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Guide to animal hospice and natural holistic wellbeing for all of an animal's life stages
Prerequisite: None – Open to all animal lovers.
Purpose: BrightHaven (www.brighthaven.org) Co-Founders Gail and Richard Pope share how their approach to animal health and wellbeing gradually shifted from a completely conventional approach to a more natural and holistic one. They followed the wisdom of the animals as they made this fascinating journey!
This presentation is ideal for those who wish to learn more about the evolution of BrightHaven's Menu for Healing, the foundation of their animal healthcare for all life stages, and Gail and Richard's shift in mindset towards natural death for their animals.
It is also perfect for those who have their roots firmly planted in conventional healthcare and, although remaining skeptical of natural or holistic treatments or modalities, have heard so many reports of healing successes that their curiosity has been aroused.
Course Info: BrightHaven is unique because of the way they work and the results they get. It's all about living well through the last breath! In this course, Gail and Richard paint for you a simple picture of their healing philosophy by demonstrating how they progressively learned about holistic healthcare, embraced new concepts and witnessed healing miracles. For instance, they explain what happened when, with great trepidation, they completely changed their trusted commercial diet to one based on raw meat.
Gail and Richard also share how a beautiful black cat profoundly shifted their thinking about natural death.
Not only will you see one-of-a-kind photos, you learn how to care for your animal from the holistic philosophy as practiced at BrightHaven. This information will also help you to define your own approach to animal wellness and hospice care.
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Enjoy this short video with BrightHaven Co-Founders Gail and Richard Pope sharing how their approach to animal health and wellbeing gradually shifted from a completely conventional approach to a more holistic one by following the wisdom of the animals.
Course Length and Access: This is a 70 minute, take on your own time, webinar followed by a 12 question quiz. This course will be available for 45 days.
What you can expect to learn from this Course:
- Understand BrightHaven's Menu for Healing and why it is important
- Follow the evolution of the Menu for Healing
- Find out the difference between healing and cure
- Discover BrightHaven's path to natural death
- Learn about the healing power of love and why it appears in the Menu for Healing twice
- …and much more!
To enhance your learning experience, we've included a quiz at the end the module. You'll receive a Certificate of Completion once you've successfully finished the course.
Course Cost: $75.00
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To learn more about BrightHaven and animal hospice, please download our BrightHaven Guide – What is Animal Hospice.
In The BrightHaven Guide to Animal Hospice series, BrightHaven Co-Founders Gail and Richard Pope share what they've learned since 1990 about supporting animals to live the best life possible and to complete the circle of life in peace and love.
They lovingly share their experiences, resources and tips gleaned from working with animals of all ages, particularly senior (16+ years of age), disabled and chronically ill animals. Gail and Richard received the prestigious Jefferson Award in 2013 in recognition of their dedicated service to this very vulnerable animal population.
For the animals, BrightHaven is also a prolific animal rescue and halfway house organization. For the community, it's an education and resource center, specifically designed to help people help animals.
Here are some additional facts about the instructors:
- Gail has an international consultation practice and is contacted by many vets and animal caregivers regarding BrightHaven's natural methods and protocols for animal care and hospice.
- Gail has written five books that are available on amazon.com.
- Gail was a founding board member of the International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care (IAAHPC) organization. IAAHPC was the first animal hospice organization to form and includes members from all walks of life including the veterinary community and general public.
- Gail and Richard give many presentations that deal with the art of dying, animal hospice care, restorative living and natural, hospice-supported death. They understand most alternative treatment modalities and have a resource of practitioner referrals.
- Gail and Richard never give medical advice or make prognoses but refer clients to professional practicing veterinarians.


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The case of the designer Calvin Klein versus the Warnaco Group, the company that manufactures the designer's jeans, and Linda Wachner, its chief executive, ended swiftly in a settlement yesterday, with almost as much drama as the dispute's beginning.
Although the terms of the settlement were not made public, people close to the negotiations said the gist of the deal was that Warnaco agreed to limit significantly the percentage of its jeanswear sales to warehouse clubs in return for having Mr. Klein settle and remove the cloud of litigation that has been one of many factors depressing the stock price of Warnaco, which is laden with debt.
In the closely watched fashion world fight, Calvin Klein had been suing to terminate Warnaco's license on the ground that Warnaco had hurt his brand by producing substandard products and distributing Calvin Klein jeans to nonelite outlets like warehouse clubs.
The trial had been scheduled to start yesterday morning and negotiations between the sides went down to the wire, well through Sunday night and into Monday morning.
In fact, both Mr. Klein and Ms. Wachner arrived in federal court this morning to be on hand for jury selection and opening arguments. But the start of the trial was suddenly delayed, a settlement was announced, and Mr. Klein walked over and planted a demure kiss on the cheek of the woman he had labeled a cancer upon his business in the lawsuit filed last spring.Continue reading the main story
The terms of the deal were sealed by the court, but the settlement ended all litigation on the part of Mr. Klein to terminate the Warnaco manufacturing license, including a separate suit that he had filed in state court, as well as counterlitigation that was filed by Warnaco on the ground of trade libel.
Naturally, both sides claimed victory.
''It is a great day for Warnaco,'' said an ebullient-sounding Linda Wachner. The market also responded warmly to news that the litigation was behind the company, as Warnaco shares rose 60 percent, to close at $4. Warnaco's stock has been pummeled since the beginning of last year, when it traded around $14 a share.
''We have achieved the objectives we sought going into the litigation,'' said a spokesman for Calvin Klein Inc. ''We are particularly pleased that Warnaco and we now share a common vision and standard for the brand.'' Calvin Klein Inc. is a privately held company.
Driving the settlement, however, was the fact that both sides had much to lose by airing their dirty laundry in public. ''At the end of the day, we need them and they need us,'' Ms. Wachner acknowledged.
Neither side got everything it wanted, but in the penumbras of the press release that both parties agreed to after trial and in discussions with people close to the negotiations, it appears that Mr. Klein was at least able to achieve his main goal of limiting the direct distribution of his jeanswear to mass merchandisers and warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam's.
But not everyone close to the negotiations said the designer got the better end of the deal. ''Calvin Klein commenced the lawsuit to get the license back and eliminate sales to clubs and accomplished neither; the license remains intact,'' one person close to the negotiations said.
In the joint press statement, the companies agreed that Ms. Wachner would continue to manufacture Klein's jeanswear for the rest of the 44-year duration of her license, but that the future of the brand lay primarily in midprice distribution channels like department stores, where Mr. Klein had long argued they belonged.
''The parties look forward to expanding jeanswear sales consistent with the image and prestige of Calvin Klein products and to expanding and concentrating the distribution of Calvin Klein jeanswear products in the department and specialty stores,'' the press statement said.
In addition, people close to the negotiations said that Calvin Klein and Warnaco agreed that changes in cut and material would have to be approved by Mr. Klein or his design team -- another point that had been a particular sore spot with Mr. Klein.
In return, people close to the deal said that Mr. Klein would have to respond quickly to questions or changes asked for by Warnaco. During the suit, Warnaco had complained that Mr. Klein had abdicated design responsibilities, forcing them to take measures on their own to keep designs current.
The agreement provides for swift arbitration of complaints by either side by a professional panel of independent judges.
People close to the deal said that Ms. Wachner might have begun the settlement talks on Friday because she was under pressure from her banks. Her banks' lawyers, they said, played a key role in negotiations. But she vigorously denied that her bankers had forced her hand.
''Our banks have been very supportive of us,'' Ms. Wachner said.
The law firm of Williams & Connolly represented Warnaco. The firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented Calvin Klein Inc.Continue reading the main story


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It was the interception heard 'round the world.
There were two minutes left in Super Bowl XLIX, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had just led an incredible 4th-quarter comeback to give his team a 28-24 lead over the defending champion Seattle Seahawks. But just when it appeared that the Seahawks had nothing left in the tank, a long pass from quarterback Russell Wilson bounced off the feet, legs, and chest of his receiver, who somehow caught the football—while on the ground. Two yards and 20 seconds away from victory, all the Seahawks had to do was hand the ball off to the best running back in the NFL, Marshawn Lynch. But inexplicably, the Seahawks opted to throw a short pass over the middle, which was picked off by the Patriots' undrafted rookie cornerback, Malcolm Butler.
