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[Dunboyne, Ireland] -- Alltech and Context Products have recently published a new reference guide entitled The Minerals Directory, an essential review of minerals and trace minerals in livestock with key information from aluminium to zinc.
The publication gives readers an overview of 27 minerals and trace minerals in animal nutrition. It contains information on mineral sources, functions, benefits, absorption, metabolism, antagonists, requirements and more.
As performance levels of all classes of farm livestock increase, micro-nutrition is becoming more crucial. The book covers the role of minerals and trace minerals in a number of species including ruminants, poultry, sheep, pigs and horses.
The Minerals Directory is written for nutritionists, feed industry experts, animal producers and for all those interested in diet formulation.? The book was coordinated and written by Dr. Wesley Ewing and Sally J. Charlton.
For a copy of the directory please contact Context Products Ltd:
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Telephone: +44 1530 411337
Or log onto www.contextbookshop/minerals.
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Dr. Wesley Ewing
The international success of The FEEDS Directory by Ewing proved the need for further easy-to-use guides on animal nutrition and especially minerals. Ewing has both a commercial and technical knowledge of animal nutrition, having worked in the industry for 20 years for global leaders such as Cargill and Provimi. He was the General Manager for a UK animal nutrition and health company before establishing Context.
Sally J. Charlton
Sally Charlton has broad knowledge of mineral nutrition having worked in managerial and advisory positions in the animal feed industry for the last 15 years. She was a product manager for Trouw Nutrition, a leading European manufacturer of premixes and speciality feed. She was a member of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions and has been a consultant animal nutritionist in South Africa and Canada over the last seven years.


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The Isla Vista rampage has cast a pall over the Santa Barbara area for the last few days.
Even for many not directly affected by the horrific attacks, it's been difficult to try to cope with what occurred. It's dominated media coverage in the region for more than three straight days.
Counseling centers, psychologists, and therapists in the community have been stepping up to try to offer help, with many offering free services.
KCLU'S Lance Orozco talks with the President-elected of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association about what we can do,
and how we can help others deal with the trauma.
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Rihanna's rare bikini
Rihanna has managed to get her hands on a very rare, Swarovski-studded swimsuit.
The singer has been spending the holidays in her home country of Barbados, where she's been spotted enjoying the beach in a variety of glamorous swimsuits.
Recently she stepped out in a metallic piece, which HollywoodLife claims is a Charlie by Matthew Zink Bronze Crystal Deco Bikini, costing $990.
According to the website, only ten have been produced, making it a very rare item for fans of the brand to get their hands on.
Luckily Rihanna is such a staple in the fashion world, so it's no wonder she managed to bag one of the exclusive pieces.
Accessorised with 2,638 Swarovski crystals and featuring a shimmering bronze material, the bikini really made the 25-year-old stand out as she sunbathed and swam.
Finishing her look off with gold hoop earrings, Rihanna proved that she knows how to make a style statement on and off the stage.
It's not the first time the star has been spotted in one of Matthew Zink's swimwear pieces.
Earlier this year she posted pictures of herself in another of his two pieces on her Instagram page, showing off her perfectly toned beach body.
The designer is thrilled to have her on board as a fan.
"Rihanna's sensuality and youthful energy make her the perfect muse for Charlie," he told GraziaDaily.co.uk.
"I think our styles help celebrate Rihanna's natural confidence and sexuality. I can't tell you how proud I am to have her as a #charliefan."
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- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 (2-ounce) jar diced pimiento, drained
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The Model 1027 continuous radon monitor is rugged, easy to use, and less expensive than its competitors. The technology employed in the Model 1027 has been used commercially since 1986. The Sun Nuclear Corporation, Model 1027 is classified as a Continuous Radon Monitor (CRM) testing device, is US EPA verified, NEHA-NRPP listed and evaluated and approved by the NRSB for use in real estate transaction testing.
About the 1027
- Provides a digital display of the measured values
- Reports may be obtained from either a printer or a computer
- PC software, suitable for printing reports, is included with the instrument (USB adapter cable sold separately)
- A compact printer that plugs into the 1027 Monitor is available if an on-site report is required (Data is stored in the Radon Monitor and can be printed at a later time)
- Operates using line power
(9 volt battery provided for short-term backup power)
- Employs internal sensors to detect and report movement during a test
- Completely reusable; simply clear the memory and it is ready for a new test
The Information Setup Screen
- Easily edit header and footer information
- Adjust date and time as needed
- Customize serial number list
PC Report Screen
- Export reports as a text file
- Option to export reports as a tab or comma delimited file
- Graphical output allows for quick check of results
- Sensitivity: 2.7 cph per pCi/L
- Measurement Range: 0.1 to 999 picocuries/liter (pCi/l)
- Operating Range: 45 degrees F to 95 degrees F
- Detector: Diffused-junction photodiode
- Measurement Intervals: 1 hour (4, 8, 24 internal switch)
- Data Port: RS-232, 9-pin, D-connector allows printer data to be sent to PC
- Tilt Switch: Disturbance detector
- Weight: 2 lbs
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- Display: 3 digit LED display
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BEAVERTON -- When Mario Vilela Orozco, 40, came to the United States from his native Peru in 2006, he wanted to make sure that, above all, he did it legally.
Since he was a boy, it had been his dream to live in the United States. When he got the chance to obtain a student visa and earn his master's degree in teaching from Portland State University, he jumped on it.
For the past two years, Vilela Orozco has worked as a teacher in the two-way language immersion program at Beaverton School District on an H1-B specialty occupation work visa, which expired Friday. He is now an illegal immigrant for reasons that are mostly out of his control.
After reminding the school district for two years to update his visa, Vilela Orozco was fired in June for having improper documentation, then rehired and put on unpaid leave. Vilela Orozco said he was offered $3,000 – the original cost to update the visa – for his promise to resign quietly and not sue. Having not accepted the offer, Vilela Orozco says the school district now plans to fire him again, after which he likely will be deported.
"The district has decided to dismiss me rather than sponsor me," Vilela Orozco said in an email to The Oregonian, "and without any notice I find I am on the verge of being forced to leave the children I care about so much, the district I serve and the country I love."
Foreigners on H1-B work visas, which are valid for three years and renewable for another three, are only authorized to work for the employer who submitted the application. To legally change employers, a new application must be submitted. Otherwise that person is technically working illegally, even if the visa itself has not expired.
Maureen Wheeler, communications officer for the school district, declined to comment on Vilela Orozco's case but said the district doesn't deal with visas very often. During the past couple of years, "just one or two" people have been hired who are on visas, she said.
Vilela Orozco worked for the Estacada Web Academy in Clackamas after graduating from PSU in 2008. When he applied in 2010 to be a teacher at Whitford Middle School in Beaverton, he explained his visa situation during each interview, he said. School officials hired him, made copies of his visa and promised to file the visa employer transfer application, he said.
After being hired, Vilela Orozco said he sent several email reminders about his visa to the school district's human resources department. Though the reminders went unanswered, he continued to work. Then on June 7, he received a letter of termination from the district, saying officials had recently become aware of his legal status.
Camellia Osterink, the school district's attorney, said in an Aug. 28 email supplied to The Oregonian by Vilela Orozco that he stated on his I-9 employment eligibility verification form that he is an alien authorized to work. However, he did not indicate the type of visa, when it would expire or that it required the district to transfer it from his previous employer, she said.
"... The employee failed to notify the district of his particular status and upon discovery, we were unable to bring him into compliance either in a timely manner or in good faith..." she said in the email.
Vilela Orozco protested, reaching out to the Oregon Education Association union and his previous immigration attorney, Philip Smith. He found out that nothing could be done retroactively.
