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WASHINGTON — Last September, the U.S. bishops struggled to raise awareness about an "interim final rule" for co-pay-free contraception, approved by the Obama administration in August 2011.
Now, in the wake of 43 Catholic groups filing 12 lawsuits across the nation on May 21, recent polling confirms that the controversial federal rule, approved Jan. 20, has emerged as an election issue. Public opposition has mounted against the controversial rule, while partisan forces and their media allies argue that Catholic leaders are "carrying water" for the GOP.
Last week, when Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, Calif., expressed alarm about the danger of politicizing the Church's First Amendment fight, his comments in a small Catholic journal fueled news stories about divisions within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bishop Blaire later clarified his remarks, stating that he endorsed the legal strategy worked out by the USCCB. But the flurry of headlines prompted by his remarks showed that the bishops' campaign was under intense scrutiny.
On Sunday, The New York Times' editorial page attacked the decision to approve the 12 lawsuits.
"It was a dramatic stunt, full of indignation but built on air," read the May 27 editorial, which concluded that the legal strategy was "a clear partisan play."
The editorial argued that the federal law "could probably be justified under Supreme Court precedent, including a 1990 opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia" — a reference to a much-discussed Supreme Court ruling broadly viewed as weakening First Amendment rights.
"But that argument does not have to be made in court, because Mr. Obama very publicly backed down from his original position and gave those groups a way around the contraception-coverage requirement," noted the Times, repeating the administration's assertion that its Feb. 10 "accommodation" effectively addressed the concerns of objecting religious groups.
During a May 24 address at a high-level conference on religious freedom in Washington that drew constitutional scholars, religious leaders, legislators and activists, Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, defended the bishops' decision to approve the 12 lawsuits.
Archbishop Lori noted that the lawsuits marked a necessary, if unwelcome phase in the U.S. bishops' effort to address an "unprecedented" threat to the free exercise of Catholic institutions. In other words, the lawsuits were not frivolous, but a last resort.
Throughout 2010 and 2011, he noted, the USCCB pursued a parallel strategy of influencing the Obama administration's health-care policies and promoting legislative remedies to broaden conscience rights.
During that period, the conference sought to counter a campaign to include contraception and abortion-inducing drugs in mandated "preventive services" for women under the new health bill.
"Despite these numerous opportunities to avoid the train wreck, on Feb. 10, HHS finalized the August regulations 'without change,' closing the door on any chance of removing the offending items from the mandate or expanding the exemption," stated Archbishop Lori, making the point that the bishops' conference sought to head off the church-state contest well ahead of the presidential election.
Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., a speaker at the Washington conference, summarized the judgment of most bishops when he told the Register, I don't think we can bank of getting concessions from the Obama administration, though we can hope."
'Bizarre Turn'
While some bishops have focused on the HHS mandate's narrow religious exemption, which does not shield Catholic hospitals, universities and social agencies, Archbishop Lori stressed that the fight was also about resisting unlawful government coercion.
"In a bizarre turn, those same advocates accuse the Church of somehow forcing its beliefs on others through the law, when the exact opposite is true," he said.
The "strange inversion" of this dispute, he suggested, reflected a shift in cultural values.
This confusion, he added, "underscores the depth of the problem we face and points to the long-term remedy for it, which is teaching about religious freedom."
Most speakers at the May 24 conference, hosted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a Washington-based research center, shared Archbishop Lori's harsh judgment of the HHS mandate.
But one speaker, William Galston of the Brookings Institution, a former advisor to President Bill Clinton, expressed skepticism about the need for passionate rhetoric and legal challenges.
"The Church, in my judgment, is not conducting a 'war on women,' and the Obama administration is not conducting a war on religion," Galston told the conference audience.
In the United States, he added, "there is no guarantee that the requirements of religion and faith will be fully compatible" with democratic society.
Galston's remarks underscored the uncertain outcome for the 12 lawsuits filed last week.
Constitutional scholars report that U.S. federal courts are notoriously fickle in their rulings on First Amendment cases, and experts predict that the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act will provide a better standard for the Catholic plaintiffs in the 12 lawsuits filed last week.
And while conference speakers like Robert George of Princeton University and Hannah Smith of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, provided a compelling framework for evaluating threats to religious freedom at home and abroad, Archbishop Lori acknowledged that Catholic leaders must continue to advance their case in the public square. A Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll, conducted in mid-May, found that just 50% of respondents knew about the HHS mandate fight, though 74% of those polled believed that freedom of religion should be protected, even if it conflicted with other laws
Last week, the coordinated lawsuits filed against the federal government were accompanied by a parallel media strategy that defended the need for the legal challenge in television news shows and op-ed pages--though some television networks ignored the story.
"With this week's lawsuits, the bishops join a growing army of other plaintiffs around the country, Catholic and non-Catholic, who are asking the courts to repel an unprecedented governmental assault on the ability of religious persons and groups to practice their religion without being forced to violate their deepest moral convictions," explained Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon in a May 21 column in The Wall Street Journal.
The White House issued a statement soon after the lawsuits were announced, asserting that it did not want a legal fight with religious groups and that dialogue with Catholic leaders would continue.
Yet in a reminder that Church leaders navigated a treacherous landscape during an election year, Catholic leaders were soon under fire to explain why there were "divisions" within the bishops' conference.
Just two days after the lawsuits were filed, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, a self-identified "progressive Catholic," challenged the appearance of a united Catholic front.
Dionne noted that Bishop Blaire had expressed concern about the politicization of the Church's stance on the HHS mandate.
"There is a healthy struggle brewing among the nation's Roman Catholic bishops. A previously silent group, upset over conservative colleagues defining the Church's public posture and eagerly picking fights with President Barack Obama, has had enough," Dionne asserted, citing as evidence Bishop Blaire's published interview with America, the Jesuit magazine. The columnist also found it "significant" that "the vast majority of the nation's 195 dioceses did not go to court."
Frivolous Lawsuits?
Dionne's remarks prompted another round of media stories speculating that "ultraconservative Catholic leaders" were filing frivolous lawsuits.
However, in an interview with the Register, Edward "Ned" Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, strongly disputed the suggestion that some California bishops were opposed to the plan.
"Just because a diocese is not in the lawsuit doesn't mean they are not supportive. If you look at the list of plaintiffs, there is a strategy in a variety of media markets with a variety of plaintiffs," said Dolejsi.
"The California bishops remain committed to the strategy laid out by the USCCB administrative board," he stated.
Bishop Blaire subsequently issued a statement endorsing the USCCB legal strategy.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, a member of the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, jumped into the debate, defending the USCCB's plans and vouching for the bishops' unity on the issue.
During a May 27 interview on Fox News, Cardinal Wuerl dismissed the suggestion that the absence of some dioceses in the nationwide legal action signaled their opposition to the conference's strategy and noted that landmark legal challenges involved a single plaintiff.
The cardinal expressed frustration with the Church's critics, who argue that the bishops' conference should continue to negotiate with the Obama administration rather than turn to the courts.
"Last time the government said we are going to hear from you, 200,000 suggestions went in, and not one of them was accepted," he recalled, in a reference to the Department of Health and Human Services' request for comments in the wake of the "interim final rule," approved in August.
Last fall, at the direction of their local bishop or state Catholic conference, Catholics throughout the nation registered their opposition to the mandate, flooding the agency's email system.
Obama Losing Support
The May 27 Times editorial expressed doubt that the bishops would win their case in court.
"The First Amendment also does not exempt religious entities or individuals claiming a sincere religious objection from neutral laws of general applicability, a category the new contraception rule plainly fits."
The Times noted the Supreme Court's 1990 ruling in which Justice Antonin Scalia concluded that "the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land" would mean allowing "every citizen to become a law unto himself."
