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15 Inspirational Outdoor Spaces from our House Tours
From luxurious infinity pools and large, leafy backyards to yurts and small, bright balconies, we've had a sampling of all kinds of outdoor spaces in our house tours. Whatever your outdoor space may be, these creative and varied homes offer some great warm-weather inspiration.
Top Row:
1. Jonah & Jodie's "Enchanted Cottage" in Laurel Canyon
2. Julie & Spiro's Getaway in Greece
3. JoAnn & Dan's Creatively Collected Home
4. Rachel's Historic Family Home (and Yurt Workspace)
5. Molly & Tyler's Classic Cool Cottage
Middle Row:
1. Corey Lynn Calter's Grown-Up Home
2. Frank's Depression-Era Modern Home in Franklin Hills
3. Lisa & Scott's Industrial Barbara Bestor Home in Topanga
4. Kathleen's Carriage House Channels Bali
5. Ruthie & Will's Eclectic Nashville Charmer
Bottom Row:
1. Laurel & Margot's Celebration of Craft
2. Robert's Character-Filled House in Echo Park
3. Sarah's Sunny Dublin Delight
4. Glenn & Paula's New Life Farmhouse
5. Charmaine & Mark's Lovely, Lively Family Home
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Snapshot 11–17 March 2015
Vanuatu: 24 people are confirmed dead so far after Tropical Cyclone Pam hit on 13 March. Shefa, Tafea, Malampa, and Penama are among the worst affected provinces. Access challenges are significant.
Cameroon: The number of people internally displaced in the north has almost doubled since 10 February, to 117,000. This brings the number of displaced in Cameroon to an estimated 412,700, including 66,000 fleeing Boko Haram violence in Nigeria and the rest from the Central African Republic.
Iraq: 26,000 people have fled fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi security forces in Tikrit for Samarra. Food, shelter, health and WASH needs are priorities. More than 100 families have arrived in Al Dour, located between Tikrit and Samarra, and thousands have fled to central and southern governorates.
South Sudan: Heavy fighting between government and opposition was reported in Upper Nile state, and government troops took control of Wadakona town. Many civilians are reported trapped. Peace talks have collapsed.
Afghanistan: Heavy snowfall has caused avalanches in northern, central and eastern Afghanistan; 280 people have died. Panshir province is most affected. Communication lines have been disrupted in places, power supplies to Kabul have been cut. Priority needs are for NFIs and emergency shelter; access to isolated areas is difficult.
Snapshot 18-24 February 2015
Myanmar: 90,000 people are now reported to have been displaced by continuing violence between government troops and multiple armed groups in Kokang, Shan state. Aid organisations have been subject to attack – seven people were wounded in two separate incidents.
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Myanmar: Fighting between the Myanmar army and the MNDAA, an insurgent group in the Kokang area of Shan state, displaced tens of thousands of people. Some fled into central Myanmar, while between 30,000 and 50,000 are thought to have crossed into Nansan, Yunnan province, China.
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Guinea: An increase in Ebola case numbers has been reported for the second consecutive week. Resistance to the response remains high in Forecariah, worst affected by the outbreak; though ten prefectures have reported at least one incident of resistance. Clashes between armed forces and the community were reported in Matoto, Conakry.
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Nigeria: A series of suspected Boko Haram attacks in Borno and neighbouring states have resulted in more than 80 deaths, 225 kidnapped, hundreds of homes burneds and thousands displaced.
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I once heard Pope John Paul II spiritedly identify himself as the "feminist Pope." He was addressing our group who were participating in a Vatican conference devoted to women's health. Now many years later a Vatican CDF admonition arrives warning against "radical feminism." It is addressed to some of the most admired women in America, the nuns of the LCRW. So then, what is Rome's definition of "radical feminism?" Does it differ from previous Papal and Vatican II teachings affirmiing women's equal dignity and discipleship?
I identify myself as a "gospel feminist," a Christian feminist who aspires to the radical commitment that manifestd itself in abortion debates as "pro-life feminism," and in just war arguments as a dedication to Christian nonviolence. And it is a given that gospel feminism adheres to Catholic social teachings on equal rights, dignity and justice for all.
Obviously too, gospel feminists judge statements by their conformity to esential scripture teaching. The command to love God and neighbor in action as well as in words, is crucial. Also central to the faith is the good news that "In Christ there is neither male nor female, Jew nor Greek, slave nor free." All the baptized are to be united in, with and through Christ saving work.
Unfortunately, one disturbing aspect of JPII"s statement on women, which was printed and handed out at the conference, appeared in its final section. After an inspiring and stirring declaration of women's equality and an affirmative call for women's leadership in the world, an oddly inconistent ending appeared. The Pope set forth his belief that there exists in the church a Petrine ministry (male) and a divergent Marian ministry (female.) This approach seems to imply that possessing either a penis or a womb determines your Christian vocation and discipleship.
Try as I may, I cannot comprehend how one baptism, one call, and one union with the mind of Christ can be divided by gender. If nothing else, how could Christ's humanity lack any characteristic labeled as "feminine" or "Marian." Only pagans and heretics insist that God possesses gender, so something seems askew and inconsistent in present rulings. We may grant the need of "evangelical correction"--- but in which direction and of whom?
In practice, radical feminists are pro-abortion & pro-homosexual unions (the term 'feminists-for-life' is used as a distinguishing identifier – no group calls itself 'feminists-for-abortion' as that is a given in common parlance). In the Church, they begin by denying the uniqueness of the male priesthood (the Petrine ministry) and diminishing the Marian ministry. But, they end up resenting even the Eucharistic celebration and the use in Catholic prayers of the male terms used by Jesus for his Father and the Holy Spirit. Like the Marxist liberation theology of the 80s & 90s, these positions are not consistent with Catholicism.
