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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Christmas 2015 in the 74126: "They Made Known To Others What They Had Seen"
Christmas 2015 Common Meal and Candlelight Worship: Lessons and Carols and Communion
The Welcome Table: A Free Universalist Christian Missional Community
We eat our meal together, and worship together, around the same table
Today is the day which God has made: Let us rejoice and be glad therein. What is required of us? To live justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. This is our covenant as we walk together in life in the ways of God known and to be made known: In the light of truth, and the loving and liberating spirit of Jesus, we gather in freedom, to worship God, and serve others
from "Christmas Beatitudes" by David Rhys Williams
On this blessed day let us worship at the altar of joy, for to miss the joy of Christmas is to miss its holiest secret. Let us enter into the spiritual delights which are the natural heritage of child-like hearts. Let us withdraw from the cold and barren world of prosaic fact if only for a season. That we may warm ourselves by the fireside of fancy, and take counsel of the wisdom of poetry and legend.
Blessed are they who have vision enough to behold a guiding star in the dark mystery which girdles the earth; Blessed are they who have imagination enough to detect the music of celestial voices in the midnight hours of life. Blessed are they who have faith enough to contemplate a world of peace and justice in the midst of present wrongs and strife. Blessed are they who have greatness enough to become at times as a little child. Blessed are they who have zest enough to take delight in simple things; Blessed are they who have wisdom enough to know that the kingdom of heaven is very close at hand, and that all may enter in who have eyes to see and ears to hear and hearts to understand.
O Come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant
O Come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem,
Come and behold him, Born the King of angels
O Come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him,
O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Sing choirs of angels, Sing in exultation,
O Sing, all ye citizens, of heaven above
Glory to God, In the highest
O Come let us adore him, O come, let us adore him
O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
In Advent season each week we point the way to Christmas. Peace, Joy, Love, and Hope, these are the touchstones in our journey preparing our hearts for this holy day when we begin again in the spirit of the Child. And so we come to Christmas once again, as have those before us through the centuries, the mighty cloud of witnesses who have lighted our way with their lives of faith, hope and unconditional love.
May the lights we burn tonight warm us with memories of their inspiration and their aspirations.
In miracle and mystery, Jesus was born, light shining in the darkness. In miracle and mystery, all are born, new lights of life full of hope. May our lives be the Light of this Good News.
Peace and joy and hope and love---which never come easy and are easily lost—all come together in the liberating spirit of God.
May God's light heal our lives and world.
And may this light, on this special day of birth, remind us that to be in the spirit of Christmas we must be where peace needs to be born, Where joy needs to be sung, Where hope needs to be found, And where love needs to be shared.
We light these candles once again in this Season which reminds us how to live most fully all our days. We light these candles to proclaim the coming of the light of God into the world.
With the coming of this light let there be peace. Blessed are the peacemakers.
With the coming of this light let there be joy. Blessed are those who mourn and who suffer in this special time, that their hearts be lifted.
With the coming of this light let there be love. Such great love helps us to love God and one another, especially our enemies.
With the coming of this light let there be hope, that goodness will prevail in our lives and world, that oppression will end, that what unites us is stronger than what divides us, that we will find our way in the light of God and fear not.
With the coming of this light let there be born once again the simple transforming freedom the Christ Child brings to the world, through which the light of God shines in all, that we may be God's people every day, and care for one another and for all of God's Creation, with our hearts, minds, souls, and our hands.
We light these candles to proclaim the coming of the light of the loving and liberating spirit of God into the world.
O God, who hast brought us again to the glad season when we remember the birth of Jesus, grant that his spirit may be born anew in us. Open our ears that we may hear the angel songs, open our lips that we may sing with hearts uplifted, Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, goodwill toward all. Amen. (King's Chapel Book of Common Prayer)
FIRST LESSON: Luke 2:1-7
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
Away in a manger, no crib for his bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus, asleep in the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes
I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
And stay by my cradle, till morning is nigh
SECOND LESSON: Luke 2: 8-12
8In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.9Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.10But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people:11to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.12This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger."
The first Nowell, the angels did say,
was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell,
Born is the king of Israel.
Third Lesson: Luke 2: 13-20
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,14"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!"15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us."16So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger.17When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child;18and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.19But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains
and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strain
Gloria, In excelsis Deo; Gloria, In Excelsis Deo.
Shepherds why this jubilee? Why these songs of happy cheer?
What great brightness did you see? What glad tidings did you hear?
Gloria, In Excelsis Deo; Gloria, In Excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem and see, Him whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee, Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria, In Excelsis Deo. Gloria, In Excelsis Deo.
"The Work of Christmas" by Howard Thurman
When the star in the sky is gone, When the Kings and Princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins. To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To teach the nations, To bring Christ to all, to make music in the heart.
HOMILY: Far North Tulsa and The New Nazareth
"and when they had seen this, they made known to others....." each year my christmas homily takes off from one of the words or phrases in Luke's nativity of Jesus gospel. this year it will be this phrase.
So much of what Christmas is about is how to see, what to see, anew. So much of what we do here in the 74126 is help people, whether residents or from other parts, to see our place and people anew, deeper, as God sees us. For us to see ourselves anew too, full of possibilities. We are small, like Nazareth, like Bethlehem, but we have and are enough. And, just as with the Christmas lessons and story, at the same time as we are enough we know More is to come, more truth light love liberation, and that in living in our world of simple enough we ourselves are part of the More in the lives of our neighbors. Enough and More, the inhaling and exhaling of the Spirit of Life, the way God incarnates in and through us.
For we are one of the "new Nazareths" where it is said nothing good will come, so no one invests, where all attention and power goes to the Sephorris of the world, those commercial cool places where money flows like the Empire built city of Sephorris of old just a few miles from Nazareth.
But because God with Christmas said Nazareth Lives Matter! Nazareth is known today and Sephorris is not.
Christmas is about seeing the Nazareths of the world right around us and within us, for that is where Incarnation happens.
God comes again and again as the candle of light where the powers keep extinquishing them.
Just as we have helped to narrow the life expectancy gap here from the outrageous 14 years we died earlier than those in south Tulsa to the still unjust 11 year difference, we are part of God's candlelighting here.
Finally Christmas reminds us that it is not our projects of food, art, justice, and parties that truly give birth to an emerging world of resistance and resiliency here; it is the way we as people of peace connect with other people, learn from our neighbors lives, and together love the hell out of this world.
It is always about people, about others, especially about loving our enemies, about "those people." In this time when much in the public life is about making enemies, maintaining enemies, being afraid of enemies, Christmas calls us to move in love toward our enemies; they are the world into which our Emmanuel will come, our salvation.
It is about people not projects because Christ came as a person and not as a project. As we near the beginning of Christmas time, remembering Christmastide begins not ends Dec. 25, this is our lesson to remember and share: Christ came/comes not as an Idea, as a philosophy or theology, not as a Principle, not as A Set Of Great Teachings, or Creed, not for God's sake as Bylaws, Buildings, Budgets and Bottom Lines, not as a Mission Vision Values Statement, not as a source of money or status (and so neither should the church). Christ came/comes as a defenseless living being, hungry, in a violent oppressed impoverished place, into a loving but out of the norm family, and into a community of resistance (and so should be the church's location and mission).
So it is how we dedicate ourselves to practice Christmas, incarnation, all year round: to keep moving into the neighborhood, as God did with the birth of Jesus and does still, waiting each day for us to go join in the party.
READING: "The Christmas We Are Waiting For" Sister Joan Chittister
The waiting time for Christmas is almost over. But so what? After all, there is nothing special about waiting. It's what we're waiting for that matters.
One of my favorite Christmas scripture readings takes place when John is in prison. It is a gospel that confronts us with the need to make a choice about what we are waiting for.
John is no small figure in scripture. He bellows to peasant and king alike across the land that the world cannot continue as it has been, that we have to learn to think differently, to live differently, to see life differently. And for those actions John paid the price. He is in prison in this scripture, for confronting the King.
