When creating husbands, God promised women that good and ideal husbands would be found in all corners of the world.
And then he made the earth round.
Don't blame me. Blame that rascal Paul (A.)
When creating husbands, God promised women that good and ideal husbands would be found in all corners of the world.
And then he made the earth round.
New Orleans musician Dr. John has been named to the 2011 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He is joined by Neil Diamond, the Alice Cooper Band, Darlene Love and singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
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Dr. John, born Malcolm Rebennack, spoke with Rolling Stone about his "surprise" at being inducted."I was very surprised. I couldn't imagine who could possibly be in this year, but I was thinking it would be Alice Cooper and I figured Joe Tex and Darlene Love deserved it too. I really didn't know who it would be. Thinking of myself, just the way things go, I figured I wouldn't get in. I was very surprised. It's very gratifying."
Other New Orleanians in the Hall of Fame include Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, Mahalia Jackson, Professor Longhair, Jelly Roll Morton, Lloyd Price and drummer Earl Palmer.
These events also remind us of the importance of our worldwide fellowship. Whatever the wounds in that fellowship – and they are still deep in many ways – there should be no doubt of the willingness of all in our Communion to stand together in prayer and solidarity when confronted by attacks on the gospel and its witnesses, or by human suffering and loss.
The unanimous judgement of those who were present was that the Meeting should not see itself as a ‘supreme court’, with canonical powers, but that it should nevertheless be profoundly and regularly concerned with looking for ways of securing unity and building relationships of trust.
But it is also important to recognise that the Primates made no change to their existing commitments to both the Covenant process and the moratoria requests. The purpose of the Dublin meeting was, as I have said, not to offer fresh solutions but to clarify what we believed about our shared purpose and identity as a Primates’ Meeting. I think that this clarity was achieved, and achieved in an atmosphere of very demanding and searching conversation, which intensified our sense of commitment to each other and the Communion.
The tsunami that barreled into northeast Japan on Friday was so murderous and efficient that not much was left when search-and-rescue teams finally reached Natori on Monday. There was searching, but not much rescuing. There was, essentially, nobody left to rescue.
The mournful scene here in Natori, a farm and fishing town that has been reduced to a vast muddy plain, was similar to rescue efforts in other communities along the coast as police, military and foreign assistance teams poked through splintered houses and piles of wreckage.
The risk of a meltdown spread to a third reactor at a stricken nuclear power plant in Japan on Monday as its cooling systems failed, exposing its fuel rods, only hours after a second explosion at a separate reactor blew the roof off a containment building.
The widening problems underscored the difficulties the Japanese authorities are having in bringing several damaged reactors under control three days after a devastating earthquake and a tsunami hit Japan’s northeast coast and shut down the electricity that runs the crucial cooling systems for reactors.
Prayer for Japan after the Earthquake
from the Church of England
O loving Creator, bring healing and hope to those who, at this time, grieve, suffer pain, or who have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. We remember those who have died and we pray for those who mourn for them. We pray for those who were affected by the tsunami. May we all be aware of your compassion, O God, which calms our troubled hearts and shelters our anxious souls. May we pray with humility with our troubled and struggling brothers and sisters on earth. May we dare to hope that through the generosity of the privileged, the destitute might glimpse hope, warmth and life again. Through our Savior Christ who lives with us, comforts us and soothes us. Amen.
Bernardo Hees, 40, told a group of students in Chicago that “here the food is good and you are known for your good-looking women”.
Comparing the city to his student days at the University of Warwick, where he studied for an MBA, he recalled of his time in England: “The food is terrible and the women are not very attractive."
His gaffe came only six months after taking the helm at the chain, which has 11,500 outlets worldwide, and unsurprisingly were not welcomed in Coventry, where Warwick University is based.
Charli Fritzner, women’s campaigns officer at the University’s student union, said: “If he views women as potential distractions in academia, I wonder how he views them in the workplace?
One way for British women to make themselves more attractive might be to avoid a visit to one of Mr Hees’ fast food outlets.
