After the ceremony we went to a local park and downtown for some more formal pictures. I love the photos in front of the brick walls. Then colors played so well together. Then it was off to the reception. The rest of the evening was great, beautiful toasts and dancing.
Congrats again to Nathan and Beth!


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Interview - Matt Wagner Senior Producer Eagle Dynamics
This is an interview I tossed together for Matt Wagner Senior Producer at Eagle Dynamics a little over a month ago, before the release of 2.5.6 Open Beta. A good number of these questions were those given to me by viewers of the WarGameGuru YouTube channel as well.
Supercarrier questions...
The question I've seen asked the most is...Is the Tomcat compatible with the Supercarrier?
We very much expect so, as does Heatblur. Both Eagle Dynamics and Heatblur see the enormous value of this and have been working closely together to make this happen at Early Access release.
What kind of content, if any will Supercarrier come with? Will there be Missions, Instant Action missions, any Campaigns with this, or is it basically like the WWII Assets pack for making all your own missions, only much more in-depth?
Just as with maps, mission content is a function of the aircraft modules. We do though plan to offer several DCS: F/A-18C Hornet missions that are based on the Supercarrier.
How will the other mini-games (Air Boss, Briefing Room, LSO station) associated with the Supercarrier module work too?
These are not "mini-games" but rather different locations on the ship that the player can move their viewpoint to. The Air Boss station will allow limited control of the boat like lights, barrier net, elevators, and steering. The Ready Room will allow mission planning, view PLAT camera, and arming in a 3D environment with voice chat support. The LSO station allows the player to occupy the LSO platform and view the PLAT camera.
In addition to these camera locations, we'll also provide camera locations at the four catapults, hangar deck, and more.
Did the ED team visit any specific carriers during the development of this module?
No, that was not really needed given the wealth of information available.
Why did ED use keyframe animations instead of motion capture for their Supercarrier?
We did not keyframe the animations. All animations were motion captured from our own motion capture studio in Minsk.
Will the elevators work?
Yes, but we are still deciding exactly how these would function gameplaywise. It will likely be a combination of automatic functions to open deck space for recovering aircraft and allow players in the Air Boss station to manually operate them.
Will ground personal assist during taxi, and parking, and can more than one plane be doing this at the same time?
Initially, deck crew will assist in the catapult operations. Later in early access we plan to add plan directors that will move the aircraft from parking to each of the catapults. We also plan animated plane directors to move aircraft out of the landing area.
How will multiplayer be handled for say a RIO in the backseat of an F-14 on a multiplayer server, will they need the Supercarrier module to take off or land on a Supercarrier too?
Anyone taking advantage of Supercarrier to takeoff, land, use the deck crew, and ATC communication must own the Supercarrier module. If you do not own the module, you will still see it in a multiplayer mission, but you will be unable to use it. This is true for all players in a multi-crew aircraft.
General DCS Questions...
There was some backlash when the Viper was released in the state that it was, and the vocal majority felt that if this was a 3d party module, that ED may not have certified it for "Early Access".
For a product we create, we are beholden to complete the product. Whereas with a 3rd party product, there is the possibility it could be abandoned. As such, we require 3rd party products a higher level of completion for early access release.
Lets talk about the process ED goes through to determine a module ready for "Early Access"? Is there a set criteria that has to be met to determine worthiness for release into "Early Access"?
Yes, we have checklists for different products types that must first be satisfied. These were recently updated after the F-16C early access release. We are committed to not repeating that experience, even if it results in us delaying a product release.
In this modern information age we live in today.... how hard is it, or how much easier has it become, to gather much needed real-world data to produce a module for DCS?
It is certainly much easier than it used to be, but it can still be a great challenge, particularly regarding sensor and weapon systems.
There has been more sales by ED on product than ever before. I want to say there was 4 sales in 5 months time. Is everything okay financially at Eagle Dynamics? I'm not complaining, I'm just concerned?
This is no different than the past several years. We generally mirror the Steam sales between Halloween to the Lunar New Year.
More recently though, we have greatly expanded our sale events considering the pandemic. We hope this will make this difficult time easier for virtual pilots.
As DCS pilots continue to always tweak their systems, and upgrade hardware to gain those extra precious FPS in DCS World... the most important question is... How soon will we have Vulkan in DCS, and with your internal testing are you seeing that it can really utilize more cores and threads over DCS as it sits today, thus really giving us the better performance we are all hoping for?
We do not have a date projection, but it is large and complex project that we are devoted to. Once we have new information to share, we will.
Do you foresee Vulkan making AMD processors more viable than Intel in DCS in the future, or does the faster frequency Intel offering show marked improvement with Vulkan too?
Sorry, I do not know, and it is too earlier for us to test performance across different hardware.
Will we ever see an improved night-time scenario visually in DCS? At present things look pretty bad at night, more so in areas that aren't populated cities with illumination, and even then things look pretty washed out. Will the new graphics engine improve upon this?
This was recently updated in DCS World version 2.5.6. As the technology marches on, we will continue to make lighting improvements.
The next, biggest lighting improvement will be multiple global lighting sources. Currently, it is either the sun or the moon, and this restricts our ability to render self-shadows.
With Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on the horizon, the level of terrain detail bar has been raised significantly. Before ED was the leader in this department on the PC. Is what Microsoft is achieving in MSFS 2020 helping at all to motivate ED to bring us more eye-candy to DCS visually speaking in the future?
Sorry, we don't comment on other products.
With the addition of a new WWII map "The Channel" coming, and the new Marianas Map on the way, plus the tweaks recently performed to the Normandy 1944 Map, P47 getting closer...What other things is ED doing making to make the DCS WWII enviroment more attractive?
Some of the biggest ones include the damage model system, improved AI, new units for the World War II Assets Pack, search lights, and we continue to improve the sighting system.
What ever happened with Modern Air Combat, and how does it fit in with the current ED business model, will it too have modules you can purchase to add to it, or will it be a self contained product like sims of the old days?
Over the past year, a massive amount of work has gone into Modern Air Combat in order to make it a very entertaining title. During this period, we have also expanded the scope and features of the product substantially. This has led to us push back its release date to sometime in 2020. Modern Air Combat will not be a DCS World product, but rather a new series for us that focuses more on action, gameplay, and a shallowing learning curve.
So if money was no concern, and you had an unlimited budget with no constraints...what module would Matt Wagner produce in a heart-beat, and why?
Probably the AH-64D Longbow Apache. Janes Longbow II was one of my favorites.
Viewer general questions...
Outside of Vulkan, what ever happened to VR optimizations?
We did in fact make several optimizations, but the level of improvement was not universal for all players. We believe though the Vulkan API should bring across the board VR improvement for all.
What can you tell us about the "lighting" update?
