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Wine Jargon: Why Does Cool Climate Matter?
Cool climate is the kind of phrase that spills from the mouths of sommeliers, winemakers, sales reps, and export managers often enough that it may risk falling from the class of 'semi-technical term' to the level of 'brandspeak'. Hopefully, this won't be the case, because the phrase describes an important effect of a wine's place of origin, and some of us are sort of in love with that effect, and don't want to see the words lose their sheen. For now, the phrase still moves us. More


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Today was Day 3 of food prep at the Test Kitchen. My GastRAWnomique molecular gastronomy inspired dinner is just days away. Chris Ochs and Josh from SunFood personally delivered a ton of superfoods. Diane Paylor and I were elbow deep in cacao. And Top Chef Alex Reznik was cold smoking my cashews for me.
To cold smoke, Alex uses a smoking gun packed with chips to push smoke into a sealed container of raw cashews. The cashews absorb the aroma of the smoke, but stay raw. Pretty cool. No pun intended.
Restaurant Mo-Chica's Ricardo Zarate and I making Cheddar Kale Chips.
Richi helping me set up 8 Excalibur Dehydrators. These are my favorite dehydrators, and they come with Paraflexx reusable non-stick sheets. Thanks for sending them over to me Excalibur! So much love from the community, sponsors have been super generous and include: Excalibur, Sambazon, Earth Circle Organics, Sunfood, Gold Mine Natural Food, Frontier Natural Products Co-Op, Big Tree Farms.
Chef Seth Greenburg at the Huntley Hotel Penthouse Restaurant invited me into his kitchen where he shared with me some of his favorite molecular gastronomy techniques.
Chef Seth and I compressed melons and cucumbers, and put chemicals into water and fruit puree to create popular spheres or 'caviar'. We even made 'noodles'. See what could be done using chemicals got my creative juices flowing thinking about ways to create similar effects without chemicals, and instead 100% natural and raw.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit has taken three suspects into custody and expects more arrests in connection with an operational meth lab that was discovered.
Agents acting on a tip found an active meth lab at a residence at 124 Chris Lane, near U.S. 17-A and Farrell Street in Moncks Corner, according to a statement released by the BCSO last week.
Deputies smelled a strong chemical odor and observed a thick white cloud coming from inside the house, according to the BCSO. Agents identified the odor and white smoke as a product of a meth lab.
A search warrant was executed on the residence where agents located an active meth lab in the kitchen, along with methamphetamine components and paraphernalia throughout the house.
Arrested was Bryan Allen Adkins, 26, of 124 Chris Lane; Mathew Benjamin Legette, 32, of 360 Volunteer Lane in Summerville; and Brittney Dane Euthon, 23, of 310 Bayboro Circle in Goose Creek.
All were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine. Agents say more arrests are expected in this case.
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Everyone has their grocery store of preference. My family has always favored HEB. Its friendly service, organized isles, and delicious recipes have kept us coming back for more.
My younger sister and I have kept the family tradition going by shopping at HEB throughout our college years. Our biggest problem is that we always go grocery shopping when we're hungry. Our growling stomachs make us want to put almost everything into our grocery carts. The one thing that saves us from spending all of our money is HEB's free samples and their crafty, clever recipes!
There happens to be one particular recipe that we enjoy the most. This cowboy outlaw recipe is the most wanted in town and in our stomachs – Texas Caviar.
1 jar of HEB Relish that Corn
1 can of HEB Black Beans
1 container of HEB Pico de Gallo
¾ container of Crumbled Feta Cheese
1 bag of Tostitos Scoops
1. Place Relish that Corn, Black Beans, Pico de Gallo, and Crumbled Feta Cheese into the same bowl.
2. Stir the ingredients together.
3. Scoop Texas Caviar onto your Tostitos Scoops and eat your heart out!
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Agnes I. Dunbar, 92, of Dunbar Hill Road, North Fayston, passed away in the comfort of her family at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin on Thursday, January 18, 2007. Born in Fayston on June 1, 1914, she was the daughter of the late John and Hannah (Durkee) Hoffman. On October 15, 1932, she married Gerald L. Dunbar in Waterbury Center. Mr. Dunbar passed away on April 12, 1995.
Agnes attended schools in Fayston and then was employed as a housekeeper and cook at the Knoll Farm Inn in Fayston, the Alpen Inn in Waitsfield as well as a housekeeper for several private homes in the Mad River Valley. In addition, Agnes was busy as a homemaker, raising their 10 children and helping her husband with the family logging business. Her hobbies included quilting, vegetable and flower gardening, and bird watching.
Agnes is survived by her children, Doris Audet of Northfield, Janice Hanlon of No. Fayston, Lorraine Barlow of Sun City, FL, Carol Purdy of Johnstown, NY, Sheila Stoodley of Perkinsville, Jane Welcome of Colchester, Valerie Angolano of Shelburne, Bernard Dunbar and Bruce Dunbar, both of Fayston; 30 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family. She was predeceased by a son, Cedric Dunbar, as well as three brothers and three sisters.
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A macro look at the iPhone 5 in micro-fine detail
Getting up close and extremely personal with the new iPhone 5 iSight and FaceTime camera, in-cell display, nano-SIM card, and Lightning connector
We've already shown you just how stunning the new design looks in our iPhone 5 gallery but we also want to go in for a much closer look at all the little details. Apple is manufacturing the iPhone 5 using some incredibly advanced equipment and tolerances measured in microns. The backing is anodized 6000 series aluminum with ceramic or pigmented glass inlays. The iSight camera is covered by sapphire crystal and the beveled edges are cut by crystalline diamond. It's been said the iPhone 5 is closer in kind to a luxury time piece than what's traditionally passed for consumer electronics.
How much of that is just marketing and ad copy, and how much is reality undistorted? If the details matter that much to Apple, how well did they execute on those details? Let's take a really close look...
8mp iSight rear camera, the new rear mic, and flash.
720p FaceTime front camera and speaker.
The in-cell display.
The pixels of the new in-cell display.
The new Lightning port, new speaker and mic grills, and the newly repositioned 3.5mm headphone jack.
The pins inside the new Lightning port.
The new nano-SIM in the card tray.
All shots taken with a Canon 5D Mark III and an EF 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Macro lens, embedded at HiDPI for iPhones, iPad 3, and Retina MacBook Pro.
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A macro look at the iPhone 5 in micro-fine detail
am I the only one that did not ejaculate all over the monitor?
Instead of designing a watch, they should have spend that time and money on the maps app.
I'm just curious, why do you dislike Apple's Maps? I have nothing but good things to say about it. I feel that it's much better than the Google Maps app on iOS that it is replacing. But, I can definitely understand that some people are upset that there aren't public transit directions in the new Maps app, at least for right now away. I live in Raleigh, NC, so that doesn't effect in the slightest bit. But anyway, what do you feel like Apple could have done better on?
Are you serious or taking a survey? Lets see. I dropped a pin and it landed in my neighbors backyard. Am I the only one that noticed that the maps are like 3 years old? A lot of things around my home are not even on them. NO STREET VIEW. That was a very nice function. You could SEE the place you were trying to find before you got there. No transit info, which really makes no sense considering Apple is practically in San Francisco. The public transportation capital of the world. I can't understand them pulling Google until this was ready to fly. And, have you seen some the screen shots people are sending from overseas? Entire cities under cloud cover. Not Apples best work.........
