#anahuac = the traditional name for mexico

[ladyimaginarium]

from mikjikj-mnikuk/turtle island to inuit nunangat to kanata to kalaallit nunaat to anahuac to abya yala to alkebulan to the levant to moananuiākea to sápmi to éire to bhārata to zhōngguó to nihon to aynu mosir to siberia to niugini to nusantara to bandaiyan to aotearoa, from coast to coast to coast to coast, from sea to sea to sea to sea, none of us are free until all of us — men, women, enben, children, queer people, disabled & neurodivergent people, elders, animals and the land and the sea and the sky — are free!!!!

#arcana.txt #turtle island = north america aka canada america & mexico (& the carribean & central america & greenland depending on who you ask) #inuit nunangat = the arctic aka inuit territory #anahuac = the traditional name for mexico #abya yala = south america (& the carribean & central america depending on who you ask) #alkebulan = the indigenous name for africa #levant = the place where israel & palestine are but also includes cyprus jordan lebanon & syria #moananuiākea = the hawaiian word for the pacific ocean & all the pacific islands #sápmi = the traditional land of the sámi in the northern parts of scandinavia & sweden norway finland & russia #bandaiyan = the indigenous word for australia / aotearoa = the māori word for new zealand #& the reason why i& included animals & the land sea & sky was bc that's central to indigenous activism just as much as it relates to humans #ya can't just free the humans ya gotta free the lands seas & skies too!! #btw mikjikj-mnikuk means turtle island in mi'kmawi'simk i& found it fitting to use the oldest language that yt europeans heard when arrivin #as the mi'kmaq were literally the first indigenous peoples that yt settlers spoke to & saw in 'canada' aka kanata which is the actual word+ #which it originated from which came from a huron-iroquois word!! #+ zhōngguó is the chinese word for china ! i& included it bc the uighurs & tibetans & other idigenous peoples are still struggling there!! #+ nihon is the word for japan & i& added it bc we can't forget the ainu & okinawans !! #kalaallit nunaat = greenland & éire = ireland in gaeilge #niugini = new guinea in tok pisin / nusantara = indonesia & the archipelago from old javanese bc they have a lot of indigenous peoples #bhārata = india — i& added it bc there's a LOT of indigenous peoples there & the caste system often has them at the bottom #aynu mosir = ainu homelands !! #siberia also has MANY indigenous peoples living in literally the coldest parts of the world & they're going thru a lot rn #nobody's free until all of us are free!!!! #protect indigenous peoples everywhere!!!! protect each other!!!! #protect the lands seas & skies & also keep them centered in your activism while making sure human rights are valued!! #land back #activism. #psa. #** post; okay to reblog.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (December 9)

On December 9, Roman Catholics celebrate St. Juan Diego, the indigenous Mexican Catholic convert whose encounter with the Virgin Mary began the Church's devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

In 1474, 50 years before receiving the name Juan Diego at his baptism, a boy named Cuauhtlatoatzin — “singing eagle” — was born in the Anahuac Valley of present-day Mexico.

Though raised according to the Aztec pagan religion and culture, he showed an unusual and mystical sense of life even before hearing the Gospel from Franciscan missionaries.

In 1524, Cuauhtlatoatzin and his wife converted and entered the Catholic Church.

The farmer now known as Juan Diego was committed to his faith, often walking long distances to receive religious instruction.

In December 1531, he would be the recipient of a world-changing miracle.

On December 9, Juan Diego was hurrying to Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

However, the woman he was heading to church to celebrate came to him instead.

In the native Aztec dialect, the radiant woman announced herself as the “ever-perfect holy Mary, who has the honor to be the mother of the true God.”

“I am your compassionate Mother, yours and that of all the people that live together in this land,” she continued, “and also of all the other various lineages of men.”

She asked Juan Diego to make a request of the local bishop.

“I want very much that they build my sacred little house here” — a house dedicated to her son Jesus Christ, on the site of a former pagan temple, that would “show him to all Mexicans and exalt him throughout the world."

She was asking a great deal of a native farmer. Not surprisingly, his bold request met with skepticism from Bishop Juan de Zumárraga.

But Juan Diego said he would produce proof of the apparition, after he finished tending to his uncle whose death seemed imminent.

Making his way to church on December 12 to summon a priest for his uncle, Juan Diego again encountered the Blessed Virgin.

She promised to cure his uncle and give him a sign to display for the bishop.

On the hill where they had first met, he would find roses and other flowers, though it was winter.

Doing as she asked, he found the flowers and brought them back to her.

The Virgin Mary then placed the flowers inside his tilma, the traditional cloak-like garment he had been wearing.

She told him not to unwrap the tilma containing the flowers until he had reached the bishop.

When he did, Bishop Zumárraga had his own encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe – through the image of her that he found miraculously imprinted on the flower-filled tilma.

The Mexico City basilica that now houses the tilma has become, by some estimates, the world's most-visited Catholic shrine.

The miracle that brought the Gospel to millions of Mexicans also served to deepen Juan Diego's own spiritual life.

