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The Mammoth Lakes Police Officers Association (MLPOA) would like to thank the residents, business owners, visitors, and part-time residents of Mammoth Lakes who have been supportive of us for the past twenty-six years. We would also like to express our sincere thank you for your support over the past couple of weeks during these trying times.
The MLPOA is very concerned about the decisions of the Town Council. We are concerned for your safety and ours if the Town follows through with its plan to lay-off 7 of the 17 sworn officers and eliminate 2 of the 3 field supervisors. The Town Council's plan also eliminates the Police Lieutenant position. This plan will result in a 46% reduction in sworn personnel from 17 to 10. It is apparent that the Town Council would like to have the Mammoth Lakes Police Department be responsible for more than half their annual payment on the lawsuit they lost at the rate of $2 million a year. Currently the budget for the MLPD is $4,820,415, which represents 27%of the general fund budget. The Town's proposed cuts to MLPD would equal 56% of the annual payment this year, 58% next year and 64% the following year.
Some have concluded that Mammoth Lakes doesn't need so many police officers, and that it's a nice quiet town with little crime. Don't be fooled by not knowing what you don't know. The Mammoth Lakes Police Department handles hundreds of felony assaults, rapes, robberies, domestic violence, and burglaries. In 2011 alone, the department handled 7,422 incidents which required police action; of the 7,422 incidents, 3,154 of them were radio calls. Thanks to our dedicated, skilled, and competent police force we are able to solve many of these crimes. It is only due to current staffing levels that MLPD can handle these crimes and incidents in a timely manner in which perpetrators are arrested. Such will not be the case with the proposed lay-offs. Not only will the proposed reduction hamper the MLPD's ability to quickly and competently solve crimes, other services the public has come to expect from the department will not be possible with a force of 10 officers. Those include but are not limited to:
- One of many recent examples involved a child molestation case. In this case, officers arrested the suspect as he was leaving the scene at the time of the event. If services were reduced at the time of this incident, there wouldn't have been sufficient officers to respond in a timely manner and make the arrest.
- Officers will be very limited and may not be able to provide regular public service activities such as, helping tourists put on chains and/or pull people from a snow bank, jump starting cars, assist with lockouts, returning dogs to their owners, giving people rides home, and the other daily activities that are part of the reason we live in Mammoth Lakes.
- Proactive activity that reduces crime will be substantially impacted. These activities would include bar checks, DUI patrol, and an overall less visible police presence. We can anticipate an increase in drug activity, thefts, property crime, assaults, drunks, and juvenile crime.
With the proposed plan, there will no longer be a School Resource Officer (SRO), or an officer assigned to the narcotics task force. In recent years the SRO prevented a planned school shooting by a student in which the student was arrested and handgun was recovered along with other evidence of the pre-planned event. The drug problem in Mammoth Lakes is significant; however it is curtailed by the narcotics task force. Without narcotic enforcement, the drug problem will be out of control. A recent example was when a young person overdosed on heroin. The narcotics task force was able to work the case and ultimately arrest the individual who had supplied the victim with the drugs that killed him/her. This will lead to more thefts, more property crime, and more assaults. Not to mention the gang member drug dealers who will come from Reno, Fresno and Los Angeles area to set up shop in an un-policed Mammoth Lakes.
Some have concluded that officer's are overpaid and over benefited. Professional, quality law enforcement service is not cheap. In comparison, there are many agencies that have lesser benefit packages and many with higher. The existing MLPOA contract was approved by the Town Council and has been changed several times through negotiations. The contracts are through mutual agreement. Nothing has been forced upon Council. What you don't hear at the Council meeting is that during the last pre-bankruptcy mediation the MLPOA was asked to concede 24% in salary/benefits/personnel, while the other Town associations were asked to concede 10%. The MLPOA gave up 23% in salary/benefits/personnel, while the other creditors and associations gave up 10%. Because of the cuts given up by the MLPOA, the budget was approved by Council and the police department is operating within its approved budget. It should also be known that the MLPOA and other employee associations voluntarily negotiated with the Town two years ago to help the Town meet their budget. Again, the other employee groups were asked to concede 10% while the MLPOA was asked to concede 24% to avoid layoffs. This isn't about the police department causing the Town to go broke. This is about a political need to layoff police officers.
The employee associations were told by the Town during pre-bankruptcy that they "just need one last cut". We all gave the Town what they wanted, and here we are two months later and they want to cut nearly half the police force? What about the clause in the MLPOA contract signed by the Town that states that the Town will maintain a staffing level for the police department at 17 officers?
This proposed plan will jeopardize the safety of our residents, visitors, and officers. The Town definitely has a problem, but the money for the down payment and annual installments already exists within the Town's budget outside of public safety and other "essential services." One would have to ask themselves, why no cuts to other departments such as Housing, Tourism or Transportation? All the advertising in the world or free transportation will not sell an unsafe community, even if the skiing is great. Who wants to have their skis stolen, car burglarized or become the victim of an assault? As those problems grow, tourism will shrink.
Whatever the final decision of the Council is, the damage to the police department is already done and may be irreversible. Many officers are seeking employment with other law enforcement agencies and will likely be hired, while others are retiring early. These vested officers will be difficult to replace in a Town where public safety and officer safety are not a priority. Hundreds of thousands of invested dollars will be unnecessarily lost because of the Council's political decision to continue to attack the MLPOA.


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Real Estate | 18/02/14
Real Estate release Atlas, their highly anticipated third album, through Domino on March 3rd and have today shared another glimpse of its many charms in the shape of new song "Crime."
To accompany the song the band has created a loving homage to the classic Youtube Guitar Tab tutorial format with singer/guitarist Martin Courtney and guitarist Matt Mondanile performing their respective guitar parts. The video was filmed by Charles Poekel and Brooke Salisbury and edited / animated by Natalia Stuyk.
Watch the Guitar Tab video HERE.
A shimmering, intricate pop song that is at once immediate and meditative, "Crime" is perhaps is a perfect three minute encapsulation of everything that has made Real Estate so endeared to their devoted fanbase.
The most collaborative Real Estate record to date, Atlas was written by Martin Courtney, Matt Mondanile, Alex Bleeker and Jackson Pollis while cruising through the Arizona desert and during a presser in Madrid, in a practice room in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and in an attic in the band's hometown of Ridgewood, New Jersey. It was recorded in the summer of 2013 in Chicago with Tom Schick (Sean Lennon, Low, Cibo Matto) at Wilco's loft studio where new member Matt Kallman (formerly of Girls) joined the fold on keyboards.
Atlas will be released on March 3rd 2014 and will be available on CD (WIGCD320), LP (WIGLP320) and digitally (WIG320D). iTunes pre-orders will come with an instant download of 'Talking Backwards'. Pre-order through iTunes HERE. A limited edition deluxe LP with a bonus 7" will also be available from selected independent stores and through Dom Mart (WIGLP320X). Pre-order HERE.