Guest workers who change employers are not supposed to begin working until the new employer has filed for a new visa application, Smith said. Vilela Orozco said once he had worked for the new school district, he violated the terms of his visa. Now the only way to fix it is to go back to Peru and start over.
"Once you fall out of compliance, it's real hard to get back into compliance," Smith said. "Does Immigration clearly tell you all this up front? Kind of – if you read all the fine print. But do you really read all that stuff? Probably not."
Vilela Orozco said he trusted that the school district had taken care of his visa paperwork, as officials said they would.
"They say no news is good news," he said. "I thought I was being a pain reminding them all the time. Beaverton has a huge Hispanic population. When they said, 'We have a lawyer who will take care of it,' I trusted them."
Vilela Orozco worked with attorney Patrick Bryant, who was appointed by the union to represent him. Through Bryant's discussions with school district officials, Vilela Orozco's termination was rescinded. He now remains on unpaid administrative leave.
"(The school district) agreed that it should not have terminated you in the manner that it did," Bryant said in an email to Vilela Orozco on June 19.
In the email, Bryant stated that school district officials told him Vilela Orozco was "slated to be laid off" before the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year. The district also was unwilling to pay for a visa, even if a layoff wasn't likely, the email said.
Smith said it is difficult for employers and employees alike to understand every detail about immigration.
"Both parties are interested in keeping in compliance with immigration law, but neither is necessarily knowledgeable," he said. "... People make mistakes."
Smith said it can cost up to $5,000 to file a visa employer transfer application, though for a school district it would probably cost around $3,000.
In June, the school district offered Vilela Orozco that same amount in exchange for his resignation and promise to not sue the district. Because he refused to accept the offer, the district plans to terminate him again, according to an Aug. 27 email from Osterink to Bryant, the union attorney.
Beaverton attorney Herb Grey recently began looking into the case. Grey said he requested Vilela Orozco's personnel records so they can determine whether or not to take legal action against the school district.
"There are different perceptions of how he got to this point," he said, "and we're going to have to see what the documentation shows before we can appropriately evaluate which position is correct."
Vilela Orozco said he applied for a B-1 business visa two weeks ago so he can see his potential case through to the end. His documents have been received, he said, but he has not yet been given an answer.
If he is denied the business visa, he plans to go back to Peru to start his life over. He might apply for another master's program at PSU – if he can get a student visa. But everything is up in the air, he said, until he can somewhat settle back in the country he no longer knows and the culture he no longer feels part of.
"I feel frustrated," he said. "All these years I sacrificed things to become a teacher, to come to a place where they ruined my future. I go back and I have nothing. Life is much more difficult over there and it's going to be really hard to start over at 40."
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Planeta Pedra shows consistent growth
Sedna Extra is one of Planeta Pedra's signature colors.
The company's main activity is to export granite, marble, quartzite and soapstone slabs to the North American and European market. The color collection includes: Sedna Copper Canyon, Cosmos, Minsk Green, Cianitus, Hurricane, Persa Caravelas, Netuno Bordeaux, Florata White and many other exotic materials.
In addition, there are 23 quarries located in different parts of Brazilian territory, owned or in partnership, which are part of the company's color collection.
Today, the company has approximately 120 customers all over the world -- most notably in the U.S. market, which is responsible for 85% of Planeta Pedra exportations. The turnover increased 42% in 2010 compared to 2009. The company has been financing specific training and technical studies to improve the knowledge of its team.
The growth respecting the environment is another concern, with Planeta Pedra promoting actions to preserve native vegetation and water resources around the quarries. Finally, the major concern is to keep the close relationship with its customers through international fairs, visits and especially promoting the follow up to verify the performance of its customers and products.
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Fabio Capello names squad for Russia qualifier
MOSCOW — Russia coach Fabio Capello has named a 27-man provisional squad for this month's World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland and a friendly game with Brazil.
Capello dropped strikers Igor Lebedenko and Alexander Ryazantsev from the squad which beat Iceland 2-0 in a friendly last month but kept Anzhi Makhachkala forward Oled Shatov.
The final squad that will travel to London to prepare for the games will be named next week.
Russia will face Northern Ireland in Belfast on March 22 and play with Brazil at Stamford Bridge in London three days later.
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In the Grandvalira ski resort, Built in 1997 and renovated in 2013, this hotel comprises a total of 42 rooms are equipped with the latest technology and the decoration and with spectacular views. The hotel offers 24 h reception desk and lift. Offers three restaurants: La Marmita", "La Vaqueria" l and the "El Teatre del Vi".
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Why is the 4.2 so weak?
I have a pre fuel injected YJ. Needless to say I suffer from a severe lack of power. I don't understand how such a large engine (4.2 freakin liters) could have so little power. Is it the head design? the fuel system. I mean if there is such a big combustion chamber why do I have barely 120 horses. It's embaressing to know that the 4 bangers have almost as much power as me. What can I do to get more power?!
The heads on the 4.2's don't flow well, you can put a 4.0 head on which is much better and get more power. You can also change the intake to put a 4bbl or better yet go efi. You should check out cliffordperformance.com they specilize in 6 cylinders.
If your power has been very poor, or it's really hard to get any rpm's, check the cat. converter. If it gets plugged up, it will really rob the engine power.
My cat is a hinderance, but its performing like it should ;) If I swapped in the 4.0 L heads, could I still swap in the holley carb, and intake manifold, or are the bolting patterns different? Also, what are the different kinds of ignition, and what the benifits and drawbacks? Thanks alot.
I'm researching for the rebuild and build-up I'm about to do on my 4.2. You'll retain the original intake and carb (or whatever aftermarket 4.2 parts)with the 4.0 head swap, but you'll need an exhaust manifold/header from a 4.0. I've heard estimates of between 25-40 hp gains, as well as a gas mileage increase. I'll probably port the head too before I put it on. Might as well while I'm tweaking...
By the way, the kit for this costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $1000 if I'm not mistaken, but all the parts involved can be had for CONSIDERABLY less. This is the most thorough site I've found.
Guys,go here. http:/monsterslayer.com/jeep/40Head/40Head.htm This is the most complete site I've found about doing a 4.0 head swap.
thanks you guys, what does porting the heads mean? Sorry for the dumb *** question. Can I swap any 4.0 head in. If I ask a junk yard for a 4.0 Head, what should I look for, one from a Wrangler, and how will I know if the valves sit well? Thanks for all the help
Now Brendan, the only stupid question is the one you don't ask. Seriously, I didn't know any of this stuff either until I started reading about it. Porting the head involves grinding the inside of the head out to let more air flow through. Machine shops do it, and you can buy kits to do it yourself. (I'll probably opt for the latter)
As far as what year, most sources I've seen say '91 and up. These are supposed to be the high output (HO) 4.0 engines. The casting # for these heads is on the site I mentioned.
Don't know about the valves, but let me know what you find out.
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Thirty-one years is a long time for any group of friends to stay together, especially when they're in a rock band. Which makes R.E.M.'s long, earnest, relatively train-wreck-free career all the more noteworthy. Keith Richards trashed singer Mick Jagger left and right in his memoir, even though they're still in the Rolling Stones together. But if the members of R.E.M. were at each other's throats when announced their breakup Wednesday, they did a great job of hiding it. "We feel kind of like pioneers in this,'' member Mike Mills declared on the band's website. "There's no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring off.''