Boasting 950 calories, a Burger King Double Whopper with cheese accounts for half of a woman’s recommended daily calorie intake of 1940 calories.
The burger has twice the calorie count and, with 22g of saturated fat, more than double the saturated fat count than its comparable rival, the McDonald’s Big Mac.
What are you doing? I said. I'm
invisible, he said, Do I have to spell
everything out for you all the time? &
since he was invisible, I decided i could
ignore that.
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church addressed a gathering of clergy and their spouses at the diocesan Spiritual Life Center on Friday, March 11. Bishop Love summarized the visit by observing “I’m sure some of you are thrilled that Bishop Katharine is here with us, and some of you are less than thrilled.” Dr. Christopher Brown, the preacher, turned to the Presiding Bishop and, looking over his glasses, reminded our visitor that “Many of us have sometimes disagreed with you. Even in print.”
The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori rose above such a lukewarm welcome by inviting the congregation, our diocese, and the wider Church into a deeper conversation. The word comes from Latin, she reminded us, a combination of con and verso, meaning a turning or a reconsideration. In AD 1300 the word meant “to spend time with,” or to be a member of the same community with another person. “That is what we are about as leaders of the Church, to build community where others come to know the image of God in us. Conversation is what we are meant to be.” Our job as Christians is “to foster a holier conversation” and then to take that conversation out into the world.
Japan faced mounting humanitarian and nuclear emergencies Sunday as the death toll climbed astronomically, partial meltdowns occurred at two crippled plants and cooling problems struck four more reactors. Military units and civilian search-and-rescue teams continued their grim and grinding work in the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation’s northern Pacific coast Friday.
In one town alone, the port of Minamisanriku, a senior police official said the number of dead would “certainly be more than 10,000.” That number is certain to climb as searchers began to reach coastal villages that had essentially vanished under the first muddy surge of the tsunami. The government ordered 100,000 troops into relief roles in the field — nearly half the country’s active military force and the largest mobilization in postwar Japan. An American naval strike group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan also arrived off Japan on Sunday to help with refueling, supply and rescue duties.
Compassionate God, whose Son Jesus wept at the grave of his friend Lazarus: Draw near to us in this time of sorrow and anguish, comfort those who mourn, strengthen those who are weary, encourage those in despair, and lead us all to fullness of life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.
-- On the Occasion of a Disaster, Holy Women, Holy Men, p. 733
Yesterday, when I got home from work, Joel was cleaning the kitchen, frantically... his face looked white-hot... He hasn't been real well. Wednesday, I think it was, he fell on the sidewalk outside the house and was unable to get up. He has had extreme weakness, and has not felt well...
So, of course, I yelled at him to stop cleaning the damn kitchen.
He turned and said that he needed to clean --to get ready...
Ready for what? I ask as I leaned against the kitchen wall thinking --oh-oh... here it comes....
The doctor called back --when I told him everything, he didn't give me a choice --I am going in to the hospital for ten days for plasmapheresis. I have to get everything ready for you....
Plasmapheresis --kinda like dialysis, scrub the blood... for ten days....
Ohhhhhh.... my poor beloved....
O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: Mercifully accept our prayers, and grant to your servant Joel the help of your power, that his sickness may be turned into health, and our sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
After two very painful days of stem cell harvesting, Cristy now gets some down time before being admitted to the transplant unit next Monday for her three-week isolation period.
According to the doctor, on Monday [March 14] a port will be inserted in her jugular vein and on Tuesday the actual transplanting will begin. She’ll be receiving a chemo treatment – Endoxan – and an anti-rejection drug -- Antithymocyte Globulin – in the first few days to increase the potential for her body to accept the newly transplanted cells. Because the cells are her own, there is a much better chance that her body will accept them than if they had come from a donor. Then there will be a period of about 10-14 days for engraftment, to make sure the stem cells are integrating into her body the way they’re supposed to.
Almighty God our heavenly Father, graciously comfort your servant Cristy in her suffering, and bless the means made use of for her cure. Fill her heart with confidence that, though at times she may be afraid, she yet may put her trust in you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.