Earlier we released version 2.5.6 of DCS World that included improvements to the lighting system. This is most evident at night when viewing the cockpits. In addition to cockpit lighting, overall world lighting appears more natural and balanced with improved tones.
Following this, our goal will be to further enhance world lighting by allowing multiple world-lighting sources. This will provide a much more natural and realistic appearance to the world.
Lighting is a very large and ongoing task.
How is the dynamic campaign coming along, and what can you tell us about it?
Work on the dynamic campaign has been underway for over a year, and the progress has been steady on this very complex task. We understand that this is one of the most awaited features in DCS World and we are giving it the attention it deserves.
Much of the work is focused on the dynamic campaign creation tool layers as part of the Mission Editor, developing machine learning mechanics, and creating an AI neural network for the RTS element of the system. The machine learning and neural network tasks are particularly challenging, but we believe they should provide a unique dynamic campaign experience.
We expect to start testing this feature in the latter part of 2020.
Are there any plans to add any TurboProp planes to DCS?
RAZBAM is developing the A-29B Super Tucano.
Will there ever be a way to tell how much fuel a tanker may have left?
Currently, the tankers do not have a fuel transfer limit.
Are there any plans to add more infantry troop models to DCS, like spec ops, etc?
Perhaps at a later point, but there are many older units we first wish to update and new units that will have a much larger gameplay value for DCS.
Why do we need to exit the game in order to gain access to the module manuals? Why not have access to the module manuals in the pause menu?
With the game paused, you can certainly Alt Tab and view the manuals. We have though been looking into better integrating a document viewer into the game shell.
I know the DCS community can be difficult, but is there any chance we can try to increase developer interaction with the community?
I think we already do an excellent job in interacting with "the community". Between our forums, Facebook, Youtube, and Reddit, we are interacting and answering questions every day. We also have a weekly newsletter, product mini-updates, and a discord channel.
In addition to our very active community managers, our company owner, Nick Grey, and CEO Kate Perederko have been quite active. I also have been active on Youtube, Facebook, and the official DCS forums.
Are you aware that the "VR hands" are unusable because many switches move without clicking any button or squeezing the trigger, and is there any chance we can get that fixed?
The VR hands are very much a work in progress that we continue to update and improve. We are particularly interested in recent advancements in software-based hand tracking.
Will we ever see dedicated bomber modules in DCS World?
Certainly, at some point, and mostly likely a World War II bomber first.
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PRESS RELEASE: Charity wins lottery, supports high streets with pop-up play shops
The new play charity, Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK) has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards-for-All programme.
The money will enable the charity to explore the potential for a national scheme to help local groups establish "Pop-Up Play Shops" or PUPS, in disused high street premises.
As well as a feasibility study of the Pop-Up Shop's potential for national development, the grant will also fund a tool-kit of resources for local groups who want to set up new play provision in their local area and lack suitable premises.
Morgan Leichter-Saxby, one of the charity's directors said of the award, expresses her satisfaction with the announcement.
"Play provision for struggling families has never been more important, but play services are under massive pressure with many projects facing closure because of austerity measures. Accordingly, we sought to start something that wouldn't cost much money and which local groups could easily adopt for themselves".
The charity's co-director, Suzanna Law, says she is particularly ecstatic with the news. "We are happy to receive our first grant, which feels like a real vote of confidence in our ideas and our work up to this point."
Additionally, former director of Play England, Adrian Voce OBE, will research the project's potential and produce the study. Voce says:
"This project flies in the face of some current orthodoxies, which is partly why I like it. These new projects won't be in nature but on the high street. There is currently a big emphasis on the importance of outdoor, "natural" play. This is great, but we want to remind people that the most important thing about play space is that it is where children can get to it".
The project will begin immediately, aiming to publish the study and launch the toolkit in summer 2014.
The concept of the Pop-Up Playshop was successfully piloted by Morgan Leichter-Saxby and Suzanna Law, playworkers and researchers who are now the new charity's directors, in one of Cardiff's main shopping areas in 2011.
With no funding, Morgan and Suzanna themselves evaluated the pilot project, along with another Pop-Up play event they had organized. This became the basis for the bid to Awards-for-All.
Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK) was awarded charity status by the Charity Commission early in 2013.
Morgan Leichter Saxby MA, one of Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK)'s co-founders, is a writer, researcher and playworker. She has worked with the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Play England, City of Largo Florida, and the Alliance for Childhood. She directly supports the development of play-based community events and programming in more than 8 different countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica and Egypt. Morgan blogs at Play Everything.
Suzanna Law BA, Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK)'s other co-founder, graduated with a first-class honours degree in Playwork in July 2012, having already been a playworker for seven years. She is currently reading a PhD in Playwork with a focus on the Playwork Principles in the US. Suzanna manages the charity's blog Pop-Up Adventure Play blog.
Adrian Voce has worked in children's play since 1979 and was the first director of Play England, from 2006-11. He is a former director and chair of the National Children's Play Council (2004-6) and was the first director of London Play (1998-2004). He is now a freelance consultant on play policy and play service development, and manages the specialist blog-site Policy for Play. In 2011, Voce was awarded the OBE for services to children.
For more information please contact Suzanna Law. Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK) Registered Charity Number 1148987
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NEW BEDFORD (WBZ-AM) -- The New England Fisheries Management Council has approved a conservation measure aimed at protecting certain fish species--but South Coast clammers say it could put them out of business.
The decision sees the region's three most profitable clam areas off Nantucket Sound off-limits come April. Those areas account for between 80 and 95 percent of surf-clammers' harvests.
Monty Rome, GM of Intershell International and owner of three clam vessels, told WBZ NewsRadio's Kendall Buhl that this spells the end of the clamming industry in New Englan, and with it, he says, go some 1,000 jobs.
"Say goodbye to clam chowder," he said.
Rome pointed out that the fish the measure is meant to protect live in rocky areas--not the fine sand beds that provide habitats for clams. He said clammers' footprint is miniscule, and they don't damage the ocean habitats.
"They're making decisions not based on science, they're making decisions based on, really nothing. On want. They want to do this, so they're gonna do it," Rome said. "They had no concept or concern at all about how many jobs are going to be affected."
What's more, Rome said, not even the clams will benefit. Past experience has shown that when clam populations proliferate, the bivalves end up starving.
Clamming makes up a relatively small portion of the activity in New Bedford, the nation's busiest commercial fishing port--but Mayor John Mitchell said it's going to be a tough Christmas for hundreds that make up the industry.
Mitchell said the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, did not properly explore the impact on jobs.
"There wasn't enough time, to my view, for NOAA to assess the economic implications of that decision, as they are required to do under the Magnussen-Stevens Act," he said.
WBZ NewsRadio's Kendall Buhl (@KBuhlWBZ) reports


