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Kevin Krizek (2007), "Estimating the Economic Benefits of Bicycling and Bicycle Facilities: an Interpretive Review and Proposed Methods," Essays on Transport Economics, Physica-Verlag HD, Springer (www.springerlink.com); at www.springerlink.com/content/l835v21829468170.
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Thomas Gotschi and Kevin Mills (2008), Active Transportation for America: A Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking, Rail-To-Trails Conservancy (www.railstotrails.org); at www.railstotrails.org/ATFA
Jessica Y. Guo and Sasanka Gandavarapu (2010), "An Economic Evaluation Of Health-Promotive Built Environment Changes," Preventive Medicine, Vol. 50, Supplement 1, January 2010, pp. S44-S49; at www.activelivingresearch.org/resourcesearch/journalspecialissues .
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And that's about all I did. Alpha indeed! Right now, there just isn't really much there. None of my favorite games have been added yet where I can choose them on the profile, and aside from that, we've got some linkys to the forums, D&D Insider and the like, and, well, not much else for now.
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This is the first I've heard of Gleemax. Having visited the site (which did nothing until I toggled a lot of safety-switches on my script-blocker), I still don't entirely know what it's supposed to be. The "ABOUT" page leads to a thick block of corporate buzz-speak about community and features and things that every new website seems to require, while carefully avoiding an actual explanation of what the site will be for.
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Adamantium is a metal alloy in the Marvel Comics Universe best known for being the substance bonded to the character Wolverine's skeleton and bone claws. It is generally regarded as indestructible.
- 1 Origin
- 2 History and properties
- 3 Types of adamantium
- 4 Polymorphism
- 5 Adamantium as key component
- 6 Adamantium in the Ultimate Marvel Universe
- 7 In other media
- 8 See also
- 9 References
The first use of the term "adamantium" was in Marvel Comics in Avengers #66 (July 1969), where the script, by writer Roy Thomas, refers to the substance as part of Ultron's outer shell. It was first portrayed in the same issue by artists Barry Windsor-Smith and Syd Shores.
The word is a pseudo-Latin neologism (real Latin: adamans, adamantem [accusative]) based on the English noun and adjective adamant (and the derived adjective adamantine) with the neo-Latin suffix "ium," implying a metal. The adjective has long been used to refer to the property of impregnable, diamondlike hardness, or to describe a very firm/resolute position (e.g. He adamantly refused to leave). The noun adamant has long been used to designate any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance and, formerly, a legendary stone/rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness and with many other properties, often identified with diamond or lodestone.[1] Adamant and the literary form adamantine occur in works such as Prometheus Bound,[2] the Aeneid, The Faerie Queene, Paradise Lost, Gulliver's Travels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Lord of the Rings, and the film Forbidden Planet (as "adamantine steel"), all of which predate the use of adamantium in Marvel's comics.
History and properties[edit]
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In the Marvel Universe, adamantium is a group of man-made metal alloys of varying durability, but all are nearly indestructible. Adamantium was inadvertently invented by the American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain in an attempt to recreate his prior discovery, a unique alloy of steel and vibranium (which required an unknown catalyst for its manufacture).
Before molding, the components of the alloy are kept in separate batches, typically in blocks of resin. Adamantium is prepared by melting the blocks together, mixing the components while the resin evaporates. The alloy must then be cast within eight minutes. Adamantium's extremely stable molecular structure prevents it from being further molded even if the temperature is high enough to keep it in its liquified form. In its solid form, it is dark metallic grey, shiny, and resembles high-grade steel or titanium.[3] It is almost impossible to destroy or fracture in this state and when crafted to a razor edge, it can penetrate most lesser materials with minimal application of strength.[4]
Despite its utility in armament and armature, adamantium is rarely used due to its high cost and inability to be reshaped.
Wolverine once discovered an adamantium-laced skull in Apocalypse's laboratory and said it seemed to have been there for eons.[5]
Types of adamantium[edit]
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The experimental iron alloy that Dr. MacLain experimented on with Captain America's shield is now referred to as "proto-adamantium", which is slightly different than true adamantium in that it's stronger than the latter. Dr. MacLain's experiments with proto-adamantium led to the creation of true adamantium. This proto-adamantium (the only known source) was incorporated with the vibranium in the shield and has never been recreated.
Secondary adamantium[edit]
As true adamantium is extremely difficult and expensive to create or manipulate, some parties found a way to duplicate it on a larger and more cost-effective scale at the expense of quality and durability. For most practical purposes, this secondary adamantium is also largely indestructible. Conventional weapons, such as ballistic missiles, have no effect on it and it is far stronger than even the most durable of titanium or steel compounds. However, extraordinary force, such as a punch from a being with superhuman strength, can warp or break it. Unconventional forms of energy discharges have also been known to warp or damage secondary adamantium, such as Thor's lightning attacks using Mjolnir.[6]
Adamantium beta[edit]
Adamantium beta is a metal created as a side-effect of the process of bonding true adamantium to Wolverine's bones. His healing factor not only allowed him to survive the process, but also induced a molecular change in the metal. Adamantium beta functions identically to true adamantium, but it does not inhibit the biological processes of bone.[7]
Carbonadium is a resilient, unstable metal that is vastly stronger than steel, but more malleable and cheaper than adamantium.[8] Due to its malleability, carbonadium is less durable than true adamantium, but still nearly indestructible. Omega Red has carbonadium coils through which he can transmit his ability to drain life energies. Carbonadium is highly radioactive and objects composed of it have proven to disable the accelerated healing factors of Wolverine[9] and his son, Daken,[10] if implanted within the body. Deadpool used a carbonadium katana to kill Wolverine in the miniseries Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. It is currently unknown if carbonadium affects other beings with superhuman healing powers in a similar manner. The only device that can produce carbonadium, known as the Carbonadium Synthesizer, was initially believed thrown into a river in Brussels by Wolverine. It has since been revealed that the Carbonadium Synthesizer had been hidden on the deceased body of a double-agent who died escaping Omega Red along with Wolverine, Sabretooth, and Maverick. The synthesizer was retrieved and handed back to Maverick, whose mission was to retrieve the item for unknown parties.[volume & issue needed]
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In X-Men #191, when confronting Wolverine, one of the Children of the Vault named Serafina claims that adamantium has thirteen allotropes, all of which are "unstable, and short-lived, but virulently poisonous." She throws a small device that clamps onto Wolverine's claws and makes them glow green, claiming that it is adamantium nine. This apparently raises adamantium's toxicity dramatically, overloading Wolverine's healing factor. Allotrope is a misnomer, as adamantium is an alloy and not a pure element. The more general term, used for any crystalline material, is polymorphism.
