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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).
Intergenerational Study of Parents and Children, 1962-1993: [Detroit] (ICPSR 9902)
Principal Investigator(s): Thornton, Arland; Freedman, Deborah
This data collection provides information on family formation and dissolution among young adults. Families who had given birth to their first, second, or fourth child in 1961 comprised the group of Detroit-area Caucasian couples who were interviewed and surveyed over the period 1962-1993. The resulting longitudinal study encompasses seven waves of data collected from mothers across the entire span of their offspring's childhood. Included are demographic, social, and economic information about the parental family, information about the attitudes, values, and behavior of both the mother and the father, and information about the mother's desires and expectations for her child's education, career attainments, and marriage. The collection also offers three waves of interview data collected from the children at ages 18 through 23. These data describe the young adults' attitudes and values, their expectations for school, work, marriage, and childbearing, and their perceptions of their parents' willingness to be of assistance to them. Life history calendar files for 1985 and 1993 detail the young adults' periods of cohabitation, marriage, separation, divorce, childbearing, living arrangements, education, paid employment, and military service.
Series: Intergenerational Study of Parents and Children, 1962-1985: [Detroit] Series
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Thornton, Arland, and Deborah Freedman. INTERGENERATIONAL STUDY OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN, 1962-1993: [DETROIT]. ICPSR09902-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Survey Research Center [producer], 1998. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09902.v2
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Subject Terms: career expectations, children, demographic characteristics, divorce, economic behavior, education, employment, families, family life, life events, life plans, marriage, mothers, parent child relationship, parental attitudes, parenting skills, parents, reproductive history, social attitudes, social behavior, social indicators, values, young adults
Geographic Coverage: Detroit, Michigan, United States
- 1962--1993
Universe: Detroit-area Caucasian families who had given birth to their first, second, or fourth child in 1961.
The first wave of these data are released by ICPSR under the title DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1962: FAMILY GROWTH IN DETROIT (ICPSR 7401).
The variable FAMID62, which appears as the first variable in each dataset, can be used to link individual records to form family-level records.
The codebooks for Parts 1-6 are available only in hardcopy form. The codebooks for Parts 7-9 are provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
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Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Standardized missing values.
Original ICPSR Release: 1993-05-13
- 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.
- 1998-04-06 Data and documentation for the 1993 wave (Part 7, Mothers' Interview Data, Part 8, Children's Interview Data, and Part 9, 1985-1993 Child Life History Calendar Data) have been added to this collection. SAS and SPSS data definition statements for all the datasets in the collection have also been prepared, and the new variable FAMID62, which appears as the first variable in each dataset, can be used to link individual records to form family-level records, replacing variables formerly used to identify family links (previously, each wave had a different variable number representing the 1962 family ID). In addition, OSIRIS dictionaries and frequencies are no longer available for this collection.
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there's a ray
of light for the hydrogen industry amid the darkness.
Connecticut-based SunHydro has announced plans to transform
Interstate 95 into a hydrogen highway. Those who live in the
U.S. East Coast know that I-95 stretches from Maine to Florida and is
one of the nation's busiest interstate highways.
will construct 11 stations on the highway. Each station will be
a self-contained hydrolysis unit with solar power collectors
attached. The solar power will provide energy to create
hydrogen from water via hydrolysis. The hydrogen production
system will come from an Proton Energy, an alternative energy
start-up. The net process is expected to be much more carbon
friendly than transporting hydrogen by truck to fueling
The plan is ambitious. Explains company
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hydrogen car to drive from Maine to Miami strictly on sun and water.
Having talked to several of the auto manufacturers, the indication
that we've received is that there has to be a network of stations
on the east coast for them to bring the cars here. They want to
bring the cars here, but there's nowhere to fuel them."
the hydrogen industry is stuck in a chicken and egg dilemma of
sorts. Lack of vehicles makes stations a poor business
investment, while lack
of stations make developing hydrogen vehicles problematic.
Paul Williamson of the University of Montana College of Technology,
notes,"There's no sense having hydrogen cars if there's no
place to refuel them. Most of the development is happening in
California. Why? Because they have refueling stations."
initial SunHydro station aim for a gradual build up, initially
producing enough fuel to fill up 10 to 15 vehicles a day. The
stations will be located in Portland, Maine; Braintree,
Massachusetts; Wallingford, Connecticut; South Hackensack, New
Jersey; Claymont, Delaware; Richmond, Virginia; Charlotte, North
Carolina; Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; and Orlando and Miami,
The stations may cost up to $3M USD a piece in
private investment. Mr. Grey says his company is taking a bold
risk shouldering these high costs in order to bolster the market.
He states, "We've just decided that somebody needed to start
this process. You have a lot of the big companies talk about it, but
nobody's stepped up to the plate and made it happen. You've got
to have some visionary risk taking if you want to be a company of the
future. Otherwise, you'll fall by the wayside."
several companies still have hydrogen plans despite the cold
reception by the research community and government. GM has
worked for several years on fuel
cell-powered Equinox SUVs. Honda has its FCX
fuel cell test vehicle that has seen limited U.S. deployment.
And Mercedes-Benz plans to release F-Cell, a limited edition fuel
cell vehicle to "selected customers" in Europe and the United
States this spring. Mazda and Volkswagen are also eying
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As predicted..double digit loss coming up. Ugh.
Hey a loss is a loss, but at least we still have a decent shot at the playoffs.
AB hasn't scored this quarter. So much for feeding the hot hand.
I miss Kleiza, how long has he been out?
Thanks for helping us continue to build a strong team, your losses is our draft benefit.
-Sam Presti.
JJ helping out his old team ...
Oh shoot this isn't over yet. Also Amir is quietly 10-10 from the field
Its done sadly. Despite the loss, a really good game.
We let GS score 40 in the 4th so far. Ouch.
I'm not mad. Toronto really competed tonight, and we saw the best performance from Andrea Bargnani tonight. Really happy with him this evening, while I've been hard on him all season. But, consistency.
Again, another game that flew away from us because of talent. Rudy Gay, you were brilliant tonight. Just pass the ball a little more.
Defense made too one too many defensive lapses, and against a team like the Warriors, it's gotta be at a minimum.
I'd greatly appreciate it if anybody can post the full game here later, would definitely love to watch this game again in the future.
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GREENSBORO — Circus Smirkus' local zoning permit, which allows it to move its camp to Greensboro Village, has been appealed to Vermont Environmental Court.
No trial or hearing dates were set after a telephone conference Monday because the project will also need an Act 250 permit.
Once that permit application is filed, the Act 250 case and the local zoning case will most likely move forward in a bundle, according to Mark Hall, the lawyer representing the circus.
