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Students who write daily on BlackBerry and Motorola Razr phones don't always switch to formal English in school, a new national study confirms. Phone interviews with 700 teens and their parents by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that two-thirds of middle school and high school students have accidentally used text-messaging style in academic work. Half confessed to informal punctuation and grammar. A quarter admitted they've turned in papers with smiley faces and other emoticons.
Lax and loose writing doesn't make adults LOL. "It's like nails on a chalkboard for the teacher. When people's vocabulary becomes abbreviated, you therefore think less," says Carol Miloszewski, who teaches high school English in Allegheny, Pa.
Student says: "I'll forget I'm writing a formal paper. I'll replace 'for' with the number 4. It'll just come out by itself without me thinking about it. But when I proofread, I laugh when I see it." -- Vivek Musinipally, San Jose high school senior
Researcher says: "The teachable moment for parents and teachers is to talk about what makes informal writing and what makes formal writing -- and what's appropriate in each." -- Amanda Lenhart, Pew Research Center
Educator says: "We are very pleased to see how much writing is going on outside of school. The amount of writing -- rich, varied and connected to Internet content -- is good news. The challenge is how can we get that kind of excitement and engagement in schools?" -- Richard Sterling, National Writing Project director
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Health District could relocate to government center
Following the lead of CenCom and the county coroners office, the health agency serving Kitsap and its cities is looking to move out of its antiquated digs and into a new headquarters.
The Bremerton-Kitsap County Health District is about a month away from deciding whether to move into the roughly $24 million regional government center to be built in downtown Bremerton by mid-2004.
If the agency moves, it will occupy about 30,000 square feet, or one-fourth, of the government center. Meanwhile, the health districts satellite offices, located in Poulsbo and Port Orchard would remain open.
We need a healthy building to better demonstrate healthy living, said health district director Scott Lindquist. This building has served us, but was not set up for health district purposes.
The district, established more than five decades ago, occupies a two-story building, part of which was built in the 1940s and served as a Navy barracks.
We just need functional space for staff, Lindquist said. Space enough for employees to eat their lunches in a break room and space enough to safely store a purse or personal belongings.
While the need is clear, the health district board comprised of county commissioners, mayors and city officials wasnt willing to plunge ahead with a decision.
Health District staffers were directed to provide board members with a more complete fiscal analysis of the move.
Lets get a better funding picture, said Bainbridge Island Mayor Darlene Kordonowy. We need to determine the tradeoffs for the short term and long term.
The health district started to sock away funds in a building reserve last year and currently has about $200,000, with officials predicting another $300,000 to come this year.
But no one can predict if that total will remain untouched in reserves during the current budget cycle.
Moving into the regional government center would cost the district roughly $6 million over a 30-year period. Another option discussed building a new headquarters on the existing health district site would also cost about $6 million.
Like with most anything else, funding is the key, said Poulsbo Mayor Donna Jean Bruce.
Kitsap County Commissioner Tim Botkin said there are various funding opportunities in the form of grants if the health district co-locates in a regional building one that helps with economic development.
Jurisdictions currently served by the health district could be asked to pitch in as well. Already, the county and its four major cities pay a portion of the districts operating budget.
Aside from grants and local funding, the land on which the current headquarters sits could perhaps be packaged and sold to help fund the move.
Officials say by next year, the Navy will convey ownership, without restriction, of the barracks and the land on which it sits, to the health district. An adjacent parcel that serves as a parking lot will be similarly conveyed to the health district in 2017. As it is, the current land agreement between the district and the federal government states that the property must be used for public health purposes.
Health officials are talking about looking into the possibility of acquiring the parking lot property located off of Austin Drive earlier so that both parcels can be sold as one package, and the health district requested the City of Bremerton change the zoning on the property to business use.
The Navy has been a great neighbor, Lindquist said. We must need more space.
One small waiting area and four tiny exam rooms serve the clinics stationed at the health district headquarters including family planning services, the HIV clinic, a TB clinic and the immunization clinic.
Many staff members feel too hemmed in at their work stations within the labrynthine building.