Adamantium as key component[edit]
Adamantium is used as the key component in several instances in the Marvel Universe, including:
- Ultron's outer shell.
- Wolverine's skeleton and claws.
- Agent Zero's combat knife and bullets.
- The outer skin of some of Alkhema's robotic bodies.
- Battlestar's shield.
- Bullseye's spinal column and some strips coating several of his bones.
- Certain iterations of Captain America's shield.
- Constrictor's original wrist-mounted, prehensile metal coils.
- Cyber's claws and skin.
- One particular set of Doctor Octopus' arms.
- The outer layer of Citizen V's rapier.
- Lady Deathstrike's skeleton and talons.
- One of Mister Fantastic's labs for extremely dangerous experiments.
- Moon Knight's crescent blades.
- A unique suit of armor once used by the villain Stilt-Man.
- The outer skin of TESS-One.
- One of several layers of containment at the superhuman incarceration facility known as the Vault.
- An outer coating on the Swordsman's blades.
- A special brand of bullet in the Iron Man suit's ballistic weapons.
- Bullets used by Underworld.
- X-23's claws.
- Doom 2099 suit.
- Bucky Barnes' Captain America suit is laced with adamantium.
- A statue of the Hulk, sculpted by Alicia Masters.
- Hammerhead's head is made of adamantium.
- Hawkeye has used arrowheads made of adamantium.
Adamantium in the Ultimate Marvel Universe[edit]
Within the Earth-1610 reality, also known as the Ultimate Marvel Universe,[11] adamantium is highly durable and is able to effectively protect a person's mind from telepathic probing or attacks. It has been shown as a component of the claws and skeleton of the Ultimate Wolverine and Ultimate Lady Deathstrike characters. The shield of Ultimate Captain America is composed entirely of vibranium, which is a super-strong metal created before adamantium but the formula for which could not be replicated, therefore leading to the creation of adamantium. This version of adamantium is not unbreakable. In Ultimates #5, the Hulk breaks a needle made of adamantium. In Ultimate X-Men #11 (December 2001), an adamantium cage is damaged by a bomb. In Ultimate X-Men #12 (January 2002), one of Sabretooth's four adamantium claws is broken.[12]
In other media[edit]
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Adamantine has, throughout ancient history, referred to anything that was made of a very hard material. The degree of resilience and the creation of adamantium can sometimes vary between different media forms. In Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, adamantite is referred to throughout the game's many books and adventure modules as a very special and valuable metal.
- In the MMORPG "RuneScape", there is an ore named adamantite, which can be smelted and made into weapons and armour.
- In the MMORPG Ragnarök Online, there's a homunculus skill named Adamantium Skin, that raises the HP recuperation, the maximum HP and the defense points.
- In the MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot, dropped and player crafted items can be made of adamantium.
- In the Master of Orion games, adamantium is one of the strongest types of armor.
- In Master of Magic adamantium mines can be found on Myrran and give weapon bonus to units.
- In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, adamantium is a super-hard alloy used by the Imperium of Man in the construction of weapons and armor.
- It is found in Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft game in the Ornate Adamantium Breastplate. There was a minable variation of adamantium, known as adamantite, added in the Burning Crusade expansion pack; that could be mined, smelted and forged.
- Adamantium armor and weapons can be found in Bethesda Softworks' The Elder Scrolls series.
- Adamantium armor is a form of armor in the PlayStation 2 game Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.
- In Two Worlds, there are two available Earth Magic spells with adamantium references. These spells are Summon Adamantium Golem (the strongest summon in the game) and Adamantium Shield.
- In the MMORPG MapleStory, adamantium is a mineral ore that can be processed into adamantium plates used to forge some equipment.
- In the MMORPG Mabinogi, the missing skeleton of the Generation One boss monster Glas Ghaibhleann was said to be substitutable adamantium.
- In the RPG Rage of Mages, the third strongest (after crystal and meteoric) and most powerful set of weapons and armor is made of adamantium.
- In Age of Mythology, the gates of Tartarus, fashioned by Zeus to seal Kronos, are made of adamantium.
- In Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, adamantium is the Ultra Rare element for Tier 5 blacksmith recipes.
- In the MMORPG Star Sonata, many high-end items are built using Adamantium Sheets, which are refined from Adamantium Ore.
- In nearly all the Final Fantasy games, adamantium appears as unrefined metal or a piece of shell from a giant turtle called an adamantoise.
- In Ricochet Infinity, three of the top four ranks are described as having adamantium artifacts (sword, crown, and throne).
- In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, the character may take a perk titled Adamantium Skeleton, which reduces the damage taken to limbs.
- In the MMORPG ROSE Online, there is a usable item called Adamantium Drill for slotting equipment and inserting gems.
- In Lost Souls, adamantium is an azure-colored metal that is extremely strong, but is rarely used in its pure form, as small amounts of it can be alloyed with iron to produce "adamantite".[13]
- In Lost Odyssey, there is a sword called Adamantis, forged from adamantium.
- In the MMORPG Aion: The Tower of Eternity, Adamantium Ores are obtainable and used to craft various weapons and armor pieces.
- In the game Zoo World on Facebook, Adamantium Mastery can be achieved by breeding a certain amount of each animal species or completing various in game achievements. Adamantium is the fifth level of mastery, following bronze, silver, gold, and platinum.