In 1993, Congress sought to broaden religious exemptions and conscience protections with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which directed government agencies not to "substantially burden a person's exercise of religion" without a compelling state interest. And, when necessary, government should adopt the least restrictive means of securing that compelling interest.
The Times asserted that the HHS mandate, "by promoting women's health and autonomy," met the standard of the 1993 law.
Yet the headlines prompted by the May 21 lawsuits underscore the potential danger for Obama as he continues to defend the constitutionality of the HHS mandate.
In April, a Pew Research Center poll reported that support for the president among non-Hispanic Catholics had dropped from 45% in March to 37% in April in key swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Subsequent polls have confirmed this trend. And two days after the 12 lawsuits were filed in courts across the country, Obama expressed his support for Catholic institutions at two fundraisers.
"My first job as a community organizer was with Catholic churches, [which] taught me the power of kindness and commitment to others in neighborhoods," he declared at a Hollywood event on May 23.
Yet Bishop Blaire's recent comments in America, about the danger of politicizing the mandate fight, hinted at simmering fears that a legitimate religious-freedom battle could be hijacked by Republican forces during an election year, with unpredictable consequences.
"I think there are different groups that are trying to co-opt this and make it into a political issue, and that's why we need to have a deeper discussion as bishops," he said.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the bishops' conference, and Archbishop Lori have acknowledged the difficulty of clarifying the Church's immediate goals amid partisan spin and ongoing public confusion about the issues at stake. They have announced plans for a fortnight of prayer for freedom, ending on July 4, an initiative that underscores the spiritual foundation of religious liberty and is designed, no doubt, to help inoculate their crusade against uninvited special interests.
But Church leaders also have depended on their Capitol Hill allies to support this First Amendment fight, and so must balance fears of politicization with the practical reality of effecting change in a democracy. Thus, at the May 24 conference, Archbishop Lori expressed an unapologetic commitment to the strategy worked out by the USCCB leadership, in consultation with top legal scholars and other experts.
"Although fighting the tide of secularism in general and current threats to religious liberty in particular can seem like a daunting task," he said "we know that with God all things are possible; and we know that prayer is the ultimate source of our strength in this fight."
Joan Frawley Desmond is the Register's senior editor.
@richard "If forced to choose between the Church and my party, ..... Well, let's just say that I don't want to choose."
Richard, I share what you feel about those Democratic Party principles fairly supported in the Party's better former years for I spent thousands of volunteer hours helping the poor in diverse ways, including a pilot program to help congregations act out Vatican II's charge to improve "the temporal order". It worked well in its pilot phase but dissent on a growing number of Catholic doctrinal matters became harbinger to the current fallen-state of the Democratic Party. Broadening dissent made it extremely difficult to wake up the Party's rank and file as lukewarmness toward God expanded.
Due to strong belief in a Two-Party system I lingered in hope we could break the liberal & Leftist-grip. Alas, that could not be done by anyone. But to become an Independent made no sense because it is a spoiler 3rd Party, not good for needed timely progress. A more God-respecting President will need both Houses—after November 6 this year!
So, I registered in the Republican Party which is imperfect for sure—yet TONS better than the current Democratic Party when it comes to respect for God and also for people—whenever Catholic social teaching is VALIDLY applied with its intended *inter-connectedness* preserved, as Rep. Paul Ryan is at least trying to do.
Nationally, we may well be headed for chastisement from God who gives the condition for such societal failure in psalm 127:1—"Unless the Lord Builds the House (society), Those Who Build it Labor in Vain", meaning we will meet FAILURE. Hence, voting unwisely this November means hiring more 'builder-politicians' who oppose the Lord, thus to badly hurt our own families' future!
Some key Democratic leaders tend to employ isolated "proof" texts from Catholic sources thus to mislead or to induce guilt in Catholic members in order to retain their support for dangerous social agenda and also to attempt to disgrace Republican adversaries by unjustly casting them as heartless and anti-scriptural. For many years before actually joining, I've supported specific Republicans for reasons related to a properly formed conscience.
Because isolated "proof" texts are often just lifted from the "Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church", the USCCB seriously OWES us diversely educated sheep in this perilously historic year a *TIMELY* HELPFUL EXPLANATION of both the Importance AND Significance of *inter-connectedness* in Catholic Social teaching just as similar cautions apply to studying & using the Bible. Our Shepherds need to explain to us the moral right and duty of laity to exercise prudential judgments when our nation is fiscally gravely threatened and MANY faithful Catholic laity rightly sense being in the "pre-cancer" stages of Cancerous Socialism, with a Tipping Point to occur on November 6.
The USCCB also OWES us a *substantial*explanation of the "level-of-acceptance" Catholics must give to USCCB authority re practical social matters involving the poor and health-care, especially. For obvious reasons – with only FIVE months to Election Day – CLARITY of Explanations this JUNE is an ESSENTIAL ELEMENT not to be missing in their existing agenda item for the mid-June, USCCB Atlanta Meeting, labeled "Discussion of a proposal for a special message on Catholic Reflections on Work, Poverty and a Broken Economy".
Let no one hint I am being hostile or disrespectful to Shepherds, for Vatican II requires clear teaching from Bishops AND we WILL BE at a Tipping Point on Election Day. Occasionally, records show crucial Shepherd-cooperation does NOT happen. We sheep face a VERY dark future if our Shepherds do not take Vatican II's command to them to teach clearly especially in such a perilously historic year. I speak as a magisterium-faithful Catholic.
Richard, history gives us enough examples of human weaknesses in the Church-on-earth for us to see why Jesus chose "prevail" in the scriptural phrase "shall not *prevail*". Therefore in any given period it makes sense to join with the more God-respecting Party, albeit an imperfect Republican Party. Your fellow Americans need you to be courageous enough to choose.
"I'm very uncomfortable with any attempt to make me choose between the Catholic religion and the Democratic Party."
I know where you are coming from - I was there once myself. It's difficult because being Democrat is your identity. I know what it is like.
As a Mass attending Catholic, you say the Profession of Faith every Sunday, and pray the Lord's Prayer standing before the Holy Eucharist. The Profession of Faith is said standing after the Gospel and Homily in every Sunday obligation Mass. The purpose of that, coming right after the Gospel is to affirm the Gospel and your beliefs, as an individual, in the tenets one must believe in order to call one's self a Christian. Failure to believe any one of those tenets negates one being a Christian. In the Profession of Faith, each of us affirms God as the Creator, the giver of life. Do you believe that? Can you prove it?
Later in the Mass, you stand again, before the Holy Eucharist, and pray the only words Jesus ever gave us so that we would know how to talk to the Father. In it we pray for God's will to be done on earth, and ask not to be led into temptation, and to be delivered from evil.
Richard, let me ask you some things. Is God the creator of life? Is abortion evil? Does God create life for it to be aborted; is God in contradiction with himself;? Or is man in contradiction with what he says he believes and prays for?
The Democrat Party is solely responsible for abortion-on-demand remaining the law-of-the-land which has caused more deaths of innocent human beings than the NAZI Party of Germany and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - combined.
Richard, do you really believe what you profess to believe in Mass on Sundays? Do you really want God's will to be done on earth when you pray the Our Father standing before the Holy Euchrist?
I know how "righteous" you feel as a Democrat. I've been there. I know our self identity is connected to our being a Democrat because we are good people, we care about others. Ah - but there's where the temptation comes in - feeling good about ourselves because we think we care about others. Yet, we give our name identification and our support to a political organization that is diabolically opposed to what we profess to believe and pray for in church every Sunday.
Unlike 7 of the 9 Supreme Court Justice who gave us Roe v. Wade saying they didn't know when life begins, I knew when life began. I had a year of embryology in college which included lab work where I created new life by dissecting embryos of chicks and cultured them. I worked with embryonic stem cells for a half of a year. For me, when the Democrat Party came out in support for Roe v Wade and abortion for any reasons, I had to make a decision between my life long identity as a south Chicago Democrat and my being a Catholic. Was my word more important to me than my self identity which, when I thought about it, came from being a Democrat? Heck, I almost knocked over a motorcycle cop escorting Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's open convertible as it was slowly turning to enter a hotel driveway after a town center rally in Joliet, Ill where my older brother, president of the Will County Young Democrat's Club, introduced JFK to the crowd. It was just me alone on the street and JFK sitting top of the back sit as I reached up to shake his hand and he leaned down to shake mine. The motorcycle didn't fall, but came close. I'll never forget that moment, just him and me looking directly at each other and smiling as we shook hands. So, when I say I know what it's like having the feeling you have as a Democrat, I'm just not talking.