One woman could barely turn around in her chair on a recent Tuesday because her desk, storage area and work station formed an uncomfortable U-shape.
When asked where staff members generally eat their lunch, one employee said, In our cars.
The county originally intended to move one-third its workforce and several offices from the courthouse to the regional government center proposed for downtown Bremerton. But in February, a Pierce County Superior Court judge torpedoed those plans.
The Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority, the agency set to develop the government center, wants to line up prospective tenants as soon as possible. The housing authority plans to put the project out to bid by this November.
Health District staffers plan to provide health board members with a more complete financial picture in the coming weeks so a decision can be made.
Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen requested more information about the effect such a move could have on satellite offices and the communities they serve.
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|Aquatic bryophytes are frequently used as biomonitors for trace metals in aquatic ecosystems. Nevertheless, their special characteristics also allow using them as biosorbents to clean industrial wastewaters. As biosorption is a low cost and effective method for treating metal-bearing wastewaters, understanding the kinetics process is relevant for design purposes. In this study, the performance of the aquatic bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica for removing lead from simulated wastewaters has been evaluated. Three kinetic models (pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and Elovich) were fitted to the experimental data and compared using a Test-F. Previously, the effect of parameters such as the initial solution pH, contact time and initial metal ion concentration, on biosorption was investigated. The initial pH of the solution was found to have an optimum value is in the range 4.0-6.0. The equilibrium sorption capacity of lead by Fontinalis antipyretica increased with the initial metal concentration. For an initial metal concentration of 10 mg L-1, the uptake capacity of the moss, at equilibrium, is 4.8 mg g-1. Nevertheless, when the initial concentration increases up to 100 mg L-1, the uptake of lead is 10 times higher. The pseudo-second order biosorption kinetics provided the better correlation with the experimental data . The applicability of the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms for the present system was tested. The maximum sorption capacity of mosses was 68 mg g-1.
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Although the credit union has been targeted by scams in the past, scam artists have been increasing their efforts in the past few days.
The messages sometimes claim a card has been stolen and the customer needs to verify credit information. Often the messages are sent early in the morning or late in the evening to catch people off guard.
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She completed her undergraduate Honours Degree at the University of Toronto with a double major in Political Science and English, and minor in Philosophy. She completed her MA in Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and Waterloo University. Her research is focused primarily on the influence the media plays in shaping public policy and opinion regarding terrorism. She is widely recognized for her research, such as: "Media Interference: The Effects of Framing the 'Toronto 18' Terrorists Arrests," and upon request donated her database to LISPOP (Laurier Institute for the Study for Public Opinion and Policy). She has presented this research across Canada and the United States. Natasha has also completed studies in Spanish.
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In her time at The EC, Kara has managed countless high-profile events and has taken particular pride in improving the overall member experience. For the year ahead, she has committed herself to connecting post-secondary students and new graduates with The EC community.
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This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication.
Writers and editors of Spanish have long needed an authoritative guide to written language usage, similar to The MLA Style Manual and The Chicago Manual of Style. And here it is! This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication.
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David William Foster is Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature and Regents' Professor of Spanish, Interdisciplinary Humanities, and Women's Studies at Arizona State University. Daniel Altamiranda has taught at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Arizona State University. Carmen de Urioste is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Arizona State University.
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Friday Infographic: Guy Kawasaki's How to Achieve Enchantment
Wouldn't you like to be influential? It's one of the hottest topics in Digital Marketing in the past few years: being or influencing the influential. In his book, "How to Achieve Enchantment," Silicon Valley business advisor Guy Kawasaki explains how you can influence others. Column Five made an infographic out of it.


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Kareena Kapoor says no to Ajay
The news is doing the rounds that Kareena has turned down Ajay's offer, as she is planning to marry her beau Saif Ali Khan in February. However, sources said that the actress was forced to choose one film due to date clash. Both Once Upon a Time in Mumbai sequel and Maryada Ramanna are expected to shoot at the same time.
Meanwhile, Ajay has roped in latest Bollywood sensation Sonakshi Sinha for the female lead role in his home production. They will be seen together on the big screen for the first time.
