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Young Adult Ministry at SF Parish Linked to Dissident Priests, Call To Action and Pro-Gay Advocates
Joseph Sciambra2020-05-13T17:43:25+00:00March 18th, 2017|Blog, The Church|
According to a March 11, 2017 post to the Young Adults of Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) Facebook Timeline: "…let's all take a moment tomorrow to thank Ish Ruiz for the great work he has done and will continue to do representing us in his testimony after each of the masses this weekend, but also in so many other ways, both at MHR and within the broader Church."
Ish Ruiz is Religious Studies Instructor at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco. According to his profile at the dissident pro-gay and pro-women's ordination group "Call To Action:"
Ish Ruiz is a doctoral student in the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and a Religious Studies instructor at a Catholic high school in San Francisco. Ruiz has offered workshops to high school faculty and staff on the care for LGBTQ+ students in Catholic schools and is a member of the Marianist LGBT Initiative Team, which published a resource, titled Addressing LGBT Issues with Youth: A Resource for Educators. He is also a leading member of the Young Adults group at Most Holy Redeemer parish in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco, which is known for its integration of LGBTQ+ Catholics into the life of the Church. Ruiz has made several contributions in the media and through his ministries regarding the protection of LGBTQ+ Church workers, the Catholic Church's response to the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality, and the contributions of LGBTQ+ teachers in Catholic schools.
In 2006, the Prefect for the Congregation for Bishops, Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re, wrote to then Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz concerning Call To Action, stating: "…to be a member of this association or to support it is irreconcilable with a coherent living of the Catholic faith."
Regarding the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage, Ruiz said:
"The Church has always taught that the Holy Spirit speaks through the laity as well as the hierarchy. I hope the decision from the Supreme court, combined with polls that show that the majority of Catholics support same-sex marriage, encourages the hierarchy to be more in touch with the people, the sense of the faithful."
"Pope Francis encouraged bishops to allow themselves 'to be surprised by God, the God of surprises.' I pray the Church continues to engage with the sense of the faithful, especially those that are LGBTQ+, through dialogue. That door must always remain open."
In 2016, Ruiz attended an LGBT retreat, "Room at the Table: LGBTQ People and Families-a Gift of God to the Church," at the Marianist Retreat Center in Eureka, Missouri. The main presenter was Paul Morrissey OSA. Morrissey has a long history of dissident gay-affirmation; following the 2015 legalization of same-sex marriage in the US, he wrote:
"I am happy for the LGBT Community on this historic day when the Supreme Court of the country legalized same-sex marriage. It is a stunning victory for the long and difficult struggle by gay and lesbian Americans for equal rights, and will allow them many benefits that are taken for granted by heterosexual couples…"
In an article (July 18, 2015) for the "National Catholic Reporter," Morrissey posed the question: "Can God surprise us?" Here, Morrissey intended to "offer two reasons to understand LGBT people as intended by God."
#1. "It takes a village. It takes a parish. It takes a rainbow of colors. It takes the single and married gay and lesbian people to assist the rest of us in this incredible task of raising our families, and now even their own, into the future that God intends for all of us together."
#2. "The second reason I would suggest that LGBT people are God's intention is a different understanding of God. Do we think that God created the world in a flash — in seven days? As male and female? In 'his' own image?"
Throughout the article, Morrissey compares the "surprise" parents may feel when they discover that their child is born for instance with down-syndrome and that of a child who is supposedly born a homosexual:
"What will we allow God's creative imagination to unfold before us and with us? Is there room for surprise? For a child with Down syndrome to draw out of us love we never knew we had? For a gay or lesbian person to help us realize God's playfulness, mercy and revelation of 'his' own incomprehensible mystery? For transgender people?"
Before the retreat with Morrissey, Ruiz created a gofundme campaign to raise money for the event; two contributors were New Ways Ministry and Most Holy Redeemer – each giving $100.00.
In 2017, Ruiz wrote a spiritual reflection for New Ways Ministry's Bondings 2.0 Blog; he wrote:
"Last week I learned a great lesson from the LGBTQ+ community about what it means to journey from ashes to new life. I had the chance to attend the San Francisco premiere of ABC-TV's new mini-series When We Rise (a fitting title), which portrays the lives of several key figures in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. This intersectional history series captures the reality of this community's heartfelt quest for justice. Their trials and victories are a testament to the journey of all of God's beloved Chosen People."
In 2016, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, who staff MHR, chose Frank DeBernardo and Sister Jeannine Gramick of New Ways Ministries to offer "a daylong workshop on lgbt issues in light of the Synod on the Family…"
In 2010, Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I, Archbishop of Chicago and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a lengthy statement on the status of the organization "New Ways Ministry:" he warned: "No one should be misled by the claim that New Ways Ministry provides an authentic interpretation of Catholic teaching and an authentic Catholic pastoral practice."
Also in 2017, Ruiz and a group of other Young Adult Ministry members from MHR attended the LA Religious Education Congress with their Pastor Fr. Matt Link. Also in attendance at the LA Congress was Donal Godfrey SJ. In 2015, Godfrey presented a retreat for the MHR Young Adult Ministry. Godfrey is best known as the former Director of Ministry (the current Associate Director for Faculty/Staff Spirituality) at the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco and as the unofficial biographer of MHR; in 2008, he wrote the authoritative history of the parish: "The Gays and the Grays." Here is an excerpt:
"If God must become Asian or African, then God is also in some sense queer…"
"Is it less appropriate for gays to imagine Jesus as gay than for African Christians to picture him as black, Asian Christians as Asian?"
During an interview from 2015, Fr. Godfrey said: "As a church we need to accept that family goes beyond traditional lines. I don't expect the teachings to jump to acceptance in one day, it will take decades. In the meantime we need to accept people pastorally as they are and where they are. For now, this would be sufficient. Later the teachings will catch up and evolve."
In 2011, Gramick, the co-founder of New Ways Ministry, said much the same thing: "But because I know church history, I know change takes centuries. We are planting seeds for change at the upper level of leadership."
On the Facebook page of another young man, who also attended the LA Congress with the MHR group, when he announced his relationship status – with another man – Godfrey gave it a thumbs up.
In a 2017 Facebook post, Ruiz wrote of Godfrey: "…We love you- MHR is your home. Always."
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Opinion | Social Affairs › Housing and homelessness
Post-fire plan to house all Australians
3 February 2020 at 11:58 am
Robert Pradolin
We must harness the collective goodwill that has been demonstrated after the bushfires as part of a longer-term and economically-based strategy to house all Australians, writes Robert Pradolin.
Robert Pradolin | 3 February 2020 at 11:58 am
The impact the current bushfires are having on people cannot be understated. The scale of the devastation is unimaginable. Thousands of Australians have become homeless.
