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Christian apologetics is the defense of the Christian faith through logical arguments. The term comes from the Greek word apologia, which means "defense". The expression "Christian apologist" therefore does not mean that someone is apologising for or on behalf of Christianity as is sometimes thought, but that he or she is defending and justifying it. There are a number of subfields within apologetics. Some apologists specialize in internal biblical consistency (such as JP Holding, owner of the website tektonics.org), others in scientific defenses of the Bible, and still others in historical or philosophical defenses of Christianity (such as Gary Habermas or Lee Strobel). Although some feel that faith alone needs no justification, many feel that Christians should be prepared to defend and spread their faith by intellectual means, especially as many people will not accept Christianity without a "rational" reason to do so.
Christian Theology
History and Traditions
Important Figures
- 1 History of Christian Apologetics
- 2 Types of Christian Apologetics
- 3 Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- 4 Question evolution campaign
- 5 Christian Apologetic Ministries
- 6 Christian websites with a large focus on the topic of atheism
- 7 Christian apologetics clubs on college campuses
- 8 Recommended books
- 9 See Also
- 10 External Links
- 11 Resources for becoming a Christian
- 12 References
History of Christian Apologetics
Christian apologetics has existed as long as Christianity itself. Jesus himself spent time in the temples and synagogues, debating and explaining the meaning of the scriptures. The Apostle Peter exhorted early Christians to practice apologetics, writing,
- "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander." 1 Peter 3:15-16.
The Apostle Paul also spent time in Athens, debating Stoic and Epicurian philosophers. Acts 17:16.
Great theologians such as Athanasius, Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Augustine, and Aquinas continued the tradition of apologetics on a dramatic scale. At the same time, apologetics was practiced by countless individual Christians, explaining and defending their beliefs.
Apologetics has generally been used for two purposes: Efforts to persuade others of the truth of Christianity, and efforts to defend the reasonableness of one's own beliefs, while not seeking to convince others of their truth.
Types of Christian Apologetics
Evidentialist apologetics
Evidential apologetics seeks to defend Christian belief through what they consider to count as evidence. This can take the form of:
- Defense of the historical accuracy of the Bible
- Biblical Archaeology, seeking to show that the Bible is consistent with the physical evidence;
- Christian Legal Apologetics
- Bible prophecy
- Creation science and Creationism, seeking to show that the creation accounts of the Bible are the most reasonable explanation for life as we know it and that the evolutionary paradigm is untenable.
Philosophical apologetics
Philosophical apologetics seeks to defend Christian belief through philosophical argument: primarily arguments for the existence of God. This can take the form of:
- The Teleological argument: When you find a watch in the sand, you infer that it is designed, even if you do not see the designer, because it is complex, has a definite purpose, and could not have come to be through any known non-intelligent causes. Therefore, when we observe a complex, purposeful universe which could not have come to be through any known non-intelligent cause, it is reasonable to infer the existence of a designer, aka God.
- This is connected to the anthropic principle, which is the argument that so much fine-tuning and exact physiological constants allows us to be here, provides evidence in support of an intelligent designer.
- The Cosmological argument: Every event in the universe is caused by something. It is impossible that everything should have a cause, going back to eternity. Therefore, there must be a first cause, which itself is not caused, and that first cause must be capable of causing the universe, aka God. Creationist scientists demonstrate that the first law of thermodynamics and second law of thermodynamics argue against an eternal universe and they also demonstrate that these laws point to the universe being supernaturally created. [1][2][3]
In the 20th century, this argument has been strongly supported by science, with the discovery that the universe had a beginning. Prior to the 1920s, it had been widely believed that the universe's existence had been eternal. [4] This verifies the very first three words of the Bible: "In the beginning."
- The Ontological argument: God is the being than which no greater can be conceived. It is greater to exist than to not exist. Therefore if you conceive God as not existing, you are not conceiving the being than which no greater can be conceived, and are therefore not conceiving God. Therefore it is impossible to conceive of God as not existing. Therefore God exists.
- The Argument from morality: All humans are born with a natural, moral code. A moral code implies a moral code giver, aka God.
Presuppositional apologetics
Presuppositional Apologetics seek to defend Christian belief by showing that belief in Christian precepts is necessary to make sense of the human experience as a whole.
Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
see also: Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is critical to the Christian faith. The Apostle Paul wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Cor:15:14). Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. [5] The Christian apologist Michael Horner of CRU has an excellent resource which offers a defense of the resurrection of Jesus Christ entitled Did Jesus really rise from the dead?. In addition, Dr. Gary Habermas offers an online audio library which defends the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In recent history, Dr. Gary Habermas is considered the foremost Christian apologist for defending the resurrection of Jesus.[6][7][8] [9][10] Dr. Habermas had a debate against the philosopher Antony Flew regarding the resurrection which was chronicled in the work Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate and the debate had a panel of debate judges. J. Hampton Keathley, III , Th.M. in his essay Evidences for the Resurrection wrote: "The decision of the judges were as follows. The panel of philosophers judging content cast four votes for Habermas who argued for the fact of the resurrection, none for Flew, and one draw. The panel of professional debate judges voted three to two, also in favor of Habermas, this time regarding the method of argumentation technique." [11]
In recent history some notable defenders of the resurrection include: William Lane Craig, Ben Witherington, Lee Strobel, Josh McDowell, Edwin M. Yamauchi, N.T. Wright and Michael Horner. [12][13][14][15][16]
Legal scholars, legal authorities, and eminent lawyers such as Simon Greenleaf, John Warwick Montgomery, Lord Darling, John Singleton Copley, Hugo Grotius, Lord Caldecote, J. N. D. Anderson, Lionel Luckhoo, and many others have asserted that western legal standards argue for the resurrection of Christ. [17][18][19][20][21]
Question evolution campaign
See also: Question evolution! campaign
Since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the theory of evolution which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists.[22] In 2011, a campaign called the Question evolution! campaign was launched by the biblical creation organization Creation Ministries International which is a worldwide "grass-roots movement to challenge the anti-Christian dogma of evolution".[23] The focus of the Question evolution! campaign is on 15 questions that evolutionists cannot answer.[24] The campaign will be primarily conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.[25]
Christian Apologetic Ministries
There are a number of internet based Christian apologetic Ministries or Christian apologetics ministries which have a internet presence. Some of the more notable Christian apologetic ministries are: Fixed Point Foundation[26], Tekton Apologetics Ministries, LeadershipU, Probe Ministries, Christian Answers Network, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, and A Christian Thinktank.
Christian websites with a large focus on the topic of atheism
Four of the more notable Christian apologetics which have a large focus on the topic of atheism are: True Free Thinker, the Creation Ministries International resources on atheism, the Fixed Point Foundation website, and Atheism Analyzed.
Christian apologetics clubs on college campuses
Ratio Christi is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ.
The Christian apologetics organization Stand to Reason wrote:
| Ratio Christi, a fairly new apologetics organization that is seeking to change the intellectual atmosphere at universities by bringing Christianity into public, academic discussion. Their goal is to start on-campus apologetics clubs at 500 universities in the next five years. This is where you come in--because it's also Ratio Christi's goal to connect each of these clubs with a person who has been trained in apologetics (but who probably has a different day job) to act as chapter director.
Ratio Christi helps each chapter organize one or two campus-wide events a year by connecting them with speakers and debaters like William Lane Craig and Gary Habermas, helping them find the funding, etc. But after the event has come and gone, the lay apologist is still there to lead discussions and interact with the Christians, skeptics, atheists, and seekers who may never have realized that Christianity has a weighty intellectual tradition behind it.[27]
Recommended books
General Christian apologetics:
- Carl Gallups, The Magic Man in the Sky: Effectively Defending the Christian Faith, WND Books, 2012, ISBN 1936488523[1]
- Josh McDowell, The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today, 1999, ISBN 0785242198
- Lee Strobel, Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus , Zondervan, 1998, ISBN 0310209307
- Gary Habermas and Michael Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Kregel Publications, 2004, ISBN 0825427886
Old Testament apologetics:
- Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable & Relevant?, IVP Academic, 2001, ISBN 0830819754
- Kenneth Kitchen, On The Reliability of the Old Testament, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006. ISBN 0802803962
Biblical creation apologetics:
- Jonathan Sarfati, Refuting Evolution, Master Books, 1999 (Free on-line version) ISBN 0890512582
- Jonathan Sarfati, Refuting Evolution 2, Master Books, 2002,(Free on-line version) ISBN 0890513872
- Phillip Johnson, Darwin on Trial. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois. 1991[28] ISBN 0-8308-1324-1
- Duane Gish, Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No!, El Cajon: Institute for Creation Research, 1996[29] ISBN 9780890511121
- R. C. Sproul, Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology, Baker Book House: 1994[30] ISBN 080105852X
See Also
- Resources on becoming a Christian
- Atheism
- Evolution
- Christian apologetics website resources
- Israel Tourism for some biblical archaeological sites available to tourists
- Inspiration of Holy Scripture: An Eastern Christian and Jewish Perspective
- List of proofs of God
External Links
General Christian apologetics websites
- Christian apologetics
- All About GOD — Answers to many questions regarding Christianity
- Apologetics Information Ministry
- Apologetics.com
- Tekton Apologetics Ministries
- Classic Works of Apologetics (Tektonics)
- Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
- Academy of Christian Apologetics
- LifeWay Apologetics
- Windmill Ministries
- Probe Ministries -Christian Apologetics
- Christian Apologetics Journal
- Apologetics Resource Center
- Christian Apologetics Wiki — Wiki-based Christian apologetics
- Academy for Christian Thought
- 10 Reasons to Believe
- Proof That God Exists
Historical and legal apologetics
Historical apologetics:
- Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? by Michael Horner
- Why I Believe the New Testament is historically Reliable by Dr. Gary Habermas
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- The Impossible faith by JP Holding
Christian legal apologetics:
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Bible archaeology and dating:
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Christian worldview/Christian philosophy
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Creation science ministries and other resources
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Analysis of Bible prophecy from Christian scholars/apologists
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- Public Theology and Prophecy Data - Factual Evidence that Counts for a Worldview by Dr. John Bloom, Robert C. Newman, and Hugh G. Gouch, Jr.
