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What is Theonomy?
By Jay Rogers
Published May 1, 2008
Theonomy means literally, "God's law," or the belief that the moral laws of the Old Testament are still binding today. This idea states that only Old Testament laws specifically fulfilled in the New Testament are non-binding (such as sacrificial laws, ceremonial laws and dietary laws). The moral Law of God is still the ethical standard for governing individuals and society.
In discussing theonomy, we should first explain clearly what we are not talking about. We are not talking about salvation, but merely government of individuals in society. Salvation cannot come through the Law, but only by grace through faith. A Christian is not under the Law as a means of obtaining salvation; nor are we under the curse of the Law since we were justified by faith. Yet when modern evangelicals claim, "I'm not under the Law," what they often mean is that they are not in favor of it or they are not keeping it. Such a view is called: antinomianism (anti-Law) — a heresy.
We should next distinguish between justification and sanctification. It is grace alone through faith alone which is the means of our justification and our sanctification. But the moral Law of God remains the measure of sanctification for the believer. Thus, grace is not merely a "covering for our individual acts of sin" but it is "power over all sin."
The moral Law of God, when codified as a basis for civil law, restrains the passion of the sinner (i.e., capital punishment is a deterent to violent crime). It also acts as a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. Knowledge of the moral Law of God brings individuals knowledge of sin. Then more may be converted through faith in Christ as Lord and Savior. How can we be saved unless we first know that we are sinners?
Theonomy implies the systematic theology of covenantalism: the belief that God operates through covenants, or eternally binding legal agreements; that there is no division between the Old and New Testaments; that the New Covenant includes the moral Law of the Old Covenant; that the Old Covenant required grace through faith in Jesus Christ as a means of obtaining personal salvation.
The system of government resulting from theonomy is called a theocracy: literally, "God's government." When we speak of a theocracy, it should be clear that we are not talking about a state run by a national church, or an ecclessiocracy, such as the Holy Roman Empire, or the totalitarian military dictatorships in Muslim fundamentalist states. In a true theocracy, the state does not control the church, nor the church the state, but both spheres of society are under the government of God. There is implied a decentralization of power or a "Christian Republican" form of government.
Opposed to theonomy and covenantalism is the system of dispensational theology proposed by J.N. Darby. Dispensationalism has become popular in the last 150 years through the Scofield reference Bible, which systematized Darby's teachings. Although dispensationalism is currently in vogue, it was not the theology of the reformers Luther and Calvin, the Puritans, the revivalists of the Great Awakenings, nor of great theologians of the 19th century such as Charles Spurgeon and Charles Hodge. It was the Protestants of the Reformation and the Puritans who developed the theology of covenantalism in modern times.
How Theonomists Differ from the Christian Right
The Christian Right may be criticized for putting an undue emphasis on "political solutions" and for not relying strictly on biblical law. Simply put: either we will have man's law or God's law as a standard for civil legislation. We are not looking for a "voice a the table" nor are we seeking "equal time" with the godless promoters of pornography, abortion, safe-sodomy subsidies, socialism, etc. We want them silenced and punished according to God's Law-Word.
Here is a brief list intended for the defense against the usual distortions, misunderstandings and apprehensions regarding some of the goals of Christian Reconstruction.
1. We believe that civil government is only one sphere of government.
In fact, it is not even the most important one. We advocate regeneration first and only then reconstruction. We do not advocate revolution.
We are postmillennialists and believe that in the long term the majority of society will be saved or will at least outwardly conform to God's Law. Therefore, our goal is not to capture the political realm, but to work for regeneration of individuals and families at the local level and to reform the church by teaching correct doctrine especially in the area of biblical law. A brief perusal of Reconstructionist books will prove that this is the case. A few deal with civil politics. Most deal with families, the church and Christian education. Most of the early materials for home schooling children were written by Reconstructionists.
A little known fact: R.J. Rushdoony, aside from being the founder of Christian Reconstruction, is also the founder of the modern home schooling movement. Most people who deride the Reconstructionist movement for being "too political" don't realize that.
2. We do not advocate the domination of the church over the state.
Nor do we want the state to dominate the church. We want both church and state to conform to God's law. Thus we advocate a "theocracy" — the rule of God in society through His law. We do not advocate an "ecclesiocracy" — the rule of the state by the church. We want both church and state to independently conform to biblical law.
How will this be accomplished? From the bottom up, not from the top down. We do not want the state to rule in our private lives. We do not want the state to educate our children or otherwise intrude into our families.
You may ask, In a biblically reconstructed society: Who will be able to vote? Who will be able to rule? Elections will still be determined by popular vote of the people and legislation will still be voted on by representatives. Communities will have been reconstructed through personal regeneration so that the majority of the electorate will be Christian or will hold to a "Christian philosophy." Therefore, the only people qualified to rule will be professing Christians who will uphold the moral law of God. This may be called a "theonomic representative democracy" or a "theocratic republic."
3. We recognize that someone must rule.
Either the ungodly or the godly will rule. Take your pick. In a biblically reconstructed society, Christians would have the choice of rulers. This choice might be between a Baptist or a Presbyterian, but both would stand for biblical law. An antinomian or an atheist may run for office, but his views would be so unpopular that he would stand no chance of being elected.
Q:— Would differing theologies among Christian rulers affect their view of civil law?
A:— Undoubtedly!
Q:— Would civil rulers be able to interfere with the affairs of the church?
A:— Definitely not!
Thus, while we believe that theology cannot be divorced from a man's view of civil politics, we do not believe that church polity can in any way be regulated by the civil government.
4. We recognize that the only standard for civil law is biblical law.
Civil law must has some standard: either it is human autonomy (what man sees as right in his own eyes) or it is biblical law (what God declares to be right in His Word). Again, take your pick!
Some have objected that this would lead to the mass stoning of homosexuals and incorrigible children. Reconstructionists must emphasize that what we want is not strong rule by the federal government in determining these matters, but the freedom for individual Christians, families, churches, and local community governments to rule without interference from a centralized state. We believe that Reconstruction is from the ground up. Mass regeneration must precede Reconstruction. As more are converted to Christ, more individuals become self-governing. This leads to stronger families and churches and the ability of local communities to govern their own affairs. Thus the total numbers of cases of sodomy or of uncontrollable children would grow less and less. The state would rule in fewer and fewer cases.
