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As of 10:30 a.m. GM stock traded up at the open relative to Friday's down close.
New car sales show strong growth – except when compared to December, which saw much stronger sales than anticipated.
Will Hosni Mubarak step down peaceably? Will there be a moderate transition? Those are the questions on the political front.
On the economic front, its budding auto and SUV industry is at stake.
Unlike Sgt. Pepper, though, the automobile has never really gone out of style. Fact is, that day has since lived in infamy, because it is considered the official birthday of the automobile.
It's been written that Israeli-born Shai Agassi is much more than a car-part inventor or a lithium-battery whiz: He's an electric-car prophet.
Problem is, incentives are always at the tax payers' expense; and most tax payers cannot afford an EV even with incentives and a job.
This is the first designer class in history for the event.
As of 1 p.m. GM stock traded as high as 38.22. Still, the stock is subject to the flows of the general market tides.
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Skip to comments.Christmas: Why is it important that God became Flesh?
Posted on 12/24/2001 8:05:12 AM PST by xzins
The Bible says, "The Word Became Flesh".....God became flesh, human. The incarnation.
Why is this important to the average joe? Any opinions, reflections, stories are welcome.
God had to become like one of us...tempted by everything we are and yet He couldn't sin...not even once. That's why Satan tried to tempt Jesus with everything that he could.
Jesus is our Passover Lamb. If you're aware of the Passover story. He had to die as a spotless Lamb without a flaw or blemish. In order that we might be saved.
Without Jesus's shed blood there couldn't be forgiveness for our sins. When God looks at a saved sinner all He see's is Jesus's blood covering us.
One of the lessons I take from Him is that all else passes, love alone endures.
While I believe that Christ was the sacrifice for our sins, I cannot completely follow the logic of it. Why did He have to die, for example, just because I sinned? Why is it logical for God to forgive me because Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross. It seems like God would've been really pleased with Jesus, but that I'm still standing there looking pretty dirty.
It's like if my brother came to the Judge to offer to take the penalty for my reckless driving conviction. The judge might be impressed with my brother's love, but he'd still have to consider that I was THE ONE WHO had broken the reckless driving law. Not to mention that I would need retraining in driving.
Firstly thank you for the thread, as someone who sometimes struggles with such things and has arrived at my search rather late in life I find the questions and answers helpful.
But it raises a point that I've not been able to resolve nor have I found anyone who can.
If indeed Jesus died for our sins so that if we believe in him we will go to heaven when do we go to heaven? When we die?
I find this at odds with things like the various creeds that proclaim that Jesus will return to judge the living/quick and the dead/raise the dead (depending on the creed). If we're in heaven (or hell) who is going to be /judgedraised?
Any references, clarifications, discussions etc. would be greatly appreciated.
The conclusion that St. Thomas reached was that the Incarnation had a secondary purpose, and that purpose was to provide an example for mankind of supreme humility and compassion. From a human perspective, nothing could be more "humiliating" than for an all-powerful, immortal God to assume a mortal body and become a part of His own creation.
Interestingly, I find that the story of Satan's temptation of Christ is the most compelling evidence in Scripture of this view. Satan offers three distinct temptations, and in every instance Christ refuses them in a manner that does not require him to "use" any supernatural powers.
That is why Christ was required to be born, die, and live again.
It's figurative. The Kingdom of Heaven is the issue. The 8 Beatitudes explain this to some degree.
Well, we know from the Bible that "the wages of sin is death." So apart from Christ, all men are sinners deserving of death and eternal punishment. The reason Jesus had to come as God incarnate is so that he could be our substitute. On the cross, Jesus willingly took on every single individual sin that his people have ever committed...he took on every sin nature....and in those moments, he took upon himself God's judgment of US. This is the miracle of the incarnation and the cross. It was both a supernatural and a human act that broke the power of sin and satisfied God's justice. This is part of Jesus' cry from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" At that moment, God turned his back on his own son because of the sin he took upon his own sinless person...in this, Jesus endured God's wrath and God turning away from him, so that God could turn his face toward us.
By the life that he lived, we are clothed in His righteousness (because he fulfilled the law we were unable to) and in His sacrifice, our sins are washed away.
This is a gift that could only come through someone who was perfectly human and perfectly God, both at the same time.
The reason that Christ HAD to be both God and man was so that his humanity could "stand in" for us and could satisfy God's justice. God cannot go against his own nature and righteousness, so Jesus satisfies God's justice on our behalf, but he also mediates God's mercy and grace to us. Mercy, grace and justice all meet at the cross of Christ.
Amazing Grace indeed!!
By re-alligning man's relationship with the all powerful "god in the sky", we radically alter all our notions of the individual's relationship to earthly authority--and vice versa, of course.
Which is why Christianity will, inevitably become the targetted enemy of the New World Order. It has to be. This is also why you find that global capitalists, left-wing radicals and bureacratic/mangerial functionaries have an affection for Islam. When you see all those men with their foreheads on the ground you should meditate upon the underlying assumptions about authority and the individual human's place in the hierarchy of the universe that such a physical posture betrays.
And all because Christians were able to fashion a brilliant melding of Jewish, classical Greek/Roman, and European pagan practices around the person of Jesus and his followers.
We also see, as the visigoth Ruling Elite tears us further and further away from our cultural heritage, certain loathsome Christian heresies have taken root. A sort of de-naturing of the faith is taking place--the anti-intellectual demands of a commercialized, democratic society--and the person of Jesus is subtly downplayed in favor of the Old Testament psycopath who is so beloved to so many "law and order" types.
Consequently the American people are much more bovine and complacent in the face of the grotesqely huge Imperial interventionist police/welfare state that now "protects" them from "evil" at home and abroad.
As Montiverdi so brilliantly puts it in "Christe, Redemptor Omnium":
"Christe, Redemptor omnium,
Quem lucis ante originem,
Parem paternae gloriae,
Pater supremus editit,
Memento, rerum Conditor,
Nostri quod olim corporis,
Sacrate ab alvo Virginis,
Nascendo, formam sumpseris...."
When a human being can stand upright under the sun and adress his "god" in this fashion it has revolutionary implications....
Merry Christmas. On to the barricades...
During the Great Tribulation, you will come back with Jesus as his army to fight against the un-Godly...And of course, you and Jesus will prevail, mightily...
When you get to heaven, you will be judged by Jesus on "what you did for Him as a Christian"...The Bible says that what you did on earth that didn't produce good for God, will be burned...What you did that was good, you will be rewarded for...
At the White Throne Judgement, everyone WILL confess that Jesus is Lord, before they are cast into outer darkness to the lake of fire....The two are not the same...
Many will disagree with what I just said...My only advice to you or anyone is, Don't let someone "educate" you out of the Bible...
He assumes our form for no other reason than to be the atoning Sacrifice for the sin of the world, the Lamb of God. Not for angels or spirits did He do this. Nor did He become a giraffe or dog. Whatever righteousness one may lack, it is found in Him. What ever punishment we deserve was born by Him. And He lives and rules eternally for the good of all, even our enemies.
Truly remarkable, and good reason to rejoice depsite the temporary woes of this life.