Meanwhile, the show must go on — and so must the camp. It will, in Burke. Continue reading


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Believe me, we sometimes get as sick as you do of reading about Boulder. But, still, it might make a good reality show location, except that most viewers would doubt the reality of even a reality show set there. In early January, for instance, according to the Daily Camera, a man entered the Dandelion medical marijuana dispensary, sprayed employees with bear spray - sending one to the hospital - and got away with $9,000 worth of marijuana. The bear-spray pot robber is still at large. No news yet on whether the National Pepper Spray Association will suggest that if everyone were armed with bear spray, such incidents would be avoided.
That news was crowded out of early January's Boulder crime annals by the mysterious case of the Mapleton elk. The 700-pound bull with its huge rack was a regular in the upscale-even-for-Boulder downtown neighborhood, and reports conflict over whether he behaved aggressively or not, though he did allegedly once corner a mailman on a resident's porch for some time. Then he was killed, right in town, by a gunshot, and hauled away. Boulder police initially denied any involvement, before finally confessing that an officer had shot the elk, apparently for the meat and the trophy. Another officer hauled the animal away for the meat. All kinds of protocol was violated in the process, and the officers were put on leave before eventually resigning.
Meanwhile, hundreds of emotional Boulderites gathered for a candlelight vigil, and one resident took out a full-page ad in the Camera asking, tragically, "Why?" The elk got his own Twitter account, posthumously, and tweeted a haunting cry from the grave: "Find me justice. I was just an elk who enjoyed the Mapleton Hill neighborhood." In all the excitement, reports of coyotes harassing humans - even biting a runner - on the east side of town were barely noticed.
"Out here, people don't like signs." So said Sheriff's Deputy Rob McDaniels to the Point Reyes Light in December, after apprehending "Sensitive Sean" for stealing more than 20 no-parking signs. This small community on the Northern California coast - let's just call it "Anonymous," since the locals have asked us not to reveal its name - boasts hobbit-esque wood homes snuggled in lush foliage within earshot of the Pacific's waves. Its residents tend to be aging hippies, who've been here since real estate was cheap, along with a handful of millionaires escaping the urban frenzy and a few youngsters trying to recapture the countercultural vibe that once made the town famous, though now it's likely to cost $1 million or more to buy into it. The town has a proud reputation for vanishing signs: Whenever a highway placard is installed, it almost immediately disappears, stolen by reclusive locals. (Which is, incidentally, why High Country News decided not to print its name; we couldn't face having that many copies of our paper stolen.) It almost seems as if stealing signs has nudged its way into the town's DNA. It's not just highway or no parking signs: A few years back, someone absconded with 90 parking barricades. They've never been found.
Given the fact that oil rigs are popping up like weeds across the West, particularly in North Dakota, it was probably inevitable that the roughneck lifestyle would seep into popular culture. And so it is that CrashHat Entertainment is seeking "a group of women who socialize together while their husbands are away in the oilfields" to star in a TV reality show. The prospective show seems tailor-made for drillingahead.com's Web forum: Real Housewives of the Oilfield, where spouses of roughnecks swap advice.
Or maybe not. Given the forum members' response to the casting call, the folks at CrashHat should just forget this housewife stuff and try putting together a reality show featuring roughneck women in the oilfield. "Another stupid reality show," wrote one such woman. "They don't want me, since I'm an oilfield worker." Another woman who works on the rigs said she doesn't have time for a reality show, between toiling in the oilfields and raising her kids, 500 miles away, while on rotation. "Oil and gas is our life," she says, one her father and brothers shared. "I understand this life, as I was raised in it. My new boilermaker husband doesn't understand."
Drug smugglers used a pneumatic cannon to shoot cans of marijuana over the border fence near San Luis, Ariz.
While sledding near Evanston, Wyo., a group of children slid across the corpse of a homeless man, who turned out to be an heir to the considerable fortune of a Montana copper baron.
Navajo tacos finally made their debut in Philadelphia, along with mutton stew and sweet frybread, at a "pop-up" restaurant called Shiprock.
A group of Mormon women in Utah and across the world wore pants to church.
Jonathan Thompson, based in Durango, Colo., is a senior editor for High Country News (hcn.org).


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CSCU Paper Offers Comprehensive Overview of EMV
Credit unions starting the process of deciding when and how to convert their card portfolios from cards with magnetic stripes alone to cards with smart chips may find a new white paper from Card Services for Credit Unions a useful guide.
The major card brands have announced they will support the new cards, which are widely used in other countries, on a staggered schedule which is supposed to culminate in late 2015.
EMV: Background and Implications for Credit Unions, co-authored by CSCU and First Annapolis Consulting, outlines the EMV roadmap including timelines and key dates such as the fraud liability shift set for Oct. 1, 2015.
The paper also reviews implications for issuers and other stakeholders and analyzes considerations around various card issuance strategies.
"Proper planning of the optimal time and method to review cards is perhaps the most important consideration for credit unions as they approach their EMV decision-making process," said Robert Hackney, president of CSCU in Tampa, Fla.
"Credit unions have several options for EMV conversion dependent upon their individual fraud characteristics, membership and products, status of EMV enabled terminal deployment as well as financial and human resources that can be committed to an EMV implementation," Hackney said.
As the paper makes clear, the move to smart chip enabled cards is challenging for many credit unions because, in part, it requires they have a good deal of data about their card programs in order to decide which smart chip implementation strategies makes the most sense for their credit union and members.
For example, a credit union located on a border or with a lot of members who travel overseas might want to be one of the institutions that move more quickly to implement smart chip cards which their traveling members may be able to use more easily overseas. On the other hand, credit unions which delay implementing smart chip enabled cards too long run the risk of raising their fraud risk significantly higher as other cards become more difficult to compromise, the paper said.


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Are the 2012-13 Toronto Raptors a playoff team?
Let's be honest, that's the only question worth asking heading into this season. With training camp only two weeks away, you're going to hear all sorts of lip service paid to internal growth, to the defensive culture and to great additions brought in this summer. However, the Raptors are past the point where any of that stuff 'really' matters. They've played that game. They played it for Chris Bosh's last two seasons in Toronto and then they played it again for the two seasons since he's left. They've talked around the playoffs, they've made excuses for not making it there, but at the end of the day the 'real season' has to be seen as more than just a pipe dream.
And so we route back around to the original question: Are these Toronto Raptors a playoff team?
In their favour is one very important stat: Last season, every team in the top-13 in defensive efficiency went to the playoffs except one: Toronto. Historically, defensive efficiency is a great measure for teams to use in order to determine who is going to make it to the playoffs in April. It's not the only measure (clearly), but great defense is usually the mark of a consistent ball club and over the course of the long NBA season, good, consistent play is a great way to ensure your place in the postseason.
The problem for Toronto - at least last season - was that their offense was so bad it completely negated their gains at the defensive end of the floor. It wasn't just scoring offense, either. It was passing. It was movement. It was getting to the free throw line. It was creating easy baskets with steals and blocked shots (despite their strong defense, they didn't create many turnovers). That's why when the club went shopping this summer it wasn't for pure scorers; it was for guys that facilitate offense.
