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Al Wadj Bank, Saudi Arabia (NASA, International Space Station Science, 12/30/07)
Al Wadj Bank, Saudi Arabia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember on the International Space Station. Saudi Arabia boasts the most coral reefs of any Middle Eastern country, as it includes coastline along both the Red Sea and Gulf of Arabia. This high resolution image depicts a portion of the Al Wadj Bank, located along the northern Red Sea coast. Despite the relatively high salinity of Red Sea water (compared to other oceans), approximately 260 species of coral are found here, according to scientists. Large tracts of the Saudi Arabian coastline are undeveloped, and reefs in these areas are in generally good ecological health. However, reefs located near large urban centers like Jeddeh have suffered degradation due to land reclamation, pollution, and increased terrigeneous sediment input. The Al Wadj Bank includes a healthy and diverse reef system, extensive seagrass beds, and perhaps the largest population of dugong -- a marine mammal similar to the North American manatee -- in the eastern Red Sea. The portion of the Bank in this image illustrates the complex form and topography of the reef system. Several emergent islands (tan) - surrounded primarily by dark green seagrass - are visible, the largest located at top left. Only the islands are above the waterline -- over the reef structures the water color ranges from light teal (shallow) to turquoise (increasing depth). The southern edge of the reef is well indicated by the deep, dark blue water of the Red Sea at image top.
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Guiseley Yellows 4 v 1 Ossett Town Mavericks
Sunday 3rd march and Mavericks make the long journey to Guisley. Today the are Stephen Hosty ,Hubert Ratkowski, JakeGledhill, Jack Fisher, Jarrod Oakes ,Joe Dunford ,Brandon Thorn, Richard Flood, Owen Denning, Josh Childe and Samuel Bowers.
The game starts and both teams set a high early tempo. Ossett defend well and Stephen is forced into an early save. Jarrod makes a good interception and clears. Mavericks push forward with Jack who plays a long ball to Owen and a good shot is turned round the post. Brandon gets a head on it but its cleared. Guisley push forward and Jake stops them in their tracks. A quick ball to Rich sees him through and 1 on 1 with the keeper and scores. 1-0 Mavericks. Guisley are quick back at us and soon Jarrod makes an excellent stop and Brandon clears. Joe makes space and sets up Hubert whose shot is saved. Owen breaks this time and wins a corner. Owen takes and Rich shoots wide. Brandon wins a hard tackle but Guisley trying to step it up a gear. They force a couple of good saves from Stephen but finally get an equaliser. 1-1. Soon after they shoot over, Mavericks regroup and settle. Owen makes a good run down wing but is unable to deliver. Guisley hit our bar and Jarrod makes a good block. Half time blows. 1-1.
Ossett start this half, Jack makes a good run and gets up field. Joe supports and crosses to Rich. Ball runs out. Guisley come back and Stephen saves again, Josh breaks and makes a good run finding Samuel. They work together and get the ball into the area. Guisley clear and attack. Stephen races out to clear. Guisley corner and Brandon heads out but they come back and score 2-1. Rich has a solo run and nearly makes it through getting tackled at last minute. Good pressure from Ossett with rich and owen combining. Guisley break and get round stephen scoring a 3rd. 3-1. Stephen pulls of another save and Guisley hit the post. Mavericks defend well but are unable to stop a 4th goal going in. Josh breaks but is just offside. Mavericks still battling but unfortunatley run out of time. A good game for both sides. Man of the match is Jack Fisher.

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Somewhere deep in your body are the secrets to who you are and where you came from. In this highly interactive class we will investigate our own body and the world around us at the molecular level. We will use tools and techniques used by geneticists in laboratories around the world such as micropipettes, centrifuges, PCR machines, electrophoresis and more. We will extract our own DNA to find out our genotype for specific traits. We will explore our heritage by looking at a conserved gene sequence. We will also sequence and compare genes from plants and animals in our neighborhoods as well as lab specimens. There are an estimated 8.7 million species on the planet and only a small fraction of them have been identified by scientists. Maybe you will discover a whole new species!
