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The Arlington County Police Department is well-prepared for active shooter and terrorism threats.
That's the message from a statement issued by ACPD today, in response to the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California earlier this week.
The statement, below, also encourages residents to report suspicious activity via the county's Homeland Security Tip Form or via smartphone app.
The Arlington County Police Department extends our sincere condolences to the San Bernardino, California community. We want to reassure the citizens of Arlington County that our officers remain vigilant in their patrols of our community. Officers receive extensive training in active shooter situations and have the tools necessary to respond should an incident occur. There are currently no active threats to the Washington, D.C. area and our Homeland Security Section continues to monitor these incidents with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners.
Citizens are encouraged to go about their normal business while paying particular attention to their surroundings. You are the first line of defense against terrorism and by providing information to law enforcement, you may help deter possible terrorist activity. Report suspicious activity in Arlington County using the Homeland Security Tip Form or to nationwide intelligence centers using the See Send smartphone application. Together, we can help keep Arlington County safe.
Prosecutor: Black Asked for Help Killing Wife — At a bond hearing Monday, prosecutors said that David Black asked a friend to help kill his wife in a classic case of domestic violence. Black was denied bond and will remain in jail, charged with killing his estranged wife Bonnie Black in their home near Pentagon City. The trial is set for Feb. 29. [WUSA 9]
One of the Worst Traffic Bottlenecks — Arlington has one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country, according to the American Highway Users Alliance. I-395 between Washington Blvd and the GW Parkway ranked No. 26 on the list, wasting 1.1 million hours and 322,600 gallons of fuel annually. [WTOP]
TSA HQ Move May Be Delayed — The Transportation Security Administration's headquarters may be staying in Pentagon City past 2017 after all. A judge has halted the TSA's move to Alexandria in response to a protest of the lease bidding process by a losing bidder. [Government Executive]
Arlington GOP May Ditch Office — In order to save money, the Arlington County Republican Committee is considering giving up the $1,100 per month office it rents in the Dominion Arms apartment building. [InsideNova]
See Something, Type Something — Arlington County's website has a "Homeland Security Tip Form," for reporting "suspicious activity that may be related to terrorism" in Arlington. [Arlington County]
Flickr pool photo by Erinn Shirley
Arlington County will conduct a training exercise this week that will test its ability to respond to biological emergencies.
The exercise will simulate the door-to-door delivery of medication in the event of bioterrorism or a natural pandemic. On Thursday, April 25, some 50 volunteers will deliver small bags to the doorknobs of residents at the Gates of Ballston and River Place West apartment complexes, and in the Aurora Highlands and Ballston/Virginia Square neighborhoods.
"The bag will contain emergency preparedness information and other contents designed to simulate the weight and bulk of the actual medication that may be delivered in an emergency," said Kurt Larrick, communications manager for the Arlington County Department of Human Services.
He continued: "The purpose of the exercise is to enhance the County's ability to respond in an emergency by understanding how long it might take to reach all doorknobs in Arlington, should the need arise to give out antibiotic medicine and provide important information in a public health emergency where timely delivery to the population is essential."
Larrick was asked: could the door-to-door delivery of medication also help in the theoretical scenario of a zombie apocalypse?
"We take an 'all hazards' approach to our emergency preparedness and response, so I am confident in our ability to respond quickly and effectively to any scenario, including zombies," Larrick told ARLnow.com.
Before the distribution exercise on Thursday, about 25 volunteers will gather at the Arlington Trades Center (2700 S. Taylor Street) on Tuesday to help assemble the materials that will be used in the exercise.
In the event of a real medical emergency, the county will have the option of delivering medication door-to-door, or setting up a number of "PODs" — or Points of Dispensing — in the community. While delivering door-to-door to Arlington's 100,000 households sounds daunting, the county has access to more than 300 Medical Reserve Corps volunteers and 3,500 county staffers to do the job.
Advisory Lifted for Local Waterways — A warning from Arlington County to stay out of Arlington Branch, Lower Long Branch and Four Mile Run has been lifted. The advisory was issued on April 9 after a sewage release near Columbia Pike. "The precaution was issued to allow time for the effect of the release to be diminished by natural flushing of the streams," the county said. [Arlington County]
Husband of Track Coach Caught Boston Chaos on Camera — John Walls, the husband of Bishop O'Connell cross country and track coach Cindy Walls, captured the chaos of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings on video. Walls was waiting for Cindy and his daughter Katie to cross the finish line when one of the bombs exploded across the street from where he was seated. He was shaken but uninjured. [WJLA]
Burned-Down House Cited for Code Violations — The Hall's Hill house that was destroyed by fire yesterday has been cited several times in the past for building code violations. Officials are now investigating whether property owner Paul Chretien was in violation of the code by allowing more than four unrelated people to live in the house. [Washington Post]
Police Seek Theft Suspect — The Arlington County Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 21-year-old man who stole an iPhone. "Police believe that the suspect has also been involved in several other crimes," according to a press release. [Arlington County]
Pentagon Shooter Sentenced — Yonathan Melaku, the ex-Marine who pleaded guilty last year to firing bullets at the Pentagon, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Melaku had planned a terror campaign that included spray painting Arabic statements on gravestones and leaving explosives in Arlington National Cemetery, according to prosecutors. [Washington Post]
Bad Reviews for Rosslyn Safeway — While getting high marks for friendly cashiers, the Safeway supermarket in Rosslyn has earned a dismal 1.5 out of 5 stars in 53 reviews on Yelp. Customers have called the store "disgusting," "gross," "cavernous" and the "worst grocery store ever." [Ode Street Tribune]
Gala Celebration for Wakefield High — The Wakefield Alumni Foundation will be hosting a celebration in May to celebrate the high school's 60th anniversary. A new Wakefield High School building is expected to open this summer, and the present 1950s-era building will eventually be torn down. [Sun Gazette]
Wakefield Routs Yorktown — The Wakefield Warriors boys basketball team defeated the Yorktown Patriots by the lopsided score of 74-41 on Jan. 11. Wakefield improved to a record of 10-4 overall, while Yorktown fell to 5-8. [Sun Gazette]
Photo by Katie Pyzyk
Major Redevelopment Proposed for Rosslyn — A developer has proposed tearing down four office buildings and two residential towers between N. Kent Street and Arlington Ridge Road in Rosslyn, and replacing them with four new buildings, including 2.5 million square feet of offices, residences, hotel rooms and retail space. If all goes well, the project might even attract a Ritz Carlton hotel and a Harris Teeter grocery store. [Washington Business Journal]
Nuclear Attack Would Be Survivable for Arlington — Most of Arlington would survive a terrorist nuclear bomb attack on downtown D.C., according to a federal report released earlier this month. The biggest danger to Arlington wouldn't be the initial blast, but would be the nuclear fallout afterward. One scenario suggests the Columbia Pike corridor would be vulnerable to fallout given a specific set of wind conditions. [Sun Gazette]
Arlington 'Peeps Show' Contestants — Arlingtonians are a crafty bunch. A number of semifinalists of the annual Washington Post "Peeps Show" diorama contest are listed as Arlington residents. Among them are the creators of "Faster Than the Peep of Light?," "GOPeep Primary Debate," "A Peeps Eye View into an Apeepment on M St.," and "Marine Corps Marathon: The Peep-les Marathon."
(Updated at 5:30 p.m.) FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force agents are conducting a terrorism investigation at a house in Douglas Park.
The FBI, NCIS and Arlington County Police are on the scene on the 1600 block of S. Randolph Street. Earlier, agents could be seen talking to two men outside the home, where the FBI says it was executing a search warrant.
The FBI now seems to be focusing their search on a shed behind the house. Agents wearing latex gloves and face masks have removed dozens of shoe boxes from the shed and piled them in the backyard. Agents have also put up a blue tarp to help shield their investigation from the dozen or so TV, radio and newspaper reporters camped at the corner of S. Randolph Street and 16th Street.
