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With the Dow Jones Industrial Average having just cracked 15,000, most of the 15 investment managers who spoke at the 18th annual Sohn conference on Wednesday in New York still found plenty to buy, including Procter & Gamble pg 0.17032773405380008% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE USD85.275 0.145 0.17032773405380008% /Date(1425318793326-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1953099 P/E Ratio 24.9604824073532 Market Cap 229894409714.175 Dividend Yield 3.0191157499706813% Rev. per Employee 692110 More quote details and news » (ticker: PG), and Google goog 0.49606017191977075% Google Inc. Cl C U.S.: Nasdaq USD561.17 2.77 0.49606017191977075% /Date(1425318799268-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 588766 P/E Ratio 27.70844744464676 Market Cap 381497838989.39 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1228170 More quote details and news » (GOOG); a bevy of U.S. housing plays; a yellow-pages company; a Norwegian offshore driller; and the preferred shares of Korea's Samsung Electronics and Hyundai.
Some of the most provocative recommendations were on the short side, including bearish calls on disk-drive makers Seagate Technology stx 2.9777486910994764% Seagate Technology PLC U.S.: Nasdaq USD62.94 1.82 2.9777486910994764% /Date(1425318802316-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1637388 P/E Ratio 13.501079913606912 Market Cap 20068018985.2347 Dividend Yield 3.4554471284594466% Rev. per Employee 272322 More quote details and news » (STX) and Western Digital wdc 1.7106001121704992% Western Digital Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD108.81 1.83 1.7106001121704992% /Date(1425318792817-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 589145 P/E Ratio 16.35843373493976 Market Cap 24715803887.4365 Dividend Yield 1.8412815319462346% Rev. per Employee 180619 More quote details and news » (WDC); Digital Realty Trust dlr 1.0093401626996084% Digital Realty Trust Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD67.05 0.67 1.0093401626996084% /Date(1425318781089-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 608175 P/E Ratio 39.05232558139535 Market Cap 9002853977.46763 Dividend Yield 5.061783534315915% Rev. per Employee 2080340 More quote details and news » (DLR), an owner of data centers; Canadian banks; and a South African lender.
The 15 presenters at the charity event, which raises money for pediatric-cancer research, featured some of the biggest names in the hedge-fund industry, including David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, William Ackman of Pershing Square, Jonathon Jacobson of Highfields Capital, and Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates. The program lasted nearly seven hours, with only a few short breaks.
The record of last year's Sohn recommendations was mixed (see table) and some investment managers who had the best picks in 2012, including Barron's Roundtable member and Eagle Capital general partner Meryl Witmer, didn't present this year.
Ackman pitched P&G, arguing that it should be able to boost sales-growth and profit margins, which if successful, could lead to $6 a share in profit by the company's fiscal year ending in June 2016, up from an estimated $4 in the current year. If that scenario plays out, P&G, now at $78, could hit $120 in two years. The activist Ackman called the consumer-products giant "one of the great businesses in the world," but said it suffers from a "bloated cost structure" and inefficient manufacturing facilities. P&G's sales growth has trailed that of peers Colgate-Palmolive cl 0.11719853148828015% Colgate-Palmolive Co. U.S.: NYSE USD70.903 0.083 0.11719853148828015% /Date(1425318795348-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 593077 P/E Ratio 30.860869565217392 Market Cap 64239544853.7958 Dividend Yield 2.1414482952944494% Rev. per Employee 458276 More quote details and news » (CL) and Unilever un 0.6901311249137336% Unilever N.V. ADS U.S.: NYSE USD43.77 0.3 0.6901311249137336% /Date(1425318769545-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 879465 P/E Ratio 18.498461915287248 Market Cap 74539226160 Dividend Yield 3.0196096356904514% Rev. per Employee 367821 More quote details and news » (UN). He also criticized P&G CEO Bob McDonald for being on 21 different boards, arguing that those responsibilities are taking valuable time away from the company. "A CEO on 21 boards shows where his head is at," Ackman said.
Speakers included William Ackman (left) and Jim Chanos Brendan McDermid/Landov
STAN DRUCKENMILLER, a former lead portfolio manager for George Soros' Quantum fund, made a quick pitch for Google, calling it one of the world's "better positioned" companies, with a relatively modest valuation at 16 times 2014 earnings. Druckenmiller, who's now focused on running his own money, spent most of his allotted 15 minutes on commodities, arguing that the "commodity supercycle" that lasted from 2000 to 2011 is over, thanks largely to weakening demand for raw materials from a formerly voracious China. That's bad news for commodity-oriented currencies, including the South African rand and Canadian dollar.
Hardest hit, he observed, could be the Australian dollar, which he said could "come down and come down hard." Australia has been a big beneficiary of the commodity boom, and Druckenmiller said the currency's appreciation has resulted in such things as $22 hamburgers in Sydney.
JACOBSON TOOK ON DIGITAL REALTY, a real-estate investment trust that operates corporate data centers. He said the company could be worth just $20 a share, a fraction of its recent price of $66. Its shares fell 5% on Thursday in the wake of the presentation. He argued that there is too much industry capacity and that Digital Realty vastly understates its capital expenditures when calculating adjusted funds from operations, a widely followed REIT earnings measure. Adjusting for capital spending, Jacobson contends, projected 2013 AFFO falls to about 87 cents a share, versus the Street's $3.90 estimate. The true AFFO, he said, is a fraction of the current $3.12 a share annual dividend. "Do you want to pay three times book value for this?" he asked, arguing that the company is burning through cash and that its dividend "is not sustainable" and "depends on continued access to the capital markets."
In discussing companies with what he called illusory yields, Jacobson briefly warned about Linn Energy line -1.5806988352745424% Linn Energy LLC U.S.: Nasdaq USD11.83 -0.19 -1.5806988352745424% /Date(1425318715326-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 718630 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 4033455534.46747 Dividend Yield 10.543001686340641% Rev. per Employee 2431610 More quote details and news » (LINE), subject of a bearish Barron's article last week. Jacobson argued that "half of Linn's distributable cash flow comes from hedging gains" and that the company needs access to the capital markets to fund its distribution.
Another vulnerable high-yield stock, he said, is AT&T t -0.7378472222222222% AT&T Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD34.305 -0.255 -0.7378472222222222% /Date(1425318801742-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7763251 P/E Ratio 28.870672268907562 Market Cap 179372212127.611 Dividend Yield 5.472099568926624% Rev. per Employee 523506 More quote details and news » (T), whose cash flow has flattened. AT&T also is exposed to any weakening in the wireless market.