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Post by Crash on Jan 3, 2023 20:15:00 GMT -5
Jan 3, 2023 11:42:03 GMT -5 onemoredork said:
No doubt the HSG will get defended. This is all made up, he's bitter, etc.
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Post by countfloyd1 on Jan 16, 2023 13:53:46 GMT -5
Just saw a tweet by pedersen saying that his "insiders" expect Dane to be the Riders QB in 2023.
For whatever that's worth.
Jan 16, 2023 13:53:46 GMT -5 countfloyd1 said:
Wouldnt surprise me in the least. After hearing Orlondo's conversation with Dunk, seems pretty clear Cats are moving on from him Bo or not.
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Post by onemoredork on Jan 17, 2023 7:41:49 GMT -5
Burke doubles down on Masoli.
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Post by sigpig on Jan 18, 2023 13:26:45 GMT -5
Mauldin IV re-signs in Ottawa.
Jan 18, 2023 13:26:45 GMT -5 sigpig said:
Maudlin. The gift that keeps on giving.
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Post by Crash on Jan 19, 2023 7:59:13 GMT -5
If only we had known
Post by onemoredork on Jan 25, 2023 18:18:23 GMT -5
Eugene Lewis : "See y'all in free agency".
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Jan 25, 2023 18:18:23 GMT -5 onemoredork said:
Cats can make their big splash.... or just say hes too expensive.