- The Case for Jesus the Messiah — Incredible Prophecies that Prove God Exist by Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon and Dr. Walter Kaiser Jr.
- The Case for Jesus the Messiah — Incredible Prophecies that Prove God Exist - Part Two by Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon and Dr. Walter Kaiser Jr.
- AboutBibleprophecy
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- ↑ Evidences for God From Space—Laws of Science
- ↑ Thompson, Bert, So Long, Eternal Universe; Hello Beginning, Hello End!, 2001 (Apologetics Press)
- ↑ http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/AstroPhysicalSciences14.html
- ↑ http://www.harvardhouse.com/Science-Religion.htm
- ↑ http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt
- ↑ http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html
- ↑ http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection2-CTR.pdf
- ↑ http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm
- ↑ http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html
- ↑ http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=639
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/josh2.html
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html
- ↑ http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Early_Traditions.htm
- ↑ http://powertochange.com/discover/faith/jesusrose1/
- ↑ http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm
- ↑ http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm
- ↑ http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0302W3.htm
- ↑ http://lawreligionculturereview.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_lawreligionculturereview_archive.html
- ↑ http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html
- ↑
- Dr. Don Batten,A Who's Who of evolutionists Creation 20(1):32, December 1997.
- Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D.,F.M., Refuting Evolution, Chapter 1, Facts and Bias
- ↑ Question evolution! campaign
- ↑ Question evolution! campaign
- ↑ http://creation.com/question-evolution
- ↑ http://www.fixed-point.org
- ↑ Ratio Christi Apologetics Clubs
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/darwin.html
- ↑ http://www.icr.org/store/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=2176
- ↑ http://www.ldolphin.org/chance.html


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WASHINGTON -- Everything seemed to shape up perfectly for the Braves. Their slumbering offense produced a late-inning rally that provided Craig Kimbrel a two-run lead in the ninth inning, with the chance to secure a victory that would have put him and his teammates on the doorstep of a division title.
But instead of moving another step closer to popping champagne bottles, the Braves were provided the reminder that it is never safe to assume anything in the baseball world.View Full Game Coverage
WASHINGTON -- Everything seemed to shape up perfectly for the Braves. Their slumbering offense produced a late-inning rally that provided Craig Kimbrel a two-run lead in the ninth inning, with the chance to secure a victory that would have put him and his teammates on the doorstep of a division title.
But instead of moving another step closer to popping champagne bottles, the Braves were provided the reminder that it is never safe to assume anything in the baseball world.View Full Game Coverage
If it could go wrong, it did for the Braves during a three-run ninth inning that resulted in the Nationals taking a 6-5 win in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader at Nationals Park. Adding to the bewilderment was the fact that Kimbrel's first blown save in more than four months was sealed courtesy of an error committed by the sure-handed Andrelton Simmons.
"It's a baseball game," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You always want the ball hit to Simmons, and you always want to hand the ball in the ninth inning to Kimbrel. This is a cruel game sometimes. The people across the way don't want to be the last out either. We had the right people in the right spots."
Had the Braves preserved their victory, they would have entered Tuesday's nightcap with a chance to clinch their first division title since 2005. But the National League East race will continue at least one more day, thanks to the uncharacteristic mistakes made by Kimbrel and Simmons.
The Braves remain nine games in front of the second-place Nationals, who are fighting for an NL Wild Card spot that seemed highly unlikely just a few weeks ago. Atlanta's magic number to clinch the division remained at four.
"Any time I go out there and don't do my job, it's a tough one to swallow, because my job is to go out there and solidify what everybody else has done the entire game," Kimbrel said. "Everybody worked their butts off all game long. We battled back and took a lead."
Kimbrel issued two walks, allowed an infield single and then saw the Nationals cap their thrilling victory when Denard Span's one-out grounder slipped between Simmons' legs, allowing both pinch-runner Jeff Kobernus and Anthony Rendon to score.
"I just flat-out missed it," Simmons said. "There are no excuses."
While Simmons is in the midst of one of the best statistical seasons recorded by a shortstop, Kimbrel has spent this year further establishing himself as the game's premier closer. The right-hander had allowed just two runs in the 47 1/3 innings he had pitched since last blowing a save on May 7.