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I just fell off my no-sugar wagon into a tall glass of sweet tea and although I know I'll regret the sugar (I have reluctantly admitted to myself that all this sugar intake is causing energy dips that are just not working any more) I won't regret the flash of memory the tea served up with all that sugar. With one sip I was with my Grandma Rankin, maybe five years old, basking in her love in her sunny, warm, little kitchen. Within minutes of arriving to visit her she would click-clunk the handle on the door of her 'icebox' and pull out a cold glass pitcher of sweet tea.
Something about being stored in glass, and being there, waiting for us, made that tea, poured into a little clear juice glass that perfectly fit my hand, richer than the tea that sat in our refrigerator at home. It was like a pitcher of love, always on hand for us. There is a commercial sweet tea right now that has that flavor and I think of her every time I drink it, in fact, every time I see it in the grocery store. Thank you Gold Peak.
Grandma Rankin was a compulsive cleaner so you can imagine how immaculate her house was.
Or maybe you can't.
She repainted her walls every spring. My dad used to say that her rooms were getting smaller from the buildup of all that paint. She cleaned the gas pedal of her car with a crochet hook, which then hung in its own baggie on the neatly arranged pegboard in the garage. She used to clean and dry her leaves before bagging them up for the garbage man.
Her quirks did not bother me like they might have bothered a spouse or a son because I got to be just a grandchild. And when it works the right way, a grandmother can make a grandchild feel like the sun decided to shine just for her. Grandma Rankin didn't have the responsibility of teaching me right from wrong or deciding on my bedtime, she just turned her love on me like a heat lamp, like the sun in fact, warming me clear to the center.
Grandma Rankin looked every inch like a grandma. She was tall and thin, given to pink gingham dresses and sensible buckle shoes, wearing silver cat glasses. She insisted that her dresses always have pockets for her Kleenex and rosary beads. For years it drove my mother crazy, trying to find dresses with pockets when buying her a Christmas or birthday present until she finally hit on the idea of buying an otherwise perfect dress (not ruffly, not flouncy, more of a long shift with a belt of the same material) and having a seamstress add a slit to either side of the dress with a lining inserted to make a pocket.
I don't think my grandmother ever realized her daughter-in-law could be that crafty.
Just like when Grandma Rankin finally decided to move to our town to be closer and my parents looked at apartment after apartment to find one that would fill her list of requirements (ground floor, walking distance to, among other things, a grocery store, a Catholic church, and a hairdresser who specialized in the blue tints that grandmothers of that era sported).
Oh and it had to fit her budget.
Another crazy making process, one perfect place rejected after another until they found an apartment that fit every requirement except the budget. My parents struck a deal with the landlord, agreeing to pay him the extra amount every month without my grandmother ever knowing. Of course once Grandma was told the apartment had been found, at the rent she had hoped for, she triumphantly beamed at my parents. "See! I told you we could find it." Grandma shook her head at them, bewildered by their lack of faith. They just smiled and nodded, signed their own separate contract, and for years secretly sent the extra check.
And that is love, right there.
Letting Grandma believe she was right instead of pointing out their own good deed. Grandma believed God had provided for her, and you know what? I believe He did. He just used a few of his people on the ground to get the job done.
Which is how I have come to believe God works. I think He often works through us to help those around us and we don't even know it. We know it feels good to help someone and it feels good to be helped and maybe that is God, right there in the middle of it, getting his children to all take care of each other. We've all been the helpee, we've all been the helper. Maybe God doesn't always come as a thundering voice from the mount, maybe sometimes He sounds just like an idea in our own head. And maybe it isn't always dramatic, like a parting of the sea, maybe God's love can come in the form of a rent supplement or a pocket added to a dress.


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Alcohol consumption among the younger population grows with each passing year. The figures speak for themselves when it states that, according to the Public Health Agency of Catalonia, more than half of 17-year-olds acknowledge that they have been drunk at least once during the last month. Therefore, we need to raise social awareness and promote education from the family and teachers to reduce alcohol consumption among the younger population.