The generally anti-Catholic media and some liberal Catholic sites have completely distorted the CDF intervention in the LCWR. They suggest the CDF is worried about an undue focus on charity or health, educational and social work, which as an entity the LCWR does not do directly. They don't live in convents, or wear habits, they hold conferences, invite speakers, write reports, give awards, take political positions, etc. It is the content of the speeches and publications, and the track record of the invited speakers, as well as the practices at the conferences that indicate the theological drift, dispute and even dissent on basic Christian tenets, such as the divinity of Jesus and the Trinity. It is the latter that caused the intervention.
The full report can be accessed here: http://www.usccb.org/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=55544.
JPII was being a con-man when he referred to himself as the "feminist Pope."
As to so-called "radical feminism," anything that the male chauvinists in the Vatican don't like they consider to be "radical feminism," especially if it does not conform to the doctrines of the so-called "feminist Pope."
Nevertheless, despite predecesssor's usage, B16 isn't crazy about it.
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The comments of Tim O'Leary are an excellent reflection of the sexism in the Vatican, narrow-minded, condescending, and unable to grasp the concerns of women in the Church. Could have been written from the Vatican.
Other than the biological ability to bear a child, or to impregnate a woman, there is no substantial difference between the sexes, other than what various cultures have mandated over the centuries.
In Christ's century, woman were the homemakers and men the providers. Thus, the priests were men, and the women were their helpers, as in the home. A lot has changed in two thousand years, except the male clerical heirarchy's desire to keep control of the laity, and women even more so.
It's as if they fear that an educated, enlghtened laity and female presence in the Church's leadership roles might highlight the current, and historical, shortcomings of our exclusively male clerical leadership.
The Church is losing its young generations, it is losing its women, and it is losing its credibility as a beacon of light in the darkness. The pathetic denial of the role of the clerical heirarchy in hiding and prolonging the pedophilia scandal is driving many good, lifelong Catholics out of the Church, many of whom are not youngsters.
We have problems in the Church, big problems, but the nuns are not among them. They are just a convenient target to enable the Vatican to focus attention away from its own substantical culpability in the shrinkage of the Church's followers around the world. It is so sad; I pray every night for enlightenment for our clergy; they are increasingly the problem in our Church.
Correct. Which makes it interesting that, notwithstanding the very defined roles in first century Palestine, Jesus would dine with women (forbidden), not exclude them when others are being discussed between men, to the point of saying that Mary was better for being out among the men instead of in the kitchen like her sister Martha (Luke 10), appeared first to women after HIs resurrection, rebuked apostles who attempted to criticize Mary when she was anointing him, spoke with a Samaritan women at a well, and so on.
Is only part of why it stated that a strong argument can be made that Jesus, measured against his times, was the most radical feminist in human history, which makes it especially ironic that those who purport to represent him are among most retrograde on the issue of feminine equality
Given his reputation as an intellect and theologian, he surprisingly simply updates the traditional exclusion, subjugation of women by what seems to me to be a perversion of scripture, poetry, reason and contact with reality.
Note that he prescribes the relationship with ''men'' ''in the world'' as well as in the church. Early on he virtually insists on a literal interpretation of Genesis 3:16 - He terms ''God's decisive words to the woman'' (sec.7): ''....and he shall rule over you'', earlier he refers to woman not being inferior but a ''vital helper''. It ''builds'' the nature of women as ''the Bride'' relating to the biblical ''Bride-groom'': ''listening, welcoming, humility, faithfulness, praise and waiting - thus subordinate to and in service of ''the man''.
It seems that if you do not concur with this view and role for women - you are a radical feminist. As such, you are an adversary of men and responsible for homosexuality, sam-sex marriage, and ''a new model of polymorphous sexuality''.
Sister Joan Chittister (National Catholic Reporter,August 2, 2004) was ''kind'' in her comments: ''But the real problem with the document is that its sweeping condemnation of the rising tide of women's claims to fullness of humanity...is that it well simply be dismissed''.
It does seem to have been dismissed, but in reality, I would suggest that it underpins the intent to destroy the perceived disease of intelligent, efficacious women in religious collaboration the LCWR - ''...in the church and in the world.
Unfortunately, balance is something we continually erode in matters Church or politics these days.
Apologies for my mistake about the pronoun relating to Sidney (I thought that sexist pronouns didn't matter anymore, Julett). I see no one yet disagreed with the association of radical feminism with abortion (the ultimate child abuse) and homosexuality (the ultimate contraception). It's all about a grasping at power, at a distorted priestly role, interpreted as a position of power rather than a servant's role in persona Christi. But Catholic teaching is definitive on this point, as it teaches infallibly that it possesses no authority to ordain women, a teaching to be ''held always, everywhere, and by all, as belonging to the deposit of faith.'' So, that cannot happen.
Radical is not always wrong, of course. One can be radically good or radically bad. A lot of what Jesus said was seen as radical at the time, including His insistence that he was God (before Abraham was, I AM, etc.); that only He was the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14); That His flesh was real food and His blood real drink (Jn 6). His establishment of the Petrine ministry was equally radical, with many promises (the power to bind doctrine, to forgive sins, to prevail over the gates of hell, to gather people from all nations and to last until the end of the world Mt 16, Mt 28). No other church, or religious order, or secular institution, has this promise.
Since its founding, the Catholic Church has been the greatest emancipator of women, and has many feminine heroes, martyrs, missionaries, leaders, saints and of course the sole perfect human being born of a human father, Mary, Mother of God (Theotokos). The Church is still regarded as a great liberator in Africa and Asia (where my aunt served for over 20 years as a missionary sister). There, women religious vocations are relatively exploding compared to the imploding in the US and Europe. Worldwide, there are 15 million new Catholics each year and the 2010 total figure was 1.98 billion souls (over 55% of all Christians).
