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"We did not just want to control social; we wanted to have it permeate the organization." -@sdgully (tweet this)
"Our vision for the future is that our people are our brand." -@sdgully (tweet this)
H&R Block faces a unique set of challenges with mobilizing its 10,000+ offices across the country (and now the world) on social media: most of its workforce is seasonal. Most of its employees are only on the books for 90-120 days, but corporate can't just cut those seasonal professionals out of the social scene because, as Scott says, "Our people are our brand."
The first step they took was to give each local office its own social presence with a Facebook page and a Twitter account. After all, who else can communicate with their clients on a local level? The Cleveland office, for example, knows more about what's happening in Cleveland than anyone handling the corporate H&R Block accounts. "They're getting much higher engagement at the local level than they would at a branded H&R Block page."
To get the individual tax professionals active in the social sphere, H&R Block has developed a tool with Expion called the Social Advocator. This lets corporate push approved content out to the local and regional offices. As a financial services company, there are certain things they can't do according to federal regulations.
Creating approved content that H&R Block tax professionals can personalize and send out to their own networks empowers those individuals to engage with their customers in the social sphere and using their own voice, while also complying to federal regulations.
This setup allowed the body of professionals at H&R Block to mobilize in the grassroots "I Am H&R Block" campaign earlier this year. In response to a disparaging campaign by TurboTax, thousands of H&R Block employees took to social media proclaiming their pride in their identities as seasonal tax professionals. This creative mix of traditional and social media was actually the focus of a "Holy Social!" segment on the Social Pros podcast a few months ago. Scott says people were even coming into the H&R Block retail stores offering words of support, letting their local tax professionals know that they believed in them.
The social team at H&R Block doesn't just "check out" when tax season is over, either; India and Australia's tax seasons are just beginning, so Scott's team is still in full gear supporting the expansion of H&R Block's brand worldwide.
Facebook's quarterly earnings were released last week, revealing that 30% of their revenue is now coming from mobile use. Even more interesting on the mobile side is that in the U.S. and Canada, about 71% of the daily users are active mobile users. Facebook has grown the top line of users but remained steady at 71% mobile usage. Perhaps this is more of a statement about how people consume data than it is a comment on Facebook's brilliance in mobile technology. After all, their mobile app is not particularly earth-shattering at the moment.
The struggle with discussing "mobile" technology is that we are not always literally mobile when we use it. Sometimes we are on the go, but sometimes we're perusing Facebook on our phones from the couch in our living rooms. Talking about mobile as some kind of monolithic thing is difficult because it has so many applications. How does a company target "mobile users" if that demographic is so heterogeneous? Geotagging might be a lucrative place for Facebook to concentrate its mobile advertising efforts.
Many television shows are harnessing the Twitter hashtag to foster social engagement with their content, but Fuse is doing the opposite: they've created a nightly TV show called the Trending 10 that uses social engagement to dictate the content of the show. Every day they find the top 10 trending topics in music for the day and create a music news show based on that.
This is a cool idea, but we should be careful about where it leads. News needs fact-checkers and curators. "Hopefully we can find that happy medium," Jeff says, "between the human-curated and -created content and that which is automated."
How did you get involved in social media?
Scott is an early adopter. Back when he was working in PR at Intuit, he joined Facebook and Twitter for his own personal use, and before he knew it, Intuit was saying, "From a brand perspective, we should start using this to communicate." And the rest was history.
What do you like best about social media?
A lot of times, brands can get disconnected from who they're trying to serve. But with social, "we can interact with real time our customers and understand how they feel and what they're doing, and then use that for business insights." Social helps Scott understand what his customers need from him.
What do you like least about social?
The social perspective can sometimes become too insular from the business perspective. We need to keep listening, not just to the "thought leaders," but also to the people who are implementing real strategies on a daily basis.
If you could do a Skype call with any living person, who might that be and why?
"I know I'm breaking the rule here, but I would love to do a Skype call with the leaders of the eight largest nations in the country, and actually talk to them about why it seems to me that our governments continue to be a little detached from the daily life of their citizens." That gets back to what he loves most about social: that you're dealing with real people, and not through any filters.
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General Discussion / Re: I just realized this today« on: November 07, 2013, 09:45:45 pm »
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General Discussion / Re: I just realized this today« on: November 07, 2013, 09:45:45 pm »
I've been here since late 2007.
General Discussion / Re: In celebration of GCLF being back up...« on: October 31, 2011, 12:10:42 am »
I do as well!
Generation V Glitch Discussion / Re: Black & White« on: November 11, 2010, 05:16:06 pm »
has anybody tried transferring the hybrids from gen IV to gen V?
Forum Announcements / Re: Name Changes« on: November 03, 2010, 03:47:19 pm »
Fivex the rayquaza→ Fivex
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I third what he said.
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mortishaShe's... watched?
It doesn't say that she is for me.
Computers and Technology Discussion / Re: Is there a Nintendo DS flash card that...« on: June 28, 2010, 07:33:47 pm »
YesYou need extra memory to emulate a GBA game on the DS because it's wimpy
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I used it back when it wasn't broken.
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My suggestion. Download AnVir Task Manager. When you run it, AnVir shows you all startup programs and Windows processes, so you'll find harmful file in a minute. I always use it when I clean one's PC. Sorry for the offtopic.This topic is a couple months old.
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Well at least M&L get to use a warp system while outside of bowser that is composed of pipes.Just getting home...but at least I had a nice night of Bowser's Inside Story.So, before I went to school today, my dad said that he didn't want to drive up to * and pick me up from * (I forgot the reason.) He says I could stay for a bit and then take a later train than usual. After school, I go to *, and call my parents and get the time of the train I should take: 5:15. So, to be safe, I leave from * at 4:30 to ensure arrival at * Station. A * train comes pretty quickly. At around *, however, I heard an announcement. I can't remember what it said, but we then waited for about 5-10 minutes. Then, an announcement says that the manager of the train (some high authority) said that the train was clear to go. I start to realize how slow we're actually going when I see it's 5:00 at *. The ride continues slowly to *, and I get on a *train around 5:10. At *, there are a ton of people that want to get on. I duobt most of them actually made it, since the train was already crammed full. To get a tiny bit more assurance, I start to try and get near a door when we're at *. However, when we near *, I realize I picked the wrong door. I try and get through, but since it was the last stop, everybody was getting off. I run to the * Station, and find that there is no * train until 5:35. So, I think, "That's fine, I'll just call to see when it gets in to *." I call my parents and find that it arrives around 6:20. When it arrives, I get on. I see that it is not the usual conductor for the * train, probably because it's a different one. I get on, we get going, and the conductor asks for tickets and passes. I put my Student CharlieCard in the thing as usual, but then this happens:
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- THIS JUST IN! ONE NASTY LITTLE BITCH!12 hours ago
- Starlet on a tear12 hours ago
- Barack's such a little girl19 hours ago
The first two are Cedric and Wally's joint-post. Then my post from last night. Wally and Cedric blogged about the same thing I did.
