During a class I was teaching at our parish last fall, a woman pulled me aside afterwards to ask a question. The woman was visibly upset, with tears running down her face. After pausing for a moment to collect her emotions, she said, "Be completely honest with me: can you or can you not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?" The question was somewhat perplexing, primarily because I was not quite sure of the problem that she assumed my answer would resolve. I came to discover that this woman had spent a number of decades with a fundamentalist Catholic group that had told her, among other things, that talk of a "personal relationship with Jesus" was heretical and "too Protestant." The woman's question arose because I had mentioned the fact Christ had told His disciples something utterly unheard of in history until that moment at the Last Supper: I no longer call you servants, but friends.
The woman's concern, stemming from her years with this cult-like group, had led her to believe that friendship with Christ was a Protestant "carry-over" that had infiltrated the Church. Supposedly, the Catholic Church has thus been using this ecumenical language in order to emphasize the common ground that is shared with the Protestant world. Beautiful theological exclamations regarding friendship with Christ pervade much of the writings of both Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Perhaps it is more correct to say that this notion of a personal relationship with Christ, understood as the apex of charity, is more than an attempt at ecumenism; it is a reality that is the end of the pilgrimage of faith itself.
What does it mean, in this light, to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? In one respect, we can say that it means we are able to have friendship with God because God has become incarnate. Why can we be friends with God? Because the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Or maybe, we could add on to this by emphasizing the fact that our relationship with Christ is personal: he is pursuing you and loves each person with such Eternal intensity that He would have died upon the Cross if you were the only one in need of his salvation (in a post-lapsarian world). In Francis Thompson's imagery, the Hound of Heaven is seeking us, no matter where we may try to hide.
However we may parse this meaning, understanding where this idea of a divine friendship originates can help us see the implications that follow, especially with respect to the relationship between religion and politics. And to help us understand this, we should turn to the theological insights offered by the 19th century social theorist Alexis de Tocqueville and his account of the difference between Catholic and Protestant thought.
The dialectical pendulum of isolation and statism that is the result of the social conditions of equality has a profound theological analogue, if we can put this way. The Reformation's doctrine of sola fide can tend in the direction of undercutting the necessary role that mediation plays in salvation history. The flow of grace, the very inner life of God, is no longer mediated.
In one respect, Niebuhr's concern is rightly conceived: Christianity is transpolitical, and he is emphatic in his admonition that true Christianity can never become immanetized. Perhaps we could say that for Niebuhr, an immanetized Christianity is the antithesis of "the ethic of Jesus." This contention can never be neglected. At the same time, to portray Christianity's instantiation into history as solely existing in the "heights of pure love" can appear overly abstract and disembodied. This "vertical" connotation of Christianity seems to entail that salvation is between the individual and God.
We could say, at this point, that what we are concerned with is the particular locus of faith. In Catholicism, this referent resides in the apostolic hierarchy and succession that has been handed down from Christ Himself. In addition to this is the fundamental role that the sacraments play as material signs that confer grace upon its participants. Sacramental theology and ecclesiology are both grounded in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ; his Church on earth, following St. Cyril's idiom, is the extension of the Incarnation itself.
It should also be acknowledged that one of the central biblical motifs, in this respect, is that of mediation. If we consider St. Augustine's understanding of sin as hiding from God, a perennial temptation to make a turn in on ourselves, then Tocqueville's theological prescription becomes clear. The faith, and the grace communicated therein, necessitates an embodied mediating reality to draw Christians outside of themselves.
Why is this the case? At least in Tocqueville's judgment, democratic citizens are more deeply inclined, due to the equality of social conditions, to desire that the bridge between ourselves and God has finally been closed. The influence of Protestant thinking, particularly in America, can incline in a direction that can make the individual the arbiter of God's will and judgments.
Such an understanding can be witnessed in the oft-cited Protestant objection regarding the Catholic practice of confessing sins to a priest. For the Protestant, the problem does not seem to conceptually exist: "I do not need a priest because I can go directly to God." From the Catholic perspective, there is not just a sacramental component at work, but a psychological and imaginative inclination that sees something other than the individual as the locus of faith (i.e. the church).
This all too brief recapitulation returns us to the question of "having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." Historically, the notion has Protestant connotations; saying so is not derogatory but an acknowledged fact that is connected to Tocqueville's account of the difference between Protestantism and Catholicism. Through a Tocquevillian lens, having a personal relationship with Christ could too readily come to mean that the locus of faith resides in the individual. In Catholic thought, salvation requires mediation from realities such as the Church or the grace of the sacraments. The absence of an embodied mediational locus means that sola fide becomes the paradigm.
My concern in raising this very question about the language of having a personal relationship with Christ is that we may tend to overlook its historical connections to a deeper theological difference between Catholicism and Protestantism. Hopefully, we can approach this question by inquiring into the precise meaning of the phrase when it is being employed. By doing so, we can discover whether it refers to this individuated self that is characteristic of democratic societies (a la Tocqueville), or it is more nuanced and is aimed at being conceived within a context more akin to Catholicism.
It seems that a personal relationship with Christ is possible only within the context of a theology of mediation. Friendship with Christ, what Aquinas penultimately calls charity, is mediated through the sole mediator that brings God and man together. Of course, such mediation does not deny, nor seek to eviscerate, the truth that there is an infinite distance between God and human beings. And it is important to note too that the Second Vatican Council's Dei Verbum refers to Scripture, Tradition, and the Church as three modes of revelation. These are types of embodied mediation.
These reflections are reminiscent of the conclusion of a homily I once heard preached by a dear priest friend. Speaking upon the deeper meaning of the mystery of Mary's visitation to her cousin Elizabeth, the priest said that we are all called to imitate Mary by being a theotokos, a God-bearer. His final remark has forever left a mark upon my soul: "remember, you may be the only Christ that someone ever meets." St. Paul's admonition that the disciples of Christ are to be understood as ambassadors, as those who represent and "stand in" for Christ Himself. Christ gave us the Church, as a historical and embodied institution, to mediate the gift of salvation.
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Brian Jones graduated from the Franciscan University with a B.A. and M.A. in Theology. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His works have been published in The Public Discourse, The American Conservative, The Imaginative Conservative, and The Federalist. He is married with three daughters.


