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CU Boulder's video game design research catches fire with students
to continue video game design research
The University of Colorado Boulder exceeded its own researchers' expectations with its iDREAMS Scalable Game Design Summer Institute, and that success has been rewarded with a new $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. CU-Boulder researchers are tracking how video game design engages students in computational thinking and STEM simulation design.
STEM simulations are computer programs that model natural and social phenomena, such as how a forest fire spreads from tree to tree. Students design these simulations to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.
The new NSF-funded Computational Thinking for Teaching Computing grant to computer science Professor Alexander Repenning and co-investigators Kris Gutiérrez and David Webb from the School of Education, will build on previous work the team did on video game design as a motivational tool for computer science education.
That project, called iDREAMS, involved more than 100 teachers and over 8,000 students producing more than 10,000 games and STEM simulations. The project started in Colorado but quickly expanded to Alaska, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming where it gave teachers the tools and support needed to take the video game design curriculum into their classrooms. Participation far exceeded initial projections for the iDREAMS research project of about 40 teachers and 1,200 students over three years.
The curriculum, as taught through the Scalable Game Design Summer Institute on the CU-Boulder campus during the past three summers, was found to be highly effective across a wide spectrum of communities, including technology hubs, urban/inner city, rural and remote Native American communities.
The research team was encouraged by the extraordinarily high levels of participation and motivation, especially for girls and underrepresented students: 45 percent of participants were girls and 56 percent were underrepresented minorities. Motivation, expressed by a willingness to take more game design classes, was determined to be 74 percent for boys, 64 percent for girls, 71 percent for white participants and 69 percent for minority students.
In the new project, student performance data using measures of computational thinking will be integrated to further analyze how video game design helps students reason and learn STEM content. The performance data will be used to enhance the Scalable Game Design curriculum and professional development opportunities for teachers.
"I am extremely excited to see the enormous energy of students and teachers involved in the Scalable Game Design project," said Repenning. "They have shown that it really is possible to bring computer science education to public schools and integrate it into the curriculum. The Scalable Game Design curriculum includes problem solving, logical thinking skills and sophisticated math and science concepts highly relevant to STEM and computer science education."
CU-Boulder will again host its popular Scalable Game Design Summer Institute for K-12 teachers this summer, June 4-10, as part of its long-term efforts to improve and broaden participation in computer science education.
"We now want to analyze the impact of the research on students' motivation and what they are learning, continuing the success of the iDREAMS project," said Webb. "With the new grant, we can build up more robust research instruments that can be used for computer science education. We will continue to be very intentional regarding our research of particular populations and will be broadening the scope of groups studied."
Project partners include AgentSheets Inc., the Computer Science Teachers Association, the National Center for Women & Information Technology, the Shodor Foundation and SRI International.
For more information visit http://scalablegamedesign.cs.colorado.edu.
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The God of Plague Has Come
At night, Feng Yu Heng brought Xiang Rong and Zi Rui over to the Feng manor's side to stand vigil. Right before leaving, they went to Yao shi's courtyard and casually asked the servant what Yao shi was doing, and the servant told her: "Madam is praying in the temple. She said that she is sending elder madam Feng off."
Feng Yu Heng stopped and looked into the courtyard before placing Zi Rui's hand in Xiang Rong's hand: "Bring Zi Rui over first. I will go and see mother before going." After saying this, she brought Huang Quan and Wang Chuan over to the temple.
The maidservant said that Yao shi had been praying whenever she had time. Divine doctor Yao spoke a few times without any results, thus he did not say anything else. Whenever Yao shi went to pray, divine doctor Yao would go to Zi Rui's study. The two did not interact much.
Feng Yu Heng knew that Yao Xian was not too close with Yao shi, thus she did not have too many requests. When she entered the temple, Yao shi had just finished a prayer and turned around to look at her.
She kept her servants outside and walked in on her own then helped Yao shi up. She clearly advised her: "Mother, your health is not too good. In the future, you should spend a little less time praying! As a person, the most important things are to have good intentions and a clear conscience. Only like that can one avoid falling into the 18 levels of hell. It does not rely on the daily prayers of the living."
Yao shi sighed. Holding Feng Yu Heng's hand, she said: "In any case, we were once mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She was just a little bit greedy. Aside from chasing us to the Northwest, she did not do anything to harm us. A-Heng, the things of the past are already in the past. She is already no longer alive. You should not fuss over her."
Feng Yu Heng looked at Yao shi, and a faint smile continued to linger on her face; however, she let out a faint sigh on the inside. She knew that Yao shi really enjoyed the current life, especially with Yao Xian returning, she felt even more at ease. She had indeed hated that Feng manor, but Yao shi was different from her after all. She did not hate them like an enemy. When she was able to receive an imperial decree allowing her to divorce Feng Jin Yuan, she had already exerted the most courage that she could. Now that things had changed, she felt that life had improved, and she no longer hated them.
But Yao shi did not know that during those three years, her real daughter's life had been lost. The real Feng Yu Heng would never return.
But there was no way for her to say this to Yao shi, and she was even more powerless to have her continue to hate the Feng manor. Since Yao shi chose to forgive and forget, she would allow her to. Although Feng Yu Heng never agreed with "forgiveness is the greatest virtue" she did not want to force her thoughts on Yao shi. She could only say a few words of advice before leaving the temple and hastily head toward the Feng manor.
Today, everyone from the younger generation was present in the mourning hall, as even Fen Dai had come. Although her injuries had not yet healed completely, and she still required a servant to help her walk, and she could not even remain kneeling in front of the matriarch's coffin for very long, but she still kowtowed three times to the matriarch. She then had a maidservant support her while she lit three sticks of incense.
Feng Jin Yuan was also present tonight. He currently stood to the side and nodded while watching Fen Dai. When Fen Dai finished lighting her incense, he finally spoke up and said: "Your grandmother died from being beaten by the troublemakers. In the last moments, you used your body to protect her. The injuries that you had suffered were to protect your grandmother from being hurt. The Feng family will always remember this."
