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Andrei Stratan (file) (epa) October 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Moldova's Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan says Eastern European countries need greater representation on the UN Security Council.
Under the current system only one nonpermanent seat on the Security Council is allocated to Eastern Europe every two years.
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Author Notes: The beans are white, but the soup is a richly hued orange. It's warm, comforting, with subtle notes of fennel polished by a good olive oil. If your beans are cooked, it's fairly quick to put together. —Tallgrass Kitchen
Serves 6-8
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus additional for drizzling
- 1/2 cup celery, diced (about 2 stalks)
- 2 cups carrots, diced (about 3 whole)
- 1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced (about 3 cloves)
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper, more if you want a kick
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon whole fennel seed, lightly crushed with the back of a knife
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 6 broth or bean soaking water
- 7 white beans, soaked and cooked
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, more to taste (depends upon the saltiness of your broth)
- Heat olive oil in a large soup pot. Add celery, carrot, garlic, crushed red pepper, oregano, and fennel. Cook, stirring until vegetables begin to soften and everything is fragrant.
- Add salt and tomato paste, continue to cook for a few more minutes, stirring to coat the vegetables in tomato paste.
- Add broth and cooked beans. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down to a simmer. Use a potato masher to mash the beans right in the pot. You don't need to mash up every bean, just break them down to add thickness to the soup. Let simmer partially covered for about 20 minutes until soup is thick and bubbly, stirring occasionally. Taste, and add additional salt if needed.
- Serve with an additional drizzle of olive oil.
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Everyone is on a spiritual journey. God is calling You to himself.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6
This diagram illustrates your knowledge with respect to all known knowledge.
Is it possible that a loving God could exist outside your knowledge?
If so, read on….
God is calling you into a personal Relationship.
God's Perspective
1. Do you believe that God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life?
God's Love
"God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
God's Plan[Christ is speaking] "My purpose is to give life in all its fullness." (John 10:10)
Why is most people not experiencing God's plan for their life?
Our Condition
2. Would you agree that people are sinful and separated from God, and therefore we cannot know Him personally or experience His love and plan for our lives?
People are Sinful
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
We were created to have a personal relationship with God, but by our own choice and self-will we have gone our own independent way and that relationship has been broken. This self-will, often seen as an attitude of active rebellion towards God or a lack of interest in Him, is an evidence of what the Bible calls sin.
People are Separated
"But the trouble is that your sins have cut you off from God." (Isaiah 59:2)
"The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
This picture illustrates that God is holy and people are sinful. A great gap separates the two. The arrows show that people are continually trying to reach God through their own efforts such as a good life, philosophy or religion, but they always fail.
How do we bridge this gap?
God's Response
3. Jesus Christ is God's only provision for our sin. Through Him alone we can know God personally and experience God's love and plan.
He Died In Our Place
"But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." (Romans 5:8)
He Rose From the Dead
"Christ died for our sins … He was buried, and He was raised from the dead on the third day … He was seen by Peter and then by the twelve apostles. After that He was seen by more than five hundred …"
He Is the Only Way to God
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me'" (John 14:6).
This picture illustrates how God has bridged the gap that separates us from Him by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in our place to pay the penalty for our sins.
It is not enough just to know these facts about Jesus Christ
Our Response
4. We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know God personally and experience His love.
We Must Receive Christ
"As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" (John 1:12)
We Receive Christ Through Faith
"By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast" (Ephesians 2:8, 9).
When We Receive Christ, We Experience a New Birth(See John 3:1-8)
We Receive Christ by Personal Invitation
[Christ is speaking] "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him" (Revelation 3:20).
Receiving Christ Involves:
- Recognizing our need for Christ
- Turning to Christ and away from self (repentance).
- Trusting Christ to come into our lives, forgive our sins, and make us what He wants us to be.
Just to agree that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for our sins is not enough. Nor is it enough to have an emotional experience. We receive Jesus Christ by faith, as an act of the will.
These two circles represent two kinds of lives.
Which circle best describes your life?
Which circle would you like to have represent your life?
The following explains how you can receive Christ:
You can receive Christ right now by faith through prayer
(Prayer is talking to God).
God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. The following is a suggested prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be."
Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? If it does, pray this prayer right now and Christ will come into your life, as He promised.


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I began in the Fall semester 1953.
I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. Because of the rapid growth of the College I was able to advance professionally in a way that would be almost impossible today. I was hired to start the Baseball program in 1954 and subsequently held a variety of positions including Men's Physical Education Department Chair, Student Teaching Coordinator and finally associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the school of Applied Arts and Sciences.
We were in the process of completing the Doctoral program at the University of Iowa. Dr. Peterson, Long Beach State President came to the campus on a recruiting trip. He interviewed me on a cold, snowy February day. It was a very brief interview and he kept checking his watch. I felt that I had not made a very favorable impression but found out later that he had a taxi waiting so that he could get the last train to Chicago. After Commencement in August my wife and I packed our car with our belongings and set out with our sons ages 3 and 6 months for sunny California.
It was a matter of Long Beach selecting me for a position and for that I will be forever grateful.
I am unable to point to any one experience but the many friendships developed over 32 years stand out in my memory. I have been involved in numerous reunions with former Baseball and Football players. Since 1995 I have been meeting with a group of retired faculty once a month for breakfast.
Yes, I serve on the Golden Graduates Committee. In addition, I am a member of the 49er Club Advisory Board and the Director's Circle. We have season tickets for all athletic events and attend Emeriti faculty luncheons.
Early in our retirement we traveled extensively. Highlights were trips to Hawaii and Alaska including the entire family, 12 in all. I have recently had a book published titled, Cooperstown by the Numbers: An Analysis of Baseball Hall of Fame Elections. My son contends I am the world's oldest first time author. I have been telling friends that the book is guaranteed as a cure for insomnia.


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Chapter XIX - Church And State
From the curious world of heretics and Dissenters let us pass now to the Russian Orthodox Church, to which the great majority of the Russian people belong. It has played an important part in the national history, and has exercised a powerful influence in the formation of the national character.
Russians are in the habit of patriotically and proudly congratulating themselves on the fact that their forefathers always resisted successfully the aggressive tendencies of the Papacy, but it may be doubted whether, from a worldly point of view, the freedom from Papal authority has been an unmixed blessing for the country. If the Popes failed to realise their grand design of creating a vast European empire based on theocratic principles, they succeeded at least in inspiring with a feeling of brotherhood and a vague consciousness of common interest all the nations which acknowledged their spiritual supremacy. These nations, whilst remaining politically independent and frequently coming into hostile contact with each other, all looked to Rome as the capital of the Christian world, and to the Pope as the highest terrestrial authority. Though the Church did not annihilate nationality, it made a wide breach in the political barriers, and formed a channel for international communication by which the social and intellectual progress of each nation became known to all the other members of the great Christian confederacy. Throughout the length and breadth of the Papal Commonwealth educated men had a common language, a common literature, a common scientific method, and to a certain extent a common jurisprudence. Western Christendom was thus all through the Middle Ages not merely an abstract conception or a geographical expression: if not a political, it was at least a religious and intellectual unit, and all the countries of which it was composed benefited more or less by the connection.
