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John 3:16 Amen! An Evaluation of Two Interpretations
Although John 3:16 is perhaps one of the most memorized and beautiful texts in the New Testament, yet some people may find these insights into this verse new to them. Gods Word deserves that we listen to Him carefully. So, before we delve into this wonderful statement regarding the salvation God has made available through faith in Jesus, consider a principle of interpretation which the following story illustrates.
A Familiar Principle of Interpretation Illustrated by Science Fiction
One of the popular themes in science fiction is time travel. Imagine what would happen if a man from the future could return to our time with a data bank containing the truth about future fluctuations in the stock market. Using that knowledge could make a person very wealthy.
Imagine what would happen if that person took out a full page advertisement in his local newspaper guaranteeing the general public that he could unlock tremendous wealth for anyone because he knew the truth about what would happen in the stock market. Let's also imagine that he ended this advertisement with the following statement:
"Whoever believes in me will make lots of money. Whoever believes in me won't lose a dime, but will instead become wealthy. Whoever believes in me won't lose anything, but whoever does not believe in me will have lost the greatest financial opportunity ever."
What does this statement mean? Would you suppose that anyone would claim: "just look at what the newspaper says. It says as long as you believe in him, you will be rich! The advertisement just says whoever believes will become wealthy, it does not say anything about actually purchasing stock. I qualify as a 'whoever.' I really believe in my heart that he can make me rich, therefore I can expect to share in his riches."
Would anyone make this argument? Of course not. But why not? Because we know the context of investing in the stock market and what he said. When this man from the future says, "believe in me," he is instructing his readers to invest all of the money they can possibly muster on those stocks he indicates. But how do we know this since the newspaper never specifically mentioned making an investment? We know this because we understand what it would mean to believe in him regarding the stock market!
Now let's change this scenario a little. Imagine if that same person were to say to a group of people, I am going to make an enormous amount of money in the stock market. I will share this fortune equally with all of you who believe that I am telling you the truth.
What if he then said:
Whoever believes in me will make lots of money. Whoever believes in me wont lose a dime, but will instead become wealthy. Whoever believes in me wont lose anything, but whoever does not believe in me will have lost the greatest financial opportunity ever.
Would any person dare claim that any action was required to receive a share in his wealth? One would be justified in saying, the only thing you have to do is to believe this incredible story and then receive your share of the treasure.
Since the quotations from the two scenarios are identical, how do we naturally distinguish between them? What causes us to realize that to believe in the first scenario placed an obligation upon the reader to respond with an action while in the second story one merely needs to accept the man's word by believing in him? After all, both statements simply say believe and become rich.
Although the wording about belief is the same, we understand that the two scenarios are fundamentally different regarding how people are to respond because we understand that two different contexts lie behind each scenario. The key to understanding each statement about belief is its context. The first scenario is built upon the investment practices of the stock market while the second revolves around simply accepting someones promise as being true. How one believes in a promise requires a different response from how one exhibits faith in a stock market tip.
Without A Context Believe In Jesus is Ambiguous
You have probably already noticed that both scenarios intentionally closed with a statement that reflects the essence of John 3:15-16, 18. This brings us to the question, what does John mean by believe in Jesus? Is John emphasizing that one merely needs to accept Jesus by believing in him as one's personal Savior in order to receive eternal life (such as when one believes in a promise)? Or does his message call one to the necessity of depending upon Jesus for salvation with whatever beliefs and actions that might entail (such as in the scenario of making an investment)?
As should be obvious from the previous two examples, merely parroting the text does not answer the question. One can not say, it just says believe and therefore no action is required. Nor can one assume that to believe in Jesus necessarily requires some sort of action from us.
The answer to what John meant by believing in Jesus must be found through a discovery of what the biblical context teaches regarding salvation. Does God just expect sincere belief/acceptance that Jesus is my Lord and Savior or does He require something more from those who would trust in Jesus?
Before looking at the biblical answer to this question, the following indented paragraphs lay the groundwork by 1) challenging a person to consider what is at stake in refusing to accept the biblical message and 2) providing a frame of reference to think carefully and to avoid making common errors in logic.
Importance of Recovering the Original Message
To ask what God expects from us assumes that understanding the message John intended to communicate is important (exegesis). Although other options are available (e.g. eisegesis occurs whenever the readers perspective creates a new message which the author did not intend to communicate), in such a case one can no longer accurately claim the Gospel of John teaches ___ or Gods Word says ___. Eisegesis involves reading into the text a message which the author did not intended to communicate. Such a new message has its origin, not in the Gospel or the mind of God but in the creative mind of some human being. This holds tremendous implications for preachers. For an evangelist to claim, "the Word of God says ____," that minister is claiming to convey the originally intended message of the text.
Taken at face value, the Gospel of John claims to present an objective message about real events. The purpose of the Gospel is to communicate this message about Jesus, not to merely serve as a catalyst for creative human minds to discover a kaleidoscope of new meanings from an innumerable number of perspectives. Exegesis is the task of understanding that original Gospel message.
It is natural for people to value and to hold onto whatever they have previously believed as being true. Even if what they have believed is fallacious and they are presented with the truth, the truth is often resisted because it is new to them. For example, it was hard for many people to accept the astrological fact that the sun does not revolve around the earth.
But if one has falsely believed that the sun orbits the earth or that the moon is made of cheese, rather than continue to live under that illusion it is better to acknowledge the truth. This is even more important when the truth at stake involves one's eternal life. We need to place a premium value upon what is true, not upon what is convenient, or popular, or my heritage, or which protects my social security. 1 Thessalonians 2:10
The Self-Delusion of Begging the Question
Unfortunately, sincere and honest people can be tricked into holding onto something false which they assume to be true through begging the question. To illustrate how this could happen, consider the absurd example of a person who believes that the moon is made of yellow cheese. Such a person could look up into the sky and say, see the moon is yellow. Therefore it is made of cheese. Although there is some evidence in this case something yellow in the sky, that evidence is not conclusive. It is ambiguous. It does not establish the conclusion that the moon is made of cheese. If that person then assumes that he is justified in holding onto his conclusion as being true, he has begged the question because his conclusion is really only a reflection of his prior belief. It is not substantiated by any evidence, although he may believe that he has evidence. Begging the question occurs when a person starts with an assumption and then uses non-conclusive evidence "to prove" that his prior assumption is correct. In other words, the evidence does not actually support the conclusion, although the person assumes that it does.
Here is another common example as it relates to John 3:16. There are many people who are convinced that one merely needs to accept Jesus into one's heart to be saved; this may or may not be true. But for the moment let's assume that it is not true. If this statement is not true, then if a person points to John 3:16 as proof for his conviction by saying, "you see this does not say anything about any other requirements for salvation," then that person would be guilty of making the same mistake as our friend who believes that the moon is made of cheese. Why? Because we have already demonstrated that "yellow" does not necessarily mean cheese nor does "believe" necessarily mean "just accept into your heart." The phrase "belief in Jesus" is ambiguous and is not conclusive. It is possible that John 3:16 means "just believe in Jesus and you will have eternal life." Or John may be teaching us that it is those who respond to Jesus by trusting in him who will be saved.
How Can I Know If I Am Begging the Question?
How can one know whether or not one is begging the question? Its simple. By testing the truthfulness of one's claim against the evidence. Here's a short course in logic. To illustrate these principles let's use the outrageous example of the moon being made of cheese.
If the moon were really made of cheese, one would expect certain things to be true about the moon and others to be false. One could then test these expectations to determine if the evidence supports or refutes the theory that the moon is made of cheese. If all of the evidence gathered from the moon conforms to one's expectations, then one could conclude, "with all of the available evidence, I can honestly believe that the moon is made of cheese." On the other hand, if the results of the tests turn out to be different than what one would have expected to be true if the moon were indeed made of cheese, the hypothesis that the moon is a cousin to our earthly dairy product would have to be rejected.
