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True and False Spirituality: Beware the Friends of Job or How to Deal With Fair-weather Friends
In his unwavering hope in God's love and mercy we find the way of purified faith.
Oh, for the voice of a Job in some of our contemporary Christian communities. Enough of the formulas, the claims to hidden knowledge (a new form of Gnosticism) and the claims of being able to manipulate the power of God to achieve our own ends (a new kind of simony). Job was living in the heart of God's will. When Job was stripped of what his "friends" believed were the "proofs" of Gods favor, he found the greatest treasure of all, the beautiful poverty of purified Love.He found the richness reserved for those who love God for God's sake. Jobs "friends" told him that his loss and difficulties were his fault, but Job knew better. In his unwavering hope in God's love and mercy we find the way of purified, living faith.
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - One of the most profound of biblical characters is the man named Job. The book which bears his name is rich with insights about real life. It is profound, disturbing, and yet incredibly helpful precisely because it reveals something of importance. Things aren't always the way they seem - or feel.
Yet, - in the words of the Psalmist David - God "never sleeps not slumbers". (Psalm 121:4)
This is a troubling and difficult time for many people. Over and over again, I hear the sad stories of financial setback as the U.S. economy struggles. People are watching their retirement funds, their homes and their savings, seem to vanish. When we look around us it seems our culture is in collapse as it rejects the moral foundations of a free society.
I have seen an increase in serious illness in the lives of good people whom I love. I -and those whom I love the most - have had relational, emotional and physical struggles on almost every front. Sound familiar? Let's be honest. Life is often difficult. That is the case even when you are praying and being as faithful as you can to Lord and His Church.
Pain just seems to be a part of the program. The real question is what do we do with it.
Recently, one of my dearest friends experienced betrayal at the hands of someone in whom he had placed a great deal of trust. He is struggling with sorting it all out and experiencing one of the worst kinds of suffering, betrayal. I can only listen to his pain, pray with and for him, and tell him I understand.
It does not take the pain or disillusionment away.
I have experienced my share of fair-weather friends in my life. You know the kind that I mean. They are there with you when everything is flourishing, claiming they have your back. They love to be there in the picture with you, smiling and enjoying identification with someone who is perceived as successful, whether it is on the financial, career or even the spiritual front.
However, when the storms come and the leaves begin to fall, when the difficulties of life throw a proverbial wrench in the works, they are quickly gone, having dropped you, as they say, like a bad habit. However, in my later years, I have begun to understand there is an even worse kind of false friend.
These are the ones I refer to as the friends of Job. I believe that most of us have experienced them. The sooner we come to understand the danger that their false posturing poses, the happier we will all be. These are the folks who claim to have somehow figured God all out - as though the Christian life were some kind of puzzle - and they are very willing to tell you why things are not going easily in your life.
They often act as though following the Lord Jesus Christ involves living out a formula. They fail to speak of the fact that those who embrace His way will walk, as He did, along a rugged road. After all, we follow in the footsteps of a Savior who, in His greatest act of Love, His self giving embrace of death on a Cross, was deemed by most who witnessed it to be His complete failure. These friends of Job are quick to wrongly judge when difficulties come into the lives of good people, as they inevitably will.
These friends of Job seem to be everywhere these days. Sadly, some even occupy the pulpits of some of America's fastest growing churches in certain Christian communities. They fill the airwaves with claims of health, wealth, prosperity and blessing for those who really -get- the Gospel, at least the Gospel they preach. Sometimes, what they are preaching is what St Paul warned of as - another gospel - (Gal. 1:6), one which reduces our walk with God to following a formula.
The Book of Job reveals a truth about authentic spirituality which I want to address.
The background of the Book is a dispute between Satan, whom the New Testament rightly refers to as the accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12:10), and God. Satan contends that Job served God for what He got from Him not for who God is. How rampant is this kind of self interested service of God in some of the Christian circles in our own time? How many self styled teachers seek to reduce Christian living to formulas?
At the beginning of this book we find the mystery of true faith, authentic spirituality. After his own wife told him to -curse God and die- Job spoke these words of caution and then wisdom to her, - Are even you going to speak as senseless women do? We accept good things from God; and should we not accept evil? (Job 2:10)
Later, in the midst of his discourse with three friends, he added the following acclamation which gets to the heart of the mettle of this man named Job, -even if he slay me, I will hope in Him. (Job 13:15)
These words were spoken to the self professed experts who had come to tell him how he could get out of the mess if he just followed their formulaic approach to religious living. These words need to be shouted in some places in our own day. Job was fully surrendered to God. He refused to turn God into an object for His own use. He grasped the true mystery of a faith that really saves.