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STEVE EISMAN made his reputation with his short bet against subprime mortgages prior to the credit crisis and for identifying abuses in for-profit education three years ago when Wall Street loved the sector. Eisman, founder of Emrys Partners, said the U.S. housing recovery is in its early stages and offers plenty of investment opportunities. He noted that some of the strongest housing markets, including California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida, were formerly among the weakest. Low housing inventories are fueling a boom in land prices in these markets; some have had 30% gains since the end of 2012.
He ticked off a list of "land rich" home builders like PulteGroup phm -0.22163120567375885% PulteGroup Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD22.51 -0.05 -0.22163120567375885% /Date(1425318799442-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1666620 P/E Ratio 18.032 Market Cap 8306569359.02458 Dividend Yield 1.419698314108252% Rev. per Employee 1386710 More quote details and news » (PHM), Lennar len -0.39852619000199163% Lennar Corp. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD50.0099 -0.2001 -0.39852619000199163% /Date(1425318786622-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 704504 P/E Ratio 16.05448717948718 Market Cap 9992403315.83802 Dividend Yield 0.3194250349371132% Rev. per Employee 1135450 More quote details and news » (LEN), and Standard Pacific spf -0.9153318077803204% Standard Pacific Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD8.66 -0.08 -0.9153318077803204% /Date(1425318789223-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1329472 P/E Ratio 15.094827586206897 Market Cap 2380828428.86215 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 2184120 More quote details and news » (SPF), as well as Fortune Brands Home & Security, a maker of kitchen cabinets, faucets, locks, and doors for homes. He recommended Forestar Group for 1.390125173852573% Forestar Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD14.5799 0.1999 1.390125173852573% /Date(1425318417618-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 121337 P/E Ratio 14.198131568703776 Market Cap 502696046.633682 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 2240320 More quote details and news » (FOR), a landowner recently profiled in Barron's ("Rich Assets, Cheap Shares," March 4) that he says could be worth $30, versus its recent share price of $23. He also likes Colony Financial clny 0.7735025783419278% Colony Financial Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD25.405 0.195 0.7735025783419278% /Date(1425318786812-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 492472 P/E Ratio 25.128712871287128 Market Cap 2763873107.32971 Dividend Yield 5.831363278171789% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (CLNY), a mortgage REIT that owns 25% of Colony American Homes, single-family rental-home outfit that recently filed to go public. Another play he likes: Ocwen Financial ocn 4.545454545454546% Ocwen Financial Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD8.51 0.37 4.545454545454546% /Date(1425318769290-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2804361 P/E Ratio 6.9105691056910565 Market Cap 1024134163.0682 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 218788 More quote details and news » (OCN), the largest nonbank mortgage servicer. Its price/earnings is just seven on expected 2014 profits.
Eisman is bearish on the Canadian housing market, however, saying that it's starting to crack after showing resiliency throughout the U.S. housing downturn. If it continues, the trend could hurt big Canadian banks like TD Bank Group td -0.36488027366020526% Toronto-Dominion Bank U.S.: NYSE USD43.69 -0.16 -0.36488027366020526% /Date(1425318754326-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 451355 P/E Ratio 10.509615384615385 Market Cap 101333801225.924 Dividend Yield 3.711614942219442% Rev. per Employee 450140 More quote details and news » (TD) and Royal Bank of Canada ry -0.7665282657297988% Royal Bank of Canada U.S.: NYSE USD62.14 -0.48 -0.7665282657297988% /Date(1425318802800-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 393149 P/E Ratio 10.340531561461795 Market Cap 112971721244.819 Dividend Yield 3.947968214369542% Rev. per Employee 538936 More quote details and news » (RY), which trade for more than twice tangible book value, way above the valuation of most large U.S. banks. Particularly vulnerable, he asserts, is Home Capital Group hcg.t -0.22026431718061673% Home Capital Group Inc. Canada: Toronto CAD45.3 -0.1 -0.22026431718061673% /Date(1425317460000-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 66011 P/E Ratio 10.111607142857142 Market Cap 3182358537.43897 Dividend Yield 1.9426048565121412% Rev. per Employee 1330530 More quote details and news » (HCG.Canada), a lender specializing in high-risk mortgage loans that aren't eligible for guarantees from the Canadian equivalent of Fannie Mae. At about $53, it trades for twice tangible book. "If housing rolls over, this company will have problems."
CHANOS OF KYNIKOS called disk-drive makers Seagate and Western Digital "value traps." He said the stocks, which have soared in the past year, are vulnerable to the eroding personal-computer market, a big source of demand. "PC sales have just begun to decline," he added.
Bulls point to the two dominant drive makers' low P/Es -- just seven on this year's expected earnings. But Chanos thinks their margins -- and profits -- could come under pressure, citing a forecast from No. 3 drive maker Toshiba 6502.to 0.7281553398058253% Toshiba Corp. Japan: Tokyo JPY498 3.6 0.7281553398058253% /Date(1425330000000-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 20m) : 21389000 P/E Ratio 25.08816120906801 Market Cap 2095070402935.73 Dividend Yield 1.606425702811245% Rev. per Employee 33390200 More quote details and news » (6502.Japan) for a sharp decline in its margins during its current fiscal year. He also cited heavy insider sales at Seagate, led by CEO Steve Luczo. Seagate fell $2 on Thursday, to $40, in the wake of the Chanos call, while Western Digital slid $1.33, to $57.68.
EINHORN, BEST KNOWN for his prescient bearish calls on Lehman Brothers, St. Joe, and Green Mountain Coffee, made a bullish presentation, extolling Oil States International ois -0.39098436062557496% Oil States International Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD43.31 -0.17 -0.39098436062557496% /Date(1425318802682-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 336789 P/E Ratio 13.063063063063064 Market Cap 2233045890.79681 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 343971 More quote details and news » (OIS), an oil-field-services company trading at about $99. Einhorn said a sum-of-the-parts valuation points toward a higher price, as would a conversion to a REIT, which could boost the stock to $155.
Mortgage-securities maven Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital had some pretty good calls in 2012, including natural gas and Spanish stocks, and a short recommendation on Apple when bears were few. He didn't have much to say about stocks on Wednesday, except for critical comments on Chipotle Mexican Grill cmg 0.21429538174654494% Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD666.395 1.425 0.21429538174654494% /Date(1425318800325-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 173749 P/E Ratio 46.30313588850174 Market Cap 20628698004.9936 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 77383.1 More quote details and news » (CMG)."I hate the charts," he said. "I like the products. I don't like the P/E ratio at 40."
Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital recommended Dex Media dxm 1.9259259259259258% Dex Media Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD6.88 0.13 1.9259259259259258% /Date(1425318667325-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26027 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 118995748.04306 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 399111 More quote details and news » (DXM), created from the merger of two struggling yellow-pages publishers, Dex One and Super Media. He said that Dex Media, formed after its components emerged from bankruptcy a few years ago, isn't going down again, despite market concerns about its debt load. He argued that cash flow should stabilize as digital sales offset declines in print yellow-pages books. While acknowledging that Dex Media is "fraught with risk," Bass said the company's bank debt, now yielding about 15%, should get paid off in full. He also likes the stock, now at about $16, calling it a "really cheap option" with the potential to rise fivefold. Bass, best-known for his bearish views on Japan, reiterated that he sees a "full blown" bond crisis" there in a few years, given massive borrowings by the government. He has been bearish on the yen and bullish on gold.
Keith Meister, formerly a top lieutenant of billionaire investor Carl Icahn and now chief investment officer of Corvex, recommended two data-transmission providers, tw telecom (TWTC) and Level 3 Communications lvlt -0.14853323431117713% Level 3 Communications Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD53.78 -0.08 -0.14853323431117713% /Date(1425318780258-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1253111 P/E Ratio 42.44094488188976 Market Cap 18094859586.1578 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 677700 More quote details and news » (LVLT), arguing the combination of booming data traffic and industry consolidation is bullish for both. The better-managed of the pair in his view, tw telecom, could rise to $38 from its recent $28. He said the company ultimately will be sold "at a substantial premium" to one of many potential buyers, including Comcast cmcsa 0.8251936679016504% Comcast Corp. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD59.87 0.49 0.8251936679016504% /Date(1425318800326-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3429999 P/E Ratio 18.596273291925467 Market Cap 152799364138.642 Dividend Yield 1.6700066800267201% Rev. per Employee 505699 More quote details and news » (CMCSA). Level 3 has rebounded after digesting numerous acquisitions. His target: $34, up from a recent $24.
Mitch Julis of Canyon Partners favors Clear Channel Outdoor cco 2.459016393442623% Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD10 0.24 2.459016393442623% /Date(1425318733757-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 37123 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 3515796067.55638 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 389639 More quote details and news » (CCO), the leveraged billboard company that is controlled by the even more leveraged Clear Channel Communications. Julis likes the business, which has just a handful of players, and the parent company's desire for cash, which has resulted in large dividends paid to Clear Channel Outdoor holders.
Tor Olav Trøim works for John Fredriksen, the Norwegian billionaire whose largest creation is Seadrill sdrl -5.030355594102342% SeaDrill Ltd. U.S.: NYSE USD10.95 -0.58 -5.030355594102342% /Date(1425318801483-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6453650 P/E Ratio 1.232662192393736 Market Cap 5681522781.01654 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 557390 More quote details and news » (SDRL), an owner of a fleet of offshore oil rigs that are leased to big energy companies. He argued that the stock should benefit from a coming "rig shortage" that could drive up leasing rates and Seadrill's cash flow. He said deepwater wells are among the most productive investments for Big Oil and that Seadrill can recoup the cost of a new rig in several years with long-term contracts. "Can you find a better business?" he asked.
Li Lu, chairman of Himalaya Capital, counts among his admirers Charlie Munger, the not-easy-to-impress vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Lu recommended preferred stock issued by Korean companies, including Samsung and Hyundai. This preferred amounts to "nonvoting common shares" trading at a massive, average discount of 65% to the better-known and more liquid common shares. He said these issues give investors exposure to leading Korean companies at low-single-digit P/E multiples.
The boom in consumer lending in South Africa has gotten out of hand, said David Stemerman, the founder of Conatus Capital Management. He said that African Bank Investments (ABL.South Africa) is vulnerable to what he called an "unsustainable boom in unsecured credit."
Akamai Technologies akam 1.9709394331750827% Akamai Technologies Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD70.88 1.37 1.9709394331750827% /Date(1425318796730-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 572702 P/E Ratio 39.831460674157306 Market Cap 12372363549.3341 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 502527 More quote details and news » (AKAM) was favored by Clifton Robbins of Blue Harbor Group. A dot-com-era survivor, Akamai develops technology to speed the flow of information over the Internet. His "base case" analysis suggests the stock, recently at about $45, is worth $64. Earnings could rise to $3 a share in 2016, he asserted, from the about $2 projected for this year.
The conference sponsors a contest for the best investment pitch from an outsider, and the winner this year was Simeon McMillan, a student at Columbia University's business school. He recommended Tribune (TRBAA), the broadcast TV and newspaper company that came out of bankruptcy late last year. His analysis suggests a value of $88 per share, well above the recent price of $55. He based his analysis on estimated asset values for key Tribune divisions, including broadcast TV stations, the WGN cable network, and a stake in the Food Network.
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Bahahaha Pakistan beat Australia.
Posted By Ashraf On April 22, 2009 @ 10:52 AM In I suck at spellings | 16 Comments
Ya that's what I thought. Pakistanis beat the Aussies [1] by 4 wickets. Eat it. And like it.