Evidence exists in two forms: conclusive and non-conclusive.Non-conclusive evidence is positive evidence that seems to support the proposition, but it does not make an exclusivistic or absolute statement. For example, "I see a yellow moon" is evidence that seems to support the idea that the moon is made of cheese. But it is not conclusive evidence because yellow is not exclusively a characteristic of cheese; many things can be yellow.
Conclusive evidence can come through two means: deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning.
- With deductive reasoning, to arrive at a valid and truthful conclusion requires knowing the truthfulness of absolute statements. This means that one must be able to know the truth about sentences which use such absolute words as: "only," "always" and "never." For example, if it were true that only cheese had a certain hue of yellow and the moon had that exact same hue of yellow, then one could conclusively know that the moon was made of cheese.
Unfortunately, to be able to know that "only" or "never" is true, requires that one has access to all of the evidence. For this reason, human based knowledge (science) can not make use of deductive reasoning to arrive at truth, because we do not have access to all of the evidence in all places at all times.
- With inductive reasoning, unless all of the evidence is available for the subject in question, conclusive evidence can only come in the form of negative conclusions. In other words, the inductive method can yield certain knowledge about what is not true. For example, if we assume that the moon is made of cheese but a chunk of the moon is brought back and it is a dusty rock, what can I conclude? Does this prove that the entire moon is made up of the same types of dusty rocks? No. Does this prove that other parts of the moon are not made of cheese? No. What this does prove is that this piece of the moon is this type of rock and that it is not cheese. It also is one piece of evidence suggesting that the idea that the moon is made of cheese may be false.
Using this method, humans are able to reject ideas which are not true, but we are unable to use one piece of evidence (e.g. this rock or the color of the moon) or even many pieces of evidence to prove the absolute truthfulness of a general statement if there still remains unexamined evidence.
This is why science (human based knowledge which comes from the inductive method) is continually updating its theories as new evidence comes to light proving that the old ideas were false. Speaking of the moon, recently scientists have begun to claim that vast amounts of water exist on the moon. Just a few years ago many scientists would have laughed at such an idea. Using the inductive method one can not claim to know absolute truth because we do not have access to all the evidence.
Testing: To Believe in Jesus Means "to Accept Jesus into Your Heart by Believing in Him as Your Personal Savior."
Let's assume for the moment that the biblical message of salvation is "just accept Jesus into your heart as your personal Savior and you will be saved." Let's assume that this is what is meant by "believe in Jesus." What evidence should one expect to find in scripture regarding salvation by faith?
Positive evidence which would be helpful, but which is not conclusive.
1) One would expect to find Biblical texts affirming that salvation in Jesus requires belief and faith in Jesus. (As already seen "belief" is ambiguous)
2) One would expect to find Biblical texts affirming that salvation comes by "accepting Jesus into your heart by believing in him." (This is also ambiguous because there are at least theoretically many possible ways in which God might require us to accept Jesus)
3) One would expect to find Biblical stories illustrating salvation coming to those who believe in Jesus.Technically, such stories could be either conclusive or non-conclusive evidence depending upon the nature of the story. If the conversion story is a general summary or if it does not reveal all of the details, then it would be non-conclusive evidence. However, if we can know that the story contains all of the events and the only event which transpired was believing on Jesus by accepting him into one's heart, then the story would constitute conclusive evidence.
If we find any evidence of this type within the Bible, then we can conclude that there is some evidence which appears to support this understanding of salvation. Unfortunately, these three types of non-conclusive evidence are useless for affirming the certainty of a truth. It is quite possible that this type of non-conclusive evidence could lead someone to beg the question and assume that he or she knows what the Bible teaches on salvation.
Conclusive evidence for "believe" = just accept Jesus into your heart
Assuming that in the Biblical text the Gospel message of salvation is consistent and hence it does not reveal multiple ways of responding to Jesus in order to receive salvation:
1) There should not be any Biblical passages teaching that salvation comes as a result of something in addition to accepting Jesus in your heart on the basis of faith/ belief. This should also be true for those blessings which are associated with having just entered into salvation (forgiveness of sins, entering Christ's body, etc.).
2) There should not be any historical examples of conversion where someone was required to do something more than simply accept Jesus into one's heart for salvation. Similarly, there should not be any evidence of the blessings of salvation (sins forgiven, entering Christ's body, etc.) being bestowed by as a result of anything else. Such blessings should only appear as a result of accepting Jesus into one's heart.
If evidence exists contradicting either of these last two expectations, then we have conclusive evidence that salvation by faith means something other than just accepting Jesus into your heart by believing in him. So let's roll up our sleeves and take an honest look at all of the evidence. Let's test the first interpretation of John 3:16.
Non-Conclusive, But Helpful Type of Evidence
1) Is there any evidence that faith in Jesus is necessary for salvation? Yes! A multitude of examples could be cited. Also, there are no texts which deny the necessity of faith in Christ for salvation. So far so good!
2) Is there any evidence that "to believe in Jesus" involves "accepting Jesus in your heart." John 1:12 does describe those who "receive Jesus" as being those who believe in him. John 1:12-13 Similarly, Romans 10:9-10 does affirm that those who believe in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and who confess that "Jesus is Lord" with their mouths will be saved. Acts 10:43 and 19:2 can also be interpreted in such a way so as to offer support for this perspective.
Note - It may come as a surprise to some, but if one runs a concordance check on "accept" one does not find any verses which affirm "accept Jesus by believing in Him." Instead, one does find Acts 2:41 "those who accepted his message were baptized."
Conclusive Type of Evidence
1) Are there any Christian teachings about salvation which require something other than belief in order for one to receive the blessings associated with salvation? Yes! Various forms of obedience are linked to salvation. Here are just a few examples: Acts 2:38; 22:16; Hebrews 5:9; Romans 6:17-18; 10:10; Philippians 2:12; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:22; 3:21; Luke 13:3-5
2) Are there any historical examples of people being saved by Jesus or receiving the benefits of the salvation which comes through Jesus as a result of something other than merely possessing a belief in Jesus as one's Lord and Savior? Yes! For example: Acts 2:37-41; 8:12-13; 8:35-39; Acts 16:14-15; 16:32-33; 22:16
If the New Testament authors are in agreement concerning the doctrine of salvation, it only takes one piece of conclusive contradictory evidence to determine that salvation by faith in Jesus does not mean "the only thing you need to do is to accept Jesus as your personal Savior and you will be saved." But we do not have just one piece of evidence, we have a whole mountain full!
If the evidence demonstrates that to believe in Jesus does not mean that I "only need to believe in Jesus, then what does scripture mean by "justified by faith" or more specifically, "whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life?" John 3:16
Suggestion: The Biblical Context of Believing in Jesus for Salvation
Because we understand the context of the stock market, when a man who knows the truth about the future says, believe in me and I can make you rich, we understand this means to invest where he directs. I suggest to you that in a similar way, when one understands the biblical context of salvation in Jesus, one will understand that to believe in Jesus means that one relies upon Jesus/ trusts in Jesus for salvation.
I also suggest to you that the manner in which God has prescribed for us to trust in Jesus for salvation involves believing in Jesus, repenting of one's sins, confessing that Jesus is Lord and submitting to water immersion (baptism). If this is correct, then the biblical phraseology of being saved by believing in Jesus would refer to one who responds to Jesus by trusting in him in this way.
