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Making His Story Our Story: Application from Old Testament Narrative
By Dr. Greg Trull, Dean of Ministries, Professor of Biblical Studies
Old Testament narrative, the story of God's interaction and intervention with His people, cries out for proclamation today. Comprising nearly one-third of all Scripture, narrative represents the most common of the biblical genres.[1] The sheer bulk of it compels Bible teachers—whether in preaching or communicating Truth in a more informal setting—to give high priority to presenting it effectively. Further, contemporary audiences are more and more drawn to stories as means of understanding.[2] Their ability to captivate mind and heart oblige us to bring the stories of Scripture to bear on our hearers' lives. Yet with this treasure of revelation often comes a trap.
By its very nature, narrative literature communicates subtly. Propositional statements do not thrust meaning to the surface. Instead, the message emerges from the story itself, through characterization, plot development, narrator comments and other tools in the writer's box. Any story can presents this challenge, but biblical narrative carries additional complexity.
Inherent narrative subtlety melds with historical-cultural distance to multiply the potential misunderstanding of biblical story. Moses never logged on to CNN.com to read the latest on stem cell research. Our hearers have never had a priest assess the mold growing on the kitchen backsplash.(cf. Lev. 14:33-53) At times, it seems as if the two worlds never intersect. Yet they do. Our hearts cheer the underdog to slay Goliath, and grieve the loneliness that threatens widowed Ruth.
As Bible teachers—of children, teens, or adults—we cannot allow Old Testament narrative to remain enigmatic. We cannot acknowledge its power then ignore it because of its perplexity. We must proclaim the largest portion of the larger testament as part of the whole counsel of God. Neither can we proclaim it as stories of people like us in vastly different situations that may yield occasional practical tidbits. We must proclaim Old Testament narrative as authoritative and relevant for today.
The key question is, how can we insure that our message fulfills that purpose? A substantial part of the answer lies in how we develop contemporary applications from these ancient texts. We must help hearers accurately understand what the Bible says, and how God asks us to put it into practice.
In this article, we will look at five methods that can clarify our proclamation of Old Testament narrative, by strengthening the application construction. First, however, we will look at common approaches to determining Bible application, including conventional training and current common practice.
Conventional Approaches
The basic interpretation and application scheme common among evangelicals flows from the historico-grammatical approach. A Bible passage is studied and shared in the following progression: 1) world of the Bible; 2) main idea; 3) general theological principle; 4) specific application practice; 5) world of today.
In this model, the first step is to discover the main idea of the text, considering essential aspects such as word usage, grammar, syntax, genre, historical-cultural background and literary context. [3] The goal is to uncover and formulate the single main idea of the passage.
Once this is accomplished, the goal shifts to crafting this idea into a universal statement. [4] This statement serves as a bridge from text to today. It must be equally true for the original audience as it is true for us. Specific applications flow from this general principle. All applications in this model stem from the main principle. While this represents the accepted approach in the majority of interpretation and preaching books, much current biblical exposition does not consistently follow this pattern.
The handling of the David-Goliath account (1 Samuel 17) illustrates the gap between accepted theory and current practice. Most scholars understand the main thrust of this story to be part of the demonstration of God's choosing and establishing David as king over Israel.[5] One would expect, then, that applications would flow from this main idea of God's choosing and David's establishment. Respected commentators, however, have suggested a wide range of options:
In reference to Goliath coming out to challenge Israel forty days: "How applicable to any 'giant' we encounter! That's the way with the giants of fear and worry, for example. They don't just come once; they come morning and evening, day after day, relentlessly trying to intimidate."[6]
In reference to David choosing the five stones (17:50): "In my imagination I see David kneeling at the brook to select stones for his sling. The text doesn't say he knelt…but he must have knelt to select the stones…. Are we going to live this life from our knees, imaginatively and personally?"[7]
On David's conversation with Eliab, his brother (17:28-31): "David knew who to fight and who to leave alone. We need to choose our battles wisely."[8]
On Saul not fighting Goliath: "When people are out of fellowship with God, they can lead others into defeat."[9]
On David not taking Saul's armor (17:38-39): "The way we do our work is as important as the work we do. Means must be authentic, true, appropriate to our prayers and proclamations."[10]
On David's trip to the battlefield: "David lived an ordinary life and armed himself with ordinary things…. Take some time to examine an ordinary day."[11]
"Doing battle is a lonely experience. No one else can fight for you. Your Goliath is your Goliath."[12]
On David taking Goliath's sword (17:54): "Winning battles is a memorable experience. We're to remember the victories of our past. We're to pass on our lion-and-bear stories…our own Goliath victories."[13]
If the main idea of the passage revolves around God's work in establishing David on the throne, how can one account for this significant variety in application? Must all applications directly flow from the passage's main idea and its appropriate abstractions?[14] Or do applications that ring true to our experience also reflect God's authority? Acceptable exposition must not improperly restrict applications, yet it must not proclaim those lacking biblical authority.