ACPD spokesman Dustin Sternbeck confirms this is an "offshoot" related to today's arrest of a Moroccan man by the FBI. The man, identified as 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi, planned on conducting a suicide attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to federal prosecutors. El Khalifi was living in Alexandria but was in the country illegally, prosecutors say.
(See the full U.S. Department of Justice press release, after the jump.)
The home raided by federal agents today has been owned by the same man and woman since 1997, according to Arlington County property records.
A longtime family friend who only identified himself as "Fred" was visiting and said he doesn't know why the FBI would be interested in the couple. He said they have grown children as well as grandchildren, and live a quiet life at home.
"I don't understand," he said. "They're good people."
Though it doesn't specify the address of the house in question, a federal court affidavit mentions a "residence in Arlington, Va." as a place where El Khalifi allegedly discussed terrorism activity. From the Justice Department press release:
According to the criminal complaint affidavit, in January 2011, a confidential human source reported to the FBI that El Khalifi met with other individuals at a residence in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 11, 2011. During this meeting, one individual produced what appeared to be an AK-47, two revolvers and ammunition. El Khalifi allegedly expressed agreement with a statement by this individual that the "war on terrorism" was a "war on Muslims" and said that the group needed to be ready for war.
Board Members Argue for New Taxing Powers — Arlington County Board members aren't too pleased with the Republican-controlled state legislature's reluctance to grant new taxing power to localities. County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman called Virginia Republicans "extremists" who want to "wreck government" by not giving localities enough ways to raise revenue. [Sun Gazette]
Arlington Accepts Homeland Security Grants — Arlington will accept nearly $1.35 million in federal homeland security grants, after receiving County Board approval last night. The grants will be used to purchase license plate reading equipment and mobile surveillance trailers, for use by law enforcement agencies throughout the National Capital Region. [Arlington County]
Va. Square Building Sells for $62 Million — The office building at 3601 Wilson Boulevard, known as One Virginia Square, has changed hands. The building was purchased by an investment firm for $61.8 million. The previous owner acquired the building for $42.2 million in 2004. [Washington Business Journal]
New Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery — Arlington National Cemetery is constructing a new columbarium to hold the cremated remains of more than 20,000 deceased military members. Construction on the building is expected to begin in January and wrap up in mid-2013. [Associated Press]
Flickr pool photo by BrianMKA
County Adding Historical Preservation Tools — In an effort to preserve historic buildings in Arlington, the county is considering some new policies to its "toolbox." Among the possible new strategies: purchasing properties threatened with demolition, using a "transfer of development rights" to convince developers to preserve historic properties and further surveying residential property in the county to find and catalog more historic properties. [Sun Gazette]
Man With Terror Links Owned Arlington Condo — Esam Ghazzawi, a Saudi Arabian national whose Florida mansion was regularly visited by the 9/11 hijackers, also owned property in Arlington. In the mid-1990s, Ghazzawi owned the Penthouse condo in Rosslyn's The Atrium building. [Washington Post]
Old ACFD Truck Lives on in S.C. — A retired ACFD fire truck that was among the first to respond to the Pentagon on 9/11 is still fighting fires in South Carolina. Quint 109 was retired from Arlington's Station 9 in 2005, and was sold to the Anderson County, S.C. Fire Department. Although Anderson County repainted the truck, fire officials were careful to leave its "Operation Noble Eagle" sticker — indicating it was at the Pentagon on 9/11 — in tact. [Independent Mail]
With the "specific, credible" but unconfirmed threat of a terror attack looming this weekend, Arlington County authorities are asking residents to remain vigilant.
Already, there has been a noticeable uptick in calls to Arlington police for reports of suspicious persons, suspicious cars and objects, and suspicious activity. Using the motto "see something, say something," police are asking citizens to keep it up.
Arlington County issued the following alert this evening:
This weekend will mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001. Residents of Arlington County may be aware of warnings issued by federal, state, and local agencies regarding potential attacks that may occur during this time. Police Chief M. Douglas Scott would like to assure residents that the Arlington County Police Department has plans in place to address needs as they occur. The police department would like to remind our residents of ways that they can assist in preventing future acts of terrorism.
The Arlington County Police Department joins our federal and local partners in the "See Something Say Something" campaign. The campaign is a simple and effective program developed to raise public awareness of indicators of terrorism, crime, and other threats and to emphasize the importance of reporting suspicious activity to the proper transportation and law enforcement authorities. Remember that the suspicious activity does not need to be criminal in nature to report it to the Arlington County Police.
The 7 Signs of Terrorism awareness are listed below:
1. Surveillance: Recording or monitoring activities. May include drawing diagrams, note taking, use of cameras, binoculars or other vision-enhancing devices, or possessing floor plans or blueprints of key facilities.
2. Elicitation: Attempts to obtain operation, security, and personnel-related information regarding a key facility. May be made by mail, fax, e-mail, telephone, or in person.
3. Tests of Security: Attempts to measure reaction times to security breaches or to penetrate physical security barriers or procedures in order to assess strengths and weaknesses.
4. Acquiring Supplies: Attempts to improperly acquire items that could be used in a terrorist act. May include the acquisition of explosives, weapons, harmful chemicals, flight manuals, law enforcement or military equipment, uniforms, identification badges, or the equipment to manufacture false identification.
5. Suspicious Persons: Someone who does not appear to belong in a workplace, neighborhood or business establishment due to his/her behavior, including unusual questions or statements he/she make.
6. Dry Runs/Trial Runs: Behavior that appears to be preparation for a terrorist act without actually committing the act. Activity could include mapping out routes and determining the timing of traffic lights and flow.
7. Deploying Assets: Placing people, equipment, and supplies into position to commit the act. This is the last opportunity to alert authorities before the terrorist act occurs.
Arlington County residents are encouraged to contact the police if they observe suspicious situations by calling 9-1-1 or the non-emergency line at 703-558-2222.
Arlington County Police Chief M. Douglas Scott has issued a statement about the threat of a terror attack during this weekend's 9/11 anniversary.
We adjusted our staffing levels earlier this week in anticipation of the 9/11 anniversary, so you may see additional officers around Arlington County. Our police officers are aware of the recent information regarding a "credible" threat, and the department is in close contact with federal law enforcement for updates. The Arlington County Police Department is committed to the safety of our community and encourages the public to report any activity that they find suspicious to our emergency operators.
Update at 11:00 a.m. — Arlington Police Chief M. Douglas Scott has issued a statement about the terror treat.
The Arlington County Police Department is aware of a new terror threat that U.S. officials are calling specific and credible, but so far the department has not taken any action in response.
NBC News is reporting that police in New York and D.C. have been alerted to a "specific, credible" but unconfirmed threat connected to this weekend's 9/11 anniversary. The threat, obtained by U.S. intelligence, could involve truck or car bombs in either city, according to news reports. D.C. police officers have been told that they may have to stay on duty longer as a result, NBC's Pete Williams reported tonight.
ACPD spokeswoman Det. Crystal Nosal says that the department expects to be told more about the threat tomorrow and will decide then on what action, if any, to take.
"Nothing has changed in terms of how we're operating at this point," she said.
Nosal added that Arlington police do have extra SWAT patrols around the county, but that the patrols are stepped up around this time every year for the 9/11 anniversary.