Real Estate will play the following dates:
Feb 19 - Bush Hall, London
Feb 22 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
Feb 28 - The Independent – San Francisco, CA
Mar 1 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA
Mar 3 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
Mar 4 - Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
Mar 6 - Neumos - Seattle, WA
Mar 7 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
Mar 8 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 9 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO
Mar 11 - The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Mar 19 - The Sinclair - Boston, MA
Mar 20 - The Sinclair - Boston, MA
Mar 21 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
Mar 22 - Il Motore - Montreal, QC
Mar 23 - Opera House - Toronto, ON
Mar 25 - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI
Mar 26 - Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN
Mar 27 - Metro - Chicago, IL
Mar 28 - Firebird - St Louis, MO
Mar 29 - Exit/In - Nashville, TN
Mar 31 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA
Apr 1 - Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VA
Apr 2 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
Apr 3 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
Apr 4 - Musi Hall Of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
Apr 5 - Webster Hall - New York, NY

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Executions, arbitrary killings, deaths in custody, and death sentences
Two executions in SemnanTwo drug traffickers, A.N., 44, from Azad Shahr and J.L., 33, and Afghan that were sentenced to death by Semnan Islamic Revolution Court were hanged this dawn at Semnan Central Prison after the decree was endorsed by the country's general prosecutor and the head of judiciary
executions in Rasht
Two rapists were executed at Rasht Central Prison today. (Asre Iran, Fars news agency, Central News Unit- 19 December 2013)
executions at Karaj's Rajaee Shahr Prison
At dawn of 18 December eight inmates were hanged at Karaj's Rajaee Shahr Prison on unknown charges. Some of these prisoners were brought in from Gezel Hesar Prison and others were from wards 5, 2, and 7 of Rajaee Shahr.
There is no information regarding the identification of the eight and the judiciary authorities have been silent in that accord. (Herana- 19 December 2013)
Two executions at Lakan Prison in Rasht
Arash Shadkam, 27, and an inmate called Yeganeh both charged with premeditated murder were hanged at dawn of Monday, 16 December. (Herana- 19 December 2013)
inmate executed the other transferred for execution
On 21 December prisoner Mojtaba Taimori after being confined for six years, a part of it at ward 3 of Zahedan Central Prison, was hanged at the facility.
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deVries Plays Benefit at Union Hall Tomorrow
New York's (via Seattle) deVries will play a benefit for St. Christopher's Inn Drug Rehabilitation Center with Xylos, Zambri, and Team Genius at Park Slope's Union Hall. Doors are at 7:30PM and tickets are $10 (pony up guys, it's a benefit.) deVries are on first so show up early!
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White Sox laud MLB's stringent drug testing policy
Players, front office react to suspensions handed down to A-Rod, others
CHICAGO -- With the White Sox coming off of an 0-7 road trip to Cleveland and Detroit, Monday's 13 suspensions handed down by Major League Baseball for violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program in relation to the Biogenesis investigation didn't consume the players' every thoughts.
White Sox general manager Rick Hahn pretty much passed on any pregame topics not related to his own team, including the suspension of Alex Rodriguez for the rest of the 2013 season and the entire 2014 season and his ensuing appeal allowing him to play in Monday's series opener.
"You've seen this team play recently," Hahn said. "I've got 99 problems and A-Rod ain't one of them."
"It is what it is," White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham said. "All of us just want to go out there and play. I don't think all of this should affect us one way or the other."
MLB on Monday suspended 13 players as a result of the league's Biogenesis investigation. Rodriguez received the stiffest penalty -- a 211-game ban without pay through the end of the 2014 regular season. Rodriguez, 38, has appealed the suspension, which is to begin Thursday.
His case will be heard by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. Rodriguez's discipline, MLB said in its written announcement, is based on his use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone, over the course of multiple years. Rodriguez's discipline under the basic agreement is for attempting to cover up his violations of the program by engaging in a course of conduct intended to "obstruct and frustrate" the investigation.
The other players who were handed 50-game suspensions include Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz, Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Mariners catcher Jesus Montero, Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera, Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli, Phillies reliever Antonio Bastardo and recently demoted Mets utilityman Jordany Valdespin. Minor Leaguers Fernando Martinez, Jordan Norberto, one-time White Sox farmhand Fautino de los Santos, Cesar Puello and Sergio Escalona were also suspended.
Most of the inquiries thrown at the White Sox players, manager Robin Ventura and Hahn centered on Rodriguez, who was scheduled to hit fourth in a return to big league action. But the responses quickly changed the focus to how these suspensions prove the stringent MLB testing policy in place truly works.
"You'll look back and these are all little pieces that [mean] it will always get better," White Sox captain Paul Konerko said. "Talking about the drug testing stuff, it will always get better. This is the evolution of it, the progression of it. It doesn't happen overnight when you're dealing with a huge operation. Really it's a short amount of time when you talk about six, seven years of implementing something and having it being perfect. These things take time, and years from now, it will all make sense. It's all good in that it's moving in the right direction."
"It's showing one of those things where eventually Major League Baseball is going to catch guys who are doing things," Ventura said. "It's unfortunate, but it's been a part of the game for a while and they're just doing a better job now of finding ways to catch guys."


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Di~July 1, 2010 at 10:02 am
Nice job Amy, you're fabric shopping 101 write up is excellent.
live a colorful lifeJuly 1, 2010 at 10:24 am
Great guest post, Amy. Well-written and very informative.
NedraJuly 1, 2010 at 10:52 am
Great job on your 101 tutorial. I think you covered the most important parts. I used to work in a quilt store, and I can't tell you how many times I answered the question of "What is a fat quarter?" Now that all the pre-cuts are out, it makes for even more confusion. People need to understand the basics first to have the confidence to move on to more quilting. Your tutorial will
Char @ Crap I've MadeJuly 1, 2010 at 11:17 am
Oh man…I used some of that Freebird for the project I did for Quilter's Home. It was the home dec weight or twill or whatever they're calling it, but it was HEAVENLY. SO soft for a fabric of that weight!
LindaJuly 1, 2010 at 11:20 am
I love that fabric! The patterns and colors are wonderful!
Crafty Girls WorkshopJuly 1, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Hi Amy,
 I totally love your blog and was trying really hard to figure out why I was getting so many views to my online fabric shop coming over from your blog! So I decided to stop by again. I think I must have found you when Jodi Nelso featured you and probably left a comment and that's probably brought by some new visitors. But, I wanted to say your blog is awesome! Your pictures are
Simone de KlerkJuly 1, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Some great tips, Amy! Thank you.
pinksuedeshoeJuly 1, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Fab post over there! And you really should stop posting so many amazing pictures. My wallet can't handle it anymore :o)
Mine for the MakingJuly 1, 2010 at 4:30 pm
SO SO informative and helpful. I am a beginning sewer (as I've told you before 🙂 and I feel like you wrote the post for me specifically. Haha!

Thanks again! Love your blog.
angelaJuly 1, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Great job! I especially like the buy it now advice. Until you're into it, you don't realize how hard it is to get more once a bolt is done.
jaybirdJuly 3, 2010 at 3:23 pm
i read your guest post… great advice!!


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CARSON, Calif. — Since having been taken third overall in the MLS SuperDraft in 2009, Omar Gonzalez has glided rather effortlessly to success.
The Maryland product immediately nailed down a spot in the Starting XI, helped the Galaxy strengthen their defense and was a key part on a championship contender. He walked away with Rookie of the Year honors and has followed that up with a First XI nod in the 2010 MLS All-Star Game.