Your self affirmation is akin to asserting that proportional force in self-defence is bullying. Your rant about ''radical feminism'' elicited a proportionate response. Stripped of patriarchal institutionalism on the one hand and emotion on the other, one might opine that the responses made more sense than your rote repitition of the traditional misogyny (at worst) or (at best) misguided representation of the nature of ''womanness''.
Just because you state your case in paternalistic language does not render it credible. Their ''ire'' is, to my mind, quite justified
Dennis #14 - misogyny, rant, rote???
I knew I was wading into unfriendly waters when I entered this discussion. But, I am surprised by the vitriol.
Which of my 3 paragraphs did you see as a rant, or is your argument better served by avoiding rational disagreement on specifics? Is the very mention of difference tantamount to inequality, or even misogyny? My mother was a doctor and my wife is a lawyer. Chauvinism is not my experience, so don't assume it is my view. I believe in full equality in complementarity. Of course there are different strengths and weaknesses in both genders, as any non-ideological person can see. But men cannot be mothers and women cannot be Catholic priests. The former is defined by nature and the latter is defined by Catholic teaching. Maybe, they can be priests in other religions?
Look, I know most participants on this blog do not believe in the Catholic Church's teaching authority, and so the disagreements on priests, abortion and homosexuality are secondary to the primary disbelief. But, if the faith is not received, it is man-made. If the Church does not have that authority, if it cannot be sure it has preserved the fullness of the faith, then there really is no point to the Catholic Church. Better to pick the church that fits one's tastes. It becomes like the other Christian churches, trying to find its way back to discover the real Jesus. Jesus did not abandon us. He is with us still.
it is hard to believe you did not anticipate giving offense. in essence, you said feminism is about sexual license and equality, and suggested both were unworthy goals. "Complementarity" is a not so thinly veled euphmism for denying that women are worthy of leadership. i don't deny there is some authority for that position in the Church, but it is misguided, not of God and a current and future source of embarrassment
I was speaking of the radical feminism that was referred to by the CDF, the more ideological and hostile form (the phrase Sidney ridiculed at the start). I am for equal rights and justice for women, as I said several times, but not sameness. I do not demand that they leave their distinctiveness or particular talents at the door if they want to be leaders. I have voted for women for leadership positions and would vote for a woman for President or other leadership position, if she represented my vision for the country, especially my concern for human life rights and for protection of the poor. And Mother Teresa (who I was fortunate to meet once) is for me an embodiment of leadership in my lifetime.
But it is illogical to say the Catholic Church is The Church and is also misguided about a definitive teaching on the priesthood (which was confined to Levite men in the Old Covenant - I didn't read about protests from the non-Levites that they were excluded from that vocation). How can that be, except that the Church is false in its definitive teachings, which would mean it is the wrong church. I know some here believe that, but how could a sister of the LCWR believe that and stay a member of the Church, except to hold onto power. Isn't that hypocritical? And how could the Church stand by and let false teachings infiltrate the LCWR conferences, over many years, and despite many warnings. Wouldn't the Church be derelict in its fidelity if it didn't preserve the faith?
So you would vote for a womam if she represented your view of the country? If you accept the John Pual II/Ratzinger/Benedict thesis of women as presented in the above referenced ''Letter...'', you would vote for a women who accepts a literal interpretation of Genesis, as Ratzinger insists is the ''definitive'' direction of God that ''...express the kind of relationship which has now been introduced between man and woman:''your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you''''. If, ''...the authentic advancement of women'' (to quote Ratzinger again) is premised upon submissive ''complementarity'', it is not complementarity, is it subservience. And he claims to be ''teaching'' on the nature of women ''...in the church and in the world''. That would be the orthodox woman of your vote.
Does ''definitive'' teaching means because the pope says so or because the teaching meets the criteria for ''definitive''? The distinction merits reflection. If the latter then there is room for questioning and even objection. That is clearly the context for the exclusion of women. If one follows the logic of exclusion, i.e., the poetically beautiful ''spousal'' metaphor elevated to a sexually perverse theology, one would conclude that priesthood should be exclusively reserved to women.
''If, '...the authentic advancement of women' (to quote Ratzinger again) is premised upon submissive 'complementarity', it is not complementarity, is it subservience. '''.
I vowed to stop posting. It didn't last long. But.....I find it very difficult to continue to participate in these discussions. After almost 60 years of being an active Catholic, I found that my conscience would not allow me to remain as an active member of a church that is not only patriarchal, but encourages the not-so-hidden misogny of many by ''blessing'' it and daring to call it ''God's divine plan.'' I could no longer support and enable the institutionalized misogny that has led to so much harm - direct and indirect - harm expecially to women and to children (and the protection of criminally sexually abusive male clerics by the male ''leadership'' of the church is part of that harm). It saddens me to see how many women have turned away from truly confronting the reality, as the women at the meeting she describes did when confronted with John Paul II's statements - the ''last paragraphs''. That is because truly looking at the reality makes too many people uncomfortable, it causes the conscience to squirm and there is danger that their conscience might prompt them to think about doing things that they don't really want to do - that maybe, just maybe, they might have to leave their comfort zone in order to stand up against the lie that is being taught as ''God's will' 'by men who have the arrogance to call themselves ''infallible.''
Some of the excuses people give to justify themselves remind me of the old days when so many racists would say ''But some of my best friends are black. I work with black people. We have lunch together sometimes. But, their kids shouldn't go to the same schools as my kids. They're schools may be separate but they are still equal. God made different races and this is God's plan''.
In the early Church, the Greek word 'presbyteros' was used to describe the one who presided at the Eucharist. 'Presbyteros' means an 'elder' or 'one who presides'; it does not mean 'priest.' Christians used that term to describe presiders into the Third Century of the Common Era. As the Church took on cultural aspects of the Empire, at the time of Constantine, the word 'sacerdos' (priest) began to be used for those who presided at the Eucharist. For the early Christians - and their undersanding and usage is normative for us - there is no connection between those who presided at their Eucharistic celebrations and the Levitical Priesthood of the Old Testament. The New Testament Scriptures simply do not support such an idea.
