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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of expanding the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to include private firms that act as contractors and subcontractors for public companies, which could have major implications for accountants.
The 6 to 3 decision reversed a lower court decision involving Section 1514A of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was enacted in the wake of accounting scandals such as Enron and WorldCom. The case, Lawson et al v. FMR LLC, involved a pair of employees, Jackie Hosang Lawson and Jonathan M. Zang, who worked for a contractor that provided advisory and management services to the Fidelity family of mutual funds. They were dismissed after blowing the whistle on what they claimed were misrepresentations in the fees charged to shareholders and the disclosures to the SEC.
Lawson worked for FMR for 14 years, eventually serving as a senior director of finance. She alleged that, after she raised concerns about certain cost accounting methodologies, contending that they overstated expenses associated with operating the mutual funds, she suffered a series of adverse actions, ultimately amounting to her discharge.
Zang was employed by FMR for eight years, most recently as a portfolio manager. He alleged that he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about inaccuracies in a draft SEC registration statement concerning certain Fidelity funds. Lawson and Zang separately filed administrative complaints alleging retaliation. They claimed they were covered under Sarbanes-Oxley's anti-retaliation provisions for whistleblowers. FMR, the management company behind Fidelity, contended that they were not covered because they did not work for a publicly traded company, but for a contractor.
Even though the case involved mutual funds, the justices noted that the case could also apply to accounting firms. "This case concerns the definition of a protected class: Does §1514A shield only those employed by the public company itself, or does it shield as well employees of privately held contractors and subcontractors—for example, investment advisers, law firms, accounting enterprises—who perform work for the public company?" wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the majority opinion. "We hold, based on the text of §1514A, the mischief to which Congress was responding, and earlier legislation Congress drew upon, that the provision shelters employees of private contractors and subcontractors, just as it shelters employees of the public company served by the contractors and subcontractors."
Ginsburg was joined in the majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas filed a concurring opinion stating that they were "relying only" on the text and broader context of Section 1514A, but agreeing that it protects employees of private contractors from retaliation when they report covered forms of fraud.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito, arguing that the decision gives "a stunning reach" to Section 1514A.
"As interpreted today, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act authorizes a babysitter to bring a federal case against his employer—a parent who happens to work at the local Walmart (a public company)—if the parent stops employing the babysitter after he expresses concern that the parent's teenage son may have participated in an Internet purchase fraud," Sotomayor wrote. "And it opens the door to a cause of action against a small business that contracts to clean the local Starbucks (a public company) if an employee is demoted after reporting that another nonpublic company client has mailed the cleaning company a fraudulent invoice."
In the majority opinion Ginsburg harkened back to the accounting scandals of the early 2000s. "In the Enron scandal that prompted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, contractors and subcontractors, including the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, participated in Enron's fraud and its cover-up. When employees of those contractors attempted to bring misconduct to light, they encountered retaliation by their employers. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act contains numerous provisions aimed at controlling the work of accountants, auditors and lawyers who work with public companies. Given Congress' concern about contractor conduct of the kind that contributed to Enron's collapse, we regard with suspicion construction of Section 1514A to protect whistleblowers only when they are employed by a public company, and not when they work for the public company's contractor."
Important Day for Whistleblowers
"This is an important decision and it's a very important day for whistleblowers, and indeed it's an important day for accountants, as now accountants are going to be covered by the anti-retaliation provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to the extent that they have any accounting duties or contracts with publicly traded corporations," said R. Scott Oswald, managing principal of The Employment Law Group, who wrote an amicus brief in the Lawson case on behalf of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the Government Accountability Project.
"The issue in this case is the breadth of the protections under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was passed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom implosions," said Oswald. "That's an important backdrop to the Supreme Court's decision in this case. Section 806 was designed to protect individuals who blow the whistle to disclose any violation of our laws relating to wire fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, shareholder fraud or any violation of an SEC rule, to the extent that the individual does so, either to his or her supervisor or somebody who has responsibility for receiving, investigating or remediating complaints relating to possible fraud in these contexts in the workplace."
The issue before the court was the breadth of the statute itself, Oswald pointed out. "It states that no company, or any officer, employer, contractor or subcontractor or agent of such company may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass or in any other manner discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of his employment because of his disclosure. The court held that this statutory construction as outlined by Congress includes any disclosure that an individual makes to a contractor so long as that contractor has a contract with a publicly traded corporation, and what the person is disclosing would constitute a violation of our laws relating to wire fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, shareholder fraud or a violation of any SEC rule."
Opening the Door to More Whistleblower Tips
Former SEC Inspector General H. David Kotz, who now works as a director at the consulting firm Berkeley Research Group, noted that the Supreme Court ruling could have a significant impact on the willingness of financial insiders to file whistleblower complaints and report allegations of wrongdoing.
"I think it certainly expands the protection of employees for companies that provide services or goods as contractors or subcontractors," said Kotz. "Clearly, if an accountant provides services as a contractor or subcontractor, then this potentially could provide them additional protection. I think in general this ruling could significantly increase the number of individuals that may assert whistleblower protection for reporting allegations about fraud by public companies, and I think it could lead to a significant increase in whistleblower complaints and related lawsuits."
The ruling might open the door to more accountants filing whistleblower tips with the SEC. "I think a lot of whistleblowers are concerned about coming forward because they are afraid they are going to suffer retaliation," said Kotz. "Where they are clearly under SOX whistleblower protection, and they have a remedy for a situation where they feel like they've been retaliated against, it will encourage them to come forward. It expands the number of whistleblowers that get protection, and that additional protection will lead to more whistleblowers feeling more comfortable coming forward, and I think that will lead to more whistleblower complaints."
Daniel Westman, a longtime employment partner with the law firm Morrison & Foerster and lead author of one of a textbook on whistleblower laws, called the decision a huge win for employees. "The Court has given a very employee-friendly reading of Sarbanes-Oxley's whistleblower provisions," he said in a statement. "The ruling means that private companies and third-party contractors that have not previously considered themselves subject to SOX are in fact, covered by whistleblower laws, even if they don't have to comply with other aspects of the legislation as private businesses."