John has unmasked the evil of the system, he has called both synagogue and empire to repent their abandonment of the Torah, their substitution of Roman law for Jewish law. John, in other words, is a strong and thunderous voice. He calls in no uncertain terms for repentance. He announces the coming of the Messiah who would -- like Moses -- free the Hebrew people again.
But in prison, John, weary from trying, disheartened by failure, surely depressed, maybe even struggling with his own faith, sends a messenger to ask Jesus what surely must be more than a rhetorical question: Are you the one who is to come or shall we wait for another?
Are you the one for whom I have spent my life preparing? Are you the one I gave up everything to announce? Are you the one who shall free Israel -- or have I wasted my time? Has it all been for nothing? "Are you the one?" John pleads.
But if John's question is bad, Jesus' answer is even worse. Tell John, who has lived to banish the empire, that the blind see, the lame walk and the poor have the gospel preached to them....
Not a single mention of an army to rout the garrisons, no talk of thunderbolts and falling thrones, no designation of the leader who would overthrow the emperor. No great religious crusade, even. No new outburst of religious enthusiasm, no embellishment of the temple, or the sacrifices, or the processions. No great blinding political or religious action at all. What John was waiting for, what John expected -- the rise of Judaism to new glory -- did not come.
The answer was searingly, astoundingly, clear. John had spent his life doing church, but Jesus did not come to do church; Jesus came to do justice. The Messiah was not about either destroying or renewing the old order. The Messiah was about building a new one where, as Isaiah said, the desert would bloom, the wilderness would rejoice, sorrow and sighing would flee away and the good news of creation would be for everyone.
On Christmas the question becomes ours to answer.
For what have we waited? For what have we given our lives? For religious symbolism or for gospel enlightenment? For the restoration of the old order or for the creation of the new?
Think carefully about the answer because on it may well depend the authenticity of our own lives and the happiness of many who are even now crippled by unjust systems, blinded by their untruths and fooled into believing that, for them, God wants it that way.
Merry Christmas to you all. And may, where you are, the desert be brought to bloom.
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven
No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in.
We lift up our hearts in God for the gifts of Life given for all.
Thanks be to God.
As Christmas reminds us of how the Divine came into the world in one so small, young, and fragile, so the Gifts of Life Abundant are in the ordinary made extraordinary, in the bread of the earth and the juice of the grape becoming food of the Spirit, incarnations of the Sacred.
Thanks be to God.
As Christmas calls us to be mindful of all those in need, all without a room, all with grief and fear, and to work for a world more just, so may this token of our daily bread, and this token of our cup of forgiveness which quenches the thirst of the soul, call us to go feed others.
Thanks be to God.
As Christmas offers us peace and light in times of darkness, may the sacred offering of this small meal, one to another, inspire us to acts of lovingkindness, all in the Spirit of the One born upon this night who showed us faithfulness without fear, preparing a welcome table for all.
Thanks be to God.
And so we join together in saying the prayer Jesus taught to those who would follow in his radically inclusive hospitable and justice-seeking way of the Spirit.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever, and ever. Amen.
From the beginning of the community gathered around Jesus, it is a community at its truest when it is a community that goes to the manger instead of gathering people into the inn; it is a church that is where those are who have been left out; we become our community when we go to the mangers, and we can trust that the star of Christmas will shine over us there, a greater light than all inside the inn, that we will have a community that reflects the diversity of God's world just like the diversity that gathered around the manger. Our communion is where we re-enact the manger, week after week, Christmas after Christmas, letting Christ be born anew within us so we can be born anew for the world and help it be born anew.
All are worthy and all are welcome in this free and open communion. We follow the practice of intinction, or dipping of the bread into the cup before eating.
May we remember that in our times of hunger and brokenness, of sadness even in holiday season, that God provides wholeness and abundant gifts of Creation all around us, among us, and within us all, more than enough to share with others. There is always enough of what all need if we all share and take no more than we need. That is the way it is in God's inn called the manger, God's welcome table, open to all regardless of who they are, what they believed, especially for those who are suffering, and oppressed. Come let us celebrate at the table the birth of the one who would make table gatherings in the midst of strangers and enemies, in the abandoned places of the Empire, reminding all there of God's healing presence.
The gifts of bread and juice, of plate and cup passed one to the other, are Christmas gifts from God that remind us of the gift given to the world on that first Christmas morning, and remind us of the gifts we ourselves are as we too, as all are, children of God.
Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing Al-le-lu-ia
Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord at thy birth, Jesus Lord at thy birth.
Go now in peace, and may the peace of God go with you all the days of your life. Go now in joy, finding the deepest spirit in the simplest of things. Go now in love, dedicated to making it visible as justice for all. Go now in hope, the spirit of the Christ Child bringing light into your life and world.
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Friday, December 04, 2015
Advent Is More Than Passive Waiting; Advent is Active "Hearing Others Into Speech" To Birth A More Peaceful World
Second Sunday of Advent Homily: The Candle of Peace, Yes Peace, More Peace, Especially Now
Rev. Ron Robinson
This Advent Season in particular it seems I feel closer to constant "fight or flight" responses than ever before. Maybe you do too. Maybe it is the merchants at the fear-mongering shop, or maybe it is the way evil is accentuated in a time of goodness (hope, peace, joy, love, and all that), the way the so-called culture wars and clashes of civilizations drumbeat seeps into our consciousness and drowns out the little drummer boy, or just social media culture I immerse myself in while doing good and trying out of necessity to raise money for good.
Pro and con and making points, garnering likes?, seem the air we breathe in. Guns, of course. But now prayer. Happy Holidays, of course. Blacklives/alllives. Free speech/hate speech. Your "timeline" your "daily feed" will fill in others.
For me it is often, on the surface, over words. Words are our lands, providing our refuge as connecting us to the stories and people that have nurtured us. But not everyone experiences our words, our worlds, the way we do. Putting up a wall between our words can seem like an insult, like an invasion taking away our land, our words, when it is really just a way to say your words are not my words. Ideally, any walls between our wordworlds might be more like those windows you can see out of but others can't see in. And much of this, of course, has to do with the history of the owners of the words; which ones have always had protected status, were seen as normal or the right words for all (so much so I might add that this very given status for the words and symbols back-fires and takes away the power of them).
Here are some examples on smaller more personal scales than the above, but in some ways have been just or more challenging for me because they are personal, and as i believe theologian James Luther Adams said in something of this way, what gets under your skin is your God; what gets you to react is what you treat as Ultimate.
So you probably know I am a deep dweller in the world of the "missional church" (redundancy though I see and wish that phrase was, and oxymoron as i too often experience it). I remember bristling, though, when someone else bristled and offered up the critique of the word missional and how they could not use it, and didn't like to hear it, because of the connections with missionaries and missionary culture and violence of many kinds. And, at least in my religious association (but like most things I wouldn't be surprised if it was found in other denominations too, though perhaps for varying reasons) there is also the bristling at the word "church" for much the same reason, either its connection being "too Christian" for those of other faiths among us, or for its semantic baggage (too institutional in an anti-institutional age, etc). I bristle, and am quick to jump into defensive posture, at such things. Taking away my land where missional is the very opposite of the missionary stereotype/reality? Where the Greek word missio meaning Sent is at the very heart of my experience of God? Or trying to take away my literal "church" which forms the visible real embodiment of what I find sacred and is where i find "my people" and my history/identity? Lately, it is over they hymn I love and constantly use, for missional church reasons besides its beauty, "We'll build a land" by Carolyn McDade, critiqued for creating images and evoking realities of colonizing, taking away lands and cultures. All of which is ironic because that is what I feel happens in taking away my sacred texts and scriptures that are in the hymn, reflecting not colonizers but an oppressed people seeking liberation and committing to co-creating with God a place among the ruins of Empire where another world of love and justice is possible. For some of us the scriptures, the hymns, the traditions of this and other church seasons are not places we "liturgically visit" but live in.