- In the MUD Muddy Waters, adamantium weapons and armor are used by "Marlarans" in the underdark.
- In the game Digimon World 2 the highest level of Digi-beetle armor is known as adamantium.
- In the game Infinity Blade the sword, The Infinity Blade is crafted from adamantium.
- In the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, adamantium is one of the hardest metals, giving it high penetration and defense values.
- In later Harvest Moon games adamantium is used to craft accessories.
- In the game Terraria adamantite is an end-game ore.
- In Dwarf Fortress adamantine is one of the numerous minerals that could be found all around the world, and then used up for crafting purposes. Adamantine in Dwarf Fortress is extremely lightweight along with its durability and ability to be honed to a sharper edge than any other metal; while this makes adamantine armor and blades the best available, the low weight and density means that war hammers and similar blunt weapons made from it are extremely weak.
- In the 1956 film Forbidden Planet Dr Morbius explains adamantium was used in the construction of the Krell cities.
- In the Toy Story film series, Buzz Lightyear's suit has an adamantium-nitrogen layer.
- In the 1998 film Lost in Space, the spider-like organisms are described as having an "adamantium shell." The organisms were destroyed by exposure to a nuclear fusion explosion.
- As with his comics counterpart, the X-Men film series version of Wolverine also possesses adamantium in his skeleton and claws. In X2: X-Men United, liquid adamantium was seen boiling in a tub. (William Stryker mentioned, "The tricky thing about adamantium is, that if you ever manage to process its raw, liquid form, you got to keep it that way, keep it hot. Because once the metal cools, it's indestructible.") The X2 version of Lady Deathstrike is also shown to have adamantium claws that are extruded from the tips of her fingers.
- In the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, adamantium is a metallic compound developed after studying an unknown element found in a meteorite in Nigeria. During the film, adamantium is fused to Wolverine's skeleton and claws. Unlike the version seen within Marvel's mainstream universe, adamantium as it is in the film continuity can be damaged by other weapons forged of adamantium; as Wolverine is shot in the head with bullets made of the compound, sustaining severe intra-cranial trauma that induces extensive amnesia.
- In the 2013 film The Wolverine, the Silver Samurai's armor is built out of adamantium. The film depicts more decisive example of adamantium being damaged is shown as the two katanas wielded by the Samurai, also constructed of adamantium, are able to slice through Wolverine's claws when heated up.
- In the Marvel Comics animated feature Ultimate Avengers, Captain America's shield is composed of an adamantium/vibranium alloy.
- In the Iron Man animated series, Tony Stark has armor made of adamantium, though it is stolen by the Mandarin.
- In the Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Ultra-robots", the assassin robots are said to be made of adamantium.
- In the Spider-Man: The Animated Series episode "Neogenic Nightmare, Chapter XI: Tablet of Time", the criminal Hammerhead tells Spider-Man that his head is made from adamantium.
- In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series episode "Planet of the Turtleoids", Shredder refers to his Chrome Dome robot being made almost entirely of adamantium. It is defeated only due to the fact that it has a singular vulnerability in its first appearance as it had a plate on its back made of steel, rather than Adamantium.
- In Green Wing, Martin Dear boasts his intent to purchase an adamantium motorcycle helmet. Dr. Macartney, however, points out that it is a fictional compound.
- In the animated series Mighty Orbots episode "The Jewel of Targon", the Orbots leader, Rob Simmons, exclaims that a containment unit is made of "pure adamantium."
- In the penultimate episode of House M. D. season seven, Gregory House uses the term in reference a very dense material.
- The plot of the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "Fugitive of S.H.I.E.L.D." revolves around an adamantium/vibranium hybrid that Black Widow steals for Justin Hammer.
- Adamantium appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Behold...The Vision!", where the Vision steals some from a Weapon X facility. In "Ultron Unlimited", the stolen metal is used to construct a new body for Ultron.
- In Fairy Tail manga, there was a dragon named Motherglare which has an adamantine body. Also, in the anime, the character Erza Scarlet has an armor made of adamantium
- In the book Momo the third chapter contains a reference to adamantium. The children play an imaginary game involving a storm-hunting ship cast out of adamantium.
- In Snuff, adamantium is referenced in regard to Sam Vimes' patience when he suggests that a number of young ladies acquire jobs rather than wait for a young man with money to come along and marry them.
- In a short lived comic series Captain Tax Time, a group of criminials used an Adamantium vault to store their money.
- In the epic poem Paradise Lost, adamantium was a holy substance used to craft weaponry.
- Various Warhammer 40,000 novels make reference to adamantium as a component of armour.
- The novel Percy Jacksons Greek Gods references adamantium as the metal used to create several weapons and items used by the Greek gods and other mythical figures.
- The first novel of the Halo Forerunner series, "Cryptum", ships are referenced to move though the air like a ribbon of steel and adamantium.[14]
- The UK grime record label owned by Kiss FM DJ Logan Sama is called Adamantium Music.
- Adamantium was also the name of an American hardcore punk band.
- In the lyrics of the UK extreme metal band Bal-Sagoth, "The Hammer Adamantine" is a mystical unbreakable weapon wielded by one of the characters created by lyricist Byron Roberts.
- The UK musician Adam Ant.
See also[edit]
- ^ "adamant - definition of adamant". Oxforddictionaries.com.
- ^ Great Books of the Western World Vol. 4 pg 40
- ^ Avengers (vol. 1) #201-202 (November – December 1980)
- ^ X-Men (vol. 1) #139 (November 1980)
- ^ Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure (1990)
- ^ Thor (vol. 1) #271
- ^ Wolverine (vol. 2) #80 (April 1994)
- ^ X-Men (vol. 2) #7 (April 1992)
- ^ Wolverine: Origins #7-8 (October – November 2006)
- ^ Wolverine: Origins #25-26 (July – August 2008)
- ^ Earth-1610 (Ultimate Universe) at Marvel.com
- ^ Ultimate X-Men #12 (January 2002)
- ^ "Adamantium". Lost Souls Wiki. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ Halo:Cryptum. Chapter 9


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The Rotary Foundation aims to promote international understanding and help improve quality of life through funding fellowships that fund education and service in countries outside of the U.S.