For centuries Russia stood outside of this religious and intellectual confederation, for her Church connected her not with Rome, but with Constantinople, and Papal Europe looked upon her as belonging to the barbarous East. When the Mongol hosts swept over her plains, burnt her towns and villages, and finally incorporated her into the great empire of Genghis khan, the so-called Christian world took no interest in the struggle except in so far as its own safety was threatened. And as time wore on, the barriers which separated the two great sections of Christendom became more and more formidable. The aggressive pretensions and ambitious schemes of the Vatican produced in the Greek Orthodox world a profound antipathy to the Roman Catholic Church and to Western influence of every kind. So strong was this aversion that when the nations of the West awakened in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries from their intellectual lethargy and began to move forward on the path of intellectual and material progress, Russia not only remained unmoved, but looked on the new civilisation with suspicion and fear as a thing heretical and accursed. We have here one of the chief reasons why Russia, at the present day, is in many respects less civilised than the nations of Western Europe.
But it is not merely in this negative way that the acceptance of Christianity from Constantinople has affected the fate of Russia. The Greek Church, whilst excluding Roman Catholic civilisation, exerted at the same time a powerful positive influence on the historical development of the nation.
The Church of the West inherited from old Rome something of that logical, juridical, administrative spirit which had created the Roman law, and something of that ambition and dogged, energetic perseverance that had formed nearly the whole known world into a great centralised empire. The Bishops of Rome early conceived the design of reconstructing that old empire on a new basis, and long strove to create a universal Christian theocratic State, in which kings and other civil authorities should be the subordinates of Christ's Vicar upon earth. The Eastern Church, on the contrary, has remained true to her Byzantine traditions, and has never dreamed of such lofty pretensions. Accustomed to lean on the civil power, she has always been content to play a secondary part, and has never strenuously resisted the formation of national churches.
For about two centuries after the introduction of Christianity-- from 988 to 1240--Russia formed, ecclesiastically speaking, part of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The metropolitans and the bishops were Greek by birth and education, and the ecclesiastical administration was guided and controlled by the Byzantine Patriarchs. But from the time of the Mongol invasion, when communication with Constantinople became more difficult and educated native priests had become more numerous, this complete dependence on the Patriarch of Constantinople ceased. The Princes gradually arrogated to themselves the right of choosing the Metropolitan of Kief--who was at that time the chief ecclesiastical dignitary in Russia--and merely sent their nominees to Constantinople for consecration. About 1448 this formality came to be dispensed with, and the Metropolitan was commonly consecrated by a Council of Russian bishops. A further step in the direction of ecclesiastical autonomy was taken in 1589, when the Tsar succeeded in procuring the consecration of a Russian Patriarch, equal in dignity and authority to the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.
In all matters of external form the Patriarch of Moscow was a very important personage. He exercised a certain influence in civil as well as ecclesiastical affairs, bore the official title of "Great Lord" (Veliki Gosudar), which had previously been reserved for the civil head of the State, and habitually received from the people scarcely less veneration than the Tsar himself. But in reality he possessed very little independent power. The Tsar was the real ruler in ecclesiastical as well as in civil affairs.*
* As this is frequently denied by Russians, it may be well to quote one authority out of many that might be cited. Bishop Makarii, whose erudition and good faith are alike above suspicion, says of Dmitri of the Don: "He arrogated to himself full, unconditional power over the Head of the Russian Church, and through him over the whole Russian Church itself." ("Istoriya Russkoi Tserkvi," V., p. 101.) This is said of a Grand Prince who had strong rivals and had to treat the Church as an ally. When the Grand Princes became Tsars and had no longer any rivals, their power was certainly not diminished. Any further confirmation that may be required will be found in the Life of the famous Patriarch Nikon.
The Russian Patriarchate came to an end in the time of Peter the Great. Peter wished, among other things, to reform the ecclesiastical administration, and to introduce into his country many novelties which the majority of the clergy and of the people regarded as heretical; and he clearly perceived that a bigoted, energetic Patriarch might throw considerable obstacles in his way, and cause him infinite annoyance. Though such a Patriarch might be deposed without any flagrant violation of the canonical formalities, the operation would necessarily be attended with great trouble and loss of time. Peter was no friend of roundabout, tortuous methods, and preferred to remove the difficulty in his usual thorough, violent fashion. When the Patriarch Adrian died, the customary short interregnum was prolonged for twenty years, and when the people had thus become accustomed to having no Patriarch, it was announced that no more Patriarchs would be elected. Their place was supplied by an ecclesiastical council, or Synod, in which, as a contemporary explained, "the mainspring was Peter's power, and the pendulum his understanding." The great autocrat justly considered that such a council could be much more easily managed than a stubborn Patriarch, and the wisdom of the measure has been duly appreciated by succeeding sovereigns. Though the idea of re-establishing the Patriarchate has more than once been raised, it has never been carried into execution. The Holy Synod remains the highest ecclesiastical authority.
But the Emperor? What is his relation to the Synod and to the Church in general?
This is a question about which zealous Orthodox Russians are extremely sensitive. If a foreigner ventures to hint in their presence that the Emperor seems to have a considerable influence in the Church, he may inadvertently produce a little outburst of patriotic warmth and virtuous indignation. The truth is that many Russians have a pet theory on this subject, and have at the same time a dim consciousness that the theory is not quite in accordance with reality. They hold theoretically that the Orthodox Church has no "Head" but Christ, and is in some peculiar undefined sense entirely independent of all terrestrial authority. In this respect it is often contrasted with the Anglican Church, much to the disadvantage of the latter; and the supposed differences between the two are made a theme for semi-religious, semi-patriotic exultation. Khomiakof, for instance, in one of his most vigorous poems, predicts that God will one day take the destiny of the world out of the hands of England in order to give it to Russia, and he adduces as one of the reasons for this transfer the fact that England "has chained, with sacrilegious hand, the Church of God to the pedestal of the vain earthly power." So far the theory. As to the facts, it is unquestionable that the Tsar exercises a much greater influence in ecclesiastical affairs than the King and Parliament in England. All who know the internal history of Russia are aware that the Government does not draw a clear line of distinction between the temporal and the spiritual, and that it occasionally uses the ecclesiastical organisation for political purposes.
What, then, are the relations between Church and State?
To avoid confusion, we must carefully distinguish between the Eastern Orthodox Church as a whole and that section of it which is known as the Russian Church.
