Specials Apps Small Plates Soups and Salads Entrees Under 600 Gluten Free Desserts Beverages Our Story Our Founders Meet the Family QA Our Story Around our family table Were two Sicilian boys from Texas who love to cook and eat We love the Sicilian food our parents and grandparents cooked We love the Creole and Southern food our family members picked up passing through Louisiana and stepping off the boat right on the dock in Galveston And we love the Western food thats just part of being in Texas Food you see isnt only about food Its not some big secret Its something that just happens when all of our interconnected families get togetherthe Carrabbas and the Mandolas plus anybody with enough good sense to marry in You may be poor went the saying a mere generation ago but youll never be hungry Food is part of us because thats how we were raised food was present at births christenings weddings graduations and funerals Food is what reminded us we were family To this day whenever one family member meets another and starts talking about something or someplace the first question has to be Whadya eat To my Mamma Grace the greatest cook I ever knew who not only taught me the basics of good cooking but also the importance of having family gather at the table often Damian Mandola Our Gulf Coast experience is about the place where all of our ancestors came to build their lives They called it America And they didnt just mean Ellis Island or Little Italy in New York or the North End of Boston or South Philly They meant the whole damn place wherever it began and ended which of course nobody much knew And it meant an idea too a big promise in the air during the hard times in Sicily that if you sacrificed just about everything and pretty near worked yourself to death you could have something a little better So they came ship after ship full of them Full of us And all the while there were other ships filled with other people speaking different languages In America we would come to know them all And talk with them all And wrestle with them all And in some cases cook with them all We kept on being who we are sure enough but after a while we were something different too Something entirely new So give us a break here Dont go picking over our Grandmas and Mammas and Aunts and Uncles recipes whining about this not being the way they did it at your house Great Well go to your house this is the way the old folks taught the young folks This is the way we remember things tasting And this is what it all comes down towith generous sprinklings of life love and oreganofor two Sicilian boys from Texas who love to cook and eat Our Founders Food was and still is part of everything we do and not just because we run our own restaurants Meet the Family Food isnt only about food Its not some big secret Its something that just happens when all of our interconnected families get togetherthe Carrabbas and the Mandolas plus anybody with enough good sense to marry in Grace Grace Damians mother Johnnys grandmother Grace was born in Alexandria LA in 1916 She learned to cook from her mother Rosa Testa and her motherinlaw Margaret Mandola both from Sicily Grace loved to cook Every Sunday the family gathered at Graces house for the family dinner Grace worked at one of the Mandola family restaurants in Houston until she was in her midnineties Her recipes have been handed down for generations and are served daily at Carrabbas Vincent Margaret Vincent Margaret Born in Sicily in the 1870s Damians grandparents Vincent and Margaret Mandola immigrated to the US in the late 1800s where they settled just outside Galveston TX Grandma Mandola was a wonderful cook She did everything the hard way Damian to this day can still picture her with a scarf tied around her head as she worked in the kitchen She always made her own pasta She would take two sterilized broom handles and rest them between two chairs That was where she hung her pasta to dry The Family The Family Johnnys great grandparents with his grandmother Mary center with her two sisters in Sicily in 1917 They immigrated to the US in the early 1900s where they settled in Bryan TX QA To learn more about Carrabbas here are some questions asked by our guests 0 1 Jill H Asks Before Carrabbas it seems as if no one had ever heard of the Italian grill style of cooking It has opened a whole new world to going out for Italian How did you come up with this style of cooking and the amazing recipes like my favorite Chicken Bryan Damian Mandola Answers Italians have been grilling for centuries Really Italian food is much more varied than the spaghetti and red sauce that has come to represent Italian food in America Grilled and roasted meats and fish are very popular in Italy As for our recipes some were my mothers and my grandmothers and many such as the Chicken Bryan I created myself Were so pleased youve enjoyed it 2 John S Asks Our family ranks Carrabbas 1 when it comes to dining out Sometimes circumstances dictate ordering carry out Most restaurants do not offer takeout let alone reserved Parking spaces and the convenience of bringing your order to your vehicle How did you invent the splendid idea of Carside CarryOut Johnny Carrabba Answers We are so pleased youve enjoyed our Carside CarryOut We recognized the fact that peoples lives are only getting busier and more hectic and that there isnt always time to dine out Consumers are looking for quick but good home meal replacements So it was our goal to develop a carry out program that would be convenient for our busy customers With our Carside CarryOut service you dont have to get out of your car We have guests who come in their pajamas 3 Katie V Asks I love sitting at the Kitchen Counter when my husband and I eat at Carrabbas What gave you the idea to let customers be able to dine and enjoy watching your excellent staff prepare such wonderful dinners Johnny Carrabba Answers Whenever were together with the family we all hang out in the kitchen Its where the action is and where everybody wants to be So we decided to put our kitchen in the dining room so our guests could share in the energy excitement and wonderful aromas of freshly prepared foods The Kitchen Counter is definitely the best seat in the house 4 Heather S Asks Where did the name Carrabbas come from Johnny Carrabba Answers My family is from Corleone in Sicily however we believe our name is actually Arabic as the Arabs ruled Sicily for over 100 years 5 Liz D Asks What is the key to making a successful Italian dinner Damien Mandola Answers Fresh ingredients are the key to making a successful Italian meal In particular fresh herbs Herbs lose their oils as they dry and its the oils that produce the flavors So its critical to the flavor of your dishes that your herbs are fresh They cost a little more but theyre worth it 6 Ben P Asks How many of your recipes are actual Italian recipes Damien Mandola Answers Our chefs travel to Italy every year to soak up the local cooking and discover whats new and exciting at the countrys best restaurants This inevitably leads to a few new dishes on the menu back home worthy of our