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Mild Mannered Reviews - Action Comics
Action Comics #968Scheduled to arrive in stores: November 23, 2016
Cover date: January 2017
"Men of Steel" - Part 2
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Penciller: Tyler Kirkham
Inker: Tyler Kirkham
Reviewed by: Michael Bailey
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Superman fights with Zade and hopes to keep Jonathan out of the battle as The Godslayer does his best to kill Lex. Lois and the other Clark Kent rush to the roof and provide a momentary distraction which allows Godslayer to hit Lex from behind. Elsewhere Superman's powers are on the frtiz as he continues his battle with Zade. Jonathan provides some assistance in the form of driving a truck into Zade. With Zade down Superman tells Jonathan to stay out of sight as he goes to help Lex and keep Lois from getting hurt. The Godslayer recognizes Superman as a Kryptonian and shows him the future where Lex causes the deaths of millions. After Jonathan calls out from a nearby rooftop Godslayer decides they can't kill Lex here and he and Zade leave with Lex as their captive. Superman and Lois discuss the possible future leading Clark to shockingly suggest that for the good of humanity they should Lex Luthor die.
Story - 4: As someone that has dealt with the public his entire working life I can safely say that the first page of this issue was extremely realistic. In fact, I've had days like the chopper pilot where a customer is irate for reasons beyond your control. To be fair Superman has never flown into any of the places I've worked fighting with a guy like Zade but up until that point Jurgens had that scenario down.
That scene was a great way to kick off this issue. By choosing to open on a fairly common event Jurgens made the two-page splash of Superman and Zade crashing into the chopper more exciting. It was also funny. Here's a guy complaining that he didn't see Superman and suddenly Superman is there complete with super villain and explosion. The cherry on top was the guy asking for a picture and autograph.
It might seem weird to focus on three pages of the issue but I chuckled quite a bit through the entire scene.
This was another enjoyable issue. Jurgens continues to balance the action with character and while the matter of Lex Luthor potentially being a mass murdering demigod in the future isn't resolved I don't feel cheated as a reader. This was the sort of Superman story where the main threat wasn't after him directly but he still had to deal with the situation. Jurgens has always been good with these stories and the added complication of Jonathan being there and getting involved made for a dramatic issue. There were some unanswered questions such as how were Zade and Godslayer able to hurt Superman or how they were familiar with Kryptonians but I assume that we'll learn those answers in due time.
For the past few issues I've been writing about the bad feeling I've been having about this new Clark Kent. Between the recent solicits and the final page of this issue that bad feeling continues. That final page was very dramatic and a great way to leave us wanting more. It was also the moment where any thought I had that maybe this Clark wasn't a threat disappeared completely. I am looking forward to the resolution to his storyline.
All in all, another great issue. Jurgens hasn't dropped the ball yet and ACTION continues to be my favorite of the current Superman titles.
Art - 5: Do you like epic shots of Superman? Then this is the issue for you. Not only did Kirkham give us some amazing action scene he also peppered in some amazing Superman panels. To be honest everyone looked good in this issue. Godslayer and Zade were a bit nineties but again that isn't a bad thing with me. I loved the shot of Jonathan on page 5 as well. I wasn't a huge fan of his costume at first but it's grown on me. The art, like the writing, has not let me down during this run of ACTION and Kirkham continues to shine as an artist.
Cover Art - 5: At first glance this cover might seem simple in comparison to the previous covers we've been getting. To me it's one of the best. The shot of Lex in chains is striking and his armor looks fantastic.
Variant Cover Art - 5: Another great variant cover. Gary Frank's Superman continues to be fantastic and the composition is very dramatic. Part of me wants Godslayer to yell, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!" but that's the Highlander fan in me.
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2017Note: Except for digital first releases, the month dates are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic went on sale.
January 2017
- Superman #10
- Action Comics #967
- Superman #11
- Action Comics #968
- Superman Annual #1
- Supergirl #3
- Superwoman #4
- Justice League #8
- Justice League #9
- Trinity #3
- New Super-Man #5
- Earth 2: Society #18
- Red Hood and the Outlaws #4
- Cyborg #3-4
- Aquaman #11
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #8
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #9
- Nightwing #9
- Suicide Squad #6
- Deathstroke #7
- Super Powers #1
- Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Five: Annual #1
- Superman #12
- Action Comics #969
- Superman #13
- Action Comics #970
- Supergirl #4
- Superwoman #5
- Justice League #10
- Justice League #11
- Trinity #4
- New Super-Man #6
- Earth 2: Society #19
- Deathstroke #8
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #10
- Suicide Squad #8
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #1
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #2
- DC Rebirth Holiday Special 2016 #1
- Super Powers #2
- Supergirl: Being Super #1
- Superman #14
- Action Comics #971
- Superman #15
- Action Comics #972
- Supergirl #5
- Superwoman #6
- Justice League #12
- Justice League #13
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #3
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #4
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #5
- Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #6
- Trinity #5
- New Super-Man #7
- Earth 2: Society #20
- Suicide Squad #9
- Justice League/Power Rangers #1
- The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom #1
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #12
- Aquaman #15
- Red Hood and the Outlaws #6
- Super Powers #3
- Superman: Rebirth Vol. #1 - Son of Superman [Trade Paperback]
- Superman #16
- Action Comics #973
- Superman #17
- Supergirl #6
- Superwoman #7
- Super Sons #1
- Trinity #6
- Justice League #14
- Justice League #15
- New Super-Man #8
- Earth 2: Society #21
- Justice League/Power Rangers #2
- Super Powers #4
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Have a conversation with master saddle fitter Danny Kroetch, owner and founder of DK Saddlery, and his passion for saddle fitting is immediately apparent and infectious.
