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Jesus Christ Superstar - Rock Opera as Life Soundtrack
Viva la Vinyl!
Early musical influences
Music is something very spiritual to me, something I revere. I know its the same for everyone who ever had a favorite song, a theme song, pretty much that's everyone else right? I pride myself in the music I enjoy (because there's really a lot you just don't care to bother with). While I've mentioned somewhere in my other hubs that I am a rocker by heart, rock is not all the music I grew up to. I come from a family where music is such a big deal. In our old neighborhood we were the first ones to have a stereo system that plays vinyl. We had the 3 piece (the gramophone and the two speakers) National model c. 1960s about 3 feet high and 4 feet long, housed in hard wood so it can double as a counter top of sorts. The turntable has a door that you pull up and next to it is a place for the long playing albums. It has a detachable little round thingie to play 45s and the arm that holds the needle, which while automatically moves to the record, can also be manually operated. It was in perfect shape up until the late 1980s.
So who built our record selection and what was in it? Let's see, there were quite a lot but off the top of my head I know we had Ray Coniff, The Carpenters, the Christmas album of the Chipmunks, these were my parents' music or at least some of it. It was a few of my sisters' collection that I remember more distinctly due in part to the pictures in the album sleeve but mainly because I would play them over and over and took great pains making sure they don't get scratched.
Of course in the late 70s and early 80s, I took it for granted that we had in our possessions such masterpieces as MFSBs "Mysteries of the World", Earth Wind and Fire's "All 'n All", Noel Pointer's "All My Reasons", Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" and Christopher Cross' self-titled debut that one the Grammy's Album of the Year award in 1981. One album I really got to internalize (because it has the lyrics to all the songs in the album sleeve) is the Manhattan Transfer's "Mecca for Moderns". Now this one really stuck to me so much so that I still know the words to each and every song in the album.
The soundtrack to the Norman Jewison film "Jesus Christ Superstar" is my very first brush with rock music. This is the film version of the Webber and Rice rock opera of the same title. This was a double album with about 23 or 24 tracks. Listening to the album then was "the" ultimate trip for me and I did finally scratch the record. Before, we would only play it during Lent but when I figured out how to work our stereo, I played it all year round till my sisters' ears ached. Every time they see me hovering on the stereo they'd roll their eyes heavenwards and say "there she goes again". This went on until the stereo broke down and we threw or gave away all our vinyl collections including JCS. We would of course mentally kick ourselves some twenty years later when vinyls became collectors' items and their prices skyrocketed tenfold.
After the stereo, I would only get to listen to JCS on the radio during lent and watch reruns also during Lent much to my sisters' relief. I only got reunited with it three or four years ago when bootlegged copies of the film came out. I have yet to locate a copy of the album either on vinyl or CD. Reading all about it now on the net I am even more impressed because Andrew Lloyd Webber was 21 when he composed the opera and lyricist Tim Rice was 23 or 24 back then. What were they thinking right? I mean stuff like this really takes some genius.
Of course I never got to watch the original play where Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) played the role of Jesus. After sometime Gillan bowed out of the stage play and did not want to even be associated with it as he concentrated on his band. As expected, he refused to do the film version so they picked Ted Neely (and what a wonderful pick he was!), keeping Carl Anderson (Judas) and Filipina singer Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene) from the original cast. I discovered much debate on who was the better Jesus between Gillan and Neely so I searched and listened to Gillan's version of "Gethsemane". I'm sorry Gillan fans but I like Neely better, besides the guy is still touring until now (age 64 I think) with the play (Carl Anderson has passed away though so they have another Judas). Now imagine a 64-year-old man belting "Gethsemane", don't imagine, just catch it on You Tube! I wish they'd retire the guy because his performance now takes away so much from his glorious rendition in the film.
So it's pretty obvious I'm still as fixated on the JCS music and film as I was about 30 years ago and the Internet all but diminished this fixation. I have the entire collection from the album in my pc, my ipod and the 1gig memory card of my cellphone. I have a DVD and a VCD copy of the movie as well. I know Webber has created better musicals than this but I love him only for JCS. For me this is the best collection of voices and melodies ever assembled. I know I shall not tire of listening to it. Please allow me to share with you the main songs from the rock opera, this could just be the most legit mix of rock and religion ever, at least that's what I think.
Heaven on Their Minds: Judas' resentment of Jesus
Gethsemane...agony in the garden
My mind is clearer now. I used to think Yvonne was a Mexicana. Everything's alright now.
Hi BuddyGallagher, Thanks for the nostalgia trip. I, too, grew up in the age of vinyl and really miss having "A" sides and "B" sides and those wonderful album covers and liner notes! Good times, good memories.
Your hub hit a chord (sorry for the pun) with me. I remember when JCSS first came out. I was totally blown away -- like I imagine fans of The Who were after hearing Tommy. A "rock opera" was such a novel concept. And one about the passion of Christ. My goodness, how radical! Listening to JCSS (during Lent -- naturally) really made my faith/Christianity come alive for the first time. There is definitely something to be said for matching the message and medium to the audience. HEARING the story in music made so much more of an impact than reading along in church or hearing sermons or the gospels ever had.
Oh i was just being a retard - seeing that bottle of beer infront of you - so don't be bothered by it :D
This is a great hub! Jesus Christ Superstar rocks and rocks on! But in retrospect, I think that the muslcal - in its various incarnations as recording, film and yep as musical, either turned people off or made them instant converts! there's just no in-betweens. I myself needed to grow up before I totally lived the experience of this powerful stuff! Thanks for taking me down memory lane - to the ancient world of the mega-housed turntables and the vinyls! Btw, cool new avatar, you could have had me invited! :D


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First on this tape, early Star Trek Voyager with an episode called Phage. It's a crowdpleaser, as Neelix gets zapped.
He's had his lungs removed. Isn't this an old urban legend?
They find the Vidians, who harvest organs, and have already used Neelix's lungs, so Kes has to donate one of hers. What a waste.
The next episode is The Cloud. Janeway is cranky in the morning if she doesn't get coffee, and the replicators are rationed. So when they detect Omicron particles in a nebula, they head in, because they might find anti-matter particles to boost their power reserves.
There's a sequence where Tom Paris shows Harry Kim how he uses the holodeck as a sex toy. Yuck.
Next, an episode of The Simpsons, Lisa the Vegetarian. Lisa becomes vegetarian and meets Paul and Linda McCartney.
Following this, more Voyager with Eye of the Needle. Harry Kim spots a potential wormhole. But it's too small to travel through, and they try to contact the other side, in the Alpha Quadrant.
They contact a Romulan scientist, and hope to get him to pass messages to their families back in the Alpha Quadrant, but in a tragic twist, they learn that he's actually from 20 years in the past.
Finally, another Simpsons with Home Sweet Home Diddly Dum Doodily. Through a contrived series of events, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are taken into care and fostered by the Flanders, leading Ned to try to baptise them when he discovers they haven't been baptised.
Whilst there's lots of funny stuff here, it's an episode that makes me extremely uneasy. Social Services can be a very blunt tool, and there are plenty of real cases where children are taken from parents for the flimsiest of reasons. Maybe it's just one of those subjects that I'm sensitive about – the thought that my children could be taken away by the state is a rather horrifying one.