customers adoration 7 Patrick V Asks In ordering a pasta or spaghetti entrée what does al denté mean Damien Mandola Answers Al denté literally means firm to the tooth and is used in reference to the firmness of pasta Properly prepared pasta should be al denté meaning it should be firm or have a slight resistance 8 Geri R Asks Where can I find that wonderful cheese Caprino that you use for the Chicken Bryan Damien Mandola Answers Caprino is the Italian name for goat cheese You can usually find it at any of the better supermarkets or gourmet markets Buon appetito 9 Mary C Asks What do you love most about Carrabbas Johnny Carrabba Answers I love the preparation and excitement of it all Its like throwing a party at your home every night You work hard to prepare a great meal and you cant wait to greet your guests and show them a great time 10 Nancy S Asks My family is Italian and we all agree your calamari is by far the best Does the size of the squid have anything to do with the texture or taste Damien Mandola Answers The size of the squid has everything to do with the texture We only purchase squid that are 35 inches in length Anything larger will be tough and chewy Thanks for asking 11 Aaron L Asks Were you nervous in opening the first Carrabbas that it would not be successful since so many restaurants do actually go under Johnny Carrabba Answers I was a little nervous like anyone opening a new business But I knew we had great recipes a great location and I knew I had a great partner 12 Ryan G Asks When I visit my grandma in Jacksonville Beach I love to go to Carrabbas I really like to play with the dough while we are waiting for dinner Who came up with the idea and do you have any children Johnny Carrabba Answers While Damian and I both have children we cant take credit for the idea of giving kids pizza dough to play with That was something one of our wonderful employees came up with several years ago And weve been doing it ever since There are lots of adults who like to play with the pizza dough too

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Admission Requirements Master of Occupational Therapy Carroll utilizes the Occupational Therapist Centralized Application Service OTCAS to collect application materials The MOT Admissions Review Committee reserves the right to conduct interviews at its discretion All required application materials including a VERIFIED OTCAS application must be received by Carroll by Dec 1 each year Required application materials Verified OTCAS application The OTCAS verification process can take up to 46 weeks to complete therefore early application is highly recommended Click on link for more details regarding the OTCAS verification process The following items must be submitted directly to OTCAS andor addressed within the OTCAS application Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions NOTE Carroll University undergraduate students must also send all official transcripts directly to OTCAS Three letters of reference suggested authors include a college instructor a supervisor and an occupational therapist Pending coursework no more than 2 courses can be pending at the time of application Personal essay GRE score report Official GRE scores must be sent to CarrollOTCAS with ETS code 1211 GRE scores must be current within the last 5 years Carroll University supplemental questions Evidence of exploration of the occupational therapy profession volunteering observations internships andor work experience within a setting where occupational therapy services are conducted No additional documentation is required Application updates are not accepted outside of OTCAS Involvement in community service is highly recommended Carroll University MOT Program Supplemental 2500 Fee Prerequisite coursework one semester each Prerequisites must be completed from an accredited junior college college or university prior to matriculation No more than 2 courses can be pending at the time of application Most courses can be completed either in a classroom setting or online Anatomy must be completed in a classroom setting within 5 years of matriculation 3 years is preferred Anatomy with lab Physiology with lab or 2 semesters combined anatomy and physiology I and II with labs Abnormal psychology Lifespan psychology or Developmental course covering birth to death Introductory sociology cultural anthropology or social psychology Statistics If a prerequisite course requirement is in question please email otinfocarrolluedu Please include the school where the course was completed course number and course description in your message The MOT Admissions Review Committee may request a Petition for Prerequisite Substitution Form be submitted Minimum requirements Bachelors degree from an accredited institution prior to matriculation The program neither requires nor recommends the degree be earned in any particular major OTCAS calculated cumulative and prerequisite GPA minimum of 30 Completion of prerequisite courses with a C or higher prior to matriculation Note that a C will not be accepted Attributes of competitive candidates Strong performance in anatomy and physiology coursework Commitment to community service Average cumulative and prerequisite GPA of 33 or higher GRE score in the 40th percentile or higher in quantitative and verbal scores GRE writing score of 40 or higher Other admission information Students need not have received their bachelors degree from Carroll University but those who do will receive a calculated advantage in the admission process AP courses are accepted for sociology and statistics if listed on a university transcript and on the OTCAS application The Carroll University MOT program does not accept transfer students or transfer credits for any required courses in occupational therapy Students accepted into the program must complete all required occupational therapy courses Advanced placement is not granted for any reason including prior academic studies or professional experience Admitted students Admitted students are asked to respond to their offer of admission within 10 days of notification A 500 seat deposit is required Admitted students must submit ALL official college transcripts directly to Carroll University prior to matriculation Admitted students are required to have a completed health screening updated immunizations and tuberculosis screening according to current Centers of Disease Control and Prevention CDC recommendations for health professionals background investigation and drug screening prior to matriculation International applicants International applicants and those who graduated from a nonUS college or university must complete the following in addition to the above Three 3 hours of English composition completed at an accredited US or Canadian college or university if the initial education was not taken at an Englishspeaking university 20 hours of natural sciences taken at an accredited US or Canadian college or university These hours must include 2 semesters of anatomy and physiology coursework Anatomy must be completed in a classroom setting Documented completion of baccalaureate degree from accredited institution or equivalent via an international credit evaluation must be sent directly to OTCAS Official TOEFL scores must sent directly to Carroll University for those who graduated from a nonUS college or university Documentation needed to issue I20 Please also see the Office of International Education for more information