In the case, FMR had contended that whistleblowers were only protected if they worked directly for a publicly traded corporation, and even though the statute mentions contractors and subcontractors, whistleblowers were only protected if the contractor made the decision to terminate the whistleblower's employment.
The Supreme Court did not find that argument persuasive. "Justice Ginsburg said she was simply applying common sense here," said Oswald. "Of course, what Congress intended was that it extended to contractors of publicly held corporations because that was precisely what led up to the Enron and WorldCom implosions—the failure of employees of contractors to notify either their own employers or law enforcement that in fact Enron was simply a fraud. And Justice Ginsburg gave several examples in the congressional record to show the statute was intended to broadly protect employees of contractors or subcontractors."
Extra Measure of Comfort for Accountants
A whistleblower with an accounting firm that has a contract with a publicly traded corporation is already able to disclose an irregularity within a financial statement under the existing SEC rules and be covered. But the Supreme Court decision goes further. "What this decision does is it covers employees in a different scenario," Oswald noted. "Let's say that the accounting firm has a contract with a publicly traded corporation. The employee discloses an instance that would constitute wire fraud relating to an unrelated client to his or her manager. Now that employee is engaged in protected conduct under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and has the protections of the Act, cannot be terminated and otherwise discriminated against, even though what the accounting employee was disclosing is completely unrelated to the contract that his or her employer has with the publicly traded corporation."
The ruling will also protect accounting employees, to the extent to that the accounting firm or their employer has some contract with a publicly traded corporation. "To the extent that they do, now the employee will have a claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," said Oswald. "Importantly what it does is it protects accountants who are fiduciaries. It protects fiduciaries when they are forced to disclose a violation of law. It now gives them employment protection that heretofore they did not have."
Sotomayor's dissent from the majority came as a surprise. "Certainly this was a strange split in the court, that's for sure," said Oswald. "She objected given the breadth of the implications of the majority's opinions here. She describes the majority opinion and she said it has stunning reach.' Well, yes, it does have a stunning reach. That's for sure, and that is an accurate statement, but that was Congress's intent in passing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to prevent the next Enron and WorldCom and to do so in the broadest way. That's what Congress intended to do was to protect employees from potential adverse actions as a result of meeting their obligations. Accountants have obligations now to report under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and concomitantly with this decision, in any of those situations they are now going to be protected to the extent that their employer has a contract with a publicly traded corporation, even where their reporting would not necessarily implicate their work for the publicly traded company."
The decision will give additional employment protections to accountants. "Before today, unless the accountant was disclosing potential wrongdoing with a publicly traded client or customer, an audit client for example, in all likelihood the accountant had no employment protection," said Oswald. "The accountant could be terminated for that disclosure without there being any legal implications. Heretofore, as the Supreme Court mentioned, and why SOX came into being was that the only recourse that an accountant would have would be to look to state law—a patchwork of 50 state laws, some states having no employment protections for wrongful discharge at all. Now accountants, to the extent that their employers have a contract with a publicly traded corporation, now have general whistleblower protections for simply performing their jobs. It gives accountants a little extra measure of comfort knowing that they can do their jobs without the fear of losing their jobs merely because they're meeting their fiduciary obligations."
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Blake Baggett's 2017 season has shown promise and progression without a doubt. He made the switch to Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/WPS/KTM and has been working hard on his ranch in Florida for training. After a quiet year in 2016, he made his presence known throughout Supercross despite being labeled an outdoor only rider. With this in mind, many predicted he'd do exceptionally well when the 2017 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series got under way. After four motos, he's proving those predictions right. We had a chat with Baggett this week to talk about his season so far.
Your first rounds have gone pretty well, are you happy with the first two rounds?
I'm happy with my fourth moto for sure, the first three motos I was getting my feet under me and figured out where I was going to be. We've got the bike figured out, I definitely hadn't ridden it a lot outdoors, but now we're figuring that out and making a lot of changes. First moto at Glen Helen I just didn't feel like I rode to my full capabilities, then the second moto I got a good start and had a really good moto. I got to lead a few laps and figure out what the lead pace was going to be. After that, I got into second, but we were still running a really good pace. Looking back at all the lap times and watching all of the videos, I'm pretty happy with where we're at and we're also going to make some more changes this week to be a little more comfortable in some areas that I think I can be better in. We'll give it heck at Colorado and we're definitely looking to get some moto wins and overall wins. That's the goal.
Like you said, leading those laps has to be huge to get in the mindset.
For sure, it's been a long time since I've gotten a chance to get out front. I got a decent start and then I was able to pass for the lead. I felt comfortable out front; I just didn't have the exact pace. I had a fast pace looking at lap times, I was second fastest, but Jason had me in some areas and I was more than willing to let him take that and chock up some good points. There are 20 more motos to go and it's going to be a long year. I think we're in a good spot right now and things are going to shuffle like they do. I think we're going to do what we did this weekend more and more. It's going to be a crazy year.
Do you think that mentality comes with age? Would a younger Blake Baggett feel the need to win that moto?
Yeah, maybe. It's just getting smart. I think everybody would like to say that, and I think that I am. I feel comfortable and confident in my abilities, I just have to get back to my old self and what I was actually capable of doing. I know I can do that again. It's still in there and if you can do it once, you can do it multiple times. Sometimes as you get older and things change, you have to adjust and change with it.
You're heading to Florida soon, are you excited to get back there?
We're definitely headed to Florida after this weekend so I'd like to have a good weekend here at Thunder Valley and then get back to the ranch. I'm excited to get back there. That's country living at its finest and El Chupacabra Ranch has come a long way. It's something that I enjoy doing and I have fun doing it, whether it's ranch work or whatever it is around there. I just enjoy being there and being away from the city. That's my happy place.
Do you think the first two tracks were more challenging and rough than normal?