A lifelong horseman, Danny has rapidly gained worldwide recognition for his understanding of equine biomechanics and his no nonsense approach to saddle fitting.
Based in Alberta, Canada, DK Saddlery is the largest exporter of english saddles to Europe.
DK saddles are used by equestrians on six continents, and by some of the world's top riders.
In fact, three Olympic dressage riders representing two different countries rode in Danny's 'Freedom' saddle at the Athens Olympic Games.
Danny's lectures on saddle fitting are also in high demand, and if you see him speak once you'll understand why.
With his cowboy hat, mustache and lilting Canadian accent he looks the part of a cowboy roughened by a life outdoors.
But that accent doesn't dampen the conviction in his words, or hide the deep well of knowledge he possesses.
Danny spends most of the year traveling throughout the United States and the world giving clinics and saddle fitting lectures.
His work has led him to the University of Utrecht in Holland where he helped develop cutting edge technology in saddle fitting.
After attending one of Danny's lectures in February at the 2004 CDS Annual Meeting I knew I would not soon forget the message behind Danny's words.
I wondered then where Danny got his motivation, and last month I had the opportunity to find out.
Erin: Danny, you've been around horses your whole life, but what was it that got you interested in saddle fitting? Danny: When I was young I used to rodeo and when I stopped I started training horses.
My wife Crystal is a dressage rider, and at the time we got married I had 12 Quarter Horses.
Well, my wife talked me into selling all 12 Quarter Horses to buy one Warmblood, and ever since then we've been breeding and training Warmbloods.
I started all of the young horses, and Crystal continued their training.
As a couple we've run a boarding stable for over 25 years, during which time we worked with several farriers and veterinarians on a consistent basis.
That's where my interest in the biomechanics and saddle-fitting began.
I started working with a saddler and learned how to dissemble and reassemble saddles, learning about the saddle from the inside out.
Erin: Is that when you decided to start your own saddle making company? Danny: First I freelanced then I spent 12 years fitting saddles for a large German saddle maker , finally, 18 months ago I started my own company DK Saddlery.
I have two saddlers who make the saddles I design.
Both of them are master saddlers with 25 and 15 years respectively.
Together we make saddles for all disciplines on an english tree; dressage, jumping, endurance and we will fit western saddles, however, we don't make them.
Erin: What is your basic saddle fitting philosophy? Danny: I believe that in order to create harmony between horse and rider the saddle has to fit correctly.
I can give you the best saddle in the world, but if it's not fitted correctly it doesn't do the horse or rider much good.
Erin: How did you end up working with the University of Utrecht in Holland, where you collaborated with their prestigious veterinarian school in a 15 month study on how ill fitting saddles affects the horse? Danny: I began doing saddle fitting clinics in Europe about three years ago.
While I was there I was asked to lecture at the University of Utrecht's vet school, and Mr.
Wim Back, the dean, was so impressed that he asked if I would lead a study on how ill-fitting saddles affect horses.
In the study we used 30 horses and tracked their movement and the pressure of the saddle using a computerized saddle pad.
Our hypothesis was that due to the fact that a horses anatomy was assymetrical that an asymmetrical fitting saddle is far better than a symmetrical fit.
We took impressions of an asymmetrical saddle and then a symmetrical fitting saddle.
With the computerized saddle pad we could see the pressure that a symmetrical saddle put on the horse's back, both with and without a rider.
The study proved our hypothesis was true, but also raised a lot of questions for us.
Erin: But the air panel system that you use in your saddles certainly doesn't raise any questions for you, even though it is championed by some while others are skeptical on it's effectiveness.
What sold you on using air panels? Danny: Seven years ago I met with a gentleman from England who owns the company that designs the Flair air system.
I was skeptical at first, but I agreed to try the air system in three of my saddles.
Once I understood how the air panels worked from the inside out and put a saddle on a horse it totally made sense.
Since then I have only sold air paneled saddles.
Erin: Can you explain exactly what makes air panels different than wool or foam flocked panels? Danny: Wool or foam flocked panels sit rigid on the horses back, whereas air panels move with the horse.
It is important to have free range of movement and an air filled saddle allows the movement to happen with no resistance.
The air system is also important and has been proven to enable the horse to build and change muscle faster over the back.
Within three to six months of fitting an air-paneled saddle to a horse, the muscle size and shape over the back will change so much that the saddle will require adjusting .
Erin: What is the most important thing you look for when you fit a saddle? Danny: When I fit a saddle to a horse, whether it's an Olympic level dressage horse or someone's backyard horse, I always look for the same things.
I don't care about what the saddle looks like when the horse is standing still, I care about how the saddle impacts the horse in motion.
There are 19 different points in the back that interact with the saddle while the horse is in motion.
The most important things to me are; • How do the tree points of the saddle interact with the wither muscle and shoulder of the horse? • Is the saddle supported by the tree points properly? • Is the saddle fit to the asymmetries of the horse(all horses are asymmetrical)? This is the only way that you can make a saddle sit in perfect balance , front to back and side and side.
To me the 16 or 36 point saddle check is all smoke and mirrors.
I show people the 3 main points for saddle check and from this they can easily asses if their saddle fits correctly.