Once these words were said, aside from Fen Dai, nearly everyone else vomited from what he had said. Not to mention the young master and young misses, even the servants that were standing vigil looked up. They all looked at their master with a look of disbelief. In their eyes, only one word could be seen: Shameless.
But Feng Jin Yuan very quickly continued, which allowed them to experience another level of "shamelessness" very shameless. They heard Feng Jin Yuan say: "To be able to use your own body to protect your grandmother, this is something that a grandchild should be willing to do. The Feng family is proud of you. Father is also proud of you."
Fen Dai's entire body trembled upon hearing Feng Jin Yuan say this. Of course, she was trembling because she felt moved. As the daughter of a concubine, as the youngest daughter, and the one with the birth mother of the lowest rank, Feng Jin Yuan had never looked at her aside from when he beat or cursed at her. But today, he had heaped such a large amount of affirmation on her in front of the entire Feng family, in front of all of the children and in front of the matriarch's coffin. This caused her to feel as though she could not bear it all.
She was clear that this affirmation was definitely a result of her engagement to the fifth prince, but regardless of the reason, it was Feng Jin Yuan that had expressed his feelings. This all made it clear that from this moment forward, her position in the Feng manor had already been raised. In fact, it was so high that it had a proper place in her always arrogant father's eyes.
Fen Dai kneeled with the support of a maidservant in front of Feng Jin Yuan and forcefully suppressed the emotions in her heart, saying: "Many thanks to father for the praise. This… this was all something that daughter should have done. When she was alive, grandmother doted on all of us sisters. Daughter could not just watch on as those troublemakers beat grandmother. It's unfortunate that daughter's body was too small and was truly unable to block all of the kicks and punches that were thrown at grandmother's body. This is the pain in daughter's heart!" While she said this, she wiped away a tear.
At this time, Xiang Rong, who was kneeling at the incense burner, asked in confusion: "Wasn't it said that grandmother was killed by a poison? Right now, the governor, lord Xu, is investigating this matter. Why has grandmother been deemed to have died from being beaten?"
These words reminded everyone, and Feng Jin Yuan also realized. That's right, the matriarch's death was odd. He had to find the result of this.
Upon thinking of this, Feng Jin Yuan's anger surged forth. Turning his head, he glanced at Feng Yu Heng and asked: "Was there any news from the governor's side?"
Feng Yu Heng shook her head, "No." She then added, "I thought that father had forgotten about this matter."
"Hmph!" Feng Jin Yuan became angry whenever he spoke with her, and the forehead that had been hit by Yao Xian also began to ache. He simply looked away from Feng Yu Heng and took a step forward to personally help Fen Dai get up from the ground. He had chosen to forget about how he had once kicked this daughter, as he held Fen Dai's hand and sincerely said: "There are many matters in the family. Although you are still young, his Highness the fifth prince promised you the position of official princess. Once you have gotten married over there, you will need to take care of the palace's matters. This is not something that can be learned in a day or two. That's why, Fen Dai, you will need to learn how to take care of the home and family from this day forward."
Fen Dai nodded, "Father has worked hard. Daughter understands. Daughter…" She originally wanted to say that the family currently had two mothers taking care of it, and there was a daughter of the first wife that could help out, but how was there any room for her. In fact, she was hoping to use this opportunity to see if Feng Jin Yuan would give her the position of daughter of the first wife, but the servant that had accompanied her, whose name was Dong Ying, understood her thoughts. Being given a fright, she quickly went and gently pinched her arm to remind her. Fen Dai also regained her sensibilities very quickly and cast aside her earlier thoughts. Instead, she said: "Daughter will definitely learn from my two mothers on how to take care of the family, and I will learn from second sister about how to be a qualified princess."
Zi Rui was puzzled and asked: "Could it be that fourth sister also knows how to produce steel? And also understands military strategy?"
Fen Dai was stunned and did not react for a while then said: "I don't!"
Zi Rui then said: "If you don't know how to do these, how can you also be a qualified princess like second sister!"
Fen Dai felt embarrassed.
Feng Jin Yuan could not bear to continue watching and scolded Zi Rui: "What does a young child understand? Quickly shut your mouth!" He then said to Fen Dai: "There is no need for you to learn from her. She herself has not yet gotten married. How could she know how to be a princess. Moreover, the important matter for a girl is to take care of the family. To be running around outside all the time, how could that live up the standard of the word princess!"
Zi Rui did not have the heart to argue with him, only saying: "But senior disciple once said that my elder sister is the girl that is most worthy of his Highness the ninth prince." He then shut his mouth.
But with just these words, Feng Jin Yuan was rendered completely speechless. What he feared most was for his second daughter to say father Emperor, and what he feared, even more, was for his only son to say senior disciple because every time that this happened, no matter how angry he felt, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Right now, the elder sister did not speak, but the younger brother had inherited all of her abilities and rendered him speechless. Feng Jin Yuan felt that he had less and less standing in front of this brother and sister pair.
He did not want to continue discussing this matter and simply acted as though he had not heard it. He then turned and said to Feng Fen Dai: "Learning a bit more from your mothers is correct. They understand the rules and manners of the palace. You must learn from them. As the official princess of a prince, you will have plenty of opportunities to go into the palace. You must not make the slightest mistake." Seeing that Fen Dai was being obedient and nodding, Feng Jin Yuan finally regained some self-confidence. He gently cleared his throat a couple times then continued: "You must not wait until later to learn how to take care of the family. You will begin right now. Your grandmother was poisoned to death by someone, and you will take the lead on this matter for the Feng family. Go find his Highness the fifth prince and ask to see if the governor has found any clues. Also, have his Highness try to hurry them a little. They must give us an explanation."
Fen Dai was extremely moved. These emotions were from finally being able to represent the Feng family to do something. It had to be known that these sorts of things would always be taken care of by the head wife or the daughter of the first wife. When would the daughter of a concubine ever get a chance. But now that Feng Jin Yuan had handed this responsibility to her, it meant that Feng Jin Yuan viewed her as the daughter of the first wife. In fact, he viewed her as the hope of the Feng family. The family of a lowly fifth-ranked official was able to produce the official princess of a prince. Feng Fen Dai was practically able to see a few years into the future. Even her father would need to kneel when greeting her.