The lack of drama was typical for a Georgia band whose folk-influenced music and inscrutable lyrics appealed to literature grad students and physics grad students alike. The very banner under which R.E.M. and so many other independent-label bands once played - "college rock'' - suggested that shocking the Man wasn't priority number one. Still, other bands of the same era succumbed to the usual rock-star temptations and personality clashes. Nirvana ended when Kurt Cobain shot himself in a heroin-fueled haze. Boston's celebrated Pixies, capturing both the discord and the state of technology in their final days, broke up via fax.
Not R.E.M. The quartet became a trio in the late '90s, when drummer Bill Berry left after suffering an aneurysm. Five albums later, the remaining members decided they had nothing left to accomplish. While R.E.M. pioneered the incomprehensible chorus, their amicable split makes them a groundbreaking act in more ways than one.


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Super 140 yr old Colonial has been rehabbed, with New Kitchen, CT Bath, Heater, 2 large Br's with lofts, Recessed Lighting, Doors, Windows, Laundry w/Washer & Dryer, and much more! There is a 2nd home on this property that needs to be demolished or totally rehabbed at Buyers expense. This Rancher would need a variance in order for it to be completed and a U & O by Milford Township for Occupancy. Rancher features 1+ car garage, LR 24X14 w/HW floors & Stone FP, EI-Kit 15X14 w/vinyl floors,Electric R&O,DW, & Oak cabinets, BR 14X11, MBR 17X13 w/Full Bath, BR 12X9, BR 14X13, BR 14X10, Family Rm 19X14, Hall Bath. This would make a great property for In-Law Suite or more. Several out buildings ideal for Home occupation, Contractor, Landscaper etc. Keep an open mind when previewing this home. Call Agent for more details in regards to Variance opportunities. A great property with 5.5 Acres.
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Gun Control
The Two Sides
Pro & Against
People who are Pro Gun control (usually Democrats) argue guns kill people, and people who are against gun control (usually Republicans) argue guns don't kill people, people kill people. Against also preech the 2nd amendment of the right to bear arms, and also argue that gun control is taking away their second amendment right to keep and bear arms.
-Court Case- In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
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My personal view on the issue is neutral. Some points the Republicans make i agree with, such as people should be able to own a gun for self defense purposes. i think people should be allowed to keep a gun to defend themselves against criminals and other threats to their well-being, but the Democrats do have a point when they make the statement that the wrong people are getting their hands on guns, and to solve this i think there should be more In depth background checks on people purchasing guns.


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Gawker is a website aimed at young liberal urban hipsters. Even though I'm old, rural, unhip and a proud member of what has been called the "hard gun right," I look at it every day. That's because it is a great place to see what people whose habits and ideals are 180 degrees from my own are thinking and talking about. It's a sort of online Bizarro World where everything seems backwards and upside-down. One of its editors, while covering the Republican National Convention, proudly proclaimed, "everything these people believe, I mock." It's good to keep a close eye on people like that.
Today, Gawker published a list of New York City pistol permit holders, under a profanely disparaging headline I won't reproduce here. This, it seems, was in support of the Journal News of White Plains, N.Y., which touched off a firestorm by publishing on its website an interactive map showing the names and addresses of pistol permit holders in Rockland and Westchester Counties.
Gawker's point seems to be that permit information is by state law public, and indeed has been printed before in other forms. The idea that putting the same information in an interactive map might be a different matter doesn't seem to resonate with the hip young editorial staff there.
So be it. The information's out there, and if your name is part of it, you're going to have to check the deadbolts and hope for the best. It can be a lesson to those in less benighted precincts that registration is a very, very bad thing, and not just because it makes it convenient for the government to find you.
What interested me more than the commentary was the list itself, which apparently occasioned no soul-searching by the Gawker staff, which is prone to characterize gun owners as essentially the cast of Deliverance.
If gun ownership is strictly the province of WASP inbred, how come we see names like Aleksandrivicius, Alhariri and Ashmawi? Bakoussis, Benfante and, yes, Bizarro. Chau, Chang and Chen are on there, too, along with Darwish, Dashefsky and De Loca. You get the picture. People of all ethnic groups have pistol permits in New York, not just toothless, knuckle-dragging white guys who read SHOTGUN NEWS.
My guess is that if the Gawker staff looked through the list, it was solely in hope of finding high-profile personalities to out as gun owners. That's too bad. If they'd have looked closer, they might have had to ask themselves how many crimes in New York are prevented by guns in the hands of hard-working Greek café owners or Korean grocers. Nah, couldn't happen.


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Save the date: March 10
Updated 12:42 pm, Thursday, March 7, 2013
Butterflies Alive!: Walk through hundreds of butterflies in this 3,000-square-foot garden enclosure of flowering plants, trees and topiaries. New butterflies are added every week to the "Flight House" from the "Pupae Emergence House." Through June 12. Lubbock. www.sciencespectrum.org.
Dallas Blooms: The Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, features 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs, including tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and 100,000 pansies, violas, poppies and other perennials. Through April 7. Dallas. 214-515-6500 or www.dallasarboretum.org.
Family Fun Day: The National Museum of the Pacific War, 340 E. Main St., will host Family Fun Day with scavenger hunts, origami and kite flying. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday. Fredericksburg. 830-997-8600 or www.pacificwarmuseum.org.
Spring Break: The Pioneer Museum, 325 W. Main St., will host hands-on activities, demonstrations and re-enactments. Monday-Saturday. Fredericksburg. 830-990-8441 or www.pioneermuseum.net.
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Foster care is a system in which children who have become orphaned or were removed from abusive homes are taken care of in a temporary capacity until they are adopted or their custody situation stabilizes. As the OrphanageOfFear has become a DeadHorseTrope, the foster care system has become the new bogeyman of AcceptableTargets. Very, very few characters (especially not main characters) are happily fostered. Their foster parents are always some variety of AbusiveParents, anywhere from "didn't care about the kid except for the money he brought in" to "treats the kid worse than the original abusive situation they escaped from in the first place". And don't expect the DepartmentOfChildDisservices to step in on their behalf, either; the kid just gets bounced to some new foster home.
In the rare case that the foster parents are kind and caring, they will almost inevitably end up adopting their foster kid, leading to HappilyAdopted.
Any character who has this pop up in their BackStory will gain some amount of {{Woobie}} status, and have a constant struggle with [[ParentalAbandonment abandonment anxiety]]. Expect this to be a FreudianExcuse of many a villain as well, especially {{Serial Killer}}s.
Not only is this sadly TruthInTelevision far too often, the inverse is true too; most Foster parents can provide a very caring, safe environment for abused children, and it can be just as traumatising for the children to be removed from them and sent back to their biological parents all over again. It can be even worse if those biological parents aren't ready to take care of them just yet. The experience of being removed from where you are and taken to a strange place by strange social workers is a lot like being kidnapped, and they have to deal with this repeatedly.
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* The Shonan 14 Days arc of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' has Onizuka hiding and working inside the "White Swan" foster care center where it tries to whole-heartly raise several misbehaving but good-at-heart youths (especially some with experience with abusive parents) in a safe environment. A big later issue within the arc is the attempt of politicans and previously mentioned self-centered abusive parents trying to pull the children out of the foster care for their own selfish motivations.
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* [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] and ComicBook/LoisLane had a foster son, Chris, who was HappilyAdopted. Arguably doesn't count, however, since he was actually a Kryptonian stranded on Earth and the legal work was actually forged by Franchise/{{Batman}}.
* Pre-reboot, [[{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]] ran away from abusive foster parents and wound up living on the street. (In early stories it was an EvilUncle.) Since the reboot the dynamic has changed so he lives with a happy foster family and ''he's'' the [[KnightInSourArmor sour one]].