No, I wasn't ripped off. Ann made a point to note I'd blogged on it first because she's sweet and always trying to be fair.
But the three of us (Cedric, Wally and I) have been riffing on Barack being a girl for about two weeks now.
But it was really sweet of Ann to link to me from her Facebook. Thank you, Ann.
What wasn't really sweet was to learn that the Congress has yet again sold Americans out. Charlie Savage (NYT) reports:
Congressional leaders on Thursday reached a deal to extend by four years several statutes that expanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation's counterterrorism and surveillance powers after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, aides said.
Under the deal, two sections of the so-called USA Patriot Act and a third provision from a related intelligence law would be extended, without any changes, until June 1, 2015. The provisions had been set to expire later this month.
Barack wanted it. The little princess got it. This is from Time magazine, "FactCheck: Promised to repeal Patriot Act, then voted for it. (Jan 2008)." He's such a hypocrite. Such a damn liar.
This is from Ted Rall's "If Right Made Might:"
"We're a nation of laws!" Obama exclaimed. "We don't let individuals make their own decisions about how the laws operate."
He wasn't talking about himself. This was about Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of supplying the big Defense Department data dump to Wikileaks. Manning has been subjected to torture, including sleep deprivation and forced nudity--treatment ordered by Obama.
U.S. officials do whatever they feel like and then dress up their brazenly illegal acts with perverse Orwellian propaganda.
"I authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice," Obama claimed, as if blowing away an unarmed man in a foreign country was the moral equivalent of filing an extradition request with the Pakistani government and putting him on trial. Justice is a legal process, not a military assault.
What if the United States really was a nation of laws? The news might look like this:
"Bipartisan demands for Congressional investigations into the assassination of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden escalated into demands for presidential impeachment after reports that U.S. forces, operating under orders from President Obama, invaded a sovereign nation without permission to carry out what House Speaker John Boehner called 'a mob-style hit.' Standing at Boehner's side, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi decried Obama's 'cowboy antics' and said she had received numerous phone calls from the relatives of 9/11 victims furious that true justice had been denied."
We got Bush III. That's what we got stuck with. Barack's nothing but a fraud.
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Most of the direct ancestors addressed in the book are included in a PDF pedigree chart available for free. There are other names mentioned incidentally, as well: a full index to the book is also available.
Also possibly of interest is a lengthy examination of the ancestors of John West, an early settler of Virginia (and Henry Stone's sixth-great grandfather) who was descended from dozens of generations of European nobility.
The first volume covers Henry Stone, one of Sally (Stone) Abdill's grandparents. Volume II will complete the ancestry of her other three grandparents and is expected to include the following surnames:
The third volume will complete the ancestry of Richard Abdill III, the author. It will trace the ancestry of his paternal grandfather, Richard Abdill Sr. (the husband of Sally Abdill), and the known relatives of Nancy (Siegel) Abdill. The following surnames are planned for inclusion:
The compendium that pulls together the content of the previous three volumes. Will also include an extended set of appendices featuring known places of burial and a calendar of all known birth and death dates.
Also planned is an extended narrative about the Civil War service of John R. Stone, first profiled in Volume I. John served mostly in the 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in the Confederate Army's famed "Stonewall Brigade," with whom he fought at the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, Manassas and the Wilderness.
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Jeep J-12 Concept
This vehicle is being called an extended version of the new JK-8 pickup kit for the Jeep Wrangler. This new concept is spun off of the 2012 Wrangler Unlimited with a 6' cargo box. Jeep also added a custom front fender set and a hood. Chrysler bigwigs said they added the custom touches "as a nod to aficionados of the beloved Jeep Gladiator."
Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk
According to the Jeep designers the Trailhawk concept is a way for them to provide a visual punch to the new line-up. This vehicle will be dressed up in some fun colors including: Stone White, Mineral Grey and Red. All the colors will get a matte black hood appliqué that is said to cut down glare. This new concept gets topped off with 18" Goodyear SilentArmor off-road tires.
Jeep Wrangler Traildozer
Chrysler says that this concept was designed for "Moab's toughest trails," and is a spin-off of the Dozer Yellow 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. Under the hood of this new powerhouse lays a bolted-in 470-horsepwoer 6.4-liter Hemi V8. This super engine is linked to a Getrag 238 six-speed manual transmission. The Traildozer comes with premium Mopar front and rear bumpers, a 9.5 CTI winch and a factory-lifted suspension.
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RMS Aquitania Kosher Luncheon Menu - 8 July 1936
Strictly Kosher Lunch Menu from the RMS Aquitania of the Cunard Line for Wednesday, 8 July 1936. Menu featured Baked Fresh Haddock, Omelette Portugaise and Frankfurters with Sauerkraut.
Kashruth under the direct supervision of the London Jewish Ecclesiastical Authorities, headed by the Very Rev. Dr. J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Supervising Representative at Southampton - The Rev. M. L. Gordon.
RMS Aquitania
Wednesday, July 8th, 1936
Menu Items
- Iced Pineapple Juice
- Byron Salmon
- Spring Onions
- Wurst Sausage
- Green Olives
- Russell Herrings
- Salted Cucumbers
- Vegetable and Noodle Soup
- Baked Fresh Haddock and Lemon
- Omelette Portugaise
- Frankfurters with Sauerkraut
- Roast Shoulder of Lamb
- Fried Wurst Sausage and Egg
- Hamburger Steak and Smothered Onions
- Spring Cabbage
- Mashed Turnips
- Baked Jacket and Mashed Potatoes
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- Salami Sausage
- Roast Beef
- Green Salad
- Tomatoes
- Beetroot
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- Blueberry Pie
- Compote of Prunes and Figs
- Tea
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I can honestly say that for most of my adult life I've hated the Hymn book. I was a child of the Passion movement that was mostly interested in passionate modern worship. I loved the drums, the guitars, and the synths! And still do! I didn't need a book to worship and wasn't interested in singing "old songs". The perceived rigidness and formality of a hymnbook really turned me off.