And so I bristle, when I get defensive and see the critiques. I bristle. I am human. It is okay. But if I turn bristling into debate, or blocking and turning away from the other, then we don't have the chance to create the real sacred edge between our wordworlds where God really is incarnated and dwells and is born. And when I jump to debate mode, or block mode, which is fight or flight, then i am missing out on the real opportunity to go even deeper into my own words I am so bristly about. It is because of the critiques others give based on their own wordworlds of the word missional, the word church, the hymn (and there are soooo many hymns critiqued; I just chose one that recently has me bristling the most) that I learn and grow more in my understandings. With the hymn, for example, the critique helps me to see the realities of different contexts, reminds me that not everyone shares my scriptural waters I swim in, that in some congregations in some locales among some peoples singing the hymn might not only evoke colonizing but in the way the scriptures are sung, used, but not understood in their own life and context, might be more appropriating of cultures in the moment itself. I will still love, still sing the hymn, as still using and promoting "missional church" but I do it all in a deeper, more generous way for having dwelled in the edge place between the wordworlds and affirming others in their different decisions just as heartfelt, mindful and sacred. And my perspective is enriched by having let others know I have been enriched by theirs. (As biology shows us, it is the "edge effect", the spots between diverse eco-regions, the disturbed places, where the most growth occurs. It is the same thing sociologically as what is referred to, and what our local foundation here is named, "a third place." www.athirdplace.org).
Advent, then, this very time when the edges in our cultures seem more with us, and when depression and sadness dwell with us more deeply too, Advent gives us the opportunity, the mandate even, to experience the edge effect. For Advent is the season when we should shut up and ride along with Miriam and Joseph on the road to Bethlehem, and be a quiet presence, attentive to the needs of the most vulnerable right around us, within us. Advent, and Christmas, is the season when we are reminded that life is not about us, at least not about us as individuals with personal likes and dislikes, but about getting over ourselves, our bristles, our own skins, for good. Christmas, as author and pastor Michael Slaughter titles his book, is not about our birthday, what we are given, but about Jesus and giving to the world.
And what we can give to the world this particular Advent is to recast Advent time, these weeks intentionally marking the time up to Christmas, from a stereotype of just waiting for something big to happen, from a sense of retreat even where we block off all others for a time and dwell within our wordworld, and make Advent instead into a time of active listening and learning, quiet engaging with others, in order to "hear into speech" as feminists taught us. Hear into Speech is a way to bring about new worlds, incarnations of God. This is the life of Advent. The angelic presence leads Miriam into her Magnificat speech of liberation and praise. Zacharias literally goes speechless then to speech with the pregnancy of Elizabeth and the birth of John the Baptist. Miriam's pregnancy presence leads Elizabeth from her seclusion into speech, and even her son John in the womb expresses himself with his leap of joy.
The angels in Advent remind us this is not easy work. Angels it is said were of such a frightful countenance as understood in the ancient times of the stories (not the "angelic" presences depicted in so much art) that it prompted the storytellers to introduce them with the familiar speech first from their lips: Be Not Afraid. So we shouldn't be afraid, though we will be, to go into edges of the wordworlds that divide us, and there to hold up our mirrors to ourselves and with others to see things more clearly. To do so takes generosity, but it builds up our resources of generosity too. And if we are not growing in generosity, then what are we doing anyway, particularly this Advent season.
All one more way we conspire against the Empire this Season with the meaning of Advent itself. The www.adventconspiracy.org movement focuses on spending less on things, worshipping and loving more, being more generous with our presence and support for the common good. We can add to that the conspiracy of acting as if there really is more room in the inn for another person and their experience, particularly for those who have been historically silenced. Like the ancient stories, it might catch on.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Advent and The Story of My Faith
I love Advent for many reasons but the biggest is because each year it begins replanting me in the Story of my faith. For me everything begins with Story. What story is my story a part of? Each day that answer provides my mission for the day.
(As a member and minister in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, that denominational part of the story is only part of the story of my faith, for my faith is rooted deeper than the beginnings of the associations in 1793 and 1825, deeper than the start of the very first churches that led up to those associations, back before 1648 Cambridge Platform and back before 1620 in Plymouth and 1606 in Scrooby, back before the Protestant Reformation that gave rise to the movements that would lead to the start of those churches, back through the years and communities both triumphant and heretical and martyred, back to before it was an Empire, back before it was named, a Story with even more ancient roots but planted in the hopes of a few people on the margins of the Roman Empire who still experienced the love of one killed by the Empire. That is why all of the Christian tradition, the scriptures that comfort and discomfort, the hymns based on those scriptures that comfort and discomfort, speak to me and is my struggle, and blessing.)
Advent is the opening chapter of that Story for me; the songs of this season, and the great Christmas hymns plant this story in me again each year too just like the stories in the Bible do that are told this time of year, and just like the stories of the lives of the great, known and unknown, ancestors who also were a part of the Story and have carried it and shaped it down the centuries for me.
A story of liberation and resistance in a place of oppression, of hope that comes on the margins of society's power, of the Ultimate in the Intimate, God in the most vulnerable. Advent reminds me where to incarnate my life each day. It reminds me why, though God knows there are so many reasons not to be, I am a Christian.
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Transvaginal Enterocele Repair
April 24, 2009 Leave a comment
An enterocele is a hernia of the peritoneal pouch of Douglas extending caudally between the vagina and rectum. It usually contains small bowel with or without omentum. Nichols described four types of enterocele:
- Congenital enterocele, the least common, occurs when the anterior and posterior peritoneal folds fail to fuse during fetal development.
- Pulsion enterocele is caused by a chronic increase in intra-abdominal pressure.
- Traction enterocele occurs when a pelvic organ, for example the uterus, bladder, or rectum, prolapses and causes traction on the vaginal vault and peritoneum.
- Iatrogenic enterocele occurs after hysterectomy, when excess peritoneum remains or the pouch of Douglas is not adequately closed. It may also occur after any procedure that alters the vaginal axis.
The two types of enterocele that urologists most often encounter are traction enterocele associated with anterior vaginal wall prolapse such as cystocele and iatrogenic enterocele that follows surgery on the anterior vaginal wall. Traction enteroceles often present with a concomitant cystocele and stress incontinence in any patient who has previously had a hysterectomy. It may be part of a total vaginal eversion. Iatrogenic enterocele is not uncommon after surgery for stress incontinence and has been reported in 3% to 17% of cases.
In order to understand the pathophysiology of an enterocele, one must first consider normal pelvic anatomy. The levator plate provides the primary support for the pelvic organs and directly supports the rectum and vagina. The distal vagina forms an approximately 45-degree angle with the vertical line while the proximal vagina forms a 110-degree angle and sits almost horizontally over the levator plate. The distal vagina is supported primarily by perivaginal or pubocervical fascia (which is a portion of the levator fascia) and its attachment to the tendinous arch. This proximal portion of the vagina is also anchored along with the cervix over the levator plate by the cardinal and uterosacral ligarnents, which are attached to the tendinous arch and sacrum, respectively. When there is an alteration in this support, commonly seen after hysterectomy, enterocele may occur.
An enterocele usually appears as a mass bulging from the vagina. If the uterus is in place, the enterocele will appear posterior to the cervix. However, more commonly it is seen as a bulge from the apex of the vagina after hysterectomy. Larger enteroceles can be seen bulging out of the vagina introitus. A systematic examination of the vagina and pelvis is the first step in the proper diagnosis of an enterocele. The major differential diagnosis is cystocele and high rectocele. An enterocele may exist independently or in combination with these other forms of pelvic prolapse. It is also important to ascertain if the vaginal vault is prolapsed, as this will affect the type of enterocele repair performed.
The extent of prolapse is first evaluated with the patient in the lithotomy position. The posterior blade of a vaginal speculum may be used to retract the posterior vaginal wall to view the anterior vaginal wall. At this time, the presence of urethral hypermobility, stress incontinence, and cystocele may be assessed. The patient should be instructed to cough and strain during these maneuvers. Next, the blade of the vaginal speculum is rotated to retract the anterior vaginal wall. The posterior wall and vaginal vault are inspected. Prolapse of the posterior vaginal wall can be observed readily with the bladder retracted out of the way. If the patient has not undergone a hysterectomy, the uterus can be evaluated for prolapse and movement. In posthysterectomy patients, support of the vaginal vault must be assessed. A rather large enterocele can occur posterior to the well-supported vault, or the entire vagina may be everted.