* After the events of their miniseries, most of the ComicBook/{{Runaways}} ended up in Foster care (except for Molly, who went to an ComicBook/XMen run [[OrphanageOfLove orphanage]] instead). While they were all treated well enough, they all decided that, after what they went through, they really cant go back to normal life. That, combined with the fact that [[FireForgedFriend they had all gotten]] [[TrueCompanions extremely close,]] inspired them to run away [[AndTheAdventureContinues all over again.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic ''FanFic/PrisonIslandBreak,'' Shadow is revealed to have been a Foster child, having gone through multiple care homes, the final Foster home resulting in him being sexually abused.
* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' series [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/82162 Stars from Home]] has Ororo in this situation, while Scott is HappilyAdopted, both with [[GoodParents Charles and Ruth]]. They're treated the same and refer to each other as [[LikeBrotherAndSister brother and sister]].
* ''Fanfiction/ForbidenFruitTheTempationOfEdwardCullen"'s protagonist Atlantiana is a foster kid. Her new foster parents are 'very nice and hole some people' (sic) but completely oblivious to the situations she finds herself in.
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* Ashburn from ''{{Film/The Heat}}'', who is a BrokenAce at the FBI with a FriendlessBackground apparently as a result of growing up in foster care, and when Mullins finds out she refers to her as "Foster Kid" in a teasing manner, only at the end of the film to give her a card saying "Foster kid - now you have a sister."
* ''Film/TheRageCarrie2'''s Rachel was put into the foster system after her crazily religious mother was taken away. Her foster parents are white trash, who occasionally hit her, and are after the extra allowance.
* ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms'' de-ages the titular characters to teenagers. Jerrica and Kimber live with their aunt Bailey, who has fostered Shanna and Aja. Aja is mentioned to have spent time in juvenile hall.
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* The titular character in ''Literature/TheGreatGillyHopkins'' is currently in the system.
* In ''Maggie-Now'' by Betty Smith, the titular character and her husband are unable to have kids, so she becomes a foster mom for orphans taken in by the church. She can only care for them for a set period of time before they are taken away. [[spoiler: Eventually, he husband catches a horrible illness and she is no longer allowed to take in any foster children]].
* In ''Film/TheCheetahGirls'' books and movies, Dorinda is a foster kid.
* In the German novel ''Gottes Bodenpersonal: Eine Unwahrscheinliche Liebesgeschichte'', the two male protagonists foster a teen boy who has been living on the streets for most of his life. He originally lived on the streets because he didn't want a foster family, suspecting that he would be sexually abused there. [[spoiler: He decided that if he was to be sexually abused by adult men, he could as well take money for it, and lived as street prostitute. He met his future foster father by propositioning him, and the polite rejection of this offer and subsequent attempt to help him get out of prostitution was what made him trust the man.]] No adoption takes place in the course of the novel, which is explained as being due to the stricter regulations on adoption, and the problems a homosexual couple would face.
* Austin, the protagonist of ''Literature/HollowPlaces'', was a foster kid. Lucky for him, they ended up being much better than his real parents.
* Bo from ''Literature/{{Run}}'' has been this before, but was eventually returned to her mama's custody. She had it so bad that she doesn't want to call social services on her again, even if things get bad, which is why she opts to run away instead at the beginning of the book. [[spoiler: At the end of the book she is put into the system, but is lucky enough to end up with a very kind family]].
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* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'': One of the last episodes of the series, Season 8's "Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown," sees Sam get into a fight with another kid who is a foster child, the fight borne out of the boy's extreme envy and jealousy of Sam's posh life. Willis reminds Sam that he and Arnold could easily have ended up in foster care (either temporarily staying with families or living in group homes), but it was averted when Mr. Drummond took them in and adopted them. By episode's end, Mr. D who is being featured on a TV series uses his opportunity to encourage the adoption of older children.
* ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'': Stella Bonasera
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Played straight with Brennan's foster parents who locked her in a trunk for two days for breaking a plate. Averted with Sweets who was abused, only to be adopted by a lovely older couple. Brennan also gets very defensive when people talk about foster kids in a negative light.
* ''Series/CSIMiami'': [[spoiler:Horatio finds out he has a kid who's been bouncing around the Foster system.]]
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Parker, the ClassyCatBurglar, is implied to have grown up in the system, and this becomes something of a sore issue for her when they foil an adoption scam.
** Hardison, on the other hand, is one of the few happily fostered examples--his foster mom, who he calls Nana, was apparently an extremely positive influence on his life. He's also mentioned learning social skills when he was fostered by door-to-door missionaries.
* Locke in ''Series/{{Lost}}''
* Sara Sidle of ''Series/{{CSI}}''.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Daniel Jackson has this as a part of his backstory. Specifically, his parents were killed in a freak accident (which he witnessed) when he was about eight years old, and his only living relative was his maternal grandfather, who refused to take him in because he felt he was too busy to raise a child. Beyond this, the details are unclear we don't know how his relationships with his foster families were but based on his relationships later in life he never considered himself to have a family until his team stepped in and filled that role.
* ''Series/OrphanBlack'': Sarah and Felix were raised by Mrs. S., Sarah after being an [[TitleDrop orphan brought in from... "the black."]]
* ''Series/TheListener'': Toby Logan.
* Ricky from ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' is a foster kid, but he has very loving and supportive foster parents and he even refers to them as his [[ParentalSubstitute mom and dad]].
* A recurring character type in ''Series/HomeAndAway'', mainly with members of Sally's family. The inverse also occurred fairly early on, when original character Lynn Davenport left to rejoin her biological parents.
* Rusty Beck in ''Series/{{Major Crimes}}'' is put in the custody of the protagonist herself after threatening to run away from his latest set of foster parents.
-->'''Rusty''': They were telling me what to do all day long, like, even what I could eat! And they would turn off the television at nine o'clock. Every night.
-->'''Sharon''': So...you were tortured.
* Hunter on the US version of ''Series/QueerAsFolk'': played straight before Hunter ever appears on the show; apparently he ran away from a foster home because he was abused there. He's eventually taken in by Michael and Ben and seems to be happy there, but then this trope is inverted when his mother (who originally lost custody of him because she used drugs and forced him into prostitution) shows up and wants him back, and actually gets custody. Then she screws it up before they've even left the courtroom, by freaking out when she learns that Hunter is HIV-positive, and promptly loses custody again, to Michael and Ben who officially become Hunter's foster parents. From then on, this trope is averted and at the very end of the series, they offer to adopt him when they notice that he's been using their last names on his school books.
* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' has Callen who had been to no less than 37 foster homes over the course of his life.
* ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'': In later episodes, Dr. Amanda Bentley adopted a child named Dion, who had been abused by his previous foster parents. Dr. Bentley herself was a foster child who was HappilyAdopted. A bit of TruthInTelevision, as actress Victoria Rowell was also a foster child.
* Four of the five kids from TheFosters, with Jesus and Mariana having been subsequently adopted [[spoiler: and Stef and Lena planning on adopting Jude and Callie]]
* Kevin on the US version of ''Series/{{Shameless}}'' was one when he was younger, which causes him to be eager to subsequently foster a 13 year old girl named Ethel who had been removed from [[{{Squick}} a polygamous cult whose leader had married her at 11 and had sex with her enough times to give her a son]]
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
** Emma Swan, due to being found on the side of the road. Her experience was very negative, and as an adult she starts out prickly and unwilling to form attachments to anyone. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] as the series goes on. It's later revealed that she was nearly HappilyAdopted by [[spoiler: Ingrid the Snow Queen]], but her memories of that were erased.
** Later episodes reveal that [[spoiler: Pinnocchio aka August]] was in the system too, and abandoned baby Emma in order to escape their house.
