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Book IV
25. Proof from Daniel and Paul that the Pope is Antichrist.
To some we seem slanderous and petulant, when we call the Roman Pontiff Antichrist.
Why would anyone ever get that impression?
But those who think so perceive not that they are bringing a charge of intemperance against Paul, after whom we speak, nay, in whose very words we speak.
Paul speaks of the Antichrist, but never argues that the Church will be completely overtaken by him.
But lest any one object that Paul's words have a different meaning, and are wrested by us against the Roman Pontiff, I will briefly show that they can only be understood of the Papacy. Paul says that Antichrist would sit in the temple of God (2 Thess. 2:4).
He also says in the same passage that he will be "proclaiming himself to be God." No pope has ever claimed that. If Calvin thinks otherwise, surely it is easy enough to document this. But he doesn't, for some odd reason. If all that "proof" means is bare assertion with no documentation, then anyone could prove anything. Everything we claimed would be established simply in proclaiming it.
In another passage, the Spirit, portraying him in the person of Antiochus, says that his reign would be with great swelling words of vanity (Dan. 7:25). Hence we infer that his tyranny is more over souls than bodies, a tyranny set up in opposition to the spiritual kingdom of Christ.
How does this prove that he is the pope? Calvin assumes what he needs to prove. It's pathetic. How could he fail to be embarrassed by such non-argument masqueraded as "proof"?
Then his nature is such, that he abolishes not the name either of Christ or the Church, but rather uses the name of Christ as a pretext, and lurks under the name of Church as under a mask. But though all the heresies and schisms which have existed from the beginning belong to the kingdom of Antichrist, yet when Paul foretells that defection will come, he by the description intimates that that seat of abomination will be erected, when a kind of universal defection comes upon the Church, though many members of the Church scattered up and down should continue in the true unity of the faith. But when he adds, that in his own time, the mystery of iniquity, which was afterwards to be openly manifested, had begun to work in secret, we thereby understand that this calamity was neither to be introduced by one man, nor to terminate in one man (see Calv. in 2 Thess. 2:3; Dan. 7:9). Moreover, when the mark by which he distinguishes Antichrist is, that he would rob God of his honour and take it to himself, he gives the leading feature which we ought to follow in searching out Antichrist; especially when pride of this description proceeds to the open devastation of the Church. Seeing then it is certain that the Roman Pontiff has impudently transferred to himself the most peculiar properties of God and Christ,
Really? How so? Have popes claimed to be eternal or omniscient or omnipotent or omnipresent or outside of time? Did they claim to have created the world? Etc., etc. Those are the "most peculiar properties of God and Christ" and so anyone claiming to be God would have to make some allusion to them. They would talk, in other words, as Jesus did. But this has never happened. Thus, Calvin is flailing away, saying words that have no content or application to the matter at hand.
there cannot be a doubt that he is the leader and standard-bearer of an impious and abominable kingdom.
That is undeniably true of Antichrist. Calvin has not shown in the slightest degree that the Antichrist will be a pope or collection of popes.
26. Rome could not now claim the primacy, even though she had formerly been the first See, especially considering the base trafficking in which she has engaged.
Let the Romanists now go and oppose us with antiquity;
Yes, we will certainly do so, because that is a slam-dunk argument for our side.
as if, amid such a complete change in every respect, the honour of the See can continue where there is no See.
Calvin has by no means proven that there was a "complete change in every respect". The more extreme and ridiculous he gets in making his groundless claims, the less he even makes a pretense of providing factual substantiation. One feels like a clueless fool even reading this; it is an insult to every reader of intelligence (not just Catholics).
Eusebius says that God, to make way for his vengeance, transferred the Church which was at Jerusalem to Pella (Euseb. Lib. 3 cap. 5). What we are told was once done may have been done repeatedly. Hence it is too absurd and ridiculous so to fix the honour of the primacy to a particular spot,
Why would that be, given that Jerusalem was one "spot" and was the center of God's Kingdom on earth for many hundreds of years?
so that he who is in fact the most inveterate enemy of Christ, the chief adversary of the Gospel, the greatest devastator and waster of the Church, the most cruel slayer and murderer of the saints, should be, nevertheless, regarded as the vicegerent of Christ, the successor of Peter, the first priest of the Church, merely because he occupies what was formerly the first of all sees.
If it was formerly "first of all sees," then when did it cease to be so, and why? None of this is argued; it is assumed (which is circular logic). Calvin makes all these outlandish claims without demonstrating any of them.
I do not say how great the difference is between the chancery of the Pope and well-regulated order in the Church; although this one fact might well set the question at rest. For no man of sound mind will include the episcopate in lead and bulls, much less in that administration of captions and circumscriptions, in which the spiritual government of the Pope is supposed to consist. It has therefore been elegantly said, that that vaunted Roman Church was long ago converted into a temporal court, the only thing which is now seen at Rome.
What year did this momentous change take place? When did the Holy Spirit entirely depart from the Roman See?
I am not here speaking of the vices of individuals, but demonstrating that the Papacy itself is diametrically opposed to the ecclesiastical system.
"Demonstrating" is the very last word that would apply to this contentless, slanderous mishmash and gobbledygook. I'd much rather gaze at Luther's vulgar woodcuts than read this supposed "argument" from an ostensibly intelligent man. At least the woodcuts weren't making any pretense to rational argument. They are sheer mockery.
27. Personal character of Popes. Irreligious opinions held by some of them.
But if we come to individuals, it is well known what kind of vicars of Christ we shall find. No doubt, Julius and Leo, and Clement and Paul, will be pillars of the Christian faith, the first interpreters of religion, though they knew nothing more of Christ than they had learned in the school of Lucian. But why give the names of three or four pontiffs? as if there were any doubt as to the kind of religion professed by pontiffs, with their College of Cardinals, and professors, in the present day. The first head of the secret theology which is in vogue among them is, that there is no God.
Then (assuming Calvin is correct, as he offers no hard evidence, as usual) they would certainly enshrine such an opinion in Catholic theology, and proclaim it. Why, then, doesn't Calvin document when that occurred? Obviously, he cannot, because it never happened. Catholic dogma is firmly theistic (I can assure all worried readers). If it had actually happened, that would actually be a rational argument and something Calvin could hang his hat on. The Catholic Church would have declared a lie to be the truth (as the Episcopalians today and other liberal Protestant denominations often do). But corrupt popes (atheists, whoremongers, murderers, etc.) hardly cast doubt on the institution, since Christ established it. All corruption proves is that men are sinners, which is elementary Christian teaching. Peter denied Christ after he was commissioned as the Rock and first pope.