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Last year's Super Bowl, New England's 4th title in 15 years, was voted by NFL.com readers as the "greatest game of all time."
It was obviously a game for the ages, but what many don't know is that five Mormons had a part to play in the now-legendary proceedings. Two Patriots (Sealver Siliga and Jordan Devey) and two Seahawks (Tony Moeaki and Will Tukuafu) were LDS, as was the Seahawks' offensive coordinator, Darrell Bevell—the man who made the fateful decision to pass over the middle.
This Sunday's Super Bowl between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos only features one member of the Church—Panthers tackle Star Lotulelei. So this year, let's celebrate Mormons in football by looking back at the 12 best LDS NFLers of all time, beginning with . . .
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After being named an All-American during his junior season at BYU, wide receiver Austin Collie declared for the NFL draft. Selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round, Collie's impact was immediate. He and legendary quarterback Peyton Manning connected 60 times during his rookie year (including seven touchdown catches), and he was among the league's best rookie receivers. During his second season, he was beginning to establish himself as a Pro Bowl contender, catching eight touchdowns in nine games before going down with two brutal concussions. Though head injuries have plagued Collie's career, he hasn't given up. He's since played for the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers, and currently starts for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
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Born in 1963 in a suburb of Birmingham, AL. A daughter and sister, mother and now a grandmother she has spent her life caring for those around her. Now with her youngest close to graduating and heading off to college she has found the time to publish the chronicled stories of her favorite characters, some of which were created while she was in the first grade and used in creating story books for her children. A weaver of tales since her youth, as O.G. Tomes, she now spins the yarn creating story lines from the cloth of life. Meshing the old with the new, giving way for her readers to rethink the whole concept of 'good vs. evil' along with the humorous and darker sides of human nature. You can expect a varied reading selection as eclectic as her reading tastes are to be produced that follow the inclinations of her natural talents. She writes from her quaint home atop the mountain in an area of the Appalachians that for centuries has been home to her family. Her unique gifts were fostered by her great grandmother, her grandmother and her father giving her a solid foundation from which she writes. Self-publishing has allowed her to utilize the multifaceted array of her natural talents in promoting others by mentoring, reviews, interviews and she has produced several book trailers for her literary works, as well as for other writers and authors.
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Today I woke to your sweet giggles from the other room. And I smiled big at your excitement bursting. But it took just about all my strength to sing that birthday song to you this morning without letting the tears spill out.
For somehow a half a decade's worth of days have gone by, and you just keep capturing my heart over and over.
5 years.
Oh, Ariya – I can't tell you how much I adore you, my forever baby.
You with your glorious smiles and elaborate stories.
You with your sweet determination and constant growth shown in the words you've read, bikes you've ridden, teeth you've lost.
You with your big heart and the way you dazzle everyone with your love.
So many days I wish I could convince you to slow down; stop growing for a little bit. I just want to bottle up the treasure of you – right here, right now.
It was five years ago that I held you all swaddled in my womb.
And those pitch black hours of the early morning were the last time I felt kicks from the inside –
The last time I heard the thumping of a heartbeat so loud and beautiful –
The last time the journey of sleepless nights and baby shampoo and endless diapers and sweet newborn smiles was birthed from this crazy love.
That morning you captured my heart with just one glance and proved that miracles are still possible.
For this mama's womb had been stretched right thin, and when you came out you were this deep shade of blue, and then there was that hole in the middle of your little heart.
Yeah, don't ever forget that God still works miracles today.
Just a few weeks later you were the blue-eyed beauty that taught us that God brings hope in the darkness and we can trust Him.
And five years later you're still showing us beautiful glimpses of God.
Oh, my little girl, I love you! And I hope today has been a day that you've seen and felt and lived and breathed that love – as we tromped over to Burger King for breakfast just so you could play in the play place, and as we cooked up your favorite macaroni and cheese, and as we bounced as high as we could in the bouncy house set up just for you, and as we sang and smiled and celebrated while you blew out five candles on your Shopkins birthday cake.
Keep giggling, precious girl.
Keep playing and dancing and praying to Jesus.
Keep learning and smiling and giving sweet glimpses of His love.
And even though part of me would love for you to stay five forever – please don't ever stop growing into the beautiful young lady God has created you to be.
Happy 5th Birthday, Ariya Faith!
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Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract rose to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made to deal with claims for compensation by mineworkers who are suffering from respiratory diseases such as bronchitis and emphysema.
The noble Lord said: My Lords, I am grateful that so many noble Lords have shown an interest in the debate which is important to disabled miners. Your Lordships will be aware that on 25th November 1992 the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council report recommended that chronic bronchitis and emphysema should be listed as a prescribed disease in coalminers. That recommendation was not implemented until 13th September 1993. There was great concern among disabled miners suffering from this disease that there was a deliberate policy by the then government to delay the implementation because the longer it was delayed more miners suffering from the disease would have died and this would of course have lessened the financial cost to the Government. This fear seemed to have foundation, when a leaked document came into my possession on 29th October 1992 from the Department of Social Security to the Department of Trade and Industry suggesting the delayed implementation of the recommendations of the report for as long as possible because the longer the delay the more miners would have died. I am sure noble Lords will appreciate how suspicious the miners are now. However, I want to assure miners that the present Government are not getting up to such tricks as did the previous government. I have satisfied myself through meetings with the Minister of State in another place, John Battle, that that is not the case.
However, since the awards by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council many miners have placed claims against the British Coal Corporation for compensation. Arising from those claims I corresponded with the then Lord Chancellor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, on Thursday 9th March 1995, and Mr. Tim Eggar, Minister of State at the DTI, on Wednesday 22nd March 1995. I expressed my concern that if the claims were to be heard by a High Court hearing it would cause long delays and, considering that many of the miners suffering from bronchitis and emphysema are elderly, infirm and in some instances terminally ill, any long delayed High Court hearings could deny them the immediate substantial compensation to which they are entitled. I requested that instead of preparing for years of litigation, with trials of simple cases taking about eight weeks or more, I would consider it equitable and consensual for defendants to give earnest consideration to setting up a bronchitis/emphysema compensation scheme. This would avoid massive litigation costs and the subsequent enormous expenditure on legal aid costs over the years.
I regret that my suggestions were not accepted. Had the previous government taken on board my proposals, clearly the present Government would not have inherited a liability running into several billions of pounds. Arising out of this, the miners, as a last resort,
The present position, as I understand it, is that it has been agreed by the two sides that in principle there should be a single medical assessment process rather than either side proceeding on the conventional basis of separately obtaining medical evidence and then exchanging reports. The reason for this is that it removes the need for two examinations. They feel that this in turn will speed up the assessment of individual cases and the assessment of damages. I personally do not believe that it would speed it up sufficiently.
The speed of delivery of medical assessments is a key issue because there are now 60,000 claims, with a potential of 120,000 claims, and many of those people are elderly. The DTI is concerned that every signal claimant who wishes to claim full damages under a handling scheme should, as part of the medical assessment, undergo a physical examination by an appropriately qualified physician. The medical advice I have received states that in a large number of cases this is not necessary and will delay assessments significantly.
Why will there be a delay? I am informed that there are approximately 500 appropriately qualified respiratory physicians available in the country. Your Lordships will readily identify that if all the 500 physicians were employed on this work alone, which is very unlikely, it would mean 1,200 cases for each physician. If there are to be 120,000 applications the number rises to 2,400 for each physician. One can imagine the delays that will occur.
Considering that I have received medical expert advice that it is both fair and reasonable to undertake paper assessments in a large number of cases, this would streamline the assessment process and ensure that compensation is paid as quickly as possible. I ask my noble friend the Minister to give consideration to that.
I also understand that there is a distance between the two sides as to how retrospectively to diagnose chronic bronchitis. I understand that the DTI is concerned that there must be some criteria. I can well understand that, but I feel that that is going to be difficult. Chronic bronchitis was so common in many mining communities that it was thought by the men not worthy of medical attention and some general practitioners who were faced with a patient with a condition often thought it not worthy of a note in their medical records.