Just a few days back, I made a post about Zack Metcalfe's walk through clearcut Crown land. His Guide talked about the declines of once common birds inhabiting mature forest, and how forestry on Crown land is removing the last vestiges of suitable habitat. It is a melancholy story that struck a lot of chords, as evidenced by the discussion about it on Woods and Waters Nova Scotia (some the comments are appended to the post on this website).
Now Zack M writes about the few remnants of the forest that covered much of our land when the first Europeans arrived, the fabled "Old Growth".
It's easy to lose yourself in old growth in the forest, your neck craned back to admire the towering canopy and your voice kept low as to not disturb the silence. Stepping into one is like entering a cathedral, and having its defining features pointed out is like an initiation into some exclusive club. And the more you see, the more lofty your membership.
View METCALFE: Solitude speaks volumes in rare forests of Nova Scotia by Zack Metcalfe in the Chronicle Herald, Sep 17, 2017.
Zack's 'Guide' for this story is Colin Gray, a retired police office who works with the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute in SW Nova Scotia and leads their Old Forest Project. Gray described for Metcalfe the procedure used to give a score to 'old growthness' (my term for it).
It's difficult to believe a forest's old growth status could depend on something so simple as a score sheet. On it Gray reduced the natural features surrounding us to cold, hard arithmetic — the number of each tree species, their width and age, the quantity of standing or snagged deadwood, the abundance of woody debris and of course signs of human disturbance.
It's a highly informative article covering a range of facts and concepts related to our Old Growth forests and how they have become so rare in Nova Scotia and so treasured by those who have experienced them.
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This is an engrossing account of Greek Americans - their history, strengths, conflicts, aspirations, and contributions. Blending sociological insight with historical detail, Peter C. and Charles C. Moskos trace the Greek-American experience from the wave of mass immigration in the early 1900s to today. This is the story of immigrants, most of whom worked hard to secure middle-class status. It is also the story of their children and grandchildren, many of whom maintain an attachment to Greek ethnic identity even as they have become one of America's most successful ethnic groups.
Charles Moskos jokingly when referring to "his bestseller" that it was only bought by Greek Americans, which might very well be true but it is clearly a must read for them. This completely revised edition begins with an introduction by Michael Dukakis, one of our more successful Greek Americans, and then focuses on topics that are of pressing interest to all of us. We will relate to the "Early Struggle" section, since we all have our own stories to tell. Many of us are still struggling through the "Brawn to Brains" transition. We know the church is still struggling to adjust to a secular society. The coverage on "Success in America' will cause our collective chests to swell with pride. In keeping with the tradition of saving the best for last, the final section addresses "Maintaining a Greek American Identity - Present and Future". Charles Moskos' original coverage was prescient, but Peter' update is the reason to buy the new edition.


This is the sixth year that Battle of the Bands will be hosted by The Stables. Every year Bedfordshire schools send their best bands to compete and become champions.
Music Hub and sponsored by local companies Marshall Amplification, Kawai Keyboards and SoundArc recording studios. Come and see the musical talent of the future!


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Former French prime minister François Fillon at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021) on 4 June 2021. © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS via Reuters Connect
In Moscow next week for his first Russian public oil company Zarubezhneft board meeting, former French PM François Fillon will pay a call on Gazprom's influential director Alexei Miller. [...] (402 words)
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FRANCE TURKMENISTAN 29/11/2022
Led by Vinci, Bouygues and Thales, French industrial groups prepare to return to Ashgabat in force
Guided by Vinci, Bouygues and Thales, French industrial groups are set to start prospecting for new business in Turkmenistan. Business diplomacy firm CIFAL is preparing to take a new delegation of industry leaders to Ashgabat. [...]
UKRAINE 08/04/2022
Russian-Dutch OSINT firm Social Links suffers collateral damage from Ukraine war
The Russian-founded open source intelligence company Social Links, which is seeking to distance itself from Moscow, is taking flak over its alleged links to Russian intelligence. [...]
Kremlin takes back control of Dagestan's power grid with Iran in sight
Entwined with its goal to lock in control of the small Caucasus republic, starting with the local oligarchs who have since been ousted from the power sectors, is the Kremlin's desire to create new openings towards Iran for its national energy groups Gazprom and Rosseti. [...]
François Fillon rubs shoulders with counter-espionage veterans in Moscow
The appointment of the former French PM to the board of a second Russian company will enable him to expand his contact network in Moscow. Already close to the entourages of the oligarchs Gennady Timchenko and Leonid Mikhelson, who are Kremlin loyalists, he will now find himself mixing with intelligence service veterans with important corporate positions. [...]
Gazprom's networks struggle to expand gas route in southern Europe
To bulletproof its gas export routes against potential overlap with Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic, Russia has been increasingly reliant on its Greek partner. But the Russian giant's many contacts there have so far failed to help it unblock the Turkish Stream extension project. [...]
Gazprom Media boss Alexander Zharov's growing influence over Russia's social networks
With Gazprom now in control of social media group Vkontakte, a jostle for power has begun, heralding greater influence for the head of Gazprom Media, Alexander Zharov, who is well-connected to the Kremlin's networks. [...]
Rosatom taps French contacts to make headway on hydrogen programmes
In the wake of its joint projects with Gazprom, Rosatom has locked in several foreign partnerships. One such alliance is with French group EDF, building on plans to make gains through strong networks in Paris and Brussels built by its local branches-cum-lobbyists. [...]
French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts
A panel of pro-Russian historians and writers, including from France's far-right, were with Emmanuel Leroy for the recent launch of a new Franco-Russian initiative in Paris. [...]
Russian foreign affairs minister Serguei Lavrov with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son. © Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry/Handout/EPA/MaxPPP
RUSSIA VIETNAM 08/10/2021
Moscow strengthens ties with Hanoi in response to Indo-Pacific diplomatic shift
At a time when the Indo-Pacific is gaining strategic importance on the world stage, Russia's diplomatic and security apparatus is looking to lock down its political alliance and defence relationship with Vietnam, with the help of some key emissaries. [...]
Gennady Timchenko-Leonid Mikhelson's rock-solid alliance holds strong amid gas turmoil
With gas prices skyrocketing in Europe, Russian gas is going from strength to strength. Behind the success is the work of its well-connected entrepreneurs, not the least Gennady Timchenko and Leonid Mikhelson, whose business successes stretch from Kazan to the Artic. [...]
Rosatom and Gazprom talk hydrogen in Paris
Hailed as the next big thing by European governments searching for viable alternatives to fossil fuels, hydrogen is paving the way for new partnerships between French and Russian gas and nuclear companies. [...]
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial
ENRC's court case against its former lawyers and the Serious Fraud Office got underway last week, putting the spotlight back on an array of consultants who have worked for the parties over the course of their 10-year battle. [...]
Oligarchs deal with Covid-19
While President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated against Covid-19 on March [...]
Fillon eyes Russia as Orlov bids farewell to France
Russia's former ambassador to France Alexander Orlov is heading home after reigning over Franco-Russian diplomatic relations in Paris for over [...]
François Fillon's Russian romance goes on
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RUSSIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 27/11/2019
FSO to watch over communications between Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Zayed
A discreet presidential decree published on November 19 mentions that Moscow has offered to install a secure communication line between [...]
Vladimir Putin's inner circle pals snag plum jobs for their boys
With the succession of Vladimir Putin in 2024, after his fourth term of office, in the back of everyone's minds, his inner circle are busy ensuring that their offspring get to run Russia of the future. [...]

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Here are the steps clan members need to carry out in order to get listed with the [FC] tags while playing, and to get the clan logo displayed on the sides of vehicles they drive.
First, from the main menu, click your profile name at the top left of the screen. The default profile name is the same as your Windows username.
The next screen shows the currently available profiles. If you haven't already set up a profile you will see only the default.
Click Add on the right to create a new profile and name it the same as your clan nick, with the same capitalisation and including brackets but without [FC].
Make sure you name the new user exactly the same as your clan nick.
Enter http://squad.furryclan.net/username/ in the Squad URL section, where username is your LDAP username. Also note your Player ID at the bottom right of the screen. This is generated by the game based on your CD key and cannot be changed. Head over to the admin page (where you can also check your username) and enter this number next to ID under Armed Assault details.
Next time you join an online game you should show up with [FC] after your nick!
Your new profile will not inherit any game settings. You will have to set your controls as well as your video and sound options.