Arlington County is holding a special 9/11 commemoration at the Air Force Memorial on Saturday night
School's Out for Summer — Today is the last day of school for elementary students in Arlington. High school students had their last day on Wednesday and middle school students had their last day on Thursday. [YouTube]
Man Charged With Pentagon Shootings — Alexandria resident Yonathan Melaku, 22, has been charged with destruction of property and firearm violations in five separate shootings at Northern Virginia military installations last year. Melaku was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery last Friday, authorities say, with a backpack containing a ammonium nitrate, a key component in certain explosives, and a notebook containing referencing Al Qaeda and jihad. Sources tell Fox News that Melaku was "self-radicalized through the internet," but there's "no indication he was planning to harm individuals." [FBI, Fox News]
'Rabbit' Coming to Clarendon in July — The new salad-and-cupcakes store 'Rabbit,' from the father-son pair behind Tangysweet and Red Velvet Cupcakery, is expected to open in late July. Rabbit's location in Clarendon is "the perfect place," says co-owner Aaron Gordon. The 50-seat restaurant will also serve wine, beer and sandwiches. [Washington Post]
As the country celebrates Osama bin Laden's demise, Pentagon police officers are remaining ever-vigilant in their mission of protecting Department of Defense workers.
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency protects DoD workers at the Pentagon and at other leased and owned installations in the Washington area. An article published today by the American Forces Press Service details the work of the PFPA officers who work the night shift at the Pentagon.
The article discusses how officers monitor the various sensors and cameras around the 280-acre Pentagon reservation. Among the sensors present inside and outside the complex are sensors that monitor for potential chemical, biological and radiological threat.
The article also mentions that the PFPA monitors Federal Aviation Administration communications "so we can listen to aircraft that are coming our way."
The ability to monitor incoming aircraft communications did not exist before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the article says.
Virginia State Police have issued a statement regarding the death of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. forces.
VSP is urging Virginia residents to "remain vigilant in their awareness to suspicious activity within their communities and workplaces." Specifically, the agency is asking Virginians to be on the lookout for terrorist fundraising, surveillance and "dry runs."
RICHMOND – As the nation heralds the capture and death of the founder and leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Virginians are reminded to remain vigilant in their awareness to suspicious activity within their communities and workplaces. Over the past nine months, Virginia state and local law enforcement have been working with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread awareness of the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (http://www.dhs.gov/files/reportincidents/see-something-say-something.shtm). The national campaign is designed to help America's businesses, communities and citizens remain vigilant and play an active role in keeping our country and commonwealth safe.
"At this time, there is no known direct threat against Virginia or its infrastructure as a result of these recent events," said Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent. "We simply want to remind our citizens to stay attune to their surroundings and environment, and to always report suspicious activity to law enforcement."
Virginians have numerous ways of reporting suspicious activity to law enforcement:
- Call 911 to reach your local police or sheriff's office
- Dial #77 on your cell to reach your nearest Virginia State Police Office
- Call 1-877-4VA-TIPS to reach Virginia's Terrorist Tip Hotline
- Email Virginia State Police/Virginia Fusion Center at [email protected]
See the rest of the press release after the jump.


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Vermont landlord tenant law decrees state mandated landlord rights as well as tenant rights. Law supersedes real estate lease terms, including any provisions regarding rent payment and eviction. Real estate investors, landlords, renters, and tenants with questions regarding rental property should consult a real estate attorney.
Landlord Tenant Law
§ 4451. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Actual notice" means receipt of written notice hand-delivered or mailed to the last known address. A rebuttable presumption that the notice was received three days after mailing is created if the sending party proves that the notice was sent by first class or certified United States mail.
(2) "Building, housing and health regulations" means any law, ordinance or governmental regulation concerning health, safety, sanitation or fitness for habitation, or concerning the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit.
(3) "Dwelling unit" means a building or the part of a building that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons who maintain a household.
(4) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor, or where applicable, the sublessor of a residential dwelling unit or the building of which it is a part.
(5) "Normal wear and tear" means the deterioration which occurs, based upon the reasonable use for which the rental unit is intended, without negligence, carelessness, accident or abuse of the premises or equipment or chattels by the tenant or members of his or her household or their invitees or guests.
(6) "Premises" means a dwelling unit, its appurtenances and the building, and the grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or whose use is promised to the tenant.
(7) "Rent" means all consideration to be made to or for the benefit of the landlord under the rental agreement, not including security deposits.
(8) "Rental agreement" means all agreements, written or oral, embodying terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit and premises.
(9) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a residential dwelling unit to the exclusion of others. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 44.)
§ 4452. Exclusions
Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, this chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Occupancy at a public or private institution, operated for the purpose of providing medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious or similar service.
(2) Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the interest of the purchaser.
(3) Occupancy by a member of a fraternal, social or religious organization in the portion of a building operated for the benefit of the organization.
(4) Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or lodgings during the time the occupancy is subject to a tax levied under chapter 225 of Title 32.
(5) Occupancy by the owner of a condominium unit or the holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative.
(6) Rental of a mobile home lot governed by chapter 153 of Title 10.
(7) Transient residence in a campground, which for the purposes of this chapter means any property used for seasonal or short-term vacation or recreational purposes on which are located cabins, tents, or lean-tos, or campsites designed for temporary set-up of portable or mobile camping, recreational, or travel dwelling units, including tents, campers, and recreational vehicles such as motor homes, travel trailers, truck campers, and van campers. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 116, § 1; 1987, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4453. Obligations implied
Obligations imposed on landlords and tenants under this chapter shall be implied in all rental agreements. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4454. Attempt to circumvent
No rental agreement shall contain any provision which attempts to circumvent or circumvents obligations and remedies established by this chapter and any such provision shall be unenforceable and void. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4455. Tenant obligations; payment of rent
(a) Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties.
(b) An increase in rent shall take effect on the first day of the rental period following no less than 60 days' actual notice to the tenant. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4456. Tenant obligations; use and maintenance of dwelling unit
(a) The tenant shall not create or contribute to the noncompliance of the dwelling unit with applicable provisions of building, housing and health regulations.
(b) The tenant shall conduct himself or herself and require other persons on the premises with the tenant's consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb other tenants' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.
(c) The tenant shall not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage or remove any part of the premises or its fixtures, mechanical systems or furnishings or deliberately or negligently permit any person to do so.
(d) Unless inconsistent with a written rental agreement or otherwise provided by law, a tenant may terminate a tenancy by actual notice given to the landlord at least one rental payment period prior to the termination date specified in the notice.
(e) If a tenant acts in violation of this section, the landlord is entitled to recover damages, costs and reasonable attorney's fees, and the violation shall be grounds for termination under subsection 4467(b) of this title. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4456a. Residential rental application fees; prohibited
A landlord or a landlord's agent shall not charge an application fee to any individual in order to apply to enter into a rental agreement for a residential dwelling unit. This section shall not be construed to prohibit a person from charging a fee to a person in order to apply to rent commercial or nonresidential property. (Added 1999, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
§ 4457. Landlord obligations; habitability
(a) Warranty of habitability. In any residential rental agreement, the landlord shall be deemed to covenant and warrant to deliver over and maintain, throughout the period of the tenancy, premises that are safe, clean and fit for human habitation and which comply with the requirements of applicable building, housing and health regulations.
(b) Waiver. No rental agreement shall contain any provision by which the tenant waives the protections of the implied warranty of habitability. Any such waiver shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable and void.
(c) Heat and water. As part of the implied warranty of habitability, the landlord shall ensure that the dwelling unit has heating facilities which are capable of safely providing a reasonable amount of heat. Every landlord who provides heat as part of the rental agreement shall at all times supply a reasonable amount of heat to the dwelling unit. The landlord shall provide an adequate amount of water to each dwelling unit properly connected with hot and cold water lines. The hot water lines shall be connected with supplied water-heating facilities which are capable of heating sufficient water to permit an adequate amount to be drawn. This subsection shall not apply to a dwelling unit intended and rented for summer occupancy or as a hunting camp. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4458. Habitability; tenant remedies
(a) If the landlord fails to comply with the landlord's obligations for habitability and, after receiving actual notice of the noncompliance from the tenant, a governmental entity or a qualified independent inspector, the landlord fails to make repairs within a reasonable time and the noncompliance materially affects health and safety, the tenant may:
(1) withhold the payment of rent for the period of the noncompliance;
(2) obtain injunctive relief;
(3) recover damages, costs and reasonable attorney's fees; and
(4) terminate the rental agreement on reasonable notice.