Guys like Kyle Lowry, who can score, sure, but can also pass, get to the free throw line and create turnovers. Guys like Landry Fields, who move without the ball, create offense for others and get out into the open court. Guys like Jonas Valanciunas, who know how to set screens and roll to the basket. They needed players who could score, but more than that they needed players who could help other people score. Plus, they needed to do it with guys that wouldn't hurt their defensive standing because as important as an improved offense is, defense is going to remain their key to the postseason.
Looking up and down the roster this may be the best construction job that Bryan Colangelo and his team have done in fielding a roster in Toronto since Colangelo arrived in 2006. They have balance, they have role definition and they have financial flexibility. They also have the right coach to lead this particular group of players, and a core that is young enough that if they click this season, they can expect even better years thereafter.
However, for all that management has done this summer to construct a playoff-ready roster, they are gun shy about committing to the playoffs as a serious, end-of-season goal. Yes, management has been burned in the past promising the playoffs and not delivering, but no one is saying that they need to promise the playoffs to anyone. They just need to acknowledge that they are the desired endgame to this season. They need to acknowledge that if they fail to make the playoffs, then the season was a failure. They need to make it known that if the club doesn't make it to the playoffs, then on some level everyone failed, and they need to do that to start growing the hunger that that kind of pressure instills.
Over the last couple of years, the organization has taken their foot so far off of the gas pedal that they are having trouble finding it again. There needs to be internal tension applied to everyone associated with the Raptors to start kicking this franchise into gear. No more being satisfied with slow and steady growth - growth now needs to yield something more tangible, something for fans to get really excited about. The standards need to be higher so that there is no way for a player, coach or general manager to hide from the ultimate goal of making the postseason. Everyone needs to start holding themselves to a higher standard because becoming a good team is hard, and the first step towards becoming a good team is demanding of everyone that they commit to doing what is necessary to become a good team.
This Raptors squad is ready to start looking towards the playoffs. Whether they are good enough to make it there or not will be determined by how they play together over the course of the season's 82 games. Regardless, that's the yardstick the club needs to start measuring itself by. They need to become singularly focused on becoming postseason staples, becoming a team that everyone expects to make it every season, and that starts with the organization demanding that level of performance from themselves. Will it be easy? No. If it was easy then the club wouldn't find themselves in the sorry state that they're in seventeen years into their existence. Until they start expecting more from themselves, though, they're going to be the same also-ran that they've always been. This team can be a playoff team, but it starts with them taking on that responsibility and all of the demands that come with it.


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Service-learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning.
Students improve their academic skills by applying what they learn in school to the real world; they then reflect on their experience to reinforce the link between their service and their learning.
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Maryland is the first state in the nation to require high school students to engage in service-learning activities as a condition of graduation.
Each of the 24 school districts in Maryland implements the service-learning graduation requirement differently, because they tailor the specifics of their program to their local community.
In April 2008, the National Youth Leadership Council released the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice. There are eight national standards in comparison to Maryland's 7 Best Practices of Service-Learning. Most of the national standards have a direct corresponding match with one of Maryland's existing seven standards.
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New York: Empire State Credit Unions Ride Out the Storm
While it is hard to put a final price tag on the cost of lives, homes and businesses throughout New York that were affected by Hurricane Sandy, federal funds will cover all of New York City's costs, according to a recent report from the city's Independent Budget Office.
About 90% of the total $6.3 billion in Sandy-related emergency and recovery package will be funneled through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The remaining 10% will be covered with community development block grant funds.
The other good news for the Empire State is that 73% of its credit unions reported a positive return on assets as of Dec. 31, 2012. Statewide, New York's credit unions earned an average ROA of 87 basis points, slightly higher than the national average of 86.
"New York credit unions have posted strong financial performance, exceeding national averages in key areas such as asset growth, loan growth and net worth for several years," said William Mellin, president/CEO of the Credit Union Association of New York. "First mortgages and member business lending have been significant driving forces behind the sustained loan growth."
Some credit unions in New York made it through the storm unscathed while others were battered, flooded and closed for days, making it difficult for members and credit union employees alike.
"This year has been particularly challenging for our membership in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy," said Edward Paternostro, CEO of the $2 billion Nassau Educators FCU, located on Long Island. "Many of our members lost their homes and other property and many are still deep in the recovery process and looking to NEFCU for support."
As of Dec. 31, NEFCU's 12-month loan growth was an impressive 14.93% and assets posted a 10.60% gain. After dipping below 9% in the second quarter, the credit union recovered net worth to close out 2012 with 9.22%.
Despite the recession, NEFCU has posted robust loan growth for years, with only a few quarters below 10% growth since 2007. In 2010, the credit union converted from a SEG-based charter to a community charter after growth slowed, but since that time market share and membership growth figures have improved drastically.
NEFCU's ROA is below the peer average of 0.93%, with the credit union reporting 0.77% as of Dec. 31.
"We deliberately do not manage to a high ROA," Paternostro said. "Because we are a highly capitalized and efficient organization with low expense ratios, we have the ability to decrease our interest rate margins and offer our members the best rates in the Long Island marketplace. This has been a successful strategy for growth and one that we will continue in 2013."
NEFCU's operating expenses to average assets was well below average as of Dec. 31, with the credit union reporting 2.25% compared to 3.19% reported by peers. Loan yield was below average at 4.6%, but a high 2.10% average investment yield boosted the credit union's net interest margin to 2.75%, just 15 basis points below peer average. Member-leaning financials like low fee income, which was a little more than half of peer average as of Dec. 31, and higher than average cost of funds offset the efficiency gains. Net margin to average assets was 3.57% as of Dec. 31, compared to a 4.40% peer average.
Michael Bondanza, CEO of the $31 million St. Joseph's Parish Buffalo FCU, weathered another storm—the recession—by specializing in loans for grown-up toys such as boats, campers and ATVs.
This small Buffalo, N.Y.-based credit union has about 4,000 members and only one branch. However, it bucked the struggling small credit union trend by reporting a 2012 year-end ROA of 1.87% and 34.21% loan growth.
"What we have done here at SJP is create a lending culture and a loan product with an easy application process, streamlined electronic closing and expedited funding mechanisms for area boat, recreational and RV dealers," Bondanza said. "Even though the economic recovery has been slow, people that are working have their downtime and want to have fun."
On the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario, the $50 million Oswego County FCU of Oswego, N.Y. boasts a positive ROA at 1.29%, much better than its peers who averaged 0.49%. What is OCFCU's secret?
"Our ROA is product of number of factors," said CEO Bill Carhart. "Foremost, our loan-to-share ratio is 86%. Compare that to our peer LTS ratio of 60% and that gives us an increased opportunity to invest our excess shares into loans to our members and not into investment vehicles that yield a substantially lower rate of return."
