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Andy Prefontaine receives Doctor of Humane Letters at 2022 Spring Commencement
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Morehead State University will award alumnus and long-time MSU supporter Andy Prefontaine an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at MSU's upcoming 2022 Spring Commencement Ceremony in recognition of his humanitarian and philanthropic contributions to society, both in the United States and internationally.
Prefontaine is the founder and CEO of Family Leisure Inc. and an entrepreneur who started home, property and advertising businesses. In addition to owning nine Family Leisure retail stores across the south and Midwest, he is also the founder and CEO of Sierra Advertising and owner of Pendelton Pike Properties, Watson's Properties and Watson of Minnesota Properties.
"Morehead State University gave me the opportunity I was looking for, launching me in the right direction, which led to a great career and a wonderful life," Prefontaine said. "I'm forever thankful for my alma mater and, with great appreciation, accept this honorary doctorate degree."
As a student, he was a member of the MSU ROTC program's first commissioned graduating class and served as the last president of the Aquila Club before the social organization became the national fraternal organization Pi Kappa Alpha. After he graduated from MSU in 1971, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army.
His desire to pay it forward led him to work with Sister of the Holy Cross in a Vietnam orphanage that only took in blind and visually impaired children. He would regularly donate money and gifts to the orphanage and children. Prefontaine was recognized for his business success, charitable giving and University support when inducted into the MSU Alumni Hall of Fame in 2016. He also serves as a member of the MSU Foundation Board of Trustees.
In 2018, Andy and his wife, Debbie, continued their generous support to ensure that same success is within reach for future generations of students. They contributed $750,000 to create the Andy and Debbie Prefontaine Scholarship Endowment. The proceeds from the endowment will provide scholarships to assist in recruiting and retaining current and future Eagles.
In honor of their charitable commitment, two spaces in the renovated Adron Doran University Center (ADUC) are named in their honor: the Prefontaine Tower and the Prefontaine Pub. Prefontaine Tower is located at the northernmost entrance of the ADUC expansion. The Prefontaine Pub is one of ADUC's dining options and student hangouts located on the first floor just past the tower entrance.
Commencement ceremonies for spring and summer 2022 graduates will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the Academic-Athletic Center (AAC) on the campus of Morehead State University. The ceremony schedule is as follows:
10 a.m. - Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences & Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology
1 p.m. - College of Science & Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education
For more information on 2022 Spring Commencement, visit www.moreheadstate.edu/graduation.

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Accused Minister is Now a Police Chaplain
Accused minister is now police chaplain
Clergyman was sued twice for alleged crimes
He's also on KC MO city planning commission
Victims' group wants him "ousted immediately"
And it wants "more careful vetting" of other candidates
SNAP: "His KCPD presence may deter others from reporting crimes"
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims and advocates will blast the KC MO
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-- Planning Commission for having him on their panel,
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-- ask both bodies to apologize and more carefully vet future candidates for positions
Thursday, March 7 at 11:15 a.m.
On the sidewalk outside the Kansas City MO Police Department, 1125 Locust in downtown KC MO
Three-five members of a nation-wide support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org) including a St. Louis man who is an child sexual abuse victim and is the organization's former long time director
KC MO Baptist minister Stan Archie is a chaplain with the KC MO Police Department.
However, Archie has been sued twice. One was a young woman who said he "used his position as pastor" to sexually abuse her when she was a 15 year old girl. The other was a woman who said he "sexually exploited" her as a church staffer by using his position as a pastoral counselor
The first case was resolved: not withdrawn, not tossed out, but resolved. The second case resulted in a $350,000 jury verdict against Archie's church, though his lawyer claims the verdict "exonerated" Archie.
Three other women testified at the trial that Archie had abused them. Archie tried to get that verdict overturned, but a judge ruled against him. When he was sued, Archie stepped down as the chair of the Missouri Board of Education. Both women were represented by Kansas City's most experienced and successful victims' attorney, Rebecca Randles (816 931 9901, 816 510 2704 cell, Rebecca@randlesmatalaw.com)
Despite all of this, in January Archie was interviewed on the air by a local TV station and identified as a police department chaplain.
SNAP asks "Why take the risk that he might abuse his authority and prestige and hurt someone?" The group is confident that there other less-controversial and more appropriate clergy who would be willing to be a department chaplain. Using Archie, the organization contends, decreases trust in the department and might deter victims of sexual violence from reporting crimes.
That same TV news account reported that the KCPD "is seeking to double the number of chaplains who provide spiritual support to its rank and file." SNAP is urging very thorough vetting of those prospective candidates.
According to his website and the Psychology Today website, Archie is a 'licensed professional counselor in Kansas who has been in practice for two years and has a degree from Mid-America Nazarine University in Olathe Kansas.
The later site lists his "client focus" as "adolescents/teenagers (14 to 19)" and "heterosexual" people.
It appears that Archie's still head of Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, 4509 Troost Ave. KC MO (816-561-7791).http://www.cfbckc.org/home
Archie is also vice chair of the KC MO city planning commission.
http://kcmo.gov/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/06/BikeKCMasterPlanDraft2019Feb03.pdf
Archie's office is at 8301 Stateline Road. He can be reached at 913 747 4132, 913 815 0418 or stan@sarchietherapy.com. He formerly led the Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, 4509 Troost Ave. in KC MO.
Archie's not the only accused cleric who held this role. Starting in 1978, Msgr. Thomas J. O'Brien was also a KC MO police chaplain. He's accused of and has been sued for allegedly assaulting at least two dozen kids.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/09_10/2013_10_22_SNAP_MissourisMost.htm
Another former KC MO priest, Msgr. Thomas M. Reardon was among about 10 counselors working for Addiction Recovery Services, an agency whose counselors see clients referred to them by the Jackson County drug court. (The clients are drug-case defendants whom the court requires to get substance abuse treatment.) He still lives in the KC area.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/2004_02_19_Murphy_ExPriest_Thomas_Reardon_4.htm
David Clohessy davidgclohessy@gmail.com, 314-566-9790, Zach Hiner zhiner@snapnetwork.org, 517-974-9009, Larry Davis 816 769 5899, ldavisvos@gmail.com


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In the exhibition "This Place is Close and Unfolded" at Westfälischer Kunstverein the Scottish artist Martin Boyce (*1967) is dealing once again with references to Modernism. A photography in a book about french gardens of Modernism is the basis and an important source for Boyce's recent works. It shows four trees made of concrete, designed by Joël and Jan Martel for the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, 1925. For the artist these are "a perfect collapse of architecture and nature". Our correspondent Thom de Bock spoke with the Artistic Director Carina Plath (who curated together with Brigitte Franzen and Kasper König the Skulpturen Projekte Münster 07) about the show of Martin Boyce which is on display from April 19 until June 6, 2008. At the end of the movie we present Martin Boyce's contribution for Skulpturen Projekte Münster 07. In cooperation with Ikon Gallery and with the support of the Henry Moore Foundation and British Council a catalogue will be published.


The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is putting industry on notice that it will be closely watching the impact of revisions made to the Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code. The Code registered with the ACMA replaces the existing Code from today.
"The TCP Code provides significant consumer protections. ACCAN will be keeping a close eye on how the industry performs under the revised Code," said ACCAN CEO, Teresa Corbin. "We want to see the debate shift from just being about deregulation to the more nuanced 'better regulation.' If we don't then consumers will begin to suffer due to reductions in community safeguards.
"In a backward step, changes introduced today mean telcos will no longer be obliged to publish important information on their websites, such as coverage maps, international roaming information and contact details for financial hardship staff," said Ms Corbin. "It's now up to the telco how they provide this information, and we are concerned that this will particularly harm consumers who face accessibility barriers, and are reliant on web-based information. It may affect consumers' ability to make informed purchasing decisions."
The consumer benefit of providing clear information was the number one conclusion of the ACMA's 'Reconnecting the Customer Inquiry' in 2011 which led to the current Code. Having clear information online, on a website that is accessible, allows consumers to take the time to understand information free from a pressured sales pitch.
While consumer protections under the Australian Consumer Law and Disability Discrimination Act still apply, ACCAN maintains that the Code has been an effective tool in driving good industry practice.
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ACCAN has secured a win for consumers in the revised Code by ensuring that rules preventing telcos from using confusing terms like 'cap', 'free' and 'unlimited' in advertising remain in the Code. We have also worked to keep rules which impact on complaint handling, debt collection and financial hardship practices within the Code.
The industry consultation on Chapter 9 of the TCP Code, which relates to compliance obligations under the Code and the role of the compliance monitoring body Communications Compliance, is still ongoing. ACCAN is participating in this process to ensure that an effective compliance regime will continue to guide industry and drive down complaints.