(b) Tenant remedies under this section are not available if the noncompliance was caused by the negligent or deliberate act or omission of the tenant or a person on the premises with the tenant's consent. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
§ 4459. Minor defects; repair and deduct
(a) If within 30 days of notice, the landlord fails to repair a minor defect in order to comply with this chapter or a material provision of the rental agreement, the tenant may repair the defect and deduct from the rent the actual and reasonable cost of the work, not to exceed one-half of one month's rent. The tenant shall provide the landlord with actual notice of the cost of the repair, when the cost is deducted from the rent.
(b) The tenant remedies under this section are not available if the noncompliance was caused by the negligent or deliberate act or omission of the tenant or a person on the premises with the tenant's consent. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4460. Access
(a) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit with the tenant's consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) A landlord may also enter the dwelling unit for the following purposes between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. on no less than 48 hours' notice:
(1) when necessary to inspect the premises;
(2) to make necessary or agreed repairs, alterations or improvements;
(3) to supply agreed services; or
(4) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers or contractors.
(c) A landlord may only enter the dwelling unit without consent or notice when the landlord has a reasonable belief that there is imminent danger to any person or to property. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4461. Security deposits
(a) A security deposit is any advance, deposit or prepaid rent, however named, which is refundable to the tenant at the termination or expiration of the tenancy. The function of a security deposit is to secure the performance of a tenant's obligations to pay rent and to maintain a dwelling unit.
(b) The landlord may retain all or a portion of the security deposit for:
(1) nonpayment of rent;
(2) damage to property of the landlord, unless the damage is the result of normal wear and tear or the result of actions or events beyond the control of the tenant;
(3) nonpayment of utility or other charges which the tenant was required to pay directly to the landlord or to a utility; and
(4) expenses required to remove from the rental unit articles abandoned by the tenant.
(c) A landlord shall return the security deposit along with a written statement itemizing any deductions to a tenant within 14 days from the date on which the landlord discovers that the tenant vacated or abandoned the dwelling unit, or the date the tenant vacated the dwelling unit, provided the landlord received notice from the tenant of that date. In the case of the seasonal occupancy and rental of a dwelling unit not intended as a primary residence, the security deposit and written statement shall be returned within 60 days.
(d) The landlord shall comply with this section by hand-delivering or mailing the statement and any payment required to the last known address of the tenant.
(e) If a landlord fails to return the security deposit with a statement within 14 days, the landlord forfeits the right to withhold any portion of the security deposit. If the failure is wilful, the landlord shall be liable for double the amount wrongfully withheld, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
(f) Upon termination of the landlord's interest in the dwelling unit, the security deposit shall be transferred to the new landlord. The new landlord shall give the tenant actual notice of the new landlord's name and address with a statement that the security deposit has been transferred to the new landlord.
(g) A town or municipality may adopt an ordinance governing security deposits on dwellings. The ordinance shall be supplemental to and not inconsistent with the minimum protections of the provisions of this section. The ordinance may not limit how a security deposit is held. The ordinance may authorize the payment of interest on a security deposit. The ordinance may provide that a housing board of review constituted pursuant to section 5005 of Title 24 may hear and decide disputes related to security deposits upon request for a hearing by a landlord or tenant. The board's actions shall be reviewable under section 5006 of Title 24. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 116, § 2; 1991, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 45.)
§ 4462. Abandonment; unclaimed property
(a) A tenant has abandoned a dwelling unit if:
(1) there are circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe that the dwelling unit is no longer occupied as a full-time residence;
(2) rent is not current; and
(3) the landlord has made reasonable efforts to ascertain the tenant's intentions.
(b) If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit the tenant shall remain liable for rent until the expiration of the rental agreement. However, if the landlord rents the dwelling unit before the expiration of the rental agreement, the agreement terminates on the date of the new tenancy.
(c) If any property, except trash, garbage or refuse, is unclaimed by a tenant who has abandoned a dwelling unit, the landlord shall give written notice to the tenant mailed to the tenant's last known address that the landlord intends to dispose of the property after 60 days if the tenant has not claimed the property and paid any reasonable storage and other fees incurred by the landlord. The landlord shall place the property in a safe, dry, secured location, but may dispose of any trash, garbage or refuse left by the tenant. The tenant may claim the property by providing the landlord with the following within 60 days after the date of the notice:
(1) A reasonable written description of the property; and
(2) Payment of the fair and reasonable cost of storage and any related reasonable expenses incurred by the landlord.
If the tenant does not claim the property within the required time, the property shall become the property of the landlord. If the tenant claims the property within the required time, the landlord shall immediately make the property available to the tenant at a reasonable place and the tenant shall take possession of the property at that time and place.
(d) Any personal property remaining in the dwelling unit or leased premises after the tenant has vacated may be disposed of by the landlord without notice or liability to the tenant or owner of the personal property, provided that one of the following has occurred:
(1) The tenant provided actual notice to the landlord that the tenant has vacated the dwelling unit or leased premises.
(2) The tenant has vacated the dwelling unit or leased premises at the end of the rental agreement. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1999, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 46.)
§ 4463. Illegal evictions
(a) No landlord may willfully cause, directly or indirectly, the interruption or termination of any utility service being supplied to the tenant, except for temporary interruptions for emergency repairs.
(b) No landlord may directly or indirectly deny a tenant access to and possession of the tenant's rented or leased premises, except through proper judicial process.
(c) No landlord may directly or indirectly deny a tenant access to and possession of the tenant's property, except through proper judicial process. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4464. Remedies for illegal evictions
(a) Any tenant who sustains damage or injury as a result of an illegal eviction may bring an action for injunctive relief, damages, costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
(b) A court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the landlord if, upon motion and hearing, it is determined that the action was not brought in good faith and was frivolous or intended for harassment only. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4465. Retaliatory conduct prohibited
(a) A landlord of a residential dwelling unit may not retaliate by establishing or changing terms of a rental agreement or by bringing or threatening to bring an action against a tenant who:
(1) has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building, housing or health regulation of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety;
(2) has complained to the landlord of a violation of this chapter; or
(3) has organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization.
(b) If the landlord acts in violation of this section, the tenant is entitled to recover damages and reasonable attorney's fees and has a defense in any retaliatory action for possession.
(c) If a landlord serves notice of termination of tenancy on any grounds other than for nonpayment of rent within 90 days after notice by any municipal or state governmental entity that the premises are not in compliance with applicable health or safety regulations, there is a rebuttable presumption that any termination by the landlord is in retaliation for the tenant having reported the noncompliance. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 47.)
§ 4467. Termination of tenancy; notice
(a) Termination for nonpayment of rent. The landlord may terminate a tenancy for nonpayment of rent by providing actual notice to the tenant of the date on which the tenancy will terminate which shall be at least 14 days after the date of the actual notice. The rental agreement shall not terminate if the tenant pays or tenders rent due through the end of the rental period in which payment is made or tendered. Acceptance of partial payment of rent shall not constitute a waiver of the landlord's remedies for nonpayment of rent or an accord and satisfaction for nonpayment of rent.
(b) Termination for breach of rental agreement.
(1) The landlord may terminate a tenancy for failure of the tenant to comply with a material term of the rental agreement or with obligations imposed under this chapter, by actual notice given to the tenant at least 30 days prior to the termination date specified in the notice.
(2) When termination is based on criminal activity, illegal drug activity, or acts of violence any of which threaten the health or safety of other residents, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by providing actual notice to the tenant of the date on which the tenancy will terminate which shall be at least 14 days from the date of the actual notice.
(c) Termination for no cause. In the absence of a written rental agreement, the landlord may terminate a tenancy for no cause as follows:
(1) If rent is payable on a monthly basis, by providing actual notice to the tenant of the date on which the tenancy will terminate which shall be:
(A) For tenants who have resided continuously in the same premises for two years or less, at least 60 days after the date of the actual notice.
