God seeks and creates community

Historical series, 17. Sermon prepared for and made available to the congregations of the Synod of Alberta, presented at the festival of The Holy Trinity, 6 Je 2004. Prov 8:1-4; Ps 8; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15

West Irondequoit Central School District and West Irondequoit Teachers Association

In the matter of the fact-finding between the West Irondequoit Central School District, employer, and the West Irondequoit Teachers Association, union. PERB case no. M2013-095. Before: Stephen P. LaLonde, fact finder

One in Christ

Historical series, 8. Sermon delivered to the congregations of the Synod of Alberta and the Territories of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, 21 Je 1998. 1 Kgs 19:1-4 (5-7) 8-15a; Ps 42, 43; Gal 3:23-29; Lk 8:26-29

Quasi-fixed points from scalar sequestering and the little hierarchy problem in supersymmetry

In supersymmetric models with scalar sequestering, superconformal strong dynamics in the hidden sector suppresses the low-energy couplings of mass dimension two, compared to the squares of the dimension one parameters. Taking into account restrictions on the anomalous dimensions in superconformal theories, I point out that the interplay between the hidden and visible sector renormalizations gives rise to quasi-fixed point running for the supersymmetric Standard Model squared mass parameters, rather than driving them to 0. The extent to which this dynamics can ameliorate the little hierarchy problem in supersymmetry is studied. Models of this type in which the gaugino masses do not unify are arguably more natural, and are certainly more likely to be accessible, eventually, to the Large Hadron Collider.Comment: 23 page