Sorry to drag the tone into such a dark place.
After this, there's the very start of Beverly Hills 90210, and the tape ends.
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Love notions / Mary Manners.
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Series InformationHeart's Haven.
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Jami Mitchell has come home to Heart's Haven to open a bookshop with the inheritance Grandma left to her. Nana's Novel Notions is the business of her dreams until she realizes who the tenant next door is: ruthless Riley Hunter. Growing up in the small town together, she's watched him dance through women while she's hidden her feelings with a concrete exterior. How will she cope, when she can't bear being in the same town with him, let alone neighbors? Riley Hunter has sacrificed everything to shed the poverty of his childhood. While others held Sweet-sixteen parties, he cleaned up after them. But his hard work has paid off, and he's opened an architecture firm in the growing town. He's had a thing for Jami since high school, but she was the privileged girl who never gave him the time of day. Now she's come home with a wad of cash and has set up a book store in the business complex he plans to buy out. Can the two put the past behind them, or will his dream shatter hers?
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Map submitted by Dr. R. Zane Price.
GOOGLE MAPS no longer available: With apologies, I am unable to continue showing Google Maps. Google has forced my hand by increasing their map usage fee from nothing/free to OVER $300 A MONTH for the Abandoned Rails website! This is an expense that I simply cannot afford. Rest assured I am looking at available open source alternatives, so maps should be back online soon!
—Greg HarrisonAbandonedRails.com
(Forwarded from the Springfield & Southern Railway)
This abandoned railway line began as the White River Branch of the Springfield and Southern Railway Company. The section from Springfield (Green County) to Ozark (Christian County) was completed in 1882 and ran 19 miles. In 1883, the section from Ozark to Chadwick (both in Christian County) was completed and ran 15.5 miles. In 1885, the railroad was added to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad (Frisco) system and was alternatively known as the Chadwick Flyer and the Chadwick Branch. Towns and stops along the rail line included (from Springfield):
As Chadwick was the end of the line, a round house existed there to turn train engines around to allow for return trips. The line hauled lumber and railroad ties from local sawmills at Chadwick, along with local farm produce. On June 17th, 1885, the town of Sparta was laid out along the railroad and the town became a shipping point for lumber and railroad ties. With the removal of the local timber, the line was abandoned by the Frisco Railroad in 1934 from the city of Ozark to Chadwick (both in Christian County). Prior to the closing of the line, business was so poor that on occasion the engineer would stop the train so that the train crew could pick blackberries and shoot quail. The Frisco depot was bought by the Extension Club in Chadwick and after remodeling served as a community center for the town. The small towns of McCracken and Oldfield were also located along the rail line and have become ghost towns. However, Sparta survived and, to a lesser extent, Chadwick. Traces of the abandoned rail bed are visible along Missouri 125 south of Sparta.
In 1983, the seven mile section of the rail line from Kissick (earlier Gates and Rule) in southern Green County to Ozark in Christian County was abandoned. Cassidy (Christian County) was the only existing town along this portion of the line and it was a ghost town by time of abandonment. The remaining rails north of Kissick remain active today.
Thanks to Dr. R. Zane Price for contributing information about this route.
Picture of the Ozark Depot
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I currently live in what I've heard is the McCracken station from the Chadwick branch.I am looking for more information on this property.please contact me if you have pictures or any info.on this place.also looking for info. On the old Tillman school house also in this area...Thank You
mccracken township, MO
Does anyone know if the old pole line is still standing anywhere on this branch? Or anywhere near Springfield? Im an insulator collector...
Jon W
Springfield, MO
I followed the line through maps on Google..do live next to a large house?
Nixa, MO
Wouldn't it be great if this branch could be revitalized as a bike trail? I've already shared it on Ozark Greenways FB page but feel free to pass the idea along to others if you share my sentiment! Thanks!
Springfield, MO
Why would it be great? Disrupt traffic on roads and people trespassing on private land is not my idea of great.
I sincerely hope enough of the line has passed into private ownership that your plan is impossible. It should be rails to rails or returned to private ownership, not this government overreach you are trying to shove down our throats.
No Andy, No
Ozark, MO
wondering if the rails still exit? Would be a cool ride in a railroad speeder car.
There was never a roundhouse in Chadwick. The Prairie or gallows style turntable was used for smaller power and the Bull Moose (gas-electric cars), but was retired during the the late teens or early '20's. A wye was build at the north end of town to turn the larger power which came into use during the '20's.
Karl Brand
Houston, TX
Do you have any pictures or information about The Chadwick Branch?


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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Guess what? You'll never believe it: Human Life begins at conception!
"Human development begins at fertilization when a male gamete or sperm (spermatozoon) unites with a female gamete or oocyte (ovum) to produce a single cell - a zygote. This highly specialized, totipotent cell marked the beginning of each of us as a unique individual."
-- from the book "The Developing Human"
"In other words, human life begins at conception. That is not a religious posture, but a scientific fact that the lowest paid laborer on the planet can assert without qualm. What we do with that understanding is another matter, but no one in the 21st century should pretend not to know when human life begins.
"On this matter at least, the church and science are in agreement."
-- Kathleen Parker (email@example.com) of The Washington Post Writers' Group
(Photo: Pregnancy Week 1, the human egg. For fertilization to occur, sperm must penetrate its dense outer membrane.)
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Catholics have believed for 2,000 years in the sanctity of every human life
In the Chuch there is no confusion, and never has been, about the sanctity of life.
The Church from the first century has condemned procured abortion.
This is in distinction from theological debates about ensoulment, which never affected the Church's teaching on the sanctity of human life from the womb.
As we hear from Archbishop Wuerl:
"We respect the right of elected officials such as Speaker Pelosi to address matters of public policy that are before them, but the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops. Given this responsibility to teach, it is important to make this correction for the record.
"The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear: the current teaching of the Catholic Church on human life and abortion is the same teaching as it was 2,000 years ago. The Catechism reads:
" 'Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception…Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.' (Catechism, 2270-2271)
"The Catechism goes on to quote the Didache, a treatise that dates to the first century: 'You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.'
"From the beginning, the Catholic Church has respected the dignity of all human life from the moment of conception to natural death."
In the same way, though today the Church does not know exactly when the soul leaves the body, the Church insists that human remains be treated with dignity and respect, whether cremated or not.
Unfortunately it is all too clear that the only confusion is on the part of those, like Mrs. Pelosi, who fail to make the proper distinction between conjecture on when the soul enters the body of a child in the womb and the sanctity of every human life from conception regardless, and entirely distinct from, our human inability to determine when ensoulment takes place.
(Photo: Image of six week unborn child whose life is sacred, because created in God's image and likeness, regardless of whether or not one can prove the child has yet been given a soul by the Creator.)
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
US House of Representatives Pro-Life Roll of Honor
Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.)
John Boehner (Ohio)
Steve Chabot (Ohio)
Virginia Foxx (N.C.)
Phil Gingrey (Ga.)