I understand that the DTI is seeking a discount of 15 per cent. from damages to reflect the benefits of handling agreements. The benefits are illusionary if the process is not as quick as it could be and if the medical assessment is full and comprehensive. The DTI has indicated that 15 per cent. is not its final position. But if there is to be a full and fair medical assessment in all cases where full damages are claimed it is difficult to understand why any discount is justifiable.
It is fairly obvious that the present arrangements will cause considerable delay, which will mean that many miners suffering from the disease will have died while the negotiations are in progress. I ask your Lordships to bear in mind that it is calculated that since the judgment 10 months ago, 1,000 people have died, at an average of 20 per week.
I believe that the procedures could be speeded up. Noble Lords may recall that during Questions on 29th January of this year I put a suggestion to my noble friend Lord Clinton-Davies. It concerned the men who had already been certified in accordance with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council's recommendations and where it had been proved that they had been suffering from bronchitis and emphysema. They had been medically examined and assessed and given a percentage assessment of disability. Those men then received industrial injuries benefits. Surely it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that those men could be accepted as suitable for the payment of compensation. They have gone through the medical routine; they have been examined; and they have been certified and awarded a pension. Surely it would be a simple exercise to pay compensation to those men without dragging them through the further procedures, if and when the examinations can be carried out. It seems simple to me. I appreciate that not all the claimants will have been examined, but the majority have been.
In conclusion, I should tell the House that I have discussed the matter recently with the Minister of State in another place, Mr. John Battle. He is in a unique position. It is not often that one finds a Minister who has money available without having to go dashing to the Treasury. I understand that he has about £2 billion at his disposal and he is keen to spend it and pay it out to those miners. However, he has been held up by arguments between lawyers.
Some heads must be knocked together. There is no doubt that those lawyers will be earning vast sums of money from the exercise. I have formed an opinion of the people whom I have met in my area. They seem quite genuine and they want to help the miners. However, others will be in it simply to see how much they can obtain for themselves. There will be a colossal bill. The Minister of State has given me assurances and I know that he is keen to recompense the miners. Surely a formula can be produced which will enable as many of those men as possible to be paid before they die of that terrible disease, as have many of their predecessors.
Lord Mason of Barnsley: My Lords, I shall be brief. First, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract. He made the first presentation of a Bill in another place which asked that emphysema should be recognised as an industrial disease qualifying for compensation. That was way back in October 1982. He has pursued that issue doggedly, with five Ten-Minute Rule Bills in another place, and, incidentally, his sponsors have been my noble friends Lord Hardy of Wath and Lord Ashley of Stoke and myself. My noble friend Lord Lofthouse also prepared learned papers on
My noble friend is fully aware of this issue both from his experience of working underground and from observing some of his very ill and breathless constituents. And so am I, having worked for 14 years underground and now seeing so many of my former pit mates slowly dying from excess dust in their lungs. Emphysema is a slow and painful killer of coal-miners. Therefore, coming from the coalfields, I am pleased that it has been recognised as an industrial disease. But I must explain to the Minister that I am much concerned that many claimants, and unfortunately the widows of emphysema victims, are having to wait so long for payments.
I know that, since judgment was made, up to 100,000 claims have been submitted, and perhaps to date more than 10,000 recognised. Since then there have been three separate hearings and the involvement of plaintiffs' solicitors groups. Can the Minister say what is causing the frustrations and the delay? Are the plaintiffs' solicitors groups partly responsible? I gather that at the last hearing on 1st October some agreement may have been reached to streamline the procedures. If so, can the Minister give us an update?
Finally, apart from the plaintiffs' solicitors groups involved in the preparation and presentation of claims, can my noble friend's department publicly advise claimants to avoid lawyers who are allegedly charging inflated fees and also failing to get proper compensation payments? Indeed, some seem to be exploiting the system and cheating disabled miners and their widows. Some ministerial guidance would help, and it would be welcome.
Lord Mackay of Drumadoon: My Lords, I seek to make a short contribution to this debate against the background of having acted in the past, in Scotland, as a personal injuries lawyer for miners suffering from emphysema. I have been down a coalmine only once in my life, many years ago when I was a student at the University of Edinburgh. I remember the visit vividly. I remember feeling a certain apprehension for my own physical safety and I remember in particular, over the days that followed the visit, every time I blew my nose my handkerchief would fill with the coal dust, to which I was not accustomed.
It struck me then, as it has struck me ever since, that miners who work underground for many years must have inhaled a great deal. Those memories never escaped me in my years as a personal injuries lawyer when I acted for those who suffered from emphysema. When they came to see me their disability was obvious. Their shortness of breath was to be heard and observed. When they came into the room where I met them, it frequently took them some minutes to recover from the physical exertion of having walked from a waiting room, not even up a set of stairs, to meet with me. And on occasions when the emphysema had developed to a
In each and every one of those cases the miners concerned were worried about their future. They knew that they were suffering from a progressive illness; they knew that that illness affected their current enjoyment of life and would continue to do so to a greater extent in the years ahead. In some instances the miners concerned were worried that they might not survive until their court case had reached a conclusion. Those were concerns which were shared by myself and my solicitors as a very understandable desire to ensure that the cases were concluded if at all possible before the miner in question passed on.
Against that background, I find it a matter of grave concern that so many claims remain outstanding. Just who is responsible for that being the current position does not, to some extent, matter. However, the fact is that there are at least 60,000 and possibly up to 100,000 claims still to be resolved. As the noble Lord, Lord Lofthouse, has already observed, the hard and stark truth is that, unless this issue is dealt with as a matter of urgency and a greater speed of progress is achieved, a highly significant number of these claimants will die before their claims are resolved.
I was particularly shocked to be informed by a Scottish solicitor to whom I have spoken over the past few days that, at the current rate of progress, officials in the Department of Trade and Industry are suggesting that over the next 12 months they may dispose of only a maximum of 12,000 cases. At that rate, it will take at least five years for all outstanding claims to be settled. When one bears in mind that these claims are against the British Coal Corporation and date back many years, it is most disturbing.
I also find the unfortunate attitude on the part of DTI officials slightly disturbing. They appear to be criticising miners' solicitors for the vigour with which they are pursuing their claimants' cases. Such criticisms have to some extent been reflected in the speeches already made this evening by the noble Lords, Lord Lofthouse and Lord Mason. If there is any truth whatever in such criticisms, I hope that the Minister will confirm that such complaints will be directed to the respective Law Societies. I say that because it is quite intolerable that any claim should be delayed due to any mercenary motive on the part of the solicitors concerned. From my own personal experience of those who act for miners in Scotland, I have to say that I find such claims very difficult to believe. Indeed, they are as anxious as anyone that the claims should be settled. Like many personal injuries solicitors, they have more than enough business to be dealing with without unnecessarily protracting these cases.
Therefore, I hope that the Minister will be able to inform the House on a number of points in his reply. First, perhaps he can tell us when he expects DTI officials to be able to reach final agreement on the medical assessment process for the assessment of compensation payable. Secondly, can he confirm that the Government accept that claimants will receive full common law damages and that there will be no question of their damages being subject to a 15 per cent. discount, as mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Lofthouse?
Thirdly, I hope that the Minister will be able to assure the House that the cases of widows will be given particularly urgent attention. I understand that there is a most unfortunate dispute in this respect, which depends upon the contents of death certificates. I believe that interim payments are being made if the death certificate includes the word "emphysema", but that there is some dispute as to whether such payments should be made if the entry on the death certificate reads "obstructive airways disease". Many doctors take the view that there is absolutely no difference between emphysema on the one hand and obstructive airways disease on the other. If that is their attitude in completing death certificates--whether or not they are right--it is singularly unfortunate that widows should suffer further, having already suffered the loss of their husbands.
