Back in the 70’s I was stationed in the Air Force Outside of Davis. We had a “dream Sheet” of places we would like to be stationed. One of my co-workers was from Santa Cruz, and on a visit, he pointed out AAFS on Mt Um as we passed through San Jose. Similar sites were located on Mt Tamalpais, Point Arena; near Cambria (Cambria AFS); and at Mt Hebo, in Oregon (Near Pacific City). These were all on my Dream Sheet. I tried to visit them all, armed with my military ID, a copy of my current station orders and a copy of my TS security clearance, but was never able to get access (didn’t have a “need to know”). I actually got to visit the site at Mt Hebo after it was closed, but didn’t get any pictures (don’t ask). I left the Air Force in 1978, and moved to San Jose, where I spent the next 22 years staring at Mt Um, sometimes with a telescope, sometimes much closer. I actually visited the saddle on Mt Um road several times in the early 80’s, but didn’t observe any government response to my presence. I admit that being where I was and no longer being in the military made me a bit nervous. The site I was stationed at from 1972 to 1976 in Davis, CA had the same harsh sounding warning signs on the approach road, but there was nothing more dangerous than a pocket knife on the entire site. ;) The reason for closure of Mt Um was the implementation of the Pave Claw over the horizon radar system located at Beal AFB. all of the coastal sites were deemed redundant at that point and closed down. I heard (rumor alert) from friends still on active duty that the GATR site stayed open a number of years after the closure of the rest of the site. Just a side note, GATR stands for Ground Air Transmit Receiver. My AF specialty was 30474 (Ground Radio) and I worked in GATR sites a various locations. They were usually equipped with UHF and VHF ( all AM) transmitters and receivers used to communicate with aircraft. The site I worked at in Davis was a HF (High Frequency) long haul transmitter site that was part of the” Presidential VIP Radio Network.”

I also took a class, spread over 2 semesters at West Valley College concerned with Motorola VHF FM radio site installation, design and maintenance, which culminated in a field trip up Soda Springs rd past the locked gates to visit a repeater site. This is the closest I have gotten to legally visiting AAFS.

I don’t know if this is at all interesting, or even pertinent, but what it all comes down to is an unsatisfied obsession with the Mountain.

Your Comments The film doesn’t put the story clear enough in it’s historical context which is neccessary to uderstand the punishment of Jesus. I thought Christianity was about the risen Christ, Easter, the most important feast of all Christians. I missed that part.

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Barry Schwartz’s new study finds that maximizers get better jobs but are less satisfied with them:

“Even when they get what they want, maximisers may not always want what they get”, the researchers concluded. “Individual decision-makers and policymakers are thus confronted by a dilemma: What should people do when ‘doing better’ makes them feel worse?”.

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