And the second reason that she felt so moved was that she could finally go and see the fifth prince openly. That was the person that had changed her life. She had to capture that person's heart. She definitely could not give it up.
Fen Dai forcefully suppressed the joy in her heart and said to Feng Jin Yuan: "Father, do not worry. Daughter will go to the Li Palace in the morning to see his Highness. Daughter definitely will not allow for grandmother's death to remain unsolved."
Feng Jin Yuan nodded then looked at Fen Dai and said: "You also need to take care of resting your body. Your grandmother will be carried out on the day after tomorrow. You will also need to be there to carry the hearse."
Fen Dai was stunned, "Carry the hearse?" She then saw her father nod, and she felt that she was a little unable to hold back her emotions. It was fortunate that her servant Dong Ying forcefully pinched her and allowed Fen Dai to regain control, preventing her from laughing.
Carrying the hearse, this was also a right that only the daughter and son of the first wife had!
She looked at Feng Yu Heng and found that Feng Yu Heng was looking at Feng Jin Yuan with a puzzled expression. She also asked: "Father, are you sure that you want fourth sister to carry the hearse?"
Feng Jin Yuan snorted, "Of course, I am certain."
But at this time, the sound of someone's running footsteps come from the outside. Everyone turned their heads to look and found housekeeper He Zhong running over with an anxious look. Arriving in front of Feng Jin Yuan, he did not even have time to salute before saying: "Master, it's not good. The palace's eunuch Zhang came again!"


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CONEheads & Stealth Cats
Well, this takes the whole photo-sharing thing to the next level, eh?: Berkeley robotics professor and sometime-Eraserhead doppelganger Ken Goldberg has developed CONE, a prototype for a portable, solar-powered robotic observatory that can photograph animal activity, then upload the data via satellite connection. Collaborative algorithms manage requests for control from multiple users.
On a slightly related note, November's National Geographic magazine featured some great images of ocelots, captured via remotely triggered cameras. Building on the great stuff in the print edition, the online version features a couple cool shots.
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Phocus' reminders app for iPhone and iPad, Due, has been updated with some tweeks and changes.
The beauty of Due lies in its simplicity. There's no account to create, no start or end date to set, no need to prioritize, tag nor categorize. What there is however are what that matters: a note for your reminder, and an alert that is set up in mere seconds.
- Super fast - Set up a reminder with alert in seconds—up to 3x faster than Calendar app
- Get to the timings you need in a tap
- Reusable countdown, egg timers
- Keep track of outstanding tasks with Smart Badges
- Never miss any reminders with Auto Snooze Repeatedly notifies you of missed reminders until marked done or rescheduled
- Reschedule and defer reminders quickly
- Recurring reminders: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and more
- Track past reminders and quickly create new ones based on expired reminders by recycling them within the Logbook
- Time Zone Shifting - Receive timely reminders no matter where you are in the world
- 12 great sounding alerts of varying lengths to choose from
- Universal app, looks and works great on both iPhone and iPad
- Keep reminders in sync across your iPhone and iPad with OTA Sync via Dropbox
- Backup, email and restore databases right within Due
- Undo support
- Secondary Alert & Alarm mode
- Reliable reminders that don't require any Internet connection
Here are some of the new changes:
- Interval on date picker now dynamically changes to accommodate due times that cannot be accurately displayed by user's preferred interval setting
- Editing the value of a timer with an auto-generated label now updates the label to match the new countdown value (thanks @mutewinter)
- Now hides any transient animation on quit to prevent jarring transition on next resume
- Overdue and Today+Overdue badging now faster
- When setting up a new repeating reminder, 'Repeat from date' follows the 'Due date' automatically
I love simplicity done right and Phocus has nailed it with this app. Due takes away the task of keeping track of tasks.
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While debates about same-sex marriage, homosexuality, and other sexual issues loom over schools, churches, and political discussions, religious leaders are sorely unprepared to deal with these issues on the job, according to new research.
In fact, two-thirds of the seminaries and pastoral education programs studied for the new report do not offer courses in sexuality issues for religious professionals and three-quarters do not offer courses in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) studies.
The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, Healing, and Union Theological Seminary in New York decided to take a fresh look at how seminaries are preparing religious leaders for the outside world.
They discovered that the majority of them do a poor job of preparing students of religion to deal with human sexuality, gender, sexual identity and other sexual-related issues from religious and theological perspectives.
"The study concludes that at a time when religious denominations are embroiled in numerous conflicts over sexuality, homosexuality, same-sex marriage and other sexual issues our generation of pastors and other religious professionals today remain unprepared to deal with these issues," the report says.
Other findings include more than 90 percent of the seminaries surveyed for the studydo not require a full-semester on sexuality-based courses for graduation.
Moreover, seminaries offer three times as many courses in women's and feminist studies as they do in the studies dealing with sexuality.
Roy Hargrave, senior pastor of Riverbend Church in Ormond Beach, Fla. and a member of several national Christian leader organizations, says "one of the primary things at stake in the church of America" is what it has to say about homosexuality.
"There is backbiting within churches and denominations about the way we are supposed to treat homosexuality," he said. "Southern Baptists just the other day were accused of being hateful people and pastors were hateful toward homosexuals," he told leaders at a recent Southern Baptist Convention forum.
"Sin is not biological," Hargrave said. "It is spiritual."
Hargrave said American society promotes homosexuality, and the church is not immune.
"The churches of God are beginning to capitulate to this," he said. "They are even writing articles saying that if we don't grow up we are going to lose our young people because they have a different view about sexuality."
"You can have a different view all you want to, friends," he said. "There's only one view that God has, and we know that is a sin."
Since religious leaders first faced homosexuality in the early 1970s, mainline Protestant churches have been thinking, talking, and quite often arguing about the subject.
These debates have increased in intensity over the past decade as they have been broadcasted on the front pages of newspapers across the country and discussed openly in today's political discourse.