Peter King (N.Y.)
Steve King (Iowa)
Daniel Lungren (Calif.)
Devin Nunes (Calif.)
John Sullivan (Okla.)
Patrick Tiberi (Ohio)
Phil English (Pa.)
Jean Schmidt (Ohio)
Jim Walsh (N.Y.)
Jeff Fortenberry (Neb.)
Michael McCaul (Texas)
Paul Ryan (Wis.)
Walter Jones (N.C.)
Mike Ferguson (N.J.)
Call, write or email in support and congratulations to the above pro-life heroes who stood in solidarity with our Lord and His Church to defend the unborn by making the following statement to Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
"[Y]our erroneous claim about the history of the Church's opposition to abortion is false and denigrates our common Faith...
"To reduce the scandal and consternation caused amongst the faithful by your remarks, we necessarily write to you to correct the public record and affirm the Church's actual and historical teaching that defends the sanctity of human life. We hope that you will rectify your errant claims and apologize for misrepresenting the Church's doctrine and misleading fellow Catholics."
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"...his integrity will lead him to refrain from...Communion"
"I presume that his integrity will lead him to refrain from presenting himself for Communion."
-- Archbishop Chaput of Denver on Senator Biden
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"The Christian tradition from the earliest days reveals a firm antiabortion attitude"
"The Christian tradition from the earliest days reveals a firm antiabortion attitude. The condemnation of abortion did not depend on and was not limited in any way by theories regarding the time of fetal animation. Even during the many centuries when Church penal and penitential practice was based on the theory of delayed animation, the condemnation of abortion was never affected by it."
--'Abortion: The Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective',
John Connery, S.J. (Loyola, 1977)
(Photo: Unborn child at six weeks.)
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Bishops: Catholics since the first century have affirmed moral evil of abortion
Bishops respond to House Speaker Pelosi's misrepresentation of Church teaching against abortion
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop William E. Lori, chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Doctrine, have issued the following statement:
In the course of a "Meet the Press" interview on abortion and other public issues on August 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi misrepresented the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church against abortion.
In fact, the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, "Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law." (No. 2271)
In the Middle Ages, uninformed and inadequate theories about embryology led some theologians to speculate that specifically human life capable of receiving an immortal soul may not exist until a few weeks into pregnancy. While in canon law these theories led to a distinction in penalties between very early and later abortions, the Church's moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development. [This is something that bears repetition: even though theologians in centuries past were working from scientific knowledge less advanced than that of today, through the history of the Church abortion has never been condoned.]
These mistaken biological theories became obsolete over 150 years ago when scientists discovered that a new human individual comes into being from the union of sperm and egg at fertilization. In keeping with this modern understanding, the Church teaches that from the time of conception (fertilization), each member of the human species must be given the full respect due to a human person, beginning with respect for the fundamental right to life.
More information on the Church's teaching on this issue can be found in our brochure "The Catholic Church is a Pro-Life Church".
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Hurray, Archbishop Wuerl!
Archbishop Wuerl on the Church's Constant Teaching on Abortion
August 25, 2008
The following statement is from Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl:
On Meet the Press this past Sunday, August 23, 2008, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made statements regarding the teaching of the Catholic Church, human life and abortion that were incorrect.
Speaker Pelosi responded to a question on when life begins by mentioning she was Catholic. She went on to say, "And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition..." After Mr. Tom Brokaw, the interviewer, pointed out that the Catholic Church feels strongly that life begins at conception, she replied, "I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy."
We respect the right of elected officials such as Speaker Pelosi to address matters of public policy that are before them, but the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops. Given this responsibility to teach, it is important to make this correction for the record.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear: the current teaching of the Catholic Church on human life and abortion is the same teaching as it was 2,000 years ago. The Catechism reads:
"Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception…Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law." (Catechism, 2270-2271)
The Catechism goes on to quote the Didache, a treatise that dates to the first century: "'You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.'"
From the beginning, the Catholic Church has respected the dignity of all human life from the moment of conception to natural death.
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Bravo, Archbishop Chaput!
Bishops Correct Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'On the Separation of Sense and State'
By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. and Bishop James D. Conley
Archdiocese of Denver (www.archden.org/)
"Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions employed to justify it."
(Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi greeted the Holy Father upon his arrival in the US. She gave a public sign of fidelity to his teaching office. However, she has overtly dissented from that teaching and attempts to confuse fellow Catholics and the public concerning Catholic teaching and its absolute opposition to every procured abortion.)
DENVER, CO (Archdiocese of Denver) - The Bishops of the Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, site of the Democratic convention, issued a letter directed to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Denver entitled "Separation of Sense and State: A Clarification for the People of the Church in Northern Colorado.We set forth this fine letter for the readers of Catholic Online in its entirety:
To Catholics of the Archdiocese of Denver:
Catholic public leaders inconvenienced by the abortion debate tend to take a hard line in talking about the "separation of Church and state." But their idea of separation often seems to work one way.
In fact, some officials also seem comfortable in the role of theologian. And that warrants some interest,not as a "political" issue, but as a matter of accuracy and justice.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a gifted public servant of strong convictions and many professional skills. Regrettably, knowledge of Catholic history and teaching does not seem to be one of them.
Interviewed on Meet the Press August 24, Speaker Pelosi was asked when human life begins. She said the following:
"I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time.And what I know is over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition . . . St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose."
Since Speaker Pelosi has, in her words, studied the issue "for a long time," she must know very well one of the premier works on the subject, Jesuit John Connery's Abortion: The Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective (Loyola, 1977). Here's how Connery concludes his study:
"The Christian tradition from the earliest days reveals a firm antiabortion attitude . . . The condemnation of abortion did not depend on and was not limited in any way by theories regarding the time of fetal animation. Even during the many centuries when Church penal and penitential practice was based on the theory of delayed animation, the condemnation of abortion was never affected by it.
"Whatever one would want to hold about the time of animation, or when the fetus became a human being in the strict sense of the term, abortion from the time of conception was considered wrong, and the time of animation was never looked on as a moral dividing line between permissible and impermissible abortion."
Or to put it in the blunter words of the great Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
"Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed on this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder."
Ardent, practicing Catholics will quickly learn from the historical record that from apostolic times, the Christian tradition overwhelmingly held that abortion was grievously evil. In the absence of modern medical knowledge, some of the Early Fathers held that abortion was homicide; others that it was tantamount to homicide; and various scholars theorized about when and how the unborn child might be animated or "ensouled."
But none diminished the unique evil of abortion as an attack on life itself, and the early Church closely associated abortion with infanticide. In short, from the beginning, the believing Christian community held that abortion was always, gravely wrong.
Of course, we now know with biological certainty exactly when human life begins. Thus, today's religious alibis for abortion and a so-called "right to choose" are nothing more than that - alibis that break radically with historic Christian and Catholic belief.
Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions employed to justify it. Catholics who make excuses for it - whether they're famous or not - fool only themselves and abuse the fidelity of those Catholics who do sincerely seek to follow the Gospel and live their Catholic faith.