Brilliant Stuff! I haven't seen anybody else on the web doing this....Well Done!
Why is everyone trying to compare the new iPhone 5 to luxury watches? Apple did NOT redesign the phone, they modified the design from the iPhone 4/4S. Don't get me wrong the iPhone 5 is a nice looking phone but there is nothing new about the design minus being slightly taller and a smidge thinner. Other than that is looks just like an iPhone 4.
A 50 year old Rolex, Omega or Tag Heuer is still a beautiful watch... the iPhone design won't last another 3 years before it is obsolete.
The problem is that you'r e comparing things like classic mechanical wrist watches with a modern piece of electronics - which is really more like a small computer. Unfortunately, or fortunately - depends how you look at it, the iPhone 5 will become obsolete due to its internals (chip, memory, etc) which are constantly evolving due to the industry pushing forward, but NOT because of its design. The iPhone 5 is a design that will be far more 'timeless', and without a doubt outlast the likes of Samsung GSIII or Nokia Lumia 920.
To me, the iPhone 5 design is reminiscent of something like a Leica camera. You can call the old film versions "obsolete", but that design still thrives today in the form of a digital version.
I'm not comparing them to a classic timepiece, the writers of the article are. I'm pretty sure that this isn't the first device to be called 'timeless'. As far as a watch or your comparison to a Leica camera, people still pay big money for those and actually use them even though in the Leica's stance the technology is obsolete or the Rolex is 50 years old.
Again, don't get me wrong the iPhone is a beautiful phone but by no means a classic design. In reality it is a tweaked design of the iPhone 4 not something original. So I guess that by that omission the iPhone 4 is now (or is actually) the classic. Now that being said, I do agree that the design of the iPhone will (and already has) outlast the design of the likes of the Samsung GSIII and Nokia Lumia 920. But I'm sure that in a few years, when the iPhone 6 or 7 is released there will be a similar article and the iPhone 5 design will be considered dated.


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Head Coach Wes Moore
Thoughts on the game
"We just couldn't buy a shot in the first half. We couldn't layups, for that matter, or put-backs. The first half was frustrating. I think I was a little disappointed in the first half because I thought we played really well in our scrimmage. I thought we clicked well offensively in the scrimmage, but tonight we did too much standing around. Defensively, we are really trying to get after people and make it tough for them to run their stuff, but I didn't feel like we did that well. Again, you have to give Lee a lot of credit. Head Coach Marty Rowe does an excellent job and his kids are fundamental. They are going to play hard. They shot the ball well in the first half and we didn't. It was a scary situation, but we settled down a little bit in the second half and shot the ball much better. We did win a lot of the hustle categories, as far as points off turnover, points off rebound and second-chance points. That was a good sign. We will get together and watch the film tonight as a staff. I am sure we are going to see a lot of things we need to do much better a week from tomorrow night."
Thoughts on creating turnovers
"I thought in the first half we didn't do a whole lot to create those types of plays. I don't know how many steals we had at the half, but we did a little bit more of what we wanted to do in the second half. We got in the passing lanes a little bit more and dictated what the offense could do. I know Ka'Vonne Towns (Liburn, Ga.) make a couple of plays, Taylor Hall (New Tazewell, Tenn.) made some plays and Alex Black (Memphis, Tenn.) made a couple of plays. We had some people that were looking to make something happen on defense, and that is encouraging. I guess we had the six steals at halftime so we doubled that in the second half. It was a much better effort from that standpoint."
Thoughts on Faith Dupree's play
"Her and Ashlen Dewart are both very capable of scoring down on the block, but I thought we stood around and waited for Lee to do their thing in the first half. I don't want them to just stare at the post and wait until they get a good seal or get in a good position and go to them. I want the perimeter to create something and to get each other open. I want them to create some open looks and for themselves. We just didn't do a very good job of that. So, like I said, we have a lot of work to do."
Faith Dupree, junior, forward
On comfort going into the game
"I saw that we had nerves in the first half so that probably helped me a little bit. I have played a couple of games, but the freshmen were a little nervous. I don't think I worried about my back because I was trying to help them calm down. Alicia Payne (Memphis, Tenn.) was kind of quiet during warm-ups, and that kind of made me nervous. But I didn't even worry about my back."
Thoughts on run in the second half
"I think we just had a first-half warm-up. It helped us get rid of our nerves and helped us get into the swing of things. We saw how we wanted to do things and how we wanted to play defense. It finally just kicked in during the second half."
Thoughts on creating turnovers
"That is our goal from Coach Moore. We are playing a lot of push defense where we get around and get in peoples' faces a lot more than we have in the past. I think that is the goal the whole season."


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Dumas and the CountNovember 21,2012The senior Alexandre Dumas was a very prolific writer, particularly of historical novels, which sometimes ran to several volumes. He wrote in the days before there were typewriters, and sometimes hired hacks to write the background text for his works. But when he wanted to concentrate on personalities, he had a keen ear for dialogue and human nature.
The Count of Monte Cristo is a Gothic tale of unjust imprisonment, fabulous wealth and implacable revenge. One section is about a breakfast in Paris, given by a viscount, Albert de Morcerf, for the count. He met the count in Rome and invited him to the breakfast at 10:30 on a certain date. He had invited various friends to participate and the dialogue perfectly reflects the banter and gossip of upper-class Parisians of the time.
The background international event has to do with a pretender to the Spanish throne, Don Carlos, who the French have taken into protective custody on the Spanish border. The first guest to arrive at Morcerfs apartment for breakfast is Lucien Debray, secretary to the minister of the interior. Morcerf says:
Your punctuality really alarms me. You, whom I expected last, arrive at five minutes to 10, when the time fixed was half-past. Has the ministry resigned?
No, my dear fellow returned the young man, seating himself on the divan. Reassure yourself. We are tottering always, but we never fall....
Morcerf says: I see you have a blue ribbon at your buttonhole.
Yes, they sent me the order of Charles III, returned Debray carelessly.
Come, do not affect indifference, but confess you were pleased to have it.
Oh, it is very well as a finish to the toilet. It looks very neat on a black coat buttoned up ... It is for that reason you see me so early.
Because you have the order of Charles III and wish to announce the good news to me?
No, because I passed the night writing letters, 25 dispatches. I got up and went for a ride. In the Bois de Boulonge boredom and hunger attacked me at once. I then recollected you gave a breakfast this morning, and here I am. I am hungry, feed me. I am bored, amuse me.
After a little more conversation comes the arrival of Beauchamp a newspaper editor, But Debray says contemptuously that he never reads the papers.
Come in, come in, said Albert rising and advancing to meet the young man. Here is Debray, who detests you without reading you.
He is quite right, returned Beauchamp, for I criticize him without knowing what he does. Good-day, commander.
Ah, you know about that already, said the private secretary, smiling and shaking hands with him.