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Find out if this car is the best match for you 2015 Honda Civic Change year or vehicle 10573 18273 USED 24 Sedan 5 Seats 2535 MPG Combined Key specs of the base trim Overview Is this the car for you 47 264 reviews The Good Fuel efficiency Wellequipped base model Responsive CVT Visibility Handling The Bad Ride quality of coupe Multimedia systems touchsensitive buttons Small trunk Coupes headroom Drum rear brakes on lower trims What to Know about the 2015 Honda Civic New Special Edition trim level for the sedan Coupe or sedan manual or automatic LaneWatch display available Hybrid and naturalgas versions available Were looking for the best deals on a Honda near you Our Take from the Carscom expert editorial team What Is the 2015 Honda Civic The frontwheeldrive 2015 Honda Civic is a fiveseat compact car thats available as a sedan or a coupe It competes with the Toyota Corolla Hyundai Elantra Chevrolet Cruze Scion tC Mazda3 and Ford Focus Trim levels include the LX SE HF EX EXL Si and 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Annulment nation The United States with 6 percent of the worlds Catholics accounts for 60 percent of the Churchs annulments April 28 2011 J J Ziegler 1 A part from the papacy few doctrines divide the Catholic Church from nonCatholic ecclesial communities as does the doctrine of the indissolubility of a consummated Christian marriage Eastern Orthodox Christians are permitt ed three marriages King Henry VIIIs desire to remarry helped lead to the formation of the Anglican Communion Martin Luther permitted divorce in the cases of adultery desertion failure to fulfill conjugal duties and where husband and wife can not get along together The Catholic Church holds that the teaching of Jesus Christ is clear husband and wife are no longer two but one flesh What therefore God has joined together let not man put asunder Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her and if she divorces her husband and marries another she commits adultery Mark 10812 Thus in 1563 the Council of Trent decreed that if anyone shall say that the Church has erred in having taught and in teaching that according to the teaching of the Gospel and the Apostles the bond of matrimony can not be dissolved and that neither partynot even the innocent who has given no cause by adultery can contract another marriage while the other lives and that he or she commits adultery who puts away an adulterous wife or husband and marries another let him be anathema In our own time Pope John Paul II taught that it is a fundamental duty of the Church to reaffirm strongly the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage Familiaris Consortio 1981 He affirmed the discipline of not admitting to Eucharistic Communion divorced persons who have remarried adding that reconciliation in the sacrament of penance which would open the way to the Eucharist can only be granted to those who repenting of having broken the sign of the covenant and of fidelity to Christ are sincerely ready to undertake a way of life that is no longer in contradiction to the indissolubility of marriage This means in practice that when for serious reasons such as for example the childrens upbringing a man and a woman can not satisfy the obligation to separate they take on themselves the duty to live in complete continence that is by abstinence from the Declarations of nullity While most New Testament passages on marriage make no exception for divorce our Lord says in St Matt hews Gospel that whoever divorces his wife except for porneia unchastity and marries another commits adultery Catholic exegetes have debated the meaning of porneia for centuries with the Navarre Bible explaining that it is almost certain that the phrase refers to unions accepted as marriage among some pagan peoples but prohibited as incestuous in the Mosaic Law and in rabbinical tradition The reference then is to unions radically invalid because of some impediment They had never in fact been joined in true marriage This explanation speaks to the development of the annulment the declaration by Church authorities that a putative marriage never truly existed because of reasons such as consanguinity or lack of consent In the West popes and bishops were declaring marriages invalid in the early Middle Ages with Pope St Gregory VII beginning to systematize ecclesiastical court procedures in the 11th century Over the centuries the Churchs discipline in this matter changed several times In 1741 Pope Benedict XIV concerned about the ease with which annulments were granted in his day mandated that the declaration of nullity be appealed to another court and created the office of the defender of the bond whose function in ecclesiastical trials is to argue for the validity of the disputed marriage In 1970 the bishops of the United States obtained permission from the Holy See to modify canonical procedures in the adjudication of marriage cases One judge and not three could render a decision and cases could be heard in the diocese of the person seeking the annulment in addition appeal of a declaration of nullity to another court became discretionary rather than obligatory The latt er provision lapsed with the promulgation of the new Code of Canon Law in 1983 which expanded the grounds of invalid consent they are incapable of contracting marriagewho are not capable of assuming the essential Partly for these reasons the number of annulments granted annually in the United States soared from 338 in 1968 to 28918 in 1974 to a peak of 63933 in 1991 By 2004 the number had fallen to 46330 and it fell even further to 35009 in 2007a remarkable decline of 24 percent in three years US statistics Despite this decline the United States with 59 percent of the worlds Catholics still accounts for 60 percent of the Churchs 58322 declarations of nullity 2007 statistics in the Vatican Secretariat of States Statistical Yearbook of the Church Of the 35009 declarations of nullity granted in the US 79 percent were granted through the ordinary process while 21 percent were granted through the documentary process The documentary administrative process is used for relatively blackand white cases such as those involving defect of form which occurs when a Catholic is married outside the Church consanguinity marriage below the legal age marriage to a person validly married to another marriage under certain circumstances to ones abductor or the murderer of ones spouse or marriage to clerics or religious not dispensed from their vows Of the 7355 declarations of nullity granted in the US by the documentary process 74 percent were granted for reasons of defect of form The ordinary process on the other hand entails