Programs Funded
The Foundation offers several different scholarships, however our local area Rotary Clubs, through which Claremont Colleges students usually apply, sponsor only the Global Grants Scholarships. The one-two year award may be used in any country where Rotary Clubs are located, and provides $30,000 for tuition, fees, travel, living expenses, and service project expenses. Study must be in a field related to the fellow's long-term academic and professional plans and must take place at an educational institution in a location near a Rotary Club, which acts as a local sponsor. Candidates must specify two or three different institutions at which they can pursue their desired studies. Most Global Grants Scholars do not complete a degree while abroad. Some stay for another year to complete a degree if they find other means of support, but completing a degree is not a necessary part of the program.
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Noted blogger Mark Byron, noticed a recent post of mine on the subject of the perceived threat of dominionism and thinks that I may be overstating my case. I think it would be perhaps fair to say that he feels that domionionism is like a yappy Chihuahua, and arguably not much of a threat.
I appreciate what he has to add because, unlike so many, he seems to say "let's look at this in a serious way."
He's done me a good turn, causing me to ask myself "why do I write on this subject?" After trying to give this some careful thought, I think I can give Byron some answers.
I am at a bit of a disadvantage though. I usually write on Canadians and ex-Canadians who flirt, at least with the dominionist camp, and they might feel the need to "kick it up a notch" to get noticed up here. But, I do try very hard to report as much as I can, and what I have heard, starting with The Cry Vancouver has given me pause.
So, please give his post commenting on what I had to say a read, and then come back to this one.
I can see why people would not fear dominionism. They may point to history–which has failed Christian utopias. They may point to the increased historical trend towards secularization. They might even point to the widely help pre-millenial interpretation of the end times which holds that there will be a great apostasy and not a triumphant Christianity.
Very persuasive. I will admit that for these and other reasons, I won't bet the mortgage money that dominionism will reign triumphant.
But I know that I can be wrong. I know the imperfect nature of my fellow Christians. So, I will say that whatever you may think of the movement's clout, I would absolutely say that dominionism matters. It is worth paying attention to. And as I have some knowledge about the Canadian aspects of it, I try to do so.
He argues that dominionists have "more bark than bite." Well that may be the case in the US, but I can cite some Canadian examples. Dominionists were crucial in proposing a law (Roxanne's Law) which, although it could not be passed, was at least debated and voted on. They provide foot solider support for less controversial seeming policies that they support, such as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's support of Israel, which may lead us to wonder whether a quid pro quo would ever come into play given the ways–discussed here at BDBO–that the movement seeks to remind the government that it is not going anywhere.
It used to be significant in the minds of the Canadian media what the Anglican and United churches had to say on social issues. Now, it's less so. Instead, writers and reporters seem to be paying attention to the Faytene Grasseschis of the world–such as the French reporters from Radio-Canada TV last fall. This may well be due to the media seeking out the more extreme positions on questions, but for some reason the mainstream or evangelical churches in Canada can't demand media attention due to their numbers.
Given that I've listened to dominionists talk about how they plan to take over the media, maybe they see a need to be especially media-savvy.
It doesn't help that the more mainstream Christians don't take the time to explain that "No, these people are not like us" and then the unsaved in the press paint us all with the same brush.
Mark Byron also suggests that we should pay careful attention to the small size of the dominionist movement.
Well, in Canada, I am sure that there are thousands more members of the United Church than dominionists but, rightly or wrongly, they perhaps seem to be unable to make their influence felt in the same way that the dominionist seem to be able to at some times and in some ways.
I hear talk amongst dominionists of 'gatekeepers", relying not only on force of numbers, but of getting the right person in the right place to effect change. Lull conservatives to sleep, and rely on them to fail, thinking that they can control the extreme elements. The example of von Papen and his friends in Germany comes to mind. Conservative Germans in 1928 probably though the Nazis were inconsequential and tiny, but given the wrong circumstances.
It's often forgotten that the tiny Bolsheviks, as demonstrated by the votes for the proposed Russian constituent assembly of 1918 that was never allowed to meet, never has widespread support. But with their control of the streets that allowed them to seize the reins of power, that didn't matter.
Am I seeking to say that dominionists are like Nazis or communists? Certainly not, but I do want to say that there are historical examples of "small" proving deadly.
And if dominionism were to be become a mass movement, wouldn't it be prudent to have been looking at them already so that the "mainstream" members of Christianity could refute what they have to say?
As Mark writes "I'm not sure if they are harmless", perhaps he may concede that someone could share of my objections to the lack of Christlikeness that I sometimes have seen in dominionism. The militaristic rhetoric and actions.
Shouldn't Christians ask dominionists not to speak and act like they are thugs?
Isn't intemperate religious rhetoric a bad witness?
I would respectfully argue that saying that domionists will never have any real influence is of little consolation to an unsaved person wondering why, "these Christians aren't acting and sounding like Christians should."
While most of the Christians that Mark Byron cites don't want to "take over the world", I fear that they do a poor job of making distinctions and explaining why the dominionists are incorrect in their theology. Like William F. Buckley trying to get people to forsake the John Birch Society in the best interest of the conservative movement in the 1950s and 1960s, the church may need to take out it's own trash.
"Sermon rhetoric is often hotter" than the actions of parishioners, Mark Byron writes. But if dominionists are wrong, it can just take the wrong person to listen at the wrong time for bad things to happen.
Due to my own background, I assume that people say what they mean and then go on to act accordingly. Planning as if they will do so, is prudent.
Mark Byron appears to believe that a lot of dominionist talk is merely "spiritual warfare."
Well, I have read the former Faytene Kryskow's book, Marked, whom I would suspect may be a dominionist and there are many passages in her book which are hard to describe as not referring to literal things.