Soon there arrive a young aristocrat, Chateau-Renaud, and a soldier, Maximilian Morrel. After more chit-chat, Debray is impatient for breakfast, and says, Come, my dear Albert, confess that your cook is behindhand, that the oysters have not arrived from Ostend ... say so at once, and we are sufficiently well-bred to excuse you.
Morcerf explains how the Count of Monte Cristo rescued him from bandits outside Rome. His friends listen, half doubting, and just as 10:30 strikes the valet announces the count. The story continues:
The count advanced, smiling, into the center of the room and approached Albert, who hastened toward him holding out his hand in a ceremonial manner. Punctuality said Monte Cristo, is the politeness of kings, according to one of your sovereigns, I think. But it is not the same with travelers. However I hope you will excuse the two or three seconds I am behindhand. Five hundred leagues are not to be accomplished without some trouble, and especially in France where, it seems, it is forbidden to beat the postilions.
The count makes quite an impression on the group of young men, as blase as they profess to be, and the plot thickens as the story continues, but the conversations listed here illustrate what an acute ear Dumas possessed for the interchange of thoughts among upper-class Parisians of his day.
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Zack Moore is this month's Featured Teacher and he has a very interesting background! Learn more about Zack's approach to teaching and his interests in our interview below.
First, a bit about Zack Moore…
Zack currently teaches middle school science and math at the Laguna Blanca school in scenic Santa Barbara. He previously taught at the American Nicaraguan School in Managua, where he developed curriculum and taught physics, conceptual physics and earth science. Prior to his foray in Central America, he taught physics, physical science and mathematics at both Gateway Charter and Burton High Schools in San Francisco, and served as an 8th grade chemistry instructor for the MAGIS Summer Program for underrepresented youth in the Bay Area. He initiated his teaching career serving in the Peace Corps. He was posted to Ghana, West Africa, where he headed up both a secondary school physics department as well as the physics department for a Regional Science Resource Center for five school districts.
If you could give a TED talk, what would it be about?
I would probably choose a talk in my area of interest which is differentiated learning. Differentiated learning is all about creating multi-level lessons that reach students on a variety of levels to meet their individual needs – so that your top performing students still feel challenged, and your lower performing students don't feel like they've been left behind.
While there are many talented teachers, there are also a large number of teachers who are not fully trained to teach a wide range of learners. Differentiated learning is not just about classroom management, it's almost an art form – the ability to create lessons that can cater to all students' needs.
Why do you use Curriki?
I like Curriki because I don't have to "recreate the wheel" when I'm looking for a resource. If someone has already created a similar lesson, I can use it as-is, or adapt it, and not have to start from scratch. Plus, I get a completely different perspective if another teacher has created a lesson in a whole new way. By seeing what other teachers are doing, I can really expand my horizons.
What is Curriki's best kept secret?
Curriki resources are being created every day in real time, and I like the fact that I can modify someone else's work to fit my needs or add them to my own resources to create custom teaching tools.
What advice would you give to new teachers?
Don't act as if you're on an island! Get other teachers in your classroom, and get in other teachers' classrooms – be observed. And don't take their feedback with a critical slant. Many new teachers are blindsided by the amount of work involved, as well as the lack of collaboration in certain schools which can really stymie teachers in the first few years.
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What's the first website you check every day?
http://www.Surfline.com which gives surf reports – information on swells and winds. [Note: Zack tries to spend most of his free time surfing and playing beach volleyball.]
Favorite Curriki resource you'd like others to check out?
I really like project-based math units that integrate real-world applications and creativity into lessons to make learning fun. My Project Based Pre-Algebra unit has an artistic slant to it, allowing students to excel in other areas outside of the straight mathematical component.
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Name your favorite guilty pleasure.
There's nothing I feel too guilty about, but I do love chips and salsa (not the healthiest food)!
Zack received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of North Carolina, Charlotte and earned his Masters degree in Multicultural Education from San Francisco State University, where he was a Peace Corps Fellow. He currently holds California Single Subject Clear Credentials in Physics and Math.


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Betty Joan Cline, 68, of Racine passed away after a long illness on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Betty Jo was born November 1, 1944, in Mingo County. She was the daughter of the late Eltis "Buck" and Sinda Miller formerly of Gilbert. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother Benny Douglas Miller , and nephew Walter Land, Jr.
She is survived by her husband, Bobby Joe Cline, son, Robert Eltis "Robby" Cline, and her grandson Robert Joseph "RJ" Cline of Racine. Also surviving are her sisters, brother and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Cline taught public school for 39 years and retired as the Cooperative Education Director for the Boone County Career Center. She obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Education from Marshall University and dedicated her life to children. She enjoyed spending time with family and shopping with her sisters. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandson, RJ and spoiling her son, Robby.
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 31 at Handley Funeral Home, Danville. Burial will follow in Pineview Cemetery, Orgas.
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I have been looking at the AR varmit kit advertised in SG for $449.00. anyone have any experiance with this company??? pretty low price I wonder about the barrel quality?
I have been looking at the AR varmit kit advertised in SG for $449.00. anyone have any experiance with this company??? pretty low price I wonder about the barrel quality?
I bought an M4 kit, the upper came assembled. I put it on my DPMS lower and the first test firing, it did a multishot runaway--freaked me out.
Tried my oly upper on the dpms, worked fine, then tried the blackthorne on my oly and had the same runaway effect.
Contacted them and shipped it in for replacement--the CS was good and even though it was beyond the "inspection" period (i did a function check and it was fine, but took a while to get to the range) they traded it and sent me a new one (but I was out return shipping).
The next one worked fine on the dpms but wouldn't fit on the oly...now I know olys are their own spec (putting it politely), or at least the one I have is. Anyhow, it worked fine after that but I ended up selling the whole rig. Wasn't thrilled with the product, but I'd give their CS dept a thumbs up. I might give them another chance on AR stuff, but for sure would on the other stuff (the AK kits I got were nice).
be aware that they were once Hesse/Vulcan.
See if Coleman Tyler.com offers what you're looking for. Great service and their prices are good on most DPMS products. Whenever you order a new bolt carrier you need to disasemble and clean the packed grease out of it prior to firing. That could have caused the run away, hard to tell. I found that out when all I could get was a CLICK. Upon inspection, I found so much grease that the pin couldn't move all the way forward.
WE used them for my friends build and i used a a2 kit from sherluk for my dads build on a Gunsmoke enterprises match lower it fit it perfect and fires flawlessly the one that had blackthorne kit was a a2 also and a doublestar lower it went together okwas a little tough getting rear pin to go thru lower but it fires fine and at 389 for a a2 kit isn't bad. he just wishes he would have gotten the a3 flat top like i told him to.
Run like hell.
They're here in MN. It's a rebadged Hesse. WAAAAAY out of spec parts! Worse than garbage...
Don't bother with any of it!
Gee I have two of their rifles, kits I assembled, on DPMS recievers...not a single issue with either of them..
I will add I have AR rifles from every major manufacturer...and these cheapo's function, fit and finish was right in there...not bad for the price imho.
Course I also have a Hesse recievered FAL...shoots flawlessly...
Thats just life I guess, either way they were easy to deal with and I am pretty happy with them, I know I will be ordering from them again.