- Encourage good habits. Better health and good food habits can slow excessive consumption of alcohol. Also, young people drink mainly for fun, so we have to look for alternative entertainment to escape this problem.
- Increase exercise. One of leisure activities that promote a more active life is the practice of sport. Not only during the week but also on weekends, doing group activities, adventure activities. And also extreme sports which can replace the adrenaline rush some feel from alcohol.
- Family education. In recent years, studies demonstrate that one starts to drink at a younger age, and are more likely to have problems with alcohol if you are raised in a family that has a looser level of permissiveness. Perhaps it is good to talk to parents and children, encourage moderation in alcohol consumption at home, knowing effects, what to drink and what not.
- Better educational campaigns in school. When it comes to education on alcohol in schools, it seems that their campaigns against alcohol are not working well enough. New values, new models of society, and therefore new realizations are needed to solve this problem.
In short, to prohibit consumption does not work, one need to offer leisure alternatives equally interesting for the young ones. This is would be the best way to educate and promote moderation in drinking, thus promote a taste for calm and pleasant consumption, and also get the advantage of the health benefits of drinks such as wine.
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Committed to educating chefs and diners to not consume commodity pork raised in harrowing industrial farming operations, Brady Lowe vowed to create a culinary movement promoting heritage breed pigs and family farms. His weapon is an epic, whole-hog culinary competition and tour, Cochon555. By promoting safe and honest food sources through almost 20 events per year, the tour has since become a movement, spreading its message like wildfire across the nation.
Initially five restaurants, five farmers, and five wineries in one city, Cochon 555 has now reached out to thousands of chefs and farmers in over 10 cities. Since 2008, Brady has brought together the best chefs and the best breeds in friendly competitions for a cause…encouraging diners in search of responsibly raised proteins to "stop, think and consider."
Inspired by global grilling traditions, each event in the tour is comprised of chefs, mixologists and sommeliers innovating theatre for the palate. Last week in San Francisco, the Heritage BBQ weekend commenced with Cochon555's cult favorite pop-up dinner, Late Nite Asian Speakeasy. This sub-series has also gone national and features 50 of the country's emerging chefs. San Francisco's young talent showcased their culinary skills, one dish at a time, to an entourage of 60+ guests.
This year, Brady has raised the progressive foods bar further by starting Piggy Bank, a non-profit, open source, "eco-system" designed to:
· Provide free genetics and business plans to emerging family farms
· Give free heritage piglets to new farmers
· Inspire the creation of more livestock banks
· Change our current CAFO system landscape
An all-inclusive, six-course meal paying homage to Chinese, Szechuan, Filipino, Korean, and Thai, this particular meal was sponsored by Glenfiddich, and organized by Chef Tu David Phu (formerly of Chez Panisse, Quince, Acquerollo and Daniel Boulud) who teamed with chefs: Tim Luym of Buffalo Theory, Francis Ang of Pinoy Heritage, Shawn Naputi of Prubechu and acob Kwan-Rosenthal.