Another, that whatever things have been written and are taught concerning Christ are lies and imposture.
This would be another compelling proof for Calvin's case, were he to trouble himself to document that it had ever been taught with papal authority.
A third, that the doctrine of a future life and final resurrection is a mere fable.
And where does that appear in any papal pronouncement?
All do not think, few speak thus; I confess it.
A few holdouts; who are they?
Yet it is long since this began to be the ordinary religion of pontiffs;
Which ones? What did they teach?
and though the thing is notorious to all who know Rome, Roman theologians cease not to boast that by special privilege our Saviour has provided that the Pope cannot err, because it was said to Peter, "I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not"(Luke 22:32).
That's right; when binding the faithful to dogmas on faith and morals; they are guided by the Holy Spirit. It was never promised that they would be perfect human beings, or that no "bad popes" would ever hold office.
What, pray, do they gain by their effrontery, but to let the whole world understand that they have reached the extreme of wickedness, so as neither to fear God nor regard man?
The Church needed reform then; it does now; it always does. Human beings always need to repent, and revival is necessary at all times. But "reform" and revival is not destruction, abandonment, annihilation, or essential reconstruction, which was Calvin's program.
28. John XXII. heretical in regard to the immortality of the soul. His name, therefore, ought to be expunged from the catalogue of Popes, or rather, there is no foundation for the claim of perpetuity of faith in the Roman See.
But let us suppose that the iniquity of these pontiffs whom I have mentioned is not known, as they have not published it either in sermons or writings, but betrayed it only at table or in their chamber, or at least within the walls of their court.
Okay; much better . . .
But if they would have the privilege which they claim to be confirmed, they must expunge from their list of pontiffs John XXII., who publicly maintained that the soul is mortal, and perishes with the body till the day of resurrection.
The pope denied that souls would behold the Beatific Vision prior to the Last Judgment. He also appeared to assert the notion of soul sleep, which was posited by a few fathers. This was the position that Martin Luther adopted, or came close to espousing. It had already been condemned by the Councils of Lyons (1274), and later by Florence (1439) and Trent (1545-1563). But the pope did not bind the faithful to it dogmatically (which is what the Church claims as to infallibility). The Catholic Encyclopedia explains:
In the last years of John's pontificate there arose a dogmatic conflict about the Beatific Vision, which was brought on by himself, and which his enemies made use of to discredit him. Before his elevation to the Holy See, he had written a work on this question, in which he stated that the souls of the blessed departed do not see God until after the Last Judgment. After becoming pope, he advanced the same teaching in his sermons. In this he met with strong opposition, many theologians, who adhered to the usual opinion that the blessed departed did see God before the Resurrection of the Body and the Last Judgment, even calling his view heretical. A great commotion was aroused in the University of Paris when the General of the Minorites and a Dominican tried to disseminate there the pope's view. Pope John wrote to King Philip IV on the matter (November, 1333), and emphasized the fact that, as long as the Holy See had not given a decision, the theologians enjoyed perfect freedom in this matter. In December, 1333, the theologians at Paris, after a consultation on the question, decided in favour of the doctrine that the souls of the blessed departed saw God immediately after death or after their complete purification; at the same time they pointed out that the pope had given no decision on this question but only advanced his personal opinion, and now petitioned the pope to confirm their decision. John appointed a commission at Avignon to study the writings of the Fathers, and to discuss further the disputed question. In a consistory held on 3 January, 1334, the pope explicitly declared that he had never meant to teach aught contrary to Holy Scripture or the rule of faith and in fact had not intended to give any decision whatever. Before his death he withdrew his former opinion, and declared his belief that souls separated from their bodies enjoyed in heaven the Beatific Vision.And to show you that the whole See with its chief props then utterly fell, none of the Cardinals opposed his madness, only the Faculty of Paris urged the king to insist on a recantation.
("Pope John XXII")
That has no bearing on papal infallibility, so it is neither here nor there. The important thing was that there were many in the Church who directed the pope to eventually be persuaded of his error. That's perfectly Catholic.
The king interdicted his subjects from communion with him, unless he would immediately recant, and published his interdict in the usual way by a herald. Thus necessitated, he abjured his error. This example relieves me from the necessity of disputing further with my opponents, when they say that the Roman See and its pontiffs cannot err in the faith, from its being said to Peter, "I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not."
It proves nothing, because the notion of papal infallibility was never absolute. It specifically referred to extraordinary papal utterances. This instance was not that, because the pope had made no public, binding decree. It was strictly his private opinion. This distinction was made very clear in, for example, St. Francis de Sales' work, The Catholic Controversy, written around 1596: just 37 or so years after Calvin's final edition of the Institutes:
When he teaches the whole Church as shepherd, in general matters of faith and morals, then there is nothing but doctrine and truth. And in fact everything a king says is not a law or an edict, but that only which a king says as king and as a legislator. So everything the Pope says is not canon law or of legal obligation; he must mean to define and to lay down the law for the sheep, and he must keep the due order and form .Certainly by this shameful lapse he fell from the faith,
We must not think that in everything and everywhere his judgment is infallible, but then only when he gives judgment on a matter of faith in questions necessary to the whole Church; for in particular cases which depend on human fact he can err, there is no doubt, though it is not for us to control him in these cases save with all reverence, submission, and discretion. Theologians have said, in a word, that he can err in questions of fact, not in questions of right; that he can err extra cathedram, outside the chair of Peter, that is, as a private individual, by writings and bad example.
But he cannot err when he is in cathedra, that is, when he intends to make an instruction and decree for the guidance of the whole Church, when he means to confirm his brethren as supreme pastor, and to conduct them into the pastures of the faith. For then it is not so much man who determines, resolves, and defines as it is the Blessed Holy Spirit by man, which Spirit, according to the promise made by Our Lord to the Apostles, teaches all truth to the Church.