Gonzalez now will have a chance to carry over his run of success to the international stage. The Dallas native left for New Jersey to join up with the US National Team after the Galaxy's 3-2 loss to Real Madrid on Saturday. Gonzalez is part of the United States' first match in the 2014 World Cup cycle.
The US will play Brazil at New Meadowlands Stadium on Tuesday. Gonzalez is one of three Galaxy players on the team as both Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle are also part of the squad.
For his part, Gonzalez said he is ready to play a key role in the national team.
"I'd like to think so," he said. "I think that I'm evolving and coming into my own."
Much like the way he approached his rookie season, Gonzalez said he would look to guidance from the established players on the team.
"I've just got to go into the game and learn from the guys who are starting, Bocanegra and those guys, and try and see how they're leading the team and maybe pick up a few pointers and try and use that for my game," he said.
When the US initially released the roster for the match, Gonzalez wasn't part of it. However, when Columbus Crew defender Chad Marshall pulled out of the game, the University of Maryland alum was quickly called in to replace the MLS Defender of the Year.
After Saturday's match, though, Gonzalez showed that perhaps he should have been included in the initial roster. He did well to stifle Real Madrid in the first half, keeping the likes of Karim Benzema and Rafael van der Vaart quiet.
"Omar Gonzalez played really well," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said after the match. "To see him play against some of those exceptional players is great. We probably made a little bit of a mistake playing him as long as we did because he wasn't feeling well before the game but he gave us 60 to 65 good minutes."
After the match, Gonzalez said he felt fine during the game and reported no immediate negative side effects. Instead, what gave him a boost was how he performed during the match.
"It was just seeing what it's like at that different level and knowing I can get there one day. For me it was just a big confidence booster," Gonzalez said. "It could help me making me that much more confident. The game [on Tuesday] is going to be that much more faster in the international play so if I get on the field I'm going to try and play my best."


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Don't Give Up Until You've Queried 80 Agents or More
The other day, a writer friend asked for my advice in dealing with all pesky rejections in the query stage. I asked how many agents she had queried. "Forty," she said.
"Well, then you're halfway there."
I wasn't trying to be flippant, but if you are serious about getting published, then don't even think about giving up until you've queried at least one hundred agents. Really. But there are a lot of caveats attached to that advice...
(What query letter mistakes will sink your submission chances?)
Column by award-winning former journalist Kristi Belcamino, whose debut
mystery BLESSED ARE THE DEAD has been compared to Sue Grafton's books
and offers chilling, authentic glimpses into the mind of a psychopath while also
mining the psyche of an extremely likeable and sympathetic protagonist. The
novel (HarperCollins June 10, 2014) was inspired by Belcamino's dealings with
a serial killer during her life as a Bay Area crime reporter. Find Kristi on Twitter.
First, let me point out that some people send out that first query and bam — agent. Bam — book deal. From what I've seen in my limited time in the trenches, this applies to about one percent of the writers out there — or maybe .000001 percent. Not sure. One or the other.
But don't let me be a downer, go ahead and dream of being that minority and more power to you if you fall into that scenario. The rest of you doomed sorts can join me as I slog through the publishing quagmire I call "Building my Career."
Luckily, there are many signs along the road that will help guide you in the right direction. Before you begin, you might want to make sure you're stocked for the trip.
Here are four things you'll need to pack for your journey:
1. Perseverance. Be stubborn and refuse to ever give up.
2. Work. Cultivate a constant desire to improve as a writer. This means putting words, lots and lots of words, on paper. This also involves studying the craft of writing and reading as much as you can as often as possible.
3. Teflon-Mentality. Develop a force field to deflect ego-smashing rejections. It is crucial to have the ability to effectively handle rejection, letting them bounce off you, and not allowing them to stop you from plugging away. (See #2 Work.) Get used to it. You think after you get an agent that the rejection is over. HAHAHAHAHAHA. (Sorry.)
4. Patience. Here's a little secret — the world of publishing runs on a completely alternate universe concept of time. Tired of waiting to hear back from an agent or publisher or editor? Grab a beer and put your feet up. In other words, get used to it.
If you have those four tools in your trunk during your trip, you'll eventually make it to your destination.
Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not in one year. Maybe not even in ten years. But one day. If you are always working to improve as a writer and refuse to give up, one day you will be successful.
Sound easy?
It's not. But it can happen.
(Headed to a conference? Learn how to approach an agent.)
Let's talk more about that road to publication. Luckily for you, this road is marked with helpful road signs that let you know you are heading the right way.
So, let's get back to my friend's 40 queries.
I asked for even more information. Is she getting requests for manuscripts? Yep, no problem there, she said. Well, that tells me that her query is solid. It's working.
That's a mile marker she's passed on her journey.
My next question for her: When she did get a manuscript rejected was it a form rejection or an encouraging, specific rejection with lots of feedback?
Form rejections could mean a detour. Exit and go consult a developmental editor. Feedback with specific rejections could mean revising and resubmitting, especially when more than one agent says basically the same thing needs to be fixed.
If you are getting feedback that takes up the entire page, jump up and down with joy — you are getting close. That road sign says your exit is ahead.
Do the revisions and massage that manuscript even more, if necessary.
Do not give up.
Look for more signs that you are nearing your exit. I remember the day I knew I was close. I was taking a writing class at a local literary center. The teacher said he'd never snagged an agent with his novel. One agent had told him, "It just didn't make me want to miss my subway stop."
I practically did a cartwheel in class that day because an agent had called me the day before telling me this:
She'd started reading my manuscript on her phone on the train home and had intended to stop and read the rest on her iPad or computer once she got to her apartment. Instead, she finished reading my book, sitting on her living room couch with her jacket still on.
Although, she never did make an offer of representation, when she told me that story and then I heard my writing teacher tell his, I knew I was close.
Then one day, the ultimate road sign appears: Exit now.
An email in your inbox or a phone call! Yay! An offer of representation.
Congratulations! Go celebrate! I did. I had a helping of bacon ice cream and a shot of vodka. You might prefer a kale shake and a slice of tofu — whatever guns your motor. The point is to take a minute to enjoy this milestone. You've made it. So far. We'll talk about getting that book deal in another post! For now, enjoy your success.
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Apple has never broken out numbers for individual iPod models when it reports quarterly sales results, making it difficult to determine just how may iPod touches Apple has sold since the device's introduction in late 2007. However, the number was revealed this week after the complaint filed in Apple's lawsuit with Samsung was posted to PACER. According to the filing, Apple has sold "over 60 million" of the iOS-compatible devices in three and a half years.
To put some perspective on this number, we dug into Apple's quarterly reports since fiscal first quarter of 2008 to find out the total number of iPods sold since the iPod touch was first launched. (Apple's fiscal first quarter is October through December of the preceding year, so the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 is the first full quarter of iPod touch availability.) Including an estimated 10 million iPods for the most recent quarter, Apple has moved a total of about 188 million iPods since September 2007.
Apple said in its lawsuit that the 60 million figure counted sales through March 2011, which accounts for nearly one-third of all iPods sold since September 2007. Well-known Apple financial analysis blog Asymco is estimating that Apple sold 5 million iPod touches in the second fiscal quarter of 2011. If the estimates are correct, iPod touches are now half of all iPod sales.