Erin: You put a lot of importance in the material of the panels.
Do you hold the other parts of the saddle in equal importance? Danny: Every element of the saddle affects the horse in some way, the tree is as important as the panels in that it effects how well the saddle will fit the horse as he grows and develops.
I use a synthetic tree with an adjustable gullet plate in all of my saddles. Wood and plastic trees have minimal to no adjustability.
I tell my clients up front that they are better off with an adjustable tree and I will refuse to put air panels into a saddle with a plastic or wood tree.
I don't want someone to have a problem six months down the road and be unable to fix it because I cannot adjust the tree to fit the horse.
Erin: When I saw you speak at the CDS Annual Meeting in Sacramento earlier this year, your words really left an impact on the entire audience.
With the popularity of your lectures, how busy are you? Danny: I travel around the world giving lectures and saddle fitting clinics.
I have 15 people in the U.S., three in Europe and two in Asia who work to schedule clinics and lectures in their part of the world.
I try to make myself accessible to go to these areas as often as possible.
It's hard being home only 60 days a year, so at the moment I'm trying to train a few good people who can do some of the fittings.
Because of my schedule it is sometimes impossible for me to agree to every invitation to speak or do a clinic.
One endurance rider drove her horse 12 hours to meet me, and said if that was what it would take to have me fit her into a saddle she was glad to do it.
To me it's not how big the location is, or how good the riders are, if people are interested in having me and I have the time then I will try to make it to them.
Erin: Many of us here in the states wouldn't think that there was a significant equine population in a place like Hong Kong, and yet you make regular trips there to fit saddles? Danny: Yes, I go to Asia twice a year and visit China, Hong Kong and Thailand.
FEI judge Alison King lives in Hong Kong and I am happy to help her and her students by ensuring their saddles fit properly and their horses are happy working under them.
Erin: Can you tell me more about the Circle of Influence you talk about in your lectures? Danny: To me, the Circle of Influence is a wholistic approach to both saddle fitting and the overall health and happiness of the working horse.
I believe it is important for the farrier, trainer, veterinarian, equine dentist, owner and saddle fitter to work hand in hand.
A saddle won't make an Olympic horse or rider but each element helps maintain a balance of health and comfort for the horse and rider that's critical.
This is why it is so important that owners include each specialist to collaborate and contribute their specific knowledge in helping to create an environment where the horse can willingly offer his natural talents to the rider.
Erin: Danny, what do you have to say to the people who can't afford a custom made saddle? Do you work with riders of all budgets? Danny: I understand not everyone can afford to buy a brand new custom saddle.
For this reason I carry corrective pads, although they're not ideal, they may alleviate some of the discomfort for the horse.
Erin: What is your definition of a great saddle fitter? Danny: A great saddle fitter can tell you what is happening under the saddle when the horse is in motion and who completely understands the biomechanics of the horse.
It is more technical than most people think it is.
I don't just analyze the saddle at the halt or the walk.
I look at it in the trot, because that is when you can see exactly how the saddle is impacting the horse and the rider at work.
I designed the Freedom saddle because in order to correctly fit horses and riders I needed a saddle that was totally adjustable.
Now I have a product that I can adjust perfectly for each individual horse and rider, and will continue to evolve with the development of the horse.
Erin: That's a good point.
Well Danny, I believe we've run out of space, but it's been a pleasure speaking with you.
Where can people find out more information about you and your schedule? Danny: My schedule and more information about my saddles are available on my web site at www.dksaddlery.com.
Thanks a lot! The Freedom Saddle designed by Dan Kroetch of DK Saddlery
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Discussion in 'Army Reserve' started by nurse, Mar 10, 2004.
The heart of the site is the forum area, including:
has anyone been on a CCRF briefing and can give me any info?
Is it a general briefing or are you after something new? If its general see:
and click on the CCRF Info Brochure under links
If its the latest (not that much has changed) let me know. The only real uncertainty at the mo is how Future Army Structures will affect the CCRF - there is talk of binning TA Inf Bns and forming Coys tied to regualr Batallions - which rather removes the original logic of the CCRF which was based on "the HQ and structure of an inf Bn
If you are going on a CCRF exercise, take a book. Its very dull.
The pictures supplied with the link above give the impression that the units shown in CVR(T) and walking alongside the Old Bill are TA.
They ain't. Its the Household Cav at Heathrow, I think.
Anyway, now that CCRFs have been signed off as Fit for Purpose ( or whatever the phrase is ) can anyone claim to have seen the pre-positioned kit that is supposed to be available? Has anyone seem the pack that CCRF members are supposed to have? Has anyone actually got a MoD 90 so that they can get through any initial Police cordon and report to their Forward Mounting Base?
Yeah, right.
You labour under the misaprehension that the CCRF might actually be used. Come on.
Its shop window dressing for the TA , and bloody good window dressing too. It was a smart move in the aftermath of Sept 11th, to protect the TA inf who had been so emasculated by Options that they were in danger of the chop.
Reources to follow? Come, come. ...........
CCRF+ Briefing
And no, it won't save TA Infantry , but might accelerate the process of us becoming the Royal Corps of
Chewed some of that Airwaves this morning, cleared my nostrils a treat. Can't see what it can do for the Inf tho'
??Allow them to get comms with bluelight services and Bde. ??
As for resources I don't know about the CCRFs themselves but the supporting Signal Regiments have been issued stacks and stacks of kit, most of it is less than a year old.
