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John 19:16-30
August 9, 1970
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Our Scripture reading for this morning is taken from the nineteenth chapter of John's gospel. Please turn in your Bibles to John chapter 19 and I'd like to read as you follow verses 16 through verse 30. Beginning in verse 16, John records: "Then delivered he Him therefore unto them to be crucified. They took Jesus and led Him away and He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified Him and two others with Him on either side, one and Jesus in the center. And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the city and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, "Write not the King of the Jews, but He said, I am King of the Jews.' Pilate answered, 'What I have written I have written.' Then the soldiers when they had crucified Jesus took His garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part and also His coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, 'Let us not tear it but cast lots for it, whose it shall be' that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith, 'They parted My raiment among them, and for My vesture they did cast lots.' These things therefore the soldiers did.
"Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother and the disciple standing by whom He loved, He saith unto His mother, 'Woman, behold thy son.' Then saith He to the disciple, 'Behold thy mother.' And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own house.
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, 'I thirst.' Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar and they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it upon hyssop and put it to His mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, 'It is finished,' and He bowed His head and gave up the spirit."
May God bless this most wonderful portion of Scripture.
As you well know, we have been studying for many months now the gospel of John. I believe that the only ministry that really is an ultimately effective ministry is an expositional ministry where you study through books in the Bible. But as I said, I prefer to study passages verse by verse and go through the verses and explain what the Word of God says. But because our time is limited in doing that today and because also we want to focus clearly on the cross of Christ, I've decided to study for just a brief time this morning the cross as John teaches it in his gospel. So we're going to stay in the gospel of John in terms of our series, but digress from the pattern of verses that we've been discussing and just take the subject of the cross as John deals with it. And we'll be jumping around a little bit in the gospel of John and seeing the various aspects of the cross that John presents. In terms of a type of theology, we would call this restrictive theology. That is we are restricting our study to the theology of the cross as presented by only one writer, that is John. We're not going to take the whole composite of the New Testament and what it teaches on the cross, nor are we going to compare Paul and John or any other such comparison. What we want to do is examine what John says about the significance of the cross of Christ. And certainly nothing could be more fitting than that, an examination of the cross on this communion and certainly in terms of our study of the gospel of John it fits to look at John's presentation of the cross.
Now with that in mind, as we have seen by now in our study of John's gospel, John's gospel is a mixture. It is a mixture of the very simple and the profound. On the one hand it can be understood by the most humble, simplest-minded person in the world. It is so simple a child can comprehend the person of Christ and the plan of salvation. The child can read the stories of the miracles of Jesus in a Sunday-school class at the age of five or six years and understand. And at the same time that it is simple, it is infinitely divinely supernaturally profound so that the wisest Bible scholar, the holiest saint does not even attempt the statement that he has fully understood the depths of the gospel of John. Simple and yet profound, and thus we examine John and we find what we can understand and what we cannot understand...what we can understand we apply to life, what we cannot understand we apply to faith. So we see in the gospel of John this glorious union of the simple and the profound.
Then we see the major theme of John. I know you know this. We repeat it every time. I want you to get it. I trust it's embedded in your brain. John has one central theme, one relentless dogma that stalks every paragraph and that one central theme is this, Jesus Christ is God in a body. He's God in human flesh. He is deity, full God. And as such, He is the Christ the Messiah of Israel, the Savior of the world. John's one relentless theme is the deity of Jesus Christ. He is God, not one of many, not A, but God. This is his central theme.
Now also, John only has a few sub-themes. Every writer in the Bible has a major theme usually, and many sub-themes. The writers all have sub-themes, there's always a recurring series of thoughts. Most of them also have a major theme. John has a major theme and then he has some sub-themes. But they are very few. Paul, for example, has a multiplicity of sub-themes in any of his books. We studied Romans and there are just again and again brand new themes introduced all along in Paul's thought. John is not that way. John gets on one thing and just keeps driving it and driving it and driving it and driving it. And his sub-themes are few and they're unchanging and they keep weaving themselves through the book. They don't appear here and then a new sub-theme here, and then a new sub-theme here. They're the same all the way through. His major theme goes all through, so does the sub-themes. It's as if the major theme is a piece of rope going completely through the book and woven into that rope are colored strands of string that are all a part of it woven in. The sub-themes recur and recur and recur and they're unchanging.
You say, "What are the sub-themes?" Well they're very few and very simple. His sub-themes, apart from the deity of Christ, are these...the Father-Son idea, God and His Father... God, I should say, and His Son Christ; the subject of life and death, the subject of light and darkness, the subjects of truth and falsehood and then three things, judgment, holiness and...judgment, witness and love. Those are John's sub-themes...Father/Son; light/darkness, life/death, truth, falsehood, judgment, witness and love. Those are the sub-themes of John. And very beautifully John takes all those sub-themes, and I don't have time to do this, this morning, but I'll just give you the end result. John takes all those sub-themes and focuses them on the cross.
For example, the Father/Son sub-theme, the theme of the Father and the Son is keyed at the cross. As Christ goes to the cross saying, "Not My will, but...what?...Thine be done." As Christ was on the cross and says, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" The Father/Son theme focuses on God's plan and Christ's willingness to go to the cross.
Then the themes of life and death focus on the cross, don't they?...as Christ dies on the cross and comes to life and consequently provides by His death life for us. The theme of light and darkness focus on the cross, as dark men are liberated in the light by the death of Christ. The theme of truth and falsehood centers on the cross, the falsehood of legalism. The falsehood of salvation by works is shattered by the death of Christ, the sacrificial act by which salvation is provided not through works but through faith. And truth came with Christ. And then those three themes, the last three--judgment, witness and love-all focus on the cross. God's judgment on sin is on the cross. God's love is on the cross. And our witness to Christ is His death on the cross.
So John takes...and that's just a sketch...John takes all these sub-themes and weaves them in to focus on the cross. And so the cross and the death of Christ on the cross become...get this...the common ground for all of John's gospel. His theme, the deity of Christ, focuses on the cross. All his sub-themes focus on the cross. That's why John records the words of Christ at His death, "It is finished." That's the climax of all the themes of John as well as the climax to the redemptive life of Christ. So the cross becomes common ground on which all of John's themes meet and that's a fitting thing because the cross is a common ground where God and man meet, isn't it? There's only one place where we can meet God, that's on the common ground of the cross of Jesus Christ. You can't come to God by good works. You can't come to God by religion. You can't come to God even by reading the Bible. You come to God only on the common ground of the cross of Christ, accepting His death and atonement on your behalf. And so John's common ground is the cross and so is ours. On this communion Sunday, what would be more fitting than to study what John teaches us about the cross? We're not going to study it all, fortunately, but just part of it. Time would obviously not permit.
But I do want to show you four things that John teaches about the cross in his gospel. And we're going to be flipping around rapidly, but I want you to get four things that John teaches about the cross. Here they are, the cause for the cross, the cure in the cross, the contrast at the cross and the consequences from the cross...the cure, the...pardon me, the cause, the cure, the contrast and the consequences.
Notice, first of all, the cause for the cross, chapter 8 verse 24. Why the cross? It says in 8:24, Jesus speaking, "I say therefore unto you that ye shall die in your sins for if ye believe not that I am He, that is Messiah, God's Son, ye shall die in your sins." Now that's an emphatic statement. Jesus is saying sin is a serious problem. The cause for the cross was the fact that men were dying in their sin. I know some critics have come along and said, "Well, the cause of the cross is simple...Jesus tried to exercise a little bit of religious patriotism and He got a little bit carried away so they took His life and He's a poor, frustrated patriot." Well that's foolishness. Why would people think it was a mistake Christ never intended to die and He got martyred inadvertently and messed up His whole operation.