Popular topics highlighted recently in the news include headlines along the lines of religious leaders facing schism on homosexuality, issues of sexuality splitting the Presbyterians again, life at a gay wedding, and Methodists vowing to take a stand against the church ban.
Hargrave and others say God can redeem gays just like anyone else, but "when it becomes rampant" homosexuality, it is "far worse than other sin."
"Homosexuality is the giving over to debasement," he said. "This is why you see cultures crumbling under the load of this debasement. Who would have ever thought the Roman Empire would be completely wiped out?"
"These sins bring down a nation," Hargrave said.
Gary Gates is a demographer-in-residence at the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, a think-tank based at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Gates' best estimate, derived from five studies that have asked subjects about their sexual orientation, is that the nation has about 4 million adults who identify as being gay or lesbian, representing 1.7 percent of the 18-and-over population.
He also estimated that 19 million people, or 8.2 percent of the population, have engaged in sex with a partner of the same sex. That includes all groups, such as gays, bisexuals and heterosexuals who have experimented with same-sex behavior.
The Southern Baptist Convention says religious leaders are not talking to their congregations enough about homosexuality.
Research show they are not involved in the national debate in a strong enough manner.
However, older religious leaders and ministers opposed to same-sex marriage have started to campaign more vigorously and are mobilizing to oppose new legislation favoring same-sex unions.
After being overshadowed by same-sex marriage proponents, religious leaders who back the concept of fighting legislation that legalizes the issue are speaking out.
Evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish leaders are intensifying efforts to block legalization of gay marriage this year. Religious leaders say gay marriage may be harder to defeat in 2011 than it was in 2009.
Opponents of same-sex marriage say they will need to ramp up to catch up. Dennis Poust is the spokesman of the New York State Catholic Conference.
"I think that it's undeniable that the other side has done a better job of getting their message out," said Poust, "and they've also done a really good job of portraying us as bigots and homophobes, which we absolutely, categorically reject."
Poust says they simply believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
In the meantime, family experts say they are pushing for sexuality counseling and education from trained religious leaders saying it is vital for the preservation of today's society.
In short, the debate about homosexuality in and among local churches must take on a stronger voice with prepared leaders at the helm.
The study recommends that the Association of Theological Schools, the accrediting body for U.S. seminaries, and other pastoral education programs integrate sexuality education into its standards for ministerial formation.
It calls on seminaries to strengthen their curricular offerings and inclusion policies, invest in faculty development and continuing education, and pursue collaboration with other institutions and advocacy groups to expand educational opportunities for seminarians regarding sexuality issues.
Preparing religious leaders to discuss and debate the issues of homosexuality and other sexual lifestyle issues is imperative or Christians as a whole will be ill-equipped to minister, family experts argue.
The Sex and the Seminary study is based on a survey of 36 leading seminaries and rabbinical schools of diverse size and geographic location, representing a range of Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist traditions. Each institution was evaluated on criteria for a sexually healthy and responsible seminary.
Do you have an opinion about how prepared America's religious leaders are to debate and minister within the homosexual culture? Post your comments below.


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This is the sixth post in a series on "An Evangelical Statement on Evolution (ESE)". If you are new to the series, you may wish to read 1) The Introduction, 2) ESE Objectives, 3) ESE Approach , 4) ESE Contents, and 5) ESE Contents Addendum first.
I would like to thank everyone who participated in the conversation on the ESE, both in the comment sections and via email; in particular I'd like to thank those who provided emails of encouragement. To me, it is clear that the time is ripe for this type of statement from Evangelical ECs. This (much delayed) final post outlines my own ideas on how we should tackle the project.
Even though the internet is ideal for connecting those with common interests, I believe that it is imperative for the ESE to be launched and lead by a group that can meet (at least initially) in face-to-face discussions. What the ESE says and how it is communicated to the broader Evangelical community will be scrutinized very closely. Since the ESE is a message of hope for our (current and future) brothers and sisters in Christ, we must make every effort to avoid careless, uninformed, or insensitive statements. Face-to-face discussions should minimize this risk.
The Process
The tasks listed below are the ones I believe are necessary to make the ESE a success. This is a more-or-less chronological process although some overlap is possible.
1) Formation of the ESE leadership group
The first step is to form a leadership group that can provide oversight to all aspects of the project, and who will be accountable for its ultimate success. This group should have experts from various academic and vocation backgrounds (scientists, theologians, biblical scholars, pastors) and should reflect the broad theological diversity within Evangelicalism.
2) Definition of vision and objectives
The first task for the leadership group is to define the vision and objectives for the ESE. The discussion during this blog series (particularly in the objectives and approach posts) may be a helpful starting point here.
3) Define and enlist a roster of authors
A small group of authors should be enlisted to draft the ESE. This group could be a subset of the leadership group; it should certainly include the same theological, academic, denominational, and vocational diversity. Ideally this roster would be composed of 4 to 6 individuals; anything more could prove unwieldy.
4) Define and enlist a group of Founding Signatories
The roster of founding signatories may be even more important than the roster of authors; ie. who signs the document may be just as significant as what it says. Ideally, all denominational, theological, and international constituencies that are included within Evangelicalism will be represented within this group in some form. The group should also be composed of respected Evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, church and parachurch leaders, as well as Evangelical scientists from the various scientific disciplines relevant to the study of evolution. Recruiting these founding signatories will be crucial for the success of the ESE. It would also be helpful if these signatories committed to providing an introduction to the ESE (either formal or informal) to their own constituency in a forum that seems most appropriate to them.
5) Define the process for drafting and achieving approval for the final statement
Although the authors are tasked with drafting the statement, they should solicit input from a wide range of Evangelicals. At a minimum the entire leadership group and founding signatories would need to approve the final wording. Yes I understand that this step could significantly delay the publication of the statement. However, I believe that formulating a high-quality statement is more important than releasing a hasty statement.
6) Publish the ESE
This is probably the easiest task; the internet is the ideal place to publish a statement of this sort and there are lots of options available. The leadership group could also augment this with other targets (eg. Evangelical publications like Christianity Today).