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            Lofting, H. (1922). The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. London, England: Lippincott Publishing.

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	Just before supper-time Bumpo appeared from downstairs and went to the Doctor at the wheel.

	"A stowaway in the hold, Sir," said he in a very business-like seafaring voice. "I just discovered him, behind the flour-bags."

	"Dear me!" said the Doctor. "What a nuisance! Stubbins, go down with Bumpo and bring the man up. I can't leave the wheel just now."

	So Bumpo and I went down into the hold; and there, behind the flour-bags, plastered in flour from head to foot, we found a man. After we had swept most of the flour off him with a broom, we discovered that it was Matthew Mugg. We hauled him upstairs sneezing and took him before the Doctor.

	"Why Matthew!" said John Dolittle. "What on earth are you doing here?"

	"The temptation was too much for me, Doctor," said the cat's-meat-man. "You know I've often asked you to take me on voyages with you and you never would. Well, this time, knowing that you needed an extra man, I thought if I stayed hid till the ship was well at sea you would find I came in handy like and keep me. But I had to lie so doubled up, for hours, behind them flour-bags, that my rheumatism came on something awful. I just had to change my position; and of course just as I stretched out my legs along comes this here African cook of yours and sees my feet sticking out—Don't this ship roll something awful! How long has this storm been going on? I reckon this damp sea air wouldn't be very good for my rheumatics."

	"No, Matthew it really isn't. You ought not to have come. You are not in any way suited to this kind of a life. I'm sure you wouldn't enjoy a long voyage a bit. We'll stop in at Penzance and put you ashore. Bumpo, please go downstairs to my bunk; and listen: in the pocket of my dressing-gown you'll find some maps. Bring me the small one—with blue pencil-marks at the top. I know Penzance is over here on our left somewhere. But I must find out what light-houses there are before I change the ship's course and sail inshore."

	"Very good, Sir," said Bumpo, turning round smartly and making for the stairway.

	"Now Matthew," said the Doctor, "you can take the coach from Penzance to Bristol. And from there it is not very far to Puddleby, as you know. Don't forget to take the usual provisions to the house every Thursday, and be particularly careful to remember the extra supply of herrings for the baby minks."

	While we were waiting for the maps Chee-Chee and I set about lighting the lamps: a green one on the right side of the ship, a red one on the left and a white one on the mast.

	At last we heard some one trundling on the stairs again and the Doctor said,

	"Ah, here's Bumpo with the maps at last!"

	But to our great astonishment it was not Bumpo alone that appeared but THREE people.

	"Good Lord deliver us! Who are these?" cried John Dolittle.

	"Two more stowaways, Sir," said Bumpo stepping forward briskly. "I found them in your cabin hiding under the bunk. One woman and one man, Sir. Here are the maps."

	"This is too much," said the Doctor feebly. "Who are they? I can't see their faces in this dim light. Strike a match, Bumpo."

	You could never guess who it was. It was Luke and his wife. Mrs. Luke appeared to be very miserable and seasick.

	They explained to the Doctor that after they had settled down to live together in the little shack out on the fens, so many people came to visit them (having heard about the great trial) that life became impossible; and they had decided to escape from Puddleby in this manner—for they had no money to leave any other way—and try to find some new place to live where they and their story wouldn't be so well known. But as soon as the ship had begun to roll Mrs. Luke had got most dreadfully unwell.

	Poor Luke apologized many times for being such a nuisance and said that the whole thing had been his wife's idea.

	The Doctor, after he had sent below for his medicine-bag and had given Mrs. Luke some sal volatile and smelling-salts, said he thought the best thing to do would be for him to lend them some money and put them ashore at Penzance with Matthew. He also wrote a letter for Luke to take with him to a friend the Doctor had in the town of Penzance who, it was hoped, would be able to find Luke work to do there.

	As the Doctor opened his purse and took out some gold coins I heard Polynesia, who was sitting on my shoulder watching the whole affair, mutter beneath her breath,

	"There he goes—lending his last blessed penny—three pounds ten—all the money we had for the whole trip! Now we haven't the price of a postage-stamp aboard if we should lose an anchor or have to buy a pint of tar—Well, let's, pray we don't run out of food—Why doesn't he give them the ship and walk home?"

	Presently with the help of the map the course of the boat was changed and, to Mrs. Luke's great relief, we made for Penzance and dry land.

	I was tremendously interested to see how a ship could be steered into a port at night with nothing but light-houses and a compass to guide you. It seemed to me that the Doctor missed all the rocks and sand-bars very cleverly.

	We got into that funny little Cornish harbor about eleven o'clock that night. The Doctor took his stowaways on shore in our small row-boat which we kept on the deck of the Curlew and found them rooms at the hotel there. When he got back he told us that Mrs. Luke had gone straight to bed and was feeling much better.

	It was now after midnight; so we decided to stay in the harbor and wait till morning before setting out again.

	I was glad to get to bed, although I felt that staying up so tremendously late was great fun. As I climbed into the bunk over the Doctor's and pulled the blankets snugly round me, I found I could look out of the port-hole at my elbow, and, without raising my head from the pillow, could see the lights of Penzance swinging gently up and down with the motion of the ship at anchor. It was like being rocked to sleep with a little show going on to amuse you. I was just deciding that I liked the life of the sea very much when I fell fast asleep.