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Pendant Rubber Protector can be used to protect any pendant. It is common for your pendant to fall down and break so having a rubber protector is very helpful. It keeps your pendant safe from any damage as it can absorb shock.


Coming soon: autonomous road rage.
While being tested in California on Valentine's Day, one of Google's self-driving cars clipped a public bus in what may be the first fender bender that was the fault of an autonomous vehicle. Google's automated Lexus SUV was swerving out of the way of some sandbags in the street in Mountain View, California, when its left front bumper hit the right side of the bus. It was doing all of two miles per hour at the time; the bus was doing about 15. Nobody got hurt. The accident report does not specify who was at fault, reports the Associated Press.
These test cars are required to have a driver at the wheel, ready to take over in an emergency. Google said in a statement on Monday: "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a collision. That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that." The company says it's reviewing the accident and teaching its cars (!) about the possibility of unyielding buses.
In November, Google said that its autonomous cars have been involved in 17 minor accidents over more than 2 million miles of tests. Mostly, the cars were hit from behind, and the company has said that none of the other incidents were the cars' fault. Google has frequently pointed out that, of the thousands of minor accidents that occur each year, 94 percent result from human error.


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#Yonhap WeGO accord
Yonhap, world smart cities organ sign cooperation agreement
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key wire service, and the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) signed a cooperation agreement Monday to jointly promote the development of sustainable human-centered smart cities.
Yonhap CEO and President Seong Ghi-hong and Park Jung-sook, secretary general of WeGO, signed the agreement in a ceremony at Yonhap's headquarters in downtown Seoul.
Seong Ghi-hong (L), president and CEO of Yonhap News Agency, and Park Jung-sook, secretary general of the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization, pose after signing a cooperation agreement at Yonhap's headquarters in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2023. (Yonhap)
WeGO is an international association of city and other local governments, smart tech solutions providers, and national and regional institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities.
It was established in September 2010 at the initiative of the Seoul metropolitan government, and its secretariat is based in Seoul. WeGO has 210 members around the world.
Under the agreement, Yonhap will cooperate with WeGO to cover and report major global issues related to smart cities and the organization's major activities, such as international conferences and seminars.
In addition, Yonhap and WeGO will jointly push for events and businesses related to ESG (environmental, social and governance).


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'World's first' thermal camera smartphone launched
February 18, 2016 | Arjun Kharpal, NBR, CNBC.com
A British company has unveiled what it is billing as the "world's first" smartphone with a built-in thermal imaging camera, a feature it claims will be in 50 percent of models on the market in five years.
Bullitt took the wraps off its Cat S60 smartphone on Thursday a 4.7 inch so-called "rugged phone" which can withstand a fall onto concrete from 1.8 meters high and can survive for an hour underwater at a depth of 5 meters. The thermal camera is made by U.S. firm FLIR.
The U.K.-based firm designs and manufactures the phone which then has the branding of construction equipment maker Caterpillar on it. Bullitt said that the lack of innovation in current smartphones will help its Cat S60, which will retail for $599, gain appeal among consumers
"At the moment we are in a bit of a lull. If you look back at the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge, it's a hell of a product but in terms of innovation we are taking incremental steps," Pete Cunningham, senior product manager at Bullitt, told CNBC at an interview.
"We believe you will see this technology in mainstream products and this is a gamechanging step for the industry."
Use by firefighters, police
The company announced the product ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week and outlined a number of use cases for the thermal pictures.
One example described by Cunningham involved a firefighter being able to use the device to navigate through a smoke-filled room to see where the fire is and avoid it. Another example outlined involved a law enforcement officer being able to prove when a vehicle was last driven, for example by seeing how hot it is.
Your phone could soon have a 1-week battery life
The Cat S60 is clearly aimed for industrial use but Cunningham said thermal imaging could be of interest to consumers and expects it to be in 50 percent of models made by manufacturers in five years' time. He said that the consumer market is however "secondary" for the company and it will have the ability to carve a "niche" while focusing on industrial use cases.
"The things that this will be used for have not been discovered yet. When the camera was first in a phone I'm sure the first use case wasn't selfies. This technology has never been in a phone before and users will see what they want to do with it," Cunningham said, explaining the appeal of the thermal imaging.
Thermal sensors in future phones?
Thermal imaging has been available on smartphones before but users had to buy an accessory to clip onto the device. This sensor is integrated.
As the smartphone market slows and devices become more generic, analysts said that Bullitt could capture the "long tail" of users looking for a different experience. Other companies from Wileyfox to OnePlus are trying to carve their own niches, for example.
While analysts said that Bullitt won't be making mass-market appeal smartphones, the technology showed off could lay the groundwork for mainstream players to adopt.
"This is a beachhead for future technology and as all smartphone markets look to add new innovations to differentiate, they will look at these sensors and others like ultraviolet sensors and others," Ben Wood, chief of research at CCS Insight, told CNBC.
"We are going to see an explosion of sensors in devices that will create meaningful applications."


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Volume > Issue > Newman's Call to Authentic Discipleship
Newman's Call to Authentic Discipleship
By Mitchell Kalpakgian | October 2010
Mitchell Kalpakgian, a Contributing Editor of the NOR, is Professor of Humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander. He is the author of The Marvelous in Fielding's Novels (University of America Press), The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature (Neumann Press), An Armenian Family Reunion (Neumann Press), and The Lost Arts of Modern Civilization (Neumann Press).
A Christian life encompasses a wide range of conduct, extending from the love of God and neighbor to the forgiveness of enemies, from the exercise of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy to the practice of the cardinal and theological virtues. Unfortunately, too many Christians tend to act only on those principles of morality and religious ideals they find personally convenient, financially advantageous, or politically expedient. In so doing, they live lukewarm Christian lives that compromise the sublime teaching of Christ that requires complete surrender and total love: "Be ye perfect as My Father in heaven is perfect" (Mt. 5:48). Instead of aspiring to Christian perfection and sanctity, the lukewarm Christian often attempts to avoid extremism by "balancing out" his virtuous habits with a studied disregard for inconvenient religious obligations.
The sermons of Bl. John Henry Newman illuminate the critical distinction between "real" and "unreal" Christianity, between the perfunctory fulfillment of moral laws for the sake of outward form and joyful obedience to a God of love to whom one owes an unrepayable debt. According to Newman, "real" Christians never lower moral standards for the sake of comfort or popularity. God's truths brook no dilution or adulteration.
In his sermon "The Strictness of the Law of Christ," Newman commends St. Paul for preaching the whole truth, not half of it, when he stated, "Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness" (Rom. 6:18). The half-truth that Christians relish is the awareness that they have been liberated from their old master, Satan, and released from bondage to sin. The other half that many prefer to ignore is the announcement of a new master, Christ, who purchased our freedom at the price of His passion and death. Too many of us imagine that our emancipation from sin and death carries no obligations on our part and releases us from the offices a servant owes to his lord. But Newman insists on the fullness of truth: "We are not free to be without service or post of any kind. It is not man's nature to be out of all service and to be self-dependent." While we welcome freedom from slavery to Satan, we do not easily entertain the idea of new service to a great King, assuming we now possess absolute independence with no new responsibilities — an illusion Newman dispels by citing St. Paul's teaching: Free from sin, we "became the servants of righteousness." There is no third option of independence from both Satan and God: "We may choose our master, but God or mammon we must serve," Newman explains. "We cannot possibly be in a neutral or intermediate state. Such a state does not exist." Human nature, however, finds comfort in an imagined state of limbo that demands no loyalty or commitment to any master except the individual ego.
This shift from slavery to sin to individual autonomy brings with it all kinds of allowances and exceptions. Whether it is the practice of artificial contraception, divorce and "remarriage," failure to attend Mass, or dissent from the teachings of the Magisterium, the Christian excuses himself because "he does not understand that he is under a law, which he may not put himself above, which he may not dispense with." Ultimately, belief in one's independence from both service to God and enslavement to sin reverts to bondage to Satan: Pride subjugates man to the fallen archangel who boasted, "I will not serve."
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Dorothy Day & the Catholic Worker
Halving & Having the Truth
Through the joys and perils of liberal learning we must ever recollect that only faith seeking understanding properly disposes the intellect toward conformity to Christ.
The Danger of Riches
That our Lord meant to speak of riches as being in some sense a calamity to the Christian is plain from His praises and recommendation of poverty.
The Atheist, the Cardinal & The Liberals
John Henry Newman and Friedrich Nietzsche had something in common.