Really??? what sorts of kit?
Round our way, it's the Arty doing the comms....
Ranger 7200's - replaces mould equipment
Lynx 900 - Airwave gateway
Sepura SP100 - Airwave handheld
Not 100% on the IS kit but includes Prominos, Cisco routers, etc
Yeah - believe me, its pretty minor stuff - the RANGER is a cheap and cheerful COTS VHF Radio; the relay is pretty basic and both are brought about by the early demise of MOULD -
AIRWAVE is held for our training - the scale is equal to that of the CCRF and REgional Bde HQ.
On the other hand:
We've no CRBN Kit; 40% fewer MTDs this year, and all our FFR Landrovers are about to be taken for BOWMAN conversion. We live of white fleet vehicles . Belive me, we are all in the same boat
But the point was, money is being invested, Rangers maybe be cheap but they work and work a lot better than the Pegasus 914's they replace.
And what about the £1.5 million spent on Project Reebok.
Not seen any unless taking one det off my troop and placing into another store counts as pre-positioning.
Has anyone had a recent brief on the role?
Is it to support floods/foot and mouth etc, is it to respond to terrorist attacks or both?
My SQMS believes its floods/foot and mouth only but you wouldn't place dets on higher readiness for that would you.
From CCRF website
IMHO - it won't happen. Civ authorities will not call in the Army.
Remember the incident in East London where the Met took a week to get one geezer out of a flat cos he was amed with a swiss army knife or something, then managed to set the place on fire after the bloke died of boredom?
They will use the poor performance to argue for more money. I think the C2 of any attack aftermath will degenerate into a p*ssing match betwen the civ authorities. You know, the sort you see in B grade yank movies "FBI???.....well I'm the Sherrif rounds these parts Boy"
At least CCRF gives 2 (NC) Sig Bde something meaningful to do, on paper anyway. I look forward to the hare-core home defence sigs whizzing around London with their new walkie talkies.
CCRF is a bit too "Dads Army" for me to take seriously.[/quote]
General election next year so we'll probably find out.
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The State and Neoliberalism Based on Cypher and Dietz The Process of Economic Development Chapter 7
Origins of Neoliberalism? (Economic) Liberalism: The body of economic ideas and doctrines which suggest that unrestrained "laissez faire" as the best means to advance the wealth of the nation. Basic assumption: universal economic being whose main objective is to further her self-interest (synonymous with maximizing consumption). Liberals argue that the "invisible hand" of the free market, i.e. price mechanism, is the best coordinating system for economic activities. State regulation is a source of economic inefficiency Hence the role of the state in economic affairs should be minimized simply to 1. Enforce property rights 2. Maintain order and social stability 3. Provide for public defense
from Economic Liberalism to Neoliberalism Manchester liberals (late 18th / early 19th century England) Spread of the Marxist Paradigm (late 19th to early 20th century) Keynesian economics (1940s – 1970s) Oil Crisis (1973) New International Economic Order (1970s) The Debt Crisis (1982) Thatcher and Reagan era (1980s) From Monetarism to Neoliberalism Retreat of Communism / Centrally Planned Government –China Tiananmen (1989) –Collapse of the Berlin Wall (1991) –Dissolution of USSR ( )
Neoliberal Paradigm in Development Economics P.T. (Lord) Bauer (1980s) Field research in colonial rubber production in Malaysia and role of traders in West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) Rejects ideas of "cumulative causation" and "vicious cycles" of poverty Criticism of "the developmental state" (put forth by the developmentalist economists) on three pillars: i. Public sector over-extended in the economy; ii. Public sector over emphasized capital formation and mega investment projects; iii. Public sector causes proliferation of economically distorting controls that create incentives for inefficient production and inefficient economic structures.
Criticisms of Bauer Empirical criticism: Studying West Africa which is a very extreme and specific example and drawing generalizations is not objective. Public sector over-extended? What if size of public sector itself is determined by the degree of market failures in society? Public sector over-emphasized the role of capital- formation in development? Neoclassical and endogenous growth theory related research argue and show just the opposite. Public sector as the source of economic inefficiency? How about market failures as sources of inefficiency?
Market Failures vs. Government Failures "Government failures" at distorting markets and causing economic inefficiency is the pillar of the neoliberal argument for minimizing the State. Opponents quote "market failures" as the main reason against the neoliberal argument. Market failures occur in situations in which social costs or benefits differ from the private costs or benefits of firms or consumers; best known examples are public goods, externalities, and market power
What are Market Failures? Inability of the market to operate in a perfectly competitive manner Perfect competition ensures an equilibrium price where marginal cost to producers = P = marginal benefit to consumers Market failure = all the circumstances in which the marketmechanism is inefficient and the above condition is not satisfied 7
Sources of Market Failures 1.Imperfect Competition Firm sets P>MC=MR, i.e. Consumers pay more than marginal cost because firm produces too little 2. Externalities (can be +ve or –ve) When one person's actions have direct benefits or costs for other people such that there is divergence between social versus private costs and benefits When a person's consumption or production affects another person's production or consumptiom Noise from a house renovation construction; Gold mining in Kazdağları Public goods 8
9 Private and public goods A private good –if consumed by one person, cannot be consumed by another person. e.g. dental treatment A public good –even if consumed by one person, can still be consumed by other people. e.g. street lighting The strong externalities associated with public goods, mean that government intervention may be justified to ensure appropriate provision.