a trial that determines whether a valid marriage took place Questions over the validity of consent and over perpetual and antecedent impotence are adjudicated in the ordinary process On occasion disputes over defect of form and other impediments to marriage are dealt with in the ordinary process Of the 27654 declarations of nullity granted in the US by the ordinary process 996 percent were granted for reasons of defect of consentthe most oftcriticized grounds for annulment In the US 6 percent of ordinaryprocess cases are renounced by those seeking an annulment while an additional 6 percent are abated because the parties failed to follow through with the procedural acts necessary for a trial to take place Of the remaining 88 percent of cases in which sentences are given 96 percent of sentences are in favor of nullity Sentences in favor of nullity are automatically appealed to a court of second instance in another diocese One percent of these cases are renounced or abated 69 percent are confirmed by decree and 30 percent proceed to an additional Worldwide statistics The United States leads the world in declarations of nullity with 35009 in 2007 by a very large margin the country with the next highest annulment rateItalyhad only 2625 that same year Brazil Poland Canada Mexico Spain India South Korea Germany Australia Colombia France Ukraine and Great Britain round out the worlds top 15 nations for annulments These 15 countries account for 91 percent of declarations of nullity On the other hand Africa which has 14 percent of the worlds Catholics accounts for a mere 09 percent of the Churchs declarations of nullity An analysis of international annulment statistics reveals some similarities and some differences between the United States and the rest of the world Of the 23313 declarations of nullity granted outside the United States 94 percent were granted through the ordinary process while only 6 percent were granted through the documentary process in the latter category 57 percent were granted for reasons of defect of form Since the United States accounts for 87 percent of annulments worldwide granted for defect of form the US has a relatively high percentage of Catholics who took part in a civil marriage outside the Church Of the 21879 declarations of nullity granted outside the United States by the ordinary process 982 percent were granted for reasons of defect of consent However in 140 nations and territories there was not a single declaration of nullity for reasons of defect of consent in 2007 Thirtynine of these nations and territories are in Africa 32 are in Asia and 17 are in Europe An additional 37 nations worldwide granted between one and a dozen declarations of nullity on defectofconsent grounds There is a deep chasm between the United States and the rest of the world in the quantity of annulments granted there is a similarly deep chasm between those nations that are relatively willing to grant annulments for reasons of defect of consent and those that are not Twentyeight nations grant more than 100 defectofconsent annulments each year From 2005 to 2007 the nations and territories with the highest ratio of defectofconsent annulments to Catholics were Denmark the United States the Cook Islands Norway Japan Tonga South Korea Thailand Lebanon Sweden Samoa and Finland Outside the US 95 percent of first instance ordinary process cases are renounced by those seeking an annulment while an additional 75 percent are abated because the parties failed to follow through with the necessary procedural acts Of the remaining 83 percent of cases in which sentences are given 898 percent of sentences are granted in favor of nullitya bit lower but not much than the 96 percent rate in the US Of all the nations of the world in which such trials take place only in Burkina Faso Eritrea Malawi Uganda and Vietnam do 50 percent or more of cases result in rulings against nullity Most of the worlds nations with high numbers of annulments decide 9397 percent of sentences in favor of nullity with Canada at 995 percent and Australia at 98 percent having particularly high affirmative sentence rates and Germany at 82 percent and Poland at 795 percent relatively low ones Outside the United States almost 3 percent of secondinstance cases are renounced or abated 695 percent are confi rmed by decree and nearly 28 percent proceed to an additional trial at which 87 percent of sentences are in favor of nullity This rate is lower than the United States 98 percent rate largely because of statistics from Europe where only 65 percent of secondinstance trials end with a sentence in favor of nullity Why the disparity Several factors contribute to the high number of annulments granted in the United States relative to other nations according to several sources well acquainted with the annulment process Tribunals can be expensive to run and canonists are expensive to educate says Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix who himself holds a doctorate in canon law Therefore I would imagine that in some countries where the resources are few and the availability for training is minimal there is likely to be little opportunity for a Catholic to process an annulment petition Bishop Daniel Conlon of Steubenville who also holds a doctorate in canon law agrees The Church in developed countriesthe US in particular has been able and willing to educate large numbers of canonists especially priests and operate sophisticated tribunal offices he says Churches in less developed nations generally can not afford the money or personnel or both I have seen firsthand how this lack is an injustice to the Catholic faithful in these places The popes have consistently urged the richer churches to share their canonical resources with their poorer sisters The traditional lawabiding nature of Americans may also contribute to the magnitude of annulments We have a tendency in this country to follow the law and to abide by it says Bishop Olmsted So if the Church has a legal process for annulments Americans will usually enter into those legal procedures Father Andres Ligot judicial vicar of the Diocese of San Jose California believes the early identification of cases unlikely to result in a nullity verdict may also contribute to the US high number of annulments We are able to inform the applicants right away if sufficient grounds do not seem to be present says Father Ligot When that is the situation applicants often choose not to pursue the process which is timeconsuming and emotionally difficult for them Thus weaker cases are frequently not pursued and the result can be a higher percentage of cases that result in nullity The relative immaturity of Americans at the time they make their marriage vows combined with the collapse of catechesis may also play a role Part of the problem would seem to be due to the tremendous immaturity of many of our American young people says Dr Timothy ODonnell president of Christendom College and a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Family Today we seem to have the most prolonged period of adolescence in all of human