The first track [Hangtown] had lots of ruts and you had to make sure you were on point and ready for that. I don't think I was as ready for that. At a certain point, you run out of time and go with what you've got. At the same time as you get in and you start racing you start to figure it out. That's when you figure out what areas you like and what areas you're not so much a fan of. That one was nothing but long ruts, the dirt was hard and crusty. It started really muddy in the morning and then everything dried so it was crusty and hard. It was a weird track to get a flow on. This past weekend at Glen Helen it was really rough and the braking bumps were massive. It was leftover down the hills from amateur days. Things started out as rough as possible and then we continuously tore it up all day.
Some people said it was safer that way.
I think it is. Some people made some comments about it being dangerous, but it's dangerous when it's in between and there are a few big bumps, but you're still going fast. I think it was so rough that the speeds were slower down the hills.
Last year was pretty crazy; the track changes seemed safer as well.
For sure, the track was safer. The jumps weren't as big. I think people want to go back to old motocross. There are too many jumps involved and there's not enough natural terrain where motocross started. I think that's what they need to go back to.
What's your favorite track to go to?
I like Thunder Valley and Budds Creek a lot. Millville has been good to me. Washougal is kind of hit or miss, but some years it's really fun. I'd say Budds Creek is probably the one that sticks out the most to me. It's one of those tracks that no matter what you're having fun with all of the elevation changes and the obstacles. There's big jumps and small jumps and off cambers. That's what I tried to mimic with my ranch in Florida.


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Due to a glut of new condo development in the high-end market, it is now a buyer's market. These properties tend to be newer, offer more amenities and have way less restrictions to buyers. Because owning in a co-op means you own shares in a corporation that owns the building (instead of owning the actual property yourself), buyers must be approved by a board. The buying process is generally far more intrusive, making it harder to not only get approved to buy, but also many co-ops put restrictions on renting out units. Selling can also be a headache, seeing that boards may reject buyers. For this reason, investors almost always head straight to condos for investment opportunities.
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There are lots of changes that happens when a woman is pregnant and one of such is in the clothes she wears. Since the woman's body changes when pregnant, it means her choice of clothes will change too.
Because suddenly you are dressing the body that seem totally different to you and you have no idea what is gonna look good on you.
I've seen lots of pregnant women wear their husband's clothes because they're comfortable in it. But there are so many alternatives you can choose from - whether you are trying to find a comfortable pair of Jean or a fashionable dress for a unique occasion or outing or indoor, there is something to pick from a maternity home.
Now what is trending is a photoshoot session of well decorated baby bump. I see it everywhere now, all stylish and dope. I've even heard ladies say "when I get belle ehn..... hmmm, dem go see my own"
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I know some ladies do not see anything wrong in it but yet wouldn't try it. Some love it and will continue to do it as long as they have a bump to show.
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What are the main ovarian cancer symptoms? And what are my risks of having ovarian cancer?
Posted 24 Jul 2018 by • 1 answer
I believe i have been having ovarian cancer symptoms for the past 3 to 4 months. My symptoms are getting worse over time. I have many cases of cancer on both sides of my family. Am i at a high risk? I also take a higher dose of birth control for the reason of i bleed for a month when my period ...
Can you take Tysabri again if you have had a 12 month break even if JC Virus Positive?
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i have been off Tysabri for 12 months due to being high risk PML. I have been using Tecfidera during this time and have had some monster MS attacks. I fear disability more than death. Does the risk of PML drop from having a break? and can I go back on Tysabri again?
Since starting lovastatin, now I have high blood pressure. Is this a common problem?
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I have mitral prolapse with regurgitation, my beginning cholesterol was 270. Took the 10 mg.for 3 months. But only lowered to 238, but ldl is still 160. They say I'm high risk again.. But since the increase in lovastatin to 20mg, now I'm hypertension phase 1. Yet looking to take another ...
Plan B - I had sex at 6 in the morning on Friday that night around 11pm I took the take action pill?
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... and Saturday early in the morning he ejaculated in me again am I still protected by the pill or is there still a high risk
What are the odds you become pregnant while on Nexplanon?! If so are you prone to have a high risk?
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... pregnancy?! I first got the Nexplanon inserted in November '16, I actually got my period at the beginning of December it lasted a week, followed by a week of spotting(most brown residual). I haven't gotten my period since and I'm never late. I've been spotting again mostly ...
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Had cancer stage 1 going into 2 22 years ago and are at very high risk of breast cancer scared to go on a biologic for my crohns.. can't get Doctors to really tell me my risk level.. had surgery 8 years ago in my illiem and it was removed.. just got crohns back and it is not good in the ...
I just got my birth control Nexplanon out yesterday morning. Am I at high risk pregnancy?
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A friend told me in not able to have sex till after 6 weeks of getting Nexplanon taken out. Am I able to have protected sex with a condom?
Chateal - Normal to have one leg cramping and toes keep going numb?
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I just started taking Chateal Birth Control on Friday, so I've taken 3 so far. I am at high risk because my dad had a heart attack and heart issues at 53. I never get any leg pain unless it's 2 days before my period and goes away. Today I noticed my whole left leg cramping, left toes ...
Do I have cervical cancer?
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I got a bill from my insurance company and it said "high risk HPV" after a routine pap came back saying I have cervical displaysia. What are the chances I have cancer or just because it was billed that way doesn't mean that's what it is? I have a appt with my gynecologist in 2 ...
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I have been on the depo shot for 2 years and I have had protected sex the whole time. But the other day I had unprotected sex and I'm freaking out! Is there a high risk that I'm pregnant?
Tamoxifen - is it remmended for High risk for breast cancer?
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Post the latest episode of Aamir Khan's talk show 'Satyamev Jayate', which targeted corrupt doctors and highlighted unethical practices and shocking revelations in medical treatment, an umbrella body of 21 medical institutions have asked the actor to apologise for accusing doctors of malpractices.
Medscape India said the representation of malpractices supposedly perpetrated by doctors was 'rather sad' and Aamir Khan should offer his apologies.
"Aamir Khan is my favourite actor and he should stick to making films," said doctor, Sunita Dube, president of Medscape.
"Surprisingly, no doctors' body has spoken against Aamir yet. We need to stand united against such blatant lies. We are going to write a scathing letter demanding an apology from him," Dube added.
