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The Sky Continues To Rise: EU Gross Box Office Returns And EU Film Production Both Hit Record Highs In 2011
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Even though just about every objective statistic suggests otherwise, the copyright industries still take turns bemoaning the terrible toll that piracy is supposedly taking on their markets. So it's good to come across some official figures that suggest the contrary, particularly because in this case they come from the European Audiovisual Observatory—not a market research company, but a public service body. Here are the latest numbers for the European film industry:
2011 was a year of stabilisation at the European box office as the marked upward trend of GBO [gross box office] of the past two years slowed down significantly, resulting nevertheless in an overall year-on-year increase. Based on provisional data the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that EU gross box office returns increased marginally by 0.7% from EUR 6.37 billion [$8.14 billion] to EUR 6.4 billion [$8.18 billion], still the highest level on record. Cinema attendance remained stable with an estimated 962 million tickets sold.
Note that this is no mere one-off -- the report speaks of a "marked upward trend" of the previous two years that has slowed down significantly, but is still there, leading to what it terms "the highest level on record". That's about box office sales, but maybe the European film industry itself is suffering under the onslaught of popular US movies? It seems not:
2011 saw European films claiming back market share which they had lost to US 3D blockbusters in 2009 and 2010. Based on provisional figures, estimated market share for European films in the EU climbed from 25.2% to 28.5% in 2011, back to the 'pre-3D' levels of 2007 and 2008. Market share for US films on the other hand fell from 68.5% to an estimated 61.4%. This would be lowest level since 2001.
The best result for a decade, then. Now, that's all very well, but might still be the result of a few anomalous European blockbusters that have distorted the figures. According to the European Audiovisual Observatory, that's not the case:
EU production levels continued to grow to 1,285 feature films in 2011, 59 films more than in 2010 and a new record high.
In other words, in 2011, Europe note only saw record box office receipts at cinemas, but also record indigenous film production. It's a little hard to see how anyone could try to spin that as another "piracy is destroying the European film industry, we must bring in tougher copyright infringement laws" story, but I'm sure the usual suspects will try their darnedest.
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In this Road Block, Roller Derby moms Mona (left) and Beth (right) must participate in a Shemozzle Race which requires one team member to dress as a Kiwi sheperd and run through a wild obstacle course while collecting eggs. Once they deliver all their unbroken eggs to the finish like, they will receive the next clue, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday March 3 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Former Forward staffer, Grumpy Jeffrey Goldberg, thinks that lists of Jews are a bad idea, just because a few white supremacists enjoy using them. And also, because they don't always include him and/or Natalie Portman.
That's ridiculous. First of all, Natalie Portman blew a lot of list-ability with "No Strings Attached." And his logic is totally cockamamie. So white supremacists like lists of Jews. You know who else did? Oskar Schindler. Who, admittedly, was a Nazi, but still.
And you know who else likes lists? Everyone loves lists, Jeffrey Goldberg. Do you think that Buzzfeed is popular because of its investigative journalism and scintillating prose. (Here's a hint: No.) And if the world is going to make lists of EVERYTHING, why not the Jews? Why aren't the Jews as good as everyone else? WHY DO YOU HATE JEWS, JEFFREY?
Anyway, pace Jeffrey, here's another list of Jews. This time the most awesome Jewish Mah Jongg pairings that history could bring us. Because Goldberg telling the Jewish media to stop writing lists is just a cry for help… and for more Jewish lists of Jews.
The 10 Best Ever Jews, and Their Badass Jewish Mah Jongg Partners (with apologies to many previous listmakers: 11 Points, Listverse, Heeb (on sex, natch), Buzzfeed (on politics, natch), the surprisingly comprehensive Adherents and the totally amazing Forward 50)
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Moses and Emma Goldman
He may have been Prince of Egypt, but Moses and Emma Goldman shared the liberator's nightmare of being stuck in the House of Bondage. And that's their lot in this Mah Jongg squad. Eager to get to the table, they're stuck on the bench while Moses turns his staff into a snake and back into a staff, over and over again.
Albert Einstein and Judah Maccabee
Albert Einstein worked out relativity before he was 26, even while his full time job was a patent officer and while he had a wife and one year old son at home. If that's not enough to rob your Kong, Judah Maccabee single-handedly destroyed the local branch of the Seleucid Empire, elephants and all. There don't be no Mah Jongg championships at the Seleucid Games in Israel every four years.
Golda Meir and Abraham
Being as how Abraham was the smasher of idols, inventor of monotheism, talker with the Big Guy and all round founder of what we like to call Yidishkeyt, it needs a strong woman to partner him — not Sarah, his wife, who went along with him calling her his sister when it suited (that whole Abimelech thing). Golda was the original Iron Lady, fourth Prime Minister of Israel, so cool they had to get Ingrid Bergman to play her, and Leonard Nimoy to play her husband. They got the Four Winds covered y'all.
Philip Roth and David
Jewry's lusty lyricists both share an appetite for a turn of phrase, and a turn between the sheets. David displaced Saul, while Roth supplanted Saul Bellow. In between practicing his slingshot with dragon tiles David fought the Philistines, while Phil manfully battled philistine critics. There is, to date, no evidence that Roth has had a rival bumped off so as to bed his wife. But now that he's stopped writing, he's also got more free time on his hands, only some of which will be occupied in kicking Chinese tile butt.
Rosa Luxemburg and Hank Greenberg
You better be afraid. Very afraid. These be the two that sank the Titanic. What's that? An iceberg? Greenberg, Iceberg, Luxemburg, Bloomberg, it's all the same. They be sinking ivory ships — just not on Yom Kippur.