The Eastern Orthodox Church* is, properly speaking, a confederation of independent churches without any central authority--a unity founded on the possession of a common dogma and on the theoretical but now unrealisable possibility of holding Ecumenical Councils. The Russian National Church is one of the members of this ecclesiastical confederation. In matters of faith it is bound by the decisions of the ancient Ecumenical Councils, but in all other respects it enjoys complete independence and autonomy.
* Or Greek Orthodox Church, as it is sometimes called.
In relation to the Orthodox Church as a whole the Emperor of Russia is nothing more than a simple member, and can no more interfere with its dogmas or ceremonial than a King of Italy or an Emperor of the French could modify Roman Catholic theology; but in relation to the Russian National Church his position is peculiar. He is described in one of the fundamental laws as "the supreme defender and preserver of the dogmas of the dominant faith," and immediately afterwards it is said that "the autocratic power acts in the ecclesiastical administration by means of the most Holy Governing Synod, created by it."* This describes very fairly the relations between the Emperor and the Church. He is merely the defender of the dogmas, and cannot in the least modify them; but he is at the same time the chief administrator, and uses the Synod as an instrument.
* Svod Zakonov I., 42, 43.
Some ingenious people who wish to prove that the creation of the Synod was not an innovation represent the institution as a resuscitation of the ancient local councils; but this view is utterly untenable. The Synod is not a council of deputies from various sections of the Church, but a permanent college, or ecclesiastical senate, the members of which are appointed and dismissed by the Emperor as he thinks fit. It has no independent legislative authority, for its legislative projects do not become law till they have received the Imperial sanction; and they are always published, not in the name of the Church, but in the name of the Supreme Power. Even in matters of simple administration it is not independent, for all its resolutions require the consent of the Procureur, a layman nominated by his Majesty. In theory this functionary protests only against those resolutions which are not in accordance with the civil law of the country; but as he alone has the right to address the Emperor directly on ecclesiastical concerns, and as all communications between the Emperor and the Synod pass through his hands, he possesses in reality considerable power. Besides this, he can always influence the individual members by holding out prospects of advancement and decorations, and if this device fails, he can make refractory members retire, and fill up their places with men of more pliant disposition. A Council constituted in this way cannot, of course, display much independence of thought or action, especially in a country like Russia, where no one ventures to oppose openly the Imperial will.
It must not, however, be supposed that the Russian ecclesiastics regard the Imperial authority with jealousy or dislike. They are all most loyal subjects, and warm adherents of autocracy. Those ideas of ecclesiastical independence which are so common in Western Europe, and that spirit of opposition to the civil power which animates the Roman Catholic clergy, are entirely foreign to their minds. If a bishop sometimes complains to an intimate friend that he has been brought to St. Petersburg and made a member of the Synod merely to append his signature to official papers and to give his consent to foregone conclusions, his displeasure is directed, not against the Emperor, but against the Procureur. He is full of loyalty and devotion to the Tsar, and has no desire to see his Majesty excluded from all influence in ecclesiastical affairs; but he feels saddened and humiliated when he finds that the whole government of the Church is in the hands of a lay functionary, who may be a military man, and who looks at all matters from a layman's point of view.
This close connection between Church and State and the thoroughly national character of the Russian Church is well illustrated by the history of the local ecclesiastical administration. The civil and the ecclesiastical administration have always had the same character and have always been modified by the same influences. The terrorism which was largely used by the Muscovite Tsars and brought to a climax by Peter the Great appeared equally in both. In the episcopal circulars, as in the Imperial ukazes, we find frequent mention of "most cruel corporal punishment," "cruel punishment with whips, so that the delinquent and others may not acquire the habit of practising such insolence," and much more of the same kind. And these terribly severe measures were sometimes directed against very venial offences. The Bishop of Vologda, for instance, in 1748 decrees "cruel corporal punishment" against priests who wear coarse and ragged clothes,* and the records of the Consistorial courts contain abundant proof that such decrees were rigorously executed. When Catherine II. introduced a more humane spirit into the civil administration, corporal punishment was at once abolished in the Consistorial courts, and the procedure was modified according to the accepted maxims of civil jurisprudence. But I must not weary the reader with tiresome historical details. Suffice it to say that, from the time of Peter the Great downwards, the character of all the more energetic sovereigns is reflected in the history of the ecclesiastical administration.
* Znamenski, "Prikhodskoe Dukhovenstvo v Rossii so vremeni reformy Petra," Kazan, 1873.
Each province, or "government," forms a diocese, and the bishop, like the civil governor, has a Council which theoretically controls his power, but practically has no controlling influence whatever. The Consistorial Council, which has in the theory of ecclesiastical procedure a very imposing appearance, is in reality the bishop's chancellerie, and its members are little more than secretaries, whose chief object is to make themselves agreeable to their superior. And it must be confessed that, so long as they remain what they are, the less power they possess the better it will be for those who have the misfortune to be under their jurisdiction. The higher dignitaries have at least larger aims and a certain consciousness of the dignity of their position; but the lower officials, who have no such healthy restraints and receive ridiculously small salaries, grossly misuse the little authority which they possess, and habitually pilfer and extort in the most shameless manner. The Consistories are, in fact, what the public offices were in the time of Nicholas I.
The higher ecclesiastical administration has always been in the hands of the monks, or "Black Clergy," as they are commonly termed, who form a large and influential class. The monks who first settled in Russia were, like those who first visited north-western Europe, men of the earnest, ascetic, missionary type. Filled with zeal for the glory of God and the salvation of souls, they took little or no thought for the morrow, and devoutly believed that their Heavenly Father, without whose knowledge no sparrow falls to the ground, would provide for their humble wants. Poor, clad in rags, eating the most simple fare, and ever ready to share what they had with any one poorer than themselves, they performed faithfully and earnestly the work which their Master had given them to do. But this ideal of monastic life soon gave way in Russia, as in the West, to practices less simple and austere. By the liberal donations and bequests of the faithful the monasteries became rich in gold, in silver, in precious stones, and above all in land and serfs. Troitsa, for instance, possessed at one time 120,000 serfs and a proportionate amount of land, and it is said that at the beginning of the eighteenth century more than a fourth of the entire population had fallen under the jurisdiction of the Church. Many of the monasteries engaged in commerce, and the monks were, if we may credit Fletcher, who visited Russia in 1588, the most intelligent merchants of the country.
During the eighteenth century the Church lands were secularised, and the serfs of the Church became serfs of the State. This was a severe blow for the monasteries, but it did not prove fatal, as many people predicted. Some monasteries were abolished and others were reduced to extreme poverty, but many survived and prospered. These could no longer possess serfs, but they had still three sources of revenue: a limited amount of real property, Government subsidies, and the voluntary offerings of the faithful. At present there are about 500 monastic establishments, and the great majority of them, though not wealthy, have revenues more than sufficient to satisfy all the requirements of an ascetic life.