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I will be 36 weeks pregnant tomorrow. My BP has been running high for me at some of my prenatal appointments (mostly in the 130s/70-80s, my pre-pregnancy was around 110/60). I have had trace protein on the dipstick for a couple of appointments but nothing more than that. I went and bought a home cuff so that I could keep an eye on it. My readings from July 14-19 were all in the 115-120/70-80 range but then from July 20th til now, they have ranged from 127-169/75-90. I called and went in for a blood pressure check yesterday because I was concerned that I had a headache. My pressure at the office was 162/77 so they sent me to L&D for monitoring and blood work. I was semi-reclined in the bed for over an hour and my pressures ranged from 140s-186/70-80. All but a couple of them were in the 160s/70s, with one reading in the 140s and one at 186 (Yikes!). At that point, the nurse came in and had me lay on my left side for the rest of the time. All of my readings were then in the 150s/70-80 except for the very last one was 140something/70something. On my discharge papers, only the last reading is noted and I don't feel that gives an accurate representation of what occurred so I hope they reported more than that to the OB and kept the full monitoring strip in my chart too! The nurse called the OB and I thought that they may want to monitor it longer based on all the 160s readings but when she came back in she said, "Ok, he says you can go home now." They didn't even send me with a 24 hour urine collection jug or anything. I asked her if the pressures didn't matter since all the bloodwork came back okay and she said that in her eyes I definitely have one piece of preeclampsia (the PIH portion) and that she would recommend that I stay on bedrest and call if ANYTHING changes (funny thing is, the Dr. never even told me to be on bedrest so it was good she added that herself! The nurse seemed much more concerned about it than the Dr. though.). So, I came home and laid in bed all night and have been here today besides bathroom breaks. My pressure has been lower so far staying between 135-145/70-80 (so almost all under the 140/90 that means PIH). I will go back to the OB tomorrow for a blood pressure check. That is where I worry. When you go in for just a blood pressure check, you don't even see the Dr. if the reading that they get isn't very concerning. So, if I go in and they get a good reading at that one point in time (and my urine still has only trace protein), they will say, "Ok, you're good to go, see you next week" and send me on my way. Even if my reading is under 140/90, based on the readings at the hospital yesterday (and over the 3 days before that at home), don't I need to be watched more closely? And doesn't baby need to be checked on? I am scared to death about him not getting enough oxygen/nutrients because of this (or worse, having the placenta abrupt or something).
So, I guess my questions would be:
Does it matter as much since my diastolic is staying down or is a high systolic on its own concerning as well? I guess I'm trying to figure out why the OB doesn't seem worried about it.
Does the blood pressure not matter as much since the bloodwork and protein were good? Does the PIH alone need closer monitoring and testing or just when it is paired with bad bloodwork/spilling protein?
If my pressure comes back lower tomorrow (below 140/90) which it may since it has been down so far today, do I need to ask to see the Dr. anyway and push for additional testing?
If so, what testing would you recommend? (I'm thinking 24 hr urine, growth ultrasound and BPP for baby?)
If my blood pressure stays down all today and continues like that tomorrow, couldn't it shoot back up at any time? That is what worries me.
I want more than anything to make it to full term and let baby decide when he is ready to come out, especially since I am planning a natural birth and that is harder with induction. However, even more so, I want to do what is best for the health of baby and me even if that means delivering early! Do you think we need to talk induction? What if my numbers stay down from now on, would it be okay to just monitor or do those few days of high readings still mean it's not worth pushing it?
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Time to throw in the towel? UPDATE
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels January 23, 2014 - 1:43pm
East Side Catholic, widely covered on dotCommonweal, made it big today: Front Page treatment by the NYTimes (print edition, January 23, 2013). Top people at the school have bailed. There is concern about future enrollment and current donors (though the story gives no data). The schools contradictory statements and decisions have it in a tangle. The students are in charge. Story here.
Time to close the school down?
Just for fun: the story is by Michael Paulson, once at the Boston Globe where he shut down Cardinal Law.
UPDATE: Given the direction of the discourse here and other relevant posts, perhaps I should have headlined this post: THE TOWEL WILL BE THROWN IN suggesting that the school is unlikely to survive the controversy, having nothing to do with the bishop or the church's teachings, as such, but with the conclusions, economic and political, of the parents of all the students (protestors and non-protestors as well as next year's applicants).
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This isn't an archdiocesan school - according to the website, it's "an independent not-for-profit school affiliated with the Catholic Church." I'm not saying it's anywhere near this point, but isn't it more likely that a school like this (if it's otherwise prosperous and popular) would ultimately explore de-affiliating from the church? Why close it down? Perhaps there is a parallel here with some of the choices facing independent Catholic hospitals as far as their Catholic affiliation.
As a parent of 2 20-somethings I can attest that gay marriage, or as they say, "we call it marriage" is only an issue to the extent that it isn't available everywhere. It is totally and completely accepted by them and their friends. Ultimately, this will be this generation's birth control ban, a Church teaching which causes many to leave the Church, but is utterly ignored by most of those who remain. By holding to this "teaching" the hierarchy continues to undermine its position, just as by continuing to uphold Humanae Vitae an earlier generation of the hierarchy undermined its own credibility.
Tom: How about a hypotethical? An independent institution (school, hospital, social service agency) that raises its own funds, has its own legal standing, and wants to call itself Catholic, because it's board, administration, employees, etc. are Catholic. Further stipulate that it considers itself Catholic because it accepts Catholic teaching and tradition, or it publically says it is. What if it were a hospital required by law to offer abortion services? Should it acquiesce? Should it stop calling itself Catholic? Should it close down?
Make that a Catholic high school required by law to offer sex education that included information about contraception and abortion. Its student health service would be required to offer referrals to sexually active and/or pregnant students? Should it acquiesce? Should it stop calling itself Catholic? Should it close down?
So make that East Side Catholic. And make the issue same-sex marriage. It appears that the school's public relations have been a complete muddle. Perhaps the departures of top leaders has removed the pr problem. But that has not resolved its dilemma. Should it acquiesce in the student demands and rehire Mr. Z? Should it stop calling itself Catholic and simply become a private school? Or...should it close down? There doesn't seem to be an easy resolution of its problem.
Just for fun: the story is by Michael Paulson, once at the Boston Globe where he shut down Cardinal Law.
His bio is still on the Globe website:
He was co-author of this week's NYTimes story on the release of the Chicago sexual abuse files:
I hope that this indicates that the Times is going to give him a continuing role in reporting on religion.
There are other cases of private Catholic schools choosing a route independent of the diocese . A requirement of the bishop of the Arlington Diocese in Virginia led Notre Dame Academy to disassociate itself with the Catholic church. It is now called Middleburg Academy. This has happened with hospitals as well, as we know, with the most notorious recent case being St. Joseph's of Phoenix, which became "not Catholic" officially when it refused to bow to the demands of the bishop. It is still run by a religious order and it still calls itself St. Joseph's.
In Baltimore, the former bishop, Edwin O'Brien, made multiple demands of the Legion of Christ and restricted many of their activities in the diocese. They operated a school called Woodmont Academy - it was not closed by the bishop, but did close in 2011 due to insufficient enrollment. How much the disapproval of the bishop influenced enrollment along with the news stories about the order is anybody's guess. Probably both contributed to the school's failure.