** The episode "True North" revolves around Emma trying to track down the birth father of two orphaned children to prevent them from becoming this. From her past experiences, she is determined not to let them enter the system. [[DontSplitUsUp As they're two different sexes, they also risk being sent to different homes]].
* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'' includes Wynonna bouncing around the foster care system as part of her backstory. Especially notable since her younger sister Waverly was decidedly ''not'' this trope--Waverly was raised by loving [[HonoraryUncle family friends]] after Ward Earp's death. Presumably they couldn't handle Wynonna's troublemaking ways.
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* Ivan from ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' is fostered by Lord Hammet and Lady Layana of Kalay, but [[HappilyAdopted he's very happy with them]] and [[BewareTheNiceOnes will destroy anyone who endangers them]]. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Ivan's birth family were not harmful or dead; they're Jupiter Adepts from Contigo who predicted his need to be living in Kalay at a certain time, and [[ThePlan arranged things so he would be where he needed to be]].]] In ''Dark Dawn'', it's noted that he remained in Kalay and helped the refugees from Vale settle there.
* Adam Bentley, a minor character from ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'', is revealed to have come from the foster system before becoming a socialite, and knew the victim from Case 50 from his old foster home.
[[folder: Webcomics ]]
* Kate, and presumably many of the other Chimera, in ''Yosh!''
* Red in ''Webcomic/RedsPlanet''. The foster home is not bad, she's just adamant that she doesn't need to be adopted, because she's not an orphan. She also thinks that she has unlimited license to run away. The sheriff breaks it to her that after the third time, they won't just dump her in another home.
[[folder: Web Original ]]
* Hannah Johnson, from HeroesSaveTheWorld. She's been moved to a new home more than once by the time that the story starts.
[[folder: Western Animation ]]
* Toyman's first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' gives this as his backstory -- Toyman's father took a loan from gangster Bruno Mannheim, was forced to allow his toy factory to be used as a front for Mannheim's criminal enterprises, and took the fall when the police closed in. Toyman's criminal motif is a twisted way of reclaiming his lost childhood.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart, Lisa, and Maggie were once placed in a loving if extremely weird (to them) family: The Flanderses. [[StatusQuoIsGod They were back with Homer and Marge by the end]], once the Simpson parents took a parenting class that was [[BumblingDad tough for Homer]] and humiliating for Marge.
* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark,'' Kenny and his sister are removed from their drunken, drug-dealing parents and sent to a foster home with about a dozen other children, headed by a pair of abusive, fundamentalist agnostics (no, that's not a typo). Cartman later frames his mom for dealing drugs, under the false impression that he'll be taken in by some rich family, and winds up in the same place. The DepartmentOfChildDisservices is actually semi-competent here, with their case worker [[WhatHaveIDone horrified when he realizes how bad the place is]].


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Love the Bliss Building, but wish they had not stuccoed over the brick.
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Upstairs they filmed some scenes for the movie The Flock. It was supposed to be an old hotel, which it was in the old days. I went up the stairs (entrance behind the blue pole in the picture) when the paint crew was working there. Quite a few smallish rooms, with a sink, unfinished wooden floors. Slightly creepy.
I always had breakfast at Lindy's when I was in town as a tourist, but once I lived in ABQ, I never did.
Thank you for the all the info The upstairs sounds like a treat, a creepy treat, but a treat. I never saw the building pre-stucco. They've torn out the old booths inside so it looks more cafe-ish rather than old time. I guess those booths were pretty squashed down from years of bottoms! D


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PARIS, March 25 -- UNESCO is enthusiastic about the imminent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first time a Chinese president will visit the headquarters of the UN agency, its Director-General Irina Bokova told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the UNESCO headquarters on March 27 and deliver a speech touching on subjects such as education, science, culture and communication utilities within the framework of sustainable development.
"I appreciate that China is willing to cooperate with more countries in UNESCO, which will be strong support for multilateralism," Bokova said.
UNESCO, founded in 1946, is the largest specialized agency of the United Nations working in educational, scientific and cultural fields. The organization aims to promote cooperation among countries through education, science and culture, and to contribute to world peace and security. Its main bodies include the general assembly, the executive board and the secretariat.
China is one of the founding members of UNESCO, and has been on the executive board since the restoration of UNESCO's activities in 1972. In October 2005, Zhang Xinsheng, the Deputy Minister of Education and the director of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, was elected chairman of UNESCO's executive board.
In April 2010, candidate Tang Qian, was appointed as assistant director-general of UNESCO for education affairs. In November 2013, on the 37th General Assembly of UNESCO, the Vice Minister of Chinese Ministry of Education and the director of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO Hao Ping was elected as the new president of the assembly, the first time for a Chinese representative to be elected as chairman of the meeting.
"China is an important member of UNESCO, not only because China is one of the founding members of UNESCO and UNESCO's cooperation with China, but also of the continuous development through expanded fields covering all areas of UNESCO's mandate has been involved in," Bokova said.
She added the Chinese government had actively supported UNESCO to provide assistance to other countries and regions. "UNESCO's cooperation with China has benefited many countries and regions, and will further expand and develop."
UNESCO is currently expanding more cooperation with China on the civilian level. "This is a new attempt for UNESCO and I want to congratulate the Chinese private companies who are willing to assume their social responsibility in maintaining world peace and promoting their effort to contribute to sustainable development."
UNESCO and the international community are currently discussing the post 2015 agenda and are in the process of implementing its mid-term strategy adopted by the general conference.
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AN NRM caucus feedback session from MPs' consultations over the Kyankwanzi resolution endorsing President Yoweri Museveni as sole NRM candidate has been deferred over a busy Parliamentary schedule.
Information and National Guidance Minister Rosemary Namayanja told New Vision on Tuesday that the Monday caucus was slated to receive two reports; one on MPs' consultations about the Kyankwanzi and another on national planning.
"The meeting was deferred because Parliament is in a busy period of finalising sessional committee meetings on the national budget for them to report back to the House next week. We don't want to jeopardise committee meetings," she said.
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Evolution's End? President Obama Calls for Same-Sex MarriageThursday, May 10, 2012
Is President Obama's "evolution" on same sex marriage finally complete? His call for the legalization of same-sex marriage yesterday is an historic and tragic milestone. An incumbent president of the United States has now called for a transformation of civilization's central institution. And yet, no observer of this president could be surprised. The arrival of this announcement was only a matter of time.
The White House confirmed this within hours of the president's announcement. As The New York Times reported on May 10, "Advisers say now that Mr. Obama had intended since early this year to define his position sometime before Democrats nominate him for re-election in September."
Previous news reports indicated that the 2012 platform for the Democratic Party would likely include a call for same-sex marriage. The pressure was on the White House, with the president caught in an awkward and embarrassing situation in which major figures on both sides of the controversy believed that his public position did not reflect his true convictions.
In December of 2010, the president told Jake Tapper of ABC News, "My feelings about this are constantly evolving." Last October, he told George Stephanopoulos, "I'm still working on it." As Dan Amira of New York magazine summarized that comment, "President Obama won't say if he'll stop pretending to oppose gay marriage before the election."
In August of 2008, running for the White House, President Obama had said: "I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian — for me — for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God's in the mix."
In February of 1996, running for state office in Illinois, Obama signed a letter to a homosexual newspaper in Chicago that included the statement, "I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages." So, his statement today puts him back where he was on the record as recently as 1996 — calling for the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The president's position since 2008 has been untenable. Having endorsed same-sex marriage when running for office in 1996, he evidently changed his position as he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and for president in 2008. Since then, his language and his actions have been contradictory. He has said that he opposes same-sex marriage, but he ordered his Attorney General not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. Officials in his administration openly advocated same-sex marriage, even as the president dropped hint after hint that he did as well. The president found himself facing the fact that he would have to declare himself one way or the other on the question as the 2012 election unfolded — so now we know.