Anne Kruger's Factional State Chief economist of World Bank ( ) Deputy Director of IMF (2001 – present) Draws on Bauer and Lal, and argues: State's ability to authorize licenses, provide subsidies or tax exemptions, impose tariffs, etc. potentially leads to "windfall profits" or "rents." Those groups who receive the rents have vested interests in creating and sustaining a factional state. Factional state further promotes a rent-seeking society. Rent-seeking society deteriorates the growth and development process
An Assessment of the Neoliberal Theory of the State Positive contribution for endogenizing the state into development theory (rather than treating it as an exogenous factor). Neoliberal arguments are based on the presumption that minimization of the State will create the conditions of "perfect competition"; yet usually the markets are prone to failures themselves; e.g. tendency towards monopoly/oligopoly profits. Also; prerequisites of perfect competition do not exist because society already has a class structure where equal access to knowledge and know-how does not exist; hence there is no equal grounds for fair competition. Consequently, gross inequalities in income distrinution or widespread poverty emerge as common outcomes. Even when competitive conditions exist, market may not provide the incentives for undertaking of necessary investments in infrastructure, social overhead capital (education and health system), technology R&D, etc. Empirical evidence disvalidating neoliberal theory: –Mexico –Asian tigers (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong) –Turkey
Embedded Autonomy: A Theory of the Developmental State (Evans, 1995) The Predatory State The Intermediate State The Developmental State –Custodian –Producer –Midwife –Husbandry
Predatory state appropriation of unearned income via rent- seeking Political office is a means for accumulating wealth. authoritarian leader and its presidential clique; traditionalism & arbitrariness of pre-capitalist countries. Scarcity of trained bureaucrats. Absence of meritocracy & rule-governed behavior. LAC, Africa, Middle East.
Intermediate state elements of the predatory state; but also pockets of efficiency –state managers' ability & professionalism in designing & implementing efficient developmental policies Yet not a full system of meritocracy –bureaucratic fragmentation in some sectors professionalism in others corruption and patronage. e.g. Brazil and India.
Developmental state Embedded autonomy –state apparatus & the private sector interact - constructive –e.g. South Korea and Taiwan Four roles: –Custodian: formulate and enforce rules and regulations- watchman/caretaker activities –Producer: produce adequate social overhead capital or infrastructure - public goods –Midwife: steering, assisting, inducing private firms to areas of high priority. –Eg. Lower risks on investment by allocating credit; providing subsidies –Husbandry: undertake complementary activities to private sector –R&D; production of technologically challenging inputs to private industry, etc.
The developmental state
Thailand Board of Investment, 1960 Promotion of Industrial Investment Act Amsden (2001: 20-24)
Korea The case of advanced electronics 1970s, key sector for promotion two previous decades: electronics assembly industry to make the leap into the production of high value-added products, demanding advanced technologies government- funded and run Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI) –1,200 highly skilled technicians and research personnel –to develop the technology for the production of large-scale computer chips –to match the pace of technological advance in the semi- conductor industry set by Japan –Cooperative research conducted by the industry and the government involved with industrial giants Samsung and Goldstar Selective prodding by the government, the allocation of generous loans workers' wage were able to rise too Amsden (1989: 81–83); Evans (1995: 141).
19 Source: Cypher & Dietz (2004): p. 216 The Brazilian state: the intermediate state
20 Source: Cypher & Dietz (2004): p. 217 The South Korean state: the development state
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If there was any doubt about the true face of Atheism, look no further than London, Bristol and Liverpool. Far from being a cultivating force for good, it simply strips away any sense of the value from human life and social well-being and replaces it with 'naked force'. It is wilful in the Nietzschean sense of the word; it only seeks its own through brute force. 'Superman' is simply a lawless thug on the streets of Britain, the cape and tights substituted by the hoodies and jeans of youth culture! Take a look at the evidence.
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It has been suggested that what we are seeing in the UK is somehow a series of copycat riots. This is not the case; they are coordinated by those who seek to embody Anarchy, just as with the forgetful events in Stokes Croft, Bristol this April. Philosophically, we are seeing Camus' legacy being born again in a new age of discontent.
Sontag has this to say about such a society.
"And of all possible crimes which an entire culture can commit, the one most difficult to bear, psychologically, is deicide. We live in a society whose entire way of life testifies to the thoroughness with which the deity has been dispatched, but philosophers, writers, men of conscience everywhere squirm under the burden. For it is a far simpler matter to plot and commit a crime, than it is to live with it afterwards." 'Against Interpretation and Other Essays', Published by Penguin Modern Classics, 2009. p249.
However, what has been killed is not the deity, but the institutional concept of the deity. The Institution of Spirituality continues as if nothing has happened and persists in digging trenches for defensive warfare in a location which the enemy has long overrun. It is not so much 'no-man's land' as 'no god's land'. What we see on the streets of the UK is a whole generation that the Institution has not touched. Bearing this in mind, I'm not saying that the Institution needs to get its act together and start reaching out. What the Institution must do is realise that it is dead, that there is no pulse and dead bodies don't make good flatmates!
This is Camus' legacy. (The Rebel)
"…transcendence…is therefore a mask that must be torn off, God is dead, but as Stirner predicted, the morality of principles in which the memory of God is still preserved must also be killed. The hatred of formal virtue – degraded witness to divinity and false witness in the service of injustice – has remained one of the principle themes of history today. Nothing is pure; that is the cry which rends the air of our times [e.g. Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and London]. Impurity, the equivalent of history, is going to become the rule, and the abandoned earth will be delivered to naked force which will decide whether or not man is divine." Published by Penguin Classics, 2000. p105.