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Declining neighborhoods: Indy's auction block
How county tax collectors contribute to neighborhood decline.
Declining neighborhoods: Indy's auction block How county tax collectors contribute to neighborhood decline. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1HvWvKP
Brian Eason, brian.eason@indystar.com Published 6:03 p.m. ET Nov. 28, 2015 | Updated 8:59 a.m. ET Nov. 29, 2015
An attendee bids on a house during the annual Marion County Tax Sale, where homes delinquent in their tax bill payments go up for sale, City/County Building, Indianapolis, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015.(Photo: Robert Scheer / The Star)Buy Photo
It's been 11 years since Minnie Crawford died — and at least five years since anyone kept up with the taxes on her Near-Northside Indianapolis home.
In Crawford's absence, Mother Nature moved in. On a sunny morning in late May, the weeds behind 1909 Cornell Ave. could reach the chest of a grown man. The roof's remaining asphalt shingles were warped. Ivy blanketed the rotting siding.
In 2010, three new duplexes and two houses went up on the block, a promising sign of redevelopment in an otherwise struggling neighborhood. But the next year, Crawford's home entered the tax sale system, setting off a cycle of decline.
The first buyer paid $776.96 in delinquent taxes, then dumped the home for $1. The next flipped it for $1,000. Eventually, it landed back in tax sale; Denver-based Asset Recovery Inc. bought it sight unseen, then decided it wasn't even worth the property taxes owed.
This house, at 1909 Cornell Ave., has gone to tax sale four times. It is now owned by San Diego-based Mt. Helix, the company with the most abandoned homes in Indianapolis. (Photo: Robert Scheer / The Star)
With no one caring for the house, code citations piled up, adding to the delinquent taxes. In September 2013, the Mt. Helix Real Estate Investment Fund bought the tax lien for $9,600 — but under Indiana law, it had to wait a year to take the deed. In the meantime, the San Diego-based company didn't board it up or mow the grass. It didn't even take title until June 24, 2015.
A month later, the city ordered the building demolished. And in October, it went back to tax sale — this time with $5,373 in nuisance liens on top of $1,868.63 in back taxes and penalties, which Mt. Helix eventually paid.
Six more years of blight in a neighborhood on the cusp of recovery. All triggered by a $776.96 tax bill.
Indiana's convoluted tax sale system, which lures scores of investors each year with promises of cheap property and windfalls of up to 15 percent, is not just delaying the recovery in Indianapolis neighborhoods; it is hastening the decline. A months-long Indianapolis Star investigation found the tax sale system has sent more than 19,000 properties to government auction since the housing crisis began in 2008, many of them condemned to languish in a similar fate as Minnie Crawford's.
All told, tax sales collected $152 million in delinquent taxes in that period but left a trail of wreckage in Indianapolis' neighborhoods.
Over and over, properties like that of Minnie Crawford were sold for taxes to lien buyers. More than 2,700 properties have been sold for delinquent taxes two or more times since 2008, and of those, nearly 1 in 5 is still considered abandoned today.
Because many have been demolished, these figures likely understate the extent of the problem. But homes offered at tax sale since 2008 still accounted for 42 percent of the abandoned houses that remained standing as of July.
The system has given birth to a cottage industry of companies such as Mt. Helix, which are willing to buy hundreds of dilapidated properties sight unseen, even when the homes are beyond repair.
National experts in the fields of law, community development and real estate told The Indianapolis Star the tax sale system incentivizes those investors in ways that undermine the efforts of city officials, businesses and nonprofits to redevelop our most troubled neighborhoods.
Many experts say the tax liens sold by government are so corrosive to the real estate market that they should be abolished, but state and local officials, fearing a temporary disruption in tax collections, have resisted even modest reforms.
As the debate drags on, neighborhoods continue to decline. In one crime hot spot on the Near Eastside, 1 in 3 homes is now vacant, and some policymakers are losing patience.
"It's a widespread mess," said state Sen. Jim Merritt, R-Indianapolis. "I'm ready to open the doors and talk about all tax sales, whether it's vacant or any other building. (But) I think local government views that as an abyss, that they're worried about their costs on such an animal."
There are many drawbacks to the tax sale system. Long waiting periods leave ownership of properties in limbo for years, sometimes as long as a decade. Properties are sold so cheaply they can be dumped on a whim. The system is so arcane it is almost inaccessible to the average person. It makes it easy for irresponsible investors to dump the costs of their bad decisions back on the city.
Nothing better illustrates the strange economics of the tax sale system than this: Many of the people who bid on homes at tax sales have no intention of buying them, let alone of maintaining them.
'This is just a speculative investment'
When the housing bubble burst in 2008, property tax delinquency swelled in Indiana, exposing serious flaws in the way Indiana collects delinquent taxes, and pitting county treasurers against city planners trying to save poor neighborhoods from rapid decay.
In 2008, Marion County Treasurer Claudia Fuentes issued 9,310 letters warning homeowners of delinquency; a year later, that number jumped to 22,133.
Attendees line up outside the annual Marion County Tax Sale, where homes delinquent in their tax bill payments go up for sale, City/County Building, Indianapolis, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (Photo: Robert Scheer / The Star)
Most of those bills were paid off before they went to tax sale, but many weren't. From 2008 to 2014, the treasurer offered 20,414 property tax liens at auction, collecting $152 million in unpaid taxes.
Marion County tax sales attracted investors from at least 31 states. Observers saw similar trends nationwide. And national experts say tax sale systems across the country were ill-equipped to deal with the fallout.
Tax sale procedures vary from state to state. In Indiana, investors buy tax liens against homes at auction. Homeowners have one year to pay back the investors, plus interest. If the owners don't pay within a year, the investors have the right to take the properties.
For decades, the system's flaws went largely unnoticed. Historically, homeowners redeemed 90 percent or more of the homes offered at tax sales nationwide, so relatively few homes ended up in investors' hands.
But in 2008, only 60 percent of homeowners in Marion County paid up and got their homes back. In 2009, that fell to 49 percent, and it has risen no higher than 58 percent in any year since, according to an analysis by The Star. That caused huge problems in neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates.
First, the one-year waiting period prolongs the time an abandoned home sits vacant, an open invitation to squatters and drug dealers. If a home goes to tax sale multiple times, as thousands have, the ownership limbo can cause it to deteriorate beyond repair. Roofs collapse. Windows are broken. People steal everything of value.
The grace period is meant to protect homeowners who may be trying to muster enough money to keep their house. But investors can bid as much as they want on a tax lien, and owners must pay back the entire bid, plus interest. For valuable homes, that sometimes raises the tax bill tenfold, forcing the families out. For them, the grace period offers little relief.
But that's not the only aspect of the tax sale system that troubles experts. Another glaring problem is the perverse economic incentives caused by the high interest rates the system offers investors. If a tax lien is paid off within six months, the investor is allowed 10 percent interest. After six months, the rate rises to 15 percent.
"You have an investment vehicle that has a far greater rate of return than you can get anywhere else today," said Frank Alexander, co-founder of the Center for Community Progress, the nation's top blight advisory group.
For context, the rate of return on a 30-year U.S. Treasury bond today is just 3 percent. The stock market typically grows about 7 percent but fluctuates wildly from year to year.
That creates neighborhood problems, because many investors aren't really interested in owning and maintaining real estate. "They don't want to become property owners or landlords," said Andrew Kahrl, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia's Corcoran Department of History who has researched the tax sale industry. "This is just a speculative investment."
That has had serious ramifications in some neighborhoods. Imagine, for example, living next to the empty house once owned by Evelyn Flynn.
In 2009, Flynn died at the age of 83. That year, her home, at 3724 Calhoun St., was sold at tax sale for $3,000. An investor, Bassett Funding LLC, bought it, and someone — an estate, perhaps, or a bank — paid off the back taxes.