From what I can read in the Bible, Heaven exists (the Bible states that it does), but when we die we do not go directly to Heaven. We must all be judged first (Judgement Day), hence the Revelations scripture of raising the sleeping (dead) to be judged before the living and that Heaven is rebuilt.
Some believe that when we die, everyone sleeps until the final judgment, and then at that point those who are in Christ go to heaven.
Many believe that those who are in Christ go immediately to heaven upon their death--that's what I believe. There are a couple of proof texts that come to mind. One is Paul's statement regarding whether or not it is better to be alive and here on earth or present with the Lord (if someone has a Bible and knows the passage, you could clean up my paraphrase 'cause it's really awful). The other proof text that really convinces me is Jesus' declaration to the thief on the cross when he says, "Today you shall be with me in paradise."
Thanks for saying that. I woke up this morning with a situation in my head concerning a nasty neighbor who has caused me incredible grief over the past several years with his antics. Dunno why it popped into my head since thankfully nothing has happened in several weeks but it did, and I started the day angry and frustrated over how someone could be so obtuse.
Your simple statement has given me a new perspective. I think I'll pray for that nasty old neighbor. God works in many ways.
God has complete metaphysical control of the indebtedness incurred in sin -- something which cannot happen with mere human justice. Perhaps a more understandable analogy would be that of a business in good financial condition which takes ownership of a second business which is heavily in the red, then it pays off the second business's debts.
There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays, like Christmas. His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.
One snowy Christmas Eve, his wife was taking their children to a Christmas Eve service in the farm community in which they lived. She asked him to come, but he refused." That story is nonsense!" he said. "Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!" So she and the children left, and he stayed home.
A while later, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening. Then he heard a loud thump. Something had hit the window. Then another thump. He looked out, but couldn't see more than a few feet. When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have been beating on his window. In the field near his house he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window, it seemed. The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought. It's warm and safe; surely they could pend the night and wait out the storm.
So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them and they moved further away.
He went into the house and came with some bread, broke it up, and made a bread crumbs trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on. Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them toward the barn, but they only got more scared and scattered in every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be warm and safe. "Why don't they follow me?!" he exclaimed. "Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?" He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human. "If only I were a goose, then I could save them," he said out loud. Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese. He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the barn--and one by one the other geese followed it to safety.
He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind: "If only I were a goose, then I could save them!" Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier. "Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!" Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese--blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so He could show us the way and save us. That was then meaning of Christmas, he realized.
As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered this wonderful thought. Suddenly he understood what Christmas was all about, why Christ had come. Years of doubt and disbelief vanished like the passing storm. He fell to his knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer:"Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the storm!"
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I Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
I Corinthians 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
And a similar idea here.... I Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
I have my share of grievances and angers over some of the slights and harm others have done to me, and thinking of His request always reminds me that those who sin against us usually have no understanding that they are hurting us.
And, I am always afraid that I have done the same or worse to others without understanding the impact of my words or actions.
So, when I say the Lord's Prayer, I concentrate very hard on how much I need to forgive others if I want to be forgiven.
What gave him the right to purchase me? Was it some kind of old law of the universe that God had established? Sort of like, "if you give your life for someone, then they belong to you?"
God wants a close relationship with man, John 3:16
Our sin separates us from God, Isa. 59:2
Justice requires that our sins be paid for, Rom. 5:23
God provided a sacrifice to pay for our sins, 1 John 4:10
Jesus Died on the Cross voluntarily
Jesus had the choice, Matt. 26:53, 54
He was sinless, 1 Pet. 2:22
Jesus had the power, John 19:11
Jesus had the will, Matt. 26:39
pleased not Himself, Rom 15:3
He loved us, Eph 5:2
for you you have nothing to offer that isn't God's already, Luke 17:10
the Father wants a close relationship so He paid your cost, John 3:16
so that you could choose to be close to Him, James 4:8
He still doesn't force you to, Mark 16:16
The Jews had to make many specific sacrifices to God. Jesus serves as our sacrifice.
To make this an object lesson, We'll give xzins a dollar bill.
Say we all went out to a restaurant to eat. We all eat til we're stuffed but xzins eats nothing.
Then the waiter delivers the bill. We're broke.
Only "xzins" has any money. Who will pay the bill?
xzins's the only one with money.
Who should pay the bill? We should. But we can't.
If xzins pays, is that fair? No. Is it merciful of him? Yes!
Jesus paid our bill for us. We could never have enough to pay for our sins.
Should we be grateful? Yes!
The right to purchase comes from His role in Creation:
Colossians 1:13-17
13 For he [God] has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
It's not a universal application, because Jesus is BOTH man AND God together in one person. So the rights and privileges that he has come from his standing as God, whereas his representation of man before God comes from his human nature.
Also, the Father has given us to the Son to be redeemed, as the following passages talk about:
John 6:38-40
38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
40 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
It gave me "Goose Bumps"
God made it very simple for us...man has tried to make our salvation hard.
The sacrifice is that Christ already had the benefits and glory of being God. God has no need of man for anything, He could have simply let man be destroyed by his own wickedness and sin. Yet instead, he chose to show His mercy through Jesus. And Jesus' sacrifice was one not just of dying, though that was horrific in and of itself, but his sacrifice was also in taking on the sin of the world--all that ugliness and wickedness that God hates, he put upon Himself. It was a spiritual sacrifice, not just a physical one.
The glorification that came later was a result of that sacrifice, but that doesn't mean the sacrifice wasn't a sacrifice. For example, if a parent "sacrifices" by working long and hard hours, foregoing certain material blessings, in order for their child to go to college and have a better life, it doesn't undo the sacrifice if his peers then praise him for those sacrifices and it doesn't undo the sacrifice if the child then provides great benefits for the parent.
The glory that came to Christ in response to that sacrifice vindicated the sacrifice, and proved that the sacrifice was acceptable to God.
If you're a Christian (accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior) at the moment of your death you are in Heaven with Him.
You just don't have your physical flesh & bone (resurrected) body yet
It's put a huge smile on my face!!! :)
Answered by others but here's my answer.
Suppose your fine for Reckless driving was a million dollars or hanging and there was no way in your entire life you could ever pay the million dollars. However, your long-lost brother was an early investor in Microsoft and had a million to give you. He willingly gave it and so you were released. You were still guilty but the price was paid by another who loved you.
That would be called 'grace' - an unwarranted favor, not earned and not deserved. Love personified by Jesus Christ. God in human form, dying for us, his beloved children. Paying the price we could not pay and with His resurrection three days later, defeating death and showing us that death is not the end. We live on, in a different form, for eternity.
If we accept the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, we are promised a home in heaven - with God. If we chose to reject Christ's fee gift, we will spend it outside of heaven, in hell, away from God forever and we will know that we made the choice - not God. That will be part of the punishment; separation from God and the full understanding that we put ourselves in hell, forever, with no appeal or reprieve.
That's the reality that we are free to accept or reject (free will). Hard to believe that hundreds of millions chose to reject the gift but they do, and with wonderfully intellectual reasoning and articulate arguments why God does not exist, the bible is a collection of lies and fantasy and Christ was a figment of someones imagination. Tragic.