Thus in Russia, as in Western Europe, the history of monastic institutions is composed of three chapters, which may be briefly entitled: asceticism and missionary enterprise; wealth, luxury, and corruption; secularisation of property and decline. But between Eastern and Western monasticism there is at least one marked difference. The monasticism of the West made at various epochs of its history a vigorous, spontaneous effort at self-regeneration, which found expression in the foundation of separate Orders, each of which proposed to itself some special aim--some special sphere of usefulness. In Russia we find no similar phenomenon. Here the monasteries never deviated from the rules of St. Basil, which restrict the members to religious ceremonies, prayer, and contemplation. From time to time a solitary individual raised his voice against the prevailing abuses, or retired from his monastery to spend the remainder of his days in ascetic solitude; but neither in the monastic population as a whole, nor in any particular monastery, do we find at any time a spontaneous, vigorous movement towards reform. During the last two hundred years reforms have certainly been effected, but they have all been the work of the civil power, and in the realisation of them the monks have shown little more than the virtue of resignation. Here, as elsewhere, we have evidence of that inertness, apathy, and want of spontaneous vigour which form one of the most characteristic traits of Russian national life. In this, as in other departments of national activity, the spring of action has lain not in the people, but in the Government.
It is only fair to the monks to state that in their dislike to progress and change of every kind they merely reflect the traditional spirit of the Church to which they belong. The Russian Church, like the Eastern Orthodox Church generally, is essentially conservative. Anything in the nature of a religious revival is foreign to her traditions and character. Quieta non movere is her fundamental principle of conduct. She prides herself as being above terrestrial influences.
The modifications that have been made in her administrative organisation have not affected her inner nature. In spirit and character she is now what she was under the Patriarchs in the time of the Muscovite Tsars, holding fast to the promise that no jot or tittle shall pass from the law till all be fulfilled. To those who talk about the requirements of modern life and modern science she turns a deaf ear. Partly from the predominance which she gives to the ceremonial element, partly from the fact that her chief aim is to preserve unmodified the doctrine and ceremonial as determined by the early Ecumenical Councils, and partly from the low state of general culture among the clergy, she has ever remained outside of the intellectual movements. The attempts of the Roman Catholic Church to develop the traditional dogmas by definition and deduction, and the efforts of Protestants to reconcile their creeds with progressive science and the ever-varying intellectual currents of the time, are alike foreign to her nature. Hence she has produced no profound theological treatises conceived in a philosophical spirit, and has made no attempt to combat the spirit of infidelity in its modern forms. Profoundly convinced that her position is impregnable, she has "let the nations rave," and scarcely deigned to cast a glance at their intellectual and religious struggles. In a word, she is "in the world, but not of it."
If we wish to see represented in a visible form the peculiar characteristics of the Russian Church, we have only to glance at Russian religious art, and compare it with that of Western Europe. In the West, from the time of the Renaissance downwards, religious art has kept pace with artistic progress. Gradually it emancipated itself from archaic forms and childish symbolism, converted the lifeless typical figures into living individuals, lit up their dull eyes and expressionless faces with human intelligence and human feeling, and finally aimed at archaeological accuracy in costume and other details. Thus in the West the Icon grew slowly into the naturalistic portrait, and the rude symbolical groups developed gradually into highly-finished historical pictures. In Russia the history of religious art has been entirely different. Instead of distinctive schools of painting and great religious artists, there has been merely an anonymous traditional craft, destitute of any artistic individuality. In all the productions of this craft the old Byzantine forms have been faithfully and rigorously preserved, and we can see reflected in the modern Icons--stiff, archaic, expressionless--the immobility of the Eastern Church in general, and of the Russian Church in particular.
To the Roman Catholic, who struggles against science as soon as it contradicts traditional conceptions, and to the Protestant, who strives to bring his religious beliefs into accordance with his scientific knowledge, the Russian Church may seem to resemble an antediluvian petrifaction, or a cumbrous line-of-battle ship that has been long stranded. It must be confessed, however, that the serene inactivity for which she is distinguished has had very valuable practical consequences. The Russian clergy have neither that haughty, aggressive intolerance which characterises their Roman Catholic brethren, nor that bitter, uncharitable, sectarian spirit which is too often to be found among Protestants. They allow not only to heretics, but also to members of their own communion, the most complete intellectual freedom, and never think of anathematising any one for his scientific or unscientific opinions. All that they demand is that those who have been born within the pale of Orthodoxy should show the Church a certain nominal allegiance; and in this matter of allegiance they are by no mean very exacting. So long as a member refrains from openly attacking the Church and from going over to another confession, he may entirely neglect all religious ordinances and publicly profess scientific theories logically inconsistent with any kind of dogmatic religious belief without the slightest danger of incurring ecclesiastical censure.
This apathetic tolerance may be partly explained by the national character, but it is also to some extent due to the peculiar relations between Church and State. The government vigilantly protects the Church from attack, and at the same time prevents her from attacking her enemies. Hence religious questions are never discussed in the Press, and the ecclesiastical literature is all historical, homiletic, or devotional. The authorities allow public oral discussions to be held during Lent in the Kremlin of Moscow between members of the State Church and Old Ritualists; but these debates are not theological in our sense of the term. They turn exclusively on details of Church history, and on the minutiae of ceremonial observance.
A few years ago there was a good deal of vague talk about a possible union of the Russian and Anglican Churches. If by "union" is meant simply union in the bonds of brotherly love, there can be, of course, no objection to any amount of such pia desideria; but if anything more real and practical is intended, the project is an absurdity. A real union of the Russian and Anglican Churches would be as difficult of realisation, and is as undesirable, as a union of the Russian Council of State and the British House of Commons.*
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#1 Sep 20, 2013
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state's basketball court, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
I really hope that the members of the NRA understand that every time they donate to their favorite cause......
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#2 Sep 20, 2013
Gang bangers are not a well regulated group..... We who have firearms do pay attention to the laws.... But you still molest sheep......
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#3 Sep 20, 2013
I completely fail to see the association between NRA members (of which I am not one) donatating money with gang bangers somehow benefiting from those donations in such a way as to cause them to be smiling.
#4 Sep 20, 2013
There is none of course. It's just Bob's desperate attempts to garner attention by making up outlandish, incendiary and wholly fabricated crap like he always does.
Instead of addressing the real problem of criminalistic, uneducated and weakly-punished gangs running around creating havoc in inner-city neighborhoods, which of course doesn't tie in with the progressive "disarm-the-citizens " narrative, the left will twist any gun-related violence to suit their purpose, even if it means ignoring the deaths of thousands of inner city black kids every year - you know the ones that Obama says could be his sons, when of course it fits his agenda.
#5 Sep 21, 2013
I don't know why.....
Every time someone has suggested a law dealing with gun ownership, the NRA starts beating the fund raising alarm to fight it. From background checks to Teflon coated cop-killer bullets, it's all an attack on the 2nd amendment and worthy of asking members to cough up some extra cash. Go back and look at some of the fanatics on here bragging about how many NEW members joined the NRA right after every shooting.