For Camus, the narrative follows a path of Regicide, Deicide, (Genocide) and Suicide, the latter being the only true (just) action of The Rebel. I've just been talking to my son. He said that the youth in these cities are angry at being jobless, living a life without potential; life has passed them by and the only way of seizing anything is by violence.
With the riots in Tottenham (London) there were reports of cars queuing outside an Electrical Suppliers shop and looters walking off with 40" plasma screen TVs! The riots, which apparently started in response to the killing of Mark Duggan aged 29, were calling for justice against what some saw as Police brutality. This appears to have given the dear folk of Tottenham a feeble excuse to give way to their own personal greed and violent tendencies. Justice is not being served! Unless of course justice is a 40" plasma screen TV. I'm sure that would be exactly what the Duggan family are looking for right now, as they grieve for their son.
Under Sontag's godless, atheistic culture, the UK seems to be squirming in its own death throes of conscience, unable to live with the crime of Deicide. Atheism, Humanism's ugly step-sister, reveals its true warty face. It is nothing more than a greedy, self-willed, violent predisposition to life. It is anti-social, anti-God, anti-human rage – the 'naked force' of Camus' dystopia. Some of the victims of this violent crowd tried to work hard and get ahead. The perpetrators just try to steal from those who've worked hard for whatever they've got. Envy is a pernicious social undercurrent, which breaks the surface and wrings its sweaty hands, when it sees someone else has something they don't.
The Church in the UK needs to take a hard look at itself; it should be offering an alternative to the disenfranchising power of Capitalism, not sleeping with it for a few financial favours. What I think sadly will happen is that the Church will entrench itself again, construct an institutional trench-network against 'evil' and protect its own position. The Church only knows the institutional way and has forgotten that ekklesia is about community and the well-being of all, not just for members of the club.
What does this mean for the artist? Camus informs us that"…art should give us a final perspective on the content of rebellion." (p.219) It is namely, art in the service of the Revolution, there to meet revolutionary aims. I must understand this as propaganda for the State. What is shunned is a formalism which signifies bourgeois, Capitalistic tastes, morals and norms. What it is replaced by is not an art which is free, but an art which again is simply in the service of a different Administration.
The Church fares no better. Art in the service of the Church (institution) falls again into the realm of propaganda. We live in a time when those who are anxious about the church not being relevant to contemporary society, seeks to woo the artist back into their ever-loving arms, but again this is just another form of prostitution.
An art which is free, speaks to millions because it is the art of human community. It thrives because it is revealing life as it can be lived. The creator of this kind of art is truly avant-garde; it is the art of future hope and present human potency which stands against the anti-humanism of Capitalism, Communism, Anarchism and Atheism, even dare I say it Institutions of Spirituality.
If that does not speak to this forgotten young generation and shows them the way to engage in radical non-cooperation with evil, then my name is Banksie!
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Which do you watch?
That list is a really good reason to get rid of the TV . . .
I concur!
Is that Gene Scott's daughter , or wife ? I thought she was his young widow .
Huh you cant be serious?
Does anyone on this board seriously watch these guys?
That might be his wife,
I had never heard of any of these people until I joined the BB and I don't watch any of them.
Have watched some for a laugh, but then I think about all of God's money that is flowing towards them that could be used to really serve God in a local church then I weep.
That's definitely Dr. Scott's wife (widow).
I've watched her a few times and she didn't say anything that was contrary to God's Word. I can't say the same thing about her deceased husband, however.
So...does the woman have a name or does she just go by "Dr. Gene Scott's wife." I saw her on TV Sunday morning and I couldn't help but laugh. She was singing Oh Happy Day with a horrible band. She was swaying back and to and slapping her leg. All I could think was, "Her collar is WAY to tight! It's apparently cutting off blood flow to the brain!"
Amen to that!
I can only watch these after a lot of heavy drinking...but since i don't drink i guess that means it won't happen!
I don't watch Robert Tilton.
I tried to watch Gene Scotts widow but I couldn't quite follow her.
I enjoy the rest of these.
I also watch Ron Phillip, Jack Hayford, Jesse Duplantes, and Jentzen Franklin.
Ron Phillips is probalby my favorite, \
The sad thing is that when the world thinks of Christians, these are the people they think of.
==Yes, that is his wife (was his wife...). Anyway, you know what I mean. While I can't "put my finger on the problem" with her, there is a problem. Something is just not right there. Sometimes I just have to "go with my gut" on someone and stay away.
As for the other people mentioned in the poll, I don't watch them. Because when I do watch them, I get angry at their false doctrine. Mike Murdock is another one and he very well maybe the worst. He is one of the most obvious false teachers I have seen in a long, long time.
Check him out for yourself.
I warn you ahead of time...he is sickening. Watching him is like watching 2Peter 2:3.
What a flashy website.
The ones I have heard of I don't agree with so I don't watch them. Most I haven't heard of.
If I'm in the need for a 'pick me up' I'll turn to Osteen :laugh:
Every one of his sermons is a good, touchy feely one.
you forgot the j/k webdog.
I thought that's what the smiley face laughing hysterically was for
I also like to scan the crowd for celebrities...
...and that huge motorized globe mesmerizes me...