In conclusion, perhaps I may make a few points about the Scottish claims which form part of the total outstanding. I understand that they may amount to 10 per cent. or 15 per cent. of the outstanding claims. Lawrence Lumsden, who is a very experienced solicitor in Edinburgh and has handled the miners' cases for many years, has expressed the concern that the group of officials in Sheffield which is negotiating these claims on behalf of the DTI does not include a senior official knowledgeable in the law of Scotland and knowledgeable in how cases are handled by the Scottish courts. This has led to difficulty in two respects. First of all, as the Minister may be aware, the procedure for awarding damages in fatal cases in Scotland is different from that which applies in England and Wales. Secondly, whilst there have been test cases in Scotland these have been sisted or stayed by the courts pending the outcome of the test cases in England. Whilst substantial payments have now been made to some claimants in England, I understand there has not been similar progress--
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The 2008 Dodge Avenger is still living with the burden of an old SNL skit by actor Will Ferrell. Don't believe us? Then say this aloud: "I drive a Dodge Stratus." Now scream it as if your hair were on fire. Once a great-looking car that made the reputation of an entire generation of Chrysler designers, the Dodge Stratus never got any better than the moment it was unveiled and gradually declined into mediocrity. It was Ferrell, playing the dull, white-bread dad of a wildly dysfunctional family in a now-famous skit for Saturday Night Live, who made the Stratus a totem of shame. "I am a division manager! That's very important! People are afraid of me! I drive a Dodge Stratus!" Ferrell screams over the dinner table, demanding respect. Now the 2008 Dodge Avenger has arrived, trying to rescue the reputation of Dodge's midsize sedan by adopting the name of the Avenger, once known as the coupe companion of the Stratus. White bread no more, Dodge is telling us. It's got fangs! We're told that the 2008 Dodge Avenger is "aggressive," "menacing," "in-your-face" and even "sinister." Really, they told us. Beneath the marketing baggage is the hardware of the 2007 Chrysler Sebring, itself an odd combination of sedan styling and sport-utility packaging. This same platform with front-wheel drive and all-independent suspension also forms the basis for the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot. Perhaps the Avenger's mechanical similarity to such a raft of other vehicles from the Chrysler Group is why the company seems to be putting so much stock in the look of this new sedan. One gander at the Avenger will tell you that the company is trying awfully hard. The headlights are said to glare beneath heavy brows. The taillights are said to wear "war paint." And Exterior Designer Ryan Nagode says the whole front of the thing was inspired by a pair of Oakley sunglasses he once owned. Like a Dodge Charger, only smaller The Avenger's profile is supposed to mimic that of the larger Dodge Charger. And it does, in that the B-pillar is covered in black plastic and there are big haunches over the rear wheels inspired by the Dodge Challenger pony car of the 1970s. Somehow, though, the voluptuous Charger makes all these visual themes hang together more gracefully. The Avenger's haunches rise awkwardly out of the rear doors, as if they were a last-minute add-on to an already completed design. Dodge says that the blacked-out B-pillar and the triangular flap of ribbed, black plastic at the trailing edge of the rear windows accentuate the car's stance, or some such thing. Truth is, that piece of ribbed plastic grabs your eye and will not let go. Along with the haunch below and the big rear-wheel flares, it makes for one of the oddest, most uncomfortably complicated door panels in recent memory. Add the big chrome-covered wheels and the obligatory rear wing and the whole thing looks a little over the top, too much like (dare we say) a Pontiac Grand Am. The not-all-that special edition Underneath all this visual bluster and shininess is a safe and competent — if not especially aggressive — sedan. The basic specs are identical to those of the Sebring sedan. Three engines, two automatic transmissions and two different suspension calibrations are available. At the bottom of the pile is the SE. It comes with a 173-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder that's mated exclusively to a four-speed automatic transaxle. It's got rear drum brakes, plastic wheel covers and 215/65R16 Firestone FR690 tires. This is the version that you would likely be assigned at the rental-car counter. In this configuration, the Avenger is a timid performer. If you're going to pass that semitruck on a two-lane road, you'll want to plan ahead and be prepared for the slightly raucous noise coming from the other side of the firewall. But it'll get the job done. And we must say that Dodge has done a good job at quelling road noise, even on this most basic of Avengers. The Avenger is 4 inches taller than the old Stratus, and the passengers get the benefit. The interior measures out to a spacious 100.9 cubic feet, and the rear quarters afford about the same amount of living space as other cars in this class, although the beltline is so high that you feel as if you're sitting in a well. The $18,895 Avenger SE comes with front-seat side airbags and curtain-type head protection bags, plus a tilt-telescoping steering wheel and power windows. What these buyers will not get standard is ABS or much in the way of excitement, overheated styling notwithstanding. Oh, and like all Avenger and Sebring buyers, those opting for the SE get the "Chill Zone." This grandly titled bit of technology is simply a second glovebox with its own air-conditioning vent. You can store up to four cans of soda in the Zone and they will be cooled by the air-conditioning. Wanna SXT you up More than 50 percent of Avenger buyers will go for the middle version, the well-equipped but price-conscious SXT. At $19,795, the SXT comes standard with the same 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine as the SE. But one could also pony up for an updated SOHC 2.7-liter V6. It makes 189 hp, which is considerably less than the V6 of pretty much all the Avenger's competitors, and this car weighs a substantial 3,465 pounds in SXT trim. At the same time, the V6's 191 pound-feet of torque matched with the four-speed automatic transmission will be much appreciated during that two-lane road, truck-passing scenario described above. And although it carries rear drum brakes, ABS is standard equipment. The SXT's exterior is sassed up a little with chrome on the front grille, body-color side molding and 17-inch cast-aluminum wheels with 215/60R17 Bridgestone Turanza EL400 tires. This vehicle drives pretty much exactly like the SE since it shares the same suspension tuning, but it's a little quicker. And if you want to use E85 ethanol-blend fuel, the 2.7-liter is the only engine in the Avenger lineup capable of running on the stuff. More road than track, really The R/T version of the Avenger is really the only version of the car that we can endorse. These is because once you check the R/T box and pay the minimum price of $23,545, you get the 3.5-liter V6, which is rated at 235 hp and 232 lb-ft of torque. Just as important, the R/T comes standard with a six-speed automatic that incorporates Chrysler's autostick manual-shifting feature. We admit that the Avenger's 3.5-liter V6 doesn't have a power rating that will make you swoon, and only the Ford Fusion has a V6 that makes less power than the Avenger's 235 hp. But once you combine this engine with the quick-shifting six-speed automatic, a more capable state of tune for the suspension and 18-wheels with 215/55R18 Bridgestone Potenza RE92A tires, the 3,568-pound Avenger R/T becomes a reasonable companion on the road. Later this year, Dodge will offer the Avenger R/T with an on-demand all-wheel-drive system. For all its newness, the Avenger assumes much the same place in the automotive sky as the Stratus. It's got some style and it's got some space, but this Dodge is built to a price, and you can tell when you put it next to a Honda Accord, Nissan Altima or Toyota Camry. Even Dodge admits to us that the Japanese-label competition has a stranglehold on the market for midsize sedans, and the 2008 Dodge Avenger will have to scrap with the Ford Fusion and Pontiac G6 for what's left over. This doesn't sound very aggressive to us. Edmunds attended a manufacturer-sponsored event, to which selected members of the press were invited, to facilitate this report.
2008 Dodge Avenger Overview
The 2008 Dodge Avenger is offered in the following submodels: Sedan. Available styles include SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A), R/T 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A), and SXT 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A). Avenger models are available with a 2.4 l-liter gas engine or a 3.5 l-liter gas engine, with output up to 235 hp, depending on engine type. The 2008 Avenger comes with front wheel drive. Available transmissions include: 4-speed automatic, 6-speed shiftable automatic. The 2008 Avenger comes with a 3 yr./ 36000 mi. basic warranty, a 3 yr./ 36000 mi. roadside warranty, and a powertrain warranty.
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The 2008 Dodge Avenger SXT is priced around $3500 with average odometer reading of 130957 miles.
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2008 dodge avenger SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A), 4-speed automatic, regular unleaded 24 combined MPG 21 city MPG/30 highway MPG
2008 dodge avenger R/T 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A), 6-speed shiftable automatic, regular unleaded 19 combined MPG 16 city MPG/26 highway MPG
2008 dodge avenger SXT 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A), 4-speed automatic, regular unleaded 24 combined MPG 21 city MPG/30 highway MPG
What options are available on the 2008 Dodge Avenger?