Brady used the event to introduce key Piggy Bank concepts during a three hour dining experience held at Tradesman in the city's Mission District:
· Piggy Bank will protect heritage breed pigs, support family farming, and build educational resources
· Piggy Bank will build business value for all within the community
· Piggy Bank create a genetic sanctuary and promote open access to information
· Piggy Bank will create an unparalleled value proposition for our community of donors and benefactors
· Piggy Bank will avoid the over-dependency on any single or dominant revenue source
· Piggy Bank will support the singularity of local farms in an era of global agricultural ideas
· Piggy Bank will maintain a culturally diverse staff
For the feast, each chef created a dish reflecting their distinct culinary approach as well as working together to pair each bold, spiced driven bite with cocktails and premium wines. To start, small bites were passed during the welcome reception as the crowd mingled:
Pomegranate & Chia shooters
Chicken Liver Pate & Shrimp Chip
Adobo Pork Silog
Lap Xuong
Shitake Rice Cracker
Silver Oak Cellars, Breckenridge Distillery, The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley, Martinez-Lacuesta Vermut & Dry sparkling(see listing of hand-crafted cocktails below)
Then the main courses:
Charred Pig Heart "Kinilaw" (Chef Timothy Luym)
With Chicories/Coconut Vinegar/Chiles/Shallot
paired with 2013 Twomey Monument Tree Pinot Noir
Pork Ribs (Chef Savanara Jake Tith)
Mesquite smoked/Char Siu Style
paired with 2012 Twomey Soda Canyon Ranch Merlot
Charcuterie Board & Glenn Fiddich Whiskey
(Chefs: Shawn Naputi/ Tu David Phu/ Timothy Luym/ acob Kwan-Rosenthal)
Spam & Blood Orange Preserve/Pig Ear Terrine/Chicarrones/Sisig Croquette & Brain Gribirche
Paired with 2012 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet and 2007 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet
Sausage (Chef Shawn Naputi)
Pork/Shrimp/Banana Leaf/Coconut
Paired with 2011 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet
24 Hour Pork Belly (Chef Tu David Phu)
Peppercorn/Soy/Coddled Egg/Yau Choy
Paired with 2007 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet
Tupig a la Plancha (Chef Francis Ang)
Glutinous Rice/Banana Leaf
Paired with Glenfidich 12 year, Glenfiddich Bourbon Barrel Reserve 14 year and Glenfiddich 15 year
During the prep, the chefs shared stories and the inspiration behind their dishes…from the kitchen in their own words:
Chef Francis Ang of Pinoy Heritage Popups:
"My roaming pop-up focuses on contemporary Filipino Food with a nod to tradition. We started this popup a year ago and traveled for six months to different parts of the Philippines. It was an eye opening experience. Growing up in Manila, I could not believe how diverse the Philippines were after going to different regions and provinces. I was humbled by this experience.
The name of the dish that I'm preparing is Tupig a la Plancha, served with coffee-whiskey sabayon, nut crumble and yuzu ice cream. We learned this dish as we were travelling the northern regions of the Philippines. It is a mixture of glutinous rice flour with young coconut and coconut milk wrapped in banana leaves and grilled over hot river rocks.
The scent of the charring banana leaves reminds me of special holidays back home. The warm Tupig has an amazing chewy texture with a very thin crisp coming from the charred bits. The coffee- whiskey sabayon adds extra fat and flavor to the dish and the yuzu ice cream adds a little acidity. Everything balances with texture, flavor and temperatures." (see recipe below)
Timothy Luym of Buffalo Theory and Frozen Kuhsterd
"Charred Pig Heart is a play on the Filipino kinilaw which is basically a ceviche. Seafood is marinated in vinegar and calamansi lime in the Philippines. Pork hearts are grilled rare and then marinated in coconut vinegar and calamansi citrus, tossed with shallots, Thai chills, ginger, and served with chicories. The grilled aspect gives a nice char and bitterness along with the chicories. The vinegar, Thai chilis, shallots and ginger along with the vinegar and calamansi brighten the iron of pork heart. Flavors: Tart, Spicy, slightly sweet and minerally with bitterness. (see recipe below)
Throughout the dinner, Brady held court with the diners, inspiring with his mission. He starting with a memorable statement:
"Our community believes in having a choice; as much as a voice."
His message dovetailed perfectly with Peak Plate's mission:
"Our planet's sources are limited, but we wholeheartedly believe there's no limit to the human imagination- or to our capacity to solve formidable problems. We are bold enough to believe that the food we choose to eat can change the course of our planet, and we are brave enough to believe it will improve the broken food system."
The night's dining was "cultured yet edgy," focusing on Asian faire but using locally sourced ingredients that support sustainable agriculture. Between the intimate inter-section of these food cultures, a setting that felt like someone's living room and the obvious passion expressed by Brady and the chefs, the Asian Speakeasy was edutainment at its finest as it was delectable.