5. We do not want any one religious denomination to dominate political life in America.
The is apparent from viewing the Reconstructionist movement. Some are Baptist, some are Presbyterian, others Charismatic, Episcopalian, Congregationalist, Methodist, etc.
We are united on our adherence to Reformed Social Theory, Biblical Law, Eschatology of Victory, Christian Dominion in Society, and Presuppositional Apologetics. We are all Protestants, but we have very different ideas in terms of theology. No person in a biblically Reconstructed society would be forced to adhere to any one denominational belief.
6. We do not want to return to Old Testament Law in its entirety.
The New Testament has rescinded certain aspects of the Mosaic Law, such as religious ceremonies, feasts, and dietary laws. There are moral laws given in the New Testament as well. We believe that all of Scripture is the basis for law, not merely the Old Testament.
7. We believe that there are two biblically prescribed punishments enforceable by the state: execution and restitution.
We do not believe in jail sentences. We believe in only the biblically prescribed punishments for violations of the moral law.
We do not believe that the state is the final arbiter in all matters pertaining to the moral law. Most of these cases would be resolved within families or within churches. However, only the state may execute criminals for capital crimes; only the state "bears the sword" (see Romans 13).
8. We want civil government to punish evil doers according to biblical sanctions.
We want all moral laws of the Old Testament to be enforced according to biblical standards.
Some may object: Isn't this harsh? Isn't this barbaric? No, in fact it will lead to greater liberty for the godly. We want the ungodly punished according to God's Law-Word because it is what God prescribes. We have been conditioned according to a humanistic worldview to reject Old Testament law as "barbaric" or "outdated." God's law is not harsh, barbaric nor antiquated, because God is neither harsh, barbaric nor antiquated!
Main Premises of Theonomy
The general principles used by Reconstructionists with regard to interpreting the Law of God can be enumerated as follows:
1. God's law is eternal.
Jesus said that not one jot nor tittle would pass away before heaven and earth passed away. This includes the laws of Moses.
2. Not all law is "binding" on Christians under the New Covenant.
For instance, the obligation of sacrifices was satisfied when Jesus died on the cross. When Christ said: "It is finished," he died once for all our sins. Therefore, sacrificial laws are still valid (they have not passed away) but they have been fulfilled once for all. Other laws not considered binding have to do with cleanness and uncleanness, dietary laws, feast days, and religious ceremonies. These are still valid and have meaning, but both the laws and their sanctions have been fulfilled through Christ's death on the cross.
3. Old Testament Laws are no longer binding only if addressed by the New Testament.
If a law was specifically addressed by Jesus or one of the apostles in the New Covenant as having an altered New Covenant application, then that law or category of laws, is no longer considered binding. In Covenant Theology, this is known as a "Covenantal Shift."
4. All "moral" laws are still in effect.
The principle here is if the New Testament is silent on a moral law, then the Old Testament law is still binding. For instance, the New Testament says nothing about bestialism. Surely, no one would claim that that is no longer valid because it is in the Old Covenant. Moral laws do not need to be specifically "renewed" by the New Covenant to be binding. Jesus, in fact, renewed all of the moral laws.
5. The sanctions of the moral laws are also still in effect.
However, all the major Reconstructionist thinkers argue that there has been a "covenantal shift" in regard to sanctions dispensed by the church and sanctions dispensed by the state. Only the state may execute criminals under the New Covenant. For crimes that come under the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical government, the church may excommunicate its members and pronounce imprecations (curses) on sinners. But the church may never execute its members. Here, the way the law is enforced has changed.
6. All the sanctions of the law are still enforced, but some are enforced in a different manner.
Under the New Covenant, crimes against God (blasphemy, idolatry, etc.) are punished in a way that seems less harsh in this life, but in reality, being delivered over to hell with the church as a witness is a far more serious punishment.
Reconstructionists differ and argue about how the law is to be applied in some cases. We do not understand how to apply it in every case. Sometimes it might be difficult for us to understand. But does that make the Old Testament law invalid? Does that make it wrong, because we don't understand it, or it may seem harsh to our modern sentimentality? Absolutely not! The enemies of God's law like to argue that laws that do not seem right in their own eyes, cannot be valid. They say, "I cannot see how this could be true," or, "I accept this law, but I cannot accept that law." We need to be careful that we do not become a law unto our own selves. The standard is always the Word of God.
Common Questions on Theonomy
The points outlined above, are a fair and accurate description of Christian Reconstruction. This is by no means comprehensive, but it represents the main premises of theonomy as agreed upon by all major Reconstructionist thinkers.
I obviously cannot answer all questions that have been posed about Christian Reconstruction in so short a space. However, here I will briefly answer some of the more common questions about theonomy:
1. In what specific sense, and to what scope, does Christian Reconstruction see Old Testament Law as applicable to modern society?
In general, all the moral laws of the Old Testament are still binding, while dietary and ceremonial laws are non-binding.
2. What practical means does Christian Reconstruction advocate for applying Old Testament Law?
Mainly through regeneration. Reconstructionists do not advocate a strong federal government, but we advocate __self-government __with liberty.
3. Would theological "orthodoxy" be an area enforced by civil government?
No, absolutely not. This is the domain of the church.
4. Who would determine what is orthodox and how would it be determined? What penalties would be prescribed for heresy?
The church has the power of excommunication. One of our goals is to reform the church so that it becomes more uniform in doctrine and practices church discipline. This would be accomplished by advocating creedal orthodoxy (i.e., the patristic creeds of the church: Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian, Chalcedon). Beyond this we would like to see every church voluntarily adopt a confessional statement which outlines their theological views; their form of government; and other beliefs. We stand for a great deal of liberty in this — the freedom to disagree on the "non-essentials." However, we believe that Protestantism with its emphasis on the sovereignty of God and salvation by grace through faith, will become more widespread in the world as time goes on. The Holy Spirit accomplishes this in men's hearts. It is not imposed externally, but comes by internal revelation through the Word of God.
5. How would Christian Reconstructionism define "freedom of religion"? Is it an "inalienable right" to be protected by the government?
Any person — Jew, Moslem, Catholic, Protestant — would be free in a Biblically Reconstructed society under the civil law to worship. The civil government has no power to restrict religion. The civil government has an obligation to see that all people obey the moral law as it falls into civil jurisdiction. Thus religious expressions which contradict the Ten Commandments would not be publicly tolerated. The domain of the church is to preach truth. Because Reconstructionists are postmillennialists, we believe that eventually, organized false religions will become rare, if not extinct. This will be accomplished mainly through the efforts of the church, not the state.