Although large enteroceles are often obvious, smaller ones associated with rectocele may appear as a high continuation of the rectocele bulge in the posterior vaginal wall. An enterocele may distinguished from a high rectocele by bimanual examination. A finger may be placed in the patient's rectum, and she is instructed to cough or bear down. The impulse of the enterocele may be felt against the fingertip as it would during the examination an inguinal hemia. With the index finger in the rectum and the thumb in the vagina, an increased thickness in the rectal vaginal septum may be felt as the enterocele is trapped between the two fingers. This maneuver can be repeated in the standing position (with one foot elevated on a stool) if there is any doubt about the diagnosis. Standing the patient provides a true impression of the degree of prolapse experienced during daily activity. When there is difficulty in distinguishing between cystocele and enterocele, a cystogram with anterior–posterior, oblique, and lateral resting and straining views can be done to help delineate the bladder. Sometimes it is difficult to determine the degree of cystocele and enterocele strictly by physical examination, and this may not be sorted out until the time of surgery.
Generally, the degree of an enterocele and the amount of discomfort it causes are the indications for surgery. Small enteroceles are often asymptomatic and need not be treated. However, there is a tendency for enteroceles to increase in size over time if left untreated. Larger enteroceles that prolapse outside the vaginal introitus are usually quite uncomfortable. Generally, treatment is driven by patient's symptoms of discomfort, incontinence, obstructive voiding, and constipation. In cases of severe vaginal prolapse, erosion and ulceration of the vaginal wall may occur, causing a great deal of discomfort. When other pelvic surgery is being performed, e.g., stress incontinence surgery, an enterocele of any size should be repaired at the same time, as they are likely to worsen postoperatively.
When surgery is contemplated, it is important to consider all of the anatomic abnormalities including vaginal vault prolapse, cystocele, urethral hypermobility with or without stress incontinence, rectocele, and the presence of a uterus. Also, the patient's degree of sexual activity will play a role in the type of surgical procedure performed. Age may also influence the type of procedure being performed. Finally, if the patient might undergo a laparotomy for other pathology, this may influence the type of surgery performed, as a transabdoniinal procedure may be elected.
A nonsurgical alternative for treatment of enterocele and pelvic prolapse is the use of a pessary. Pessaries come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are fit on a trial-and-error basis. Some patients with severe pelvic prolapse are unable to hold the pessary. In others, pessaries are found to be uncomfortable or to cause vaginal infections. A pessary can be used as a temporizing measure until surgery can be performed or as a chronic management of enterocele and pelvic prolapse in patients who do not wish surgical intervention. The type of pessary used is based on the degree of enterocele, presence of a uterus, and other coexisting pathology.
Another surgical alternative for enterocele treatment is colpocleisis, in which the entire vaginal canal is closed. This may be elected in the very elderly or in patients who have failed multiple attempts at repair.
Presurgical Preparations
Once the patient has elected to have surgery, preoperative preparation is simple and consists of a modified bowel prep, which can be performed at home. The day before surgery the patient can begin on a clear liquid diet and also should take an oral laxative such as citrate of magnesia. The evening before surgery the patient should take a self-administered enema. As in all vaginal procedures, the patient receives broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis perioperatively. We prefer to use gentamicin and ampicillin, or vancomycin in patients who are penicillin allergic. Doses of antibiotics are given just before the procedure and are continued for 24 hours after the procedure. At this time, the patient is switched to a broad-spectrum oral antibiotic for 10 days.
Surgical Approach
The choice of the specific type of enterocele repair will depend on several factors. We always prefer a transvaginal repair when possible, as this will reduce morbidity and recovery time. In cases in which laparotomy is being performed for another reason, an abdominal approach is preferred. In selecting the type of transvaginal repair, it is important to note the type and extent of the enterocele. If the vaginal vault is prolapsed, this will require a suspension or fixation of the vaginal vault in addition to the repair of the enterocele. This takes into consideration whether vault prolapse exists and also the degree of anterior vaginal wall prolapse or cystocele. If there is no vault prolapse and no cystocele, a simple repair can be performed. In cases in which there is vault prolapse and cystocele, a vaginal vault suspension is chosen. In cases of vault prolapse with no significant cystocele, a sacrospinous ligament fixation is performed. The sacrospinous ligament fixation can also be used in cases of vault prolapse with cystocele; however, we have found the vault suspension technique to be easier and to yield equal or better results in properly selected patients.
Transvaginal Enterocele Repair
All four variations start with the technique of simple enterocele repair, and other procedures may be performed after this if necessary. The patient is placed in the dorsal lithotomy position and prepped, with attention to adequately scrub the inside of the vagina in preparation for surgery. We usually place an iodoform-soaked pediatric laparotomy pad into the rectum so that it can be easily identified by palpation of the posterior vaginal wall. This is especially helpful when a concomitant rectocele repair is to be performed.
The labia are retracted with silk sutures. If a cystocele repair is to be performed, we usually place a suprapubic tube at the beginning of surgery either by the Lowsley tractor technique or percutaneously. A Scott ring retractor (Lone Star Medical Corporation) is very useful in helping to expose the operative field.
The first step is to isolate, repair, and remove the enterocele sac. This is begun by grasping the enterocele with two Allis clamps and bringing it outside of the vaginal introitus. The vaginal wall is then infiltrated with normal saline to facilitate dissection and separation of tissue planes. A longitudinal incision is made in the vaginal wall along the entire length of the enterocele. The vaginal wall is then carefully dissected away from the underlying pubocervical fascia and enterocele sac. In the initial dissection, care must be taken to stay very superficial and develop the proper plane. This is best accomplished by placing the curve of the Metzenbaum scissors against the vaginal wall. A finger can be placed on the outside of the vaginal wall to stabilize the initial dissection. Once the proper plane is entered, it is usually quite easy to dissect the vaginal wall away from the underlying enterocele sac. Care taken here will prevent early entry into the peritoneal cavity. The dissection of the enterocele is continued all the way to the neck of the enterocele sac. After the enterocele has been completely isolated, the sac is opened, and the peritoneal cavity is entered. At this time, one may see small bowel, omentum, or ovary and fallopian tube in cases where previous hysterectomy without oophorectomy has been performed.
The next step is closure of the enterocele defect or pouch of Douglas. Retraction of the peritoneal contents is best performed using a moist pediatric lap pad and a narrow Deaver retractor. This is assisted by placing the patient in Trendelenburg position so that abdominal organs fall slightly cephalad. The enterocele repair begins posteriorly while the abdominal contents are retracted anteriorly using the Deaver. A #1 PGA suture is first placed through the peritoneum and into the prerectal fascia that overlies the rectum. A circumferential closure of the defect is then performed by placing the pursestring suture laterally in the right in the uterosacral–cardinal ligament complex, anteriorly in the peritoneum, overlying the base of the bladder, laterally on the left in the uterosacral–cardinal ligament complex, and finally again posteriorly in the prerectal fascia. After this pursestring suture has been placed, a second one is placed in the identical structures in close proximity to the first. Care should be taken to place these sutures deep enough to ensure that adequate vaginal depth can be achieved. After the second pursestring suture has been placed, a third #1 PGA suture is placed from the right to the left uterosacral–cardinal ligament complex. This suture helps to reinforce the repair and also will be left tagged to help identify this complex later should it be necessary. After all sutures are placed, the assistant cinches down and places tension on one of the pursestrings while the surgeon ties the other. After this has been tied, the second pursestring is tied in a similar manner, followed by the uterosacral–cardinal ligament suture. The two pursestring sutures may now be cut while the third is left tagged. The excess enterocele sac may be excised, and the ends oversewn with a 2-0 PGA suture. If only a simple enterocele repair is performed, the tagged suture may now be cut. Excess vaginal wall is then excised, and the vaginal wall is closed with a running 2-0 PGA suture incorporating deep tissue to obliterate any dead space. An antibiotic-impregnated vaginal packing is placed for a period of 24 hours.