Mark Pasternak of Devils Gulch Ranch supplied the heritage pork for the entire dinner. Mark and his wife, Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak, DVM, have owned Devils Gulch since 1971, offering agriculture and nature educational programs on-site and internationally in Haiti……….but then that's a story, soon to follow.
Photography by Julie Ann Fineman unless otherwise noted.
Tupig a la Plancha
Yields 3 dozen servings
12 oz glutinous rice flour
2 cans coconut milk
16 oz coconut flakes
12 oz brown sugar
1/2 oz salt
· Combine and mix everything in a bowl
· Cut banana leaves to 8" by 3" and brush with butter
· Place 3 tablespoons of mix on banana leaves and fold
· Sear each side for about 3 minutes or until the banana leaves are charred
· Serve with ice cream and fruit
Charred Pig Heart 'Kinilaw'
· Grill pork hearts rare.
· Cut into medium dice.
· Marinate with vinegar, citrus, chilis, shallots, and ginger for four hours.
· Serve atop chicories.
Hand-crafted cocktails:
Bling Pig
Breckenridge Bourbon, Perfect Puree Caramelized Pineapple, Velvet Falernum, Perfect Puree Yuze Luxe Sour, Simple & Angostura Bitters
My New Grass Skirt
Breckenridge Vodka, Perfect Puree Thai Basil & Black Pepper, Cucumber, Ginger Beer, Bittermans "Elemakkule Tiki Bitters
Perfect & Painless
Breckenridge Spiced Rum, Perfect Puree Passion Colada, Velvet Falernum, Pineapple & Lime Juices, Spiced Nutmeg Bitters
Piggy Back
Lacuesta Rojo Vermut, San Pellegrino, Olive, Orange Peel
Cochon555 continued two days later at Magnolia's Brewery in the Dog Patch for the BBQ Heritage Pork competition. Thank you Carol Scoff for the photography coverage!


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In general, western treatments for many dermatological conditions are limited, however powerful. There are many diseases that are barely treatable at all, or have a very difficult prognosis. Fortunately there are a lot of Chinese medicine folk and external remedies for the same or similar dermatological problems that were identified a long time ago in China. Not every condition is easily treated, but many are.
- Athlete's Foot
- Poison Ivy/Oak*
- Contact Eczema
- Varicose veins
- Shingles
- Cold sores
- General rash
- Jock itch
- Scabies*
- and more…
The Chinese Medicine way to treat this is a combination treatment of internal "clearing" (of bacterial heat, deficiency heat, or toxic heat), along with topical applications of herbs that range from soothing/softening to anti-parasitic and/or toxic. When we say toxic this means some are not meant to be ingested** and some could be simply somewhat toxic. These herbs are very effective at killing excess patterns like fungi or bacteria or parasites that cling to hair or burrow into the skin.


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Criterion reveals its July titles, plus Annihilation, Red Sparrow, Hurricane Heist & Harry Anderson RIP
All right, we've got a trio of new reviews for you today, plus some big release news...
First, I've given Duncan Jones' Source Code a look on 4K Ultra HD from Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, featuring Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision HDR. I've also reviewed Scott Cooper's western Hostiles on 4K Ultra HD, also from Lionsgate. Both are well worth your time.
And Tim Salmons has given Shout! Factory's new Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season 11 a spin on Blu-ray Disc, featuring 14 new episodes (Reptilicus, Cry Wilderness, The Time Travelers, Avalanche, The Beast of Hollow Mountain, Starcrash, The Land That Time Forgot, The Loves of Hercules, Yongary: Monster from the Deep, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, Carnival Magic, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, and At the Earth's Core). Don't miss it! [Read on here...]


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The reality is, that in case damages are generally left untreated to, they are willing to worsen throughout severity, and turned out to be either uncontrollable or too costly if you want to justify. Typically the longer anyone leave it again, the more serious the impairment gets (to equally your roof your wallet). Seeking ceiling restoration definitely will prevent excessive water damage and mold, leaks, drop tiles, impairment from moss along with structural problems, and for that reason prevent dear repairs afterwards down the actual track.