When we first encounter the friends of Job at the beginning of the Book they seem empathetic, tearing their cloaks, weeping and even spending a week with him in his anguish. But, their feigned compassion ends all too soon. They have something to tell Job, that is why they really came to be with him. They were not compassionate, in the Biblical sense. The ancient words in Hebrew and Greek translated as compassion in English mean to suffer with.
They had no interest in entering into Jobs pain but in blaming him and his behavior for it. After all, they had this whole faith thing figured out and they were going to enlighten him with their higher knowledge. Sound familiar? Perhaps in contemporary circles they would have given him the latest teaching from their superstar pastor or the new speaker making the circuit who had it all figured out, along with some formulaic use of bible texts to prove their point.
Or, perhaps they would have given him the latest popular book from the local Christian book store promising that if he just followed these seven, or eight or even twelve steps, all the pain would go away. After all, Jobs life was a mess, right? He was obviously not really living for God or he would not be suffering or abandoned. Right?
These -wearisome comforters- (Job 16:2-4), as Job later calls them, reveal their true agendas in their errant assessment of Jobs suffering and their false recommendations for his deliverance from them. They think they have the answer for life's deepest mystery, suffering. They do not. No one does. In their counterfeit answers we find one of the greatest dangers to authentic faith.
These false teachings are still wreaking havoc in too many lives.
In response to their long winded discourse, Job tells them all to be to be silent because they are -uttering falsehoods- and offering -vain remedies. So, in our day, the self appointed guardians of the formulas are still wrong.
Oh, for the voice of a Job in some of our contemporary Christian communities. Enough of the formulas, the claims to hidden knowledge (a new form of Gnosticism) and the claims of being able to manipulate the power of God to achieve our own ends (a new kind of simony). The byways are filled with wounded people who have suffered as a result of such poor teaching.
Let's look at their explanations of Jobs difficulties for a moment. I know they will sound familiar to you. Elephaz the Temanite tells Job that God is mad at Him (Job 5). Bildad the Shuhite tells Job that his misfortunes are his own fault. (Job 8). Finally, Zophar the Naamathite tells Job that he is being punished. (Job 11). All of them were wrong then - and their spiritual descendants are just as wrong today.
Job was right. In fact, he was living in the heart of God's will. When Job was stripped of what his fairweather friends believed were the -proofs- of Gods favor, he found the greatest treasure of all, the beautiful poverty of purified Love. He found the richness reserved for those who love God for God's sake. Jobs fairweather friends told him that his loss and difficulties were his fault, but Job knew better. In his unwavering hope in God's love and mercy we find the way of purified, living faith.
The Lord not only heard the prayer of this faithful servant Job but He also spoke to these fairweather riends of Job in these words addressed to Elephaz the Temanite: -I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
In sincere contrition, Job acknowledged in a profound dialogue with God that he simply did not understand His mind on these kinds of matters. He repented for his lack of trust and even interceded for these fairweather friends who had wrongly accused him (Job 42:8). After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord again made him prosperous. Oh, there was quite an encounter between Job and the Lord. It is well worth reading.
Job showed his humility and the Lord restored him after strongly, but lovingly, instructing him. His brothers, sisters and those who knew him before the struggles came and dined with him. The Lord gave him double what he had lost; fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. He had seven sons, three daughters and lived a hundred and forty years. He saw his children and his grandchildren to the fourth generation.
The greatest gift that God gave to Job was real, purified faith. God answered Jobs' sincere, heartfelt prayer for insight into his struggles when He spoke to him -out of a storm (Job 38). That's right, God was right there in that storm! He always is. He always turns the difficulties, struggles, pain, betrayals, loss in each of our lives to good, as St Paul would centuries later remind the early Christians (Romans 8:28).
This stormy encounter between Job and God is reminiscent of another storm, the one we read about in the New Testament on the Sea of Galilee. There, the disciples were with God Incarnate, Jesus Christ in a boat (Matthew 8: 23-27). He was asleep. Terrified, they woke Him and He calmed the storm. In His sacred humanity, asleep in that boat, he showed them an important truth they would later come to grasp as they lived their lives as witnesses for Jesus Christ.
He was already there, right in the storm, they just needed to trust and rest in Him. In Jesus Christ, this God of Job came among us in the flesh. In His sacred humanity He reveals the way to live free of fear, even in the midst of the struggles and storms of life. He emptied Himself out of perfect love for the whole human race.
Jesus still seeks men and women who will love in that same way, following Him along His Way and not their own. He calls them the poor in spirit and gives them His kingdom. These are the ones who really know how to love and how to live. They do not love for a return but love for Loves' sake.
Job did not follow God because He was so good to him, but because He is God. So should we. When we encounter the inevitability of loss, suffering, difficulties and persecution in our lives, as we certainly will, we must always beware of the fairweather friends of Job. We must also choose to follow the One who never sleeps nor slumbers.