Enterocele Repair with Vault Suspension
The vault suspension procedure may be used when the vaginal vault has prolapsed and a cystocele is present. The size of the cystocele will determine the choice of vault suspension. For moderate cystocele (grades 2 and 3) with primarily lateral defects, the four-corner vault suspension and cystocele repair is the procedure of choice. When severe anterior vaginal wall prolapse is present with a grade 4 cystocele and a large central defect of the bladder through the pubocervical fascia, vault suspension with repair of grade 4 cystocele is used. These procedures incorporate techniques of two previously described repairs for moderate and severe cystocele.
Four-Corner Vault Suspension
After simple enterocele repair has been completed, the vaginal wall is left open, and the anterior vaginal wall is further infiltrated with normal saline. An inverted-U incision with the apex halfway between the bladder neck and the urethral meatus is made. The sides of the U are extended proximally to the level of the vaginal cuff and the uterosacral–cardinal ligament complex where the previous enterocele repair had been performed. The vaginal wall is then dissected laterally off the glistening surface of the periurethral fascia and out to the pubic bone in a manner identical to that performed for the Raz bladder neck suspension. Once the pubic bone is reached, the retropubic space is entered with sharp dissection, detaching the urethropelvic ligament from the tendinous arch using a curved Mayo scissors. A finger can then be placed in the retropubic space, and any adhesions bluntly lysed. Two #1 polypropylene suspension sutures are placed on each side. The distal sutures are identical to those for a Raz needle bladder neck suspension. They include two or three helical bites of full-thickness vaginal wall without its epithelium, pubocervical fascia, and urethropelvic ligament at the level of the bladder neck. The proximal sutures incorporate two to three helical bites of full-thickness vaginal wall without epithelium at the level of the vaginal cuff, pubocervical fascia, and the uterosacral–cardinal ligament complex. This complex can be identified by placing tension on the previously placed #1 PGA suture, which had been left tagged. After these sutures are placed, tension should be placed on them individually to make sure they are in strong tissue. The patient should be able to be moved on the table by pulling on each suture. The procedure is then repeated on the opposite side. Once these sutures have been placed, a stab incision is made in the anterior abdominal wall at the superior border of the symphasis pubis in the midline. A Pereyra–Raz double-pronged ligature carrier (Cook Urological) is placed in this incision and brought through the retropubic space under direct finger guidance. Each of the four suspension sutures is transferred to the anterior abdominal wall individually, as in other needle suspension procedures. Once these sutures have been transferred, gentle tension is placed to make certain that there is reduction of the cystocele.
Cystoscopy is performed to document that there has been no injury to the bladder and that the bladder neck and proximal urethra elevate and coapt nicely. Ureteral injury is ruled out by having the anesthesiologist give intravenous indigo carmine and observing for efflux of blue from each of the ureteral orifices.
The vaginal wall is closed with a running interlocking 2-0 PGA suture. After closure of the vaginal wall, the previously placed suspension sutures are tied with minimal tension. Antibiotic-soaked vaginal packing is placed, and the small suprapubic incision is closed with a subcuticular 4-0 PGA suture.
Vault Suspension with Grade 4 Cystocele Repair
A vertical midline incision is made in the entire anterior vaginal wall after it has been infiltrated with normal saline. This incision will extend from the midurethra all the way through the vaginal cuff and sometimes into the posterior vaginal wall. As described above, the vaginal wall is then dissected from the underlying cystocele, enterocele, and pubocervical fascia. In these cases, it is usually the bladder that is first encountered. The large cystocele is dissected out almost in its entirety. Once most of the posterior portion of the cystocele has been dissected, the enterocele sac is usually seen. After the enterocele sac is identified, its posterior margin can be dissected off of the vaginal wall. It is extremely important to completely separate the anterior margin of the enterocele sac from the bladder. If this plane is not obvious on initial dissection, it can be seen more easily after the enterocele has been opened. Adhesions of the enterocele sac to the bladder can safely be dissected with a finger inside the enterocele sac. Once the cystocele and enterocele have been completely separated, the retropubic space is entered by perforating the endopelvic fascia as described above for the four-corner vault suspension.
The bladder may be reduced and packed up in its normal position with a gauze sponge so that enterocele repair can be performed first. The enterocele sac is opened, and the peritoneal cavity entered. Once the enterocele sac has been mobilized all the way to its neck and the cystocele is adequately reduced, enterocele repair can be performed (as described above for simple enterocele repair). After completion of the enterocele repair, attention is turned to the cystocele. Anterior vaginal wall and vault suspension sutures of #1 polypropylene are placed. The distal sutures include the urethropelvic ligament, pubocervical fascia, and full thickness of vaginal wall without the epithelium at the level of the bladder neck. The proximal sutures are placed in the pubocervical fascia, uterosacral–cardinal ligament complex (again identified by the previously placed tagged suture), and the full thickness of the vaginal wall without the epithelium. These sutures are transferred to the anterior abdominal wall through a stab incision in the identical manner described for the four-corner vault suspension. Next, the central defect of the cystocele is closed, approximating the attenuated pubocervical fascia in the midline, using a 2-0 PGA suture. During the repair of the central defect, the bladder is kept reduced with either a gauze sponge, which is removed, or PGA mesh, which can be left in place. After completion of the cystocele repair, cystoscopy is performed as above. The excess anterior vaginal wall is closed with a running interlocking 2-0 PGA suture incorporating deep tissue to avoid any dead space. If present, the rectocele is repaired at this time. After closure of the vaginal wall, the suspension sutures are tied with minimal tension. Antibiotic-soaked vaginal packing is placed, and the suprapubic incision is closed with a 4-0 subcuticular PGA suture.
Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation
This technique is used to repair enterocele and vault prolapse in cases in which the anterior vaginal wall is well supported. This commonly occurs after bladder neck suspension or colposuspension. Certainly, one would not want to jeopardize the previous anterior vaginal wall repair by performing a vault suspension. In this case, vaginal depth and axis are restored by posterior fixation of the vaginal vault to the sacrospinous ligaments. The sacrospinous ligament stretches from the ischial spine to the sacrum and is covered by the coccygeus muscle. This procedure may also be used with cystocele repair, but we prefer the vault suspension in this instance.
After simple enterocele repair is completed, the posterior vaginal wall must be opened far enough distally to facilitate dissection to the sacrospinous ligament. When a simultaneous rectocele repair is to be performed, the entire posterior vaginal wall is opened through the perineum. After the posterior vaginal wall is incised in the midline, it is gently dissected laterally from the underlying prerectal fascia for a short distance. Next, the sacrospinous ligament must be identified. This is done by penetrating the right or left rectal pillar (pararectal fascia) sharply and entering the pararectal space. Blunt dissection of the pararectal space can be performed with a combination of finger dissection and the use of deep Breisky–Navratil retractors. This dissection is performed until the sacrospinous ligament is palpated and overlying coccygeus muscle is seen. The Breisky–Navratil refractors will help to expose the ligament. Once the ligament is identified, a #1 PGA suture is placed through the ligament and coccygeus muscle complex 2 cm medial to the ischial spine, which is also identified by palpation. It is important to place the suture in this position to avoid injury to the pudendal nerve and vessels, which run just below the ischial spine. It is also important to include the strong ligament in addition to the overlying coccygeus muscle. Tension should be placed on this suture to make certain that it is in the ligament. A second suture should be placed adjacent to the first. Each of these sutures is then placed through the full thickness of the vaginal wall at the level of the dome, approximately 1 cm apart, and left untied. If a rectocele is present, it is repaired at this time. The dome of the vagina can be directed under finger guidance to the deepest possible portion, where it will be fixed. The vaginal wall is then closed with a running interlocking 2-0 PGA suture, and then the previously placed sacrospinous ligament fixation sutures are individually tied. Antibiotic-impregnated vaginal packing is then placed.
An intra-abdominal approach to enterocele may also be performed. We usually reserve this for when laparotomy is being performed for other reasons. The abdominal approach described by Moschcowitz is similar to the simple enterocele repair that we use except that the approach is from above.1 In cases of vault prolapse, a colposacropexy can be performed using autologous rectus fascia or a synthetic mesh.