(translated by Henry B. Mackey, Rockford, Illinois: TAN Books, 1989, 306-307)
Not at all; he was wrong about a private opinion having to do with an "anthropological" and eschatological question, not salvation or Christology, etc. The Mind of the Church prevailed. It's a non-issue. But when it is distorted it makes for good copy, so Calvin exploits it in his usual sophistical fashion. Did Martin Luther "fall from the faith" when he asserted soul-sleep? That would be a fascinating scenario indeed, if the founder of Lutheranism and the entire "Reformation" was not even within the bounds of the Christian "faith".
and became a noted proof to posterity, that all are not Peters who succeed Peter in the episcopate; although the thing is too childish in itself to need an answer: for if they insist on applying everything that was said to Peter to the successors of Peter, it will follow, that they are all Satans, because our Lord once said to Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art an offence unto me."
Yes, exactly; when Peter opposed Jesus going to Jerusalem, he was speaking by the influence of Satan. That has nothing to do with the charism of infallibility, either.
It is as easy for us to retort the latter saying as for them to adduce the former.
It is easy to say, but that makes it neither logical nor relevant.
29. Some Roman Pontiffs atheists, or sworn enemies of religion. Their immoral lives. Practice of the Cardinals and Romish clergy.
But I have no pleasure in this absurd mode of disputation,
It's good that Calvin regards his own arguments as absurd. That's progress (yes, I know he is referring to the reductio ad absurdum). And we readers have no more pleasure than he has, except to see that he is deservedly refuted.
and therefore return to the point from which I digressed. To fix down Christ and the Holy Spirit and the Church to a particular spot,
Who ever said that Christ and the Holy Spirit were the sole associates of the popes and no one else? This is returning "to the point"? What point, pray tell? The only "point" is that Calvin is again thinking illogically.
so that every one who presides in it, should he be a devil, must still be deemed vicegerent of Christ, and the head of the Church, because that spot was formerly the See of Peter, is not only impious and insulting to Christ, but absurd and contrary to common sense.
It's not at all. It is a scandal; bad popes are hypocrites and cause misery and grief, for sure, but it is not unexpected that any office would have some bad inhabitants.
For a long period, the Roman Pontiffs have either been altogether devoid of religion, or been its greatest enemies. The see which they occupy, therefore, no more makes them the vicars of Christ, than it makes an idol to become God, when it is placed in the temple of God (2 Thess. 2:4). Then, if manners be inquired into, let the Popes answer for themselves, what there is in them that can make them be recognised for bishops.
Apostolic succession, and possession of an office instituted by Jesus Christ. Calvin seems to have forgotten his own words in IV,1:27, or else he is arbitrarily excluding popes from the same scenario that he himself applied to entire churches in the apostolic period:
What shall we say to the fact, that occasionally whole churches have been implicated in the grossest sins, and yet Paul, instead of giving them over to destruction, rather mercifully extricated them? The defection of the Galatians was no trivial fault; the Corinthians were still less excusable, the iniquities prevailing among them being more numerous and not less heinous, yet neither are excluded from the mercy of the Lord. Nay, the very persons who had sinned above others in uncleanness and fornication are expressly invited to repentance.Part of the New Covenant was Jesus' commissioning of Peter and the popes to lead His Church, and Jesus promised that it would not fail, nor would the gates of hell prevail against it. Therefore, the office of the papacy is no more able to be abolished than the Old Covenant could have been, despite David's adultery and murder. Calvin eloquently refutes himself in IV,1:28:
The covenant of the Lord remains, and ever will remain, inviolable, that covenant which he solemnly ratified with Christ the true Solomon, and his members, in these words: "If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him" (Ps. 89:30-33).
Then how is David, who was so well instructed in the Law, to be excused by ignorance? Did David, who was daily punishing it in others, not know how heinous a crime murder and adultery was? Did the patriarchs deem fratricide a lawful act? Had the Corinthians made so little proficiency as to imagine that God was pleased with lasciviousness, impurity, whoredom, hatred, and strife? Was Peter, after being so carefully warned, ignorant how heinous it was to forswear his Master? Therefore, let us not by our malice shut the door against the divine mercy, when so benignly manifested.First, the mode of life at Rome, while they not only connive and are silent, but also tacitly approve, is altogether unworthy of bishops, whose duty it is to curb the licence of the people by the strictness of discipline. But I will not be so rigid with them as to charge them with the faults of others. But when they with their household, with almost the whole College of Cardinals, and the whole body of their clergy, are so devoted to wickedness, obscenity, uncleanness, iniquity, and crime of every description, that they resemble monsters more than men, they herein betray that they are nothing less than bishops.
If they aren't bishops, then how could the corrupt, decadent Corinthians, Galatians, and the seven churches of Revelation still be churches? By Calvin's reasoning, they would cease to be that, on the same grounds that he wishes to deny that status to the group of Christians and popes in Rome. But he can't do so because Jesus Christ Himself and St. Paul continued to call them "churches." Therefore, Calvin's reasoning against the continuance of the papacy is fallacious and must be discarded, on the basis of compelling biblical analogy.
They need not fear that I will make a farther disclosure of their turpitude. For it is painful to wade through such filthy mire, and I must spare modest ears. But I think I have amply demonstrated what I proposed—viz. that though Rome was formerly the first of churches, she deserves not in the present day to be regarded as one of her minutest members.
I guess, then, that Rome was, in Calvin's eyes, what Zwingli and other Protestant "reformers" were in Luther's eyes. In his work, Brief Confession Concerning the Holy Sacrament, written in September 1544, after all, Luther describes Zwingli, Karlstadt, Oecolampadius, and Caspar Schwenkfeld as men who are guilty of "blasphemies and deceitful heresy" (Luther's Works, 39, 288), and who were "loathsome fanatics" (39, 291), "murderers of souls" (39, 296), who "possess a bedeviled, thoroughly bedeviled, hyper-bedeviled heart and lying tongue" (39, 296), and who "have incurred their penalty and are committing 'sin which is mortal'," (39, 296), "blasphemers and enemies of Christ" (39, 302), and "God's and our condemned enemies" (39, 316). He described Zwingli as a "full-blown heathen" (39, 290), and wrote: "I am certain that Zwingli, as his last book testifies, died in a great many sins and in blasphemy of God" (39, 302-303)
That sounds just about like the ancient Corinthian and Galatian churches, and scarcely distinguishable from how Calvin describes Rome and the popes. Things remain the same as they always were. Men sin. The point is that sin can be found anywhere and everywhere, so that if the presence of sin eliminates the presence of a church or a bishop or indeed, a Christian at all, then there are virtually no churches or bishops or Christians. Since that proves too much, one must return to the premise and see what went wrong.