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50th: Charles, Carolyn Barnes
Charles and Carolyn Barnes of Marietta will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house reception from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at the First Presbyterian Church, Fourth and Wooster streets, in Marietta.
They were married June 16, 1963, at the First Presbyterian Church in Marietta by the late Rev. Alun O. Jones. She is the daughter of the late Oscar and Clara Miller of Fleming and he is the son of the late Richard and Leona Barnes of Marietta.
She retired in December from Washington County CSEA after 26 years of service. He is semi-retired with Peoples Bank having 54 years of continuous service.
They are the parents of two sons and one daughter: Michael and his wife, Wendy, of Bay Village: Matthew and his wife, Annette, of Denver, Colo.; and Michele and her husband, Luke, of Stockport. They have seven grandchildren: Kelsey, Jack and Lydia Barnes of Bay Village; Katie and Emerson Barnes of Denver, and Taylor and Levi Martin of Stockport. A family summer vacation has been planned by their children at Hilton Head, S.C.
Family and friends are invited to attend the celebration. While cards would be appreciated, gifts are thankfully declined.


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on't forget: trash day for many residents in the Toledo-area will be delayed next week.
Republic Services is reminding customers that waste collection will be delayed by one day the week of Sept. 1 due to Monday's Labor Day holiday.
Some residents in Toledo, Sylvania, Maumee, Swanton, Monclova Township, Perrysburg, Sylvania, Springfield Township, Washington Township, and Monroe County will be affected by the delay.
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The other day on Al Jazeera'd THE STREAM programme, a Nigerian activist said that social media had played a big role in the on-going protests against the removal of subsidies that have sharply increased fuel prices at the pumps in the oil-producing country.
He said the Nigeria government was caught by surprise when the protests started because it was not paying attention, and the officials who paid attention didn't imagine that social media could mobilise Nigerians too.
Perhaps they thought that that is supposed to happen in countries like Tunisia and Egypt, not south of the Sahara desert.
All this raises what have become the unending questions of the last year; did social media actually play any role in the recent youthful uprisings in Africa and the Middle East, or were other forces that we can't yet identify at work? Are we just too lazy to do the homework and better understand what these "social media" movements are? The questions are many.
I have a theory. If the revolution ends, and the Facebook and Twitter activists are NOT in power, then you know that social media played a key role. That might seem counter-intuitive, because if the social media activists are the key movers, why shouldn't they take power?
One reason is that when it comes to politics, social media is an anti-system and anti-hierarchical technology. Without a system and hierarchical command structure, you CANNOT capture power. The failure of the social media activists in Egypt, for example, to take government, is therefore proof of their success. Social media will probably not produce a group that takes power any day soon, because it is essentially anti-politics in its nature.
Secondly, another powerful impact of social media is what I would call the "leapfrog effect". It allows unlikely candidates to get into the game, and groups that are marginalised, like youth, to have their day in the sun as we saw in North Africa.
It is easier now for female candidates in Africa, to leapfrog patriarchal vetting processes of the "old-boy" networks and "wise elders". For example, Kenya's former Justice Minister Martha Karua, who frightens the male establishment, launched a bid for the presidency built partly on perhaps the smartest use of Twitter and Facebook of any Kenyan politician. The "boys" continue to dismiss her, but Kenyan women and young people, I sense, are paying attention.
In countries where you have iron-fisted regimes, social media seems able to attract the "less committed", the "Cappuccino democrats" who engage with politics from the safety and remoteness of their computers, while sipping their cappuccinos. In dictatorships or half-democracies, it's crucial to get out on the street to confront the system, and these Cappuccino Democrats won't. But now a low risk door has been opened for them – even forwarding a link or posting a photograph of a policemen beating down protestors on YouTube does make a difference, especially if 1,000 of them are posted.
Thus social media has partly solved the "isolation problem" for the brave democrats who take on the tear-gas lobbing police, because now the Cappuccino democrats can play the role of the fans and supporters in sports. Fans don't score goals, however loudly they cheer their side. By they boost the players' morale, and make them feel that even if they lose, they were "not alone" as suffering Liverpool might say.