It was years later when I had to make a decision. Do I really believe what I say I believe? Do I really want what I pray for in the only prayer Jesus ever taught us? Is my identity more important than my word, or my word more important than my identity. When it came down to that, I had no choice. I choose my religion and registered out of the Democrat Party. I registered as an Independent because I couldn't be a Republican…it just wasn't me. But know this, Richard, there is life after registering out of the Democrat Party…a very good life knowing who you are, not by your party affiliation, but by learning to be true to your word.
"If you want to take back the Democratic Party, vote for those Democrats who truly reflect what the Democratic Party used to be."
Jean, I'm afraid that they don't exist anymore. They called them "Blue dog Democrats," and the crafting of Obamacare by the Democrat majority in both houses proved they don't exist any more.
Richard: what used to be the beliefs and principles of the Democratic Party have been changed and corrupted. Are abortion, homosexual "marriage" your beliefs? The Democratic Party, which used to be the party of the working people, has been infiltrated by leftist radicals who are using what used to be your beliefs to have you follow them in the destruction of our nation. If you want to take back the Democratic Party, vote for those Democrats who truly reflect what the Democratic Party used to be.
The mandate is a violation of 1st amendment rights. Therefore , it is unconstitutional, null and void. That being the case, the mandate can be ignored, with no penalties or fees paid. Because The Affordable Patient Care Law (Obamacare) allows government access into bank accounts for the purpose of withdrawing premiums, penalties or fees, all bank accounts should be closed and the monies put into a safer place.
I'm very uncomfortable with any attempt to make me choose between the Catholic religion and the Democratic Party. I have been a Mass-attending Catholic for all of my life, but my adherence to the beliefs and principles of the Democratic Party is who I am. If forced to choose between the Church and my party, ..... Well, let's just say that I don't want to choose.
Charles M., consider this: in the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992, I think), the court linked the need for the availability of abortion to contraception failure. If contraception is allowed to be considered mandatory preventative medicine for women, the next step is mandatory abortion on demand. The moral conviction with which the Church opposes contraception is the same conviction that opposes abortion. It ultimately goes to the sanctity of life.
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"Our nation has endured forty years of religious discrimination, what is different today? Is it the shocking realization that the discrimination is being expanded and extended beyond the womb into our society, and will no longer be confined to the weakest and most defenseless members of our human family?
Not exactly; it started with abortion on demand remaining the law of the land for so many years exposing the U.S. Catholic Church to be a paper tiger religiously and politically because of the number of Catholics remaining in and voting for the Democrat Party, which includes a majority of the clergy. The pro-abortion, "social justice" Democrat Party neutralized the Catholic Church in America setting the stage for Obamacare which provided so much of what the U.S. bishops have been asking for for so long. The bill was crafted and supported by the Democrat President and by ONLY the Democrat majority controlling Congress. Obamacare was the opening attack on us, the born. Our bishops, i.e., USCCB, supported Obamacare in its entirety for so long until abortion and the conscience clause became part of it in its later development. Then the bishops were "negotiating" with the Democrats to keep abortion out and the conscience clause in, to no avail. The Democrats passed Obamacare using dishonorable tactics (but what would you expect coming from the party supporting the murder of babies) and Obama signed it into law with a useless executive order to pacify the weenie "prolife" Democrats who voted for it.
Since the bishops demonstrated that they no longer had any pull with the so-called "prolife" Democrat legislators, or any "social justice" Democrat legislators, as well, Obama decided to go for the whole enchilada with his HHS mandate.
So, this whole thing started with the bishops being softened up with decades of abortion on demand remaining the law of the land, then "rewarding" the bishops for their religious and political vanishing activity on abortion by giving them something they wanted - "health care reform legislation," especially one enabling illegal immigrants and the remaining poor in the U.S. to have. The bishops supported Obamacare outright then slowly they got aced out. THAT'S when Obama threw down his trump card - gutting the First Amendment Freedom of Religion by administrative mandate using his "Affordable Health Care law." It has been a long, slow process, but the time had come to throw the useless, useful idiot Catholics overboard and go for the socialist gold – total control of everybody but the socialist elite. Welcome to thy United States of Chicago.
Hey there vg ..... don't trash the tea party, they're on our side, strongly pro-life, the tea party I'm a member of has many catholics and all are devout christians.
I understand your concern Charles M. The best way to have a chance to get rid of the Supreme Court abomination of Roe V Wade is to get rid of Obamanation in the next presidential election. Our future as a free sovereign nation depends on it.
There's something here I just don't get so I hope someone can inform me as to what I'm missing. Abortion on demand is intrinsically evil and far more deadly than the current battle for religious freedom. Our preborn American citizens have been deprived of their religious freedom for decades; millions have been sentenced to a violent death. Our nation has endured forty years of religious discrimination, what is different today? Is it the shocking realization that the discrimination is being expanded and extended beyond the womb into our society, and will no longer be confined to the weakest and most defenseless members of our human family? Abortion is the worst kind of discrimination; it has made us a nation of barbarians, yet for decades there has been no great consolidation of religious leaders willing to do battle in the defense of preborn Americans.
Good article. One piece of the article made me pause. And maybe it did so because I have an incorrect understanding of the facts and details. (I have no problem being called the Village Idiot.) Beneath the heading "Bizarre Turn" a portion of the sentence reads "While some bishops have focused on the HHS mandate's narrow religious exemption, which excludes Catholic hospitals, universities and social agencies". These words, without an explanation of what is the narrow exemption, could be interpreted (by both Catholics and non-Catholics unfamiliar with the issue) as 'Catholic hospitals, universities and social agencies' are in fact excluded. Am I correct that the exemption is very narrow? I don't think we've been exempted, right? Perhaps another sentence could have clarified the narrow exemption.
You are correct. You do not see nor do you understand. Ecclesiastical authority has not been diminished in the wake of the sex scandals. Yes the laity is not blind to the clergy. The clergy does break Church laws but the laws remain. The problem of questioning authority begins early in life. Children begin this process early. You can see what it has done to society. As a parent has the right to admonish their children so does the Church when it's members challenge dogmas and the magesterium.The good sisters know that.
The HHS mandate is a major threat to freedom and needs to go.Pray that it does.
The last thing we need is for the tea party kooks to take over the catholic church
I do not see the Bishops representation of HHS as an attack on religious freedom as a truth. I did not see the Church's\Bishop's admonishment of the Sisters as a truth. I do see an agenda to re-establish a loss of authority in the wake the sex scandals. Many of the laity are not blind to the humanness of the hierarchy. The attacks on Vatican ll are a symptom of an orchestrated attempt to return to a time when hierarchy\clergy couldn't be questioned and were beyond approach involving or regarding any wrong doing. Recent events illustrate just how far off course and worldly the hierarchy has become. Be Blessed, shamed or tormented. Please do not edit my remarks.
Pres. Obama's statement that his first job as a community organizer was with Catholic churches reminds me of those who people in the 60's-70's made fun of, who said "Prejudiced? I'm not prejudiced. I have a friend who is black." Just as one friend does not a non-racist make, doing a job for a Catbolic group because it IS your job does not mean you support or understand the tenets of tbeir faith.
Cardinal Wuerl and Archbishop Lori did a splendid job on EWTN's "The World Over" last week explaining that the clock is ticking on the HHS mandate going into effect in August. The bishops had no choice and didn't ask for this battle with the Obama Administration. I was very impressed with both prelates in their interview with Raymond Arroyo, but I pray they will carry their case to the American people with whatever fair-minded media they can find. It's unfortunate that the bishops are not well known for effective communications, and that needs to change super-quick or the church will suffer greatly. I pray the Knights and other groups will help them get a fair hearing. I'll be praying for them and the church at large because our religious liberty truly is being chipped away if we don't wake up.