7) Implement a communication plan
The initial publication of the ESE will certainly be important. However, we are after lasting impact, not simply a flurry of publicity. As such, there needs to be an ongoing communication plan to ensure that believers and seekers continue to hear and have access to the message that faith and evolution are not in conflict. Fifteen or twenty years from now the Evangelical church may have come to a lasting peace with science. Until then we need a plan to continue communicating the harmony between faith and science.
8) Implement a mechanism to enroll other signatories
Finally, the ESE should have some mechanism for other Evangelical ECs to sign the statement. As well, there should be processes in place for the ongoing management of this list.
The First Step
From my viewpoint the first step is to form the ESE leadership group. And although I believe this blog series outlines a solid framework for launching the ESE project, and that an informal group made up of EC bloggers and our readers could publish a fairly good statement, we could never come close to maximizing the potential of this project. As I hinted earlier, I think the Biologos Foundation is ideally positioned to initiate this project. That fall workshop led by Tim Keller with 15 leading scientists, 15 leading theologians, and 15 leading pastors from the Evangelical community seems to me to be an ideal forum to launch the discussion. The focus of the workshop will be on:
celebrating God's creation in light of 21st century knowledge about the universe and our place in it.Worshiping our Creator and celebrating his creation brings joy to both us and Him. But not everyone feels this sense of wonderment and contentment. For many, discussions about how the Creator created produce only cognitive dissonance. We must go beyond celebration and communicate to others why this celebration is both possible and warranted. I believe the ESE can help accomplish this goal.
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The Process of Building an Evangelical Statement on Evolution (ESE)
This is the sixth post in a series on "An Evangelical Statement on Evolution (ESE)". If you are new to the series, you may wish to read 1) The Introduction, 2) ESE Objectives, 3) ESE Approach , 4) ESE Contents, and 5) ESE Contents Addendum first.
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- Jimpithecus said...
Steve, I think that these are great ideas. I still think that, while the internet is, indeed, a great place to publicize ideas, a strategically-placed print source would also be good. Many people still get their information in this way. I especially like the idea that I can add my name to the list once it is established.
- 8 September 2009 at 15:44
Hi Steve,
Biologos is Francis Collins' blog, isn't it? I admire his work, I really like his book, but there are parts of it that I disagree with, such as here:
I don't have theological objections to Darwinian evolution, and I am happy to fellowship with believers regardless of their views on evolution. However, it appears Francis Collins' has theological objections to people like me. Would he want somebody like Behe, Mike Gene, or me involved in this? -- Bilbo
- 20 September 2009 at 17:45
- Steve Martin said...
Hi Bilbo,
If this goes as I hope, there will be lots of people signing up that have major theological disagreements with other co-signers. If we needed complete theological consensus, we'd never get anywhere. In fact, umbrella Evangelical organizations like the NAE and EFC would get nowhere either.
On the specific point of Design, I really think we should remain silent on the issue (see the contents post for more details). And yes, I think people like you and Mike Gene should be comfortable with the statement (although Mike might have a problem signing since I think only those that can sign their real name should sign - another topic). On Behe, since he is a Roman Catholic, I doubt he would be able to or want to sign an Evangelical statement.
- 21 September 2009 at 06:37
Steve, the more I visit Biologos, the more I'm persuaded that their belief in Theistic Evolution is largely theologically driven. I object to that. Theistic Evolution may or may not be true. ID may or may not be true. But I think that using theological arguments to try to prove one or disprove the other is the real science stopper. I favor a view of Scripture that allows either TE, or ID, or some other alternative to be true, and allows us to just do science, without worrying about whose theological toes we step on. Biologos has shown that they have a theological agenda in favor of TE. I doubt that they would come up with a statement I could accept. -- Bilbo
- 6 October 2009 at 11:05
- Steve Martin said...
Hi Bilbo,
I'm not sure I understand your point that Biologos' "belief in theistic evolution is largely theologically driven". Agreement with evolution (note that the definition for evolution I think we are proposing for the ESE is common descent) for most of us that consider ourselves EC or TE is based on the scientific evidence; theology is somewhat irrelevant to interpreting this evidence. Our approach to the scientific evidence is not that different than any non-theist. (Of course, our theology is much different – we are theists). Do you have a specific example you are referring to? Also, note that Biologos has a lot of guest writers & these writers come from a range of backgrounds; I doubt that there is a homogeneous "theological" perspective that these writers share (or for that matter, within the Biologos organization itself). The ESE, I truly hope, will be broad enough to include many legitimately Evangelical perspectives.
Re: TE vs. ID, I've read enough to know that there is lots of diversity even within these individual camps; in fact, some that would describe themselves as TE would in fact be very comfortable with the theology of some that describe themselves as ID (and vice versa). Bottom line, both are relatively complex metaphysical groupings.
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In an article published in The Catholic Herald, Archbishop Vincent Nichols recalls Cardinal Hume's concern that those of a same-sex orientation should feel welcome in the Church.
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There are many times when I think of Cardinal Basil Hume. I have done so often in recent weeks as I have pondered the need to defend the institution of marriage without losing care for those of a same-sex orientation.
The cardinal was an inspired teacher of our faith. He had a rare ability both to hold before us the fullness of Church teaching and to convey a compassionate understanding of the ambiguities and failures of our lives. As a teacher and as a witness he could both support and challenge us at the same time. He had taken to heart the words of St Paul that the human race has nothing to boast about to God other than the grace of God at work in us (see 1 Cor 1:29-31).
Cardinal Hume had a deep concern that those of a same-sex orientation should feel welcome in the Church. That was why, in 1997, he published "A Note on the Teaching of the Church Concerning Homosexuality". Its main points remain crucial for today and I recall them here, using for the most part the language of the original document.
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1) The Dignity of the Human Person: The teaching of the Church is that we are to recognise the dignity of all people and not define or label them in terms of their sexual orientation. To do so is to risk losing sight of the fundamental identity of every person as a creature of God and, by grace, his child and heir to eternal life.