Sigmund Freud and Baruch Spinoza
So, Baruch — or should I say Benedict D? — tell me about your childhood? Before you know it we're deep into repressed memories of Amsterdam parenting and his feelings towards Descartes' mind-body dualism. Fortunately with the intellect and writing ability that these two bring to the Mah Jongg table it'll only take a second to psychoanalyze and excommunicate the sh** out of all-comers. Sometimes a chrysanthemum ain't just a chrysanthemum… if you know what I mean.
Karl Marx and Groucho Marx
In facial hair, Groucho favored greasepaint, while Karl preferred a full beard-fro. Karl wanted to overthrow the system through class revolution, while Groucho preferred the comedic anarchy and dizzying wordplay. But under it all, they were brothers in arms — who can watch Groucho insult wealthy dowagers and not recognize him as a true man of the proles? And who can read Marx's fantasies of a classless worker's paradise without a bit of a smirk? But when it comes to the dialectical materialism of Mah Jong, these two be serious like Mao Tse Tung at Changchun.
Natalie Portman and Jeffrey Goldberg
This team has a serious handle on Prevailing geopolitical Winds because it has one member providing Israel analysis of unparalleled credibility. And it also has Jeffrey Goldberg, who knows a few Jews who control the media. This is the team for Jewish continuity, that'll have your great great grandchildren's grandparents playing Mah Jongg long into the future: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Rashi and Daniel Mendoza
The dastardly dusky duo and their Sephardi stylings with the tilings be enough to send Ashkies and Gentiles running like the Four Winds. Don't mess with Daniel Mendoza, the inventor of boxing, unless you fancy getting your Eyes melded. Like Hillel invented the sandwich, Mendoza taught the Marquis of Queensbury a thing or two. With the father of the Talmud reading the bamboo, it's time for their opponents to say Chow for now.
Judith of Bethulia and Philip Glass
When she heard that the Assyrian warrior who was about to storm her city was a skeeze of the highest order, Judith crept out of Bethulia and into his tent. Then she waited for him to drain skins of mead and beheaded him. She cut his Assyrian head off with his own dang sword. Ain't no more Assyrians now, baby. With her to cover Philip Glass's ass, he's going to make music with repetitive structures of your Little Pongs.
Jesus, Ron Jeremy and Walther Benjamin
Separated at birth, the unholy Trinity were nevertheless hewn from the same Hebrew stone. Two of them liked to spend hours naked in public, two of them loved public disputation and all three of them got a particular thrill from pain. You ain't never going to go home with the North Wind when these Heavenly Orphans start clicking the ivory.
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K.S.A. 75-52,138; K.S.A. 42-920; K.A.R. 44-15-101a(d)(2); and K.A.R. 44-16-104(b) are analyzed and applied.
Appeal from Shawnee District Court; TERRY L. BULLOCK, judge. Opinion filed April 25, 2003. Reversed and remanded.
Mark Beam-Ward and Lisa Maturo, of Hill, Beam-Ward & Kruse, LLC., of Overland Park, for the appellant.
Lisa Mendoza and Edward F. Britton, Jr., special assistant attorneys general, for the appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., LEWIS and PIERRON, JJ.
PIERRON, J: Doyce Bates appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the State of Kansas, Department of Corrections (DOC) in his personal injury action.
On April 7, 1998, inmate Bates was operating a road grader at the Lansing Correctional Facility. While operating it, he suffered severe injuries including crush injuries to his pelvis and back as well as a severed urethra.
Bates subsequently filed suit against the State and the DOC in the district court in connection with the accident. The case was dismissed on November 1, 2001, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to Bates' alleged failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
Bates then filed a claim with the legislature's joint committee on special claims against the State (joint committee). The joint committee denied the claim following a hearing on December 14, 2001. Bates refiled his claim in district court on January 16, 2002. The State moved for summary judgment, and the court sustained the motion, again for the alleged failure to show exhaustion of administrative remedies. Bates appeals.
Bates argues the court's rationale for its decision, that he had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, is incorrect.
Regarding appellate review of summary judgments, "'where [this court] find[s] reasonable minds could differ as to the conclusions drawn from the evidence, summary judgment must be denied.'" Mitchell v. City of Wichita, 270 Kan. 56, 59, 12 P.3d 402 (2000) (quoting Bergstrom v. Noah, 266 Kan. 847, 871-72, 974 P.2d 531 [1999]).
Here, summary judgment was awarded based on Bates' alleged failure to exhaust administrative remedies. "An allegation that a party is required to or has failed to exhaust administrative remedies presents a question of law, and the appellate court's standard of review is unlimited. [Citation omitted.]" In re Habeas Corpus Application of Pierpoint, 271 Kan. 620, 622-23, 24 P.3d 128 (2001).
K.S.A. 75-52,138 provides:
"Any inmate in the custody of the secretary of corrections or in a county jail, prior to filing any civil action naming the state of Kansas, any political subdivision of the state of Kansas, any public official, the secretary of corrections, the warden, the sheriff, or an employee of the department of corrections or the county, while such employee is engaged in the performance of such employee's duty, as the defendant pursuant to the rules of civil procedure, shall have exhausted such inmate's administrative remedies, established by rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of corrections or by county resolutions, concerning such civil action. Upon filing a petition in a civil action, such inmate shall file with such petition proof that the administrative remedies have been exhausted."
The applicable regulation in the present case is K.A.R. 44-16-104, which provides:
"(a) Claims for property loss or damage or personal injury may be submitted to the institution and secretary of corrections. If the loss is greater than $500.00, the claim may be filed with the joint legislative committee on claims against the state.
