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Conservative Anglicans welcome, gay Catholics not so much
David Gibson January 3, 2013 - 12:47pm
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster has ended London's Soho masses for gay and lesbian Catholics because he didn't think they should have a "special" service. So he gave the church over to the new conservative Anglican ordinariate for their special services. Go figure:
[Nichols] said after six years of the masses, it was "time for a new phase".Nichols said the original aim of this pastoral provision was to enable people with same-sex attraction to enter more fully into the life of the church, within the existing parish structures.But, he said, it was important to recognise a distinction must be made between the pastoral care of a particular group and the regular celebration of the mass as the "highest prayer of the whole church"."I am, therefore, asking the group, which has, in recent years, helped to organise the celebration of mass on two Sundays of each month at Warwick Street now to focus their effort on the provision of pastoral care," the archbishop said, adding it would not include "the organisation of a regular mass".Critics of the special services included the former Catholic Herald editor Dr William Oddie, who accused church leaders of supporting a "homosexual lifestyle". He said it was clear "beyond peradventure that those who attend the masses are nearly all what the archdiocese calls 'non-celibate gay people' who intend to continue to defy Catholic teaching".Oddie wrote in the Catholic Herald in November that the masses were "the most potentially inflammatory source of division between Rome and Westminster".Meanwhile, writing in his blog, the Daily Telegraph's religious affairs commentator, Damian Thompson, described the services as "an embarrassment; a relic of old-style gay rights campaigning that scandalised large numbers of Catholics".
The "new evangelization"?
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All persons, gay or straight, have a right to these things. What the document in question says is that homosexual persons dont have a right to sinful behavior.Jim,In other words, to guarantee the right to employment, housing, etc,, gay people must either be celibate or be deep in the closet and never found out. In other words, we must not have "gay people." We must have celibate homosexual persons. In other words, gay people who live according to their own conscience and not according to the teachings of the Catholic Church do not actually have a right to employment and housing.
"You said above that the Catholic Church should say to the gay community, We will collaborate with you to create laws and policies that protect your human and civil rights. What kind of partner to the gay community would the Catholic Church be regarding human and civil rights if it supported the right of landlords to discriminate against gay couples in the housing market?"The church would be the kind of ally for the gay community that one generally finds in political endeavors: allies who may not agree on everything, and in fact may disagree profoundly on important principles, but who can make common cause for specific issues and injustices.The church does not and never will bless same-sex sexual activity, including same-sex marriage, civil unions and same-sex cohabitation arrangements/partnerships. But there are other issues, such as violence against gay persons and workplace discrimination against gay persons, where the church can and should speak up on behalf of victims and work side by side with the gay community to enact laws and policies that protect the human rights of gay persons.
"In other words, to guarantee the right to employment, housing, etc,, gay people must either be celibate or be deep in the closet and never found out. In other words, we must not have gay people."No, that's not an accurate restatement of what I wrote, nor of what the document says.I've provided, twice already, a quote from the document you've referenced, that contradicts your first sentence. That document says, quite plainly, that all persons have a right to housing.It doesn't say that gay persons must be celibate or deep in the closet and never found out.What I take that document to be saying is that the right of all persons, including gay persons, to housing, is a right that may come into conflict with other, equally legitimate or even overriding rights. What are some examples of such conflicts? The document itself gives one example, one having nothing to do with gay persons or gay rights, but that illustrates that the right to housing is not absolute: A mentally ill person with violent tendencies doesn't have a right to housing if her being in that house endangers the safety of others. The right to safety may equal, or even outweigh, the right to housing.If one accepts, even provisionally for the sake of discussion, the notion that homosexual sexual activity is morally objectionable, then it's not difficult to think of instances in which the right to housing would come into conflict with the right to not enable immoral behavior, or the right of landlords who also are parents to protect their children from exposure to immoral behavior. What would a policy that attempted to balance both sets of rights look like? I'm not sure how it would be crafted, but perhaps it would assert the right of all persons including gay persons to not be discriminated against in housing, but perhaps it would grant exceptions for small apartment buildings and boardinghouses owned by persons with religious or moral objections to same-sex marriage, civil unions and cohabitation. Note that such a policy would say nothing at all about celibacy or staying in the closet. It does acknowledge the reality that there are people who find same-sex marriage, civil unions and cohabitation to be morally objectionable, and that such moral views also are amenable to protection under the law.
"There is no place in the Catholic Church for gay Catholics if gay is taken to mean homosexual persons who embrace their orientation and do not consider homosexual acts to be intrinsically evil."If self-accepting gays pick up this message we will see a further decimation of church membership."The way for non-celibate gay people to be accepted into the Church is to become celibate gay people, divorce themselves from the gay community, and if at all possible go back into the closet."The closet means depression and other psychological ills; and it particularly means gay men marrying women, to the mystificatioin and misery of the woman.
"If one believes a homosexual orientation is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil, and that the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder, that homosexual acts are acts of grave depravity and constitute behavior to which no one has any conceivable right, why would anyone not want to divorce themselves from the gay community and go back into the closet? The gay community is based on an acceptance of a homosexual orientation as something either neutral or good. The Catholic Church requires the rejection of a homosexual orientation as an inclination to evil. The two views simply cannot be reconciled."The Catholic Church is not totally identical with the twisted Vatican coterie.
"The Church does not want gay people (as I define themthose who embrace their orientation as something not evil) to exist". Just as in the past we did not want Jews to exist. It is time for the Church to speak up against the retrograde Vatican hatemongers.
That the Vatican thinks the closet is an ideal is shown by a remark in one Vatican document that no one would even know gays were gays if they did not draw attention to it.The Vatican discourse on gays is poisonous, and the current hysteria about gay issues among the hierarchy (in stark contrast to the faithful) is really a hysteria about their own threatened authority. Claiming the support of biology and psychology, the sef-proclaimed "experts on humanity" got it dreadfully, dreadfully wrong. To admit this is unthinkable for them. Hence the diehard entrenchment.
Jim,The Church should work against discrimination against gay people and violence against gay people, but while many individual Catholics and priests do, the leadership spends far more time worrying about the right of people to discriminate against gays that the other way around.
"I believe the Church would be comfortable with landlords refusing to rent apartments to such couples. "The Vatican would perhaps think that this is an example of "just discrimination" (and not to practice it would be seen as cooperation in evil). I think that in the past theocratic clergy would think landlords should not rent to unmarried or divorced couples either.
I think sometimes the Church feels like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. On the one hand the gay community wants to be treated no differently than anyone else, except that, well, if they dont have a special mass theyre being discriminated against, and well, in this one instance, they dont want to Church to take its own teaching all that seriously, and...The bottom line is that the leaders of the gay community are unable to countenance the notion that the Churchs teaching could have their best interests at heart, that it could be anything other than homophobic. A mature and fruitful dialogue is not possible with those prejudices.