Now, one of the problems of politics in Africa is that the extremes always win, and our often ethnicised or religion-fuelled politics marginalises centrist voices.
Social media is one vehicle that has been able to re-engage the centre and build bi-partisan bridges.
In Uganda, a very successful short message (SMS) campaign in 2007 led to protests and, significantly, the halting of the government's decision to exercise the ecologically important Mabira Forest and give chunks of it to a dodgy Lugazi sugarcane firm. That campaign was easily the most bipartisan project of recent Ugandan politics.
Without one clear leader who can be painted into a political corner, it is difficult to characterise to tar a digital movement with a divisive brush. Thus old Africa is losing one of its most potent weapons – the ability to demonise reform leaderships.
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Self Storage near Altricham
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- Photo ID - passport or driving license.
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- Completed inventory of items being stored - You'll need to show this inventory when you move in (unless you've checked in online and completed the inventory in advance).
- A padlock (or you can buy one in store).
- Please arrive at the store at least 1 hour before closing.
- Security deposit - Our terms of storage require a security deposit. This is usually the equivalent of one weeks' storage fees and is refundable (along with any unused rent) after giving 7 days notice when you move out.
- Initial payment - In addition to the security deposit, 4 weeks worth of storage fees are required in advance. This guarantees your 50% discount for up to 4 weeks. You will still get this discount if you store for less than 4 weeks - all we ask is you stay for a minimum of 7 days. Any unused rent is refunded when you move out. The inital payment must be by credit or debit card please. We cannot accept cash or cheque for payments
- Please note that our preferred payment method is Direct Debit.
- On-going payments - Once again, our preferred payment method is Direct Debit, which will be 4 weekly and in advance. We cannot accept cash or cheque for on-going payments.
- Paying by Direct Debit - If you have not completed your direct debit details via check-in online, you'll need to provide a recent bank statement or valid cheque book upon your arrival to the store so we can set up your direct debit.
- Company ID - If you are the proprietor/director please provide proof such as a business card stating your title. If you are not the proprietor/director we need a letter from the business to confirm you have the authority to sign the Customer License on behalf of the company.
If you're looking for an office in Cheadle & Wilmslow take advantage of our flexible, competitively priced office space from 75 sq ft to 600 sq ft. You can hire for as little as 4 weeks or as long as you want
Security charges, rent and rates, service charges are all included in the price of our carpeted offices. The only additional costs will be your contents insurance and any electricity you use. Office customers have 24 hour access and kitchen and toilet facilities available to them.
We can accept your post and deliveries for you and keep them in your pre–assigned post box.
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Excellent customer service from Dave. What a helpful and personable chap you have working for you. Also Donna was very helpful and efficient .
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Nice facilities, friendly & helpful staff. Lost marks due to customer toilet broken and not enough 'big' trolleys (had to use a smaller one).
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From Stockport and the north
Head south on the A34. Exit onto the B5094 towards Stanley Green. At the traffic lights turn left onto Earl Road. Drive past the retail park (Costa, Next, B&Q) and continue on this road, passing under the A555 flyover. Armadillo Cheadle is immediately visible on the left hand side.
From Wilmslow and the south
Head north on the A34. The store will be visible on the left hand side as you approach the A555 flyover. Continue on the A34, passing below the A555. Exit at the next roundabout, taking the first exit to join the B5094 towards Stanley Green. Then as above.
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MTT 203: Advanced Machine Tool Operations
This class is no longer offered as of Fall 2016.
This course teaches advanced machine tool skills required by industry. Topics include: carbide tooling identification and uses, threading and thread forms, cutting internal and external tapers, precision measurement, advanced layout and set-up techniques and grinding. Students will attain a higher comprehension level for set-up and tooling requirements needed for CNC programming and CAD/CAM classes.
Level I Prereq: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6; Academic Math Level 3; MTT 111, minimum grade "C-"
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. . . because action speaks louder than words.