"(b) The inmate shall obtain a claim form from the unit team, fill it out and return it. The unit team shall provide the inmate with a receipt or a copy of the form indicating on it who received it, from whom and the date received. The unit team shall submit the claim to the principal administrator for investigation within 48 hours of receipt, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
"(c) Each department of corrections institution shall maintain information and forms necessary for filing a claim to the joint committee on special claims against the state.
"(d) The principal administrator shall assure that the unit team assists the inmate in submitting a claim by providing information and any necessary claims forms.
"(e) All claims filed by inmates for lost or damaged property or personal injury shall be under oath."
In its letter awarding summary judgment to the State, the district court held that a claimant must file his or her claim with the penal institution or, in the alternative, with the joint committee using prescribed forms. The court also simply incorporated the State's memoranda arguments by reference for its additional findings.
The additional incorporated findings were: The inmate grievance procedure (grievance procedure) applies in the present case or should generally be followed; Bates' claim to the joint committee is unrelated to administrative remedies; the statute of limitations bars Bates' claim; and Bates was required to file his claim with the institution under K.A.R. 44-16-104(b).
Under K.S.A. 75-52,138, Bates was required to exhaust the remedies established in the Kansas Administrative Regulations for the Department of Corrections (Chapter 44) prior to filing a civil claim against the State. Specifically, the personal injury claim procedure is found at K.A.R. 44-16-102 et seq.
In interpreting administrative regulations, appellate courts are to grant considerable deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation, which should not be disturbed unless that interpretation is clearly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation. Murphy v. Nelson, 260 Kan. 589, 595, 921 P.2d 1225 (1996).
The interpretation of a regulation promulgated by statute is treated the same as
the interpretation of a statute. In re McGhee, 5 Kan. App. 2d 461, 463, 618 P.2d 859 (1980). In construing statutes and regulations, provisions should be analyzed in pari materia and with the view of reconciling and bringing them into workable harmony if possible. State v. Bolin, 266 Kan. 18, 24, 968 P.2d 1104 (1998).
The State argues that the grievance procedure applies to the present case. The grievance procedure is wholly within Chapter 44, Article 15 of the K.A.R. K.A.R. 44-15-101a(d)(2) expressly provides: "The grievance procedure shall not be used in any way as a substitute for, or as part of, the . . . property loss or personal injury claims procedure. The grievance system shall not challenge the decision of these other procedures." Hence, as Bates was unmistakably making a bona fide substantial personal injury claim, Article 15 is arguably not in any way applicable to the instant case.
The dispositive regulation, then, is the aforementioned K.A.R. 44-16-104. In particular, section (a) provides the extent of the required inmate administrative remedies for personal injury claims, with the exception of section (e), which mandates all claims must be under oath. Sections (b)-(d) provide procedural specifics for claims.
The State argues, and the district court agreed, that Bates was required under section (a) to file his claim with the institution and also with the joint committee if he desired. Moreover, the State argued below, and the court found by incorporation, that the joint committee claim process is "unrelated" to the administrative remedies and not "established by rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of correction[s]." This belies the plain language of the regulation, as well as the apparent underlying intent.
Section (a) of K.A.R. 44-16-104 provides that claims for personal injuries may be submitted to the penal institution and Secretary of Corrections. It further provides that if the amount in controversy is greater than $500, that claim may be filed with the joint committee. This language is unambiguous; both avenues are clearly permissive in nature. The regulation does not require, under these facts, the claim to be filed with the institution before being filed with the joint committee.
Although section (b) of K.A.R. 44-16-104 does mandate that "[t]he inmate shall obtain a claim form from the unit team, fill it out and return it," (emphasis added) a complete reading of that section, in tandem with section (c), provides a strong impression that section (b) refers only to institutional claims. Section (b) refers to an investigation by the principal administrator of the institution; section (c) requires the institution to have the necessary forms for filing to the joint committee available for inmates. This strongly implies that there are separate forms for joint committee claims and that the filing requirements found within section (b) are inapplicable to joint committee claims.
As best we can tell, the joint committee did not reject Bates' claim for failure to follow the proper procedure.
The reason behind the joint committee option may be found in K.S.A. 46-920, which governs personal injury claims against the State within the prison context. The statute expressly provides that the Secretary of Corrections lacks the statutory authority to pay any claim of "an amount of more than $500." K.S.A. 46-920(a).
This statute explains why the joint committee option is provided within the regulations. The DOC does not have the authority or ability to disburse funds in excess of $500. In the present case, Bates was seeking relief in excess of $75,000 for very substantial alleged physical injuries. Clearly, he could not obtain comparable relief from the DOC. Therefore, it is logical that joint committee claims are intended to be part of the administrative procedure and were established by rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Corrections.
Also, the State's claim that the DOC should be given an opportunity to settle the claim internally runs counter to this same logic. To ask an inmate to bring a claim such as Bates' to an agency with authority to pay only $500 has no reasonable basis. We acknowledge that it is easy to claim injury of over $500, even if none actually occurred. However, in the instant case, that does not appear to be the situation.
Should the legislature wish all claims to be processed as suggested by the State here, it could do so. We do not believe it has.
The district court also found the use of a prescribed form is a condition precedent to exhausting administrative remedies. However, it should be noted the joint committee heard Bates' claim despite his apparent nonuse of the established form in filing the claim. Hence, this assertion seems of minimal consequence, if not moot.
In addition, the district court found that failure to use a form provided by the DOC prevented the State from being afforded adequate notice of the claim, which in turn precluded corrections officials from investigating and resolving the claim. However, all defendants in claims to the joint committee receive notice of claims against them under K.S.A. 46-914(a). Also, as discussed above, internal resolution of Bates' claim was not realistically practical.