Ive provided, twice already, a quote from the document youve referenced, that contradicts your first sentence. That document says, quite plainly, that all persons have a right to housing.Jim,Consider for a moment how gay people might react to being put into the same category by the Catholic Church as people with contagious diseases and the mentally ill who need to be quarantined or carted away for public safety! Regarding human and civil rights legislation, first please remember that the Church is opposed to writing into law protections for gay people. But suppose the Church comes around to your way of thinking and works with gay people to legally protect their human and civil rights. What you are proposing is to write discrimination into law. You want the law to say gay people have the right to housing and employment unless landlords or employers have religious objections, in which cases gay people can be discriminated against. Those who would deny gay people jobs or housing because they believe homosexual behavior is immoral are the reason anti-discrimination laws are needed in the first place. You seem to believe that anti-discrimination laws protecting gay peoples' rights to employment or housing somehow license gays to put on immoral displays in public or in front of children. Anti-discrimination laws give no special rights to misbehave. However, anti-discrimination laws protecting gay people cannot be based on the assumption that homosexual activity, and particularly domestic partnerships or same-sex marriages are immoral! Why in the world would government set up legal arrangements for relationships it considered immoral? The Catholic Church considers people who divorce and remarry to be living in adultery. Would you have it written into law that religious landlords could refuse to rent to the divorced and remarried, or religious employers could deny jobs to the divorced and remarried?
The bottom line is that the leaders of the gay community are unable to countenance the notion that the Churchs teaching could have their best interests at heart, that it could be anything other than homophobic. A mature and fruitful dialogue is not possible with those prejudices.Mark Proska,I think many in the gay community would concede that the Church believes it has the best interests of gay people at heart, but they would also say that the Church is wrong and is doing a great deal of damage in spite of good intentions. From your viewpoint, not only is the Church not wrong, it cannot be wrong. From the point of the gay community, dialog is not possible with a group that considers itself infallible. And the Church does not want dialog with gay people. It wants gay people to stop being gay.
How does the mere presence of homosexuals in a neighborhood or particular house corrupt the morals of the children? Do the children need to be protected from even the the sight of gays? Why?And, I'll ask again for the hundreth time, just *how* does the mere existence of gay couples affect the marriages of straight people adversely? How do their practices hurt society? What is it about what they are and what they do that is destructive of other people's good lives?
"Consider for a moment how gay people might react to being put into the same category by the Catholic Church as people with contagious diseases and the mentally ill who need to be quarantined or carted away for public safety!"Yes, I considered it - that is why I took such pains to note that the example has nothing whatever to do with gay people. Nevertheless, as an example to demonstrate the rights to housing aren't without limit, it seems to work.
"The Catholic Church considers people who divorce and remarry to be living in adultery. Would you have it written into law that religious landlords could refuse to rent to the divorced and remarried"Yes, I'd be okay with that.
"How does the mere presence of homosexuals in a neighborhood or particular house corrupt the morals of the children?"Has anyone here claimed this?
"You want the law to say gay people have the right to housing and employment unless landlords or employers have religious objections, in which cases gay people can be discriminated against. Those who would deny gay people jobs or housing because they believe homosexual behavior is immoral are the reason anti-discrimination laws are needed in the first place."No, that's not an accurate description of what I suggested. I didn't suggest a policy that would allow gay people to be denied housing for being gay - in fact, I suggested something that is nearly the opposite of that. Here's what I wrote:"it would assert the right of all persons including gay persons to not be discriminated against in housing, but perhaps it would grant exceptions for small apartment buildings and boardinghouses owned by persons with religious or moral objections to same-sex marriage, civil unions and cohabitation."I trust the difference between being gay and being in a same-sex partnership are clear to you and to anyone reading this - that the two are not identical sets.It's true that, if my suggestion somehow became policy, people in same-sex marriage, civil unions and cohabitation might not be able to board in small buildings owned by people with religious objections to those arrangements. Such prospective renters would need to find places in buildings that are not small, or that are owned by people without those objections. I suppose you could call that "discrimination", but "exceptions for reasons of religious freedom" seems a more accurate term in this case. In the area I live, I'd expect that dog owners would have a more difficult time finding a place to rent than gay couples under this policy.
David N wrote: The Catholic Church considers people who divorce and remarry to be living in adultery. Would you have it written into law that religious landlords could refuse to rent to the divorced and remarriedI responded, "Yes, Id be okay with that."... and I'd add that the same provisions could apply to heterosexual cohabiting couples.FWIW, on the scale of social ills, those that fall out from heterosexual libertinism seem to me to be far, far worse than whatever badness is thought to happen from homosexual marriage. I think it's good for parents to reiterate to their children that cohabiting can have very bad outcomes, for the couple (and especially the woman), for any children that result from the union, and for the society that has to bear the burdens of the ills and suffering that result from it. And I don't object to governments supporting and reinforcing that social value. If that means that it makes it harder for couples to cohabit outside of marriage - then it does. That seems to be the point of the exercise.
Ann O. asked:How does the mere presence of homosexuals in a neighborhood or particular house corrupt the morals of the children?Jim P. replied "Has anyone here claimed this?Ann O. replies: at 9:04 David N. quotes a CDF document:"Since in the assessment of proposed legislation uppermost concern should be given to the responsibility to defend and promote family life, strict attention should be paid to the single provisions of proposed measures. How would they affect adoption or foster care? Would they protect homosexual acts, public or private? Do they confer equivalent family status on homosexual unions, for example, in respect to public housing or by entitling the homosexual partner to the privileges of employment which could include such things as family participation in the health benefits given to employees?"The CDF obviously thinks that housing should be restricted for the sake of "family life". I assume that means that if housing were *not* restricted -- if gays were allowed to rent near families -- then the consequence would be their very presence in the neighborhood would have the effect of corrupting family life, including the morals of the children.If this is not what the CDF has in mind, then what *does* the CDF have in mind? I ask for the umpteenth time: how does the presence/practice of homosexuals affect heterosexual family life deleteriously? How does it damage a heterosexual marriage? How does it damage the children's morality?
Ann: perhaps the CDF believes that homosexuality is contagious, that it is seductive, that it is what people would desire if it were not forbidden, and that once he taboo is broken everyone will rush to become homosexual.
From your viewpoint, not only is the Church not wrong, it cannot be wrong. From the point of the gay community, dialog is not possible with a group that considers itself infallible. And the Church does not want dialog with gay people. It wants gay people to stop being gay.David NickolYour first statement is factually incorrect. I believe it is entirely possible the Churchs teaching is wrong. I do, however, believe the Churchs makes a compelling case.Your second statement is misleading. The Church, as far as I am aware, has not proclaimed its teaching in this regard to be infallible. Whats more important is that its actually irrelevant whether the Church holds it to be infallible or not. The Catholic Church has made a case for its teaching based on natural law, which everyone has access to. The gay community can engage Church teaching on natural law--if they had the confidence to make an argument that dares to speak that name. It would be helpful if you could direct me to one.Your third statement is factually incorrect and comes across as in bad faith.Your fourth statement is not an argumentits an exasperated plea. It assumes that the desire defines the person, which is precisely what the Church teaches as false. It's what you need to show is true--you can't do that by assuming it's true. I have never seen a case where the argument of the gay community has not devolved into some version of, I just know it is good to act on my desires. This is an insular, Gnostic argument and I have trouble finding it compelling. Its not a dialogue at allits a monologue.
"The CDF obviously thinks that housing should be restricted for the sake of family life. I assume that means that if housing were *not* restricted if gays were allowed to rent near families then the consequence would be their very presence in the neighborhood would have the effect of corrupting family life, including the morals of the children. If this is not what the CDF has in mind, then what *does* the CDF have in mind?"Ann, I don't think the passage you're highlighting says quite what you're you're taking away from it. Here is what I think is the key snippet:"Would they protect homosexual acts, public or private? Do they confer equivalent family status on homosexual unions, for example, in respect to public housing"Note that the concerns being considered here are not the mere presence of gay persons in a building or a neighborhood; the concerns are with homosexual *acts* and homosexual *unions*. This seems to follow from the premise that the church considers homosexual acts to be sinful, and homosexual unions (which I've been describing in this discussion as same-sex marriage, same-sex civil unions, and same-sex cohabitation) as being extremely morally problematic, for a number of reasons - not least because they seem to enable homosexual acts. Any form of partnering other than valid marriage between a man and a woman is problematic in the eyes of the church.The same document explicitly states that all persons, including homosexuals, have a right to housing.