However, the numbers of Australians who were – and still are – experiencing homelessness before the fires, far exceed the number who will become homeless as a result of the fires. This is not to underplay the gravity of the current crisis, but we must harness the collective goodwill that has been demonstrated in recent days as part of a longer-term and economically-based strategy to house all vulnerable Australians.
Times of crisis bring out the best in people. While it will not bring back the homes or resurrect the agricultural businesses that have been in families for generations, an outpouring of community support does convey a strong message that we are all in this together.
The Business Council of Australia acted swiftly, decisively and purposefully. It is providing a conduit for businesses wanting to help. This includes addressing the critical issue of homelessness caused by the bushfires themselves, but it can also be part of the solution to the longer-term problem as well.
"What needs to be recognised is that before the bushfires struck, Australia was already suffering record levels of homelessness. The situation is now worse."
The BCA has set up a Community Rebuilding Initiative chaired by Sir Peter Cosgrove. As the BCA states, "the initiative will focus on coordinating support from the business community". This initiative has the ability to not only help the bushfire victims, but all Australians who find themselves homeless.
What needs to be recognised is that before the bushfires struck, Australia was already suffering record levels of homelessness. The situation is now worse. With that in mind let's purposefully design and build temporary infrastructure to cope with immediate demands, but once this crisis is over, let's focus on our existing homeless.
Left unaddressed, the increasing level of homelessness across our country will stand as an affront to our collective national conscience, just as the plight of those rendered homeless by bushfires has helped mobilise the nation.
Read more: What impact will the bushfire crisis have on homelessness?
Studies have shown that homelessness is the catalyst for a raft of issues including physical and mental health problems, interpersonal violence, increased policing and justice requirements and long-term welfare dependency. It will become prohibitively expensive for our society to continually fund the increase in services needed to help vulnerable Australians unless we address the homelessness crisis now. We can't wait for these costs to multiply. We need to invest in fixing the problem and reduce our long-term liabilities.
The homeless crisis caused by the fires has highlighted the tragedy of Australians becoming homeless. We need to acknowledge that we have more people currently sleeping rough in Australia than we will have as a result of the fires. The reason why this homeless crisis has not generated the same level of community concern is that the increase in people sleeping rough has happened over decades. The plight of the homeless is invisible to the majority of Australians.
We have a national public housing shortage of over 200,000 homes. Something like 8,000 Australians sleep rough every night. On top of this there are tens of thousands with no stable home. They are couch surfing or sleeping in cars. As a society, we have become desensitised to homelessness. Consequently it does not draw the same public or media attention.
"If we do not put in place a national strategy to eradicate homelessness, we will be leaving an intergenerational timebomb for future generations to face."
Whether as a result of bushfires or unfortunate life circumstances, shelter is a fundamental human need (not human right), and if it is not provided, the long-term unintended consequences have huge social and economic impacts.
Just to be clear, I have always been (and still am) a commercially-driven business person. In my previous life as an executive of Frasers Property Australia (formally Australand), I involved myself in issues around housing and housing affordability. So, it is with a level of experience that I say: If we do not put in place a national strategy to eradicate homelessness, we will be leaving an intergenerational time bomb for future generations to face, with significant financial, economic and social consequences.
Let's use the unfortunate opportunity created by the bushfires and recognise the long-term economic importance of housing all Australians. Let's intentionally select the type of temporary accommodation we are mobilising so that it may have a multi-use, beyond the fires.
I encourage the BCA to continue the Community Rebuilding Initiative to house all Australians, including those that are currently homeless and on low incomes. It is in our children's and grandchildren's long-term interest to do so.
The provision of housing for all Australians needs to be viewed as a fundamental economic infrastructure upon which we build the prosperity and future of our country.
About the author: Robert Pradolin is the former general manager of Frasers Property Australia and founder of the private sector NFP, Housing All Australians. He is also on Summer Housing and Salvation Army Housing boards.
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Malcolm Wilson says:
Dear Robert,
Your article gives me hope that others see the magnitude of the problem we face. Unfortunately none of these are politicians.
Under the banner Accessible George Town (AGT) in Tasmania, my friend Tony and I have been developing projects aimed at vulnerable people over the past 4 years.
These include Disability equipment such as wheelchair covers and car racks, prosthetics, car controls and transportable housing based on a sea container footprint.
Initially we were focused on SDA housing but have broadened our aims as Social Workers point us at other vulnerable groups.
Both of us have a lifetime of experience in the building and construction industries and are Engineering Designers with hands on knowledge of many processes.
Ironically, Tony has an Acquired Brain Injury brought about by a brain aneurysm12 years ago and now needs a lung transplant to survive. I am a Bilateral below Knee Amputee of 5 years due to Erythromelalgia. I survive in a wheelchair due to government disinterest in new prostheses. We are both in our 60's.
My role has been to engage with Politicians and Bureaucrats trying to get some traction and enthusiasm from them. This has been largely wasted effort and certainly impacts one's mental health.
If our designs were considered unsatisfactory we could understand but when they have never even been assessed before rejection (or being ignored) it has become demeaning and insulting.
We now have an abundance of 3D CAD designs which would reduce significantly the current prices vulnerable people pay for life sustaining equipment and housing and a dwindling ability to continue.
At present Australia faces historic tragedy but no political will to create an environment where ideas can be properly assessed
Thank you for giving me space to vent.
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Ashley brought a huge pumpkin home, all the way from Taos that her friend grew.
She made pasta with it, but Aaron made cupcakes.
That's what you do when you're a pastry chef!
He garnished the top with yuzu, a Japanese citrus that he candied.
Because that's what I do!
Yum! You have very talented kids. I'd have to say "and I ate them, that's what I do!"
I love the comment from Simone. I'd make, display and then eat them!
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yuzu, a Japanese citrus that he candied.
Oh, Yum! Must be nice to have a pastry chef in the family. Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.
Don't you love yuzu? I recently discovered yuzu marmalade and I love it. How luck you are to have a pastry chef in the family. What is he making for Thanksgiving? Have a good one.
I just hate spelling mistakes, especially when I make them...lucky not luck. I cannot even blame autocorrect.
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Giza (, al-Gīzah) är den tredje största staden i Egypten, med 2 891 275 invånare (2006). Staden är huvudort för guvernementet Giza. Giza är en av de tre största städerna i världen som ingår i en större stads storstadsområde, i detta fall Egyptens huvudstad Kairo vars storstadsområde har någonstans mellan 15 och 18 miljoner invånare.