She writes (emphasis mine) in the dedication:
"This book is dedicated to the King of the nations, Jesus Christ, and to the reformers of old…who are now watching in that great crowd of witnesses cheering us on.
I pray that we make them proud and that we bring many nations to the feet of our King so that both His and their labour is not in vain. the fullness of their promise is found in us (see Heb. 11:40)"
I am sure that Mark Byron would also find the implication that Christ's work on the cross was a complete failure if Christians can't "bring nations" to the feet of Christ to be abhorrent too.
But while he and I might already know of these sorts of arguments, others may not. The word needs to get out. And that is one reason why dominionism matters. More to some than to others, certainly, yes. But it matters nevertheless.
If you would say that Faytene is merely using rhetoric, I can point you to one of many passages in Marked, where you could say that she has a literal meaning in mind.
From page 31, emphasis continuing to be mine:
"….There is something inherent in the nature of God that loves growth and wants to take over! Recently a preacher friend of mine, Banning Liebscher, said something that I wholeheartedly believe in. He said, "The new breed of revivalists that God is raising up has a 'take-over' mentality. they are convinced that God has called them to take over the world!…."
What does that mean? Faytene was kind enough to explain one aspect of what she meant when speaking in the run up of The Cry Vancouver in 2009.
She was talking about some Canadian political poll results and coverage, which led her to think that a Cry event held previous to that in Ottawa, had a spiritual impact when she said the following:
"I want to show you guys something that will help you, will help us all together, to understand the power that is in our hand, the power that is in this room and the power that will be in our hands tomorrow. What you're seeing right here is actually a political graph because that is what the newspapers, in Canada, currently track. This is politics, like, and like hockey and stuff. One day we'll chart spiritual progression when we control the media. (Audience cheers and applause.)"
She is talking about actual Canadian newspapers that report on hockey and things like that. When "we" control the media, she explains, the actual physical newspapers will have very different stories because the actual physical editors and reporters now working for the media will be "we", the dominionists.
Not a surprise to those familiar with the "seven mountains" that the dominionists feel a need to take over, eh? Rhetorical excess, Faytene has offhandedly explained here, can have a practical result.
Mark has advanced some very wise and practical counsels in his post. In writing on the dominionists, we should not be prey to fear and we should try to be accurate in judging their actions and activities.
It's very fair that other Christians don't feel the interest in dominionists that I do. But acting as if they don't exist is a mistake.
I feel a burden to ring the bell, in case it is needed.
Mark's post, nevertheless, is a caution to think carefully about what I do and argue, which I welcome wholeheartedly.


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In response to the recent rash of horrific gun violence in communities across New York City, a cadre of politicians came together Sunday morning to put together a plan to reduce violence in the communities that have been most affected.
ÚGun violence is one of the most serious issues facing our city and state. Innocent lives – too often children — are ended because of trivial disputes and carelessness," New York Gov. David Paterson said in a release.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn agreed. "The rise in gun violence is devastating communities around our city. With crime going down across the board citywide, it's completely unacceptable that neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn and parts of Harlem are being left behind."
The event was attended by some of the most influential leaders in New York politics, including Paterson, Congressman Charlie Rangel and state Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, among others.
Smith, one of the organizers of the event, was quick to point out the losing battle that had been waged in the city against illegal guns and those that end up in the hands of minors.
"We are losing a battle much greater than any one official," Smith said. "We, as public officials, clergy and community leaders must take a more aggressive approach to coming up with solutions to stop the growing gun violence on our city streets."
With that losing battle in mind, the group unveiled what it called "Operation SNUG," — guns spelled backwards — that is designed to pull together what, up until now, have been many disparate efforts and concentrate them into one unified anti-gun force.
ýhe four branches of the program will represent myriad approaches, among them: a public relations campaign, using celebrities to reach out to children through public service announcements, increased support for local police officers and designated officials trained in violence intervention, new, tougher gun legislation at all levels of government and employment opportunities for groups that reach out to members of inner city gangs.
Not everyone in the troubled communities was pleased with the event, however.
Liz Goldsmith, founder and president of Mothers Against Guns, an organization with a long history in southeastern Queens, had some choice words for the public representatives who came out Sunday.
"It's a lot of grandstanding," she said. "You can't wait until something happens to then stand up and say what we need. It's a daily occurrence. They should have been doing something a long time ago."
Goldsmith believes that communities, like southeastern Queens, which have been affected by gun violence for decades, are not helped by meetings and conversations. She thinks the real measure of change in a community is when resources, like money for community centers and education programs, materializes.
"(These representatives) know, or they should know, what is happening in their community," she said. "Many of them wait until something high-profile happens, then you see them standing side by side with the victims' families. I would love to see every resident go to these representatives offices and demand that they step up to the plate or step down."
Gun violence has been in the news all over the city recently, with shootings cropping up in Manhattan and the Rockaways over the last two weeks, and an increase in gun violence in Brooklyn over the last three months.
The Redfern Community Houses in the Rockaways hosted a precursor to the recent meetings, with speeches from Smith and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
That meeting ended with a pledge to secure city funds for security items including surveillance cameras and to reopen a community center which had been closed recently due to a lack of funds.
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Vocational Education in Public Schools
The edublogging technocheerleaders say ad nauseam that the most important part of not just blogging but Web 2.0 as a whole is the "conversation."
One of the many delights I've experienced with this site is coming into contact and corresponding with people I'd otherwise never find. I have to assume this is the "conversation" about which I read literally hundreds of articles a month.
Gary Stager of District Administration is largely the black to my white, but I've found that fewer – if any – education professionals are more willing to engage in real debate. And the absolute best part is that he's secure enough to disagree completely in a blog thread or e-mail and not take it personally. After all, education isn't about us.
Sometimes we match up philosophically – he raised an eyebrow at the Ed in '08 Kanye Kampaign, too – but in many matters he's the Douglas to my Lincoln [I couldn't help but choose the better side].
But we're at philosophical odds again. This time the issue is the value of vocational/technology education.