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When you've got tenants who sadly are content, you often have smaller service bills. The immediately after ideas should go considerably to allow for healthy qualities and contented tenants. Whenever any model becomes no income producing, do all of the necessary problems. Repainting virtually all rooms, vacuuming thoroughly, wiping out the flooring and swapping out it utilizing laminate, replacing dysfunctional appliances together with replacing unwanted fixtures as well as leaky taps are only some very low cost ideas which is able to justify larger rents and additionally add value for a property.


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Founded in 1878, The Johns Hopkins University Press is America's oldest university press. It is also one of the largest, publishing upward of 170 new books and more than 50 journals each year. Since its founding, the Press has published more than 3,000 books. The Press's flourishing journals program developed Project MUSE with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Other online projects available include the World Shakespeare Bibliography and The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism.
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Setting Off On The Right Path – Food For Thought
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Category: Healthy Body, Healthy Heart, Healthy Mind
According to government documents and articles it is said that to help maintain good health an adult (between 19-64) should be active for at least 150 minutes per week. Another way of putting it is moderate to light exercise for 30 minutes per day.
I think that is a very relevant statistic, reason being, I know how overwhelming it can be if you have not exercised for a while to get back on that horse and keep it going. Out of curiosity today I looked up my obesity classification for my weight two and a half years ago and it turns out I was in class three. It is no wonder I always crawled under the covers of my bed and stayed far away from the world on my days off. At that time of my life I lived very much like an old iPhone's battery, I kept exertion to a minimum in case I ran out of oomph at the end of the day. These days I can easily run away with myself and write blog posts about exercising and doing movements that are becoming second nature to me, not realising that many people can't do them.
Today I thought that I'd focus on something simple, something that the majority of us can manage. A BRISK WALK A DAY CAN KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY! (Apples can too, so lets remember that.) If all you can manage to do is walk for 20-30 minutes every day, then that is great, it is better than sitting at home and feeling sorry for yourself. Trust me I have been there and it keeps you spiralling down, you want to be spiralling upwards and making progress, the only way to do that is to put one foot in front of the other.
I'll keep this one relatively short today; if you or someone you is having trouble being active, someone struggling to be more positive and get their life going then this might be the post for them. My challenge to you is to head out for a 20-30 minute walk each day for a week, go out with a good audiobook or some relaxing music in you ears and let your mind detach itself from the 'normal' routine. Stimulate your muscles and get the heart working for you, you must treat your body well it is the only one you've got!
Have a great weekend ahead!
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I am concerned about the inadequate travel arrangements for secondary school pupils living in Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn who attend Llanishen High School.
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The Jharkhand government has not been able to construct a single toilet in the urban areas of the state more than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Swachh Bharat mission, a government report says.
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Yes, climate hazards are natural events in weather cycles.
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April 1995
Missing the Point
I am always saddened when I read a letter in the NOR like that from Joyce Mullan (Dec.). She canceled her subscription because she finds the "smug tone" of many articles "very disturbing," and because she, a "cafeteria Catholic," feels more Protestant than Catholic. But she is missing the point of the NOR.
I am a Reform Jew. There are aspects of Catholicism -- indeed, of Christianity -- with which I differ. However, I did not initially subscribe to the NOR because I thought I would agree with all of its positions, or even a significant portion of them. I subscribed because an ad promised me an intellectually challenging review which, while Catholic, is at the same time ecumenical. I have not been disappointed.
When the NOR appears in my mailbox, I greet it with a mixture of anticipation and apprehension -- anticipation because I look forward to digging in and reading the magazine, apprehension because I know I am going to have to work, read and reread, go back over, think, consider, and put long-held beliefs and positions under the relentless glare of thought fostered by challenging articles. Because of the articles I have changed or modified certain of my positions. Sometimes I disagree -- vehemently -- but I am always challenged intellectually.