The same document explicitly states that all persons, including homosexuals, have a right to housing.Jim,First, I am somewhat in agreement with you, in that I think all anti-discrimination laws (whether concerning race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.) should exempt landlords who will be living in very close contact with their tenants. This is the case for federal law, which has the following exemptions:
owner-occupied buildings with four or fewer rental units single-family housing rented without the use of advertising or without a real estate broker, as long as the landlord owns no more than three such homes at any one time certain types of housing operated by religious organizations and private clubs that limit occupancy to their own members, and with respect to age discrimination only, housing reserved exclusively for senior citizens. There are two kinds of senior citizen housing exempted: communities where every tenant is 62 years of age or older, or 55 and older communities in which at least 80% of the occupied units must be occupied by at least one person 55 years or older.
However, I continue to read the paragraph you quote very differently than you do:
Among other rights, all persons have the right to work, to housing, etc. Nevertheless, these rights are not absolute. They can be legitimately limited for objectively disordered external conduct.
If "objectively disordered external conduct" includes being in a same-sex domestic partnership, civil union, or marriagewhich I believe it does in the mind of the CDFor even reasonably discreet homosexual behavior of the same type as unmarried heterosexuals "playing the field," then gay people (according to the CDF) don't have a right to housing or employment at all, because gay people (as opposed to celibate people with a homosexual orientation) expect and deserve the right to cohabit or join in legal partnerships. The Church may not recognize the right of gay people to be sexually active without paying penalties for it, but the state does.
The same document explicitly states that all persons, including homosexuals, have a right to housing.Jim,Or to put it much more succinctly, the Church speaks of rights for homosexuals but not for gay people.
David N.--Pretty much everything you have said has been absolutely spot-on.Mark Proska--There are actually many theologians, gay and straight, who have engaged natural law arguments about homosexuality. Margaret Farely treats the topic in "Just Love" and it is a major topic (along with analysis of Thomas and Barth) in Eugene Rogers' grossly underread "Sexuality and the Christian Body" which makes (in my mind a brilliantly compelling case) for same-sex marriage entirely predicated on Christian tradition and teaching. Jean Porter's book "Nature as Reason" is not about same-sex marriage or homosexuality but gives a detailed, Thomistic presentation of natural law that allows space for it. There are more, but those are good places to start.
I believe it is entirely possible the Churchs teaching is wrong.Mark Proska,Then why not let people who disagree with the Church live according to their own consciences? Must people who are not even Catholic and who don't agree with the Church engage in debate with the Church and win in order to live according to their own beliefs? There is no universal agreement that natural law theory is a good way to look at the world, and among those who believe it is, there are many approaches to natural law. There are those who make natural law arguments that do not condemn homosexuality. There are also those who maintain that the "New Natural Law" (the major proponents of which are John Finnis and Robert George) is at bottom not natural law at all but rests on religious premises. The point, though, is that we do not expect Jews or Protestants or any other group that disagrees with the Catholic Church to engage in debate with Catholics and prove Judaism or Protestantism before they can express disagreement with the Catholic Church and live their lives according to their own beliefs and consciences. An exchange between the Catholic Church and philosophers who disagree with its natural law arguments against homosexuality would be fascinating, but could there really be a "dialog"? The Catholic position on homosexuality is imposed on Catholics by Church authority. Those within the Church who show sympathy to the gay community are removed from their ministries or silenced (Father John McNeil, Father Robert Nugent, Sister Jeannine Gramick). Even the USCCB was in effect disciplined by the Vatican for Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message To Parents Of Homosexual Children And Suggestions For Pastoral Ministers. See John Allen's account in his book Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith.
Jim P. --On the one hand the statement says that homosexuals should not be allowed housing if they are living together, but on the other hand it says that to they have a right to housing. So should gay partners be forced to live under bridges and in caves? Granted, the current hierarchy says that homosexual acts are wrong, but how can they jump from that to saying that homosexual partners have no right to live in houses/apartments?In other words, they assert an (unjustified in some cases) necessary connection between gays living together and having gay sexual relations. Heterosexual partners share some of those practices, but the hierarchy doesn't say to restrict their access to housing.And, after months of my asking you, you still haven't said how gay partnerships by their very existence damage heterosexual marriage.
"Ann: perhaps the CDF believes that homosexuality is contagious, that it is seductive, that it is what people would desire if it were not forbidden, and that once he taboo is broken everyone will rush to become homosexual."Claire --Perhaps that's what the hierarchy, or some of it, thinks, but if so, then it is their weird thinking that requires an explanation. And Freud had one -- according to him some (not all) celibates are repressed homosexuals. Which doesn't make them either bad or good persons. But the theory does explain some of the irrationality we find in some of the bishops, does it not?
There may or may not be teachings in the RCC that need correction. But as it stands, those who are no longer in communion (or who ought not be receiving because they are in opposition to various teachings) may have to make peace with partial acceptance.Folks at the local parish have never kicked me out of the local parish when I wanted to pray there. They have never returned my money. They have never declined my help when it's time to tote children around to various functions or do grunt work decorating the church. They have never refused to catechize my child (though some churches refuse to take on the children of gay couples or divorcees). They have never refused my donations to their charity drives. These are all ways people can participate in the Church and continue to grow in their Christian faith without leaving the Church.
Ann: exactly.Jean: you know I don't agree with you on "ought not be receiving because they are in opposition to various teachings", but maybe it makes you more free: since you are able to lead a Christian life while excluding yourself from the receipting of the Eucharist, you would be able to deal with decreased availability of Mass due to priest scarcity, and are not vulnerable to clerical bad temper. By choosing to not receive, you can also stand in solidarity with those who are forbidden from receiving, in the same way that Simone Weil refused to be baptized to stand in solidarity with the unbaptized. Last year a well-respected priest reacted to my lament on decreased Mass attendance by saying that there were lots of people who had deep Christian faith and led great Christian lives yet rarely or never went to Mass. I was, and still am, perplexed by this answer. But maybe it is time to develop a theory of Christianity outside the Eucharist.
Hi, Claire:Hermits do not go to Mass. The desert ammas and abbas did not go to Mass. Attendance at Mass is not required of those holy men and women. Omnes sancti Monachi et Eremite, orate pro nobis!
For how some similar issues are being dealt with in another Church, see http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/world/europe/anglicans-open-a-path-to-...
Claire, I wish you would not impute to me any of those ennobling reasons for not taking communion because they are not my reasons for leaving the Table; I merely cannot and do not accept that certain things I have done (and would not significantly do differently now) as sins--the same as divorcees, actively gay people, and any number of others who may or may not still be receiving. Moreover, I was not raised in a sacramental church, did not encounter the concept until I was baptized by the Episcopalians at age 27. So it is probably true that I do not feel as shut out by not receiving as someone who had been received as a little child. Moreover, I believe that Christ finds other ways to feed souls than through the sacraments ... how else would I have found my way to Him, when I had never received them?Anway, I merely offered my previous post because I was struck by this comment in the conversation, "the 'Gays are not welcome in the Catholic Church' rallying cry is simply a petulant, puerile, nobody-loves-me rationalization."While the post strikes me as unnecessarily astringent and lacking in much empathy or charity, it is true that many of us whose actions have placed us outside the pale do sometimes choose to focus on the stern and inflexible aspects of Mother Church, and forget that she is also good and wise, and that anybody who wants to participate to some degree will be accepted. The Pope said of divorcees who continue to go to Mass without receiving that that action "is not nothing." Not sure what to make of that, but contemplating Matthew 15:21-17 may be helpful.All this is far afield from David Gibson's original post.