Available Dodge Avenger 2008 Submodel Types: Sedan, Coupe
Available Trims: SE, SXT, Express, Mainstreet, SXT Plus, R/T, Lux
Exterior Colors: Black Clearcoat, Redline 2 Pearlcoat, Billet Silver Metallic Clearcoat, Tungsten Metallic Clearcoat, Bright White Clearcoat, Billet Silver Metallic Clear Coat, Black Clear Coat, Bright White Clear Coat, Blue Streak Pearlcoat, Bright Silver Metallic Clearcoat, Redline 2 Pearl Coat, True Blue Pearlcoat, Brilliant Black Crystal Pearlcoat, Blackberry Pearlcoat, Marathon Blue Pearlcoat, Granite Crystal Metallic Clear Coat, Inferno Red Crystal Pearlcoat, True Blue Pearl Coat, Blue Streak Pearl Coat, Copperhead Pearlcoat, Crystal Blue Pearlcoat, Deep Cherry Red Crystal Pearl Coat, Modern Blue Pearlcoat, Silver Steel Metallic Clearcoat, Stone White Clearcoat, Sunburst Orange Pearlcoat, Light Sandstone Metallic Clearcoat, TorRed, White Gold Clear Coat
Interior Colors: Black premium cloth, Dark Slate Gray/Light Slate Gray cloth, Dark Slate Gray premium cloth, Black/Light Frost Beige premium cloth, Black leather/cloth, Dark Slate Gray cloth, Black leather, Dark Slate Gray/Light Graystone leather, Black/Light Frost Beige leather, Dark Khaki/Light Graystone cloth, Dark Khaki/Light Graystone premium cloth
Popular Features: Post-collision safety system, Alarm, Aux Audio Inputs, Fold Flat Rear Seats, Rear Bench Seats, Tire Pressure Warning, Power Driver Seat, Auto Climate Control, Stability Control, Sunroof/Moonroof, Trip Computer, Audio and cruise controls on steering wheel, Remote Start, Upgraded Engine, Bluetooth, Heated seats, Upgraded Stereo, Navigation, USB Inputs, Leather Seats, AWD/4WD, Rear Entertainment System
Engine/Mechanics: 6, 4 cylinders
Transmission: AUTOMATIC
Fuel Types: regular unleaded, flex-fuel (unleaded/E85)
Drivetrains: front wheel drive, all wheel drive
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Waiting for Waid: Writer finally tackles Man of Steel in 'Birthright'
The way writer Mark Waid gushes about finally writing a Superman series, you'd think "Superman: Birthright" refers to his own life and not the adventures of the Man of Steel.
"This is the dream project of a lifetime," Waid told an enthusiastic crowd Saturday during a DC Comics panel at the Wizard World: Chicago convention. "I've never had more fun in my life."
The tentatively titled "Birthright" will be a 12-issue maxi-series written by Waid and penciled by Leinil Yu. The story will focus on Superman's journey from Krypton to Smallville to Metropolis. That may sound like a typical "Year One" or origin story, ground that's already been admirably covered in projects like John Byrne's "Man of Steel" and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons," but Waid and the folks at DC promise the title will bring something new to the Superman mythos. Whereas most Superman tales are told from the perspective of the caped hero or his mild-mannered alter-ego, Clark Kent, "Birthright" will focus on Kal-El's efforts to balance his alien nature with his life on planet Earth.
"It's a re-examination of the beginning of Superman," said Waid, who's never kept his love of the hero a secret. "If you think you know Superman, you'll be seeing some stuff that will be new to you. There will be elements that will be familiar from those (earlier 'Year One' books) and elements that will be unfamiliar – and some that will be surprising. There are a lot of surprises."
Although he complimented the various creators currently working on the Superman titles, Waid said he misses the famous love triangle that long existed between Superman, Lois Lane and Clark Kent – a triangle that collapsed once Lois and Clark married. "Birthright" will revisit the period of Superman's life before Lois knew Clark and Superman were the same man, Waid said.
In preparing for "Birthright," Waid said he was encouraged creatively by the successful "Smallville" television series, which focuses on young Clark Kent's life before he donned the cape and tights.
"It's just been so inspirational to me," Waid said. "What they're interested in is not the suit, but the guy inside the suit."
The Man of Steel likely will play important roles in several other upcoming projects, too. Doomsday – the villain who killed Superman in 1993 – returns in "Superman: Day of Doom," a four-issue mini-series timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the phenomenal "Death of Superman" storyline. The story, written and penciled by Dan Jurgens and inked by Bill Sienkiewicz, will examine how Metropolis still is affected by that terrible event.
Superman also will be one of the cornerstone characters in the long-awaited "JLA/Avengers" project that's courtesy of writer Kurt Busiek and artist George Perez. DC spokeswoman Patty Jeres didn't announce a publication date for the mini-series Saturday, but she did promise the comic is getting closer to completion.
"It's making really steady progress," Jeres told an appreciative crowd. "We've seen a lot of pages. Every character you'd want to see is in it, and they're doing what you'd want them to do. This is one of those projects that when the pages come in, people stop what they're doing (to see them). They're really fabulous."
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One of the most common questions I get from my customers here in Boise is: "Why do those body indentations form in my mattress and how can I get rid of them?" So I wanted to take some time today to explain body impressions in your bed and what you can do to lessen them.
Why do Body Indentations Happen?
As I tell anyone who comes into my store, body indentations happen no matter what. They are completely natural.
I don't want to speculate, but I'm going to guess that you weigh at least 100 pounds. And you probably sleep on your bed around 6-8 hours a night, right? Well, all that weight (did I mention you look great today?) for all that time will lead to indentations.
It might happen more quickly than you think, too. Indentations begin within 30-45 days.
Think of sleeping on a new mattress like walking around in a new pair of shoes – you're breaking it. Shoes stretch and change to better fit your feet and your mattress indents to better accommodate your body!
Let's Clarify Something
It's not actually your mattress that is being indented. Most likely there is nothing at all wrong with the coils or the structure of the innerspring. It's actually almost always the pillowtop that is conforming to your unique body shape.
You can't flip a pillowtop, which gives you less options for redistributing the weight and pressure that is put on the materials. That's why those materials are made to compress in order to work best with your body.
These King Size Mattresses
King size mattresses show these indents the most because there is much more space that is not used on a regular basis.
Couples who have king size mattresses usually encounter 2 types of indentations:
1. A hump in the middle. This is caused when the couple sleeps on separate sides of the bed, indenting their sides but not the middle.
2. An indent in the middle. Alternately, couples that sleep together in the middle of a bed will, obviously, see an indentation there.
Body indentations do not mean that your mattress is saggy. Sagging is caused by broken coils and age. Body impressions are not indicative of structural problems or defects, rather they are a natural part of "breaking in" a new mattress as its comfort layers settle and conform to your body.
What Can You Do?
There are a few things you can do to lessen the severity of the indentations. It does take some work on your part, however I believe it's worth it if you will be more comfortable.
You might not be able to flip your particular mattress. You can rotate it, though!
Here are my suggestions for rotating your mattress:
- For the first 2-3 months after purchasing, rotate your mattress every 2 weeks.
- After that, rotate it every 1-2 months.
I know, rotating your mattress can be a pain – especially that often. If you don't think you'll remember, try this: rotate it every time you wash your sheets!
If you sleep alone, switch sides of the bed periodically. Even if you share your bed, you can switch sides to redistribute the weight.
Sometimes, all you need is a little pick-me-up. A mattress pad can do just the trick. Mattress pads are usually machine-washable and totally replaceable. If the pillowtop is the only thing wrong with your mattress, there is no point in buying a whole new one if a mattress pad will get you back to where you need to be.
If you just can't handle the pillowtop style anymore, try something new. Tempur Pedic's claim-to-fame is their ability bounce back.
Come On In
My primary goal is to make you happy. If you are unsatisfied with the indentations in your mattress, I will inspect it for you and help you find the right course of action. Come on in and try out a few beds. I'm sure you will find one that suits your needs!