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Deep Sea Detectives
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|Deep Sea Detectives
|John Chatterton
Richie Kohler
Michael Norwood
Melanie Paul
|Country of origin
|No. of episodes
|Running time
|45 min
|Original network
|The History Channel
|Original release
|2003 – 2006
Deep Sea Detectives was a television show on The History Channel. The show began airing in 2003.
In a post [1] dated September 1, 2006 on the Deep Sea Detectives' message board, series producer Kirk Wolfinger stated that the show would not be renewed for another season.
External links[edit]
- Deep Sea Detectives at the Internet Movie Database
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- TV.com summary of the show
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BeschreibungThe eighteenth-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's reputation for writing in apparent inconsistencies and paradoxes is well deserved. He confronts the reader with ironies of all sorts. In this engaging new work, Penny A. Weiss wrestles with issues of gender in the works of Rousseau. She addresses the apparent male/female role contradictions that run through many of his works and attempts to resolve them by placing them within the context of themes and principles that provide the framework for his political philosophy. Rousseau advocated separate family roles for men and women as a way of encouraging them to become more effective social and political beings. His advocacy of sexual differentiation has often been criticized as antifeminist. In Emile, for example, Rousseau argues that women engaged in activities outside the home will become neglectful of their domestic duties. Penny A. Weiss maintains that Rousseau's antifeminist convictions arise not out of any belief that biology determines different family roles for men and women or that the traditional nuclear family is naturally better than other types of families. Rather, he believes that sexual differentiation forces individuals to look beyond themselves for certain functions and to become more interdependent, social beings. Some have argued that rigidly defined roles for men and women have the effect of making both sexes incomplete. Such incompleteness is, however, precisely what Rousseau seeks since it helps people to overcome a natural egoism and selfishness and prepares them to be effective participants in the political order. It is tempting to attribute Rousseau's remarks on the sexes to the times in which hewrote or to his personal idiosyncratic preferences, so starkly do they seem to conflict with his principled commitments to freedom and equality. Weiss examines the debates about Rousseau's concepts of gender, justice, freedom, community, and equality, making a significant contr
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Studies suggest that approximately 14% to 15% of all patients with COPD who are admitted to the hospital also have diabetes. Does this mean having COPD puts you at greater risk for diabetes? On the contrary, their co-existence most likely has to do with their shared risk factor -- smoking -- which consequentially leads to inflammation.