Another turn off was the fact that in many churches, the hymnal sits in the back of the pew right next to the Bible. And this proximity has led many to place it on a shelf "right below" God's Word. No one would say it was the Bible, but in many churches it's as close as you can get. This "exalted" status is not only unbiblical, but some have even called it idol worship. This close "affiliation" with the Bible has led to much conflict in churches that still hold it in too high esteem.
Recently though, I've been ministering as an interim worship pastor at a more traditional church with a good ministry friend of mine. At the request of the congregation, I needed to sing at least 2 songs out of the hymnal each service. At first, I wasn't sure I could even do this, and sometimes I'm still not sure I do it well. Six months later, I've managed to grow into it, but I've also found that in doing so I've come to appreciate the hymnal once again for what it was truly designed to be, which is a "Guide for Worship." I would like to share 5 things I love and 3 I still don't like about the hymnal and why…
5 Things I've learned to love about the hymnbook:
- The Keys
- You know that cool new worship song where they sing in a low octave and then an octave higher? Yea, most people can't sing that. In fact, most people don't even think they can sing period, much less sing well. Picking the right key to a worship song can help put people at ease and makes songs easier for "normal" people to sing. Looking for a good congregational key, look in a hymnal. There's also some great harmonies in there too.
- The Groupings
- Imagine how much work it would be to tag all the songs in your worship planning software? Sounds like a fun day in the office, right? Yea, most hymnals have this already done. Hymnals usually group songs by topic, so whether it's Christmas songs, songs about the Holy Spirit, songs about family, missions, or almost anything else, a hymnal can help you find those.
- The Readings
- Remember that time when the pastor asked you to read a passage before that one song? And remember how you flipped and flipped trying to find the right verse? Well most hymnals have a scripture that applies right at the top under the title. Plus there is usually a heading page with a topical scripture reading on it too.
- The Indexes
- Take a second to flip to the back of almost any hymnal and you'll find the indexes. These indexes are the result of serious time and effort and are often overlooked. People spent a lot of time creating them, so whether you're looking for a song by subject, tempo, rhythm, author, or pretty much anything else, someone's already done the hard work for you. Now imagine a fun month or more doing that for all the songs in your worship planning software. 🙁
- The Extras
- If you might find yourself at a more reformed or liturgical church that enjoys doing responsive readings or benedictions, most hymnals have you covered. Of course you could try Googling "responsive readings" and sort through pages and pages of not useful stuff, or spend about an hour or two trying to come up with one yourself. Did I mention they are indexed in the back too?
Now comes the other side of the coin, it's not all roses over there in hymnal land. I still have my beefs. So let's talk about those too…
3 Things I still don't appreciate about the hymnbook:
- The Rigidity
- As with any sheet music, it can dampen your ability to "go with the spirit". And if you use it as your only source for worship music, it also keeps you from exploring other arrangements/versions of classic songs. The constant meter can and does make me miss a more open style of worship.
- The Formality
- The picture of holding hymn book during worship carries a more formal "old-fashioned" connotation. It will paint a picture to a visitor that comes to your church. For some it might even cause them to run away in terror, like I would have done some years ago. But I can tell you that a singing congregation does make a positive impression.
- The Inherent Limitations
- If all you use is the hymnal, then it is extremely limiting. Tying yourself down to one version/publication of a hymnal greatly limits your song selection and excludes any modern music, which I couldn't live without. Also, It's not geared for guitar led worship. I was a music minor in college, specifically in piano performance. But now I only play acoustic guitar during worship, and If you don't have a pianist in your band there are just some hymns you can't pull off, or at least pull off well. The fact is that the hymnal wasn't written for guitar, it was written for piano and vocals. Where as most modern music is written to be led by guitar.
The Reality
As more and more churches take a pause from the continuous Nashville hit music machine, hymns are making a comeback. New styles and arrangements have breathed new life into these classic songs. It's hard to deny the strong connection with Christian heritage that these songs can evoke. I'm a firm believer that the reality forward is both/and and not either/or, and that a good more well rounded worship repertoire of hymns, modern, and others, can lead to a more diverse and inclusive church body.
I hope some of this has given you a little pause about completely dismissing the hymnal all together. There are still some great timeless songs in there that still ring true in the hearts of all believers, and some things in there that make it a very useful tool for worship. Sometimes it's all about perspective. You could just think about it like that "New" SNES Classic you may have been gifted for Christmas. Sure it's a little "old-fashioned", but sometimes a good throwback can be a lot of fun!
Wesley Lewis is the Creative Director of One Eighty Digital. He also has years of experience as a pastor, worship leader, and is just an all-around great guy.


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Visiting Lakshadweep is not as easy as visiting the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. When I first discussed my plan of visiting Lakshadweep with my friend Avinash, he told me that I need to get some permits in order to visit those islands. All visitors, both Indian and foreign nationals, must have a visa-like entry permit to travel to the Lakshadweep islands. Usually there are two ways in order to get these permits, we can either approach the Lakshadweep Tourism Department and book a package so that they would take care of everything or do everything by your own provided you know any islander!
I chose the later for two reasons: Firstly, a package is a costly affair and secondly, I know few islanders 😉 . The first important thing in this process is to get a No Objection Certificate or a Police Clearance Certificate from the Commissioner/Superintendent of Police of the place where you are staying stating that I don't have any criminal cases against me as per their records. I got mine after verification of my address and all. Then the next step is to fill the application form for obtaining a permit. For further details and forms one can visit this website http://lakshadweephomestay.com/
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My stomach was churning furiously. The Press Club of Long Island's first-ever poetry reading on Aug. 23 was to begin in a half-hour at the Huntington Station birthplace of the unparalleled poet and journalist Walt Whitman. Would anyone show? I wondered.
If they did, I'd have to read my poetry in public — for the first time since high school 33 years ago. Yikes!
Within minutes, the poets and journalist-poets started to arrive, until the room filled with 15 people — so, yes, I had to read.
The two-story, wood-shingle farmhouse where Whitman was born is now a State Historic Site, run by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. Whitman's father, Walter Whitman Sr., built it and settled his family there sometime between 1816 and 1819.
Walt Whitman was born in 1819. The WWBA is planning a series of celebrations next year in honor of the bicentennial of his birth. The birthplace has an interpretive center, with displays of photos and writings cataloging Whitman's amazing life, along with an expansive room with a semicircle of wooden benches, which hosts poetry readings and lectures. A wall of wide windows looks out on a grassy courtyard and the farmhouse.