Giza är mest känd för att vara av stor arkeologisk betydelse, och ligger längs med Nilens västra strand, ungefär 10 km sydväst på motsatta sidan av floden om centrala Kairo. Mest iögonfallande är Gizaplatån med sina pyramider, sfinxen och flera tempel. Dessa monument är belägna i öknen alldeles i utkanten av storstadsbebyggelsen.

Historia

Gizas mest kända arkeologiska plats, Gizaplatån, innehåller några av forntida Egyptens mest spektakulära monument.
Cheopspyramiden som räknas som ett av antikens sju underverk, Chefrenpyramiden och Mykerinospyramiden är de tre största pyramiderna. Cheops, Chefren och Mykerinos är de kända namnen på de tre faraonerna, men detta är de grekiska namnen. Deras egyptiska (och egentliga) namn är Khufus, Khaefre och Menkaure. Menkaure var son till Khaefre och sonson till Khufus.

En gång i tiden blomstrade området, eftersom Nilen rann rakt igenom platån, och pyramiderna byggdes så att de kunde ses från Memfis, forntida Egyptens huvudstad.

Giza var förr i tiden nollmeridianen, och utgick förmodligen från den största pyramiden. Nollmeridian idag är Greenwich.

Själva staden har förändrats över tiden. Bland annat har infrastrukturen ändrats under olika ockupationer av Egypten, bland annat britterna, som under 1800- och tidiga 1900-talet fokuserade på byggandet av vägar, gator och byggnader. Giza har med tiderna blivit ett blomstrande kulturellt centrum i Egypten. Detta mycket tack vare monumenten utanför staden, som har lockat många turister genom åren. Gizas infrastruktur har även förbättrats på senare tid, eftersom den egyptiska regeringen anser att det är en viktig turiststad.

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Judge grants Tenn. mosque petition, orders county to move ahead with opening new building
July 21, 2012 / JHubers	/ Leave a comment
Now that a federal judge has ruled that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tenn., can open, the mosque's imam says muslims elsewhere should take notice.
"We set an example to people everywhere," Imam Ossama Bahloul said Wednesday, as our colleagues at Nashville Public Radio report. "We can look to the people in the middle or far east or in the middle of Africa saying to them 'America is the role model. Try to learn from us in America.' "
In The Tennessean, Bahloul is quoted as saying "the winner today is not an individual, the winner today is our nation and the fact that our Constitution prevailed."
As WPLN's Blake Farmer has reported for All Things Considered, "an ongoing court battle … stalled the project, one of several Islamic centers around the country that, like the so-called ground zero mosque, have encountered resistance from local communities."
In Murfreesboro, Blake said, the dispute "started out as an attempt by mosque opponents to put the religion of Islam on trial." Local attorney Joe Brandon Jr. said he was fighting the possibility of Shariah law being imposed on the people of Rutherford County.
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Tell the Justice Department to Investigate Mosque Burning as a Potential Hate Crime
The gospel call to love our neighbor as ourselves requires Christians to speak out against violations of religious freedom, whether they happen around the globe or right in our backyard. In many countries around the world, Christian minorities are persecuted for preaching the gospel and trying to practice their faith. Our advocacy for religious freedom around the world, especially in countries such as Nigeria, Egypt, Somalia, and Kenya where Christians are a religious minority, is bolstered by the protection afforded to people of all faiths within the United States.
On the night of July 4, 2012, as many of its members celebrated Independence Day, the Islamic Society of Joplin, Missouri's mosque was set on fire. This was the second time in five years arsonists had targeted the mosque. By asking the Department of Justice to investigate this attack in Joplin as a potential hate crime, Christians can send a clear message that violent attacks targeting Muslims in the United States are unacceptable and must stop.
To show love to our Muslim neighbors and protect religious freedom around the globe, sign the petition calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the attack in Joplin as a potential hate crime.
FULL ARTICLE WITH PETITION TO SIGN FROM SOJOURNERS
Jews, Muslims and Christians Join Together to Protest Germany's Anti Circumcision Law
European Rabbis met in Germany on Thursday to proclaim their opposition to a German court's ruling which outlaws circumcision. The ban has brought religious leaders of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities together in opposition.
Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the European Conference of Rabbis, strongly worded part of his public statement against the court's decision, calling it "the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust".
Approximately 120,000 Jews currently reside in Germany, and are joined by close to 4 million Muslims in their strident opposition to the banning of the religious ritual.
Rabbi Yisroel Diskin, Director of Chabad in Munich, says the ban is concerning for Germany's Jewish population but he is optimistic that the state will overturn the ruling.
"I'm sure that the German government or Parliament will correct this issue and I hope it will be very soon," Diskin told The Algemeiner. "Just the message from the court, that circumcision is not allowed, is a very serious issue for Jews in Germany."
FULL ARTICLE FROM ALGEMEINER
Proposed Blasphemy Law in Kurdistan Would Protect Christians As Well As Muslims
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Parliamentarians in Iraq's Kurdish region are drafting a blasphemy law that, unlike those in other Muslim-majority nations, will protect Christianity as well as Islam from "insult."
Prompted by rioting after a controversial sermon by a Kurdish mullah in May, the bill would make acts of blasphemy –- broadly defined as offending God or the prophets, or deliberately damaging holy books or religious buildings –- against any religion punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to Rudaw News. Any media organization found guilty of publishing or broadcasting blasphemous content would be closed down for a minimum of six months.
Opponents insist the bill, if passed, will unlawfully censor media in the Kurdistan region. Proponents deny that censorship would become a problem.
"It isn't prohibiting any freedom. You're free to say your opinion; you're free to criticize mullahs, scholars, Islam, the history of Islam," Basher Hadad, head of the committee charged with drafting the bill, told Rudaw News. "What's not OK and what's not allowed is insulting Islam."
Hadad says the law will protect Christians and other religious minorities in addition to Muslims. "The name of Islam is not mentioned in this law. What it does prohibit –- insulting God, the prophets, holy books –- is common to all religions. This law prohibits Muslims from insulting Christians, Yazidi or other religious minorities, too," he said, according to Rudaw News.
Kenyan Muslims, Christians vow to prevent spiral of violence after attacks on churches
Adan Wachu, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims and the chairman of Inter-Religious Council, said the weekend attacks, which are being blamed on an al-Qaida-linked militant group from Somalia, are meant to trigger sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims.
Wachu said clerics will actively preach against retaliation to prevent violence from spreading in Kenya like it has in Nigeria, where attacks on churches by a Muslim sect has ignited a spiral of violence
"This is not a religious war and it has to be addressed from a different paradigm shift," he said.
Gunmen on Sunday killed two policemen guarding the African Inland Church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the congregation from inside and out, killing 15 people. A simultaneous attack took place on a Catholic church in the same area of the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa.
Pope to Visit Christian and Muslim Leaders in Lebanon
July 4, 2012 July 4, 2012 / JHubers	/ Leave a comment
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI will present a papal document addressing the church's concerns in the Middle East, meet with representatives of local Christian and Muslim communities, and address political and cultural leaders on a three-day visit to Lebanon Sept. 14-16.
Pope Benedict's primary task on the trip will be to present a document, called an apostolic exhortation, based on the deliberations of a special synod of bishops held at the Vatican in 2009.
That two-week meeting, which was attended by 185 bishops, most of them from the 22 Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Holy See, focused on the precarious circumstances of 5.7 million Catholics in 16 Middle Eastern countries.
A document released by participants at the end of the synod called for "religious freedom and freedom of conscience" in Muslim lands, a theme Pope Benedict is likely to address on his visit.
FULL ARTICLE FROM CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Muslims and Christians Pray Together in Jordan "Church of Miracles"


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The late Brij Lal to finally return home
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Brij Lal, Fiji, Politics
After 12 years in exile, the late Professor Brij Vilash Lal is returning home to Tabia in the Fijian province of Macuata on Saturday, February 25.
Funeral rituals will be held at Tabia Sanatan College from 12.30-2pm Fiji time.
Friends and the general public are invited to the formal event organised with the assistance of Deputy PM Professor Biman Prasad, the Leader of the National Federation Party, and his staff.
The family of the late historian said they are extremely grateful to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka for enabling the arrangement, after being denied to do so by the previous Bainimarama Government even after his passing on December 25, 2021 in Brisbane, Australia.