Inflammation, COPD, and Diabetes

There are two types of inflammation -- acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is a short-term immune response to a sudden sustained injury. If you cut your finger, for example, by the next day it is probably going to be red and swollen. This is good news because it means the inflammatory response has kicked in, releasing a plethora of pro-inflammatory chemicals to fight against foreign invaders possibly introduced into your body by the cut on your finger. The inflammatory response occurs in many different stages, with the end result being healing (in an otherwise healthy person.)

Chronic inflammation, on the other hand, occurs when the inflammatory response won't turn off and the immune system keeps pumping out inflammatory chemicals. It is often the result of certain lifestyle factors -- stress, lack of exercise, poor diet -- that, over time, cause inflammation to occur even when it shouldn't. It is becoming increasingly evident that chronic inflammation is at the root of many chronic diseases, including COPD and diabetes.

What the Research Says

While you may have a greater chance of having co-existing diabetes if you have COPD, there is no prospective data demonstrating that people with COPD have a greater risk of developing diabetes. In fact, an article in Thorax reports that there is a reduction in diabetes in older-aged patients who have COPD. If diabetes is associated with COPD, the greatest effects are seen in the youngest of COPD patients who smoke and those between the ages of 45-55 who have never smoked.

The Effects of High Blood Sugar on COPD

Research has shown that hyperglycemia is linked to impaired lung function. One study showed that diabetes was associated with a lower FEV1 and FVC, an association that was made worse by smoking. The same study found that an increase in fasting blood sugar was associated with a lower residual FEV1.

Why would diabetes and subsequent high blood sugar affect the lungs? Possible links include:

an increase in body mass index (BMI)

loss of respiratory compliance (ability of the lungs to distend) associated with diabetes

damage to the nervous system (diabetic neuropathies)

weakened respiratory muscles

High blood sugar has also been associated with poor outcomes in hospitalizations due to COPD exacerbation, leading to longer hospital stays and premature death.

Does Smoking Make the Effect of Diabetes on the Lungs Worse?