In 2011, it was demolished. But the property went back to tax sale anyway — sold to the Nebraska Alliance Realty Co. for $1,036.06. This time, no one paid off the taxes. And Nebraska Alliance didn't want the lot.
In 2013, it went back again. Bought by TCLF 2012A LLC for $609.23. Again, no one redeemed the property, and again, the buyer didn't want the land. Today this neighborhood is riddled with empty houses and vacant lots choked with so much brush it encroaches on the road.
This year, Flynn's lot went back to tax sale a fourth time, the deed still in her name. Sold once again, for $1,938.48.
The buyer will have a year to decide whether to take the land. And Flynn's estate — six years after she died — will have a year to decide whether it wants to pay off the taxes and keep it.
The problem is not only that the tax sale system kept Flynn's property in limbo for six years. The Star also found that the more times a house goes to tax sale the more likely it is to remain abandoned. Yet more than 2,700 homes have been allowed to go to tax sale at least twice since 2008.
Much of it is due to speculators who don't take the homes. In 2009, investors didn't take the deed to 1 in 10 liens they purchased. Since 2008, investors have walked away from 443 properties in this manner, according to The Star's analysis. One in four of these properties is abandoned today.
Fuentes acknowledges there are problem properties — "There absolutely are."
But when presented with The Star's findings on chronic tax sale properties, she downplayed the extent of the problem. She doesn't count 678 homes that were auctioned back-to-back in 2008 and 2009. That, she said, was a mistake.
And she excludes 687 other homes that were offered multiple times but were redeemed.
"Properties redeemed both times; what's the problem?" said Cindy Land, administrative deputy for the Marion County treasurer's office. "If it's redeemed two times, three times, four times? What's the problem?"
It may not be a problem for the tax collector. But for many neighborhoods, experts say, the problem is very real. If the taxes on an abandoned property are being paid late, there's often no one maintaining the property or securing it from intruders. And neighbors are left to deal with the fallout.
Other jurisdictions take empty and abandoned homes out of the tax sale system. Some actually take seriously blighted homes away from their owners, even when the taxes are paid.
In Indiana, laws passed in the last two years give cities new tools. One allows cities to pull abandoned homes out of limbo, but so far Indianapolis hasn't had enough time to use it. Another law cut the interest rates that lien buyers receive in an effort to reduce speculation in the market.
But the rate cut reduced the number of investors at Marion County's last tax sale, causing Fuentes to suggest the high interest rates should be restored.
Others, however, say there are better ways to fix the system.
Reducing the interest rate is not enough, said Alexander, a professor at Emory Law School. "I actually think it's a counterproductive move," he said.
"I would've said get rid of tax liens."
'The numbers simply don't work'
Various studies have shown that the tax sale system's emphasis on short-term revenue can be harmful to tax collections in the long term.
A 2012 analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland found that tax-delinquent abandoned homes reduced values of nearby properties by as much as 7.6 percent. Other studies around the country have made similar findings.
In Marion County, the median assessed value of residential property declined 8.2 percent from 2008 to 2013, which reform advocates see as a troubling sign that the state's short-term focus may be having detrimental long-term effects.
"We feel passionately in doing this work that a long-term perspective is what's important to make these properties assets again in their local communities," said Andy Fraizer, executive director of the Indiana Association for Community Economic Development. "And that is longer than election cycles. It's longer than the next tax foreclosure process. It's about getting this property back on the tax rolls for long-term redevelopment and asset growth."
In some cases, even the short-term math doesn't work.
For each abandoned home with code violations, the city Department of Code Enforcement spends $900 a year on mowing, cleaning up trash and the staff time required to inspect and issue violation notices. That's more than the annual property taxes on many of the properties. And that doesn't include the costs of emergency services to these homes, which are visited frequently by police and firefighters, The Star found.
Then there are the homes that need demolition — $10,000 a pop, or upwards of $25,000 in case of emergencies.
"With many of these properties, the numbers simply don't work," said state Rep. Ed Clere, R-New Albany.
What's more, the tax sale system is far from a perfect tax collector. In Marion County, it has left $66.5 million uncollected since 2008.
The county does not track how much interest is paid to investors, but based on the amount of tax money collected, it is sure to exceed $10 million and is likely far higher.
"Why are we keeping the problem and exporting the profits?" Alexander said. "Why are we letting a Santa Monica investor get that profit instead of the revenue collector in Indianapolis?"
'My question is why?'
One obstacle, reformers say, is that government is operating in silos instead of trying to devise a tax collection system that brings in the money but does no harm.
County tax collectors are clinging to the system despite a drumbeat of concerns raised by city planners.
"If we didn't have the investors, there would really be no incentive for people to redeem those properties or pay their taxes in general," said David Bottorff, executive director of the Association of Indiana Counties.
But it is not the investor that causes the homeowner to pay; it is the threat of losing the home.
Alexander says government can foreclose on a property just as an investor can.
"So if you're selling tax liens, my question is why? Why wouldn't you sell that yourself and capture the 10 percent return?" Alexander said. "And as for selling tax liens on (properties) that nobody in their right mind would buy, that's just gonna be a merry-go-round. As soon as that purchaser wakes up, they're not going to pay it again.
"That's the true hazard property for the neighborhood."
Michigan, where cities such as Detroit and Flint have struggled with blight for decades, abolished its tax lien system long ago.
There, homeowners still have a grace period. If the taxes are redeemed, the government, not an investor, gets the penalty interest. And on the day of the tax sale, the government sells the home instead of a lien.
That does two things: It eliminates investors that want only the interest returns. And it opens up the market to those who want the house but don't want to put up cash in advance for a property that's going to be stuck in limbo for a year.
Fraizer, with the Indiana community development group, said he tried to educate lawmakers and counties alike on the merits of the system but got nowhere. Instead, lawmakers have tried to reform the existing system. But even supporters aren't convinced the changes will solve the problem.
"One of the big issues that I think we have to confront at some point is how can we make the tax sale process about selling real estate rather than selling these certificates that put these properties in a state of limbo," Clere said.
When pressed, Fuentes cites two benefits of the tax lien system. It brings money in fast, and it reduces the number of properties the government is forced to handle.
"I don't know that this was ever set up beyond a measure of collecting debt, and not putting it in the hands of government to become the new second-largest owner of property in the city based on uncollected debt," she said. "It's not set up for that."
Others say that sort of thinking is exactly why investor-owned blight has been allowed to proliferate in the past several years.
"We tried many, many tools (to combat blight), and sadly the only one that's truly effective is for the city to take title," said Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman, co-chair of a special committee on redeveloping abandoned homes. "It's conflicting, because some of the financial people here at the city say 'what are we going to do with all of these properties?' My argument has always been in return, we're at least controlling our fate."
In Indiana, the fate of many neighborhoods is in other hands.
'This is just ridiculous'
Minnie Crawford's home at 1909 Cornell Ave. never should have been sold, Steven Meyer fumes.
A former city planner, Meyer is the executive director of King Park Development Corp., which built the homes next door.
"This is just ridiculous," Meyer said as he walked through the neighborhood in late May. "You look out the window of this brand-new construction building, and you see the chimneys collapsing" next door.
Set aside the pockets of blight, and it's a desirable neighborhood. A few blocks away, homes have sold for as much as $307,000. And Meyer had sold at least two of the homes his CDC built on Cornell. A third had an interested buyer — but they walked away at the sight of 1909 Cornell, the chronic tax sale property whose last known occupant died in 2004.