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9 months ago
Take up your cross and follow me Luke 9:23
9 months ago
Beautifully written. God is always with us and in charge of the situation no matter what it looks like.
9 months ago
I like this essay. Though hopefully no one will take the 'formula' comments and try to use them to beat up the sacraments. It is precisely through the obedience to the sacraments that we enter into the life, death and resurrection of Christ and understand the depths of self-sacrificing love--especially when we are suffering ourselves.
By the 'formula' methods, you are obviously speaking of those who preach that if you 'believe' in this way or 'pray' in this method, then God will materially reward you. (Not naming names but I have seen such concepts preached to large and enthusiastic audiences on TV when flipping through the channels. It is as if they are trying to control-have power over--God.)
There are tried and true ways to get closer to God. He wants us close to Him and gave sure steps to grace and many examples from whom to learn. But such paths must always end in our submitting our wills to the Father's will to be authentic--never to attempt to bend the Father's will to our will. -
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Keith, in my opinion, this is one of the most authentic spiritual essays you have ever posted. The new evangelization requires spirituality that reflects the reality of Job. Many have left the Church or never consider the way of Jesus because they experienced in church a spirituality reflected in the Job's friends.
I have friends in China that believe a spirituality rooted that reflected in the Book of Job and Lamentations is the only way to enter dialogue with people brought up in an atheist system. One cannot explain away suffering. One must recognize that questions of suffering do not have easy formula answers. When one is in the midst of agony and despair,faith is found in asking the questions about suffering, not in the friends answers.
In Lamentations God's voice is never heard, despite the intense cry of the people suffering from the destruction of Jerusalem. Here is a sample of the people's cry.
"Look, O Lord, and pay attention: to whom have you been so ruthless? Must women eat their own offspring, the very children they have born? Are priest and prophet to be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? They lie on the ground in the streets, young and old alike; both my young women and young men are cut down by the sword; you killed them on the day of your wrath, slaughtered without pity" Lamentations 2: 20-21
To be in solidarity with the poor has something to do with entering into their cry and holding on in faith in God even when God's voice is silent!
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I love my iPhone 5! I wouldn't trade it for any Android phone in the world. It's funny to read posts where the person is trying to convince others to move to Android...people choose Apple for a reason, they like their products! I've owned plenty of Android smartphones and I could say the say thing about each one of them; they've all had different problems. It's all personal choice....
same here, and the other 4 of my family members who own an iPhone 5 love it. I have found no hardware issues with the iPhone 5. Once the jailbreak is out though, i will argue to the death that it is the best phone out there.
Same here, me and the 4 other family members who own an iPhone 5 love it! Once an jailbreak comes out, I will argue to the death that its the best phone out there!
This news does not surprise me at all. I have an iPhone 5 (also had the 3G and 4) and while it's a great phone, I'm finding iOS to be stale and boring without the jailbreak. My 4 was jailbroken for almost the entire time I owned it, so I had forgotten what it's like to have a non-customizable phone. I love my iPads, AppleTV, and Macbook Pro...but considering I use my iPhone more than all three of those combined I really need it to be more customizable.
I may wait another month or two, but if no jailbreak is forthcoming I'll sell my iPhone 5 and buy the Galaxy S3.
*EDIT: I also blame the app piracy tweak (ha ha...mmi censored its name!) for Apple's persistence in blocking the jailbreak, and I don't blame them for doing so. It makes me sick when I hear of people who are too effing cheap to actually purchase the apps they want. If that tweak could be shut down I think Apple would be much more willing to release an open iOS.Last edited by AUZambo; 01-14-2013 at 08:28 AM.
You caught me! I am obsessed with samesung! How did u see through my cleverly crafted veil of apple fanboydom??! On a serious note different strokes i suppose. However i dont go on rival forums and uptalk my preference to the point where im basically saying you would be dumb etc for not agreeing with me.
Sadly, I don't think Apple is ever going to change its hostility toward jailbreaking. All their recent software updates indicate they will continue to aggressively try to prevent it. Apple is putting more effort into this than they are into new user features. I do expect they'll eventually make additions to the API, but it'll be too little, too late. No empire in history has - yet - been able to predict and prevent its own downfall. Apple won't see the train approaching.
The lack of customization is a serious problem for many folks, such as disabled people that rely on certain Cydia tweaks. I don't share planetbeing's optimism about an iOS 6 JB. It's no use if JBs take 8-12 months to produce. That's just too long. The next model phone is already out by then. I understand that some people love their iPhone even without a jailbreak, but those people (as a percentage) are becoming less and less. The S4 or newer Nexus products are going to look quite tempting in a few months time.