But this day would prove to be much different than the norm for Kimbrel. He issued a leadoff walk to Adam LaRoche, and then allowed Wilson Ramos to record a soft infield single that might have resulted in an out had Elliot Johnson not attempted to make a backhanded flip to try to force the speed-challenged LaRoche out at second base. Rendon drew another walk, before pinch-hitter Chad Tracy followed with a groundout that scored LaRoche and put runners at second and third base.
"They didn't hit a ball out of the infield and scored three runs," Kimbrel said. "It's tough. Obviously, that was a big game for us, and we wanted to win it. But I wasn't able to do my job."
The only ball to leave the infield against Kimbrel was the one that slipped past Simmons, who was still bewildered as he talked to reporters approximately 15 minutes later.
"After I knew I didn't catch it, it's a blur," Simmons said.
Such could be said of all that had transpired, going back to when the Nationals tallied three first-inning runs off Mike Minor. After throwing 39 pitches in the opening frame, Minor settled down and retired each of the final 13 batters he faced during his six-inning effort.
"It was just a bad first inning again," Minor said. "I've got to limit those runs early on in the game. For whatever reason, it's happened a few times this year. I've just got to try to fix that."
Freddie Freeman's sixth-inning sacrifice fly accounted for the only run Washington starter Dan Haren surrendered in six innings. The Braves cut the deficit to one run with three hits, including Dan Uggla's two-out pinch-hit RBI single off Drew Storen in the seventh inning.
Evan Gattis gave the Braves their first lead of the day with his two-run home run in the eighth inning against Tyler Clippard. The likelihood that Gattis' 20th home run of the season would serve as a game-winner was enhanced when a pair of errors, including Ian Desmond booting Freeman's routine two-out grounder, gave Atlanta another run in the ninth.
Kimbrel's previous appearance on this mound resulted in him completing a 36-pitch scoreless ninth inning. But his bid to produce another impressive escape act in this game proved to be unsuccessful.
"With Craig, even with the bases loaded and no outs, we still feel like we're going to get out of it," Minor said. "He's going to strike out the side, because that's the kind of pitcher he is. He's a power pitcher. You hardly ever see those kinds of days."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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HEAVENER — Just before the 81st LeFlore County Tournament, the Pocola Indians rallied to down the Heavener Wolves in overtime. Tuesday night at the Heavener High School gym, the roles ended up reversed.The Wolves rallied from a first-quarter deficit to down the Indians 48-40.Trailing 15-4 after one period, the Wolves outscored the Indians 44-25 over the final three periods to get the come-from-behind win.Arkoma 53, Bokoshe 30: In Arkoma, the Mustangs made it a happy homecoming with the victory.The Mustangs jumped out to a 9-1 lead on the Tigers after a period and never looked back, taking a 24-10 lead at halftime.Howe 70, Cameron 53: In Cameron, the Lions, leading 39-28 at halftime, put the game away with a 15-5 third quarter to take a 54-33 lead into the final period.Talihina 68, Hartshorne 35: In Talihina, leading 25-15 at halftime, the Golden Tigers outscored the Miners 30-10 in the third period to take a 55-25 lead into the fourth quarter.Keota 70, Panama 52: In Panama, the Razorbacks led 4-2 in the early stages of the game, but they fell behind 18-14 after a quarter. From there, it was all Lions, who outscored the Hogs 52-38 the rest of the way.Smithville 69, Whitesboro 62: In Whitesboro, the Bulldogs never led in the game as the Braves jumped out to a 19-15 lead after one quarter, enjoyed a 34-29 halftime lead and a 47-40 advantage going into the final period.McCurtain 72, Wister 56: In Wister, leading 14-11 after a quarter, the Bulldogs outscored the Wildcats 15-9 in the second period to take a 29-20 halftime lead. Then, the 'Dogs outscored the 'Cats 43-36 in the second half.Roland 69, Spiro 45: In Roland, the Rangers, who suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday night at the NEO Tournament in Miami, Okla., jumped out to a 26-15 lead after one period Tuesday night against the Bulldogs.After the 'Dogs cut the deficit to 53-41 after three periods, the Rangers outscored them 16-4 in the final quarter to put the game away.Editor's note — Leflore's home game with Buffalo Valley was suspended because the roof was condensating on the floor and playing conditions were deemed unsafe for the contest to continue. The game will not be resumed because Class B playoffs will begin at the end of next week.