They scoff and sneer at the very suggestion that they might need a savior (ala Ted Turner). Science is all, man is supreme and God is dead, a victim of man's superior intellect. Humanism. Arrogant and self-serving but very, very popular in these parts. Be warned.
The deed to the land was rolled into a scroll and wax was affixed to it to hold it closed. If a man could not afford to get his land back, he might go to a more properous kinsman and ask him to buy it back for him. He was called the Kinsman Redeemer, he would pay the price, take the scroll and break the wax seal, only he was allowed to do this. In Revelation, Jesus is breaking the wax on the scroll and reclaiming dominion over the earth and all that it in it, our Kinsman Redeemer.
God the Father, allowed God the Son, to become flesh, no longer are we just created in His image, no longer are we just a creation like a bird or a cow, we are actually related to Him now in the flesh bond. We needed a Kinsman Redeemer to redeem us from death, and now that is accomplished.
The punishment for sin is death, the only attonement blood, God's justice, mercy, wrath, grace, to me is like lightening flashes of pure emotion, man use to receive the full dose of whatever was turned to him, Jesus seems to me the prism that blends them into compassion from experience, and He is the only way to God.
MAPie, I think you're onto what I'm looking for.
Let's say that I'm hopeless, helpless, and without God in my life. That's bad, right? But let's say it's worse than that. Let's say I'm destructive, that I'm prone to destroying things, causing them to either directly or indirectly die. I'm messing up the whole scene. By all appearances, I'm an active enemy against God's creation. If an analogy would fit, pretend I'm a corn borer in the cornfield. I'm destroying the crop that the farmer worked so hard to plant. The farmer needs to spray to kill me off, 'cause all I'm doing is bringing death to what he's trying to grow.
That'd make me not just lost, but also deserving of extermination; in fact, it'd make my extermination a necessary thing.
So Jesus comes along and dies for a seriously destructive me AND that gives him the right to purchase me and go to God and say, "Look, he belongs to me. He's one of the ones I bought. I'm gonna rehabilitate this one, so none of this "go to hell" stuff with this guy. He's one of mine."
Now, at this point, why doesn't God say, "No dice, Jesus! How in the world did you get the idea that dying for that destructive little twerp would give You the right to purchase him? Where'd you get that idea? He's a blight on creation and everything he touches seems to die, decay, or rot. We gotta get rid of him."
At this point, I need Jesus to reply with, "I had the right to purchase him based on X and Y of Code Z "Law of the Universe" subsection 7.111."
MA Pie, your stuff about the year of jubilee and the redeemer getting to take back what was family property gets in the direction of what I'm looking for. But let's say I go to that farmer with the corn-borer problem and say, "Hey, Mr Farmer, I became a corn-borer and died for them, so I want you to stop spraying now. That gave me the right to purchase them, so they're all mine now." The farmer will say, "Says who? What law says you get to own them if you die for them?"
Also, there does need to be a rehab program that Jesus would mention that would convince the Judge that I'm going to somehow be rendered non-destructive. How does just believing in Jesus convince God that I'm going to be a good candidate for the rehab, not just now but for eternity. See what I mean? Otherwise, I might go on some tear in the spiritual world like Satan did, who was a former Angel, and start more destruction in that realm and need to be brought to an end.
I'd appreciate any thoughts on this question that you might have. I hope I'm not wasting your time.
A young man came to Jesus telling him how respectful he was of him. Jesus said, "Follow me", and the young man replied, "First let me go and bury my Father". Jesus said to him "Let the dead, bury the dead". To understand what Jesus meant you must have a grasp on what being a human or any other animal entails. Everything has a soul, your personality as it were, just the fact that your alive means you have a soul, but this does not distinguish you from any other animal, except for the fact that you were made in the image of God. So we all walk around with our souls and our distinct personalities, but the soul we have is "apt to die" to perish.
Jesus stands at the door of your heart and gently knocks, he doesn't barge in, he doesn't demand you follow him, he is offering you eternal life as his companion, a member of the family of God. When you understand that he has created a bridge between you and God that sin had blocked and you accept what he did for you, you are given the "Holy Spirit", a part of God comes to live inside you.
It begins as a little seed, like a mustard seed, it is YOUR will that waters and makes it grow. It is many people's experience that when you first make that decision to accept what Jesus did for you, Satan becomes furious, many people's lives are hit with so much trouble causing so much anger, that is usally directed towards God, it's like, "See what happens when I try to come to God? If this is what my life will be like, forget it". The Bible warns in Matthew 13:19 that Satan will try to snatch that seed from you by blind siding you, it is your will that keeps it. It must be such a pearl of great price to you that you will go through anything to keep it.
Once you have set your will you find one of two things happens, it is different with different people, one set will find that they are suddenly transformed into a new person, but most of us find out slowly, little by little, that we are no longer alone inside ourselves, we begin to recognize there is another voice that speaks to our decision making. That is the Holy Spirit, and you can follow it, or ignore it, your choice. The more you follow it, the more you are transformed into the image of Christ, you are still yourself, but your mind changes about alot of things.
You are no longer only human, your soul is not "apt to die", you have become enternal and on the road to eternal adventures that other's will gnash their teeth in anguish over have missed, much to their sorrow and God's.
I hope this helps your understanding, if you follow the new person inside you, follow his voice, then you no longer are the destructive insect you mentioned, but a blessing to God, and a tool for God to bless others. Merry Christmas xzins, I hope if you have anymore questions you will honor me with a question. God bless and keep you until that day when we meet in His presence full of joy and anticipation.
Ever hear of crypto-marcionism?
Great answer, and a good hint that the theory of substitutionary attonement is inadequate to an understanding of how God transforms and redeems time and matter through his intervention therein.
I have recently been thinking about prayer. Now, we all know that prayer is chiefly a means of conforming ourselves to God, but how are we to understand petitionary prayer if we also understand God as unchanging? I don't yet have an answer to this, but I have a hunch: God's receptiveness to prayer is somehow caught up with the Incarnation -- with his own entry into time. Perhaps this is part of what's meant when we see Christ referred to as the high priest through whom all must come to have access to the Father.
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San Diego is beautifull, ya estoy en san diego con Albert
Gec, cuando puedas apunta ha Kasty (Champion in Spain) en el post ;D
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Grats twash ;)
Ninahaza.... :( WHYYY? :/
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12 participants europeans :P
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-bluecookies go to san diego :3 (He is champion in 2010)
Top4 masters?
top8 masters?
video final???
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who top4 masters?
what are the results of the top16?
I think Human and Huy winers =D
when it begins, could put the battles live?
top16 masters? o.o
you can see some live?
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It has been one year (and a few days) since I uploaded my first deviation to deviantart.
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Here's a new space scene to celebrate
Hope you like it!
awesome the picture, and also awesome what you did with the rings.
I love it! Beautiful color choice!