In "I'm Worried About America," Stager comments on three current news stories:
- Yesterday's Cleveland school shooting;
- Racism and the Jena 6 crimes;
- The debate surrounding the State Children's Health Insurance Program [SCHIP].
I'm not going to comment on 1, 2 or 3 – plenty of other sites address those issues adequately. I'm going to address Stager's criticism of vocational education.
The shooting in Cleveland took place at SuccessTech Academy, a school in the Cleveland Municipal system that offers technology and vocational training. Stager said:
I do not wish to disparage the SuccessTech Academy where today's shooting occurred, but it's a safe bet that few affluent parents in Shaker Heights would choose to send their children there. Many urban schools are being turned into "specialized†career academies where students are "trained†for trades and low-paying jobs never contemplated for children in the suburbs. How many SuccessTech students do you imagine go on to Ivy League universities? (Note: USA Today reports that the school has a 94% graduation rate.)
Affluent parents tend not to choose vocational tracks for their children. That affluent parents insist on a wholly academic track – or that they don't contemplate the option in the suburbs – does not legitimize it as a better option; it's simply what they prefer for their kids.
Career academies are on the rise for many reasons, one of which is a failure of urban schools to deliver academic tracks through the 12th grade successfully. Vocational programs build on a curriculum of basic skills to offer a student expertise that guarantees them gainful employment after high school graduation.
I'm not sure why Gary put "trained" in scare quotes as if there is a difference between trained and trained. There's nothing to suggest that SuccessTech Academy's vocational education programs are illegitimate or substandard. As far as we can tell, a student leaves SuccessTech prepared to develop that trade further once he graduates. A 94% graduation rate is certainly not low, especially in an urban setting.
Stager's characterization of trade skills as leading to "low-paying jobs" is also grossly inaccurate – I'll get to that shortly.
After pointing to the school's typically-vague mission statement, Stager continues:
A slideshow of images is prominently featured on the home page. The following photos represent one-fourth of the images presented. One shows a student welding and other depicts two African American students grooming a dog. DOG GROOMING! That sure is one ambitious educational objective.
Vocational education? An ambitious educational objective indeed.
Dog grooming is a bit suspect, but as Boris Johnson told the world weeks ago, the market has deemed seemingly-odd tracks both economically viable and worthy of study. I'd like to focus on welding.
I received training in welding in high school beginning in the 10th grade. It was one of the most valuable skills I learned in my public K-12 education and it was not training to which I had access or could otherwise afford outside of school. I spent weekends learning fine woodworking and during the week augmented that with metalworking in my school's technology department. I was able to begin working/teaching welding literally within 48 hours after my high school graduation because of those classes.
I graduated on June 25th, relaxed on my 18th birthday on the 26th and was on a plane to Northern California on the 27th to work. Again, I got that job based on the metalworking education I received in high school.
Stager and others may or may not believe this, but it's possible to mix technical/vocational education programs like welding with a wildly varied and rigorous academic program.
With students aged 8-16, I used welding as a means to look at everything from chemistry/physics, geometry/trigonometry, principles of design, basic principles of engineering and basic concepts in intellectual property [yes, all of these can be introduced properly to a child as young as 8]. I do wish that Stager and others had the opportunity to sit in on one of the sessions where I explained to 10-year olds the chemical differences between MIG welding and arc welding and its consequences on designing the project we were working on.
Educators are keen on assessment, so it's important to note that after the design phase of the lesson, not a tyke put forth a proposal for an iron candle-holder that wouldn't tolerate the weaker joints of a MIG weld. Might that be a 100% success rate using authentic assessment? The Ridgewood administration would approve.
And yes, that came from vocational training in welding, that "low-paying," shoddy, non-rigorous discipline that a Shaker Heights parent wouldn't be caught dead suggesting their child explore.
As I developed my skills in high school, I saw with the aid of two solid teachers that welding played quite well with the New York State Regents chemistry curriculum. The connections between that trade and academics somehow managed to penetrate my grimy blue collar and seep upward to mix with the knowledge that one receives as he earns a Regents diploma. I realize only now with Stager's help that it was nothing short of a miracle.
Though Stager seems to think that a student putting time into vocational study hasn't a notion of the Ivy League, I stumbled on that, too. After a year of welding one period a day and 3 hours a week afterschool in the Technology Club, I spent a semester studying history and economics at Harvard. If Stager needs an example of one who has sprinkled the salt of the earth on the forbidden fruit that is an Ivy, he need look only as far as the photo on the right sidebar of this site.
Oddly enough, Stager's argument reminds me quite well of the attitude I encountered time and again on that campus that semester. The other residents of Winthrop House called me "Rube."
Again: Ambitious educational objective indeed.
Snark aside, the truth is that many trades position those without a college education to earn an excellent wage as they contribute to their communities and the economy as a whole. The average urban high school graduate is, as Stager says, relegated to low-paying positions. There's simply too much competition for better jobs that require skills many high school graduates don't have. Trades are an avenue to contributing meaningful, sought-after labor that yields good compensation.
Take a look at this thread on the American Welding Society's forum – it discusses the pay scale for welders. Although pay varies regionally, this discussion shows the range of wages a welder is likely to earn based on his skills. A quick glance at the discussion shows that a certified welder starts around $12-14/hr. – a solid gain from a minimum wage, "low-paying" job – and a skilled, experienced independent welder pulls ~$70/hr. Shops can charge a bit more and, of course, safety incentives come into play for more demanding jobs.
I'm not sure how much Stager makes, but I'll freely admit that a welder with as many years of professional experience as I've been out of high school makes quite a bit more per hour than I do.
There's no reason to discount vocational education, consider it a replacement for an adequate high school curriculum or to unfairly categorize trade skills as inferior. It does a disservice to education and ignores the practical application of much of the curricula in which those in Shaker Heights and the suburbs place their unwavering trust.
Those who practice a trade won't mind if you do, though. They make a good living striking arcs, fixing plumbing and repairing the cars of the pointy-headed. Who did you think pays those $70/hr. bills?