Carhart said that approving loans makes members more inclined to increase their products. One popular product is a checking account that pays a remarkable 3.25% return.
"One of the main reasons (for consistent loan growth) is that we find a way to yes," he said. "My lenders strive to make as many loans as they can. We also operate in a blue-collar community where members live paycheck-to-paycheck and sometimes run into difficulties. With local banks in the area only lending to A and B consumers, we are more than happy to assist members who may have hit one of life's roadblocks and missed a payment or two."
Hurricane Sandy also wreaked havoc on the Hudson River Valley where the $174 million Hudson River Community Credit Union is located. However six months later the Corinth, N.Y.-based institution is profitable with an ROA at 1.01% as of Dec. 31.
"The primary reason is a stronger margin driven by strong loan-to-share ratio of 82%, which is 24% stronger than peer, combined with strong fee income," said CEO Sue Commanda. "Other factors include operating efficiencies realized by staff cross selling, process automation and strong member loyalty."
Twelve-month loan growth was 4.56% as of Dec. 31. Commanda said the credit union decreased loan rates to boost loan growth; however, despite the drop in rates, Hudson River Community still bested peer average in net interest margin, reporting a 6.13% average loan yield, compared to 5.70% peer averages. A slightly higher that peer cost of funds ratio was offset by a slightly higher than peer investment yield and a robust fee income ratio of 2.19% of average assets.
The CEO said 48% of the credit union's field of membership earns moderate- to low-incomes, and four of Hudson River Community's five branches are located in low-income census tracts.
"We serve this demographic well," Commanda said. "And we are fortunate to be in an area that has good economic activity, such as the chip plant, and anticipate a good 2013 as a result."


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Recently we brushed upon the issue of Problem of Suffering. You may have missed it. Within this discussion we often see the question asked by the non-believer (in some form) of "Why couldn't God have eliminated or reduced _________?" in which the blank is filled by some tragedy, or some disease, or terrible accident.
And the reply entails a defense of why God may have some higher purpose, or we need it to learn, or it is our fault for sinning or simply "them's the breaks." The one thing I do not ever recall seeing is that the Christian argues that suffering should not be reduced even a fraction. That every single pain is necessary. (Do Christians argue that every single jot of suffering is necessary under God's plan?)
Albert Mohler was recently discussing disease prevention, and made the statement, "If I was able to eliminate AIDS, would I? Absolutely. Even though that is a horrible disease as a consequence for sin, we ALL deserve to die because of sin, no more or no less than a person who has AIDS." [paraphrased]
Believers and non-believers alike strive to reduce and even completely eradicate suffering. We agree that peace is better than war. That diseases disappearing is better than diseases appearing. We all want to see a cure for cancer. We all choose anesthesia for an operation.
Unfortunately we have human limitations. I do not have the knowledge to prevent Alzheimer's. I do not have the funds to feed 1000's. I do not have the physical ability to care for all of those around me. But there was one fellow, according to Christianity, who did…
As Christians, when we discussed temptation, it was often brought out that Jesus, being 100% human, was tempted in all ways just like every other human, yet did not sin. (Heb. 4:15) Of course, as skeptics, we focus on how could Jesus be tempted to abort a Down's syndrome baby out of his own body, or whether Jesus was tempted by pedophilia.
But rather than focus on the human temptations toward sin; if Jesus was 100% human, was he tempted to reduce suffering? And how far?
Think about it. I hand you a magic wand. Ever time you raise it in the air; a disease disappears off the face of the earth. How long do you go? Do you stop? Do you reach a point where you think, "You know…I think I have eliminated enough disease. We probably need some for population control, or to give scientists a reason to live, or perhaps some other reason I just don't know, so I better stop now."
And then your daughter gets sick with one of those diseases you miss. You look at that wand long and hard. Are you tempted?
Jesus had that magic wand! If he was 100% human, wouldn't he likewise want what 100% of other humans would do, and wave that magic wand for all it is worth? And every time a loved one contracted a disease, give 'er another wave? If he was tempted in all ways like we are, was he tempted to completely cure disease? I know I sure would have been!
Or did the God-part of Jesus have a governor on the Human-part of Jesus to keep him from eliminating too much suffering?
I once rented a truck to move my belongings. The truck had a governor on it that prevented it from going any faster than 58 mph. I mashed the accelerator down to the floor and left it. Because we went 58 mph regardless.
Did the God-part put such a limiting device on the Human-part? "Sure, Human-part. Spin your little human inclinations as hard as you want. Can't have you reduce suffering out of control, now can we? Shoot, if you had your way, the whole universe would tumble out of control. We gain a world of no disease, but could lose Pluto as a planet!"
And did the Human-part know that the God-part had put such a limitation on the human-part? According to the Gospel of John, the Human-part knew about that part of him that was God-part. (John 7:29; 8:58) Did the Human-part recognize the same information that the God-part knew as to why suffering could not be stamped out? But then the Human-part is not really 100% Human, since it knew why and how much suffering was necessary, which no other human knows.
And would such a human-part Jesus utilize the God-part Jesus' knowledge to know when to quit? "Uh. Uh. If I make one more blind person see today, there will be too little suffering in the world. Oh. Wait. What if I blind some poor sod in Mesoamerica, where no one will ever know?"
Or, as God, could Jesus actually choose to reduce one person's suffering without causing universal upheaval and consequence?
Mark 6:34-44 records a familiar tale of Jesus feeding the Five Thousand. A story we heard beginning from our very early years in Sunday School. At the very beginning of the story, a statement is made; "and moved with compassion, he [Jesus] began to teach the multitude…" Jesus is recorded as a person who recognized other people's frailties and inabilities, and, like other humans, attempted to address them. Of course, as we all know, Jesus then goes on to feed the hungry crowd through the use of a miracle.
Mark records another incident—the feeding of the Four Thousand in Mark 8:1-9. Again, it is prefaced with the statement that Jesus felt compassion on the crowd following him; that they had nothing to eat for three days. Again, it is followed with the miraculous provision of food. See Also Matt. 15:32-38
Luke records Jesus having compassion on a widow whose son had died and raising him from the dead. Luke 7:11-17. Matthew equally records Jesus healing out of compassion. Matthew 14:14. Immediately followed by the parallel tale of the feeding of the Five Thousand. Matt. 14:15-21.
The authors of these tales are not recording Jesus' compassion as an exception. Simply because there are incidents in which compassion are mentioned does not mean that all the other occasions Jesus was healing and feeding He was doing it out of a wooden, cold-blooded methodical nature. Clearly it was an emphasis of a normal characteristic, not a highlighting of an exception in Jesus' nature. (Unless some Christian would like to argue that Jesus normally was NOT compassionate, and these were the exceptions to the rule? I somehow doubt it.)