Find a bed that makes you feel good,


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Potatoes, Potatoes is a great little antiwar picture book for preschool through third grade by Anita Lobel
The Greatest Potatoes is a fun historical fiction picture book written by Penelope Stowell and illustrated by Sharon Watts for that same age group.
For eight to twelve year olds, I highly recommend Patricia Reilly Giff's Nory Ryan's Song which deals with the potato famine in Ireland in the mid 1800's.
I'm no Martha Stewart, and certainly no one should be taking cooking lessons from me, but I recently tried a new (to me), easy and scrumptious way to make potatoes. I combined two recipes, one from a cooking show and one from a magazine, for Hasselback Potatoes. The result? Garlicky, buttery heaven on a fork. Jamie O'Rourke's neighbors might not have gotten tired of potatoes so soon had they tried these:
Christine's Hasselback Potatoes
14 small red waxy skinned potatoes
2 cloves garlic, sliced paper thin
1/4 cup butter melted with 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Clean potatoes.
2. Place one potato in the bowl of a large wooden spoon. Start at one end and make slices two thirds of the way through potato. Continue to end of potato. Stick two or three garlic slices in the potato slits. Repeat with all potatoes.
3. Place potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Pour melted butter/oil combo on top. Roll potatoes around to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for one hour.
4. For total decadence, serve with sour cream.
5. Enjoy!


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Port Chester, NY (PressExposure) September 21, 2011 -- This popular online custom made jewelry store welcomes visitors new and old.
An established website which showcases a variety of custom made jewelry, including the arthritis awareness jewelry that is said to have healing properties, has just given their site a brand new look and welcomes visitors old and new to come and take a look.
The leading jewelry designer provides customers with unique and one off pieces of jewelry that have been handcrafted using hand picked gems, from freshwater pearls to the semi precious stone Jade. Now with its brand new and innovative design it will ensure users will have a unique experience when browsing the site, looking for beautiful jewelry.
Regularly featured in magazines, Elizabeth's jewelry has become a hit with many throughout the country, and the store has created a loyal following of fans that have fallen in love with the exquisite designs made with the finest materials and expert attention to detail.
Elizabeth Wald, owner of Stones in Harmony, stated "It's exciting how our site has been re-designed to keep up with this explosive change in Social Media. The plugins make this a virtual shop gone almost live: now users of Stonesinharmony.com can interact as if they were in my own store! The only thing missing is a cup of coffee. They can comment on a blog or piece of handcrafted jewelry and I'll get the notification right away. Then I'll see that same user's wall on Facebook lit up with images of my custom made jewelry and a link to my website. It's difficult to make something so easy, integrative and technologically brilliant - but as warm as a hand shake!
Then, my hands do the work after the order is placed for custom made jewelry. Far away from technology, is a space in my studio where the only thing I see is nature. So is the medium, semi-precious healing stones that I work and design with and personally use as healing crystals. They calm me. They keep me happy. Even better, they make people all over the world happy. From nature to a single Tweet, comes an order, where my hand crafted jewelry goes out in packages from the front door of my home studio, to Japan, Australia, Peru, Great Britain, New Zealand and Spain in the near future. From a single post with our Facebook page comes an order and a LIKE button that hits the pages of other Facebook users. It goes both ways, sideways, underneath and upside down it seems - this new integrative technology."


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How Do You Know Adaptive Management When You See It?
February 23, 2017
Environmental policies and programs that lack the ability to demonstrate results are at risk of losing financial and political support. Part of the problem is that programs that do not actively track progress, report results, and adapt as they learn become calcified: they fail to use learning to become more efficient and effective. While nearly every plan or program states that it will be adaptively managed, too often this does not happen because organizations struggle to find the time and expertise to understand the effectiveness of their programs. EI brings that expertise to clients and partners with tailor-made tools and approaches that meet participants' budgets, priorities, and capacities.
Every adaptive management plan is unique and can go by different names, but the key components of tracking performance and utilizing findings to inform programmatic changes is standard across organizations and sectors.
Approaches to Adaptive Management
Left: Environmental Incentives approach to adaptive management. Right: The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation developed by the Conservation Measures Partnership.
The Conservation Credit System in Nevada, the Lake Clarity Crediting Program for Lake Tahoe, and USAID's Measuring Efforts to Combat Wildlife Crime: A Toolkit for Action and Accountability are all living proof of adaptive management in action. You can see the evidence from each program in the table below:
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Real adaptive management is not easy. It requires paying attention to new information, being honest that programs and policies can get better, and engaging stakeholders so that they understand and accept systematic change that improves effectiveness without creating uncertainty. We commend the programs implementing real adaptive management for their commitment to long-term success.
With any successful venture, if you don't get better- you become irrelevant. Environmental policies and programs must continue to improve to ensure they achieve their desired goals, and to increase their long-term resiliency. The handbook has been written. Download it from the table above and start implementing adaptive management for your program!
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Peter's Denial
Jon the freelance theologian delivered this community talk on Sunday March 13. The Biblical passages read out were Mark chapter 1, verse 16-20, John chapter 13, verses 18-38, Luke chapter 22, verses 31-34 and 54-62, Mark chapter 16, verses 1-7 and John chapter 21, verses 1-19.
I'm always surprised – and a bit embarrassed – at how often I viewed famous Bible stories in black and white when I was growing up. I think partly that has to do with the way Bible stories are presented. They're almost rushed over – it's as if we can't wait to make some sort of point about them and so we rush through in a 'highlights' kind of way and we're asked to make snap judgements: Judas = bad because he betrayed Jesus, Thomas = bad because he doubted that Jesus rose from the dead, Peter = bad because he denied Jesus in the high priest's courtyard and so on.
As I've gotten a little older, I've started seeing people far more sympathetically, especially these characters in the Bible. That's partly because in my own life, perhaps, I've done the things that they've done and so I'm more forgiving of their very human failings and also because I've learned that human beings are very complex creatures and there's no way we can know how we will act in any given situation until we are in that situation. In the church youth group I grew up in, we were once asked 'If someone held a gun to your head and said they were going to shoot you unless you said you weren't a Christian, what would you do?' Of course, being good, eager (and young) Christians we all said that we wouldn't deny our faith and if that meant we got shot then we'd go straight to heaven and stuff like that.
If I was honest now, though, I'd say 'I don't know.' I don't know what I'd do in that situation. I hope I never have to find out and if I ever was in a place where I had to find out, I'd hope I'd find myself courageous and willing to die for the things I believe in.
You see, that's the thing. We want to be followers of Jesus and be like Jesus. But in reality, when we are following Jesus, we are more like… the followers of Jesus! We doubt, we fail, we promise great heroic things and then bottle it; sometimes we even betray him.
There are some New Testament scholars who think Judas was part of a political movement known as the zealots. 'Iscariot' could possibly be related to the word 'siccarri', meaning dagger, as carried by these rebels. It was a thin-bladed weapon that could be pushed between the plates of armour on a Roman soldier if you stabbed him in the back. Judas Iscariot may literally mean Judas 'the dagger-man'.
There has been some attempt to unravel Judas' motives and even to rehabilitate him somewhat. Did Judas misunderstand Jesus' role as a messiah and anticipate a glorious revolt against the Romans, similar to the Maccabean revolt that ended Greek occupation two centuries before? When he 'betrayed' Jesus, was he trying to force Jesus into a confrontation with the authorities and thus precipitate a revolution? In the gospels it says that 'Satan entered into' Judas and we interpret this to mean he was overtaken by evil. But it might merely imply he was misguided – Satan is, after all, the 'father of lies', the 'deceiver'. Did Judas get it horribly wrong? Well we don't know, and there's no way we could know.
Thomas the doubter – we probably all know the story. Jesus has been killed, buried and now some of the disciples have seen him resurrected. Thomas doesn't believe them – 'unless I see the holes in his hands and in his side, I'm not going to believe you!' I always get the sense that Thomas thinks the others have gone mad. He reminds them of the wounds that Jesus suffered. He knows Jesus is dead – killed by the Romans who don't mess around when it comes to killing people. And very often we judge Thomas for that – we say 'ooh, you know, Thomas, he didn't believe, tut, tut.' As if we would have believed!