Whenever a criminal commits a mass shooting, the NRA is sure to beat the drums to make sure that no new law is passed to discourage people from getting their hands on the newest deadliest weapon.
Now why would a gang banger not be happy?
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#6 Sep 21, 2013
Your focus is misguided. The NRA gets funding on the same false premise the the anti-gun lobby does.
I've already pointed out that Washington D.C. had a no guns law in place in 1978 and in spite of that remained and remains to this day one of the most gun-violent cities in the entire U.S. Those gun related crimes were done by gang members, drug dealers, thiefs, and other criminals.
Why are you not proposing a way to get the guns out of the hands of those people and even possibly admit that doing so would drastically reduce the problem of gun violence and gun related crime?
#7 Sep 21, 2013
I have proposed such things.......
Why hasn't the NRA?
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#8 Sep 21, 2013
The only tone I've gotten from you is to repeal the 2nd amendment and take away everyone's guns. Of course the only guns they will get are the ones from the honest people.
Why hasn't the anti-gun movement proposed a sensible solution?
#9 Sep 22, 2013
Just like the only tone you have which is in complete agreement with the NRA fanatics.
You can search until doom's day and won't find where I've said that either the second amendment should be repealed, or that I favor guns taken away from honest people...... Those are the points where your NRA panties get all bound up on you.
That you think that the so-called anti-gun movement, known better as the gun control crowd, have only proposed solutions that aren't sensible..... Should I point out that they have at least proposed solutions, or that they would be considered reasonable if you were?
#10 Sep 22, 2013
Oops, I misspoke......
The NRA has made proposals to solve the problem.
Ban video games and movies that tread on one of those unimportant amendments to the constitution!
#11 Sep 22, 2013
Progressives aren't the least bit concerned with saving innocent lives when it comes to gun violence. They are only concerned with their anti-gun agenda:
The NRA has proposed creating more avenues for people showing signs of insanity, for they believe the solution isn't harassing law-abiding citizens by making it more difficult to possess a firearm, as is their constitutional right, but addressing the real problems that cause people to grab a gun and commit massacres. Furthermore, the NRA has proposed stricter convictions for gun-related infractions. Had the Navy Yard shooter been convicted more stringently after twice firing his gun in public 13 people at the Navy Yard would be enjoying a nice weekend at this moment.
Of course progressives are obstinate and insulting of those common-sense proposals because they don't fit their anti-gun agenda.
Remember this:
Progressives ignore the massive gang-related black on black murders, which kill far more young black youths than white (or Latino) law-abiding gun owners, but make a three-ring media circus out of the shooting of one black teen that ultimately was determined by jury to be self-defense.
Why? Once again, because it didn't fit their agenda. Progressives are only concerned with the agenda, not the solution.
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#12 Sep 22, 2013
And for some unknown reason (sarcasm intended) you keep avoiding the facts I've presented regarding the gun control movement.
I'll say it once again. In 1978 possession of any gun was outlawed in D.C. and yet it continued to be one of the most gun violent cities in the entire U.S.
Sorry Bob, admitting that the anti-gun lobby's suggestion to take everyone's guns away is painful for you, and a worthless one at that. That's very obvious. What possible reasonable solution would come from that??
#13 Sep 23, 2013
Why shouldn't I ignore completely illogical thinking?
According to you, DC banned all guns in 1978 and there are guns all over the place..... Your cure is to follow the lead of the NRA which thinks that even more guns should be pumped into that city..... Brilliant!
After you've pulled your head out, please provide those facts that the I support taking everyone's guns away. Be careful as fresh air can be addicting!
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#14 Sep 23, 2013
More guns should be pumped out to law abiding citizens. That will make criminals think twice before they act. NRA also suggested a armed guard at every school. Or arm teachers that choose to and require that they be trained.
Every Swedish citizen are required to own a fully automatic firearm. Their violent crime rate with a firearm is virtually nothing.
#15 Sep 23, 2013
Nice try, but like most of you patriots, you can't get your story straight.
Sweden doesn't allow for the private ownership of fully automatic weapons other than in extreme cases.
The closest to your contention would be the Swiss, which is completely different than the Swedes. They mandate that all males between the ages of 20-30 belong to their national militia, attend training classes, and keep their gov't issued weapon at home during their time of enlistment. During that time, the only time they can carry the weapon out of the home is for militia training, or if they can obtain a special permit which is restricted to only a few specific professions. After age 30, they can choose to keep that weapon, but it is converted in a factory to a semi-auto version. Gun deaths average 4.7 per/1,000 residents which is lower than here in the USA, but is higher than a number of other countries.
I can't imagine you patriots putting up with all those restrictions.
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#16 Sep 23, 2013
The D.C. gun ban was "not according to me" or the NRA...it's a well known fact that can be looked up by people who can use a computer or open a history book. The history of the gun violence is also attainable either way. I'm merely pointing out that anti-gun laws don't work...that was easy...for everyone except you apparently.
Just where, anywhere, anyplace, any time did I suggest a cure, following the lead of the NRA, to pump even more guns into D.C.??
You have been claiming I'm following the NRA's lead all along. You have no evidence or statements from me to make such a claim. Maybe you should get your head out of you a$$ before you make such judgements about others.
And by the way, I have repeatedly asked you to provide some solutions offered by the anti-gun movement since you seem to support their ideology but you continue to avoid answering. Or you are somewhere in the middle but can't admit it and just want to fight with everyone.
#17 Sep 24, 2013
Sorry Wiggly, but your question went exactly like this.....
"Sorry Bob, admitting that the anti-gun lobby's suggestion to take everyone's guns away is painful for you, and a worthless one at that. That's very obvious. What possible reasonable solution would come from that??"
The bottom line is every gun law you see is the result of the gun control movement, and every law on the books has been fought against by the NRA and the clueless drones that follow them.
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#18 Sep 24, 2013
Your laws are not restricting criminals. They are restricting law abiding citizens. Talk about clueless. Lol
#19 Sep 24, 2013
More clueless talking points from the NRA........
What are law abiding citizens being restricted from? Fully automatic weapons, cop killer bullets, bazookas? Maybe the 2nd amendment was written so that you could own your own surface to air missiles.
If criminals have weapons, it is only because the criminal justice system and those laws are not being enforced.
Give up until you can come back with something worthwhile.
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#20 Sep 24, 2013
Law abiding citizens can get fully automatic weapons.
Cop killer bullets? What the other bullets don't kill cops? Clueless again?
"If criminals have weapons, it is only because the criminal justice system and those laws are not being enforced."
Really? You really are clueless. Lol
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Anyone who didn't know who Liberty County High School's highest achievers were before Thursday night certainly does now. LCHS students, family and friends gathered in the high school cafeteria to cheer their peers for receiving recognition in the form of scholarships and academic honors.