Around the time that President Trump was elected, I started writing poetry again, after a more than two-decade hiatus. I run four or five days a week at a nature preserve down the street from my Merrick home. The poems — all nonpolitical — just came to me as I trod along its seashell-coated paths. Poetry was a way for me to take back the beauty and majesty of the English language.
We can all — Democrat, Republican, Independent — agree that the 2016 presidential election was ugly. Debates were not debates. They were bitterly venomous verbal slugfests, the likes of which I had never seen in my lifetime, and as a journalist for a quarter-century, I've seen many, many nasty campaigns.
Shortly before I became PCLI's president in June, I came up with the seemingly crazy idea that a journalism association should hold a poetry reading. Such an event, I thought, might restore a modicum of normalcy to our national dialogue.
Mission accomplished. For an article on the poetry reading, published on www.PCLI.org, I said this: "It was wonderful to hear the English language elevated to such a high level, particularly given all the anger, derision and simplicity of our national discourse these days."
Before the reading, I researched Whitman's life. If I was going to host a reading in his honor, at his home, I thought, I should know more about him. I discovered the Walt Whitman Archive, directed by Kenneth Price, of the University of Nebraska, and Ed Folsom, of the University of Iowa, both scholars of the "good gray poet." Found at www.whitmanarchive.org, it is a treasure trove of his works, including many of his newspaper articles, which appeared in publications like the Hempstead Inquirer and the Long-Island Democrat, which are long since defunct.
Here's Whitman describing the frenetic pace of life in an unsigned column for the Democrat:
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Whitman, I learned, published travelogues on Long Island for New York City newspapers. From "Letters from a Travelling Bachelor," published in the New York Sunday Dispatch from 1849 to 1850:
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On Long Island's end point, he wrote:
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We are fortunate that Whitman lived and worked here on Long Island. To learn more about his birthplace, go to www.waltwhitman.org.
The reading was a fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists, in honor of the five Capital Gazette staffers killed in a mass shooting in June. For more on this nonprofit organization, or to donate to it, go to www.CPJ.org. For more on the reading, including sample poems, check out bit.ly/2My1rqJ.
Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers' executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? email@example.com.


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Wednesday September 2, 2015
Popular Phraseology Considered
Charles Breed
By Principal C. Breed
Being the paper read at the Fellowship Conference of the Strict Baptist Bible Institute on 14th September 1951.
It cannot be doubted that preachers of the everlasting gospel carry the responsibility of making themselves understood. If the preacher's language conveys a meaning different from that which he intends, he has failed in one of the primary requirements of his office.
The problem involved in making oneself understood has been called the "speaker-hearer" relationship. Words having a certain meaning for the speaker may have a quite different meaning for the hearer. It is clear that if A would convey information to B, then (1) A must use a language that correctly expresses what he intends to convey, and (2) the language used must call up in B's mind the same ideas. If the speaker uses the noun "bicycle" he may intend to convey the general idea of a two wheeled vehicle, propelled by the legs and feet, and balanced by its motion. The use of the term may then provoke a similar idea in the mind of the hearer, but this is not necessarily the case. In the sentence, "I have bought a bicycle," the speaker refers to some particular bicycle about which he knows; but in this case the term "bicycle" will tend to provoke in the mind of the hearer, a mental picture of a particular bicycle about which he knows and this will certainly not be the same object to which the speaker referred. Of course, in such a case, the meaning conveyed may be sufficiently accurate for the speaker's purpose; but this example illustrates the danger involved in the speaker-hearer relationship, and emphasises the need of scrutinising phraseology, particularly where saving and spiritual truth is concerned.
Such scrutiny is demanded also in view of two other factors involved in this question. One is the fact that terms tend to change their meaning with the passage of time. For example, the words "Bible," "Scripture," "Christian" and even "Baptised Believer" have changed their connotation in the course of history. The other factor is the regrettable importation into Strict Baptist terminology, of phrases coined by theological systems different from our own. For example, as used at the present time the phrases to "offer Christ" or the Gospel; "to make a full surrender"; or "to give the heart to Christ" may be fairly regarded as imports from a system of thought which did not arise at Geneva.
It would appear that all such terminology as the fore-going can be traced to a basic misconception with regard to the relationship between God and man. If mankind were now on probation, a proposition or offer concerning salvation would be possible. If God were resting the future upon the will of a partly fallen humanity, a surrender on man's part might be effective towards his recovery. The truth is that probation ended in the garden of Eden; mankind is completely and utterly fallen; the human race, taken by itself, is dead in sins; it is not awaiting judgment, for the sentence is already passed; the race is already condemned; man is already lost. If an unregenerate man should say "What must I do to be lost?" the answer would be, "Nothing, you are lost!" In these circumstances such language as the above is, to say the least, extravagant and out of adjustment with the facts. Indeed, such terms are dangerous in their tendency to provoke in the minds of the hearers, ideas that are completely unscriptural.
- The language and import of "Gospel offers" needs careful attention. It is true that the phrase "to offer" the Gospel is found in the Reformers, and is used by modern Calvinists such as Hodge and others, but the implications of this language would be denied by these theologians.
In its modern popular use, the phrase cannot mean merely the offer of the story of Christ, but must involve the offer of Christ Himself and of salvation. Thus even Hodge says, "In the general offers of the Gospel, God exhibits a salvation …. sincerely offered to everyone without exception." The following points at least are
implied and intended in offers of the Gospel:-
- The offer of the Gospel means that grace itself and salvation itself is offered.
- The offer of the Gospel is intended to mean that free grace and full salvation is offered to all promiscuously that hear, that they might be saved.
- The offer of the Gospel to all without exception, is intended to imply that the acceptance of the offer is the necessary means of obtaining salvation.
Now the offerers of the Gospel must admit, either that all men have a natural ability to close with the offer; or that all men have a natural disability to spiritual good. In the former case no salvation can be involved, because the "natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Cor. 2:14). In the latter case, having a natural disability to spiritual good, how can a sinner close with the offer, before having a change of nature?
- First let it be observed that offering the Gospel is not preaching the Gospel.