Tom Johnson is an experienced residential real estate broker having had licenses in California and Colorado as well as North Carolina. He has worked extensively in Residential Development and construction, participating in the planning and development of several communities including the Smoky Mountain Retreat at Eagle's Nest located in Maggie Valley, NC. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from the University of Florida. He and his wife live in Maggie Valley, NC. He works well with people and is good at analyzing property values and negotiating transactions as well as following a transaction through to completion. Tom enjoys working with people and helping them achieve their goals. If you are ready to sell your property or are looking for property in the mountains, he will be glad to help.
Sarasota Developer, Sherell Johnson never understood the pull that the Western North Carolina Mountains have on Floridians until his son, Tom, moved to Waynesville and built a log home for himself. Tom also developed a small 26-acre mountainside tract into 19 home sites and gained a little insight and experience in mountain road building.
Sensing the possibility of a unique but economically sound venture, Sherell and Tom acquired 50 acres on a beautiful mountainside to try an unusual concept. An entire community of log homes.
The idea clicked, and the Smoky Mountain Retreat – now a series of log Home Communities – was born. Today there are 3 Smoky Mountain Retreats covering over 1,400 acres and sales have boomed.
Sherell Johnson has built homes and developed communities in Sarasota, Florida for over 30 years. His largest communities are Deer Creek – a 484 Home Community and Calusa Lakes – a 575 Home Golf Course Community – both on the south edge of Sarasota. He has also built over 80 homes in the prestigious T.P.C. owned golf course community – Prestancia. He is well known and respected as an upscale builder/developer who keeps his word and gets the job done.


Positive thinking! - Something New Everyday!
Positive thinking is a mental attitude that anticipates happiness, success and favorable outcomes in every situation or action you do. The thoughts get registered in subconscious mind and it starts taking action to create favorable change.
A positive outlook can help to cope better with stressful situations and can change life for the better.
Why think positively?Some people find learning an enjoyable and exciting experience. The difference lies in attitude and approach towards life. mindset plays a huge role in every aspect of life.
Mind can control body for better or for worse. A positive mindset can make life happy and peaceful. The choice is yours!
Benefits of positive thinking1. Decreases stress.
2. Helps to cope better in stressful situations.
4. Improves self-esteem and confidence.
5. Brings inner peace, happiness and a sense of well-being.
6. Motivates to accomplish your goals.
7. Helps have greater inner strength and energy.
Ways to develop positive thinkingOne cannot change thoughts and attitude overnight. Positive thinking takes practice. Persistence would make mind to think positively and ignore negative thoughts.
Listen to inner voiceListening to inner voice or instincts is one of the most common ways to develop positive thinking. Whenever any negative thoughts enter your mind, try to replace it with a constructive one. Practice this regularly and will soon be able to master your mind.
Learn self hypnosisSelf hypnosis calms your mind and relaxes your body it gives you inner strength, peace of mind, relaxation and a sense of bliss, which will help you to think positively.
Always see the brighter side of lifeTry to believe that everything happens for a reason and embrace the concept that something good will come out of every situation. Always look on the bright side of life and it will work wonders for you.
Learn to communicate effectivelySay the things you feel. Not saying the things you feel, can give a sense of frustration, anxiety and anger, thus giving way to negative thoughts. Hence, communication is an important aspect of positive thinking.
Believe in yourselfBelieve in yourself and your capabilities to become more confident. Make a positive commitment to yourself and to the people around you. Praise yourself and be enthusiastic.
Tips to positive thinking• Be optimistic and expect favorable outcomes in every situation.
• Cultivate the habit of reading inspiring books.
• Find reasons to smile more often.
• Try to use positive words, while thinking and talking.
• Engage yourself in enjoyable recreational activities.
• Interact with people who have a positive outlook in life.
Finally, Positive thinking needs consistent effort as creating a new habit. On the other hand, negative thoughts can rip your focus from your goal. There is no greater joy than living a healthy and positive life. So take charge of your mind and think positive. It is very easy to develop positive thinking attitude. Remember, you are what you think.