All this is far afield from David Gibsons original post.But after 80 comments, it's ok.
"There is no place in the Catholic Church for "Is it possible, I wonder, that a sentence that begins with that thought and those words might never end?
"On the one hand the statement says that homosexuals should not be allowed housing if they are living together, but on the other hand it says that to they have a right to housing."Before I respond, I just want to comment that the CDF doc is not the subject of the post, and while I think there is some merit in doing a deeper dive on what it is that the church teaches - or what it taught 20 years ago - regarding homosexuality, istm that the CDF doc doesn't really figure directly in this UK story. For my part, I believe I've just about run my course on this doc.Ann, regarding your statement that "homosexuals should not be allowed housing if they are living together" - I don't think the document goes that far. I think what it means by "right" in this context is that civil authorities should not promulgate civil laws that would force landlords to accept cohabiting homosexuals as tenants in spite of the landlords' moral objections to those arrangements.If my view on this is correct, then we would still conclude, I suppose, that the church's moral vision would curtail individual freedom - at least the freedom to partner as one wishes. I guess that shouldn't be news.(Referring to real people with clinical language like "cohabiting homosexuals" is off-putting. There has to be a better way to talk about this.)
It is straightforward enough, as with divorced/remarried Catholics, unmarried Catholics who live together, and Catholics who use birth control, non-celibate gay Catholics cannot receive communion. Of course they should attend mass and if they are so inclined, attend the various parish events like prayer groups and social functions. But a special mass? That seems a bit much, and so of course the bishop is correct.
What does interest me about this story is the purpose or end of Catholic outreach to the gay community - or, more broadly, to homosexuals (trying here to adopt here David N's distinction, which I think I understand). I expect that those charged with creating and sustaining these ministries generally do so out of an instinct or intuition of love and consolation toward those who frequently are hated and have suffered.My take on the motivation of the opponents of the Soho Masses is that they want these ministries to consist of support for those who are trying to live celibate lives, and don't want to settle for love and consolation if that can be construed as enabling sinful behavior.FWIW, my opinion is that love and consolation count for a lot - more than sufficient to justify a ministry.
The question, in a nutshell, is what kind of "outreach" is appropriate to those who are in dissent. Gay Catholics, using my definition of gay, are in dissent, and if they are receiving the eucharist, they are doing so illegitimately (and sacrilegiously). If the Soho Masses were being used by Catholics who were in dissent as masses for them, then the objection is obvious. The Church doesn't hold masses for dissenters who are determined to receive communion in violation of canon law. What I think is galling for many gay people is the obviously much larger number of Catholics who attend mass faithfully, without being challenged, who dissent on contraception (and other matters). Interestingly, one hears conservative Catholics complain about this, too. Why don't the bishops make a statement such as the following? "If you use contraception, you are forbidden to receive communion in this diocese. Period." The unequivocal rejection of the idea of couples in a same-sex relationship being worthy to receive communion seems like a double standard when there is toleration of the widespread (nearly universal) use of contraception.It seems to me that the only kind of outreach the Catholic Church can currently do involving gay people is the kind of outreach that aims at conversionas I said above, the kind of outreach that might be done for prostitutes. A big question for the Catholic Church (or any religion, I suppose) is how it chooses to interact with people it wishes to evangelize but will not accept into the fold until there is some kind of conversion. Of course, the question would be quite different if the Church did not consider disagreement on sexual matters of such importance that if you disagree, you place yourself outside the Church. It seems to me, in spite of the fact that some even claim that Humanae Vitae is infallible, that contraception is a matter about which if you don't get too vocal in your disagreement, you are not considered outside the Church. But homosexuality is a matter that, however privately you dissent on, you are considered outside the Church. And if you speak up, you will be disciplined or silenced.
David: liked your last paragraph so much that I copied it in the thread on the SSPX, to which it also applies.
David--I think you may go too far in saying that those who dissent on homosexuality are out of the church. I don't think even the hierarchy says this. Look at, for instance, Jeannine Gramick. She was certainly punished and they attempted to silence her, and she has rejected such attempts. She speaks out as much as she ever did, and quite publicly. She has not, however, ever been declared excommunicate, ex laetae or otherwise. She is a member of a canonically recognized religious order and, to the best of my knowledge, has not been told not to present herself for the eucharist. Doubtless, many bishops and probably Rome think that she shouldn't, but there is no sanction upon her (again to the best of my knoweldge) that requires it. The same goes for John McNeill. He was expelled from the Jesuits and from the priesthood, but not excommunicated. Doubtless, as far as the hierarchy goes, these people are now on the margins of the church, but the margin is still not outside. Clearly this is often unjust and certainly uncomfortable. But it's not simply a matter of inside/outside either.
"My take on the motivation of the opponents of the Soho Masses is that they want these ministries to consist of support for those who are trying to live celibate lives, and dont want to settle for love and consolation if that can be construed as enabling sinful behavior."Which again is predicated on the idea that all sexual behavior between two people of the same sex is sinful. A sterile face-off.
"It is straightforward enough, as with divorced/remarried Catholics, unmarried Catholics who live together, and Catholics who use birth control, non-celibate gay Catholics cannot receive communion."Did not Paul VI say that use of contraceptives should NOT be a reason for staying away from communion? Did he not talk about acts that are objectivey immoral but subjectively defensible, and about freedom of conscience? Did not Jan Visser, coauthor of Persona Humana, say that at the pastoral level stable gay couples could be tolerate or even encouraged as a lesser evil?
Catholic discussion of these issues moves in a sterile spiral. Sensible human beings have moved on, discovered how to live their lives with a modicum of freedom, dignity, love and joy. All except the retarded Catholic parents who drive their kids to suicide.
"The unequivocal rejection of the idea of couples in a same-sex relationship being worthy to receive communion seems like a double standard when there is toleration of the widespread (nearly universal) use of contraception."David N. --We are none of us "worthy" to receive Communion. Reception of Communion is in every case a pure, unearned gift, even to the greatest saints.Because many gay people are dissenters *in good conscience* that indicates to me that they should be able in good conscience to continue to receive Communion. Should Mary Mackillop not have gone to Communion? She was even officially excommunicated, but she is now recognized officially as a saint.
Thanks for the reference Joseph O'Leary; From Persona Humana: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_..."At the present time there are those who, basing themselves on observations in the psychological order, have begun to judge indulgently, and even to excuse completely, homosexual relations between certain people. This they do in opposition to the constant teaching of the Magisterium and to the moral sense of the Christian people.A distinction is drawn, and it seems with some reason, between homosexuals whose tendency comes from a false education, from a lack of normal sexual development, from habit, from bad example, or from other similar causes, and is transitory or at least not incurable; and homosexuals who are definitively such because of some kind of innate instinct or a pathological constitution judged to be incurable.In regard to this second category of subjects, some people conclude that their tendency is so natural that it justifies in their case homosexual relations within a sincere communion of life and love analogous to marriage, in so far as such homosexuals feel incapable of enduring a solitary life.In the pastoral field, these homosexuals must certainly be treated with understanding and sustained in the hope of overcoming their personal difficulties and their inability to fit into society. Their culpability will be judged with prudence. But no pastoral method can be employed which would give moral justification to these acts on the grounds that they would be consonant with the condition of such people. For according to the objective moral order, homosexual relations are acts which lack an essential and indispensable finality. In Sacred Scripture they are condemned as a serious depravity and even presented as the sad consequence of rejecting God.[18] This judgment of Scripture does not of course permit us to conclude that all those who suffer from this anomaly are personally responsible for it, but it does attest to the fact that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered and can in no case be approved of."