Testing: Belief in Jesus Means "the Obedience of Faith" (Romans 1:5; 16:25-26)
Non-Conclusive But Helpful Type of Evidence
1) The Gospel of John as well as the rest of the New Testament will emphasize that Jesus is the means of salvation. This is true. E.g. John 14:6; 1:12-13; 29-30; 5:21, 24-25, 40; 6:33-35, 40; 8:12; 9:5; 10:7; 11:25; 15:1
2) The Gospel of John as well as the rest of the New Testament will emphasize the necessity that we must faithfully respond to Jesus in order that we might have everlasting life. This is true. E.g. John 3:5, 16; Acts 4:4; 5:14; 8:12-13; 22:16; Romans 1:5; 2:22; 5:1; 6:16-17
3) One will find belief, repentance, confession and baptism being tied to the salvation which comes through Jesus. This is true. E.g. Luke 13:3,5, Acts 2:38; 22:16; Romans 3:22-26; 5:1; 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 3:21
4) Historical examples of conversion may mention one or more of these elements of responding in faith to Jesus depending upon the amount of detail provided in each account of conversion. This is true. E.g. Acts 2:38; 8:12-13; 16:14-15; 22:16, etc.
Accordingly, sometimes an account of a conversion may be summarized by stating that someone or a group of people came to believe in Jesus and thus were saved. In this case, "he believed in Jesus" would be synonymous with "he was converted." This is also true, E.g. Acts 4:4; 5:14
Conclusive Type of Evidence
1) There will not be any mention of some other means to salvation. This is true.
2) There will not be any denial that faith, repentance, confession or baptism (immersion) is necessary for salvation. This is true.
Some might claim that the thief on the cross provides contradictory evidence because he was not baptized and yet he was saved. Although this is a good question to raise, the thief on the cross is irrelevant to a discussion of the salvation which comes by responding to the Gospel message because the thief lived and died before Christian baptism was even instituted or the message of a risen Christ was proclaimed! Neither Abraham, David, John the baptizer nor the thief on the cross could have received Christian baptism or responded to the message of the Gospel concerning Jesus as the risen Lord and Savior.
Obviously, Jesus had the authority to forgive sins and bestow life (Mark 2:10 -11; John 5:21), even to a thief on a cross. Luke 12:43 The thief does not constitute contradictory evidence supporting the proposal that baptism is not a necessary part of responding to the Gospel message.
Christian baptism is one's faithful response to hearing the Gospel message of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. The baptism that accompanies responding to that Gospel message involves a baptism into Christ's death (Romans 6:3), and faith in God who raised Christ from the dead (Colossians 2:12). Accordingly, Christian baptism was first practiced on the day of Pentecost following Christ's resurrection (Acts 2:38).
The baptism which John the baptizer administered during Jesus earthly ministry was a different baptism. Acts 19:3-5
All of the evidence supports the assertion that believing in Jesus means to depend upon him for salvation through belief, repentance, confession and baptism. Faith in Jesus describes this principle of trusting in Jesus for salvation.
The Message of the Gospel of John
Within the opening paragraphs of the Gospel according to John, it becomes clear that those who are born of God are those who have received Jesus and who have believed in the name of Jesus. John 1:12-13 Therefore, when one discovers how someone is born of God, one will have discovered what it means to receive Jesus and to believe in his name.
In John 3:3-8, Jesus answers our question for us. This second birth which is necessary for entering into the kingdom of heaven requires a birth in water and a birth of spirit. Johns readers understood this as referring to being immersed in water and a rebirth of one's spirit. In fact, this text was the favorite baptismal text of that early Christian church. The Gospel of John then continued this theme of trusting in Jesus for salvation when it asserted that whoever believes in Jesus would not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 "The how" of believing had just been addressed.
Jesus would later tell his disciples just before ascending back to the Father, Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19
The Gospels portray believing in Jesus as accepting the message about Jesus as being true and then receiving Jesus by responding to his command to be baptized and thus being born from above, that is, born of God. Baptism is a confession of ones faith, a trusting in Jesus which the Lord commanded that one might become a disciple.
Additional Points to Ponder
Some Might Ask: "Why Baptism?"
Why would God demand a physical response as part of a spiritual birth? Let me suggest that a biblical understanding of baptism is that baptism is a confession of one's faith, a calling upon the name of the Lord, and the way in which God chose for us to begin the Christian life by confessing His Son. Colossians 2:12; Acts 22:16 I would also suggest to you that a study of the New Testament will reveal that with baptism, one is not depending upon water but upon Jesus sacrificial death and his blood to bring one into the new covenant community made possible by Jesus death. This new covenant community is where forgiveness, salvation and the blessings of the Holy Spirit are enjoyed. Accordingly, those who are baptized are promised the blessing associated with this covenant relationship with God and are described as being "in Christ." Acts 2:38; Ephesians 1:3f; 2:11-13; Galatians 3:26-27; Hebrews 10:19-22; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Titus 3:4-8
The result of depending upon Jesus is that an individual is born from above, not by any human means or effort, but by the salvation which God has made possible through Jesus. John 1:12-13 Those who rely upon Jesus in this manner are said to "believe in Jesus" or "to have faith in Jesus" and they will receive the eternal life John 3:16 promises.
We do not believe nor hold to a doctrine known as "baptismal regeneration." To lightly dismiss the above ideas as being "baptismal regeneration" would be to misunderstand and misrepresent us. Baptismal regeneration treats baptism as being a magic ritual. It claims that as long as the ritual of baptism is administered to any person (even if that person is a baby and thus incapable of believing or repenting), the person will be saved. The Bible does not treat baptism as a magic ritual but as a faith response to Jesus.
What was John's Purpose for Writing John 3:16?
As one examines the Gospel of John, it becomes evident that one of John's goals was to call the world to come to Jesus for salvation. (John 1:12-13, 29; 3:14-17; 4:42; 5:21, 24; 6:32-35, 39; 47-51; 8:12, 23-24, 51; 9:5; 10:7-10; 11:25-26; 14:1-2,6; 15:1-8; 20:31) John 3:16 is one more example of this major theme. It is those who believe in Jesus who will be saved.
Let me suggest to you that in apostolic church there was no doubt or confusion regarding how one believed in Jesus. In fact the writings of the early church commonly referred to as the Church Fathers reflect this same understanding of salvation which we have outlined above. How to respond to Jesus for salvation was not a subject that needed to be explained or defended because that early community only knew of one way to trust in Jesus. The critical question at that time was is this person going to believe in Jesus or not. Appropriately, John states his goal for writing this Gospel as, "these signs have been written in order that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you might have life in his name." John 20:31
The Gospel of John presents the wonderful news that Jesus has come to bring eternal life to all the peoples of the world. As a result, those who believe in Jesus will be born from above and become children of God receiving eternal life. John 1:12-13 That is wonderful news! Tell a friend!
For further reflection on faith, works and baptism may I suggest the following articles on our web page:
False Diagnosis: The NT Authors Were Schizophrenic (This would be true if believing in Jesus means to simply accept him as your personal Lord and Savior by believing in him)
Stories Illustrating Faith
Biblically, Faith Means More than Just Believe
To Have Faith In Jesus Requires Baptism
When God Says, "You Belong to Me"
Converging Lines (Part 2 of "Who Are God's People?)
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Tam Van Tran
Born: 1966
Hometown: Kontum, Vietnam
Lives and Works: Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Film & Television Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
BFA Painting, Pratt Institute, New York, NY, 1990
Tam Van Tran Bio
About The Artist
While Vietnamese-born artist Tam Van Tran consistently works in abstraction, he continues to surprise us with his use of unconventional materials. Although Tran regularly employs traditional mediums, such as acrylic paint, linen, and paper, he also introduces the unexpected: manmade elements such as aluminum foil and Cool Whip converge with natural elements such as beets, saffron, and chlorophyll.
Van Tran immigrated to the US towards the end of the Vietnam War. Although he earned a BFA in New York City, he bucked art world convention by earning an advanced degree from the Graduate Film and Television Program at the University of California. Van Tran's work reflects his multimedia educational experience, his interest in the moving image, and his fascination with the transience of the material and immaterial worlds.