"We've had our construction manager go through it, and there's just nothing salvageable about it," Meyer said. "These houses are very much so a cancer in the neighborhoods."
The owner of the Cornell house, Mt. Helix — the company with the most abandoned houses in Indianapolis — eventually paid off the back taxes, but it hasn't maintained the property or torn it down. On Nov. 10, Code Enforcement inspectors visited the house again after reports of illegal activity; someone had broken in.
Two blocks away, on Bellefontaine Street, another Mt. Helix home looks structurally sound, but at one point in September, the lock was punched out on the back door, leaving the home wide open to intruders. On a return visit by The Star in November, the home was still unsecured.
At Bellefontaine and 17th streets, three of the four corners are being redeveloped for commercial use. On the fourth is a vacant lot, next door to yet another Mt. Helix home, which has a tree growing out of its foundation.
Meyer says the home on Cornell wasn't salvageable in the first place. The Bellefontaine home might have been. But because the government sold it for taxes rather than for redevelopment, it was allowed to deteriorate.
"Some of these houses, you're looking at a cycle of four and five years of disinvestment," Meyer said. "... Even a good house that goes through that, if it goes through twice, a house that hasn't been taken care of for 10 years? It's just a complete waste."
Call Star reporter Brian Eason at (317) 444-6129. Follow him on Twitter: @brianeason.
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Gillig Phantom
Series of buses produced by Gillig Corporation, United States from 1980 to 2008
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2008 Phantom operated by Sound Transit; one of the final examples built.
Gillig Corporation
United States: Hayward, California
1 door (school bus)
High floor, step entrance
Gillig
78-84 passengers (school bus configuration)
30–40 ft (9.1–12.2 m)
96–102 in (2,438–2,591 mm)
Gillig Transit Coach
Gillig Low Floor
The Gillig Phantom is a series of buses that was produced by American manufacturer Gillig Corporation in Hayward, California. The successor to the long-running Gillig Transit Coach model line, the Phantom marked the transition of Gillig from a producer of yellow school buses to that of transit buses. The first transit bus assembled entirely by Gillig (from 1977 to 1979, the company assembled a few buses in a joint venture with Neoplan), the Phantom was produced exclusively as a high-floor bus (with step entrance).
As operator needs shifted towards low-entry buses in North America, Gillig introduced the Gillig H2000LF/Low Floor. Initially produced alongside the Low Floor, in 2008, Gillig ended production of the Phantom to concentrate entirely on low-floor bus production. The final Gillig Phantom was produced in September 2008, with the final examples acquired by Sound Transit.[citation needed]
1 Model overview
1.1 Transit bus
1.1.1 Suburban version
1.2 School bus
1.2.1 Design modifications
2 Powertrain
Model overview[edit]
Across its production, the Gillig Phantom was produced in three primary configurations. Alongside the standard transit bus, Gillig offered a suburban configuration (fitted with forward-facing seats) and the Gillig Phantom School Bus (adapted for school bus use).
Transit bus[edit]
When introduced in 1980, the Gillig Phantom was offered in a single configuration: a 96-inch width and a 35-foot body length. For 1981, additional 30-foot and 40-foot lengths were introduced; in 1983, a 102-inch body width entered production. From 2005 onward, only the 102-inch-wide version was available due to stricter emissions and accessibility requirements.
Transit versions of the Phantom were produced with a front entrance door and a mid-ship entrance door; two configurations of the latter were available. Transit operators typically opted for the standard width, while the wider version was specified by airport shuttle operators and rental car agencies. For either entrance, a wheelchair lift (integrated into the step entrance) was available as an option; if specified for the rear entrance, the wider width was configured.
During its production, the exterior of the Phantom saw little change; an exception was the modernization of its destination sign (switching from a rollsign to an LED display). Dual or quad headlights were offered (with the latter becoming the most common on transit buses). While a mandatory design feature on the Phantom School Bus, a rear window was a rare option for transit/suburban Phantoms; Monterey-Salinas Transit and King County Metro are the only two transit authorities known to have ordered Phantoms with a rear window. On transit/suburban versions, several window configurations were offered; fixed side windows were a rarely ordered option.
Suburban version[edit]
The suburban version of the Phantom transit bus was offered throughout its production. Distinguished by forward facing seats (rather than perimeter seating and standee provisions), these versions were configured for longer routes. In one configuration, the mid-ship entrance door is optional. Other options included on-board luggage racks (typically mounted above the seats).
1980-2008 Gillig Phantom, transit/suburban buses
1985 Gillig Phantom of LADOT (Los Angeles, California)
1991 Gillig Phantom of Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois)
1999 Gillig Phantom of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (Sunnyvale, California)
Interior view, 1999 Gillig Phantom of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (Sunnyvale, California)
2001 Gillig Phantom (suburban configuration) of Suffolk County Transit (Long Island, New York)
2001-2003 Gillig Phantom trolleybus of King County Metro (Seattle, Washington)
School bus[edit]
Gillig Phantom school bus of Los Angeles Unified School District (California)
Introduced in 1986, production of the Phantom School Bus ended after 1993. In a fashion similar to the long-running Gillig Transit Coach School Bus, while available across the United States, sales of the Phantom School Bus were concentrated to operators on the West Coast. Although initially well-received, sales of the vehicle dropped off at the end of the 1980s. As school bus production became increasingly competitive in the early 1990s, Gillig ended production of the Phantom School Bus after 1993, concluding 71 years of school bus production.
Using much of the mass-transit Gillig Phantom as a donor platform, the design was the first fully redesigned Gillig school bus in 46 years. While used in mass-transit and motorcoach construction, the monocque (unibody) chassis construction of the Phantom was largely untested in the school bus segment (with the notable exception of the Crown Supercoach). As a consequence of using the Phantom chassis, Gillig was also forced to abandon the mid-engine layout offered by the Transit Coach.
Gillig offered the Phantom School Bus in two body lengths during its production: 37 feet (78 passenger capacity) and 40 feet (84 or 87 passenger capacity). As federal regulations of the time did not permit the use of a 102" width body for a school bus, the Phantom School Bus used the narrower 96" body width of the Phantom (discontinued in 2004).
For its 1986 introduction, Gillig offered the Phantom School Bus a range of diesel engines, including the Caterpillar 3208 V8 (school buses were largely the only Phantoms with this engine) and the Detroit Diesel 6V92TA (replacing the 6V71 from the Transit Coach). The Phantom school bus was available with several transmission choices; all of which were carried over from the Transit Coach: the Allison MT-643 and MT-647 4-speed automatics; the MT-654CR 5-speed automatic; and the heavier-duty HT-747 automatic. For school districts with mountainous terrain, the Phantom offered two manual transmission options: the Fuller Roadranger RT6610 and RT11610 10-speeds.
Design modifications[edit]
To convert the Phantom into a school bus, Gillig made a number of changes to the exterior and interior to comply with school bus design standards at both state and federal levels. While the most distinctive changes were the addition of school bus yellow exterior paint and the fitment of high-back forward-facing padded school bus seats, a number of other design changes were phased in as well.
On the forward section of the body, the driver-side windshield was modified, switching from angled to vertically mounted glass. The quad headlights were replaced in favor of dual headlights (although quad headlamps remained an option). To properly meet design regulations, the Phantom School Bus was fitted with larger sideview mirrors, convex mirrors, and front cross-view mirrors. To give the school bus traffic priority, red warning lights (and amber lights, for Phantom school buses sold outside of California) were fitted in the front and rear roof caps along with a side stop arm.
As it served as a rear emergency exit, the Phantom School Bus was fitted with a rear window; as a requirement for rear-engine buses, the bus was fitted with a left-side emergency-exit door.