Medscape also pointed out that doctors were subjected to assault without any fault and many people didn't understand the pressures of the profession.


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March 22nd.— Had a visit from a leopard last night and two of the ponies got badly mauled; it was pitch dark, and we could see nothing. Anyway shooting was out of the question with the other ponies about. We are going along at a great pace, the Yunnans having unloaded mules. We are now at Chong, 42 miles north of Kianghai. Yesterday doing 24 miles and to-day again 24 miles. We passed Me Tsai 6 miles back; all the rivers are much lower than a fortnight ago, and many streams and swamps are dry. Heavy rain coming. Came across a party of Shan Kareens in the hills between Hai Tuk and Me Tsai. Wild-looking fellows, armed with crossbows, and poisoned arrows, strong, and well made. Koung and Torchalee are two of their villages. We could not see them owing to dense forest, but they were not far off the road. Rice is very scarce and dear about this part; the people won't part with a handful. This scarcity is their own fault, for there is any amount of ground and plenty of water. The 30 odd miles between Me Tsai and Hai Tuk is almost entirely dense high forest, sloping very gradually up to a low ridge and down it the other side; following streams in both cases.
The Shans of Kiang Tung bury their dead more or less; probably less from the smell near clumps of new graves. Old graves are not visible; the structure over the grave in place of a tombstone is made of bits of bamboo with gaudy bits of papers and trumpery stuck about them. Naturally these don't last long, and then the grave is lost. In Laos they burn their dead, unless they die a violent death—cholera being considered a violent death; when the body is buried. One would have thought the other way round would be more wholesome. Next Entry


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Can you all believe that finally the long-awaited return of Downton Abbey is back playing on our American screens? Knowing that the time frame for the second series of this highly acclaimed Emmy-award winning series, it didn't take an astute observation to see that this series would take an altogether darker approach. Logic suggests this is because of a war but it also might have something to do with the changes the characters are asked to traverse and the lessons that have brought them this far.
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Over a dozen protesters, irate about the treatment of a black man by a black security guard at a Whole Foods several weeks ago, shut the Oakland store down on Thursday.
According to the Contra Costa Times, the protesters occupied the 230 Bay Place Whole Foods location around 5:30 p.m. and stood in front of all but at least two checkout stands for about an hour as customers, police, and store officials watched.
Last month, a security guard from Admiral Security Services reportedly beat the unnamed man bloody and unconscious, resulting in Whole Foods permanently severing ties with the security provider and replacing them.
Civil rights attorney John Burris, who is representing the injured male customer, reportedly declined to name his client, citing the man's wish for anonymity, according to the Times. Burris said his client is recovering from a concussion, facial fracture, and subsequent surgery resulting from the September 3 incident.
The violent incident reportedly took place after a verbal spat between a cashier and the customer became physical, when the security guard arrived. The guard allegedly proceeded to slam the shopper against a concrete pillar outside the store before placing him in a chokehold until he passed out.
The Times notes that labor activists and local Black Lives Matter movement leader Cat Brooks were also present at the protest.
Several media sources have also reported that the victim allegedly entered the Whole Foods inebriated and was attempting to use his EBT card to purchase non-food items, such as alcohol, cleaning products, and cat food, which is not permitted under the federal and state-sponsored program.
One witness also claimed the man became vexed when his EBT card was declined, broke open the cat food, dumped it on the floor, and spat in the face of the store's manager and cashier.
The Times also reports that the security guard confronted the customer after he allegedly hit a store employee. The investigation is incomplete.
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As a former partner with Piper & Marbury, a major Baltimore law firm, Kenny Frank remembers the sound that greeted him when he first opened the office door in 1979.
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Pizza is a type of flatbread that originated in the city of Naples, Italy. It has since become popular in many parts of the world, especially the United States. Pizza was made the Ninja Turtles' favorite food as Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird often ate it for lunch while working on the original comics.
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Some TMNT stuff was always meant for grownups.
- "Totally Hacked!" - Using a million dollars he had in his pocket, Gnatrat buys a restaurant (employing Splinter as a waiter) and lures Supperman in with an All You Can Eat promotion. They prepare the final dish, which is unfortunately pizza, and it attracts the Ninja Turtles to the restaurant. Splinter begins to tell his sons to back off from the pie, but Gnatrat gets too absorbed in his "boss" role and starts ordering Splinter around. Incensed, Splinter feeds the pizza to the Turtles just to tick Gnatrat off.
- "The Treaty" - Leo is racing across the rooftops of New York, hoping to get back to April's apartment with a fresh pizza. Unfortunately, he undergoes another one of the after effects from his recent time/space adventures and finds himself zapped to the world of Usagi Yojimbo yet again. While there Leo drops his pizza. Tomoe Ame picks up his trampled pizza box, disgusted by the quality of the contents within. Taking the pizza, Leo attempts to explain that normally it's very appetizing, but before he can finish, the time/space effects wear off and he vanishes. Back in April's apartment, the Turtles are a bit ticked that Leo's taking so long with the pizza. Suddenly, he comes smashing through the window and lands face-first on the floor. Not only has he missed the entire movie and ruined the pizza, but now he's broken April's window.
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Attack!!! Part 1" - The Turtles are arguing over where to stop for dinner. Michelangelo suggests pizza, but Leonardo vetoes the idea, as pizza makes him gag.
- "The Name is Lucindra" - Raphael owes Lucindra a pizza after losing to her.
- "The Violent Underground" - Raphael eats pizza.
- "Raphael: Snapper" - Raph sits on the couch in front of the tube, nursing indigestion after eating six pepperoni pizzas. Looking to his left, he spots a glass bowl containing a tiny snapping turtle. Amused, Raph plucks the turtle up by its tail, only to have it bite his finger. The pain and the indigestion prove too much for him, and Raph passes out. Suddenly, Raph finds himself in a nightmarish version of April's apartment, approached by a humongous mutant snapping turtle. Tearing Raph's throat out with his jaws, the snapping turtle says that pizza is no substitute for blood.