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Police Chase Ends in River, With Toddler Among the Dead
Her pregnant mom also died in Milwaukee chase
Posted Jan 3, 2019 12:50 AM CST
This Jan. 1, 2019 screen shot from WISN-TV shows authorities pulling out an SUV from the Kinnickinnic River, a day after it crashed into the river during a police chase. (WISN-TV via AP)
(Newser) – A toddler, her young mother, and a man died when their vehicle drove into a frigid river while being chased by police in Milwaukee. Surveillance video shows the vehicle speeding and the driver losing control before the SUV crashed into the Kinnickinnic River on Monday night, the AP reports. It's unclear who was driving the vehicle. Sgt. Sheronda Grant, a police spokeswoman, says an officer tried to stop the vehicle because it matched the description of a car involved in two violent armed robberies earlier in the day. When the car fled, the officer chased after it. The body of the toddler's 19-year-old mother was recovered from the water Monday, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Divers found the bodies of a 2-year-old girl and a 29-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon after the SUV was removed from the water. Grant didn't know whether the toddler was in the car when the robberies were committed, or how many people were robbed. On Wednesday, police identified the people who died in the vehicle as Charles Barefield, 29, Shannan Nehmer, 19, and her 2-year-old daughter Annamelia Hernandez, TMJ4 reports. Fox 6 reports that the medical examiners says Nehmer was a few weeks pregnant at the time of her death. Police say a third person involved in the New Year's Eve robbery spree has been taken into custody. The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the crash and whether adverse road conditions or drugs played a role in the deaths.
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Q: How to reduce the chemical reaction system $A+B \rightleftharpoons^{k_+}_{k_-} C$ with transfer using the quasi steady state assumption Suppose we have the reaction
$$A+B \rightleftharpoons^{k_+}_{k_-} C$$
within some reaction $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3$, we assume this region to be well mixed and we denote the concentration of $A$ as $a(t)$, similarly for $B$ and $C$. We also know that reactants and complexes can transfer through the surface of $\Omega$, $\partial\Omega$ at some rate. Assuming well mixed and using the law of mass action we may now write
$$\frac{\text{d}a}{\text{d}t}=\underbrace{k_-c-k_+ab}_{\text{reactions}}-\underbrace{ka}_{\text{transfer through } \partial\Omega} $$
$$\frac{\text{d}b}{\text{d}t}=k_-c-k_+ab-kb $$
$$\frac{\text{d}c}{\text{d}t}=-(k_-c-k_+ab)-kc $$
Where k is some rate constant, I want to assume that the kinetic processes within $\Omega$ happen very fast and the system quickly reaches chemical equilibrium, how can I formally reduce this system of ODE's to describe this, i.e. create dependence on only the ratio of the reaction rate constants, using the quasi steady state assumption.
EDIT:
Do we say: Firstly, let us consider the system without elimination of reactants.
$$\frac{\text{d}a}{\text{d}t}=k_-c-k_+ab$$
$$\frac{\text{d}b}{\text{d}t}=k_-c-k_+ab $$
$$\frac{\text{d}c}{\text{d}t}=-(k_-c-k_+ab)$$
we then assume chemical equilibrium, giving
$$c(t)=\frac{k_+}{k_-}a(t)b(t)$$
Therefore returning to our original equations we find that $(k_-c-k_+ab)=0$ thus we have
$$\frac{\text{d}a}{\text{d}t}=-ka $$
$$\frac{\text{d}b}{\text{d}t}=-kb $$
with the condition that
$$c(t)=\frac{k_+}{k_-}a(t)b(t)$$
EDIT 2:
Or do we in fact say, if we know the clearance rate from $\Omega$ we can define
$$a_{tot}=a+c$$
$$b_{tot}=b+c$$
with equations (derived from our original ODEs)
$$\frac{\text{d}a_{tot}}{\text{d}t}=-ka_{tot}$$
$$\frac{\text{d}b_{tot}}{\text{d}t}=-kb_{tot}$$
Then by assuming chemical equilibrium we know that
$$c(t)=\frac{k_+}{k_-}a(t)b(t)$$
$$c(t)=\frac{k_+}{k_-}(a_{tot}-c)(b_{tot}-c)$$
EDIT 3:
What then confuses me is if we are assuming EDIT 2 is correct we still find that $(k_-c-k_+ab)=0$, therefore from our original equations we find that
$$\frac{\text{d}c}{\text{d}t}=-kc $$
However if $c(t)=\frac{k_+}{k_-}a(t)b(t)$ then this implies that
$$\frac{\text{d}c}{\text{d}t}= \frac{k_+}{k_-}\frac{\text{d}}{\text{d}t}(ab)=\frac{k_+}{k_-}(\frac{\text{d}a}{\text{d}t}b+a\frac{\text{d}b}{\text{d}t})$$
Therefore
$$\frac{\text{d}c}{\text{d}t}=\frac{k_+}{k_-}((-ka)b+a(-kb))=-2k\frac{k_+}{k_-}ab=-2kc\neq -kc$$
What have I done wrong here?

A: If I understand your question correctly, you want to simplify the ODE system using your knowledge of the time scale difference associated to the processes described by the ODE system. In particular, I understand that you assume that the `internal' reaction dynamics $A + B \leftrightharpoons^{k_+}_{k_-} C$ in $\Omega$ occur on a much faster timescale than the diffusion or leaking of $A,B,C$ through the membrane $\delta \Omega$, i.e. $A \overset{k}{\to} \emptyset $. This would mean that the rate associated with the leaking through the membrane, $k$, is much smaller than both reaction rates $k_{\pm}$, i.e. $k \ll k_{\pm}$. For convenience, I'll rescale the time $t$ with $k_+$, introduce the rate ratios $r=\frac{k_-}{k_+}$ and $\varepsilon = \frac{k}{k_+}$, yielding the system
\begin{align}
 \frac{\text{d} a}{\text{d} t} &= r c - a b &- \varepsilon a,\\
 \frac{\text{d} b}{\text{d} t} &= r c - a b &- \varepsilon b,\\
 \frac{\text{d} c}{\text{d} t} &= -(r c - a b) &- \varepsilon c.
\end{align}
Note that since we assume that $k \ll k_{\pm}$, we have that $\varepsilon \ll 1$.
Using the quasi steady state assumption, we set $\varepsilon$ to zero and look for equilbria of the reduced system. These are given by the solutions of the equation
\begin{equation}
r c = a b.
\end{equation}
To study the effect of the slow diffusion through the membrane, the best thing is to introduce a slow time variable $\tau = \epsilon t$. If we write the original system in terms of this slow time variable, we obtain
\begin{align}
\varepsilon \frac{\text{d} a}{\text{d} \tau} &= r c - a b &- \varepsilon a,\\
\varepsilon \frac{\text{d} b}{\text{d} \tau} &= r c - a b &- \varepsilon b,\\
\varepsilon \frac{\text{d} c}{\text{d} \tau} &= -(r c - a b) &- \varepsilon c.
\end{align}
Again, you see that setting $\varepsilon$ to zero reduces the system to one steady state equation, namely the one we already obtained: $r c = a b$. But what's more important: if we assume we are at (or very close to) the set of equilibria given by $r c = a b$, the resulting system (in slow time $\tau$) reduces to
\begin{align}
 \frac{\text{d} a}{\text{d} \tau} &= - a,\\
 \frac{\text{d} b}{\text{d} \tau} &= - b,\\
 \frac{\text{d} c}{\text{d} \tau} &= - c.
\end{align}
The next observation is that the set of equilibria given by $r c = a b$ is stable. You can show this by linearising the system and determining the signs of the eigenvalues of the resulting $3 \times 3$ matrix, but it's also pretty obvious from the underlying model, which wouldn't really make sense if the reaction equilibrium inside $\Omega$ wouldn't be stable. Anyway, this means that when the system has reached an internal reaction equilibrium in 'fast' time $t$, all components start leaking away slowly through the exponential dynamics described by the slow time ($\tau$) system. This would generally bring the state of the system slowly away from the internal reaction equilibrium $r c = a b$. However, if this perturbation grows too large, the fast internal reaction dynamics 'self-correct' the system towards the internal reaction equilibrium again. To summarise: for any initial concentration $a(0),b(0),c(0)$, the system quickly reaches its 'fast' reaction equilibrium, where $r c = a b$, and then the concentration of every component slowly diminishes, while still obeying the relation $r c = a b$ (up to small perturbations).
Addition: The system can be further analysed as follows: observe that
\begin{equation}
 \frac{\text{d} a}{\text{d} t} + \frac{\text{d} c}{\text{d} t} = -\varepsilon (a + c),
\end{equation}
so $a+c$ decays slowly, and can be solved explicitly as
\begin{equation}
 a + c = (a_0 + c_0)\,e^{-\varepsilon t}.
\end{equation}
Likewise, we have $b + c = (b_0 + c_0)\,e^{-\varepsilon t}$. Hence, we can express both $a$ and $b$ in terms of $c$ and obtain a single ODE for $c$:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\text{d} c}{\text{d} t} = -(r+\varepsilon) c + \left((a_0+c_0) e^{-\varepsilon t} - c\right)\left((b_0+c_0) e^{-\varepsilon t} - c\right).
\end{equation}
You can in theory solve this ODE explicitly, but the solution is rather nasty and doesn't give you too much insight. Instead, we can employ the so-called method of multiple scales.
This works as follows. The system and our previous analysis gives rise to the idea that $a$, $b$ and $c$ can be most efficiently described using two time scales, $t$ and $\varepsilon t = \tau$ (the 'fast' and 'slow' time scales). The idea is now to treat those two time scales as if they were independent. The smaller $\varepsilon$ is, the more this idea makes sense -- the more the time scales are separated. So, we write $c(t)$ as a function of both $t$ and $\tau$:
\begin{equation}
c(t) = C(t,\varepsilon t) = C(t,\tau).
\end{equation}
Writing $c$ in such a way has impact on the time derivative as well. Using the chain rule, we see that
\begin{equation}
\frac{\text{d} c}{\text{d} t} = \frac{\text{d}}{\text{d} t} C(t,\tau(t)) = \frac{\partial C}{\partial t} + \frac{\text{d} \tau}{\text{d} t} \frac{\partial C}{\partial \tau} = \frac{\partial C}{\partial t} + \varepsilon \frac{\partial C}{\partial \tau}.
\end{equation}
At first, this seems rather counterproductive: we started with an ODE, and now we've got a PDE on our hands! However, this turns out to make our life easier. We can substitute this in the above, and obtain to leading order (i.e. setting $\varepsilon = 0$):
\begin{equation}
 \frac{\partial C}{\partial t} = -r C + \left((a_0+c_0) e^{-\tau} - C\right)\left((b_0+c_0) e^{-\tau} - C\right).
\end{equation}
This differential equation in $t$ has a standard solution of the form
\begin{equation}
 C(t,\tau) = \frac{1}{2}A + \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{B-A^2} \tan\left[\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{B-A^2} (t+\delta(\tau))\right],
\end{equation}
with
\begin{align}
 A &= r+(a_0+b_0+2c_0)e^{-\tau},\\
 B &= 4 (a_0+c_0)(b_0+c_0)e^{-2\tau}.
\end{align}
So, up to an unknown function $\delta(\tau)$, we've found our first order solution for $c$, and in extension for $a$ and $b$.
So, how to find this $\delta(\tau)$? This can be done by using a more detailed assumption for $c$, namely
\begin{equation}
 c(t) = C_0(t,\tau) + \varepsilon C_1(t,\tau).
\end{equation}
You can do exactly the same as above, but now the terms at order $\varepsilon$ give you a new ODE for $C_1$. You can repeat this process ad infinitum, but the equations to be solved will get messier as you go along.
To conclude: it's much easier to stick to the somewhat heuristic description I've given before. Using the exact identities $a + c = (a_0+c_0)e^{-\tau}$ and $b+c = (b_0 + c_0)e^{-\tau}$, you can track the evolution of $a,b,c$ along the set $r c = a b$ by solving $r c = ((a_0+c_0)e^{-\tau} - c)((b_0+c_0)e^{-\tau} - c)$ for $c$ as a function of $\tau$, where in addition $r c_0 = a_0 b_0$.
As mentioned in the comments: I highly recommend C Kuehn, Multiple Time Scale Dynamics, Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-12315-8 for further details on this technique and other somewhat equivalent approaches.