Welders may not be Kant scholars, but they understand that a snob's dollar spends the same as any other. Then again, they might just be Kant scholars.
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It was like this when I was a teacher- the voc. ed. kids got looked down upon because kids thought they were less intelligent. Teachers treated the voc. ed. program like tracking ("well.. if Johnny can't make it to college, then he can at least be a grease monkey").
Looking back, those kids in the voc. ed. got a more balanced education than any kid did in the "college" track. They learned something they could APPLY right away.
I wish people still didn't look down upon the tech trades. If it weren't for the tech schools, we wouldn't have a lot of things right now (like this fancy computer I'm typing at).
Thanks for reading my column and for taking the time to respond.
Perhaps I was not clear or expansive enough in my critique. I am not against welding. I am against limiting educational options for children.
Anyone who knows of my work with schools, kids and educators around the world realizes that I'm committed to ensuring that every child has the broadest range of meaningful learning opportunities and relevant materials as possible.
I often tell educators that no education is complete without soldering and learning to develop black and white film. Both are magical, educational and deeply rewarding activities that turn kids on.
However, Kozol is correct when he says that these "happy talk" urban academies are not in the pluralistic spirit of choice you and I embrace. Success isn't in the title of any of the suburban schools I attended, nor were my parents promised that I would be trained to be or create the products necessary for America to succeed in the global marketplace. Such distinctions are reserved for the poor and badly educated in this country.
Even the term, "academy," is historically-loaded with memories of Southern academies created as protests against school integration.
No, I don't earn as much as a good welder. However, my educational focus is not a vocational one. If a kid wants to be a welder, or the favorite cliché – a ditch digger, after a well-rounded robust meaningful educational experience, God bless her.
However, when bureaucrats say things like, "Not every child needs to go to college," they are rarely speaking of THEIR child, but rather someone else's child. That's a lousy foundation for educational policy.
To Michelle's point, the answer to irrelevant poorly taught academic subjects is not welding, but better schools. She is quite correct that industrial arts teachers have often embodied the best of learner-centered educational methods and provided a great service to many youngsters for generations. Now if math class could be as good…
All the best,
Gary Stager
PS: I loved your comment to the Ridgewood Superintendent. Someday, my memoir will chronicle my experiences in that district.
I'm very much in agreement with this post.
I would like to add that the distinction between 'academics' and 'vocational' education isn't as wide as the academics might like to think. There's a lot of movment back and forth (and also between those two and the 'professions').
When I enrolled at Algonquin College, the computer program I signed up for was a trades program – it was a branch of electronics. When I was in univrsity studying philosophy it had achieved the status of 'computer science' and was an academic discipline. Today, a lot of the stuff I studied falls under 'computing engineering', a profession.
When I regard someone like a plumber, mechanic or electrician today, I keep that thought in mind. In my father's day, the people who worked with cars were the computer engineers of their time. They were working on the most advanced technology around (well, them and airplane mechanics). They could do things with metal and wire and rubber that we can only imagine – they had tools that built tools, if you can believe it.
It still takes just as much study, and just as much smarts, to master these disciplines today. The people who are poor academics would also be poor mechanics, etc. The choice between the trade or the academic route often has as much to do with inclination as ability.
I knew a brilliant high school electronics teacher (who literally wrote the book) and taught in a suburban high school where 90%+ of students went on to four year college. His students built robots, burned ePROMS and programmed microprocessors in the 1980s. It's safe to say that more science and mathematics were being learned in his class than anywhere else in the building.
It was my friend's greatest regret that college-bound students who wished to be engineers or computer scientists were steered away from "Electronics" since it took place in the industrial arts wing.
This is one of the reason why I love using robotics in classrooms and teacher professional development. My colleague Seymour Papert points out that if you believe anything about human development (in a Piagetian sense), learning occurs from the concrete to the abstract/formal. Engineering is clearly a concrete learning context, yet the only people allowed to engage in engineering are rewarded for having endured 12-14 years of abstractions first.
Without choosing which kids "should" weld, welding could certainly be something students do in a purposeful context. This is not an argument for tracking.
PS: Check out how the great Sonny Rollins answered the question about the person he most admires.
I agree with much of what you said, but this is going a little overboard:
"The people who are poor academics would also be poor mechanics, etc."
It's not that academics/tradesmen are mutually exclusive, but let's be real here. I know quite a few very good mechanics/construction workers who were terrible students. On the other hand, I know far too many people who excelled at higher education who don't know their ass from their elbow when it comes to the most the basic stuff (changing a tire, for example).
I believe that vocational education isn't just the welding, auto-repair, nail techician, dog grooming kinds of classes. Vocational education includes any class where students use their learning beyond the classroom setting later on in life.
The single most valuable class I took in high school was French. The language skills I learned landed me a job as an international flight attendant many years ago. While not ultimately the best career path for me, it was an eye-opening, enlightening experience that helped define who I am now. Conversely and ironically the single most useful college course I took–meaning the one from which I most used my learning in my personal life– was "Botany for Gardeners". It inspired my life-long love of gardening and help me figure out to landscape my new homes without paying a wad of money to a company (which probably didn't have a college graduate with advanced degrees at the helm).
It dismays me that vocational education doesn't receive more positive attention in public school settings, that the attitude is to discourage anything but taking the college track. If educational policy makers more often considered the notion that vocational education could open doors of opportunity and personal growth, then perhaps we would have better, more meaningful voc-ed programs available to students.
We are all different and hold different strengths. I think that sound vocational education programs are necessary to put that theory into practice.
Ms Whatsit,
I agree with your sentiments about vocational education, but your definition isn't quite right. If "vocational education includes any class where students use their learning beyond the classroom setting later on in life", then what's college prep? Mental masturbation? I have a hard time calling French vocational training. Similarly, I use most, if not all, of my formal education in my current line of work, especially math and physics courses.