Because Bates has exhausted the administrative remedies provided by DOC regulations, the State's statute of limitations arguments adopted by the district court are also untenable. The State's assertions are wholly based on an alleged willful failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Based on the foregoing, this failure does not exist.
In sum, Bates filed his substantial personal injury claim with the joint committee as provided by K.A.R. 44-16-104. No claim with the institution was required for a claim of this magnitude. The DOC's interpretations of the regulations as written are clearly erroneous.
Whether or not it was the intent of the legislature to require a two-step process, as is argued by the State, it has not done so. We note that no statutory or regulatory history has been cited to support the State's interpretation. Bates has fulfilled the exhaustion requirement of K.S.A. 75-52,138 and accordingly may file a claim with the district court. The trial court erred in its grant of summary judgment to the State.
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Author Terry Pratchett's investigation into assisted suicide and a satirical look at technology have won International Emmy awards for Britain.
Terry's Choosing To Die, in the documentary category of the awards, handed out in New York, followed the author after his Alzheimer's diagnosis as he travelled to Swiss clinic Dignitas for a first-hand look at assisted suicide methods.
Channel 4's Black Mirror, created by Charlie Brooker, a suspenseful and satirical look at the unease created by modern technology, won an Emmy in the TV movie/mini-series category.
Unlike previous years when Britain dominated the awards, honouring excellence in television production outside the US, the winners in the nine categories this year spanned six countries – Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Australia, France and Germany.
Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy paid tribute at the awards to TV veterans Norman Lear and Alan Alda, whose cutting-edge, socially-conscious shows in the 1970s changed the face of television.
He closed the awards ceremony by delivering a moving tribute to Norman, now 90, and M*A*S*H star Alan as he presented them with the 40th Anniversary Special Founders Award.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences marked the milestone anniversary by presenting special awards honouring a producer and performer who had groundbreaking shows on TV in 1972 when the International Emmys were first presented.
Ryan was honoured midway through the awards ceremony hosted by Regis Philbin at the Hilton New York Hotel. Jessica Lange, the star of his contemporary gothic TV series American Horror Story, presented him with the honorary 2012 International Emmy Founders Award.
The writer, director and producer whose credits also include Nip/Tuck and Popular, was recognised for the impact his shows have had in recognising diversity and encouraging people to become more inclusive.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has discovered a new population of stars isolated deep in the core of M15, one of the densest globular star clusters. The stars are among the hottest stars observed in the core of a globular cluster. The most likely explanation for their existence is that they are the "naked cores" of stars that have been stripped of their outer envelope of gas, according to astronomers.
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NASA's Hubble 'Space Telescope (HST) has discovered a new population of stars isolated deep in the core of M15, one of the densest globular star clusters.
The stars are among the hottest stars observed in the core of a globular cluster. The most likely explanation for their existence is that they are the "naked cores" of stars that have been stripped of their outer envelope of gas, according to astronomers.
"This is amazing; these objects represent a totally new population of very blue stars," says Guido De Marchi, of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Baltimore, Maryland, and the University of Florence, Italy. "When we started wondering what they could be, we realized that they may be among the first observed stars to have been stripped."
De Marchi and Dr. Francesco Paresce (STScI and European Space Agency) explain that this could only have happened if stars are so crowded together in the core they can be stripped of much of their gaseous envelopes by the gravitational pull of bypassing stars.
This stellar cannibalism could only take place where stars are so crowded together that chances for close encounters are exceptionally high, they said. De Marchi and Paresce interpret the existence of this new class of stars as possible evidence that the center of the globular cluster has contracted to an extremely dense condition called "core collapse."
This research, by De Marchi and Paresce, is being announced at a press conference today at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Berkeley, California.
The astronomers were surprised to discover about 15 hot blue stars segregated at the very core. Their surface temperatures are above 60,000 degrees Fahrenheit (our Sun's surface is 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit). This discovery was possible only with the Hubble Space Telescope because it can resolve stars at the dense core of M15 that are only a blur from the ground. The observations also required Hubble's sensitivity to ultraviolet light to distinguish the hot stars from the surrounding cooler stars.
Such very hot blue stars can be made in several ways besides stellar stripping: magnetically stirred-up super massive stars, white dwarfs, or planetary nebulae. However, the researchers are quick to point out that none of these scenarios explain why the stars are so concentrated and so numerous only at M15's core.
"This rules out a number of other hypotheses," says De Marchi. He explains that all the blue stars lie within a one light-year radius at the very core of the cluster. What's more, 90 percent of them are concentrated at the very center of this volume, within a four-tenth light-year radius.
Close Encounters of the Stellar Kind
According to this scenario, the new population of blue stars was once the cores of red giant stars. Such stars expand to enormous sizes late in their lives, due to changes in the nuclear "burning" at their cores. (If our sun were the size of a red giant it would engulf the inner solar system, out to the diameter of Mars' orbit.)
Red giant stars are so distended that they have a weak gravitational hold on their outer envelope of cool gas. If a normal, main sequence star passes within a few stellar radii it can rob gas from the red giant. This stripping process can, in theory, expose a star's core - the nuclear fusion "engine' that powers stars.
However, conditions where stars are so crammed together are unusual. For example, in our own stellar neighborhood, the stars are typically a million times farther apart than the distance between the sun and Earth. Conversely, due to the relentless pull of gravity, the stars at the core of M15 have converged so that they are at about 500 times the distance between the Earth and the sun. If our planet were there, we would see a hundred thousand stars closer than Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Earth; the night sky would look simply fantastic!