6. Are you saying that all of the moral laws of the Old Testament are applicable to modern society? What about Old Testament laws that require stoning, such as Exodus 21:17, "And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death."
The question about incorrigible children is a common one. The so-called "harshness" of this punishment is often posed to refute the idea of theonomy as the basis for civil law. However, I know that this law and its punishment under the Old Covenant was just because God is just. Therefore, I ask, what has changed under the New Covenant so that the law and its punishment are now unjust? Has God changed? No! Has the Law changed? Jesus said: __Not one jot! __Therefore I ask: Why not now? Perhaps the problem is with us and not with the law?
However, I will attempt to explain this. We are talking about incorrigibility here. Cursing one's parents does not mean simply swearing. What is implied here is far more serious. Incorrigibility would be required to be proven before the local civil elders before the child could be executed. It would need to be demonstrated that the child is out of control and will not obey his parents even when the most serious punishment — death — is threatened.
In the United States of America, in this century, there were laws on the books in some states that said that a thief could be put to death for repeat offenses. This goes beyond what the Bible prescribes, but we see the same principle at work — capital punishment for incorrigibility.
Rebellion against one's parents is listed together with the most heinous crimes in Romans. In this case, if he persisted in his rebellion against God, it would be the responsibility of the civil elders to deal with him. Isn't it likely that such a rebel would ultimately be put on trial for some other capital offense and be put to death?
The family is one of God's governmental units. Rebellion against the government is commensurate to treason. Today, we have no problem with seeing treason against the civil government as a capital crime. The problem is that we have a low view of the family today. The family is actually a higher form of government than the state and deserves greater protection. Rebellion against the family is an expression of rebellion against God's first established form of government and therefore against God himself.
Capital crimes against the family include rebellion to parents, homosexuality and adultery. Sound harsh? Then what you are saying, in effect, is that God is harsh and that treason against the family is "not as bad" as treason against the state.
Jay Rogers is the editor of The Forerunner International, a publication dealing with Christian worldview. Jay is the founder of the Russian language newspaper, Predvestnik, ("The Forerunner") in Kiev, Ukraine, a newspaper for and by Ukrainian and Russian Christian activists, pastors, and scholars. Jay is the president of Media House International, a Christian foundation which trains young people to produce Christian media. The goal of MHI is to influence young leaders around the world, so they in turn, will one day influence millions.
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Occupation: God of the Dead
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his body into that as a desiccated skeleton (his traditional
appearance). He also has several undefined powers occult in
nature including the power to perceive death and project
hellfire. History: (Thor
Annual#10)- Ahpuch is the god of the dead for the ancient
Aztec and Mayan Civilizations. Disenchanted by the lack of new
souls into his realm for several thousand years, he entered into
a dark pact with six other gods of the dead in an attempt to
merge their perspective realms. The ritual, however, released
Atum in the form of Demogorge the God-Eater. Unable to contain
the primieval entity, he ended up consumed by Demogorge and had
to be rescued by Thor and an alliance of gods from other
pantheons. COMMENTS:
Created/Adapted by William Zelenetz and Bob Hall. Thor Annual#10 is probably one of
the best Thor stories with the most gods in it. Why can't they do
more stories like this ?--I agree 100%, I've read this story
so many times, the staples are falling out of it--Snood. Why do sun-gods such as Apollo and
Tawa appear in this story over champion and thunder-gods like
Hercules or Hino, the Native American thunder god ? For that
matter, the storyline omits other death gods from other cultures.
Were they all doing their hair ? Indra in this story is actually
Shiva from Thor I#301 claiming to be Indra. Someone
obviously was trying to link the stories for the continuity
without creating a new character. The violet-skinned and
hot-headed likeness works great for Shiva, but would not for
Indra who is a golden-skinned deity. Of Ahpuch's above relatives, Quetzacoatl
(Thor Annual#10) and Tezcatlipoca
(Infinity Gauntlet#2) have been seen, and Huizilopochtli
(X-Factor I#24 (as an alias for Apocalypse)) has been mentioned in
the Marvel Universe.--let me know if I've missed any
others--Snood. Profile by William
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Rob Kardashian may have been at odds with other members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan lately but he is certainly in good terms with baby North West or Nori as she is affectionately called. He and sister Kim are now openly communicating despite previous issues. Robert recently posted a pic of the little toddler on social media site Twitter with a big rave.
Rob posted a composite photo showing little North in an all denim outfit with rolled up sleeves showing two different expressions while being carried by Rob's older sister Kim. He addressed his sister directly and raved about her child in the caption: "Goodness@KimKardashian she's soooooo pretty!!!! LOVE HERR"
Kim didn't waste any time and quickly responded with a tweet of her own:
@robkardashian she loves her uncle Robby!
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While it's all lovey dovey for the Kardashian siblings right now, things have not been going smoothly between them in the past months. Robert in fact has been at odds with not only Kim but with many members of the family. In a recent episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians,'" step-father Bruce Jenner asked his mom Kris if Rob even liked the family members anymore since he had constantly been absent in family gatherings and even special holidays.
Rob also skipped a family vacation in Thailand earlier this year and his absence opened a can of worms as seen in the TV series. His other sisters Khloe and Kim had a big argument because of their opposing opinions on how to handle Rob's situation. Khloe, for her part shared that she felt guilty for Rob's depression because of exposing him to her toxic past relationship with Lamar Odom. His mother Kris also broke down in Thailand and said that she felt tortured and cries herself to sleep because of Rob's situation.
Rob also hit the news for being spotted leaving Paris early and missing his sister Kim's wedding to Kanye West last May. Since then, reports of estrangement from the family and even having been cut off from the family fortune have surfaced.
In a positive twist of events, some bashing from Rob's ex-girlfriend Adrienne Bailon in the past few weeks has caused Kim and Khloe to both step up for him and have actively defended him on social media. While Rob was only openly very affectionate to Khloe in the past few days, he seems to have now reconciled with Kim as well as evidenced by the recent tweets.
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Read MoreBarbarisms in the name of religion demand a response.
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Another candidate enters the scumbag of the week race
It would be nice to see this guy get a little time in the pen!
Man Says Wife Died In 9/11 Tragedy, But She Didn't
UPDATED: 5:21 PM EST February 5, 2004
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- The September 11th terrorist attacks killed many, many people. And, in a way, they took the life of a Brevard County woman who wasn't even there. This is a story of 9-11 fraud and deceit and someone trying to cheat the system.