For many years after the experience, he lived a solitary life of prayer and work in a hermitage near the church where the image was first displayed.

Pilgrims had already begun flocking to the site by the time he died on 9 December 1548, the 17th anniversary of the first apparition.

Pope John Paul II beatified him on 6 May 1990 and canonized on 31 July 2002.

He is the first Catholic saint indigenous to the Americas.

#Saint of the Day #St. Juan Diego #Our Lady of Guadalupe

[viiridiangreen]

TL;DR i got a spotify recommendation for podcast about """""Toltec philosophy""""" sponsored by a huge pawnshop chain, IMMEDIATELY smelled bullshit and clocked a full on made-up-yoga cult for wealthy whitexicans within minutes.

Okay so first off the Toltecs may have been one of the most influential cultures in Mesoamerica or... not a thing at all lol

100+ episodes… no names or faces, only the pawnshop folks' icon and 'TOLTECA NATION'?

Like. Listen. A moneylending chain with 400 locations in this country HAS TO be a mafia and integrated into narco-govt cartels in order to exist.

And then on their website there is this!!!

WE ARE ALL QUETZALCOATL

At Fundación Dondé we are convinced that the greatness of Mexico is in its Civilization Legacy of more than 8,000 years; We proudly exalt this Legacy and we aim to share it so that more and more Mexicans know it and feel proud of who they are.

The history of Mexico is much bigger than what they taught us; Toltec Nation is an educational initiative to rescue the Toltec legacy of Anahuac (Territory of which Mexico is now a part) and to publicize the foundations and principles of Toltequity as a philosophy of life, as well as to propose a feasible response to contemporary challenges.

TOLTEC NATION

EDUCATION AND ACTION

From this wisdom of ours, we seek to move to support our communities, keep their traditions alive, recognize their languages ​​(68 today spoken in Mexico!), know-how, the environment, and reconnect with a more conscious Mexico.

Our field of action is comprehensive, in addition to spreading the story, we rescue an ancient physical practice based on the Toltec positions of power called KINAM. To start practicing visit Agoralucis.

the alleged 'tOlTeCa nAtIoN' is just... their own org?? Like a subdivision of the pawnshop corp? Sure smells like some whitexican / corpxican self legitimising HorseShit & not an organic endeavour by indigenous ppl. And now they mention a new agey cult sounding name w/ no added context, just, like, "look em up if you really wanna". so I did! lol

Glorious. Really digging the space glitter background on the lady who claims to cure hypertension, DIABETES AND CANCER by just, like, BREATHING RIGHT, DUDE! TRULY TUBULAR

DSLKDJFSSJDKLSFJ

Anyway. the shit we were looking for is right after her in the carousel

Some certified whitexican flavor... anddddd

THERRRRRE WE GO! Give us 400-800 USD to become a Certified Instructor of Totally Real NonYoga (which btw is OLDER THAN YOGA!!!!1!111!)

In, predictably, a huge fuckoff space nestled in one of the peak "Rich Pieceoshit" parts of town, decked out in full "cult chic" blindingly white decor

Or you can get the vacation package! That includes:

"3 days and 2 nights of lodging. Food, drinks and snacks, 2 temazcales, cocoa ceremony, 1 practice of KINAM daily, meditations, breathing techniques, NAHUALIC TECHNIQUES, talk about toltequity and dance five elements"

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Eventually, I hit the motherlode, a blog with glorious "2000s lunatic" aesthetic and deranged contents to match

I MEAN......

The title goes: "WIZARDS TURN BACK TIME - TOLTECA SCHOOL"

The stuff in the caption is "The wizards' secret is that they know time can be manipulated. For example IT IS POSSIBLE TO REVERT THE EUROPEAN INVASION OF AMERICA."

I SURE FUCKING WISH IT WAS, JULIO, BUDDY!!! MAYBE THAT WAY YOU & THE SHIT YOU PEDDLE COULD'VE BEEN AVERTED 💀💀💀

There's also a video of a talk the guy gave at the fancy schmancy yoga place, but he apparently usually does events along... Crunchier lines, graphic design and location-wise:

The events apparently emphasise the PROPHETIC ASPECTS of sacred maya & nahuatl literature 💀 and the "CEACM", the "Center for Archaeoastronomic and Calendaric Studies of Mesoamerica", is populated by Grifters Galore alongside our deranged friend Julio

"SCIENTIFIC ADVISER" SURE 💀

And finally... a post where he rages against the horrible terrible no-good "ONLY FAKE RETIRED EX-NAHUAL" who exposed their bullshit:

"At this web address, the only retired fake nagual that exists in Mexico makes a series of malicious, defamatory and insulting comments about me and some friends, especially Master Frank Díaz. The title says it all: "a sect destroyed". The funny thing is that there has never been a kinam sect, so you can't destroy something that doesn't exist. This leads me to consider that being the product of the sick imagination of this guy, he really IS the creator. So then you could believe that now it is "destroyed". A creator can destroy his work as many times as he wants."

the giiiirls arrrrrre FIGHTINNNNGGGGGGGGG!!!