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\section{Introduction}

A classical problem in differential geometry is the determination
of the family of functions that can be obtained  as the scalar curvature
of a Riemannian metric in some fixed smooth manifold $M$.
As one might expect, the features of the problem in low dimensions
are very different from the high-dimensional case.
The classical Uniformization Theorem assures that any Riemannian metric
on a 2-dimensional manifold is conformal to a metric of constant
scalar curvature (in dimension two, this is the same as constant sectional
curvature). For a compact surface,
the Gauss-Bonnet  formula  then shows that the sign of such a  constant
is determined by the topology of the surface.
Moreover, if we restrict to metrics of unit  volume, then the value
of the constant is completely determined by the topology (it is $4\pi \chi$,
where $\chi $ is the Euler characteristic of the surface).

In higher dimensions, we can still deform any metric to a metric of
constant scalar
curvature. Namely, given
any Riemannian metric $g$ on a compact smooth manifold $M$, there is a metric
conformal to $g$ which has constant scalar curvature. This is the
well-known Yamabe problem. Yamabe first stated this result in \cite{Yamabe},
but his proof was not correct, as pointed out by Trudinger in \cite{Trudinger}.
The argument was  completed in several steps by Trudinger
\cite{Trudinger}, Aubin \cite{Aubin}
and Schoen \cite{Schoen2}. Note that  in dimensions greater than two the
obstruction to the existence of metrics with a determined sign is much
weaker. For instance, every compact manifold of dimension at least three admits
a metric of constant negative scalar curvature.
There are
well-known obstructions, though, to the existence of metrics of positive
or vanishing scalar curvature.

If a function is expressed as the scalar curvature of a metric on a manifold
$M$, any positive multiple of the function can be  obtained by rescaling the
metric. In order to avoid these ``trivial'' variations, and therefore to get
a meaningful measure of the possible ``size'' of the scalar curvature function,
it is reasonable to restrict
to metrics of unit volume.
This was first considered by O. Kobayashi in \cite{Kobayashi}, where he
introduced what we will call the {\it Yamabe invariant} of a compact smooth
manifold $M$. First consider a fixed conformal class of metrics
${\cal C}$ on $M$,  and
let the  Yamabe constant of $(M, {\cal C})$  be

$$Y(M,{\cal C})=\inf\limits_{g\in {\cal C}}
\frac{\int\limits_M s_g \ dvol_g}{(Vol_g (M))^{2/n}}.$$

The solution to the Yamabe problem is precisely achieved by showing that
this infimum is always attained by a smooth metric, which necessarily
has constant scalar curvature. The {\it Yamabe invariant} is then defined by

$$Y(M)=\sup\limits_{\cal C} Y(M,{\cal C}),$$

\noindent
where the supremum is taken
over all conformal classes of metrics on $M$. Note that
this invariant is also frequently called the {\it sigma constant} of $M$
\cite{Schoen3}.

Note that the invariant is readily computable in dimension two from the
Gauss-Bonnet formula. In dimension three, the computation of the invariant
(of manifolds for which the invariant is non-positive)
would follow from Anderson's program for the hyperbolization
conjecture \cite{Anderson}. Computations of the invariant in dimension
four have been carried out  by  LeBrun in \cite{LeBrun2}; he computed the
invariants of all compact complex surfaces of K\"{a}hler type
which do not admit metrics of positive scalar curvature. See also
\cite{Gursky, LeBrun3, Petean2}
for other computations of the invariant in dimension four.

We will be concerned in this paper with
simply connected manifolds of dimension greater than four.
The study  of manifolds which admit metrics of
positive scalar curvature has proved
to be very interesting and deep. See for instance the work by Gromov
and Lawson
\cite{Gromov}, Schoen
and Yau \cite{Schoen} and Stolz \cite{Stolz}. In this
last paper, it is completely determined which simply connected  compact
manifolds of dimension greater than four admit metrics of positive scalar
curvature.
Recall that the Yamabe invariant of $M$ is positive
if and only if $M$ admits a metric
of positive scalar curvature (see for instance \cite{Schoen3}).