Ken, you do not seem to grasp the hermeneutics of the pastoral application of the text you quote. According to its co-author Jan Visser, while the acts are not approved of, the situation of a stable couple is provisionally tolerated as the lesser evil. Paul VI clarifies that objectively immoral acts can be "diminished in guilt, inculpable, or subjectively defensible" and stresses the freedom of conscience to dissent from church teaching or apply them in light of one's circumstances. The phrases "consonant with the condition" and "innate instinct" do not recur in Homosexualitatis Problema 1986 which adds the new specification that the orientation itself as distinct from acts must be seen as objectively disordered.It seems that Catholics generally have moved on since the time of these documents.
Priests following the above hermeneutics would urge gays in confessional to be faithful to their partners and refrain from playing around -- this is what I meant by "encouraging" a lesser evil.
I am annoyed by Catholic and anti-Catholic gay activists gloating over the mishap of an Illinois priest who phoned the cops to get him out of handcuffs. I think the broadcasting of his call to the cops is a breach of his human rights. It is also very dangerous in that it discourages people from phoning the cops if there are embarrassing circumstances, e. g. theft or blackmail from a sexual partner; health or even life-threatening effects of gadgets used for private sexual purposes such as stimulants, vibrators, ropes (deaths by misadventure from such items are not unknown). I do not advocate any sexual misbehavior, but I do plead for more understanding and tolerance and less pharisaical hypocrisy when it comes to throwing the first stone.
Andy B--Thank you for your suggestions.
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Endurance has long been a mark of Toni Scott. While in college she lost her father, Kenneth. Her brother Kenny passed away just a few years later. More recently she lost her 22-year-old daughter Stephanie to cystic fibrosis.
All the while she has endured and has become a successful caterer, clergy wife, mother, grandmother and the only French horn player in the Summerville Community Orchestra.
Scott was born in New Orleans and was adopted by Kenneth and Isabelle Franco who also had an adopted son named Kenny. Her time in the Crescent City was short as the family moved to Mobile, Ala. when she was two years old.
She first began playing music after finding an old Marine bugle.
"I drove everyone nuts with that bugle," she said with a smile. "I was always singing around the house and music has been a part of my life for my whole life."
In the fourth grade she made a seamless transition from the bugle to the trumpet. When she reached high school all of her friends were switching instruments to the oboe and bassoon prompting her to make a change to the French horn. Scott found a lot of success with the horn and was the first high school student to perform with the Mobile Symphony.
"It was such an amazing experience. I was so glassy-eyed and was enamored with everything."
After graduating from Bishop-Toolen Catholic High School she accepted a full music scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi, where her brother Kenny was a student. After two years performing at USM, the passing of her father took her back home.
"(Her father) was my biggest cheerleader and when he died I completely lost interest," she said. "The music left me for 15 years."
She returned home to Mobile and graduated with a degree in business from the Secretarial School at Southwest State Technical College. Her post-graduation jobs included: inpatient hospital admissions, insurance billing, medical marketing, Secretary to the Director of Nurses, and the director of marketing and admissions.
Scott met her husband, Rev. John Scott the associate rector of St. Paul's, when they were children. They attended the same grade and high schools before a 20-year period of not seeing one another. During that time they both got married and divorced and had children: three for John and one for Toni.
They met again at a conference called Beginning Experience and were married a year and a half later.
There was still a void in Scott's life, her longing for music.
"(Getting back into music) is literally a dream come true," she said. "I actually used to dream about playing again and that is what led me to begin my re-entrance into the treasure that it is."
Scott bought an instrument and began taking lessons. She quickly caught back up and played with the Mobile Pops and the Christ Episcopal Church.
The couple then moved to Eutawville where Toni opened a catering business called the Parish House Tea Room. It was while working the wedding of Yuriy Bekker and SCO flutist Jenny Bekker that she found about the SCO.
"I knew that Dean (Glace) played in the orchestra and Alex Agrest attended the wedding. I asked him then if he could use a horn player and he said yes. Shortly after that we moved to Summerville and I joined the orchestra the summer of 2010."
She has since made it her goal to play with the orchestra "as long as I am able to benefit them" and tries to spread the word about the SCO.
"I always tell those I encounter to come to the concerts and I assure them they will not be disappointed."
Just like herself, she said all the members of the orchestra have their own interesting story but they all come together because of one passion.
"We all have other lives, interests, backgrounds, nationalities, ages but the common denominator is that we gather because of our love of music."
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It would appear doubtful that the $2.3 million awarded by the court will ever be received by the family of William Douglas Coker, but that is the monetary amount given to the value of the life of the victim.
Moss, the defendant in the March 14 civil case, was not represented in the proceeding. She was arrested almost a year ago to date and charged with murder in connection with the death of the 67-year-old Henry County man whose body was found under the back porch of her residence on Old Ridge Road in the gated community of River North.
Coker was reported missing March 13, 2012, and his body was found by Bibb County investigators five days later. A warrant was issued for Moss' arrest the following day. The victim's cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.
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Acceptance is a hard thing for a lot of people, but it's time for many adults in our community to accept the fact that there is NO MORE Williamson High School and sadly, it will never exist again due to all the economic and political events that are taking place in our area.
There is no reason someone should sit at home and say, "Well, I hate Mingo Central because it closed my old school and I won't support it". That has absolutely nothing to do with the argument at hand. The point is, we ALL need to get behind our local high school and support it 110%. If we all would do this, we could have a "great" school (maybe even up to the "standards" of what some of you all thought Burch, Gilbert, Matewan, and Williamson High Schools were).
I can't wrap my mind around the fact of why someone would not support our kids, isn't this what its all about? Making the FUTURE of Mingo County even better. It seems though for those of you who want to remain in the past, you're hurting the entire situation even more. Sure we all, myself included, miss our old schools. We should certainly take pride in our past and be very proud of where we come from but I think it's a shame that there are so many adults in our town that do not support the kids in our community. Supporting Mingo Central in no way diminishes the pride one feels for an old school, it should actually enhance the support by bringing the Blue, Purple, Green and Maroon together.
I was one of the biggest supporters of WHS when it existed (I attended there from 2008-2011), but as soon as I walked through the doors of MCHS on August 26th 2011, I took the passion I had at Williamson and used it for the betterment of bringing our four families together as one at MCHS. I served as the first student body president at MCHS and personally witnessed an incredible transformation during my senior year. Over the course of 11 months, I watched rivals come together and be the best of friends and I for one can say, I would not be where I am today, without my experience and family I made at Mingo Central High School.
Saying I was blessed to attend there would be an understatement. The memories I made and friendships I've made will last a lifetime. I can promise you "doubters" though that the "bridge" has been gapped between the kids at the school, but until the adults fully come together and realize, there is no more "Burch, Gilbert, Matewan or Williamson High Schools", something is missing in the bigger picture.
One of the best examples that comes to my mind at MCHS is the fact we still lack Softball, Baseball, Track, Soccer Fields, and Tennis Courts for our sports teams. Keep in mind, all these teams currently exist but are forced to play games and practice at locations all over the county. If we had more local businesses that would support the school both academically and athletically, the kids would have an overall better high school experience but that all comes down to those individuals.