P.S. Aussies is not a derogatory term is it? I hope not. I ask this because while most people don't realize, technically speaking "Paki" is a derogatory term that was invented by the British during colonial times. I, however, don't find "Paki" offending… freaking British ruined a good nickname :P
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Wind speeds and gusts gradually increase to near 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph sustained as the cold front approaches. With the warmer temps in place, any precipitation that occurs through 6 PM will mainly be in the form of light rain. Best chances for precip are mainly focused north of Interstate 70. Chances for precip increase to likely after 6 PM this evening as the upper support with the wave enters southern Iowa. Initial precip type is a rain and snow mix as the sub-freezing temps lag a few hours behind the boundary. Latest models are still fairly consistent with the track of the upper trough impacting the edge of far northeast and east central areas of the CWA...with heavier amounts further east. Weak signals of low and mid level frontogenesis in cross sections and coinciding lift in the dendritic zone suggest light amounts from a dusting up to an inch of snowfall, focused along and east of highway 75. Warmer ground temps however should restrict any accumulation to grassy and elevated surfaces. Next concern for this evening is the strong winds and very cold temps to arrive early Thursday morning. Tightening pressure gradient behind the cold front result in sfc northwest winds increasing between 15 and 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph beginning late this afternoon through the evening. Not confident in winds reaching advisory criteria and will hold off on issuing for this forecast. Main impacts from the winds and snowfall are visibilities which may occasionally be reduced especially in the early evening period. Stout cold air advection in the boundary`s wake will quickly drop temps into the low teens and single digits for lows. Wind chills fall as well between 3 and 12 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 321 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 Thursday - Friday night: The post-frontal airmass is very cold and will move quickly straight out of Canada and into the local area. A reinforcing shot of cold air will follow shortly behind the main front, so even with a good chance for some sunshine on Thursday the temperatures will be 25 to 30 degrees below normal. 850 temperatures as cold as -20C will hang around into Friday morning, and the low will prove tricky to forecast as high pressure builds in from the north and mid level clouds attempt to build in from the south. It seems likely that despite the proximity of the surface high, surface winds will remain at 5 kts or better for much of the night so temperatures will stay a bit warmer...and any incoming clouds would keep things a bit warmer too. The exception may be far northern KS where winds could go calm with clear skies. Regardless, the wind chill is likely to range from -5 to -15 early Friday morning. Clouds should increase through Friday, so while there will be weak warm advection it will not matter much and highs will remain very cold. Dry conditions are expected through this period. Saturday - Saturday Night: Saturday into Saturday night appears to be the more straight- forward part of this period of precip. All model guidance has been remarkably consistent in ejecting a very weak short wave trough across the area very early Saturday followed by a stronger short wave trough during the afternoon/evening with additional weak vort maxima overnight. The first weak wave will help saturate a somewhat dry airmass. The second wave will bring with it deep, persistent isentropic ascent along with additional moisture and upper level support. The additional short waves overnight may also work with increased low level convergence and developing frontogenesis as winds in the northern part of the area gain a more northerly component and the temperature gradient tightens. The GFS and GEM are slower with the onset of precip and generally have less precip but see no reason for this to be the case as both exhibit the persistent lift and only minimal dry air to overcome on Saturday. GFSens even suggests very high probability of earlier onset and equal or greater precip amounts than the operational GFS. With this in mind have increased PoPs through the evening and expect precip to start from SW to NE between late morning and early afternoon. There may be a few breaks in the wake of the short waves during which the dendritic layer dries a bit but isentropic ascent continues...and this could result in periods of light freezing drizzle. Snow will probably not be particularly heavy, although there are indications of CSI or weak convective instability at times directly associated with the passage of the strongest vort maxima. However, even without heavy snow, the duration of the event will likely allow several inches to accumulate in much of the area by sunrise on Sunday. Sunday - Sunday night: This period is perhaps the most uncertain of the long term. Will need to closely watch a northern stream short wave trough forecast to dive south out of Canada during the period as the interaction of this wave with the flow pattern overhead will drive our local forecast. The northern stream remains active and meridional over northern Canada throughout this period so it seems that any strong wave diving south will have momentum on its side for a deep southerly push. Current run of the operational GFS is weaker with this system and absorbs some energy into the southwestern CONUS trough. It is also influenced by timing of another somewhat stronger short wave ejecting from the southwest into the Plains. This results in less southward push of the surface high and allows precipitation, at times heavy, to continue over the area in the form of snow or a mix. Meanwhile, the ECMWF and GEM (especially the ECMWF) are quite strong with the northern trough and blast dry high pressure into the area. This would act to give us a break from the precip into early Monday and would result in several inches less snowfall than otherwise. It will certainly be interesting to watch how this interaction plays out. Monday - Tuesday: At some point in this period, a rather strong, neutral to negatively tilted trough is likely to move across the Plains. A significant portion of model guidance tracks the max 500 hPa height falls over northeast KS although this is obviously subject to change. 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We'll be honest - we were expecting to be underwhelmed by Call of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer mode. After all, when a game like this has proven to be so extraordinarily popular across the globe, why would you risk innovation?
We'll gladly admit; we were wrong. Series substitute dev, Treyarch has clearly poured its heart and soul into the multiplayer mode of Black Ops, introducing a dozen big new features - some huge - and in the process making the stalwart of online FPS feel a little bit fresher than it was before.
Perhaps the most game-changing of all Black Ops' additions (see full Black Ops multiplayer details for the full list) are CoD Points (or 'CD') which can be earned alongside regular XP and spent purchasing basically any traditionally unlocked perk and gun in the game - you no longer have to grind to get the big toys.
You can gain CoD Points through either new Contract challenges or - most excitingly - through gambling your points Poker-style in the four Wager Match types.
The game mode we played is called One in the Chamber, a scenario which has combatants armed with just pistols. As with all Wager games though there's a twist; each player only has one bullet, which is replenished if you hit your man but lost if you miss.
The idea is obviously that players will use their utmost focus and skill to patiently bullseye that perfect shot into their pacing opponent. The reality however - in our brief experience with the mode at least - is that within 30 seconds everyone's shot their lonely bullet into the wall and are now running around the map waving knives around like some sort of Notting Hill Carnival knife fight. This is not necessarily a bad thing of course, as it's genuinely fantastic fun.
The top three players in the game take all the CoD Points and if you're feeling particularly confident you can 'Double Down' on your bet on the pre-game lobby screen.
Other Wager Match types we didn't get to play in our Black Ops hands-on session include Sticks and Stones, in which players are armed with a tomahawk and cross bow and the former 'bankrupts' your target, Gun Game in which a kill levels you up to a new gun, and Sharp Shooter, which has you using Random weapons and perks. All sound like intriguing twists on the CoD formula and seemed to go down well on the playing floor.
As for the vanilla game modes such as Free For All and Team Deathmatch, it's admittedly an initially familiar experience to Modern Warfare 2. Look deeper however and you'll see tweaks everywhere; deathstreaks have been removed (Treyarch says the new Combat Mode AI bots are good enough to help beginners), MW2's annoying 'blood splatter' given the boot and promisingly, maps are now marked into grids, so instead of shouting "He's on the erm... building," you can now deal out orders to head to square A1 or C3. Very useful in team games.
World at War critics will be pleased to hear that Black Ops' weapons feel powerful and explosions sound more dangerous than ever. The crossbow in particular is a lethal piece of kit, though it's going to take plenty of skill to master thanks to its bending projectile arch and wind seemingly blowing your shot off target.