Though the iPod touch is lumped into the rest of Apple's (generic) iPod sales figures, it is also an important part of the iOS platform. According to Apple's legal filing, it has sold a total of roughly 108 million iPhones and 19 million iPads to date. At 60 million units, the iPod touch represents roughly one-third of all iOS devices sold. Another thought-provoking comparison: Apple sold about the same number of iOS devices (187 million) as iPods (188 million) in the last 3.5 years.
Apple is scheduled to announce its fiscal second quarter 2011 financial results later today. Hopefully Apple will have something more to say about these numbers then.


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Government forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters battled to dislodge militants from a small town north of Baghdad on Monday, while two car bombs in the capital killed a reported 14 people, officials said.
The clashes in Duluiyah are part of the Islamic State extremist group's larger offensive across Iraq as it tries to expand the territory under its control.
Fighters from the jihadi group barrelled into town, some 80 kilometers (45 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, and quickly seized the mayor's office, police station, local council and courthouse. They also blew up a bridge connecting the town with the nearby city of Balad.
The Iraqi military launched a counterattack, but the fighting bogged down and was still raging Monday, officials and a resident said.
Jassim Mohammed, who lives in Duluiyah, said dozens of militants in SUVs quickly pushed into the neighborhoods of Khazraj and Boujwar before facing stiff resistance from the Joubour tribe. The fighting Monday was with machine guns and RPGs, and there were casualties on both sides, Mohammed said.
He added that most of the tribesmen battling the militants are members of the local police force, which is largely composed of former army soldiers from the Saddam Hussein-era.
"They will not give up easily, the battles are fierce and ongoing," Mohammed said.
Since capturing the northern city of Mosul last month, the Islamic State group and other Sunni militants have seized control of much of northern and western Iraq. Their offensive has slowed since the initial burst, but the insurgents have vowed to push on to Baghdad.
The capital has seen several small scale bombings, but no major attacks, since the militant offensive began. The blitz has caused jitters in Baghdad, where Shiite militias have joined security forces in recent weeks to try to boost security in the city, although relatively minor attacks still happen almost daily.
On Monday, two car bombs exploded in commercial areas of Baghdad, killing at least seven people.
The deadliest attack took place in Baghdad's Allawi neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite district near the Green Zone that is home to many government offices and foreign embassies. A police official said seven civilians were killed and 12 wounded in that blast.
He said the casualties could have been much worse, but the area was not crowded early Monday because of a state holiday to commemorate the 1958 Revolution that overthrew the monarchy.
A second vehicle packed with explosives blew up near a string of car dealerships in Baghdad's southeastern Bayaa area, killing at least five people and wounding eight, the official said. The explosion also damaged several cars.
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Meet The Cubs: Johnny Culbreath
>> 5.02.2011
7.6 (209): Johnny Culbreath
South Carolina State OT
With their fifth and final pick in the 2011 NFL draft, the Detroit Lions selected Johnny Culbreath, an undersized (6'-5", 278#) offensive tackle out of South Carolina State. Or, possibly, Johnny Culbreath, a huge (6'-5", 322#) offensive tackle out of Sound Carolina State.
I haven't been able to figure out the reason for the discrepancy, but ESPN's database has Culbreath 44 pounds lighter than he weighed in at his Pro Day (he wasn't at the NFL Combine). I'd already identified "developmental offensive tackle," in a general sense, as a need for the Lions, but Culbreath is not Nate Solder—and by pure draft grade, he's also looking up at Jason Fox, last year's "well I guess this guy is our developmental tackle."
Scout.com's high school recruiting database doesn't contain Johnny Culbreath, and Rivals has him as an unranked tackle. Culbreath lettered in football and wrestling in his hometown of Monroe, Georgia—even winning a state wrestling championship! Rivals lists his high school size at 6'-5", 273—which, I'm not sure how wrestling weight classes work, but did he win the 273-pound class by default? That's a big high schooler. I'd hate to think that's what ESPN based their size figures for Culbreath off of, but it looks like it. They even said:
He is an undersized OT who needs to add bulk to his frame and has raw tools. He is clearly a developmental project at this point.
Were they looking at old film? A different guy? How much more bulk than 323 pounds can you add to a 6'-5" frame? Still, at 6'-5", 273 going into college, Culbreath looked like the real deal. He drew interest from several SEC schools, including plain old South Carolina ($), before committing to Florida State. Unfortunately, Johnny didn't have the grades to qualify; that may be why a naturally huge dude from Georgia with SEC offers ended up with no ranking. Culbreath went instead to South Carolina State, alma mater of NFL veteran Orlando "Zeus" Brown.
If the name sounds familiar, it's because Brown lost three seasons of his NFL career after an errant penalty flag hit him in the eye. Brown sued the NFL and got a $25M settlement, but nevertheless worked his way back to play one more season for the Ravens. Culbreath says lots of people at SC State—including one who coached "Big Zeus"—compared him to Brown . . . considering Brown was a multi-year NFL starter despite losing his best years to that injury, that's quite a compliment.
In Culbreath's freshman year, he started eight games for the SC State Bulldogs, sliding over to start at left tackle for the fourth game. In SCSU's first-ever game against South Carolina, Culbreath started at both OT and DT! In 2008, he played and started the first 12 games, missing the last game of the year with an injury. After that season, he was named first team All-MEAC for the first of what would be three straight times. In his junior year, the "starting left tackle" thing wasn't a question. At the end of that 2009 campaign, Culbreath was named MEAC Offensive Player of the Year, and FCS All-American by several media outlets. In 2010, he was named a team captain, Preseason All-everything, and held up his end of the deal—again FCS All-American, first-team All-MEAC, etc.
Now, what the experts have said. I already embedded ESPN's (plainly erroneous) take above, but here are some more:
- Pro Football Weekly:
High school wrestling champion, team captain and four-year starter who looks the part with very good size, long arms and large hands with nice movement skills. However, is raw and unrefined technically. Has a lethargic lower body — is not explosive out of his stance and kickslide needs work. Held his own against Georgia Tech, flashes a mean streak and has moldable tools for a patient position coach to work through mental hurdles.
- CBS Sports:
Positives: Looks like an NFL tackle with thick lower and upper bodies, good height and long arms. Has natural bend, good technique on slide. Owns a strong punch and extends arms to maintain distance with defender, resets hands multiple times. Effective cut blocker on stretch plays and in pass protection. Hits multiple targets on zone blocks and downfield. Plays with real attitude, attacks defenders in the run game and latches on, finishing the play. Team captain in 2010.
Negatives: Overextends in the run game and in pass protection, losing posture and opening himself up to be out-quicked in space. Needs to move his feet after contact because won't dominate with pure strength athleticism as he did against FCS competition.
- SI.com:
Negatives: Does not use his hands well and tends to do too much catching of defenders rather than jolting them with good punch. Falls asleep at times and is late picking up assignments or recognizing blitzes. Marginal strength in his base and really does not get movement at the point of attack. [Ed. Note: there weren't any 'Positives'.]