- "The Haunted Pizza" - A cheese factory drilled deep into the ground to create gigantic warehouses for their product. Eventually small portions of Ooo-Zah were able to make their way through hairline cracks into the factory, and begin growing on the cheese. Eventually the cheese was processed and shipped to pizza factories... and of course, April brings the pizza containing Ooo-Zah home. After they dispose of Ooo-Zah, Raph suggests they get a REAL pizza… just from a different restaurant.
- "Memories of the Future" - Casey passes out in front of the tube, having eaten too much pizza.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Flaming Carrot Crossover "Land of Green Fire, Part 1" - Professor Daub, Colonel Blade and the Turtles decide to break for pizza.
- "Splinter Cell" - Michelangelo, using his nunchakus to deflect several slices of pizza being hurled in his direction.
Image Comics
In the Image comics Raphael talks about wanting pizza in issue #10.
In issue #17 April brings home pizza.
1987 TV Series / Archie Comics
The 1987 cartoons are, along with the comics based on them, a TMNT universe in which the Turtles all share an intense affinity for pizza, particularly Michaelangelo. They are hardly ever seen eating anything else; however they are very flexible with what toppings they like on their pizza, experimenting with all sorts of items in every possible combination including clams, tuna, sauerkraut, chocolate, ice cream, bananas, jelly beans and peanut butter.
The Turtles always get their pizzas by going on the streets to a pizza parlor, dressed so no one could see that they are mutant turtles. Sometimes all four go, sometimes only one goes.
Pizzas are also the Turtles' weakness. The Shredder is aware of this, as many of his plans to destroy them involve pizza (like the episodes The Case of the Killer Pizzas, Pizza by the Shred etc.).
In some other TMNT universes, the Turtles eat other things, mostly sushi.
2003 TV Series
Pizza occasionally appeared in the 2003 TV series. Though not as much as they are also seen eating things such as Chinese food.
The Turtles liked pizza as kids (Attack of the Mousers and The Lesson).
- "Darkness on the Edge of Town" - Michelangelo ate pizza off-screen
- "The Way of Invisibility" - Casey Jones eats pizza.
- "The Shredder Strikes, Part 1" - Michelangelo talks about pizza.
- "The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 1" - You can see open pizza boxes when the turtles are sleeping.
- "Grudge Match" - Splinter mentions wanting to eat pizza as he teaches Mikey a lesson in karma as declares that he's ready for training in his rematch with Kluh.
- "Prodigal Son" - We see Angel delivering a pizza to April's antique shop as the Foot spy on them. Angel winks at April O'Neil and pretends to deliver a pizza - but inside the cardboard box is a note from Leonardo asking O'Neil if she's heard from the others. April loudly proclaims that the pizza order is wrong and then writes a note to the "boss" to complain. Angel takes the note and leaves. Angel drops the box into a phone booth and Leonardo recovers it from a rooftop by dropping his katana onto it and reeling it in on an attached rope. Leonardo reads April's note, which explains that Karai said she got them all.
- "Enter the Dragons, Part 2" - Michelangelo talked about wanting pizza at the end of the episode.
- "SuperQuest" - The Admin Wizard's player can be seen sleeping with a pizza box next to him.
Dreamwave Series
In the Dreamwave comic series, Leonardo can be seen eating pizza in Bend It Like Turtles.
2012 TV Series
Similar to the 80s cartoon, the Turtles heavily enjoy consuming pizza, which they've grown to love since the first episode of the series. In Karai's Vendetta, it was confirmed that they, mostly Mikey, place strange toppings on their pizzas (shrimp and sardine).
- Rise of the Turtles, Part 1 - In their fifteen years growing up in the sewers, the Turtles only ever ate algae and worms prepared in various dishes. When they were finally allowed to go up to the surface, Raphael playfully scares a pizza delivery guy and causes him to drop a box of Antonio's Pizza-Rama pizza. Not knowing what it was at first, the Turtles investigate it and Michelangelo volunteers to taste it. It was so good (his brain exploded from the flavor) Mikey at first tried to convince his brothers it was terrible so he could have it all to himself, but they weren't convinced - after eating the pizza they determined it was a huge improvement over worms and algae. Pizza had since become the Turtles' favorite food, particularly Mikey's.
- Never Say Xever - After saving his life, Mr. Murakami offers a reward to the turtles, he asks what would they like to eat and as they answered pizza, Murakami created a new recipe, Pizza Gyoza.
- It Came From The Depths - Mikey blended some pizza while trying new recipes, creating a "pizza milkshake", the P-Shake. None of his brothers liked the novelty, but Leatherhead fell in love with another of Mikey's recipes, the Pizza Noodle Soup.
- New Girl in Town - Mikey was revived with a slice of pizza after a fight with Snakeweed left him unconscious.
- Parasitica - When trying to get Leo back to his normal self, the turtles offer him some of his favorite pizza, pepperoni, jalapeños and jelly beans. But it was actually Mikey's favorite.
- Pizza Face - Antonio turns into a mutant pizza man, who creates mind controlling pizzas, but Mikey defeats him by eating him up.
- The Invasion, Part 2 - When permanently evacuating the Turtle Lair, Mikey puts Ice Cream Kitty in her red-and-white cooler, keeping her cold by placing her between two boxes of Hellio's frozen pizza.
- The Croaking - Mikey watches Crognard The Barbarian with Ice Cream Kitty while eating Hellio's pizza. In the process, he makes a huge mess of the farmhouse's living room, managing to get slices of pizza stuck to the ceiling and walls. This is the first major appearance of Hellio's being eaten; it is distinctly different from other pizzas shown in the series in that all its slices are square-shaped.
- Vision Quest - Mikey cooks some Hellio's pizza over a campfire.
- Return to New York - The turtles find a new home in an abandoned Antonio Pizza-rama store.
- Clash of the Mutanimals - When Pigeon Pete visits the Turtle Lair and craves bread, Mikey introduces him leftover pizza crusts, which Pete instantly loves.
- Tale of the Yokai - After days trapped in the past without eating a single slice of pizza, Michelangelo makes one up out of wood, berries, and spider eggs. Later he forces Raphael to eat it.