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The "St. Paul resisted St. Peter to his Face" Objection
Time and again we hear from those we call Semi-Traditionalists the argument that a Pope can lead the faithful astray into errors against the Faith through the exercise of his non-infallible Magisterium; and when that happens, it is then the right and the duty of the victim faithful to resist him, clinging to "Tradition". Those who defend this position often point to an incident that occurred between St. Paul and St. Peter recorded in Galatians 2:11-14, as supposed historical precedent for an error-teaching Pope being corrected and resisted by his inferiors. Just recently we saw this, for example, in a blog post written by Christopher Ferrara for The Remnant and in a speech given by Roberto de Mattei at the Rome Life Forum in May. The pericope in question reads thus:
But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision. And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented, so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? (Galatians 2:11-14)
The name Cephas is Syriac and means "rock", and is thus the equivalent of the Greek Petros, the Latin Petrus, in English Peter. Our Lord Himself called Simon by this name when He first met him: "And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter" (Jn 1:42). Although there are some few who have disputed it, it is generally held that the Cephas referred to in Galatians 2 is indeed St. Peter (see Haydock Commentary on Gal 2:11). Whenever we want to understand what a particular Bible passage does and doesn't mean, we need to turn to Holy Mother Church. We do this most easily and fruitfully by consulting Church-approved commentaries on Sacred Scripture. Sometimes explanatory comments are included as footnotes in the sacred text itself, as is the case in the Challoner revision of the Douay-Rheims Bible and in the popular and extensive Haydock Bible. For people looking for an extensive in-depth commentary, the best choice is probably that of the seventeenth-century Fr. Cornelius a Lapide, S.J. Published in numerous volumes, some of them are only available in Latin, but some do exist in English. So, what is going on in Galatians 2:11-14? St. Paul relates that he rebuked St. Peter for scandalizing the Gentile converts, giving them the impression through his behavior that it was necessary for them to observe the Law of Moses ("judaizing"). He had done this by eating with the Gentile converts at Antioch until some Jewish converts arrived from Jerusalem, at which point he separated himself from the Gentiles and ate with the Jewish converts exclusively. These converts from Judaism were still keeping the dietary laws of Moses, which, at the time, was permissible for them to do:
We may distinguish four periods in the history of the Mosaic ceremonial law: (a) from Moses until Christ, it was the divinely ordained manner of worshipping God, and was obligatory for the Chosen People; (b) at the death of Christ, when the New Testament began, the Mosaic ceremonial ceased to be obligatory; (c) until the Gospel had been sufficiently promulgated (i.e., until the destruction of the City and the Temple of Jerusalem), the ceremonial law was permitted to Jewish converts, not as prefiguring Christ, but as a form of divine worship; (d) after the Gospel had been sufficiently proclaimed, it was no longer lawful to conform to the Mosaic observances. (Rev. John A. McHugh & Rev. Charles J. Callan, Moral Theology, vol. 1 [New York, NY: Joseph F. Wagner, 1958], n. 342; underlining added.)
St. Thomas Aquinas explains that "...it was lawful for the Jewish converts to Christianity to observe [the legal ceremonies], provided they did not put their trust in them so as to hold them to be necessary unto salvation, as though faith in Christ could not justify without the legal observances. On the other hand, there was no reason why those who were converted from heathendom to Christianity should observe them" (Summa Theologica, I-II, q. 103, a. 4, ad 1; see also Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Mystici Corporis, n. 29). St. Peter's conduct thus could lead people to believe that it was necessary still to observe the Law of Moses, thereby causing a stumbling block to the Faith, for in the New Covenant there is "neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:28). Hence there is no room either for separating Jew from Gentile, nor for observing the Old Law: "But knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified" (Gal 2:16; cf. Acts 10:28). Today's Semi-Traditionalists, attempting to find historical precedent for their resistance to Francis while nevertheless recognizing him as a true Pope, have exaggerated the fault of St. Peter and also St. Paul's response. It was simply a matter of improper personal conduct on the part of the first Pope, and this conduct was fraternally corrected by another Apostle. The visible head of the Church sinned in public, and another Catholic publicly rebuked him for it, thus repairing the scandal caused. This episode had nothing whatsoever to do with St. Peter professing heresy or teaching error in his Magisterium, nor with St. Paul refusing submission to the Pope. But there is no need to take our word for it -- everyone can simply look this up in the appropriate Church-approved sources. For example, Scripture scholar Fr. Bernard Orchard, O.S.B., writes: "Paul reproached Peter not with a doctrinal error, but with not holding firm in the principle which he recognizes" (A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture [London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1953], n. 895h). In other words, St. Peter's actions did not conform to his teachings and beliefs, something that all of us are guilty of to some degree (see Jn 8:7; 1 Jn 1:8). Bishop Richard Challoner, following St. Augustine, identifies St. Peter's sin as nothing more than "a certain imprudence":
The fault that is here noted in the conduct of St. Peter, was only a certain imprudence, in withdrawing himself from the table of the Gentiles, for fear of giving offence to the Jewish converts; but this, in such circumstances, when his so doing might be of ill consequence to the Gentiles, who might be induced thereby to think themselves obliged to conform to the Jewish way of living, to the prejudice of their Christian liberty. (Challoner Note on Galatians 2:11)
Quoting biblical scholar Fr. Robert Witham, Fr. George Haydock, too, observes that "the opinion of St. Augustine is commonly followed, that St. Peter was guilty [merely] of a venial fault of imprudence" and adds that "[Cardinal Cesar] Baronius held that St. Peter did not sin at all, which may be true, if we look upon his intention only, which was to give no offence to the Jewish converts; but if we examine the fact, he can scarce be excused from a venial indiscretion" (Note on Galatians 2:11; italics given). Fr. Cornelius a Lapide's commentary provides insight with greater depth:
It may be urged that in this act of Peter's there was at least something sinful, if not actually erroneous in faith, as some have rashly asserted. By his action it may be thought that he thoughtlessly made a profession of Judaism, and so put a stumbling-block in the way of the Gentiles, and tempted them to Judaise with him. He had previously lived with the Gentiles, but he afterwards withdrew from them suddenly, went over to the Jews, and lived with them. From this the Gentiles might properly infer that Judaism was necessary to salvation, both for him and themselves, and was binding on Christians ; for though the Old Law, with its ceremonies, was not yet the cause of death, and might be preserved so as to secure for itself an honourable burial, and also to draw the Jews to the faith of Christ, yet it was dead, and in one sense deathgiving, viz., to any one who should keep it on the supposition that it was binding on Christians. Although Peter, however, did not so regard it, yet his action was so imprudent as to give the Gentiles good reason for thinking that he did. ...This sin of Peter's was venial, or material only, arising from want of thought, or from want of light and prudence. He seems to have thought that, being the Apostle of the Jews especially, that he ought rather to avoid scandalising them than the Gentiles, and