The lack of explosion and lower-body drive is the only flaw that sounds like a permanent one; most of the rest of the issues seem as though they're coachable. Some of the assessments vary wildly, and it sounds as though whether you scouted him during 2009, after 2009, during 2010, or after 2010 makes a big difference on your impression of him. He grew an awful lot in his upperclassmen years (from 278 to a senior season weight of 310; now 322), and his technique improved along with it. Though he isn't an academic stud or considered a film room junkie, I don't believe his ability to understand or execute complex plays is in question. He told the National Football Post:
"I think I made a good impression with the visits with the board work I did with all the offensive line coaches. They want to see if can take in the plays. I did real well. They showed me plays. They did an install and I took notes and did a recall."
Normally, this would be the part where we consult the indisputed arbiter of truth in draft prospects, YouTube Highlight Reels, but the pickings are slim. First, an interview:
Last, a SCSU Bulldogs 2009 highlight reel:
This is the only real footage of Culbreath I could find, and a lot of it is defense and special teams . . . and white text on black, and the ESPNU intro, and cheerleaders, and a bulldog . . . anyway. Check out 3:02 for protecting his QB in space, 3:47 for help springing a long run, 4:35 for what seems to be a good zone block (they cut to another angle mid-play) . . . and then, the best part. At 6:00, pick out Culbreath (#50). He gets his hands on a guy and drives him from inside the numbers all the way to the sideline, pancaking him and knocking his helmet off in the process. If you miss it, our editor helpfully replays it three times. At 7:40 and 8:20 you'll see Culbreath do his job well.
Mostly, what little info these plays give us confirm the scouts: NFL body, NFL mean streak, and technique that isn't polished because it didn't need to be against FCS competition. With some help from George Yarno, and a couple-three seasons to . . . well, season, Culbreath definitely has the potential to become a legit NFL tackle. Whether he does so sooner than Jason Fox, or in time to contribute if/when Backus or Cherilus need to be replaced, well, that I can't say. If nothing else, history's on our side: the last SCSU Bulldog drafted by the Lions was a fella named Robert Porcher.


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The National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame Ceremony for the Class of 2012 will be held on Tuesday, October 2 in Toronto at The Westin Harbour Castle. Former Toronto Rock goaltender Steve Dietrich was voted into the Hall of Fame in July and will be the lone inductee this year. Dietrich, who retired in 2011 after 18 seasons in the league, is now General Manager of the Buffalo Bandits.
The induction ceremony for Dietrich begins at 7pm. Fans can purchase tickets to Hall of Fame ceremony, which includes Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar, for $50 each. For more information on purchasing tickets, contact the NLL via email at [email protected]. The event had been previously scheduled for October 3.
The Hall of Fame ceremony concludes a busy three days of NLL events. The 2012 NLL Draft is on Monday, October 1 in Toronto at The Westin Harbour Castle. On Sunday, September 30, a Combine for Draft Prospects and non-roster free agents will be held at the new Toronto Rock Practice Facility in Oakville, Ontario.
About the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame
The NLL Hall of Fame was established in 2006 to honor the players, coaches, executives and others who've made immeasurable contributions to the growth of professional box lacrosse. The Hall of Fame currently has 17 members, and has also recognized two members of the media. Each year, Hall of Fame nominees are suggested by the fans of the NLL, and voted on by team executives, current Hall of Fame members as well as senior members of the league's covering media.
Class of 2006 (Founding Members)
Les Bartley
Russ Cline
Chris Fritz
Gary Gait
Paul Gait
Class of 2007
Mike French
Darris Kilgour
Tom Marechek
Class of 2008
Sal LoCascio
Johnny Mouradian
Tony Resch
Class of 2009
Dallas Eliuk
Jim Veltman
Class of 2010
Rich Kilgour
Dan Stroup
John Tucker
Class of 2011
Bob Watson
Members of Media Recognized by Hall of Fame:
Tom Borrelli (2007)
Neil Stevens (2008)
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Unauthorized immigrants to get licenses
State lawmakers Thursday night approved historic legislation that would allow unauthorized immigrants to obtain a special drivers license, but it could not be used as identification to board planes, collect public benefits or register to vote.
Gov. Jerry Brown immediately issued a statement saying he will sign the measure, which was shaped to meet his specifications.
"This bill will enable millions of people to get to work safely and legally," he said. "Hopefully, it will send a message to Washington that immigration reform is long past due."
The law will bring to an end a decade of legislative attempts to provide licenses for those here illegally.
The measure had been shelved just the day before after drawing vehement opposition from immigrant rights activists who said the special marker identifying the holder as being in this country illegally was tantamount to a "Scarlet Letter" inviting discrimination and racial profiling.
Other critics oppose any kind driver's licenses for unauthorized immigrants, saying it rewards illegal behavior.
Earlier, the Legislature sent numerous bills to the governor while rejecting others as the clock ticked down on the last day of expected legislative business for the year. Lawmakers approved a higher minimum wage, overtime pay for domestic workers and a speedier process to remove teachers accused of misconduct.
But they declined to take away a tax exemption from the Boy Scouts and also shelved a high-profile gun-control bill.
Under the license bill, the Department of Motor Vehicles would be in charge of making adjustments to the document to make sure it meets the security standards established by the federal Real ID Act put into law after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
The bill suggests the likely wording stamped on the back could be: "This card is not acceptable for official federal purposes. This license is issued only as a license to drive a motor vehicle, It does not establish eligibility for employment, voter registration or public benefits."
The front of the license would have a small "DP" notation to designate that it was for the driving privilege only, instead of the "DL" abbreviation for driver's license.
Supporters say a license with a marker, while distasteful, is better than no license at all, particularly since legislative sessions over the last decade have been littered with similar bills that failed.
Additionally, unauthorized immigrants are already driving. This would encourage them to be trained, tested and obtain insurance, they said.
"We have a governor waiting to sign this measure," said Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana. "I choose to vote for progress."
The Senate approved the Assembly Bill 60 on a 28-8 vote. It passed the Assembly, 55-19.
Many protesting immigrant activists wanted a non-distinguishable document. One of those with concerns is Christian Ramirez, human rights director of Alliance San Diego, which is part of a broader coalition of 30 area groups.
"This is not the best way forward,' he said after the Senate vote.
Ramirez noted that parts of the proposed federal immigration reform package focusing on security issues could trump state law and force local police to detain stopped drivers for possible deportation hearings.
"It is definitely a polarizing issue," he said. "We need to stand by our values and principles."
In light of that, principal author — Assemblyman Louis Alejo, D-Salinas, dropped the bill and as late as Thursday morning said he planned to work with critics to come up with a compromise. But the Senate moved ahead regardless and a deal was struck for the Assembly to take action.
Critics opposed driver's licenses of any kind for unauthorized immigrants, saying that would reward illegal behavior.
Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, R-Escondido, said it would set a precedent that could eventually open the doors for licenses to be used for identificaton purposes as well as driving. She added that it was a "weakening of the responsibilities and values" of becoming a legal permanent resident.
In other action:
• California's minimum wage would rise to $10 an hour within three years under a bill that is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown, giving the state one of the highest rates in the nation. AB 10 would raise California's $8 hourly minimum wage by $1 on July 1 and another dollar on Jan. 1, 2016. Brown said he will sign the first minimum wage increase since 2008.
• Brown has signed into law a compromise bill intended to ease the state's prison crowding crisis by asking federal judges to delay their year-end deadline for releasing thousands of inmates.
SB 105 authorizes the administration to spend a projected $315 million to lease cells in private prisons and county jails. Yet part of the money would instead go to rehabilitation programs if the court agrees to extend its deadline for reducing the prison population by about 9,600 inmates.