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Thanks Yeah the rings were a bit of an afterthought... I'll put more effort in them next time (if I make rings next time )
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Volume 78, Issue 1, 01 July 1995
Investigation of microwave π transitions in cesium beam clocks operated with U‐shaped H plane waveguide cavities78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360652View Description Hide Description
In this article, we present the characteristics of the ΔF=±1, Δm F =±1, π microwave transitions which appear in the response of cesium beam resonators operating with U‐shaped waveguide Ramsey cavities bent in the plane of the H field. Such resonances are due to the presence in the cavity of microwavemagnetic induction perpendicular to the static field direction. It is shown that the π resonance feature is derived from a pure two‐level atomic system interacting with four spatially separated oscillating fields. Good agreement is found between experimental data and theoretical predictions when we take into account the actual transverse microwave field profile in the cavity obtained with tridimensional electromagnetic field computations.
Electro‐optic measurements of thin‐film materials by means of reflection differential ellipsometry78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360587View Description Hide Description
Electro‐optic properties of thin‐film materials grown on opaque substrates are determined utilizing the principles of reflection differential ellipsometry. The scheme of the measurement involves the detection of the field‐induced phase shift in a probing light beam reflected from thin‐film samples. To quantitatively determine the field‐induced indices change or birefringence and the field‐induced strain it is essential to model the differential ellipsometric process in the stratified structure. The modeling reveals that the field‐induced changes of the ordinary and the extraordinary indices contribute to the measured phase shift with different incident‐angle dependences. The field‐induced strain gives yet another unique incident‐angle distribution. By means of an incident‐angle‐varying technique, therefore, the field‐induced changes of ordinary index and extraordinary index in a thin‐film material may be determined separately. Detailed descriptions of the measuring technique and the modeling work are presented.
Effects of azimuthal and radial spreads of canonical momentum on electron‐beam focusing characteristics in the presence of space‐charge forces78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360647View Description Hide Description
A theoretical and numerical investigation of the effects of azimuthal and radial spreads of canonical momentum on an electron beam focused by a magnetic lens in the presence of space‐charge forces is presented. The particles are inserted with an initial Gaussian distribution in the transverse space and in the momentum coordinates or with a uniform initial current distribution. The particle trajectory equation is derived for parameters of an arbitrary applied fields configuration with cylindrical symmetry, and a nonvanishing initial canonical momentum. In the absence of an initial momentum spread particles launched above a critical radial distance from the axis exhibit a phase‐space tearing effect in the electron distribution. The inclusion of initial canonical momentum spread in the model allows for skewed trajectories with strong centrifugal force which prevents the appearance and overshadows the effect of strong space‐charge forces near the axis, which are responsible for the phase‐space tearing effect.
Mechanism for resonance in the interaction of tunneling particles with modulation quanta78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360667View Description Hide Description
Numerical simulations of quantum tunneling with time‐dependent barriers show that there is a resonance, with a marked increase in the tunneling current. For square barriers the resonance occurs when the tunneling particles absorb modulation quanta and the length of the barrier is a multiple of one‐half de Broglie wavelengths. The resonance has a similar mechanism with triangular barriers. However, the relationship is more complex because the absorption and emission of modulation quanta takes place throughout the full length of the barrier, whereas this exchange only occurs at the ends of a square barrier.
Effects of Penning reactions and excitation rate on the pulsed transverse‐discharge neon laser for photodynamic therapy78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360677View Description Hide Description
Theoretical analysis of the output performance of a transverse discharge pumped neon Penning laser (585.3 nm) using a mixture of Ne/H2 is described. The validity of the kinetic model is confirmed by comparing the results to the experimental discharge and laser performance. It is theoretically shown that the optimum mixing ratio of the Ne/H2 mixture is 1:2.5, and the optimum operating pressure is about 56 Torr. The model also predicts that the intrinsic efficiency reaches a peak of 8.5×10−6 at an excitation rate of 0.5 MW/cm3 under the optimum mixing ratio and operating pressure conditions. At excitation rates in excess of 0.5 MW/cm3 the laser output power is slowly increasing and then saturates due to electron collisional quenching of the upper laser level. The laser power extraction is increased by laser injection seeding in order to rapidly build up the lasing. The improved intrinsic efficiency is about two times higher than without the injection seeding. The improved specific laser output is 8 W/cm3, therefore, a discharge volume of 125 cm3 will be able to generate the peak laser power reaching 1 kW. This power value is sufficient to obtain the same treatment effect as the gold vapor laser used in photodynamic therapy. Moreover, by fitting this model to the experimental results of the laser output energy with a Ne/D2 mixture, it is shown that the Penning ionization rate constant of H2 is larger than that of D2.
Nonlinear bulk acoustic waves in anisotropic solids: Propagation, generation, and reflection78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360615View Description Hide Description
In this article, we address the nonlinear properties of bulk acoustic waves in anisotropic solids. While ordinary driving waves are obtained by means of the quasiwave mode concept in the discussion on propagation problems, we focus our analysis on the driving wave satisfying the resonant condition which exhibits the characteristics of three‐dimensional spatial accumulation. Then a theory as the basis for solving nonlinear boundary value problems is developed. The novel analysis is presented for nonlinear reflection of bulk acoustic waves at a free surface of a generally anisotropic solid, which reveals that the surface may generate freely propagating second‐harmonic waves, and that the reflective second‐harmonic waves increase two dimensionally in the bulk. This technique can also be applied to wave reflection problems at other kinds of planar boundaries. Some numerical calculation is carried out for the case in an isotropic solid.
On the role of atomic oxygen in the etching of organic polymers in a radio‐frequency oxygen discharge78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360630View Description Hide Description
The kinetics of rise and decay of ground‐state atomic oxygen was investigated in a low‐pressure O2 radio‐frequency discharge. The ground state of O was monitored using laser‐induced‐fluorescence spectroscopy. The discharge was operated in two modes: a continuous mode and a pulsed mode. Typical discharge settings are rf power of 100 W, a pressure of 10 Pa, and a gas flow of 10 sccm. Using a pulsed mode the behavior of the O density was determined in a pure O2discharge with no reaction products, and in a discharge during etching of organic polymers. Production and loss mechanisms for O in a pure O2discharge are discussed. For an O2discharge during etching of resist it is found that under the given experimental conditions atomic oxygen does not play a significant role in the chemical etch mechanisms involved.
Dynamic sheath model of collisionless multispecies plasma immersion ion implantation78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360640View Description Hide Description
A collisionless dynamic sheathmodel for multispecies plasmas has been derived for the application of plasma immersion ion implantation(PIII) processes with multispecies dopant gases. In this dynamic sheathmodel, a general form of an effective massM, which includes species compositions and ion masses, is used to determine the sheathexpansion during the pulse. The total ion current, total implant dose, and the corresponding dose components for different species can also be determined with this effective mass. This offers a method for easily evaluating PIII processing and obtaining the correct implant doses for different species. A plasma simulation is used to compare this model.
Visible photoluminescence from hydrogenated silicon particles suspended in a silane plasma78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360582View Description Hide Description
Visible photoluminescence at room temperature has been observed in amorphous hydrogenated silicon particulates during their formation in a silane radio‐frequency plasma. Oxygen injection along with mass spectrometrymeasurements demonstrate that oxygen has no influence on the photoluminescence. The appearance of visible photoluminescence coincides with a particle agglomeration phase as shown by laser light scattering experiments, and electron microscopy shows siliconnanocrystals within these particulates. These observations of visible photoluminescence are consistent with the model of quantum confinement in the siliconnanocrystals.