In people who smoke, the adverse effects of diabetes on lung function are even greater. Diabetics who smoke can minimize the consequences related to smoking by maintaining adequate blood sugar control and reducing risk factors that predispose them to a further decrease in lung function, like smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.

What Will Improve Your Blood Sugar and COPD?

What else can you do to manage both diabetes and COPD? Let's take a look:

First and foremost, quit smoking by utilizing a variety of smoking cessation products and resources.

Start a pulmonary rehabilitation program or other exercise group, which will not only help with blood sugar control but with improving your COPD symptoms as well.

Adhere to your medication regimen prescribed by your doctor, whether you have diabetes, COPD, or both.

When Should You Contact the Doctor About Diabetes?

If you have diabetes, make sure you know the signs and symptoms of both hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. If you experience any of these signs or symptoms, talk to your health care provider as soon as possible. You can also learn more about diabetes on VeryWell.

Sources:

Uchechi N. Iloka, MD and Kathie L. Hermayer, MD, MS.Reviewing the effects of hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus on COPD. The Journal of Respiratory Diseases. By | March 19, 2010

Emma H Baker MD and Derek Bell MD. Blood glucose: of emerging importance in COPD exacerbations. Thorax 2009;64:830-832.

Johanna R Feary et. al. Prevalence of major comorbidities in subjects with COPD and incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke: a comprehensive analysis using data from primary care. Thorax 2010;65:956e962.


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A Talk With Sarah
Elliot shot me a confused look, and I shook my head. Do not look at me. She does not know I am here.
Sarah stirred a cup of tea, the spoon clinking against the sides of the cup. Her etiquette instructor would cure her of that soon.
After taking a sip, Sarah placed the cup shakily back on its tray.
"Last night, I awoke to a loud crash. When I light a candle, my washing basin was in pieces on the floor and there was a message on the wall. You can still see it."
She gestured to the wall where one could still see the faint traces of the message I had written on the wall in red wine. My hand had kept becoming transparent, so it had taken a long time. It had taken almost as long to knock over the basin.
Elliot squinted at the writing. "Oh yes. Interesting." Sarah gave him a curious look, then realization came over her face.
"Sorry, I did not think... It says, 'I need to talk to you. Will.' At first I thought one of the guards had played a prank. But when I went back to bed, I saw a handkerchief fly through the air right in front of my eyes." At this point her voice had started to shake so much that she had to take a deep breath before she could continue. I felt guilty for frightening her.
"D-do not worry," Elliot said, glancing at me again. I scowled at him. I did not Sarah to know that I was sitting next to him. It would scare her out too much and right now we needed her calm.
"Tell her that she needs to tell the duke that I was murdered and that they need to find the killer."
"You n-need to tell the d-duke that King William was murdered and that they need to find the k-killer."
Sarah had a bewildered look on her face. "Murder? Killer? What do you mean?"
"I t-tried to tell the nobles, b-but they did not believe me."
From the look on Sarah's face, it appeared that she was inclined to do the same.
"I am not so sure about all that, but I am willing to try after all the strange things that happened last night. However, I do not think that the nobles would believe me either." She noticed Elliot eyeing the biscuits on the table, and she laughed.
"Do you want one?"
"Oh no, I was just…"
"It is okay. These crazy nobles eat too much." She pulled out a jam biscuit and handed Elliot one. "You had best be on your way. We can talk more later."
"Alright." He stood and walked out of the room. A smile was on his face.
"What are you smiling about?" I asked.
The grin disappeared. "Oh, n-nothing. She is very nice." I looked at him and realized what was happening.
"She is also engaged to my brother." Any leftover giddiness disappeared at that point. But I knew that I was doing what was best for him. If I did not nip this crush in the bud now he would be heartbroken later, the way I was.
"What happened?" Julian appeared from around the corner.
"She just wanted to talk," Elliot told him. "She gave me this."
"Mmm, biscuits. Give me some, will you?" Elliot snapped it in half and Julian took it.
"You know," he said, chewing loudly, "that Sarah girl might have taken a shine to you."
I glanced at Elliot. I hope not.