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University of Maryland, Cambridge
Evamaria Koch is an Associate Professor at Horn Point Laboratory at the University of Maryland?s Center for Environmental Science. Her areas of expertise include seagrass ecology, hydrodynamically-mediated processes in seagrass beds and coastal plant communities in a globally-changing world. Projects she is currently working on include the impact of coastal structures on submersed aquatic vegetation, and habitat requirements needed to improve seagrass restoration, especially the sediment they colonize. She is also working on conditions necessary for the successful recruitment and establishment of seagrass seeds. She is a member of the Estuarine Research Federation, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the American Geological Union, and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. She previously worked on the NRC Committee on Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts. Dr. Koch received her Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of South Florida.
Mr. Charles Simenstad
University of Washington
Charles Simenstad is a Research Professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. He studies shallow-water community and food web structure, and restoration ecology, of estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems along the Pacific Northwest coast, from San Francisco Bay, the Oregon and Washington coasts, Puget Sound, and Alaska. Ecosystems that have especially attracted his interests include: coastal marshes, mudflats and eelgrass of Pacific Northwest estuaries; nearshore, kelp-dominated shores of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska; and San Francisco Bay-Delta. Since 1990, he has been particularly dedicated to coordinating the Wetland Ecosystem Team (WET), a small team of research scientists, educators, and graduate students that conducts both basic and applied research on these topics. Current research initiatives include: leading WET's CALFED research on tidal freshwater wetland restoration patterns and rates in the Sacramento-San Joaquin rivers delta (BREACH studies); evaluating the importance of estuarine life history diversity of juvenile Pacific salmon in population resilience and recovery, and the potential role of estuarine habitat restoration in increasing life history diversity; restoration of natural ecosystem processes as a sustainable approach to recovery of endangered salmon; and the practical application of landscape ecology concepts and quantitative metrics to planning and implementing coastal ecosystem restoration. Much of Simenstad?s concentration is presently focused on strategic planning restoration of nearshore ecosystems in Puget Sound under the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP), under which he chairs the Nearshore Science Team (NST). Simenstad previously served on the NRC Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses.
Ms. Lucinda Low Swartz
Lucinda Low Swartz, Esq., is a nationally known NEPA specialist providing extensive NEPA compliance services to federal agencies and private entities. She is a regular speaker on NEPA issues at environmental conferences and training seminars and is the co-author of The NEPA Reference Guide and Endangered Species: Legal Requirements and Policy Guidance. Ms. Swartz is also the former Deputy General Counsel of the Council on Environmental Quality, the office within the Executive Office of the President that oversees federal agency compliance with NEPA. With over 30 years of experience in environmental law and regulation in government and consulting, she has been operating her small, woman-owned business since May 2008. She received her J.D. from the Washington College of Law, The American University.
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Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer Miksis-Olds is a Senior Research Associate in the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program in Acoustics, College of Engineering and in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in the College of Agriculture. Her research employs acoustic methodologies to answer biological questions in both the marine and terrestrial environments. Her primary interests include animal behavior and communication, the effect of anthropogenic activities on animals and their environment, and the development of technology to observe animals in their natural environment. Aspects of acoustics, biology, oceanography, ecology, and engineering are combined to create the interdisciplinary approach necessary to extend the study of animals in their natural environment beyond where it is today. Dr. Miksis-Olds received her A.B. cum laude in Biology from Harvard University, her M.S. in Biology from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, she was a guest student at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and then received her Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island.
Dr. Paul Thompson
University of Aberdeen
Paul Thompson is the chair in Zoology at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. He established the Lighthouse Field Station in 1990 after he completed his graduate and postdoctoral studies in Aberdeen. He became a Lecturer in 1994, and has held a Personal Chair in Zoology since 2005. His current research aims to assess how natural and anthropogenic environmental variations influence the behavior, physiology, and dynamics of marine mammal and seabird populations. These questions have been approached by conducting long-term and comparative studies of key populations such as dolphins, harbor seals, and seabirds. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011, and is currently a member of the Marine Scotland Science Advisory Board. Professor Thompson previously served on the NRC study Best Practices for Shellfish Mariculture and the Effects of Commercial Activities in Drake's Estero, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, California. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Aberdeen.
Dr. W. Michael Hanemann
Arizona State University
W. Michael Hanemann joined the ASU Department of Economics and the Center for Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy in 2011 where is a Wrigley Chair in Sustainability. He came to ASU from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics and the Goldman School of Public Policy. His research interests include non-market valuation, the economics of water and of climate change, environmental policy, adaptive management, and demand modeling for market research. Dr. Hanemann has served on many NRC committees and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. He is currently a lead author and a contributing lead author for Working Group III of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change. Dr. Hanemann received his B.A. degree from Oxford University in philosophy, politics, and economics, his M.S. from the London School of Economics in development economics, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in Public Finance and Decision Theory and Economics. He received an honorary Ph.D from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Lifetime Award for Outstanding Achievement from the European Association of Environmental & Resource Economists. He is an inaugural Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and a Fellow of the American Association of Agricultural Economics.