It was a cool evening for a hot event in Hinesville on Friday as several hundred cancer survivors and their supporters turned out for Relay for Life. The 12-hour fundraiser and celebration featured more than 250 survivors and 47 sponsored booths.
When wartime came to 1940s Georgia, rural life was turned on its ear for the residents of Taylors Creek and other small communities scattered throughout nearly 300,000 acres. The Department of Defense needed their land for a strategic military post and they could do nothing more than take what little money was offered and move out to make a new life somewhere else.
The appointment of Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams to division commander at Fort Stewart signals two sizeable shifts for the 3rd Infantry Division. Abrams, replacing Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, takes the reins of a division that is moving away from rapid deployment cycles toward ongoing preparation for unknown contingencies.
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The rain stayed away for the key ceremony welcoming Staff Sgt. Jason Letterman and his family to the home built to meet the injured Iraq war veteran's needs. Sunshine and brisk air accompanied the family as they were escorted into the neighborhood and a crowd of well-wishers and volunteers, who heard from U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, members of the build team and the veteran himself.
More than a month has passed since New Year's Day. How are you doing on those resolutions? Deidre Howell, administrator for the Liberty County Health Department, said personal resolutions revolve most often around health and fitness. Coincidentally, those pledges can be the toughest to keep. Because Howell's mission is to help local residents stay healthy through the We Can! initiative, she recently shared a few tips designed to keep resolution-makers on the right track all year round:
Hinesville leaders received a shot in the arm in May from a comprehensive community study that brought to light several issues related to quality of life in the city. The study was conducted by the Fanning Institute at the University of Georgia at the city's request and relied on substantial input from citizens.
Blistering summer days have air conditioning service professionals working up quite a sweat, answering more calls than usual in an attempt to keep area residents cool. As daytime temperatures continue to hover in the mid-90s with heat indexes up to 100 degrees, even afternoon rains give little relief when cool air is nowhere to be found.
Entrepreneuring educator Ronald Armstrong appeared to be the right person to open an educational day camp in Liberty County for area students.
The Liberty County Commission last month reviewed a progress report on plans to build a bypass that will move traffic around the city of Hinesville and some neighboring municipalities, in anticipation of projected growth.
Liberty County will have a place to stash debris should a serious storm ever blow through the area, now that Liberty County Development Authority board members have approved designating 10 acres of land for holding storm debris such as brush, tree branches and household goods at its monthly meeting on Monday.
All but two schools in the Liberty County School System met the 2010 requirements for adequate yearly progress, according to results released this week by the state Department of Education. Bradwell Institute and Liberty County High School both fell short of the standards, which have grown increasingly stringent as the state works to keep pace with federal standards for academic success in public schools.
Dr. Peter Mastopoulos has been named interim director of Armstrong Atlantic State University's Liberty Center in Hinesville, succeeding Dr. Joe Weaver, who returned to teaching fulltime. Mastopoulos previously served as assistant director of the Armstrong Center as well as an adjunct instructor in adult education since 2005.
Mastopoulos said he has definite goals lined up to help make Liberty Campus and the students it serves successful. "We want to make sure we're meeting the educational needs of the community, that we're accessible to the community," he said. "We want to provide high quality, state university system education ...
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A crash is blocking the left two lanes of westbound state Route 512 near the Meridian Street exit, the state DOT reports.
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There can be an array of ways to consolidate payday debts. The most common method is to sign up for a consolidation program with a payday debt consolidation company. Alternatively, you can negotiate directly with your lenders. The third most common method is to borrow a low-rate conventional loan, such as an unsecured personal loan or a home equity loan. Following is a brief overview on each of these three methods.
Hiring A Professional Payday Debt Consolidator
There are hundreds of payday loan debt consolidation companies in the market that offer a wide array of debt relief programs to consolidate payday debts. These companies negotiate with your payday loan creditors on your behalf and eventually an agreement comes into effect signed by you, the debt consolidator and your creditors. As per this agreement, you are supposed to make a single consolidated monthly payment to your debt consolidator who further disburses the payment to your respective creditors. This agreement is finalized in such a way that your creditors agree to reduce the rate of interest and waive off penalty charges. This way, you get an opportunity to pay off your payday debts easily. However, the debt consolidation company charges a specific amount of fee for this service.
Negotiating With Your Payday Lenders
Negotiating with your payday lenders is also one of the best ways to consolidate payday debts. This task of negotiation can be much easier if you are aware of the legal rights that the payday loan laws of your state have provided to you. It is no more a hidden secret that the majority of payday loan companies violate laws. If you find any violation off laws on part of the lender, you can talk to them about it. If they don't agree to correct things and don't make the repayment terms affordable for you, you have the option to take legal actions against them. Even if everything is in compliance with the laws, you can still talk to your lenders and discuss your financial problems with them. Always remember, no lenders want their borrowers to go bankrupt. Genuine lenders will definitely listen to your problems and allow you to make the repayment in a way that is affordable for you.
Borrowing A Low-Rate Conventional Loan
He third most common way to consolidate payday debts is by borrowing a low-rate conventional loan. If you have a good credit score, you can qualify for a low-rate unsecured personal loan, but the rates can be much lower if you go for a secured conventional loan, such as a home equity loan. The best thing about a secured loan is that you can qualify for best rates even if you have a poor credit history. The only problem with secured loans is that you an end up losing your asset that you have put as collateral in case you fail to repay the loan as per the agreed repayment plan. Therefore, you are advised to go for this option only if you are sure that you can make the repayment as per the scheduled repayment plan without any difficulty.
In order to make an informed decision about which of the above options make the most suitable choice, you must review all the options thoroughly while keeping your specific financial situation in mind.


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Sandy drives up key revenue measure for Delta
Atlanta, Georgia: Delta Air Lines said on Friday that a key revenue measure improved in October, helped by corporate travel and cancellations in the wake of superstorm Sandy.
The airline, which cancelled more than 3,500 flights last month because of the storm, said Sandy had hurt October revenue by $45 million (Dh165.3 million) and likely shaved about $20 million from the carrier's October profit. It estimated that the storm's effect on November revenue and profit would be less than in October.
Unit revenue, a measure of pricing power and how full planes are, rose 5.5 per cent in October from a year earlier. The cancellations caused a 2 per cent reduction in Delta's systemwide capacity in October from a year ago.
Delta said the improvement in unit revenue, also known as passenger revenue per available seat mile, was about one percentage point higher than it would have been without the impact of the hurricane. Cancellations tend to help unit revenue as more travellers are put on remaining flights. Delta's percentage of seats filled systemwide in October was 84.6 per cent, up from 82.8 per cent a year earlier.
US airlines are restoring service in the Northeast after Sandy caused cancellations of nearly 20,000 flights this week. New York-area airport closures had a trickle-down effect as airlines were forced to cut flights in other major cities.