The astronomers used Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera (FOC) to probe the core of M15 (15th object in the Messier Catalog) which is located 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. M15 is visible to the naked eye as a hazy spot 1/3rd the diameter of the full moon.
Core Collapse
Globular clusters are compact "beehive swarms" of several hundred thousand stars loosely held together under the mutual pull of gravity. The stars are deflected by gravity if they pass near each other. During such close encounters a smaller, less massive star steals momentum from the larger star.
Because of these near-collisions, the massive stars lose momentum and "fall" toward the center of the cluster, like marbles rolling to the bottom of a funnel. Given enough time, massive stars should accumulate at the cluster's center. Theoretically, this could become a runaway collapse where stars quickly crowd together.
Previous Hubble observations suggest that the cluster probably contains powerful energy "storage batteries" in the form of double star systems, which prevent the core from imploding all the way down to a black hole. The rapid orbits of two stars about each other in tight binary systems create a powerful reservoir of kinetic energy. A few double stars can stir up the motion of in-falling stars. This would cause the core to rebound, like squeezing and relaxing a rubber ball.
Astronomers have long sought evidence for core collapse at the heart of very dense clusters like M15. To estimate the true stellar density from ground-based visible light photographs, however, has been difficult. The Hubble observation doesn't tell whether the core is still collapsing or rebounding.
Previous research by a team led by Paresce found that another class of unusual blue star, dubbed blue stragglers, also dwells at the cores of some clusters. However, even the "stragglers" are not as hot nor as blue as the new population of blue stars in M15. Most of the blue stragglers are probably double stars that gravitationally capture each other. The capture stirs-up the stragglers' nuclear fuel. The star "resets its clock" to relive a bright and hot youth.
The researchers plan to use Hubble to peer into the cores of other globular star clusters to see if this new class of star dwells elsewhere as well.


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Missouri Baptists, Culture War, and the Gospel
The article this morning focused on Roger Moran, one of the leaders of SBC conservatives here in this state. And admist some of the silliness, there were some very interesting quotes that moved beyond the "issue" to the real issues.
First, it appears that Moran lumps together "emerging" churches such as The Journey with the SBC moderates that he defeated earlier. But the reason for doing this was that these emerging churches are places "where you can drink beer in the bar, you can talk about rock 'n' roll, you can watch R-rated movies on film night." In Moran's mind, these were the moral excesses of the SBC progressives in the 1980s (and when I was in Louisville, stories of SBTS keggers were legendary and probably a little overblown); these cultural and moral markers that characterized the progressives are the same as the emerging church; hence, the Acts 29 network must be moderate.
But this line of reasoning is an uneasy fit, even for Moran. Though he doesn't acknowledge it in the P-D article, there are major theological differences between SBC progressives and the Acts 29 folks like the leaders of The Journey. Chief among them is that the Acts 29 network actually believes the Gospel (in its classic and Calvinistic formulations), holds to the inerrancy of Scripture, and is passionate about evangelism and discipleship. As a result, the identification of the emerging church leaders and SBC "moderates" is an uneasy one at best.
Even more striking, Moran identifies the nature of the church (and its Christianity) based on external practices--drinking, rock music, and movies--that were the bellweather issues for Baptist conservatives of the 1970s and 1980s. And yet, those issues don't seem to resonate as much as they used to do. In fact, many younger evangelical Christians view those issues as matters of indifference compared to the "weighter" matters of love, justice, and mercy to the poor or the need for sustainable care for the creation. While Moran's issues may have "worked" during the early days of the SBC conservative resurgence, they may not work as well now--because they seem to be culturally as opposed to biblically derived.
Second, I thought it was interesting how Bill Leonard, a Baptist scholar, characterized the state of the current SBC: "The Southern Baptist Convention is growing increasingly terrified that they've spent all this time recreating the denomination in this (conservative) image, and now nobody cares. Young seminarians are challenging them on issues and saying, 'Your vision of reality is not ours.'" It does seem that the Gen X generation that is moving into pastoral leadership--both in the SBC and in my own denomination--struggles with viewing the church in the same terms as some leaders might.
For example, if the church (or a particular denomination) is meant to stand for "conservative evangelicalism" and that means standing for certain political or cultural positions, or standing for those positions in a harsh or insensitive manner, then the "emerging" generation will have none of it. As Darrin Patrick, the pastor of The Journey, put it in the article, "When you're stricter than God about what he commands and permits, younger pastors are not going to play ball. They're not going to take one for the denomination" (emphasis mine). I actually think this stance of "not taking one for the denomination" could be a good thing--if it forces church leaders to reorient themselves to Gospel priorities and attitudes.
And yet, to forsake denominations for "networks" doesn't necessarily solve the problem. Because there will be times when the "network" will prove to move in directions that feel denomination-like and could illegitimately bind the conscience as well. Thus, the goal is not necessarily to cop the attitude that "if you don't play ball the way I want you to, I'm taking my ball and going home" or to independency or whatever. The goal is biblical reformation of church mission and structures so that the church to which we belong evidences to a greater degree the reign of God.
And so, the article provide a great deal of food for thought--about the Gospel, the nature of the church, and the future of evangelical Christianity.
10 comments:
- Nathan Finn said...
Uh, Bro. Sean, if you are intent on blogging about the problems with some of "my people," I would prefer you be less insightful. :-)
- Timothy R. Butler said...
That's interesting, Dr. Lucas. So do you think this will actually reorient the denominational leaders to the Gospel?
- David Filson said...
As usual, very, very good, Sean!
- Jonathon Woodyard said...