Listen, the cause of the cross was not chance, the cause of the cross was not some kind of luck or unluck, the cause of the Christ (cross) was not some kind of a misguided resolution. The cause of the cross pure and simple was the fact that without the cross men would die in their sins. That's the cause of the cross. There's only one way, says the Bible, that sin can be remitted, and that is by the shedding of blood and the cross was necessary because of the sin of man that was causing man's death here and in eternity. And so the Bible clearly and John clearly presents the cause of the cross as the sinfulness of sin, the seriousness of sin. And John brings this out so beautifully, so clearly. He points to the fact that man is sinful and that sin is bringing about a death and a perishing that is both here and now and eternal. Sin demands that someone die and so someone has to die for us or we die in our own sin. Sin demands the payment of blood, so someone must shed blood. So the death of Christ was caused by the seriousness of sin.
Now John takes two angles on this. I just want to share them with you. They're not anything profound, we're just reviewing the thoughts of the cross as we approach the Lord's table. But John takes two interesting angles to present the seriousness of sin here in his gospel. Angle number one is this, to begin with John makes it clear that unless sin is dealt with, man will perish eternally. And this he points up in John 3:16 where he says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son and whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Without Jesus Christ, without the cross men perish, eternal death and the fate of perishing is a very real thing. John shows how serious sin is when he says that if a man lives in his sin and refuses the salvation offered in Jesus Christ and if a man refuses the shed blood of Christ on the cross, refuses to receive Christ as Savior, that man's sin is so serious that He perishes eternally. That is serious. Those who do not believe, those who do not receive Christ do not have eternal life but perish. John's constant reference is to the fact that without Jesus Christ men are hopelessly lost and about to perish. In fact, John makes constant reference to the world and he shows that the world is in total sin and that all men are in danger of perishing.
Listen, if the gospel was for the world, then the world must need it. And the only reason the world would need the gospel would be that without the gospel they perish. And that's exactly the truth. All men are in danger of perishing. And John says this is serious and this is why God sent Christ to die to stop this.
And then John presents this idea of the seriousness of sin a second way from another angle. He presents it as the wrath of God. In chapter 3 verse 36 John shows how the wrath of God operates against sin. Sin is so serious it can cause a man to perish eternally, secondly, John says, sin is so serious that it causes the wrath of God to be activated. Verse 36, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abides on him." In other words, John says sin is so serious that, now watch this, by its very existence it activates the wrath of God. God is of purer eyes than to look upon iniquity. God cannot tolerate sin. And by the very principles of the universe, when sin exists it activates, it sets off God's wrath. It's like a fire in a building where they have a sprinkler system, as soon as the flame hits the wax or whatever happens to be the touch-off point, the water is released. Whenever sin comes into existence, whenever it appears, by its very nature it activates the wrath of God. This is not a future thing, this is a now thing. That's why John says, "He that believeth not is condemned...and what's the next word?...already." It's a now thing. The wrath of God is activated at the moment of the existence of sin. Why? Because the universe is built on moral, spiritual principle.
And I've illustrated this so many times but I need to do it again because it points up the truth of this fact. If you jump off a building, you're standing on a twenty-story building and someone says, "Don't jump because if you jump some time later in the future you're liable to get hurt." There's no future about it, you jump, you're going to get it right now. And if you jump, God doesn't have to kill you. God doesn't have to kill you. The law of gravity will. I always think of the two morons who were shooting ducks and one of them shot a duck and it fell down and landed right down on the anchor in the boat. One moron looked at the other one and said, "That was a stupid thing, you didn't need to waste a bullet, the fall would have killed it." Well it's the same kind of a thing. God doesn't need to take pot-shots at men in kind of a personal retribution vengeance, God doesn't need to go around just judging indiscriminately or discriminately. God merely set the universe into a moral pattern and all a man needs to do is bring sin into the picture and it activates the wrath of God. And that's why the unbelieving man is condemned not in the future but already he lives in a state of condemnation. He lives in a pattern of the exhibiting of the wrath of God. It's permanent. The sinner lives in a state, in a state of calamity culminating some day in the horrible calamity of dying in sin and perishing eternally.
So John shows the seriousness of sin from two angles...the present idea that a man exists under the wrath of God, the future idea that he's going to perish eternally. Serious...sin is serious, so serious it caused the cross. You think God would have sent His only begotten Son to die on a cross needlessly? No, it was caused by sin. Sin has far-reaching consequences.
You know, the Jews had a little time understanding this. They always felt that sin only...only was punished in temporal life. You know, here and now, because the jew believed that by virtue of his very existence he was assured of the Kingdom, see. The Jew believed he was saved just by being a Jew, just by nationality. Remember Romans 2? The Jew believed that he was on the inside already and that there would never be any possibility of him being lost, or his being outside God's plan or of perishing. That was an absolutely unthinkable thought. The Jew thought that everything that happened in terms of punishment for sin happened right here and now. Remember when the man born blind was confronted by Jesus in chapter 9? He was born blind and the Jews...the disciples, His own disciples, Jews, of course, said to Him, "Who sinned? This man or his parents?" See. They assumed that everything that happened in life was a result of sin and that all sin was taken care of for them in this life. And Jesus said, "Nobody sinned, this is done that the works of God might be seen." In other words, they had the idea that all that was going to be happening in terms of punishment for sin would take place here. Jesus says it's not that simple. There is a present tense...oh yes, there very definitely is. There is a present living under the wrath of God right here and right now in this world. That's right, there is. In case you don't think so, refresh your memory. It says, "The wrath of God," we just read it, "The wrath of God abideth on Him." The word "abideth" is present tense, right here and right now. For the unbelieving man it's not a future wrath, it's a present thing. The wrath of God presently, continually abides on man. Right here, right now he's subject to God's wrath.
But that's not all. Lest the Jews think the extent of it is in this life, that's not all. Jesus says there is a future judgment to add to what goes on in this life. You might look at it in John 5:27. Jesus says that He has been given authority to execute judgment. What kind of judgment is this? Well notice verse 28, "Marvel not at this for the hour is coming in which all that are in the grave shall hear His voice and shall come forth, they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation." There is a punishment in this life in living under the wrath of God but there is a full judgment in the life to come, a resurrection of damnation. Yes men without God are judged already, condemned already, but that's not the end of it. There's a future eternal perishing for those without Christ.
You know, John's...that's a brilliant writer, especially under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit who was really writing every word for him, using his own personality and all. And John didn't make a mistake. There are two words that John could have used for judgment, krimaand krisis. Krima means a fact, judgment is a fact. Last Tuesday he was judged, boom-bam, it was a fact. Tomorrow I will be judged, boom, just a fact in time, one point, that's it. That's krima.But John doesn't use krima. John uses krisis, krisis is a process.
You know what John says? The unregenerate man is not just waiting for a fact of judgment, he is living in a process of judgment. He is under the constant judgment of God continuously. The man without Jesus Christ persists in abiding in the wrath of God, he is literally a slave. That's exactly...exactly the words of chapter 8 verse 34 and I'm going to read it to you, don't look it up, just listen. "Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily I say unto you, whomsoever committeth sin is the doulos, slave, of sin.'" A man in sin is enslaved to it. It's not a fact, it's a process of slavery. A slave is not liberated at all, he binds himself to that which masters him. And it's kind of a tragic thing because Satan gives the illusion of freedom, see. And sadly and truthfully, men who go out and sin do it happily and they do it with feeling that they are controlling their own actions and they figure, "Well, I can sin this time, I know it's wrong, or I can do it next time I'll say no," see. And they feel they have a certain freedom but that freedom, folks, is an illusion. There is no freedom in slavery, none at all. And a man's sin only changes forms, he's never released from it. It may be a little different next time then it was last time, but it's still sin...it just changes form. There is no freedom because he's a slave. You see, man is never the master of sin, sin is always the master of a man.