• A bill to strip the Boy Scouts of America of its tax-exempt status in California because of the organization's refusal to allow gay troop leaders failed. SB 323 called for denying state tax breaks to nonprofit youth groups that discriminate on the basis of gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion or religious affiliation. Because the legislation was a tax measure, it required a two-thirds vote in both houses to pass.
The Senate approved it in May, but it stalled in the Assembly on Thursday.
• A proposal that would have banned ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets also failed. State law already prohibits the sale, gift and loan of large-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. SB 396 would have forced gun owners who already had such magazines to dispose of them by July 2014.
• The governor also received a bill intended to speed and streamline the process for dismissing teachers accused of misconduct, despite the opinion of some lawmakers that the measure should be improved, possibly next year. AB 375 adds homicide charges to the list of offenses that can prompt a teacher's removal. But it removes possession of marijuana and some other drugs from the list of offenses that can trigger immediate removal from the classroom.
• Employers would have to pay overtime to domestic workers under a bill sent to the governor, but the mandate would expire in a few years unless the Legislature renews it. AB 241 was scaled back from the original version and now exempts part-time baby sitters, but it requires that other domestic workers be paid time-and-a-half if they work more than nine hours in a day or 45 hours in a week. That requirement expires Jan. 1, 2017, unless renewed by the Legislature.
• Lawmakers approved legislation intended to undo a court decision that left 2,500 California small-business owners with unexpected tax bills at the end of last year. Two separate bills — SB 209 and AB 1412 — that moved through the Legislature are aimed at retroactively reinstating a tax break for small businesses on capital gains from the sale of stocks. It was overturned by a court ruling last year, leading the Franchise Tax Board to send tax notices totaling $120 million for the years 2008 to 2012.
• The Senate approved, and the Assembly was expected to later follow, a bill that would loosen some environmental regulations statewide, but primarily dealt with making it easier to build a new downtown basketball arena for the Sacramento Kings.
• Lawmakers agreed to name the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for former Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Resolutions do not require the signature of the governor, who opposed the bridge naming.
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Mexican rescue workers found three more bodies over the weekend amid the rubble of a deadly blast that tore through state oil firm Pemex's main office complex, the government said, as search efforts appeared to near a close.
The death toll from Thursday's explosion stands at 36, Pemex said via Twitter. Rescue workers had been digging through the last sections of the building's basement and could soon call off their search. One person was reported still missing.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo said on Friday that it was too early to say if the explosion was due to an attack, an accident or negligence, but he promised results of an investigation in the coming days.
Murillo toured the site on Sunday, but did not publicly comment on the progress of the investigation. Officials have communicated details through social media about the disaster, which struck just before a long holiday weekend.
The investigation will test confidence in President Enrique Pena Nieto, whose Institutional Revolutionary Party ruled Mexico for most of the last century but lost power in 2000, when it was accused of fostering widespread corruption.
Local media reported the three bodies were maintenance workers. A woman who worked as a secretary was still missing, but she was unlikely to be found so deep in the wreckage.
The blast occurred two months into Pena Nieto's presidency, just as Congress was preparing to discuss his plans to open up the state-run energy industry to more private investment.
Hobbled by heavy state taxation, Pemex saw production slump in the last decade and its safety record has been stained by a series of deadly accidents, including an explosion that killed about 30 at a gas facility last year. (Reporting by Michael O'Boyle and Adriana Barrera; Editing by Simon Gardner and Stacey Joyce)
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Mixed messages about what to eat or not for performance are at record high levels of craziness. You've made a decision to eat better this year and it can be difficult knowing where to even start. Although there are as many different approaches to eating as there are people, fortunately science has proven a few solid basics that make for a logical starting point. Before even looking at "what" to eat, as a first step, focus on "how."
Assuming we've slept for at least six hours, we wake up in a fasted state, yet our digestive system is still working. Break that fast by eating within the first two hours of being up. If trying to lose weight, eat sooner than later to get digestion running and burning calories .
Instead of putting large volumes of food or fluid into the digestive system in an erratic pattern , allow no more than three to four hours to pass while awake and active without eating. With every meal and snack, drink a hydrating beverage, ideally water. It's better to drink six to eight ounces of water at even intervals than to go hours without drinking and then gulp large amounts at once.
Once a pattern of even meals and snacks has been established, hone in on what is covering that plate. For optimal health, vegetables, fruit and whole grains such as bread, cereal, pasta, rice and quinoa form the category of carbohydrates. Carbs are the main fuel for active muscle and brain cells. A plate half-covered with vegetables with the other half shared between whole grains and protein such lean meat, fish, poultry, lentils, soybeans, nuts, eggs is a well-balanced energy-enhancing meal.
Because carbohydrates alone won't optimize energy, quality protein and fat must also be daily constants. Include protein in meals and all snacks to assist in keeping blood sugar/energy levels steady . Fats from nuts, seeds, vegetable oils, nut oils and fish are examples of high-quality fats . With nine calories per gram, compared to the four calories per gram in carb or protein foods, a healthy diet has about 25-30 per cent of its calories as fat.
Aim for a straight-line rather than an all-over-the-map approach. Next week, we'll get more specific.
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Indiana University East is an inclusive and welcoming campus that recognizes, celebrates and embraces differences and commonalities. This includes, but is not limited to, culture, language, ethnicity, race, religion, political opinion, socio-economic status, ability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age and life experience. We are creating a learning and work environment in which people benefit from interaction with one another. At IU East civil rights and civil liberties set the boundaries for respectful discourse and action. As we build an inclusive campus, Indiana University East will continue to engage in dialogue and commit the time, resources and leadership which will aid the continuous growth of respect for human rights of all peoples and cultures through curricular, co-curricular and administrative activities.
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"Educated persons should develop the skills to understand, accept, and relate to people of different backgrounds and beliefs. In a pluralistic world one should not be provincial or ignorant of other cultures; one's life is experienced within the context of other races, religions, languages, nationalities and value system."


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Home > Newsletter > Nouvelle traduction : Newsletter n°71 [FR]
Ladies and gentlemen,
Further to the Collective TANY previous issues on the rare earths project in the North-West of Madagascar, please find below the link to a petition launched by the local communities affected and by the neighbouring inhabitants.
It has to be sent
To Hery RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA,
President of the Republic of Madagascar
You can read the text in English language below.
Thanks for signing and disseminating it
The Collective TANY
Subject : Request for suspension of the rare earths project in the Ampasindava peninsula (North West Madagascar) and cancellation of the mining project granted to the company Tantalum Rare Earth's Madagascar (TREM).
Nosy Be, 9th of march 2017
Your Excellency,
We address this open letter to you respectfully in your capacity as Protector of the rights and liberties of citizens, social groups and organizations.
As representatives of civil society, as well as economic and touristic operators of Nosy Be, we are honored to address you with this petition expressing our profound opposition to the rare earth exploitation project in the Ampasindava peninsula by the company Tantalus Rare Earth Madagascar (TREM), and we ask you to order the suspension of this project, as well as the cancellation of of this company's mining permit.