How exactly are they cheaper? You want a flagship device, you pay just as much as you do for a new iPhone. Iphone 4s is what, $100 now and the 4 is what, .99c. The iPhone 4S is $100 adn the 5 is $200. Don't get your panties in a bunch because we can root our phones and do what we want and you have to not only wait for a jailbreak because the devs hold on to them pissing in their panties about a future patch, but can't even get a working jailbreak for how long. The company your praise so highly give you a giant f**k you when you want to do something to your phone. Our phones are locked via the carrier and is done in a way that can easily be broken by real devs. Your "my phone is better than yours because of the apple logo" is no longer valid. Enjoy your grandma phone.
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I didn't upgrade to the iPhone five. There just wasn't enough bells and whistles in it. The length of the screen size was nice but felt they needed to make it a bit wider as well.
I was more that disappointed with both iPhone five and the latest iPad as well.
Hopefully they will come out with a Big Bang in March. If not then I will keep what I have until they come out with something I am waiting for or want.
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A buddy of mine that's a android fan BIG time had good me that google is going to be only supporting android for 6 months on new phone purchases. I was surprised to hear this and is one of the reasons I stick with apple is for software support. He said the only android phone that would still get updates are the nexus x phones. In my eyes this is google telling you screw off we don't care about you.
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I love my iPhone 5. Only problems I had; original charge cable stopped working, and I gave up on touch intensive games because the sensitivity issues.
True HD Pics and videos make me want to use my 5 as a gopro! All they need is a legit mount/case unlike ones currently available and exactly like the leading brand mounts.
The front hd camera is a HUGE difference too. Annoying grainy pics be gone!
LTE is stupid fast, I stay off wifi because its always slower Fast data=fast Siri.
A6 processor=apps open without hesitation no matter level of multitasking.
The s3 may as well me a tablet. It just looks ridiculous being held up to people's heads and them being dwarfed by the massive device lol. It's looks like trying to make a phone call on a nook or an iPad mini lol. Good luck getting that in and out of your pockets. Better get a nifty fanny pack!
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Perhaps all the iPhone haters can find another website to comment on, possibly something with a focus beyond the iPhone. I can't fathom how lame a person's life must be to waste their time on websites highlighting products they loathe solely to berate them and their fans.
Trolls: Does that actually make you feel better about yourself? I pray it doesn't. It's pathetic and annoying. Please stop!They can have my jailbreak when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Not sure how the iPhone 5 is crap in any imagination of the word.
But then again how much credit can one person have who takes the time to comment against apple on an apple based forum. Lol.
I've had every iPhone sense the 1st one in 2007. The 5 by far is better than any other model.
For anyone complaining that apple fights jailbreaks. WAKE UP this has been like this for a while, please sell your iPhones and pick up an android.
It's also funny with all the comments on how apple isn't innovative anymore, but yet every technology they come out with becomes a standard in all phone across all platforms.
Someone please enlighten me on how any android phone has been so innovative? Not saying that apple has innovated everything, and I'm sure there are things apple did in light of android.
But please for all that claim apple has lost it's touch, why re-invent the wheel? And having an open OS is a far cry from innovation, NFC that's been around for some time and apple has chosen not to use it (yet atleast). So again please let me know how other smart phone companies have changed industries like apple has?
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or people don't like hearing that people like me have had nothing but problems with the 5. I got mine when they came out, and I've already swapped sims, swapped phones, reset everything imaginable several times, spent hours on the phone with apple & ATT, and I STILL have to put it in/out of airplane mode just to get 4g after I leave a wifi network. EVERY SINGLE TIME I leave my house, I have to do that to get it off of edge and back to normal. I really hate the I5, wish I would have kept my 4.
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Same here! Running both a 4S JB and an i5...those who don't think the 5 is worth it are sorely mistaken IMHO...
Be interesting to see if the Samsung G4 will be leaps and bounds ahead of the G3 like ppl expected with the 4S to the 5! There's only so much tech they can cram in there...Twitter Id: @Jato_BZ
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1) No, it's different now. We've gone from no security in the kernel to insane levels of anti-jailbreak measures. The 5S could be the first iPhone ever released for which the previous model still has no jailbreak. That's different.
2) I already have. You all will too, even if you're still currently in denial. It's only a matter of time ;-)
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So can I save my shsh blobs on 6.0 in tiny umbrella and then update to 6.0.2 and be safe to be able to downgrade?
Need help!!
Sorry for not posting in forum I don't know how from iPhone app ...
Just crazy that after all this time the iPhone still hasn't been able to get widgets or being able to switch out the keyboard. I'm still on the fence about keeping my iPhone 4s or switching up.
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The latest New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey report shows that underage drinking and drug abuse in Valencia County declined in 2011 from 2009, although it is still slightly higher than the state average.