Before Easter, the disciples try to dissuade Jesus from going to Jerusalem, but Jesus insists that he's going. One disciple turns to the others and says 'Let's go with him so that we can die with him there.' That slightly pessimistic disciple was Thomas. He knew the risks. When Jesus was taken off and killed, he must have thought 'we knew this was going to happen'. The combination of grief, anger and self-recrimination is a huge mix of emotions. We're told that Thomas wasn't with the other disciples when Jesus first appeared, but we're not told why. I think he couldn't face them. It took him a while to rejoin them and then when he did they were obviously bonkers because they were saying Jesus was alive.
Was Thomas bad for doubting the resurrection? I don't think so. He was a realist, a pessimist and got annoyed with the other disciples. But when Jesus appeared and said 'here's my hands, here's my side', Thomas' reaction is one of someone who desperately wanted to believe it was true. He falls to his knees and says 'My Lord and my God'.
And that brings us to Peter. He is probably the follower of Jesus we are all most like. Throughout the gospel stories he says the wrong things, he makes mistakes, he fails to grasp the point. And here, at what would later be called the Last Supper, he is passionately keen to say the right thing: "I'm ready to die for you!" But the thing is, while Peter has seen a lot on the road with Jesus – faced human enemies, driven out spiritual enemies, suffered hardship – he hasn't been put in that position yet. It's a 'gun-to-your-head' moment. Jesus says 'Pete, you don't know, before the night is out you'll deny me three times.'
I can imagine that would have cut Peter to the quick. Luke's extra comment – that Satan has asked to sift Peter like wheat – is surely an indication of how Peter would feel after saying 'I don't know him' and hearing the rooster crow. Jesus tries to protect him from what's going to happen – 'I'm praying for you; that your faith might not fail'. That's an interesting promise. How often do we find our faith in God rocked because WE have failed? Can Jesus still love me? Can God still use me? I'm such a bad Christian, such a failure, who'd listen to a loser like me? If you feel like that, you're getting sifted.
I lived a double life for most of my teenage years. I knew that the whole church-God-Jesus thing was true and I enjoyed going to church. I knew I was a Christian. But in reality, while I knew that, I don't think anyone in school would have been able to tell you. In school I was pretty much indistinguishable from the pagan majority. I saw what happened to people who were 'religious' and keen. So, I kept my head down. I went to the Christian Union and very occasionally told people I went to church – it was like confessing to a disease – but generally I was the same as everyone else, swearing, naughty, telling jokes that were a bit rude.
That double life has always held me back, because the same pattern has occurred in places where I work. So I'd feel like a fraud 'sharing my faith' with someone who knows I laugh when they tell me rude jokes. Like most Christians, I feel like I'm caught in that 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situation. If I don't laugh, then I'm a boring, strait-laced Christian who ought to 'loosen up' and have more fun, for goodness sake! If I do laugh then I get hit with 'huh, call yourself a Christian!' You can't win, can you? So, I often feel in this place where Peter finds himself – the 'high priest's courtyard experience', which is one I guess most Christians can identify with.
The interesting thing is that when the women go to the tomb on resurrection day they are told specifically to go back and tell Peter. He's the only one who is named. Why so? Because the last time Jesus saw Peter before he was crucified, Peter left the courtyard crying bitterly when he knew he'd failed. And also because Peter still had an important part to play in Jesus' plans. Now their talk on the beach is referred to 'Peter's restoration' or 'reinstatement'. They're walking along the beach, something they must have done a thousand times before, they're talking and Jesus asks Peter three times whether he loves him. Peter feels hurt – what's hurting? The guilt; the sense of shame; the feeling that he's been in that situation before and said all the right things and then screwed up when the gun was put to his head.
What does Jesus say? He tells Peter a couple of things. 'You still have something vital to do for me. I need you to feed my sheep. You won't fail again – next time you're put on the spot you will die for me. We can start over, if only you will follow me.'
We may feel that Peter is the person we are most like, but it is our calling to follow Jesus and do the things that he did. So, it's worth considering that this is an example of what we are often called to do. In the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis, one of the characters called Lucy Pevensie experiences betrayal. Lucy is in the magical world of Narnia, on an island ruled by a magician. She goes into the magician's house in search of a spell and she finds another one, which allows her to see what her friend in the real world is doing. She sees her friend on a railway carriage with two older girls from school and with a shock she realise that they are talking about her. One of the girls asks Lucy's friend if she'll be "hanging around with that annoying Pevensie kid this term" and Lucy's friend says "No." Lucy is distraught and really angry. She can't wait to get back to the real world and accuse her friend of betraying her. It takes the divine lion Aslan to point out to Lucy that she was spying on her friend, which is also wrong, and that her friend only said those things because she felt intimidated by the two older girls. Lucy has to learn not only forgiveness, but a willingness to accept her friend despite everything that was said.
It would be easy for us to draw the conclusion that Jesus forgave Peter and everything was all right again and that's how we should act towards people who let us down. But we have to go further. It's not enough just to 'forgive'; we also have to restore. That is difficult and frankly impossible if the other person shows no remorse. But where there is repentance, a genuine 'sorry', then if we are trying to emulate Jesus we have to allow that person back into our circle of trust. Sometimes we may feel that trusting someone who has let us down is a huge risk. By way of encouragement, risk-takers tend to lead more exciting lives, so don't be put off by risk.
The flipside is that when we let someone down, we have to allow them to forgive us. Often we do this with God. We let God down and then feel that there is no way back, that we can never amount to anything, that we're frauds leading double lives and that no one will listen to us talking about God because we're such rubbish Christians. But if we are given the chance, and I think we are all given the chance, then we should always take another shot at it. There's an old saying that if you learn from defeat, then you don't really lose.
Friedrich Nietzsche, who isn't perhaps the ideal person to look to for guidance in matters of faith, nevertheless came up with one very true statement: 'whatever doesn't kill you can make you stronger'. In the short term it might make you weaker, whether that's a physical ailment like arthritis or cancer, or a spiritual problem like guilt or shame, or an emotional problem like addiction or depression. But in the long term, those debilitating problems, once treated, or forgiven, or healed, can ground you in life and give you the strength to keep on fighting.
We are all given opportunities to speak up or deny. I believe purchasing the fairly traded alternative is a prophetic statement about how the world should be. I personally think as Christians we need to be committed to that. We recently asked everybody in this community to sign letters to send to Tony Blair urging him to drop the debts owed by third world nations. Why did we do that? Because we are called to speak up and speak out on the issues on God's agenda. If you don't believe that God is on the side of the poor and totally concerned about their well being, may I respectfully ask you to stop using your Bible as a doorstop or whatever else you're using it for, and start reading it!
I had a recent adrenalin rush in a big supermarket because I felt I had to 'speak up' about something. When I go to a shop with a big magazine section, I have a look at the soccer magazines. Now at this supermarket, they're having a big redevelopment and the magazines have been moved. I was looking for the soccer section and found myself in the kids' comic section. I turned around and there, at about eye-height for a child, in the same aisle, were the magazines loosely termed 'men's interest'. Just for a moment I felt a tiny spark of outrage. Opposite the kids' comics were huge front cover pictures of just-about-naked women and sexual language and the sheer inappropriateness of this hit home.
Our society is over-sexualised. There is an advert where a woman uses a certain plant-based shampoo and has a totally 'organic' experience, where she goes 'ooh, yeah' at such a high volume the couple next door think she's in the throes of sexual passion. Not only is it untrue – I reckon you could be drinking the shampoo and it wouldn't give you an orgasm – but it's gratuitous use of sex to sell something. There is a car advert where you see more bottoms than car, to the song 'I see you baby, shaking that ass'. Do you see the link between that and a nine-year old girl in a deprived estate in our home city having a baby within the past month? Do you think we should occasionally speak up about the sexualisation of everything and about how far from God's intention the obsession with self-gratification is?
So, heart pounding, I went up to the supermarket's customer service desk, thinking, 'Oh man, they're going to think I'm some sort of crank.' But it was weird. I said that I thought it was inappropriate to have kids' comics opposite magazines like that. The woman I was talking to looked like she had attended the school of hard knocks. In fact, she could have tutored there. She looked pretty formidable. But as I spoke, she suddenly, and unexpectedly smiled. Not only did she agree with what I was saying, but she asked me to write it all down on one of the little comment cards ('here, use my good pen') and then she went off and personally handed it to the duty manager.