My sister, Satya, lives several blocks from downtown, in a tiny bungalow safely proximate to the ocean. Everyone she knows in the city has either been evacuated or is housing refugees. She falls into the latter camp; her friend Tonya arrived, cat in tow, on Wednesday. When I asked Satya to describe the situation there, she told me that she's "never been in such a dramatic, apocalyptic scene in my life" — this from someone who lived in post-tsunami Sri Lanka, and spent several months working in a Bogota prison.
Okay, that didn't mention The Independent in the least, did it? And of course the author's sister's name is Satya, but doesn't that sound exactly like how you might imagine The New Yorker might mention the latest fire to lick at Santa Barbara's backside? It's quite edifying to hear how the world beyond the central coast views Santa Barbara during crisis mode — which is to say Santa Barbara as it often is, sadly.


The scientific name for rust is 'iron oxide' and it is a compound formed when iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water, through the process of oxidation, otherwise known as 'rusting' or 'corrosion'. Iron combines so easily with oxygen that pure iron is very rarely found in nature and the chemical compounds in liquids like acid rain and sea water speed up this corrosion process, thus iron is more prone to rusting in areas exposed to these liquids. Similarly heat will increase rusting as it speeds up chemical reactions. Unfortunately, iron oxide is a larger molecule than iron and so when rust forms, it essentially "puffs up" - this causes cracks and voids, which then exposes more iron metal to the environment and encourages more rusting, ie. a vicious circle.
Rust can leave a very unsightly reddish-brown stain which can be difficult to remove. If you find rust stains on clothing, first of all make sure that you do not put the garments in the dryer or iron them before treating the stains. Heat may set the stains permanently and make them impossible to remove. Also, never use chlorine bleach as this will set the stain as well.
One of the best solutions for rust stains on clothing is lemon juice (citric acid) or the stronger white vinegar (acetic acid). Both of these are mild acids which will help dissolve the iron oxide compound. Place some absorbent white paper towels beneath the stain to act as a blotter, then cut a lemon in half and soak the stain with fresh lemon juice (alternatively, bottled lemon juice will also work). Leave the garment (with the paper towel blotter still beneath the stain) out in the sun to dry and the rust stain should gradually disappear. Wash according to the usual instructions.
You can also launder the stained clothing with commercial rust removers - these will also contain acids, usually oxalic or hydrofluoric acid - which will combine with the iron and loosen it from the fabric, then hold it in suspension in the water. However, these are often only designed for use on white or colourfast fabrics Be very careful, also, as these acids are highly poisonous.
In some cases, the rust staining (especially if it appears after a wash) actually comes from the high iron content in the water or is due to a rusting washing machine tub. For the former problem, a water conditioner or iron filter may be a worthwhile investment while for the latter, unfortunately, the only solution is to replace the washing machine tub, as otherwise it will eventually spring a leak.
For rust on non-porous materials, such as around drains and faucets and kitchen counters, you can also use lemon juice or white vinegar: dampen a sponge with either and then rub the stain vigorously. If the stain is stubborn or if the stain is on a porous surface, you may have to resort to using oxalic acid, which can be purchased as a powder from a hardware or marine-supply store. Remember that oxalic acid is highly toxic if ingested - it works on rust by forming a water-soluble complex (called a chelate) around each iron ion and it will react likewise with the iron in your blood, making it as poisonous as cyanide. Store it safely and keep it out of reach of children and pets; make sure you protect yourself before use by wearing gloves, eye protection and long sleeves as it is also a skin and eye irritant. To make sure you have removed all traces of toxic solution, spray the area lightly with an alkaline, all-purpose household cleaner to neutralise the acid, then rinse again.
If the stain is really stubborn, then you may want to try using a block of pumice (volcanic roack) to scrub at the stain - being a mild abrasive, the pumice will abrade the surface and remove the rust deposits. However, proceed with great care and with as little abrading as possible - once the surface is scratched or worn down, it will attract stains more easily. Remember, never use chlorine bleach as this sets the iron stain.
For rust stains on carpet, try lemon juice diluted with water first - otherwise, it may be best to use commercial carpet cleaning products or even call in the professionals.


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Q: Do votes get canceled if voting privilege is lost? If I'm below 15 reputation, I can't alter the public score of an answer/question.
Suppose I gain the privilege by getting the required rep and vote some posts up. Then, for any reason, I fall below 15 and lose the ability to vote. What about the votes I already did cast?
Do post scores get altered by ignoring my vote, or will they stay the same? In other words, is losing a privilege retroactive?
If yes, what about when I gain my privilege back? Are my votes automatically restored, or do I have to cast them again from scratch?
I made the easiest example, but this applies to any higher privilege

A: Your existing votes will continue to count towards the score of the question or answer. The only times when your votes are removed/cancelled (other than you doing it yourself) is when your account is deleted (unless, as ShadowWizard mentions, you've cast a lot of votes), and when so-called serial voting by you is reversed.