IDW Comics
- The Turtles regularly eat pizza due to Michelangelo's friendship with pizzeria employee Woody Dirkins, who supplies them.
- Michelangelo went undercover as a pizza delivery boy during the City Fall arc.
Video Games
Pizza slices are often used as a health power-up in the TMNT video games. In Turtles in Time, one type of pizza grants the Turtles temporary high speed spin attack and invulnerability and they shout out "PIZZA POWER!!!"
The turtles also eat pizza in the film series. Except in the third film, they are not seen eating pizza but despite it not appearing, pizza does get mentioned. The second film begins with a sequence of people eating pizza all over New York.
At the end of Turtles Forever, the Mirage Turtles, after having encountered the 1987 Turtles and their 2003 counterparts, suggest to go eat some pizzas. Since the Mirage Turtles rarely ate pizza in the Original Mirage Comics, they are obviously influenced by their '87 counterparts.
In the new 2014 film the Turtle's couch is made of Pizza Hut's pizza boxes, the Turtles also appear in the Pizza Hut cheesy bites tv commercial. See more at: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)/Merchandise
Also in the 2014 film it is explained that April is the reason they love pizza as she fed it to them when they were little.
- Although Donatello stated that a pizza with 99 different types of cheese would be impossible, Johnny di Francesco, an Australian pizza maker and owner of the 400 Gradi pizzeria, took the challenge and created a 99 cheese pizza after the film.


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If Indeed the Spirit of God Dwells In You
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Ro 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
The first thing we notice in this verse is the affirmation of the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit all neatly packaged for us in one verse of the Bible. All three dwelling in the believer. This is part of the confession of every true Christian. We believe in the Triune God and we confess His existence every Sunday when we say the Creed.
But there is more to this verse that needs to be understood. We must understand the importance of being ōin the Spirit,ö as opposed to being in the flesh. The Apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:50:
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. (NKJV)
Flesh cannot inherit the kingdom of God, because in the flesh no good thing is found. (Rom 7:18), and what determines if we are in the flesh or in the Spirit? It is determined by the active presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Christ are one and the same. And if Their (His) presence is missing in us, then we do not belong to Christ. We are not ōone of His.ö
IF the Spirit of God dwells in you, you belong to Christ. Your true identity has been hidden in Him and God no longer regards your sinful flesh. Remember this about your flesh. According to Rom. 8:8, your flesh, your old man, the way you used to be, cannot please God, no matter what it attempts to do for Him.
Isa 64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; (NKJV)
All the attempts of man to please God apart from Jesus are like the filthiest stinkiest rag you can imagine. This is a hard pill to swallow. Jesus said in:
Mt 10:42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward." (RSV)
Two people give a glass of water to one who thirsts. Only one pleases God, and that is the disciple, the believer. Same act, why is one pleasing, and the other not? Because one is a disciple of Christ, a baptized believer who is motivated or moved to do the act by the indwelling Spirit of God.
This Spirit is the Spirit of Christ in the believer who desires to please God, as Jesus stated in:.
Joh 8:29 "And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him." (NKJV)
The other cup of cold water is given in the flesh and though viewed by the world as a commendable act, it counts for nothing in the eyes of God. This is reality....deal with it. God is not so much moved by the act as He is by the motivation.
Motivation that comes from the indwelling Spirit of Christ, who comes to us in our baptism and remains in us as we practice repentance, confession, and receiving of His forgiveness.
We spoke of this last week, this is the essence of walking in the Spirit. By practicing these things, the evidence of the Spirit will show forth in our life. And as the last portion of verse 9 indicates, it is vital that the Spirit is alive and active in us producing these things, or we are not ChristÆs, and on the last day, He will be perfectly in His rights to say, ōdepart from Me for I never knew you.ö
There was a time in my life as a young child that I did these things. I was genuinely sorry for my sins. I confessed them on a daily basis, and with childlike faith I relished and rejoiced in my forgiveness. But then during my confirmation days I ceased to do those things.
I only went to church because I had to, or as an attempt to please someone, or when I was in a crisis, but even then, I did not practice the daily repentance, confession, and receiving of forgiveness that is necessary for salvation.
It was only when my whole world came crashing down because of my sin, that I finally responded to the call of God to repent, confess, and receive! Let me just speak to the young people here for a moment. DonÆt throw away this gift that God has given you!
I donÆt know where it starts, but a spirit of complacency and apathy sets in and we are tempted to neglect this most important duty of a Christian. Your parents have seen to it that you have come to church, but if they have neglected to instill this truth in you, they have fallen short.
Now IÆm not here to pick on mom and dad today. As Christian parents, we have generally done a good job of showing our kids whatÆs right and wrong, but if we donÆt teach them to walk in the Spirit. (Daily repenting of, confessing of, and receiving of forgiveness for our sins, we have failed!)
FatherÆs I challenge you today, on this fatherÆs Day to see to it, that you not only teach your children right and wrong, but that you teach them by your words and actions the importance of repentance, confession, and receiving forgiveness. That you show your children what it is to walk in the Spirit.
How do you know if the Spirit is active in you? The Lutheran commentator Lenski puts it this way:
ōThe heart in which GodÆs Spirit dwells hears and feels the SpiritÆs promptings and is moved to follow that prompting by the power which the Spirit supplies. The Spirit is present in His Word, and we hear Him in our hearts when His Word is in us and moves us. Only in and through His Word does the Spirit dwell in us, speak to us, impel and control us. This excludes all Schwaermerei: all auto suggestion, all hearing fictitious, imaginary, inward voices. We have the written Word that we have absorbed; and thus the criterion is at once simple, safe, and most sure: see whether GodÆs Spirit is dwelling in you.ö
Not by doing what you ōfeelö but by doing what GodÆs Word calls you to do. See if you are prompted to confess, to repent, and to receive forgiveness. This is the test of walking in the Spirit.
ItÆs not about ōfeelings,ö itÆs not about the compelling of an audible or inaudible voice inside of you, itÆs about the Word of God, it is the Word of God which we use to ōtest the spirits.ö The Word of God will determine whether it is the spirit of our flesh or the Spirit of God that is leading us!