What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive ...
Mostly ourselves, I suppose, when we deny the essential truth(s) of our lives.
Here is a "startup" independent Catholic high school for girls in the Diocese of Trenton.
They sought, and did not receive, the bishop's endorsement to identify themselves as a Catholic high school (with its program of religious instruction approved by the diocese, etc.). So instead they are proceeding anyway, calling themselves a school "in the Catholic tradition." I don't know anything about whether their lack of official standing is helping or hurting, temporary or permanent. It wasn't an ideological conflct that brought about this lack of formal affiliation, but it's another example of someone going down this path.
I like those questions, Margaret, but it'd take brief to answer them, I think! "Closing down" seems the least favorable...As far as the name "catholic," I haven't checked to see how "eastside uses it.
But the questions you raise do remain.
I think of my daughter currently attending a wonderful NYS college that ws was once "Catholilc" now in the hands of a lay board (with still a religous on the board, I believe) and yet with grat influences of women religious, lay campus minister, a priest Dean and having a better "Catholic" expereince tyhan I hear of from some others... all anecdotes, I know.
Hard identity and integrity questions and worth pondering.
MOS: "…The students are in charge.
"Time to close the school down?"
I am surprised that so few (any?) have commented on the question of whether the students are in charge, or at leats are driving the narrative. Much less whether that should be evidence toward whether the school should be shut down, which is how I read the juxtaposition.
I think it is wonderful that the students have acted to exert moral authority in a matter they clearly find compelling in moral terms. What was the purpose of their moral education if not to be able to analyze a situation and make a judgment as to how they should respond? Surely, this is exactly what we wish (or should wish) as the outcome of their learning.
Note that they are putting aside as irrelevant the entire range of legal (contract) issues that occupies so many comments here. They are responding to the form of Christian witness they see (as Francis has instructed then to do as the test of evangelism) – and the answer is that the students align themselves with the witness of Love. They are all confirmed Catholics, I suppose, so we are to treat them as peers in regard to studying the Gospel. Right? Or what is Confirmation all about? Are we to imagine that they do not understand the moral issues (they may indeed be naïve with respect to Anglo-Saxon common law of contracts, but that is emphatically NOT their issue – nor should it be).
When I was their age (or a bit younger) I reacted to a moral outrage at my parish church, and really to the abject failure of the ministry or senior laity to respond in any Christian way. In the context given us by Pope Francis, I looked at the witness that was shown to me, and found it so frighteningly un-Christian that I walked away. I have re-entered a Catholic church twice in 50 years – once for the baptism of a friend's child and once for the installment of another friend as a Deacon.
With luck and sensible actions, the Church in the area of Eastside will not lose those kids.
Mark L.
Mark's comment reflects what I wrote on another previous blog on this subject that the students are learning something, but it is probably to do with integrity, sexual orientation and expression, and intolerance that will at some point soon distance most of them from the "institutional" Church.
As all know, the ship has sailed on this issue in American culture and how this will play out on the American stage and the world stage (with homosexuality yet severely punishable in some African nation) and the Church's refusal thus far to truly examine issues of sexuality in this era will probably diminish or distract from Pope Francis seemingly resounding messages about the economic disparities throughout the world.
As all know, the ship has sailed on this issue in American culture
That's probably true for the communities in which most of the folks who post, comment and read here live, and/of for the demographic groups with which we tend to hang out.
But America is a vast and diverse nation. Same sex marriage is not equally accepted in all places and among all gropus. Probably there are some states in which the courts have legalized same sex marriage by fiat, for which a majority of the residents would be happy-to-indifferent if it somehow became illegal again.
It's possible that the way this all gets resolved is that the school hires a new president who is adept at crisis management; that Zmuda stays fired; that the school community comes to terms with it; and life goes on for Eastside Catholic. It's quite likely that there are folks in authority who are working at this moment to bring about that outcome.
Eduardo posts above on various strategies that Catholic institutions could deploy to resolve issues such as those at East Side Catholic. And as Cathleen Kaveney might point out (don't know that she would), the church has a long tradition of casuistry that morally permits (if not allows) situations in which Church teachings have been overlooked without necessarily over-riding church teaching (funeral Masses and Christian burial for Mafiosos and convicted criminals, including war criminals, etc.). I am sure better examples could be produced.
What interests me in this case is that it appears that the narrative is driven (as ML observes) by the students' (or at least some students) view that the Vice-President/swimming coach had done nothing to require his being fired (his contractual agreement notwithstanding). That narrative seems to be pulling the school apart with concerns about its future, at least according to the Times' story. We can be pretty sure that there are other views within the school community, including students, that hold a different view, which is unlikely to shape the narrative concerning Eastside Catholic. Those voices are unlikely to be pursued, because they are outside the liberal narrative on this subject (some of those voices may be prejudiced, others may have helpful quesitons to raise).
I am curious, and a bit surprised that comments here avoid the larger issue of what it means to be a Catholic institution, or an institution in the Catholic tradition. Many such institutions, especially educational ones, will find themselves in the hands of lay people, competing with other private or non-profit schools, that is inevitable and a good thing. But what will those lay people have to back up claims, and sincere ones, that they are Catholic? Bracket the same-sex marriage issue and think of other hot-button issues: laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons anywhere, laws requiring schools to provide abortion referrals, laws prohibitng schools from accepting the children of illegal immigrants....I could go on.
All those East Coast prep schools that are the incubators for out nation's elites where once schools run by Protestant churches, then they were schools in the Protestant tradition, and now....?
I think it is wonderful that the students have acted to exert moral authority in a matter they clearly find compelling in moral terms.
But they are still students which means they are still learning. Its great that they are speaking up so that their teachers can explain the Church's position on the issue. Personally, I find the Church's teaching intellectually beautiful and rational. The other side, not so much.
Kudos to Mark's comment above - appear that they have taken in actual catholic moral values - as Kaveny would say - virtues.
More of the institution rides herd on the catholic community - a la sex abuse; a la school/parish closings, etc.
The point about Catholic institutiions is the one I was trying to address and grapple with very personally in my daughter's experience at this fine college she is attending. The" spiritual life" is fostered there by some excellent campus ministries, I suspect, but without the formal "Catholic" imprimatur. I am doing some informal and anecdotal questionings of other parents whose lifestyle and values are similar to our own and how their children/students are nurtured at formally Catholic institutions... will satisfy my own curiosity if not prove a thing...
Let us call for the students to provide us with their moral analysis of the situation, its underpinnings, its arguments and counter-arguments, and the likely outcome of that analysis.
Ms. Steinfels - http://www.king5.com/news/local/Eastside-Catholic-resumes-school-protesting-students-will-be-disciplined-238813151.html
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"Parents were informed of a new "Effecting Change" workshop, for students to voice concerns on the Catholic Church and its future. At the same time, they were told if their child protests Zmuda's departure, they will be sent home."
Of course, with the principal's resignation, who knows where this is going now?