If Jesus was compassionate for the Five thousand, the Four thousand, the multitudes, the widow, the crippled, the blind, (Matt 20:34) deaf and dumb that he actually saw, would the thought ever cross his mind to reduce the suffering of those he didn't see? I don't have God-intelligence to tap into, such as Jesus might have. Even without that ability, Jesus was recorded as being extraordinarily clever. (Luke 2:47, 52) But yet I can figure out that if there are hungry people in front of me, it is very likely there are other hungry people that are not. That equally need assistance.
And yes, Jesus seems to have figured that out as well. He ordered his disciples to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead and cast out demons. Matt. 10:8; Luke 10:9. He ordered the rich man to give to the poor. Mark 10:21; Matt. 19:21; Luke 18:22. Jesus tells his disciples that they are free to help the poor when they wish. Mark 14:7. Jesus never states a concern that the disciples might upset the balance of the universe by reducing too much suffering.
Obviously Jesus had no constraint upon healing those in the crowds he encountered during his earthly ministry. Mark 6:1-6 records the curious tale of Jesus' inability to perform mighty works in his own country, but the limitation was apparently due to the people's unbelief—not a concern over the reduction in suffering. Certainly Matthew interpreted the problem as one of unbelief, and not suffering. Matt 13:58.
In a nutshell, the authors of the Gospels paint Jesus as attempting to reduce as much suffering as he humanly could, and commanding others to do as well. The authors had no philosophical qualms or concerns over the justifying the Problem of Suffering. They presumed (like humans do) there should be as little as possible! Therefore they wrote of Jesus, as God, expressing compassion and reducing suffering.
While I enjoy the philosophical exchange over the Problem of Suffering within the Christian worldview--in looking at the Gospel accounts of Jesus, I am left with a question. We all know it.
What Would Jesus Do?
If Jesus, as God/Human appeared today, how would he address the Problem of Suffering? If believers pointed out the numerous children dying of preventable disease and hunger—would the Jesus of the Gospels step in to resolve the problem or would the Jesus of the Gospels retreat, armed with the Christian philosophers' cry of "such suffering must be in this world"?
How do we resolve the fact that when Christians claim God appeared on earth, He reviewed the human situation with compassion and immediately and miraculously interfered with the course of the universe to reduce suffering over and over and over and over? Yet we are told the Christian God cannot. Must not. Shall not. Was human-Jesus imprisoned by God-Jesus to prevent human-Jesus from blowing it by utilizing too much of God-Jesus to reduce suffering, even though human-Jesus wanted to, but God-Jesus knew better?
It is a simple question, but I am curious as to the answer. If Jesus appeared today, would he be convinced by all they theodicy's and justifications and rationalizations of why suffering is necessary, or would he overlook the dispute, roll up his sleeves and start eliminating suffering?
Part of what is unconvincing to me is the fact Christians regale us with tales of their God, in human form, and all the wonderful things He miraculously did to constantly lessen suffering, but when we question why God doesn't lessen suffering we are told that for some unclear reason—he cannot.
Perhaps a Christian can clear up my confusion. So strap on the bracelet, grab the bumper sticker, put up the billboard, and tell us—within the Problem of Suffering What Would Jesus Do?


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|Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles carries a monstrance as he leads a procession during the "Christian Service 4LIFE" rally at California State University in Carson, Calif., Oct. 9. The event drew more than 6,000 Catholic school junior high and high school students from around the Los Angeles Archdiocese. (CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Vida Nueva)
CARSON, Calif. (CNS) -- Walking around the stage at the StubHub Center's tennis stadium in Carson Oct. 9, Mexican singer, actor and keynote speaker Eduardo Verastegui addressed more than 6,000 Catholic school junior high and high school students gathered for the "Christian Service 4LIFE" rally.
He told the screaming girls and clapping boys that being a successful 20-something actor in "telenovelas" on TV wasn't all that great. In fact, during this fast-paced hedonistic part of his life, he said, "I was lost, I was unhappy."
After taking voice lessons to improve his English pronunciation from a Catholic coach, he resolved to change his destructive lifestyle.
He went to Mass daily, read the Bible, said the rosary, went to confession and, most of all, simply prayed. And he turned down juicy -- but demeaning -- roles in the Mexican soap operas for a year.
Verastegui, now 39, joined with director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and another partner to form Metanoia Films, now based in Beverly Hills. "Metanoia," a Greek word, means a change in one's way of life resulting from repentance or spiritual conversion.
They were determined to make movies with a positive image of Latinos, instead of them always being portrayed as bandits, drug dealers, traffickers, and womanizers. Their first effort was the big hit "Bella," the award-winning film story of how an unborn child helps two people fall in love.
In researching his starring role for the movie, Verastegui had an experience "that changed my life forever," he said.
He went to an abortion clinic with pencil and paper in hand. There he met a young woman who was going to have an abortion. He listened to her story, showed her a video and told her she was not "alone" if she decided to have her baby. She broke down in tears, changing her mind. Months later she had her baby and the proud parents asked the actor if they could name the child "Eduardo."
"After that I said, 'God, please use me as an instrument. I want to end this horrible crime in the world, and I'm going to do it through the media. Please help me and guide me,'" he recalled.
After "Bella" was released to critical and popular acclaim, the film's star and its director opened a pro-life crisis pregnancy clinic, Manto de Guadalupe, for poor Latina women near Lafayette Park in Los Angeles.
"Life is not an accident. Life is sacred, a gift from God," Verastegui said. "And we have to defend it from conception to natural death -- all of us -- practicing the Golden Rule: Treat others the same way you like to be treated."
Christian Service 4LIFE, presented by Lifesocal and the Los Angeles Archdiocese's Office of Life, Justice and Peace. It was one of many events planned around the country for Respect Life Month, observed each October by the U.S. Catholic Church.
In Carson, the half-day happening on the campus of California State University was designed to inspire junior high and high school students to "do something positive for life."
They played life-awareness games. And they watched videos not only about abortion, but other much less publicized life issues such as respecting the elderly, eliminating poverty, caring for the sick, and helping the disabled and disadvantaged.
"Our hope is that these students leave the event motivated to take action at their schools and in their communities to stand up for life from conception to natural death," said Carol Golbranson, director of Lifesocal, which promotes pro-life efforts in Southern California. "This amazing event is another successful step on the road to changing the culture."
The morning opened with a combination pep rally and teaching moment, featuring talks by professional model Brittney Sharaun, founder of the Skid Row homeless ministry "Burgers & Bibles"; the Rev. Walter Hoye II, who started Issues4Life and the California Civil Rights Foundation; Maria Cahill, Miss Delaware in 2011; and Father Bill Miscamble, a teacher, scholar and author at the University of Notre Dame.
But the pep rally changed to a sacred liturgy when Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez processed into the stadium cradling a gold monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament, while a girls' choir sang the traditional Latin hymn "O Salutaris Hostia."
At the beginning of benediction, he incensed the makeshift altar and knelt before it in silent prayer. He then led the students in praying the "Our Father," "Hail Mary" and "Glory Be."