Analysis of the operating regimes of microsecond‐conduction‐time plasma opening switches78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360583View Description Hide Description
A theoretical model for the microsecond‐conduction‐time plasma opening switch (POS) based on magnetohydrodynamics is presented. The operating processes are associated with the magnetic field transport in the switch. The concept of the freezing‐in of magnetic field in fluids is used to analyse the dynamics of this field in the plasma. One‐dimensional and two‐dimensional numerical simulations lead to the identification of two operating regimes, related to the Hall and the snowplow effects. The transition between these two regimes is determined by the plasma density. Scaling relations are developed from this model. In particular the electrical chargeQ, conducted by the POS during the conduction time, provides a useful tool for comparisons between theory and experiments; it is shown to be the essential parameter for the switch design.
Triggered breakdown in low‐pressure hollow cathode (pseudospark) discharges78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360584View Description Hide Description
Triggered breakdown in hollow cathode discharges in geometries similar to those used for pseudospark switches and pseudospark pulsed electron beams has been investigated experimentally and with a two‐dimensional model previously developed. A systematic study of the influence of the discharge conditions (applied voltage and pressure), geometry, and trigger conditions (trigger intensity and position) on the time to breakdown in helium is presented, and some data are also shown for argon. Excellent qualitative agreement is found between the model predictions and the experimental results. The relation between the time to breakdown and the geometrical distribution of injected charge is discussed, and the understanding gained from these model results is used to suggest guidelines for trigger optimization. Conditions wherein significant oscillations in the current—a ''current quenching'' effect—are observed in the prebreakdown current wave form are discussed.
Measurements of electromagnetic fields in a planar radio‐frequency inductively coupled plasma source78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360585View Description Hide Description
Electromagnetic fields in a planar radio‐frequency inductively coupled plasmasource were measured using an inductive loop (B‐dot) probe. The probe was oriented to measure the time derivative of the axial component of the magnetic field (Ḃ z ). Using these measurements and Faraday's law, taking advantage of cylindrical symmetry, the time varying azimuthal electric field (E φ) was calculated directly. Contour plots of Ḃ z and E φ in the r‐z plane show that the radio‐frequency electromagnetic fields penetrate further into the plasma at lower gas pressure and lower rf power, corresponding to less effective shielding of the fields at lower plasma density. Estimates of skin depth from the axial decay of the field amplitudes near the axis of the discharge are consistent with values calculated from plasma parameters measured with Langmuir probes, confirming that near the axis the degree of shielding is most strongly dependent on the local plasma density. Near the conducting walls of the chamber, the skin depth calculations from the Langmuir probe data diverge from the B‐dot probe data. B‐dot probe measurements taken in the absence of plasma show that near the walls of the chamber the axial decay of the field amplitude is partly a geometrical effect in addition to a plasma shielding effect.
Ion implantation damage in Al0.6Ga0.4As/GaAs heterostructures78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360586View Description Hide Description
The damage produced at the interfaces in a sample of GaAs/Al0.6Ga0.4As/GaAs that has been subjected to ion implantation at 77 and 293 K with 1 MeV Kr+ ions has been investigated using a combination of ion channeling and transmission electron microscopy(TEM) techniques. Low temperature ion‐channeling spectra obtained from samples implanted at 77 K, to an ion dose of 1014 ions cm−2, were similar to the random spectrum, indicating that the GaAs and Al0.6Ga0.4As layers had sustained a considerable degree of damage. An asymmetric signal developed in the He+ ion‐channeling spectrum as the sample warmed to room temperature. The backscattering yield corresponding to the bottom interface (i.e., Al0.6Ga0.4As grown on GaAs) resembled that of the random yield, whereas that from the top interface (GaAs grown on Al0.6Ga0.4As) decreased, shifting toward the unirradiated channeled spectrum. This observation suggests that the damage produced near the top of the Al0.6Ga0.4As layer is thermally unstable. Cross‐sectional TEM images reveal a greater amount of damage in the form of extended defects and amorphous regions at the bottom interface than at the top one. This difference is sufficient to account for the observed asymmetry in the channeling spectra. Increasing the ion dose to 1015 ions cm−2 produced a damage state throughout the Al0.6Ga0.4As layer that was stable at both 77 and 293 K. TEM examination revealed that at this ion dose the GaAs and Al0.6Ga0.4As layers were both amorphous. Room‐temperature implantation to a dose of 1×1016 ions cm−2 was also performed. Planar defects were observed at both interfaces, although their density appeared to be greater near the bottom interface.
In addition, the bottom interface was rougher than the top. The difference in the damage states at the bottom and top interfaces can be attributed to a variation in the number of displacement cascade events as a function of depth through the Al0.6Ga0.4As layer. This variation in the number of cascades results in different amounts of ion mixing at the top and bottom interfaces.
Unusual electric response of the dislocations and the impurity dipoles in KNbO3 single crystals78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360658View Description Hide Description
A highly unusual electric response of the dislocations and the impurity dipoles in KNbO3single crystals has been found. The etch pits representing these defects move in the structure carrying these defects with them. This shows that the defects have associated with them structural units that are orders of magnitude larger in physical size. Naturally these units are also associated with stress fields and electric effects on account of the ferroelectric nature of the crystal. The nature of the stress fields could be determined by studying the movement of the etch pits in response to the externally applied electric fields. It is found that the impurity dipoles in the observed pseudocubic (001) surface have stress fields similar to those of screw dislocations, and the dipoles in the front and side faces have stress fields similar to those of edge dislocations. The external dc field causes rotation of the dislocation loops and, hence, changes the domain structure. It may order or disorder the dislocations, the effect being reversible. Similar effects have been observed for impurity dipoles. Several consequences of the stress fields have been considered theoretically and observed experimentally. For example, the stress fields of impurity dipoles and dislocation loops lead to their mutual exclusion. Hence, at a given place in the crystal the domain structure is nucleated either by the dislocation loops or by the impurity dipoles. The conjoint domain nucleation, sometimes possible by an impurity dipole and a dislocation loop worked out on theoretical considerations, agrees with experimental observation. Large distance mutual interaction, bulk ordering, dependence of bulk ordering on the density of defects, and domain nucleation have all been explained on the basis of the structural units associated with the impurity dipoles and the dislocation loops.
Study of a〈001〉 and a〈110〉 screw dislocations viewed end‐on in crystal Ba(NO3)2 by birefringence topography78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360659View Description Hide Description
The screw dislocations with Burgers vectora〈001〉 and a〈110〉 in Ba(NO3)2 crystals have been studied by birefringencetopography. In combination with the results obtained previously [C.‐Z. Ge, N.‐B. Ming, K. Tsukamoto, K. Maiwa, and I. Sunagawa, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 7556 (1991); C.‐Z. Ge, H.‐W. Wang, and N.‐B. Ming, ibid. 74, 139 (1993)], it has been shown that not only a〈111〉, but also a〈110〉 screw dislocations viewed end‐on are visible; however, a〈100〉 screw dislocation viewed end‐on are always invisible in barium nitrate crystals. The intensity distributions and extinction rules of birefringence images of a〈110〉 screw dislocation viewed end‐on are determined both experimentally and theoretically.