So I wish Mullan would change her mind. Sure, sometimes there is a tone of smugness, of righteousness, and perhaps a touch of holier-than-thou. But the NOR reminds me of what a wonderful law professor told us the first day of class: "We are not here to teach you the law, but we are here to teach you to think." Sometimes the NOR bothers me. Sometimes it provokes me. But it makes me think. How dull it would be if I could read the NOR and agree with everything in its pages!
Bruce M. Bogin
Noailhac, France
Putting Children First
In Kalynne Hackney Pudner's excellent article on marriage (Nov. 1994), I found almost no mention of children. "The object of the marriage commitment," she writes, "is the spouses themselves ." Of course that's true, but I would put the emphasis on children as the ultimate purpose of marriage. If children are put first in marriage, then love, fidelity, and stability should normally follow, since these are basic needs of children.
In traditional monogamous marriage, sacrifice is willingly accepted for the sake of the children. It can be said, then, that anything that is inimical to the best interests of children should, in a good society, be resisted. That includes abortion, homosexuality, out-of-wedlock births, hedonism, day care, "alternative" forms of marriage, and all the rest, including feminism, which obviously tends to marginalize children.
Michael Clark
Central Argyle, Nova Scotia
Blown Away By Coles
The columns by Robert Coles in the NOR just blow me away.
The truth he grasped about birth control from that nun in his January-February 1995 column is what the Church's opposition to birth control is about. Why don't more people grasp it? It's so simple, and so profound.
Sr. Genevieve Walsh
Medina, The Philippines
Slippery Slope
Although John C. Cahalan opposes gay rights legislation that would in his judgment make homosexuality socially acceptable (article, Dec. 1994), he offers "gay-bashing" as legitimate grounds for specific legislative protection, and thinks homosexual behavior should be legally permitted. But gay-bashing has come to be defined as anything not in support of the homosexual lifestyle, and justice is not served by codifying specific legal remedies for a questionable category of individuals. Moreover, when one removes moral absolutes from consideration, one degenerates into a sense of obligation to ungodliness. If we want our country to be one nation under God, there is no room for government ratification of ungodly pathologies. Homosexuality is a perverted, destructive aberration. We should help those afflicted see this in the kindest, most considerate manner possible. But accommodation is just another step down the slippery slope.
D.A. Redmann
Shorewood, Wisconsin
Let Me Try Again
Ralph St. Louis's brief review of my book To Hunt, To Shoot, To Entertain (Jan.-Feb. 1995) covers four of its 201 pages. In case anybody wonders, the other 197 pages deal with the history, theology, and sociological expressions of clericalism (a phenomenon which in the U.S. is at least as widespread among the Catholic laity as among their clergy), the harm done to the Church by clericalist attitudes, and related matters.
As for the four pages on which St. Louis comments, it appears I did not make my meaning entirely clear. Let me try again.
The Catholic community in the U.S. is said to number 60 million, give or take a few million. Does anyone seriously imagine this vast body of people has an impact -- as Catholic -- on public life at all proportionate to its size? We Catholics are routinely put to shame by Jews, evangelicals, and secular humanists. There are many reasons for that, but one reason lies in the clericalist assumptions shared by most Catholic clergy and laity.
The sometimes excessive specificity of bishops' statements on political questions ("political" in a broad sense, obviously) is a manifestation of the clericalist assumptions of which I speak. An example I give in the book -- an archbishop's letter to a congressional committee regarding a "pesticide control act" -- offers a mildly amusing illustration. The deeper, larger problem, which is not amusing at all, has to do with clericalist ecclesiology. It is reflected in another archbishop's comment, defending the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on economics, that "the Church" must be involved in these matters. Indeed it must. But who is "the Church"? Is it only the clerical hierarchy, as the archbishop's comment would seem to suggest; or is it all of us -- clergy, religious, laity -- with our diverse but complementary responsibilities in carrying on the Church's mission?
I quite agree with St. Louis that "no one knows how much, if anything, could be done by others if our bishops fell silent." That is the great reduction to which a clericalist ecclesiology ultimately points: Either the clerical hierarchy does everything or nobody does anything. If things have not always worked out that way in the Church, it is only because people often have more sense than to carry out fully the implications of a bad theory.