"It's great, Florida in the sunshine. We've been very, very, very happy," says Donna Laskowski.
For Donna and her two sons, life was finally on the right track. They moved to Florida to get away and hide from an abusive father and ex-husband. Even years later, the boys don't want their faces shown. All was fine, until son Stephen got a strange phone call.
The message was from Stephen's father and said the family had come into a large sum of money.
"He was asking me all kinds of questions about how to deal with, invest the money. I had no clue what he was talking about," explains Stephen.
Confused by the message, Stephen called his father back and, during the conversation, heard the name of the family's old insurance agent in Pennsylvania. So, Donna decided to call that office to find out what was going on. She got the receptionist.
"'Oh dear, God. My God. Oh God, Donna,' she said, 'You're alive,'" explains Laskowski. "[She said,] 'I don't believe you're alive. Oh my God, your husband was here and said you were dead.'"
Stephen Laskowski, Sr. had claimed Donna was working on the 12th floor of one of the towers of the World Trade Center when it came crashing down. He had turned in paperwork requesting more than a million dollars from the 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund, just a week before the cut-off.
Donna's name was even listed on the victim's compensation website as a victim.
"That's when it hit me how bad this was," says Laskowski.
But what he did didn't surprise Donna. The family says, when they left behind their home in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, they also left behind a conman, a dangerous, but bright, individual who was always looking for new ways to interfere in their lives.
Channel 9 reporter Scott Thuman tracked down Stephen Laskowski, Sr. at his Pennsylvania home.
"Yes, my wife, Donna Lee Laskowski, died in the World Trade Center [on] September 11th," he said.
"See, what I have a hard time understanding is, I interviewed your wife last week," Thuman informed him.
"You did? Where?" asked Laskowski, Sr.
"You understand these papers that you filed with the government claim that she died in the towers. Your wife told me she never has been to New York, never been to the World Trade Center," Thuman said.
"You sure you're talking about the right Donna Lee Laskowski?" he asked.
"Yes," Thuman replied.
To which Laskowski, Sr. said, "Well that changes everything, doesn't it?"
He claimed it's all a misunderstanding, even though he had talked to his sons since 9/11 and, they say, never brought up that their mother might be dead.
Laskowski now says, he would refuse the money. "My wife's alive. That's great," he said.
Donna has since contacted multiple agencies, including the FBI and 9/11 compensation group, but has yet to see action. So she, and her boys, still, won't rest easy.
"Maybe this one big thing that he did, if justice is served properly, he'll stop. This will be an ending point," Donna says.
Things that make you go hmmmm......
While I have never been one to hold much faith in the Human Race, every time I hear one of these 9-11 fraud stories it makes my stomach turn.
I know it has nothing to do with New York or the folks there, as these kinds of morons would be pulling the same scam in Toronto, or LA if they got the chance. But is sure makes you question the lengths we often go to to help these people, when this is what they do to thank you.Never argue with an Idiot. They drag you down to their level, and then beat you with experience!
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I disagree
This guy isn't the scumbag of the week. He may be the scumbag of all time.
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No, I am not a water rescue technician, but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
This doesn't suprise me at all. I'd be more suprised if there weren't a few cases like this. In my district we have nearly a dozen chemical plants, a truck stop and several companies providing services to these plants ie trucking companies, chemical storage facilities, tank cleaning services, etc... Every once in a while a chemical release will occur. Usually it's something small, a popoff valve will malfunction or a flange will leak, you know, little stuff which hardly affects the community. Still, the plants are required to notify EOC and we are paged out to monitor the situation and shut down roads if necessary. A very profitable industry has arisen from this in the form of local lawers who specialise in filing class action lawsuits against these plants for the most minor of infractions. Within hours of our being paged out for a HazMat call the petitions are circulating within the community to sign up for the class actions. Wind direction and amount of exposure doesn't seem to be a factor in these suits. At the prison where I worked at >2000 inmates each receive several hundered dollars from a suit against a plant which had a release which didn't even drift in the direction of the prison. Even though the prison was upwind at the time, the facility went into 'shelter in place' as a precaution incase the wind changed direction. So all of the inmates, but no staff, wree allowed to sign up for the class action suit.
The citizens of this City also benefit by not only signing up themselves but any family members or friends that they can think of. After a recent settlement a couple of our volunteer FFs were working at a local convienciance store and had a steady flow of people stopping throughout the day asking for directions to the City Hall. They were there to pick up settlement checks for the chemical release yet many freely admitted to never even have visited our City or being out of town when it occured. They had been signed up by a family member or friend who lived in town and if asked would say that the day of the incident they were visiting that person for a family reunion or other such event. FRAUD.
So am I discussed at the guy faking his wifes death at WTC? Yes.Am I suprised at it happening? No. I'm more suprised that the person caught perpetrating this fraud wasn't someone who lived withing my fire district.
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The media and fan perception of Neil Lennon is nothing like the reality of the man Neil Lennon's right hand man, Johan Mjallby described his boss as a misunderstood character and a "great guy". Ahead of Sunday's game with Motherwell which may decide the destination of the SPL title, the Hoops assistant was in front of the media again after Lennon found himself once more in the national spotlight after being the subject of an attack by a fan during the 3-0 win at Tynecastle on Wednesday night. Mjallby is at a loss as to why Lennon inspires such vitriol. He said: "I really don't know. He has always been in the spotlight as a player and now even more so as a manager. It seems that some people think he is a provocative figure which he is not. In a strange way he seems to upset people and there's probably not much he can do. But those who are closest to him believe in him and think he is a great guy. He is a winner and his will to win and compete is second to none. I think it is a bit disappointing that he has been in the limelight when it comes to matters outside football. I think it is such a shame because we want to speak about the team and the way we have performed this season. He is in a good mood but obviously he wants the team to be the main focus because they have been performing very well lately, especially on Wednesday, we were brilliant, And now we want to focus on the last two competitive games of the season, two very important ones." Rangers can win the league today as they are one point ahead of Celtic going in to the last weekend of the season. If they win over Killie, they will lift the title.The Hoops, though, will clinch the title if they get a better result against Scottish Cup final opponents Motherwell than the Ibrox men can garner at Kilmarnock. Mjallby believes the Ibrox men retain the upper hand. He said: "I would rather have the advantage in our hands. We are still disappointed that we let that chance slip but we can't dwell on that. Right now the focus is on us winning the game and then we have to hope that Kilmarnock can do us a favour."