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The 2012 Honda Ridgeline is the best pickup for you if your light-duty priorities run to good handling and passenger comfort rather than true-truck cred.
The 2012 Honda Ridgeline gets a new grille appearance, adds a Sport model, and gains 1 mpg in highway fuel-economy ratings. Otherwise, this unorthodox but strangely appealing midsize pickup carries on the same basic design it's had since its model-year 2006 debut. Few hard-core truckers take this unibody crew-cab seriously. You, on the other hand, may well see the logic of a five-passenger pickup with decent payload and towing numbers and outstanding levels of refinement and driveability.
Should you buy a 2012 Honda Ridgeline or wait for the 2013 Honda Ridgeline? Buy a 2012 Ridgeline if you want to be absolutely certain of actually getting one. To explain: Honda insists reports that the slow-selling Ridgeline is on its deathbed are greatly exaggerated. The automaker says it plans to continue producing the truck for "the foreseeable future." We expect Ridgeline's future to extend into the 2013 model year. Beyond that, we'll withhold predictions. In any case, the 2013 Ridgeline would be little more than a retread of the 2012 version except for model-year price escalation -- and the prospect of lame-duck status.
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Styling: The 2012 Honda Ridgeline styling improves by subtraction of a goofy grille insert that looked a giant 1950s tie clip. The replacement features less offensive horizontal chrome bars or, on the new Sport model, a quiet-attractive black honeycomb pattern. Otherwise unaltered, the 2012 Ridgeline is no beauty-contest candidate. At least its folded-cardboard shape and sickly proportions are partly explained by engineering that's wholly unusual for a pickup truck.
Every other pickup, compact or full-sized, uses a traditional form of truck construction in which the body is attached to a separate strong, heavy frame. That's the accepted formula for a vehicle designed to carry lots of weight and tow big trailers. Ridgeline, by contrast, uses a car-like unibody structure, though it integrates portions of a rigid boxed frame. The Honda gives up no noticeable stiffness to compact-pickup rivals, although lack of a seam between the cab and cargo bed is one outward sign of its unibody design.
The 2012 Ridgeline continues in one body and bed style – a four-door crew cab with a 5-foot bed. The cab nearly matches some full-size crew-cab pickups for usable passenger space. By contrast, Ridgeline's bed is about as small as pickup beds get. It does, however, conceal beneath its floor a locking, covered "trunk" of 8.5 cubic feet. A two-way tailgate that drops in the conventional manner and also swings open to the side is another Ridgeline exclusive.
The 2012 Honda Ridgeline lineup expands to four models with the addition of the 2012 Ridgeline Sport. The roster again starts at the base Ridgeline RT model, gains the Sport, and ascends through the better-equipped RTS, the leather-upholstered RTL, and the top-line RTL with Navigation system model.
Visually, the 2012 Ridgeline Sport stands apart with that exclusive black honeycomb grille plus black headlight and brake light housings and black-accented 18-inch alloy wheels. Styling differences between the other trim levels run to 17 inch steel wheels and dark exterior trim on the Ridgeline RT, to 17-inch alloy wheels and body-color trim on the RTS, to body-colored trim, fog lamps and polished 18-inch alloy wheels on the RTL models.
Mechanical: The 2012 Honda Ridgeline recycles the only powertrain this pickup has known: a 3.5-liter V-6 with 250 horsepower and 247 pound-feet of torque. Torque -- think of it as the force that initiates movement – is important in a pickup, and Ridgeline's V-6 is competitive in this regard. Aided by a smooth-shifting five-speed automatic – the sole transmission offered – acceleration is more than adequate and remains wholly acceptable even with a full load of passengers and cargo.
Traditional pickups are based on rear-wheel-drive designs augmented with available four-wheel drive (4wd). Ridgeline has roots in front-wheel drive engineering but is fortified with standard all-wheel-drive (AWD). Rather than requiring the driver to engage it, like four-wheel drive, Ridgeline's AWD system automatically shuffles power between the front and rear axles to maintain traction.
Off the road, Ridgeline isn't designed to challenge backwoods brawlers such as the Toyota Tacoma or Nissan Pathfinder. It lacks the ground clearance and separate low-range gearing for that. But this Honda is more than competent in snow and in light-duty off-pavement work. Credit goes to its stout construction, an automatic locking rear differential, and a dashboard button that maintains engagement to the rear wheels at low speeds.
Ridgeline also is separated from the herd by its all-independent suspension; it's the only pickup that doesn't hearken back to the dawn of the motoring age by using a solid rear axle. The result is an uncommonly refined ride for a pickup, with segment-leading handling to boot. Payload capacity is 1,500 pounds and maximum trailer rating is 5,000 pounds – both easily on par with similarly sized V-6 crew-cabs. Among standard safety features are four-wheel disc brakes with antilock capability for more controlled stops and an antiskid system to mitigate sideways slides.
Features: The 2012 Ridgeline is again bound by a Honda policy that bypasses individual options to lock in a set of features exclusive to each model. To get additional features a buyer must ascend to the next model level. The policy simplifies production and ordering but sometimes forces buyers to pay for features they may not want to acquire those they do.
Even then, the only 2012 Ridgeline equipped with the safety and convenience of Bluetooth hands-free cell-phone connectivity is the top-of-the-line RTS with Navigation model. And no Ridgeline is available with a USB interface for iPods and other MP3 devices.
These shortfalls aside, the 2012 Ridgeline reprises a good list of features that includes on selected models a power moonroof and heated front seats and on all models, air conditioning, tilt steering wheel. power windows and locks, a power sliding rear window, cruise control, and keyless entry. Ridgeline's trip computer calculates instantaneous and average fuel economy.
The front center console has a sliding armrest and a sliding lower tray, each with interior storage. A 60/40 split lift-up rear seat with under-seat storage is standard, as well. Safety features include head-protecting curtain side airbags that cover both seating rows and deploy in side collisions or in an impending rollover.
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Price range for the 2012 Honda Ridgeline is $30,060-$37,990. (Prices in this review include the manufacturer's destination fee; Honda's fee for the 2012 Ridgeline is $810.)
Given a model range of just one upscale configuration – an AWD V-6 crew cab -- Honda justifiably considers Ridgeline a "premium" truck and prices it accordingly. Rivals offer less expensive four-cylinder regular-cab pickups, for example, but price differences shrink once you option a Toyota Tacoma or Nissan Frontier 4wd V-6 crew cab to compare with a Ridgeline.