30. Cardinals were formerly merely presbyters of the Roman Church, and far inferior to bishops. As they now are, they have no true and legitimate office in the Church. Conclusion.In regard to those whom they call Cardinals, I know not how it happened that they rose so suddenly to such a height.
I would ask Calvin, too, how he achieved such an exalted position? By what authority and credentials?
In the age of Gregory, the name was applied to bishops only (Gregor. Lib. 2 Ep. 15, 77, 79; Ep. 6, 25). For whenever he makes mention of cardinals, he assigns them not only to the Roman Church, but to every other church, so that, in short, a Cardinal priest is nothing else than a bishop.
And that is how it is now.
I do not find the name among the writers of a former age. I see, however, that they were inferior to bishops, whom they now far surpass. There is a well-known passage in Augustine: "Although, in regard to terms of honour which custom has fixed in the Church, the office of bishop is greater than that of presbyter, yet in many things, Augustine is inferior to Jerome" (August. ad Hieron. Ep. 19). Here, certainly, he is not distinguishing a presbyter of the Roman Church from other presbyters, but placing all of them alike after bishops. And so strictly was this observed, that at the Council of Carthage, when two legates of the Roman See were present, one a bishop, and the other a presbyter, the latter was put in the lowest place. But not to dwell too much on ancient times, we have account of a Council held at Rome, under Gregory, at which the presbyters sit in the lowest place, and subscribe by themselves, while deacons do not subscribe at all. And, indeed, they had no office at that time, unless to be present under the bishop, and assist him in the administration of word and sacraments. So much is their lot now changed, that they have become associates of kings and Cæsars. And there can be no doubt that they have grown gradually with their head, until they reached their present pinnacle of dignity. This much it seemed proper to say in passing, that my readers may understand how very widely the Roman See, as it now exists, differs from the ancient See, under which it endeavours to cloak and defend itself.
Some of this might be seen as a legitimate abuse to be decried; granted. Power corrupts, and that strong tendency can sometimes be in the Church as well. If it weren't for God's special grace upon the Catholic Church, these things would be a lot worse than they were throughout history.
But whatever they were formerly, as they have no true and legitimate office in the Church, they only retain a colour and empty mask; nay, as they are in all respects the opposite of true ministers, the thing which Gregory so often writes must, of necessity, have befallen them. His words are, "Weeping, I say, groaning, I declare it; when the sacerdotal order has fallen within, it cannot long stand without" (Gregor. Lib. 4 Ep. 55, 56; Lib. 5 Ep. 7). Nay, rather what Malachi says of such persons must be fulfilled in them: "Ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people" (Mal. 2:8, 9). I now leave all the pious to judge what the supreme pinnacle of the Roman hierarchy must be, to which the Papists, with nefarious effrontery, hesitate not to subject the word of God itself, that word which should be venerable and holy in earth and heaven, to men and angels.
However corrupt it was, there was no justification for splitting the Church and concluding that the Catholic Church no longer was what it always was, and always will be. It is obvious that the Church did reform itself in the latter part of the 16th century. If it was capable of profound reform, then it wasn't dead. And by the same token, Protestant history provides no grounds for anyone to plausibly hold that Protestants somehow picked up the ball from the alleged ruins of the Catholic Church and became some new pseudo-Church, defined differently from the historic definition of "Church."


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Dr. Balamurali Ambati - Opthalmologist
The USU Optometry Club is pleased to present Dr. Balamurali K Ambati, MD, PhD. Dr. Ambati has been an invited speaker at the World Opthalmology Congress, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, International Congress of Eye Research, and other national and international conferences. He has the distinction of being the world's youngest person to graduate from medical school at age 17. He practices ophtalmology at the Moran Eye Center in SLC, UT, and donates his time overseas on medical missions with ORBIS. He also maintains a dynamic research laboratory, exploring and advancing new treatments for abnormal blood vessel formation, as well as development of novel surgical technology and devices. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed publications and two books.
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Sullivan: Numb fans search for answers, share grief
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Paul Sellers took a seat on the cement and pulled a string of rosary beads from his pocket. He was bound for Petco Park from his home in Chula Vista, dressed in a Padres jersey and cap, but the events of the day demanded a detour, a pilgrimage, and some prayer.
With floral tributes beginning to accumulate in front of Junior Seau's Mission Valley restaurant Wednesday afternoon, and camera crews descending on the donors like so many pigeons chasing bread crumbs, Sellers sat unobtrusively against a wall facing the front door and softly recited the ritual devotion of Roman Catholics.
"I saw the news on TV and said, 'I've got to go down there,' " Sellers explained. "I wanted to say a prayer for him and his family."
Junior Seau was dead of a gunshot wound, and that seismic shock was intensified because the police said it was a suicide. Yet while the news itself was numbing — terribly sad, profoundly troubling — it provoked the kind of spontaneous outpouring seldom seen in our society.
Within minutes of official confirmation of Seau's passing, fans began arriving outside the closed restaurant that bears his name. They arrived on foot and on crutches, in wheelchairs and in tears. They left flowers and votive candles, T-shirts, caps, photographs, handwritten tributes, a large lightning bolt logo, a stuffed bear in a USC jersey and a Wilson NFL football inscribed, "Thank You For The Memories."
Some of them said they were slight acquaintances of the Chargers' iconic linebacker; others complete strangers, and they were drawn together to pray, to ponder, to gawk, to reminisce, to share in the communal catharsis usually reserved for autumn Sundays, and to cling to the faintest hope that they had heard it all wrong.
"Tell me it's not true," said Ronnie Paglingayen, a retired Navy cook. "I can't believe it."
Facts were few in the first hours after the story broke, and all of the explanations mostly speculation. If Seau sustained significant head trauma during his football career, he never appeared on an NFL injury report as suffering from a concussion. If Seau's career beyond football was personally and financially turbulent — if he deliberately drove his Cadillac off that Carlsbad cliff in 2010 — diagnosing depression is a job best left to doctors.
Still, the evidence already before us fits a disturbing pattern. Seau's end echoed that of Pro Bowl safety Dave Duerson, who shot himself in the chest 15 months ago with the intention of preserving his brain for science. Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who had joined a lawsuit against the NFL over the league's handling of concussions, fatally shot himself last month in Virginia.