After completion of the surgical procedure, the antibiotic-soaked vaginal packing is left in the vagina until the next morning. Patients receive two to three postoperative doses of intravenous antibiotics before they are switched to broad-spectrum oral antibiotic. In the case of simple enterocele repair or sacrospinous fixation, when no suprapubic tube is used, the oral antibiotic is continued for 7 to 10 days. In cases where a suprapubic tube is left indwelling, antibiotics are usually continued until normal voiding resumes and all tubes are removed. Patients are usually hospitalized for 24 to 48 hours. They may resume light activity on discharge and only restrain from heavy lifting, strenuous exercise, and intercourse for 6 weeks.
When the algorithm described above was used for 83 patients, 14% experienced complications.5 Operative complications included one bladder and one ureteral injury. Most of the delayed complications were minor and included suprapubic wound infection (2.5%), cystocele (1.2%), rectocele (1.2%), flap of excess vaginal tissue requiring excision (1.2%), and chronic suprapubic pain (1.2%). In one patient in whom hysterectomy was not performed with enterocele, uterine prolapse developed, and vaginal hysterectomy was done. Other possible complications that did not occur in our series include small bowel or rectal injury, vaginal shortening limiting the ability to have intercourse, prolonged urinary retention, de novo stress or urge incontinence, and pelvic pain from pudendal nerve entrapment following sacrospinous ligament fixation.
We used the above algorithm on 83 consecutive patients undergoing enterocele repair. Forty-nine (60%) underwent simple repair, 25 (31%) had vault suspension with enterocele repair (eight had four-corner and 17 had grade 4 cystocele repair), and seven (9%) had sacrospinous ligament fixation. Overall success (no recurrence) was 86%: 82% for simple repair, 96% for vault suspension, and 86% for sacrospinous ligament fixation. A total of 11 patients suffered recurrence at a mean of 11 months (range 4 to 32 months). Two of these occurred after further vaginal surgery, and one after pelvic trauma. Success for sacrospinous ligament fixation has previously been reported to be 62% to 97%.

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Clinical Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis)
You've likely heard about clinical hypnotherapy, or hypnosis, but do you really know what it is, how it works and how it might be of benefit in making changes you're seeking in your life?
While associated by many with public entertainment, in fact, the technique has been shown to be clinically effective in supporting the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and weight loss, among others.
Read on to find out how this technique really works.
Hypnosis is a state of deep, calm, relaxed consciousness. During hypnosis, attention is highly focused, while peripheral awareness is correspondingly decreased. In this state, the subject is receptive to suggestion, yet able to be aware of danger. Used for therapy, hypnosis is referred to as clinical hypnotherapy.
The hypnotic state is similar to daydreaming or to being so engrossed in a task that you lose track of time passing. Most people drift in and out of hypnotic states all day. Have you ever been driving and suddenly thought: "Oh, I'm here already"? That's an example of a hypnotic state.
What hypnosis is not.
Entering and being in a hypnotic state is generally guided by another person. This leads people to believe mistakenly that the hypnotist has control over the subject. In fact, all hypnosis is self hypnosis. Under hypnosis, you are always in control of your actions and cannot be made to do what you genuinely, deep down do not want to do.
I can hear you saying: "But what about those people on the stage with a hypnotist?" Well, think about it—if some part of you didn't want to "perform" and do foolish things, would you be the one to volunteer to go on stage in the first place?
Having said that, being guided by a person you trust and who has a calming, soothing voice can facilitate you quickly and easily gaining a desired deep state of relaxation; following the voice and suggestions of another person helps us all to remain focused.
How hypnosis works.
Hypnosis bypasses the conscious brain and accesses the subconscious mind.
The conscious brain is our critical or thinking and learning brain.
The subconscious brain governs your autonomic body functions and survival instincts; it is the seat of emotions, sexuality and pleasure responses.
The subconscious brain is thought by scientists to be responsible for more than 80% of our reactions and behaviours. It is also where all memories and early beliefs you formed about yourself are stored. The subconscious is, however, unable to be critical or selective of the information stored there. If ever there is a "conflict" betweeny our subconscious beliefs and your conscious desires, our subconscious will always win.
By being able, in the deeply receptive hypnotic state, to bypass the conscious beliefs you may hold from early in your life, you are more readily able to accept new beliefs that serve you more positively.
Be assured, you can never be made to do anything you don't want to do when undergoing hypnotherapy.
You can find further explanation of the roles of our conscious and subconscious brains in the article, "Our Three Brains".
When is hypnosis most helpful?
Hypnosis has been shown to be helpful in overcoming habitual, self-sabotaging beliefs and in increasing self-esteem. Many people have found clinical hypnotherapy useful in recovering;
- stress reduction tool
- from addictions,
- anxiety
- quitting smoking,
- overcoming phobias
- losing weight.
So how do I personally use Hypnosis?
I initially trained in clinical hypnotherapy in 1984. Since that time, I have learnt many other mindset change techniques, such as neuro-emotional technique and transformational coaching, which I use daily to create rapid emotional /mindset shifts. I primarily now use hypnotherapy as an additional tool, as required, to consolidate the outcomes of other techniques.
Some clients, however, do choose to use hypnosis alone to create personal change. In particular in the areas of building self-esteem, overcoming anxiety and long-term weight loss goals.
I also frequently create recordings for my clients to use at home for stress relief or to reinforce new visions and beliefs they wish to embrace.
Clinical hypnotherapy is incorporated only with a client's permission and generally is used as part of a broader wellbeing program.


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Children from school teams and junior football clubs can attend FC Halifax Town's crunch game with Macclesfield at The Shay on Saturday (5.30pm) for free.
The club are hoping for a crowd of at least 2,000 for the biggest game of their season, and will secure their National League status if they win.
Children from school or club teams can watch the match for free if they are accompanied by a paying teacher or junior team leader, who will need to produce a special promotional leaflet at the gate.


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Let's party like they do down in New Orleans! "Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!" or "Let The Good Times Roll!".
On Saturday July 15, the Embassy of France will welcome Washingtonians to Bastille Day 2017 with a spicy gumbo of irresistible dance music and, as always, an exceptional selection of food prepared by the best local Chefs.
Confirmed participants and supporters of the 2017 edition: Africa Gold Beverages – Academie de Cuisine – Breakthru Beverages –Cafe Descartes – Cafe Du Parc, Willard Interncontinental Hotel – Capital Hilton – Central Michel Richard – Convivial – Cuisine Solutions – Dana Confection Co – Evo Bistro – The Fourth Estate Restaurant at the National Press Club – Garnier Thiebaut – Ici Urban Bistro at Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square – Lebanese Taverna - Panorama Baking Company LLC – Patisserie Poupon Bakery – Ris DC – Stratford University – Silver Spoon Caterers – The Ritz-Carlton – Vinifrance Imports. and MORE to Come!
We have prepared an amazing musical program provided by a New Orleans' premier band: Don Vappie and his creole jazz quintet... followed by a DJ to make everyone dance the nightaway!
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Let's celebrate together the exceptional bond between our two countries, and remember that the entry of the United States in WW1 commemorated this year, also brought a new type of sound, a new type of music to France. Since New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and holds the title of the most francophone of the US cities, we will highlight this amazing city on the eve of its 300th birthday!
Bastille Day 2017 is organized under the patronage of his Excellency Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the United States; he will express his gratitude to our sponsors and benefactors during the VIP pre-reception at 6:30 PM. Benefactor tickets also include complimentary valet parking.
Bastille Day is the annual fundraiser for the Comité Tricolore. All proceeds from this evening will help to sustain its charitable mission throughout the year.
Stay in touch by following the Comité Tricolore's Facebook Page. We thank you for your patience.
Check out previous year's pictures: Bastille Day 2014 and 2015and 2016.
We thank our partners and sponsors: the 2018 NOLA Foundation, Air France, Thales, EDF Inc. and La Maison Francaise for their support.
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$80 of Regular Tickets and $125 of Benefactor's Tickets Purchased are Tax Deductible.
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ID & AGE REQUIREMENTS: Please bring a valid ID for security check-in. In accordance with federal legislation consumption of alcoholic beverages, this event is only opened to guests over 21 years of age.