League history, NOW v. Scheidler, Action News, Joe Scheidler, League staff
Q & A on abortion, the unborn child, where we stand on the issues and more
Helping abortion-bound women choose life for their babies
Unmasking the truth about abortion in the public square
Our youth outreach, raising up a new generation of pro-life leaders
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News and commentary from the Pro-Life Action League
News and commentary from the Pro-Life Action League
This morning, I was sidewalk counseling at our local Planned Parenthood in Aurora, Illinois when I saw a woman arrive with a male companion. One look was enough to see that something was wrong.
She was slumped in her seat in her car and stumbling as she exited the vehicle. As she approached Planned Parenthood's door she vomited on the sidewalk.
My friend Sandy was counseling with me and offered her help, saying she looked like she was not well and Planned Parenthood wasn't equipped to offer the help she needed. We had no idea at the time how right Sandy was. [Continue reading …]
In the Catholic liturgical calendar, the Gospel for today is the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11).
This story was the inspiration behind a post-abortion healing brochure [PDF] the Pro-Life Action League designed a few years ago. On the front is an image of Jesus and the woman, and the words "Neither do I condemn you." On the back is information on where to find help dealing with post-abortion aftermath, and the message, "Please give this card to someone who needs it." [Continue reading …]
Today is "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day", and to mark the occasion, the Pro-Life Action League is releasing yet another video of the aftermath of a botched abortion, this time from February 25 at National Health Care in Peoria, Illinois.
In this case, the abortion client was harmed so badly the abortionist, Yogendra Shah, "couldn't get a grip" on the blood flow. The clinic employee reiterates several times that they need someone to come "very quickly."
As we've seen in several cases before, the abortion worker on the phone seems more concerned with not giving out too much information than with making sure the emergency workers have all the information they need, much to the 911 operator's frustration.
We haven't been able to learn the client's fate, so please keep her in your prayers for physical and spiritual healing. And share this video to spread the word that, in addition to being morally outrageous, abortion is dangerous for women.
Today I mailed a package of 32 newborn diapers to Summit Medical Center, an abortion clinic in Detroit. Why? Because I promised to.
On Monday, I got a call from a phone number in Michigan from someone who had opened up the "care package" I sent to 569 abortion clinics on January 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which included a pair of plastic handcuffs. In my signed note in the package, I linked the handcuffs to abortionist Naresh Patel, arrested last month for fraud, and said to call me for help getting out of the abortion business.
The Michigan caller was angry about the package, and said I should be sending her diapers, not handcuffs, so she can help women coming for prenatal care. I said I would and asked for the address, which proved to be that of Summit Medical Center on McNichols Road in Detroit, Michigan.
We talked for 10 minutes. The caller offered the usual argument that she's helping women by providing abortion. Several times she declared that this is a "cruel, ugly world." The despair of that comment really struck me.
With help from Lynn Mills, a pro-life activist in Detroit, I was later able to identify the caller as Summit medical director Anise Burrell. Lynn also confirmed that Summit does see some women for prenatal care.
Today I sent the diapers to Ms. Burrell, along with an ironically appropriate greeting card—on the front, "A new baby changes everything"; inside: "Except its own diapers." Here's what I wrote inside: [Continue reading …]
In the latest episode of Life at Ground Zero I report on the arrest of abortionist Naresh Patel for fraud, and the closure of his abortion clinic in the suburbs of Oklahoma City.
An arrest like this is a significant victory for the pro-life movement. Watch the video for five reasons why, and what you can do to build on a victory like this.
This morning I turned on the radio in my kitchen to hear a series of names being solemnly intoned—the names of some of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks we commemorate today.
It's very good that we do this. It gives me hope to see Americans set aside their differences, rise above the mean-spiritedness that characterizes so much of our politics and culture, and come together to mourn the victims of 9/11. It seems that we're at our best when we mourn our dead.
I never knew any of the 2,977 people killed on that horrible day. But like so many, in the days and weeks following the tragedy I discovered I was two or three degrees of separation from some of them. Those connections made the horror and injustice of 9/11 that much more real to me.