history It also would seem that there has been a real failure in catechesis in this area This is one of the reasons Pope Benedict XVI has called upon the Pontifical Council for the Family to come up with some basic guidelines and norms to provide proper Asked why US tribunals grant a higher percentage of decisions in favor of nullity than some other Western nations Bishop Conlon says that although the canonical process is identical throughout the world there can be variations in the care with which the parish priests or other advocates assist petitioners with their cases in the manner with which tribunals accept cases for trial and in the cultural issues that impinge on the validity of marriage Bishop Olmsted agrees that there is probably a cultural difference as well in how the laws and the grounds for nullity are applied to marriage cases involving people in their respective countries He adds I think that the US situation has been unique in that there have not been the same kinds of challenges internally in the United States that have galvanized other European and nonEuropean nations Put another way as the conflicts and tragedies within a culture can tend to strengthen marital relationships as families struggle for survival and friendship other societies like the United States have enjoyed much more freedom and much less unrest internally which has led to some extent to a kind of laziness about marriage commitments and a kind of boredom with traditional marriage prompting Americans to lose sight Bishop Conlon suspects that the recent decline in the numbers of declarations of nullity in the US has to do with the continuing decline in the acceptance and practice of the faith by American Catholics Catholics who do not practice the faith are not likely to see the need to seek a declaration of nullity in order to enter a valid marriage Father Ligot concurs Unfortunately in todays world some may have less sensitive consciences and not seek to have a marriage tribunal investigate issues that might leave them free to remarry in the Church The decline in marriage may also play a part in the recent decline in the number of annulments in the United States Amy Strickland a canonist who has worked for the metropolitan tribunal of the Archdiocese of Boston attributes the recent decline in annulments in large part to the declining number of persons in the United States choosing to wed Fewer Americans might be seeking annulments because fewer care about Catholic marriage adds Bai McFarlane who founded Marys Advocates a nonprofit educational organization that upholds marriage and assists spouses seeking defend their marriages against petitions for annulment Bishop Olmsted adds that Dignitas Connubii a 2005 Vatican instruction on marriage nullity trials offered the opportunity to reassert the seriousness of the nullity trial and the expectations of the law that the decision regarding the validity or invalidity of a marital bond is arrived at with moral certitude and in accord with procedural norms that can not be ignored or dismissed as unimportant or unnecessary The sexual abuse scandal may also have contributed to the decline in the number of Americans seeking annulments In the years since 2002 there is a growing antiestablishment mentality among many Catholics as a result of the sexual abuse scandal says StricklandTherefore they do not feel the need to subject themselves to the authority of the Church when it comes to the decision to have a second wedding Jan Leary who founded Save Our Sacrament in 1997 to help spouses defend the validity of their marriages in ecclesiastical tribunals believes that fewer Catholics are seeking declarations of nullity because Catholics are finally opening their eyes to the hypocrisy in the Church first via the clergy sex scandal and nowat least the individuals I talk toseeing how hurtful the annulment process is to everyone but especially the children The annulment scandal In their annual addresses to the Roman Rota Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have offered blunt criticism of the large number of annulments granted worldwide particularly on the grounds of defect of consent For the canonist the principle must remain clear that only incapacity and not difficulty in giving consent and in realizing a true community of life and love invalidates a marriage said Pope John Paul in 1987 Only the most severe forms of psychopathology impair substantially the freedom of the individual he said the following year as he called upon defenders of the bond to prevent tensions and difficulties inevitably involved in the choice and achievement of the ideals of marriage from being confused with the signs of a serious pathology In 2009 Pope Benedict quoting Pope John Paul spoke of the urgent need of preserving the ecclesial community from the scandal of seeing the value of Christian marriage being destroyed in practice by the exaggerated and almost automatic multiplication of declarations of nullity in cases of the failure of marriage on the pretext of some immaturity or psychic weakness on the part of the contracting parties We concur with those statements by both popes says Leary The current statistics on annulments mandated by US tribunals are truly a scandal and I have appreciated the popes making these statementsSave Our Sacrament receives many many requests for help from mostly women respondents Many of these respondents are good upstanding Catholics who have three or more grown children and whose husbands are simply going through midlife crises and want an easy way to remarry in the Roman Catholic Church which is more often than not granted Scandal is an attitude or behavior that leads others to do evil says Mac Farlane whose husband left her and pursued a civil divorce without her consent Tribunal judges give scandal to the general public priests and dissatisfied spouses Exaggerated multiplication of annulments is diocesansanctioned cooperation with the evil of nofault divorce When tribunals require civil divorce and then issue nearly automatic annulments the public concludes the Church has no objection whatsoever to divorce MacFarlane adds Dissatisfied spouses are scandalized by the prevalent annulment mentality of local tribunals Therefore they choose divorce rather than persevering through difficult times Priests and deacons are scandalized if they are taught by their local tribunal staff that any spouse who feels his or her marriage has failed has a right to an annulment on the basis of immaturity or psychic weakness These priests will erroneously counsel a dissatisfied spouse to get divorced which results in the I do not believe that either Venerable John Paul II or His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI was pointing his critiques at the United States specifically Strickland says Instead I believe that both pontiffs were addressing those disreputable canonists around the world who will proudly assert that they can find grounds to annul any marriage Bishop Olmsted on the other hand believes that it is very likely that both John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have