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And I can't emphasise this enough either – support matters.
With any church management software, you will have questions and there will be issues, and it's essential to be well supported to make the most of your system.
3. Efficient group management tools
People can easily be added to groups, and groups are powerful and can be used to collect people in different ways. People can be added to groups such as:
- Congregations
- Small groups
- Serving teams
- Elders and Deacons, etc.
For example, these are the groups I am a member of:
Within groups in Elvanto, you can easily contact people and mark attendance (e.g. at church or small group), create events for group members, and more.
Related to groups and a commonly requested feature from many of the churches I've spoken with is the ability to create a member directory.
It's now very easy to generate a member directory from Elvanto, to view online, or print/email as a PDF.
4. Detailed custom reporting
Most church database solutions include reporting tools. However, these can be complex, and not necessarily customisable. With Elvanto, you can easily create detailed reports on just about any piece of data you've stored.
For example, you can report on:
- Who has been attending/not attending church.
- How many adults/kids/teens/men/women attend your church.
- How many people have completed Christianity Explored.
- Who has joined the church in the last X days.
- The members who aren't in a Connect Group.
- And much more.
There's a bunch of standard reports, or you can create your own. For example, I've created a report to tell me which people are serving in kids ministry whose Safe Ministry qualifications are due to expire in the next 6 months.
The reports can be easily shared, or exported to another format (e.g. CSV).
Here's a video from Elvanto that explains this further:
5. Access on the go
You can easily view all data in Elvanto on your phone or tablet.
When I say 'easily', I don't mean pinching and scrolling until you eventually find the phone number.
No, Elvanto knows when you're using a phone or tablet, and adjusts accordingly. This makes it easy to look up a phone number, check the roster or send an email.
6. Flexible people categories
People categories are a great way to arrange the people in your church, to care for them as best as possible. For example, you could set up categories such as:
- Core
- Crowd
- Community
You can use these categories to pray for people, and consider how you might help to move people from Crowd (e.g. fringe of church life) to Core (a committed and involved member).
In addition to people categories, you have complete flexibility to store other helpful information, including:
- How people are involved in church life,
- What courses they've participated in,
- Spiritual gifts,
- How people would like to serve,
- How they would like to be communicated with,
Or anything else you can think of.
For example, I set up these fields in our database to record the details of a first visit to our church:
UPDATE: We also use Elvanto to maintain our Safe Ministry records, to keep kids safe. Find out more.
7. Powerful communication tools
Communicating with the people in your church is another key area where Elvanto stands out from many of its competitors.
You can create template emails and letters, that save you from typing out the same messages, over and over again. For example, reminder emails, welcome emails, etc.
You can then select an individual, group or congregation and send an email (or letter) using that template.
It is super-easy to do, and this functionality is very handy.
I can't stress this enough – I believe this alone makes Elvanto a worthwhile solution for most churches, even if it didn't have any other features!
You can set-up SMS messaging (where members agree to receive them). You need to select a provider, but I think this can be really useful – we're currently exploring sending text messages to parents in church, letting them know if their children need attention in Kids' Church.
Email marketing integration
We use MailChimp at Church by the Bridge to send our weekly email newsletter. Elvanto integrates with this seamlessly, allowing us to easily add people to receive E-News from within the database.
8. Form integration
With Elvanto you can create online forms and collect any sort of data you like – e.g. feedback forms (be careful with this one!), event registrations, first impressions etc.
There's lots of providers that you can use to create forms, but where Elvanto comes into its own is its ability to integrate this data.
For example, we've created a simple sign-up form for people who'd like to participate in the Christianity Explored course:
The information provided on this form can be used to create a new person on the database, or update the details of an existing person. This saves a lot of time, and deals with the challenges of having data in multiple places.
Once the form is submitted, you can set up processes for what should happen next – e.g. send an email, give them a phone call, update their details, add to a group, etc.
9. Service planning and rostering
We are about to make We made the the switch from Planning Center Online to use Elvanto for our service planning and rostering. I've been impressed with the extent of the features offered by Elvanto that replicate those of Planning Center Online – so much so that we're ready to move across.
By using the service planning and rostering tools in Elvanto,
not only will we save $100 a month, we'll also and make use of having all of our information in one place.
Previously, when someone left church, or their details changed, we'd have to update their details on our database and in Planning Center Online. Now, one change is all we need.
10. People flows
This functionality we haven't really got into yet, but it will be really useful once set-up. People flows allow you to create processes to love people and reduce the number of 'cracks' in your ministry systems and process.
With a people flow, you map out the steps for caring for people – e.g. from sending a welcome email, to following up to see how a newcomer is going a month after their first visit. Here's a template people flow provided with Elvanto:
Free trial
If you're convinced, you might like to sign-up for a free trial. If you have any questions about Elvanto, I'd be happy to help out, or you can contact them directly.
Disclosure: I am writing about Elvanto because I use it and highly recommend it. In the interests of full disclosure, I want to let you know that if you sign-up to Elvanto using the links in this article, I'll receive a (modest) referral fee.


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It's a cliché of comedy, the reason people avoid the front row of a Frankie Boyle gig: "Who are you and what do you do?" The answer no one expects to hear is "I'm a neuroscientist", still less from one of the acts on the bill.
But this is Bright Club, the "thinking person's variety night", where instead of stand-up, you get scientists; instead of one-liners, the latest in cutting-edge academic research. It's also just one of many arts events seeking to inform as well as entertain its audience this month.