(a) The Apostles were ordained to preach the Gospel according to the commandment of Christ (Luke 9:2; Mark 16:15; 1 Tim. 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:11). The New Testament has ten verbs and one noun which mean "preaching," but not one of these ever means "offer". Again the New Testament has eight verbs and four nouns which mean "offer," but not one of these is ever used of preaching. These considerations alone seem to shatter the notion that the Gospel is an offer of any kind whatever.
(b) The example of the Apostles and others shows what they understood the Master to mean when He commanded them to preach. Passages like Acts 2:14-36; 4:17-20; 5:25-32; 8:4-5; 8:35, etc., show the attitude of these preachers with regard to this matter. There is no command to make an offer to those who are dead in sin, but there is a command to preach the Gospel to them. Similarly, Ezekiel was commanded to prophesy to the dry bones, but he did not make them any offer.
(c) There is in fact no passage of scripture to show that preaching the Gospel means making an offer of the Gospel. On the other hand Paul asks, "How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" (Rom. 10:14). Then he adds, "faith cometh by hearing (not by accepting an offer), and hearing by the word of God." In other words, faith where it has been implanted, is stirred to action by hearing the Gospel. Rahab heard what the Lord had done, and her faith became active. No offers had been made to her.
(d) The difference between preaching and offering is seen again, when it is remembered that Paul preached "the whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27). This included such themes as the sovereignty of God, the election and predestination of the Lord's people, as witness the epistles of Paul. But how can the sovereignty of God be offered? Or how can election and predestination be offered? From Rom. 4:25, we learn that Christ was delivered on account of our offences, and was raised again on account of our justification. Clearly there can be no salvation apart from the death and resurrection of Christ. How can the crucifixion of Christ be offered? How can the resurrection of Christ be offered? But both these matters are to be preached.
(e) True preaching exalts the sovereignty of God (Gal. 3:8), it is supreme and comes with authority (Matt. 28:18-19); but offers are servile and debase the majesty of God, they are powerless to do anything but wait upon the acceptance of the sinner. Preaching is a revealing act (Rom. 1:16-17), offering is a tendering act. An offer cannot accomplish anything, it cannot produce the desired result; but preaching the Gospel is a means to produce the desired result, for men are born again by the Word of God (I Peter 1:23). In any case, since it is the Spirit that quickeneth, why not offer the Spirit rather than Christ?
(f) An offer entices a natural man into a conceit of self-ability. He is encouraged to suppose that he can hold God at arm's length pending an acceptance of the offer. On the other hand, preaching is not human flattery as chapters one and two in the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians amply demonstrate.
- Secondly, let it be observed that an offer of the Gospel is not the means of the Spirit's internal work whereby the sinner experiences salvation.
(a) The offer cannot be the means of the Spirit's work, because it is the Spirit Himself who is the author of spiritual ability (Rom. 8:8-9; Gal. 5:18; Phil. 2:13). There is no means by which the Spirit comes. He comes sovereignly, and in person to impart life. Even preaching does not convey the Spirit. The Spirit is sent (John 14:26; 15:26; 16:7; Luke 24:49); the Spirit comes (John 16:7 ; Acts 1:8); the Spirit falls (Acts 8:16; 11:15; 10:14); the Spirit is shed forth (Acts 2:23; Rom. 5:5; Titus 3:4-6).
(b) According to Gal. 3:2, the Spirit is received either in connection with works or in connection with faith, but if the sinner lays hold of Christ before the Spirit lays hold of the sinner, then the sinner receives life by works and not by faith. Yet the fourth Gospel teaches that the Spirit of the Father works in the sinner before the sinner comes to Christ (John 6:45).
(c) Rom. 8:9-17 compared with John 5:12 and other passages shows that to have the Spirit is to have Christ. But the sinner must have the Spirit before he has the faith which the Spirit works; and he must have Christ before he has life to close with the supposed offer. How then can the offer be the means of giving the Spirit and Christ, who must be possessed before the offer can be accepted?
The fact is that offers of Christ and salvation are consistent only with a general redemption and an unfettered human will; but not with a particular redemption and the bondage of the will. If a man is non-elect how can he close with the offer of a salvation never designed for him? It may be said that the same thing applies to the non-elect believing the Gospel which is to be preached to all. Of course! But the point is that if accepting is the same thing as believing, then offering is the same thing as preaching. If by offering ministers mean preaching, then let them say what they mean. Meanwhile, we must believe they mean what they say, and are completely out of harmony with the Free Grace viewpoint and the teaching of the New Testament. If the foregoing discussion is valid, then offers of the Gospel are ruled out by the Book which commands us to handle the Gospel by the method which is called preaching.
- Arising out of the conception of a Gospel offer there is a type of phraseology variously expressed as "accepting Christ," or "making a full surrender," or "giving the heart to Christ."
(a) With regard to the first of these, it has already been noticed that acceptance of the offered salvation is treated as essential to the obtaining of salvation. It has also been observed that the quickening of the Spirit is evidently the actual beginning of an experience of salvation. Christ made this clear to Nicodemus, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." But this new birth is a secret operation of the Spirit for, "the wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth, so (like that) is everyone that is born of the Spirit." The sinner may know the time of his conversion, or when he was first conscious of the Lord's work within, but he does not know the moment of his secret quickening. The seed may lie dormant a long time before starting into activity. In short, in the matter of regeneration, the sinner is completely passive; he neither welcomes it, nor opposes it – he knows nothing about it until afterwards. But it cannot be denied that a regenerate soul is already redeemed, though that fact may not yet be published in the conscience. If a man is brought into a hospital in an unconscious or dying condition, and is given an injection of some saving drug and recovers, what would be the point of asking whether he accepted what the doctor had done? If a sinner when dead in sin is quickened by the Holy Ghost, by the injection of a new nature, what is the point of asking his acceptance of the gift of life which he now possesses?
(b) In the case of the other two phrases, the kind of person intended as needing to "surrender" or to "give the heart" to Christ, is clearly not an incompetent sinner, but one who is able to stand alone against the grace of the Spirit. One popular Arminian preacher declared at a great meeting in the Albert Hall, "The armies of the Lord of Hosts halt at the gates of the city of Mansoul and invite its surrender." This teaching is open to the serious charge of inventing an incompetent God. If it should be said, as it has been said, that the Spirit must give the sinner grace to surrender, then the answer surely is, let us be done with this trifling with the truth, and instead of begging the sinner to surrender let us rather beg the Spirit to impart grace to the sinner.
III. Among the terms relating to preaching the Gospel which need scrutiny are the words, "evangelical," "evangelistic," and "evangelise."