1Jo 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; (NKJV).
Now, letÆs talk about those of you who have grieved the Spirit of God and maybe are grieving Him now. LetÆs talk about those of you who have lived your lives as if God does not exist. You couldÆve cared less then, and maybe even care less now about repentance, confession, and forgiveness. You could care less about changing your lifestyle.
First of all, let me say this.....you had better start caring because hell is waiting for those who do not care. Listen to Jesus speaking about Judgement Day:
Mt 22:11 "But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 "So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' (The wedding garment is Christ. Only those who have the Spirit of Christ will be allowed in!)
And he was speechless.
He could say nothing in his defense because all the other guests were clothed in the spotless white righteousness of Christ and he was wearing filthy rags, it was obvious to him that he didnÆt belong....now the bad news:
13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 14 "For many are called, (many receive invitations to put on Christ,) but few are chosen." (NKJV)
In the Greek, the word ōchosenö doesnÆt mean that they were selected as favorites by God, like He was putting together some sort of a celestial baseball team, but it means those who are positioned in Christ. All who are positioned in Christ, all who are clothed in Christ and walking according to His Spirit are chosen for this team.
Again, this is serious stuff. Many are called by the gospel. They come to church, they hear the Word, they come to communion. ThatÆs what our Sunday worship is all about, we call, and we call and we keep calling, but you must do more than merely hear the call, you must respond to it with your heart and not with outward appearances.!
The call is to ditch the old man, the old clothes, the old filthy rags and put on the new! The call is to surrender to Christ and daily walk with Him by continuing a daily routine of repentance, confession, and receiving His forgiveness.
Please note, the king called this man friend, but the word here implies mere acquaintance. ōYou wanted to be my friend, so you hung around the edges, I was acquainted with you, but you never committed to a fully surrendered relationship to Me.
People, Jesus is looking for more than mere acquaintance! Being a friend to Jesus is not enough. He called Judas a friend, but in the end Judas was found out as someone who was just interested in hanging around the edges. Not willing to make the full commitment.
LetÆs look at still another passage where people have been lulled into a false sense of security.
Lu 13:23 Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?" And He said to them,
24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, (people, you need to wrestle with the narrow gate! You need to keep at the work of daily correction from the Lord and His Word. You need to be constantly resisting the temptation to forego repentance, confession, and receiving of forgiveness.) This is the striving that the Lord seeks!)
ōmany, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25 "When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from,'
You see, there will come a time, when it is too late for this desire to repent. The Bible says it is appointed for man to die once but after this, the judgement.ö
26 "then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.'
ōLord, we hung out with you! We went to church with you, we heard your teaching.....(the point is, so did Judas! But did he put it into practice? Do you put it into practice? Do you honestly allow the Word of God to examine you so you can repent, confess, and receive forgiveness?)
The case of Judas is especially sad, for he was sorrowful over his sin, he repented of it,
Mt 27:3 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, (NKJV)
But he stopped short of receiving the forgiveness offered through the blood of Jesus. You need to do all three in order to be found in Christ!
27 "But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.' 28 "There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. (NKJV)
Are you walking in the Spirit? Do you genuinely care about the things of God? Do you desire with all your heart to be examined and corrected by the Spirit of God as He uses GodÆs Word to point out your sins of thought, word, and deed?
Are you doing this on a daily basis, or are you relying on our weekly generic confession in church? Sometimes I think we should just omit the confession, lest we give people a false sense of security. Are you then putting your sins under the blood of Jesus and behind you, confident in GodÆs promise to forgive you?
If not, even the most righteous in appearance among us will be left out on the Last Day!
What to do? What to do if you have been a friend of Christ, hanging around the edges, but stopping short of His penetrating gaze? What to do if you have never allowed yourself to be drawn into His light.
What to do if you have allowed yourself to become complacent in this spiritual breathing of repenting, confessing and receiving forgiveness?
What to do, if you started out as His child in your baptism, but then fell in step with the ways of the world and neglected this basic spiritual exercise?
What to do if you came here this morning and could care less about walking in the Spirit?
Repent! Think differently! Stop thinking that you donÆt need this kind of passionate interest in the things of Christ! You are playing with hellfire! Without the Spirit of Christ, without the Holy Spirit, you are not one of His sheep. You are not Christian.
Many will claim to be Christian but their refusal to practice repentance, confession, and receiving of forgiveness will testify against them on the last day. Their grubby clothes will prove it!
Do you want to be found in the good graces of God on the Last Day or do you want to spend eternity grinding your teeth and wailing? IÆve never been tortured, but I have read the horror stories, and I donÆt want to go there! But if I am not found in Christ, if I am not walking in the Spirit, this will be my lot for eternity.
We do not serve a cruel God. He does not take pleasure in the destruction or torture of the wicked, And He is not asking us for something that He will not give. Let me ask you something, do you believe it is GodÆs desire that all men be saved? Good! It is a central theme of Scripture. Indeed, itÆs why He gave us the Bible!
2Ti 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (NKJV)
But head knowledge of the Scriptures is not enough. We also need heart knowledge and heart knowledge only comes from the indwelling Holy Spirit. This is the real question for all of us. How active is the Holy Spirit in your life?
An active presence of the Holy Spirit will cause us to see what sinners we really are. An active Holy Spirit will expose our ungodly deeds as we read His Word, and He will drive us to our knees in repentance and confession, and then He will assure us that we have been forgiven!
This is the real reason why we should desire the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. This is what will keep us in true fellowship with the Father, and once we are in true fellowship, the rest of the packaged goods of the Holy Spirit, namely sanctification and the fruit of the Spirit will come. But it starts with the convicting power of the Holy Spirit.
I pray that even now as I speak, you are being convinced of your personal need. I pray that you and I are being broken before the Lord.
O God! Give me your Holy Spirit or I die! Is this the cry of your heart? Do you really desire the Holy Spirit to do His work in you?