The NMYRRS report data has been taken from surveys of middle school and high school students each fall of every odd year since its inception in 2003.
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The state project, part of the national Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance program tailored for New Mexico, is the result of a joint effort by the New Mexico Departments of Health and Public Education to assess risk behaviors and resiliency factors among New Mexico youth.
The project is supported with assistance from the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center, the Division of Adolescent and School Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To take advantage of the survey findings from Valencia County youth, two educators from the UNM-Valencia Campus, Dominic Capello and Dubra Karnes-Padilla, applied for a grant to form the Valencia County Youth Safety, Health and Resiliency Corps to advocate and mobilize evidence-based prevention strategies.
The objective is to prevent youth injury related to motor vehicles, alcohol and drug abuse, drug overdose, suicide and violence, and build a safe, healthy, and resilient community, said Karnes-Padilla.
"If you're not feeling good about yourself … the likelihood that you're going to partake in alcohol, be more easily influenced, try to commit suicide, use drugs — they're all tied together," Karnes-Padilla said. "That's why behavioral health counseling and treatment have to be available to our youth and to our families, too."
Poverty plays a large role in how youth grow up, and New Mexico is listed as the poorest state in the nation.
According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau report, New Mexico has the highest number of people below the poverty level.
"When there's inequality, there's more violence, there's more lack of trust, there's all sorts of things that are happening," Karnes-Padilla said.
In her studies on poverty and income disparity, she has learned about correlations between poverty and teen suicide, violence, alcohol and drug abuse, and how greater equality can make societies stronger.
"A living wage changes your society," she said. "A middle class changes your society, and when you start to lose that, you have big problems."
At the most basic level, young people need food, clothing, housing, health care and safety, but they also need consistent guidance from caregivers, education and training, transportation, phone, Internet, and most also need some counseling to learn coping and conflict resolution skills, and some need substance abuse treatment, Karnes-Padilla said.
While large factors such as poverty play a role in the health and well-being of youth and families, grassroots initiatives by parents, school officials, community members and leaders play a crucial role in immediate injury prevention for young people at the local level.
The survey information is a tool and can provide eligibility for grants to fund prevention programs for the schools, municipalities, county and community.
One of the evidence-based strategies in Europe, which Sweden has adopted, is a higher taxation (much higher than in the United States) on alcohol and drugs in order to provide the necessary funding for prevention and treatment programs.
"When you pay for things, when you tax people, and I know people hate that word, but those societies have much more money to do good things with," said Karnes-Padilla.
Evidence-based prevention programs vary from school policies to having big after school programs to having more art programs in the school, music and activities for kids to do, as well as mentoring programs such as Big Brothers, Big Sisters. And it's always cheaper to prevent than to treat afterwards, she said.
According to the New Mexico Office of Vital Records, the state is No. 1 in the country for drug overdose death rates, and according to the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, Valencia County ranks fifth in substantiated child abuse cases, sixth in teen and young adult suicides, eighth in unintentional drug induced deaths, and 13th in alcohol-related deaths compared with the 32 other counties.
Correlations can be deduced from the information given by county youth on the YRRS and how they behave.
"Children who felt that their parents were less involved in their life, less caring toward them, used their seat belts less," said Karnes-Padilla.
Almost 50 percent of those who had been in a fight in the past 12 months said they didn't feel they had a teacher or other adult who believed in them, 45 percent felt their family had no clear standards for behavior or in school, and almost 47 percent said they didn't feel they had a teacher who really cared about them. About 26 percent of the teens didn't even feel they had a friend their own age who really cared about them.
"This tells us that there is a correlation in our children's other behaviors versus these protective factors," said Karnes-Padilla. "If they're lacking them … this data is important to let us know how our children are feeling."
Valencia County high schools participated in the 2011 survey, but only 16 percent of the middle schools participated.
"It's unfortunate, because if we're looking for grants to target that population, if we're looking to assess how successful we are with the programs in place — to actually get some real scientific data on that using the YRRS, we don't necessarily have it," she said.
In 2009, there was full middle school participation. One of the proactive measures taken from the survey data was to initiate a bicycle helmet program, which has proven successful in reducing brain injuries in district children.
"We have seen a reduction in alcohol use in our youth," Karnes-Padilla said. "In our DWI prevention, or our drug and alcohol prevention programs that we have in place, (the programs) are working. We've seen a reduction in violence in our schools because our mentoring programs, our conflict management programs — whatever we've put into place — are working."
The UNM-VC Resiliency Corps is a five-year project funded by the Department of Health in collaboration with UNM-VC. It is a pilot project and the only one of its kind in the state using the YRRS data results to foster improvements using evidence-based strategies.
The Resiliency Corps has been developing a sustainable county-based model for injury, violence and substance abuse prevention, and developed a three credit hour college course at UNM-VC.