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Taylor Swift Helped a Man Propose to His Boyfriend By Singing for Them IRL
And the award for Best Proposal Ever goes to..
Zoë Weiner
Zoe Weiner is a New York-based freelance journalist who writes about beauty and lifestyle.
It's a love story and one groom-to-be said yes... with the help of Taylor Swift. Over the weekend, the "Dress" singer helped Alex Goldschmidt propose to his Swift superfan boyfriend, Ross. In a video posted to Instagram, Goldschmidt tells family and friends that Swift's music has played a big part in their relationship, and reveals that he was listening to the song "King of My Heart" when he decided to pop the question.
"There is one secret that I didn't trust any of you with," Goldschmidt tells the engagement party attendants. "There was a person, who's not here, who sort of played a part in all of this." Then he asks the crowd to please welcome his friend Taylor, and in walks Swift with her guitar.
There is an audible gasp among the group, and Ross's face is a priceless combination of surprise and excitement. "So Alex emailed me and said that he was going to do this and that there was a song that was very special to you two called 'King of My Heart,' " Swift explains. "I've been off tour for a while, but hopefully it's all right. This is from Alex, but sung by me." Then, she goes on to flawlessly perform the song for the couple.
This isn't the first time the "Love Story" singer has gotten involved in a fan's, well, love story. Last year, she surprised two fans after their wedding with a personalized congratulations message and gorgeous flowers. "Lexi & Brittany, you have no idea how honored I am that 'Love Story' has been such a big part of your beautiful love story," Swift wrote in her note, which the bride posted a photo of on Twitter. "I'm absolutely thrilled that Lexi said YES! Have the most magical wedding day and hopefully I can meet you both soon! Love, Taylor."
And, it's worth mentioning, Taylor Swift may be involved in another proposal some time in the near future—her own. According to reports in December, her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, (whom she has been dating since some time in 2017) may be thinking about proposing soon. "Joe is very keen on proposing soon," a source said at the time. "But he wants to make it unforgettable and extremely special."
... Might we suggest a Taylor Swift performance?
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Elizabeth Gaskell (née Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson, September 29, 1810 – November 12, 1865) was a British author known for short stories and novels focusing on social classes. In literary circles and beyond, she was often referred to simply as "Mrs. Gaskell."
The upheaval of class boundaries, the industrialization of England, religion, and women's issues in the Victorian era were all themes of her work. Elizabeth's mother died a year or so after giving birth to her. Her father, a Unitarian minister, wasn't able to care for her, so she was sent to live with an aunt.
She lived with her aunt in Cheshire, England, which years later would provide the inspiration for her novel, Cranford. Her aunt encouraged her to read classic books, which fed her love of writing.
Her brother, who traveled widely, sent her books from near and far. Elizabeth grew up to be a young woman with a kind heart and gentle personality, and was also known for her beauty.
A marriage of hearts and minds
She married William Gaskell in 1832. Her husband, like her father, was a minister of the Unitarian Church, and theirs proved to be a successful and companionable match. He became well known in his profession, and also somewhat esteemed for his literary work. Theirs was a sociable life, with Elizabeth gladly assuming the duties of hostess in her role as a minister's wife.
Both Elizabeth and her husband were involved in social reform and seeking justice for the poor. "Sketches of the Poor, No. 1," a series of poems she wrote with her husband, was published in January of 1837 in Blackwood's Magazine.
A child dies and a career is born
Her first novel, Mary Barton, was written in a time of great grief following the 1844 death of her baby son at age one. More than a decade before, she had given birth to a stillborn girl. Mrs. Gaskell would go on to give birth to four daughters.
Up until that time, she hadn't written anything of consequence other than the poems she collaborated on with her husband, as noted above, and these tragedies seemed to be the catalyst for her writing endeavors.
She was also highly attuned to her experiences and surroundings. Living near Manchester in the early days of her marriage gave her a view of the rise of industrial society; and traveling with her husband to Germany and Belgium before their son was born gave rise to her interest in German literature.
After working on the book for three years, it was ready to be sent out to publishers, and like the Brontë sisters before her, Mrs. Gaskell found it difficult to get the attention of publishers. After languishing at Chapman & Hall for a year, she made an inquiry. The manuscript hadn't been read at all, but once prompted, the publisher immediately accepted it and it was printed shortly thereafter. Mary Barton was published in 1848.
During the period in which she worked on Mary Barton, Mrs. Gaskell also wrote a small number of short stories, published pseudonymously.
A burst of productivity: Mary Barton, Cranford, and more
Though Mary Barton was also published under an assumed name, it didn't take long for the author's true identity to be revealed. The novel was an immediate success, selling thousands of copies and setting the stage for a series of novels that were hugely admired and respected by critics and literary peers alike. One of her greatest admirers was Charles Dickens.
Some of her other well-known novels include Cranford (1851–53), Ruth (1853), North and South (1854–55), Sylvia's Lovers (1863), and Wives and Daughters (1865).
During this period of great productivity, she also perfected the role of devoted wife and mother, endearing her to Victorian society — one which often frowned upon writing women. Friendly and charming, she was also cherished by friends and relatives.
Quotes from Elizabeth Gaskell's Novels
The Life of Charlotte Brontë
After making a name for herself, she forged warm friendships with many well-known writers, including Charlotte Brontë and her sisters Emily and Anne. After Charlotte's death, her father, Patrick Brontë asked Mrs.Gaskell to write her biography. The Life of Charlotte Brontë was published in 1857, and helped secure the literary reputation of both author and subject.
By the time of Mrs. Gaskell's own death in 1865, The Life of Charlotte Brontë was still considered one of the best, most readable biographies in the English language, arguably comparable to the best of her novels.
Elizabeth Gaskell page on Amazon
A master of Victorian literature
Mrs. Gaskell is now considered a master of Victorian literature, and is praised for her visionary use of storytelling to bring to life the rapid changes that she observed during her lifetime. In the words of the Elizabeth Gaskell Society:
"Despite her occasional tendency towards melodrama, Elizabeth had a natural gift for storytelling and Dickens referred to her as his 'dear Scheherazade'. She originally published anonymously but, according to Victorian conventions, her readers came to know her as 'Mrs Gaskell' a name which made her sound matronly and safe.
Elizabeth Gaskell (as we prefer to call her) was actually courageous and progressive in her style and subject matter, and often framed her stories as critiques of Victorian attitudes (particularly those towards women).
She braved the opprobrium of her husband's Unitarian congregation, in part for her depiction of prostitution and illegitimacy, particularly in her novel Ruth, and also for her challenge to the traditional view of women's role in society."
Elizabeth Gaskell: A habit of stories
And from Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories by Jenny Uglow:
"Elizabeth Gaskell, alone among the great women Victorian writers, combined her art with the determined respectability that prompts her readers even today to think of her as 'Mrs. Gaskell.' In her writing she was a radical: her novels shocked her readers with their portrayals of industrial England with its class wars and fallen women …
The radicalism, however, had its roots in her thoroughly conventional domestic life as a devoted mother and Unitarian minister's wife, roles which, like those of sister and friend, held places in her life at least as important to her as those of writer and activist …
Though she often wondered whether she was, without knowing it, an 'improper woman,' she grew, in the lively intellectual circle of Urban Dissenters of which she was a part, to become one of the most important novelists of the great age of the novel, and one of the most interesting short story writers of her day."
The legacy of Mrs. Gaskell
Despite the stellar reputation she had during her lifetime and shortly beyond, most of Mrs. Gaskell's novels gradually fell out of favor and into obscurity. In the first half of the twentieth century, she was considered a minor writer of the feminine variety. She was unfairly criticized has lacking the "masculinity" to portray social problems.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Mrs. Gaskell's work was re-evaluated and praised for its vision in presenting burgeoning industrial society and the social problems of the classes. North and South, for example, was a pioneering novel in its presentation of the conflicts between workers and their employers.
Elizabeth Gaskell died in 1865, at age 55.
More about Elizabeth Gaskell
The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)
Mary Barton (1848)
Cranford (1851 – 1853)
Ruth (1853)
North and South (1854 – 1855)
Sylvia's Lovers (1863)
Wives and Daughters (1865)
Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories by Jenny Uglow
Elizabeth Gaskell: A Portrait in Letters by Chapple and Sharps
Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years by John Chapple
Elizabeth Gaskell: A Biography by Winifred Gerin
The Gaskell Society
Reader discussion of Mrs. Gaskell's books on Goodreads
Read and listen online
Gaskell's books on Project Gutenberg
Audio recordings of Gaskell's works on Librivox
Visit and research
Elizabeth Gaskell's Home, Manchester, England
Gaskell Manuscript & Letters Archive,
University of Manchester, John Rylands University Library
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857)
Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes from Her Novels — North and South & Others
Keeper: Emily Brontë's Fiercely Devoted Dog
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2 Responses to "Elizabeth Gaskell"
Nancy S. Weyant says:
This page is very nicely done. A small suggestion: people using your profile of Elizabeth Gaskell might find it useful if you were to add the short list of bibliographies for further research. In addition to my two published bibliographies and my updates posted on my website (see above), you would be ale to provide complete bibliographic coverage of secondary sources by also including those by Jeffrey Welch (Elizabeth Gaskell: An Annotated Bibliography, 1929-1975) and Robert L. Selig (Elizabeth Gaskell: A Reference Guide). Selig covers 1848-1974. Walter E. Smith's Elizabeth Gaskell: A Bibliographic Catalogue identifies all of the first and early editions of Gaskell's works.
nava says:
Thank you, Nancy. I shall certainly do so. And if there is any other pertinent information you think should be added to this page, let me know. I'll try to add the information you provide later tonight!
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The Gallery Ball raises funds for youth programming at the WAG, a staple in our community for over 75 years. Children's creativity and imagination flourish at the Gallery through WAG Studio, Summer Art Camps, Family Programs, Birthday pARTies, the Student Art Board, and school programs. We celebrate children's art with the annual Through the Eyes of a Child exhibition and with interactive activities and contests offered year-round. Funds raised by the Gallery Ball go directly to support all these worthwhile programs for young people—encouraging the leaders of tomorrow to realize the power of art in life.
The Gallery Ball on Saturday, October 19, 2013, is sold out. Guests at the black-tie event will dine among the sublime aesthetic of the WAG's art collection, and experience the city's top art auction, live entertainment, and Christian Marclay's award-winning video installation, The Clock.
Whether or not you're attending the Ball, you can still support our cause by participating in the fabulous online auction. The auction includes a stellar array of art, experiences, and treasures you won't find anywhere else. A sincere thanks to the sponsors who have come on board, without whom this event and its positive effects would not be possible.