Consequently, I'm not comfortable accepting that women should have substatus just because that's what God required, or Jesus followed. As noted above, I don't even think that's a fair characterization of Jesus' teaching or example. I still think he was the radical feminist in history, and is appalled that the leaders of His Church believe they must discriminate because he requires it.
But even accepting tha the scriptural record was clearerin support of such a conclusion, I cannot bring myself to follow it. I don't think that the God I worship tells us to act unjustly towards fellow humans, and that is exactly what we are doing when we decide that women are not worthy of Church leadership.
Seems to work for parenthood; mothers cant be dads, fathers cant be moms. No knock on single parents intended. i'm a therapist and I always suggest that single parents with opposite sex children if possible have a same sex role model or mentor for that child.
''Only Pagans and heretics suggests God has gender''? What does that make Jesus who called God ''Daddy''(Abba)?
Radical clericalism, No!
Your opinions are a excellent example of why the Church is hurting so much right now. They are exclusionary, smug, self-important and blindly lacking in an understanding of why much of the Laity, and women in particular, are alienated from the clerical heirarchy that leads the Church today. Are you a bishop?
I'd urge you to take a retreat, preferably one led by a female Retreat Master, and ask yourself why your gender makes you superior in any manner to a woman? What is bothering you? This perversion of the role of men and women in society, and in the Church, is crippling our Church.
I'll say again, some of the most spiritual and admirable leaders in the Church that I've met in recent years are nuns. Unfortunately, I have not met many young priests that begin to give me hope for the future of our Church, and the good older ones are passing on daily.
We all need to keep praying for enlightenment for those who would discriminate against women, and who would ignore the co-equal role of the Laity in the advancement of the Church.
We are all well aware of the need for a conciliar and ultimately hierarchal Church in the early years to define orthodoxy, and intellectually combat heresies of the day, whether Arianism, Docetism, Gnosticism. etc. We all had to accept what is orthodox, and understand that the continuing Church established by Jesus Christ understood him as all God and all man, the Alpha and the Omega, the sole source of salvation. You could not have those that believe otherwise belong in His Church. Thus, the necessity of the hierarchal church to centralized teaching Magisteriuum.
What is distressing of late is that it seems to be that all of the authority granted to define heresy and to ensure the centrality of the salvific role of Jesus Christ as the ultimate Divine intervention in human history is now directed towards a uniformity of sexual ethics and to prevent the horror of potential female leadership, and, the ultimate fear of female ordination.
This seems such an abuse of power. The responses is always the same - it's right because we say it's right, because we have the power Ordinatio Sacerdotalis is now solemnly defined, by single decree, and all of the weight of the authority granted to the Seat of Peter seems to be dedicated towards preventing contraception and any possibility of female ordination.
Nothing seems more important to those in authority, except their own continuing authority. Authoritarianism now seems an end in itself rather than a charism to spread Truth
All so distressing.
O'Reilly #27.
A good way to tell us apart is you have long ad hominem strings of insults (exclusionary, smug, self-important, blindly…). Never once in my posts did I pretend to be superior. I would be happy to attend a retreat run by a holy woman. But, I wasn't talking about me. I was trying to discuss the theological ideas. This is the problem with so much identity politics. Ideological blinders obscure the truth. You and others assume that the only way I could support Church teaching on priests is if I somehow thought it elevated me at the expense of others. How selfish! I am neither bishop nor cleric. In fact, I am married, so I'm not even eligible (horrors, what inhumanity!). So, you can't pin the blame on the bishops this time. Couldn't it be possible that I accept Church teaching because I want to follow the teachings of Jesus and the Church he founded? No, there must be some zero-sum gain underpinning my motives. And why do you feel you have to denigrate priests in comparison with nuns in your post (all nuns are better than all priests???).
The main point in my first comment was that there is a type of feminism, termed radical feminism, that isn't consistent with Catholicism, and that has negative consequences for society and the Church (suspicion of all men, resentful relationships, few children, fewer converts). Maybe, I should have used the term fundamentalist feminism, as more apt, but I stuck with the term used in the LCWR document.
When I state the official Church teaching on the priesthood (which I think no one here disputes is the Church's teaching), it should be relevant only to committed orthodox Catholics (such as the LCWR sisters), having no power over non-Catholics. But I get a hail of insults, nether body parts, and over-the-top charges of misogyny, like-a-racist, and the obligatory use of the pedophilia card. Isn't there something strange about this degree of anger and vituperation, on the wing of our politics that is screaming for more tolerance?
Dennis #19. From your second paragraph, I take it you consider orthodox committed Catholic women not worthy of political support. This is a major problem I have with the radical feminists (male and female) - an unyielding intolerance and ridicule of women who do not support their viewpoint.
Rick #29 I have generally appreciated the logic in your posts. But, the Catholic teaching on the male priesthood is not a novelty ('What is distressing of late…now directed…). It has been the official teaching and practice for two millennia (through the time of all those other failed heresies you list). It is your type of feminism that is new. I am especially surprised by your comment in #23, where you say "even accepting that the scriptural record was clear" in supporting a male priesthood, you could not accept it. It appears that your type of feminism is your ultimate judge of truth, and your Christianity is subordinate to that. Isn't that getting the cart before the horse? But from your other posts, you may have not meant that.
Jim #26. How very protestant of you! But the Catholic teaching on priests is subordinate to it being the Church Christ founded. If it isn't (as you attest), then why worry about its more secondary teaching?
Thanks Ken (#22) for the dissertation on Levites, but you missed my much more minor point about the non-Levites.
There is so much denial in his comments I amost don't know where to begin to respond; will try not to argue the nit-picks.
First of all, we are not talking about so-called Radical Feminism. No thinking person would deny that there are radicals in the movement to obtain equal rights of all types for women, just as there are radicals in any such sweeping effort to change cultural practices that are unfair.