The 2012 Honda Ridgeline RT base model is priced at $30,060. It includes all the aforementioned standard features plus a six-speaker, 100-watt audio system with a single-disc CD player.
The 2012 Honda Ridgeline Sport is priced at $30,805. This newcomer adds to the RT model the sportier grille and 18-inch alloy wheels plus fog lamps, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, an auxiliary audio input jack, rear privacy glass, and all-weather floormats.
Honda prices the 2012 Ridgeline RTS at $32,765. It comes with the 17-inch alloy wheels and body-color door handles plus an eight-way power driver's seat with lumbar support, dual-zone automatic climate control, deep-tint windows, and all-weather floor mats. Starting with at the RTS level the audio system is a 160-watt unit with seven speakers, a subwoofer, six-disc in-dash changer, steering wheel controls, and an auxiliary input jack.
That the 2012 RTL model remains Ridgeline's most popular trim level is clear evidence that Ridgeline buyers tend not to be the off-road enthusiasts, budget buyers, and tradespeople that form compact-pickup core audience. The 2012 RTL is priced at $35,640 and again upfits the RTS with fog lights and the 18-inch alloy wheels, plus leather upholstery with heated front seats, power moonroof, remote garage-door controls, carpeted floor mats, and a compass in the rearview mirror.
The 2012 Ridgeline RTL with Navigation model repeats as the most expensive 2012 Ridgeline. At $37,990 it includes all the RTL features plus a satellite-linked navigation system with voice recognition. The system includes Bluetooth cell-phone linking and a backup camera.
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Fuel-economy ratings for the 2012 Honda Ridgeline are 15/21/17 mpg city/highway/combined. That's a 1-mpg gain in highway mileage over the 2011 Ridgeline. Honda credits the improved aerodynamics of the revised grille and friction-reduction measures in the engine.
Overall, 2012 Ridgeline fuel-economy ratings are about midpack among similarly sized V-6 crew cabs. This Honda continues to use 87-octane gas.
2012 Honda Ridgeline Release Date back to top
The 2012 Honda Ridgeline went on sale in autumn 2011.
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Ridgeline has never been hugely popular – it's outsold 7-1 by the Tacoma, for example, but a number of Honda owners are also pickup drivers and Ridgeline keeps them in the fold. Further, Ridgeline shares key engineering details – including its V-6 AWD drivetrain and many interior appointments – with the Honda Pilot SUV. So development costs can be spread out.
As for Ridgeline beyond model-year 2012: Honda says, "Reports in the media that we have plans to discontinue the Ridgeline pick-up truck are false …Ridgeline has a significant role in the Honda line-up and it is expected to continue in the foreseeable future."
A dim view of Ridgeline's future is not baseless, however. The market for all pickups smaller than full-size trucks such as the Ford F-150 is shrinking steadily. Ridgeline rivals discontinued over the past year alone include the Ford Ranger and Dodge Dakota. Some reports speculate that the next generation Ridgeline, whenever it may appear, could be a pickup version of Honda's compact CR-V crossover SUV. Honda flatly denies that plan, too, leaving Ridgeline's crystal ball more than a little clouded.
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Toyota Tacoma: No four-door crew cab this side of a full-size pickup can match Ridgeline for roominess. But if you don't regularly carry more than one other person a Tacoma crew cab offers a nice combination of ruggedness and relative refinement. This Toyota is America's best-selling compact pickup and provides serious off-road capability and a choice of crew-cab long- and short- beds. The 2012 4wd Tacoma crew cabs start at $27,515 with a 159-horsepower four-cylinder engine and $28,395 with a 236-horseower V-6. With automatic transmission fuel economy is 15/19/17 mpg and 16/21/18, respectively. Tacoma is due a restyling for model-year 2013.
Nissan Frontier: Another old-school compact pickup that has many of the same virtues and vices of the Tacoma, though Nissan dispenses with a regular-cab altogether and provides just the extended-cab long-bed Frontier King Cab and the short- and long-bed Crew Cab models. Plus-points include good steering feel and a strong 261-horsepower V-6, though 4wd fuel economy is a sobering 14/19/16 with automatic transmission. The 4wd 2012 Frontier King Cabs start at $26,145, Crews at $26,305. A four-cylinder is also available, but only with 2wd. Frontier also is due a restyle for model-year 2013.


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To think of it a different way, I know people who've committed terrible acts of violence and have served time because of it. Most of them have never played a game where you shoot other people. They mostly play Madden. Maybe it's not just video games that teach violence. Maybe it's games in general. In football kids are taught to crush their opponents. In hockey you get a five-minute penalty for a fight that, if it happened in the real world they'd serve jail time for. But now that I think about it, its okay because those kids have to shake hands at the end of the games and that makes everything okay.
That's the key right there, for kids to give virtual high five after each game they play. More high fives=less violence. I should win a Nobel peace for that. Someone should send the committee that hands those things out my idea so I can praised for my solution to violence. at my acceptance speak, heh, I'd run up the isle give out fives to everyone I passed while they chanted my name. I'd get my picture taken with the president, we'd be high fiving of coarse, life would be awesome.
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fund raising event for our Audubon Chapter and the sanctuaries we support. The sale is always held on the last Saturday in April, so be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, April 26, 2014. Opening time is 9:00 am, and the sale ends at 1:00 pm. Please plan to come early! Plant Sale items are limited to stock on hand, so the early birds get the pick of the crop! The ASCM Native Plant Sale is held on the grounds of the Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary, 13030 Old Annapolis Road, just West of Mount Airy, MD. (Click here for a map or here for our 2014 Plant Sale flyer with map.) The sanctuary is open for public access during the sale, and we encourage everyone to take the opportunity to explore our network of walking trails during the sale hours. Our Native Plant Sale provides a unique selection of fresh, healthy plant stock that not only comes from local suppliers, but is natively suited to our unique regional weather and soil conditions. If you'd like a preview of the variety we'll have at our sale, you can view our 2014 offerings by clicking here. We plan to have all of our "staple" offerings again for 2014, and we always try to include some new and interesting varieties for you to try. Along with the wide variety of native plants, we always have expert advice available on the planting and care requirements of the plants we sell (and even those we don't). Master Gardeners from the surrounding counties and other expert naturalists look forward to consulting with customers on the sale day, making it a great opportunity to learn more about habitat creation using native plants and other related areas of interest. We also provide a broad range of printed informational and reference materials for our customers to consult. And did we mention that profits from our Native Plant Sale help to provide the critical funding needed for our ongoing programs of environmental education and habitat preservation in our local area? Well, it is an extremely important point, and worth mentioning again! Please check our News page in late Winter and early Spring each year for details on our Native Plant Sale, along with information on other ASCM programs and activities. To be added to our mailing list, you can call 301-831-5060 or 410-795-6546, or click here to send us an email. We truly appreciate your support! |
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Shoveling manure while the hot sun sears your shoulders doesn't sound like an ideal way to spend the day. Neither does digging up dirt to plant vegetables, or dealing with rotting produce. This is what everyone thinks the farm life is like, right? But, you see, South Florida's very own Farmer Jay makes all of what he does look incredibly appealing -- and sort of makes us want to know what it would like to be a farmer (yes, a real one) for a day.