that the Gentiles would readily recognise the rightfulness of this line of action. In so doing he erred, for "although," as S. Thomas says, "the Holy Spirit who descended on the Apostles at Pentecost established them thereafter in such prudence and grace as to keep them from mortal sins, yet he did not also save them from venial sins." ...Peter, in the act under discussion, had partly a just cause, viz., the fear of offending the Jews. His withdrawal from the Gentiles was not a formal declaration that he was a Judaiser, but only tantamount to saying that he preferred to serve the Jews rather than the Gentiles, the just cause of this preference being that he was more an Apostle of the former than of the latter. I say partly, for he was not wholly justified in so acting, inasmuch as he was bound, as universal pastor, to care for the Jews without neglecting the Gentiles. Hence it follows also that in one respect he sinned through want of due consideration. The infirmity of man's mind, however, is such that he cannot always hit the exact mean, and under complex circumstances benefit one without harming another. (W. F. Cobb, ed., The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide: II Corinthians and Galatians [Edinburgh: John Grant, 1908], pp. 245-247)
It should be evident that there is simply no comparison between St. Paul's rebuke of hypocritical behavior on St. Peter's part with Francis' full-scale apostasy and his relentless undermining of Catholicism. Having expounded the Catholic teaching on papal primacy, the Jesuit dogmatic theologian Fr. Joachim Salaverri responds to two objections from Galatians 2 as follows:
[Objection:] From Gal 2:11. St. Paul in the presence of Gentiles reprimanded St. Peter. Therefore he supposes that his authority does not extend to the Gentiles. [Answer:] I distinguish the antecedent. He reprimands correcting him fraternally, conceded; authoritatively, denied. [Objection:] From Gal 2:14. St. Paul corrected St. Peter in his teaching. But correction of teaching cannot not [!] be authoritative. Therefore St. Paul corrects St. Peter authoritatively as a subject. [Answer:] I distinguish the antecedent. St. Paul corrects St. Peter for an error in teaching, denied; he corrects St. Peter because of his way of acting, because it was less suited to the truth of the teaching, I subdistinguish: extrinsically or by reason of those who could be led into doctrinal error because of that way of acting, conceded; intrinsically or by reason of the teaching of the truth, denied. The truth of the teaching, that must be held by all, is this: that the observance of the Mosaic Law for Christians, in addition to the Law of Christ, is not necessary for salvation, but they are free to observe it if they wish [at that time, before the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD]. Therefore de facto to observe it could not be said to be forbidden intrinsically, or by reason of the truth itself of the teaching; but extrinsically or by reason of scandal, namely, if ordinary Christians from its observance might conclude from the circumstances, although falsely, that it is necessary, it could be forbidden in order to avoid the fall of the little ones, according to the teaching of St. Paul himself about the eating of meat that had been orffered to the pagan gods (1 Cor 8:4-13); and so Paul himself, when he took on Timothy as a companion, circumcised him because of the Jews (Acts 16:3). Rightly therefore Tertullian said, "surely this was a fauly in his companionship, not in his preaching".... (Fr. Joachim Salaverri, Sacrae Theologiae Summa IB: On the Church of Christ, trans. by Fr. Kenneth Baker [original Latin published by BAC, 1955; English published by Keep the Faith, 2015], nn. 283-284; italics in original.)
Lastly, we cannot fail to have a look at what St. Robert Bellarmine says about the matter, the great Doctor of the Papacy:
...[W]hen St. Peter compelled the Gentiles to Judaize, this was not an error of preaching but of conduct, as Tertullian suggests in his work de Praescriptionibus adversus haereticos. St. Peter did not ratify by some decree that they must Judaize, rather, he formally taught the contrary in Acts XV. Nevertheless, when he was still in Antioch, he separated himself from the dinner table of the Gentiles lest he would give offense to those recently converted to the faith from the Jews and by his example compelled them to Judaize in a certain measure, even Barnabas. But we do not deny that Popes can offer the occasion of erring through their own bad example, rather, we deny that they can prescribe the whole Church to follow some error ex cathedra. Moreover, the examples and doctrines of the Pontiffs are not equally pernicious to the Church, seeing that the Lord instructed them, saying: "Do what they say, but do not do what they do." (St. Robert Bellarmine, On the Roman Pontiff, vol. 2, trans. by Ryan Grant [Mediatrix Press, 2016], Book IV, Ch. 8, pp. 175-176; italics given; underlining added.)
Clearly, St. Peter sinned through bad example, through imprudence, through hypocritical behavior. He made a serious mistake from which some could gather a doctrinal error, but he did not teach any error, much less magisterially so in his capacity as Pope. St. Paul rebuked him for his scandalous comportment, and St. Peter humbly accepted the fraternal correction. That was the end of it. We see, then, that there is absolutely nothing in this incident to help the Semi-Traditionalists in their perpetual quest to find justification and historical precedent for resisting (what they believe is) the papal Magisterium, a (Novus Ordo) Magisterium that teaches error not just concerning a matter still under dispute but even against defined dogma. Truth be told, these would-be traditionalists have long moved beyond resisting individual teachings or acts of the Novus Ordo Magisterium -- they really refuse Francis' entire religion. The Society of St. Pius X has gone so far as to establish an entire parallel church, as it were, although they are currently trying very hard to be accepted by the Vatican Modernists. Therefore, next time someone tries to tell you that we have to recognize Francis as Pope but resist him like St. Paul resisted St. Peter, you can respond that this incident is by no means a historical precedent for such an idea, as Catholic theologians and approved scriptural commentaries have pointed out again and again. St. Peter was guilty of a "venial fault of imprudence" because he had engaged in an action that, while not being wrong in and of itself, gave the impression that the Gentiles had to observe the old Jewish law. This is a far cry from the actions of the Modernist antipopes, who constantly commit spiritual crimes which are in and of themselves sins against the Faith, such as saying that Martin Luther was a witness to the Gospel, that requiring the Eastern Orthodox to become Catholics is "not valid today", that trying to convert others is a "great sin", that the baptized cannot lose their status as children of God, that atheists go to Heaven if they are "good", that Catholics who are in mortal sin are not Christians, and so forth ad nauseam. If the Semi-Trads are serious about taking St. Paul's divinely-inspired teaching as their standard for dealing with Francis, they will find a wholly applicable passage just one chapter earlier, in Galatians 1:8-9: "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema." The right course of action with regard to Francis is not to rebuke or resist him. It is to hold him anathema. Image source: shutterstock.com License: Paid
The "St. Paul resisted St. Peter to his Face" Objection
The case of Galatians 2:11-14…
Time and again we hear from those we call Semi-Traditionalists the argument that a Pope can lead the faithful astray into errors against the Faith through the exercise of his non-infallible Magisterium; and when that happens, it is then the right and the duty of the victim faithful to resist him, clinging to "Tradition".
Those who defend this position often point to an incident that occurred between St. Paul and St. Peter recorded in Galatians 2:11-14, as supposed historical precedent for an error-teaching Pope being corrected and resisted by his inferiors.
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package be.trojkasoftware.android.obsolete;