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Robert C. Balling Jr. [1]
Robert C. Balling Jr.
- Ph.D., Geography, University of Oklahoma.
- M.A., Geography, Bowling Green State University.
- A.B., Geography, Wittenberg University.
Source: [1]
Robert C. Balling Jr. is a professor at the school of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning [2] at Arizona State University (ASU). He was the director of ASU's Office of Climatology from 1989 to 2004 when he became the director of the MAS-GIS program.
Balling acknowledged that he has received $408,000 in research funding from the fossil fuel industry over the last decade (of which his University takes 50% for overhead). Contributors have included ExxonMobil, the British Coal Corporation, Cyprus Minerals and OPEC. [2]
Balling is also the editor of the World Climate Report [3], a blog published by New Hope Environmental Services, an advocacy science consulting form run by global warming skeptic Patrick J. Michaels [4].
According to leaked documents [5], Robert C. Balling receives $1,000 per month from the Heartland Institute [6], an organization at the forefront of climate change skepticism.
Stance on Climate Change
"The scientific evidence argues against the existence of a greenhouse crisis, against the notion that realistic policies could achieve any meaningful climatic impact, and against the claim that urgent action is necessary to reduce the greenhouse threat." [3]
Key Quotes
"All of us engage in activities that involve burning fossil fuels, and according to some self-proclaimed environmentalists we should feel guilty doing so due to the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) which can lead to ever-dreaded global warming. However, the botanical literature is full of 1,000s of articles showing that elevated atmospheric concentrations of CO2 will be beneficial for plants throughout the world… . We see the forest and we see the trees, and they both thank us for the CO2 we're adding to the atmosphere… .So drive out to the forest and feel good about the CO2 coming out of your tailpipe!" [4]
"… elevated atmospheric CO2 will produce biological miracles all over the world." [5]
"Life has existed on our planet for billions of years, and the climate over that time has changed from ice ages to periods much warmer than today. There is little doubt that as our cities grow, heat waves will be more severe in the urban areas. If global warming does in fact add to the problem, we will adapt to the new world, just as humans have done for millions of years." [6]
Key Deeds
March, 2008
According to his profile at Arizona State University [7], Balling gave a presentation titled "The Increase in Global Temperature: What It Does and Does Not Tell Us" at the Heartland Institute's 2008 International Conference on Climate Change [8].
Robert C. Balling gave a presentation titled " A Climate of Doubt About Global Warming" at numerous venues in 2006, 2007, and 2008. [7]
December 12, 2003
Spoke at Cato Institute conference titled "Global Warming: The State of the Debate [9]" which featured numerous climate change skeptics including John Christy [10], Patrick J. Michaels [4], Robert Mendelsohn [11], and Indur Goklany [12]. [8]
April 10, 2000
Balling co-published The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming [13] with fellow climate change skeptic Patrick J. Michaels.
The book was published by the Cato Institute [14], a libertarian think tank that has collectively received over $13 Million from Koch foundations [15] and and $125,2000 from ExxonMobil [16].
The core argument of the book is that "Global warming is vastly overrated as an environmental threat," "a largely mythical problem" and that the scientific community will eventually "concede that earlier forecasts dramatically exaggerated the threat of global warming." [9]
Balling co-published a study with Craig Idso titled "The 2000 United States Historical Climate Network Update: What Changed?"
The study received $49,500 in funding from the ExxonMobil foundation. [10]
June 25-28, 1998
Balling attended a conference hosted by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) [17] titled "Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health [18]."
According to Balling, factors such as volcanic activity, and solar activity are the cause of recent climate change:
"It may be as simple as the sun gets brighter and the world gets warmer," he said. "A lot is happening in this area." There is a "strong relation to temperature and solar output" and good scientists are contending that warming, if real, "may be entirely related to the sun." [11]
Among the other arguments presented by Balling include that "It's going to come back down, it always has. There is still no warming trend over the past two decades," that global satellites show cooling rather than warming, that hurricanes and severe storms will be less in a co2-rich world, that global warming science has become a "big industry," and with reference to global warming, "It's all nonsense. This is the definition of junk science."
According Skeptical Science's list of common arguments presented by climate change skeptics, virtually all of Balling's arguments are false [19]. According to SourceWatch, the term "Junk Science [20]" has often been used in lobbying activities in attempt to discredit scientists who express concerns about consumer safety and environmental risks. "Junk Science" has also been a popular term used by Steve Milloy [21], a past advocate for Phillip Morris [22].
Balling was mentioned in Ross Gelbspan's 1997 book, The Heat is On, as being funded by the fossil fuel industry. The Minnesota Star Tribune later ran an editorial on the disinformation campaign by some climatologists.
Robert Balling and his colleague Patrick Michaels [4], a fellow climate change skeptic, took a complaint against the Star Tribune [23] to the Minnesota News Council.
Balling to particular objection to the Star's claim that "… whenever you read or hear the opinions of skeptics Patrick Michaels, S. Fred Singer and Robert Balling, know that their ideas and opinions have been carefully considered by a host of climate scientists, and found to be without merit."