(B) For tenants who have resided continuously in the same premises for more than two years, at least 90 days after the date of the actual notice.
(2) If rent is payable on a weekly basis, by providing actual notice to the tenant of the date on which the tenancy will terminate which shall be at least 21 days after the date of the actual notice.
(d) Termination of rental agreement when property is sold. In the absence of a written rental agreement a landlord who has contracted to sell the building may terminate a tenancy by providing actual notice to the tenant of the date on which the tenancy will terminate which shall be at least 30 days after the date of the actual notice.
(e) Termination for no cause under terms of written rental agreement.
cause shall be at least 30 days before the end or expiration of the stated term of the rental agreement, if the tenancy has continued for two years or less. The notice to terminate for no cause shall be at least 60 days before the end or expiration of the term of the rental agreement if the tenancy has continued for more than two years. If there is a written week-to-week rental agreement, the notice to terminate for no cause shall be at least seven days; however, a notice to terminate for nonpayment of rent shall be as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(f) In all cases the termination date shall be specifically stated in the notice.
(g) If the building is being converted to condominiums, notice shall be given in accordance with subchapter 2 of chapter 15 of Title 27.
(h) A rental arrangement whereby a person rents to another individual one or more rooms in his or her personal residence that includes the shared use of any of the common living spaces, such as the living room, kitchen or bathroom, may be terminated by either party by providing actual notice to the other of the date the rental agreement shall terminate, which shall be at least 15 days after the date of actual notice if the rent is payable monthly and at least seven days after the date of actual notice if the rent is payable weekly.
(i) Multiple notices. All actual notices that are in compliance with this section shall not invalidate any other actual notice and shall be a valid basis for commencing and maintaining an action for possession pursuant to this chapter, chapter 153 of Title 10, chapter 14 of Title 11, or chapter 169 of Title 12, notwithstanding that the notices may be based on different or unrelated grounds, dates of termination, or that the notices are sent at different times prior to or during an ejectment action. A landlord may maintain an ejectment action and rely on as many grounds for ejectment as are allowed by law at any time during the eviction process.
(j)(1) A landlord's acceptance of full or partial rent payment by or on behalf of a tenant after the termination of the tenancy for reasons other than nonpayment of rent or at any time during the ejectment action shall not result in the dismissal of an ejectment action or constitute a waiver of the landlord's remedies to proceed with an eviction action based on any of the following:
(A) The tenant's breach of the terms of a rental agreement pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(B) The tenant's breach of the tenant's obligations pursuant to subsections 4456(a), (b), and (c) of this title.
(C) For no cause pursuant to subsections (c), (d), (e), and (h) of this section.
(2) This subsection shall apply to chapter 153 of Title 10, chapter 14 of Title 11, and chapter 169 of Title 12.
(k) A notice to terminate a tenancy shall be insufficient to support a judgment of eviction unless the proceeding is commenced no later than 60 days from the termination date set forth in the notice. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1999, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 2a; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 48; 2009, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
§ 4468. Termination of tenancy; action for possession
If the tenant remains in possession after termination of the rental agreement, without the express consent of the landlord, the landlord may bring an action for possession, damages and costs under subchapter 3 of chapter 169 of Title 12. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 4469a. Termination of occupancy of farm employee housing
(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Farm employee" means an individual employed by a farm employer for farming operations.
(2) "Farm employer" means a person earning at least one-half of his or her annual gross income from the business of farming as that term is defined in Section 1.175-3 of the regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury under the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, as amended.
(3) "Housing provided as a benefit of farm employment" means housing owned or controlled by the farm employer, whether located on or off the farm premises, and provided for the occupancy of the farm employee and the farm employee's family or household members for no payment other than the farm employee's labor. Payment of utility and fuel charges paid by the farm employee does not affect the designation of housing provided as a benefit of farm employment.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in a written employment contract, a farm employer who provides housing to a farm employee and the farm employee's family or household members as a benefit of the employment may terminate that benefit and all rights of the employee and the employee's family or household members to occupy the housing when the employee's employment is terminated.
(c) The termination of the housing benefit shall be by written notice served upon the former farm employee by a law enforcement officer in accordance with Rule 4 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice shall be served together with a summons and complaint seeking a writ of possession under this section to remove the former farm employee from occupancy of the farm housing. The notice shall include the following statements, in boldface print:
"Your employment and housing benefit have been terminated.
"Your employer has filed a legal proceeding in ______ County superior court to obtain a court order directing you and any family or household member cohabitating in the dwelling to vacate and leave the dwelling and remove all of your possessions. The address and telephone number of the court are as follows:.
"The court will hold a hearing on your former employer's request for a court order directing you to leave and vacate the dwelling. The hearing will be held on ______ at ______ in the ____ am/pm at the courthouse at the address listed above. You have the right to be served with notice of the hearing at least ten days prior to the hearing date. You have the right to appear at this hearing. At the hearing, your former employer must prove that the dwelling is needed for housing a replacement employee, and that your failure to vacate is causing actual hardship.
"If you believe that your employment was terminated wrongfully, that your dwelling house was not habitable, or if you have any other claim against your former employer, you may file a counterclaim against your former employer as explained in the summons and complaint that are being served upon you with this notice.
"Filing a counterclaim against your former employer will not delay or stop the court from ordering you to leave and vacate the dwelling.
"You may wish to seek legal advice from a licensed attorney. If you believe you cannot afford an attorney, you may contact the clerk of the court listed above for information about the availability of an attorney at public expense, although you may not be entitled to an attorney at public expense."
(d) A farm employer shall be entitled to a show cause hearing on an expedited basis for the purpose of demonstrating that the failure of the former farm employee to vacate the farm housing is causing an actual hardship to the farm employer. The show cause hearing shall be held not less than 10 calendar days after service on the former employee of the notice described in subsection (c) of this section. The issue before the court at the hearing shall be whether the farm employer has suffered actual hardship because of the unavailability of the farm housing for a replacement employee.
(e) If the court finds that the farm employer has suffered actual hardship because of the unavailability of the farm housing for a replacement employee, the court shall enter an order approving a writ of possession, which shall be executed no sooner than five days nor later than 30 days after the writ is served, to put the plaintiff into possession.
(f) If the court does not make a finding on behalf of the farm employer, the farm employer may seek an eviction pursuant to sections 4467 and 4468 of this chapter and subchapter 3 of chapter 169 of Title 12. In any action pursuant to this section, the farm employer may file a motion for payment of the reasonable rental value of the premises into court pursuant to 12 V.S.A. § 4853a.
(g) The right of a former farm employee to pursue any claim that he or she may have against the former farm employer by way of a counterclaim in a civil action brought pursuant to this section is expressly preserved. The assertion of a counterclaim shall not have the effect of delaying or preventing the removal of the employee from the housing, nor shall the employee be entitled to obtain injunctive relief in the form of repossession of farm housing. A former employee who prevails on a counterclaim shall be entitled to relief as provided by applicable law.
(h) Sections 4455, 4461, and 4467 of this chapter shall not apply to housing provided to a farm employee as a benefit of the employment. (Added 2009, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 28, 2010.)
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According to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released earlier this week, national home prices dropped to a new recession low during the first quarter of this year. However, many of us are now saying that Case-Shiller report does not have all the facts straight.
Jim Gillespie, chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, gives us some good insight in his post "Hey Case-Shiller It's Not the End of the Real Estate World"
There are several flaws in the "national" index report, including the fact that the report only covered 20 markets across the nation. "As we know, all real estate is local, and it is unfortunate that the reporting on a 20-city 'national' index can have such a jarring impact on otherwise rational people,"Gillespie, said.
"Now is the smartest time in my 36 years in real estate to buy a home if you have the lifestyle reason, financial stability and viability to do so," Gillespie, said.