The duty of the Church and other religious communities is moral witness. The duty of the state and its officials is to serve the common good, which is always rooted in moral truth. A proper understanding of the "separation of Church and state" does not imply a separation of faith from political life. But of course, it's always important to know what our faith actually teaches.
Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
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"Choice" is precisely the issue
We may be confused about when life begins as is Speaker Pelosi. We may be confused about many things.
But about one thing we will never be confused: our own choices.
A choice to end a life is never confusing. I see a life. I choose to end it. Case closed. No confusion.
Procured abortion is ALWAYS a choice and NEVER confusing.
What about this is so confusing that the Pelosis of the the world don't get it?
Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the unborn, pray for us.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Catholics believe that Christ is the sole Savior
Catechism to be changed to better reflect teaching on salvation of all in Christ
It was announced Aug. 5 that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has approved an important change to The
U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults
. A seriously ambiguous, misleading and doctrinally deficient statement on the status of the Sinaitic Covenant, that is, the Torah or Law of Moses, will be removed, and --- if the Holy See grants its recognitio --- will be replaced with a statement that quotes St. Paul's epistle to the Romans.
The sentence to be changed currently reads:
"Thus the covenant that God made with the Jewish people through Moses remains eternally valid for them."
In its place will be this sentence:
"To the Jewish people, whom God first chose to hear his word, 'belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ' (Rom 9:4-5; cf. CCC, No. 839)."
The current language is objectionable for many reasons, not least because it suggests --- and seems to have been intended to suggest --- that the Law of Moses remains in force and obligatory for the Jewish people, that Jews are ordinarily saved through the observance of Mosaic law and therefore need not confess that Jesus is Lord and Christ. That heretical opinion has been spreading throughout the Church, and was even promoted in "Reflections on Covenant and Mission" (12 Aug. 2002), a document of the USCCB's Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. On the contrary, the New Testament, the Church Fathers, and the ordinary and extraordinary Magisterium clearly, consistently, irreformably and infallibly teach that the Sinaitic Covenant was never salvific and has not been binding on anyone ever since it was fulfilled by Christ. As St. Paul teaches, "You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace" (Gal. 5:4). To claim that anyone, even just the Jews, can be saved through the Law is to deny the holy Catholic faith.
In a letter informing the U.S. bishops of the outcome of their vote to edit the adult catechism, Msgr. David Malloy, USCCB general secretary, correctly explains:
"Catholics understand that all previous covenants that God made with the Jewish people have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ through the new covenant established through his sacrificial death on the cross. The prior version of the text might be understood to imply that one of the former covenants imparts salvation without the mediation of Christ, whom Christians believe to be the universal savior of all people."
Of course it is possible to parse the current language of the adult catechism in such a way that it does not contradict, or almost doesn't contradict, the Catholic faith. Nevertheless a catechism should plainly and clearly and accurately state the faith. The average adult should not have to (nor is he qualified to) squint and strain to understand a statement in the correct way. The predictable effect of the extremely ambiguous current language will be gravely hurtful to souls: pernicious misteaching, a failure to hand on what the Church believes about the Sinaitic Covenant.
The proposed new language is far superior, because it avoids the suggestion that the Law of Moses is salvific for the Jews. It could still be clearer about the status of the Law and of the Jewish people, but it is better to have a divinely-inspired passage from Holy Scripture that can be misinterpreted than to have a misleading statement that can, with effort, be interpreted in a way that doesn't contradict divine revelation.
Let us continue to pray for those Jews who have not yet received the gift of faith in Christ. May the blood of the Savior now descend upon them a laver of redemption and of life, that they may enjoy the never-revoked promises that God made to Abraham and to his seed. And let us pray for the conversion, or short of that, the silencing, of those who attempt to subvert what the Church believes.
(Thanks to Rorate-Caeli.blogspot.com for this story.)
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Pro-Abortion Catholics should be "publicly admonished" and then "denied" communion
Catholics who support abortion should not receive Communion, says Archbishop Burke
Archbishop Raymond Burke
Rome, Aug 19, 2008 / 10:00 am (CNA).- The prefect of the Apostolic Signature, Archbishop Raymond Burke, said this week that Catholics, especially politicians who publically defend abortion, should not receive Communion, and that ministers of Communion should be responsibly charitable in denying it to them if they ask for it, "until they have reformed their lives."
In an interview with the magazine, Radici Christiane, Archbishop Burke pointed out that there is often a lack of reverence at Mass when receiving Communion. "Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ unworthily is a sacrilege," he warned. "If it is done deliberately in mortal sin it is a sacrilege."
To illustrate his point, he referred to "public officials who, with knowledge and consent, uphold actions that are against the Divine and Eternal moral law. For example, if they support abortion, which entails the taking of innocent and defenseless human lives. A person who commits sin in this way should be publicly admonished in such a way as to not receive Communion until he or she has reformed his life," the archbishop said.
"If a person who has been admonished persists in public mortal sin and attempts to receive Communion, the minister of the Eucharist has the obligation to deny it to him. Why? Above all, for the salvation of that person, preventing him from committing a sacrilege," he added.
"We must avoid giving people the impression that one can be in a state of mortal sin and receive the Eucharist," the archbishop continued. "Secondly, there could be another form of scandal, [This is a very important point.] consisting of leading people to think that the public act that this person is doing, which until now everyone believed was a serious sin, is really not that serious - if the Church allows him or her to receive Communion."
"If we have a public figure who is openly and deliberately upholding abortion rights and receiving the Eucharist, what will the average person think? He or she could come to believe that it up to a certain point it is okay to do away with an innocent life in the mother's womb," he warned.
Archbishop Burke also noted that when a bishop or a Church leader prevents an abortion supporter from receiving Communion, "it is not with the intention of interfering in public life but rather in the spiritual state of the politician or public official who, if Catholic, should follow the divine law in the public sphere as well."
"Therefore, it is simply ridiculous and wrong to try to silence a pastor, accusing him of interfering in politics so that he cannot do good to the soul of a member of his flock," he stated.
It is "simply wrong" to think that the faith must be reduced to the private sphere and eliminated from public life, Archbishop Burke said, encouraging Catholics "to bear witness to our faith not only in private in our homes but also in our public lives with others in order to bear strong witness to Christ."
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Starting here, starting now
A man in the parish named Rob brought his new web site to my attention this morning. Thus begins a new collection of Catholic sites dedicated to busting the myths and bringing out the truth about the beauty of the fullness of Christian Faith in the universal Church: one, holy, catholic and apostolic.
Do you have a site to add to the collection? Any elements of unorthodoxy will result in elimination.
Try this one out. Send comments. Thanks.
From Rob's site:
"Which Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ?
"Many claim that their church is that founded by Jesus Christ. Christ, Himself, clearly states his intention to found one and only one church. "And this on this rock I will build my church." [Matthew 16:18]. In His high priestly prayer at thLast Supper, He prayed "that they may be one, as we are one." [John 17:20 2] For the first thousand years, there was only one Christian Church. So which church today is the legitimate and faithful continuation of the Church Jesus founded?