A 2006 Scripps Howard News Service study of football mortality rates showed that NFL players were twice as likely to die before age 50 than were their counterparts in Major League Baseball. At the time, the leading culprit was thought to be size-related heart ailments. Yet as NFL players have grown bigger and faster and their collisions more convulsive, the toll taken by brain injuries and depression (both in terms of life and litigation) have shaken the sport to its brawny foundation.


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Pentalion: And here is the dangerous K-Jammin! He's been near unbeatable since joining EWNCW, and has really blown away some stiff competition!
Bodom: No poiint trying to big this guy up Chris! He's a man who knows his time's up! He might have taken out a few big stars in EWNCW, including myself, but Romulus is going to be one step too far in my opinion!
K-Jammin: Now let's get one thing straight Einstein!! You think that you're going to be taking this title off me because you use some big ass words?! You think that you're going to win this title because you seem smarter than anyone else here? You think that you're going to be the man here because you're better than me?
NOBODY is better than me!! I am the man around here!!! Do you understand me?!?! I beat Silver Cena into the next millennium!! I beat TBOZ for this World Heavyweight Championship!!
And if you think that I'm giving it up that easy, then think again douchebag, because I'll kick you into next week too if I have to!!!
*the crowd boo*
Bodom: Oh great, more incoherent drivel! "Ohhh the VOICES"!!!! What garbage!
*Seraphim stands at the top of the stage and looks down at Ronaldo and K-Jammin who are currently embroiled in a heated argument. As K-Jammin starts getting the upper hand, Seraphim brings the microphone to his lips and shuts them both up.*
Seraphim: Woah there; woah there; woah there; you both are arguing about whose going to walk out of Bred for Combat the World Heavyweight Champion, but I have news for you - that won't be the most important thing to happen. You see, no matter which of you walk out of BfC with the championship, because you'll only be keeping it warm for me. K-Jammin, you have for hand's full with Eden Sky, and the entire locker room knows it, they know your thoughts have been skewed, they know you aren't focused anymore, they know you are easy pickings for whomever wants to take that title right off your shoulder, so you can go play house with Eden. And you, Ronaldo, I ain't forgot about you, and I never will. War Games was going to be where I shined, and instead, you saw fit to put yourself there, but hey, that's the nature of the business and I don't blame you. The whole world has seen it now though, you didn't deserve to be there! Tommy Thunder put you down like the dog you are, and then, you come here and try to get in on= the world heavyweight title situation, only to prove that you couldn't beat me without someone interfering. You can say what you want, using whatever words come to mind, but you know, deep down where the voices I tout live, that you cannot defeat me and if you happen to walk out of Bred for Combat with that title, you're going to be handing it right over to me.
*Seraphim slides into the ring and keeps the microphone trained on his lips. The crowd chants for him, but he pays them no mind, as his eyes never leave the EWNCW World Heavyweight Champion or Ronaldo.*
Seraphim: At Bred For Combat I have to face not one, but two, of the top guys in EWNCW, one - is Carlin and he is too busy focused on a crusade to end whatever injustices he finds when it comes to people who are pushing their gods or beliefs on someone else. He doesn't realize that he is no threat to me, and he's barely a threat to anyone here in attendance. He wants to talk about how I will fall on his sword, but he doesn't realize that he's just letting the voices, the voices he tries to hide deep down within his psyche come out and play. He can bring the sword all he wants, because it will never leave its sheathe. That sword will never be able to pierce someone that is far superior than him, someone that has long given in to the voices, someone that has reached the top of the mountain, and though I did not succeed, this time around I will. Carlin needs someone to carry him, Carlin needs a tag-team partner, without one, he is a lost puppy and I am the big, bad, dog catcher.
*Seraphim takes the microphone from his face for a moment and listens to the crowd; his eyes close as he focuses on what the voices tell him in side. When he opens his eyes, a smirk splits his face. He quiets down the lively crowd.*
Seraphim: The other one is Jman, and let's face it, he's already lost his shot at the WHC, he's only here because I had a score to settle with Carlin and he piggybacked off that to get himself into this match. Jman is a none issue, and that's all he'll never amount too. He can go back to the bottom of the pile, the end of the line, the back of the pack, because until he, just like everyone in the back, unless he accepts the voices into his heart and opens the door to his potential, he shall never go anywhere but nowhere and into senseless feud after feud, until he dwindles away into nothingness, the same as both of you men, once I take that title away from you.
*Seraphim looks intensely at both men, before turning to walk out.*
*Carlin's voice is heard throughout the arena, without any other presentation. *
Carlin: Excuse me, Mr. Seraphim. I've got a question for you before you leave. Do you realize that those voices are clouding your judgment in such a way that only one thing of those you have said is actually true? Yeah, you said one thing that is right and it is that K-Jammin here is too focused on Eden Sky's tits to retain his World Heavyweight Championship, and I don't blame him.
*A small pop for the guys and the girls boo like mad. *
Carlin: Sorry, ladies, the truth hurts, but Eden is a really hot female. Wow. Back to you, Seraphim, it happens that you share one thing in common with K-Jammin. K-Jam also says a bit of truth in his speech, and that is that He who shares his name not with the Lord but with two outstanding football players believes that his vast knowledge of the English language is going to help him both winning the belt and improve people's lives by imposing a medieval system of thought that became obsolete hundreds of years ago. See, Ronnie, while I appreciate your amazing dominion of our language, you have a main problem with it. I suggest the reading of Patrick Colm Hogan's "Cognitive Science, Literature and the Arts", for you to understand why people find you boring!.
*This gets a pop. *
Carlin: And second, no matter what efforts you make on behalf on those you call The Chosen Ones without any fact behind that proving it, people will hate your guts because you try to bring back a social and ideological system to overthrow the one Our Founding Fathers gave us, and people will not allow you to do that in a million years.
*Crowd pops again for Carlin. *
Carlin: But I digress. K-Jammin and Ronaldo are in my looks, in the near future, but the present is you, Seraphim. Let me start with your last words, on Jman. I don't like the guy at all, but I've been in the ring with him,, and calling him a non issue is one of the most stupid things I've heard recently. Ignoring a man like Jman in a triple threat match is a suicide. He may be the good guy the fans love, but I can assure you that if he sees the chance to capitalize, even if he has to blatantly screw one of us, he will. And he will be doing the right thing. There's a lot on stake at Bred for Combat, and in a match like this you'll have to have eyes in the back of your head, so, newsflash, kid, stop being an arrogant prick believing yourself so superior to a man that can beat your ass and do it whatever the cost, right?