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So we have a happyish ending: this shit is sooo fucking shameless and out in the open that there is already a pretty great, comprehensive site exposing it. It looks like they're only parting goofy ass whitexicans incapable of googling with their money, so not as bad as it could be.

The site is here ( https://kinam.org/ ) and it's SUCH a gem lmao:

TITLE: Kinam: Chronicle of a Destroyed Sect

MENU: (including this bc it's hilarious trust me)

Start

The Impossible Toltec Yoga

Consequences

Contact

The other Kinam

FAQ

Faith of Facts

New Fire

Gallery

Loud and rude 😹😭

Legal

Links

GALACTIC MAYANS

More about

Summary

Sustained Reaction – Funny Interview

Sustained Thread

Notice of Privacy

"Summary 2017 : Julio Diana, a Uruguayan, tried to sell courses to a circle of friends with a good economic level, but when he was rejected, he and his partner Frank Diaz created the KINAM sect. This sect affirms that the world has been under an extraterrestrial attack led by Tezcatlipoca for two million years. The sect also speaks of spiritual dimensions, that the Olmecs are Toltecs and Julio Diana claims to be the current exponent of another sect called Linaje1723 founded 5000 years ago. The KINAM sect has been destroyed, but its founders still try to promote their vacillates using aliases."

It goes on a little bit and includes links to proof & shit...

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TRULY I feel invigorated, amused, entertained beyond measure. I fucking love rabbit holes into silly cults, especially when nobody dies (that I know of? also this whole post is like. Allegedly™, In Minecraft™, none of this happened for real 😊).

i'm....................... need a drink after this lol

#viitalks #LONG ASS POST warning #like... i want a podcast about THIS SHIT #not the cringefail ad for the cult's expensive ass certifications & courses & vacations & shit #lindo y jodido #ñposting

[firstnationsfashions]

First Nations Fashion  is my company name and the International Indigenous Designer is Jill Setah Weatherbee! #decolonizethemind #indian #anishinaabe #inca #powwow #indigenas #mexican #northernnations #nativeamericanstyle #repost #n #firstnation #mexico #solidarity #nativeamericanart #aztec #photography #navajo #coppercolored #ojibwe #travel #black #traditional #beadwork #nativeamericanartist #history #original #ndn #indigenouspeoplesmarch #tribe #indigenous #firstnations #nativeamerican #art #native #aboriginal #decolonize #nature #nativepride #artist #cemanahuac #indigenouspeople #northtosouth #anahuac #love #nativeamericans #mesoamerica #ancestors #cultura #culture #mexica #indigena #indigenousart #americanindian #handmade #indigenoushistory #indigenouswomen #mayan #indigenousland #bhfyp#kelowna #okanagan #kelownanow #canada #calgary #okanaganlifestyle #vancouver #kelownabc #bc #edmonton #kelownaliving #okanaganlife #westkelowna #langley #explorekelowna #vernon #surrey #britishcolumbia #burnaby #ottawa #kamloops #ylw #supportlocal #kelownalife #abbotsford #garchabros #newton (at West Kelowna) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlbscLl4My/?igshid=zl0q0k3n2heg

#decolonizethemind #indian #anishinaabe #inca #powwow #indigenas #mexican #northernnations #nativeamericanstyle #repost #n #firstnation #mexico #solidarity #nativeamericanart #aztec #photography #navajo #coppercolored #ojibwe #travel #black #traditional #beadwork #nativeamericanartist #history #original #ndn #indigenouspeoplesmarch #tribe

[lex-2002]

Pedro Linares López (29 June 1906 – 25 January 1992) was a Mexican artisan born in Mexico City known for his papier-mâché figurines named alebrijes.

Pedro Linares began his career as a maker of the effigies known as Judas figures, traditionally made of carton during the Catholic Easter season in Mexico, and by making figurines for Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and other artists from the Academia de San Carlos of the School of Fine Arts in Mexico City. The mythical figures known as "alebrijes" were created by Linares when he was 30, allegedly after he caught an illness. His own alebrijes originated from a dream, which depicted his death and rebirth in a mountainous setting inhabited by these creatures.

After his illness subsided, Linares began to materialize his vision and the art of making alebrijes was born. He wanted his family and others to know about the animals he dreamt of by taking a piece of paper and molding the figurines from his memory and then painting them as he saw them in his dream.

Linares gained national and international attention following the 1975 documentary  Linares: Artesano de Cartón from Judith Bronowski. Part of a documentary series on Mexican folk craft, it resulted in traveling workshops from the films' subjects. Among them was Manuel Jiménez Ramírez, a wood sculptor who took the concept of alebrijes from Linares and began producing wooden "Oaxacan alebrijes". Besides the material, Oaxacan alebrijes differ in being more realistic representations of animals[2] and incorporating ideas of the nahual.

In 1990, Linares was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) in the Popular Arts and Traditions category, the highest decoration to artisans granted by the federal government of Mexico.[citation needed]

The work done by Linares for Diego Rivera is now displayed at the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City.