The Vatican's effort to intimidate nuns in this country, and probably worldwide, is not about surpressing ''Radical Feminism''; there are few nuns who are such radicals.This Vatican effort is about telling nuns who is the boss, and who is to set their priorities, that their efforts to teach our youth, and to care for the poor and sick, to seek social justice for all, is a misplacing of priorities.
Instead, these nuns should be much more vocal, and activist, in opposing contraception, abortion and gay marriage. Such criticism denigrates the work of nuns on these other issues for decades as not sufficient if they don't also line up to march to the Bishop's tune(s).
Why is the Priesthood reserved for men only? Because that's the way the society in the Middle East worked two thousand years ago? We've changed numerous practices in the church since then, why not consider allowing half the human race to participate in the priesthood? Silly exclusion that is going to cripple the church in time.
I was not saying all nuns are better than all priests, or whatever you are trying to make of my earlier statement. I am saying that among the many nuns and priests I meet these days, more of the nuns appear to be intellectually and practically better prepared to deal with the challenges facing our Church than many of the younger priests I'm meeting, who tend to be more rigid and intimidated by the antiquated thinking coming out of Rome.
Many of the older priests will agree privately, but they are also retiring and passing away, and are not about to start another battle at this time of their lives. They also pray for the future of the Church with real apprehension.
As numerous commentators have said on this edict to the nuns, where in the New Testament does Christ talk about contraception, abortion and gay marriage? He does speak of care of the sick and the poor, and social justice issues constantly. Are not the nuns carrying out his directions?
I believe that abortion is killing a life; i do not believe that contraception is the intrinsic evil the Vatican asserts, nor do many priests and nuns. I think the ''Gay Marriage'' issue is a phony issue. If we had a Civil Marriage contract swearing and signing in this country as in much of Europe, and then a religious marriage ceremony for those who wanted such, it wouldn't be a political issue in the USA. If we take away the right of religious bodies to administer a civlil contract of marriage then the issue goes away. Churches can deny gay couples a religious ceremony of "marriage", but they can have a civil union contract. Much ado about nothing here in this country.
Enough, Mr. O'Leary and I will never see these issues the same. I believe the leadership of the Church is dangerously off course and we are going to go through a very bad period of seeing the Church shrink in many ways over the next few decades. We need reform, not retrogression to the Church of the pre-Vatican 11 era.
1. The male priesthood, that was established by Christ and has persisted for two millennia, has been infallibly defined. Your retort - this is silly. That takes care of that. I think you need to dig deeper. For starters, non-Catholics are also excluded so one has to believe in the Catholic Church to be eligible.
2. You say there are only a few radical feminists in the LCWR. Then how come they have selected Sr. Sandra Schneiders for this year's "Outstanding Leadership Award" (see their website). This is the sister they say has played a leadership role in LCWR for 10 years and who wrote (in Beyond Patching: Faith and Feminism in the Catholic Church): 'Since 1978, women have come to realize that we are not talking about how to organize the institution. We are talking about whether the God of Judeo-Christian revelation is true God or just men-writ-large to legitimate their domination; whether Jesus, an historical male, is or can be messiah and saviour for those who are not male; whether what the church has called sacraments are really encounters with Christ, or tools of male ritual abuse of women; whether what we have called church is a community of salvation or simply a male power structure." No God the Father? Jesus a Savior only for men? Sacraments as tools of abuse?
3. You say the gay marriage thing is nothing, even though Catholic adoption agencies are being denied funds in several states because they will not consider gay couples for the children under their care. We used to complain about the tragedy of children not growing up with a father and mother. That complaint has disappeared on the left now, in deference to the gay agenda.
4. You say the Church is shrinking. But worldwide, vocations and conversions are up, especially where real oppression and martyrdom are daily occurrences. And the Church is still growing, according to all official figures, mostly among the young in poorer nations, although it is being abandoned for self-centered ideologies in many wealthy nations (eye of the needle and all that). See my post above for some recent statistics (#12). While the average age of the LCWR is in the 70s, the new vocations are to orders that love Christ and His Church unconditionally, and are full of youthful joy and evangelical zeal, not self-centered resentment (nuns and priests - see Time magazine's 2006 article on this "Today's Nun Has A Veil-And A Blog" by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Tracy Schmidt).
This reform of the LCWR is a baby step in the right direction. Let us pray that it will come to a good resolution and the LCWR will end up re-ignited with a strong evangelical mission.
I pray for you and all other Catholics who are in denial about the future of our Church, that you may eventually understand the chaos caused by your rigidity.
This isn't about the role of women in the Church, it's about the role of the Laity in the Church, and the efforts of the Clerical Hierarchy to keep control in their hands instead of sharing with the Laity.
I was taught that the Church consisted of the souls in Heaven, the laity and the religious on earth. The male religious appear to have interpreted that to mean "we are in charge" and ingore the ligitimate role of the laity, including women.
Neither of us will live long enough to see the results of the current trends in the Church, so we can only pray that there is eventual reconciliation between the differing points of view as to the role that God wants for the laity and women in the Church.


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A few minutes after my interview concluded with The Smile Ease bassist Marc Bourdon, the Anchorage resident shot me an e-mail with this message: "I did want to add another crazy thing about Alaska. There is a big volcano, Mt. Redoubt, that is screwing up all the air traffic in Anchorage. There is a really shitty chance that the volcano could screw up our flights and make us miss one or many of our shows if we can't get out."
Such is life in America's northernmost state. "There's always something to think about here in Alaska," Bourdon says. "Moose, bears or volcanoes."
The former Las Cruces native left Southern New Mexico's blue skies to take a job at a company that makes digital roads for programs like Google Earth. After a year of growing accustomed to his new environment in Anchorage, Bourdon joined The Smile Ease. It was 2007, and the prog-rock five-piece was just about finished recording its debut self-titled LP. With some gentle nudging from Bourdon to get the record out, the band released it by the end of that year.