Gillespie says is all about the "Triple I…P". Inventory, Interest rates, Incentives and Pricing:
Inventory: most communities have seen a rise in the amount of homes on the market, you have more choices.
Interest Rates: Interest rates for mortages remain at near-historic lows and have actually trended down over the last seven weeks.
Incentives: the tax advantages to home ownership
Price: prices are down from mid-decade highs, but remain in many. Many markets are showing stability, slight declines or even increases. Home affordability remains near record levels and the price-to-value proposition in most markets is extremely compelling.
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It's a private, untested theory of mine that weird nerds make the best pop stars. An eccentric guy wiggling in an oversized suit might be party euthanasia in any other context but on stage he's David Byrne. The strange, the nervous, and the socially dire (I'm not using first person pronouns here but it should be implied) are primed for the limelight because they have to be actors. There's a tension between who they are and what they're doing, and that tension can be extraordinarily productive. The Chap certainly look that part, posing for press photos as a suburban Kraftwerk nightmare or five moderately scary art teachers on a weekday bender.
And over four and a half albums and one hilariously premature best of compilation titled We Are The Best, The Chap have built this weirdo city on not rock and roll exactly but a deranged isotope of it. It's a place where the pieties and consoling nonsense of 21st century culture go to die. Take "Well Done You" off of their most recent album Well Done Europe, which rattles off a bunch of middle management backslaps, "You've really gone that extra mile/ You've got your head screwed on right," before washing it all down with a deliciously brazen and nonsensical Springsteen rip: "Even if we're just dancing in the dark." The Talking Heads also had a critique of suburban proprietary values in their inside pocket (or else I have no idea why they wrote so many songs about houses) but Byrne never found it necessary to be anything but a surrealist. In an unlikely alchemy The Chap's savage absurdity sometimes results in genuine empathy. Underdog anthem "We Work In Bars" pairs a sweetly melodic riff with the sort of narrative struggling musicians build to keep themselves afloat. And "Wuss Wuss" on 2008's Mega Breakfast weaves the repeated plea "Where is my soul?" into a chorus of "Nineteen years in the business/ Nineteen years, dog without a bone." If you ironize a sentiment an even number of times, that's real feeling.
But The Chap are beginning to know the comedian's problem: being too funny to take seriously. "Obviously" on Well Done Europe delivers a parched, deadpan namedrop "Oh Diego, I'm so sorry/ Richard Dawkins, Peter Lorre" through a pointillist matrix of bass synth and guitar, a characteristically arch gesture from The Chap but one immediately complicated by a choral refrain of "Is anybody still out there?" It's this lack of sincere response, a possible side effect of being marooned in the 7.7 to 8.3 critical zone, that seems to motivate The Chap's new project, the allegedly "non-ironic" class five comedown album We Are Nobody, which trades thick irony and posturing for the post-millennial holy trinity of disconnection, alienation, and insecurity and their signature bizarre animal themed album covers for what I can only describe as a melancholy ghost condom.
Nobody preserves The Chap's laser-guided sense of composition, a precision that speaks of classical training, but rounds out the sound to a late aughts electro pop baseline. Opener "Rhythm King" makes clear that we're in a different space, the lucid diction and polite synths getting about halfway from the art schools of London to the nice young man pop of Gothenburg. But the bottom of the North Sea was never a fertile music scene. The following "What Did We Do?" locks into a similar groove with a chorus that doesn't make eye contact: "Writing's for cowards, talking's for men/ Cowards write songs and never do what must be done." The Chap's former indulgent sarcasm is now just filigree; the self-awareness of the sentiment doesn't seem to want to get in the way of them really meaning it.
The first half of the album slips away like this, without putting in hooks. It seems to take as its guiding star Peter Bjorn and John or even, god help us, Royskopp. And while The Chap are working through their own problems I'm having a fanboy one, because it's a crushing disappointment to see a band so sharp and smart retreat to where these Scandinavians were five years ago. The title track does what it says on the tin, repeating "I am you/ You are we/ We are nobody," but this kind of internet age facelessness has been cultural bedrock since at least Radiohead. I would have been a happier camper if The Chap had taken it as a starting point and built something acerbic and weird on top of it. The album does perk up a little in its second half. "Running With Me" starts bass-forward and slides easily into a quiet stunner of a chorus, spacing out its sonics towards the end. Also, the noisy clatter and upper atmosphere female vocals make "Hands Free" a pretty good Deerhoof song.
But what were The Chap expecting? That they could ruthlessly mock pop culture and its consumers and we would all love them for it? The mischievous, prankster status that they seem to want to jettison is actually a tacit contract. Mainstream music press deem them art school weirdos and then they attract the cult attention visionary weirdos are always attracting. I want them to sell out. I want them to sell out and I want everybody to buy in. But I want them to peddle their talents instead of an electro pop autopilot. If nothing else, We Are Nobody is an invitation to dig into their back catalog and their fantastic best of compilation We Are The Best, which shouldn't even work, drawing as it does on only eight years and four albums. Unless of course this is all a put on, a big, welcome joke, and they're just a couple steps above me on an irony ziggurat I'm too out of shape to climb.
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By Frederica Mathewes-Green (April 2005)
Often in conversations with Christians of other traditions I find myself explaining the Orthodox view of sin. For most Western Christians, sin is a matter of doing bad things, which create a debt to God, and which somebody has to pay off. They believe that Jesus paid the debt for our sins on the Cross-paid the Father, that is, so we would not longer bear the penalty. The central argument between Protestants and Catholics has to do with whether "Jesus paid it all" (as Protestants would say) or whether, even though the Cross is sufficient, humans are still obligated (as Catholics would say) to add their own sacrifices as well.
Orthodox, of course, have a completely different understanding of Christ's saving work. We hold to the view of the early church, that "God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself." Our sins made us captives of Death, and God in Christ went into Hades to set us free. The penalty of sin is not a debt we owe the Father; it is the soul-death that is the immediate and inevitable consequence of sin. We need healing and rescue, not someone to step in and square the bill. The early Christians always saw the Father pursuing and loving every sinner, doing everything to bring us back, not waiting with arms folded for a debt to be paid. When the Prodigal Son came home, the Father didn't say, "I'd love to take you back, but who's going to pay this Visa bill?"
This was the common view for the first thousand years of Christianity, until Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of the Great Schism, offered an alternative view. Anselm believed that God could not merely forgive us, because our sins constituted an objective wrong in the universe. It could not be made right without payment. No human could pay such a huge debt, but Jesus' blood was more than sufficient to pay it, which gave Jesus a "claim" on God the Father. "If the Son chose to make over the claim He had on God to man, could the Father justly forbid Him doing so, or refuse to man what the Son willed to give him?"
We would say that Western Christians, Protestant and Catholic, have mixed up two Scriptural concepts: "sacrifice/offering" and ransom/payment." Jesus couldn't have paid the "ransom" for our sins to the Father; you pay a ransom to a kidnapper, and the Father wasn't holding us hostage. No, it was the EvilOne who had captured us, due to our voluntary involvement in sin. It cost Jesus his blood to enter Hades and set us free. That's the payment, or ransom, but it obviously isn't paid to the Father. Yet it is a sacrifice or offering to the Father, as a brave soldier might offer a dangerous act of courage to his beloved General.
If I haven't lost you yet, I'd like to take this one step further. As I said, I often have this conversation with other Christians, and make the point that sin is not infraction, but infection; sin makes us sick. The Christian life is one of healing and restoration; it's not merely about paying a debt.
It recently occurred to me that this difference between Western and Eastern Christianity explains something else I hadn't noticed till now: that Orthodoxy doesn't spend a lot of time worrying about the problem of evil. The question of why bad things happen is a major one in the West; it seems to refute the assertion that God is good and loves us. If he's all powerful and loves us completely, why does he let bad things happen? I expect that this lingering image of a God who is reluctant to forgive, waiting to be paid, feeds a suspicion that maybe he doesn't really love us.