A number of changes were focused on the sides of the body. As the vehicle was to be used for school routes and not for transit use, the rear curbside exit was deleted (a design change also forced by regulations). In place of transit-style windows, narrower split-sash windows (required for school buses) were fitted to the body. To reinforce the body structure, Gillig added two full-length steel rails below the window line; unlike most school buses, the structure of the Phantom was additionally reinforced above the window line as well.
The Phantom School Bus was not factory-produced with a wheelchair lift; the transit-style wheelchair lift was deleted from the stepwell. As a result, the entry door on the Phantom School Bus was several inches narrower than its mass-transit counterpart. However, Gillig continued to offer a kneeling feature from the mass-transit Phantom as an option, allowing the driver to lower the front of the bus to curb level when loading/unloading passengers.
Powertrain[edit]
The Phantom was originally equipped with either a Detroit Diesel 6V92TA, 6V71, or Cummins L-10 diesel engine, and was later available with either a Cummins ISB, ISC, ISL, or ISM diesel engine. The Phantom was formerly available with the Detroit Diesel Series 50 engine from 1993 until 2004 when Detroit Diesel cut production of the Series 50 engine. The Detroit Diesel Series 40 engine was available from 1995 to 2003.
A liquefied natural gas fueled version was produced beginning in 1992; it was later discontinued. A diesel-electric hybrid powered version was sold from 1996 to 2006; MTA in New York purchased a Gillig Phantom hybrid demo bus as well as diesels for MTA Long Island bus. From 2001 to 2003, King County Metro purchased 100 Gillig Phantoms to convert to trolleybuses. Purchased as "gliders" with no powertrain, the buses were fitted with the trolleybus propulsion system from its previous fleet, saving over $20 million from an all-new design.
Years Available
Caterpillar 3208
3208: 1986-1990
C9: 2003-2008
3208 available almost exclusively in Phantom school buses.
Only 57 transit buses were specified with this engine, all of which went to Ride On in Montgomery County, Maryland and delivered in 1989; all were 30 feet long.
Cummins L-10
C8.3,ISC
M11 L10: 1984-1994
ISB: 1997-2008
C8.3: 1993-1998
ISC: 1998-2006
ISL: 2001-2008
M11: 1994-1998
ISM: 1999-2008
Detroit Diesel 6V71,6V71TA
6V92TA
Series 50 6V71/6V71TA: 1980-1988
6V92TA: 1980-1994
Series 50: 1993-2004
The Detroit Diesel 6V71 engine was available only for 30' buses while the 6V71TA was available for 30' and 35' models.
Buses portal
Flxible Metro
Neoplan AN440
GMC/TMC/NovaBus RTS
Gillig Corporation, gillig.com, Retrieved on 2006-12-25
Gillig Phantom gillig.com, Retrieved on 2010-02-02
Gillig Transit Coach / Pacific SchoolCoach Online Museum, gilligcoaches.net, Retrieved on 2006-12-25
GM Brings Clean Mass Transit to Environmental Conference, allisontransmission.com, Retrieved on 2006-12-25
Stauss, Ed (1988). The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses, Woodland Hills, CA: Stauss Publications. ISBN 0-9619830-0-0
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gillig Phantom.
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A privately-held corporation owned by Henry Crown & Company under CC Industries, Inc.
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Gillig Low Floor/Advantage
Gillig BRT
Gillig-Neoplan
Gillig Spirit
Specialty buses
Gillig Trolley Replica
School buses (discontinued)
Gillig Phantom School Bus
School bus manufacturers, North America
Active manufacturers
Full-size and small buses
Blue Bird Corporation (small buses made by Girardin Minibus)
GreenPower Motor Company
Lion Electric Company
Thomas Built Buses, Inc
Small buses only
Collins Industries
Girardin Minibus (renamed Micro Bird by Girardin)
Starcraft Bus
Trans Tech
Van Con
Defunct manufacturers
(including date of closure
or last school bus manufacture)
Corbeil Bus Corporation (2016)
Carpenter Industries, Inc (2001)
American Transportation Corporation (AmTran) (2002; became IC Bus)
Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil (2008; acquired by Collins)
Liberty Bus (2005)
Mid Bus (2008)
U.S. Bus Corporation (2006; became Trans Tech)
Coach and Equipment Manufacturing (1999; still in business)
Crown Coach Corporation (1991)
Gillig (1993; still in business)
Mid Bus (1998; acquired by Collins)
TAM-USA (1991)
Wayne Corporation (1992; became Wayne Wheeled Vehicles)
Wayne Wheeled Vehicles (1995)
Ward Body Works (1980; became AmTran)
New Bus Company (1989)
Superior Coach Company (1985)
Northern Coach
Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1972; became Thomas Built Buses)
Hackney Brothers Body Company (1966)
Kenworth-Pacific (1957; still in business)
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The Caribbean is not only made up of the islands in the Caribbean Sea but also of the mainland territories of Belize, Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana. The region is marked by diversity. Some territories are very small, such as St. Martin, which has a surface area of thirty-seven square miles and a population of 73,000.
The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century / Samuel Brunk
'Look into his eyes: could you ever say "no" to a man like that?' We were standing before a portrait of Emiliano Zapata; the woman who would have found it hard to say 'no' was a young, middle-class professional from Mexico City who had generously taken up the task of introducing her nation's language and history to me.
Cuba in Revolution: a History since the Fifties / Antoni Kapcia
Given the division of opinion over the nature of Cuban Revolution, it has always been hard to find a general work on the subject that does not merely tell half the story. However, Toni Kapcia has now provided us with a book which, while comprehensible to a general audience or a useful introduction for students, will nevertheless provide insights for the more specialist reader.
Enlightened Reform in Southern Europe and its Atlantic Colonies, c. 1750-1830 / Gabriel Paquette
This is an important volume that hopefully will disseminate new ideas and stimulate new research outside and beyond the communities of Enlightenment and Atlantic historians that have contributed to it. The Southern Atlantic has been the site of some of the most interesting recent work in Atlantic history.
A History of the Cuban Revolution / Aviva Chomsky
Following an initial irritation, I found myself warming to this book. At first sight, it seems to uncritically support the Cuban Revolution. However, as one progresses the tone becomes much more nuanced. There emerges a basic sympathy for the aims and objects of the revolution, clearly announced in the introduction, without hiding areas where Cuba has not lived up to these expectations.
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HoloLens FOV: Why Some Are Bigger, Others Are Smaller?
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You know what I mean by that, but I promise every time I bring up the topic of FOV with HoloLens, I have new information in hand. You can check the link at bottom of this post to verify that. This time no exceptions.
Check out this video first.
Can you see the a problem with FOV in the video? No. Many would agree that if the real device can be like this, there is no worry about FOV.
Now it's my discoveries: 1. FOV in the above video is pretty good. 2. FOV in January prototype try out is good too. 3. FOV in the semi-final prototype is very small. Why is that? I don't know. Lets ask a better question: What the hell is the difference between the three? I don't know either, but the last question is something I can work on. Lets get on to it.
Case 1: The above video. The video was created live by a special HoloLens worn by a camera, which means if you are wearing a HoloLens like that, you can see the whole room full of holograms. The FOV is very good indeed. The above two picture was screen shots from the latest Minecraft demo, which uses the same technique as in the above video for capturing live mixed reality video. Notice in the above two pictures: "A" looks a lot like the lenses on HoloLens, "B" looks like a PC.
Case 2: January 21 live try out by a group of reporters. That was lab level HoloLens that doesn't look HoloLens at all. There were a lot of tangling wires and it was driven by a laptop. That FOV may not be as great as Case 1, but sufficiently good.
Case 3: The close to final HoloLens shown at Build Conference and E3. The FOV is very small and insufficient.
We have two things to work on: the CPU/GPU and the light engine/light projection. It's either or both of them. In any case, it's likely not able to get the light to human eyes fast enough, therefore, dizzy effect for the Case 3, so they have to limit the FOV to get the speed.
But, what exactly is it? I have to leave it to Microsoft. I need answers too.
The bright side is: a large FOV is possible if you don't worry about carrying something big. I believe there are many use cases where you don't mind carry something big. Remember a tethered or even wired solution are desirable too (use your imagination). Again, we need some confirmation.
Also, there is a collection of FOV related links from HoloLensFov.
Is HoloLens Going to Be a Commodity?