Then turn with me to Luke 11 beginning at verse 10:
Lu 11:10 "For everyone who asks (who? Everyone!) receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 "If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12 "Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" (NKJV)
This can be a very special FatherÆs Day for you. One that you will remember and celebrate for all eternity. This could be the day that you receive a special gift from God. The day that you asked for and received the fullness of the Spirit of God!
The day that you stopped playing church and got serious about the sin in your life! The day that you asked God to bring you back into His family. The day that put you back on the narrow path of repentance, confession, and receiving of His forgiveness!
How many fatherÆs do we have here today? I donÆt care how old you are or how young you are! I donÆt care where youÆve been or where you think you are right now! The best thing you could do for your children is to ask God your Father for this gift of the Holy Spirit.
This gift that will break you and bring you to your knees acknowledging your sinful state, confessing your sinful state, and cause you to receive deliverance from your sinful state.
Your children need you here on earth as a godly father and they want to see you one day in heaven. Some of your children arenÆt saved yet, but you arenÆt helping the cause if you remain in rebellion yourself! If you continue to resist the Holy Spirit.
The last words of the Old Testament, are of great importance in this regard:
Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." (NKJV)
John the Baptist was the Elijah that God sent, and what did John preach? Repentance, confession, and a washing away, a forgiveness of sins. He prefigured the work of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus would send after His work on the cross was done.
What did John say?
Mt 3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 "His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
Have you ever considered what John is saying here? He is saying that the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the immersion of oneÆs life in the Holy Spirit, walking in the Spirit, will result in a cleaning out of the threshing floor.....read that your soul! And all your sins (chaff) being burned away. That speaks of sins being repented of, confessed of and forgiveness received!
This is the evidence of a life controlled by the Spirit! It is not a sinless life, although it is the true impetus that helps us to turn from sin, it is a life that knows what to do with sin. Confess it, repent of it, and put it under the blood of Jesus.
Father, there are men, women, and children here today who are playing at religion. We have become complacent, content, overconfident in our standing with You. So confident that we no longer read your Word with the anticipation of seeing our sin and being corrected. We have no real desire to repent, confess, and receive your forgiveness. WeÆre happy just the way we are! Forgive us! We are like the Laodiceans, blind and in need of eye salve, and we are lukewarm and in danger of being spewed out.
Some are here today who have wandered far away from You and donÆt believe that You will take them back. They think they have to do something special, or that they have to clean up their act on their own. Father, speak to them, let them know that all You require is a heart willing to be examined on a regular basis for the purpose of turning back to You and Your ways and receiving Your forgiveness for any of their waywardness.!
And some are here who could care less about their current spiritual condition. Father awaken their souls to the end that awaits them unless they turn to You!
Father as Your Son asked for the Holy Spirit that He could then distribute Him to His church, so I ask today as His undershepherd. That You would send Your Holy Spirit here among us today. Let no one be missed, even this wretched undershepherd who far too often resists the work of the Holy Spirit. I ask these things in the name of Jesus our Lord, Amen.


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I have been reading the news about having the city's animal services be handled by an outside source to save taxpayer dollars. Of course, that outside source should be responsible, professional, knowledgeable and compassionate. I can't think of a better organization than our Butte Humane Society.
The Humane Society was originally founded on the premise to handle animals humanely, compassionately and carefully. This is where our Butte Humane Society is coming from. They have shown they are heading in a wonderful direction, with a new facility being developed in the not-too-distant future, for a more efficient, competent and caring operation. They can help save us taxpayers, and the city, more money overall.
This sounds like a win-win for all and mostly for the animals needing their care. I recently went with an adult granddaughter to adopt a cat. I was pleasantly surprised by the in-depth information they go into to make sure the adopting people are qualified and are wanting to make a better home for the animal. While I was there, three more families came in to see if they could find their match in a new cat or kitten. It was heartwarming to see how the whole process works.
With this before me, I certainly "vote" our Butte Humane Society be given the opportunity to take over the animal services for the city, save us all money and give our animals the much-needed love and support they deserve.
— Carol Johnson, Chico


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Officials said the officers were serving a search warrant on a home as part of a drug investigation on Wednesday night in the city of Ogden, north of Salt Lake City. When there was no answer at the door, they entered and were fired upon.
Witnesses said they heard what sounded like automatic gunfire.
When it was over, a 7-year veteran officer, Jared Francom, was dead and five other officers were wounded, some critically.
"It's a very, very sad day," an emotional Ogden Police Chief Wayne Tarwater said Thursday.
The wounded officers were taken to a hospital. The suspect, 37-year-old Matthew David Stewart, was at a local hospital under guard. His injuries were described as not life threatening.
Investigators said Stewart, an Army veteran, has a limited criminal history. According to his estranged father, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and may have been self-medicating with marijuana.
Francom is survived by a wife and two children. In an interview with Salt Lake City's ABC 4, Erin Francom said her husband "loved his job more than anything" and that he was a great father to their daughters. She said the girls, ages 5 and 3, are having a tough time understanding the loss of their father.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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From Brady Cook, Principal:
"Bob Holmes put on the most entertaining and meaningful assembly performance that I've seen in my entire career in education. He dazzled our students with humor, action, and athleticism. After captivating them with his amazing volleyball skills, he delivered a message about making good decisions. I will be recommending Mr. Bob Holmes to every principal that will listen."
Emails From Students
Dear Bob,
When you came to my school, I was about to end my life. I did not have anything left to do except take up space in everyone's daily lives. I felt useless. I was going to end my life on my birthday Which is coming up on September 26. I had already prepared to hang myself with my own computer cord It was only a matter of time. But every day I think of how you beat the odds and won against the volleyball team. And that is my motivation to keep on going. You are my hero Bob. I would like you to share my story with everyone else. Just keep motivating.
Your Newest Friend,
I was planning my death a few nights ago, and prior to meeting you today, I cut my wrist twice Tuesday night. However, I'm not the least bit ashamed to say that I will no longer continue to self-mutilate because of you! I'm so grateful that you came to the school today, or I'd have gone through with my decision. All my life, I've just wanted to meet someone who showed that they truly care whether I'm alive or if I just disappear suddenly. You, sir, have shown me that there is hope and staying alive is worth it.


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