In the United States, exhibitions of his work were held at the Smithsonian Institution, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the Craft Contemporary, the Museum of Us and the Fullerton Museum Center. The Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum and the San Diego Museum of Man have changed names since the article was written.

Linares died at the age of 85 in 1992.

His three children and later grandchildren helped preserve Linares' name with the refined art of cartonería. Alebrijes continue to be produced by the Linares family and in other workshops across Mexico.

Linares was honored with a Google Doodle on the 115th anniversary of his birth on June 29, 2021.

#google #history

[sweetdreamsqueen]

how to celebrate the day of the dead to each zodiac sign

(everything is taken from the internet).

Aries:Give or exchange calaveritas with your friends name.

Taurus:Decorate your home with cempasúchil flowers.

Gemini:Visit the Island of the dolls in Xochimilco.

Cancer:Celebrate in a pantheon in Oaxaca with music, food and mezcal all night.

Leo:Attend the Day of the Dead party at the Anahuacalli Museum in the south of Mexico City.

Virgo:Eat traditional bread of day of dead.

Libra:Hanging shredded paper.

Scorpio:The UNAM also offers a festival of the dead with the Mega ofrenda and activities, billboard consultation.

Sagittarius:Spend the night in a pantheon watching over dead and ancestors.

Capricorn:Decorate a tomb with beauty chopped papel and cempasúchil flowers.

Aquarius:Go buy handicrafts from Calaveras to the Citadel.

Pisces:Take pictures of the giant calaveras in Mixquic.

#mexico: #dia de muertos #day of the dead #celebracion #celebration #papel picado #mexican #calavera de azucar #pan de muerto #mexico city #tumbas decoradas #zodiac #zodiaco #signos zodiacales #taurus #scorpio #capricorn #stars #astrology #astrologia #libra #cancer

[arrangoiz]

My name is Rodrigo Arrangoiz I went to medical school at the Anahuac University in Mexico City, which is one of the most prestigious medical schools in Mexico: I graduated Suma Cum Laude from this medical school and was the president of the medical student council My general surgery training was performed at Michigan State University: Where I was named chief resident during my fifth year of residency which was a great honor My complex surgical oncology fellowship which included head and neck training was performed at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania At the same time, I undertook a Masters in Science (Clinical Research for Health Care Professionals) at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I performed a two-year global online fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology with the International Federations of Head and Neck Societies / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center I encountered patients with very complex problems, and the greatest lesson I learned was there are always treatment options, utilizing all different types of techniques including radiation, chemotherapy and surgery: This comprehensive training has provided me with an extensive understanding of the multidisciplinary approach to treating patients with cancer I have developed a particularly strong interest in the surgical and multimodal treatment of patients with breast cancer, head and neck cancer(including thyroid and parathyroid cancer), and endocrine diseases(benign and malignant thyroid and parathyroid diseases), using traditional surgery, regional therapies, and minimally invasive techniques 👉I will be starting a new surgical oncology position at Center for Advanced Surgical Oncology at Palmetto General Hospital on the 20TH of July 2020. 👉I will be dedicated to the management of breast cancer, thyroid cancer, Hyperparathyroidism and other head and neck tumors https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdu3tvnlVQ/?igshid=92x14wl9kf8m

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 2.23

303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1554 – Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile. 1739 – At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed. 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas. 1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. 1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared. 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland. 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. 1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law. 1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam. 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall. 1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000. 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus. 1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails. 1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club. 1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar). 1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States. 1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. 1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. 1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California. 1943 – The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook. 1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece. 1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia. 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. 1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies." 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces. 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. 1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers. 1947 – International Organization for Standardization is founded. 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. 1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist. 1971 – Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign. 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. 1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. 1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies. 1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. 1988 – Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq. 1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people. 1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. 2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2. 2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2​1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster. 2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured. 2017 – The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL. 2019 – Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

#Events

[iprayunceasingly-blog]

St. Juan Diego

New Post has been published on https://pray-unceasingly.com/catholic-living/saint-of-the-day/st-juan-diego/