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from . import giphy
try:
    from unittest.mock import patch
except ImportError:
    from mock import patch
import os
import pytest

PLUGIN_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
TEST_DATA_DIR = os.path.join(PLUGIN_DIR, 'test_data')

@pytest.mark.parametrize('input,expected', [
    (dict(gif_id='abc123'),
     (''
      '')),
    (dict(gif_id='abc123', alt='ive had some free time'),
     (''
      ''))
])
@patch('liquid_tags.giphy.urlopen')
def test_create_html(mock_urlopen, input, expected):
    with open(TEST_DATA_DIR + '/giphy.json', 'rb') as f:
        mock_urlopen.return_value.read.return_value = f.read()

        assert giphy.create_html('test_api_key', input) == expected


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Systematic Theology, Second Edition: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Publication Date: December 2020
ISBN: FGRUDEWAA___SYSTEMATICTHEOLOGYSE9780310517979
Concise Theology
Packer, J I
Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith
Grudem, Wayne A.
Letham, Robert
Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique
Moreland, J. P.; Meyer, Stephen C.; Shaw, Christopher; Gauger, Ann K.; Grudem, Wayne (editors)
Grudem, Wayne A
Hardcover FGRUDEWAA___SYSTEMATICTHEOLOGYSE9780310517979 $43.63
The most widely used resource of the last 25 years in its area, Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem has been thoroughly revised and expanded (all 57 chapters) for the first time while retaining the features that have made it the standard in its field: clear explanations, an emphasis on each doctrine's scriptural basis, and practical applications to daily life.
With nearly 200 pages of new content and revisions that took several years, this new edition now includes the following distinctive features, making it even better:
Updated, fuller analysis of several recent controversies within evangelicalism, including the eternal relationship between the Father and the Son in the Trinity, the question of God's atemporal eternity, the role of women in the church, "seeker-sensitive" churches, miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit, and contemporary worship music.
New, thoughtful critiques of open theism, the "new perspective on Paul," Molinism (or "middle knowledge"), "Free Grace" theology, and the preterist view of Christ's second coming
Completely revised, stronger chapter on the clarity of Scripture
Completely revised, stronger chapter on creation and evolution, including a longer critique of theistic evolution and an extensive discussion on the age of the earth
New discussion of how biblical inerrancy applies to some specific "problem verses" in the Gospels
Additional material respectfully explaining evangelical Protestant differences with Roman Catholicism (with extensive interaction with the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church), Protestant liberalism, and Mormonism
Completely updated bibliographies
All Scripture quotations updated from RSV to ESV
An explanation of why monogenes in John 3:16 and elsewhere should be translated as "only begotten" rather than merely "only" (this is a change from the first edition)
A contemporary worship song added at the end of each chapter (while retaining the traditional hymns as well)
New discussion on the impassibility of God
An extensive discussion on the eternal submission of the Son to the Father, taking into account controversies in recent years
Updated section on contemporary worship music
A discussion of recent criticisms of the penal substitutionary view of the atonement
Numerous other updates and corrections that have be prompted by letters and emails from people around the world and by interaction with the students Wayne has taught over the last 26 years both at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and at Phoenix Seminary
Part of the brilliance of Systematic Theology over the years has been its simplicity and ease of use. Each chapter follows the same structure. First, there is discussion of the doctrine being considered, such as justification or the Trinity or the deity of Christ. An explanation of that doctrine's biblical support and possible objections follow. Personal application and key terms to know for personal growth are then provided. Chapters also include a Scripture memory passage, references to other literature on the topic, and suggested hymns and worship songs.
If you are someone who thinks theology is hard to understand or boring, then this new edition of Systematic Theology will likely change your mind.
Wayne Grudem is research professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Arizona. He holds degrees from Harvard (AB), Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv, DD), and Cambridge (PhD). He is the author of more than a dozen books including the bestselling Systematic Theology.
"After a quarter century of remarkable usefulness globally, Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology, in its second edition, remains remarkable for its extraordinary juxtapositions. It is penetrating but not confusing; forthright and unequivocal but not reckless or overstated; readable and clear but not superficial; biblically grounded, even biblically saturated, but not textually careless or glib; devout and reverent but not uncritical or naive; practical but not trendy or sentimental; comprehensive but not majoring on minors; a book for the church but not parochial or sectarian. I thank God for this precious gift to Christ's people worldwide."
founder and teacher, Desiring God, chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary
"Wayne Grudem's second edition of Systematic Theology displays all the virtues of the first. He shows and explains how the doctrines discussed stem from the biblical text. Even if readers disagree here or there, they understand why Grudem argues as he does since he makes his case from the Scriptures. The book stands out for its clarity and accessibility. Academics, immersed in technical study for years, are prone to forget that most people have never read a systematic theology before. The lucidity and simplicity of Grudem makes his work an ideal textbook. This is not to say that scholars cannot profit from his work as well since he lays out arguments cogently. The pastoral tone of the work shines through as well. The hymns and songs concluding the chapters remind us that theology isn't a matter of abstract teaching but should lead us to praise and worship of the Lord."
Thomas R. Schreiner
James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Professor Of Biblical Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"Wayne Grudem studied with me in the early 1970s, and both of us have endorsed one another's sys- tematic theologies. That is perhaps unusual. Our two books look at theology from somewhat different "perspectives," as I like to say, and so they appeal to somewhat different readers. But Grudem's book has sold a lot more copies, and deservedly so. I couldn't be happier. I wish that all Christian writers could be as thankful for God's ministry through friendly "rivals," authors who bless the church through biblical, clear, and winsome teaching. Scripture is so rich that we need to look at it from many angles. We need more systematic theologies, not fewer. But for now, Wayne's work is the best."
John Frame
Professor of systematic theology and philosophy emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary
"It is impossible to estimate the benefit that Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology has had for countless individuals, churches, Bible colleges, and seminaries over the past twenty-five-plus years. I've gladly used it as my main text in teaching theology to thousands of students whom I've had the privilege to teach at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Southern Seminary. And oh how my students have loved the clarity, comprehensiveness, worshipfulness, and biblical fidelity of this textbook. But now we have, due to Dr. Grudem's painstaking work, an even better, more complete, updated version of this excellent theology book. Praise be to God, and deep thanks to Wayne Grudem, for extending the life of this work and making it even better for another generation of theological students of God's Word."
Bruce A. Ware
T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
"Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem stands squarely in the stream of broadly Reformed tradition on the main issues of theology, including the doctrine of Scripture, the doctrine of God, and the doctrine of salvation. Perhaps the strongest feature of the book is its accessibility. Grudem does not water down the meat of theology. But by minimizing technical terminology and by including hymns, questions, and indications of application, he makes systematic theology much more accessible and life-invigorating for a large range of Christian readers. In this second edition he has made further improvements by including new material and by modifying his views on a few difficult issues."
Vern Poythress
distinguished professor of New Testament, biblical interpretation, and systematic theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
"I can neither quantify nor qualify all the ways in which Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology has assisted me over the past twenty-five years. I've turned to it innumerable times and for innumerable reasons, and it has invariably proven a trusted and steady guide. It was there when I was first exploring Christian doctrine and there when I was ready to dive deeper. I can say truly that few books have been more meaningful or had more influence. With the arrival of this long-awaited second edition, it is fitting that the book that has so guided me and my generation can be refreshed in such a way that it can equally impact my children and theirs. I have every confidence that it will."
Tim Challies
author of Epic: An Around-the-World Journey through Christian History
"I used to tell people that Grudem's Systematic Theology was the best single volume theology available. After using it for a quarter of a century, I now believe it is the best of all the systematic theologies in print, single or multivolume. It is one of those rare works that can challenge the scholar and instruct the beginner. This new edition addresses the most important changes in the theological landscape since 1994, and it has completely updated bibliographies. It is simply indispensable."
Dr. Jack Deere
author and Old Testament scholar
"Our current generation is seeing a resurgence in Reformed theology and practice, fueled by the likes of John Piper, R. C. Sproul, John MacArthur, the Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. At the heart of this renaissance is a textbook read by over 750,000 students, pastors, Christian leaders, and lay people in churches. Defining and explaining scores of doctrines, connecting them to the Bible, providing interpretations of key supporting passages, defending a Reformed theological understanding of the doctrines, and offering concrete applications of them, Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine has provided an essential foundation for this Reformed resurgence. This second edition, updated and expanded, will undoubtedly continue to energize this reawakening!"
Gregg R. Allison
professor of Christian theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, author, Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine
"How does one improve on a classic? You can't, say some. But I beg to differ. In this second and expanded edition of Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem has made his classic work even better, more insightful, significantly more detailed, and an even greater resource for the Christian and the local church. When I'm asked to recommend a good and comprehensive volume on Christian doctrine and practice, I never hesitate. My encouragement is precise and to the point: "Get Grudem!""
Sam Storms
PhD, lead pastor for preaching and vision, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City
"If you were hoping to find a student's textbook of theology that seeks your spiritual no less than your intellectual formation, rejoice. Wayne Grudem has written exactly what you wanted, and he has done so very competently indeed. [endorsement for the first edition] "
Regent College
"As a theology professor at Biola University, where I have taught for over twenty years, I feel like I coteach all my classes with Wayne Grudem. Our students are taught the basic doctrine of the Christian faith in three semesters of required courses. Grudem's Systematic Theology provides the core content for my classes and many of the other undergraduate theology courses at the university. Grudem wrote this book to strengthen the church, and it excels in its clarity, readability, and biblically based approach that seeks to get theology into real life. Systematic Theology consistently accomplishes Grudem's goal—to lead the reader to greater knowledge and worship of the God of the Bible. "
Erik Thoennes
PhD, professor of and chair of theology, Talbot School of Theology and Biola University, pastor, Grace Evangelical Free Church of La Mirada
"Grudem's Systematic Theology is well organized, easy to understand, usually persuasive, and devotional. Grudem does not merely inform you; he stirs your affections to love and worship the triune God. Grudem is not attempting to write a cutting-edge contemporary theology that plays theological ping-pong with trendy nonevangelical theologians. Nor is he attempting to write a historical theology that exhaustively explains what significant Bible interpreters and theologians have believed. Rather, he is serving the church by helping Christians who are not experts in theology better understand what the whole Bible says about God, God's Word, man, Christ, the Holy Spirit, angels and demons, salvation, the church, and the end times."