import be.trojkasoftware.android.toucheditablelistview.TouchEditableListView;
import be.trojkasoftware.android.toucheditablelistview.TouchEditableStateManager;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class TouchEditableInsertManager {

    private static final String TAG = "TouchEditableInsertManager";

	public TouchEditableInsertManager(TouchEditableStateManager manager, TouchEditableListView listView, int topItemPosition, int bottomItemPosition, int lastDownY) {
		mListView = listView;
		mManager = manager;

    	mTopItemPosition = topItemPosition;
    	mBottomItemPosition = bottomItemPosition;

    	mLastDownY = lastDownY;
    	mLastMoveY = lastDownY;
	}

	public void CleanUp()
	{

	}

	public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        int action = ev.getActionMasked();

        if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {

//        	View v = mListView.getChildAt(mTopItemPosition - mListView.getFirstVisiblePosition());
//        	if(v != null)
//        	{
//        		AdjustItem(mTopItemPosition, v);
//        		mListView.requestLayout();
//        	}
//
//        	mListView.invalidateViews();

//        	mListView.setSelectionFromTop(mTopItemPosition, mV0TopY);

//        	mManager.getActionHeader().Stretch(0);
//        	mManager.getActionHeader().requestLayout();

        	Log.i(TAG, "onTouchEvent.ACTION_UP");
        }
        if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {

        	View v = mListView.getChildAt(mTopItemPosition - mListView.getFirstVisiblePosition());
        	mV0TopY = v.getTop();
        	mOriginalTouchDownPosHeight = v.getMeasuredHeight();
        	//Log.i(TAG, "onInterceptTouchEvent.ACTION_DOWN: FirstVisiblePosition[" + mFirstVisiblePosition + "]ViewFVPTopY[" + mV0TopY + "]TopItemPosition[" + mTopItemPosition + "]LastDownY[" + mLastDownY + "]");

        }
        if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) {

        	int y = (int) ev.getY();

        	mLastMoveY = y;

        	int stretch = Math.abs(mLastDownY - mLastMoveY);
    		Log.i(TAG, "onTouchEvent: LastDownY[" + mLastDownY + "]LastMoveY[" + mLastMoveY + "]Stretch[" + stretch + "]");
//        	mManager.getActionHeader().Stretch(stretch);
//        	mManager.getActionHeader().requestLayout();

        	//mListView.invalidate();

//        	int scrollByY = mV0TopY + y - mLastDownY;
//        	mListView.setSelectionFromTop(mTopItemPosition, scrollByY);
//        	Log.i(TAG, "onTouchEvent.ACTION_MOVE.SetSelectionFromTop V0TopY["+mV0TopY+"]Y["+y+"]LastDownY["+mLastDownY+"][ScrollByY:"+scrollByY+"]");
//
//        	View v = mListView.getChildAt(mTopItemPosition - mListView.getFirstVisiblePosition());
//        	if(v != null)
//        	{
//        		Log.i(TAG, "onTouchEvent.ACTION_MOVE.AdjustItem[TopItemPosition:"+mTopItemPosition+"]");
//        		AdjustItem(mTopItemPosition, v);
//        		mListView.requestLayout();
//        	}
//        	else
//        	{
//        		Log.i(TAG, "onTouchEvent.ACTION_MOVE.GetChildAt[TopItemPosition:"+mTopItemPosition+"] is NULL");
//        	}

        }

        return true;

	}

    public void AdjustItem(int position, View v)
    {
//        ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp = v.getLayoutParams();
//    	if(position == mTopItemPosition)
//    	{
//    		// the touched item will stretch
//    		lp.height = mOriginalTouchDownPosHeight + Math.abs(mLastDownY - mLastMoveY);
//        	Log.i(TAG, "AdjustItem[Indx:"+position+"][StretchHeight:" + lp.height + "][MeasuredHeight"+v.getMeasuredHeight()+"]");
//    	}
//    	else
//    	{
//    		// everything else remains as is
//        	lp.height = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
//        	Log.i(TAG, "AdjustItem[Indx:" + position + "][SetHeight:WRAP_CONTENT]");
//    	}
//        v.setLayoutParams(lp);
    }

    TouchEditableListView mListView = null;
    TouchEditableStateManager mManager = null;

    private int mTopItemPosition = 0;
    private int mBottomItemPosition = 0;

    private int mV0TopY = 0;
    private int mOriginalTouchDownPosHeight;

    private int mLastDownY;
    private int mLastMoveY;

    private int mHeightOfInsertedItem = 30;