St. Juan Diego

On Dec. 9, Roman Catholics celebrate St. Juan Diego, the indigenous Mexican Catholic convert whose encounter with the Virgin Mary began the Church’s devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.In 1474, 50 years before receiving the name Juan Diego at his baptism, a boy named Cuauhtlatoatzin — “singing eagleâ€� — was born in the Anahuac Valley of present-day Mexico. Though raised according to the Aztec pagan religion and culture, he showed an unusual and mystical sense of life even before hearing the Gospel from Franciscan missionaries.In 1524, Cuauhtlatoatzin and his wife converted and entered the Catholic Church. The farmer now known as Juan Diego was committed to his faith, often walking long distances to receive religious instruction. In 1531, he would be the recipient of a world-changing miracle.On Dec. 9, Juan Diego was hurrying to Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. But the woman he was heading to church to celebrate, came to him instead.In the native Aztec dialect, the radiant woman announced herself as the “ever-perfect holy Mary, who has the honor to be the mother of the true God.â€�“I am your compassionate Mother, yours and that of all the people that live together in this land,â€� she continued, “and also of all the other various lineages of men.â€�She asked Juan Diego to make a request of the local bishop. “I want very much that they build my sacred little house hereâ€� — a house dedicated to her son Jesus Christ, on the site of a former pagan temple, that would “show himâ€� to all Mexicans and “exalt himâ€� throughout the world.She was asking a great deal of a native farmer. Not surprisingly, his bold request met with skepticism from Bishop Juan de Zumárraga. But Juan Diego said he would produce proof of the apparition, after he finished tending to his uncle whose death seemed imminent.Making his way to church on Dec. 12, to summon a priest for his uncle, Juan Diego again encountered the Blessed Virgin. She promised to cure his uncle and give him a sign to display for the bishop. On the hill where they had first met he would find roses and other flowers, though it was winter.Doing as she asked, he found the flowers and brought them back to her. The Virgin Mary then placed the flowers inside his tilma, the traditional garment he had been wearing. She told him not to unwrap the tilma containing the flowers, until he had reached the bishop.When he did, Bishop Zumárraga had his own encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe – through the image of her that he found miraculously imprinted on the flower-filled tilma. The Mexico City basilica that now houses the tilma has become, by some estimates, the world’s most-visited Catholic shrine.The miracle that brought the Gospel to millions of Mexicans also served to deepen Juan Diego’s own spiritual life. For many years after the experience, he lived a solitary life of prayer and work in a hermitage near the church where the image was first displayed. Pilgrims had already begun flocking to the site by the time he died on Dec. 9, 1548, the anniversary of the first apparition.Blessed John Paul II beatified St. Juan Diego in 1990, and canonized him in 2002. CNA – Saint of the Day

#Diego #Juan #Saint of the Day

[newoldwave]

Pride and Prejudice

NEW YORK — Another year, another round of Columbus Day controversy – but this time, with the murmurings of dialogue.

The weekend of October 8, marked federally as Columbus Day and reclaimed by its critics as Indigenous People’s Day, saw competing Midtown events held to remember the historic passage of Christopher Columbus and its consequences, for good and for ill.

The 74th Annual New York Columbus Day Parade, held Monday, October 8, is said to be “the world’s largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture in the United States” by the parade’s organizers, The Columbus Citizens Foundation. The parade featured 35,000 marchers and more than 100 groups. Thousands more turned out for the parade, albeit in lower numbers than previous years.

The parade stretched along 5th Avenue between 44th Street and 72nd Street.

A day earlier, across the park and beneath the eponymous monument in Columbus Circle, a more modest crowd of around 50 gathered to commemorate the 11th annual Indigenous Day of Remembrance, an event dedicated to “honoring our ancestors,” said organizer and activist Tina Eaglewoman Johnson.

“[One day] we hope to see the Columbus Day statue replaced, but it’s really all about honoring our ancestors,” said Johnson, who is of Cherokee and Blackfoot Sioux descent.

The Indigenous Day of Remembrance was begun by Luis Ramos here in New York and has since spread to Chicago and Arecibo, Puerto Rico.  

Earlier in the week, The New York State Board of Historic Preservation voted unanimously to place the statue in the state and national registers for its historic and cultural significance, adding difficulty to any future plans for removal.

The event, which lasted two hours, featured traditional native storytelling, dancing, and prayer rituals.

One of the dancers, Anabel Paez, who emigrated from Mexico ten years ago, emphasized the importance of healing through participation in traditional native culture.

“It was coming to the U.S. that really caused me to seek my identity in the native forms,” said Paez. “We’re trying to pass it on because the indigenous still have a lot of healing to do.”

Columbus Day parade-goers brushed off the criticisms.

“I think it’s a bunch of bulls*** about Columbus,” said an African-American woman named Miss Millie, who waved an Italian flag and shouted encouragements to the parade’s participants.

“You got to tell your own story,” she said. “If you’re going to criticize – do better than them. Don’t hate, increase the peace.”

Miss Millie added that she was married to an Italian.

Another parade goer, David Wachter, attempted to put Columbus’ deeds in context.

“He was a man of his time, and you have to look at what he did like that,” said Wachter. “You can’t expect one man to just completely contradict his era. He was working for the King and Queen of Spain – they would have just sent somebody else.”

Wachter also noted the atrocities of the 20th century as being far more costly to human life.

Still, he said he empathized with critics of the parade, even if he saw no need to cancel the holiday or remove Columbus’ statue.

“It’s an important conversation to have,” he said.

A sentiment Paez said she shared.

“In the end, we’re doing this because it’s more about having a conversation,” she said.

Tina Eaglewoman Johnson, an activist and organizer of the Indigenous Day of Remembrance, displays her event shirt at the 11th Annual Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. Johnson, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, says she has no intention of stopping her activism.

A man dressed as Christopher Columbus watches the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. Controversy around the celebration of Columbus reached its peak last year when a movement to remove the statue from Columbus Circle was ultimately defeated.