Bourdon says the band's songs have gotten shorter since then, and the compositions are stuffed with more instrumentation. The Smile Ease has strayed from a sprawled-out shoegazeian philosophy and now follows a more focused, linear approach.
Space rock tends to revolve around a cold, atmospheric weightlessness. The Smile Ease simmers at a much warmer temperature.
Like any prog band that's read the genre's manual, The Smile Ease knows dynamics must play a key role. "We tend to do a lot of buildups, both in tempo and in energy," Bourdon explains. "Sometimes the music climbs based off a single note, and then there's a lot of exploding."
Space rock tends to revolve around a cold, atmospheric weightlessness. The Smile Ease simmers at a much warmer temperature. These are the tunes a stoner might trip out to on a summer day in South Beach.
Slowly, The Smile Ease has accumulated a sizeable fan base in Anchorage. It's a tall task, Bourdon says, because the scene is clogged with hardcore and bluegrass acts. "There are these two polar opposites in terms of music, and then we sit somewhere in the middle," Bourdon says. "A lot of these venues want you to play three or four 45-minute sets. We don't want to hear ourselves for four hours."
In search of a cure for cabin fever, The Smile Ease is flying to "the outside," as Bourdon says locals call the lower 48. The band plans to hit 14 Western locales, provided Mt. Redoubt doesn't interfere. The band members are taking as much gear on the plane with them as they can, checking a bunch of it and shipping the rest.
Life in Alaska can be a hassle, but Bourdon says the group doesn't plan on moving to the contiguous United States anytime soon. He has a wife and a 4-month-old daughter who call Anchorage home. "A lot of the bands from here move to Portland or Seattle or somewhere," Bourdon says. "A lot of times, they just end up moving back to Alaska because they couldn't make it happen. We have our feet on the ground here, and just picking up the band and moving it is not possible."


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Looking for the world's hottest markets for Internet and social media activity? It's not North America, or Europe, or even Asia. The real action is in Latin America.
ComScore recently released a study detailing some of these trends. Among the most impressive: Latin America had the fastest-growing Internet population of all regions in the world, growing 12 percent between 2012 and 2013, and reaching more than 147 million unique web visitors as of last March.
So what are all those Latin American users doing online? The study, as well as a ComScore infographic, provide the details:
- 92 percent are visiting social networking sites, Facebook being the most popular. (In Brazil, for example, nearly 93 percent of all time spent on social media sites is spent on Facebook.)
- In fact, Latin American consumers spend an average of 10 hours per month on social media—twice the global average. Five of the top 10 most social media-engaged markets are in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Colombia).
- Nearly half of Latin American Internet users visit online music sites each month.
- Large numbers (60 percent of online users in Colombia, for example), are playing online games.
MediaBistro also recently published some research by Semiocast into where active Twitter users reside. Topping the charts was the United States, but #2 (ahead of the U.K., Canada, and Japan): Brazil.
Research firm SocialBakers underlines this trend, reporting 88 percent growth in Facebook use in Latin America in 2012, with Brazil alone adding 20 million users.
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So let's see… social networks, music, gaming. Based on these numbers, you might think that Latin American young people are the ones really driving Internet growth. And you'd be right.
Among the worldwide population, users age 15-24 make up about 26 percent of Internet users. In Latin America, they're 32.4 percent. And in Colombia and Venezuela, they're approaching 50 percent of all online users. Combined with the 25-34 age bracket, people under 35 make up 60 percent of the Internet users in the region.
In general, Latin American youth spend 32.5 hours per month online. (For reference, the global average is 26.2) In the past year, Latin American Internet usage has even eclipsed Europe; the region is now second in the world in average hours spent online, behind only North America.
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Given the relative youth of Latin American Internet adopters, it shouldn't be surprising that they're adopting new tech trends more quickly than users in other parts of the world. This is especially true for social TV, which is growing in Latin America more quickly than anywhere else in the world.
Check out this great presentation assembled by Swiss media analyst firm The Wit – World Information Tracking for the MIPTV-MIPCOM. Over the course of the latest fall TV premiers, Latin American watchers eclipsed all other countries in their Facebook and Twitter TV chatter.
Like the larger social media numbers, Latin American countries (Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina) make up five of the top 10 largest social TV markets in the world, and Brazil is the world's #1 country for TV talk on social networks.
In fact, if you're a big proponent of social TV in the U.S., you may even be feeling a little left out. Both Europe and Latin America are embracing social TV more quickly, and with more users.
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With growth in Latin American Internet and social media usage, of course, comes growth in digital advertising and commerce. ComScore reports that online advertising in Brazil grew a whopping 97 percent in the past year, reaching 130 billion display ad impressions. The biggest Latin American digital advertiser? Netflix, with 2.7 billion ad impressions delivered in Brazil and 463 million in Mexico.
Want more details behind the numbers? MediaBistro recently published a fascinating infographic from IMS Corporate examining how five top global brands (Nike, Samsung, LAN, Fravega, and GM) are using Twitter to reach customers in Latin America.
Laying the Groundwork for a Latin American Web Revolution
A number of factors are fueling this amazing growth in Latin America. But among the most important are growth in network connectivity across the region. The Cisco Visual Networking Index forecasts there will be 183 million Latin American households connected by residential broadband by 2017 and 436 million mobile users—using a total of more than 809 million mobile devices.
The numbers are staggering, and exciting for industry observers, social media and tech trend-watchers, and Latin American consumers alike.
Do you live or travel in Brazil or another Latin American country? What have you seen lately that exemplifies the new internet-connected generation of Latin American youth?
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Leon: Family & Friends is the fourth publication from Leon, the UK's "naturally fast food" chain, but this isn't your typical fast food, or your typical restaurant cookbook. Like the eatery, the book's design and recipes are unpretentious, fresh, and fun, with something for everyone.