Tam Van Tran Gallery Art
Susanne Vielmetter, Culver City, CA
Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Tam Van Tran Permanent Collections
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The New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Museum of Modern Art, New Yor, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
The Neuberger Museum, Purchase , NY
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The Broad Collection, Santa Monica, CA
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Chasse, 42, died in police custody from broad-based blunt force trauma to the chest Sept. 17, 2006, after officers chased him and knocked him to the ground in the Pearl District. Paramedics came to the scene but did not take Chasse to the hospital. Instead, police drove him to jail, but jail staff refused to book him. Police then drove him in a police cruiser to the hospital and he died on the way.
Yet the bureau never disciplined Humphreys for either of those breaches, according to the internal police documents. Humphreys' then-Transit police Cmdr. Donna Henderson wrote up her own review, in defense of her officers' actions.
After Portland's City Council approved $1.6 million to settle the federal wrongful death suit brought by Chasse's family, a federal judge this summer modified his protective order on the internal documents, allowing their release.
The records consist of the bureau's training review, internal affairs review including interviews with officers, paramedics, civilian witnesses and the state medical examiner, and documents from the Use of Force and Performance Review boards.


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Event & Entertainment Coodinator
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Description:She/he will work closely with CEO/Founder and Marketing Director to coordinate small and large events from concept development to operation and execution. He/she will supervise all aspects of special events, including coordination of permits, scheduling celebrity guests, and organizing the event calendar. He/she will work with CEO/Founder and Marketing Director to maintain budgets for events, and coordinate teams throughout the planning process and day of event responsibilities. She/he will facilitate special event weekly meetings as needed, and compile status reports and After Event Reviews. Also, she/he will provide coordination, supervision, leadership and motivation needed for Serendipity magazine to exceed guest and client expectations of service and professionalism.Requirements/Qualifications:•Requires writing skills, and outstanding organizational, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. •Ability to be a contributing, proactive, positive and supportive team member. •Act as a liaison with other Serendipity departments for the coordination of events. •Requires excellent people skills, including the ability to maintain positive and supportive working relationships. •Computer proficiency with ability to use Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Internet is required.•Availability to attend after-hour and weekend networking and social events.•Ability to work in a fast paced and deadline driven environment, meeting deadlines and productivity standards.•Demonstrated ability to proactively manage multiple tasks effectively; superior organizational skills and strict attention to detail a must.•Self-motivated with strong work ethic, initiative and can-do attitude. •Strives to increase productivity and looks for ways to improve and promote quality.•Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.•Adaptability – Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.• Judgment – Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions.Responsibilities:1. Administrative Duties include facilitating and executing special event permits, purchase requests, check requests, and, contracts2. Research and compile information to develop a working database of qualified production, creative and Special Event resources.3. Work with CEO/Founder and Marketing Director to establish internal teams and outside vendor support to execute Special Events.4. Facilitate weekly Special Event and project meetings as needed; reporting to CEO/Founder and Marketing Director on the development and execution events.5. Serve as an Operations liaison with other departments, including Advertising Sales Team and Editorial Team for the purposes of developing, coordinating and executing events.6. Monitor and update Special Events Calendars; and develop Event Plans (Event Activity Breakdowns).7. Provide Day of event supervision and support for Event Project Teams and clients.8. Create and maintain databases to keep the department files up to date and execute special projects surrounding them upon request.9. Work with CEO/Founder and Marketing Director to create Budget worksheets for events as assigned, and effectively manage budget through planning process.10. Performs any other assignments given by the Founder/CEO, and Director of MarketingWHAT WE OFFER•We offer you the opportunity to work for the fastest growing and leading lifestyle magazines in New York and Connecticut, in a fun and exciting environment at our Riverside Connecticut location. (a short walk from Metro North stop and right off I-95)•Salary, Paid vacations and lots of comps.•The opportunity to move up within the companyABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLSApplications missing ANY of thefollowing items will NOT be considered. You will be contacted right away to schedule a personal interview.If you have the qualifications indicated above, please email us including ALL of the following:1- Cover letter explaining WHY you are a top candidate for this position.2- Professional Résumé.3- Recent Photo.4- Compensation expectations.


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Louisville forward Chane Behanan has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation was launched to determine whether he had any involvement in his 2012 Final Four ring going to auction on a sports memorabilia site, according to an ESPN report.
After the investigation, it was determined that Behanan was in no way involved in the auction. Behanan's mother, Heaven Warren, previously stated that the ring was stolen. Behanan, a large factor in the appearance that resulted in that ring, has averaged 8.6 points and 7.5 rebounds for the Cardinals this season.
MORE: Behanan ring appears on auction
The ring in question was given to Louisville players before the start of last season. Included in the design of the gold rings were a large diamond with ruby red in the center and smaller diamonds on the outside.
Warren said Behanan would not sell a ring with his name on it, because he is aware that it is an NCAA violation.
"Why would he sell his ring with his name on it?" Warren said. "He gave that to his grandmother to keep."
Behanan's grandmother was not aware that the ring was missing until Warren notified her that it landed in auction. Behanan was "very upset" upon hearing the news, Warren said. She also said Behanan always wears the ring he received for winning an NCAA title last season.
Behanan recently returned from an early-season suspension that saw him spend 26 days away from the team for a violation of team rules.


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MMA Weekly Radio will have a special two-hour tribute show this evening started at 8 PM EST. Bennett's co-host Frank Trigg will join Damon Martin and Jeff Cain as several fighters and friends will call in to share their favorite stories and memories of Ryan.
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Also earlier today Soyo Electronics announced a new line of TV's sponsored by former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. Half of the money generated from the sales will be donated to the Ryan Bennett Memorial Fund by Arlovski himself.
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I'm back from Comic-Con! Had a great time, and met some amazing people, some of whom I've respected from afar for a long time.
Huge thanks to everyone who came by the booth and said hello. It was great to meet some readers in person. I consider myself lucky that you all read this crazy thing I do. I hope you know how much I appreciate it.
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I actually saw a billboard advertising a billboard company once. It was a bit pathetic...
"Male enhancement" (and other items, perhaps) gift packs are an awesome idea! However, on the subject of ad agencies not advertising, there is at least one ad agency that does advertise: one called Thinkbox, based in the UK. Its first ad was like a nostalgic trip into the past of advertising. Not sure how many of the quotes would be recognised in the US, though. Possibly none.
Scott, you have fans here in Brazil, too, I don't think you knew that. Pity I couldn't go visit comiccon, because, you know... aiplane tickets are expensive, and I can't drive my Volkswagen Beetle all the way over there. Your comics are the best! Bye!
I once saw a billboard advertising an ad agency: "Who says advertising doesn't work? It just did." Kind of like an advertiser's version of Pascal's Wager.
There are some advertisement signs on bus stop benches and post office drop boxes around my office that say "You just proved signs work." And then they have a phone number for an ad agency.
But I don't think they're really there to advertise for the agency on purpose. I think the ad company just failed to rent the ad space out to anyone, and that's what they fill empty ad space with when no one buys it.
Though I guess that's effective, in a way. Their advertising is directly proportional to how much space they have for sale. If the spot were filled with an ad, they wouldn't need to sell the space any more, so advertising it wouldn't make sense.
You never see the same thing on TV though. If Fox has unsold ad space, they use it to advertise their own shows, not to advertise the ad space.
A lot of times billboard companies put up ads when no one is buying the billboards. I never saw it when I lived in the city, but I've moved to a rural area, and one stretch of highway has nothing but billboards for the same billboard company.
I've noticed cinema advertising companies slip in ads for themselves before movies. It's always awkward, patronising and low...no, barely acceptable budget. And of course it just makes people hate them more.
Here in Australia, billboard companies seem to keep an ad for themselves on every billboard, so that it shows when they don't have anything running.
So you had an awesome time at Comic-con - Yeah, I figured!
"Food for the screwed" LOVE IT!!!
You know a ref would stop a fight where one of the fighters is taking a beating like Rick is taking today....
There are certain stretches of highway out here in the Midwest where it seems like about a third of the billboards are advertising billboards. Usually on those same stretches, the other two-thirds are evenly split between ads for adult erotic toy and entertainment venues, and churches threatening eternal damnation if you frequent said venues.