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The creature continued to stare at the Inspector but, as the Inspector talked of capturing it, it raised it's lips explosing it's teeth again. But from the angle Rebecca viewed it from, seeing it's face full on, it looked to her more like some malevolent grin.
"Ah ..." She started to say, but caught herself. Maybe it was just her imagination, she thought. It's a wild animal. It doens't have cognitive thought. It's not grinning at anyone!
"Right!" She sadi, just a little too enthunsiastically. "What's the plan?" She was begining to think the Inspector was right, the sooner this thing was in a cage and on it's way to some rescue centre or other, the happier they'd both be. "Out through the front door? Or out the back and through the alley? Not that it makes much difference, the alley comes out at the gate next to the front door." As she said it she shrugged and smiled. "Sorry, that's not very helpful is it?"
The Inspector stood watching the creature for another minute or two, thinking about what she had said.
"Do you know what? I have an idea" He announced.
Rebecca raised her eyebrows. intregued to hear what he had thought of. She could think of many options at all.
"What if ..." He paused, getting the idea straight in his head before continuing "I use the alley and at the same time you go out of the front door and stand by the car. That might distract it from what I'm doing. I can cut through next doors garden whilst it's attention is on you. What do you think?"
"If I go out the front door and step behind the car that thing is likely to bolt" She stated. But as she looked at him her conviction faltered. They both turned at the same time to look again at the creature. It just sat there, staring at them through the window.
"Are you sure?" He asked "I bet it won't"
Rebecca frowned. She tried to reason with herself in her head.This was a wild creature. When she had first seen it she thought it was scared and out of place. But as she looked at it now it's composure seemed to have changed. Now it didn't seem scared at all, it appeared menacing and calculating. In fact, she couldn't help thinking, even if it did bolt maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing. She realised that she didn't really want to catch it anymore. She didn't want to get that close to it and she certainly didn't relish the idea of having to handle it. She shook her head a couple of times, as if trying to shake the thoughts away.
"You might be right" She said, finally. "Lets give it a try"
They both turned and left the room. Rebecca lead the way back through the kitchen, picking up a small key by the back door, she went out into the garden. Unlocking the padlock to her back gate she lead the Inspector through the small alleyway between her house and the house next door. Unlocking another padlock when she got to the gate at the other end. This gate was slatted and the Inspector looked through one of the gaps . He could see the front garden of the house next door, off to the right.
"OK" She said. "I'll head back and go out the front door. You should see me as I step out of the porch from here"
"Right" He replied.
She headed back down the alleyway and when she got to the garden gate she turned back towards the Inspector.
"Good luck" She called.
He turned and smiled back at her. "You too" He said.
She went back inside and made her way down the hall to the front door. As she reached for the handle she hesitated. Then, she pulled open the door and stepped into the porch. She took took a couple of paces 'till she stood just behind the car, then turned toward the creature. It had barely moved, just enough to turn it's head to stare at her. She shuddered as the creature raised slightly off it's haunches. the same move she'd seen it make earlier. It stretched it's nose and sniffed at the air. She was aware of the Inspector as he made his move. Out of the corner of her eye she could see him making his way down next doors path.
A thought went through her head. She could walk toward the creature, maybe scare it away. She considered it as the creature continued to stare at her. She could not shake that irrational idea that, somehow, it was sizing her up. She tried to tell herself it was just trying to assess the decree of danger she posed, a perfectly natural instinctive response! But it didn't help, her mind inagined calculating thoughts going through it's head, behind those small, shiny black eyes.
Swallowing hard she took a step towards it. She expected it to show fear, or some concern, at least. But it just tilted it's head to one side, watching her. She took another step, it's head straightend again. She realised she was shaking. She balled her fists and concentrated on her breathing - slowly in, then out. Her heart was racing. She leaned against the car, watching the creature.
"Where have you come from?" She asked under her breath.
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Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighboring Belarus was aborted before it began.
Rebel delegates flew to the Belarus capital Minsk, only to announce that no talks would take place on Friday and they were flying straight back to Moscow. Any talks would be the first since a five-month-old ceasefire collapsed with a new rebel advance last week.
The main rebel stronghold Donetsk echoed to the sound of heavy artillery fire, including salvoes from multiple rocket launchers and heavier thuds from artillery coming from the direction of the airport, a constant battlefield.
A Reuters cameraman in Donetsk saw four covered bodies near a cultural center that had been hit by artillery while residents were queuing outside for humanitarian aid. A fifth body lay in a badly-damaged car nearby. A woman was weeping by one of the bodies. A kilometer (half mile) away, a sixth dead person lay where a trolleybus had been hit.
The separatists said the total death toll in those two strikes was seven, blaming government forces. Kiev said the shelling was carried out by the rebels to ruin the chance of peace talks. Both sides have made similar allegations throughout the conflict, which are impossible to verify.
"We are already used to this artillery and there's nothing we can do about it. Our boys are defending us," said Alla, a shopkeeper in downtown Donetsk.
In Debaltseve, east of Donetsk, seven civilians were killed on Friday by separatist shelling of their homes, regional police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said in a Facebook post. Earlier he reported another seven civilians killed in and around the town in the previous 24 hours. The government-held town is a key rail and road junction in the east. It and nearby Vuhlehirsk have come under fierce attack from rebels encircling government garrisons there, with water and electricity supplies cut off.