I'm mostly just being a nit here, but I worry that marginalizing the distinction between the two could actually harm vocational education's place in the discussion.
You call me as many names as you'd like and attack my methodology, but I am relying on twenty-five years worth of experience in schools and am commenting on patterns I've observed in countless contexts. These observations have been validated by others. I would be happy to apologize if my admitted assumptions, based on life experience and the work of Jonathan Kozol, turn out to be wrong.
Neither the school, with it's peculiar name or the Cleveland Schools web site contains any information about their educational practices.
I didn't predict that the student came from a troubled home or that he had been bullied, although I probably could have. News reports suggest that classmates were told by the shooter that he planned to attack and one kid may have seen the troubled student strapping on his weaponry. Nobody did anything to prevent the tragedy. Does that sound like an A+ school to you?
I read all there was to read prior to writing my column, which connected several news events in an effort to describe how I was feeling. Is that invalid too? The article clearly states my opinion. Am I not entitled to that?
The district web site features the photos I showed and a letter from the district CEO describing their focus on test scores. Other authors and researchers I admire have observed the widespread use of corporate titles and motivational gibberish in our nation's poorest schools. It seems that this school in that particular district fit the pattern.
I'd be delighted for you to find examples of suburban public schools with CEOs, daily chanting of motivational slogans and names like "SuccessTech Academy."
The education of children is much more than a clever rhetorical exercise for me.
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After two wins, women's squash takes third place in the Kurtz Cup
The women's squash team traveled to Princeton, N.J. to play in the College Squash Association Team Championships Friday.
The women's squash team traveled to Princeton, N.J. to play in the College Squash Association Team Championships Friday.
The men's and women's squash teams played their last home matches of the season against Williams College Feb. 11, with the women picking up a 9-0 win.
The men's and women's squash teams continued to struggle last week, each falling to Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard.
Men and women fall to top 10-ranked Penn and Princeton, winning just one of 36 total matches
Both squads beat Colby, women edge out Middlebury and improve to 9-2 overall
The women's team finished the break with four straight wins, while the men's battled injuries
The women's team made short work of Mt. Holyoke and Tufts, with 8-1 and 9-0 wins this weekend
The men's and women's squash teams faltered in the Team CSA championships.
Despite rescheduling due to Nemo, squash splits its Ivy matches and celebrates the outgoing seniors.
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PlayStation Vita Portable Charger Drops This Month
Not satisfied with the PlayStation Vita's battery life? Need a little bit more juice for a long flight or road trip? Then you need the PlayStation Vita Portable Charger.
Sony announced the PlayStation Vita portable charger far before the Vita was released, yet it wasn't ready for the system's February launch, and it wasn't only listed as being released some time after launch. But now, retailers are updating their product information for the portable charger, giving it an April 30th release date.
I received a notification email from Amazon.com this morning, who alerted me that the PlayStation Vita portable charger was now available for pre-order for its April 30 release. I cross-checked the release date on GameStop, which also lists an April 30 as the day the portable charger drops.
Despite the "portable charger" name, it does more than it seems. And for $49.99, it better. It's not just a charger you plug into a wall outlet or cigarette lighter, then into the Vita to give it charge. The portable charger will also take a charge itself, letting you use that juice to charge the Vita even if you're away from an AC outlet.
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The biggest drawback from using a flash is that it gives hard flat light. More often than not, it causes unflattering shadows, unnatural skin tones and makes your subject look like deer caught in the headlights. Most cameras now will let you adjust the intensity of your flash by playing around with the flash exposure control or by using Flash Fill Mode. You can get softer light by doing this but it will still be flat. Here are some tips in getting better results with using your flash.
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Yahoo's Tim Brown tweets:
Angels source on (Aroldis) Chapman: 'Despite what you read, we're not in that deep.'
If you weren't here yesterday, "what you read" would be a report quoting an industry source that the Angels and Blue Jays were front runners to land the 22-year-old Cuban phenom.
UPDATED: Monkey With a Halo is skeptical of Brown's report:
"(At) almost the exact same time Ken Rosenthal tweeted pretty much the opposite and both allegedly had inside sources in the Angels feeding them the info, so you decide who you believe. Personally, I believe Rosenthal. Chapman makes too much sense for the Halos and the denial via Brown is just the standard posturing of a front office that likes to play things close to the vest and doesn't want to have anyone drive the price up on the Angels."
Good point.
Updated further: Peter Abraham writes for the Boston Globe that the Yankees dropped out of the bidding because "they see Chapman as a pitcher who would need to start in Single-A ball."
And updating once more: Peter Gammons predicts the Angels will get him.
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Refrigerated pie dough makes preparing this tasty dessert a snap. Cornstarch and tapioca ensure a velvety filling by thickening the fruit juices. Serve this raspberry-rhubarb pie with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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2. Place tapioca in a spice or coffee grinder; process until finely ground. Combine tapioca, raspberries, and next 5 ingredients (through 1/8 teaspoon salt) in a bowl; toss well. Let raspberry mixture stand 10 minutes; stir to combine.
3. Roll 1 (9-inch) dough portion into an 11-inch circle. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray, draping excess dough over edges. Spoon raspberry mixture and any remaining liquid into dough. Fold edges under; flute. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes.
4. While pie bakes, place flour and remaining ingredients in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
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China in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
In February Buck Pei, professor of accountancy and associate dean of Asia programs at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, delivered a lecture on "China in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities."
"China's rise to become a global economic power in just three decades has been amazing – one of the most transformative of our time," Pei said. "But today China faces enormous challenges, and overcoming those challenges will be critical to continued economic growth."
Will China succeed? "China can confront and resolve its challenges then continue to grow, and with it, expand the global economy. Or it may collapse under the weight of its own domestic challenges." Yet the same factors that propelled China's economy to number 2 in the world in just three decades also make it likely that the country will be able to overcome the challenges it currently faces.
China certainly has a plan to – a plan Professor Pei outlined in his talk, captured here on video by FutureofUSChinaTrade.com. Watch the videos then join the discussion below!