in mind the United States when making these kinds of comments particularly in light of the busy activity of American tribunals and also the influence of the American Catholic Church in the last few decades in the Englishspeaking world The popes have been vigilant in their duty to remind bishops and canonists that there is no such thing as an automatic annulment Moreover the popes have recently reminded us of the immense harm that is done when seemingly The Apostolic Signaturathe Churchs highest court now headed by American Cardinal Raymond Burke plays a role in bridging the gap between papal exhortations and the work of individual dioceses Each year the Signatura receives a report from every diocesan tribunal reviews it and offers recommendations for improving the work of that tribunal says Bishop Conlon I appreciate that review and take the recommendations offered for our tribunal seriously Part of the annulment scandal observes Dr ODonnell is that Church teaching concerning the indissolubility of the marriage bond has never changed and this commitment solemnly ratified by vows remains a very important witness not only to the Church but to all society Although it is true that nullity declares that no marriage was ever there when you have such an enormous number being ratified by tribunals around our country it must give one pause that truly it is hard to maintain the integrity the sacrament when so many are unable to effect it properly It is a grave scandal to the faithful when so many marriages fail concurs Bishop Olmsted While nearly 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce in the United States it does not mean that every marriage that is presented to a tribunal for consideration of an annulment is likely to be invalid either If you value the news and views Catholic World Report provides please consider donating to support our efforts Your contribution will help us continue to make CWR available to all readers worldwide for free without a subscription Thank you for your generosity Click here for more information on donating to CWR Click 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August 13 2013 1207PM Government Cant Simply Ignore Judicial Rulings It Doesnt Like By Ilya Shapiro By design the federal judiciary is the weakest of the three branches of government While the executive wields the sword and Congress holds the purse strings the courts have no temporal power To give effect to their decisions and orders courts depend on popular legitimacy and the cooperation of the other branches While that cooperation is normally forthcoming when needed to enforce judicial decisions against private citizens when the subject of a courts order is the government itself theres always a risk that it will be ignored or avoided Such is the case in Hornbeck Offshore Services v Jewell which began when the Interior Department DOI chose to put itself above the courts and above the law Following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010 DOI issued a total ban on drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico A district court judge held that this drilling moratorium was irrational and not supported by scientific research or other credible evidence The judge issued an injunction prohibiting DOI from enforcing its ban Instead of obeying the injunction or appealing it DOI ignored it The Secretary of the Interior told Congress that as far as he was concerned the drilling ban was still in effect DOI then issued a second ban on drilling that was identical to the first The district judge held DOI in contempt of court noting that each step the government took following the Courts imposition of a preliminary injunction showcased its defiance of the courts authority On appeal a panel of the New Orleansbased US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided 21 with the DOIs position that the contempt finding was improper because the issuance of a second identical drilling ban was not technically disallowed by the text of the injunction which explicitly prohibited only enforcement of the initial ban Cato has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear the case because the appellate courts ruling undermines the rule of law and the judiciarys independent authority Under the Fifth Circuits rule government agencies will be able to legally avoid court orders with bureaucratic trickery If only the explicit text of an injunction and not any of its spirit or clear purpose binds the federal government Congress or the executive could simply rename whatever statute or regulation has been declared unconstitutional and continue enforcing the substantively unconstitutional rule Such an overly technical rule would force district court judges into the role of mindreaders trying to predict how the government could weasel its way out of a ruling Without an effective contempt power to punish the violation of its orders even the Supreme Court would be unable to enforce its important rulings such as ending the District of Columbias unconstitutional ban on handguns and striking down section 3 of DOMA In both of those recent cases the sort of semantic gameplaying endorsed by the Fifth Circuit here would have resulted in hollow victories for liberty and an evisceration of the idea that in our constitutional republic the government is bound by the same if not stricter rules as the rest of us Topics Constitution the Law and the Courts Regulatory Studies Tags amicus briefs Supreme Court contempt rule of law This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialShareAlike 40 International License Archives January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 Email Alerts Sign up to have Cato At Liberty posts delivered straight to your inbox Read Cato At Liberty right on your Kindle Sign up today

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The slow death of urban parking Don Pittis It may be time to phase out parking in Canadian cities and not everyone will be happy about it Don Pittis CBC News Posted Jul 28 2017 500 AM ET Last Updated July 28 2017 Canadas rural car culture based on big spaces and poor public transit has meant large amounts of land set aside for parking but in cities its becoming an expense young urbanites dont want and cant afford CBC Build it and they will come is a business mantra It encourages entrepreneurs to take a shot at something new with the expectation of a flood of customers In urban planning the term has taken on a more sinister meaning especially when it comes to parking The car requires roughly 350 square feet at the point of origin and 350 square feet at the point of destination says James McKellar an expert on the business of real estate infrastructure So the car is an incredible consumer of land and the biggest contributor to congestion Built for cars McKellar should know Hes a professor at Torontos York University an institution built for the car on what used to be farmland at the north end of citys 1960s urban sprawl As a child I remember my dad taking my sister and me to the new campus and seeing a few