Many persons who use these terms in a popular and rather thoughtless manner, would do well to study their meaning with the help of an English dictionary. The verb" evangelise" means simply "to make known the evangel or Gospel." The adjectives "evangelical" and "evangelistic" mean respectively, "pertaining to the Gospel" and "intended to evangelise." These terms then have no reference to the preacher's audience, but to his preaching. If he preaches the Gospel, he is evangelical and he evangelises, whoever his audience may be. If he does not preach the Gospel, he is not evangelical and he does not evangelise, whatever may be the composition of his audience.
Certain services are now being described as an "evangelistic campaign" – a phrase which has been lifted from outside sources. Why must certain services be designated evangelistic as distinct from others? Is it that the other services are not evangelistic? This would be serious for surely every preaching service should be evangelistic. The fact is that these terms have been dragged from their rightful places and made incorrectly to refer to preaching to the unconverted only, as if the words had reference to the nature of the audience. By all means let the Gospel be preached, to the unconverted, who can be found inside the Chapels as well outside, but let all preaching be the pure Gospel of Christ. Only so is it evangelical.
The foregoing examples must suffice to illustrate the dangers of the speaker-hearer relation. Some of these cases are instances of the wrong use of terms which have a correct employment; others are cases of terms which are wrong anyway in a Free Grace scheme of things.
The terms and phrases noticed are tending to become current in Strict Baptist language, and as far as those of Arminian origin are concerned, their use has a subtle tendency to convey to the mind almost unconsciously their original import. Once the terms are admitted, the doctrines they connote are likely to follow. This would seem to be particularly the case with young people who are not versed in the niceties of theological language.
Calvinism has no need to borrow or import terms from other systems of thought. It produces its own technical terms and phrases. It has no need to ransack the theological world for secondhand words or thought-forms. Once let an Arminian term, like the wooden horse of Troy, be admitted into our thinking and speaking, and the resultant tragedy will be such that another Reformation will be needed to save the Denomination.
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Cheerful Piety – Letter I
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Hopes still remain high for the Westfield Young Matildas following their narrow defeat to Japan at the AFC U19 Women's Championship in Vietnam.
Hopes still remain high for the Westfield Young Matildas following their narrow defeat to Japan at the AFC U19 Women-s Championship in Vietnam.
In a predicted high pressure game, the opening minutes certainly lived up to the expectations at the Thong Nhat stadium last night.
The Westfield Young Matildas were unfortunate not to secure a point from the match, ending with Japan winning 1-nil.
The first half proved to be of high intensity and possession was evenly shared, presenting opportunities for both sides to edge ahead.
Emily van Egmond was early to fire a long range shot at the Japanese goal keeper Mochizuki in the opening few minutes only for it to bounce awkwardly in to her grasp.
Japan soon answered back with a quick counter attack forcing Casey Dumont into a fine save.
In the 35th minute Kahlia Hogg struck from outside the box which would have seen Australia lead heading in to the change rooms at half time, unfortunately it deflected enough off a defender and wide of the goal.
Minutes before the half time whistle a lapse in the concentration by the young Australian side saw Japan go in front following a magical display of skill down the left hand side by Mai Kyokawa who then snuck the ball in between Dumont and her near post.
Having returned from the tunnel star substitute Emily Gielnik was quick to make an impact after replacing Marianna Tabain at half time, causing some unease amongst the Japanese defense. A high looping ball from midfielder Teigen Allen fell in to her stride.
Gielnik unleashed a powerful shot only for it to be palmed away by the Japan goalkeeper and out for a corner.
A succession of chances for the Japanese side resulted due to continual lapses in concentration amongst the Australian camp. Although solid performances by Alana Kennedy and Rebekah Stott in the centre of defense spoiled much of the Japanese attack.
Casey Dumont-s physical presence was also an influential contribution as the match played out.
The Westfield Young Matildas were unlucky not to equalise when in the 86th minute substitute Vedrana Popovic-s strike was blocked. Followed closely by a set piece finding the head of Gielnik inside the 6-yard-box, glancing the ball just past the goal.
The Australian side did not capitalise on their set pieces. Wayward deliveries were making it difficult for them to utilise their height advantage.
Westfield Young Matildas Head coach Jeff Hopkins felt the game was difficult to sum up.
"Japan were very good tonight and caused us a lot of problems. I am disappointed in some respects. We missed a couple of chances that really could have gotten us a draw," Hopkins said.
"But in saying that I have no qualms in saying they were the better team tonight."
The extra day of rest between the next match will be well received amongst the team and coaching staff. Tonight-s match was the third in only five days, bodies are battered and bruised. Most of all tired.
"Obviously we can digest the loss tonight, but we must remind ourselves that our destiny is still in our hands," Hopkins continued.
"The coaching staff and I will sit down and think about how we want to attack the next two games. I think we will go about things in a similar way, but we need to be more clinical in the final third.
"For the next game we have to make sure our game plan is right and everyone is on the same page."
Due to the result of the respective game between China and South Korea, the Westfield Young Matildas destiny of FIFA U20 World Cup qualification remains in their hands however they must win their next two games.
The Westfield Young Matildas will play South Korea on the 13 October in the penultimate must win game of their FIFA U20 Women-s World Cup qualification matches.
Live match updates and behind the scenes stills and footage will be available via Girls FC Facebook www.facebook.com/girlsfc and Twitter http://twitter.com/FFAGirlsFC
Westfield Young Matildas v Japan 2012 FIFA Youth World Cup Qualifiers Australia 0 Japan 1 (Mai KYOKAWA 42-) Monday, 10 October 2011 Thong Nhat stadium, Vietnam
Westfield Young Matildas line-up: Casey DUMONT (gk), Stephanie CATLEY, Rebekah STOTT, Alanna KENNEDY (c), Hannah BREWER, Kahlia HOGG (19. Vedrana POPOVIC 60-), Emily VAN EGMOND,Teigen ALLEN, Marianna TABAIN (6. Emily GIELNIK 45-), Tara ANDREWS, Ashley BROWN (19. Linda O-NEILL 85-)
Yellow cards: Teigen ALLEN
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Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … On The Rocks: The Unsolved Mysteries of Jack and Sal, an original full-length stage noir comedy written, directed and starring Hofstra alumni Louis Aquiler and Chris D'Amato, will be performed at the 133rd Street Arts Center, December 13-22, 2012. The theater is located at 308 West 133rd Street in Harlem.