"To find the answer, we need to look back to the writings of Christians from the 1st and 2nd centuries and examine what they wrote about the Church in its early decades. For these writings, we look to the Early Church Fathers, some of whom learned their faith from the apostles themselves. Their writings, many still in existence, speak in great detail of the practices and doctrines of the early church. Let's compare what they say to the claims of churches in our own time."
For more, visit:
What do CATHOLICS Really Believe?
(Copyright 2008)
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The dog-eared paperback caught my eye. It lay on the shelf at shoulder height, so that I couldn't miss it, as I searched for something else on my jam-packed bookcase. Seeing her book, Writing Down the Bones, made me realize I hadn't read Natalie Goldberg in a long time. I wondered what she's writing about these days, or maybe she's taking a break.
I hope not, because I need a good example right now.
My friendship with Natalie is one-sided. I am simply one woman in her larger reading audience who has found a friend, a supporter, for writing. Write every day, she urges. Even if it is only for ten minutes, just to keep the wrists supple and the creative juices flowing. Write everywhere, she encourages. Great words hang out near coffeehouses and park benches and window seats. Use a writing instrument instead of a computer, the better to feel the process.
Write about anything. The dirty collar on the shirt of the man in front of you on the bus. The ending to the dream you were having when the alarm shrilled reveille. The happiest moment of your life. The most miserable.
Mostly, forget about being famous and write as if your life depends on it.
Once I spent a whole year writing like that. Got one of those blank books with lines in it and filled them with ten minute blocks. Every day. At first the blocks consisted of neatly arranged words that resembled a carefully planned flower garden, each letter just so. But soon, more like weeds, they filled the pages. Finally, clinging like kudzu, the words spilled over from one page to the next, choking the lines. According to Natalie Goldberg's instructions, they were uncensored, unedited, unfettered. I even gave my book a title that reflected where I was in life: Halcyon Days.
Halcyons are mythical birds that nest on the sea where it is peaceful and calm during the winter solstice. And that's what my life was that particular year. By choice, I was alone. My problems with my second ex were more memory than reality, and no one else had vied seriously to take his place. There were no obligatory television shows to watch together or after-work dinners to share. No commitments either. Only long evenings on my hands.
So I turned inward for company and spent hours reading. I renewed my acquaintance with authors who were old friends and took up with some who were new to me. Even when I didn't fully appreciate their work, I admired their tenacity; for if reading is a solitary experience, how much more so is writing.
I'd always struggled to find both the time and energy for it, especially when I was emotionally involved with someone. The interest was always there, but often it lay fallow for months at a time. Several spiral notebooks are crammed on another shelf to prove it. All of them start with the following entry or some variation on the theme:
"Today is [Fill in the date; it doesn't matter what date] and I am launching my writing career. I know I've said this before, but this time it's for real. I can do it."
A couple notebooks are painfully empty beyond the first few sentences. Others have several pages filled with my curly handwriting. But none is more than half filled. What they really proved was that I was miserable at meeting self-imposed writing deadlines and the years were slipping by.
That's when I decided to follow Natalie's advice. Among the several books she's written is Writing Down the Bones, which I had given my mother in paperback as a birthday gift. As was her habit, Mother gave the very same book back to me for a Christmas gift a couple years later. What could I do but accept that Natalie's book was really meant for me? I read it in a minimum of sittings and, filled with inspiration, tried once more. The first entry in Halcyon Days reads:
May 30 "Memorial Day with Kevin and Elizabeth. Golden Nugget. Breakfast. Montrose Harbor. Sun. Jade Dragon. Tattoo. Leona's. Pizza. Home! . . . and summer begins."
This time there were no promises of filling notebooks. It wasn't about wanting to be a writer as much as it was simply starting the business of being one.
That was years ago. I've done a lot of writing since then. I've had several essays published and many more returned. I sent the novel that represents another year of my life to an agent, only to have it rejected too. Soundly rejected, with a whine in the voice that I'd bothered her in the first place. And that's the reason I've used for not sitting down and writing this past month. Besides, the seasons are about to change and I'm not inspired.
Until now, when Natalie's book caught my eye, like a former teacher you run into on the street who silently reminds you of your potential. Who rejects that old excuse called Writer's Block.
Ah, Natalie, you are here when I need you. I don't even have to take the book off the shelf. I know what you will say.
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In advance of a Kavli Futures Symposium on the direction of nanoscience, four extraordinary scientists share their thoughts on the state and future of the field.
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Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscience, Cornell University. Michal Lipson received a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship -- often referred to as a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. A joint interview with Lipson and MIT MacArthur grant recipient Nergis Mavalvala is featured in this newsletter.
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT. Nergis Mavalvala received a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship -- often referred to as a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. A joint interview with Mavalvala and Cornell's MacArthur grant recipient Michal Lipson is featured in this newsletter. ... How are scientists increasing their odds of detecting an Earthlike planet? In a recent three-part series, MIT explored its researchers' roles in the quest to find an Earth twin and the effort to make sense of the 500 exoplanets that have been discovered since 1995.
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Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU. KISN Co-Director May-Britt Moser has been selected as one of four Norwegian researchers to receive the 2010 ERC Advanced Grant. Moser's grant will fund a broad research program ranging from the basic phenomenology of the transition between hippocampal representations, to the role of gamma-oscillations, thalamic activity and anatomy and development.
Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. The Times of London named KICC director George Efstathiou among Britain's top 100 scientists, noting that Efstathiou and his team have provided some of the first evidence that dark energy does exist.


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My hope is that WANT gives women (but men too, hi dudes!) a way to experience the full range of their thoughts and emotions and then proactively transcend them.
WANT will always be a place of openness, honesty, and proactivity, a tool kit that you get to choose how to use.
And along with a slew of supercharged authentic female leaders, WANT will show you there is a whole world of wonderful women out there who are being the leaders of their own lives.
No matter where you fall on the self love spectrum, as long as you're not afraid of facing your entire self, head on, this is the place for you.
why does this mean so much to me, you ask?
from katie: unabridged.
Here's the deal.
For most of my own life, I had a pretty crap-tastic self image.
Self confidence? Loads of it (more on that later).
But the way I viewed that confidence – the opinions I formed around it, the things I did to "keep myself in check," the image of myself I saw in my internal mirror – made it seem more like an enemy than a BFF.
Turns out, self confidence ain't sh!t if you don't know what to do with it.
I became aware of both how I looked and how I thought about the world when I was about…seven? eight? Somewhere around there. Grown-ups would dote on my appearance and I was utterly confused: I didn't look or dress like the cool kids in my class, I had big thick Winnie Cooper bangs, I narrated intricate stories to myself about the world around me while other kids seemed to just float through their lives action to action. I was instructed to stand up straight and hold my stomach in, and I was called "vain" simply for looking in the mirror for more than three seconds.
While other kids were reading Sweet Valley High through their tweendom, I was reading Iyanla Vanzant and Anna Quindlen. I picked up on the emotional nuances of others quickly and became frustrated when I was shut down because I was "too young to understand." I desperately wanted to fit in, to love and be loved, to be someone's favorite. How could I be, though, when I wasn't even convinced I was my own favorite person?