"So today as we are here in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, let us offer our prayers that we can listen to God and say 'yes' to him, and become the new missionaries of the 21st century," the archbishop said during his brief remarks. "We need to defend the innocent -- from conception to life and to natural death.
"We need to reach out to everyone with the helping hand of Jesus Christ -- from the woman who is having a child, to the handicapped and aged. We need to be the source of mercy and understanding, welcoming to everyone. What this means is that God is calling each one of you, each one of us, to be saints."
Father Miscamble said that U.S. culture fosters a "blanket denial" over what is really happening to the weakest and most defenseless in the nation today. But the Holy Cross priest said he knew his youthful audience understands the truth.
"You know well that there has been a cheapening in the value of human life in our time," he told them. "From the millions of abortions that occur, to legalized assisted suicide, to the mistreatment of those on the margins."
But Father Miscamble stressed it's one thing to gain knowledge about a problem and a whole bigger challenge to act on that knowledge. He explained this was not doing something "bad," but a failure to do something "good."
"We know where the challenges are and we know we can't do everything," he said. "But each of us, each person here, knows that you can do something. And we must. The basic question is in the end not simply what you can do, but rather whether you are worthy to be good and courageous people who refuse to be indifferent bystanders."
Nathaniel Rivera, a seventh-grader at St. Marianne School in Pico Rivera, said he could see himself being part of the next generation of pro-life missionaries Archbishop Gomez called for.
Another seventh-grader from St. Marianne was charged up, too.
"I really want to help the poor and the elderly, but I never had the courage to," admitted Marco Chavez. "I think this will give me the courage to do those things."
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Dellinger is a staff writer at The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
Copyright (c) 2013 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
CARSON, Calif. (CNS) -- Walking around the stage at the StubHub Center's tennis stadium in Carson Oct. 9, Mexican singer, actor and keynote speaker Eduardo Verastegui addressed more than 6,000 Catholic school junior high and high school students gathered for the "Christian Service 4LIFE" rally.


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Versatile shortstop eager to represent country can fill many roles in Classic
By Barry Bloom / MLB.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. –- When manager Joe Torre and the top brass of Team USA put together this year's edition of the squad for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, Torre had two criteria for the coaching staff and 28 players.
He sought guys who unequivocally want to play for their country and want to win.
D-backs shortstop Willie Bloomquist fit well in both categories.
"The main thing is to get back to our teams healthy, but I'm certainly going into this with the mindset to win," Bloomquist said Monday, when he joined D-backs pitchers and catchers reporting to Salt River Fields. "Based on the roster, they're all guys I've played against. They're competitors. They're going to want to win, too.
"I'm out to win this thing. We haven't shown well the past two Classics. Our lineup is perfectly capable of doing that. Hopefully guys will step it up, play well, and we'll make some noise and win in this thing."
That has to be a concerto to Torre's baseball senses. Japan won the first two Classics, defeating Cuba in 2006 and arch-rival Korea in '09. Even without a Major League player, the Japanese are entering the tournament believing they can win it again, without the likes of Ichiro Suzuki, Yu Darvish and Daisuke Matsuzaka, the MVP of the first two tournaments.
Japan opens in Fukuoka on March 2 in a bracket with Brazil, China and Cuba. With the second round slated for Tokyo Dome, the Japanese won't play a tournament game stateside until the semifinals on March 17 or 18 in San Francisco. That's if they get that far.
The U.S. schedule couldn't be any more convenient for Bloomquist and new D-backs teammate Heath Bell, who is also on the American roster. Team USA gathers at Salt River Fields on March 3 and has its first practice the next day. The Americans play exhibition games against the White Sox at Camelback Ranch on March 5 and against the Rockies at night in Scottsdale on March 6.
Their round-robin first round against Canada, Mexico and Italy opens in Arizona on March 7. All the U.S. games are crosstown at Chase Field: Against Mexico on the evening of March 8, a night game against Italy on March 9, and a day game against Canada on March 10.
If the U.S. wins out, it's on to Marlins Park in Miami, where Bloomquist and Bell could meet D-backs catcher Miguel Montero, part of a deep Venezuelan roster that opens the tournament in a group with the Dominican Republic, Spain and Puerto Rico.
"I'm pretty excited about that," Montero said. "In 2009, I didn't get invited. Now I made it and I'm looking forward to going there and representing my country."
Arizona teammates Gerardo Parra and possibly newcomer Martin Prado will join Montero on the Venezuela roster, but reliever David Hernandez committed to Team Mexico.
For Bloomquist, it's just like a homestand playing in front of the local fans.
"It's an honor, especially when you get a phone call asking if you'd represent your country," he said. "That's about as good an honor as you can get. Obviously, I'm thrilled. Whatever role or capacity they want me to fill remains to be seen, but I'm excited to do whatever is asked of me."
Those phone calls came directly to each player from Torre, the veteran manager who is now Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations. Torre said at first that he wanted to get a sense of individual commitment. If he sensed any wavering in that part of it, he went on to the next player.
Unlike past editions of Team USA, Torre didn't want a roster of All-Stars. He wanted his starting nine with a versatile contingent of players on the bench.
Bloomquist, who said he's healthy after missing nearly the entire final two months of the 2012 season because of a bad back, will slot in behind Jimmy Rollins at shortstop, and is a good fit as a key backup.
"He's a very determined player. He goes all out," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "That's certainly his strength, yet it's his weakness. He just can't throttle it and it forces me to do that. I'm sure I'll talk to Joe. Willie understands, though, after what he went through last year with his back. I've been scaling mountains with him this year. He's really healthy.
"He's very versatile. That's why Joe picked him. He can play three infield positions and all three outfield positions. Look at the makeup of our team: We're very versatile, as well."
With one day of practice before playing exhibition games, the U.S. always enters the tournament with that distinct disadvantage. China has been working out in the area since last Monday and will start playing exhibition games this week. The Dutch opened camp in Scottsdale on Sunday. Korea and Japan are already at it.
The U.S. will have to rely on grit, determination and talent as it plays itself into shape with a group of players coming together after three weeks in their individual camps.
"It'll be a little bit different," Bloomquist said. "The Latin American countries just finished up the Caribbean World Series. So a lot of those guys are in pretty good shape right now. And a lot of those other teams have been going at it by the time we get together. That's the way it is. We have obligations prior to that. We're just going to have to adjust and be ready to go."
Bloomquist scaled the nearby White Mountain with Gibson this winter during an expedition when the two men camped overnight and hunted elk. Winning the World Baseball Classic is his next mountain to climb.
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow@boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fickle group these Raptor fans! When others were calling for his head I felt he could still contribute if the role was changed.
Two games doesn't prove me right but I am sure of this he can contribute some time somewhere. Toronto better get something good in return if they do let him go!
The best way to predict your future is to create it - Peter Drucker
Anyone who boos the home team or any of its players has zero class and is acting like a douche whether he wants to admit it or not.