It's sad that some people (actually a lot of people) choose to not support the incredible facility we have at Mingo Central because of the mere fact it exists. I guess the world has changed though and now the maturity of 750 students at MCHS outdoes many of those "mature" adults we have in our communities.
It is my hope and prayer that soon, the day will come that people I haven't seen EVER come out to an athletic event, or even go the campus of the school will do so, because until then, I promise you that you're missing out on something simply incredible for our kids, our area, and most importantly our future.
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Daniel Cormier explains the reason he refused to call out Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones
Cormier refused to directly call out Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, though he was incredibly respectful about it. Here's the explanation he gave on the Fox Sports 2 post-fight show:
"I'm always shooting for the top -- you don't shoot for No. 2 or No. 3. I want to fight Jon Jones, I want to fight for the championship. There is no reason for me to call out anyone else. If there is someone else, I'll fight him -- put me in an important fight that's going to get me a championship fight. I'm 34 years old now and I'll be 35 in the New Year. This desk is starting to look pretty good. [I didn't call him out] because it seems that him and Glover Teixeira are fighting. I'm not going to disrespect Glover, but I'd definitely jump at the opportunity to fight the champ."
That makes sense ... kind of. But, it also makes it sound like Cormier is fishing for a showdown against another top contender in waiting who is also on the lookout for a big name opponent who can push him into a title fight against Jones.
Cough, Alexander Gustafsson, cough.
Either way, Cormier is prepared to do whatever it takes to get to where he needs to go:
"I went through a lot of things in my life. I'm about to get serious for a second. I've been through a lot of things. I lost a three-month old daughter, I lost my father, he got murdered when I was seven years old. Anything you put in front of me, I will get through it. My ultimate goal is to be UFC champion. I know what's inside of me, I know what I'm willing to go through to accomplish my goals.... I can get through just about everything [for my family]. Just give me an opportunity."


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Today was make-a-broach day. I can't say I did anything else productive today, besides eat a massive chocolate donut.
This little broach was made from some Wee Play scraps. And this little broach was EASY with a cherry on top. I sewed my largest circle to a piece of felt the same size for sturdiness, and then just cut out circles in different sizes until I was satisfied with its shabbiness. I stitched with my machine a little X under the button to keep them all together, then hand stitched the button on. The back will eventually be one of those nice little sew on broach clasps, but for now its a safety pin…..don't tell.
I even managed this flower broach. It matched my pink shirt today. You can find the template for this flower here. And wouldn't it be cute to make the card as a flower like she has pictured but with the broach you can remove and wear? Too bad Mothers Day is 2 days away or I would have made hoards of them. And next year I'll forget.
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CRESTVIEW — Corey Armstrong connected with Jaylynne Robinson on touchdown passes of 15, 61 and 47 yards to lead the Crestview High School football team to a 42-32 win over Pensacola High at Jack Foster Stadium on Friday.
The win was Crestview's fourth in five games and improved the Bulldogs to 5-5 on the year. The five wins are the most for Crestview since 2010.
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"I was just proud of the effort we gave to finish the season out," Bulldog Coach Tim Hatten said. "We put up 42 points against a pretty good ball club.
"I'm proud of the effort. And the coaching staff, what a great bunch of guys. I've had more fun this year than I've had in the last four or five years coaching football.
The victory was bittersweet for Robinson, a senior as he played his last high school game.
"It's very special," he said. "I'm going to miss playing for Crestview. When I go off to college, it's not going to be the same.
"We worked a lot harder and had a lot of people step up and be a leader. I'm going to remember all the time we spent together. I'm not going to remember the games so much as hanging out with my boys."
Robinson gave the Crestview fans something to remember on the first Bulldog drive of the night as he caught the first of his touchdown passes from 15 yards out to cap a 45-yard drive. It was Robinson who set the Bulldogs up in Pensacola territory when he returned the opening kick into Tiger territory.
Emmanuel Reed, who finished the night with 110 yards rushing on 28 carries and two touchdowns, scored from five yards out with 3:55 left in the first quarter to give the Bulldogs a double digit lead they would hold most of the game.
Armstrong's 61-yard pass to Robinson made the score 21-0 less than 90 seconds into the second quarter.
Just when it looked as if the Bulldogs would blow PHS out of the stadium momentum changed.
Tiger defense back intercepted a deflected Armstrong pass and returned inside the Crestview 5-yard line. The Bulldog defense held tight for three downs, but on fourth and goal from the three Dageon Watson put the Tigers on the scoreboard.
Watson scored on a 21-yard touchdown run on Pensacola's first possession of the third quarter as the Tigers closed the Bulldog lead to 21-13.
Robinson's third touchdown catch from Armstrong with 5:31 left in the third quarter put Crestview back up by 15 points.
The Bulldogs got a special teams touchdown from Mike Hall early in the fourth quarter. The Tigers muffed a punt and Hall recovered it in the end zone.
Pensacola (2-8) wouldn't go away. Watson scored on a 54-yard run with 10:09 left in the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs took the ensuing drive and marched 78 yards on 12 plays. Reed finished things off with a 7-yard run. Seth Kootsouradis, who shared extra point duties with Tyler Hancock kicked his third PAT of the night to put Crestview up 42-20.
Pensacola managed a pair of touchdowns late in the game, but it wasn't enough as the Bulldogs held on for the win.
Armstrong finished the night 8-of-14 passing for 171 yards.
Matt Gillis had two catches for 24 yards and Khalil Foster had two receptions for 26 yards.
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"And they're off," barks an announcer over the loud speakers giving a play-by-play as they round the corner. The crowds watch the corner and yell at the first sign of the six horses as they head for the straightaway and towards a wall to the edge of the track. For a quick second, everyone holds their breath as the horses fly over the wall and burst into more applause as the horses clear the wall and race by and disappear around another corner.
After the horses pass, the crowd listens closely to the announcer and follow in their program as they wait for a chance to see the racers once more. After circling the track three times and passing over nine jumps, the race is over. Some cheer after their favorite horse wins while others laugh and look at the next race in the program.
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- Once a suspicious lump is detected, it's usually 24 to 48 hours from the time of biopsy to diagnosis.
- If a cancer diagnosis is made, pathologists microscopically determine the type, or histology (there are many kinds of breast cancer), the grade (how aggressive the cancer is), the cancer stage (how large and widespread the cancer is), and whether or not the cancer is localized (in situ) or invasive.
- Not all biopsies turn out to be cancer. Sometimes the pathologist determines the patient has a benign condition or perhaps one that may be a precursor to cancer and needs to be monitored.?
When is an MR (or MRI) needed?
Mammography is the best tool for evaluating breast tissue and routine screening for breast cancer. In some cases, MR may be indicated. This is a decision your breast imaging specialist/radiologist would discuss with you.
- Magnetic resonance breast imaging (MRI or MR) is used as a supplemental tool, in addition to mammography, to help diagnose breast cancer.
- Breast MR with computer-aided detection (CAD) is used to investigate breast concerns first detected with mammography, physical exam, or ultrasound.
- MR is excellent at imaging the augmented breast, including both the breast implant itself and the breast tissue surrounding the implant.
- MR guided breast biopsy is useful for staging breast cancer and determining the most appropriate treatment.