Here in the UK we have ads on bus shelters which say 'Advertising Works - you're reading this!' I make a point of deliberatly not reading the details of the advertising company it is advertising.
Salman Rushdie, that novelist all the Muslims in the world were commanded to kill some years back (I think they're technically still supposed to be looking for him, but mostly they've let it slide), worked in the ad industry before he wrote novels and became uncomfortably famous. "Milk - it's wicked!" That was one of his. Also, "Aero - irresistabubble!" (Aero is a UK candy bar containing bubbles.) You get the idea.
Anyway, I wondered if this could possibly in some way foreshadow either Cartoon Rick or Real Rick\s as yet unpublished novel, and the effect it will have on one of the world's larger religions? Maybe it's about a professor of musicology who listens to all Elvis' records backwards, and figures out that Elvis was Jesus all along, but he never let on because of what happened last time.
Google "Psyop Anthem" to see the most awesome advertisement for advertising ever.
I have a billboard near my house that says "LOOK!" in massive letters, then underneath it said "Your customers do! Advertise here, call #####"
I read this while eating ramen noodles. For breakfast.
Censorship in advertising is a funny thing. It's okay to advertise a pill that helps give you an erection on tv, you just can't talk about on tv what you're going to do with the erection once you get it. The advertising cracks me up. "Finally I've got an erection, now I can go for a walk on the beach with my partner! I can wear a sweater around my neck!!"
Rick needs male enhancement? That's actually not so embarrassing, since it implies that the point isn't moot.
I worked in an advertising company. They were always doing teasers for new company programs and some other frivolous ad work. It turned out that, for the most part, they were pretty creative but had no follow through. I remember a particularly aggressive bit of advertising plastered all over the buildiing months in advance about the unveiling of some massive event on November 8th... the day came and went with nothing, and I eventually found someone who knew the story. It was some kind of incentive program that they abandoned.
We also had posters everywhere dummy-advertising movies that didn't exist, mostly tongue-in-cheek like Rocky 8. All-in-all, a lot of it was pretty fun, but to keep advertisers focused on anything for more than a few days was a challenge. Someone outside of the company always had to carry the torch and do all the drudgery...
Also, the company was filled with the most attractive people I've ever worked with. Everyone was pretty good looking. More women than anywhere I've ever worked, too. Attention span of a cat, the lot of them.
The comic is hilarious...poor, poor Rick makes me feel better about me.
The comments are enlightening (@ Giacomo; Pascal's Wager) and add to the hilarity (@Kate, "...eternal damnation if you frequent said venues....").
This site cheers me up, even on my Rick days. Thank you Scott, and the rest of you as well!
I would SO hire Ad-Co based on that ad.
After RAID comments... for the first time, after 2 years as a regular that I found another reader from Brazil.
Despite that I have a BI callendar at my workdesk, at least now I do not feel like a alien anymore.
By the way Scott, this BI is pure gold!
This cartoon contains brilliant ideas.
Some years ago I processed (for my library) a regularly-published directory of ad agencies. The advertisements the agencies put in for themselves were brilliant!
But enough about that and more about Rick. I know Cartoon Rick isn't married, but what about the real Rick? I think I could make him very happy ... but then would he reject me, just like how Groucho Marx wouldn't belong to any club that would have him?
advertising agencies advertising themselves is actually more common than you'd think. Some of the ads are... surreal in more ways then you'd initially expect from the premise.
Agreed, this is one of the very few sites where I genuinely enjoy reading the comments for reasons other than wanting to feel better about my own intelligence.
And Jason, don't forget-- once you get that erection, you can also sit in an old bathtub in the grass overlooking a cliff, next to your partner who is drinking in the next bathtub over. Of course, if you want to get a little... dirty... you could always go out in the backyard and throw a football through a tire swing.
Enough about advertising...did you get to meet Peter Jackson at Comic Con and does he read your comic strip?
(Although he might not get a lot of them since he probably gets to pick most of his coworkers.)
Note from Scott: I met a LOT of cartoonists, many of whom I've respected for quite some time. I didn't get to meet anyone "conventionally famous" but that's down poor planning and to me being busy.
I got to see the Venture Brothers panel though, which is awesome! And I've decided that Sergio Aragonés is my hero.
PLEASE tell me there are "Ramen Noodles: Food For The Screwed" t-shirts forthcoming.
"Your ad here.".
For some reason this comic isn't showing up (I'm trawling through the backlog). I hope it reappears, I've often been annoyed at billboards advertising themselves. They're just advertising that they are ineffective at advertising - if they were effective they wouldn't still be advertising that they need someone to advertise on them ...
That word looks funny now (and no it doesn't need a Z).
The comic is missing for me, too. Which is a shame, as I had fallen out of keeping up with this comic and have been trying to catch up, so I never saw it in the first place. I really hope this one will be up again soon!
Here's a link to the comic image, in case anyone else crawling the archive happens to read all the comments. I'm not sure why it's not showing on this page.
Odd... it showed up when I visited the site from a different computer at a different location, but it's still not showing up when I visit on this computer.
If you don't see the comic, you probably have AdBlock running and not white-listing the site. I just tried it, and AdBlock default settings block this comic.
There doesn't seem to be a comic on this page.


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Temeka Johnson, Kenner native, Bonnabel and LSU graduate and point guard for the WNBA's Seattle Storm, will be filing reports to NOLA.com as she takes her talents to Russia.
Hello world. How are you?
I hope this blog finds you doing well. I am writing you today to let you know that we have advanced to the second round of playoffs. We played extremely hard and did what we needed to do to win in two games. This round was the best of three and we got the sweep. We played Dynamo Moscow. They have Crystal Langhorn (WNBA Washington Mystics), and Kristie Toliver (WNBA Los Angeles Sparks) who played exceptionally well for their club. But it was Epiphany Prince that led the way for us. She definitely put us on her back and carried us to victory. In game two she was 6 for 8 behind the 3-point line and finished with 28 points.
From here we move on to play the No. 1 team, Ekateringburg. They have everyone it seems like. Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker, Deana Nolan, Sue Bird and Sandrine Gruda, just to name a few. Our first two games against them were pretty close so it should be a very exciting round. Until then I will rest up and get my body right and get ready. I will keep you all posted on how it goes. Have a great week.
The Temeka Johnson File
Born: Sept. 6, 1982
Height: 5-3
College: LSU
High school: Bonnabel
Years pro: 8
Owns a home in Baton Rouge and has a horse, Dreamer, and a dog, Kingston
Founded and runs the charitable organization Heaven Opens People's Eyes (H.O.P.E.)
Initiated the Jewel Johnson Education Scholarship
Honored with Temeka Johnson Day in Kenner on April 16
Adopted schools in Kenner, Baton Rouge and New Orleans
Author of two books: a children's book series, Meek Moments, with its first title, "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions," published in August 2010, and "Temeka's Choice," published in 2012
Professional career highlights:
Signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Storm Feb. 6
Career scoring average of 8.5 points, 4.5 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game; set career-best in 2012 season with 12.2 ppg with the Tulsa Shock
2009 WNBA champion with the Phoenix Mercury
2005 WNBA Rookie of the Year
Collegiate career highlights:
AP All-American second team (2005)
AP All-American honorable mention (2004, 2003, 2002)
SEC Tournament MVP (2003)
Broke LSU's career assists record, single-season record and tied her single-game assist mark in 2003-04 season. She's the only player in SEC history with more than 900 assists.


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Girl Power's red alert: Geri Halliwell bolts the band, but will she become a spice wreck?
In the world of sugar and spice and everything nice, this went down like a jalapeño: On May 31, Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell, 25, quit the Spice Girls, the tart pop posse, with a vague statement blaming "differences between us" and concluding, "P.S., I'll be back."