I think the Orthodox view of sin as illness, rather than rule-breaking, answers this. There is evil in the world because of the pollution of our sins.Our selfishness and cruelty don't merely hurt those around us, but contribute to setting the world off-balance, out of tune. It has a corporate nature. Anyone can observe that life isn't fair; bad things happen to "good" people. But even good people contribute some sin to the mix, and we all suffer the consequences of the world's mutual sin.
The radio humorist Garrison Keillior used an image for this that has always remained in my mind. He told a story about a man considering adultery, who contemplated how one act of betrayal can unbalance an entire community: "I saw that we all depend on each other. I saw that although I thought my sins could be secret, that they would be no more secret than an earthquake. All these houses and all these families, my infidelity will somehow shake them. It will pollute the drinking water. It will make noxious gases come out of the ventilators in the elementary school. When we scream in senseless anger, blocks away a little girl we do not know spills a bowl of gravy all over a white tablecloth."
What we Orthodox keep in mind, and Western Christians often forget, is the presence of the Evil One. In Anselm's theory of the Atonement, there's no Devil. The whole transaction is between us, the Father, and Jesus (and when the Devil is ignored, he has a field day). But Orthodox know who our true enemy is, and we cling to the Lord Jesus as our deliverer. When we see evil in the world, we know immediately that "an enemy has done this" (Matthew 13:28). We're not surprised that life is unfair and that "good" people suffer; when we see innocent suffering, we know that our own sins helped cause it, by helping to unbalance the world and make a climate of injustice possible.
The Evil One loves to see the innocent suffer, and the fact that such events grieve and trouble us delights him all the more. This is in fact one of the ways we bear the burden of our sins: that we must feel the wrenching pain of seeing innocence suffer, and know that we helped make it happen. Western Christians, on the other hand, who see sin as a private debt between an individual and God, and whoforget the presence of the Evil One, can't figure out how God could let an innocent person suffer, and are left with the chilly thought of questioning the goodness of God.
"Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" (Romans 7:24-25). We do not trust in our own strength to get out of this mess, but rely entirely on the power of Jesus Christ, who has "trampled down death by death." Day by day growing in grace, we cancontribute to the world's healing, by forgiving our enemies, loving those who hate us, and overcoming evil with good. The first place it needs to beovercome, we know, is in our hearts.


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Happy-go-lucky Elmo is bubbling over with laughs again. Press his foot and his laughing begins, squeeze the remote control fishbowl and he laughs and wiggles even more. Tickle his tummy and Elmo not only laughs, he tells little jokes, too. Guaranteed to bring on a case of the giggles, this season's Elmo is smaller than he used to be and not too cuddly. You can feel the mechanism through his plush body. That said, this is a novelty toy that will be a sure fire favorite of kids and grown-ups alike. 18 months and up.
SNAP: Activating Elmo just might interest kids who need to work on strengthening hands and fingers. Elmo certainly will motivate them and there are three different ways to discover and remember how he moves. Squeeze his foot, tickle his tummy and press the remote. That's a lot of ways to make things happen. Is it a long term toy? Probably not. This is one of those novelty items that has some redeeming features.
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By David Dorf-Oracle on Dec 21, 2009
I'm such a geek that I read MaximumPC, a magazine for people that build their own PCs (which I do, by the way). Anyway, each month they publish a list and I wanted to share this month's:
Eight Things Killed by the Internet
- Encyclopedia Salesmen -- haven't seen once of these since Encarta was released.
- Newspapers -- no need to brave the cold in your robe.
- Bulletin Boards -- cork futures are way down thanks to eBay and Craigslist.
- Video Rental -- DVD by mail is barely hanging on. I love my Roku!
- Faxing -- goodbye curly paper!
- Yellow Pages -- still valuable as a doorstop.
- Checks -- I've been using online bill pay since 1996!
- Stamps -- reserved for Christmas and birthday cards only.
The internet has certainly caused some changes, but notice that retail stores did not make the list. They are alive and kicking. While e-commerce has been growing at a phenomenal rate, overall store openings have grown as well, despite tough economic conditions. I don't know of any brick-and-mortar retailers that closed stores and moved completely to the web. In fact I see just the opposite -- its more likely the pure-play e-commerce retailers decide to try opening some stores (like Dell, Gateway, and maybe someday Amazon).
Note: Circuit City did not close stores in favor of e-commerce. They sold their website to an established e-commerce company that simply used the brand. If you look closely, CircuitCity.com is just a rebranding of CompUSA.com and TigerDirect.com.
Retailers know that the internet complements their physical stores. The key is finding the right way to interact with customers over both channels so synergies are achieved. Buy online and pickup in the store, or order online when the store is out-of-stock are great examples of the channels working together. Now we need to think about how the mobile channel fits into this ecosystem. How can mobile phones be used to enhance the customer experience and sell more stuff? Tesco, Amazon, Sears, and Best Buy seem to be leading the way.


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Representatives of Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Volvo participated in the pre-bid conference for purchase of buses by Chandigarh Transport Undertaking. 98 buses are to be added to the existing fleet. The companies demanded certain changes in the terms and conditions proposed by the CTU.
The proposal for purchase of buses has been hanging fire for more than a year. Recently, the funds for the purchase were approved.
During the meeting the representatives of the companies asked for changes in the Annual Maintenance Contract. CTU authorities had wanted AMC for 12 years. The companies contended that the AMC should be for five years as it would be difficult to calculate the enhancement in the cost of equipment in 12 years.
The companies demanded that the time limit of 90 days for delivering the buses be increased as they would not be able to deliver all the buses in this stipulated time. It was further demanded that the penalty clause in case of non supply of buses on time should be altered. CTU had also included a clause that in case a bus breaks down and is standing for more than three hours, it would be considered non-functional for the whole day and penalty would be levied. The companies have demanded that the amount of penalty proposed should be reduced.
The companies have been given time till November 29 to submit any other alterations. These will be discussed with higher officials and a final decision taken. Thereafter tenders will be floated.


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Two days later, as the steamer _Mariposa_ plied her customary route between Tahiti and San Francisco, the passengers ceased playing deck quoits, abandoned their card games in the smoker, their novels and deck chairs, and crowded the rail to stare at the small boat that skimmed to them across the sea before a light following breeze. When Big John, aided by Ah Moy and Kwaque, lowered the sail and unstepped the mast, titters and laughter arose from the passengers. It was contrary to all their preconceptions of mid-ocean rescue of ship-wrecked mariners from the open boat.
It caught their fancy that this boat was the Ark, what of its freightage of bedding, dry goods boxes, beer-cases, a cat, two dogs, a white cockatoo, a Chinaman, a kinky-headed black, a gangly pallid-haired giant, a grizzled Dag Daughtry, and an Ancient Mariner who looked every inch the part. Him a facetious, vacationing architect's clerk dubbed Noah, and so greeted him.
"I say, Noah," he called. "Some flood, eh? Located Ararat yet?"
"Catch any fish?" bawled another youngster down over the rail.
"Gracious! Look at the beer! Good English beer! Put me down for a case!"
Never was a more popular wrecked crew more merrily rescued at sea. The young blades would have it that none other than old Noah himself had come on board with the remnants of the Lost Tribes, and to elderly female passengers spun hair-raising accounts of the sinking of an entire tropic island by volcanic and earthquake action.
"I'm a steward," Dag Daughtry told the _Mariposa's_ captain, "and I'll be glad and grateful to berth along with your stewards in the glory-hole. Big John there's a sailorman, an' the fo'c's'le 'll do him. The Chink is a ship's cook, and the nigger belongs to me. But Mr. Greenleaf, sir, is a gentleman, and the best of cabin fare and staterooms'll be none too good for him, sir."
And when the news went around that these were part of the survivors of the three-masted schooner, _Mary Turner_, smashed into kindling wood and sunk by a whale, the elderly females no more believed than had they the yarn of the sunken island.