Our petition supports the declaration of the platform of civil society organizations in the Diana Region, as well as the petition of communities around the TREM mining project. This is motivated by the reasons set out below :
This rare-earth project, and the way it has been carried out so far, is contrary to international conventions on human rights and environmental protection signed by Madagascar, particularly in regard to marine and coastal ecosystems.
We also dispute the legitimacy of the mining permit granted to TREM by the High Authority of Transition, which was not authorized to make such long-term commitments under the provisions of Roadmap.
Additionally, this project contradicts the strategy of development of Nosy Be and its entire region. This is implemented by the Tourist Development Plan (PDT) and is being developed by the Ministry of Tourism with the support of the World Bank.
So, it is clear from the reports of experts and scientific studies in the use of rare earths that its effects on the environment and public health are catastrophic and irreversible. In the particular case of the Ampasindava Peninsula, this type of mining exploitation is going to :
Beyond sectoral and particular interests, what constitutes the foundation of a sustainable vision of development is the safeguarding of unique regions and their exceptional heritage, with respect for human rights and nature and concern for the wellbeing of Madagascar's people and future generations.
For all these reasons, we join the Platform of civil society organizations in the DIANA region and the communities around the rare earth project to urgently call upon the Government to order the shutdown of this rare earth project.
Mr. President, we are confident that we can count on your strong vision of our country, that you have often expressed, and that is under no circumstances headed in the direction of a country left to desolation.
However, be assured that the stance of all the above speakers is unequivocal, and we rise together on behalf of this region in demanding the abandonment of the rare earth project in its entirety.
With great sincerity and utmost respect,


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Why Did Jesus Die? (01) To Heal God's People
There's a rather strange story in the Old Testament about an incident that occurred as Israel was journeying from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land:
Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread." So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live."
So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. (Numbers 21:6-9)
What's curious about this story is the method God uses to cure His children. A bronze serpent on a pole, what's with that?
Christian readers, though, see here (as in virtually every page of the Old Testament) a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. And where do we get this idea? From Jesus Himself! For this is one of those times when Scripture does interpet Scripture. Jesus said:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (John 3:14-17)
All Christians are fond of quoting John 3:16, but for some reason, few quote these verses just before and after it. But when we do read the context, we notice two or three very interesting things. One is that the phrase, "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life" occurs twice within three short verses. Jesus repeats Himself, as if for emphasis. I have come to heal you, who have all been bitten by the ancient serpent of Eden. I am like that bronze snake Moses lifted up. As those who looked upon the bronze serpent lived, so those who look to Me in faith shall live forever.
This theme of destroying death and giving of life, the Lord's own analogy (though not His only one), is the central, guiding motif of Orthodox teaching about the Cross: Jesus died to bestow upon the world eternal life. Every other thing we say about the atonement is one or another facet of this gem, is another way of getting at the fathomless mystery of how Christ destroys death and gives immortal life. This is the framework into which all the other pieces are fitted: that by death, Christ trampled down death and bestowed life upon those in the tombs.
We notice, in passing, that the story in Numbers gives no hint of that bronze serpent being punished in the place of disobedient Israel! It was raised for their healing, for their life. That's what Christ twice says. In fact, it lifted their punishment. When Moses prayed, God simply forgave, without punishing anyone. The serpent on the pole was the form His forgiveness took. He demonstrated His forgiveness by healing the people. In just such a way, Christ, too, while on the Cross, prayed to the Father, "forgive them, for they know not what they do." And the Father did, still without having to punish anyone, and the Cross is the form His forgiveness takes, for upon it, our death is healed.
And yet, in an entirely different sense, that bronze serpent mounted on the pole definitely implies punishment; see the next post in this series, in which we will also examine how Christ's death could heal anybody else of death. How does that work?
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Why Did Jesus Die? (02) To Crucify Death and Sin
Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:14-15)
In the previous post, we saw how Moses fashioned a bronze serpent and raised it on a pole; how those who had been bitten by live serpents were healed when they looked at that bronze serpent and lived; and how Christ compared His coming crucifixion to that healing, life-giving event.
But a serpent, of all things, to typify Christ? Why? Isn't that more of an anti-type? Hasn't the serpent always, since Eden, typified the devil?
Yes, and that is exactly why God told Moses to fashion that particular symbol: on purpose to foreshadow the fact that Christ, in dying, crucified sin. Or as St. Paul puts it, "[God] made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin." (Corinthians 5:21)
This does not mean any such simplistic thing as that God the Father was blaming the Blameless One for everybody else's sin! Even if we do sometimes say so metaphorically, at the literal level we would never consider that any form of justice, much less Divine Justice.
Instead, "[God] made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin" means that when Christ dies, so does sin. In His death, sin is crucified. How does His dying destroy sin? By destroying death. Think of death as a scorpion, whose tail, lashing out, stings us. The stings it inflicts are sins. (cf. I Cor. 15:56)
Yes, it works both ways. Originally, sin (not God) made us mortal. Now mortality, death, residing in our very genes, erupts in us as sin, making a disastrous downward spiral. The more we sin, the more we die (move further and further from God-our-Life) and the more we die, the more we sin. The sicker we become, the more symptoms we show; and the more symptoms appear, the sicker we feel. To be free from the symptom (sin) we must be free of the disease (death). If we are not to keep on being stung by sin, the scorpion, death, must be killed.
How does death cause us to sin? It does it in two ways, for death means two things.
First, death is the separation of body and soul from God, a condition we inherit, in which we are born. (It is not a reciprocal separation, for if He were to abandon us, we could not live a moment! But it is separation in that we have abandoned Him.) In this separation, we are largely blind to God and to all the things concerning Him. We are more oriented toward ourselves than to our Creator, meaning we are warped. From this blindness come sins. From this self-serving come more sins.
Secondly, we are all aware that one day, inescapably, our bodies, too, shall die. This awareness spurs more sins. Pause for a while (preferably a long while!) to reflect how differently we would live if there were no fear of death; how different would be our behavior if we knew nothing could ever harm us, nothing could ever end our lives, if we weren't always thinking, "Life is short," as in, "too short to put up with you," or, "too short not to enjoy as fully as possible, even at the expense of others." There would be no point in so much of our sinning if it just weren't true that "tomorrow we die." As it is, though, death is the devil's whip, keeping us slavishly, even feverishly, pursuing his agenda. Quick, amass your fortune now, he whispers, so you can live high in whatever time remains. Be ruthless if necessary. Or, You're getting older now; you are going to have to get tough if you are to become famous enough for your name to live on after you. Or, Since you will die unless you ____ (fill in the blank with steal, kill, lie, or any other sin), do it.
The more we ponder it, the more we realize how free we would be, free as Adam and Eve were, free from compulsion to sin, free to choose goodness, but for the death we carry around inside us.
Fr. John Romanides explains in detail how the fear of death causes us to sin.
In the first place, the deprivation of divine grace impairs the mental powers of the newborn infant; thus, the mind of man has a tendency toward evil from the beginning. This tendency grows strong when the ruling force of corruption becomes perceptible in the body. Through the power of death and the devil, sin that reigns in man gives rise to fear and anxiety and to the general instinct of self-preservation or survival. Thus, Satan manipulates man's fear and his desire for self-satisfaction, raising up sin in him, in other words, transgression against the divine will regarding unselfish love, and provoking man to stray from his original destiny. Since weakness is caused in the flesh by death, satan moves man to countless passions and leads him to devious thoughts, actions, and selfish relations with God as well as with his fellow man. ..