}

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I started writing again a little over a month ago (April 3), but I've noticed that people aren't opening the emails nearly as much as they used to. I'm trying to figure out why.
If you're reading this, obviously you have found me. (If you already got an email from me, I'm sorry–but maybe you'll respond to this one!) If you don't know what this place is for: I am focused on helping people better their jobs and their lives through more effective communication, whether it's speaking or writing. I think that when you can communicate more effectively and more confidently, every area of your life gets better. It's the easiest way to leverage just about anything that would make your life better, especially jobs/business and friendships/marriages/relationships. I know that my life is better when I'm able to connect through good communication, and I know it gets worse when I forget to apply what I know.
Would you help me to help you? There was a reason you connected with me here in the first place. There's a reason people aren't opening the emails as much, although it seems to me that I'm writing about the same stuff I always have.
I want to make it easy for you, but I don't want to just do one of those common surveys that it seems like everyone does these days. So I'm going to go in between. If you would, please, follow the link I'll give you and, yes, there are some "quick survey" type questions. But there are also some text boxes where you can give some longer answers if you like. The fact is, I don't see myself as ever being one of those people with 50,000 subscribers. I'm not trying to "build" anything. I'm trying to connect. I'm trying to be useful. So rather than gathering "big data," I'd rather learn about you–not in a creepy stalker kind of way, but in a "I don't want to waste your time" kind of way.
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Whoever deals with Software for Support in production planning will, at least in Germany, be transported back to the late 1990s where the bass sound of the mega hit, MFG, by the famous German band, Die Fantastischen Vier keeps going through your head. One abbreviation after another throughout the whole song – both German and international ones. It's no secret that the Germans are fond of using abbreviations. But what lies behind all these abbreviations?
The abbreviation of the German PPS System stands for Production Planning and Management System. Here, software supports a business when planning processes in order to guarantee short lead/cycle times and deadline compliance. These systems focus exclusively on the process of production planning and ignore other operating procedures. In other words these are very special systems which are most convenient for supporting production planning – but software can do more: This takes us directly to our next abbreviation as PPS Systems can be extended by the following ERP Systems.
ERP means Enterprise Resource Planning. During this process all the resources that an enterprise has and needs in order to operate (staff, material, capital, etc) is planned as efficiently as possible. All departments are included and the data is actually collected from the entire enterprise. This data is stored centrally so that no redundancies can arise and it is available to all divisions. Alongside planning tasks, ERP Systems also Conduct management and control jobs and are thus far more comprehensive than PPS Systems.
For production data acquisition all business data is compiled and prepared so that it is available in a computing structure. This includes, among others, order data, human resources data, equipment and storage data. Such data is typically stored directly at the production stations – either automatically or manually. PDA systems are often part of an MES and also supply ERP systems with their data.
MES stands for Manufacturing Execution System. These systems represent the connection between ERP and the actual production because, while ERP systems do assist in planning, they can't access the actual production. MES enable this intervention in production. In this way, you can react to unforeseen events.
MES communicate in both directions. They obtain data from ERP and pass it on to production, but they receive information (mainly from the PDA system) about what has actually been produced/consumed and communicate important data on production and planning deviations to ERP which are then available for further planning.
APS stands for Advanced Planning & Scheduling. APS systems let you manage and control business-wide processes which go over and beyond the complete supply chain. These systems are mostly deployed in combonation with ERP Systems and therefore use data which is already available. However, planning and simulation is effected by means of mathematical methods (see OR methods) which can achieve qualitatively better results and can react to changes in production processes even at short notice. Our OPTANO production, for example, involves an APS.
OR stands for Operations Research. Here, problems are solved by deploying mathematical optimzation procedures such as heuristics. First of all, an abstract model of a relevant part of reality is created. On this basis, analyses, optimizations and simulations are performed which can achieve the best results by means of applied mathematical methods.
Die einzelnen Systeme und Softwareprodukte sind relativ wirkungslos, wenn man sich den ganzen (Produktions-)Prozess anschaut. Erst im Zusammenspiel wird die volle Wirksamkeit deutlich und die Produktionsplanung richtig effizient. Die folgende Grafik zeigt, wie ein vollständiges System aussehen kann und wer mit wem kommuniziert.
The individual systems and software products are relatively ineffectiveif you take a look at the whole (production) process. Only when they interact does the complete effectiveness become clear and production planning truly efficient. The following diagram shows what a complete system can look like and who communicates with whom.
It is clear that success can be attained only by using a well-coordinated system. For example, if the data isn't maintained in ERP very well or it has become obsolete, a good result cannot be obtained, even with the best optimization.
Unfortunately the reality is that software systems cannot be so precisely limited in their functionality as we have done here in theory. Thus, the functions of various software products tend to overlap. This duplication is sadly not just superfluous, but also costs a company a lot of money. This is why updating a system should be given careful consideration. Is it a feasible addition and does it actually support the production planning process?
OPTANO Production can offer you the support you require! Why not give it a try?
Sparsely populated matrices (sparsity) are handled differently by mathematical programing languages. OPTANO Modeling does this really well.


