Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "As humans, we yearn for well-being, wholeness and security in our lives: what the Hebrew Bible calls shalom. Explore how three books – the Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations – help us find what we desperately seek."

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Many today are interested how to discern God's voice in the noise of life. Discover how we might learn to listen for God in our lives."

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The church has a long held love/hate relationship with tradition. Tradition has both brought us together and torn us apart. Is it possible for tradition to help lead us into deeper intimacy with God without dividing the body of Christ?"

Large extra dimensions (LED) have been proposed to account for the apparent weakness of gravitation. These theories also indicate that the postulated massive Kaluza-Klein (KK) gravitons may be produced by nucleon-nucleon bremsstrahlung in the course of core collapse of supernovae. Hannestad and Raffelt have predicted energy spectra of gamma ray emission from the decay of KK gravitons trapped by the gravity of the remnant neutron stars (NS). These and other authors have used EGRET data on NS to obtain stringent limits on LED. Fermi-LAT is observing radio pulsar positions obtained from radio and x-ray catalogs. NS with certain characteristics are unlikely emitter of gamma rays, and emit in radio and perhaps x-rays. This talk will focus on the blind analysis we plan to perform, which has been developed using the 1st 2 months of all sky data and Monte Carlo simulations, to obtain limits on LED based on about 1 year of Fermi-LAT data. Preliminary limits from this analysis using these first 2 months of data will be also be discussed.

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Hosea shows how Israel has betrayed God through its inability to grasp the true meaning of Hesed. We return to God and restore our relationship with Him when we reflect His justice in our relationships with others."

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Images of intimacy with God parade through scripture. Abraham heard God; David danced as he prayed; and Paul (or his friend) visited heaven! They make it seem so easy. How do the rest of us find God?"

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Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "A Christian social entrepreneur recognizes intellectual, social, physical and spiritual poverty. They use entrepreneurial skills to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change of the highest order: the movement of God's provision, grace and peace among humankind."

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Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "There is growing interest in vocational ministry. Is there a need for vocational ministry? Is there support in churches for vocational ministry? Do you have the calling for vocational ministry?"

The complete 10-year survey from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will image {approx} 20,000 square degrees of sky in six filter bands every few nights, bringing the final survey depth to r {approx} 27.5, with over 4 billion well measured galaxies. To take full advantage of this unprecedented statistical power, the systematic errors associated with weak lensing measurements need to be controlled to a level similar to the statistical errors. This work is the first attempt to quantitatively estimate the absolute level and statistical properties of the systematic errors on weak lensing shear measurements due to the most important physical effects in the LSST system via high fidelity ray-tracing simulations. We identify and isolate the different sources of algorithm-independent, additive systematic errors on shear measurements for LSST and predict their impact on the final cosmic shear measurements using conventional weak lensing analysis techniques. We find that the main source of the errors comes from an inability to adequately characterise the atmospheric point spread function (PSF) due to its high frequency spatial variation on angular scales smaller than {approx} 10{prime} in the single short exposures, which propagates into a spurious shear correlation function at the 10{sup -4}-10{sup -3} level on …

A main science goal for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is to measure the cosmic shear signal from weak lensing to extreme accuracy. One difficulty, however, is that with the short exposure time ({approx_equal}15 seconds) proposed, the spatial variation of the Point Spread Function (PSF) shapes may be dominated by the atmosphere, in addition to optics errors. While optics errors mainly cause the PSF to vary on angular scales similar or larger than a single CCD sensor, the atmosphere generates stochastic structures on a wide range of angular scales. It thus becomes a challenge to infer the multi-scale, complex atmospheric PSF patterns by interpolating the sparsely sampled stars in the field. In this paper we present a new method, psfent, for interpolating the PSF shape parameters, based on reconstructing underlying shape parameter maps with a multi-scale maximum entropy algorithm. We demonstrate, using images from the LSST Photon Simulator, the performance of our approach relative to a 5th-order polynomial fit (representing the current standard) and a simple boxcar smoothing technique. Quantitatively, psfent predicts more accurate PSF models in all scenarios and the residual PSF errors are spatially less correlated. This improvement in PSF interpolation leads to a factor of 3.5 …

Data and metadata standards promote the consistent recording of information and are necessary to ensure the stability and high quality of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility data products for scientific users. Standards also enable automated routines to be developed to examine data, which leads to more efficient operations and assessment of data quality. Although ARM Infrastructure agrees on the utility of data and metadata standards, there is significant confusion over the existing standards and the process for allowing the release of new data products with exceptions to the standards. The ARM Standards Policy Committee was initiated in March 2012 to develop a set of policies and best practices for ARM data and metadata standards.

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This session brings together two scholars with differing perspectives for a follow-up conversation to their two-day sessions on Women in Ministry."

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Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How do Christian teachers address biblical inconsistencies and contradictions when they doubt the answers and no longer control the access to information? This class explores the new reality of teaching truth in a cynical, information free-for-all world."

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Focusing on Stephenie Meyer's popular Twilight series of young adult novels, we will confront the popularity of the vampire in contemporary culture and consider an appropriate Christian response to these novels and their film adaptations."

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Too many of our kids are leaving their faith behind when they leave home. Do we labor in vain? Discover what research is saying and what can make the difference between faith that dies and faith that lasts."

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Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Does Paul teach imputed righteousness or personal righteousness and how does it relate to us today? Examine the doctrine of Lutheran and Reformed Theology regarding righteousness, seeking to determine whether they are distinctly Pauline Theology."

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Join us to investigate the changing shape of 21st-century missionaries, churches and the world."

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Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Learn keys to effectively implement intercessory prayer teams in congregational and small group settings. Discover the guiding principles of intercessory prayer as well as pragmatic training in this powerful healing spiritual practice."

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