Very insightful. Do you see a difference in the "emerging church" and the "The Emergent Church"? I think there are some churches that have changed some methods that scare those in the SBC, but these churches are truly "emergent". I don't really know, just thinking through the issue for myself.
For instance...do you see a difference between Brian McLaren and that sect and maybe a Mark Driscoll or the Journey?
Jonathon Woodyard
- Jonathon Woodyard said...
I meant to say that those who have changed their methodology are not necessarily "emergent".
- Brad said...
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- Brad said...
Dr. Lucas,
I'm a student at Covenant and found your site through Tim Butler's.
Awesome synopsis and analysis of the core issue. I wholeheartedly agree, and wrote about this on my blog as well (guess I wasn't as original as I thought). I'd like to post a comment and a question:
Comment: I found the reporter's bias towards Moran far from subtle. I found his close-mindedness very appalling, but I know that the writer contributed greatly to this.
Question: Could you expand on your last section concerning denominational v. network affiliation? Coming from an unchurched background, and only recently subscribing to ANY denomination (EPC), I'm unfamiliar with the argument you are posing.
I'm stoked to hear my professors have this gospel-centered view and are not afraid to renounce man-made tradition when it is in contradiction to scripture, or merely extra-biblical. Just more proof that I'm exactly where I should be. Many thanks!
- Sean Michael Lucas said...
Hi, Jonathan: I actually wrote about McLaren and distinguished his views from Driscoll's in a review essay that is in the current Presbyterion (the Covenant Seminary journal). If you want a copy of the essay, email me through my website (www.seanmichaellucas.com; there is a contact section there), and I'll email it to you.
Hi, Brad: I think one of the notable things about the rising GenX church leadership generation is their preference for "networks" over "denominations." Usually the comments go like this--denominations are oppressive/restrictive/centralized/power-oriented; networks are freeing/enabling/decentralized/ministry-oriented.
But it is not that simple. Networks can easily become "denomination-like" with their own unspoken creeds and limitus tests. What I was trying to say was that it may be better to be in a denomination, like the EPC or PCA, where creeds and polities are published, subscribed, and contestable, than to be in "networks," where these things are less formalized but no less present.
If more guys stay in denominations, and work for reformation within those structures, the more likely the mission and resources of those institutions will be used for God's glory and reformed im appropriate, Gospel-oriented ways.
Hope that helps, sml
- Brad said...
Awesome, that makes complete sense. On simple common sense, having the existing infrastructure in place to make those kinds of changes and reforms can be nothing but good anyway. It also strikes me as a great mark of spiritual maturity to submit to the eldership and biblical authority of a denomination (obviously, I'm making a lot of assumptions on the denomination here).
Hehe, and I can see how a "network" is still a "denomination" under another name. Thanks very much for the clarification. Great point.
- Reformed Catholic said...
I'm reading this about a month after it was first published, as I found the link, through a link, through a blog.
Reading the original artcle in the P-D, I found the reference to 'Bible and Beer' interesting, as it brought back the old joke my wife, who was brought up in the old PCUS, tells:
"What's the difference between Baptists and Presbyterians ??
Presbyterian's say hi to each other in the liquor store !! "


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Rhodes and the York College women's basketball team will hold a "Teddy Bear Toss" during halftime of the Spartans' January 3 non-conference contest against Elizabethtown College.
The Spartans are asking that spectators and fans bring a new or gently used stuffed animal to the game. During halftime, anyone with a stuffed animal will be able to toss them onto the court to be donated to Caitlyn's Smiles. Caitlyn's Smiles is an organization that distributes the collected bears to children in hospitals across the region.
In addition, the Spartans will also be selling purple shirts and taking donations to raise money for the Kimmel Center, focusing on pediatric cancer research at Johns Hopkins.
Rhodes knows pediatric cancer a little too well. She found a grapefruit-sized tumor the summer before her freshman year at Hanover. She had the non-cancerous tumor removed at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. It was during her five-day stay at Hopkins recovering from the surgery that she was inspired to do something about pediatric cancer.
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As countless businesses found out when the recession hit, good things can come from tough times. Money gets tight and prompts a closer look at both the revenue and expense sides of operations. Efficiencies, that count have been realized long before, often follow.
Such is the case playing out in local government as Gaston County weighs the cost of providing police protection for Bessemer City.
For more than a decade, Bessemer City has been happy with the arrangement and so has the county. Overall, it looked like a win for taxpayers because the city could provide top-notch police protection for less money than maintaining its own PD.
But after Cherryville explored the same arrangement, the county re-crunched the numbers and now says Bessemer City has been getting too good a deal.
The price must go up, say county officials, or the deal is off come July 1.
Not to be outdone � or held hostage, as the city manager puts it � Bessemer City officials have been looking at alternatives such as returning to a city-run PD or outsourcing to a nearby municipality.
City Manager James Inman wisely called in a consultant to take a look at the cost of alternatives. That�s a good way to ensure that apples are compared to apples and that costs are based on accurate numbers.
In a situation like this one, emotions run high and can result in inaccurate comparisons. A qualified consultant � Bessemer City hired former N.C. State University Police Chief Tom Younce � can perform the task without emotion or favoritism and by capturing all the correct numbers so there are no surprise expenses down the road.
The county will do well to closely examine its numbers, too, taking into consideration not only its cost but also the office space Bessemer City provides. That space serves as a hub for county officers who cover other areas of western Gaston and not for the officers covering Bessemer City only.
Because of the cooperation between the county and Bessemer City for municipal police protection, we have long advocated in this space for others to follow with a like arrangement. Simply because the two governments are apart at this point does not mean that the arrangement is not a good one.