Dr. Jennifer Ruesink
University of Washington
Jennifer Ruesink is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. Her areas of interest include marine community ecology, especially food web interactions; species invasions; and conservation. In particular, she looks at the interactions between oysters and non-native oyster drills as well as the impact of aquaculture on the natural habitat, including eelgrass. She is currently a member of the Ecological Society of America, the National Shellfisheries Association, the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, and the Western Society of Naturalists. She has served on two previous NRC committees. Dr. Ruesink received her B.A. in Biology, Summa Cum Laude (Cornell University); her M.Phil. in Botany (Cambridge University, England); and her Ph.D. in Zoology (University of Washington).


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Born in New York, Joel moved to Minnesota in 1983 to become editor of the Star Tribune. He then became publisher and president in 1992, serving until 1998 when the newspaper was sold. He was involved in editing two investigative projects that won Pulitzer Prizes, one at Newsday and one at the Star Tribune.
After leaving the Star Tribune, Joel spent three years as a senior fellow in journalism at the University of Minnesota, six weeks as the running mate of Becky Lourey in her unsuccessful effort to win the DFL nomination for governor, and four years running Growth & Justice, a think tank he founded to focus on state policy that simultaneously creates economic growth, does so sustainably, and shares the fruits of the growth broadly.
Joel co-founded MinnPost with his wife, Laurie, and served as CEO and Editor from its inception in 2007 until 2016.
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Price: $99.95
Classification: M15+
Rating: * * * *
Disregard anything you may have heard about Fable during its long development. Many of the groundbreaking features that were promised turned out to be impossible without running the game on a NASA supercomputer. Not to mention the fact that it would have taken a couple of decades to implement them all.
However, if you can ignore the pre-release hype, you'll find a well-rounded role-playing game (RPG) that's basically innovative.
At first glance, Fable seems to follow the conventions of a standard RPG to the letter. Starting off as a weak peasant, you'll find the inevitable slaying of your family sends you on a quest of vengeance. Along the way you'll learn new skills, stock up with new booty and partake in dozens of interesting quests.
There's a heavy emphasis on combat and on building your character up to the point where you're a hero to be reckoned with. Sounds pretty stock standard for an RPG, doesn't it?
It's not until you start listening to the characters around you that you'll notice Fable's true calling card. These simple folk aren't quite as simple as they first appear.
They have a memory and will react very differently to you depending on what you've been up to. Play the part of the bad boy and the citizens of the world will cower in fear when you approach. Act like the Dalai Lama and you'll be everybody's best friend. This effect breathes real life into the world of Fable, in a way that the genre hasn't had before.
Yet the moral decisions you make are a little too black or white; there are none of the grey areas that could make things more interesting. This simplicity, however, is not so basic that regular fans of the genre won't have a ball.
Endgame: Good or evil - in Fable it's all up to you.
Mortal Kombat: Deception
Runs on: PS2 and Xbox
Price: $99.95
Classification: MA15+
Rating: * * * *
When it comes to bucketloads of blood and gore, Mortal Kombat has always stood decapitated heads and bruised shoulders above the other fighting games. Deception is no different but throws in more than a few new changes to round out the biffo within.
The core of the game is still standard 3D fighting, with only a few minor changes over the last gruesome incarnation. Players can now use the breaker move to bust through previously unstoppable combination moves, while the introduction of hara-kiri (suicide moves) allows you to escape the humiliation of one of 48 different fatalities.
A number of mini games have also been inserted. Konquest, which was included before, is a cross between an adventure game and a tutorial, and while it's certainly innovative, does get rather tiring fairly quickly due to its simplicity.
Chess Kombat is a variation on standard chess. Try to take a player's piece and the
game switches to the fighting view, although the attacker receives a substantial health boost. Puzzle Kombat is a direct copy of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, which plays very much like a competitive Tetris. Line up enough blocks of the same colour and your fighter will automatically smack your opposition into next week.
The most impressive feature of the game is the ability to play online against others. Considering the extremely fast response times needed for a fighting game, it's amazing how smoothly the online mode plays. It's just as responsive as it would be if you were playing with a pal sitting next to you, which is an astounding achievement. Our only gripe is that the game still isn't up to the high presentation levels of Dead or Alive 3, a game that is approaching its third birthday.
Endgame: Bloodier and more brutal than the rest but not necessarily better.
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Gran Turismo 4
Runs on: PS2
Prepare for the most realistic and demanding driving simulation money can buy. To be released on December 14, Gran Turismo 4 will become the benchmark for all driving games.
GT4 features astonishing depth, with more than 50 circuits and 650 cars. Tracks include both fictional and real-world courses, including the 21-kilometre Nurburgring, the toughest circuit in the world.
The range of meticulously detailed vehicles is staggering and includes concept cars, historical vehicles from as far back as 1886 and highly customised street racers with superchargers.