The 85-minute-long TV interview between Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Times Now channel has set a new record for conversations on social media platform Twitter during a live news TV interview. The total conversations during the live interview peaked at 250,000 total tweets, of which 170,000 conversations were recorded in a span of six hours.
Twitter users from India and around the world watched the detailed interview live and jumped into the conversation using the official hashtag, #PMSpeaksToArnab. Users followed the interview on-the- go as Times Now Tweeted live-edited video highlights of the TV interview as it unfolded.
"The impact of this TV interview on Twitter highlights how tweets travel fast and wide; the virality and reach of the tweets has led to this significant buzz. Twitter conversations gave a new dimension and fresh perspectives to the the historic TV interview as users Tweeted their reactions and commentary in real time and offered an inclusive experience for the user," said Viral Jani, head of TV partnerships, Twitter India.
With prime minister Modi tweeting about the interview, other ministers followed suit. Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted stating it was a comprehensive interview with clarity, while environment minister of environment and forest Prakash Javadekar said Modi spoke not as a politician but as a statesman.


The CTL area of concentration provides program flexibility for a wide range of individuals, from teachers seeking to enhance the depth and breadth of their subject matter knowledge to those seeking staff development and leadership positions in the public or private sectors. CTL candidates need not possess a teaching credential.
Students complete core coursework and six units of CTL courses, and develop their 12-16 unit Area of Emphasis (AREM), an individualized program tailored to their needs and career goals. The Area of Emphasis may or may not be comprised of courses in the School of Education. It may be an established sequence of courses, such as the Educational Technology Area of Emphasis, or it may be a unique series of courses designed collaboratively by the student and the CTL advisor.
CTL candidates may choose any of the three M.A. pathways. Those following the cognate pathway may use their cognate course of study to pursue further study in their Area of Emphasis or to explore a related area of interest.
Prior to beginning the CTL program, students meet with the CTL advisor to develop a preliminary plan for their Area of Emphasis. Each semester thereafter, students meet with their advisor to solidify this plan and to discuss their progress in the M.A. program.
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The more YA (young adult) novels I read, the more I remember how much I love YA. These books contain sweet, tender, caring, struggling characters and don't try to play down overwhelming, intense emotions. Plus, they are delightful to read in a short amount of time, frequently have a pleasant wrap-up, and I often come away feeling like I've made new friends.
When Rachel posts a photo of handsome yet unwitting Kyle in his Burger Barn uniform on an Instagram-style photo social media app, the photo and hashtag go viral, thrusting first him then her into the national spotlight via an Ellen-style talk show. While this is certainly possible–we never know what will go viral, after all–I thought this exact photo and hashtag fell a little thin of what I personally thought might go viral. (Multiple notes: First, nothing I have ever done has yet "gone viral," so perhaps I'm not a great judge of this? Second, the briefest of research revealed in 2014, "Alex from Target" went viral, proving my above hypothesis that I do NOT indeed know what goes viral.) This story is a fictionalized version that takes off from the photo through stardom and gets its own twist. I personally don't remember Alex from Target since I wasn't on Twitter in 2014 (or watching news?), so this was a new story to me.
Rachel, the girl who takes the picture noted above, is a quiet, artsy girl with a tangle of wild hair and dresses a bit off. She doesn't quite fit in with the popular crowd, has essentially one close friend, and tries to fly below the radar in general, but especially at school. The love interest is Kyle, an amazingly handsome and popular lacrosse player who should be a cocky and sure-of-himself jerk, but isn't! (That was a relief.) Instead, he feels inadequate, struggling in the shadow of his successful older brothers, nearly overwhelmed by modesty. He is down to earth, and I couldn't help but like him. Both of them. Nervous on the outside, they each deem the other behaves confidently and comfortably. I liked that element. Just when it seemed they were seeing eye-to-eye and letting their guard down, Kyle's on-again-off-again catty girlfriend stepped in to stir the pot with well-placed manipulation, preying on their insecurities. I appreciated that each main character had a straight-talking yet supportive, down-to-earth friend who helped the main characters find their way to each other.
The story was a fun romp. I'm a sucker for kind-hearted teen souls finding each other for a good old Happy For Now (HFN). The animated cover was very appealing, the dialogue snappy and witty, I liked the alternating points of view (which sometimes I hate), and creative details about the different families. I would have liked to increase the pace of the middle a smidge, and I wouldn't have minded a little more about the relationship and breakup between Rachel and her former friend, Jessie. Even still, this was a wholly entertaining read that I'd recommend for tweens, young teens, and anyone who loves to read YA.


The winds of change blew through Peterhead at the start of the 1960s. After much debate, it was agreed that a consolidation was in order and the amalgamation of the South and East churches took place. The newly formed Parish of St Andrew's was created and the East church became St Andrew's Parish church. The elders of both Kirk sessions merged to become the Kirk session of St Andrew's and the East Manse became the manse of the Minister.
On the 21st of November 1961, the presbytery of Deer inducted the Rev David S.A. Grieve, MA, BD., to the church of the Parish of St Andrew's. Around this time, St Andrew's continued to grow and develop its own individual style with addition of a new pulpit and cross, as well as a pulpit fall, baptismal font and lectern. On the 31st of December 1967, Mr Grieve left his charge and moved to Kirkcaldy and on the 15th of January 1968.
The Kirk session was informed that following the Rev William H Brown's preaching as sole nominee, the congregation had voted in favour of calling him to be the Minister. Rev. Brown completed some 22 years of committed ministry at St Andrew's. A well-respected man in the community, Mr Brown was forced to retire on the grounds of ill health in august 1990.
In June 1991, the Rev William B Dunlop, LLB., BD was inducted and was Minister at St Andrew's until forced by ill health to demit on 30th of September 1995. A gifted preacher, Mr. Dunlop and his wife and family still have an active connection with our church.
A vacancy committee was formed and soon were able to call a sole nominee, the Rev David Pitkeathly, LLB, BD., from Fetteresso church where he was an assistant. Mr Pitkeathly was ordained and inducted at St Andrew's on the 3rd of April 1996. With youth on his side, Mr. Pitkeathly has proved to be a hard worker in the Parish and served the Church well until June 2007 when he left to become minster of the Border Kirk in Carlisle.
A vacancy committee was formed and after three years the Rev Dr Abi Ngunga was inducted as our minister on the 14th of January 2011. Abi and his wife Elisee and children Pistise, Elpis and Isaac are from DRCongo and they came to Scotland in 2006 when Abi began his studies at Aberdeen University. After gaining a PhD in Old Testament Hebrew Abi completed 12 months of familiarisation placement with the Church of Scotland at Ferryhill church in Aberdeen. Abi came to us at St Andrew's with a wealth of experience in Bible-based preaching, teaching, discipleship, missions, pastoral care and prayer ministry in various settings. We were fortunate to have a minister who has exceptional preaching skills and a passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Abi moved to Ayr in August 2014.
St Andrews is now under guardianship of the presbytery of Buchan.