Why now? The Washington Post reports that he was under intense pressure from many Democrats, including his major campaign fundraisers. According to the paper's report, one in six of the president's major "bundlers," or fundraisers, is a self-identified homosexual.
The immediate pressure came after Vice President Joe Biden said last Sunday that he was "completely comfortable" with same-sex marriage. The Vice President's statement on the issue delivered full support for same-sex marriage. On Monday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan followed Biden's lead.
The president was under intense pressure within his party, but the issue quickly turned into an issue of presidential character. No one made this point more directly than Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post, in a column that ran yesterday morning. "Same-sex marriage is turning into a test of character and leadership for President Obama," she wrote. "Does he favor it, or doesn't he? In the wake of Vice President Biden's remarks supportive of marriage equality, the continued presidential equivocation makes Obama look weak and evasive."
She wasn't finished. "The longer Obama waits, the worse he looks. The president's first stall tactic, that he is 'evolving' on the issue, doesn't cut it anymore. Even Darwin would have lost patience by now. His second approach, the not-gonna-make-news-for-you-today cop-out, has also worn thin. If you wonder whether the president actually opposes same-sex marriage, doesn't evolution imply change? And if you think perhaps he's still conflicted — well, that's hardly an advertisement to be leader of the free world. At this point, Obama's reticence is looking cowardly."
The president could probably survive that kind of criticism from conservatives, but not from liberals. Clearly, he had to clarify his position.
The president chose to make his statement in an interview with ABC. His statement was really not a serious argument for the legalization of same-sex marriage, however. He spoke of the issue as if it is a matter of personal taste.He told ABC's Robin Roberts that "at a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
He made his statement the day after voters in North Carolina voted overwhelmingly in support of defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman — the 30th state to have taken such action.
Honesty is the best policy, and the president has now made his position clear. He is again for what he was until today against, but that was only after he was for it before. The American people will have to unravel that as an issue of character. He is hardly the first politician to find himself holding to an "evolving" position on an issue of fundamental importance. Most politicians, however, do their best to avoid the kind of situation in which the President found himself on this issue.
In any event, the fact remains that the president of the United States has now put himself publicly on the line for the radical redefinition of marriage, subverting society's most central institution.
This is a sad day for America, but the president's statement was not a surprise. Given the political context he faced, the only question was when the president would make his public statement of endorsement for the legalization of same-sex marriage. We now know the answer to that question.
This is a sad day for marriage, but now we know the truth.
Ruth Marcus, "Obama's Moment on Gay Marriage," The Washington Post, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. In the newspaper's print edition, the column was headlined, "Gay Marriage Cowardice."
Transcript, Presidential Candidates Forum, Saddleback Community Church, CNN, August 17, 2008.
Devin Dwyer, "Timeline of Obama's 'Evolving' on Same-Sex Marriage," ABC News, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
Dan Amira, "President Obama Won't Say if He'll Stop Pretending to Oppose Gay Marriage Before the Election," New York, October 3, 2011.
Dan Eggen, "Same-Sex Marriage Issue Shows Importance of Gay Fundraisers, "The Influence Industry," The Washington Post, Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
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Publication date: May 10, 2012
Bigotry on the Ballot? No, Dishonesty in the EditorialThursday, May 3, 2012
Many of the nation's leading newspapers serve as advocacy agents for the normalization of homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Leading this charge for some time, The New York Times regularly promotes same-sex marriage in its editorials and news coverage. Even so, the paper's latest editorial serves as a display of how the argument for homosexual marriage is often pressed with what can only be described as undisguised intellectual dishonesty.
In "Bigotry on the Ballot," the paper editorialized against Amendment One, the effort to amend the constitution of North Carolina in order to preclude the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. That question will be put before the voters of North Carolina on May 8, and the result will be an important signal of where the nation now stands on the question. No similar effort has yet failed when put before the voters of a state, but polls indicate that the vote in North Carolina may be close.
The editorial begins:
"North Carolina already has a law barring same-sex marriage, but the state's Republican-controlled Legislature is not satisfied. It devised a measure to enshrine this obvious discrimination in the State Constitution and placed it on the ballot of the state's May 8 primary election — a test of tolerance versus bigotry that ought to be watched closely nationwide."
The paper has every right to editorialize as it chooses, and an editorial against Amendment One is no surprise to any informed reader of that paper. But look closely at the language used. The effort to limit marriage to the union of a man and a woman is described as "obvious discrimination."
That is meant to insinuate that the effort is therefore wrong, and even immoral. But that is just not intellectually honest. Discrimination — even "obvious discrimination" — is not necessarily wrong at all. Indeed, any sane society discriminates at virtually every turn, as do individuals. The law is itself an instrument of comprehensive discrimination. We classify some crimes as misdemeanors and others as felonies. We allow some persons to teach in our schools, but not others. We recognize certain persons as citizens, but not others.
Often, we discriminate on moral terms. No sane person would ask a convicted child molester to be a baby sitter. No sane society would elect a known embezzler as state treasurer. These acts of discrimination are necessary and morally right.
The real question is whether discrimination is right or wrong, justified or without justification. Calling any law "obvious discrimination" is not yet an argument. What the editors mean, we can presume, is that the proper line of discrimination should be drawn elsewhere, but this is not what the editorial states. In order to make this argument, the editors would have to summon the courage to define how the law should properly discriminate in defining marriage. No such courage is apparent.
As a matter of fact, when the editors do acknowledge that the law must define marriage in some way, they offer an even more egregious example of intellectual dishonesty.
Consider this sentence:
"Opponents of marriage equality have never been able to show any evidence that any harm is caused to heterosexual marriages by granting all American adults the right to marry as they choose — because there is no such evidence."
The editors demand "evidence" that heterosexual marriages will be harmed by the legalization of same-sex marriage, but this is an evasion. Legalizing same-sex marriage redefines marriage as an institution, leading to a fundamental redefinition of society. Opponents of same-sex marriage believe that such a redefinition, in itself, is a harm to the entire society.
The larger problem with this sentence from the editors is the argument that the nation should grant "all American adults the right to marry as they choose."
I do not believe for a moment that the editors of The New York Times mean what they said — at least I hope not. The editorial is aiming for a conclusive argument, but the editors have made an argument I doubt they can own or sustain.
All American adults should have the right to marry as they choose? All? This means the legalization of polygamy and incest. Proponents of same-sex marriage respond to such assertions with anger and vitriol, but they cannot deny that polygamy is a very real issue and that at least some American adults have demanded a right to marry their closest relations.
Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School, has argued that laws against polygamy are evidence of hypocrisy, and should be repealed.
Stanley Kurtz of The Weekly Standard stated the matter plainly:
"Advocacy of legalized polygamy is growing. A network of grass-roots organizations seeking legal recognition for group marriage already exists. The cause of legalized group marriage is championed by a powerful faction of family law specialists. Influential legal bodies in both the United States and Canada have presented radical programs of marital reform. Some of these quasi-governmental proposals go so far as to suggest the abolition of marriage."
We are living in an age marked by what philosopher John Haldane calls "erotic entitlements." Those promoting these entitlements now demand marriage as the ultimate recognition and normalization of their relationships.
The New York Times has the right to press the case for same-sex marriage, but it does bear the responsibility to make its arguments with intellectual honesty. Just where would the paper draw the lines of rightful discrimination in marriage law, and for how long will it be willing to hold those lines?