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• Who wrote it: Kay Plunkett-Hogge and John Vincent
• Who published it: Conran Octopus
• Number of recipes: over 200
• Recipes for right now: Jonny Jeffery's Fluffy Eggs; Ot's Chicken Ton-Katsu; Gill's Spinach, Chorizo & Halloumi Salad; Sweet Soy Salmon with Mushrooms & Pea Shoots; Alice's Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie; Lychees with Fresh Ginger & Sherry; Anna Hansen's Pumpkin & Miso Cheesecake
• Other highlights: The "family and friends" in Leon's latest book refers to the sources of many of these fast-yet-nutritious recipes as well as the people you'll want to share them with. Food is fun in the Leon world, and the authors encourage everyone to get involved, from party guests to kids to young adults (there's even a "10 things you should know how to cook before you leave home" section).
In addition to the classic British influences, recipes draw upon Kay Plunkett-Hogge's upbringing in Thailand, as well as flavors from Indian, Japan, and Malaysia. The book is divided into three sections: Today, which focuses on nutritious breakfasts, weekday lunches and suppers, after-school snacks, and simple sweets; Tomorrow, which includes recipes for weekend meals, birthdays, and other special occasions; and Yesterday, which highlights recipes and memories from Leon's founders and extended family. The index includes a helpful listing of low glycemic load, low saturated fat, wheat free, gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian recipes.
• Who would enjoy this book? families, parents, young adults, new cooks, Leon restaurant fans
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Leon: Family & Friends by Kay Plunkett-Hogge and John Vincent
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Breathe Deep!
I've been wanting to knit them for a while now. I think it's a lovely design, and I will be making at least one other pair. Knit with worsted weight yarn, they are a fast knit too.
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And on doggy news: Maggie has discovered the toy bin, and that she can get stuff out of there! Took her long enough. For the longest time she watched the boys doing it, and then suddenly, one night, she dug in.
She's the worst too! She does not rest until the bin is almost empty, and the floor is a mine field of toys, where you don't know were to step next. But it's such a pleasure to see her busying herself.
Just the other night, she brought me a tennis ball, and threw it in front of my feet, barking, to tell me she's ready to play now. I wasn't. So I picked up the ball, and put it on my desk, ignoring her. She looked at me with her head tilted, barked at me once, and thought some more, then turned and dug out another ball. Rinse and repeat. I had to laugh silently, and was wondering for how long she would keep it up. In the end, I had six balls on my desk, before this little game was over. She was really frustrated that I didn't throw the ball for her, but really, I'm already slave to my dogs, I want to play with them, when I want. They are sneaky that way! Before you know it, you are engaged into play with any of them, whether you want it or not. :o)
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At least your dogs want to fetch; my retrievers go get the ball and then play with it by themselves. And I love the mittens! I've been browsing mitten patterns for the coming coldness, and those look great.
- November 23, 2011 10:25 a.m.
- JoAnn said...
New to your blog, and I have to say, I enjoy seeing and hearing about your dogs. As a dog owner also, I understand fully.
LOVE the mittens! Looks like a fun and easy pattern. Thanks for sharing.
- November 23, 2011 10:26 a.m.
- CelticCastOn said...
lol she figures it works with the boys so why not with her :)
Love the mitts!
- November 23, 2011 1:17 p.m.
- Queen of the Tea Cosies said...
Clever clever Maggie.
Beautiful mittens, beanie, spinning. Haven't commented for a while but always enjoying your shenanigans.
- November 23, 2011 7:45 p.m.
- 2paw said...
They are lovely mittens, I love the pattern of the wavy loops!!
Miss Maggie is so clever and so sweet. She's obviously been sussing out the Toy box. Gilly has started to do little woofs when she can't get my attention or her own way: those pups are rummuns!! You could not be a slave to three nicer and wonderful dogs!!
- November 24, 2011 6:34 a.m.
- Walden said...
Lovely mittens!
I agree with the playing whether you realize it or not! :)
- November 24, 2011 1:11 p.m.
- hakucho said...
Love those mittens...they are awesome :)
- November 25, 2011 9:58 a.m.
- Virginia said...
Hah. Maggie sounds like a joy. :)
LOVE these stories.
And I'm starting become a huge fan of Kristen Kapur patterns.
- November 25, 2011 1:36 p.m.
- illusions said...
Way to go Maggie! Way to go!
- November 28, 2011 4:10 a.m.


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Apple is set to release their Q2 2013 financial results, and conduct their usual conference call, today at 2pm PDT, 5pm EDT. Most times the only news we get out of it is how many more billions Apple made, and what kind of shots Tim Cook took at competitors and analysts asking about TVs for the umpteenth time. Today's narrative will, of course, be focused -- or unfocused -- around Apple is doomed.
Apple wil still earn billions, way more than competitors who enjoy huge market and media support while seldom if even earning a nickel of profit. And there's a good chance they'll be killed for it.
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So sorry, I completely bailed on this thread and missed your reply. Thank you very much, but one of the graphic designers I work with actually re-took the photo for me in the office. He's an amateur photographer and just happened to have his gear in his car.
Forgot to include my old passport in the renewal application (derp), and so had to send it in separately (with another 2nd day air/morning delivery charge!). Thankfully, there was no delay and I got my new passport three weeks to the day after mailing my renewal. Old passport was returned a week later.


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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Harry Potter Medicine
The Lord speaks things into creation. Congress craps them into creation. Obama conjures them. Nevertheless, in keeping with our new direction of positivity I offer the following.
Above you see my suggestion for the symbol for whatever government agency gets to control all of this wonderful reform.
Also, given that C.A.M. and holistic health will probably be reimbursed at a rate similar to my very practical and "science based" medicine, my plan to learn accupressure is out.