We will prove:

\begin{theorem}: Every simply connected smooth compact manifold of dimension
greater than four has non-negative Yamabe invariant.
\end{theorem}

Note that for a manifold $M$ which does not admit positive scalar curvature
metrics, the Yamabe invariant can also be computed by the formula

$$Y(M)= - \inf\limits_{\cal M}
{\left( \int\limits_M |s_g |^{n/2} dvol_g \right)}^{2/n}$$

\noindent
where ${\cal M}$ is the space of all Riemannian metrics on $M$
(see for instance \cite{LeBrun2}).

It is also well-known that  if a compact manifold
(of dimension at least three) admits a metric of positive scalar
curvature then it also admits a scalar-flat metric. We can therefore
rephrase the previous theorem as:

\begin{corollary}: For every simply connected smooth compact
manifold M of dimension greater
than four,

$$\inf\limits_{\cal M} \int\limits_M |s_g |^{n/2} dvol_g =0.$$

\end{corollary}

It follows from these results that dimension four is quite exceptional
in terms of the Yamabe invariant. Note that Theorem 1 is obviously true
in dimension two and clearly expected to be  true in the  3-dimensional
case (either from the Poincare Conjecture  or from Anderson's program
for the Hyperbolization Conjecture
\cite{Anderson}). But it is definitely not true in
dimension four  (see the work of LeBrun in \cite{LeBrun, LeBrun2}); moreover,
it seems likely to be the case, from LeBrun's computations,
that  the  {\it generic} simply
connected compact four-manifold has strictly negative Yamabe
invariant.

\section{The Spin Cobordism Ring}

The aim of this section is the proof of Theorem 2 below. We will need to recall
some basic facts about the spin cobordism ring. Details can be found in
\cite{Lawson, Stong}.
Of course, we will need to consider in this section
manifolds with boundary. And hence, in this section,
we will call a manifold $X$
{\it closed} if it is compact and without boundary (in the other sections
we always assume that the manifolds have no boundary).

For a spin manifold we will mean a smooth oriented manifold with a fixed
spin structure on its tangent bundle.
Let $X$ be a spin manifold with boundary. The spin structure on $X$
induces a canonical spin structure on the boundary of $X$ (see \cite{Milnor}),
and two closed
spin manifolds $X_1$ and $X_2$ of dimension $n$
are called {\it spin cobordant} if
there is a compact spin manifold $X$ (of dimension $n+1$) so that
$\partial X$ is, as a spin manifold,
the disjoint union of $X_1$ and  $-X_2$ (the minus meaning
that the orientation is reversed).
The set of equivalence classes of $n$-dimensional closed spin manifolds
under this relation is  called the $n$-dimensional
{\it spin cobordism group},
${\Omega}_n^{Spin}$. It is an Abelian group, with the sum given by
the disjoint union or equivalently by the connected sum (if $X$ and
$Y$ are connected spin manifolds, then $X\# Y$ inherits a spin structure
so that $X\# Y$ is spin cobordant to the disjoint union of $X$ and $Y$).

Throughout this section
we will denote by $[X]$ the class of the closed spin manifold $X$
in the spin cobordism group.

The product of manifolds gives a ring structure to ${\Omega}_*^{Spin}$.
This is called the {\it spin cobordism  ring}. Its structure has been
determined
by D.W. Anderson, E.H. Brown and F.P. Peterson
in \cite{Anderson3}. It is proved there that two closed
spin manifolds of dimenion $n$ are spin cobordant if and only if they
have the same Stiefel-Whitney and KO characteristic numbers. A particular
example of these  characteristic numbers, which will play an important role
in this article, is the $\alpha$-homomorphism,

$$\alpha :  {\Omega}_*^{Spin} \rightarrow KO_*  (pt),$$

\noindent
first introduced by Atiyah and Milnor (see  \cite{Milnor}). It is important
for us that $\alpha$ is a ring homomorphism; i.e. for any connected closed spin
manifolds $X$ and $Y$, $\alpha [X\# Y]=\alpha [X]+\alpha [Y]$ and
$\alpha [X\times Y]=\alpha [X] .\alpha [Y]$.

Now recall that $KO_n (pt)$ vanishes for
$n$=3,5,6 and 7, while $KO_1 (pt)$ and $KO_2 (pt)$ are isomorphic to
${\bf Z}_2 $, and
$KO_4 (pt)$ and $KO_8 (pt)$ are isomorphic to ${\bf Z}$.
Recall also that multiplication by
a generator of $KO_8 (pt)$  gives an isomorphism between
$KO_n  (pt)$ and $KO_{n+8} (pt)$. Moreover, $\alpha $ is an extension of
the $\hat{A}$-genus in the sense that after  picking suitable generators
of $KO_{8k}$ and $KO_{8k+4}$, $\alpha$ is exactly the $\hat{A}$-genus  in
dimensions 8k and one half of the $\hat{A}$-genus  in dimensions 8k+4.

The homomorphism $\alpha$  plays  a central role in the study of the scalar
curvature  of compact spin manifolds.
Hitchin proved in \cite{Hitchin} (generalizing the now classical work
of Lichnerowicz \cite{Lichnerowicz})
that if the compact spin manifold $X$ admits a metric of positive
scalar curvature, then $\alpha [X]=0$. The converse of  this result
is also true for simply connected manifolds. It
was conjectured by Gromov and Lawson
in \cite{Gromov}, and proved in different cases by
Gromov and Lawson \cite{Gromov},
Miyazaki \cite{Miyazaki}, Rosenberg \cite{Rosenberg}
and finally (in general) by Stolz \cite{Stolz}. More precisely, Stolz
proved that any cobordism class in
the kernel of  the homomorphism $\alpha$ can be represented by a connected
spin manifold which admits metrics of positive scalar curvature (the
result then follows from the arguments  in \cite{Gromov}).
Similarly, to prove Theorem 1, we will need to show that every element
in the spin cobordism groups can be represented by a manifold with non-negative
Yamabe invariant. We will prove this statement for every dimension in
Theorem 2, although we will only need the result for dimensions greater than
four.
We will prove Theorem 2 now and then use it to prove Theorem  1
in the following section.

\vspace{.2cm}

We will need  to use the following obvious fact:

\begin{lemma}: Suppose that $M$ and $N$ are closed smooth manifolds and
that the Yamabe invariant of $M$ is non-negative. Then
the Yamabe invariant of $M\times N$ is non-negative.
\end{lemma}

Proof: Given any $\epsilon >0$ we will show that there is a metric on
$M\times N$ of unit volume and constant scalar curvature bounded below by
$-\epsilon$. This implies the lemma.

Every compact smooth manifold admits a metric of constant scalar curvature.
After rescaling, we can then pick a metric $g$  on $N$  of volume $V$
whose scalar curvature  is a constant greater than
$-\epsilon /2$. The fact that the Yamabe invariant of $M$ is
non-negative  assures that there
is a metric $h$ on $M$ of volume 1/$V$ and whose scalar curvature
is a constant greater than $-\epsilon /2$.
The product metric $g+h$ on $N\times M$ has unit volume
and scalar curvature bounded below by $-\epsilon$
as required.