You know what Christ came to do? Did you ever think of it like this? This is kind of interesting, kind of exciting. If men have the illusion of freedom, then Christ came to shatter that illusion and replace it with true freedom. Isn't that what Paul tells us when he says in Galatians, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty where with Christ has...what?...made us free?" You see, Satan gives to a man in sin the illusion that he's free. I have for ten years shared Christ with a certain person, same story now as it was ten years ago, "I don't want to receive Christ because I'm free to do what I want now and if I receive Him, I won't be free," see. And I keep telling him, "That's not the way it is." But Satan has planted in his mind such an illusion of freedom that he actually believes that being able to choose between different forms of sin is some kind of liberty when it isn't. So you know what Christ came to do? Shatter the illusion of freedom, make you see that you're a slave and then give you true freedom. This is what John says, and oh, he points it out so clearly in chapter 9 verse 39, he quotes Jesus and listen to what Jesus says, and Jesus says, "For judgment I came into this world." I came to shatter the illusion of freedom. Watch this, "That they who see not might see." Now watch this one, "And that they who see might be made blind."
You know, some people think they see. Christ says I came to make them blind. I came, first of all, to shatter the illusion and make men who think they see, who think they have liberty know they're slaves. And then once I've got them blinded in slavery, I can open their eyes again to true freedom. Jesus came to judge. Jesus came to blind the people that think they see in order that they might really see. He came to shatter the illusion of freedom, replace it with true freedom and men so lost in sin and so enmeshed in sin didn't see when He came, unfortunately. They thought they saw but they didn't. And instead of seeing the light, they loved the darkness, didn't they? You know, it's interesting, nobody would say the sun shines for the purpose of creating shadows, would they? The sun shines for the purpose of...what?...giving light, right? But whenever it gives light it also throws shadows, doesn't it? You know why Jesus came? To give light. Whenever He gave light, He also cast shadow and some people love the shadows more than the light. That's the seriousness of sin.
And so, this process of living in darkness ends in a final disastrous calamity of perishing eternally. My Dad always used to say that death doesn't change anything, it just crystallizes into permanency what you are in life. If you're condemned already, you'll be condemned there. And if you're perishing now, you'll perish then. If you're dying now, you'll die then. The poet was right when he said, "Still as of old, man by himself is priced, for 30 pieces Judas sold himself, not Christ." When a man rejects Jesus Christ he sentences himself to perishing and he prices himself out.
And so, John says the cause of the cross is the seriousness of sin. Secondly and very simply and quickly, he says the cure of the cross...cure in the cross is the forgiveness of sin. Chapter 12 verse 32...in chapter 12 verse 32 Jesus said, "And I if I be lifted up from the earth will draw all men unto Myself." Christ talking about being crucified when He says "lifted up." He is saying that My death will bring salvation to man. This is John's message. Remember the words of John the Baptist in John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away...what?...the sin of the world." You see, the cure is in the cross, He takes it away and He can only take it away as a Lamb slain. The one who believes in Jesus Christ, the one who receives Him, the one who accepts His death in his behalf, that one has a cure for sin. The cure for sin is in the cross, it's through Christ.
So, in John 5:24 Jesus says, "Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth My word and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and shall not come into judgment but is passed from death unto life." When you believe in Christ and accept the offering of Himself on the cross, you have eternal life. That's present tense. Do you realize that I have eternal life right now? That I am right now living in eternal life, and so are you if you love Christ. Isn't that a fantastic thought? You're not waiting for eternal life, you have it. Nothing can ever kill that life. Oh my body may die, death can only kill my body, it can't touch my life. Eternal life isn't a quantity of life, you see, it's a kind of life, it's a quality of life. It's the kind of life that can't die. My body may go, will go unless the Rapture happens first, but nobody is about to kill my life, it's eternal...it's eternal. And John says, "He that hath the Son hath life," in his epistle and here he says, "If you believe you have life, everlasting life." And the only way you can ever have everlasting life would be to have your sin taken care of, so evidently that's what the cross does, takes away sin.
And, you know, the only way you can appropriate that life and appropriate the cross is by faith. Did you know that? It's by believing. It's so simple. Just accept the sacrifice of Christ, believe and receive Him, John said. That's all. You see, Christ told us that it demands faith. John reminds us of this. But may I add one thing that's very important? It's always the folly of the procrastinator to think he can come to God any time you want. Don't you believe that. It's always the folly of the glib person to say, "Well, when I get ready I'll come to God." Don't you believe that. Jesus said this, "No man comes unto Me except the Father...what?...draws him." And listen to this, we just read it in John 12:32, Jesus said, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men to Myself." He didn't say, "When I get on a cross all men will run to Me." He said, "I'll draw them." Listen, you can't come to Christ any time you want. You come to Christ only when the Father draws you...only when the Son draws you...only when the Spirit of God, John says in chapter 16, convicts you. So if you haven't learned that lesson, look back to the pre-flood civilization and remember these words, God said, "My Spirit shall not always strive with man." That's why the Bible so carefully says, "Today is the day of salvation." When you sense the conviction of God, move. Jesus said, "I'll draw men." He said in chapter 5 verse 21, "For the Father raiseth up the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son gives life...listen to this...to whom He will."
When you sense the convicting power of the Spirit of God, when you sense the drawing power of Jesus Christ, when you sense the attractiveness of His beautiful person...that's the time to come to Christ because there may come a time in your life when you no longer sense that conviction, when you no longer feel the beauty of Jesus Christ and sense His drawing power. And at that point, it's too late. Come while you may. It's a folly to think you can come whenever you want. You may never want to again.
And so says John, there's not only a cause for the cross...sin, there's a cure in the cross, salvation is provided. Thirdly, and just I want to mention it and that's all, there's a contrast at the cross. You say, "What's the contrast?" Well, in chapter 1 John tells us what the contrast is. Two things meet at the cross, verse 14, "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth." Verse 16, "And of His fullness have all we received and grace for grace." Verse 17, here's the contrast, "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
You know what the contrast is at the cross then? The contrast between what? Law and grace. What put Christ on the cross? The Law did, didn't it? You say, "How did the Law put Him there/" I'll tell you how. "The wages of sin is...what?" That's the Law, right? You sin, you die. So the Law said somebody has to die for sin. So the Law put Him there. You know what else put Him there? Grace put Him there. Grace said, "How about a substitute?" God loved us so much that He provided a substitute. That's grace, isn't it? Law says somebody has to die. Grace says Christ will in your place. See? So Law and Grace met at the cross, didn't they? And you know what? When Christ died, the Law was totally fulfilled and so you know what happened? The Law was taken care of and after the cross there's no law, only grace. The Law said death, Christ died...the Law was done. And what's left is grace. You see the contrast at the cross? The Law came by Moses but Grace and truth by Jesus Christ. This is the beautiful reality of the cross.
You know, the Jews thought that salvation was by works, they didn't understand. Ole Philip and Nathanael understood Him. Remember in the first chapter when he says, "We have found Him of whom Moses and the prophets wrote." See? Nothing new. Jesus Christ was the one the Old Testament prophets were talking about. Chapter 5 verse 39 says, Jesus speaking, listen to this, "Search the Scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life...watch this...and they are they which testify of Me." The Old Testament was talking about Jesus. Did you know that? In all the sacrifices, in all the prophecies, in all the types and all the symbols, Christ was the fulfillment of all of it.
And then may I add this thought? If that is true then the cross wasn't just Christ, it was also God, wasn't it? Some people have the idea, you know, one writer said that salvation is kind of...Christ's death is kind of like Christ wringing from the hands of an angry God all those that God's going to crush. You know, we've got God up there, sort of a compassionless demigod about to destroy the world and Christ runs to the rescue of the world. That's a bunch of boloney. Listen, the cross is just as much God as it is Christ, for it was God who so loved that He gave. Salvation proceeds from God's loving heart foretold all through the Old Testament. And when Christ went to the cross He said this, "I do the will of Him that sent Me." The whole plan of the Law was fulfilled in Christ and grace issued from His cross. Tremendous truth.
Well, fourthly and lastly, we've seen the cause, the cure, the contrast at the cross, look at the consequences. Just two things. What did the cross provide? Well John 3:16 John says it right, "For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." First thing it provided was a salvation with a quality of life called everlasting life. That's why the next verse says, "God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved." Salvation, that's the cross. The cross provided salvation. It redeemed men to God, John said. And from the cross life came out of death. And at the cross light came out of darkness. Truth burst forth from falsehood. Eternal bliss replaced eternal judgment. All at the cross. All sin was crushed. All evil was defeated. Satan was conquered. All the accusations of Satan's mouth have been stopped by those who love Christ. Salvation provided at the cross.