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Historically a nation of immigrants, the United States is home to nearly 41 million immigrants, who represent 13 percent of the total population and play a key role in the economic, civic, and cultural life of the country. The research collected here covers many facets of immigration to the United States, by the numbers and how immigrants fare in the country's classrooms and workplaces, the policies and regulations that shape the admission of new immigrants, the enforcement programs and polices in place at U.S. borders and within the interior, and integration policies and efforts taking place in local communities, in states, and at the federal level.
Nearly 2 million of the 4 million-strong Vietnamese diaspora live in the United States, with many having come in the immediate aftermath of the Vietnam War and during the long-running Indochinese refugee crisis. With April 30 marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, learn more about the Vietnamese diaspora in the United States and Vietnam's contemporary and historical migration experience.
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Starlyne* Retired Holy Priest | Holy Raiding Guide (5.4)
In cata they made very similar buffs to this, and never ended up nerfing it much except increasing the mana cost of PW:S
THe rapture bonus that came early into cata never was reverted.
If I remember well. I had soo many problems with healing in start of Cata. So they buffed rapture a lot. Then they slightly nerfed it again after like a week if I am not mistaken.
I'm between 5 and 13 ilvls below every other healer
With this buff to divine aegis, would it be favorable to stack crit and then mastery in a 10 man as an all round healer?
I prefer Divine Star, it requires you to be positioned correctly though if you want the full benefit of it.
I haven't tried any other healer so far in MoP but i feel I'm fairly mobile, much more so than in cata at least, using glyphed Penance and Holy Fire and obviously PoM and PW:Shield...
This from a PvE point of view.
It is? Interesting. So what do you do when there's the usual "targets random 5 people" ability, except it hits 1 person per group in 25 man? For Holy? It's trivial, just CoH, or maybe DI PoM, which is up for a lot of time. But for Disc? Well, that's easy, PoH... wait, no, you don't, because you'll only heal 1 person. PoM? But the damage already happened and there's no guarantee it will jump more than once, since it isn't raid wide aoe/aura. 5 Renews? Might as well reroll Druid. Holy Fire? Huh, it healed a pet, imagine that - let's assume 5.1 is here and it actually has 40yd range, too. Cascade? Sure, if you don't mind wasting 66% of it's potential healing.
There's too much power packed into PoH and Aegis and nothing else that really works with AOE damage. If the damage isn't applied to entire groups at once, this spell fails rather badly.
Thats why I want the PoM talent holy can pick instead.
It would help with that.
Warlock - Main - now with GREEN FIRE!
Resto Shaman - Main Alt
Exception - Recruiting for 25man heroic progression
Single target heals = 0% grace. Oh wait, I found another Disc's weak point.
And yeah, Holy DI is something that would work perfectly. Of course, it would probably imbalance the spec, since it's tied to PoH (what else) and the spell is pretty much too good already. It's what happens when they keep buffing one single spell.
If Bliz gave us a new AoE mechanic or altered our current one that would assist us in healing during heavy movement phases they would inadvertently nerf something else to try keep some sort of balance and then people would complain about how weak their single target healing or whatever ability it was that was nerfed.
Personally i still feel disc has a very clunky play style, and to some extent i agree we fail at AoE during movement phases but i have also accepted we are strong in other areas and overall after the recent buff's i like where disc is atm.


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Company wants to build huge power towers near Yuma
Maryland's Solar Wind Energy is working with the town of San Luis, Ariz. to build a pair of power-generating skyscrapers on the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma and they would be the second-tallest structures ever built.
The blueprint calls for each tower to be 2,200-feet high and use a combo of Yuma's incredible summer heat and water piped in from Mexico to spin huge turbines to create 500 megawatts of power each.
It could bring thousands of jobs for Yuma County which has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates, hovering at around 30 percent.
Tourist attraction? Certainly. But Mike Conway with the Arizona Geological Survey said there's one big catch: The plant would be close to the San Andreas earthquake fault.
"You would have to take a long, hard look at the stability of the towers when you could have a quake of 7.5 magnitude a mere 40 to 50 miles away."
The world's tallest tower is in Dubai at 2,700 feet. The Arizona power towers wouldn't be built until at least 2018, if ever.
But according to Forbes, Solar Wind Energy stock was trading at one penny per share earlier this week, down from a company high of 32 cents per share two years ago.


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Greg Capullo Takes Over Art Duties on Ongoing Comic Series, 'Haunt'
Current Artist, Ryan Ottley, to Focus on 'Invincible' and Family
Monday, January 18, 2010
We promised big news this past week, and Comic Book Resources delivered it earlier this morning. After five issues on the new ongoing series, Haunt, Ryan Ottley is leaving to focus on Invincible and his family. "My main focus has always been Invincible, so Haunt was more of a side thing that turned into more work than I imagined," said Ottley. "I'll probably still do an occasional side project here and there, but to take on another ongoing is something I won't do again. I did 14 comics in 2009, and I need to keep it at around 10 to 12 a year in order to keep my sanity and keep the books looking as fresh as possible. Not that I think the issues I did look horribly bad or anything, because I did do my best on them, but being able to spend more time on each page and get proper rest would be nice."
Robert Kirkman, co-creator of the title added, "Ryan got a little bogged down as he neared the work on issue #5 of Haunt. It got to a point where doing the two books monthly was possible, but not necessarily beneficial to the enjoyment of his life. He had to work a little bit more than he cared to. He said that he had to leave one book, and Invincible was the one he was doing the longest. He was really enjoying working on Haunt with myself, Greg and Todd, and we were all sorry to see him go, but we certainly understand the need to squeeze as many minutes out of the day as possible."
While the remaining creative team of Haunt is supportive of Ottley's decision, they'll miss collaborating with the artist on the series. "I'm going to miss his work," said McFarlane. "He said that from time to time, he might rear his head and be able to do something for us, like a cover. He even said he might take a stab at a couple of covers for Spawn, and I'd like to see what that looks like. But it was just that monthly grind of two books - he's just being realistic about it."
Although Ottley's departure comes as a surprise, the aspect of veteran artist Greg Capullo taking the reigns is an exciting prospect. "I've been a huge fan of Greg's work for a long time," Kirkman gushes. "I've been dying to see more work from him, so the fact that I'm going to be writing that work for him is pretty exciting. It's very much like starting a new book, even though I've already been working with the guy already, but my excitement level is about up there with starting a new series with a new collaborator. I'm pretty stoked."
For McFarlane, long time collaborator of Capullo's, it was no question who would take over artist duties on the title, "I think it makes the transition very easy, because the guy taking over the book has actually been involved since the beginning," he said. "Although it's a new penciler, by no means is it a new artist or new look to what you're used to on some of the visual aspects."
As Ottley prepares to leave the title after issue #5, ironically, the reason he's most sad to leave is due to the collaborative work with the new series artist. "I am really going to miss working over Greg Capullo," he said. "The guy is a master storyteller and sets up some great compositions, but the thing I have the most fun with is his figure work. I'm amazed at the structure he quickly lays out for each figure, even the small background people. He has so much information of anatomy in those so few lines and he chooses them perfectly. The guy's got some serious skills from years of experience and hard work, and I try to siphon as much knowledge from his layouts as possible."
Capullo takes over artist duties full time starting with Haunt #6, which was supposed to be a stand-alone fill in issue for him. "It's been a really long time since I've done a monthly title," admitted Capullo. "My speed is way down, but that will come back. I just have to get my flow back. Laying out the book for Ryan and doing layouts for Spawn has helped to get my mind back into storytelling."
"That said, I'm very eager to get back in the ring and show that I can still throw knockout punches," he added. "I'm ready to lace 'em up." And we'll all be there to watch the main event!