"We have had stakeholders from faith-based organizations, law enforcement, civic organizations, schools, city government, EMTs, college students, public health, head start (and others) enroll in the course," Karnes-Padilla said.
"… I would highly encourage all the middle schools in Valencia County that are asked to be part of the survey — be part of the survey," Karnes-Padilla said.
The Youth Resiliency Corps has also started a resource directory on its website at www.rcourse.org, and will link in to the Valencia County page on the Share New Mexico website at www.sharenm.org.
A group of county service providers and youth advocacy groups are working to establish a central Valencia County resource directory of essential connections for the page.
The whole thrust of the central directory is to pull together all the services, providers, nonprofits and other resources available to county residents in one, easily accessible central location.
The Resiliency Corps is partnering with Share NM and are planning a town hall meeting in April.
"This would be to bring all the coalitions together, and all the stakeholders together to look at how this resource directory will be valuable, but also to look at the issues, and what we need for our families and our youth to be a resilient community," Karnes-Padilla said.
A resilient community is able to bounce back from adversity and land on their feet, she said.
"The more resilient and protective factors you have … you can weather the storm, you can weather a (hurricane) Sandy," Karnes-Padilla said. "It's not easy, but you have those personality traits, those things that will help you."
The New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey results can be accessed by the public at www.youthrisk.org.
For information about how to talk to youth about drugs and alcohol, visit the DWI Prevention service website at www.letstalkvalencia.org, The federal Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System report is available at www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/.
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The work of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt can operate on multiple levels and register differently from piece to piece. His pared down approach to composition has led critics to place his music within the minimalist tradition though such a category diminishes the range of his work and the influences of Gregorian chants and sacred music. The music can both ecstatically soar with a bang as well as level off into lyrical serenity. Both modern and timeless, the chorales are marked with spiritually affirmative overtones and yet there are also works that are haunting, solemn laments. He may well be today's most well-known composer, having produced a treasure trove of symphonies, chorales, and operas.
Fans of the violin will want to get their ears on Daniel Hope's newest album Spheres. This is a wonderfully ecclectic array of compositions that highlight his rich and "big" violin sound. Hope has selected pieces that represent a wide range of styles (Baroque, minimalism, chill-out and cinema) and time periods (17th Century through to the present). Overall, it's a beautiful collection that really brings forth a sense of both musical and emotional continuity. Some of the composers featured are Johann Sebastian Bach, Arvo Part, Philip Glass, Karl Jenkins, Michael Nyman, Alex Baranowski, and Gabriel Faure.
For many years, the library's musical collection consisted mostly of jazz, world and classical music. Over the past 6 or 7 years we've really added to that mix, many popular, alternative, hip hop, and rhythm and blues titles. We still continue to order symphonic, choral, opera, baroque and postmodern music but not nearly with the emphasis we once had given the popularity of Top 40 artists. Having said that, classical music lovers, including myself, will likely be able to find what they're looking for. Here are some of my favorites, all of which we currently own. Stop in and browse the collection. Samuel Barber's Adagio for StringsGustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 (Adagietto)Erik Satie's Trois GymnopédiesJ.S. Bach's Sleepers AwakeBeethoven's Moonlight SonataKarl Jenkins' Agnus DeiPhilip Glass' CompanyRalph Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of Dives and LazarusHenryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3
Just when it seems that we need some good news the most, this will warm your heart. Yesterday, NPR blogger Anastasia Tsioulcas caught my attention with a post about the Landfill Harmonic: An Orchestra Built from Trash. Through the efforts of a music instructor and a local craftsman, a group of hardworking kids in Paraguay have formed an orchestra using instruments made with materials gathered from beneath their very feet – literally.
The village of Cateura is a slum built on top of a landfill, where many of the locals make their living by collecting and reselling garbage. In a town where "a violin costs more than a house," a group of students have formed an orchestra and are learning to play music. Orchestra director Favio Chavez works with a local craftsman who fashions violins, violas, flutes, trumpets and guitars out of discarded trash; oil drums, tin cans, spoons, bottle caps, you name it. Now this might sound like the makings of a bad circus band (no offense against circus music) but the result is nothing short of breathtaking.
The group is currently documenting their work in a yet-to-be released film; a short trailer for it was posted a month ago on YouTube and has already collected nearly half-a-million views. The film opens with a quote from Chavez, saying "The world sends us garbage. We send back music." In addition to the video, the group has set up a Facebook page to help spread the word about the orchestra.
In a world where we generate a ton of solid waste per capita every fifteen months (and that's just in America) while school budgets get slashed beyond recognition, it's refreshing to see what can be accomplished if the will is there.
