RANGE EXTENSION OF Microglanis pleriqueater (SILURIFORMES: PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE) FOR THE MACABU RIVER BASIN, EASTERN BRAZIL

The geographic distribution of Microglanis pleriqueater, described from the São João River basin, Rio de Janeiro state, eastern Brazil, is herein extended for the Macabu River basin, Rio de Janeiro state, eastern Brazil. In addition, a third case of sympatric distribution among species of Microglanis is herein recorded. This new record shows M. parahybae and M. pleriqueater occurring sympatricallyin the Macabu River basin, eastern Brazil

Practical Considerations for Choosing Between Tobit and SCLS or CLAD Estimators

Practical considerations for choosing between Tobit, symmetrically censored least squares (SCLS) and censored least absolute deviations (CLAD) estimators are offered. Practical considerations deal with when a Hausman test is better than a conditional moment test for judging the severity of a misspecification, the need to bootstrap the sampling distributions of the Hausman tests, what to look for in a graphical examination of the residuals and the limited value of SCLS. The practical considerations are applied to a model of the intergenerational transmission of charitable giving using new data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The paper shows how to use relative distribution methods to calculate CLAD-based marginal effects on the observable dependent variable

Fearing God in a Fear-Filled World?: Homiletical Explorations

The presidential address introduces the 2018 conference theme through rhetorical, political, spiritual, and biblical understandings of fear as well as communicative and homiletical strategies for addressing fear in preaching. In addition to Aristotle’s Rhetoric, the prevalence of fear amid current U.S. political discourse is examined in light of the rhetorical analyses of Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics at The University of Chicago. To develop an appropriately reverent fear of God while addressing the myriad anxieties around us, we may query our fears to better understand what is at stake in ignoring or addressing socio-political concerns. Beyond the rhetoric of fear, the spiritual writings of Julian of Norwich as well as numerous biblical texts (including the Book of Job and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount) suggest communicative strategies that invite a homiletical poesis of divine love and compassion, including musical and theopoetic expressions of faith

Recommended Amendments to the Truth and Reconciliation Act as the Government of Nepal Considers Prosecuting 65,411 Human Rights Cases from the Armed Conflict (1996- 2006)

The bloody Armed Conflict in Nepal (1996-2006) left an estimated 16,729 dead, 78,689 displaced, and 2,506 victims of enforced disappearance. In the seventeen years since the resolution of the Conflict, none of the 65,411 complaints brought by Conflict victims and their families have been resolved. This article argues that the Truth and Reconciliation Act (the Act) can be blamed for the stalled justice process. The Act, which created two commissions charged with the investigation and prosecution of Conflict crimes—Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP)—must be amended so that victims and their families can have their day in court as promised under International Human Rights Law

Giving to Organizations that Help People in Need: Differences Across Denominational Identities

This article reports the results of an analysis of charitable giving to basic necessity organizations that help people in need of food, shelter, or other basic necessities (e.g., Feeding America, the local food bank or homeless shelter, Habitat for Humanity, etc.)—and asks whether giving to such organizations varies across denominational identities. I answer this question using data from three waves of the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study, a module within the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) that enables three innovative analyses. The Center Panel is the first survey to collect data on dollar amounts given specifically to necessity organizations, enabling an analysis of the magnitude of giving as well as the probability of giving. Moreover, it is possible to estimate dollar amounts given beyond what people with denominational identities give to their church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship. In addition, because the Center Panel is part of the PSID, how giving to necessity organizations differs across families with different denominational identities can be estimated using regressions that contain high-quality controls for differences in families’ income and wealth. This is important because income and wealth differ across denominational identities (Keister 2003, 2008) and failure to adequately control for income and wealth would lead to spurious findings. Finally, the Center Panel prospectively collects multiple years of giving data, enabling us to present the first analysis of giving to necessity organizations over a multiple-year period. This is important because there likely is a strong year-to-year dynamic in giving to necessity organizations, just as there is in aggregate giving (Rooney, Brown, and Wu 2007)

Connected to Give: Faith Communities

This is the third report in the "Connected to Give" series, and compares the relationship between the charitable giving behavior of American's from a variety of backgrounds, including their key demographics; an examination their motivations for giving; and the types of organizations to which they contribute