buildings surrounded by an endless sea of parking lots North American cities were built for the car and even in places with excellent public transit many people prefer to drive CBC But like York University which has become a major public transit hub in the midst of an even bigger 21st century urban sprawl Canadian urbanites are gradually turning against the car and turning against parking McKellar director of the Brookfield Centre for Real Estate and Infrastructure at Yorks Schulich School of Business says condo builders have been caught short by the change Urban young and urban old I do know of one major developer who told me after he sold all his condos he was left with 120 parking units says the business professor That makes a huge difference to a developers bottom line The cost of a parking stall works out to about 65000 apiece he says Increasingly young urban talent wants to live downtown and people dont need parking They use bikes and public transit and Uber The urban old are increasingly joining them in ditching the family car Automobiles still pour into city centres from the suburbs but many young professionals prefer to live downtown and depend on transit bikes and car sharing CBC For carlength trips they depend on carsharing services such as Zipcar or Car2go that McKeller says have reached a critical mass so that they are now available when needed Robot taxis if they ever arrive will be the icing on the cake Unlike even a decade ago the good jobs are all downtown too he says He offers the example of Telus which in search of that young talent has consolidated operations in downtown Ottawa Calgary Vancouver and Toronto Young urban talent no longer wants to travel out to suburban industrial parks For cities a recent move against the car is a seachange in municipal urban planning Free parking isnt cheap In the days when York University was being constructed cities across the continent made it a requirement for residential retail and workplace developers to include a certain number of parking spots per project North Americawide that means there are many more parking spots than cars some in parking lots some filling lanes of precious roadway most of them free to the user by some estimates six of them for every car Parking Mad Whats the worst place to park in Canada Ontario Condo Act a roadblock for electric vehicle owners We pay for the free parking we demand in every role we have in life other than as a driver As a taxpayer As a resident As a shopper says California parking guru Donald Shoup in a video by Mobility Lab called The High Cost of Free Parking And just because you pay nothing at the parking lot at the grocery store doesnt mean the cost goes away Its still there Its just that the driver isnt paying for it Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video In cities built for cars its a habit hard to break But some are trying North Americas oldest urban metropolis Mexico City famous for its automobile congestion is reversing a decadesold parking policy The mayor has announced a plan actually limiting the number of parking spaces developers are allowed to include in new projects Former architect and coauthor of the book Changing Toronto Doug Young says free parking entices people to drive leading to the additional and much larger costs of roads and traffic infrastructure One strategy that market economists prefer is to make the user pay the true cost But that true cost is hard to calculate when municipalities have required so many parking spots to be built over the years by not granting a building permit unless the developer provided a certain number of parking spots No parking Those requirements are all being dropped and now there are some residential buildings being built in the city of Toronto with no parking says Young who commutes to his job as an urban studies professor at York University by public transit One example is the condo called the Residences at RCMI on University Avenue where there are spots for 300 bikes but no parking instead including a carshare facility contained within the building providing up to nine vehicles The Residences at RCMI on Torontos University Avenue provides storage for 300 bicycles but only nine parking spaces designated for carsharing Tribute Communities Young says there are more such buildings in the pipeline Vancouver has also reduced parking spot requirements in special cases In smaller Canadian cities such as Regina Young says there is no reason that municipalities couldnt begin to eliminate parking while developing better public transit alternatives but he admits that the culture may be hard to change Young says change is beginning to happen But for now Canada is dividing in two the cardependent areas where parking is cheap or free and the urban downtowns where owning a car is increasingly an expensive inconvenience Branding Canadian oil green would be good for industry and for climate change Enough with concept cars we need them on the lot Follow Don on Twitter don_pittis by Don Pittis About the Author Don Pittis Business columnist Don Pittis was a forest firefighter and a ranger in Canadas High Arctic islands After moving into journalism he was principal business reporter for Radio Television Hong Kong before the handover to China He has produced and reported for the CBC in Saskatchewan and Toronto and the BBC in London He is currently senior producer at CBCs business unit More by Don Pittis CBCs Journalistic Standards and Practices About CBC News Report Typo or Error

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Liberalfriendly marketing firms busy as provincial election nears Companies have been billing taxpayers for services like provincial heritage videos and communications advice Jacques Poitras CBC News Posted Mar 23 2018 705 AM AT Last Updated March 23 David Hawkins cofounder of Brainworks Razor has billed the province 171000 so far this year to help the Liberals deal with two of its biggest controversies Medavie extramural contract and fixes to the troubled property assessment system David HawkinsLinkedIn A trio of Liberalfriendly marketing and communications firms have been busy in the year leading up to the next New Brunswick election The companies have been billing taxpayers for services ranging from provincial heritage videos to communications advice on two of the biggest controversies faced by the Gallant Liberals in the last year Brainworks Razor a company cofounded by McKennaera marketing guru David Hawkins has billed the province 171000 so far this year including to promote the contentious Medavie extramural contract and fixes to troubled property assessment system Thats up from the 32349 paid to Brainworks in 201617 the year it took over Razor Creative Meanwhile Revolution Strategy has billed almost 370000 so far this year for provincial government awareness campaigns and videos according to figures released by the province Revolution billed 705000 in 201617 the third year of a steady increase in billings since the Liberals took power in 2014 Derek Riedle who is the cofounder of Revolution Strategy has billed the government 