Maritza Feliciana Potter, right, holds open a book for her daughter Chastity, left, who reads from it during the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. Potter, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native, calls herself “a walking U.N.,” and said she has helped organize the event for the entirety of its 11-year existence.

Parade participants and members of the media mix along the red carpet portion of the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade route Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade was broadcast on national television through the local ABC-7 affiliate. 

Slogan pins adorn a bag at the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 at Columbus Circle. The event, which is in its 11th year, took place beneath both a statue of Columbus and within walking distance of the Trump International Hotel and Tower.

Police cars brandish an Italian flag as part of the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade featured more than 35,000 participants and more than 100 groups, according to the parade organizers.

A man lays out a flag next to a black and white Puerto Rican flag at the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. The black and white “Borinquen” flag is said to represent resistance and autonomy, according to Maritza Feliciana Potter, one of the event’s organizers.

Italian and American flags fill 5th Avenue during the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade is said to be “the world’s largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture in the United States” by the parade’s organizers, The Columbus Citizens Foundation.

Analis Lopez, a member of the group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, dances during the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 8 in Columbus Circle. Lopez and the Cetiliztli Nauhcampa perform ceremonial rituals and share indigenous dances and songs from Anahuac, Mexico.

Young parade-goers record the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade from the grandstand Oct. 8 in Midtown. The 2018 parade featured official sponsorships from AT&T, Verizon, IBM, and the N.Y. Daily News.

Veronica Raya, member of the group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, raises a goblet as part of the closing prayer ritual of the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. This is the sixth year the group has participated in the ceremony, drawing from its repertoire of native Mexican cultural practices to raise awareness of the continued plight of indigenous Americans.

Parade-goers strain to record a vocal performance during the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade, which has seen attendance surpassing one million people, drew fewer people in 2018 than in previous years.

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Design Milk Travels to… Mexico City

I find Mexico City like a glass of mezcal: complex, intriguing, wonderfully different and recognizably distinguishable. The city is a real life “Where’s Waldo?” spread where, at first, you’ll be overwhelmed with all the possible places to uncover but as you narrow down your search, you can find everything from baroque cathedrals, historic palacios, modern architecture, iconic homes, contemporary showrooms, folk and street art, and so much more. If you’re about to book a trip to CDMX, keep reading for an itinerary that’s made for the modern adventurer.

WHERE TO STAY

La Valise

La Valise: Sometimes, it’s inevitable that you have to work while on vacation. If you’re going to work, why not do it in bed…and outdoors? Yves Naman worked with French designer Emmanuel Picault to transform this 1920s townhouse into a trio of suites: El Patio, La Luna and La Terraza, the latter of which features a mobile bed that can be rolled onto the terrace for some afternoon sun-bathing. Most of the furniture and decor, which feature local artisans and artists, are also for sale. You won’t find modern amenities like a gym, spa or even restaurant here so it’s safe to say that this boutique hotel isn’t for everyone. However, if you’re looking for something different and off the beaten path, this might just be your ideal stay.

Distrito Capital

Distrito Capital: A member of the Design Hotels collective, this luxury hotel is probably visual relief from the sensorial experience you’re getting outside the hotel with its minimalistic aesthetic. Designed by Diámetro Arquitectos and Joseph Dirand Architecture, the 30-room hotel has a mix of modern furnishings and vintage decor and guests are spoiled with the panoramic views of Mexico City as the hotel is located in the highest area, the Santa Fe neighborhood.

Distrito Capital

Condesa DF

Condesa DF: Another Design Hotels member, this trendy hotel in the Condesa district of Mexico City has a welcomed, tranquil vibe with its bright and airy spaces, treetop canopies, and use of natural materials.

Condesa DF

InterContinental Presidente Mexico City

Finally, if money is truly no object when you’re traveling, I’d spring for the Diego Rivera Suite at the InterContinental Presidente Mexico City (in fact, can I just come with you?). The swankiest of all suites anywhere, this $14,000/night (yep, you read that right) guest room claims the top two floors of the hotel and boasts enough space to fit a party. In fact, you could throw a party on the second level which features a dining room and entertaining space (the suite’s one bedroom belongs to the top floor). Other luxurious amenities include a private gym, infinity pool and whirlpool spa.

InterContinental Presidente Mexico City

InterContinental Presidente Mexico City

Other notable hotels: Hotel Habita \\\ Las Alcobas \\\ Casa Goliana

WHERE TO PLAY

Photo by Eric Titcombe via flickr

Frida Kahlo Museum: It goes without saying that no trip to CDMX is complete without a visit to the homes of iconic painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Their works and materials are displayed as if they had been left in situ, waiting to be used by their masters. As you can see above, ticket lines can run long so you’re better off buying your tickets online to beat the crowd.

Photo by LWYang via flickr

Museo Soumaya: Designed by Mexican architect Fernando Romero, this museum houses over 66,000 artworks ranging from Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica to 19th- and 20th-century Mexican art. It also includes the masters of European and western art. Even if you don’t have the time to explore the museum, it’s well worth it to check out the museum’s unique facade which consists of a skin made with 16,000 steel hexagons, allowing the museum to change in appearance depending on the weather, time, and viewer’s perspective. For those with the time, the museum is free to visit for all.