Structural analysis of imperfect GeSi superlattices grown on Ge(001) substrates78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360660View Description Hide Description
By combining the complementary techniques of x‐ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy we have been able to accurately determine the structure of imperfect GeSi superlattices (SL's). The samples were epitaxially grown on Ge(001) substrates using Si2H6 and GeH4 source gases. In this report, details of the x‐ray experiment and analysis are emphasized. In particular, a model is presented for calculating the diffracted intensity from a SL containing gradients in composition and thickness. Applying this model to the data it is found that between the first and last layers of each SL there exists a roughly 10% increase in the growth rate, without a corresponding change in the alloy composition. This is attributed to a slow increase in the substrate temperature, T sub, of just a few degrees. A sample grown with a corresponding gradual decrease in the control temperature, T C , was found to be much more uniform.
Effective interatomic potential for body‐centered‐cubic metals78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360661View Description Hide Description
An effective interatomic potential suitable for all body‐centered‐cubic (bcc) metals is developed based on the embedded atom method. The potential predicts all major anomalies displayed in the phonon spectra of the bcc transition metals, as well as the large relaxation of the (100) surface of V, Nb, and Ta.
Pattern generation on silicon surfaces and YBa2Cu3O x thin films by a scanning tunneling microscope78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360662View Description Hide Description
In this article, recent results employing scanning tunneling microscopy‐based techniques for the generation of nanometer‐scale patterns on hydrofluoric acid treated silicon(100) and YBa2Cu3O x superconducting thin films are presented. Furthermore, we were able to extract silicon (Si) atoms from Si(100)−1×1 surfaces, thereby producing siliconvacancies in the surface. These results thus demonstrate a possible approach for the construction of an atomic scale data memory as well as fabrication of artificial nucleation sites. The emission mechanism is believed to be field assisted evaporation due to the close proximity of the surface and the probe of the microscope.
Study of the mechanical nanocrystallization process of amorphous Fe78B13Si9 alloy using the pair function method78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360663View Description Hide Description
An amorphous Fe78B13Si9 alloy was subjected to high‐energy ball milling. Studies were performed for several increasing milling times by means of differential scanning calorimetry and x‐ray diffraction. The initial alloy and the milled samples were studied using the pair function method. The analysis of the results has shown that in an amorphous phase defects are created during the first stage of milling, leading to a modified crystallization mechanism. Bulk nucleation is the next stage. The process of the nucleus growth is very limited.
Helium reemission, desorption and microstructure evolution of graphites under helium ion implantation78(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360664View Description Hide Description
Helium reemission, trapping, and thermal desorption from highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG and HPG) of different orientation, polycrystallinegraphite (EK98), and titaniumdopedgraphite (RG‐Ti‐91) have been measured at irradiation temperatures of 300 K and 800 K. The implantation was performed with a 40 keV 4He ion beam. Detailed transmission electron microscopy(TEM) investigation of the microstructure evolution was made on the implanted specimens. He reemission from basal oriented (BO) highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is accompanied by blistering and flaking leading to repetitive gas bursts. On edge oriented (EO) pyrolytic graphite three reemission peaks are observed during room temperatureimplantation, the first and smallest one being assigned to He release from intrinsic lenticular cavities, the second one occurs during early bubble formation when a small amount of implanted gas still escapes accumulation, and the third and largest peak being due to He release by bubble coalescence. The He reemission rate grows very slowly at room temperature and does not reach 100% up to the highest implanted fluence of 3.5⋅1018 He/cm2. At 800 K the He reemission rate from EO pyrolytic graphite reaches 100% immediately after starting implantation due to the high diffusive mobility of He.
EK98 and RG‐Ti‐91 show similar reemission behaviour. No gas bursts due to blistering are observed. The initial reemission rate at 300 K is higher than in EO pyrolytic graphite due to release of He via a network of intergranular channels. At 800 K reemission is rather similar to that from EO pyrolytic graphite. No thermal desorption of He from BO HOPG up to 1200 K is observed for implanted fluences ≤1016 He/cm2. At higher fluences the onset temperature of desorption decreases from 750 K at 2⋅1016 He/cm2 to 380 K at 1017 He/cm2 caused by thermal flaking due to pressure increase of He in submicroscopic cracks. In the other materials two desorption peaks are observed, the first one being related to He release from ''solid solution,'' while the second is attributed to gas escape from He filled bubbles. In contrast to the conclusions of Niwase et al. we find from the reemission kinetics and from selected area electron diffraction patterns (SADP) that graphiteimplanted at 300 K with He up to a damage of 10 dpa and more cannot be regarded as amorphous and shows a distorted turbostratic structure. The c parameter increases to (3.6..3.7)Å. Radiation effects in graphiteimplanted at 800 K are less pronounced up to damage levels of 200 dpa but may decrease the He diffusion coefficient.


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I am new in Richmond Virginia, and my car is not working so i left it in Maryland where i live before, my friend bring me to the mall name chesterfield to do some window shopping. for no reason he said that he got to bring me home for something came out.
I don't want to go home yet so i told him he can leave me at the mall and ill take care of everything.
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I see all the bikes look pretty cool. and the prices is awesome iwent up to 112 down to 67$ and check this thruster bmx bike. all the bike is great but this bike is cheap the body is made of alloy the rims looks very simple but cute. the bike weight is so light so i begin to think to get it. as a bike user i have to check everything and the guy that help me to put the bike is really kind.. and when i went to the counter the lady offer me a protection plan for 6 dollar for a year. thats not bad i think..
so when i went out wall mart i ride the bike going home for the first time.
I am so glad and satisfy for the performance of the bike its east to pedal even the road is going up i handle to ride the bike. without problem i weight like 185 lbs but the bike carry me home like i am a little boy..
The bike will last longer just handle it with care..
i am doing this review because i want to tell everybody how happy I am.
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Bought this for our son he adores this bicycle! great value.
i am rebuilding my fitbike bmx and needed something quick to ride at the skate park with my son and his freinds. went to walmart and picked out the rampage. took it home and stripped it to basics. lost the chain guard, kickstand,slammed the seat got rid of the stickers, raised the handlebars to almost vert. then aired the tires to right pressure checked all bolts and hit the park, this bike was getting air like my 450 dollar bike,we ripped the whole park from half pipes to grinding and gapping whoever says this is not a great bike just can't ride bunnyhops great 180 great bike, oh did i mention i'm 40 yrs old and still shreddin reccomend to anyone beginner or advanced,thanks walmart for a quick fix and a tuff great bike....
this bike is very good me and my girl road it from willamsville ny to clarince ny sh is 20 and i am 22 we love the bike
I got this bike around 6 months ago, and so far it has been great! The chain-guard broke about 2 weeks ago tho. Would recommend this bike!!
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the bike was left on my front porch in horrible shape. the box was tore all to pieces, the bike was scratched everywhere and the stickers were put on wrong and they were peeling. if buying buy from the store, don't have shipped!