SECURITY / CHECK-IN: Please print your tickets and have your ID in hand when you arrive; this will assist us in expediting check in. All tickets will be scanned, following an ID/security check. If you would like to conserve paper, our scanners will be able to read the QR code on your iPhone or Android device. No backpacks allowed. Backpacks, luggage, large bags and purses, bottles, blunt objects or tear gas, fireworks of any kind, or guns and arms of any kind, bike or motorcycle helmets and all animals are prohibited from entering the premises. Those entering with these materials will not be permitted entrance on site.
To ensure the highest level of security for all participants, Benefactor (VIP) guests must arrive at the embassy starting at 6:00 PM with a government issued ID in hand for each guest. Again, General Admission begins at 7:30 pm. All guests must have their own government issued ID and ticket confirmation sent via email, albeit VIP or General Admission (GA).
TRANSPORT/PARKING OPTIONS: If driving, street parking will be available on Reservoir Road and throughout the surrounding neighborhoods. There is also a pay lot located across the street at Georgetown University Hospital. Valet parking will be included for Benefactors tickets and available for a fee for others.
If using public transportation, the D6 Metro Bus drops off directly in front of the Embassy of France.
No parking is available on the embassy premises.
SEATING: Limited seating will be available.
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Don't Believe the Hype's founder here wraps up the DIY artist career advice distilled in her latest series of white papers for midemblog, in three parts:
1. Music marketing: why do you need a website?
– Why would you need a website if you are an artist?
– The artist's website
– Building the website
2. The fundamentals of setting up your digital content strategy
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Last weekend we celebrated Eliza Joy turning ONE! As one of my girlfriends would say..."one full circle around the sun, 365 days spent loving you..." HOW IN THE WORLD has this year flown by so fast?! I am still in shock that I have a 4 year old, 2 year old, and ONE year old! Like what in the heck!?
For her party, which I almost didn't have because...HELLO third child! And who has time to through an extravagant birthday party for a ONE year old?! Not me! So instead I threw a "semi-extravagant" birthday (insert crying and laughing emoji). Once I start something, I honestly don't know how to just chill and do it simply. Like what does that even mean? So this is as "low key" as I could go for my little one year old...does it count that most of it was done DIY style????
There are a lot of things you can do on a budget when it comes to party planning and decorating! Trust me! I've become the master at it! A couple things I think about when planning a party is: 1.) Theme 2.) Color scheme 3.) Food and drinks. So for this particular birthday party, I wanted to keep it classy, elegant, light, and beautiful. I don't know what I'm going to do someday when one of my kids asks for a character themed party! It might kill my very soul but I'm sure I'll survive...maybe.
Anyways...when deciding on my color scheme I actually just went to Target (go figure) and went to the dollar section (which is never actually a dollar, let's just be honest). I found these incredibly cute paper straws and right then and there I was like..."YEP! I got it!" Once, that was decided, I started looking for a few other cheap things that could tie in to the color scheme; like balloons, banner, flowers, etc.
So I actually found these items in the dollar section (below)....paper straws, gold "word" balloon, cake stand, and gold/white pendants.
Once I had all my decorations I started collecting things from my house that I thought would work well with the theme I had in mind. I pulled out an old drink crate, some old vases, and pitchers; and basically went to town rearranging my entire living room/dining room. I then went to Walmart (yes WALMART) and found some bouquets of flowers that I then pieced together on my own. I had no idea you could get such beautiful flowers from Walmart (and at a great price too).
Then came the cake making...I told myself I wasn't going to go all out and here I am, Googling, "How to make a smash cake." Not a proud moment I'll admit! But if anyone is interested in the article I found, HERE IT IS...DIY SMASH CAKE. And it is was actually a smashing success (see what I did there?).
Then after everything found its home, I added some DIY finishing touches. I added personalized messages on the straws, pieced my banner together by adding letters to each pendant spelling out "HAPPY BIRTHDAY," and I used left over flowers to put on the smash cake. I feel like in order to make a party great, it's those little touches and details that do just that. It may take a little extra time but in the end its totally worth it!
Here is Eliza totally enjoying her party...
Overall we had such a great time celebrating this perfect little life and totally enjoyed every minute of planning her first birthday. Just remember...you can have a simply great party without totally breaking the bank...it may take a little extra time but I promise nobodies hubbies will complain in the end :)
If you have any questions, just comment below!!! Thanks for stopping by!!
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Market Review – 18/02/2010 22:52GMT
Dollar rallies as Fed raises discount rate
The dollar surged against its counterparts as the Federal Reserve increased the discount rate for banks for the first time in 3 years to 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent, indicating improvement in financial market conditions.
Against the Japanese yen, the greenback retreated from 91.39 in Thursday's Australia trading session and extended the decline in Asia on speculation Japanese exporters and corporations took advantage of yen's weakness and bought the currency. As BoJ kept its benchmark interest rate close to zero at 0.1% as expected and maintained its monthly debt repurchase level while resisting government pressure to take further action to counter deflation, the pair fell further and hit an intra-day low of 90.56 at NY opening following the release of larger-than-expected U.S. jobless claims and PPI data. The dollar, however, staged a rebound in U.S. morning on active cross-inspired selling in the yen (eur/jpy jumped from an intra-day low of 122.76 to 123.99). The pair then extended the rally and hit an intra-day high of 91.82 in Australia on the rise of the discount rate. On other news, U.S. leading indicators rose by less-than-expected 0.3% in January versus economists' forecast of 0.5% increase from upwardly revised 1.2% rise in December. The U.S. Philadelphia Fed business conditions index advanced to 17.6 in February (forecast was 17.0) from 15.2 in Jan.
Although euro extended Wednesday's decline against the greenback in Asia and reached as low as 1.3539 at European opening on speculation European lenders may need more short-term funding from central banks amid Greece's fiscal crisis, the pair rebounded as a report showed that overnight borrowing from the European Central Bank fell sharply to 52 million euros after almost a week exceeding 3 billion euros, easing concerns about potential banking troubles. The single currency picked up more upward momentum after the release of weaker-than-expected U.S. jobless claims and PPI data which came in at 473k versus the consensus forecast of 430k from the revised previous reading of 442k and 1.4% m/m compared to economists' forecast of 0.8% m/m respectively.
Euro hit an intra-day high of 1.3655 against the dollar in U.S. morning on speculation the Swiss National Bank sold the Swiss franc in an effort to cap the currency's gains (eur/chf rose from 1.4645 low to 1.4690 high). The pair, however, then retreated as traders saw no signs of official buying and the single currency tumbled to as low as 1.3490 in Australia as Fed raised the discount rate.
Cable declined in tandem with euro and fell to as low as 1.5556 in European afternoon after the release of larger-than-expected January U.K. public borrowing which came in at 4.339 billion pounds versus the consensus forecast of -2.8 billion pounds and the previous reading of -5.27 billion pounds, the first January deficit since records began in 1993, although U.K. CBI order in January was -36.0, the highest since December 2008. The pair then followed euro's rebound and hit an intra-day high of 1.5688 in NY morning. However, cable lost the gain and fell to an intra-day low of 1.5532 in Australia on the rise of the US discount rate.
Economic data to be released on Friday include Japan BOJ report, Germany PPI, PMI manufacturing, PMI service, EU PMI manufacturing, PMI service, current account, U.K. retail sales, U.S. CPI, CPI core, real earnings, Canada leading indicators and retail sales.


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Warren Burt: experimental traditions
Composer, musician, writer, sound artist and instrument builder Warren Burt came to Australia from the United States in 1975. These days he lives in Daylesford, Victoria , where Andrew Ford visited him recently. Warren remembers his good friend and musical collaborator, the late Chris Mann; talks about the American composers John Cage, Pauline Oliveros and Harry Partch; discusses his collaborations with Catherine Schieve and explains why 'composer' is such a broad but inherently useful term.
Supporting Information
Music heard in this segment
Title: Almond Bread Harmonies for tuning forks by Warren Burt
Perf: Warren Burt, Ernie Althoff, Rodney Berry, Robert Paredes, Catherine Schieve, Anja Tait
CD: Music for Tuning Forks
Recorded by ABC Radio 1987
CD details: Warren Burt
Title: Repentistas by Catherine Schieve
Perf: Catherine Schieve electronics, Warren Burt, viola, Ian Parsons, toy piano.