Granted, our manicures and suede loafers would probably be ruined, but on a manic weekday, taking a second to browse through Farmer Jay's Instagram makes us forget about life's materialistic trivialities. We took the liberty of picking out Delray's hottest farmer's best Instagram shots (all taken with an iPhone, surprisingly). What you see here will make you want to throw your urban lifestyle out the window and try out the rural life -- even if it's just for a second.
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Last year's North Norfolk community heroes receive their certificates Eric Allaway; David Gosling and Jane Martin receive their awards from MP Norman Lamb and Victory Housing chief executive John Archibald
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Time is running out to nominate the people who make a difference in north Norfolk's communities for a special award.
There are just two weeks left to suggest names for the 2012 community heroes awards run by Victory Housing in association with the North Norfolk News - with winners sharing in a £2,000 prize pot.
People have until Friday September 21 to highlight the efforts of those who devote time and effort into making their communities a better place. It could be raising funds for a village hall, running a community play scheme, or doing shopping for house-bound elderly neighbours. The Awards aim to recognise the unsung heroes who exist in every community.
Victory chief executive John Archibald said: "There have been some great people nominated already in this year's awards, but we are sure that there are still more unsung heroes out there across the north of Norfolk, and we want to hear their stories."
Nominations should include the name, address and telephone number of both the nominee and the person making the nomination, together with up to a page of A4 explaining why they think the person they are nominating should win.
Entries should be sent to Community Heroes Awards, c/o Victory Housing Trust, Tom Moore House, Cromer Road, North Walsham, NR28 0NB, or via e-mail to email@example.com.
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This miniature crochet purse is great for storing small items, such as jewelry or makeup. Crochet this intermediate crochet pattern to make a comfortable purselet for a night out on the town.
- Yarn: Caron International's Simply Soft Brites (100% acrylic; 6 oz/170 g, 315 yds/288 m skein): 1 skein Shown in: #9605 Mango
- Hook: One size US H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain gauge desired Note: Satchel may be made larger or smaller by changing hook size.
- Yarn Needle
- Pompon maker or piece or cardboard
- Row counter (optional)
Size: approximately 3" in circumference by 4" high, excluding cord tie and Pompon
Gauge: Gauge is not critical for this project. In single crochet, 18 sts and 24 rows = 4"/10 cm
Inc (increase): Work 2 sc in st indicated.
Chain (ch): Begin by making a slip knot on your hook. * Wrap the yarn around the hook (yarn over) and pull up a loop, [draw the yarn through the loop on the hook to form the first chain]. Repeat from * for number of chains required. Note: The loop on the hook is not included when counting the number of chains.
Double Crochet (dc): Yarn over hook, insert hook into stitch indicated, yarn over and pull up a loop, [yarn over and draw through two loops on hook] twice.
Half Double Crochet (hdc): Yarn over hook, insert hook into stitch indicated, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all three loops on hook.
Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook in stitch indicated, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook.
Slip Stitch (slip st): Insert hook in the stitch indicated, yarn over and draw through both the stitch and the loop on the hook.
Shell Stitch (multiple of 6 sts)
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, * skip 2 sts, work 5 dc in next st (Shell), skip 2 sts, sc in next st; repeat from * around to last 2 sts, end skip last 2 sts, join with a slip st in first sc.
Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as dc), work 2 dc in same st as joining (half-Shell), * skip 2 sts, sc in next st (center st of Shell from previous round), skip 2 sts, work Shell in next sc; repeat from * around, end last repeat work half-shell (2 dc) in same st as beginning half shell, join with a slip st to beginning ch.
Repeat Rounds 1 and 2 for Shell st.
Using 2 strands of yarn held together, chain 4; join with a slip st to form a ring.
Round 1: Ch 1, work 12 sc in ring, join with a slip st to first st—12 sc.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, * inc in next st, sc in next st; repeat form * around to last st, inc in last st, join with a slip st in first st—18 sc.
Round 3: Increase 6 sts evenly around as follows:Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, * inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; repeat from * around to last 2 sts, inc in next st, sc in next st, join with a slip st in first st—24 sc.
Rounds 4 – 7: Increase 6 sts evenly around; work as Round 3, working 1 more sc between increases each round—48 sc.
Round 8: Work even in sc.
Fasten off 1 strand of yarn.
Establish Pattern
Use 1 strand only for the remainder of Satchel.
Begin Shell st—8 Shells after Round 1.
Rounds 2 – 8: Work even in Shell st, repeating rounds 1 and 2.
Ch 2, * hdc in next st, ch 1, skip next st (eyelet), hdc in next st; repeat from * around, join with a slip st to beginning ch—16 eyelets.
Work Rounds 1 and 2 of Shell st, working sc and Shell(s) into Eyelets of previous round on Round 1.
Fasten off.
Using yarn needle, weave in ends.
Cord Ties (make 2)
Chain 60.
Row 1: Work slip st in each st across.
Fasten off.
Beginning at side edge, thread 1 cord through Eyelets on one-half of purse. Repeat for opposite side.
Using Pompon maker or 1" piece of cardboard, make2 pompons each 1" in diameter.
Join cord ends together with pompons.
Tassel (optional)
Make a tassel 5" long; attach to center bottom of satchel.