Had lots of problems with this bike! The chain and chain guard will not stay together. Had to return it 2 times. We have had the bike 7 months - the chain guard and chain can not be fixed now. Thank goodness for the replacement warranty that they sell!!!
when I received this product, which is very popular with my grandson, the front tire would not go on because the frame was bent. So my grandson could not play with it during the xmas time, so I had to return it, but could not find in the stores to replace it so I had to get a refund and will try to order another one.
Within the first two days the chaingaurd broke off and the kick stand is very weak. Other than that, my son loves his bike! For the money it was an alright purchase. Our next bike purchase will be a little more money and better quality.
this is the bike my son got after returning a green next model this bike is a little better but has the same problems the chain will get very tight and then loose . he made the chain a loose fit so that it will not get tight and break . in so the chain comes off when it is not pulled tight . he said that the had to put it back on 4 times yeaserday... this was the day after christmas and he is ok with the bike but the chain is anoying.
My Husband and son put this bike togther in let than 15mins and he was riding it as soon as air was put in the tires, he really enjoying it.
I would not recommend this bike for anyone's child. My child went to turn on the bike & the bike fell over. My child tripped over the bike & fell onto the brake lever. This was a low speed accident but because of the design on the brake lever it impaled my son's side about 1/2". Kids fall off bikes all the time & a kids bike should not have a design that this type of injury could occur.
not happy at all... the bikes, no wonder so cheap.. me and my neighbor both got bikes.. she has returned hers 3 times already... breaks dont work... tires are thin and cheaply made... that old saying "you get what you pay for" definately meets these bikes
My only problem with the bike is that the tires gets holes in them. I think that i put to much air in it then try going over bumbs or somthing. But other than that i love this bike. Switching to all black mags.
Bike was received in good condition and easy to assemble. My 6 year old has been riding it around the neighborhood for 2 weeks with no problems. He likes the color, handle brakes, and style. Good value.
They really enjoyed the bikes and site to store was so polite on having them assembled before pick up!
Great price for this bike. My 8 year old son loves it and it also came with pegs.
Easy to assemble. Sturdy and well built for the money. My son loves it.


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Mazda CSR
About Mazda's CSR
*1 Mazda revised its Corporate Vision in April 2015, with the following objectives, aiming to be recognized as a corporate group gaining sincere trust of its stakeholders.
・Clarify the attributes of the Mazda brand, and make concerted efforts across the Mazda Group to realize the Corporate Vision.
・Promote the Group-wide dialogue process to share, understand and agree the goal of the Corporate Vision through the continuous thorough discussions.
・Closely link the Corporate Vision to our daily business activities
Basic Approach
Mazda aims to achieve its Corporate Vision through the actions of each individual, based on the Mazda Way. While striving to meet the requests and expectations of all of Mazda's stakeholders, each employee pursues CSR initiatives in the course of their daily business activities. In this way, Mazda contributes to the development of a sustainable society.
Six Areas
Referencing the Charter of Corporate Behavior issued by the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren)*2, etc., Mazda evaluates its CSR initiatives in the six areas of Customer Satisfaction, Environmental Protection, Social Contributions, Respect for People, Compliance and Information Disclose.
- ■ Customer Satisfaction: Offering customers a vehicle ownership experience that exceeds their expectations, through every touch point
- ■ Environmental Protection: Along with being an urgent issue for humanity, this is the highest priority issue for automakers
- ■ Social Contributions: Contributing to local communities as a good corporate citizen
- ■ Respect for People: The foundation of society, including the human resource development that is the foundation of Mazda's corporate activities
- ■ Compliance: Observance of laws and regulations as well as initiatives in line with the Corporate Ethics Code of Conduct
- ■ Information Disclosure: Disclosing information in an appropriate and timely manner
*2 Mazda actively supports the Charter of Corporate Behavior issued by the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren).
Six Areas of CSR Operations
|Customer Satisfaction
|■ Commitment to customers (quality, products, sales, and customer service)
■ Safety initiatives, etc.
|Environmental Protection
|■ Energy- and global-warming-related issues
■ Promoting resource recycling
■ Cleaner emissions
■ Environmental management, etc.
|Social Contributions
|■ Raising environmental/safety awareness
■ Fostering next-generation human resources
■ Contributing to local communities as a corporate citizen, etc.
|Respect for People
|■ Initiatives with employees
■ Respect for human rights, etc.
|■ Internal controls
■ Ensuring appropriate transactions
■ Promoting and thoroughly implementing the Corporate Ethics Code of Conduct, etc.
|Information Disclosure
|■ Actively disseminating information about CSR initiatives in the Mazda Group
■ Engaging stakeholders
■ Disclosing financial statements, etc.
CSR Promotion Organization
Each department carries out its operations based on goals and plans formulated with an understanding of the policies and guidelines determined by the CSR Management Strategy Committee, which the president chairs, and in cooperation with other Group companies.
CSR Management Strategy Committee
Deliberate the CSR activities that are expected of Mazda from a global perspective, in consideration of changes in social environment
■ The topics discussed by the Committee in FY March 2015 included: establishment of CSR targets for FY March 2015 and follow-up of the progress in CSR efforts, performance evaluation of the mid-term environmental plan (Mazda Green Plan), the present status of the social needs and trends regarding CSR and the results of the external evaluations of CSR.
Each Department
Set operational targets and plans for the medium and long term, and for each fiscal year, and implement these targets and plans.
CSR Strategy Core Team
Discuss in advance proposals to be made to the CSR Management Strategy Committee and propose guidelines for specific activities based on policies set by the CSR Management Strategy Committee.
History of the CSR Structure
|FY March 2005
|CSR Committee established
|■ Began company-wide CSR initiatives
|FY March 2008
|CSR Promotion Department established as a permanent structure
|■ Mazda evaluates its CSR initiatives in the six areas referencing the Charter of Corporate Behavior issued by the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), etc.
|FY March 2009
|CSR Committee reorganized as the CSR Management Strategy Committee
|■ Integrated CSR initiatives and management
■ Reinforced global perspective
|FY March 2010
|CSR & Environment Department established as a permanent structure
|■ Promoted initiatives both globally and across departments
■ Former CSR Promotion Department reorganized as a supervising compliance body and renamed as the Compliance Administration Department
|FY March 2013
|CSR Targets established, etc.
|■ Started to implement the PDCA cycle to promote CSR initiatives based on ISO 26000
■ Compliance supervision functions transferred to the Office of General & Legal Affairs
|FY March 2014
|Started study to review and identify key areas of CSR initiatives (materiality)
|■ Commenced a review referencing Specific Standard Disclosures specified in the G4 guidelines
■ Started to conduct interviews with interested parties in the Company and with external experts and specialists
|FY March 2015
|Disclosed the process of reviewing and identifying key areas of CSR initiatives
|■ Continued to conduct interviews with interested parties in the Company and with external experts and specialists
Review and Identify of Key Areas of CSR Initiatives (Materiality)
Based on the GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Version 4 (G4), starting in FY March 2014, Mazda has been implementing the four-phase process (Step 1 – Step 4) to review and identify key areas of its CSR initiatives (materiality).
In FY March 2015, the Company carried out two steps (Step 1 to Step 2) of the process.