Photo by Rodrigo Corona via flickr

Other notable museums: Museo Anahuacalli (designed by Diego Rivera and houses his pre-Hispanic art) \\\ Museo de Arte Moderno

For art buffs, I recommend visiting the Kurimanzutto, an independent art gallery founded by Mónica Manzutto, José Kuri and Gabriel Orozco that supports the up-and-coming generation of Mexican artists. The founders have a propensity to feature “risky” art that creates dialogue, research and criticism.

“all of a tremble” by Anri Sala, a current exhibition

WHERE TO SHOP

Anfora Mexico: Handmade is best made, in my opinion, and there’s nothing like taking home a piece of ceramic that’s been handcrafted from start to finish. Anfora has a long time history of creating ceramics since the 1920s and also hosts exhibitions around the world. You can check out their showroom or their factory store, both located in CDMX.

Xinú: If you’re like me and you haven’t quite found your signature scent yet, you might discover it at Xinú, a bespoke perfumery line that sensorially highlights the aromatic and botanical scents of the Americas. The perfumes are stored in the brand’s signature glass and wood bottle that’s inspired by the sculptures of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși and can be reused as a vase or incense holder.

La Ciudadela: This traditional market is a goldmine for unique Mexican crafts, including handmade dolls, guitars, colorful pouches, bead-, metal- and glassworks, ceramic pottery, and more. Take a piece of Mexico City home with you by shopping local here.

FINAL WORDS

World Design Capital®: Mexico City has been officially named as the next World Design Capital® for 2018 and is also the first North American city to be designated this honor. The year-long program of events will highlight CDMX’s commitment to design as a way to better the city’s economic, social, cultural, and environmental development. Learn more about the program here.

And finally, while I can talk design all day, everyday here on Design Milk, I can’t ignore the current state of affairs in Mexico as it is still rebuilding itself in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that struck the country on September 7 and 13, 2017 (the former considered the strongest earthquake in a century). After you’ve soaked up all the art, architecture and culture that Mexico City has to offer, please consider giving back to the country by donating to local and international organizations that are aiding to relieve and rebuild. I found this round-up that the New York Times created to be particularly helpful.

Mexico City is a large place to discover and uncover, so what are we missing? Add your favorite sites to see below and we’ll check them out!

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SAINT OF THE DAY (December 9)

On December 9, Roman Catholics celebrate St. Juan Diego, the indigenous Mexican Catholic convert whose encounter with the Virgin Mary began the Church's devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

In 1474, 50 years before receiving the name Juan Diego at his baptism, a boy named Cuauhtlatoatzin -- “singing eagle” -- was born in the Anahuac Valley of present-day Mexico.

Though raised according to the Aztec pagan religion and culture, he showed an unusual and mystical sense of life even before hearing the Gospel from Franciscan missionaries.

In 1524, Cuauhtlatoatzin and his wife converted and entered the Catholic Church.

The farmer now known as Juan Diego was committed to his faith, often walking long distances to receive religious instruction.

In December 1531, he would be the recipient of a world-changing miracle.

On December 9, Juan Diego was hurrying to Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, but the woman he was heading to church to celebrate came to him instead.

In the native Aztec dialect, the radiant woman announced herself as the “ever-perfect holy Mary, who has the honor to be the mother of the true God.”

“I am your compassionate Mother, yours and that of all the people that live together in this land,” she continued, “and also of all the other various lineages of men.”

She asked Juan Diego to make a request of the local bishop.

“I want very much that they build my sacred little house here” -- a house dedicated to her son Jesus Christ, on the site of a former pagan temple, that would “show him" to all Mexicans and “exalt him” throughout the world.

She was asking a great deal of a native farmer. Not surprisingly, his bold request met with skepticism from Bishop Juan de Zumárraga.

But Juan Diego said he would produce proof of the apparition, after he finished tending to his uncle whose death seemed imminent.

Making his way to church on December 12 to summon a priest for his uncle, Juan Diego again encountered the Blessed Virgin.

She promised to cure his uncle and give him a sign to display for the bishop. On the hill where they had first met, he would find roses and other flowers, though it was winter.

Doing as she asked, he found the flowers and brought them back to her. The Virgin Mary then placed the flowers inside his tilma, the traditional cloak-like garment he had been wearing.

She told him not to unwrap the tilma containing the flowers until he had reached the bishop.

When he did, Bishop Zumárraga had his own encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe – through the image of her that he found miraculously imprinted on the flower-filled tilma.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of Tepeyac, houses the cloak (tilmahtli) that is traditionally said to be Juan Diego's and upon which the image of the Virgin is said to have been miraculously impressed as proof of the authenticity of the apparitions.

The Mexico City basilica that now houses the tilma has become, by some estimates, the world's most-visited Catholic shrine.

The miracle that brought the Gospel to millions of Mexicans also served to deepen Juan Diego's own spiritual life.