Negative talk was the norm in my life when it came to the women around me. I began to think it was normal to complain about the size of your thighs, the way your stomach looked, how much you had eaten that day. I was told I was too sensitive when my feelings were hurt, I was told I was a show-off when I was proud of my work. I found myself joining in just to connect – just to fit in.
To this day, I don't know which came first: seeing it, or believing it.
My self image, internal and external, fluctuated between positive and negative throughout my teens, hitting an all-time low in college when I developed Orthorexia – a form of disordered eating and lifestyle in which a hyper-focus on extreme "health" before all else overtakes your life and dictates your every decision. This was before anyone really knew it was a "thing," and the only eating disorders talked about in the mainstream were anorexia and bulemia (it's now a much-discussed topic in the eating disorder/body image sphere, thank goodness). Not to mention that my idea of health had been defined by the women around me my entire life – fat-free, low calorie, small portions – and so no matter how much research I did, I was always skeptical of anything that did not gel with the views I was brought up with. How limiting and ostracizing – a very dark, lonely place to live.
Thankfully, I knew something was very wrong with me and identified my Orthorexia early on. Not-so-thankfully, when I started to slowly ease things I once shunned into my day (think small but important baby steps; healthful nutrient-filled food that contained once-shunned fats, formerly off-limits sugars, or simply venturing outside the tiny box of options I allowed myself), I was told I was "weird" more times than I could count.
The names and snap judgements hurt me the most. The choices I made were not "normal" for a college-age girl who should be eating pizza and Subway, especially after getting so thin from her little flirtation with ED. Again, I was "too sensitive." And when I began to excel in my Drama department, that voice came back into my head that told me I was a show-off. So I self-sabotaged.
The conflict between how I "should" be for others and how I wanted to be for my own recovery got so strong that it drove me further down the rabbit hole for about three years – eating in private just so I could avoid judgement in public, escaping to the gym just so I could feel a sense of accomplishment and pride, binging on junk to prove a point. I became fear-ridden in class presentations and my voice became shaky each time I went to sing. I went through a heartbreaking break-up and started to overeat at night for comfort, hoping to gain a little weight and make the critics inside and outside my head go away (my boyfriend also had wanted me to gain weight, so in a way I think I thought this could "win" him back). Ironically, I lost even more weight, as my hormones had gone cray-cray and my metabolism had gone haywire. I was called names. I was talked about behind my back. I got into screaming fights with my family over my appearance. It was awful. It was NOT ME.
I ended up spending my senior year of college at home, commuting back and forth – I wanted to work, but moreso, I wanted to start fresh. I was sick of the status quo of my negative, lonely existence and knew it was not who I really was. I wanted to enter into spaces in which I felt I could be myself again. The way I wanted to treat my body, the way I wanted to love, the way I wanted to be of service to the world.
What ended up saving me? That unwavering desire to move forward into communities in which it was safe to believe in myself. Communities that didn't have to be quantitative to be meaningful – communities in which I could be the Katie I knew I wanted to be. Those communities, go figure, started with me truly wanting to do the work within myself to move forward fearlessly, and to do it for me alone.
Through fitness, friendships, and fearless love, I finally learned that who I was…was exactly who the world needed me to be. It was during this time and transition that WANT was conceived – when I realized there was no place or outlet to actually help women kick their sources of their discontent to the curb, not just band-aid them up with pretty affirmations alone.
One big way I realized we hold ourselves back? Casual negativity: the negative talk we use without even thinking twice, the stuff that's become our vernacular. Both in our heads and out loud. I realized that the talk I'd been hearing it all my life – I'm so fat – I suck at this – I'm too sensitive – was a cultural epidemic, and there was no place that existed to recognize and shift these detrimental norms.
I went through many, many ups and downs, mini crises, and self image fluctuations. Fast forward to the present: I still do. But with every thought or feeling comes a chance to learn and think better, do better, be better. I love when I win and I love when I lose, and lordy help me if I stop loving it all.
Most of the negative talk we use in our lives stems from a place of feeling different, feeling alone, not seeing examples of how to be any other way. I know this is how I felt for so much of my life – and how I bet you've felt or still feel, too. You don't need to experience an eating disorder or mental disorder like I did to feel like you're too much, too sensitive, too introspective, too aware for the world around you.
I'm here to tell you that those things that make you feel insecure or ostracized – those things you hide behind a veneer of "Fitting In" – those are gifts and clues to help you be the you YOU were meant to be.
I am fully 100% dedicated to being WANT's number-one test subject, leading through example through all the high highs and low lows. You'll get tips, tricks, tools, both from me and from others – mostly comin' atcha in the form of essays, events, podcasts, and prose. Experience-based stuff (I'm a huge fan of results and proof. My definition of proof includes intuition-kicks and universe wake-ups, just fyi).
WANT isn't a blog and it isn't a life coaching session. It's a community, it's an example, it's a resource and a shot of soul therapy. More than anything, it's a roadmap for you to interpret for yourself and use as you see fit.
I am not a doctor, psychologist, or nutritionist. I've been immersed and self-taught in all things wellness and "self help" since age thirteen, and have made it my mission to be as thoroughly knowledgeable as possible since then though writings, workshops, and careful analysis (honestly, I hope to always be learning).
My role models and influences transcend job titles or genres, and include Glennon Doyle, Gloria Steinem, Sutton Foster, Sia, Jenny Lewis, Michelle Obama, Marie Forleo, and…well…Muppets.
I live and love in New York City (and lived 29.5 of my years in Los Angeles) with my brand-strategist, red-headed fiancé Jeremy, where I am constantly amazed by the magic around me, every single minute.
WANT is my love letter to the people I see walking around every single day who might not even realize how much magic they possess just by being unapologetically themselves –
and it's my love letter to the ones who already know it, too.
For questions, comments, and media inquiries, please visit the Contact page.
Photo credits: Patricia Peña, Lynn Chen, Cortnee Loren Brown


text: I'm a huge lover of all things vintage... but I also really adore several modern styles as well. Well, not too long ago on Casey's Musings, I heard of Polyvore. Casey had a beautiful outfit that she dreamed up which was adorable, and there were also a sweet series of outfits based on storybook characters like Little Red Riding Hood. Well, I've always wanted to play on it since I first heard of Polyvore, and today I got my chance. I just wanted to show ya'll a glimpse of what my perfect fall outfit would be like.. it's a little more glam than I usually am what with the lace gloves and sequin beret but hey this is make-believe!


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Friday, 02 December 2011 17:15
Being disgruntled by the opprobrium of an unfair and insidious socio-economic-political system, and shouting it to the four winds does seem as a healthy beginning for igniting change. But, is it really enough to manifest the need for change? And, more important, does it augur change that will lead to a more equitable and democratic society? Unfortunately, that is probably not the case in these United States of America.
As long as the Occupy Movement keeps spouting how they represent the 99 percent of the population, the truth about the unfair distribution of wealth, income and power in this nation will never come to light in a way that it is truly understood by most everyone. It isn't the One Percenters alone we should be directing our ire against, but the next group of lackeys as well who are just as bad. The Occupy Movement, to gain any respect by showing cause of anger and legitimate concerns, must be a movement of Eighty Percenters who in total now only hold 7 percent of the country's wealth and zero percent of the country's influence and power.