Mazda aims to be in line with the G4 guidelines in the future by taking into account opinions both from management and relevant divisions, while reflecting the opinions of customers and other various stakeholders as well as experts and specialists.
Process of Reviewing and Identifying Materiality
[Step 1] Extraction of social issues
Extract aspects of greatest importance from among the 46 specific standard disclosure aspects specified in the G4 guidelines, from the following perspectives, and clarify the scope of expected impact (boundary) of each aspect.
- ■ Social issues in the business activities of the automotive industry and Mazda
- ■ Social issues to which stakeholders attach particular importance or that have substantive influence when stakeholders evaluate Mazda
[Step 2] Prioritization (Conduct interviews with external experts and institutional investors)
Evaluate the importance of the social issues extracted in Step 1, grade them and show the graded scores by mapping according to the following two axes, so as to identify the aspects with greatest importance (the status was reported to CSR Management Strategy Committee.)
- ■ Vertical axis: Importance for Mazda (graded by Mazda's relevant divisions, from such viewpoints as the possibilities for existing risks and opportunities at Mazda, and the significance of their impact)
- ■ Horizontal axis: Importance for stakeholders (graded by external experts and institutional investors, from such viewpoints as the relationship with the business activities of the automotive industry and Mazda, and the possibilities for having impact)
[Step 3] Validation
- ■ Reconfirm the validation of the boundaries of aspects identified in Step 2 based on the business plan, etc. The CSR Management Strategy Committee will confirm the validation.
[Step 4] Disclosure of identification results and Development of PDCA Cycle (to be disclosed in the Mazda Sustainability Report 2016)
Disclose the materiality aspects identified in Steps 1-3 and the management report in the Sustainability Report. Continuously collect the opinions of stakeholders inside and outside the Company and carry out periodic reviews, so as to develop PDCA (plan-do-check-act) process.
Development of PDCA Cycle in Line with CSR Targets
Mazda has established its CSR targets for each year starting in FY March 2014. In establishing these targets, CSR initiatives are reaffirmed in accordance with the seven core subjects of the ISO 26000 social responsibility guidelines, and each division envisions the ideals that Mazda aims to achieve in the future, and summarizes them in these targets. The results for FY March 2015 and the targets for FY March 2016 were approved by the CSR Management Strategy Committee. Mazda will continue to implement the PDCA (plan-do-check-act) process, so as to carry out CSR management in line with global standards.
External Evaluations of CSR (as of June 1, 2015)
Mazda identifies key external ratings and evaluations both from within Japan and overseas. By analyzing the results, Mazda evaluates its own initiatives. Mazda continuously makes active efforts to disclose information by responding to both domestic and global surveys and evaluations, such as those by socially responsible investment (SRI) rating organizations.
■ Inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index series since March 2011.
An SRI index developed by the FTSE Group, a fully-owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange.
■ Inclusion in the Ethibel EXCELLENCE Investment Register since October 1, 2013.
Forum ETHIBEL is a Belgium-based non-profit organization that promotes socially responsible investment (SRI) and CSR in Europe.
■ Inclusion in the MSCI Global Sustainability Index in June 1, 2015.
An SRI index developed by MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International). The indexes include companies with high ESG rating in their industry sectors.
THE INCLUSION OF Mazda Motor Corporation IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HERIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Mazda Motor Corporation BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.
■ Inclusion in the STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index since September 2013. Mazda is also selected in the sub-index of social criteria in "STOXX Global ESG Social Leaders". STOXX is a global-index-development company located in Switzerland.
■ Inclusion in the Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index (MS-SRI) since January 2008.
The first SRI index developed in Japan.
■ In the CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) Japan 500 Climate Change Report 2014, Mazda's carbon disclosure score was 87 (out of 100), with its performance score rated in Band B.
On behalf of 822 institutional investors with assets of US$95 trillion*3 the CDP organization conducts research and discloses information to better understand the risks and opportunities posed by climate change.
- ■ In the CDP's report on automobile manufacturers' environmental data analysis*4 (announced in February 2015), Mazda was ranked fourth among automobile manufactures around the world, for its excellent measures to meet the regulations of each country.
- ■ Mazda is selected to major socially responsible investment (SRI) funds*5 in Japan.
|Fund Name (Nickname)
|Sompo Japan Green Open (Buna-no-Mori)
|Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management
|SRI Japan Open (Good Company)
|Japan Research Institute
|Nikko Eco Fund
|The Goodbankers Co., Ltd.
|Asahi Life Socially Responsible Investment Fund (Asu-no-hane)
|Mitsubishi UFJ SRI Fund (Family Friendly)
|The Goodbankers Co., Ltd.
*3 as of February 2015.
*4 This was the first in a series of in-depth sector analyses by the CDP. A total of 14 automotive manufacturers, which were actively participated in the Climate Change Report, were analyzed, taking into account the emission regulations in Europe, the United States and China.
*5 Mutual funds whose investment criteria focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Raising Employee Awareness
Mazda endeavors to deepen awareness and understanding of CSR among all its employees, and to promote the undertaking of CSR initiatives in the course of their daily business activities. The level of employees' CSR awareness is confirmed through Global Employee Engagement Survey.
To ensure constant improvement of the CSR awareness level, Mazda will continue a range of initiatives.
Global Employee Engagement Survey (Positive Answer Percentage)
|FY March 2013
|FY March 2014
|FY March 2015
Being socially responsible (a good "corporate citizen")
Examples of Awareness-Raising Activities
- ■ Distribution of the Mazda Sustainability Report to Group companies in Japan and overseas
- ■ Particular training and enlightenment for specific issues including quality, environment, human rights and compliance
- ■ Publication of CSR-related articles in the 2015 January, February, and March issues of Gijutsu Tsushin (technical notification), a monthly journal for service staff at dealerships in Japan
- ■ Implementation of CSR training programs by level (lecture type training and group discussions for a total of 1,030 participants, including new recruits, mid-career hires, new band 5 (assistant manager level) and newly appointed managers)*6
- ■ Communication about CSR efforts via the Company's Intranet and the in-house newsletter My Mazda, on an as needed basis *6
Results of Group Discussion Surveys in FY March 2015 (around 470 participants)
*6 Unconsolidated activities of Mazda
CSR Promotion throughout the Entire Value Chain
In cooperation with suppliers and dealerships, Mazda has established a CSR initiative promotion system throughout the entire value chain. The Company places emphasis on communication with stakeholders, to ensure that its CSR initiatives not only comply with international rules as well as the laws and regulations of each country/region, but also respect local history, culture, and customs.
Offering CSR Training Useful for Employees' Daily Operations Considering the Important Trends Inside and Outside the Company
I am working as a lecturer of CSR training programs for employees.
In view of Mazda's latest initiatives and the environmental changes inside and outside the Company, I periodically review and revise the content of the training programs.
I always try to illustrate my points using specific examples when delivering lectures, to help individual participants have an image of the relationship between their own daily work and CSR initiatives, thereby enhancing Mazda's corporate and brand value.
By teaching others, I have also been able to deepen my own understanding of CSR, and become more motivated to participate in volunteer activities.
I will continue my steady efforts to offer high-quality CSR training, with a heightened and broad perspective.
Junichi Ono
CSR & Environment Department


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