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From poetry to polio eradication
Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rotary International
The Rotary Club of Bhavnagar Royal, Gujarat, India raised $7,500 for polio eradication through album sales of Gujarati Gazals.
By Chirag Trivedi, president of the Rotary Club of Bhavnagar Royal, Gujarat, India
Since 1985, Rotary has been at the forefront of the effort to eradicate polio from the world. Here is a unique way a member of my club has been supporting this monumental effort with his own individual talent.
Himal Pandya has been a valuable member of our club since its chartering, having served as an assistant governor, past president, and Group Study Exchange Team leader for an exchange to Scotland in 2012-13. In fact, he played a pivotal role in the club's formation. Our club has become one of the real success stories in our district, attracting more than 60 members with an average age below 40.
Himal Pandya
Besides his Rotary career, Himal serves as principal at the Pharmacy College and is a well-known poet who has written numerous pieces in our regional language of Gujarati. Blessed with this God-given gift, he decided to use his skills to benefit others.
Himal and our club were inspired by the generosity of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and wanted to do our part in meeting Rotary's Challenge for polio eradication. So in Rotary year 2011-12, we decided to release an album of his Gujarati Gazals (poems) accompanied by music. The musical compositions were truly melodious and became very popular with music lovers and followers of Gujarati literature.
Within no time, the album sold 4,000 copies and raised approximately $7,500 for the challenge. The entire proceeds from album sales were donated to the polio eradication campaign in the names of the clubs or Rotary members who purchased them. Past RI President Kalyan Banerjee recognized Himal for his humanitarian gesture at our Rotary District 3060 conference that year.
We are still selling Himal's album, and have just decided to release another 1,000 copies, this time supporting a literacy initiative in South Asia. As club president, it has been an honor to know Himal and see how a Rotarian can use his abilities for good.
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6 thoughts on "From poetry to polio eradication"
Linda L Christianson on June 27, 2014 at 17:05 said:
We must help other countries like India become polio free. Big job but it can and will be done. Keep up the efforts. This polio survivor would like to see it not come bac.
Naimish on June 26, 2014 at 00:32 said:
Dear roatary club, first of all thank you for your wonderful efforts to make india polio free. I was student of Mr. Himal Pandya, a truely devoted person towards society, nice human being and best rotarians I know so far. I always found him in first either it is blood donation camp, eradiaction of polio or anything that work for humanity. He is true Inspiration for many young people like me to join rotary club.
Thanks Mr. Himal and thank you rotary.
All the best for future endeavors.
May god bless all.
DRR Rtr Praharsh Rajyaguru on June 25, 2014 at 00:42 said:
I also know himalbhai personally as I am also a part of same district where he comes from. This album is really fantastic and I really thank Himalbhai for such an inovative idea for raising fund for Polio. Now when Bhavnagar Royal has decided that they will publish another 1000 copies, I will try that I also can contribute at my level to it for literacy mission in India. Congratulations to the club and to Himalbhai.
Anjana desai on June 24, 2014 at 23:23 said:
Great Initiative Himal bhai , you are inspiration for many other Rotarians , please go ahead with Rotary sprite , we all are always there with you .
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Mecklenburg joins equity firm
Former American Hospital Association Chairman Gary Mecklenburg has joined Waud Capital Partners, Lake Forest, Ill., as an executive partner. Mecklenburg retired last year as president and chief executive officer at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare in Chicago after 21 years with the system. He is a director at Becton Dickinson and Co. and at Waud's Acadia Healthcare Co. He also is chairman of two Waud portfolio companies, Hospitalists Management Group and Regency Hospital Co. David Neighbours, vice president at Waud, said Mecklenburg has been an investor in the company since the late-1990s and is playing an active managerial role in building the companies in which the firm holds stakes. -- by Mark Taylor
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Oily rags waiting for a lit match
Violent Marxist Revolution Now Guy, meet Andrew Breitbart and the Water the Tree of Liberty People.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right . . . here I am, stuck in the middle with you. Who knew Gerry Rafferty was a prophet?
Ultimately, all of life is a big version of a college Free Speech Alley. Of course, this is no debating society or bitch session in the sheltered world of the American university. No, this s*** done got real.
This is the America of soaring unemployment and political warfare. This is the America where dreams go to die and outrage comes to live.
In this Era of Ill Will, where massive consumerist appetites and burgeoning corporate greed face off with minuscule wallets and fading hope for the future, something's gotta give. We don't know just yet what that will be.
But something will.
And some freak show on the fringes -- either one -- is just waiting to throw a lit match into a pile of oily rags.
CONTRARY to the propaganda on the right, the Occupy Wall Street people aren't just a collection of angry Marxists, anarchists and free spirits looking for an excuse to take off their clothes. From what I can see, there are a lot of "normal" people out there, too -- folks who tried to play by the rules and got burned by a system with an ace up its sleeve.
Their dignity is under assault, their checking accounts are depleted, and their options are few amid the Great Recession. It is them I feel for. I feel for the eccentrics, too -- just more in a "That's just Junior. Don't hurt him -- he's odd, but he's harmless" kind of way.
Now here's what I fear.
Some Angry Marxist Guy -- or maybe some Breitbart vigilante, some self-appointed defender of capitalism and Americanism -- is going to do something stupid. And then some cop is going to do something stupid.
And then some ordinary Joe -- peacefully taking it to the streets because the street is all that's left for the redress of grievances -- is going to be the one killed by the cop's stupidity.
I remember the '60s and how cities burned after just such a scenario. Think of what could happen in this tinderbox of a country we've built for ourselves, where those at the top have everything to lose and too many down below have nothing left to lose.
DO YOU think that a country in which "terminating" defenseless fetuses is a constitutional right and "Let him die!" passes for somebody's health-care policy isn't much up for an ideology-driven bloodbath between the able-bodied? You'd better think again. It's in our DNA, both as Americans and members of a woefully fallen human race.
All it takes is 1 percent to start a fire that consumes the other 99.
Labels: Andrew Breitbart, conspiracy nuts, decline and fall, GOP, government, guns, hippies, media, politics, protest, Republican, revolution, socialism, tea party, United States, violence, Wall Street
So, you say you want a revolution?
Two years ago, the tea-party meme was "Barack Hussein Obama is a socialist." And a "Muslin."
Protesters walked around with handguns on their hips and assault rifles slung over their shoulders. Amid the "Don't Tread on Me" flags was an occasional "It is time to water the tree of liberty" sign. Right-thinking Americans were to "water the tree," as it were, "with the blood of patriots and tyrants," according to the original Thomas Jefferson quote.
A year and a half ago, the tea-party meme was "Barack Hussein Obama is a socialist, Marxist Nazi who, with his liberal henchmen, wants to fundamentally subvert constitutional rule."
And "ObamaCare" was as Marxist as it got. Or as Nazi as it gets, what with all the "death panels." Even though it was modeled on a Massachusetts plan championed by a Republican governor.
SINCE, we've had Republicans in the U.S. House hold the government hostage with the threat of default. We've had Republican presidential candidates hyperventilating about "government injections." We've had another GOP presidential candidate speculatively accusing the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of "almost treason" and suggesting Ben Bernanke's reception in Texas, were he so unwise as to venture there, would get "ugly."
The United States has lived through other eras as divided, rancorous and nasty as the present one. A century and a half ago, one such era ended with the deaths of between 600,000 and 700,000 Americans. A third of the country lay in ruins.
Having been to the abyss once and fallen in, Americans since have been gun shy when it comes to civil war. No more, not in this present Era of Bat-S*** Crazy.
Today, it's a death match between right-thinking, right-wing Americans of the tea-party persuasion and the evil liberals, whose communist plot has succeeded in subverting our culture. That's what conservative Internet mogul Andrew Breitbart told a Boston-area tea-party gathering Friday, adding that in his less-clear moments he thinks "Fire the first shot. Bring it on."
"We outnumber them, and we have the guns."
JUST IN CASE you think you heard him wrong, Breitbart makes it perfectly clear.
"I'm talking about if they want to take it to the point of a civil war and it goes to the streets, we're the guys that have the guns," he said. "The people in the military, who are not supposed to be political -- when push comes to shove, they're going to be on our side. That's what I'm talking about."
What was just a nasty political undercurrent (and ill-tempered words on misspelled protest signs) now has come out into the open. A conservative media entrepreneur and provocateur now has named That Which Must Not Be Named, and he did so in the context of:
* "Bring it on."
* "We outnumber them, and we have the guns."
* "The people in the military who are not supposed to be political -- when push comes to shove, they're going to be on our side."
CONSIDER, TOO, what is obvious but unsaid by Breitbart. Who is the present-day leader of the "liberal subversion" of all that was right and good about America? Who is at the top of the "subversive" food chain?
It can be none other than Barack Hussein Obama -- President Obama.
What Breitbart rhapsodizes about is a civil war that, given who now sits as its chief executive, would result in the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. And he suggests that it would occur with the backing of the military -- a coup. (See Title 18, United States Code, Section 2385.)
Tea-party "patriots" and those who egg them on, like Breitbart, think it's cute to wink and nod at the violent end of the United States as we've known it since the last attempt at bringing about the violent end of the United States. They think they're being conservative and culturally responsible by seeing the evil of the "subversives" (and in some specific cases, they're correct about cultural trends) . . . and then raising it.
Likewise, they think they're being "constitutional" -- law-abiding -- by walking to the edge of what could earn them up to 20 years in federal prison, toeing at that legal line in the sand and then running off to hide behind the First Amendment.
They do all this so cavalierly, so glibly. So enthusiastically.
THIS IS HOW most people condemn themselves to hell, thinking the whole time that God is on their side. This is how a small cadre of nuts, louts and fools can cast entire peoples into hell on earth. Gavrilo Princip, after all, was just trying to free Bosnia from the shackles of Austro-Hungarian tyranny, right?
He was a patriot. And as a result of his patriotic -- and successful -- double-assassination attempt, "trees of liberty" all over the world got watered with the blood of some 17 million dead and 20 million wounded.
Self-styled "patriots" usually cast us all into an earthly "lake of fire" with years of murderous rhetoric that culminate with a single stupid individual doing a single stupid -- and deadly -- thing. Then comes a harsh reaction. And an even more violent counterreaction.
Then a yet harsher counter-counterreaction . . . a whole self-perpetuating vortex of hate and violence sucking whole societies down into the netherworld.
WE LIVE, in our tenderbox society, during what the Chinese curse would refer to as "interesting times." It is here that tea-party "patriots" strike their matches and wantonly discard lit cigarettes. And it is here that "conservative" radicals such as Andrew Breitbart throw bombs at "the enemy within."
If sanity does not reassert itself -- and soon -- the bombs Americans throw won't be rhetorical ones. And the "tree of liberty" just might drown amid a crimson tide.
Labels: Andrew Breitbart, Barack Obama, Civil War, conservative, conspiracy nuts, decline and fall, GOP, government, guns, media, politics, Republican, revolution, socialism, tea party, United States