The Star Tribune's defence was that "Though Dr. Michaels' curriculum vitae (CV) shows him to have accomplished much in his field, many knowledgeable people nevertheless consider his views on global warming unfounded. Michaels' own writings, hearings testimony and speeches – not an editorial in the Star Tribune – have led to highly controversial status in the scientific community. The editorial simply alerted readers to Michaels' role in downplaying potential dangers of global warming …"
At the 1998 Hearing, Balling acknowledged that he had received $408,000 in research funding from the fossil fuel industry over the last decade. [2]
Balling spoke at a conference sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute [17]entitled "Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health [24]" which featured climate change skeptic Robert Balling [1] who lectured on how mainstream global warming science was "Junk Science." [21]
1989 - 1995
According to a report by Ozone Action (PDF) [25], Robert Balling received significant levels of funding since 1989 from the Kuwait government, foreign coal/mining corporations and Cyprus Minerals Company. Reproduced below are the notable funding sources compiled in the report: [12]
Funding Source | Funding Recipient (s) | Name of Study | Funding Amount | Year |
British Coal Corporation | Robert Balling, Randall Cerveny, Sherwood Idso | Implications of Potential Northern Hemisphere Warming for British Frontal Storms | $29,712 | 1991 |
British Coal Corporation | Robert Balling, Sherwood ldso | Analysis of British Temperature and Precipitation Records: Search for the Greenhouse Signal | $34,057 | 1991 |
British Coal Corporation | Robert Balling, Sherwood ldso | Analysis of British Temperature and Precipitation Records: Search for the Greenhouse Signal | $39,775 | 1992 |
Cyprus Minerals Company | Robert Balling, Randall Cerveny, Sherwood Idso | Analysis of Hurricane Activity During Warm and Cold Years | $19,822 | 1989 |
Cyprus Minerals Company | Robert Balling, Sherwood Idso | How Changes in Cloud Cover Moderate Greenhouse Warming | $13,430 | 1990 |
Cyprus Minerals Company | Robert Balling, Sherwood Idso | Greenhouse Cooling | $13,430 | 1990 |
Cyprus Minerals Company | Robert Balling, Sherwood Idso | The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect and US Precipitation Trends: Is There a Super Dust Bowl in our Future? | $13,430 | 1990 |
Cyprus Minerals Company | Robert Balling, Sherwood Idso | Likely Effects of Greenhouse Warming on Maximum Summer Temperatures | $12,442 | 1989 |
German Mining Corporation | Robert Balling | Analysis of Global-Scale Trends in the Diurnal Temperature Range | $41,800 | 1995 |
German Mining Corporation | Robert Balling | Analysis of Global-Scale Trends in the Diurnal Temperature Range | $39,980 | 1993 |
Kenneth Barr | Robert Balling | Analysis of Australian Temperature Variations During the Period of Instrumental Record | $4,904 | 1992 |
Kuwait Foundation for the Adv. of Sciences | Robert Balling, Hassan Nasrallah | Analysis of Recent Climatic Changes in the Arab Peninsula Region | $48,993 | 1993 |
World Climate Report (WCR) [3]— Contributing Editor [26]. [13]
Greening Earth Society [27]— Past "Scientific Advisor [28]." The Greening Earth Society is now defunct. [14]
Goldwater Institute [29] — Senior Fellow [30]. [15]
Tech Central Station (TCS) [31]— Past contributor [32]. [16]
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) [33]— Member, Board of Advisors [34]. [17]
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) [35] — Contributor [36]. [18]
International Policy Network (IPN) [37]— Contributor [38]. [19]
The Heartland Institute [39]— "Expert [40]" and funding recipient [6]. [20]
The now-defunct Greening Earth Society [27], an organization controlled by the Western Fuels Association [41], once described Balling [28] as "one of the world's most prolific contributors to the scientific literature on global warming."
It is unclear whether this statement is true, but a full list of Robert C. Balling's publications, some of which are on the subject of climate, is available at the Arizona State University (PDF) [42].
- Robert C. Balling, and Martin A. J. Williams, Interactions of Desertification & Climate, Oxford University Press, October 1995, ISBN 0-340-63217-8.
- Patrick Michaels and Robert C. Balling, The Satanic Gases: clearing the air about global warming, Cato Institute, 2000 ASIN: 1882577914.
- Patrick Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Climate of extremes: global warming science they don't want you to know, Cato Institute, 2009.
- Robert C. Balling, The Heated Debate: greenhouse predictions versus climate reality, Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, April 1992, ISBN 0-936488-47-6
"Robert Balling [43]," Profile at Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning. Accessed April 19, 2012.
"Determination 118: Patrick Michaels, Robert Balling v. Star Tribune [23]," Minnesota News Council, April 16th, 1998.
Robert C. Balling Jr. "Global Warming: Messy Models, Decent Data, Pointless Policy [44]," Competitive Enterprise Institute, November 1, 1994.
Dr. Robert Balling. "The Forest and the Trees [45]," Tech Central Station, June 18, 2003. Archived October 2, 2003.
Dr. Robert Balling. "Aerial Fertilizer [46]," Tech Central Station, July 21, 2003. Archived October 3, 2003.
Robert C. Balling. "Heat Wave Hot Air [47]," TCS Daily, August 4, 2005.
"Robert Balling [7]," Profile at Arizona State University. Accessed April, 2012.
"Global Warming: The State of the Debate [9]," Cato Institute. Accessed April, 2012.
"The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming (Paperback) [13]," The Cato Institute. Accessed April, 2012.
Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Robert C. Balling, Jr. (PDF) [42]. Arizona State University School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, March 29, 2012.
"Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health [18]," Pacific Research Institute. Archived June 25, 2004.
"Ties That Blind: Case Studies of Corporate Influence on Climate Change Policy [25]," Greenpeace research document. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
"Staff [26]," World Climate Report, March 15, 2005.
"Scientific Advisors [28]," The Greening Earth Society. Archived October 21, 2001.
"Senior Fellows [30]," Goldwater Institute. Accessed April, 2012.
"Dr. Robert C. Balling, Jr. [32]," Tech Central Station. Archived October 3, 2003.
"CFACT Board of Advisors [34]," Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, July 8, 2009.
"Robert C. Balling, Jr. [36]," Profile at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Accessed April, 2012.
"Robert C Balling [48]," Profile at the International Policy Network. Accessed April 19, 2012.
"Heartland Experts: Robert Balling [40]," The Heartland Institute. Accessed April, 2012.
"Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health [24]," Pacific Research Institute. Archived April 10, 2006.
"Robert C. Balling [50]," SourceWatch.
"Robert Balling [51]," Wikipedia entry.


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Perpignan 22-25 Stade Francais
Updated: Friday, 26 Apr 2013 22:47 | Comments
Full-back Jerome Porical kicked 20 points as Stade Francais booked their place in the Amlin Challenge Cup final with a narrow 25-22 win over Perpignan at the Stade Aime Giral.
Perpignan were leading going into the closing minutes of the all-French semi-final but two long-range penalties for Porical saw Stade over the line and they will now face either Leinster or Biarritz, who play each other at the RDS in Dublin on Saturday.
Stade took an early lead through Porical's boot but soon the home side were in front thanks to tries from hooker Guilhem Guirado and Welshman James Hook.
Hook missed both conversions before he slotted one penalty to Porical's two as USAP took a 13-9 lead into half-time.
After the break, two more Hook penalties sandwiched Stade's only try of the game, which came thanks to former Scarlets number eight David Lyons.