{\hfill$\Box$\medskip}

We can now prove:

\begin{theorem}: Every element in the spin cobordism group
${\Omega}_n^{Spin}$  can be represented by a connected spin manifold
with non-negative Yamabe invariant.
\end{theorem}

Proof: The statement is trivial in the case $n=1$. When $n=2$, we have that
${\Omega}_2^{Spin}\ $is isomorphic to
${\bf Z}_2$, and its two elements are represented
respectively by a torus (the product of two copies of the
spin structure on $S^1$ that is not a spin boundary),
whose Yamabe invariant is zero,
and by the 2-sphere with its canonical
spin structure (the Yamabe invariant of the 2-sphere is 8$\pi$).
When $n$=3,5,6 or 7, the spin cobordism group ${\Omega}_n^{Spin}$
is  trivial, and its only
element can be represented by the sphere of the corresponding dimension
(which of course has positive Yamabe invariant).
For $n=4$, the spin cobordism group is isomorphic to ${\bf Z}$ generated
by the class of
a $K3$ surface. Note that the Yamabe invariant of the $K3$ surface is
zero, since it admits a scalar flat metric
(the Ricci-flat metrics constructed by Yau \cite{Yau})
but no metric of positive scalar curvature (since its $\hat{A}$-genus
does not vanish). The same is true for
the connected sum of any (positive) number of copies of the
$K3$ surface. The zero
element in the group can be represented by the  4-sphere.

Now recall that D.D. Joyce  constructed examples of 8-dimensional compact
Riemannian manifolds with holonomy Spin(7) (see \cite{Joyce}). These
manifolds are then necessarily simply connected, spin,
Ricci-flat and have $\hat{A}$-genus 1 (actually D.D. Joyce shows explicitly
that his examples have $\hat{A}$-genus 1, and use this to prove that
they have holonomy Spin(7) and not a proper subgroup of it). Call $J_8$
one of these examples. Then $\alpha [J_8 ]$  is a generator of
$KO_8 (pt)$.
Hence, multiplication by $\alpha [J_8 ]$ gives an isomorphism between
$KO_n (pt)$ and $KO_{n+8} (pt)$.
Note also that the Yamabe invariant of $J_8$ is zero (it can not
be positive since the $\hat{A}$-genus is non-zero).

Now consider any class $[X]\in {\Omega}_n^{Spin}$ with
$n\geq 8$. Let $P$ be a closed spin manifold of dimension
$n-8$ so that $\alpha [P]$ is a generator of $KO_{n-8} (pt)$
($\alpha$ is an epimorphism in every dimension),
and let $Q=P\times J_8$. Note that it follows from Lemma 1 that
$Y(Q)\geq 0$. Note also that $\alpha [Q]$ is a generator of
$KO_n (pt)$.
There exists then an integer $k$ so that $\alpha [X] =k\alpha [Q]$.
This means that $[X]-k[Q]$ is in the kernel of $\alpha$ and  therefore,
from Stolz's Theorem (see \cite{Stolz}), it can be represented by a closed
connected spin manifold $S$ of strictly positive Yamabe invariant.
Finally, $[X]$ can be represented by  the
manifold $\overline{X}$ obtained as the connected sum of $S$ and
$k$ copies of $Q$. But the condition that the Yamabe invariant is
non-negative is closed under connected sum (see \cite{Kobayashi}), and
hence $Y(\overline{X} )\geq 0$. This completes the proof of Theorem 2.

{\hfill$\Box$\medskip}

\section{Proof of Theorem 1 and final remarks}

We will now prove Theorem 1. We will use
the following result of Gromov  and Lawson \cite[proof of Theorem B]{Gromov}:

\begin{theorem}: Let $N$ be a compact simply connected spin n-dimensional
manifold. Suppose that n$\geq$5 and that the manifold $X$ is spin cobordant
to $N$. Then $N$ is obtained from $X$ by  doing surgery (on $X$) on
spheres of codimension greater than two.
\end{theorem}

Let $M$ be a compact simply connected manifold of dimension at least five.
It was proved by Gromov and Lawson in \cite{Gromov}, that if
$M$ is not spin then it admits
a metric of positive scalar curvature. This means that the Yamabe
invariant of $M$ is strictly positive. We can therefore assume that
$M$ is spin.

We have proved in Theorem 2 that  $M$ is spin cobordant to a spin
manifold $X$ with non-negative Yamabe invariant.
It follows from Theorem  3 that $M$ is obtained from $X$ by
doing surgery on spheres of codimension greater than two.
Finally, it is proved in \cite{Petean} that if $\widehat{N}$ is obtained
from the compact smooth manifold $N$ by doing surgery on
spheres of codimension greater
than two then $Y(\widehat{N}) \geq Y(N)$.
Applying this  result to our situation,
we see that $Y(M)\geq Y(X) \geq 0$, and we have therefore finished the proof
of Theorem 1.

{\hfill$\Box$\medskip}

\noindent
{\it Remark}: It is clear from Theorem 1 that for any simply connected
compact manifold $X$ of dimension greater than four so that $\alpha [X]
\neq  0$ the Yamabe  invariant of $X$ is zero.

\vspace{.3cm}

\noindent
{\it Remark}: One of the main motivations for the study of the Yamabe invariant
is the  minimax  method to construct Einstein metrics \cite{Schoen3}. Assume
for simplicity that $Y(X)\leq 0$. Then the Yamabe invariant of $X$  is  the
supremum of the  scalar curvature  over the family of metrics on $X$ of
constant scalar curvature and unit volume. Moreover, if the supremum is
achieved  by a metric $g$ (as before), then $g$ is Einstein.  Unfortunately,
it is not always the case that the supremum is achieved. One can deduce for
instance many examples from Theorem 1. Namely, if a simply connected manifold
$X$ (compact of dimension greater than four) has non-vanishing $\alpha$-genus,
then $Y(X)=0$. Hence  the minimax procedure would provide a Ricci-flat
metric. But, as it is well-known since the work of Lichnerowicz,
when the scalar curvature vanishes the Weitzenb\"{o}ck formula for
the Dirac operator
shows that every harmonic spinor is parallel.
And the existence of non-trivial parallel spinors is a very restrictive
condition (we know that in our examples there are non-trivial harmonic
spinors since the $\alpha$-genus is not zero).
It implies that our simply connected manifold must be the
product of certain 8-dimensional manifolds and a Ricci-flat K\"{a}hler
manifold (see \cite[Theorem 1.2 and footnote p.54]{Hitchin}).
This, of course, implies that for most of the examples we consider
the minimax method to construct an Einstein metric does not work.
In particular, it does not work for any of the exotic spheres $S$
such that $\alpha [S] \neq  0$ (see
\cite{Hitchin, Milnor}).

\vspace{.3cm}

{\bf Acknowledgements}: The author would like to thank Claude LeBrun for
many very
useful observations related to this work. He would also like to thank the
staff and directors of the Max Planck Institut for their hospitality
during the preparation of this work and to Vyacheslav Krushkal and
Ernesto Lupercio for many helpful discussions.

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