Here's an extended version of their story. It's fascinating, watch it…
I just love the sedate, retro vibe of the soundtrack to the oddball film Beginners; the Mike Mills directed roman a clef about his relationship with his widowed father. Old blues and jazz from the 1920's (Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, and Josephine Baker) are prominently featured as well as a French horn driven suite by J.S. Bach. Interfiled between the throwback gems are several touching, original scores by Dave Palmer and Roger Niell. The back and forth tone of the film, from light hearted to melancholic, are sensibly reflected in this quirky collection. Oh, and by the way, check out the movie. It appears on our Best of 2011 list.
For her latest album, Night of Hunters, Tori Amos delved into the world of classical music to find inspiration. There are no guitars or drums here and no radio-friendly singles; the piano is paired with strings and woodwinds to create a whole-album experience where one song flows into the next. It is to me, in a word, beautiful. Night of Hunters is highly conceptualized; it uses the story of a dissolving relationship to discuss themes of creation and destruction, the hunter and the hunted, within everyone. The lyrics are full of natural imagery and references to Celtic mythology, both of which fit very well with the classically-inspired music. It may not be for the casual listener, but for anyone interested in spending some time with Night of Hunters, I believe there is a lot to find here.
I'm completely biased when it comes to Tori Amos. I've been a fan of hers since I was twelve, and I've continued to be a fan even though her last few albums have felt bloated and a bit self-indulgent to me. But Night of Hunters showcases some of her best piano compositions and vocal work in years, and I recommend it to anyone willing to give it a try.
Known widely for his collaborative work with director David Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti's movie and television scores are both haunting and beautiful, resulting in a stirring mix of ominous undertones splashed with gorgeous melodies. His most well known work is the Theme to the television show Twin Peaks but he's also scored the films Blue Velvet, A Very Long Engagement, The City of Lost Children, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive; all of which are fantastic movies filled with unique stories and oddball characters.
As of late, the attention of the world's media has been drawn to the United Kingdom and the Royal Family. I don't have a British heritage in my ancestry, yet I have for a long time enjoyed studying British history, geography, arts, and culture. Part of that is some really thrilling music. KPL has a 3-CD set that serves as a good sampler of a wide variety of the best. As a collection of works by top composers that is conducted, played, and sung by some of the UK's finest musicians, these recordings are well worth the listening. One of my favorites on here is 'Crown Imperial' by Sir William Walton, which was the recessional at today's royal wedding.
One of the overlooked treasures in our music collection is our movie and television soundtracks. We have an excellent collection that represents some of the legendary composers (Philip Glass, John Barry, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Quincey Jones, Thomas Newman, Ennio Morricone) from the past, those who have been working for some time and the inventive scores being produced from contemporary musicians that straddle both the world of film scoring and their own personal works (Jonny Greenwood, Jon Brion, Danny Elfman, Yann Tiersen, Randy Newman). Here are some of my favorite albums from the collection.
Good Bye Lenin by Yann Tiersen
Midnight Cowboy by John Barry
Schindler's List by Itzhak Perlman and John Williams
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Jon Brion
The Hours by Philip Glass
Out of Africa by John Barry
Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti
Kalamazoo's local music scene these days is diverse and richly vibrant. One look at the Gazette's Ticket supplement and you'll find everything from talented local amateurs to nationally known superstars performing in dozens of different venues across the area, even Kalamazoo Public Library!
But has Kalamazoo always had this kind of passion for music? You might be surprised!
If you're like me, you wonder what popular entertainment sounded like in Kalamazoo a century or even a century-and-a-half ago. What instruments were being played? What music was being played? Who was playing it, and where?
Admittedly, there isn't a CD called "Early Kalamazoo Music" (yet!), but All About Kalamazoo History, KPL's aptly titled collection of Local History essays, has a wealth of information on that very topic. Check the newly created Music category, and you'll find articles about everything from Kalamazoo's very first band (formed in 1837 shortly after Kalamazoo—then Bronson Village—was established) right through the Ragtime Era at the end of the nineteenth century and into the Jazz Age of the early 1920s. There's information about Kalamazoo's leading music organizations, the early dance bands, the musical leaders, and some of the local performers who "made it big." Learn about the early efforts to establish the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, and discover the various local businesses that grew up around the music industry. There's even an article about "That Gal from Kalamazoo."
So dig in, you'll never know what you might find.
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You will meet your driver guide for your Normandy D-Day tour upon your train's arrival at the Caen train station in Normandy. The Caen Memorial Museum will be your first visit and there you will have a guided tour of the WWII Battle of Normandy section of the museum. Then you'll have lunch at the Caen Memorial before departing for a 5 hour guided tour of the D Day sites.
You will visit Pointe du Hoc to see where members of the United States 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled the cliffs to attack a German gun battery.