Hearing those few names on the radio this morning, I had to wonder who I know who knows someone who knows the man still mourning his fiancee, the teenager who has no memory of the father he lost, the widow whose life will never be the same.
But how many more connections must I have—must each of us have—to the 56 million American victims of legal abortion over the past four and more decades? [Continue reading …]
We often think of Planned Parenthood as the enemy. How could we not, considering they are the nation's largest abortion chain, and aggressively promote promiscuous sexual behavior that leads to unplanned pregnancy and abortion?
As a result, our natural instinct is to demonize them and, in many cases, their employees. So rooted in our pro-life convictions, it can be difficult to conceive of an abortion worker being driven by compassion—however misguided.
Linda Couri was one such worker. Idealistic, big-hearted and lacking real spiritual guidance, she was easily swayed by Planned Parenthood's mantra of "care." Also driving her towards Planned Parenthood was the need to reinforce her denial about her own abortion in her early 20's.
But as a social worker in the clinic, it was only a matter of time before she was forced to face the big questions. A teenage girl asked Linda if she was killing her child. A shaken nurse tearfully asked if they were doing the right thing. Linda struggled to find honest answers. [Continue reading …]
Eric Scheidler visits the Catacombs of Callixtus, June 2014
If you ever visit the ancient Christian catacombs scattered about the outskirts of Rome, you'll see countless small tombs dug into the walls, only a foot of two across. These are the burial places of infants, cast out of their pagan homes and left to die of starvation and exposure. Though abortion was practiced in the ancient world, this form of infanticide was a far more common way to get rid of an unwanted child.
Many of these rejected children were rescued by Christians, nursed back to health and given homes, in obedience to Christ's command to serve the least of his brothers and sisters. But all too often, the only act of love the early Church could offer these children was to bury their little bodies and offer prayers of mourning for them.
Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to visit the Catacombs of Callixtus while on a pilgrimage to Rome with my wife April. As we walked through the cool, musty corridors of the underground complex, I was struck by the thought that we Christians today are carrying on this work of mercy—rescuing the bodies of abandoned, unwanted children and giving them the only gift we can, the gift of a proper burial.
Again and again, pro-life activists have found the bodies of these children in trash dumpsters, or on the loading docks of medical waste facilities. And just like the early Church, they have spoken out against the injustice, solemnly buried the victims, and mourned over their bodies.
These burial places can be found throughout the United States. In all, there are some 43 gravesites of the aborted unborn, from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, where four aborted children are buried to the grave of over 16,000 abortion victims at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Los Angeles. [Continue reading …]
It happens all too often that a person's ideology and moral conscience are in deep conflict.
This is exemplified in the story of Catherine Adair, who was so entrenched in her "pro-choice" philosophy that she couldn't see that the guilt and depression she so regularly experienced stemmed from an abortion in her youth.
Her way of dealing with this conflict was to throw herself into radical feminism at an early age—to so fully commit herself to the pro-abortion philosophy that there was simply no way she would have to face the real source or her problems.
The full realization of this commitment came when she joined Planned Parenthood as a counselor, ushering other women through the same process she had gone through years before. [Continue reading …]
In the Catholic liturgical calendar, the Gospel for today is the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11).
One thing I find amazing about this Gospel passage is that it almost didn't make it into the Bible. In fact, before the canon of Scripture was finalized in the late 4th century, some copies of St. John's Gospel didn't include this story.
St. Augustine tells us (cf. De coniugiis adulterinis, 2, 6) that some early Christians were afraid of keeping this story in John's Gospel since it showed Jesus as being so merciful that they thought it might lead people to think that the reality of sin wasn't as serious as the Church made it out to be.
Apparently, the Holy Spirit wasn't concerned about this, since He made sure the story was kept in there.
The story of the woman caught in adultery was the inspiration behind a post-abortion healing brochure [PDF] the Pro-Life Action League designed a few years ago. On the front is an image of Jesus and the woman, and the words "Neither do I condemn you." On the back is information on where to find help dealing with post-abortion aftermath, and the message, "Please give this card to someone who needs it." [Continue reading …]