2) Sexuality and Marriage: There are two fundamental principles which determine Catholic teaching on sexual matters: that the sexual expression of love is intended by God's plan of creation to find its place exclusively within marriage between a man and a woman, and that this expression of love must be open to the possible transmission of new life. This, of course, is a great challenge. It means that many types of sexual activity, including same-sex sexual activity, are not consistent with the teaching of the Church. No individual, bishop, priest or lay person is in a position to change this teaching of the Church which we hold to be God-given.
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3) Homosexual orientation: The moral teaching of the Catholic Church is primarily concerned with our actions. Neither a heterosexual nor a homosexual orientation leads inevitably to sexual activity. Yet, in the context of the Church's sexual moral teaching, a same-sex orientation can tend towards actions which are contrary to that teaching. Sexual orientation does not dictate the whole personality and character of an individual. Furthermore, a person's sexual orientation can be unclear, even complex. Also, it may vary over the years. Most importantly, an orientation is not a moral failing.
4) Friendship: Friendship is a gift of God. Friendship is a way of loving. Friendship is necessary for every person. To equate friendship and full sexual involvement with another is to distort the very concept of friendship. Sexual loving presupposes friendship, but friendship does not require full sexual involvement. It is a mistake to say, or think, or presume that if two people of the same (or different) sexes enjoy a deep and lasting friendship then they must be sexually involved.
5) Love: "Love" must never be thought of as being synonymous with "sex". Love can take many forms: between husband and wife, between parents and children, between relatives as well as the chaste love of friendship. In whatever context it arises, and always respecting the appropriate manner of its expression, love between two people, whether of the same sex or of a different sex, is to be treasured and respected. When two people love they experience in a limited manner in this world what will be their unending delight when one with God in the next. To love another is in fact to reach out to God who shares his lovableness with the one we love. To be loved is to receive a sign, or a share, of God's unconditional love. But that experience of love is spoiled, whether in marriage or in friendship, when we do not think and act as God wills us to think and act. Human loving is precarious, for human nature is wounded and frail. Thus marriage and friendship will never be easy to handle. We shall often fail, but the ideal remains.
6) Human rights: The Catholic Church advocates and defends the fundamental human rights of every person. But the Church cannot acknowledge among fundamental human rights a supposed "right" to acts which she teaches to be morally wrong. It is a fundamental human right of every person, irrespective of sexual orientation, to be treated by individuals and by society with dignity, respect and fairness. So the Church condemns violence of speech or action against people of a same-sex orientation. Nothing in the Church's teaching can be said to support or sanction, even implicitly, their victimisation or isolation. This should have no place among Catholics.
7) Pastoral care: The Church's pastoral response to people of same-sex orientation will involve a respectful attitude and a sympathetic understanding of their situation, in addition to sacramental life, prayer, counsel and individual care so that the whole Christian community can come to recognise its own call to assist its brothers and sisters, without deluding them or isolating them. Those exercising pastoral care recognise that human nature is frail and subject to temptation and are concerned to understand and to help those who find it hard to live in accordance with the Church's teaching. They should remember that the Church warns us against generalisations in attributing culpability in individual cases.
Conclusion: All are precious in the eyes of God. The love which one person can have for and receive from another is a gift of God. Nevertheless, God calls all people to keep his law and to work towards achieving a difficult ideal, even if this will only be achieved gradually. God has a love for every person which is greater than any love which one human being could have for another. In all the circumstances and situations of life, God calls each person, whatever his or her sexual orientation, to fulfil that part of his created design which only that person can fulfil.
My last word:
I am grateful that Cardinal Hume left us this gift. As he makes clear, this message only truly makes sense when we are trying to live our lives in a relationship with Jesus, Our Lord. Only when he stands at the centre of our lives can we understand both the loving support and loving challenge he offers us. Only when we stand before him can we accept ourselves as we are, with all our faults and failings, yet invited to a fullness of life and love which at present we can only glimpse. But we know that the Lord walks with us and will never forsake us.
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
Archbishop Nichols on Love and Friendship
In an article published in The Catholic Herald, Archbishop Vincent Nichols recalls Cardinal Hume's concern that those of a same-sex orientation should feel welcome in the Church.


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Community still checking out library
In the five years since Encinitas opened its striking new library on a hilltop site on Cornish Drive, the branch has been a huge success story with hints of a bittersweet subplot.
Since it's grand opening on Feb. 23, 2008, the library has lost half its employees to budget cuts, a challenge facing many libraries throughout the region.
Still, that hasn't hurt the Encinitas Library's popularity with the local community.
During the last six months, the branch was the most-visited library in of all the 33 branches in the county library system, Encinitas branch manager Amy Geddes said Thursday. It had 249,369 visitors between July 2012 and January 2013.
And, its book, CD and DVD checkout rate is the fourth-highest in the county, she added. Patrons checked out 465,676 items between July 2012 and January 2013.
"I'm pretty proud of that," Geddes said.
The branch celebrated its birthday — and the 100th anniversary of the county library system — with a party Saturday at the Cornish Drive site. Activities included speeches from dignitaries such as county Supervisor Dave Roberts, library system Director Jose Aponte and Encinitas Mayor Teresa Barth, as well as live music and cake.
Before the $20 million, 27,000-square-foot facility opened, some Encinitas residents forecast the place would quickly become obsolete given the exploding popularity of the Internet.
In a Feb. 18, 2006, story in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Encinitas Councilman James Bond was quoted saying that he saw no long-term need for a library.
"The library is, frankly, going to be a brand new dinosaur," he said. "In 10 years, nobody will be making a trip to the library to get a book. We will be looking at a Palm Pilot or a computer at home."
People gave that same dire prediction before the county's Cardiff library branch opened in 2003 and it sure didn't come true, the city's mayor said Friday.
Like the library in Cardiff, the Encinitas Library "is popular every moment that it is open and I think people would like it open even more than it is," Mayor Teresa Barth said. "It's just been a wonderful addition to the Encinitas community."
Barth and Kathleen Warren, the Friends of the Encinitas Library president, both described the Encinitas library as a much-needed community gathering spot.