Gasoline shortages
As concern heightened about gasoline shortages and supply chain operations in the area, some airlines took the step of carrying extra fuel on New York-bound flights. US Airways Group said on Friday it had taken that move as a precaution.
"Even though there are adequate fuel supplies per the Port Authority, we are exercising caution given fuel shortages in the region," US Airways spokeswoman Michelle Mohr said in an email. "It's just another prudent step to ensure that we don't experience any fuel-related disruptions."
Meanwhile, analysts expect a material earnings hit to airlines from Sandy.
David Fintzen, a Barclays analyst, said in a note to clients late this week that airline profits could suffer by $200 million in the fourth quarter because of the storm. He is projecting a collective pretax profit of $450 million for major airlines, excluding AMR Corp's American, which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
He added that New York-based JetBlue and US Airways, which has a hub in Philadelphia, likely have the most relative exposure to impact from the storm.
"We think US airlines overall can still be profitable in an off-peak quarter after accounting for the hurricane," Fintzen wrote.
Shares of Delta were off 1 per cent at $9.60. Other airline stocks edged down, with United Continental off 0.4 per cent at $19.41, US Airways down 0.5 per cent at $12.49 and Southwest Airlines down 0.3 per cent to $9.02.


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Victims of 'sextortion' speak about how it affected them
30/11/2016 - 08:40:48Back to World Home
There were 864 reported cases of "sextortion" in the past year – up from just 11 in 2009.
However, the National Crime Agency believes the actual number could be much higher – either because they are being classified differently or because people aren't reporting them out of embarrassment or fear.
Here are three people who have fallen victim to the crime:
Gary, who is in his late teens and from Hampshire
Due to working night shifts, Gary found it difficult to meet people and decided to try to do so online.
One woman he had been speaking to online for some time suggested persistently that they move the conversation onto Skype and asked for his Facebook profile and picture.
He said: "She was halfway across the room. It lasted for around 30 to 45 minutes, all on the phone. She said 'show me a bit more, and show me your face'.
"Then the messages came up – 'pay £500 or this is going all over Facebook. I want £500′ then she started listing my friends' details.
"I said I could not afford £500, she said £200 was the lowest. I said I could only pay £50.
"I offered to go to the bank but went to the police station instead. I was trembling throughout the whole thing, shaking and thinking 'what's going to happen?'. This will ruin my life and did not know what to do. If this video is released onto Facebook, what would I do?
"'What's going to happen with my job? What will my friends think?' I thought about suicide, it would have been too embarrassing. I would not have been able to face anyone. But I went to the police, and kept her talking by saying I was at the bank."
And, it doesn't just affect the young.
John, in his 60s, from Hertfordshire was also targeted
John took to online dating after splitting from his wife and eventually made contact with a woman on a Filipino site that a friend recommended to him.
John and the woman had normal conversations and one night she suggested they start speaking on Skype.
He said: "We exchanged some messages and she made some suggestion to say that she would remove her clothes if I did the same.
"I'd had a few glasses of wine so maybe my inhibitions had dropped a bit and I agreed. Straight away after that, the threats began."
"They said 'now I've recorded you. If you don't pay me, I'll put that video all over Facebook and YouTube'."
John said he did not go to police straight away as he felt embarrassed.
He said: "Even now, I have trouble going on to the internet and I can't use Facebook any more. I wake up every morning and what is always in my head is that I don't know if that video still exists or not.
"The police told me that people have committed suicide because of this, I can understand why. You feel destroyed."
Ronan Hughes, 17, from Clonoe, Co Tyrone, took his own life in June 2015
His family said the teenager was subjected to a "relentless" campaign of bullying by a Nigerian gang and was duped into posting intimate photos online after receiving pictures of a girl.
He was then blackmailed for £3,000 by criminals who threatened to upload the images to the Facebook pages of his friends.
In October, police investigating the webcam blackmail linked to Ronan's death charged a man in Romania and he was remanded in custody.
The suspect, aged 31, appeared at Bucharest Municipal Court accused of producing and distributing indecent images of children and blackmail.


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Starting to get into Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang by Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok. These two physicists put forth an alternative modifying the Big Bang theory, that of an endless cyclic universe, that is very compelling and creating a lot of talk. A summation is here- The Endless Universe: Introduction to the Cyclic Universe (ActionBioscience)
Other scientists who have played with the idea that I've read about seem to come to the conclusion that entropy increasing makes it impossible, but these two seem to have found the way around it; in their model, entropy does not build up.
I've always been kind of fascinated by some cultures' cyclic models of existence, Nietzsche's Eternal Return/Recurrence, ect., so this is pretty interesting for me. Though, an endlessly repeating cycle might not necessitate the Eternal Return (I saw a mathematical model which seemed to show that a finite number of particles in an infinite cycle would not necessarily have to repeat in placement). Still, it is an interesting concept to think about.


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Professional Tax Resister Irwin Schiff and Two Associates Convicted in Las Vegas Tax Scam
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 / -- A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada convicted Irwin Schiff and two associates, Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns filed by other taxpayers in connection with a tax scam, and convicted Schiff and Neun of conspiring to defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
Schiff was convicted on all counts, including income tax evasion and of filing false income tax returns for the years 1997 through 2002, and Neun was convicted of willfully failing to file federal income tax returns, Social Security disability fraud, and theft of government property in connection with Neun's improper receipt of Social Security disability benefits.
According to the indictment and the evidence introduced at trial, beginning in 1995, the defendants directed thousands of taxpayers to file false federal income tax returns with the IRS that reported zero taxable income in spite of the taxpayers earning large amounts of reportable income. The defendants operated the scam through Freedom Books-a business owned by Schiff-that sold books, tapes, and packets encouraging customers not to pay income tax.
According to a government witness who testified at trial, between 1997 and 2002 Freedom Books sold more than $4.2 million in products that promoted Schiff's "anti-tax" scheme.
"People who evade their tax obligations, or encourage or enable others to do so, are cheating all law-abiding taxpayers," said Eileen J. O'Connor, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Tax Division. "The Department of Justice will prosecute these crimes, and juries will convict the offenders."
The Justice Department filed a civil suit in the same court against Schiff, Neun, and Cohen in March 2003, and the court granted a temporary restraining order barring them from advertising or selling Schiff's "zero-income tax return" plan; preparing tax returns for others; and assisting others to violate the tax law, including by "selling services, books or other materials that provide direction about how to fill out fraudulent or false tax forms. . . ."
The preliminary injunction was affirmed after the defendants' appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The U.S. Supreme Court this month declined to hear Schiff's challenge to the Ninth Circuit decision. The Justice Department will ask the district court to convert the preliminary injunction into a permanent one.
More information about the injunction may be found on the Tax Division website at http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/txdv03357.htm and http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/txdv03167.htm .