Andy Naselli
associate professor of systematic theology and New Testament, Bethlehem College and Seminary, Minneapolis, pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church
"The whole church is indebted to Wayne Grudem for a fresh presentation of evangelical Christianity. . . . Even those who do not share his . . . positions on certain issues will be enriched by Grudem's clear statement of basic evangelical theology and his helpful cross-references to other major theological positions. Of particular value is his constant eye to the application of doctrine to personal life, ministry, and the church. For Grudem, intellectual understanding cannot be separated from heart experience."
Allan Coppedge
former Beeson Professor of Christian Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary
"I warmly welcome the second edition of Systematic Theology. There is nothing like it. Here is an introduction to biblical doctrine that every believer can read and understand. As we read we are not only informed but edified and led to worship. And when we disagree or simply want to dig deeper, we are pointed to other resources in the Christian tradition. Just as the first edition was widely used, so I trust this new edition will do much good."
principal, London Seminary, UK
"Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology can help any Christian who is thinking through the great questions of our faith—the questions we all inevitably ask. The answers offered here are biblical, insightful, and clearly written. I have turned here many times through the years, and I have always been helped and enriched."
Ray Ortlund
Immanuel Church, Nashville
""I think the best place to start is the chapter in Grudem's Systematic Theology." I must have said that dozens of times over the last quarter century or so to Cambridge University undergraduate and graduate students (as well as many others) when they have asked me for a good resource on a particular question about theology. And I have frequently reached for it myself. In 1995 it was the best new systematic theology in decades. Since then it has done more for theological literacy in the UK than almost any other book. This new edition will extend its preeminence and usefulness. The commitment to Scripture and to the gospel of Christ remain as strong as ever. The learning is, if anything, deeper and more considered. When I do find something I disagree with, I am always helped by reading Wayne's arguments. The tone is fair-minded, loving, and doxological. Its very special quality is its atmosphere of worship: the book breathes Christ. With Wayne in person, you are never far from a smile and a prayer; this new edition (in addition to all its other qualities) retains that fragrance."
enior pastor, Eden Baptist Church, Cambridge, UK
"I know of no other systematic theology that has had such an impact on so many believers. I have personally benefited from it and widely recommended it. Both its accessibility and its thoroughness have served to draw many thousands of believers into serious Bible study. I am delighted to recommend this new edition with its additional material. "
Terry Virgo
founder, Newfrontiers family of churches
"For more years than I can remember, "Grudem" (as I and most of my friends refer to it now) has been the go-to reference book in my songwriting, as it invariably brings clarity, balance, and profound insight in exploring the central themes of the Christian faith. And I'm delighted that this updated edition includes much-needed discussion on some hot topics of the moment, including penal substitution and the creation debate. This is a must-have addition to the libraries not only of pastors and teachers but also of worship songwriters who take their lyric writing seriously. I highly recommend it. "
Stuart Townend
hymn writer of "In Christ Alone" and "How Deep the Father's Love"
"Since the first edition was published in 1994, Wayne Grudem's introduction to biblical doctrine has equipped a generation of students, church members, church leaders, and pastors around the world with a robustly biblical systematic theology. This updated second edition will ensure that a new generation is helped in the same way. The great strength of Grudem's work is that it is unashamedly biblical in approach, reflecting in its methodology his deep convictions about the inerrancy, sufficiency, and clarity of Scripture. It is accessible and well structured and is written with an irenic spirit that evaluates different opinions amongst evangelicals without being afraid to draw firm conclusions. In this new edition Grudem clarifies and affirms his commitment to divine impassibility, the eternal generation of the Son, and the ontological equality of the Father and the Son within the Trinity. Ηe adds helpful and succinct critiques of the "new perspective" on Paul, Roman Catholicism, and Mormonism. The inclusion of questions for personal application, traditional hymns, and contemporary worships songs ensures that the truths explained never remain abstract or purely intellectual, and he helpfully highlights the implications of theology for contemporary church life and ministry. These revisions and updates will ensure that this work remains unsurpassed as a one-volume introduction to biblical doctrine, and my prayer is that it will help foster a love of contemporary Reformed evangelical theology in the coming generation, just as the first edition did in mine."
John Stevens
national director, Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, United Kingdom
"I have been thankful to God for Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology for many reasons, but here are the top three. First, it is a means of making theology accessible and clear for every Christian. I have commended this work to many and ensured that our children had it as part of their "essential Christian library" before leaving home. Second, Wayne Grudem is rightly convinced that theology should be lived and prayed and sung. The study of God and his Word compels holy awe, joyful worship, and willing obedience. Third, this book has an absolute commitment to the authority and infallibility of Scripture, alongside the recognition that believers who submit to the authority of the Word differ on the interpretation of numerous issues. Each section provides a comprehensive listing of alternative works. I am delighted that this updated edition is now available for a new generation."
Dr. Sharon James
social policy analyst, the Christian Institute, UK, author and speaker
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19 January, 2019 00:00 00 AM
Nervous Europe ramps up Brexit preparations
AFP, Brussels
Contingency planning for the economic blow of a possible "no deal" Brexit has been under way for months, but UK Prime Minister Theresa May's apparent inability to sell any withdrawal deal to parliament has focused minds. AFP Photo
Europe is ramping up preparations for the economic blow of a possible "no deal" Brexit, fearing the political crisis in London has killed off hopes of an orderly divorce.
Contingency planning has been under way for months, but Prime Minister Theresa May's apparent inability to sell any withdrawal deal to parliament has focused minds.
EU leaders insist the British economy will be worst hit by a disorderly breakdown in trading ties, but Britain's neighbours are also braced for disruption.
Renewed border controls and regulatory barriers could slow trade and choke ports, and uncertainty hangs over the rights of British citizens living in EU states.
A solution may be found, but in the meantime here are some of the key early decisions made in Brussels and key British trading partners.
While EU negotiator Michel Barnier has handled talks with London on the divorce deal, planning for a "no deal" scenario has fallen to the bloc's powerful secretary general, Martin Selmayr.
Brussels has taken a coordinating role for member states and published 88 advisory notes, sector by sector, focused on threats to financial markets, air traffic, customs and emissions trading.
After Tuesday's failed vote in London, the Commission announced plans to send teams to all 27 other EU capitals to coordinate a continent-wide plan.
Ireland, the only EU member with a land border with Britain, has the next most to lose in a chaotic Brexit.
Politically, concerns have focused on how renewed border controls could stir potential unrest in Northern Ireland, but the economy is also at risk.
Ireland is hiring 1,000 staff to implement agricultural and customs checks, although the government has faced criticism for failing to disclose how many hires have been completed.
In its 2019 budget, unveiled in October, the Republic put aside a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) "rainy day fund" and a "no deal Brexit" omnibus bill will go to parliament in March.
At the port of Dublin work is under way on 33 inspection bays, 270 truck parking spaces, a dedicated border control post for live animals and office accommodation for an additional 144 staff.
The Netherlands would be heavily exposed because of trading links via Rotterdam, Europe's largest port. It has set aside 100 million euros for preparations, including the appointment of 900 new customs officers.
The government also announced unilaterally last week that the approximately 45,000 British citizens and their families currently living in the Netherlands will get a 15-month "grace period" to apply for a full residency permit.
France activated its plan for handling the effects of a no-deal Brexit on Thursday.
It provides for 50 million euros ($56 million) of investment in ports and airports, infrastructure for carrying out border checks and extra car parks to help cope with tailbacks.
France plans to recruit 580 additional customs staff and veterinary inspectors.
Belgium's government is going through its own crisis as Britain wrangles with Brexit, with Prime Minister Charles Michel having lost his majority in a row over immigration.
But legislation has been prepared to recruit 115 new public servants to reinforce customs and animal and farm product health controls.
Europe is ramping up preparations for the economic blow of a possible no deal Brexit, fearing the political crisis in London has killed off hopes of an orderly divorce. Contingency planning has been under way for months, but Prime Minister Theresa Mays apparent inability to sell any withdrawal deal to parliament has focused minds. EU leaders insist the British economy will be worst hit by a disorderly breakdown in trading ties, but Britains neighbours are also braced for disruption. Renewed border controls and regulatory barriers could slow trade and choke ports, and uncertainty hangs over the rights of British citizens living in EU states. A solution may be found, but in the meantime here are some of the key early decisions made in Brussels and key British trading partners. European Commission While EU negotiator Michel Barnier has handled talks with London on the divorce deal, planning for a no deal scenario has fallen to the blocs powerful secretary general, Martin Selmayr. Brussels has taken a coordinating role for member states and published 88 advisory notes, sector by sector, focused on threats to financial markets, air traffic, customs and emissions trading. After Tuesdays failed vote in London, the Commission announced plans to send teams to all 27 other EU capitals to coordinate a continent-wide plan. Ireland Ireland, the only EU member with a land border with Britain, has the next most to lose in a chaotic Brexit. Politically, concerns have focused on how renewed border controls could stir potential unrest in Northern Ireland, but the economy is also at risk. Ireland is hiring 1,000 staff to implement agricultural and customs checks, although the government has faced criticism for failing to disclose how many hires have been completed. In its 2019 budget, unveiled in October, the Republic put aside a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) rainy day fund and a no deal Brexit omnibus bill will go to parliament in March. At the port of Dublin work is under way on 33 inspection bays, 270 truck parking spaces, a dedicated border control post for live animals and office accommodation for an additional 144 staff. The Netherlands The Netherlands would be heavily exposed because of trading links via Rotterdam, Europes largest port. It has set aside 100 million euros for preparations, including the appointment of 900 new customs officers. The government also announced unilaterally last week that the approximately 45,000 British citizens and their families currently living in the Netherlands will get a 15-month grace period to apply for a full residency permit. France France activated its plan for handling the effects of a no-deal Brexit on Thursday. It provides for 50 million euros ($56 million) of investment in ports and airports, infrastructure for carrying out border checks and extra car parks to help cope with tailbacks. France plans to recruit 580 additional customs staff and veterinary inspectors. Belgium Belgiums government is going through its own crisis as Britain wrangles with Brexit, with Prime Minister Charles Michel having lost his majority in a row over immigration. But legislation has been prepared to recruit 115 new public servants to reinforce customs and animal and farm product health controls.
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