Will that create or provoke some form of class warfare? The answer is yes; but better to recognize abuse coming from a large segment of the population – and 20 percent is no small chunk – than lie to ourselves into believing that the ogre is only represented in that 1 percent. It might seem "safe" to do so, but capitulating to the squire class, even if some of them (the moral squires) recognize and identify with the need for change, will assure those in the plebeian class, the Eighty Percenters, that theirs, and their children's is a future of slavery.
However, it isn't the distribution of wealth alone, but how the nation's affairs are conducted to serve the desires of the few; those few who have contracted the services of society's hit-men. The hit-man who answers to the name of Congress who keeps us docile and poor with its laws; the hit-man known as the Pentagon who serves as world policeman and keeps commerce flowing at any cost, not just in dollars but in blood as well; the hit-man that is Wall Street serving the needs of the industrial-military complex; and the hit-man that is the nation's executive, no matter what political robes, with the big R or the big D monogram, it might be wearing.
The Occupy Movement is facing the PR-machine of the powerful now working full blast to quiet or dilute OC's message with one of their own, a message of deceit. No, not just the lukewarm messages or characterizations of ridicule to "hippy-ish" displays or to inconveniences created by their actions; or to the cost in "police overtime," or damage caused to the parks or other public facilities. No, those are frivolous things that hold little popular support, as proven in the past during the Civil Rights and Anti-war protests of half century ago.
The elite's PR-machine has become subtle, sort of parasitic to the movement, a joiner of sorts. Now that American-style capitalism is being shown for what it is – predatory, immoral and obscene – it has been re-baptized as "economic freedom." And suddenly we are being told that we (rich and poor alike) are "hardworking taxpayers" and that only Washington is to be blame… yes, Occupy Washington not Wall Street, they say; and government spending has acquired a new name: waste.
Knights and Squires, the Twenty Percenters, are putting on their "We-identify- with-your-plight" masks to hide their hideous ugly faces. They are no longer known as entrepreneurial profit-mongers but job creators; and their unfair, most often obscene, compensation and bonuses is purely deserved "pay-for-performance"… also making sure that any taxation of the rich is simply portrayed as "taking money" from hard-working Americans who are the sole job creators.
This tacit campaign to convince even those at the bottom of the economic ladder that we are all in this together, all sharing in the sacrifice, will work as it has in the past, for we prove to be among the most easily "brain-washable" people. That is, unless the Occupy Movement formalizes and clarifies in a simple way its unequivocal mission. And it needs to be a mission with vision… a mission stated with a sole voice. And it must be a mission with timely goals that either are to be met or there would be consequences; that the alternative to reform is neither appeasement nor subjugation, but revolution. And that the prospect of conflict is real; one in order of magnitude not seen in this nation since its civil war a century and a half ago.
© 2011 Ben Tanosborn
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
The results are in.
The bad news is the news is not good. Emmi's CT scan revealed that the electrode array has migrated out of the cochlea. She currently has four electrodes out. There was a slight moment of panic as they wanted her processor off her head NOW, until they confirmed the four electrodes currently shut off were, indeed, the ones that have migrated out. I have been given instructions to watch Emmi carefully for signs of change and to take the processor off when that happens. I laughed a bit at that one. I noticed the change before it physically manifested. Or really Emmi noticed it, and I observed her behavior. I was telling them there was something really wrong months ago.
It feels a bit real now. In a matter of days, Emmi will no longer fully be bilateral. It will be useless soon. That thing is on the move. Escaping. Looking for a way out. I worried that Emmi would reject this whole process. Instead she has embraced hearing. Funny thing is, hearing seems to be rejecting her right now.
I know she will not go long before surgery. It looks like mid-December to late December as a surgery date. I just hate that she has to go through this at all. I hate that there has to be any down time. And? I also hate that I am no terrified that this will happen again. Yet another thing for me to worry about in the middle of the night.
7 comments:
- Linda said...
I'm glad they figured out that the four electrodes that have migrated have indeed already been shut off, as that hadn't been confirmed when I talked to you yesterday afternoon.
Whatever happens now, Emmi has already benefited immensely from this process. She will always understand more about language than she ever would have without this process, and it's given her a boost in her social development that's enormous. Her cousin Corinne is most appreciative that Emmi uses language to get her way rather than those pinches she previously used to express her displeasure! She's moved from being on the outside in groups of children to being right in the middle. This process has allowed people to better test her intelligence and to see what we've always seen: that she's a very intelligent little girl. She's going to be so excited when she's reimplanted and activated again. She'll think it's worth it, all this she's going through.
- November 22, 2008 at 7:06 AM
What your mom said above was perfect, I can't really add anything to that except to say that we'll be thinking of you guys and hope it all gets resolved soon. xoxo
- November 22, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- Kristina White said...
I'm sorry about the implant and everything your family is going through. Emma just had her first CI surgery on 11/21 and will be activated 12/10. I'm really excited about the possibility that she will love hearing.
As excited as I am about the future with the CI, I'm cautious about a future tied to electronic equipment that can break. That just stinks as you have learned first hand! I guess we have to take the good with the bad and hope the bad is brief. I hope you have a definite surgery date soon and that it is in early December so that Emmi will be live again before the new year. We will keep Emmi and the whole family in our prayers.
Kristina, mom to Emma in Delaware
- November 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- I am Trish Marie said...
Kristina! I am glad she finally had her surgery! Call me when you get a chance, I want to hear all about how it went.
- November 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- Not a Granny said...
Sending prayers and good thoughts to all of you!!
- November 24, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- Leah J. said...
Thinking of you! Thank you so much for your support through Casen's therapy! I only hope I can be as much of a support and encouragement to you during all of this with Emmi. Way to follow your mommy-instinct and push until the doctors figured out what was going on!
- November 24, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Tina said...
- November 25, 2008 at 6:06 PM


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Hi, my name is Eli Meyer. I have been on the tennis court for the last 17 years and still can't get enough. I have been teaching tennis for the last eight years and look forward to teaching every day. In high-school, I served as team captain all four years. I played for Flagler College of St. Augustine. I am a former pro of Atlantic Beach and Tennis, Westside Park, University of Florida, and St. Augustine
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Instead of evicting Bainbridge Island's liveaboard boaters, the state Department of Natural Resources has given them a new lease on life. The agency has signed a 12-year lease with the City of Bainbridge Island to create an open-water marina with 16 resident boaters.
The Bainbridge Island City Council voted to sign the lease on Dec. 15, the day DNR had set for the liveaboards to leave. The vote came just hours after a farewell party that Eagle Harbor's final liveaboards held on the Wicca, a historic Bainbridge Island houseboat ("Flotilla of poor people protest eviction," RC, Dec. 8-14).
Citing cost concerns, the council in October abandoned a plan that could have accommodated 12 slips of open-water moorage. In addition to 12 buoys for liveaboards, the state required the city to install 36 more buoys for transient boaters.