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Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity "Just As He Wasn't" first appeared in the November 2008 issue of Touchstone. Just As He Wasn't The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Greatest
Evangelist reviewed by Gerald J. Russello He has preached to more than two billion people worldwide, and he has been a fixture on the national political scene since the early 1950s. He was one of the most important religious figures of the last century. As the editor of this new collection notes, "no Christian minister, after all, has been more influential in global politics, economics, and faith in the twentieth century" than Billy Graham. In The Legacy of Billy Graham, Michael Long, a professor of religious studies at Elizabethtown College, collects more than a dozen assessments from religious scholars, including John B. Cobb, Jr., Harvey Cox, and Gary Dorrien, to provide a critical portrait of Graham. The essays are broken down into four sections, covering his preaching and theology, his positions on social issues, comparisons of Graham with his contemporaries, and his legacy. Writing with a great amount of respect for Graham and an honest approach to his life and ministry, the contributions are nevertheless rather critical. Their criticisms can be grouped into three categories. Critical Respect First is their critique of Graham as a Christian minister. While he never claimed to be a theologian—indeed just the opposite—his sermons are, on this account, somewhat simplistic. Long argues that they "do not show evidence of significant interpretation of the biblical text at all," but shoehorn biblical exegesis into "the die-cut sin-to-salvation theological template that dominates almost every sermon." Graham, he argues, does not have much time for modern biblical scholarship, preferring to use biblical texts as illustrations of a straightforward, uncomplicated narrative. And he lets others work out the tough questions of linguistic ambiguity while he returns to the rhetorical safety of "The Bible says . . .", a phrase as common in Graham's sermons today as it was fifty years ago. What goes unexplored in this book is the possibility that modern biblical scholarship might carry with it ideological assumptions that Graham rejects as incompatible with his understanding of Christianity. This simplistic theology leads to simplistic ethics, Karen Lebacqz, an emerita professor at the Pacific School of Religion, argues in a critique of Graham's treatment of sexual sins. Graham, supposedly ignorant of "second wave feminism," focuses on questions of purity and not enough on contextual power relations, which she believes make the social sin of marginalization more important than chastity. Ultimately, though, she offers only a humdrum "progressive" attack on traditional Christian ethics, preferring instead academic ipse dixits like "Compulsory heterosexuality is then one of the contemporary forms of sexual injustice." Well, of course . . . if you already accept the current scholarly paradigm. Graham clearly does not, and so her arguments do not meaningfully engage him or his tradition. Better on this score is Ellen Ott Marshall's "feminist response" to Graham's position that vocations are sex-specific, and that a woman's role should be almost exclusively in the domestic sphere. He has come close to asserting that biological nature determines destiny, but only for women: modern technology, healthcare, and education open up multiple new paths for men, but women remain circumscribed in the home. Rather than rely on academic theory, Marshall makes the empirical point that women, including serious religious women, often work outside the home and that a biblical ethics of vocation needs to address that fact, even though it will still emphasize the importance of domestic life. Discharged Duty The second set of charges questions Graham's role in the nation's political life. He has long been criticized for his overly close relationship with those in power. In Graham's political sermons, given at the White House and elsewhere, "one would have to search long and hard," writes Leslie Griffin, in a comprehensive overview of Graham's participation in the nation's "civil religion," "for any sort of criticism that goes beyond calling the nation to repent of its sins and turn back to God." Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr—quoted throughout these essays—was an especially vociferous critic of Graham's frequent visits to the Oval Office. In particular, his friendship with Richard Nixon is cited to argue that he did not sufficiently speak "truth to power" when he had the chance. Graham counseled Nixon on political matters, especially on how to appeal to religious voters, such as by using religious language in his speeches. But he did not rebuke Nixon (at least, he is not known to have done so) or apologize for himself for offensive remarks caught on tapes recording their conversations in the White House, which were not revealed until 2002. Methodist pastor J. Philip Wogamon, himself a liberal religious leader active in politics, offers a welcome dissent. While calling Graham's political legacy an "enigma" and finding his theology deficient, Wogamon provides a corrective account of Graham's political involvement. He recognizes the difficulties in resisting the allure of the powerful or famous, and believes that, in the end, Graham discharged his duty as a minister and reminded his "presidential friends" of the gospel. The third criticism is that, especially in the 1960s, Graham's message did not fulfill what his critics see as the working out of the Christian message in the modern world in a "prophetic" emphasis on "social justice." So, for example, while he early on desegregated his crusades, he did not use his influential example to promote the civil rights movement among white Southerners, with whom he had influence and whom he might have persuaded to support the movement. Nor did he assist Martin Luther King, Jr., when he had the opportunity to do so. A Surprising Man An interesting contribution would have been a Catholic perspective on Graham's theological and political positions. A contrast with the writings of John Courtney Murray, S.J., on church and state in America would have been welcome. Murray, who died in 1967, was a principal creator of the modern Catholic understanding of religious freedom, and argued that the protections of the First Amendment were what he called "articles of peace," designed to permit Americans to assent to the national political order without compromising their beliefs. Graham, especially during the 1960 election, when he appeared to rally Protestants against the "Catholic vote," came close to treating the First Amendment improperly as the preserve of only one religious tradition. Unfortunately, the volume's contributors read Graham through a 1960s-era liberal (albeit religious) lens that was not his own. As a result, they are surprised that this man has such a large following when everyone "knows" he was in the wrong, or at least not as strongly in the right as he should have been, on the issues of the day. The strongest critiques are those concerning politics. Graham too often seemed merely to enjoy the spotlight, rather than to act as a spiritual adviser reminding princes that they, too, will be judged. But that he seemed uninterested in au courant biblical scholarship or did not take what are seen to be the correct positions on issues during the 1960s do not help to explain the man's obvious popularity and impact. He wanted individuals to come to Christ, and literally millions of people around the world are trying to live closer to God because of him and the organization he built, with the inevitable benefits to society that follow. Insofar as there was a connection between the two, Graham thought order in the commonwealth would reflect the order in the souls of citizens. While he may not have combated every injustice, this should be legacy enough. Gerald J. Russello is Editor of The University Bookman and a Fellow of the Chesterton Institute at Seton Hall University. "Just As He Wasn't" first appeared in the November 2008 issue of Touchstone. If you enjoyed this article, you'll find more of the same in every issue. Letters Welcome: One of the reasons Touchstone exists is to encourage conversation among Christians, so we welcome letters responding to articles or raising matters of interest to our readers. However, because the space is limited, please keep your letters under 400 words. All letters may be edited for space and clarity when necessary. email@example.com This page and all site content © 2015 by The Fellowship of St. James. All rights reserved. Please send comments, suggestions, and bad link reports to email@example.com. |


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I'm Running From...
people who feel comfortable with the status quo.
This Is Helping Me Create...
Everyone can make a difference.
This Is Making Me Think - Hard...
Most people are smarter than me.
Can't Do Without
internet connectivity.