Especially note:
"The archdiocese supports the decision. The decision has been misunderstood and mischaracterized by some, and we now have the opportunity to help our students learn even more about Catholic teaching," Sartain said in a statement earlier this month."
Not sure if this gets at what you want - "A protest petition to Sartain, at the time bearing 21,000 names, was submitted to the archdiocese last Wednesday. The petition organizers read a statement, evoking the "Who am I to judge?" spirit of Pope Francis and telling Sartain:
"The year is 2014: It's time to stop firing teachers for being gay. Please take this bold step and help stem the firing of gay Catholic educators. Be a shining light for your colleagues in other dioceses. If you lead, they will follow."
The petition urged the archdiocese and its school system to take a transparent and "holistic" approach when considering the fate of married gay and lesbian teachers. It urged that the community be consulted, and Jesus' teachings in the Gospels be taken into account.
In terms of Sartrain - the usual:
Sartain has not spoken to the Eastside Catholic students or their supporters, despite advice by some clergy that he engage in dialogue.
The Eastside students have organized what they hope will be a nationwide "Zday" action on Jan. 31 in which students are urged to wear orange (Eastside's colors) in a gesture of support. Already, students at Holy Names, Blanchet and Seattle Prep have joined in demonstrations.
Thanks, Mr. de Haas. Lots going on there, that's for sure. Am hoping that Francis's "Who Am I to Judge," doesn't come back to bite him!!
I don't detect that the "moral analysis" that might give everyone something to think about is in the offing. It is a protest/action that the students are organizing. As students always have done, including me when a student. But the light that might come, as in light and heat, will probably be a long time coming. The students are unlikely to get Mr. Z back if my experience of institutional respones is any guide. Those students who are not part of this protests will say nothing, or mumble among themselve. People, including students, of differing views are forbidden to talk to one another by my reading of your comments, i.e., the first by fiat of the school, the second by the social pressure against speaking becuase "of the ship that has sailed in American culture." What an interesting phrase to describe the situation of gay marriage. Parents will vote with their check books.
But they are still students which means they are still learning.
I'm thinking that not too many are going to learn anything that will cause them to suddenly think that what the Church has to say about gay marriage is better than their current conclusions.
Aren't we all supposed to be *still learning* - in fact, that is one of the marks of evangelization per Francis - bishops start by listening and then dialogue. Something Sartain doesn't do.
I am of the opinon that the majority of parents are probably in general support of the students' positions and generally suppor their actions, too. Things don't get to this level without parents at least tacit support in my experience.
You mean the majority of the students who are protesting may have parental support. You may be right. On the other hand, some parents don't kow what they're adolescents are up to, including their protest activities.
That leaves the students who are not protesting. Hard to know how many (unless I've missed that vital statistic). No doubt there are parents of these young'uns who are glad they are not protesting for various reasons, others who don't know, etc., etc., etc.
I am beginning to wonder whether readers of dotCwl know more about the matter than all the people in the State of Washington--or perhaps I exaggerate.
If the students don't believe the school ought to follow Church teaching and the principal and staff doesn't either, the jig is up. They ought to found an independent Christian school, where the policies will reflect what their consciences demand.
It is different to doubt, to question Church teaching. I see no questions here, though, only certitude that the Church's teaching is wrong, that it is unjust to uphold it, and that it must be resisted wherever it occurs. It's a situation of seige and demand for an unconditional surrender. The principal resigned in the face of it.
But that unconditional surrender, how likely is that to occur -- today, tomorrow, in our lifetime? Catholicism is a worldwide religion. Because some states in the US have legalized gay marriage in the past year or two does not mean the Catholic Church is ready to jettison its teaching on marriage. Even if it should do so RIGHT NOW, you know it won't. A moment's reflection on what history teaches will demonstrate this. How long did it take to change Church teaching on slavery? On usury? "We think in centuries here" is more than just a cute motto.
Furthermore, as much as people may wish this were otherwise, Pope Francis was not speaking in favor of gay marriage when he asked "Who am I to judge?" He was talking about Holy Orders. Ask him about gay marriage, and you will get a different answer, as was demonstrated in Buenos Aires. If people are expecting the Synod on the Family to produce a resounding affirmation of gay marriage, they are setting themselves up.
I feel like we have cameras trained on a street corner where we know cars are going to crash.
P.S., I should add that I do believe the Church teaching will change... but in its own time, and that time frame will be a lot longer than some people are able to accept.
I am saying that for things to have reached this point at that school, it appears to me that the views held by the students are not dissimilar to those held by the parents. While they might have been clueless when the protests first began, to not know where this has gone by now, those parents would have to be living in caves on Mt Ranier without access to newspapers, tv, internet and radio. I just believe that like the majorority of Americans (based on the recent ABC News and separate Gallup poll) the majority of parents believe that gay marriage is not wrong and that as a result the vice principal should not have been fired for marrying his partner. Its over 60% among those who are likely to have kids of high school age. Given that, my sense is that they are supportive of their kids' actions, or if not their specific actions, they are supportive of their kids' views and don't actively seek to stop them from their various protests. Probably have made their views known to the school adminsistration too. Most Catholic high schools that I know of have much higher levels of parent involvement than typical public and even other private schools. So to assume that paretns are not supportive of the student actions and opposed to the administration's activities strikes me as unlikely. These are still high school kids and parents still have some level of influence and control over the majority of them.
As I said, "You may be right!"
My point: Human nature being what it is, there is a tendency to not be a majority in every which way. What majority of the parents are you talking about?
Here is some data from the school's web-site:There are altogether 654 high school student and 281 middle school students; 62 percent are Roman Catholic, 38 percent other religious traditions. Does the protest include 6th, 7th, and 8th graders? Does it include all the Catholics? all the other religious traditions? It is possible that all the parent units, i.e., approximately 935 support the protests. It is unlikely. I also notice that protest and facebook web-site is organized by an alum and not a student. She has every right to organize, of course.
I am not picking a quarrel with you, debate points notwithstanding. I am pointing to the media fact that we have heard almost nothing from anybody but the protesters, students and otherwise.
Could it be that these students are applying the principles of justice and integrity that we hope they were taught in this school?
Or are they not allowed to do that when it comes to "Catholic" school practices, whether these practices are just or not?
This is definitely a teaching moment. One wonders, however, exactly what these students are being taught?
"Good teaching, as good teachers know, is not a process of giving instructions that the pupils will slavishly follow, but rather of sharing what little wisdom and knowledge one has in the hope that some of them at least will carry off some of it into their lives beyond the classroom, where they will construct their own complex selves. It is in that mysterious, nay enigmatic, realm beyond the reach of the teacher that, if at all, they will acquire their own wisdom and insight."
Paul Lakeland, "Respecting the Enigmatic", Aug 21, 2011, http://commonwealmagazine.org/verdicts/
And lest we/they forget: Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Micromanaged "religion" is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
When taking a Cartesian stand to examine, without past assumptions or dictates, Catholic sexual teaching it is hard to stay Catholic in the traditional sense. One can stay out of vtradition or loyalty or community, but it is difficult to agree that the church has successfully reconciled faith and reason.