*Another pop for Carlin, who is on fire. *
Carlin: And then, you are pretty much sure that your skills as dog catcher will get you this puppy. The puppy may look like a puppy, but it has teeth and claws. And knows how to use them. You can ask Jman if he remembers War Games. And you can ask James, if you know where he is after I got rid of him.
*People boo and chant "James beat you" *
Carlin: He beat me, but he ain't here, right? Because James found the truth you're going to find at Bred for Combat: That this puppy ain't no puppy, he is Fenrir the Wolf, and will bring Ragnarok on you!
*More boos Carlin. *
Carlin: So don't think my sword will stay in the sheathe. Well, I mean a metaphorical sword, because I have s real sword at home, made of the best steel in the world, the one from Toledo, Spain. I mean the sword of my reasoning and the sword of my technical in ring skills. You didn't deserve the spot, and I'm going to prove it to you, to Jman and to the world by winning that match at Bred for Combat, and after you two fall, it is either Ronaldo or K-Jammin, and I will be the next World Heavyweight Champion.


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On a very cold November 16, 1997 I packed up my car with all my art supplies, slammed the back screen door hearing it slam behind me, turned the key inside, backed out of the drive way, and headed to Sullivan's Business and Office Supply at 204 East Main Street Starkville.
It would be the last day I could possibly brave the cold weather until spring time again to go outside and paint to my heart's desire. I was so happy because I had an extra special date with three of the most handsome, the cutest, and most precious snowmen in all of Starkville. I just knew that I was in for a fabulous day ahead of me. I could feel fun and laughter in my cold bones as my car heater begin to warm up by the time I had reached the end of Louisville and Greensboro Streets. I made my turn to the right at the Greensboro Center on the corner, and headed to my destination to meet and greet three very southern gentlemen snowmen waiting for me to arrive.
Come on now, snowmen in Mississippi? Do we ever even possibly see a big snow here in our state and especially in our city? Not often. I do remember years ago growing up on the Mississippi State University campus on Morgan Street in a big two story white wooden clapboard home, and on one very cold early Christmas morning, Daddy and Moma woke up my little brother, Johnny and me with these sentences, "Y'all get up, come and look outside the window, and see the big, big snow we got last night." "The big oak tree in the front yard is covered with snow and ice, and we just heard the limbs cracking and falling outside the window." "We are having not only a snowstorm, but and ice storm as well." "We think our electricity will go off any time now."
They flipped on our back light, and the snow was so beautiful and so white. We thought we were in heaven caused it had snowed all night long. We would have several feet of deep snow to play in all day long, and what a memorable Christmas this would be for us!
Snow has such a whiteness, and snow just says, "It's winter time!" On that Christmas day so many years ago, not only did Johnny and I make a snowman, but we made many snow balls by pressing the snow into a ball and threw them at each other and played all day long outside after we had opened up all of our Christmas gifts underneath the tree.
On that day it was as cold as snow, and on that early morning on November 16, 1997, I was snow-cold. I was determined to survive the blowing wind, the very cold elements, cause I was making my way on towards Main Street to keep my date with my three buddies.
I got a perfect parking spot right in front of the front window of Sullivan's which would face the north side of the street all day without much sunshine at all to keep us all warm and cozy. My three snowmen did not need to be warm or they might melt away, but I knew I would be shivering and shaking all day long.
I was fluttering and shaking from the cold wind that was beginning to blow, so I just pushed my gloves on a little tighter, and zipped up my coat to the top of my neck as my teeth begin to chatter. It was freezing cold because we had just had our first frost for this year, and the low temperature for this morning had made the water in the puddles outside solid ice. My feet were beginning to freeze as well, but I quickly added another pair of socks on my toes to keep warm. I was beginning to feel as if I was in a deep-freezer.
I was chilled to almost freezing in the bitterly cold wind blowing down on me on this north side of the street. I climbed up in my tall red director's chair with my big old wooden table near by with all my art supplies at my finger tips, and there I sat perched inside my own deep freezer underneath my big colorful umbrella ready to get lost in my own world for this last day I could possibly brave the winter time temperatures until warm spring time would arrive months later.
I noticed what wonderful million dollar smiles they each had on their faces. A smile shows amusement, affection, pleasure or skepticism. A smile is characterized by the upturning of the corners of the mouth. A smile is an approval or gives us encouragement. Each snowman had a smirky, smiling, smugly simpering nature about their smiles. They had silly smiles, but such winning smiles too. How could anyone not love my three snowmen?
Just look at each snowman with me. From the left to the right as we together read this painting. The bottom snowman has his two hands and arms completely filled with something. A green tree in one hand and straw broom in the other hand. His little eyes are closed and his smile goes from one cheek to the other cheek. His little orange nose is shaped like a heart. He has three buttons on his chest and his warm red and green woolen scarf tied tightly around his neck to keep him warm.
Look at his black top hat with its red band and a touch of holly pinned onto the red band. Now look closely at the tiny mysterious face by his cheek. You will find it. See the two tiny eyes, nose, and red mouth and a cute little red hat on this tiny head? This little face is what I call a surprise. Look carefully and closely till you find it. See this face! Who is this face, we don't know do we? Is it the face of a girl or boy? Maybe it is girl? Maybe it is my face? You decide, Find it! It is there, and the face is certainly a mystery! Look at the next portrait of the second and middle snowman. He is the largest of the three, and he stands up tall and straight. He is very handsome. He has both arms and hands free, and he is waving to us. On branch of holly has been stuck inside his snow arm. And he has on a matching red and green woolen muff around his neck. His tall black hat on his head is matching his snow friend below him with the red band and the red holly berries. This second snowman seems to sorta be the leader of the three, agree? Maybe the "King" of the snowmen?
The third snowman is the tiny one of the group dressed just like the other two. He might be the cutest of the three, and almost left outside by himself. He is by himself and holding his own, and he is the one snowman that needs a hug and a kiss on his cold cheeks agree? He too has his smirky smile on his lips, and this twinkling two black eyes with his cheeks of red. He has tied his red and green muff around the brim of his black top hat. His hat makes him uniquely different, and he tied a solid green neck scarf around his neck to make his attire slightly different.