You see, without the shedding of blood there can be no salvation. Christ shed blood for us. Salvation is possible. By faith we apprehend it. John tells us that we have to receive Christ by faith, doesn't he? But you know something, here's a fascinating truth about John I discovered in studying. Do you know that John never uses the word "faith" one time in his whole gospel? Not once. But listen to this, here's a thriller. He uses the word...the verb "to believe" ninety times. Now let me show you why I believe this is true. If he had used the word for "faith," the noun, faith would have been an object, you know like faith is this or faith is that or faith...he doesn't talk about faith as an object. He uses the verb and he makes "faith" a process, see. He doesn't say "have faith." That's not John's character. He says, "Keep on believing." See? John makes the Christian life not a point in history but a process of living. It's a continual pattern of believing. Boy, he's got it right. Faith is not a passive static thing, it's a moving dynamic life. And so we keep on believing in Jesus Christ.
But the cross not only provided salvation, lastly one glorious thing the cross provided was this, unity, oneness. You know why we are one in Christ? Because we all met Him on the same common ground. Where? The cross. Every one of us, as I've said, is kind of like a snowflake in God's eyes, all of us came to Him a different way, didn't we? All through our own life and every one of our relationships to Christ is unique, isn't it? Your's isn't like mine. Mine's not like your's. But you want to know something? We all stand on the same common ground...the cross of Jesus Christ. And that unity is something beautiful.
I love the words of Christ when He talked about this. It just...to me it's so thrilling to just realize that I'm one with all of you and every believer and one with Christ. What a joy. In John 10, I love these two verses, verse 15 and 16. He says in verse 15, "As the Father knoweth Me," Jesus talking, "even so I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep." If you're a Christian, you're one of those sheep. Now listen to verse 16, what a thrill. "And other sheep I have...Gentiles...that are not of this fold, them also I must bring and they shall hear My voice...listen to this...and there shall be...what?...one fold and...what?...one Shepherd." Unity in Christ. And oh those precious, precious words of John 17 where Jesus says, listen, verse 21, "That they may be one as Thy Father art to Me and I in Thee that they also may be one in us."
You know, you've got two things there. In chapter 10 you've got a positional oneness, in chapter 17 you've got a practical oneness. In chapter 10 He says, "You are one...positionally." In chapter 17 He says, "Why don't you act like the one you are?" See? Unity at the cross. You and I as Christians all met at the cross, didn't we? That's the point of our union. That's our contact with God. No wonder John focuses on the cross.
So, John resolves all his themes at the cross. They're all there. The cross was everything. It still is. What could be more fitting this morning as we enter into a communion service than to take our stand beneath that cross?
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NHM 101 Introduction to Human Nutrition. Three hours.
Introduction to principles of the science of nutrition, with implications for and applications to food selection for individuals of all ages.
NHM 105 Personal Nutrition. Three hours.
Discussion and application of nutrition as it relates to personal health.
NHM 195 Introduction to Dietetics and Nutrition. One hour.
An overview of the professions in nutrition and dietetics. Course includes guest speakers and lectures.
NHM 201 Nutrition in the Life Cycle. Three hours.
Prerequisite: NHM 101.
Corequisite: BSC 215:216 or permission of the instructor.
Application of principles of basic nutrition to each stage of the life cycle. Emphasis is on the relationship of nutrition to growth, development, and health.
NHM 210 Dynamics of Weight Control. Three hours.
Analysis of interaction of nutrition and exercise in weight control. Techniques for measuring energy needs, estimating body composition, applying nutrition principles to weight control, and evaluating popular diet and exercise programs.
NHM 253 Food Science. Three hours.
Relation of food composition and structure to food preparation. One lecture, two laboratories.
NHM 302 Nutrition for Restaurant Managers. Three hours.
The course is designed to address issues concerning marketing of healthy menus. Its content focuses on nutrition as it relates to chronic disease; nutrient analysis of menus and recipes; and consumer interest in nutrition.
NHM 305 Vegetarian Nutrition. Three hours.
This course will provide students with an introduction to vegetarian nutrition, including background information on general nutrition. This course will also cover a vegetarian diet's role in disease prevention, courses of plant-based nutrients, vegetarian diets throughout the life cycle, food policy, and how to implement vegetarian diets into different areas of dietetic practice.
NHM 315 Nutrition for Performance. Three hours.
Prerequisite: NHM 101 or permission of the instructor.
This course is designed to address nutrition issues related to exercise and athletic performance.
NHM 361 Nutritional Biochemistry. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 101, CH 104, and CH 105.
Intermediary metabolism of carbohydrates, fat, and protein with emphasis on homeostatic regulation in health and disease.
NHM 362 Nutrition at the Cellular Level. Three hours.
Prerequisites or corequisites: NHM 101, NHM 201, NHM 253, CH 104, CH 105, BSC 215:216, and NHM 361.
Physiological and chemical bases of nutrient needs.
NHM 363 Applied Nutrition. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 101 and NHM 201.
Corequisite: BSC 215:216.
Principles of nutrition assessment, including interviewing and nutrition care plans. Application of principles to selected stages of the life cycle.
NHM 365 Medical Nutrition Therapy I. Three hours.
Prerequisites or corequisites: NHM 362, BSC 215:216, NHM 363, and NHM 361; or permission of department head.
Study of pathophysiology and medical nutrition therapy for specific disease conditions.
NHM 366 Supervised Practice in Medical Nutrition Therapy I. Two hours.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.
Corequisite: NHM 365.
Supervised clinical dietetics experience applying NHM 365 coursework.
NHM 372 Introduction to Food Systems Management. Three hours.
Course includes theories, functions, and principles of management and tools for decision making. Offered in the fall semester.
NHM 373 Purchasing and Design in Food-Service Systems. Three hours.
Principles, methods, and techniques used in purchasing food and equipment. Analysis of layout and design and of techniques used in evaluating work flow.
NHM 374 Quantity Food Production and Service. Four hours.
Prerequisite: NHM 253.
Theory and techniques of quantity food production and service. Application of theory through management of a student-operated cafeteria.
NHM 376 Spreadsheet Applications in Hospitality Management. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 175, AC 201, and NHM 468.
A hands-on introduction to the use of computer spreadsheets in the hospitality industry. Using knowledge gained through field experiences, students develop spreadsheets to meet the financial and operational management needs of a specific hotel or restaurant.
NHM 390 Supervised Practice in Food-Service Management I. Three hours.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Coordinated Program in Dietetics, NHM 372, NHM 373, and NHM 374; or permission of department head.
NHM 401 Nutrition for Health Professionals. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Eight hours of biological sciences.
Covers the practical application of principles of normal nutrition (including the nutritive value of foods) and introduces nutrition for persons with health problems. Primarily for students pursuing careers in health care.
NHM 432 Nutrition Counseling and Education. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 101 and NHM 201.
Focuses on counseling skills and selected counseling theories as they apply to nutrition counseling. Incorporates principles of education in teaching nutrition to various populations.
NHM 454 Experimental Food Science. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 101, NHM 253, and CH 105; or permission of department head.
Corequisite: BER 345.
Chemical and physical factors affecting food preparation; experimental methods applied to food preparation problems. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. Offered in the fall semester. One lecture, two laboratories.
NHM 463 Community Nutrition. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 201 and NHM 363.
Nutrition assessment of individuals and groups; provision of nutrition services in the community. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.
NHM 464 Supervised Practice in Community Nutrition. One hour.
Corequisites: NHM 463 and admission to the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.
Experiences that include nutrition assessment and counseling and delivery of nutrition services in the community.
NHM 465 Medical Nutrition Therapy II. Three hours.
Prerequisite: NHM 365.