If your January goal is a healthy mind and body, why not ditch the diet in favour of something more nourishing – and twice as fun? "There's currently a thirst for learning we don't get from more traditional channels," says Ken Arnold, head of public events at the Wellcome Collection, a museum long dedicated to putting art and science in conversation with each other – and the general public. "We're excited by what we don't know and like to be stretched." Just not necessarily on a treadmill.
The problem, says Arnold, starts at school. "We're naturally multi-disciplinary beings, but we're taught not to muddy the waters. Our teacher tells us: 'Don't focus on the colour of the rainbow, focus on its wavelength.' As adults, we are able to relax a bit." A slice of science-and-culture cake not only feeds the brain, but helps us to understand ourselves better. "Medical science and artists are both exploring the same question, after all," says Arnold. "What it means to be human."
At a time when research and the cultural sector are both being forced to tighten their belts, it pays to club together. But what makes a good art and science hook-up? "When everyone brings something different to the party," says Arnold. "A long marriage between scientists and artists ends up producing dull happy families. I'm more excited about a one-night stand."
Happily, this is one habit that doesn't need to be taught, he says. However, we all learn best when we're having a good time. So for self-improvement with a scientific stamp of approval, simply match your new year's resolution to the perfect night out.
Learn something new at Bright Club
Evening classes are all very well, but wouldn't you rather be LOL-ing at Bright Club, where academics attempt to find the funny side of their work, tackling a different sticky topic each month in front of a live comedy audience? Next up: "Brains" on 18 January. Like all good gigs, it runs in the back of a pub – Clerkenwell's Wilmington Arms – but originated at University College London as a means of connecting researchers to the outside world.
How does a five-minute stand-up slot differ to an hour-long lecture? "Audience expectation," says organiser Dr Steve Cross, comedy aficionado and head of public engagement at UCL. "Students are in a formal education setting to learn, while people have no more reason to be here than to be entertained. You can't rely on an exam at the end to keep them listening." Cue lots of silly props.
Offshoot Bright Clubs have opened at Manchester's Nexus Art Café and Cardiff's 10 Feet Tall, while on 4 February, the London branch takes over the Bloomsbury Theatre to discuss nothing less than "Life", with guests including Peep Show's Isy Suttie and Chris Abram from UCL's Department of Scandinavian Studies. Every few months, audience members also get the chance to show and tell.
"You leave feeling you've seen a top quality comedy night and yet you can tell your mum you went to an interesting university event and learnt about astrophysics," says Cross. Everyone's a winner.
Sing your heart out at the Sage
If quitting cigarettes is the best thing you can do for your lungs, learning to sing comes a close second. The Sage in Gateshead hopes to give your vocal chords a workout with Join in and Sing, a day-long workshop on 8 January, culminating in an evening concert with the Northern Sinfonia.
The event grew out of last year's successful BBC project, Sing Hallelujah, which saw novice choirs across the country performing Handel's famous work. More than 800 people are expected to participate at the Sage this month, many of whom will be singing in public for the first time.
Glee this is not, with a deliberately challenging programme ranging from Handel's "Zadok the Priest" to "The Heavens are Telling" from Haydn's Creation. But as conductor Simon Fidler says: "There is something so indescribably satisfying about being part of a large choir that everyone should try it once. Singing decreases stress, improves posture and breathing, enhances concentration and boosts your confidence and self-esteem." You don't get that from a self-help book.
Get physical at Guest Projects
Most New Year fitness regimes are destined to fail anyway so head to Physical Center instead. What sounds like a gym is actually the latest show to take over artist Yinka Shonibare's Guest Projects in east London.
Until 28 February, the Regent's Canal warehouse turns adventure playground for 11 performance artists exploring new concepts in physicality, alongside a busy programme of film screenings and lectures on bio-science. Hear cardiothoracic surgeon Francis Wells (known for performing live surgery on Channel 4) discuss the human heart, then watch Kristin Sherman's Prop Prop, a live sculpture scrum featuring a real rugby team.
"You know that questioning phase people go through as teenagers?" says head curator Juliana Cerqueira Leite. "Well, I'm still in it. What if we could slow down time and fall in several different directions at once – what kind of form would we take?"
Leite was last seen burrowing naked through clay to create her three plaster-cast sculptures for the Saatchi Gallery's Newspeak II show. "I would like Physical Center to become just that," she says, "a centre where people can drop in and know there's something going on, something that will make them question how their own form dictates their experience of life."
Go green at the Royal Court
Staying on top of eco-affairs can be tricky, particularly when it comes to the polarised debate on climate change. Now Richard Bean has written a play loosely based on last year's "Climategate" to help you.
The Heretic opens at the Royal Court on 4 February, starring Juliet Stevenson as Dr Diane Cassell, a leading Earth Sciences lecturer at odds with the orthodoxy over man-made climate change. Is global warming the new religion? asks Bean. "I'm a scientist," says Cassell. "I don't 'believe' in anything."
With James Fleet playing her head of faculty and singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn making his Royal Court debut as an inquisitive undergrad, The Heretic promises to deliver.
Theatre can bring science to life in ways journalism can only dream of, as plays such as Copenhagen and Arcadia have demonstrated. Simon Turley, resident writer at Theatrescience, says: "A good bit of theatre completes itself in the mind and body of the audience, not necessarily when the show ends, but an hour, a day, or even a week later." Which is longer lasting than your average New Year's Resolution.
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