Haunt #5, Ryan Ottley's final issue as the book's full-time penciler, hits stores on February 10th, 2010. Greg Capullo takes over as new monthly artist on Haunt #6.
For the full interview from Comic Book Resources, visit comicbookresources.com.


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The Chicco Cortina KeyFit 30 is a top selling travel system, and it's easy to see why. Italian-based Chicco matches its tricked-out Cortina stroller with the renowned KeyFit 30 rear-facing infant car seat to create the ultimate blend of style, convenience, and value.
With an expanded weight rating, Chicco's KeyFit 30 allows your child to stay rear-facing up to 30 pounds, which is one of the highest weight limits among infant car seats. In addition to its extended weight limit, the KeyFit 30 is also highly regarded for its ease of installation. The KeyFit 30 stay-in-car base includes bubble level guides and a single-pull LATCH adjustment to ensure a secure and correct installation in a matter of seconds. The Chicco KeyFit 30 infant car seat comes loaded with safety and comfort features, such as a five-point harness with strap covers, easy push-button/single-pull harness adjustor, and EPS energy absorbing foam.
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Organization for the Relief of Underprivileged Women and Children in Africa. ORUWOCA Inc
P.O Box 278, Waldorf, MD, 20604
Phone: (301) 685-6561| Fax: (240) 724-6481
Website: www.oruwoca.org
Principal Staff:
Mrs. Mireille Gbetholancy-Kun, Founder/President
Irene Y. Wheatley, Vice-President/Outreach and Fund Raising
Norma Bullock, Secretary
Ines Panou, Treasurer
Type of Organization: 501 (C) 3 Tax exempt Organization
Founded: April 2003
Mission Statement:
The Mission of ORUWOCA is to promote effective education, better health, and financial autonomy for underprivileged and vulnerable women and children in Africa.
Subject Expertise:
To raise awareness about the needs of underprivileged and vulnerable women and children in Africa. To enhance the status of women by providing them with Health, Educational and Economic self-help programs such as: health awareness programs such us HIV/AID & malaria; computer literacy; communication technology; small business development; and to provide health education and assistance to women and youth.
Annual Meetings/Conferences:
Second Annual Fundraising Dinner, Saturday April, 26, 2008
Click here for a sneak peek of our First Annual Dinner.
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COLUMBIA CITY (April 18, 2013) — The Northeast Hoosier Conference will cease existence in the summer of 2015.
According to NHC President and Norwell High School Principal Mark A. Misch, all eight member schools will leave the athletic conference in two years.
"Conversations have occurred throughout the school year regarding many different factors concerning the NHC member schools," said Misch in a Thursday press release. "In analyzing many different factors, disparity among schools in terms of enrollment continues to grow. As a result of these discussions, all member schools mutually agreed to withdraw from the NHC effective July 1, 2015."
Columbia City High School has been a member of the NHC since the conference's formation in 1989. Other schools currently in the NHC are Bellmont, Carroll, DeKalb, East Noble, Homestead, New Haven and Norwell.
What the eight schools will do following the break-up is uncertain.
"Principals and athletic directors will be focusing on new future conference membership affiliations," Misch said. "All member schools will abide by the constitution established by the NHC throughout the transition process which should conclude by the end of the 2014-15 school year."
This news comes on the heels of a similar report released Thursday, April 11 that NHC principals and athletic directors were discussing conference membership.
The disparity in enrollment among NHC schools alluded to in today's release concerns the relatively higher enrollments of Homestead and Carroll than other schools in the conference.
According to the Indiana High School Athletic Association's website, Homestead currently has the largest enrollment among NHC schools with 2,214, followed by Carroll with 2,054. East Noble is third largest with 1,237 students.
The smallest enrollments in the NHC belong to Bellmont with 778 students, and Norwell with 822.
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Department of Pan-African Studies Hosts "Urban Art Showcase" ReceptionPosted Feb. 11, 2013
In honor of Black History Month, the Department of Pan-African Studies, in collaboration with Logan Kristopher Arts Marketing, will hold an opening reception for the "Urban Art Showcase" Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m. on the first floor Ritchie Hall Gallery Foyer.
The art showcase demonstrates the multidimensional talents of African American artists from the Greater Cleveland area, and shows positive images of African-Americans at work and play. This exhibit was curated in honor of Black History Month. Artists showcased will include the visual artwork of Kole Robinson Brooks, Loletia Wilson, Viso, Rahmel Guyon, Chester Hopkins-Bey, Anika Nana Afia Ofori, Seven Thirty, Jerome T. White and installations by Rachelle Gallant and Tracey Henson.
The opening reception is free and open to the public. The Uumbaji Gallery of Art is located in Room 134 at Ritchie Hall.
The "Urban Art Showcase" runs from Feb. 11 through March 1.
For more information, contact the Department of Pan-African Studies at 330-672-2300.


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Top venue, great atmosphere, top acts, top night! Before the G&G set, thoroughly enjoyed the Simian Mobile Disco set (one half of, James Ford wasn't there).
Gerald and Graham were on stage at about 2 am, but it wasn't until the DJ finished his set with Don't Go by Yazoo, that they kicked off the analogue mayhem (around 02:15). Photos to follow, but just imagine a huge deck with loads of analogue gear on it. Gerald on one side, Graham on the other. Every now and then Graham would pop over the other side and adjust a knob or change something. Obviously thoroughly enjoying himself, why he was even dancing! Randomly one of the two would do something that would trigger a smile in the other one. It was fantastic to see them re-united and enjoying themselves.
Somehow bridging the gap between vintage and future, Graham also made use of his TenoriOn. Futuristic sounds, timeless...
The whole set was one long session, no interludes. Well, there was one (probably unintended), where the crowd started cheering, but the set went straight on. After about an hour the acid squelches started getting heavier and in parts it reminded me of Prebuild stuff. They also shouted stuff into a microphone, making weird noises.
They finished at around 03:45, which made it a good 1 1/2 hour set. Graham was very surprised when I told him, he had no idea how long they had been playing for.
Now, did someone record it? Well, the battery of Roland's bootleg minidisk recorder gave up after 20 minutes... Whether there's a recording from the mixing desk only Graham will know. Let us pray.
Will they do it again? I hope so, but the magic of this night will be hard to recreate!
Thanks to the guys from Wang for making this very special event possible!!


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To say that La Miniatura founder Jeffrey Sebelia has lived a full life would be like saying that La Miniatura's impeccably tailored, super-chic boys' clothes are "sort of stylish, I suppose." In the 1990s, Sebelia belonged to the rock band Lifter, which scored a minor hit on the music charts. In the mid-aughts, he won <i>Project Runway</i>'s third season and started his adult-size fashion label Cosa Nostra, which has outfitted household names such as Madonna and Gwen Stefani. In 2011 Sebelia teamed up with Melissa Bochco and founded La Miniatura, which strives to "dress your kid with dignity" by offering up ultra-classy kids' clothing. La Miniatura's perfectly cut velvet suits and plaid chambray blazers, sharp skinny jeans, colorful pants and button-down shirts, and sleek trench coats are inspired by the post-punk era (arguably one of the most stylish periods for men in modern history) but updated and miniaturized for fashion-forward little guys ages two to 14 years. The only drawback to La Miniatura's stylish line is that it might make dads jealous.
A curated list of our must-haves for the season
Easy-to-pack pieces, perfectly cut out for sunny vacations.
Outfit him head to toe in preppy summer steals
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