"Captain Hayward," one of them demanded of the steamer's skipper, "could a whale sink the _Mariposa_?"
"She has never been so sunk," was his reply.
"I knew it!" she declared emphatically. "It's not the way of ships to go around being sunk by whales, is it, captain?"
"No, madam, I assure you it is not," was his response. "Nevertheless, all the five men insist upon it."
"Sailors are notorious for their unveracity, are they not?" the lady voiced her flat conclusion in the form of a tentative query.
"Worst liars I ever saw, madam. Do you know, after forty years at sea, I couldn't believe myself under oath."
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Nine days later the _Mariposa_ threaded the Golden Gate and docked at San Francisco. Humorous half-columns in the local papers, written in the customary silly way by unlicked cub reporters just out of grammar school, tickled the fancy of San Francisco for a fleeting moment in that the steamship _Mariposa_ had rescued some sea-waifs possessed of a cock-and- bull story that not even the reporters believed. Thus, silly reportorial unveracity usually proves extraordinary truth a liar. It is the way of cub reporters, city newspapers, and flat-floor populations which get their thrills from moving pictures and for which the real world and all its spaciousness does not exist.


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Just when I conquered the LAST set of Faceparameters for Corporations (not only 30 days prior), I find myself well and behind in the times.
After much adieu and not so much effort:
Ass you can see (more closely if you go HERE) a new tact I have taken.
No longer the miss of fit.
This new Misfit Psycles face-look has well and done had any last stitch of originality and personality compromised.
In the name of defeat.
But not (entirely) a surrender without intent(ions).
What we have now, is a Misfit Facsycles fairly and firmly entrenched amongst and within the bland of Facebook.
Not attractive you say?
Through my carefully calculated measure of by-association-logic I (we) shall henceforth and forever be free from the modifications, alterations and changes that tend to take place with Firefox-like frequency.
If they can't see us, they can't change us.
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I'm working on a new map in which I'm trying to emulate the style of Nicholas de Fer --- so obviously my reference map is in French. I can handle most of it with my rusty skills in the language, but I'm trying to scale the map the same as my new map is scaled, and for the life of me I can't figure out what this word is in the scale bar. My best guess is lieues, which I believe would be leagues, but I'm not sure if that's correct in context. Help, please?


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Patient burned when he ignites oxygen while smoking
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:01 a.m.
A patient receiving medical oxygen at a rehabilitation center was seriously burned Monday evening when he tried to smoke a cigarette, authorities said.
At 6:30 p.m., Gainesville Fire Rescue units responded to an alarm at Parklands Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1000 SW 16th Ave., and found a male patient outside the building lying in a bed that was still smoldering from a fire, according to a GFR release.
The man had lit a cigarette while using medical oxygen, which ignited and caused second- and third-degree burns to his lower extremities, the release said.
Employees had doused the flames with a fire extinguisher and the the fire was contained to the patient and the bed. The east wing of the center was evacuated while firefighters ventilated it to remove the smoke.
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About Kalmar
Kalmar Fotbollsförening, usually known as Kalmar FF, was founded in January 1910. Initially operating as IF Göta, the team adopted its current name in 1927. Nicknamed the Red Brothers, Kalmar FF have enjoyed some noteworthy success in domestic competitions. The side's two main local rivals are Östers IF and Kalmar AIK.
The club has enjoyed its most notable period of success in the years since the turn of the 21st century. In the 2007 season, Kalmar finished as runners up in the league and reached the final of the Svenska Cupen, where they beat IFK Göteborg 3-0 to lift the trophy. Then, the following season saw the club achieve their greatest success to date, as they won the Allsvenskan to become Swedish champions for the first time. As a result, they gained entry into the qualification round of the UEFA Champions League.
Aside from their sole league title win, Kalmar have won the Svenska Cupen on three occasions, with the other two victories coming in 1980–81 and 1986–87. In addition, they lifted the Svenska Supercupen for the first time in 2009. Kalmar have played in several continental competitions, including the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but have failed to reach the later stages of either tournament.
The list of notable players to represent the club include names like Patrik Ingelsten, who was the side's top goal scorer during their successful league campaign in 2008, and Viktor Elm, whose impressive performances for the club earned him a call up to the Swedish national team in 2008.
Kalmar FF play their home matches at Guldfågeln Arena, which first opened its doors in 2011. The stadium is utilised by the Swedish under-21s team and can hold a maximum of 12,182 supporters. This capacity is reduced to 11,800 for competitions which require venues to be all-seated.


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LatAm gays reach high govt offices
BOGOTA, Colombia Tatiana Pineros is a man by birth and a woman by choice.
Pineros, 34, is also a high-powered public servant who manages a $360 million budget and nearly 2,000 employees in Colombia's biggest and most powerful municipal government.
Her appointment by Bogota's new mayor to head the capital's social welfare agency was remarkable for how unremarkably it was received by Colombia's predominantly Roman Catholic public.
Across Latin America, public acceptance is gradually growing for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, officials. It's a phenomenon that has accompanied activists' broader struggle to win rights to marry, adopt children or share financial benefits with same-sex partners, and to transform the way socially conservative nations view and treat gays.
"It's all about the mobilization of groups demanding their rights," said Colombia's best-known gay activist, Marcela Sanchez. "It didn't just spring up spontaneously."
Ecuador's new health minister, Carina Vance, can attest to the change. She has a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley. She is also openly lesbian.
Before being named in January, Vance, 34, campaigned as an activist against clinics accused of using coercion to try to "cure" gays of their homosexuality. Her ministry is now investigating those alleged practices. She told a TV interviewer last month that "we will take action against those responsible."
Brazil's first openly gay national lawmaker, Rep. Jean Wyllys, was elected last year, and activists say six other openly gay people have been elected to public office in Latin America's most populous nation.
Wyllys, who first gained fame on the Big Brother reality TV show, has so far failed to pass legislation against homophobic insults and discrimination. His nemesis in the battle has been the Congress' evangelical Christian caucus.
Despite Wyllys' rise, openly gay Brazilians are rare in appointed positions. The gay community was outraged last year when a heterosexual was named to head the gay rights division in the federal Human Rights Ministry. The heterosexual never took the job, which remains unfilled.
Luiz Mott, an anthropologist and founder of the Grupo Gay da Bahia, said many more homosexuals are in government posts but have kept their sexual orientation private in a kind of self-censorship.
Advances have also been made in other countries but through appointment or complicated election laws that allow legislators to win their posts without being directly elected.
Mexico, for example, has one gay national lawmaker, Congresswoman Enoe Margarita Uranga Munoz, who ended up high on the list of candidates for seats that Mexican law allots to parties by their share of the vote.
Sen. Osvaldo Lopez, the only openly gay member of Argentina's Congress, was named in July to replace a senator who died in an auto accident.
Lopez's country and Brazil are the only in Latin America to permit gay marriage nationwide, though Mexico City also allows it under a law promoted by Uranga before her election to Congress.
Same-sex couples also have gained rights to inherit from their partners or share insurance due to court decisions in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico City.
Colombia's Constitutional Court is now weighing whether to join Argentina and Mexico City in allowing same-sex couples to adopt.
But other Latin American countries have done little if anything to recognize what for LGBT activists are basic civil rights. Activists also say the successes of a few openly gay officials hasn't stopped anti-gay violence.
On March 4, a gay 24-year-old Chilean was so brutally beaten that doctors had to induce a coma to treat him for head trauma and a broken right leg. Prosecutors say a swastika was drawn on the victim's chest.


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Pvt. Jesus Cisneros, combat engineer, 570th Sapper Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, practices his skills with the Talon 4 robot system as part of a field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 16-20. The soldiers received hands on refresher training on equipment standard in their field as combat engineers with mine detectors, Talon robots and mine detecting vehicles. The command staff also used the training exercise to determine who will do what job in the company during their deployment early next year.
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