On The Rocks was originally performed as a series of weekly episodes at Hofstra University's Cabaret, a weekly open mic night presented by drama students. This irreverent, over-the-top, and emotional stage production is a ripping parody and loving homage to the detective genre. The play is set in Chicago, 1922. Jack Bullet is a miserable and nasty private detective. Against his will, he finds himself partnered with Sal Malone, a jolly and all-around swell guy. They start taking cases, and an unlikely friendship develops over the course of this outrageous murder, romance and mystery story.
Aquiler and D'Amato both graduated from Hofstra in 2009. Many other Hofstra alumni and even a faculty member help to round out the talent behind this production. On The Rocks is produced by the Synapse Theatre Ensemble, which is run by Hofstra alumni Jeremy Benson '09 and Lauren Cook '10. The show features lighting design is by Matt Rubin '08, set design by Gary Ferrar '06, sound design by Brendan Bailey '10, and costume design by Laura Duell '11, and marketing by Christian Titus '12.
The cast also includes Christopher Dippel, who is an adjunct professor of drama at Hofstra, and alumni Richie Pepio '10, Andrew Huber '10, Laura Henry '10, Lily Goodman '09, Pat Harman '11, and Lauren Cook '10.
Show times are:
Thursday, December 13 and 20, at 8 p.m.
Friday, December 14 and 21, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 15 and 22, at 8 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.
Sunday, December 16 at 8 p.m.
Monday, December 17, at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, December 19, at 11:15 p.m.
Tickets for On The Rocks are $18 each. If you come back to see the show a second time, your ticket is $10 (must bring a stamped program). If you return with your stamped program and a friend, the friend's ticket is $15. Hofstra faculty may pay $10 per ticket, and Hofstra students may pay $15 for the Wednesday, December 19, performance at 11:15 p.m.
Tickets are available online at ontherocks.brownpapertickets.com. Synapse Theatre Ensemble also has a page on Facebook.
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Pearland-area legislators list priorities as balanced budget and education funding
As Texas legislators prepare to gather in Austin this month, many are optimistic that recent economic growth will provide more opportunity for improvement across the state.
For now, lawmakers are waiting on the official number for the budget, which will be released by the Texas Comptroller on Jan. 7, one day before the 83rd regular session of the state Legislature convenes. The 2013 session runs from Jan. 8 to May 27.
Once the budget is announced, the lawmakers can get to work, District 11 State Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, said.
"Our first priority of every session is obviously to get a balanced budget passed," he said.
District 29 State Rep. Ed Thompson, R-Pearland, said the state's growing population is an indicator of economic strength.
"People are coming to Texas, because it's a pro-business state," Thompson said. "And our unemployment is dropping. It proves that our economy in Texas is improving."
Thompson hopes these indicators will translate to a higher budget for the next biennium.
"With the economy doing better, revenues are going up. How much there's going to be and what we're going to do with it, that's the question," he said. "There will be a lot of discussion going back and filling holes in the budget from our last biennium."
More Information
Legislative calendar
Tuesday, Jan. 8: 83rd regular session begins
Friday, March 8: Deadline for filing bills and joint resolutions other than local bills, emergency appropriations and bills declared an emergency by the governor
Monday, May 27: Last day of 83rd regular session
Sunday, June 16: Last day governor can sign or veto bills passed during the regular legislative session
Monday, Aug. 26: Date that bills without specific effective dates become law
Taylor is optimistic that a stronger economy in the state will prevent the budget shortfall and resulting issues from last session, but he also said there will be several topics of debate in the session.
"Our economy is doing better than it was, but we are still facing a lot of challenges," he said. "There are a lot of hard decisions ahead."
Education reform
Taylor said his second priority after creating a balanced budget is education reform.
"We are in the process of transforming our educational system for the 21st century," he said.
Among the changes he hopes to see are increased use of technology and more focus on career training.
"We should be reaching out to people with different talents and gifts," he said. "Not everyone needs to attend a four-year university. We have people gifted with their hands, and we need to reach out to them and help them get good jobs."
Thompson also wants schools to offer students more career training options.
"Only about 30 percent of jobs in the U.S. require a four-year degree," he said. "I think we need to allow them to pursue certifications and technical degrees that will allow them to get a job when they finish high school."
While funding for education remains a hot topic, Thompson believes the issue cannot be fully examined until the court makes a final ruling on multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the state's school finance system.
"I think the Legislature will probably take a wait-and-see position pending the decisions on the lawsuits in the courts," he said.
Superintendent John Kelly from Pearland Independent School District and Superintendent Fred Brent of Alvin Independent School District also expect the Legislature to delay decisions until the court case is resolved.
The Pearland district has joined one of the lawsuits.
"I would be the most surprised person in the state if the system is not declared unconstitutional," Kelly said.
Kelly has worked in education for the past 30 years and said over that time, state regulations have increased, while funding has decreased - a challenging combination.
"If people are going to keep passing laws that increase the burden on school districts, they need to provide the funding," he said. "If they don't have the funding, they need to reduce the regulatory burden."
Kelly hopes to also see a reduction in the amount of required testing, particularly the end-of-course exams. He recommends reducing the average number from 15 to around five.
"These 15 tests are in addition to the PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP and dual-credit tests the students are taking," Kelly said. "It's not like we don't have enough tests."
Kelly believes legislators are aware of the problem. "I think there's a strong push to address this," he said. "I think there's momentum in that direction. The Legislature has heard from so many parents and school districts. They have to listen to that."
Brent said, "Indicators show that state revenue is increasing, however, not at the rate of population growth and increasing student enrollment.
"The state needs to account for the increased student population growth and look for opportunities to help schools, and fast-growth districts, address the changing facility needs and instructional dynamics that come along with increasing student enrollment."
Brent hopes the Legislature will make education funding a priority. "I do believe there will be opportunities to put money back into the school funding system that was pulled out, denied or supplanted with federal funds during the previous biennium," he added.
In previous sessions, state dollars were replaced with federal funds, Brent noted. "However, the federal funds have ceased and it is critical that this funding is restored from the state level," he said.
Transportation funds
Thompson said funding for transportation is another high priority going into the session.
"The gas tax has not been visited since the early 1990s," he said. "It's not generating enough money. We're going to have to figure out a way to fund highways going forward."
Taylor agreed. "Transportation is a huge issue particularly in our area," he said. "We have to get more dollars to our roads and highways, and how we do that is up for debate."
He said fuel taxes and increased registration fees are possible options.