But cash on the barrel... Now I'll take that. I have decided to enter the "food supplement" market. Quietus and Enzyte... go screw yourselves, there's a new Sherrif in town.
At first I thought I would offer a cure for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. But then I remembered the patients that have these diseases and remembered that they identify them as "my fibro" and "my chronic fatigue syndrome", so I thought that the product might not sell well.
Accordingly, I am going to create a cure for logical thought. How do you like LOGICNULL? I plan to use it first on myself as logic is a very painful thing these days. I can't tell you all the ingredients, but it will include portions of unicorn-horn, phoenix feather, and gypsy tears.
Don't panic, all is well.... all is well.
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- Anonymous2:18 PM, March 23, 2010
Are you serious??ReplyDelete
I WISH I made as much as a Chiropractor...
In fact, I was at MY Chiropractor's last week, (no Money, its one of those One hand Massages the Other's Trapezius Deals...)and she wasn't worried at all, she doesn't even deal with insurance, cash on the barrell head, and she doesnt even charge extra to walk on your back with 5 inch stilletoes...
And wait till that Pubic Option gets here...
I gotta see a Quack about a Back...
HOLY SHIT frank, you are right. i just wrote nonsense... the whole idea for the LOGICURE food supplement is that it's cash on the barrel. i don't want a fucking IOU from the worst president since that smithers guy.ReplyDelete
Gyspy tears are real, though.ReplyDelete
I think they're technically human waste, too.
Obama is going to pay for all my healthcare? Yay! I don't have to worry about a thing now. I'll quit my job and drink vodka/vicodin shakes.ReplyDelete
dear bulrush,ReplyDelete
that's a helluva cocktail! just remember, so that you may live long enough to enjoy all the wonders of obamacare (waiting for my cock-shortening operation myself...) make sure never to take more than 7grams of tylenol or so in a short period of time. other than that, party on dude.
I thought that recent studies showed that liver damage started with 2 grams of Tylenol in a 24 hour period. Correct me if I misremember.
dear bulrush,ReplyDelete
that can't be true because the recommended dose on extra strength tylenol is up to 1g every four hours ad infinitum. besides that, i don't know what it means to say that liver damage 'starts' with a certain dose. the method of liver damage with tylenol is more of a 'yes' v 'no' proposition than a continuum (though i understand there are elements of it that are like a continuum). what' eva... do what i want.
OMG. 911, where did you find that picture? My 6 year old is going to have a fit when I show it to her.ReplyDelete


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(KPRC) A Houston police officer is under investigation after he punched a suspect in the face while the man was handcuffed.
It was all caught on camera.
Myisha Carrion said she, her child's father, Lucious Davis, and his sister were backing out of a driveway Monday morning.
Police officers, who appeared to be on routine patrol, pulled up and told the trio to pull back into the driveway, Carrion said. She said she does not know why the officers stopped at the home.
"We asked them what is the reason and they're not saying anything. They're telling us to shut up," Carrion said.
Carrion said surveillance cameras at the home captured video of an officer trying to choke Davis.
Davis was arrested and, while his hands were cuffed behind his back, one of the officers punched him in the face as he tried to get off the hot hood of a car, Carrion said.
Community activist Quanell X said the officers then went into the home.
"Then they come in the home, without a search warrant, and search the home, come back out with a shotgun. Then give the young man they beat up a shotgun charge," he said.
Davis was charged with being in possession of a firearm and criminal mischief. According to court records, Davis has been accused of kicking the window and door of a patrol car.
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We had a mini-series of zucchini this week, too, with crostini topped with squash carpaccio and feta, zucchini boats stuffed with mozzarella and olives, and the loveliest raw zucchini salad. There were good things to drink, too, like a frosty cappuccino-chip frappe, and a classic lime and gin rickey. Browse through these and more — our new recipes from the past week at The Kitchn.
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Eli Young Band Make a Drinking Game Out of State of the Union Address
Like millions of Americans who watched President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, the Eli Young Band paid close attention to the details of his message — at least for as long as they could before likely toppling over. A recent tweet from the band indicates they made a drinking game out of the 65-minute long speech.
"We are playing a State of the Union drinking game: drinking every time Obama gets a round of applause #SOTU #gettindrunkfast," they tweeted last night. According to the Iowa Republican, the President was interrupted 60 times during his speech. That's almost a drink every minute! Hopefully the four of them were sipping light beer, or at least have a good cure for an awful hangover.
The band is currently on the road, heading through West Palm Beach, Fla. and Atlanta, Ga. before dates through America's heartland. They recently celebrated their No. 1 hit 'Crazy Girl' at a party in Nashville. 'Even if It Breaks Your Heart' is their second single from their 'Life At Best' album.


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Just wondering if anyone could help me with a little pack fitting. I recently picked up a Mammut Trion Guide 45 which seems to be a well thought out pack. This is the first "one size fits all" pack that I've put effort into trying to fit. Usually I dismiss these packs quickly and say they're too small. I'm 6'3" with a 21.5" torso and 32" waist. I'm fairly tall but don't think I'm weird proportioned or anything. I remember seeing somewhere that Mammut rates these packs for 16-23" torso. Below are a couple pictures of the upper shoulder straps and lifter strips. I've always been told the load lifters should be coming up at 30-45 degrees to the frame. When I wear the pack comfortably, with the hip belt half way on my iliac crest, the load lifters are actually decending into the pack. If I wear the hip belt straight across my naval the load lifters are able to get back to horizontal. In my mind, this pack is too small to comfortably handle much load. This probably doesn't matter much for a light load but if I pack this thing full for a 3 day trip my shoulders are going to be hurting.
So, is the pack too small or am I missing something?
Pack is hugging the iliac crest. by Gaffke Photography v2.8, on Flickr
Hip Belt is across the navel above the hips by Gaffke Photography v2.8, on Flickr