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Animal print nail art looks really cool and fabulous! If you want to sport a trendy nail art without much effort, then you can go for these exciting prints. You don't have to be a nail art expert to create some animal patterns on your nails. Zebra, leopard or cheetah patterns are really easy to create. Today, I will show you two easy-to-do zebra pattern nail arts which you can try at home. The first one is for girls who want a full zebra pattern and the second for those who like designer French tips. Now, let's see how we can create these nail arts. Follow the step by step tutorial below to create these wonderful nail art designs.
Zebra Nail Art Tutorials
1. Red Metallic Zebra Nails:
This specific nail art will cover your entire nail with a chosen base color. You can use any base color of your choice. You can also alternate the base color and the fore color used for drawing the zebra pattern. You can wear this for parties and other social dos.
Things Required:
- Base coat (optional)
- Skin colored nail polish
- Red nail polish
- A metallic magenta nail polish
- A thin nail art brush
- White striper or white acrylic color
- A transparent top coat
Step 1:
Use a base coat because it will protect your nails from harmful effects of an acrylic paint. Base coat provides protection if your nails are prone to chipping or breaking. After it dries up, use one layer of skin colored nail polish. This will make the base more opaque and provide more strength to the nails.
Step 2:
Use the 2 nail polishes on alternate fingernails. Let it dry and apply another coat if required.
Step 3:
Take your nail art brush and white acrylic color. There are two methods of drawing a zebra pattern. A more easy way is to draw tree branch style 'Y' patterns coming from both sides or extending diagonally. This is another method where we are following a specific pattern to draw up the zebra design. For all the nails, we will follow the similar pattern technique. Follow the design shown below starting from the tip of your nails.
Step 4:
Draw up more curved lines in the manner I have drawn. Refer to the picture below. Cover up the whole of the nail with the zebra pattern.
Step 5:
Similarly, cover up all the rest of the nails with the similar zebra pattern. Now, let your acrylic paint dry completely.
Step 6:
Follow up with a layer or two of a good transparent top coat to seal in this beautiful design. You can also use a matte top coat. In that case, this will not look so metallic in appearance, but you will get a different look to the nails. This is how your design should look like when complete.
[ Read: How To Do Nail Art At Home ]
2. Colorful Zebra French Tips:
This zebra nail art design is mainly for women who like a classy look to their nails. French tips nail art are a big trend at the moment. Sporting some animal pattern French tips can make your boring French tips a lot more interesting.
Things Required:
- A base coat (optional)
- A skin colored nail polish
A nail polish in dark shade of your choice (I have used green for an unconventional look and I have shown the same pattern in dark fuchsia too. You can choose any color for the upper part of your nails)
White nail polish
- Black striper or a thin nail art brush and black acrylic paint
- A glitter polish (optional)
- A transparent polish
Step 1:
First, start off with a base coat and then with a skin colored nail polish. Next, paint up your nails like I have shown below. The bigger the nails, the better the design will appear. You can use your French tip kit for drawing up this nail art.
Step 2:
When the nails are dried, take the glitter polish and use it only on the upper part and not on the tips. Use of glitter polish is totally optional. You can skip this step if you want to.
Step 3:
Take the black striper or your thin nail art brush and black acrylic color. Paint up the curved zebra pattern following the same technique as shown for the first zebra design. Allow it to dry. Apply a top coat when it is completely dried.
Tip: The same design can be done using a sweet pink color and no glitter polish. It should look something like below.
Hope you enjoyed these zebra nail art designs and will definitely try them out. Please don't forget to share your experience and feedback in the comments section below.
Reverse French Zebra Manicure
Reverse of the zebra French manicure designs are a total craze right now starting from young girls to even professional women. We love this fashion for the simple reason being that it is an out of the ordinary French manicure. It has something different and exotic to offer every time we try it. And the best part is that you don't need to have long nail tips to try this one out as the French tip is in reverse form here.
Here this nail art gives you a trendy feel along with a vintage look. It doesn't just stop here. It also has zebra patterns which look really cool with any animal print clothing. Animal print leggings are quite a trend now. So if you have the wild beast lurking inside of you who is crazy about fashion, then try this nail art out and give it some peace!
Things You Need:
- A base coat
- A black polish
- Cotton bud and polish remover
- A transparent good quality top coat
- Metallic golden chains cut into small bits
- A toothpick
- A tweezer
- A two way nail art pen in silver
Stepwise Tutorial:
Let's get started.
Step 1:
Put a nice layer of base coat on your nails, though this is optional, but you can use it to protect your nail enamel. After all yellow and dry nails are never a pleasant sight and we can't be sporting a nail art or even a have a color on at all times!
Next, follow this up with by drawing a reverse French tip as much precisely as possible with a black polish.
Step 2:
Now take the bits of golden metallic chains and put them on to the curves of the reverse tip with the help of the transparent polish. Take the help of tweezers to place them on. Take a toothpick to set their shapes properly.
Step 3:
In this step, you have to use your two way nail art pen's pointed tip which is mostly used for dotting purpose. If you don't own a dotting pen then you can go ahead and use a tooth pick too. Use it to make jointed "V" s and create a zebra pattern. Refer the picture below. It is really simple and easy to do and sport. It will give you a stunning look for your nails without much trouble.
[ Read: How To Do Manicure At Home ]
Step 4:
Now take a cotton bud dipped in makeup remover and clean stray polishes from the edges of the nails. Apply two nice layers of transparent polish over the whole of the nails to seal in your French zebra manicure design.
Step 5:
This is the final look. Just spectacular isn't it. Not to hard to try even if your a beginner and definitely a change from the regular dull French manicure. What do you think? Up for this nail art?
Hope you enjoyed these zebra nail art designs and will definitely try them out. Please don't forget to share your experience and feedback in the comments section below.
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As more organizations prepare for and deploy hosted virtual desktops, it has become clear that there is a need to support two related but critical phases. The first is to inventory and assess the physical desktop environment in order to create a baseline for the performance and quality of the user experience for the virtual desktop counterparts. When planning and preparing, organizations would like to know which desktops, users and applications are a good fit for desktop virtualization and which ones are not. The second phase is to track the virtual desktops in production in order to proactively identify when performance and user experience does not meet expectations, as well as to continue to refine and optimize the desktop image and infrastructure as changes are introduced into the environment.
Because virtual desktops live on shared systems, the layers of technology make it more complex to measure and classify fitness and user experience. But with increased industry knowledge and the emergence of best practices, plus new purpose-built products such as Liquidware Labs' Stratusphere FIT and Stratusphere UX, it is now possible to more accurately measure and classify both fitness and user experience. This white paper covers these best practices and provides an introduction to the VDI FIT and VDI UX classification capabilities in Stratusphere FIT and Stratusphere UX.
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Massive changes are occurring to how applications are built and how they are deployed and run. The benefits of these changes are dramatically increased responsiveness to the business (business agility), increased operational flexibility, and reduced operating costs.
The environments onto which these applications are deployed are also undergoing a fundamental change. Virtualized environments offer increased operational agility which translates into a more responsive IT Operations organization. Cloud Computing offers applications owners a complete out-sourced alternative to internal data center execution environments. IT organizations are in turn responding to public cloud with IT as a Service (IaaS) initiatives.
For applications running in virtualized, distributed and shared environments, it will no longer work to infer the "performance" of an application by looking at various resource utilization statistics. Rather it will become essential to define application performance as response time – and to directly measure the response time and throughput of every application in production. This paper makes the case for how application performance management for virtualized and cloud based environments needs to be modernized to suit these new environments.
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DataCore Virtual SAN introduces the next evolution in Software-defined Storage (SDS) by creating high-performance and highly-available shared storage pools using the disks and flash storage in your servers. It addresses the requirements for fast and reliable access to storage across a cluster of servers at remote sites as well as in high-performance applications.Download this white paper to learn about:
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