Your D Day tour will continue to Colleville-sur-Mer to the American Cemetery that overlooks Omaha Beach. There you will want to explore the Visitors Center and the Cemetery. If time permits, you could walk down the path from the American Cemetery to Omaha Beach.
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Breakfast will be at your hotel. Today is for you to explore Bayeux on your own. You'll have entrances to the Bayeux Tapestry as well as to the Battle of Normandy Museum.
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TROPHY - Candesartan Cilexetil Long-term Hypertension Prevention Trial
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of candesartan cilexetil in preventing hypertension in people with high normal blood pressure. Patients will be randomized to either Candesartan or placebo for an initial 2-year period followed by a second 2-year period of placebo for all patients.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Hypertension |
Drug: ATACAND |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Masking: Double-Blind Primary Purpose: Prevention |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Long-term Trial of Preventing Hypertension Using Candesartan Cilexetil 16 mg in Patients With High Normal Blood Pressure (TROPHY) |
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- To determine whether candesartan cilexetil 16 mg compared to placebo reduces the crude incidence of hypertension in a population with high normal BP evaluated after a 4-year study period consisting of 2 years of double-blind treatment followed by 2 years
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the reduction in BP after 2 years treatment with candesartan cilexetil 16 mg vs placebo in patients with high normal BP.
- To evaluate the incidence of hypertension after 2 years treatment with candesartan cilexetil 16 mg vs placebo in patients with high normal BP.
- To evaluate Health-related Quality of Life yearly during 2 years treatment with candesartan cilexetil 16mg vs placebo and yearly during a 2-year follow up period in patients with high normal BP.
Estimated Enrollment: | 1000 |
Study Start Date: | July 1998 |
Study Completion Date: | October 2005 |
Primary Completion Date: | October 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects between the ages of 30 and 65 (inclusive) at the time of the informed consent process
- have an average clinic BP in the high normal range of < 139/85-89 mmHg or 130-139/< 89 mm Hg (high normal BP range) (mean systolic and/or diastolic pressure based on 3 consecutive measurements) derived from the average of clinic visits 1,2 and 3.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have proteinuria >1 + (by dipstick method)
- have a stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), transient ischemic attack (TIA), the presence of any clinically significant evidence of atherosclerosis or hypertensive target organ involvement or any significant medical condition that may compromise participation in this study.
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Study Director: | Atacand Medical Science Director, MD | AstraZeneca |
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Responsible Party: | AstraZeneca |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00227318 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | SH-AHM-0030, D2455L00010 |
Study First Received: | September 26, 2005 |
Last Updated: | August 29, 2011 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
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Hypertension Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Candesartan cilexetil Candesartan Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers |
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Drop the name Bert Glaser in Baltimore medical circles, and many will know him as the surgeon who heads up the National Retina Institute that he founded 20 years ago. But there's a swashbuckling side to the good doctor: When he's not brandishing a scalpel, he's president of Midnight Express, a company that makes some of the fastest—and priciest—speedboats money can buy, with a client list that includes not only well-heeled sportsmen but also police, military, and those Homeland Security folks with the Kevlar vests and dark glasses.
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With offices in Canton and a factory in Florida, Midnight Express is the offshoot of an expensive hobby that has actually paid for itself—and then some.
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"I went to therapy. I have huge bills, so [detractors] can't denounce that. For [Kate] to say she'd been working on it – well, I'd been working on it too."
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No respect for this dude..I don't care if Kate is a practicing Witch! With all the razzi following his kids and considering where they live....all the crazy fools that would love the opportunity to snatch one of them....he'd leave them there in the midst of this mess?
He could have built a room onto the house and lived seperately from Kate..ignored her and taken the Father/Protector role...He couldn't sacrifice a bit of his life ....just to be there for those kids until they got a bit older...they are used to strangers now...everyone knows them. I'd be terrified to live so far away if I were him...he leaves their safety up to some bodyguard while he drinks the night away. Real mature there Jon, what a stud.
Ok, Jon you're a loser and Kate is soooooo much better than you. I do not understand what is going through your head cuz obviosly all you think about is getting away from your ADORABLE children and Kate, and they did nothing wrong. I hope you read these comments Jon because maybe you'll understand how selfish and immature you sound and look. BTW who the heck is Hailey Glassman?! Jon better shape up and pray to God that his kids never discover the internet. ( but they will) So Jon might as well act his age and spend as much time with his kids as he can before they figure out what he did.
LOSER! Still whining like the immature idiot he is. Funny, in Hailey's interview she says they started "dating" in May. Too many contradictions and lies come out of this guy. The poor kids, to have to grow up with that for a dad. Its a good thing Kate is a strong woman, the kids are going to need that to make up for their slacker, loser, geek of a father. EWWWWWWWWWW and when is he going to do something about those man boobs? Gross.


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