Porical continued to make hay against his former club and slotted the conversion, before he again traded penalties with Hook, who missed three other attempts on goal in the second half.
With the clock ticking down Perpignan were three points ahead and looked to be edging into next month's final in Dublin.
However, a 74th-minute penalty to draw level before the final hammer blow three minutes before the final whistle ensured it would be the 2010/11 Amlin Cup runners-up who will play for their first piece of European silverware on 17 May.
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Targeting product design for the developing world
August 12th, 2013 by Jennifer Chu in Other Sciences / Archaeology & FossilsDesigning products for the developing world can be a hit-or-miss endeavor: While there may be a dire need for products addressing problems, such as access to clean water, sanitation and electricity, designing a product that consumers will actually buy is a complicated process. More often than not, such products—even those that are distributed at no charge—go unused due to poor quality, unreliability or differences in cultural expectations.
And yet, an increasing number of organizations, companies and startups are targeting products at developing countries for one very practical reason: money. Rising economies like China and India represent potentially massive emerging markets, a large portion of which are made up of small "microenterprises"—informal, mom-and-pop businesses of five or fewer people that generate limited income.
In a new MIT study (view PDF), researchers suggest that microentrepreneurs are a promising and largely untapped market. They say designers will have more success in developing countries by targeting products to microentrepreneurs, particularly if such products are designed to help make these small businesses money.
"If you can convince them you can make them money, you're most of the way there to selling them your product," says Jesse Austin-Breneman, a graduate student in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering. "It seems obvious, but if you look at a lot of products out there, they're not really doing that."
Austin-Breneman and Maria Yang, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems, combed through the literature on product design in emerging markets and identified four case studies in which products had documented success in developing countries: solar-lighting technology, cookstoves, drip irrigation, and a line of Nokia cellphones.
From their research, as well as interviews with product designers, the researchers drew up guidelines on how to design for emerging markets. In addition to designing products that can be profitable for consumers, the team advises designers to consider designing for reliability and service, as well as multifunctionality.
"We're trying to refocus people's design thinking," Austin-Breneman says. "For example, rather than figuring out a clever way to fix sanitation, let's come up with a clever way to make people money that's perhaps in the sanitation sector."
The team will present their results at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) International Design Engineering Technical Conference in August.
Beyond affordability
One of the most successful products in emerging markets, the researchers found, was a line of entry-level cellphones manufactured and distributed in developing countries by Nokia. The company designed phones with a number of features that turned out to have wide appeal for microentrepreneurs: Multiple contact lists allowed cellphone owners to rent out their phones to others, and a time display marking the length of each call served as a method of metering—an easy way for cellphone owners to charge per call.
Nokia also provided reliability via dedicated service vans that traveled to rural Indian villages to fix broken phones. This combination of features that help to make customers money, along with a service plan that established a continuing relationship with the company, likely swayed customers toward Nokia's phones.
Yang and Austin-Breneman found that service and reliability were also big factors for small farmers in choosing a system for drip irrigation—an efficient means of delivering small amounts of water directly to the base of each plant. Farmers tended to choose systems that came with service plans, along with extras beyond the irrigation system itself. For example, some companies offered classes on the types of seeds that would likely be most valuable in the future—information that could help a farmer's bottomline. The researchers also found that modular irrigation systems were attractive: Farmers could easily buy a small system, then add more components as their farms grow.
In the case of solar lighting, products that were multifunctional were most popular with microentrepreneurs. In particular, lights that doubled as cellphone chargers helped small businesses in two ways: The lights kept an owner's store illuminated at night, driving more traffic to it, and the owner could rent the light as a charger for customers' cellphones.
Interestingly, the researchers found that in all cases, microentrepreneurs tended to prefer products that were not necessarily the cheapest available: Factors such as reliability, profitability and multifunctionality often trumped affordability.
"If a microentrepreneur has, say, a small cart, they don't have a lot of capital to risk, and are more risk-averse," Austin-Breneman says. "But if they believe your product can be serviced and can make them money, that can be successful."
Stephen Anderson-Macdonald, a principal investigator at the London Business School, studies finance and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. He doesn't see many large companies designing products for the developing world—oftentimes, he says, they simply repackage products into smaller, more affordable sizes.
"I wouldn't call that product design," Anderson-Macdonald says. "This study is unique in that not many people are focusing on microentrepreneurs as a market or phenomenon. You can actually design products that are beneficial for them because it's better for their business. There's massive opportunity."
Going forward, the team will be looking through many more case studies, and perhaps focusing on one specific market sector. Yang says they will also dig deeper into the elements of product design to understand how both large companies and small startups can successfully sell to developing countries. For example, while Nokia was able to invest millions of dollars in developing a service network, a startup may not have such resources.
"We want to create design guidelines, based on research, that companies and also independent designers can be inspired by to develop products that are going to be successful, empower microentrepreneurs, and help people improve their lives and communities," Yang says. "That's sort of the holy grail, and will make a strong impact in emerging markets."
The paper is titled "Design for Micro-Enterprise: An Approach to Product Design for Emerging Markets."