I used a black background to represent the darkness of a Christmas night. I had taken a bottle of glitter along with me in my art supplies, and I began to sprinkle magic all over the night sky and on the black top hats of my three snowmen. This is a huge painting of 30 inches by 40 inches on a hard water color board using the medium of acrylic paint. It is framed in a bright silver metal frame which in a way looked like the front window that day that framed my scene in front of me. I begin to suddenly see the glitter shine and sparkle right in front of me. Suddenly my three snowmen breathed and lived.
I began to hum and then sing along with them the fun and familiar holiday song, "Frosty The Snowman."
I truly had An Extra Special Date With Three Snowmen down at Sullivan's in their front window that early morning and into the afternoon hours.
They made a brilliant appearance as being most handsome, showy and splendid. Most of all they three had tremulous light, magical sparkle about them, and they were dressed in their finest white snow bodies, red, green and black scarves, black top hats, with lots of spendor.
As I packed up all my art supplies that very cold afternoon when I finally finished my masterpiece, cranked up my car to head back home, looked out the back window to back out into Main Street, and I glanced back once more to see my three snowmen... "MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2011!"
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DESTIN — High rises and large developments may have a tougher time getting off the ground if it's up to the City Council.
"If it were up to me, I'd kill the Tier III immediately," Councilman Jim Bagby told his colleagues last week. "I don't think it matches the character of this community and what we are trying to do."
As they continue to work through the proposed Comprehensive Plan 2020, Destin officials spent most of a recent workshop debating the future of the tiering system, which guides the heights, intensity and density of development.
There now are three approved Tier III projects on the books. They are Beach Pointe Condominiums, Harbor Reflections and Caretta Dunes, which all secured development orders in 2008. Henderson Beach Resort was issued a preliminary development order in 2009.
To date, the city hasn't received building permit applications for any of those projects.
The Fleet Marina Condominium, Emerald Harbor and HarborWalk Village Phase 2 also were proposed Tier III projects, but they either were not approved or scaled back. As of Wednesday, there has been no movement on those projects.
In fact, there have been no projects built under the Tier III guidelines, which were set after the Emerald Grande became Destin's tallest building. The city adopted its tiering standards in 2005.
When it comes to Tier III projects, the council has long struggled to determine what would qualify as a "significant" public benefit under the development standards.
Councilman Jim Foreman, who said he was uncomfortable with Tier III developments, told the council that the tiering system was still in its "early stages" when he previously served on the council. The concern, he said, is that there is not "enough of a handle" on the benefits.
"It seems to me, that the benefit must be mutually attractive to both the applicant and the city," he said. "It has to add value to the project in question."
Councilman Jim Wood also supported trashing future Tier III projects.
"This is our chance to take another look at our city and see what we want," he said. "I'm comfortable getting rid of Tier III and focusing on Tier II."
Not everybody wanted to scrap the system.
Councilman Cyron Marler suggested keeping the system, but allowing city leaders the opportunity to review the standards and "tweak it."
"That's what we need to do … decide point-blank what is a Tier Three public benefit," Marler said. "I guarantee that we are going to be in a lot of trouble over people being able to do what they want with their land."
The key for Councilwoman Sandy Trammell was to make a clearly defined list of what constitutes a public benefit. That would make the process easier for the city and developers because there wouldn't be a "subjective" approach. She said it would more than likely "encourage development on both sides."
Shannon Howell, a representative for "a couple" of property owners, was the lone visitor to speak at the workshop.
"From a developer's perspective, they (public benefits) are a huge impact," said Howell, who noted that over the years the Tier III process has been very subjective.
Howell, who is involved in the proposed Henderson Beach Resort project, told council members that one of the developments that he was part of would have generated a $6 million economic impact in Destin.
"I would urge you to take another look … I think Tier III could be good for the city and for developers," he said. "Penalizing these developers that have committed and spent millions and millions of dollars in the community is only going to create turmoil."
The council made no decisions at the workshop.
The city's Community Development Department will draft a plan to address a variety of options for council members to consider, such as striking future Tier III projects or allowing Tier III projects with modifications. City planners also will seek to address density and intensity, view corridor issues and public benefit questions.
The council will revisit the issue Feb. 25 at the City Hall Annex.
If Destin doesn't get a handle on its vision for future developments, Bagby said there could be disastrous side effects.
"We're going to reach a saturation point where people say 'it's the new Panama City Beach,' " he said. "We are either going to ride the wave or get swept away."
Destin Log Staff Writer Matt Algarin can be reached at 850-654-8446 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @DestinLogMatt.


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Jan Van Quirm wrote:.... Same with genres of books - when I was 16 and kicking back at 'set books' I bought my copy of Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann) and I, Robot (Isaac Asimov) whilst on my 1st non-family holiday in Jersey. I'd already developed my fantasy-mythology addiction by then but although I was a major Dr. Who fan and loved stuff like Star Trek and Time Tunnel (to the babes amongst us that's the B&W spiral like in Austin Powers 2...) and I'd never actually read any sci-fi. Asimov's fairly easy to read in a way - not a very subtle writer really although he was fond of using scientific terms, but his concepts! God that man was prophetic if clumsy. I read all the Robot books and the Foundation series too and few others spacey ones, but I never read his detective books for some reason and strange too because I think that's really where his heart was...
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Tony & Cols I've enjoyed some of Clarke's books but have found him a bit pompous at times. To be fair, I'm not sure if it's his writing or if I'm being influenced by my perception of his public persona..
Jan Van Quirm wrote:Argh! and I meant to comment on Mr [Stephen] King too...
So this is an edit He is too prolific, too varied and so in some cases (most possibly) - too trite. I've enjoyed some of the early horror stuff and Stand By Me is another of my all time fave films (I adored River Phoenix) and I now find most of his books far to glib and almost formulaic? It's like - ooo yeah - we haven't had a decent shocker for about - shall we say 30 pages... get another one in and then we'll cosy again for another 2 - hell maybe 5 as I just excelled myself I think. That how I feel sometimes with his stuff anyway, just too mechanical in a way maybe.
that's Bo Hansson!Jan Van Quirm wrote:...Tolkien is a b*gger on descriptions, but he can do them really well no trouble - the Eye of Sauron is fully depicted in that scene [the Mirror of Galadriel] and Peter Jackson had the best template possible for the CGI guys to interpret I have to agree with you (and be thankful) that both Pterry and Tolks more often get on with the story and let the reader be a part of internal visualising, however as a sometime illustrator, there is quite a lot of descriptive writing in there on locations more than character to be sure that is a tribute to PJ's faithfullness (mostly anyway) to the books because for the most part the scenery was spot on - the Argonath in particular, but many more, including Rivendell were so perfectly brought to life.