That declaration did nothing to end speculation on why Ginger was leaving and what she will do in her post-Spice era. "She is actually quite ill, in terms of mental and physical exhaustion," theorizes Britain's Sunday Mirror columnist Ian Hyland, who notes that Geri had skipped the group's two shows in Oslo last month complaining of stomach woes. Or maybe Geri lost a battle with Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown for the Spice presidency. "Geri's a leader," says Bob Herbert, who created the pre-fab five in 1994 when they answered an ad searching for female pop singers. "She's an organizer—very strong. You've got other strong characters in the band as well." Sean Hoare, showbiz reporter for the British tabloid The Sun, was more blunt: "Mel B. and Geri got on each other's nerves. Things have been simmering for about the last six months."
Possibly Halliwell, who is said to be mulling a career as a TV personality, simply tired of the Spice capades; since dumping manager Simon Fuller last year, the girls have been running their own empire. Says Hyland: "Rumor is that Geri became so disinterested in the whole thing because it was just falling around her ears, and she decided she wants to-move on." But as a potential solo act, the former topless model—who once hosted a game show in Turkey and was pictured nude in May's Playboy—isn't exactly Diana Ross; Halliwell's most-admired talents were probably her cheeky humor (she once pinched Prince Charles's behind) and her ability to squeeze into a Union Jack minidress. "Geri had admitted herself that she's not the best dancer and she's not got the best voice," says Hyland. Cynics might say that never stopped her before: Halliwell is reportedly worth $25 million as Girl Power has generated sales of 31 million albums, including last year's top seller, Spice; their film, Spice World, grossed about $80 million worldwide. The remaining Spices will soon begin a 39-city North American tour, but as for whether they will hire a replacement (Spice-a-Roni? Spice Cube?), Britain's Express reporter David Wigg believes "they don't really need one." Sporty, Baby, Posh and Scary are determined to power on, but one member predicted as recently as March, in the British magazine Q, that if anyone left, "I don't think we could carry on. It wouldn't be the same." That bittersweet Spice? Geri Halliwell.
Father Knows Best
With actor Charlie Sheen careening out of control, dad Martin has him arrested
For Martin Sheen, it was time for tough love. After his son Charlie, 32, walked out of a rehab clinic for the second time in five days, Martin, 57, went to the Malibu municipal courthouse on May 27 to say he believed Charlie was violating his probation—stemming from a '97 battery conviction—by using illegal drugs. "This is an extraordinary step," L.A. district attorney spokeswoman Victoria B. Pipkin told PEOPLE, adding that the elder Sheen acted "to basically save [Charlie's] life." Judge Lawrence Mira ordered Charlie Sheen to a detox center, then to an unidentified rehab clinic; warned him that he would be jailed if he walked out on treatment again; and told him to be back in court on July 1.
Other fathers who have lost children to drugs wish they had been as bold. Art Linkletter, 85, whose daughter Diane, 20, died in 1969 after plunging out of a window during an LSD trip, says, "Martin Sheen did the right thing. Charlie is so strongly into drugs that he can't handle it himself. This was a very good move and very courageous of [Martin] Sheen." He adds with regret, "If I'd known then what I know now, I would have had my daughter arrested then. It might have saved her life."
Dr. Quinn Gets Mouth-to-Mouth
Jane Seymour's campaign to stop CBS from canceling her long running Saturday night series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman may keep the franchise off its deathbed: The network is now developing a TV movie of the frontier doc saga which ran for six years. CBS insists the movie idea is unrelated to any cancellation backlash, but Seymour's spokesman says it wasn't proposed to her until the network received thousands of letters and e-mails from angry fans. "They're saying, 'What do you mean we're women and we don't count?' " Seymour told PEOPLE. " 'What do you mean that young people aren't watching the show?' They are!"
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"When I was little, my mother would encourage me to slip under the subway turnstile."
No sole mio for Leo
Should Leonardo DiCaprio ever tire of supermodels and nightclubs, the good people of Trentola Ducenta, Italy, are ready to welcome him with some pasta with beans and pig tails and much amore. After all, they think he's part of the family.
Armed with genealogical records, many in the gritty town near Naples, where 1,000 of the 14,000 residents are named DiCaprio, believe the King of the World is an heir to a native son who came to the U.S. near the turn of the century. Eager to clutch Leo to their collective bosom, the locals are planning to rename a piazza for the Titanic star—an event Mayor Michele Griffo wants Leo to attend "even though it may be a security problem because girls from all over southern Italy are sure to come."
Leo's people say he has never heard of Trentola Ducenta, but that hasn't cooled his wannabe kin. "If he doesn't have a girlfriend," giggles Sonia DiCaprio, 11, who traveled to a neighboring town in order to see Leo on the big screen, "I'll be her."
It may not be the palace at Versailles, but talk-TV monarch Larry King's palatial new home outside Washington, D.C., is just the place to celebrate his new $7 million annual contract with CNN. King, 64, and wife No. 6, singer Shawn Southwick, 38, have paid $792,500 for a newly built French-country style home in McLean, Va. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom stone-and-stucco house comes partially furnished with friends in the vicinity. "It's near Colin Powell," said King's spokesperson, "and that makes Larry happy."
Lost and Hound
Even royalty is no match for a mischievous pooch. Princess Caroline of Monaco, whose 3-year-old Lab, Jaffart, wandered off in the French town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, has been forced to have signs posted in shop windows saying, "Lost, Labrador, Jo Jo and Jef [Jaffart's siblings] are waiting for their friend." The princess (who is offering a reward, amount unspecified) isn't mentioned, nor is there a phone number on the signs; but townsfolk say everyone knows the straying canine is hers. Local baker Bruno Pigoury sighs, "It's not the first time she has wandered off. She is always running around the town." Maybe Jaffart just got tired of bowwowing and scraping.
Prom Teen Has Wright Stuff
David Showalter knows it never hurts to ask. Smitten by a video of country singer Chely Wright, the 6'6", 270-lb. high school senior from Altoona, Pa., wrote and asked Wright to his senior prom, and she accepted. "I'm flattered he thinks I'm neat," said Wright, 27, who danced with Showalter to her hit "I Already Do," before the pair headed to an amusement park and scavenged for coins under the Ferris wheel. "She is just so dang attractive," gushed Showalter, 19. "It was awesome. I had a blast."
THE NAME'S THE SAME: Sharon Stone
A missing pair of underwear "made my life miserable," but Sharon Stone of Humble, Texas, feels sorry for the lingerie-challenged star of Basic Instinct. "Could you imagine, after the teasing I get, what kind she must go through?" asks the 51-year-old mother of grown sons Darek, 28, and Brian, 25. While that Sharon was turning heads in Cannes last month with her new husband, Phil Bronstein, this Sharon was helping grind up tree stumps around Houston and riding shotgun in 51-year-old husband Bruce's truck. "My husband always says that there's nothing quite like the sight of a nice pile of mulch," Stone says.
Stone, who was a bottle blonde for the past five years but "never felt special for having it," says it's the odd day when someone doesn't make a crack about actress Sharon's man-eater image; she once had to tell off a fella who asked if she was a "floozy" like the characters the actress plays. "I usually let people have fun and go with it," Texas Sharon says, "but I do have my limits." She figures actress Sharon's push to win serious roles can only help her too. "As long as she does this and keeps her underwear on, I'm happy."
Texas may lack the glamor of Tinseltown, but it suits Stone just fine. "I've got a car in the garage for going places, a charge card, a little money in the bank and my church. That's all I need," Stone says. "I've got my little life, and she's got her big life." She wouldn't mind some new clothes though. "Give me sequins and lots of lace," she says. "I love that Dolly Parton look."
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Fire causes damage to home in Haiku
A fire Thursday caused about $60,000 damage to a residence on Alii Koa Place in Haiku, a fire official said.
The fire was reported at 4:56 p.m., with companies from Paia, Makawao and Kahului responding.
Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga said the fire started on the lanai and consumed about 20 percent of the structure before being brought under control at 5:18 p.m.
No one was home at the time. Damages were estimated at $50,000 to the structure and $10,000 to its contents, Mainaga said.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
The American Red Cross was providing assistance to the mother and son who were living at the residence.
Hawaiian Airlines cautions of scam
A computer-generated phone scam is targeting Hawaiian Airlines credit card holders and members of HawaiianMiles and Hawaiian Airlines Federal Credit Union, the airline announced Friday.
The calls begin by saying people's accounts have been locked and must be reactivated by pressing "0" for more details. The computer then asks for people to enter more detailed personal information about their account.
Hawaiian Airlines officials said they never contact members and request personal information, including account numbers, passwords and pins, over the phone.
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Mayor to present budget on Tuesday
Mayor Alan Arakawa and his staff will present his administration's proposed budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year Tuesday.
The presentation begins at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers on the eighth floor of the Kalana O Maui building, according to a county announcement. Members of the public are invited to attend.
Arakawa will outline his administration's priorities - "an efficient, effective and responsive government; a strong, diversified economy; suitable public infrastructure; a prepared, safe and livable county; and a healthy and sustainable community."
For more information, call county Communications Director Rod Antone at 270-7855.
Paving, limb cutting completed early
The parking lot at War Memorial Gym has been repaved and reopened ahead of schedule, the County of Maui announced Friday.
Hansen Road also has been reopened after deadwood trimming was completed a day early, county officials said.
Summer Fun Guide coming next month
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The individuals who carried out the racket to buy shares from the bankrupt 'the Finance' company using funds from National Savings Bank (NSB) have been appointed again to its Board of Directors. After the fraud the Chairman and the Board of Directors resigned. As a result of this transaction the NSB lost Rs.152,863,757.28. The 'Voice against Fraud' organization has made a complaint regarding this to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
The President has re appointed Mr. Sumanadasa Abeyguanwardene who was a member of the Director Board of NSB when the fraud took place. Mr. Sumandasa Abeygunawardene functions as President's personal astrologer. As a result of NSB funds being used in share market rackets, the affairs of the bank were hindered and the bank lost its credibility say internal sources of the bank.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has questioned the former Chairman of NSB Pradeep Kariyawasam at length. Mr. Kariaywasam is the husband of Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake.


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With the season over for the Indianapolis Colts and the first overall pick in hand speculation has begun as to their intentions. Those that wish for a trade will be dismayed to learn that this draft is seemingly thin for defensive picks at the top of the first round according to CBS Sports:
All of which sets up for a fascinating decision for the Colts. With no clear top defensive prospects to realistically consider over Luck and Griffin, they'll either have to take a quarterback, trade the pick or trade Manning.


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The lift services all floors in the North Building and is situated straight down the corridor (from the accessible entrance), on the left after the entrance lobby. There is an accessible Female toilet on the second floor (room number N/2.02A) and a unisex accessible toilet on the fourth floor (room number N/4.03) which is close to the Prince Phillip Lecture Theatre. The North Building is linked to the Central and West Buildings where there are other accessible toilet facilities.
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JERUSALEM, Israel - For the first time, TheCall and the Global Day of Prayer teamed up in Jerusalem for an event that was seen around the world.
The Jerusalem's TheCall began with repentance and the tearing down of walls between Jew and Gentile believers.
A Time of Repentance and Fellowship
"When Jesus walked here 2,000 years ago, Pilot said, 'Behold here is your king and the people said, - no we don't have a king, but Caesar.' We rejected Yeshua as king, and we have to say, as Israeli Believers - we repent of that because we want to welcome Him as our messiah, as our Lord," said Avi Mizrachi, pastor of Adonai Roi Congregation.
Likewise, Gentile leaders repented for not fully appreciating their Jewish roots.
"We're but branches grafted in," Lou Engle said. "There's a depth here in Jerusalem and among these people that I never honored. And I believe, part of the key to the great awakening at the end of the age is the honoring of the root."
Thanks to God TV, millions of believers around the world are joining believers here in Jerusalem to pray not only for worldwide revival, but that the Jews here in Israel, will come to know Jesus - Yeshua - as their Messiah.
"I think everything's accelerating- we who live here in the land, we feel it - we're on the front line of the battle -- it really is ultimately a battle for the return of the Lord, because Jesus will not return until His people say Baruch habba B'shem Adonai…Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord," Jewish believer Karen Davis said.
Praying for the Nations
Global Day of Prayer Founder Graham Power said never before have so many believers been able to join together to pray for the nations.
"It's amazing to think that today, 214 out of 220 nations are praying together over an 18 hour span," he said.
We're literally in at least a measure of the fulfillment where millions, maybe hundreds of millions are turning their hearts, praying in Jerusalem. The world is living in a day of fulfillment of prophecy - meaning perhaps that the Messiah is coming soon.
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Syracuse, NY -- Rarely Done Productions opens its 2010-2011 season with a work by local playwright Donna Stuccio.
"Elegy in Blue," which bows Sept. 10, focuses on a police officer, which Stuccio has been, who has kept her heart on hold while spending a decade on the job. When four lost souls converge, it forces her to confront the tragedy of her past.
Next, the company pays homage to such backstage musicals as "Babes in Arms," "Kiss Me, Kate" and "A Chorus Line" with the unusual "(title of show) an original Broadway musical" allegedly written by its lead characters, rank newcomers Hunter and Jeff. The story begins when the musical of the title is accepted into the New York Theatre Festival, then moves to the Vineyard Theatre, where it wins three Obies, off-Broadway's highest honor. Finally, its creators learn it is Broadway-bound.
Opening night is Oct. 8.
Forget Charles Dickens' immortal "A Christmas Carol," say three actors. The trio decides to put all yuletide tales into a single package. It adds up to "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)," which opens Dec. 3.
Following is Terrence McNally's "Corpus Christi," the playwright's version of the New Testament. But this time, it is a boy named Joshua, who lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, who is the central figure of Christ. The work, seen on Broadway in 1998, debuts March 11.
"The Marvelous Wonderettes," a musical, is set to open April 1. It centers on a female singing group whose launching pad for fame is their 1958 high school prom.
Songs include "Lollipop," "Dream Lover" and "It's My Party."
Closing the season is "Psycho Beach Party," due to open June 3. It focuses on Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy who desperately wants to become part of the surfer crowd on California's Malibu Beach.
But her split personalities get in her way. She splits into personas such a black checkout girl, an elderly radio talk-show host and a male model.
The work spoofs 1950s psycho dramas, 1960s beach movies and 1970s slasher films.
The attractions were announced by Rarely Done creative director Dan Tursi. All of the shows are staged at Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St., Syracuse.


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WHEN TASMANIA'S Chief Veterinary Officer announced the presence of hydatid infection in a cow and dog in NE Tasmania, it was bound to open a can of worms!
Whilst the detection of a single hydatid cyst in a cow or sheep might not be too dramatic, the fact that it was found in Tasmanian, born & bred animal suggested that there could have been a breakdown in the state border quarantine measures to keep Tasmania hydatid-free.
In 1996 the State Government declared Tasmania provisionally free of hydatid disease based on no new infections in humans, dogs or grazing livestock for several years. This 1996 declaration was despite the fact that DPIWE had no policy in place to prevent mainland dogs, particularly rural working dogs from being formally screened for recent hydatids treatment prior to embarkation on the Trans-Strait ferry or by air.
After significant public pressure, travelling dog owners were required to show proof of treatment for hydatids but it seems this quarantine regulation hasn't been enforced by Quarantine Tasmania.
Several callers to Tim Cox's ABC-radio Morning program on Monday 5 June — the day after the hydatid story was published in the Sunday Tasmanian — gave their personal experiences.