More information: web.mit.edu/ideation/papers/2013-austinBrenemanYang.pdf
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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I'm so bored in bed with my husband I could scream, or maybe even cheat. I'm a woman who wants something I don't think my conservative husband can or will give me. I don't know how else to put this, but I want kinky sex. He is a very nice man and I would be quite happy to let him dominate or he could be my love slave or we could dress up, or SOMETHING. We have been married 12 years and we do the same old thing each and every Saturday night. Yes, I can achieve orgasm every time, but not out of shock or surprise, which is what I imagine kinky people do. I just do it from habit. When I told him "our" sex life was boring, he said the whole goal is for me to orgasm and he can give me that no problem, so what am I complaining about? How do I tell him without totally crushing the man's ego? He is a longtime hockey player and thinks in terms of scoring goals. -- Rolling My Eyes, Winnipeg
Dear Rolling: Bravely go where no woman has gone with him before (that you know of). Explanations are over-rated in bed, while leading-by-example is too rarely tried. Dress in the exotic way you wish and have appropriate garb for him nearby and see if he'll let you help him into it, without actually asking permission verbally. As for submissive power play you could wear a simple snake-like arm bracelet and a harem outfit saying, "Tonight, your wish is my command." You might also try things the other way around and say firmly, "Tonight I am in command and you will do whatever I say." Don't use any "toys" that might scare him. Just introduce him to the two mindsets minimally, and you'll soon see which he likes best.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: When my girlfriend's last boyfriend got the boot, he told her he was "tired of having sex with a big white refrigerator," and she took that to mean her size. You recommended candlelight to another couple and I told her that, but she won't go for it until she "loses 60 pounds." I think she just wasn't turned on by him like she is by me. She is NOT cold. She feels amazing and I'm sure she would look amazing to me, but she covers up. We make love under the hot covers with our feet sticking out. I love this woman to death but I am sick and tired of this cover-up style. Believe me it is so dark in her bedroom I might as well be making love with someone else. I love every ounce of her. How can I make her see that? -- Frustrated Lover, Fort Rouge
Dear Frustrated: This is where explanation CAN do a lot of good. Explain to her how much you love her and how much she turns you on. Tell her you have a pretty good idea of how she looks from seeing her dressed and from the feel of her in bed. Tell her she looks amazing. Compliment everything about her. Let her know she can do no wrong in your eyes and will never look unattractive to you. Tell her ex probably used that insult because she'd just broken up with him and he was angry and looking to shoot her in the self-confidence. Tell her you're the man to heal that for her, with your great love, respect and desire for her. Lay it on thick, while telling the truth as you perceive it.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: In the letter from "Confused," she wrote about her millionaire mother and her mom's new "penniless" boyfriend. She seems to have ignored the fact that her mother appears to be very happy. I would say, as a caring child, this would be No. 1 on my list for my parent. It has always irked me when children feel they have a "right" to their parent's money. Not! It is theirs, they worked for it and they can do whatever they wish with it. If they are elderly, children should, of course, ensure that someone is not trying to defraud them of their money. Other than that, they can will it to charities if they wish. Many times I wished they would, versus dealing with greedy kids who feel they are entitled. -- A Big Fan, Winnipeg
Dear Fan: People who have so much wealth that it shows can't downplay the existence of inheritance money very easily. But they can educate their offspring at an early age that everyone has the right to do whatever they wish with their extra money before they die, and that is the family belief, so they had better start saving.
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Saturday, May 6, 2006
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LAWRENCEVILLE - Democrats have taken advantage of an extra week of candidate qualifying in Northeast Georgia to field a challenger for party switching state Rep. Mickey Channell.
But neither major party was able to use five days of overtime to find candidates to run against unopposed incumbents in six of 16 House districts affected by a court ruling in a redistricting case that extended qualifying by a week. The extra period ended at noon on Friday. As a result, four Republicans - including Reps. Len Walker of Loganville and Terry England of Auburn - and two Democrats have won re-election unopposed, barring a challenge in any of those districts from an independent candidate. Michael Horgan, a lawyer and former Marine from Wilkes County, signed up on Thursday to oppose Rep. Mickey Channell, R-Greensboro, in the 116th House District southeast of Athens. "I think the voters of the district deserve a choice,'' Horgan said in a written statement. With Horgan stepping forward, Democrats have opponents for three of the four former House Democrats who have switched parties since the end of this year's legislative session in March. The four recruits have boosted the Republican majority in the lower chamber to 104 of 180 seats. Democrats also found a challenger this week to take on veteran Rep. Bob Smith, R-Watkinsville. Becky Vaughn, who made a strong bid for the state Senate two years ago, will oppose Smith in an Oconee County-based House district. For their part, the Republicans found a candidate this week to contest the Athens-based House seat now held by Rep. Jane Kidd, D-Athens. Regina Quick of Athens will oppose the primary winner from among two Democrats who qualified last week. A federal judge extended qualifying in the 16 House districts and in three Senate districts to allow time to hear a legal challenge that Kidd filed against a redistricting bill passed by the GOP-controlled Senate this year. The measure split Clarke County into two Senate districts, hurting Kidd's chances of capturing the 46th District seat being vacated by Sen. Brian Kemp, R-Athens, who is running for Georgia agriculture commissioner. Early this week, U.S. District Court Judge Beverly Martin upheld the changes in the Senate map.More like this story
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Despite receiving several complaints, the Logan County public school superintendent insisted on sending another letter to all Logan County homeschoolers requesting that they fill out the school district's form, which includes unnecessary information.
As soon as Home School Legal Defense Association was notified of this form letter, HSLDA Senior Counsel Chris Klicka replied with a letter of his own. Klicka pointed out the only information homeschoolers needed to provide the superintendent's office was the name, age, place of residence, and number of hours of attendance of each child enrolled in a home education program. All other information (the superintendent's form asked for the child's grade, and whether or not the child would participate in any public school activity) would not be sent by HSLDA member families.
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In the United Kingdom, New Labour articulated a consumerist view of the relationship between the public and public services. Its view of the citizen-as-consumer was the source of considerable political controversy and debate - both within and beyond public services. In this paper, I explore four aspects of consumerism in relation to social care in the United Kingdom: the political context of the rise of the 'citizen-consumer'; the place of the citizen-consumer in social care policy; the responses of organisations providing social care to consumerist pressures and lastly the impact of consumerism on characteristic tensions in public services.
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Captain Planet Foundation, Inc.
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At the demonstration, she actually tried and ate the tomato. It provided a different vantage point and a little positive peer pressure to encourage healthy eating. We then decided to grow our own and have had success in incorporating fresh herbs, tomatoes, peppers and even an edible flower! I highly doubt this interest in homegrown vegetables, herbs and plants would have evolved had it not been for the combined efforts of the school and grants provided by CPF.
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Nanotech 2002 Vol. 1
Technical Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems
Chapter 3: System Level Modeling of MEMS | |
Macromodel Extraction of Gas Damping Effects for Perforated Surfaces with Arbitrarily-Shaped Geometries | |
Authors: | Y-J Yang and C-J Yu |
Affilation: | National Taiwan University, TW |
Pages: | 178 - 181 |
Keywords: | damping, model order reduction, squeeze film damping, perforation, perforation flow impedance |
Abstract: | In this work, we present an application of an Arnoldi-based model order reduction (MOR) technique on squeezed-film damping (SQFD) effects for arbitrarily-shaped perforated geometries. The compact models generated by this approach not only can be easily inserted into a system-level modeling package for transient and frequency analysis, but also accounts for the effect of flow impedance of each perforation. The simulated results of the reduced models show good agreement with the experimental results. We also demonstrated that this approach is at least 100 times faster than previous works on perforated SQFD damping simulation. |
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