"To build roads and maintain what you have, you need to have funds," Taylor added. "And the system we have is not doing the job. We need additional funding."
Terry Lucas, city manager for the city of Alvin, said transportation funding is also a key issue for Alvin - specifically the completion of the Texas 35 bypass and tollway.
"I think the city has a great interest in how the state will handle TxDOT funding for both our county and those future city roadways that have been discussed in the past," he said.
Bill Eisen, city manager of Pearland, said his focus is on the creation of a municipal management district focused on Texas 288. "It will provide a mechanism for doing some landscaping and beautification on that corridor," Eisen said.
Water conservation
Taylor said that the recent drought will make water conservation a key topic.
"The drought has been a foreshadowing of what our future looks like," he said. "If we don't develop our resources, that will be our new norm."
Thompson said water will become even more critical as the state's population continues to grow.
Lucas said he is particularly concerned about future surface water for the state. "While the city operates completely on well water, we are concerned about the future of these resources and where the water needs will be in the future," he said.
Lucas recently shared his concerns with Thompson.
He said the city will also be keeping a close watch on all bills that affect the area.
"A lot of what we do is to monitor the legislation," he said. "If there's anything that has implications for the city, we make sure to let our elected officials know our concerns or if we support a bill."
Chamber issues
The Pearland Chamber of Commerce is targeting specific issues for the upcoming session - catastrophic insurance, education, economic development, health care, natural resources, tax policy and transportation infrastructure.
Carol Artz-Bucek, chamber president, said the governmental relations team will travel to Austin on Feb. 27-28 for "Pearland Day in Austin."
"Our committee will be traveling as a group to the state capitol in February to bring focus on the largest city in Brazoria County and to bring forth issues facing our local businesses and our community," Artz-Bucek said. "A strong economy is crucial to the continued advancement of Pearland."
She explained that the chamber will update its 2013 public policy plan and define its position on the issues before making the February trip to Austin.
The Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce is joining forces with other chambers in Brazoria County for Brazoria County Day on March 19.
Johanna G. McWilliams, president and CEO of the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce, said, "We would like to see a focus on transportation and infrastructure improvements, workforce training programs and the continuation and addition of incentives with an eye on our economic future designed to attract high-tech businesses to Texas."


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United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
August 28, 2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee,v.JESUS M. QUINONES-OTERO, Defendant, Appellant.
PUERTO RICO [Hon. Juan M. Pérez-Giménez, U.S.
District Judge]
S. McCutcheon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eric
Alexander Vos, Federal Public Defender, and Vivianne M.
Marrero-Torres, Assistant Federal Public Defender,
Supervisor, Appeals Section, on brief for appellee.
F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, Senior
Appellate Counsel, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant
United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Rosa
Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney,
on brief for appellant.
Torruella, Lynch, Kayatta, Circuit Judges.
Circuit Judge.
Quiñones-Otero pled guilty to possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §
922(g)(1). The district court sentenced Quiñones-Otero
to twenty-seven months of incarceration, which was the top
end of the Guidelines range calculated by the presentence
investigation report. The sentence included three years of
supervised release with a six-month 6:00 PM curfew enforced
by electronic monitoring. Quiñones-Otero appeals from
the sentence arguing (1) the district court abused its
discretion when it imposed the curfew and electronic
monitoring requirement and (2) the twenty-seven-month
sentence was procedurally and substantively unreasonable. We
reject these arguments and affirm.
officers were on patrol around 6:00 AM, when a person brought
Quiñones-Otero to their attention. The person said
that Quiñones-Otero "was going to get
something." Quiñones-Otero had been in an
altercation at a bar earlier that night, had left the area,
and was now returning to a nearby Burger King, where his car
was parked. The police officers observed a weapon tucked into
Quiñones-Otero's waistband. Quiñones-Otero
ran when the police officers announced themselves and ordered
him to stop. Quiñones-Otero threw the weapon away
during the chase, and was ultimately apprehended. The police
officers found the weapon after arresting
Quiñones-Otero. During interrogation by agents from
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,
Quiñones-Otero admitted to having a prior conviction
for violating Puerto Rico copyright law. Further
investigation confirmed that Quiñones-Otero had a
prior conviction, for which he had served two years in
a former police officer, pled guilty without a plea agreement
to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The
Guidelines range, based on an offense level of fifteen and
Quiñones-Otero's criminal history category of II,
was twenty-one to twenty-seven months of imprisonment and
between one and three years of supervised
the hours of the six-month, 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM curfew,
Quiñones-Otero must "remain at [his] residence
except for employment or other activities approved in
advance" by United States Probation. The court ordered
he must also "wear an electronic device 24 hours a
day" and pay the costs of the device.
court justified the curfew and electronic monitoring
requirements by stating, "[t]he Court finds that the
conditions imposed are reasonably related to the offense of
conviction and to the sentencing factors set forth in 18
U.S.C. [§] 3553" and "consistent with the
pertinent policy statements issued by the Sentencing
Commission." Quiñones-Otero objected to "the
procedural and substantive unreasonableness of the sentence
and to the imposition of the electronic monitoring period
following the service of the sentence."
six-month curfew stands. Quiñones-Otero did not object
to the curfew at sentencing, so his objection was not
preserved and plain error review applies. United States
v. Garrasteguy, 559 F.3d 34, 41 (1st Cir. 2009).
Quiñones-Otero's objection to the "electronic
monitoring period" only preserved his objection to the
electronic monitoring requirement, not the curfew. The
presentence investigation report suggested a six-month curfew
during non-working hours, but Quiñones-Otero did not
file an objection to the report.
was no plain error here. Conditions of release must be
"'reasonably related' to (1) the underlying
offense or character and criminal history of the defendant;
(2) the need to deter criminal conduct; (3) the goal of
protecting the public; or (4) the provision of rehabilitative
educational, health, or other treatment for the
defendant." United States v.
Rivera-López, 736 F.3d 633, 635 (1st Cir. 2013)
(quoting U.S.S.G. § 5D1.3(b)). Conditions of release
"must also 'involve no greater deprivation of
liberty than is reasonably necessary.'" Id.
(citation omitted) Although "the district court is
required to provide a reasoned and case-specific explanation
for the [special] conditions it imposes, " a district
court's failure to "explicitly provide such an
explanation" does not require us to "automatically
vacate the condition" as long as we can "infer the
court's reasoning from the record." United
States v. Fey, 834 F.3d 1, 3 ...
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