370000 this year Ben SilcoxCBC At the same time Revolution is working for the government cofounder Derek Riedle a former Liberal election campaign advisor is getting money from Opportunities New Brunswick to host an international conference on cannabis in Saint John in June MLAs hear business pros and cons of legalized marijuana ONB is spending 150000 on the conference which is promoted prominently on Riedles cannabislifestyle website Civilized The site describes New Brunswick as having a unique and exciting position at the forefront of the cannabis industry Gandalf Group headed by David Herle was paid 178000 in 201516 and 62640 in 201617 for polling and focus groups Meanwhile taxpayers paid the Gandalf Group headed by David Herle a former advisor to Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin 178000 in 201516 and 62640 in 201617 The money was for polling and focus groups At the same time the Liberal party was paying Gandalf smaller fivefigure sums for public opinion research and strategic advice according to Marc Poirier a party spokesperson Herle is expected to advise Gallants reelection campaign later this year Public wants information minister says Treasury Board minister Roger Melanson said the companies are helping the government respond to a craving for information from citizens New Brunswickers constantly tell their government and their elected people that they want to be informed they want to be educated about what kinds of programs are offered to them he said Treasury Board minister Roger Melanson says the companies are helping to keep New Brunswickers informed CBC News So weve been very proactive in wanting to communicate to New Brunswickers about government programs that are available to them At times we need help to be able to communicate that and thats why we sometimes use outside help He said elected Liberal politicians have no role in the awarding of contracts Theres procurement legislation and rules in place that are being followed he said Were not involved in that process Getting things done Province puts up taxpayerfunded infrastructure signs bearing party line Ad campaigns 3000jobs claim doesnt add up Strategic program review costs top 560K documents show But he added we dont shy away from what he described as keeping people informed Cynthia Goodwin Revolutions president said its company policy to not comment on the work it does for clients but we are an approved vendor and are occasionally invited to bid on government work We follow all government procedures when bidding She called Civilized a sister company to Revolution and said the event has a number of private and public sponsors of which ONB is one PCs question contracts PC MLA Bruce Fitch says the companies have blatant ties to the Liberal Party CBC Progressive Conservative MLA Bruce Fitch questioned both the amounts and the choice of companies The government has line items in every department for communications staff and here you have outside companies that are getting substantial amounts of money he said More importantly Fitch said are the firms Liberal connections If you didnt have such blatant ties with the Liberal party youd say Oh well its not an issue The PC opposition has also questioned the Gallant Liberals awarding of the governments main tourism contract to M5 another Atlantic Canadian marketing firm M5 billed the province 48 million in 201617 The Tories have pointed to the firms Halifax partner Chris McInnes who advised the provincial Liberals ahead of the 2014 election campaign But M5 also has Tory ties and when it acquired the assets of Bristol Communications in 2010 it took on some of that companys PCconnected staff Lottery suppliers Revolution Gandalf and M5 are also among six companies recently selected as a supplier of strategic communications and public affairs consulting for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation ALC is coowned by the four Atlantic provincial governments all currently Liberal The corporations director of public affairs Courtney PringleCarver is the nominated Liberal candidate for Moncton Northwest in this falls election Molly Cormier a spokesperson with ALC said the selection process was a renewal of a preferredsupplier list overseen by the corporations procurement team She said Revolution Gandalf and M5 were all on the previous list She said PringleCarver was one of three individuals responsible for evaluating submissions along with a procurement official who oversaw the assessments and all aspects of the process Master services list Tara Chislett a spokesperson for the province said Brainworks and Revolution have been on a master services contract list for more than a decade a period that has spanned two Liberal governments and one Progressive Conservative administration Firms on the list are prequalified to provide services on contracts below 200000 Any contract worth more than that must still go to tender Revolution Strategy helped the 2003 and 2006 Liberal election campaigns and won the tourism contract in 2009 when Shawn Graham was premier RadioCanada Hawkins is one of the bestknown marketing and communications consultants in Atlantic Canada His previous company Hawk Communications had the lucrative tourism marketing contract during the Liberal government of Frank McKenna Riedles Revolution Strategy partnered with another firm DDB Canada to win the tourism contract in 2009 when the Liberals were back in power under Premier Shawn Graham Revolution had helped run the 2003 and 2006 Liberal election campaigns Contract not renewed While Graham was in office Revolution employed Grahams campaign manager and former Liberal cabinet minister Doug Tyler whose job included lobbying Grahams government on behalf of clients Revolutions contract worth 45 million was for three years and was renewable for two additional years In 2012 the PC government of David Alward opted not to renew it Figures released in the provinces public accounts show Revolutions billings to the province dried up to nothing after 201213 Hawkins sold Hawk Communications in 2001 but cofounded Brainworks in 2012 The company bought another Moncton marketing firm Razor Creative last year M5s work for the New Brunswick tourism department includes a video for Facebook promoting the new Family Day statutory holiday in February The video cost 986125 Hawkins and McInnes did not respond to requests for comments from CBC News Herle referred the questions to the government and the Liberal party We never discuss our client relationships with the media he said in an email Corrections This story has been corrected to remove an incorrect reference to another Family Day video produced by the New Brunswick government Mar 23 2018 1120 AM AT About the Author Jacques Poitras Provincial Affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has been CBCs provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000 Raised in Moncton he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit CBCs Journalistic Standards and Practices About CBC News Report Typo or Error

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