So, without wishing to silence the bishops, who have a crucial role to play -- a role that is properly theirs as the agents of the Magisterium, namely, to teach social doctrine to the laity -- one might reasonably hope to see a well-formed laity also begin to assume their proper, autonomous role in shaping a just social order in light of the gospel.
Russell Shaw
Washington, D.C.
Vanauken: Comic Book Writer
As fiction, Sheldon Vanauken's "New World Aborning" (Jan.-Feb. 1995) falls flat. Mark and the Professor (his characters) are as life-like and believable as comic-book characters. None of his characters develops, and the plot is pedantic and predictable. I can't believe you wasted paper and ink on this.
Catherine A. Thiemann
San Diego, California
Vanauken Strikes
I just finished Sheldon Vanauken's story "New World Aborning" (Jan.-Feb.). I share the concern of his character, Mark ("The Sleeper"), and ask the same question: "We could still change direction, but will we?"
After awakening in 1997, The Sleeper speaks about "something no one else has seen" or something others have seen and perhaps tried to speak about but without being able to "be heard." That struck me! My letters to the editor sent to various periodicals date back 40 years and fill four shoe boxes. I believe many people have seen what The Sleeper saw, and tried to sound the alarm -- but without effect.
All this can easily cause one to hate proponents of Political Correctness. Perhaps Rush Limbaugh enjoys tremendous popularity because he makes it easy and satisfying to hate. But hating does not hurt my enemies; it hurts me. It has contributed to two heart attacks, and could lead to eternal suffering. I wonder how many are fighting hate, as I am. A key to Hell is hate.
Robert T. Jefferson
Goshen, Indiana
St. Vladimir: Catholic
Christopher Decker's guest column (Jan.-Feb.) was incorrect in implying that Prince Vladimir of Kiev and his people became Eastern Orthodox. Actually, they became Byzantine-Rite Catholic, in 988. Vladimir died in 1015, and the Orthodox schism didn't take place until 1054. Vladimir is honored as a Catholic saint (as well as an Orthodox saint).
Robert J. Gorman
Chicago, Illinois
Desiring To Be Deceived
I was puzzled by the final paragraph of Episcopalian John Orens's letter (Jan.-Feb. 1995) responding to Dale Vree's review of the reissue of John Henry Newman's Anglican Difficulties (Oct. 1994). Orens poses the question: "shall we follow Vree into the quagmire of ancient quarrels, and flog old Mr. Gorham ?" I did not remember that Vree had flogged the Rev. George Gorham, and, being an Episcopalian myself, I was alarmed. To refresh my memory I again read the offending review, but found that Gorham wasn't even mentioned.
As the years pass, many Episcopalians are becoming aware of the results of their church's decision to ordain women. There is a story of a man who set fire to his house to rid himself of an infestation of mice, but who, after initial delight at the success of his eradication measure, discovered that he had no home to live in. The decision to ordain women was a rejection of the Apostolic Ministry present in both the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church for over 1,900 years. In order for Episcopalians to claim that they are part of the Church Catholic, it is necessary to assert that all of the Catholics of Christendom, past and present, have been wrong in their understanding of the Apostolic Ministry, and only contemporary Episcopalians have got it right. The absurdity of the assertion is so apparent as to need no rebuttal.
Another consequence is that any possibility of intercommunion or re-union of the Episcopal Church with the Roman or Orthodox communions has been irrevocably foreclosed. In its ecclesiastical relationships the Episcopal Church must now associate with the liberal Protestant denominations, which are steadily declining in membership, prestige, and influence.
As Episcopalians become more aware of these results, many become agitated intellectually and emotionally, and respond by denying the reality of the circumstances in which they find themselves. In one of his sermons Bishop Butler made the observation, "Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences will be what they will be," and asked, "Why then should we desire to be deceived?"
Thor Thonvaldsen
San francisco, California