Barth said many people come to use the library's free Wi-Fi service, and find themselves checking out books before they head home. Warren said she and other Friends volunteers joke that they work in a place that's more like a Borders or Barnes & Noble bookstore because the Encinitas library branch has a coffee shop, community classes and many other offerings.
On Friday morning, adults could attend a citizenship class, while the littlest library patrons could go to "Bouncing Babies Storytime." Friday afternoon's activities included a game lounge, a Spanish conversation session, a Zumba dance class and a teen writers' gathering. The community room is in almost constant use, Warren said.
Volunteers with the Friends organization have ample opportunity to see just how busy the library has become because they've been increasing their volunteer hours as the library's budget has been reduced. Roughly two dozen Friends volunteers now shelve books in the library, Warren said.
Geddes said the library has 10 paid employees, and five years ago there were 21.
Increasing automation has helped with the staffing reductions, she added. About three years ago, the library installed an automated system where patrons place their books on a bar-code sensing pad to check them out. The equipment prints a receipt for patrons.
"It's been a really huge help," Geddes said.
Warren said her Friends group is about to embark on its largest-ever fundraising project and will help the library become even more automated. They want to collect $120,000 to purchase machinery that will sort and process library materials when patrons return them. With the new machinery, the library could get books back on the shelves within an hour-and-a-half after people put them in the book drops, she said.
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TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound is delighted to announce a $1.1 million commitment from the Names Family Foundation in support of a new athletics and aquatics center.
The generous pledge will help Puget Sound enhance Memorial Fieldhouse and attach a spacious addition to it, creating a modern, attractive, fully-integrated recreation and fitness facility for Puget Sound's student athletes, campus members, and the community. The pledge was made as part of the One [of a Kind] The Campaign for University of Puget Sound, which will raise $125 million for student support, educational and campus resources, and facilities.
"This remarkable gift from the Names Family Foundation will support a tremendous asset for all our current and future students, and especially for our student athletes," said Puget Sound President Ronald R. Thomas. "It is inspiring to have a family that includes several Puget Sound alumni so generously support the enhancement of a complete college experience for generations to come. The new center will provide all campus members with top-rate fitness facilities; it will help attract and support students and high-performing student-athletes; and it will add a special spark to Logger spirit and pride, with an impressive addition to Puget Sound's beautiful campus."
Erin Shagren, trustee and administrator of the Names Family Foundation and a 1988 graduate of Puget Sound, said the gift aligns with the foundation's mission of enhancing health and fitness opportunities in the Tacoma and Pierce County area. She said the project has special significance for her because her parents, Tom Names '59 and Anna "Meg" Names '56, met while studying at Puget Sound.
"I'm really excited about the new athletics facility because University of Puget Sound has long been important to my family," Shagren said. "I had three great uncles who attended Puget Sound; my dad, mother, and I all graduated from there; and my father played basketball for the Loggers."
To create the $17.5 million center, Puget Sound will upgrade and expand the athletics facilities within Memorial Fieldhouse and Pamplin Sports Center, and build an aquatics center on the west side. The additional 39,000 square feet of space will extend the facilities to the south and west, and replace part of a current parking lot.
Pamplin Sports Center will receive spacious additions that will include a modern fitness center, rowing ergonomics room, enhanced training room, cafe, team meeting room/classroom, and coaches' offices. A new northwest entrance and reception area, with floor to ceiling windows ascending three stories high, will complement the recently reconfigured north entrance of Memorial Fieldhouse.
The daylight-filled aquatics center will include a 25-yard, 8-lane swimming pool, with space for water polo, scuba, and kayaking, plus an additional three warm-up lanes for instruction, rehabilitation, and therapy. The state-of-the-art pool will replace the current Wallace Memorial Pool that was built in a separate building in 1957. The timing of the construction will be determined as the capital campaign progresses.
The new facility, designed by architects Sink Combs Dethlefs, will be in high demand. Logger student athletes make up nearly 20 percent of the student body, while many more students take part in intramural and club sports teams, fitness activities, and climbing. Athletics facilities are also extensively used by staff, faculty, alumni, and members of the community.
Logger varsity teams have achieved a high standing, capturing 40 Northwest Conference Championships since Puget Sound joined NCAA Division III in 1999. The women's swimming teams have particularly excelled, winning 13 of the last 16 Northwest Conference championships.
The Names Family Foundation was established in 1996 by Scott and Sis Names, who shared a passion for philanthropy and a deep interest in health and fitness. The couple, who grew up in Pierce County and raised three children, were early investors in a sports shoe business, started by a young Oregon athlete, that later became the global firm Nike. Scott Names passed away in 2004 at age 91. Sis Names continues to be an active foundation board member.
Other Puget Sound projects supported by the Names Family Foundation have included the Names Family Foundation Endowed Fund for Athletics, Lower Baker Field renovations, Logger Club annual support, and the football field scoreboard.
For more about One [of a Kind] The Campaign for University of Puget Sound visit: https://www.pugetsound.edu/one-of-a-kind/
Press-quality renderings of the athletics and aquatic center can be downloaded from: www.pugetsound.edu/pressphotos
Photos on page: Top right: Great hall in the new center; Top: Front entrance; Above right: Pool and fitness center (Renderings by Puget Sound Facilities Services). Above left: Names Family Foundation co-founder Evelyn "Sis" Names celebrates her 95th birthday with her son Tom Names and daughter Paula Larkin. (Photo courtesy of Erin Shagren)
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Human rights promoted in Argentina
From 23 to 30 March 2012, the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH) will inaugurate its activities in Buenos Aires with an International Course on the Promotion of Human Rights. The Centre was established in the capital of Argentina in 2010, with the support of UNESCO, on the premises of the former Naval School of Mechanical Engineering (ESMA) which served as the largest clandestine detention and extermination centre under Argentina's military dictatorship.
No less than three Ministers from the Argentinian Government and several representatives of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association, laureate of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, will participate in this first session.
The course aims to provide an overview of the situation of the promotion of human rights worldwide through an exchange of information and ideas on different countries and regions. Thus, it will improve the capacities of its participants, in particular in the area of diagnosis, analysis, planning, and evaluation of public policies related to human rights.