Anyone who wonders why this is so, or needs an explanation as to why the "i paid for my ticket therefore I can do whatever the hell I want" argument is just irresponsible and immature. Yeah I said it
"I PAID for my ticket so I can do whatever I want!" --- f*%ck outta here!
Like people have been saying, this is a new team and Bargs has a new role. We shouldnt just get rid of the guy just for the sake of getting rid of him. He might still contribute to this team and who knows, he might just prove all the haters wrong.
Honestly I didn't think he played that great. I absolutely HATE when he leaves his man to go chase someone and attempt a double team. It always fails and they easily get it to his man for the easy bucket. The best part of his game last night was that he didn't shoot 20 times. #tradebargnani
Guys! Ive come to the conclusion that Bargnanis value will be optimally reaped IF we trade for younger assists, focus on maximizing capspace, and maybe draft picks!
Im thinking something along these lines:
Beno Udrih + John Henson (+MAYBE 1st round pick) ---> Bargnani
Reasoning for Bucks: Give up very little for a sharpshooting 7 footer who could play along side Larry Sanders. If there is anyone who could form a strong defensive lineup with the aboveaverage man-man defender Bargnani, would be the best rotating help, shotblocker in the game. Bargnani will finally stretch the floor for that sputtering Bucks offense. Giving up spare parts fo Bargnani without touching their core would help vault the Bucks to the next tier in the EC (up there with Indiana).
Reasoning for Raptors:
1) Beno Udrih is a high FG% veteran back up PG. Not a chucker like John Lucas. He will help stabilize the position for the rest of the season.
2) Beno Udrih has a 7 Mil expiring contract, which will be the only way we can sign any free agent help this offseason. Shaking off Bargs 10mil contract with a 7Mil expiring is probably much wiser than the 'amnesty' Bargnani nonsense I keep hearing.
3) John Henson is key. I advise everyone to go look at this stats when he is given actual minutes. Really go through his Game log. Milwaukee has a glut of young bigs, and John Henson feels it. But when he DOES play, he can go off, and be effecient and dangerous. He is very long, and only a rookie. I like the idea of moving Amir to the starting powerforward spot, and having this Rookie come together off the bench for us.
4) The potential for an extra pick. This depends purely on Bargs' play coming back from injury. If he kills it and becomes more attractive, Milwaukees first round pick may become our asset. Its no lottery pick, but could be used for a high potential, low risk, center to further improve our depth.
Lowry, Udrih
Derozan, Ross
Rudy, Fields
Amir, John Henson
Valancuinas, Gray
-> extra 20-24th pick (High-upside low-risk Center)
-> 7Mil off the books in the summer for potential FA signing. (Back up PG.... Calderon anyone?)
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I don't now. I was big on this deal a few days ago. I think it was just initial excitement because I feared BC would end up sticking us with a knucklehead like Tyrus Thomas.
Boozer certainly has some things that we need, but I just don't trust his health, and do believe despite his strong season, he's very clearly on the decline. If we're goign to screw ourselves with a big contract, it either needs to be for a guy like Gasol (though with the injury this is not urgent) who can be shed quickly and also be a big contributor, or for a guy like Millsap or Jefferson, who can grow with this team....I'm not a big Smith fan...I think he's a guy who's production overstates his value on the court. That said, if he's your cup of tea, it still makes more sense to pay him than Boozer.
No, if we're going to trade Bargnani for a big money PF, it has to maintain flexibility, or be a piece for the future...Boozer accomplishes neither of these things. He helps the team on the court a bit now, at least we ahve to assume he would, but is just a 2-year rental, and doesn't really put us over the top in that time. And we have to assume his trade value is not going to go up.
All the 'informed' journalists/analysts claim the Bucks are willing to move anyone and it is known the Raptors/Colangelo have coveted Ilyasova. Not sure how the Raptors can make a deal with the Bucks without including DeRozan.
BTW, I do love your thinking here. Henson would be awesome. Picks would be awesome. Shedding salary would be good.
Deals have to be able to help out short term (Ridnour - expiring contract, strengthen the guard position) and our long term (Williams, prospect player, if non-improving, move CHEAP contract for prospects/picks).
Like I said, it's just my opinion bringing in a prospect forward/big and a veteran point guard to the team. I wouldn't be angry with Boozer as well, heck, he's a talent upgrade, but how much can we improve after acquiring Boozer? Whilst Williams can grow into a talented player being on a cheap contract, with Ridnour's $4 million expiring, allowing extra space for re-singing/deals.
With the new CBA, finance is a huge part REGARDLESS of talent, look at Memphis who gave up - arguably - their best player (I'm darn happy we're the landing spot), and teams continuously looking to gain space i.e. Utah, Atlanta.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
A lot of talent being shopped, and in my opinion, if we were going to pay max for another player, I'd rather have Milsap/Smith > Boozer any day of the week.
Age, talent, and overall production on BOTH ends of the court are important. Smith and Milsap give that better than Boozer does at this point. Gotta think short-term, and long-term for this deal. Boozer with his contract is signed for long-term, but may not be the answer once the time comes.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
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Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Hes a nice NEUTRAL guy, who is hard to hate, but easy to dislike as a player. That's why he has to go.
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A new theory of the universe suggests that space and time may not have begun in a big bang, but may have always existed in an endless cycle of expansion and rebirth.
Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok of Cambridge University described their proposed theory in an article published April 25 in an online edition of Science.
The theory proposes that, in each cycle, the universe refills with hot, dense matter and radiation, which begins a period of expansion and cooling like the one of the standard big bang picture. After 14 billion years, the expansion of the universe accelerates, as astronomers have recently observed. After trillions of years, the matter and radiation are almost completely dissipated and the expansion stalls. An energy field that pervades the universe then creates new matter and radiation, which restarts the cycle.
The new theory provides possible answers to several longstanding problems with the big bang model, which has dominated the field of cosmology for decades. It addresses, for example, the nagging question of what might have triggered or come "before" the beginning of time.
The idea also reproduces all the successful explanations provided by standard picture, but there is no direct evidence to say which is correct, said Steinhardt, a professor of physics. "I do not eliminate either of them at this stage," he said. "To me, what's interesting is that we now have a second possibility that is poles apart from the standard picture in many respects, and we may have the capability to distinguish them experimentally during the coming years."
The big bang model of the universe, originally suggested over 60 years ago, has been developed to explain a wide range of observations about the cosmos. A major element of the current model, added in the 1980s, is the theory of "inflation," a period of hyperfast expansion that occurred within the first second after the big bang. This inflationary period is critical for explaining the tremendous "smoothness" and homogeneity of the universe observed by astronomers, as well as for explaining tiny ripples in space that led to the formation galaxies.