Continuation of NHM 365. Basic principles of enteral and parenteral nutrition support, as well as advanced medical nutrition therapy for critical care.
NHM 466 Supervised Practice in Medical Nutrition Therapy II. Three hours.
Corequisites: NHM 465 and admission to the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.
Supervised clinical dietetics experience applying NHM 465 coursework.
NHM 475 Management of Food-Service Systems. Three hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 372, NHM 373, and NHM 374.
Through lectures and class discussions, the theory, functions, and principles of management are applied. Emphasis is on personnel and financial management, problem solving, decision making, and systems analysis.
NHM 476 Supervised Practice in Food-Service Systems Management II. Two hours.
Corequisites: NHM 475 and admission to the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.
Supervised practice in an institutional food service setting applying NHM 475 coursework.
NHM 490 Directed Individual Study. One to six hours.
Prerequisites: NHM 372, NHM 373, NHM 374, NHM 363, NHM 365, and NHM 362; or permission of the department head.
Individual study in management, clinical dietetics, or community dietetics. The student is required to spend 120 clock hours at the assigned site.
NHM 494 RISE Practicum: Nutritional and Developmental Disabilities. One to five hours.
Individual study in nutritional assessment of preschool children with developmental disabilities. Students will apply theories learned while working with children at RISE.
NHM 495 Seminar in Dietetics and Nutrition. Two hours.
Discussion of current topics and research in the areas of nutrition and institution management and the related professional organizations. Offered in the spring semester.
NHM 499 Undergraduate Research. Three hours.
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Hoover boys hang on, edge Scott 55-47
FALLING ROCK, W.Va. -- Herbert Hoover played a practically perfect first half Tuesday night, but it nearly wasn't enough.
The Huskies developed an untimely rash of turnovers against Scott's manic pressure defense in the second half, but managed to hold on for a 55-47 Cardinal Conference victory.
Cody Morris, a versatile 6-foot-6 senior, helped right Hoover's ship as it began to take on all sorts of water. He finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots.
Aaron Burdette scored a dozen points for the Huskies (7-3, 3-2) and Joey Forbes nearly added another double-double (10 points, nine rebounds).
It was the third straight loss for the Skyhawks (8-3, 5-3), who started last week as the No. 1 team in Class AA, but have since dropped to No. 3.
"I'm proud of the effort our kids gave tonight,'' said Hoover coach Jeff Gandee. "We tell them everything else will fall into place if you have the effort.''
Everything was clicking for the Huskies at the outset. They built a 34-18 lead at halftime with impeccable basketball, shooting 71 percent (15 of 21), committing only two turnovers and two fouls and outrebounding Scott 12-10.
"We've been focusing on defense the last two practices before this game,'' said Scott coach Nick Cabell, "but we didn't play defense in the first half. We gave them way too much space and got nothing from the help side. They knocked down just about everything they put up.''
The lead even grew as high as 18 to start the third quarter as Hoover again hit its first two shots. But then it got dicey for the home side as the Skyhawks' relentless defense began to force mistake after mistake.
Hoover turned it over seven times in the third quarter and 11 more times in the fourth for a total of 20.
The Skyhawks shaved that deficit all the way back to a two-possession game at 49-43 on an Eric May jumper from the foul line with three minutes left and 51-45 on two May free throws with 1:25 to go. Scott stole another inbound pass right after that, but missed two good looks at the basket.
Hoover was also a bit shaky at the foul line, going 7 of 15 in the final quarter, but Forbes made a pair with 43 seconds left and Josh Blackwell two more in the final moments.
"We got a little too comfortable in the second half,'' Morris said. "We played a little conservative and got wild with the ball. We have a tendency to do that - turn the ball over. Every day in practice, coach preaches, 'Turnovers, turnover, turnovers - limit them.' Because every game we've lost, they've bit us in the butt, every single one.''
Scott wound up swiping the ball 13 times.
"We were causing a little bit of havoc,'' Cabell said, "but you can't do that the whole game because your kids will wear out. But we did scratch and claw in the second half.''
May led the Skyhawks with 19 points and Matt Dolan added 13, with Anthony Sigmon grabbing six rebounds.
Gandee didn't want to lose sight of the fact his team did turn in a sharp first half, even though it unraveled some later.
"The best half we've played all year against anybody,'' he said. "We tried to make sure we understood the situation in the second half. We just didn't do a very good job of protecting the ball when we needed to. We didn't respond well in that situation.
"But we kept playing defense and kept playing hard. Scott didn't quit - they're too well-coached and their kids have too much desire to win. They gave us their best shot. They took us out of our offense in the second half. We tried to be a little more patient and burn as much clock as we can, but we made some bad decisions and took some shots we didn't need to be taking.''
Hoover ended at 61 percent shooting (22 of 36) with a 33-29 rebounding edge.
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After missing seven weeks of the season with an injury, Tremayne Scott was chomping at the bit to get back on the football field. It showed in last week's Independence Bowl as the senior defensive end exploded for a pair of sacks, an interception and five total tackles to lead Ohio University to a 45-14 rout of Louisiana-Monroe. The Trinity Catholic product, who measures 6-foot-4, 265 pounds, will now wait for an invitation to one of the senior all-star games in hopes of getting an NFL opportunity. Scott finished his senior season with 19 tackles and four sacks despite playing in just five games. Scott was an All-MAC performer as a junior and has been a major contributor for the Bobcats during the past four years as Ohio posted its most successful stretch in school history with four straight bowl appearances, including the Bobcats' first back-to-back bowl victories. Ohio won eight or more games in each of the last four seasons as Scott racked up 10 sacks and 102 tackles over his college career. CORTEZ ALLEN: Former North Marion High standout polished off a breakout season for the Pittsburgh Steelers with eight tackles and a pair of forced fumbles in Sunday's 24-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns. The second-year cornerback returned from injury on Dec. 23 and recorded 15 tackles, two interceptions, three forced fumbles, and three pass breakups over the last two weeks of the season. Allen finished the season with 55 total tackles. DRAYTON FLORENCE: Vanguard High graduate completed his 10th NFL season on Sunday. The veteran cornerback played in eight games, starting three, for the Detroit Lions. He recorded 19 tackles and picked off a pass in 2012. For his career, Florence has 460 tackles, 18 interceptions, two interception returns for touchdowns, and 86 passes defensed. KATIE PHEIL: Former Forest High swimmer has moved her dominant backstroke from Daytona State College — where she collected the gold in nationals in the 200 back last year — to Wingate University in North Carolina. The junior quickly made her mark on the Wingate program, setting a school record for the 200 back with a time of 2:01.5 for the NCAA Division II Bulldogs. Wingate and Pheil return to the pool Jan. 19 when the Bulldogs host Division I UNC-Wilmington. DANIEL FRANKLIN/KIMBALL HUBBARD: Pair of Forest High graduates are still playing side-by-side on the hardwood at Florida College in Temple Terrace. Franklin, a freshman guard, posted 21 points, 15 assists, four rebounds and two steals to help the Falcons to a pair of victories in December. Hubbard, a freshman forward, had his breakout game with a dozen points and seven rebounds in a loss to Johnson & Wales University earlier this month. The 7-10 Falcons return to the court on Jan. 11 when they host DeVry University. -----
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Drivers may experience delays over the next few weeks on busy streets in Hudson.
The city has hired tree removal crews to take down a public safety hazard -- infested ash trees.
City arborist Thomas Munn says "the last thing we want to have happen is to have a tree fall on a car, so we're addressing the roads with the highest traffic volume."
Most closures take place after morning rush hour and before afternoon rush hour. Delays are so crews can remove trees that are either dead or dying from ash borer infestation.
The emerald ash borer is an invasive insect first seen in the US in Michigan. It has spread from there to Wisconsin and Minnesota, all the way east to Conneticut. It lays eggs on the trees and the larvae burrow into the bark, killing the tree.