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MoviePass Cuts 10 AMC Theatres From Subscription Service
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MoviePass has dropped a few AMC Theatres from its popular movie ticket subscription service. Subscribers will no longer be able to get tickets to select AMC locations in major U.S. cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago, PC Magazine reported.
The MoviePass service allows consumers to buy a monthly subscription for movie tickets for $9.95 a month. Yet MoviePass actually pays full price for movie tickets at AMC Theatres, according to AMC CEO Adam Aron. Each ticket costs $11.88 — more than the price of the monthly subscription.
Helios and Matheson Chairman and CEO Ted Farnsworth, whose firm lowered the service's price point from $30 after it took a majority stake in the company, said MoviePass has seen a dramatic increase in movie theater attendance among its subscribers. Farnsworth said many movie theater operators are interested in partnering with MoviePass — but not AMC.
"Other theater companies have seen this attendance resurgence and have approached MoviePass to collaborate," Farnsworth said in an email to PYMNTS. "Since the get-go, AMC has not been interested in collaborating with MoviePass — a move that is not in the interest of our subscribers and AMC theatergoers."
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Top 10 Joan Jett Songs
Best Songs, Joan Jett
Brian Kachejian 5 years ago No Comments
Photo by John Goodridge 2011
Joan Jett moved on from her tenure as a Runaway in 1981 with her breakthrough album and hit single "I Love Rock and Roll." The song turned out to be the biggest hit of her career. Ultimately, the success of the single "I Love Rock and Roll," thrust her into the spotlight helping her capture a large market of new fans. Joan Jett's early success only fueled a drive that seemed bent on maintaining a true artistic integrity that stayed faithful to the authenticity of pure rock and roll. Seemingly inspired by the sound of classic rock bands and new wave punk, Jett's music defied classification.
Joan Jett's greatest attribute continues to be her passionate filled rock to you drop vocals, and hard edged guitar playing. Joan Jett has always surrounded herself with musicians that fed off her energy and passion. Her catalog is filled with original songs and iconic covers version that have defined Joan Jett as one of the leading interpreters of classic rock masterpieces. When researching the rock and roll vaults for artists of integrity and authenticity; one will find Joan Jett at the top of that search.
There are so many great Joan Jett Songs that picking a top 10 list was a task filled with anguish. In our attempts, we made sure to focus on her biggest hits and also the songs that defined the Joan Jett sound that we have fallen completely in love with.
# 10 – Crimson and Clover
Opening up the Top 10 Joan Jett Songs list is Jett's cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells hit "Crimson and Clover." Joan Jett's version of the classic Tommy James song was a radical departure from Tommy James' sweet pop recording. Joan Jett plastered her trademark sound all over the iconic pop hit. The song was released on Joan Jett's I Love Rock and Roll Album. "Crimson and Clover," was issued as the follow up single to Joan Jett's Number one song "I Love Rock and Roll." Although Jett's cover version of "Crimson and Clover," did not hit Number One, it did reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1982.
# 9 – Victim Of Circumstance
Three of the Top Joan Jett Songs on this list are from her I Love Rock and Roll album. The song "Victim of Circumstance," is the least known of the three choices as far as mainstream culture success and popularity However, the song's lyrical theme and groove expressed the Joan Jett anti-establishment sentiment that would define her work for years to come.
# 8 – Ridin' With James Dean
Joan Jett's album Up Your Alley , presented Joan Jett fans with some of the best music of her career. Just listen to the guitar and drum licks at the introduction to" Riding With James Dean," and you know your hearing something special. The song featured some of the best Ricky Byrd guitar work ever recorded on a Joan Jett song. The rhythm section of legendary drummer Tommy Price and bassist Kasim Sulton was one of the best in the business.
# 7 – Activity Grrrl
The song "Activity Grrrl," was released on Joan Jett's 1994 album Pure and Simple . The song was written with Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna. The song and album were clearly influenced by the Riot Grrrl movement of the early 1990's. It was a sound that many attributed to Joan Jett as the original inspirational force. In the end, Joan Jett was inspired by a sound that she originally had inspired herself. That's Rock and Roll!
# 6 – Real Wild Child
The quick cameo appearance of Joey Ramone at the start of the video defines the true essence of Joan Jett's recording of a song written by Australian writers Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. The song "Real Wild Child," was released in 1997 on the Iggy Pop Tribute Album, We Will Fall. The song had been recorded by Iggy Pop in 1986 and released on his Blah Blah Blah album. Joan Jett's version was a fitting tribute to the singer's style and persona.
# 5 – Fetish
The Joan Jett song "Fetish," was the title track for the compilation album that was released in 1999. The song was also released on the 1994 album Naked . The Naked .album was only released in Japan. The song was released for the third time on Joan Jett's 2006 Sinner album which saw worldwide distribution. This was Joan Jett in the raw. Simply Perfect!
# 4 – Do You Wanna Touch Me
Joan Jett's "Do You Wanna Touch Me," was released on her first album Joan Jett in 1980. The song was originally written by Gary Glitter. As one of the original glam rock stars of the 1970's, Gary Glitter's biggest hit had been "Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two." Joan Jett's cover version of the Glitter song produced a song that would serve as a preview of the 80's style rock anthems that so many of the big hair bands of that decade would soon release. Joan Jett was an artist that was always ahead of her time.
# 3 – I Hate Myself For Loving You
So many rock and roll artists that came out of the seventies and continued to record in the 1980's eventually would up collaborating with hit songwriter Desmond Child. Joan Jett and Desmond Child's composition went on to become on of the biggest hits of her career. As the theme for Sunday Night Football, sans lyrics, it is also probably the song that has generated the most income of her career. Good for her, it's a great song and one that always brings back memories of the big hair band days of the 1980s.
# 2 – Bad Reputation
One of our favorite Joan Jett songs of all time, and probably a favorite among many other Joan Jett fans. A killer Ramones style opening groove sets up Joan Jett's angry rebellious vocal that was a slap in the face to all the record company BS she had dealt with in the preceding years. The song Bad Reputation was released on Joan Jett's first solo album in 1980. The album was later reissued after and re-titled Bad Reputation in 1982.
# 1 – I Love Rock and Roll
It's difficult not to choose this one as the top Joan Jett song of all time. The song was a monster hit for Joan Jett back in 1982 . The song hit Number one the Billboard Hot 100 music charts. It stayed in the Number One position for seven weeks. It was one of the most popular songs of the year in 1982. The song was originally written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker back in 1975 for a band called the Arrows. However the song never became a hit until Joan Jett recorded it for the second time in 1982 with her band the Blackhearts. The song firmly established Joan Jett as a solo artist far removed from her days as a member of the Runaways.
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Brian Kay is the founder and Editor in Chief of ClassicRockHistory.com. He has spent thirty years in the music business often working with many of the people who have appeared on this site. Brian Kay also holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Stony Brook University in History, and New York State Public School Teacher Certifications in Music and the Social Sciences. Brian Kay is also an active member of the New York Press Club
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