingly approximate those that
have traditionally prevailed in Florida,
making the sunshine state a crucial one
to watch.
I think the UPS strike emphasized to
the public that service jobs are central to
the economy and that service workers,
such as those employed in hotels,
restaurants, nursing homes, hospitals,
retail establishments, entertainment
complexes, and delivery service work
hard and should be fairly compensated.
Moreover, as was shown in the UPS
strike, these workers can be as militant
and effective in asserting their interests
as were the coal miners, auto workers,
and construction workers of the more traditional
labor movement. And of course, employers can't
relocate hotels, hospitals, and theme parks down to
Mexico.%
Editor's note: Zieger dedicated Southern Labor in Transition
to his late colleague, George Pozzetta, and his family. Professor
Pozzetta had been a member of the Department of History for
over 20 years before his sudden death in