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Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) - The first round of the battle of New York
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Behind double-doubles from Brook Lopez and Deron Williams, the Brooklyn Nets
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The highly anticipated matchup was delayed more than three weeks by Hurricane
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from a five-point deficit late in regulation. However, Brooklyn put forth a
pivotal 7-0 run during overtime to gain early bragging rights as well as
record its third consecutive victory.
Lopez finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Williams racked up 16
points and 14 assists to help the Nets move to 7-1 at the first-year Barclays
The Knicks suffered their third defeat in four games despite 35 points and 13
rebounds from Brooklyn-born Carmelo Anthony and a career-high 28 points along
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Ladies, brace yourself — Dancing With the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy may be off the market.
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Taylor Swift is returning to the runway to headline the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the second year in a row.
The "Shake it Off" hitmaker took to the stage at the lingerie company's annual televised U.S. special last year, and bosses have recruited her again for the star-studded event, which will take place in London for the very first time.
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The best iPhone app for your job search: JobAware
The Internet has long since made Help Wanted searchable, interactive, even multimedia-enabled. But mobile developers haven't done much to make life easier on job seekers. Most of the category's apps are tethered to popular websites such as Monster and CareerBuilder and get low marks for ingenuity. We think free app JobAware sticks out — it's fundamentally sound and plenty helpful. Android users are out of luck — the app only exists for iPhone.
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Wandering off Interstate 580 into the city of Pleasanton, California, for someone who has never been to the place, it can appear like the Twilight Zone's "A Stop at Willoughby" episode and the shopping scene from The Stepford Wives has been spun into an antiseptically correct theme park for Yuppies. Drive a little deeper beyond the stark blandness of corporate business parks towards the Alameda County Fairgrounds and the town's over-sanitized veneer gives way to the rumble of American horsepower, and bright candy colors. At least that's how it was when we rolled into town for the Goodguys' 16th annual get-together held May 30-31, 2009. It was definitely a case of you can't judge a book by looking at the cover. Sure, there were a lot of tasty hot rods and customs that drove from afar to attend, but we also met a bunch of local folks who drug out some pretty amazing vintage tin as well. The trick to enjoying either one of the events held by the Goodguys in their hometown is to see past the futuristic baloney and get ready to enjoy some old-fashioned custom car show fun: For more information log on to www.good-guys.com.
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Brian Castle and his dad rolled in from Carmel, CA, with a bright yellow '66 Chevy stepside featuring a beautiful Ash (not Oak) wood bed floor from Bruce Horkey.Only the magenta accents painted in the side moldings date this fine mid-era C10 as an earlier build.The show had its fair share of '61-66 Ford F-100s as evidenced by this mild custom '65 F-100 Styleside longbed exhibited inside one of the buildings.
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In Burger Shop, you successfully created a universal chain of restaurants and found fame and fortune... Until one day, you found yourself in a dumpster with a bump on your head, your restaurants boarded up, and no memory of how any of it happened. Now, in Burger Shop 2, you must rebuild your restaurant empire by using your Time Management skills, adding new twists to your menu to entice new customers, while uncovering the truth about what happened to your original restaurant chain!
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Welcome to the 51st Humanist Symposium, coming to you on a truly auspicious day on which we celebrate two unarguably excellent things. Firstly, over here in the UK it's Mother's Day. Not to be confused with Mothering Sunday, which is a deprecated Christian festival that just happens to coincide with Mother's Day in Europe – but not in the US. It gets confusing. Mothers, though! I think we can all agree they're pretty great. Secondly, over there in the US it's Pi Day. 3.14. Without pi we wouldn't have the hula-hoop, Stargate or Quidditch, and wedding rings wouldn't work, so it's ... Read More »
Humanist Symposium #51
March 14, 2010


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Deputy Lt. John Davis of the Bee County Sheriff's Office said the incident took place at a residence on Ellis Road on the evening of May 24.
The sequence of events began at about 9:13 p.m. when Deputy Ryan Treviño received a call about someone plowing through several fences east of town.
Witnesses accurately described the vehicle involved in the incidents.
Treviño was able to find the suspected vehicle at a residence on Ellis Road and he called for assistance.
Deputy Sgt. Kevin Behr and Deputy Adrian Peña appeared and then Trooper Kolton Kendall arrived to fill out reports on the collisions with the fences.
When the lawmen entered the home, Davis said 19-year-old Christopher Centeno made a break for a bedroom and he was quickly followed by the deputies.
Peña was the first one through the bedroom door and he saw Centeno grab a rifle. The deputy was able to get behind the teen, get his arms up under the gunman's arms and grab the rifle with both hands.
As the men struggled for control of the gun, Davis said it was uncertain who would end up with the rifle.
Then Kendall pulled his Taser and fired at the suspect.
The 50,000 volts from the Taser incapacitated the would-be shooter and he was handcuffed and led to a patrol car.
Davis said deputies at the scene reported that Centeno asked them, "Why didn't you shoot me? That's what I wanted you to do."
"It was a close one," Davis said, remembering incidents in recent years where obviously distraught suspects ended up forcing law officers to shoot them.
Davis said if Kendall had not been there and had not responded as quickly as he did, deputies might have been forced to shoot the teen.
Centeno was taken to the Bee County Jail on charges of aggravated assault on a public servant, resisting arrest and evading arrest.
He was released the next day on bonds totaling $22,000 set by Justice of the Peace Abel Suniga.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ports and shippers must remain vigilant
May 26, 2011
While supply chain velocity is always a shipper concern, cargo security remains one of the highest priorities for seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Nor are the two issues mutually exclusive. We have now seen that more transparency and greater vigilance can actually enhance the movement of goods in and out of our entrepots.
To better enable seaports and their maritime partners to manage today's complex security issues, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) will hold its annual Port Security Seminar and Exposition July 20-22 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, hosted by the Port of New Orleans.
As our readers know, LM is heavily reliant on AAPA expertise when it comes to providing updates on "best port practices."
Among the topics to be discussed are legal issues and jurisdictions related to seaport crime; challenges of implementing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); and emerging trends in port security technology. In addition, the program will feature a federal roundtable discussion on port security featuring the Department of Homeland Security Port Security Program Section Chief Julian D. Gilman; lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill crisis last year; and security implications surrounding this year's nuclear disaster in Japan.
"Safe and secure seaport facilities are absolutely fundamental to protecting our citizens and national borders, and for moving the goods we all depend on every day," said Kurt Nagle, AAPA's president and CEO. "AAPA and its member ports collaborate with both government officials and private-sector security experts to maintain and enhance seaport security."
According to Gary LaGrange, the Port of New Orleans' president, ensuring the integrity of the supply chain requires a concerted effort by ports, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, and maritime industry stakeholders. "Protecting ports from both natural and man-made disasters is an increasingly complex issue. Conferences like this one help protect our ports by coordinating the efforts of all the parties who have a stake in keeping commerce flowing," said LaGrange.
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kenya, ethiopia, panama, guatemala
- Kenya AA Muranga - Kariani Our next Auction Lot has arrived and I can sum it up easily: blackberry syrup.
- Ethiopia Kochere District Yirgacheffe has lime and kumquat citrus notes, with spicey accents
- Guatemala FTO Huehuetenango -Asobagri Coop is balanced, fruited, with silky body
- Panama Boquete Lerida Estate Peaberry clean, crisp and bright. This is a special lot the farm does just for us.


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By Jennifer Lindgren
Cleveland, OH (WKYC) - A Cleveland girl is recovering at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Thursday night after touching a live, downed power line in Cleveland Thursday afternoon.
RBC officials say Gasia Thomas, 12, came in contact with a power line in her neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
A City of Cleveland spokesperson says the line is under the jurisdiction of CEI, a FirstEnergy company. It is unclear how long the active line was down.
A family member found Gasia clinging to the line and called 911.
East Cleveland firefighters were first on the scene. When they arrived, the little girl's heart had stopped beating. Firefighters were able to perform life-saving CPR and regain a pulse.
Gasia remains in critical condition in the Pediatric ICU at RBC.
Dr. Anthony DeRoss, Medical Director at the Trauma Center at RBC, says Gasia's skin burns are just the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to her injuries.