"Bigotry on the Ballot," The New York Times, Sunday, April 29, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/opinion/bigotry-on-the-ballot.html
Jonathan Turley, "Polygamy Laws Expose Our Own Hypocrisy," USA Today, October 3, 2004. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/2004-10-03-turley_x.htm
Stanley Kurtz, "Beyond Gay Marriage," The Weekly Standard, August 4-11, 2003. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/938xpsxy.asp
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Publication date: May 3, 2012
Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism?Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The emergence of the megachurch as a model of metropolitan ministry is one of the defining marks of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Megachurches — huge congregations that attract thousands of worshipers — arrived on the scene in the 1970s and quickly became engines of ministry development and energy.
Over the last 40 years, the megachurch has made its presence known, often dominating the Christian landscape within the nation's metropolitan regions. The megachurch came into dominance at the same time that massive shopping malls became the landmarks of suburban consumer life. Sociologists can easily trace the rise of megachurches within the context of America's suburban explosion and the development of the technologies and transportation systems that made both the mall and the megachurch possible.
On the international scene, huge congregations can be found in many African nations and in nations such as Brazil, South Korea, and Australia. In London, where the megachurch can trace its roots back in the 19th century to massive urban congregations such as Charles Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle, a few modern megachurches can be found. For the most part, however, the suburban evangelical megachurch is an American phenomenon.
Theologically, most megachurches are conservative in orientation, at least in a general sense. In America, a large number of megachurches are associated with the charismatic movement and denominations such as the Assemblies of God. Many are independent, though often loosely associated with other churches. The largest number of megachurches within one denomination is found within the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest non-Catholic denomination.
The emergence of the megachurch was noted by sociologists and church researchers attempting to understand the massive shifts that were taking place in the last decades of the 20th century. Researchers such as Dean M. Kelley of the National Council of Churches traced the decline of the liberal denominations that once constituted the old Protestant "mainline." This decline was contrasted with remarkable growth among more conservative denominations and churches — a pattern traced in Kelley's 1973 landmark book, Why Conservative Churches Are Growing. Kelley argued that conservative churches were growing precisely because of their strict doctrine and moral teachings. The early megachurches were the leading edge of the growth among conservative churches, especially in metropolitan and suburban settings.
The megachurches were not without their critics. Theologian David Wells leveled a massive critique of the doctrinal minimalism, methodological pragmatism, and managerial culture of many megachurches. Os Guiness accused the megachurch movement of "flirting with modernity" to a degree that put the Christian identity of the massive congregations at risk.
On the other hand, there is evidence that the megachurches have also helped to anchor conservative Christianity within the social cauldron of the United States in recent decades. The evangelistic energies of most megachurches cannot be separated from a deep commitment to conversionist theology and conservative doctrinal affirmations. Within the Southern Baptist Convention, megachurches played an essential role in what became known as the Conservative Resurgence — the movement to return the Convention and its institutions to an affirmation of biblical inerrancy. The most intense years of this controversy (1979-1990) saw the Convention elect an unbroken stream of conservative megachurch pastors as SBC president. In the main, the megachurches provided the platform leadership for the movement, even as the churches themselves became symbols of denominational aspiration.
Sociologically, the megachurch model faces real challenges in the present and even greater challenges in the future. The vast suburban belts that fueled megachurch growth in the last few decades are no longer the population engines they once were. Furthermore, cultural changes, demographic realities, and technological innovations have led to the development of megachurch modifications such as churches with multiple locations and sermons by video transmission. From the beginning, the megachurches led in the embrace of new technologies, and these now include the full array of digital and social media.
What about theology? This question requires a look at the massive shifts in worldview now evident within American culture. Trends foreseen by researchers such as James Davison Hunter of the University of Virginia and others can now be seen in full flower. The larger culture has turned increasingly hostile to exclusivist truth claims such as the belief that faith in Christ is necessary for salvation. One megachurch pastor in Florida recently told me that the megachurches in his area were abandoning concern for biblical gender roles on a wholesale basis. As one pastor told him, you cannot grow a church and teach biblical complementarianism. Even greater pressure is now exerted by the sexual revolution in general, and, more particularly, the question of homosexuality.
The homosexuality question was preceded by the challenge of divorce. By and large, the story of evangelical Christianity in the United States since the advent of legal no-fault divorce has been near total capitulation. This is certainly true of the megachurches, but it is unfair to single them out in this failure. The reality is that the "Old First Church" and smaller congregational models were fully complicit — and for the same basic reason. Holding to strict biblical teachings on divorce is extremely costly. For the megachurches, the threat was being called judgmental, and the perceived danger of failing to reach the burgeoning numbers of divorced persons inhabiting metropolitan areas. For smaller churches the issue was the same, though usually more intimate. Divorced persons were more likely to have family members and friends within the congregation who were reluctant to confront the issue openly. Church discipline disappeared and personal autonomy reigned triumphant.
Is the same pattern now threatening on the issue of homosexuality? No congregation will escape this question, but the megachurches are, once again, on the leading edge. The challenge is hauntingly similar to that posed by divorce. Some churches are openly considering how they can minister most faithfully, even as the public and private challenge of homosexuality and alternative sexual lifestyles has radically transformed the cultural landscape. Other churches, both large and small, are renegotiating their stance on the issue without drawing attention to the changes.
A shot now reverberating around the evangelical world was fired by Atlanta megachurch pastor Andy Stanley in recent days. Preaching at North Point Community Church, in a sermon series known as "Christian," Stanley preached a message titled "When Gracie Met Truthy" on April 15, 2012. With reference to John 1:14, Stanley described the challenge of affirming grace and truth in full measure. He spoke of grace and truth as a tension, warning that "if you resolve it, you give up something important."
The message was insightful and winsome, and Andy Stanley is a master communicator. Early in the message he spoke of homosexuals in attendance, mentioning that some had shared with him that they had come to North Point because they were tired of messages in gay-affirming churches that did nothing but affirm homosexuality.
Then, in the most intense part of his message, Stanley told the congregation an account meant to illustrate his message. He told of a couple with a young daughter who divorced when the wife discovered that the husband was in a sexual relationship with another man. The woman then insisted that her former husband and his gay partner move to another congregation. They did move, but to another North Point location, where they volunteered together as part of a "host team." The woman later told Andy Stanley that her former husband and his partner were now involved as volunteers in the other congregational location.
The story took a strange turn when Stanley then explained that he had learned that the former husband's gay partner was still married. Stanley then explained that the partner was actually committing adultery, and that the adultery was incompatible with his service on a host team. Stanley told the two men that they could not serve on the host team so long as the one man was still married. He later told of the former wife's decision not to live in bitterness, and of her initiative to bring the whole new family structure to a Christmas service. This included the woman, her daughter, her former husband, his gay partner, and his daughter. Stanley celebrated this new "modern family" as an expression of forgiveness.
He concluded by telling of Christ's death for sinners and told the congregation that Jesus does not condemn them, even if they cannot or do not leave their life of sin.
Declaring the death of Christ as atonement for sin is orthodox Christianity and this declaration is essential to the Gospel of Christ. The problem was that Stanley never mentioned faith or repentance — which are equally essential to the Gospel. There is indeed no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, but this defines those who have acted in repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21). As for those who are not in Christ, they stand condemned already (John 3:18).
The most puzzling and shocking part of the message was the illustration and the account of the homosexual couple, however. The inescapable impression left by the account was that the sin of concern was adultery, but not homosexuality. Stanley clearly and repeatedly stressed the sin of adultery, but then left the reality of the homosexual relationship between the two men unaddressed as sin. To the contrary, he seemed to normalize their relationship. They would be allowed to serve on the host team if both were divorced. The moral status of their relationship seemed to be questioned only in terms of adultery, with no moral judgment on their homosexuality.