For many years after the experience, he lived a solitary life of prayer and work in a hermitage near the church where the image was first displayed.

Pilgrims had already begun flocking to the site by the time he died on 9 December 1548, the 17th anniversary of the first apparition.

Pope John Paul II beatified St. Juan Diego on 6 May 1990 and canonized him on 31 July 2002.

Here's what Modern Science has to say about the tilma:

The image, to this date, cannot be explained by science.

The image shows no sign of deterioration after 450 years.

The tilma or cloak of Juan Diego on which the image of Our Lady has been imprinted is a coarse fabric made from the threads of the maguey cactus. This fiber disintegrates within 20-60 years!

There is no under sketch, no sizing and no protective over-varnish on the image.

Microscopic examination revealed that there were no brush strokes.

The image seems to increase in size and change colors due to an unknown property of the surface and substance of which it is made.

According to Kodak of Mexico, the image is smooth and feels like a modern day photograph. 

(Produced 300 years before the invention of photography.)

The image has consistently defied exact reproduction, whether by brush or camera.

Several images can be seen reflected in the eyes of the Virgin. It is believed to be the  images of Juan Diego, Bishop Juan de Zummaraga, Juan Gonzales-the interpreter and others.

The distortion and place of the images are identical to what is produced in the normal eye, which is impossible to obtain on a flat surface.

The stars on Our Lady's Mantle coincide with the constellation in the sky on 12 December 1531.

All who have scientifically examined the image of Our Lady over the centuries confess that its properties are absolutely unique and so inexplicable in human terms that the image can only be supernatural. (Source: olg.cc)

#Saint of the Day #St. Juan Diego #Cuauhtlatoatzin #Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Events 2.23

303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1554 – Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile. 1653 – The Ballet Royal de la Nuit is first performed at the Salle du Petit-Bourbon in Paris. 1739 – At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed. 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas. 1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. 1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared. 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland. 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. 1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law. 1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam. 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall. 1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000. 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus. 1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails. 1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club. 1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar). 1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States. 1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. 1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. 1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California. 1943 – A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult. 1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece. 1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia. 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. 1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies." 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces. 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. 1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers. 1947 – International Organization for Standardization is founded. 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. 1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist. 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. 1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. 1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies. 1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. 1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people. 1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. 2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2. 2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2​1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster. 2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured. 2017 – The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL. 2019 – Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

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[arrangoiz]

I went to medical school at the Anahuac University in Mexico City, which is one of the most prestigious medical schools in Mexico:

I graduated Suma Cum Laude from this medical school and was the president of the student medical council.

I trained in general surgery at Michigan State University where I was named chief resident during my fifth year of residency which was a great honor.

My complex surgical oncology fellowship which included a head and neck training was performed at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

At the same time, I undertook a Masters in Science (Clinical Research for Health Care Professionals) at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

I also performed a two-year global online fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology with the International Federations of Head and Neck Societies / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

I encountered patients with very complex problems, and the greatest lesson I learned was there are always treatment options, utilizing all different types of techniques including radiation, chemotherapy and surgery.

This comprehensive training has provided me with an extensive understanding of the multidisciplinary approach to treating patients with cancer.

I have developed a particularly strong interest in the surgical and multimodal treatment of patients with breast cancer, head and neck cancer (including thyroid and parathyroid cancer), and endocrine diseases (benign and malignant thyroid and parathyroid diseases), using traditional surgery, regional therapies, and minimally invasive techniques.

I am an expert in the treatment of thyroid cancer including; active surveillance for early, small papillary thyroid cancers, minimally invasive thyroid surgery, selective and comprehensive neck dissections.  

For the management of parathyroid disease, I offer a minimally invasive radio-guided technique called MIRP (minimally invasive radio-guided parathyroidectomy) through a 2 cm incision which will allow the patient to have a great cosmetic result and quick return to normal life after the operation.

I am extremely aware of the impact that a breast cancer diagnosis has on a patient. I do my best to promote a positive atmosphere in which to start my patients’ course of treatment and take the time to explain the pros and cons of each treatment option, so that they can make an informed decision.

My management philosophy also includes, not just an emphasis on successful treatment, but also preserving a good cosmetic outcome. I feel fortunate to be a fellowship trained, very highly specialized clinician, because this combination of factors allows me, and our treatment team to focus on one thing all day, every day, and do it well: curing cancer. I think there is nothing more rewarding that I could do as a clinician.

I hold my patients as my number one priority. I will spend as much time as necessary educating, answering questions and providing guidance for each individual patient to help them throughout each stage of their management. I believe in honest discussions, where both the patients and family’s goals and expectations are openly communicated. We will work together as a team to put together an evidence based personalized treatment plan. My personal goal is to treat and care for every patient with the same compassion and honesty as if they were a friend or family member.

#Arrangoiz

    Rodrigo Arrangoiz MS, MD, FACS I went to medical school at the Anahuac University in Mexico City, which is one of the most prestigious medical schools in Mexico: …

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