More than 80 manufacturers are represented and there are many dream rides, including unreleased cars such as the Mazda6 MPS, BMW M5 and Ford GT. Aussie heroes include the Falcon GT and Holden Commodore.
The problem with Gran TurismoÕs quest for realism is the game becomes too demanding for the average punter. As a concession, many driver assist functions can help beginners, even on cars that would normally not have such features fitted. Anti-lock brakes, traction control, active stability and active steering provide a more elegant method of letting beginners enjoy the game than having artificial ÒeasyÓ settings.
A new B-spec mode has also been designed for novices. Like an interactive replay, users simply direct how aggressive the computer-controlled driver should be as the car winds around the circuit.
For experts, new Mission Races will provide a challenge. Players might have to start a second or even a full lap behind the leader. And a new high score system reflects whether the playerÕs car provided an advantage or disadvantage for each race and awards points accordingly.
Embarrassingly for Sony, online support has been dropped. But users can link up to six consoles for multiplayer action. Fans can also share pictures of their favourite vehicles taken in the surprisingly addictive Photo mode. - Jason Hill
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Best-selling games
- The Sims 2 (PC/Mac)
- Athens 2004 (PS2)
- Burnout 3 (PS2)
- Call Of Duty United Offensive (PC/Mac)
- Madden NFL 2005 (PS2)
- Conflict Vietnam (PS2)
- The Sims Deluxe (PC/Mac)
- Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2)
- Burnout 3 (Xbox)
- SingStar (PS2)
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A female Ohio State University (OSU) student was shot in the leg by an OSU police officer trying to take down Islamic terrorist Abdul Razak Ali Artan, according to GotNews sources at the scene. The unnamed student was hit in the thigh by a bullet that penetrated then passed through Artan's body. She was immediately hospitalized after […]Read Story


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In the years since the emergence of social as a separate entity for marketing purposes (roughly from around the birth of Twitter in 2006) we've figured out a lot about what social is, how it works, and what it means for marketers.
Now you could talk directly to a brand, and have them listen to you.
For consumers, this was great. For brands, it presented opportunities and challenges. It also entailed a pretty major shift in thinking.
So as memories of Social Media Week fade, has social now grown up?
Firstly, it's worth defining 'grown up'. I think the defining factors are:
- a) has it been adopted across multiple sectors and territories?
- b) does it have a proven model of effectiveness?
- c) will it continue to be relevant into the future?
I was involved in the early stages back in 2008, when social was taking its first tentative toddles around marketing departments. It was new, shiny and cute. And some enlightened brands found it irresistible, ruffling its tufty hair by trialling a few content ideas, largely because they could.
Regardless of results, social provided an excuse to showcase how a brand was forward-thinking, prepared to embrace new technologies and not hamstrung by conventional thinking. Who really cared if it actually achieved anything?
A few fledgling campaigns caught on and the architects were lauded as guiding lights; social media soothsayers. Others also got their fingers burnt. They dived in clumsily, tripped up and got a bloodied nose. But the smart kids learned fast and stole a march on their peers.
In a recent Adobe Social/Econsultancy paper, two thirds of the 650 marketers surveyed stated that social was 'integral to the marketing mix'.
They represented a mix of client-side and agencies from North America and Europe, from B2C as well as B2B. So in terms of 'widespread adoption', I think social gets a gold star.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Client-side respondents)
Now for the thorny issue of ROI. Without a plausibly credible framework, widely accepted by client, social budgets will hit a ceiling. Instinctively you'd like to support the attractive, if slightly geeky, new kid on the block. But only up to a point, unless he's able to actually prove his brilliance.
Solid case studies have helped to prove the business imperative for intelligent use of social media – the IAB's recent report was a great example of how social can really impact a brand in a positive way.
The judging panel of the Social Buzz awards also remarked at a SMW event last week that ROI was starting to stack up and there were fewer "leaps of faith" being submitted for gongs.
A universally palatable framework remains elusive, however; one that isn't just a popularity rating but a solid indictment of cost v benefit in pounds and pence. It's tricky. But it is possible.
The Value of Social Advocacy framework we kicked off with BA, AEG and other partners is being test-driven by several brands but it's still in its infancy won't achieve its full potential unless some of the leading lights pitch in to crack the conundrum.
It's worth remembering that its peers (press, TV, PR etc) don't have water-tight ROI models, so let's not be paralysed by fear that all the other kids in the class are older and better looking.
Finally, will social be relevant in the future? I think it will, but it won't be called 'social media'. I throw a strop when people dismiss 'social' as a channel. It's not. Facebook is a social channel. Social media is a culture.
It's a new way of thinking that acknowledges that a marketing department doesn't have all the answers and invites customers to help to define a brand's future. This needs buy-in throughout an organization and it needs to be transparent and long-term or consumers won't buy-in.