"It causes severe shock injury throughout the body, to the cardiac system as well to the muscles and tissues within the body," Dr. DeRoss said.
FirstEnergy released a statement Thursday night on the incident:
"We are currently investigating the tragic incident. The individual was transported to Rainbow Babies Hospital. (We )don't have any further information about the incident at this time. It's very important to remind everyone to stay well away from downed power lines, and not assume that they are de-energized.
"Any instance of a downed wire should be reported by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS or a local police or fire department to ensure the hazard is known and appropriate actions can be taken to preserve safety. Also, people should not touch or attempt to move limbs or other debris that are touching power lines, as they also present a danger."
A FirstEnergy spokesperson says power lines are still coming down, even days after Sandy passed through the area.
The Cleveland Department of Public Safety is warning people not to touch or even go near a downed or hanging power line.


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I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads, and they have bought out their services ... the cankers of a calm world and a long peace, ten times more dishonorable ragged than an old fazed ancient....Falstaff is speaking of trying to recruit ("press," impress by force) soldiers, in I Henry IV, IV, ii.
.....But for certain
He cannot buckle his distempered cause
Within the belt of rule. (MacBeth, V, ii.)
I have no doubt that you could have flung bricks by the hour in England's most densely populated districts without endangering the safety of a single girl capable of becoming Mrs. Augustus Fink-Nottle without an anaesthetic.
3/4 ounce (half a jigger) cream3/4 ounce (ditto) white creme de cacao1 and 1/2 ounce (a jigger) vodka2 ounces (a little more than a jigger) pineapple juice
1 and 1/2 ounce (1 jigger) cream3/4 ounce (half a jigger) white creme de cacao3/4 ounce (ditto) tequila1/4 ounce (1 and 1/2 teaspoons) amaretto
1/4 teaspoon borax
1/4 cup distilled water
1/2 cup mineral oil, or another oil that is liquid at room temperature (Almond is nice)
1/2 ounce (by weight) grated beeswax**(see below)
"Dissolve the borax in the water in a (one cup) glass measuring cup. Set aside. [Women who want a fragrant cream say that they add something nice to the water and borax at this point. A fruit infused tea bag, for example. Or, they simply use rose water.]
"Dump together the oil and beeswax in a larger (2-cup) glass measuring cup.
"Heat the oil/beeswax mix in a microwave until the beeswax is melted in and the mixture is clear.
"Heat the borax/water mix in a microwave for a minute - almost to boiling.
"Slowly pour the borax/water mixture into the oil/beeswax mixture, using a stick blender [immersion blender] to mix as you pour. Now beat well with the stick blender until the mix is glossy white and thickened up some. [Again, women looking for fragrance can add a few drops of an essential oil here. Rose is traditional but hugely expensive.]
"Pour the (hot) cold cream into an 8-ounce jar with a lid.
"Let it cool to room temperature.
"NOTE: If you don't have a stick blender you can beat the cold cream with a whisk or in a regular blender, but the cleanup will be much more difficult. By using glass measuring cups and a stick blender you will be able to simply wipe most of the excess off with paper towels, then wash in hot soapy water. Cleaning plastic measuring cups, and a whisk or (worse yet) a blender of this wax-containing product is difficult and a pain in the neck."
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The Welsh Colliery Disaster
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(Amgueddfa Cymru regrets that we are not able to provide an image for this item at this time. This is either due to copyright restrictions, or the item is awaiting digitisation. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.)
Date: 1901
Media: engraving on paper
Size: 269 x 200 mm
Acquired: 1987; Gift
Accession Number: 87.166I/72


text: Mystical, spiritual, cultural and culinary, Peru offers so many diverse enjoyments that it only makes sense to plan a customized guided tour. Set out with your bilingual guide on a journey to Machu Picchu, recently named "one of the new Seven Wonders of the World." Stand at the pinnacle of Incan power overlooking the ancient Lost City. Or explore extraordi ...nary ruins near Cusco such as Sacsahuaman made of massive stone blocks, once a royal retreat. Peru is open for all adventures. Glide across expansive Lake Titicaca to interact with the native Uros people. Visit them on their sponge-like reed islands and admire their exquisite handicrafts. In Lima, South America's gastronomic capital, set your taste buds alight with freshly caught seafood, spicy roast chicken, skewers of grilled meats and exotic fruits. Kids love Peru too! Try tailor-made cooking lessons, horseback riding, kid-friendly history tours and more! Sleep in a converted colonial monastery or at an eco-resort surrounded by water. Let our experts carefully craft your customized, inspiring tour of Peru.Show More


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""CEOs go to their vacation homes just after companies report favorable news, and CEOs return to headquarters right before subsequent news is released. More good news is released when CEOs are back at work, and CEOs appear not to leave headquarters at all if a firm has adverse news to disclose. When CEOs are away from the office, stock prices behave quietly with sharply lower volatility. Volatility increases immediately when CEOs return to work." —David Yermack, a New York University finance professor, whose recently released study shows a correlation between when CEOs take their private jets on vacation and movements in their companies' stock price "
Bonus depreciation redux
In what is becoming an annual or semi-annual event, President Barack Obama signed a tax bill last December that extended "bonus" depreciation for purchases of new aircraft, including business jets. With each extension, the level of enthusiasm among aircraft buyers and manufacturers has dissipated to the point where new announcements are more soporific than stimulating. This latest one commands attention mostly by introducing a first-year write-off of 100 percent.
Here's how bonus depreciation works. If you purchase an aircraft for use in a trade or business, you can ordinarily deduct its cost for tax purposes in accordance with schedules published by the IRS. Most businesses can write off a business jet on a five-year schedule (which in reality runs six years) under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS). In many cases, MACRS allows buyers to write off more than half of the aircraft's adjusted basis (generally the purchase price) in the first two years (see schedule at right).
In the past, bonus depreciation, which applies only to factory-new aircraft, allowed a special deduction in the first year equal to 50 percent of the airplane's adjusted basis.
After writing off this 50 percent, you apply the normal statutory depreciation deductions, in year one and all subsequent years, against the remaining 50 percent of the adjusted basis. That's still the general rule for aircraft placed in service in 2012, but for the rest of 2011, the new legislation allows a write-off of 100 percent of the aircraft's adjusted basis. This carries the stimulus strategy about as far as it will go, at least as long as our laws limit tax deductions to actual costs.
As you can see from the table, bonus depreciation creates substantial tax deductions in the first year by accelerating the already accelerated MACRS depreciation schedule.
To qualify for 100-percent bonus depreciation, you must enter into a binding contract to purchase a factory-new aircraft after 2007 and before 2012; place the aircraft in service before the end of 2011; and satisfy certain other requirements. And-as they say in those old ads for kitchen gadgets on late-night TV-there's more! If your aircraft isn't delivered until 2012, you can still qualify for 50-percent bonus depreciation, which, as shown in the table, lets you write off 60 percent of the cost in the first year.
But wait, there's still more! Under special rules applying to aircraft not used in the business of transporting persons or property, you can also qualify for 100-percent bonus depreciation for 2012 deliveries (if you sign the contract in 2011) and 50-percent bonus depreciation for 2013 deliveries (if you sign in 2012) as long as you use the aircraft in your business and don't charter it out. Even if you fail this test, you may still be eligible for bonus depreciation on the portion of the aircraft manufactured in 2011 or 2012. Special rules also apply for aircraft that qualify as "self-constructed property."
In theory, bonus depreciation is good medicine for what ails the U.S. economy by stimulating the manufacture of assets like airplanes. But in the case of business aviation, it's hard to see how it will have much impact. It pulls the benefits of bonus depreciation forward two years, which means you can qualify even if you signed up to buy the aircraft before Congress enacted the legislation. For many aircraft buyers who signed contracts in 2010, it's just a big tax giveaway.