Choosing what to eat while pregnant can be a little tricky, especially if you're about to be a first-time mum, so to help you, we have a checklist of the do's and don'ts when it comes to nutrition.
At least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day (fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or fruit juice formats all count).
Potatoes, bread and pasta (wholegrain options if possible) to keep energy levels up.
Lean meat, chicken, white fish, eggs (make sure the eggs are well cooked), beans and lentils for protein.
Two portions of fish a week, including one of oily fish (e.g. mackerel or salmon) - these provide important fatty acids needed for the mental and physical growth of the baby.
Dairy foods such as milk, some types of cheese (such as cheddar, Parmesan and cottage cheese) and yoghurt - these contain calcium for building bones. Use low fat varieties where possible.
Cheese that is made with mould, such as Camembert, Brie or goat's cheese, and any soft blue cheese or unpasteurised cheese as these may contain the bacteria listeria that can harm the baby.
All types of pâté, including vegetable pâté, as this can also contain listeria.
Eating raw or partially cooked eggs, which don't carry the Lion, symbol as this could lead to salmonella food poisoning. Eggs stamped with the red Lion symbol are safe to eat as they come from flocks that have been inoculated against salmonella.
Liver products because they contain a lot of vitamin A. You do need some vitamin A but too much can harm the baby. Supplements containing vitamin A should also be avoided.
Deep sea fish such as shark, swordfish or marlin, and you should have no more than two tuna steaks or four cans of tuna a week, as these can contain traces of mercury which can harm the baby's nervous system.
Caffeine consumption should be reduced because a high caffeine intake has been linked to an increased risk of low birth weight babies and miscarriage. You should try not to have more than 200mg a day (e.g. two mugs of instant coffee or two mugs of tea).
The DoH advises that pregnant women, or women who are planning a pregnancy, should not drink any alcohol. If you drank before you found out that you were pregnant, you should avoid drinking any further alcohol. If you are concerned about how much you drank in those early weeks of pregnancy talk to your GP or midwife.
Make sure you wash your hands after touching raw meat, as raw meat contains bacteria that can cause food poisoning.
It is also a good idea to cut down on high fat and high sugar foods such as cakes, biscuits and sugary drinks to avoid putting on too much weight while you are pregnant.


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Il monte Bossola (1137 m) è un monte che si trova nell'Appennino Ligure in val Borbera al confine tra i comuni di Cabella Ligure e Mongiardino Ligure.

Dal monte sono visibili Cremonte, la val Sisola e la val Gordenella.

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