The evidence presented at trial also proved that Schiff evaded the payment of more than $2 million in taxes he owed the IRS from 1979 through 1985. Schiff concealed income he earned from Freedom Books, in part by using offshore bank accounts and conducting financial transactions through secret "warehouse" banking services. The evidence also showed that Schiff used debit cards issued by offshore banks to obtain funds he transferred offshore, that he opened bank accounts using multiple tax identification numbers, and that he titled his ownership of a car in the name of a Pennsylvania corporation.
This marks the third time Schiff has been convicted of tax offenses. "Paying taxes is the price of citizenship. After three strikes, I would hope that even Schiff realizes that he has struck out," said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson.
Schiff -- who faces a maximum sentence of 43 years in prison and $3.25 million in fines-was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 20, 2006 at 10:30 A.M. Ms. Neun -- who faces up to 50 years in prison and up to $3.3 million in fines-was remanded pending a bail hearing tomorrow. Neun's sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2006 at 9 a.m. Cohen -- who was released on bond-is due to be sentenced on Jan. 27, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. He faces three years incarceration and up to a $250,000 fine.
Assistant Attorney General O'Connor thanked Tax Division Trial Attorneys Jeffrey A. Neiman and David J. Ignall, who prosecuted the case, as well as the Special Agents of the IRS, other Tax Division Attorneys, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada for their assistance during the investigation and trial of this matter.


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May 22, 2017
Collaboration grows for the 3 to PhD® movement
PORTLAND, Ore. – May 23, 2017 – Kaiser Permanente clinicians will provide a full range of primary care and dental services at the Kaiser Permanente 3 to PhD® Wellness Center, a 2,500 sq. ft. wing inside the new Faubion School + Concordia University facility opening this fall 2017.
May 12, 2017
Hundreds gathered to celebrate during Spring Commencement Ceremonies
A leader in education and in the community, Concordia University-Portland hosted its commencement ceremonies on April 29 in Portland, Ore., and on May 6 in Boise, Idaho for its Concordia University School of Law.
April 11, 2017
Concordia University Portland expands its accredited degree programs to meet nursing shortage.
Regional health care professionals gathered April 12, 2017 for the Grand Opening of Concordia University Portland's new Nursing Skills Center at 9600 SW Barnes Road in Portland, Ore. adjacent to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
March 16, 2017
New model, inspired by 3 to PhD®, prepares future teachers
Concordia University Portland, which prepares more teachers than any other university in Oregon, launches a new undergraduate teacher preparation curriculum in fall 2017, unanimously approved by the Oregon's Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC).


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No fair deal in lowland | Nov. 4
Flood claim maps can mislead
This article about flooding in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg raises the issue of how misleading the statistics are in the flood insurance program.
Our house is shown on the map as one of those with repeated losses. In fact, the paperwork provided by FEMA shows two losses about 30 years ago totaling less than $5,000 combined. One was for the no-name storm of June 18, 1982, in the amount of $1,086.61, and the other was for Aug. 31, 1985, in the amount of $3,739.40.
We bought the house five years later, in 1990. Since then, a low-level Florida room on the back of the house was replaced by an elevated living room, and the front carport was replaced with a two-car garage and new entrance. We have had no flooding or losses since owning the house. We get about 6 inches of water at the street end of the driveway during some downpours. Nonetheless, our house appears with a bad boy marker on the flood history map.
Richard E. Oliver, St. Petersburg
No fair deal in lowland | Nov. 4
Paying for federal failure
Thank you for the excellent article showing the truth about flood insurance. The facts reveal the catastrophic losses that FEMA has incurred are largely the result of the failure of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to adequately maintain a system of dikes in New Orleans. Those losses should be funded by the Corps, not by a small number of homeowners across the country.
The Biggert-Waters Act was written by people either ignorant of the issues or who have hidden agendas. For any Florida politician to have voted for a bill involving flood insurance without completely understanding it is unconscionable.
I am fine with paying for flood insurance based on actual risk of loss, but not in subsidizing failures by governmental agencies. I am furious that FEMA officials try to sway public sentiment against waterfront communities by making false statements. Clearly, your article underscores that historic flood insurance premiums are too high, and are certainly not subsidized.
Other ways FEMA is stealthily raising money is by requiring policies based on replacement costs that sometimes far exceed the actual costs, so they get higher premiums, and by the federal government forcing lenders to require flood insurance on every structure. I have commercial clients who have been required to purchase flood insurance on leaky old storage sheds that are useful only in storing garden tools. Some have been forced to demolish the buildings because the annual premiums were higher than value of the building.
The government should immediately allow lenders to require insurance only on principal structures, to waive flood insurance if the value of the lot exceeds the loan amount, and to accept private flood insurance.
Linwood Gilbert, St. Petersburg
CIA drones kill leader of Taliban in Pakistan Nov. 2
A president's responsibility
The president is charged defending Americans from murderous attacks by enemies such as al-Qaida. It would be wonderful if this could be done without the use of force, but just as it is sometimes necessary for our local police to use deadly force, there are times when the president has no choice.
Al-Qaida and its allies have made it clear that they will use every weapon available to attack us. Although the danger to you and me may be remote, it is real and we would be foolish to ignore it. The use of drones is practical when the alternative is indiscriminate bombing.
Although innocent people may occasionally die as a result of these efforts to destroy the enemy, the president is using the best tool available to him. As long as the people of Pakistan support these terrorists and allow them to live openly among them, they share responsibility and risk injury or death.
Thomas W. McCarthy, Spring Hill
Big step for rail across the bay | Nov. 1
Plan connects the county
A letter writer recently penned the comment: "Light rail is no better than the connecting transportation at either end." He is exactly right, which is why the foundation of the Greenlight Pinellas Plan (greenlightpinellas.com) is first and foremost a vastly improved bus network that will connect the entire county to all major transit corridors and the light rail spine. It will also feature park-and-ride lots and greater options for cyclists and pedestrians to connect to transit.
Pinellas residents should visit the Greenlight Pinellas website so they can see and learn about the latest plans for improving transit. Those plans detail what will happen if voters approve a funding change for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, from the current property tax to a 1 percent sales tax in November 2014. They also detail what will happen if the funding change is not approved.
Bob Lasher, PSTA, St. Petersburg
No more | Nov. 5
Bullying must stop
Congratulations to Tom Jones for his piece on hazing and bullying in sports. He expressed my thoughts perfectly. This behavior must stop in all sports and at all levels. His article should have appeared on the front page.
Randy Nelson, Tampa
New standards guide students to success Nov. 4, commentary
Thinking about standards
So, the Common Core standards are designed to teach students to reason and analyze. No wonder there is an uproar. What could more dangerous than teaching children to think?
Ed Bradley, Valrico
Electricity rates climbing | Nov. 5
Power to the people
Here we go again: another rate increase approved by the Public Service Commission. I've been in Florida over 40 years and have never seen the commission do anything to serve the public. It's time that we get real and name it the "Utility Service Commission."
Leroy McCloud, St. Petersburg