Social's influence transcends all marketing channels.
So I think social media is almost grown up. It's in its teenage angst phase: At times confident, brilliantly expressive and attractive, at other times, awkward, ineloquent and embarrassing.
When it does gain full maturity, it will have changed its name, bought a new wardrobe and graduated into a valued member of the marketing family for a long time to come.
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Couldn't agree more. People focus too much on the media and not the 'social' aspect. It's like looking for ROI from your telephone equipment it's not going to happen... But you have a building full of the things. They enable to communicate but HOW you communicate is a mindset change.
Setting up SHOP is more important than what tool you use. Tools and measurement are of course god practice. Like with a call centre... But the training and the people are the asset
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There are still two main problems with social that I see...
Firstly, because it is often falls in the digital marketing remit, it will always be compared to channels which are known for accurate tracking, easy attribution modelling and measurable ROI. You are right to compare it to TV, Press, etc, but others don't.
Secondly, at a basic level it is the most accessible digital marketing channel on the planet. You don't need a credit card to have a Facebook page, nor experience in ad optimisation to RT someone...
In reality, we all know social media is not free. According to some recent analysis I carried out, organic reach is down almost 70% YoY, in short, you need to pay to drive results.
In many ways I think this is a good thing. It will help businesses to understand there is value in social media, but that the value is not secured by posting 4 times a week with regurgitated content. It will force people to think outside the box as they have to on every other channel, this is when the channel will become mature.
I agree, but what if social media are only a trend. It can be replaced by something better, with more ways to communicate... by something 3d ;)
Social media is only a term to define something, the activity of social communication through technology.
Technology, devices and platforms will inevitably change but fundamental marketing techniques will not change and haven't in the past.
My advice on social media is: Be consistent! Use the same visual style in all the social media you are.
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Great article.
Fundamentally social media should be seen as an engagement tool for business and not a platform to 'sell'.
Its great to see from the recent statistics that so many businesses are utilising a proactive process in their social media strategy.
yes social media can grow up with the perfect rules.
Social networking may have graduated from its infancy as it continues to grow in 2012, according to a US study by Nielsen and NM Incite.
The study showed consumers are spending more time on social networks than on any other category of sites, Nielsen noted in its study.
"(C)onsumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any other category of sites: roughly 20 percent of their total time online via personal computer (PC), and 30 percent of total time online via mobile," it said.
It also said the total time spent on social media in the US across PCs and mobile devices increased 37 percent to 121 billion minutes in July 2012, compared to 88 billion in July 2011.
I agree with Edwyn. Social media is not as easily measurable for ROI, as the use of social media for a business could purely be used for Brand Awareness over lead generation - especially for small businesses where word-of-mouth accounts for 54% of purchases.
So this leads to a debate whether it's a viable 'marketing' tool, as the main result of any marketing efforts is to increase your ROI, leads and customers. Which, given proper understanding of the tools available, market trends and planning, I think it is. Social media may still be young, but whether it is truly mature or not depends on the person behind it. And in regards to social media being a culture, that's definitely the forward way of thinking. See what you think of my thoughts about creating the right culture for implementing marketing automation: http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/63180-how-to-create-the-culture-needed-to-successfully-implement-marketing-automation
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1. Seek out "hot" jobs. Recent Catalyst research suggests that women may not be getting the high-visibility, mission-critical, international projects that generate credibility and result in advancement. Can you find opportunities to put yourself forward for more of these "hot" assignments? Can you recommend other women for similar projects? Do your company's leadership development programs result in equal opportunities for men and women to get involved in these types of projects?
2. Get a sponsor. Successful women and men consistently point to the influence of a powerful sponsor who helped advance their careers. Women frequently participate in mentorship programs, which can be helpful for honing skills and building confidence, but the active sponsorship of an influential individual is more likely to open doors. Does your organization have a formal sponsorship program to connect senior people with high-potential employees? Does your workplace encourage ambitious and talented employees to seek advice and support from senior executives?
3. Take credit. Another Catalyst report suggests that women benefit from ensuring that their achievements and performance are recognized. This helps get them noticed by sponsors who can move their career forward. Does your manager know what you've achieved? Do your performance reviews allow you to highlight your own accomplishments?
4. Learn the unwritten rules. Why do some people seem to rise effortlessly within a company while others work equally hard without success? We've found that the climbers understand the unwritten rules and learn to navigate the corporate culture. Can you see the impact of unwritten rules in your own or others' experiences? Can you learn to navigate the culture more successfully?
5. Be a Catalyst. You may be a CEO who can change an entire corporation. Or maybe you're a new manager who can ensure that women in your unit are given equal opportunities. Or you're a recent graduate who is trying to figure out how your organization works. Whoever you are, you can change your own life, and be a catalyst for change within your company. Don't forget to share your experiences as a Catalyst with us!