A couple of days later I went into that supermarket and the kids' comics had been swapped with the TV listings magazines.
Before you think – 'Jon, you're a great moral campaigner and an inspiration to us all' (I know you're thinking it), let me just say this: What it brought home to me was all the times I haven't spoken up.
That's the choice we have every day. We can deny it or risk it. The thing is if we risk it, we may find ourselves taking the lead. We may find that people want to hear what we have to say. We may find that people respond by saying "I'm glad you mentioned it and you're right!" Too often we find ourselves worried about how people will react. If it's not our own feelings of worthlessness we have to get over, it's the fear factor, the fear of being rejected and so we deny the God-promptings, we fail to stand up for what we know is right, we decide not to talk about Jesus, not to pray with someone. We say, like Peter, 'Man, I don't know what you're talking about.'
Easter is a day about risk. Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene prayed for another way out. It was a risk. In his human-ness he didn't know the ending. We often think that Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen and the eventual glorious outcome and so went along with it passively. But his anguish in Gethsemene shows he couldn't be sure – if he had been sure it wouldn't have been a sacrifice. He didn't know what would happen to his disciples after he'd gone, so he prayed for their protection. He told Peter he'd pray for him, that his faith would not fail.
Peter's bold words failed. He failed to live up to his own promises, his own expectations of himself, but his faith didn't fail. After Jesus is raised from the dead, Peter leaps out of the boat to get to shore ahead of the others. He says 'Lord you know all things'. He hears Jesus repeat those words that started this whole adventure and he follows him even though Jesus tells him the ending in advance. He has been in that high priest's courtyard and now he knows how he will act in that position if he's put in that position again.
Those of us who feel that we have failed and that we have let Jesus down, despite all our bold words beforehand, need to hear Jesus' call again. We have to believe that all the screw-ups have been taken away by Jesus' death; that we've been forgiven and that he wants to entrust us with his Kingdom message again. As we celebrate the glory of resurrection day, we have a choice, because despite all the times we haven't lived up to our promises, Jesus says:
"You still have something vital to do for me. Don't worry about failing again. We can start over. Follow me."


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Skip to comments.Baghdad Christians Celebrate Sunday Mass (with Iraq's new Cardinal Delly)
Posted on 12/10/2007 5:54:05 AM PST by NYer
BAGHDAD - The worshippers were searched at the door and snipers stood guard on the roof, but Sunday's Mass was a joyful one for more than 200 Iraqis who packed a church in eastern Baghdad to see the first Iraqi cardinal.
Under heavy guard and broadcast live on Iraqi state television, the service was capped by a handshake from a visiting Shiite imam _ a symbolic show of unity between Iraq's majority Muslim sect and its tiny Christian community.
Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, leader of the ancient Chaldean Church, celebrated the two-hour Mass three weeks after Pope Benedict XVI elevated him to the top ranks of the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
Delly presided over other services this week in Baghdad and the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, spreading his message of unity and forgiveness among Iraq's Christians.
"We are of one family, everyone should work for the progress of this country," he said during his sermon.
The frequent target of Islamic extremists, Iraq's Christians have been forced to flee by the tens of thousands or to isolate themselves in barricaded neighborhoods if they choose to remain.
"We pray today for the sake of each other and to forgive each other, as well to be directed to do good deeds," Delly said. "That is my demand for the Iraqis, moreover I urge the return home for displaced people and immigrants to their ancestral land."
Delly, 80, has been outspoken in the past about the need to protect Christians, who comprise less than 3 percent of Iraq's 26 million people.
Many people who filled the pews at the elegant brick Church of the Virgin Mary said they were taking advantage of a lull in violence to attend services and to congratulate Delly. The imam of a nearby Shiite mosque shook hands with him in the church's courtyard after the service.
"I came here to show the unity of the Iraqi people," said the black-turbaned imam, Jassim al-Jazairi. "We are happy with the cardinal. We are very proud of any person, whether Christian or Muslim, who raises the name of Iraq in the international arena."
The high attendance at the church in mainly Shiite eastern Baghdad was among several recent signs of normalcy in Iraq. Still, the security situation remains fragile in the city, where many Iraqis are still afraid to venture outside the concrete barriers erected by the U.S. military to protect volatile communities.
In a reminder of the dangers, armed policemen wearing helmets and blue uniforms were stationed on the church's roof and others searched worshippers walking toward the stately brick building on Palestine Street, a major thoroughfare in eastern Baghdad. Several police pickup trucks and Iraqi armored vehicles blocked the street.
Church officials said the weekly afternoon Mass has been more crowded and was extended by an hour as Iraqis are less fearful about being out on the streets late in many areas of the capital.
"We are proud of this," said Hibba Nasser, a 26-year-old housewife. "We came here to this church in order to tell the terrorists that we are not afraid of them."
May God bless and protect the Iraqi Christians.
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Gee 60 minutes said that the Christians were hunted down and killed Iraq.
Aren't those two priests who were kidnapped in Iraq still missing? Has there been any news about them?
Michael Yon's frontline reportage questions that view, at least in the Baghdad area.
Maybe they're a little more cosmopolitan in Baghdad, but my understanding, and I can't recall the source, is that half of the Christian population has left since the fall of Saddam.
That sounds accurate - but I would point out that many Iraqi Christians have relatives in Europe and the US, so they had a strong motive and opportunity for emigrating with or without violence - you can make more money living in Michigan than Mosul. Hussein would not let them leave when he was in power - there were probably plenty of Christians in Iraq who had heard for years about how well their cousins were doing in the West and thought: "If there is any way I can get hold of a visa, I will leave here and never look back." The liberation of Iraq provided that opportunity.
I think this is so wonderful, people finally being able to worhsip in a true mass..with less fear. I pray for them to continue being able to worship with fear, and grow closer to God. How wonderful!!
I love that the other religious leaders shook hands with the first Iraqi priest...if they can have their country be like ours, where people of various faiths can peacefully live amongst each other, then what a great country they could be!!
Thanks for this post.
I was honored to have been among the 800 or so Houstonians to attend the consistory ceremonies in Rome when Pope Benedict XVI elevated 23 archbishops to cardinal, 23-27 Nov. Our archbishop, Daniel DiNardo was among the 23 new cardinals. Most impressive and moving ceremonies indeed!
And I got to see Cardinal Delly and mingle a bit with the small but boisterous Iraqi pilgrims. It seems that half came from Baghdad...and the rest from Detroit!!
Was that you I waved to in the crowd ;-)? I watched the live coverage at 4am on EWTN. Too bad the weather did not cooperate. Were you outside in the plaza or did you manage to obtain a seat inside the Basilica?
It seems that half came from Baghdad...and the rest from Detroit!!
Indeed! Detroit has a very large Arabic speaking community comprised of various Muslim sects + Chaldean and Maronite Catholics.
God bless this holy Patriarch who has never backed down in his resolve to maintain the Chaldean Church in Iraq. He told the pope he would give his last drop of blood for his homeland. Who can forget the martyrdom in June of Fr. Ragheed Ganni and his 3 subdeacons.
Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni
1972 - 2007
Patriarch Delly officiates at funeral for Fr. Ragheed and sub deacons
Meanwhile, some of the Chaldean Iraqis have fled to the US.
Catholic Iraqi refugees arrive, are welcomed by Maronite parish .
Yes, that was me! Second seat from the aisle, where I got great shots of the Pope and our new Cardinal! Our tour group had indoors passes for each traveler...an incredible thrill.
By the way, your home page is very impressive. Nice to correspond with you.
Well more than half the Christians have left. Some are returning now (after the "surge" restored order to some areas), but we shall see how things work out. There may be some pragmatic Muslims who just want to see their country do well and will take the Saddam attitude towards the Christians - tolerate them, take advantage of the fact that they are better educated, more entrepreneurial, etc. And then there are others who, once the US focus has left them, will resume their attacks. I guess it all depends on how the balance tips in the Muslim community.
God bless the Iraqi Christians, and keep them safe.
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