On Dec. 3, the City Council wrote a letter asking DNR to waive the rules. The agency answered yes, setting the stage for an agreement after years of wrangling. The island's liveaboard community is more than 100 years old, but the state no longer allows over-water residences.
The lease would allow the liveaboards to rent open-water moorage from the city at $60 to $176 a month, including garbage and sewer.
Nearby homeowners complain that liveaboards foul the water and are essentially squatters on public land. On Dec. 10, a group called Bainbridge Citizens wrote a letter to DNR protesting its decision.
Before the open-water marina is a reality, the City of Bainbridge Island must still work out many details, including nailing down funds to install the buoys. And there's no guarantee remaining houseboats like the Wicca will get to stay.http://www.realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/5073/
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A new FF on Arshi – MAJBOORIYAAN (Part 42)
Anjali & Kushi not talking to arnav.. Kavya studied arnav's medical report & have prepared a diet chart..
Anjali's room
Kushi, Anjali, kavya are discussing Arnav's diet
Kavya : he need to follow it strictly for 3 months then he will be perfectly fine
Kushi : we will make him follow
Kavya : don't you think its difficult bhabhi.. He doesn't like many things in this chart.
Anjali : agar iss mein bhi cheating ki toh sach mein maar padhegi une ( if he do cheating in even following this then he'll definitely get punished)
Arnav & shyam enter..
Shyam : he will follow rani sahiba.. Une phirse todi na aapko naraz karna hai ( he won't disappoint you again )
Anjali Kushi frown seeing Arnav
Arnav : di.. How many days will you do like this.. I'm really sorry.. Won't do it again.. Pls.. & Kushi you too won't forgive me..?
Kushi : ok but on one condition.. You should follow this diet chart no cheating
Arnav : yes mam
Shyam : now you too forgive him anjali
Anjali hold Arnav's ears..
Anjali : you are getting away this time because of your hand or else..
Shyam : or else your di itself would've broken your hand right rani sahiba
Arshi's room
Arnav talking with aman on phone..
Aman : yaar ASR tumne mujhe dhoka diya hai ( you betrayed me ASR )
Arnav : what the.!?
Aman : you knew after marriage life becomes hell still you got me married.
Arnav : I got you married!? Khud hi devdas bane ghum rahe the lavanya ki shaadi ki baat sunkar.. Aur mujhe keh rahe ho ( you had become mad on hearing lavanya's marriage news & now complaining me )
Aman : devdas was better than patnidas ( it was better to be mad than getting married)
Kushi enter..
Arnav : wives are the most beautiful gift we get aman
Aman : kya bol rahe ho ( what are you saying)
Arnav : you should never disappoint them
Aman : yeh toh bhagwan se bhi nahi hoga ( its not even possible by God)
Arnav : Teri bhabhi aagayi phone rakho idiot ( kushi has come cut the phone idiot )
Arnav : you are looking gorgeous in this dress
Kushi : accha ( is it so)
Arnav : my ears are craving to hear your voice
Kushi : hmm umm really
Arnav nod yes..
Kushi : then..
Arnav : I love you kushi..
Kushi : no you won't..
Arnav : what..!!??
Kushi : you never listen to me.. You only say I love you kushi..
Arnav : oh come on finish that topic now.. I've quit smoking..
Kushi : this is 3rd time you are assuring me
Arnav : last time too..
Kushi : ok.. Last time..
Arnav : I've to get reward for quitting it na
Kushi : what you want
Arnav : gift ( he say in husky voice making kushi blush )
Kushi give turmeric milk
Arnav : what the
Kushi : pehle dood ( first milk )
Arnav : aur baad mein ( and next – he ask with naughty smile )
Kushi : you have become very naughty
Arnav : oh really..
He drink the milk & pull Kushi closer both fall on bed
3 weeks later..
Arnav's plaster is removed a week back
Anjali : chote you could have come with us
Arnav : I have work di
Kushi : we don't want to leave you alone..
Arnav : then you could have stayed here ( Arnav frown as Kushi too is going to Lucknow )
Kushi : arnav aap..
Arnav : ok.. I'm not kid .. You go..
Kavya : I'm staying back today.. As I've patient to attend tomorrow so don't worry I'll take care of him.
Anjali : thats better.. You both come together Sunday
Arnav pull Kushi aside..
Arnav : you are leaving me alone with her
Kushi : what do you mean by leaving you alone with her.. She won't eat you up
Arnav : but she's too strict
Kushi : enjoy with your little sister..
Everyone leave for Lucknow. Arnav Kavya alone in Raizada mansion
Next day
Arnav having breakfast served by kavya..
Kavya go to kitchen to get some water.. & arnav remove 2 bread slices from his plate & kavya notices it
Kavya come & put 3 bread slices to his plate
Arnav : what the I had removed only 2 & yo.. ( he stop realising he got caught )
Kavya : one extra for cheating.. Eat it
Arnav : you've got good training from your di & bhabhi ( Anjali & Kushi )
Kavya's eyes filled with tears hearing your di from Arnav's mouth.. The same person shouted at her refusing to share his di even for a second & today..
Arnav get up seeing her tears..
Arnav : what happened.. Are you ok
Kavya : nothing you have changed so much..
Arnav : I'm sorry Kavya because of me..
Kavya : ( interrupt) because of you i got such a lovely caring family.. Such a good husband.. I'm so happy & have forgot everything what happened in past.. So…
Arnav : so..?
Kavya : I love you bhaiyya ( she hug him )
Arnav : love you too little princess..
They pull back from hug..
Arnav : now when you have promoted me as your bhaiyya ( big brother )
Kavya : yes so..
Arnav : so being good sister give me some delicious food to eat..
Kavya : ok first do one thing I don't have currency in my phone please recharge it
Arnav : yea sure.. You take my phone if its urgent
He give his phone
Kavya : thank you let me ask di the recepie of kheer..
Arnav : ( snatching phone back ) very smart..
Kavya : aakhir behen kiski hoon.. Ab chup chap naasta khatam kijiye ( after all who's sister I am.. Now finish breakfast no more arguments )
Kushi : tum dono ki vajah se mein wahan Arnaji ko naraaz karke une akele chod ke aayi hoon aur yaha tum dono Kuch bol nahi rahe hob( because of you two.. I've come disappointing Arnav leaving him alone there but you both are not telling anything )
Aman : actually bhabhi.. Woh..
Kushi : anything serious.. Did Arnav do something..
Lavanya : no Kushi what will he do
Kushi : then what else.. You are scaring me now
Aman : you remember bhabhi.. Garima aunty had an affair in past..
Kushi : why are we discussing that now
Lavanya : she still have affair with that person…
Kushi : you called me here for telling this.. Leave her alone.. Let her do whatever she wants to..
Lavanya : what?? Let her do whatever she wants to..!!? She's cheating your dad.. She's cheating payal di.. She's such a b*t*h..
Kushi : ( angrily ) lavanya.. She's not cheating anyone papa know everything..
Aman & lavanya : what..!!!??
Precap :
Flashback of Garima & Shashi Gupta
Guys I have uploaded Manzil & Yeh Dosti hum Nahi Todenge check them out too..
I had tests going on so couldn't upload earlier. Sorry