It�s logical that a combined police force means efficiencies for taxpayers if for no other reason than fewer top administrators � those with the highest salaries in any organization � are not needlessly duplicated. Supplies and training are other are top-of-mind areas where savings are likely to be found in a single organization.
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Businessmen moved quickly to capitalize on the citys geographic advantages. In the decade before Chattanooga was incorporated, railroads had already begun to spread along the Atlantic coast. Businessmen, investors, and politicians were seeking ways to reach the farmers in the Tennessee River Valley, who produced large quantities of grain and livestock. Transporting these products to different markets proved difficult. The Tennessee River, which flowed toward the Mississippi, turned dangerous just west of Chattanooga, and rough roads through mountains made land travel expensive and slow.
In the late 1830s investors in Georgia began to build tracks which would bring goods to Savannah, the states major port. From there the products could be shipped around the world. They were racing to catch up with their main rival, Charleston, South Carolina, which already received goods through a 140-mile supply network of rails that continued to grow. In order to compete, Georgia started building the Western & Atlantic Railroad leading north and west from Savannah.
By the mid-1840s the Western & Atlantic was approaching Chattanooga, whose port on the Tennessee River made it a logical site for a rail center. Residents of Chattanooga recognized the impact the railroad would have on their town. One citizen wrote to a friend in 1847, "If Georgia fails to finish the road or make the appropriation for its completion all is flat in Chattanooga, but the general belief is that she will do it. And then we expect a rush to this place."¹
The first train moved across Georgia into Tennessee in 1849. A speaker at the celebration of the event expressed the significance of the ceremony: "With united hands, let Georgia and Tennessee join on this occasion in mingling the waters of the Atlantic and the Mississippi...." He further noted that the railway would "open the way for us to the far West by Nashville and shall establish communication with the North through the valley of the Holston [River]."²
As the terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad and a main junction for other lines, Chattanooga was the keystone in the southern rail system. Over the next decade, other rail lines began purchasing land in order to construct tracks north, east, and southwest out of Chattanooga. The first passenger station was built in 1858, and the Union Station and Car Shed, for freight shipping and for the maintenance of the railroad cars respectively, were constructed the same year.
Because of the growth fostered by the railroads, Chattanooga began to develop into a city. Hotels, restaurants, and saloons appeared for the convenience of travelers and tourists. Warehouses for grain, timber, cotton, and other raw materials were built near the rail yards, as were corrals for holding livestock. Businessmen created factories for iron working, furniture manufacturing, and textile production, then shipped their products out on the rails. These businesses drew more people to Chattanooga; as the population increased, more streets and lots for new homes were laid out. Shops, schools, and churches appeared, as did offices for doctors, lawyers and government agencies.
The Civil War temporarily halted this growth. Chattanoogas strategic location made it a key site for military operations for both North and South. Some of the hardest fought and most deadly battles of the war were fought in and around Chattanooga at places called Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Lookout Mountain. Union troops more often controlled the rail lines in and out of Chattanooga, but Confederates often damaged or destroyed the tracks in an attempt to halt the influx of federal soldiers and supplies.
Within a year of the wars end, Union troops had rebuilt the rails and the citys rapid growth resumed. Over the next 40 years Chattanooga became one of the leading examples of the industrial and commercial revolution that characterized the "New South."
Questions for Reading 1
1. What were the advantages of building railroads through Chattanooga in the 1840s?
2. How did people in Tennessee River Valley travel and transport goods before railroads were built? What were the disadvantages of these methods of transportation?
3. Why was Chattanooga considered a good location for a rail center?
4. Why did cities compete for railroads?
5. What were some of the ways in which the railroad impacted Chattanooga?
6. Why was Chattanooga such an important strategic location during the Civil War?
Reading 1 was compiled from Miranda Roche, "Market and Main Streets Historic District" (Hamilton County, Tennessee) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1992; and Gilbert E. Govan and James W. Livingood, The Chattanooga Country, 1540-1976: From Tomahawks to TVA (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1977).
¹Gilbert E. Govan and James W. Livingood, The Chattanooga Country, 1540-1976: From Tomahawks to TVA (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1977), 130.


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UPDATE: The Great Enphase Install-O-Rama wrapped up on Thursday in fine fashion - ultimately showcasing two installer Top Guns who prove that the future of our industry is on a sound footing.
Overall winner Adam Rossi - a/k/a "The Solar Ninja" - was one of the six installers invited to SPI by the folks at Enphase. Adam, who runs Adam Solar Resources in Bridgeville, PA, is everything you might want in a solar installer - he's smart, he's devoted to the industry, and he has more than a bit of that competitive spirit that can help you push through tough times. He was also blindingly fast, turning in a crazy quick time of just 1:34!
But scarcely to be outdone was Adam's chief rival, sixteen-year-old Dusty Psaila from Hawaii. Dusty stepped out of the audience to compete and he has been installing solar with his dad for two years. Judging by his enthusiasm for the competition and for the solar exhibit overall, he will undoubtedly be a major force in the Hawaiian solar industry in the years to come.
It was a real pleasure to spend some time with these great young people and we wish them the best of success in their future careers.
Go get 'em, guys!
Today was the first day of the Solar Power International Exhibits here in Dallas and that could only mean one thing – it was time for the great Enphase Install-O-Rama! Featuring your humble reporter going head-to-head with the toughest competition SPI could provide. For this first go, that was none other than Mark Santos, Director of Business Development at Premier Power out of El Dorado Hills in NoCal.
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To be fair - eventually, after repeatedly going to school on (and being schooled by) me, Mark broke through on the last match-up to take the overall morning lead - and he did it in fine fashion, beating my previous best by more than 10 seconds.