Silverstreak - I used to do that too! Do you remember there was a LotR album as well - by Bo Hansen a Swede I think? He was a friend of Jimi Hendrix and there were some ace synthesiser stuff on the LP. Happy days indeed!
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Big Hill Pond State Park received its name from the 35-acre Big Hill Pond which was created in 1853 when soil was scooped from a borrow pit to build a levee across the Tuscumbia and Cypress Creek bottoms for the Memphis to Charleston Railroad. The earliest inhabitants of the area were Native Americans Woodland Period Indian sites (800 BC – 800 AD) which can be found along the Tuscumbia and Hatchie Rivers. During historic times, Chickasaw Indians lived among the area up until 1818 when they signed a treaty relinquishing their traditional homelands in Tennessee. White settlers moved into the area in the 1820's and made their livelihood mainly from agricultural pursuits. Years later the territory was designated a State Park by the Department of Conservation for reassessing the need for recreational opportunities in 1977.
The park's 5,000 acres of timberland and hardwood bottom land is sparsely inhabited making it resemble a wilderness. Guests visiting Big Hill Pond State Park can utilize the campsites. There is no backcountry camping allowed, however there are shelter camping sites. These sites can have up to ten people at each, there are six bunks but four or more persons may sleep on the floor. Recreational activities for the outdoor enthusiasts may include fishing on the old Big Hill Pond or Travis McNatt Lake equipped with phenomenal views. Fishers will find bass, bream, and catfish throughout this area. The park is home to thirty miles of overnight and day use trails consisting of four backpack trail shelters and five miles of hiking trail and two trail shelters lie south of the railroad within our hunting area.
Visitors with a passion for horses can bring them along for the Big Hill Pond experience. The park has approximately 14 miles of horse trails and is shared with mountain bikers. The horses must stay on the red trail and fire roads and are not allowed on hiking trails or on the back or the front of the Lake Dam.


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April was a good month for April Meier to open her Crestview-based Pawsitively Scrumptious Bark Bakery & Boutique, but taking the step toward owning her business came with two years of research.
"We have a need for this in Crestview," Meier said. "We have a lot of pet owners."
After making trips to the south part of Okaloosa County to visit similar pet boutiques, and after leaving behind a career in Internet marketing, Meier feels she's created a great shop for other pet owners.
"We don't sell pets here," she said, instead offering pet clothing, foods, home-baked pet treats and an educated staff.
"Our manufacturers provide training courses for us," Meier said, adding that the staff stays abreast in the latest pet trends as well as information about pet nutrition and pet allergies.
Pawsitively Scrumptious carries pool alarms for pets, and it has a selection of lighted and reflective gear as well as cooling gear for summer months.
Overall health of a pet is important to Meier, which prompted her to add a pet treadmill to the shop. Pet owners can bring in a pooch for an air-conditioned work out.
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What child doesn't enjoy a trampoline? Put that trampoline on the water, and you've got a nearly perfect summer outing.
"You step right off the sea wall onto (the trampoline)," said Heath Owens, who owns Harbor Launch with his brother, Shon Owens. "We actually let you jump off the trampoline into the water."
Owens opened Harbor Launch in March to a successful spring break season. He's a pioneer in the water trampoline business, saying that he thinks this may be the only floating one in the world.
"It was my idea and design," the Crestview resident said. "I went to an indoor trampoline arena, and I planned to build one here.
"I happened to be walking through the Harbor one day," he continued, "and I thought 'Why not build one here.'"
Harbor Launch can be rented for parties. Spots can also be rented for viewing fireworks.
As a Christian-based business, Owens said they don't allow drinking, and they maintain a family atmosphere.
LOCATION: 34 Harbor Blvd., kiosk 20Dt, Destin
HOURS: 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and during harbor fireworks, summer season
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/Harbor-Launch


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The long and unhappy saga of the Local Sustainability Fund
29 Jun 2015
Last week the government announced a £20m pot of funding for charities. This sounds like good news, says...
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Charities, like businesses should be held to account over their environmental standards, says Katy Wing.
It's generally accepted that acting environmentally responsibly is everybody's business. Charities aren't exempt.
From my own experience, most people involved with charities take this issue seriously and many charities are doing something to cut their carbon footprint. However, not everyone has a plan and too often it can be seen a nice thing to do rather than a core aim.
But reducing your carbon footprint fits in with charities' core values. Climate change has the greatest impact on the most disadvantaged people, both locally and internationally.
Navca has a long way to go but we are making good progress. We've just published a sustainable development progress report, which measures how successful we've been in our aim to become more sustainable. It shows we've massively reduced our office paper consumption and reduced the amount of waste from long print runs. This builds on previous action to switch to a greener energy tariff and conduct an energy audit to identify cost and energy savings.
In other ways we've been hampered. We don't own our own building so we can't do much to make our building more environmentally friendly. Our landlord is not entirely sympathetic and has refused requests about recycling (staff take their recycling home) and cycling (he won't install a bike rack). Also there is a real dilemma for us in cases where environmental action costs us more - like everyone else money is tight at the moment. Maybe this is why the actions we have done first have also tended to save money - but that's not a bad thing!
In leading this work for Navca, I've found it really helpful to have an action plan, which has been approved by our Board of Trustees. This ensures we have sign-up at the highest level, as well as helping us to monitor progress, maintain momentum, overcome barriers and celebrate successes. Also, having a cross-team working group has helped to embed good practice into all parts of Navca. Another key success factor is personal commitment from the chief executive, Joe Irvin, who believes this is something should be doing.
David Alder
Operations Director
Recycling company
25 May 2012
A quick - and cost-free - win to add to any 'green' plan is to increase recycling. Recycling clothes scores well on many levels, socially as well as environmentally. Water saved, carbon emissions reduced, landfill cut too. And reusing clothes still with useful life in them answers a need for hard-pressed consumers.
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