At least we get an extra two years of stimulus, right? Well, most heavy and long-range aircraft are sold out through 2011, so any major increase in sales this year will have to involve sales of light and medium jets. But don't hold your breath. Bonus depreciation appeals only to businesses that are making money and need to shelter income from taxes. One reason light and medium-size jets aren't selling as rapidly as larger aircraft is that many middle-market companies that might buy them apparently aren't making much money now. And as such, a big tax deduction is worthless to them. Even companies that are doing well may have net-operating-loss carryovers and credits that obviate the need for more tax write-offs in 2011 and 2012.
And then there's the impact on aircraft manufacturers. Doing good things for them by increasing sales is the whole point of bonus depreciation, which is why it's worth remembering that many business jets aren't manufactured by U.S. companies. To the extent that bonus depreciation really does stimulate new aircraft sales by U.S. companies, it may also stimulate something else: aircraft prices. It stands to reason that a manufacturer will be less willing to discount the price of an aircraft position if it becomes more desirable because it qualifies for bonus depreciation.
Further, Uncle Sam doesn't hand out bonus depreciation based on the scheduled delivery date of an aircraft; the taxpayer has to actually place the aircraft in service in a trade or business in 2011 to write off 100 percent. So if, as often happens, the manufacturing process runs a little late and you place your aircraft in service in the next calendar year, you may have overpaid for an airplane that isn't entitled to bonus depreciation at the expected level, if at all.
If saving money is the concern, consider a preowned aircraft. At this writing, few if any Challenger 605s are available that will qualify for 100-percent bonus depreciation. On the other hand, more than 40 preowned Challenger 604s are on the market. You can't write off 100 percent of the cost in 2011, but the Challengers cost a whole lot less than new aircraft. In fact, it's a shame bonus depreciation isn't available for preowned aircraft, since many companies (and aircraft lenders) have lots of cash but are reluctant to invest it to expand their business in an uncertain economy.
Finally, the benefits of bonus depreciation are less spectacular than they sound. Despite its name, bonus depreciation doesn't create new tax benefits; it only accelerates those that already exist. The "bonus" refers to the time value of money-the front-loading of deductions the buyer is already entitled to under MACRS. Bonus depreciation can still be valuable, but do your homework before you let it influence an aircraft purchase decision. Don't buy the wrong airplane just because it offers earlier tax write-offs.
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Western helps explain transmission role at BLM Solar Workshop
Two Western employees participated in the Bureau of Land Management Solar Workshop in Las Vegas Nevada March 6-8, 2012. BLM put on the workshop to provide information to Bureau of Indian Affairs on developing solar projects on Federal lands.
These workshops include reviews of BLM environmental impact studies, BLM solar zones, and panels on lessons learned and project sponsor challenges.
Western Operations Support Specialist John Steward provided an overview of transmission development processes with a focus on solar projects. "It was a great experience to speak at a workshop that provided me the opportunity to educate others on Western's role as a transmission service provider and a facilitator for interconnections," said Steward.
Transmission Infrastructure Program Senior Investment Officer Roman Fontes also participated in the BLM workshop. He served on a development panel with other Federal agencies and commercial developers discussing the standards and selection process used to screen projects for viability. "BLM solar workshops are an important forum for exchanging information with BLM, BIA, NREL and industry partners on key development tasks to realize solar projects," said Fontes. "The panel discussed challenges and lessons learned for commercial developers and including commercial aspects of Purchase Power Agreements and Transmission Service Agreements, and bank and finance requirements."
Fontes also conducted a follow up session with BIA participants on commercial and finance structures, negotiations and lease and lease-back arrangements.


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Four South Dakota State University all-time greats will be inducted into the prestigious Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame during on-campus ceremonies Oct. 26.
Hall of Fame inductees include:
• Kim Fordham Lien, women's track and field;
• Marty Johnson, men's tennis;
• Tim Johnson, baseball; and
• Dan Sonnek, football.
Fordham Lien was the premier middle distance runner of her era, winning back-to-back 800-meter national titles indoors and earning NCAA Division II All-America honors seven times in the 800 meters between the indoor and outdoor seasons. After placing third in 1987, Fordham Lien won consecutive indoor 800-meter titles at the 1988 and 1989 NCAA Division II Championships. She also earned All-America honors four times outdoors in the 800, placing fifth in 1987 and 1991, around runner-up finishes in both 1989 and 1990.
Her 800-meter times of 2:06.24 (outdoors) and 2:11:37 (indoors) remain school records.
An Aberdeen native, Fordham Lien won a total of 11 individual North Central Conference titles from 1987-91, including four outdoor titles in the 800 and three indoors. She also won the 1,500-meter championship twice each indoors and outdoors. Fordham Lien added a pair of 1,600-meter relay titles to her list of accomplishments and was named the Most Valuable Performer at the NCC indoor championships in 1988 and outdoor championships in 1990.
Marty Johnson was masterful on the tennis court for the Jackrabbits, winning a total of four North Central Conference titles between singles and doubles play. In 1971, Johnson teamed with Wally Milfs to win the No. 2 doubles title at the conference meet. Later that year, Johnson became the first Jackrabbit tennis player to play in a national tournament as he received an at-large bid to compete at No. 1 singles in the NCAA College Division Tennis Championships.
A Brookings native, Johnson again finished as NCC runner-up at No. 1 singles in 1972, before claiming back-to-back league titles in 1973 and 1974. He teamed with Rob Wylie to win the No. 1 doubles conference title his senior season and competed in both singles and doubles in NCAA postseason competition.
Johnson remained a dominant tennis player following his days as a Jackrabbit, winning nearly a combined 30 titles between singles and doubles on the state tennis circuit. He also has coached tennis and served as head professional at various locations throughout the Midwest.
Tim Johnson excelled on the baseball diamond for the Jackrabbits, earning all-North Central Conference honors three consecutive seasons from 1985-87. He was named NCC Southern Division Most Valuable Player and was an all-district selection in 1987 after setting a then-Jackrabbit single-season record with 13 home runs. He also led the league with five home runs in 1985 and hits in 1986 with 26 in league play.
A native of Hastings, Minn., Johnson was named to the all-tournament team at the 1984 NCAA Division II Midwest Regional as the Jackrabbits advanced to the NCAA Division II World Series. By the time his collegiate career ended in 1987, he had set 12 school records, including games played (151), runs scored (137), hits (179), runs batted in (130) and home runs (31).
An infielder, Johnson batted .367 for his career, including posting a .431 mark in 1986. His 31 home runs still rank seventh in school history, while his .631 career slugging percentage ranks 10th.
Sonnek led the South Dakota State football team in rushing three consecutive seasons from 1985-87, setting school and North Central Conference records in the process.
The Easton, Minn., native broke through during his sophomore season in 1985, leading NCAA Division II in rushing with a then-school-record 1,518 yards. That season was highlighted by a then-Jackrabbit record of 268yards in a game against Northern Colorado.
After being slowed by injury during his junior season,Sonnek capped his career by earning first-team All-America honors from The Football News and second-team recognition on the Associated Press Little All-America squad during his senior season in 1987, He also was named NCC Most Valuable Back after setting the league career rushing mark.
Overall, Sonnek amassed 3,304 rushing yards during hiscareer — a total that is currently fourth on the SDSU charts. Sonnek also excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-America honors and being selected as a recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
In conjunction with the Hall of Fame festivities, former Sioux Falls Washington High School football coach Brian Hermanson will be honored with the Ralph Ginn Award for Coaching Excellence. Hermanson led Washington to an unprecedented run of success by appearing in six consecutive Class AA state title games from 2007-12. The Warriors won titles in 2009, 2010 and 2012, compiling a 47-3 record along the way.
Hermanson lettered in football for the Jackrabbits from 1978-80 and was a member of South Dakota State's NCAA Division II playoff team his junior season. He coached football in some capacity for 33 years, before stepping down following the 2012 season.
The inductions of the 2013 class will bring the number of Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame members to 68. Induction ceremonies will be held at a morning luncheon on Oct. 26, with the class also recognized at halftime of that afternoon's football game between SDSU and Northern Iowa.


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