Ah, but the competition is just beginning and there are more match-ups to come (including with some very - shall we say, self-confident? competitors). So we shall see how this all turns out!
I can say, that for never having touched an M215 until yesterday, the system really is quite easy to use. Nice job, Enphase! Now on to Gilly's!!!
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Several years ago you suffered a tragedy. Your sister Margaret died. Margaret lived with her husband, Emmett, in a small little village lost in the mountains. After her death, Emmett, overcome with grief, disappeared from the town.
And now many years later, you have received a mysterious letter in which he invites you to a meeting where you can meet with your dead sister. You are so intrigued by this unexpected letter that you head to the village of Reagan, where your sister had lived and where she was buried.
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Reviewed by Joel V. (age 10)
I thought this book was interesting to read. I learned more about how Ray Champman died. I learned how major league baseball protected their players. This book reminded me of myself because I like to play baseball I got hit in the head by a baseball, but I was not hurt because I was wearing a baseball helmet.
This book is part of a series by Dan Gutman. Stosh is always in the book and he can go back into time and visit any baseball player he wants as long as he uses an old baseball card. I really liked the illustrations in this book, too.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is in 2-6th grade and loves baseball.


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Kyle Hendricks should be the Carolina League Pitcher of the Year. I know it's only July, but let's just give the guy the benefit of the doubt and say he won't completely fall apart the rest of the way. And hey, even if he gets promoted in the near future there is precedent for a guy like him winning the honor. Robbie Ross took home Pitcher of the Year last season despite being promoted July 29th.
Yes, Hendricks is only 3-7. But as we learned from King Felix in 2010, won-loss record really doesn't mean a whole lot in award stature. There's that and Hendricks was named a CL all-star despite his unfortunate record, so it's already proven that people can look past that mark.
So what exactly is there when you look beyond the record? There's a bunch of numbers that indicate arguably one of the best and most consistent pitcher in all of Minor League Baseball.
Here's the easy stuff. Hendricks is the active leader (and third overall behind promoted Cody Buckel and Sugar Ray Marimon) in the Carolina League with a 2.53 ERA. Hendricks is fourth in the CL with 80 strikeouts, ranking third among active pitchers. He has two complete games, including the Pelicans' first nine-inning CG since James Parr in 2007. Hendricks will surpass Gus Schlosser for the league's lead in innings pitched after his first two outs tonight. He also leads the league in fewest walks per nine innings (0.81) and is the active leader (2nd overall to Buckel) in fewest baserunners per nine at 8.92.
Those numbers alone should be good enough to garner Hendricks the honor. But he might need more, considering he'll need to cut through the hype of stars like Dylan Bundy and Yordano Ventura, both of whom hit 100 MPH on the gun. Salem's Matt Barnes is also in that mix along with teammate Brandon Workman. JR Graham has made his case too this season with a 2.60 ERA.
So what can set Hendricks apart? How about consistency? Stop for a second and try to guess the last time Hendricks allowed more than four earned runs. Don't scroll down yet…actually take a guess. Okay, now keep reading.
The last time Hendricks allowed more than four earned runs he was a college sophomore at Dartmouth. He got hit hard, allowing 11 runs without getting out of the fourth inning against Miami in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Hendricks went all of his junior year without giving up more than four earned runs. Hendricks went all of his first pro season at Spokane and Frisco without giving up four earned runs. He's gone all of this season without slipping for more than four earned runs.
Now that's consistency. In fact, Hendricks is fourth in all of Minor League Baseball, the whole thing – every team nationwide, in quality starts. The righty has fired off 12 in his 15 starts. Only Rudy Owens (AAA Indianapolis), Richard Castillo (AA Springfield) and Edwar Cabrera (AA Tulsa) have more quality starts this year. Owens has 14 while the other two have fired 13.
Hendricks' numbers continue to pop up among the Minor League leaders. After his last start five days ago, Hendricks was the MiLB leader in innings pitched at 99.2. He has tossed six innings 13 times, seven innings seven times and eight innings four times.
Walks are something pitcher's hate. Hendricks then is a pitcher's best friend. The Dartmouth product leads the minors with 0.81 walks per nine innings. He's tied with New Britain's (AA Twins) Andrew Albers and at one point went five straight starts without walking anybody. By the way, six of his nine walks came in two of his 15 starts.
By the way, Hendricks is nicknamed by his teammates as 'The Dolphin' (all the Pelicans gave each other animal nicknames). Is there any better animal than that?
So yeah, assuming he can keep this up, Kyle Hendricks has as good a case as anybody as the Carolina League's Pitcher of the Year. It's an exclusive club for Myrtle Beach, with Ross and Trey Hodges to only to win the honor. Both went on to pitch in the Major Leagues.


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I began quilting a few years ago when I bought Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting. I love this book, and I consider it a must have for any new quilter. The book walks you through every step of quilting (both hand and machine quilting). The pages are filled with easy to follow diagrams and colorful pictures.
This is one of the first quilts I started and was supposed to be a present for Adam. Originally, it was going to be a Christmas present (several years ago). Then, it was going to be a wedding gift. Well that date came and went. I thought maybe I would finish it for our 1 year anniversary. Oops. Now I just want to have it completed by next winter.
I have learned some tricks with planning that I wish I had known when I first planned this quilt. I love the colors, but I now realize it would have been more visually affective if I had made the blue and tan pieces all lighter in color, and the red and green darker, or vice versa. Oh well. Adam still loves the colors, so that's what really matters I guess.
Don't worry, I will post pictures when I am finished.