Was this intended as a salvo of sorts? The story was so well told and the message so well constructed that there can be little doubt of its meaning. Does this signal the normalization of homosexuality at North Point Community Church? This hardly seems possible, but it appeared to be the implication of the message. Given the volatility of this issue, ambiguity will be replaced by clarity one way or the other, and likely sooner than later.
We can only hope that Andy Stanley and the church will clarify and affirm the biblical declaration of the sinfulness of homosexual behavior, even as he preaches the forgiveness of sin in any form through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. His affirmation of grace and truth in full measure is exactly right, but grace and truth are not actually in tension. The only tension is our finite ability to act in full faithfulness. The knowledge of our sin is, in truth, a gift of grace. And grace is only grace because of the truth of what God has done for us in Christ.
And yet, even as we know this is true, we also know that the Christian church has often failed miserably in demonstrating grace to those who struggle with same-sex attractions and those who are involved in homosexual behaviors. We have treated them as a special class of sinners and we have assured ourselves of our moral superiority. The Gospel of Jesus Christ destroys that pretension and calls for us to reach out to all sinners with the message of the Gospel, declaring the forgiveness of sins in Christ and calling them to faith and repentance.
The Gospel is robbed of its power if any sinner or any sin is declared outside its saving power. But the Gospel is also robbed of its power if sin — any sin — is minimized to any degree.
What does Andy Stanley now believe about homosexuality and the church's witness? We must pray that he will clarify the issues so graphically raised in his message, and that he will do so in a way the unambiguously affirms the Bible's clear teachings — and that he will do so precisely because he loves sinners enough to tell them the truth — all the truth — about both our sin and God's provision in Christ. Biblical faithfulness simply does not allow for the normalization of homosexuality. We desperately want all persons to feel welcome to hear the Gospel and, responding in faith and repentance, to join with us in mutual obedience to Christ. But we cannot allow anyone, ourselves included, to come to Christ — or to church — on our own terms.
The current cultural context creates barriers to the Gospel even as it offers temptations. One of those temptations is to use the argument that our message has to change in order to reach people. This was the impetus of theological liberalism's origin. Liberals such as Harry Emerson Fosdick claimed that the Christian message would have to change or the church would lose all intellectual credibility in the modern world. Fosdick ended up denying the Gospel and transforming the message of the Cross into psychology. Norman Vincent Peale came along and made this transformation even more appealing to a mass audience. Fosdick and Peale have no shortage of modern heirs.
Theological liberalism did not set out to destroy Christianity, but to save it from itself. Is the same temptation now evident? The Great Commission, we must remind ourselves, is not a command merely to reach people, but to make disciples. And disciples are only made when the church teaches all that Christ has commanded, as the Great Commission makes clear.
The megachurches are once again on the leading edge of these questions, but they are not alone. The urgency to reach people with the Gospel can, if the church is not faithful and watchful, tempt us to subvert the Gospel by redefining its terms. We are not honest if we do not admit that the current cultural context raises the cost of declaring the Gospel on its own terms.
Given their size and influence, the megachurches have an outsize responsibility. I am a member and a teaching pastor in a megachurch, and I am thankful for its faithfulness. I know a host of faithful megachurch pastors who are prepared to pay whatever cost may come for the sake of the Gospel. I know that my own denomination was regained for biblical fidelity under the leadership of brave megachurch pastors who used their pulpits to defend the truth. We desperately need these churches as both theological anchors and missiological laboratories.
The times now demand our most careful and biblical thinking, and they demand our clearest conviction matched to a missiological drive to reach the world with the Gospel. We must embrace the truth with the humility of a sinner saved only by grace, but we must embrace it fully.
Once again, the megachurches are on the leading edge. We must pray that they will lead into faithfulness, and not into a new liberalism.
Andy Stanley's message series, "Christian," can be viewed on the church's website — http://www.northpoint.org/messages/christian.
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Criticism of research methods used to set regulations affecting how much it costs to ship fresh produce by truck — at least in California — could delay their implementation.
The California Air Resources Board originally based its regulations on research that supported a correlation between the particulate matter emitted by diesel-burning engines, PM 2.5, and more than 20,000 early deaths per year in California. That assessment fell under scrutiny following revelations that Hien Tran, the agency's lead author on the study, falsified his credentials, and that the board chairwoman Mary Nichols did not disclose that information to the rest of the board before the vote on the rule.
A new study the air resources board seems to be adopting suggests a smaller total — 9,000 people a year — die prematurely in California because of the effects of particulate matter.
That study found a causal relationship between engines burning diesel fuel and premature deaths but uses data from the EPA's assessment of 116 U.S. cities. However, some say that data overestimate the emissions climate in California because of its proximity to the ocean and the eastward movement of pollution.
"We understand CARB has a public health mission, but the state of California has as much a stake in the wellbeing of the public and has a responsibility to protect the economy and jobs in the state as it does air quality, and that balance has not been present in that process," said Dave Puglia, senior vice president of government affairs for Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers.
In another twist, University of California-Los Angeles researcher James Enstrom is fighting for his job after claiming his research shows there is no link between PM 2.5 emissions and premature deaths. Enstrom said he believes his stance against the air resources board and its research is the reason behind his termination, according to media reports.
His appointment has been extended until March 31 while the grievance process is followed, said Phil Hampton, assistant director in the office of media relations for UCLA.
The produce industry is also taking a play out of the construction industry's playbook. The construction industry's heavy-duty trucks were the first to go through this process with the air resources board. It argued the original emissions estimates did not accurately reflect current emissions because of the economic downturn, which means less business, smaller fleets and less frequent use of trucks.
"It's the same thing now in highway truck use," Puglia said. "You go to the Port of Long Beach, and you can tell we're in a state of reduced economic activity, so we're going to compel CARB to reduce that number."
The air resources board is expected to release proposed amendments to the regulation by the first week of November, after which it will hold a 45-day open comment period.
Criticism of research methods used to set regulations affecting how much it costs to ship fresh produce by truck — at least in California — could delay their implementation.


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Slapped with tariffs and denied five-figure subsidies available to domestic electric vehicles, at last reported count the Chevy Volt priced in China at $79,000 has sold 18 units since its January launch, but undeterred, GM is hard at work on longer term Chinese EV plans.
Besides co-development of electric vehicles for future domestic manufacture with joint venture partners, another milestone was just reached by the GM China Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai.
There, the world's largest automaker is building and testing battery cell prototypes that can be incorporated in Chinese-produced EVs that will sell for much less than the Chevy priced like a top-line Caddy, be much more profitable – and this will not just pay benefits for the domestic market, but potentially also for export to other markets.
Yes, cost savings is a major advantage being touted and battery researchers are working on such details as processes, material preparation, coatings for the batteries, cell fabrication, and performance testing for the new energy storage technology in development.
"Producing the first prototype battery cells is a big step forward for the GM China Advanced Technical Center," said John Du, Director of GM China's China Science Lab. "It is critical for enabling GM to develop smaller, lighter and lower-cost new-generation batteries. Leveraging this success, the independent assessment system for battery materials will help speed up technical progress."
GM is at the same time fleshing out a workable supply chain and building strategic relationships to enable it to be a "smart cell buyer."
China has a plan to see a for-now paltry number of EVs on the road mushroom to five million by the year 2020. GM also has 20-20 vision it would seem, with an eye for that big market.
It established an early foothold years ago in the rapidly developing nation, and as China aims to cut pollution with electric vehicles, surpassing all other EV markets in the process, GM intends to be there.
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