Scientists also have been forced to augment the standard theory with a component called "dark energy" to account for the recent discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
The new cyclic model replaces inflation and dark energy with a single energy field that oscillates in such a way as to sometimes cause expansion and sometimes cause stagnation. At the same time, it continues to explain all the currently observed phenomena of the cosmos in the same detail as the big bang theory.
Click here to read the full article . Further information and a graphic animation of the cyclic scenario are available on Steinhardt's Web page .
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Some say technology advancements are obsoleting the need for analog engineers, while others say that good, experienced analog designers will always be needed and currently are in short supply.
After years spent encouraging engineering students to focus on software and digital electronics, some people say the day of reckoning appears to be drawing near: Many analog mixed-signal design jobs now stay open longer or are simply going unfilled, say recruiters, with some engineers even unable to retire because they can't find a suitable replacement.
On the one hand, some people blame the shift from analog to digital, which produced a generation of engineers who speak the language of code, not circuit schematics. On the other hand, others say that with the advent of systems-on-chip, the easy availability of free circuits, pioneered by companies like TSMC, and software tools to verify designs, there is simply less need for analog designers.
Analog's glory days over?
"I would love to get five or more years in where I can contribute, but it's over," says Edison Fong, who was let go in 2009 from his job as principal analog designer at National Semiconductor. He did a two-year stint at a startup that was sold to Microsoft and then took a job as a systems payload engineer, which he describes as, "The worst job I ever had. They had us going 80 hours a week until they offered 'early retirement.' "
For the past 18 months, he's been teaching circuit design classes at UC Santa Cruz, doing some selective consulting, and collecting money from some antenna patents. He feels he's better off than some of his friends, who have either been forced to exit the field entirely or commute a horrendous distance to jobs in places like China.
Yet at the same time, open positions for analog engineers are going begging here in North America; that is, for engineers with both digital and analog experience and working at the device level.
"Our customers would hire an 80-year-old analog engineer if she had the right skill set," says Brian Kennedy, only partly joking. Kennedy is the customer relation lead for the GaN on SiC (gallium nitride on silicon carbide) program at the National Research Council of Canada. Healthcare here, incidentally, is free.
Kennedy, who works with startups and multinationals in all verticals that are creating custom wafers on advanced semiconductor materials, says that experienced analog designers with hands-on experience at the wafer level are worth their weight in gold.
"I have seen industry pay top dollar for these highly specialized skills and believe me this is knowledge that analog engineers acquired the hard way, by slogging away in the trenches learning what's basically a black art," says Kennedy. He notes that a good designer at the device design level can make as much as $50k to $250k per custom chip.
But having experience at the wafer level and working with mixed signals requires skills in both digital and analog -- not something that all experienced analog designers possess.
Glen Chenier is an analog engineer who has spent his entire career bouncing around corporations of every type, at one time in strong demand for his skills designing discrete logic. "But nowadays when you are looking for work, the people doing the hiring are talking about mixed signal and doing everything on silicon," says Chenier.
In his career, he says he has never worked at the device level. "When you work for big companies, you tend to get slotted. They don't move you around, and nobody cross trains," says Chenier.
Chenier has moved twice in his career, each time for an analog position that eventually evaporated. Settled in Dallas, he doesn't wish to uproot yet again for a job that would lay him off in five years. And jobs for analog engineers aren't plentiful in his area.
After a long stint of unemployment, he finally landed a full-time job doing reverse engineering for a company that repairs legacy telecom equipment.
"It's the perfect job. Having a strong background in circuit design, I can look at someone else's design and sniff out all the connections, deduce the functions, and reproduce the drawings," he says.
The only drawback? The job pays less than half the money he used to make as an analog design engineer.
Yet demand -- and salaries -- for good analog engineers with mix-signal experience continues apace. Henry Wintz, solutions manager for the embedded industry practice at Ranstad Technologies, an engineering and employment hiring services firm, says that the number of positions for mixed signal engineers is up 300% compared to only a few years ago, and that pay rates are definitely escalating.
WIntz estimates that the typical time needed to fill an analog/mixed signal position is much longer today than it is for embedded software developers. "Within the first 24 hours that an embedded position is open, we easily have three to five candidates identified as a potential fit for the role. But with mixed signal design, it may be two to three days to identify even one qualified person," he explains.
Part of the reason for the delay is the relatively small pool of qualified candidates and the fact that the skill set required has become much more niched, says Wintz. "From what I see, I'd estimate only about one in 45 engineers might actually be qualified for one of these positions," he adds.
A challenge with mixed-signal design in particular, he says, is that while an engineer with five years of experience could possibly do the job, it would involve working side-by-side with a very senior analog engineer to get the rich analog knowledge needed to understand the small nuances of a design.


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Put all the Ross' highlight reel dunks in here!
In 20+ whatever games, Ross has already put together a lot of highlight reel dunks.
Just an amazing leaper, very explosive. This guy should seriously be in the slam dunk contest this year.
Put all the Ross' highlight reel dunks in here!
In 20+ whatever games, Ross has already put together a lot of highlight reel dunks.
Just an amazing leaper, very explosive. This guy should seriously be in the slam dunk contest this year.
Unrelated to him dunking I wish he would take that beautiful jumper of his with more confidence o well that will come with time this kid can shoot the lights out. Glad he has been driving to the rim when he is struggling on his shot though.
I like the fact that he jumps off of one and two feet.
On a side note, while I think he is a good shooter, does his shot look as nice as everyone says? I find he is not in great ballance all the time and is a little inconsistand with his form.
I'd like to see him in the contest, but true dunkers like ross always lose to the gimicky dunkers. To win, he'd have to bust out a choir and a kia, take a two-ball lob from sonny weems over in Moscow and finish thru the legs with a superman cape on. while signing a 4 year, 40 million dollar extension
I was saying to my buddy at the game last night how different it is when T Ross gets the ball in the open court (with guys around him) than DD. T Ross gets the look in his eye and you KNOW hes gonna dunk it. On his 2nd dunk last night .. someone (CJ Watson) was in front of him, but he just dribbled confidently, elevated and essentially said, "get the fuck outa the way" .. and threw it down. DD doesnt do that (not many guys in the league do). Vince certainly did. Hes not quite Vince .. but in this way, he does remind me of VC.
Derozan always lays it in when he's in traffic... Now I'm not saying dunking it in traffic is easy... But I bet he'd get more calls if he tried.
Derozan is much better at laying it in in traffic though. I like the fact that he is capable of those finishes, but agree that they also lessen his chances to get a foul because they involve more finesse than an aggressive dunk. The thing is, that just like derrick rose, if you can get tough layups to go in effortlessly and from impossible angles, then you can really dominate a game. Dunks are full of a lot more effort, and you cannot put up 20 points on dunks.
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
in compton dd would get shot for dunking on someone. what he doesnt realize is that this is canada where you will get a hand shake not a bullet
Already one of my favourite Raps to watch
He's so quick and explosive, and has surprisingly good handles. The potential is mouth-watering
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