Because of death, man must first attend to the necessities of life in order to stay alive. In this struggle, self-interests are unavoidable. Thus, man is unable to live in accordance with his original destiny of unselfish love. This state of subjection under the reign of death is the root of man's weaknesses in which he becomes entangled in sin at the urging of the demons and by his own consent. Resting in the hands of the devil, the power of the fear of death is the root from which self-aggrandizement, egotism, hatred, envy, and other similar passions spring up. In addition to the fact that man "subjects himself to anything in order to avoid dying," he constantly fears that his life is without meaning. Thus, he strives to demonstrate to himself and to others that it has worth. He loves flatterers and hates his detractors. He seeks his own and envies the success of others. He loves those who love him and hates those who hate him. He seeks security and happiness in wealth, glory, bodily pleasures… (The Ancestral Sin, pp. 162-163)
So the very condition of death and corruptibility (being liable to harm), itself, plus the fear of death, together keep us in subjection to sin.
But Jesus, dying, transforms death. Exactly how He does this is a mystery beyond human comprehension, which is why we have so many models of what goes on in the atonement. But we sometimes compare it with what happens when a strong light is turned on in a dark place: the light "wins" out and ends the darkness - because darkness is nothing but lack of light particles. Similarly, when death and Life Himself meet, His infinite Life more than cancels out death - because death is nothing but the absence of life. Jesus destroys death the way you destroy ignorance when you give someone knowledge: by bringing to it what was lacking, by filling up the void. Jesus dies as Man, and as God fills up death with His own, immortal, infinite, eternal Life. And in destroying death as The End, in making of it a portal to new Life instead, Jesus destroys our slavery to sin. That's why we say that in dying on the Cross, Jesus crucified sin. Hence, the bronze serpent fashioned by Prophet Moses. It was to signify this beforehand.
It is not a case of God the Father judging the whole world guilty and then transferring that guilt to the only innocent Man who ever lived. Besides being the grossest injustice imaginable, such a notion ignores the revealed fact that God the Father is not our Judge; only Christ Himself is. (John 5:22) Moreover, the judging of the world is reserved for when Christ comes again; it did not happen on the Cross, except in the sense that the world there supremely demonstrated its guilt. "And He shall come again," we say in the Creed, "to judge the living and the dead…" Christ shall judge the world when He returns and shall pass sentence. But not yet, not this time, "For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
Meanwhile, on the cross, the world indeed gets its day in court, but notice: not yet as the defendant! "Now is the judgment of this world," says the Lord, "now shall the prince of this world be cast out." (John 12:31) The "prince of this world" means the devil. The world, here, is in court as the victim who is to be awarded the verdict it seeks against its tyrant. God's Justice here is freeing His people and reclaiming us from the tyrant, for we are rightfully His own. Now the ancient serpent is about to be defanged, on the Cross. (See Genesis 3:15) Now, by dying, Christ is about to trample down death by death.
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Why Did Jesus Die? (03) To be our Passover Lamb
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. (I Corinthians 5:7)
On the night God had promised to deliver the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and to lead them out of that country, they had assembled, per His commandment, to sacrifice lambs and roast them, to eat the meat with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They came with their belongings packed, fully dressed, down to their belts and sandals, every woman and young girl wearing gold and silver jewelry she had begged from her Egyptian mistress. They had obeyed God's order to smear some of the lambs' blood over the doorposts and lintels of each house they occupied. God had warned that on this night, He would cause all the firstborn of Egypt to die, including every firstborn animal. But the angel of death would pass over any house marked with the blood of the sacrificed lambs. So the people of God huddled over their feasts, while a great cry went up all over Egypt, for there was not a house in which someone had not died. Pharaoh sent word to Moses, imploring him to take the Israelites and get out of Egypt immediately. He did. Six hundred thousand Israelites departed, plus a mixed crowd of others, plus herds and flocks, with all their belongings, plus all the borrowed jewelry. They carried with them the bones of their forefather, Joseph, who had foreseen this day and had asked them to carry his bones out with them. (For the full story, read Exodus, Chapter 12.)
But after the initial shock had worn off, the Egyptians began regretting that they had released their slaves. Pharaoh sent his chariots after them to bring them back.
And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. And He bound their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians."
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen." And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses. (Exodus 14:19-31)
The Passover festival has been kept by the Jews annually ever since, all these thousands of years, to commemorate those two nights, the night Israel left Egypt, and the night Israel crossed the sea dry-shod and was rescued from the Egyptian army.
Of all the kinds of sacrifices in the Old Testament, the kind the biblical writers find by far the best typifies Christ is, perhaps surprisingly, not the sin offering, but the Passover lamb. Christ was a sin offering, too, although not in the Western sense of that phrase (and I'll make that the topic of two other posts), but more than anything else, He is viewed as the Passover Lamb. That is why He died at Passover, and why His last meal was the Passover meal. That is why St. John goes out of his way to point out that none of Christ's bones was broken. (John 19:36). That "a bone of him shall not be broken" is a prophecy in Psalm 34:20, but it is also something God had commanded the Israelites concerning the Passover Lamb: "In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones." (Exodus 12:46)
That "the Lamb of God" refers to the Passover lamb, is seen even more clearly when we consider that a sin offering, if it was to be a lamb and if it was to be offered by ordinary people like you and me, had to be female! (Leviticus 4:32, 5:6) Thus, the lamb-as-sin-offering is not a particularly apt image of Christ. We have to believe this is no accident. Goats and cattle had to be male. We have never heard of anyone saying, "Behold the Goat of God!" or, "Behold the Calf of God!"
Christ died as our new Passover Lamb. We celebrate the new Passover at every Divine Liturgy, where His flesh feeds us and His blood, the Fountain of Immortality, keeps death from our door. He leads us safely across the dark sea of death to the promised land on the far side.
How His blood could possibly keep the Angel of Death at bay or His flesh could be the bread of eternal life will be the topic for the next post of this series.


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The Rascher Saxophone Quartet has a brand new recording! We are pleased to be able to present this unique presentation of Bach's Die Kunst Der Fuge, (The Art of the Fugue).
The music of Bach has been a central programming pillar of the RSQ since the quartet's inception way back in 1969. Over the last 43 years, they have opened nearly every chamber concert with his music, or they have played his fugues as encores after hundreds of concerto performances worldwide. And for years, the listening public has requested a Bach CD from the Rascher Quartet. Finally the dream is a reality.
In collaboration with organist Carsten Klomp of Freiburg, Germany, this recording of "The Art of the Fugue" presents the listener with the fugues alternating between the saxophone quartet and the organ, from one piece to another. Additionally, the scoring of each contrapuntus varies, from the use of the full quartet, A-T-B trio, A-B duo, S-B-organ and organ alone. Much thought and preparation has obviously gone into the production of this recording and the listener is rewarded for 66 minutes with the majesty of Bach's music and the sonic splendor of the RSQ and Herr Klomp.
Over the next few months we will be exploring the Rascher Saxophone Quartet a bit more through interviews and recorded examples. For now, get this ClassicSax.com exclusive import, save a little money by ordering within the US, and enjoy this wonderful recording.