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Other extracts:
Title: Of Course by Chris Mann + Warren Burt
Title: Goon (?)by Chris Mann
Title: HPSCHD by John Cage + Lejaren Hiller
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Audition for the bubs
Thanks for your interest in auditioning for the Bubs!
Auditions are Wednesday the 24th of January, with callbacks on the 28th. They will take place in Curtis Hall (474 Boston Avenue Medford, MA 02155). Please be there 5-10 mins early for your audition, when you get there there'll be a sign on the door and a form to fill out - you can just wait downstairs until someone comes to bring you up.
Questions about auditioning? Just email firstname.lastname@example.com
I'm Joel, the music director of the Bubs. I remember going through the audition process my freshman year, and it can be stressful. This is a little Q&A to help you out!
Should I Audition?
Yes! For real, it's a fun experience. You'll meet new friends through the process, and whether or not you get a callback, we truly enjoy seeing everyone who comes out to audition. In the Bubs, we like to say that our #1 priority in the audition is to make the process as fun and comfortable as possible, so that we can see everyone at their best. My biggest advice to any freshman is to try everything this school has to offer to find your community! The a cappella community is something that I found and love at Tufts.
When are Bubs auditions?
2017 auditions for the Bubs are on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of September, with callbacks on the 7th.
What should I prepare for my audition?
We have auditionees prepare any solo of their choosing for their audition. Then we will have you run through some exercises prepared to test your voice a little more!
What song should I sing for my audition?
Your song should be:
- something you know very well
- something that demonstrates your range while not being out of your range
- something you just love singing
Please prepare at least a verse and a chorus! No accompaniment :)
What are callbacks and what do they entail?
Every group does callbacks differently - my advice is always to audition and worry about callbacks when you get them!
Other tips?
We want to see you at your best, so make sure you warm up as best you can before your audition and drink plenty of water!
Any other questions?
Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com (my email) and ask away.
For more info on where we will be and when, be sure to follow us on Snapchat and Instagram (@tuftsbubs), and like us on Facebook (Tufts University Beelzebubs)!


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Birthday Weekend Snapshots
My 24th birthday was this past Saturday (September 19th). I can't remember the last time my birthday fell on a Saturday, but it sure was lovely spending the entire weekend (plus some) celebrating! On Friday, we started the party with drinks and Black Mass (incredible!). Saturday was a pretty low key day. I ran some errands with my mom and thoroughly enjoyed celebrating with my parents and Cam at Loretta's Last Call. Sunday was one of those perfect days. My BFF, Elizabeth, was working at the Newport Boat Show, so Cam and I took a day trip to Rhode Island. Between great drinks, perfect weather, and time spent with some of my favorite people, I could not have asked for a better birthday weekend.
Oh, and my husband's awesome and got us SICK Red Sox seats Monday night. He's the best.


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NEW YORK: The $19-billion diversified Mahindra group is set to foray into the highlycompetitive ride-hailing and cab aggregation business — currently dominated by the likes of Uber and Ola — as chairman Anand Mahindra believes that the days of personal commuting may be limited, especially in congested cities and metros.
Electric vehicles will be the preferred choice for ride aggregators, as demand for petrol and diesel cars starts "tapering off ".
Mahindra said segments such as "plain-vanilla sedan" are a "threatened species" as more and more individuals opt for shared mobility to save the hassles of new car purchase, insurance, maintenance, and parking.
"Even my daughters have no intention of owning a car for commuting. This reality is now at home," Mahindra told TOI on the sidelines of the Formula-E (electric) Racing here.
"There will be a levelling off, or a sinking in the personal commuting segment. There will be a dramatic shift in the customer segment. Overall, will it go down? Hopefully yes, as we want less cars on the streets," he said.
Mahindra said much of the industry's growth will be fuelled by the car-hailing business. "It is like recognising a new reality. We cannot expect the auto industry to grow like this in the absence of ride-share."
Asked if Mahindra is looking at anything on the lines of Ola and Uber or having partnerships with such companies, Mahindra said, "We will look at every possibility." He, however, added that unlike Uber or Ola, which burn tremendous amounts of cash to keep customers rolling in, Mahindra will look at niche solutions.
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"For example, why shouldn't Mahindra have a ride-sharing app that offers Thar SUVs in Goa? The niche applications will do better. We will not burn cash." The group will also look at incubating some of the companies that are already engaged in the business.
Last year, it had signed a deal with Ola to supply 40,000 cars. Others too are eyeing the ride-sharing business. Hero MotoCorp, the country's largest two-wheeler maker, has expressed its intent to get into the category, while Ford India bought a stake in car-sharing company Zoomcar.
Mahindra's entry into the business will coincide with the development of new electric vehicles by the group that will cater to the shared-mobility segment.
"Mahindra intends to not only make the product like lowcost, spacious, urban electric taxis, but we also plan to invest in the ride-sharing space… we will look at partnerships and other investments because we think that the industry is going to be one of solutions, and not just products."
The group has already got a taste of the business – in a limited fashion – when it invested in Scoot Networks, an urban mobility solutions provider in San Francisco that also uses the company's 'GenZe' electric scooters.
"The new philosophy of millennials and many others is that they want access to transportation, not ownership. They prefer ride-hailing, or car-pooling… This will come first in dense urban clusters," added Mahindra.


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text: Karzai, left, and Zardari, right, are in Washington to discuss a joint strategy to defeat the Taliban [AFP] Karzai's visit to Washington has coincided with widespread anger in Afghanistan over the reported deaths of dozens of civilians in an alleged US raid on Monday in the western province of Farah. Civilian deaths Asked about the Farah deaths, Karzai said all US politicians had expressed regret and "emphasised the need for working out measures that will reduce and eliminate eventually the possibility of civilian casualties". In video Behind Buner's frontlines "It causes pain to Afghans, it is something we want to have addressed very, very seriously and in a manner that will soon end casualties to the Afghan people," he said.John Kerry, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, praised the two leaders for answering US politician's questions about the conflict, now in its seventh year in Afghanistan. "All of the Senators who were present today were encouraged by the reality with which both presidents addressed the questions and summarized the challenge," Kerry told reporters. Karzai, who is to run for re-election in August, said the talks "brought us to the right light of mind on questions that we have together" and again pledged closer cooperation. Zardari said meeting senators who play a key role in overseeing US aid to Pakistan and Afghanistan "brings strength to the situation that we have and anything that brings strength is very good". Al Jazeera's James Bays in Washington said the meetings between Afghan and Pakistani leaders appeared to have gone well but that no specific policy pledges had been made. Obama praise In depth Video: Obama says Pakistan is toughest US challenge Video: Turning to the Taliban Video: Thousands flee Pakistan Taliban clashes Q&A: The struggle for Swat Talking to the Taliban Pakistan's war Barack Obama, the US president, promised on Wednesday a "lasting commitment" to Afghanistan and Pakistan after holding talks with the two nations' leaders in Washington DC. He said the two countries, along with the US, shared a common goal of dismantling, disrupting and defeating al-Qaeda, the Taliban and its allies, and improving security in the neighbouring nations. "Our strategy reflects a fundamental truth, the future of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US are linked," Obama said. Obama praised both Karzai and Zardari as fully appreciating the "seriousness" of the situation in the region. However, he cautioned that people should expect more violence and more setbacks. Obama has pledged to deal with the situation in the two countries with a joint strategy that deploys about 20,000 more troops to Afghanistan to combat the rising threat from Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters and hand billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies


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Im soo exited for the next week . I will try to pass the driver licence test and there is a big math test I need to pass. So, much to do and no time for Blogging, sadly. Stress always makes me feel really badass haha ,and so is todays Outfit. I love the Shirt with all the cutouts and holes , im no Joy Divison fan but my favourite song is named Joy Divison by The Wombats so its perfect. Dyed my hair pink last week but its already washed out and now I have a interesting strawberry cheesecake Color on my head haha =D
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Creepers /Shoes: Primark
Wish you a nice week =D
Faye =*