Even Cardinal Ottaviani, an ultra c onservatives, calle dthe reasoing behind the decree on birth control iraational. Of course out of on]bdeience he accepted the ruling, at least publicly. Who knows what he did when pastoring large working class families (which he did)?
Anceint and superficial understanding s of human biology can support the church's teaching on abortion. But not a modern, more accurate understanding of biology. The church is unable to reconcile faith and biology, but refuses to see the weaknesses in its interpretaion of natural law, which it has raised above the Bible as the source of doctrine.
Finally, when did Mary wed? At 14? 16? Doubtful it was later. People in those days mnaried at the same time, or around the same time, as sexual maturity. Today there is a long dellay bewteen sexual maturity and marriage. Yet the church insistes on teaching old absolutes about sexual right and worng. A mode modern approach would be to teach sexual ethics, the need to have a love and concern for anyone we have sex with, in or out of marriage. And the need to be prudential and focused on the welfare of children when it comes to the issue of getting pregnant or preventing pregnancy.
The church will hold onto a certain portion of the population. But it will continue to shrink in the western world and become a weak political force. Europe is the future of the church in the United States.
I ofetn encounter ex-Catholics who are now Baptists. Why? They fell down in life, became the Lost Sheep, and found the way the baptist churches operate providing the structure - and inner beliefs - needed to be redeemed here in this wolrd. A little scary in that they sometimes try to evangelize me. When that happens we have conversatiosn perhaps too uncomfotrably deep. I'm one of thosep eople who are not really virtuous but live an orderly and kind life and certainly don't violate most of the non-sexual traditional virtues. I also am able to tune in to huamn suffering and conflict, but have no desire to tell people how to live. People like me frighten those who have found their turnaround in religion. But I represent a growoing segment of the Ameeican population. Contray to teh nonempirical claims of the pope and the clergy we do not have a deep, unmet longing for God. We're OK. We are and have good neighbors. And we're not going to hell.
The links that Bill deHaas provided above contain a number of photographs of the protests - 20+ between the two links.
In all the images but one or two, it appears that most of the protesting students are girls. Not sure what that signifies; is it possible girls are more up in arms about this than boys? Maybe the girls are more organized/organizable than the boys? (E.g. because of social media?)
The images show anywhere from a couple of dozen up to maybe 100 students. Apparently students from several schools are taking part; they're not all Eastside students. Hard to tell how many students are actively taking part in the protests. Most of the images whose captions are dated indicate that the actions took place before the holidays. Do the student protests continue?
The protestors make a good story and sell newspapers, etc. The others are hidden; we dont know what we dont know.
Good point, What about those of us who were taught in Catholic school that the primary purpose of marraige is companionable love? I'm sure any thought along these lines has disappeared from Catholic schiools, But many young Catholic people hold this view without necessarily being compeletely conscience of this belief.
I am pointing to the media fact that we have heard almost nothing from anybody but the protesters, students and otherwise.
Is that because the media and others are steadfastly refusing to seek out other points of view or because they are being rebuffed or ignored when they do? Even people who think the dismissal is just may be reluctant to defend it publicly.
If the students don't believe the school ought to follow Church teaching
i think there is a danger in confusing the Church teaching on the sinfulness of homosexual acts with the question of whether a person in a same sex marriage must be excluded from the school community. Is there a Church teaching on that other than that we should avoid scandal?
i went to the first nine grades in a parish school staffed almost entirely by sisters in black robes and white wimples. I suppose that kind of set-apart school community in which we would never encounter anyone who was not a good, holy person who modeled the Church's teachings, provided the same kind of detachment from the outside world that homeschoolers seek today.
But in a world in which the neighbors across the street may be a same-sex couple and newspapers and TV present frequent coverage of debates about same-sex marriage, will children be drawn into sin (the definition of scandal) because one of their teachers is in a same sex marriage?
i think that is the prudential decision that the school needs to make - and I think that, in most cases, the answer should be "no bad effects - the teacher should stay"
I'd draw a parallel to the USCCB accepting the Boy Scouts' decision to welcome openly gay boys as troop members - despite hurtful comments made by individual Catholics, predicting horrors if their children should encounter gay scouts.
If you are saying there are probably some people who support the School's decision, of course there are. Why you haven't heard from them is likely for multiple reasons. I would list among those:
- Lack of organization. Protestors tend to be organized, have spokespeople readily available, have facebook pages and so forth. Those supporting the status quo are less likely to be well organized.
- It is difficult to support the School's position and not come across as a bigot. Rightly or wrongly, regardless of your reason for your position, to an outsider it looks wrong. Who wants to be portrayed that way? This is a particularly difficult topic on which to speak for th eopposition and not come across as a bigot. Frankly, one of the most embarrassing homilies I ever heard in my life was given by the then Bishop of Portland Maine Richard Malone. He was trying to oppose the Maine Gay Marriage bill in the legislature. He managed to insult not only gays, but single mothers, single fathers, adoptive parents...I know Bishop Malone to be a fine man and a good and generous bishop, but he couldn't do it. Some 16 year old certainly won't.
- Firing a person for getting married in this day and age somehow seems pretty archaic. Even if you agree with the School's decison, you might elect not to broadcast it.
- It is hard for kids to go against the majority.
- In reality, the media isn't going to look overly hard for supporters of the status quo.
" ... is it possible girls are more up in arms about this than boys? Maybe the girls are more organized/organizable than the boys?"
I'm willing to bet that a lot of the boys are quiet out of fear of being tarred with the "fag" brush, so commonly used in schools and their corresponding age group.
Re Girl supporters: They all had a crush on Mr. Z?
No, Margaret ... maybe they took their lessons to heart!
Their swimming lessons?
It is difficult to support the School's position and not come across as a bigot.
Certainly, whenever anyone publicly opposes same sex marriage, activists rush to tar him/her as a bigot. It's not just fear of "coming across" - it's also fear of being the victim of a detraction campaign.
My guess is that the school is in a "tangle" largely because of an ultimatum from Sartain and his unwillingness to let the leadership of the school make its own decisions.
It certainly appears to me that the Archbishop threw a smart, talented, gospel-orientated woman religious under the bus. The church can not continue to force women like Sr. Mary Tracy into these pointless defenses of ill-concieved notions of what constitutes ethical human sexuality. That's the towel whose time to be thrown in has come. We simply can no longer afford to toss aside our best and brightest. Sr. Mary Tracy seems like the kind of person who should be leading our church and not someone forced to follow the order of someone who lack the foresight and vision to solve this problem more creatively.
I read this article linked below about Sr. Tracy written well before this Archbishop Sartain-created crisis occured. It pains me to think her gifts are sacrficed at the altar of misguided loyalty to simplistic, legalistic purity.
Jack: haven't you learned by now that uppity (or acquiescent as well) nuns are particularly expendable in holy "mother" church? .. and Sartain is right in line to enforce that, currently as well as historically?
And people wonder why women are walking from this church at record numbers!
Robert john Araujo argues for the teacher as role model:
When it comes to role modeling the virtuous life of one who wishes to be an example for young people, a Catholic educational institution would not be unjustly discriminating against someone if he or she claimed the virtues but did not, in fact, exercise them in his or her personal life. Thus, Catholic parishes and dioceses have not unjustly discriminated against financial stewards whose employments were terminated when it was discovered that these employees were embezzling funds from the parish or diocese.