Tim read one email from Meg: 'Four years ago, our son who had been jackerooing for two years bought his two sheepdogs to the state before he left NSW, he had them wormed and thoroughly checked by a vet and papers to certify this. The TT-Line had requested that he do this and he was told officers in Tasmania would want to see the paperwork when he arrived here.
However, no one asked to see the vet certification when he arrived. What also concerned us at the time, was that on the boat he met a fellow Tasmanian jackeroo, also returning with two dogs, who had not wormed his dogs and did not have any paperwork. He also was not approached by anyone to show evidence of a veterinary check.
Perhaps this was just an oversight on that particular day …'
Well no, there were other callers who confirmed similar experiences — they were all blowing the whistle on an inadequate quarantine and biosecurity system at Tasmanian's borders.
A serious worry to David Llewellyn
Tim Cox said; "Also, says Heather — on hydatids — who lives at South Rianna: 'We entered the Spirit of Tasmania, and had also gone to the trouble of worming and treating our dog. We had to go through a particular lane because we had the dog with us when we were disembarking, and we were also not asked for any proof that we had treated our dog.'
"This was in 2003, I don't know if Rod Andrewartha is still listening, but you might be a bit worried about that Rod."
This must have come as a serious worry to born-again Minister for Primary Industries Minister, David Llewellyn, a politician who has really tried to improve the level of resources applied to Tasmania's quarantine services. David excused it as 'a slip up', giving the impression it wasn't systemic. Well, the number of reports that have come to light since Sunday's newspaper article should tell the Minister that isn't tenable.
The consequences of a poorly enforced quarantine measure like this one can take a very long time before you actually detect the breakdown because the detection relies on tracing back diseased livestock back to their home property. But if this lapse has occurred on more than one occasion then we can expect to see further detections of hydatid cysts in slaughtered livestock.
Whilst humans are ONLY exposed to this disease risk through direct contact with infected dogs, the risk of hydatid infection re-establishing here by infected dogs from the mainland — especially through sheep dogs, hunters dogs and rural working dogs — cannot be dismissed
A significant issue to consider here is the strain of hydatids involved — if this detection is a sheep-dog strain from the mainland then it will cycle accordingly; if it is the sylvatic or wild strain that can also infect kangaroo and wallaby, it would have more serious control implications. This incident needs a full and thorough investigation by DPIW and the animal health/veterinary staff.
In bigger picture of Tasmania's Biosecurity and Border Quarantine this incident has important implications. Victoria and southern Australia has organisms — big and small — that we don't want or need here.
By David Obendorf
Whilst the detection of a single hydatid cyst in a cow or sheep might not be too dramatic, the fact that it was found in Tasmanian, born & bred animal suggested that there could have been a breakdown in the state border quarantine measures to keep Tasmania hydatid-free.


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When Brian and Mary Ekiss bought their home off Lewis Road in Nevada City in 2008, they continued restoring the property, which had been a farm in the 1860s.
Taking some of the acreage back to its agrarian roots was a natural decision - but choosing to partner with farmer Leo Chapman of Living Lands Agrarian Network was a leap of faith that has proved amply rewarding.
Harmony Valley Farm is hosting a fundraising dinner, featuring New Moon chef Peter Selaya, that will also serve to showcase both the farm and the network.
The "Dinner in the Field" starts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday; tickets cost $100 per person and proceeds will benefit Living Lands, which promotes organic farming, provides internship and journeyman opportunities, leads educational workshops and feeds local low-income families with farm shares.
"We had this land that's very sunny, that's got a really nice exposure, and it looked like it used to be ag land," Brian Ekiss said.
Worried about the fire danger from the overgrown half-acre, the couple first contemplated working the garden themselves, then discussed leasing the land out.
But after "asking around" at the farmers market, they met Chapman.
"He already knew about the property," Brian Ekiss said. "He met us out here and turned over a shovel of earth - and the rest is history."
Living Lands' unique model of farming involves collaborative partnerships between farmers and local landowners. Under this model, landowners offer a portion of their acreage to be used by farmers in the network.
The landowner benefits by having a portion of their land transformed into an ecological farm, while farmers benefit by gaining access to local land on which to apply their skills and grow a local farm business.
The partnership is a shared vision, with "nothing formal in place other than a friendship and a handshake," Mary Ekiss said.
"You have that feeling of launching off into something new," Brian Ekiss said. "You say, 'We're going to trust this person, we're going to get along, we're going to be willing to let people come on the property.' You do give up a little bit of privacy, but the rewards are worth the risk."
"This land was so appropriate for growing food," Mary Ekiss explained. "To be able to be part of that is a humbling experience. When we go to BriarPatch, our food is there. When we go to the farmers market, our food is there. What a tremendous gift to be able to share all that."
Harmony Valley Farm was a natural choice to host a fundraising dinner, Mary Ekiss said.
"It was planned as a children's farm, an experience farm, for people to come and get a sense of what gardening can be," she said. "It was planned to be beautiful ... and this dinner gives it a chance to fulfill that."
Selaya will lead the Living Lands farmers in the preparation of a gourmet feast featuring ingredients from their farms, including grass-fed lamb, pork and seasonal organic vegetables. Dinner will be served just a few feet from where some of the ingredients were grown.
Local fine wine, appetizers, dinner and dessert are included in the $100 cost, and there also will be a silent auction and other fundraising activities.
To contact Staff Writer Liz Kellar, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call (530) 477-4229.


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ON SUNDAY, May 5, Casey Cattie, 18, an aspiring country singer with a big-league voice, left her Chadds Ford, Delaware County, home in plenty of time to make her pregame sound check at Citizens Bank Park so she could sing "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch.
Packed into her car with her mom, dad, kid brother and boyfriend, the Unionville High senior became nervous when Route 322 merged into a bumper-to-bumper crawl on I-95 North.
Six hours earlier, a tractor-trailer had crashed and burned on the interstate in South Philly, littering the highway with pineapples, melons and bananas. I-95 North was still a parking lot.


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This year's theme is "Gender Topographies". One of the organizers' objective is to spur a re-evaluation of the feminist debate around the issues of private and public spheres. We have solicited abstracts for papers and workshops on topics such as Feminist Methodologies: Biography or Social Context; Constructions of Privacy in Architectural Space; Photographic Enterprise: from the Family Album to Fashion Photography; Digital Dilemmas: Privacy, Pornography and Exploitation, and Women's Spaces in the Global Economy. In addition, we are putting together two panels of distinguished scholars, who will address topics related to feminist methodology, and femist studies in ancient art.
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Lemon Cream BiscuitsJulieVR
I've always said everyone should be able to make biscuits from scratch. This is particularly true during berry season, when blueberries, then strawberries and raspberries come into their own, and shortcakes or split biscuits make perfect vehicles for them, slathered with cream. Of course a biscuit on its own, with or without berries, is a fine thing any time of day. Once you've mastered the basic technique (which isn't at all complicated), you can dress them up however you like – with lemon or orange zest, berries, dried fruit and nuts or chocolate chunks. They're just as wonderful plain, served warm with jam.
Although these biscuits sound rich (on account of the cream) they aren't really over the top (on account of containing no butter) – they are as simple as biscuits get, with no need to cut in the fat before adding the liquid. Perfect for beginners – or those who believe they are unable to make biscuits from scratch. They'll rise to dramatic heights, impressing everyone you feed them to – just make sure your baking powder is fresh.
Lemon Cream Biscuits
grated zest of a lemon
1 cup heavy (whipping) cream
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour¨
2 Tbsp. sugar¨
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder¨
1/4 tsp. salt¨
extra cream or milk, for brushing (optional)¨
coarse sugar, for sprinkling (optional
Preheat the oven to 400F. Stir the lemon zest into the cream; set aside.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the cream and stir just until the dough comes together. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough a few times, then pat into a circle about an inch thick.
Cut into wedges and transfer onto a parchment-lined baking sheet; if you like, brush the tops with milk or extra cream and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Serve warm.
Makes 6-8 biscuits.