Provided in English and Spanish, the course will contribute to the strengthening of CIPDH's institutional work by building a network of actors from the educational system, national and international public officials, researchers, representatives from communication and culture, and social organizations related to human rights.
It has been designed as a seminar-workshop around the following core topics:
- Memory, truth and justice;
- Promotion of human rights in democracy: complete conceptualization of human rights with a focus on economic, social and cultural rights as well as on ICTs;
- Educational policies and practices linked to human rights;
- Communication, culture and art for the promotion of memory and human rights.
In 2008 when UNESCO commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its Member States decided in October to provide the world with an international centre for the promotion of human rights. The centre was established in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in the buildings formerly occupied by the Naval School of Mechanical Engineering (ESMA), which was the largest clandestine centre for the detention and execution of civilians under Argentina's military dictatorship (1976-1983). According to human rights organizations, some 5000 'disappeared' detainees were held at ESMA, of whom 90% were murdered. Other crimes were also committed there, including torture and the kidnapping of babies.
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Future Connections
The museum has partnered with University Circle Incorporated for over 15 years in this exciting summer program. Exceptional teens from the Cleveland area are chosen for the eight week program that emphasizes life skills and career choices. Students that are selected to work at the museum are mentored by museum staff. As part of their museum experience, students assist in children's classes, create a research project which includes a public tour, and participate in lectures and art studios. After four weeks with a UCI cultural institution, students are assigned to a business internship for the remainder of the session. Students receive a stipend for their participation.
For more information and a list of participating school districts and cultural institutions, please visit UCI's website.


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And if you are of that persuasion, make sure YOUR Donkey Dick is well seated in Chicken Tikka.
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Donald Ornelas Jr. is an attorney at Agajanian, McFall, Weiss, Tetreault & Crist LLP, a Los Angeles law firm specializing in defending businesses active in the sports, leisure and recreation industries. Ornelas also is a risk management consultant with Sports Risk Control LLC, which creates customized turnkey risk management programs for health clubs and other sports facilities and organizations nationwide. Ornelas is an active member of the World Waterpark Association, the Roller Skating Association, and the International Amusement and Leisure Defense Association. You can reach him at (323) 993-0198 or at [email protected]. You can also visit the Web site at www.agajanianlaw.com.
As you know, many incidents at health and fitness facilities arise out of equipment failure. Many of these incidents could have been prevented if a regimen of regularly scheduled equipment maintenance had been implemented at the club. Following the suggestions below should get your facility on the right track.1. Make sure qualified professionals are executing your maintenance plan.
The execution of a health and fitness club facility's regularly scheduled preventative maintenance program usually falls to either an in-house maintenance department or an outside maintenance company that is retained by the facility. Either route can be effective for your club. However, you need to ensure that whomever is performing your equipment maintenance is properly trained and qualified to do so.
If you have an in-house maintenance department, you need to make sure that the individuals therein have been properly certified and trained to perform their duties. Read the manuals that come with the various types of equipment to ascertain whether the manufacturer has recommended any particular course of training or certification. If the manufacturer has done so, mandate that your in-house employees complete the training and/or become certified. Also, make sure that you maintain files documenting the training that your employees complete. This may seem costly and time-consuming, but it will definitely pay off if you are involved in a lawsuit based upon allegations of negligence in maintenance of equipment.
Before retaining an outside maintenance company, research their qualifications and reputation. Ask the company to provide you with proof of training and/or certifications. Inquire as to the company's litigation history, if any. Insist on receiving information regarding the proposed maintenance regimen and compare it with that of other companies. Make sure that the company is properly licensed by your jurisdiction and that they are familiar with all relevant local, state and federal regulations.
2. Include indemnity provisions in any contracts with privately retained maintenance companies.
You've done your research, and now your club has chosen to subcontract its equipment maintenance out to an adequately qualified private vendor. This sort of arrangement will invariably require your club and the maintenance company to enter into a written contract. Before signing any contracts, your club needs to ensure that the contract contains adequate indemnity language. The contract should clearly indicate that the maintenance company will agree to indemnify your club and hold it harmless in connection with any claims and/or lawsuits that are filed against the club involving allegations of negligence equipment maintenance. This language should be contained in a separate paragraph within the contract and entitled appropriately so that an independent reader of the contract clearly understands the terms contained therein.
Adequate indemnity protection will ensure that your club is able to tender the defense of any equipment maintenance-related claims to your maintenance company and will also require them to pay any attorneys' fees incurred in connection with those sorts of claims and lawsuits. Also, your insurance company may require your facility to include such language in any maintenance contracts.
3. Ensure that your private vendor has adequate insurance coverage.
The indemnity protection in your maintenance contract will be much less effective if your private vendor has inadequate insurance coverage. You should insist that the maintenance company provide proof of commercial general liability insurance coverage, at the very least. Generally, a policy limit of $1 million will be adequate for your purposes. Proof of this coverage can usually be demonstrated by acquiring copies of the policy's declarations page. This document will set forth the relevant details regarding the policy's coverage. It should also include the contact information for the insurance carrier and/or the broker, which will allow you to independently verify coverage.
4. Regularly supervise your maintenance team.
Your facility should designate an individual to supervise your maintenance team (whether it be in-house or a private vendor) to ensure that your maintenance program is being properly implemented. This person should establish regular communication with the lead of your maintenance team. This way, your facility will be knowledgeable of not only the type of maintenance that is being conducted upon its machines, but also the frequency of the maintenance work and who is executing the program. This sort of professionalism will give credibility to your organization in litigated cases involving equipment maintenance.
5. Keep dedicated files documenting the maintenance performed upon your fitness equipment.
Establish a filing system dedicated to documenting the maintenance conducted on your equipment. This will ensure that crucial information regarding your equipment maintenance is readily available to your insurance company, investigator and/or attorney if a claim or a lawsuit has been filed.
Establishing an equipment maintenance program should be a priority for your facility. While it can be costly and time-consuming initially, having an effective program will definitely pay off if your club is involved in equipment-related litigation or claims.