Mr. Zmuda is teaching by his example, and his teaching is contrary to the Church's clear teaching on the subject of marriage....students are led to believe and accept something that they should not be led to believe and accept as true or as proper or as virtuous or as something only involving one's private life.
which is a reasonable response to the question of whether the school has legal grounds for firing Mr. Zmuda
But it simply asserts that Mr. Zmuda's continued presence will cause students to be "led to believe and accept something that they should not be led to believe...."
That's certainly what people would have believed back when I was in a school staffed by habited school sisters and none of us had ever met (or realized we had met) a gay person.
Whether it's true today is something that I think the school needs to think about carefully.
Because the downside teaches that gay people must be shunned rather than welcomed.
But it simply asserts that Mr. Zmuda's continued presence will cause students to be "led to believe and accept something that they should not be led to believe...."
John - interesting comment. The word "accept" has more than one connotation. You allude to the possibility that Eastside is teaching the wrong lesson: that, inadvertently or not, it runs the risk of teaching " ... that gay people must be shunned rather than welcomed." I agree that this non-acceptance - shunning is an apt word - would be contrary to Christian discipleship.
In an era in which same sex marriage is both legal and (to some degree or in some circles) culturally accepted, my view is that the church must accept - that is to say, must accommodate itself to - existing alongside the reality of same sex marriage.
There are three components to this form of acceptance:
- The church recognizes that same sex marriage is a cultural reality
- The church holds that same sex marriage's cultural reality exists outside of the church - it is not part of the church. It is something from which the church, because of its religious beliefs, distances itself
- Even though same sex marriage is not of the church, the church acknowledges the prudence of existing amicably alongside the institution of same sex marriage. It treats people who are in same sex marriages with respect and love.
These three components (which we might think of as "weak acceptance") may represent a framework for Zmuda to be reinstated. The position of Eastside would be: "Because of his same sex marriage, Zmuda cannot fully be part of our Catholic community; but we don't insist that all our employees be fully part of that community, so long as they agree to teach what we believe and to teach nothing that contradicts what we believe; and while we don't approve of all of his life choices, it's important that we teach the members of our faith community, particularly impressionable students, that we should strive to live in peace alongside those who don't adhere to our beliefs and practices but who otherwise are respectful and honorable citizens of our civic community."
Another connotation of "accept" ("strong acceptance") would be what has been suggested here many times now: that the church accept that there is an essential goodness to same sex marriages, and the church should acknowledge and even embrace those goods. Strong acceptance would entail accepting that the institution of same sex marriage can exist within the Catholic community. Strong acceptance would affirm Zmuda as a full member of the school's Catholic community. Pretty clearly, the church leadership is not ready to go there. Zmuda being reinstated and welcomed as someone whose same sex marriage can be a source of Catholic witness - I don't think that's a possible outcome.
From Francis to the Rota (curial officials). Althou title says annulments, it is about the role of *law* as *pastoral* - not black and white.
In his speech to the Rota, the pope said a judge on a church tribunal must sympathize with the "mentality and legitimate aspirations" of the community he serves, and thus render "justice that is not legalistic and abstract, but appropriate to the needs of concrete reality."
Such a judge "will not be content with superficial knowledge of the reality of the persons who await his judgment, but will recognize the need to understand deeply the situations of the parties," the pope said.
Would suggest that Sartain (like Burke) needs to pay attention. Has his decision caused *unity* or *division*. This Sunday's Pauline reading is about his theme that folks have to respect each other in a community even in the midst of differences. When the local bishop refuses to even dialogue, he has created division; not unity and has violated the Pauline theme of this Sunday's reading.
Jim, I like your three points. We are a church of sinners (Pope Francis keeps telling us the he is a sinner). Table fellowship with sinners was part of Jesus teaching method ("He eats with prostitutes and tax collectors"). It's over a hundred years since the Church ordered someone to be shunned and even the possibilty was dropped from the 1983 code.
i wouldn''t say that "Zmuda cannot fully be part of our Catholic community." We don't say that about divorced and remarried (without annulment) Catholics we see at Church each Sunday. The Church teaches that they (and Mr Zmuda, and anyone else) shouldn't receive Communion if they are conscious of being in mortal sin, but it still recognizes them as members of the Catholic community, with the same obligations to attend Mass, etc. and the same dignity as children of God.
Bill de Haas: Not sure exactly how your pope quote reflects on the current situation so, Point of information: What exactly has Archbishop Sartain said about the Eastside Catholic situation.
I find this statement on Catholic parishes and gay marriage in the California Catholic Daily following the state vote to permit gays to marry; his January 15th statement in response to a petition for the reinstatement of Mr. Zmuda; and Sister Tracy's report that she met with him before Mr. Z was asked to resign and/or fired. Most of these have Sartain repeating church teaching on same-sex marriage without rendering a judgement on Mr Z.
What else, if anything, has he said? Am I missing something?
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I think the point is not what Sartain has said -- it is what he has done or allowed to be done in his Archdiocese. There is a lot in the public record to suggest that the school was forced to fire Zmuda because of pressure from Sartain. The current principal for example said this in an email:
"The dismissal of the Vice Principal was based on the Archdiocese of Seattle's authority over a Catholic school," Principal Polly Skinner wrote in an e-mail to an Eastside graduate the day news of Zmudas' dismissal broke. "We are saddened and as a Catholic school, bound by Catholic Teaching regarding Same Sex marriage.
It is also in the record that Sr. Tracy met with officials from the Archdiocese before taking any action. The Archdiocese did not have to force this resignation/firing. A creative, pastoral leader could have come up with a better plan, certainly a plan that was not rushed as this one appears to have been.
Most of these have Sartain repeating church teaching on same-sex marriage without rendering a judgement on Mr Z.
Is there a Church teaching that people in same-sex marriages may not teach in Catholic schools? - or is that the Archbishop's own decision?
Thanks Mr. Marth. My question to Mr. de Haas was what did the pope quote have to do with the situation in Seattle and what had the Archbishop said. I went searching for any statement by him and posted what I found. You've added a quote from the principal of Eastside speaking of the authority of the Archdiocese. Everyone seems to have conceded that point whether or not they agree with the decision. You say that it is not what the archbishop has said but what he has done or allowed to be done. I repeat my question then: what has he done or allowed to be done. It strikes me that he has been reactive rather than active.
Was Sister Tracy ordered to fire Mr. Zmuda? She didn't say that. Did she think he should be fired because of his contractual agreement? And did she agree that he had violated his contract. We know remarkably little about what she thinks. I wish a good reporter would go interview her.
In my prowling around in the news stories I read that Mr. Zmuda married last summer, which means between then and his resignation/firing, he was working at the school. Did no one know? Did many people know and let if fly under the radar. I suppose somewhere there is a story about how this became a public issue. A complaint from someone opposed? A provocation by an activist in favor?
When these matters become public officials are forced to take action. When and how did it become public?
John Hayes: Is there a church teaching? I don't see it in the Nicene Creed. So maybe not. But according to news stories there was something in his contract that he violated.
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