Practical Methods for Balanced Application
The seeming disconnect between traditional approaches taught and current expositional practice reveals the need for more detailed examination of the balance needed in application development. On one hand, some preaching and teaching books develop the interpretation and delivery at length, yet deal little with the details of application.[15] In an alternate approach, others devote much discussion to the importance of connecting to the audience need, but do not demonstrate how to insure biblical accuracy in application.[16]
Following are five models for narrative application to help insure it carries the weight of biblical authority to the hearts of modern hearers, whether children, teens, or adults. The primary focus will be to demonstrate how applications can be validated biblically.
Each approach that follows builds on foundational exegesis—careful study and explanation of the text. The steps of interpretation provide all the raw material these models use to produce five types of application.[17]
Central Applications
The central source of validation for narrative application remains the key idea of the passage. Employing the above-mentioned standard tools of exegesis in conjunction with narrative-specific interpretive principles[18] will substantiate applications with biblical authority. These applications are supported in a sermon or other teaching by showing the specific results of interpretation. This foundational model follows a three-step progression: 1) textual support for main idea; 2) statement of single key idea; 3) specific applications from key idea.
Applications of this type are validated by biblical authority to the extent the expositor has rightly synthesized the main idea of the passage and has properly drawn the relevant applications from that idea. While this model effectively funnels the Bible text into a summary statement, which then can provide a solid basis for authoritative application, it may not provide the sole basis for authoritative application. As seen in the examples from the David and Goliath account, many applications made by expositors today clearly do not stem from the main exegetical idea. Does this mean that those applications carry no biblical weight? Can proper interpretation yield legitimate applications not directly flowing from the main idea? Perhaps with tweaking, the interpretive model itself can provide means for discovering and supporting other types of legitimate applications and eliminating illegitimate ones.
Pattern Applications
A second source of authoritative applications is the contextual setting of the narrative. A supporting element of a narrative may represent one thread in a pattern woven through a series of related narratives. The prevalence of the element suggests it plays more than a supporting role within a single biblical selection. In fact, the recurring element itself may contain an important message for the reader. This model may be considered in three elements: 1) related narratives; 2) recurring supportive elements; 3) pattern application.
An example of pattern application is seen in the contrast of reality and appearance in the account of David and Goliath. This aspect continues a theme already established in 1 Samuel. Hannah appeared to Eli to be drunk in the house of the Lord (1:14), but in fact she was appearing before Yahweh to voice her earnest plea (1:10-11). She was not drunk, but devoted. In chapter 9, Saul had a handsome appearance and literally stood out among the people because of his height (9:1-2). However, he had the heart of a spiritual midget. His height meant nothing as he desperately grasped for Samuel's robe, begging him to worship with him so that Israel would believe Yahweh remained with Saul (15:26-31).
In fact, the mention of Saul as the biggest of the Israelites later subtly condemns him when he cowers before the biggest of the Philistines (17:4). Appearance also deceived in the case of Eliab, David's oldest brother. Samuel saw his impressive stature and concluded that he was viewing the next leader of Israel (16:6). Eliab's heart revealed, however, an angry coward (17:28-29). These elements served to highlight David's underwhelming appearance, yet overwhelming heart for Yahweh (16:12; 17:45-47).[19]
Based on this latent pattern, a Bible teacher or preacher could rightly conclude that outward appearance often deceives in spiritual matters.[20] From this example, application may be drawn from supporting elements of a narrative. These aspects serve both to clarify the main idea and extend a pattern in the broader framework. Either can produce valid applications.
The weight of biblical authority for pattern applications is relative to the breadth of contextual support and to the correlation to broader biblical revelation.[21] The more contiguous narratives that contain the pattern and the more prominent the pattern in those narratives, the more confident we can be that application reflects biblical perspective.
Thematic Applications
Thematic application broadens the above pattern until it encompasses the whole of Scripture. Like pattern principles, thematic applications flow from supporting elements of a narrative rather than the main thrust. However, rather than drawing its validation from related narratives, a thematic application represents a recurring theme scattered throughout the Bible in otherwise unrelated passages. Thematic applications surface shared elements concerning the nature of life and humanity. These elements bridge cultural and covenantal gaps to connect all mankind. Their location in a variety of biblical contexts serves to prove their universal nature.
An example of a thematic application is the truism that bad things sometimes happen to good people. Scripture records the death of Abel, the imprisonment of Joseph, the catastrophic loss for Job, the sickness of Hezekiah, the famine that struck the church in Jerusalem, and many others. These disastrous events do not represent specific cause-effect formulas based on personal actions. In fact, the message of Job answers exactly the opposite.
They do show the Bible revealing a maxim in life. Sometimes good people are innocent victims of another's sins (Abel's murder by Cain, for example). Other tragedies become avenues of blessing from God (Joseph's imprisonment). Still others are left without explanation in this life (Jerusalem famine). Believers today may not know why a particular tragedy has fallen upon them, but they can find encouragement from the multitude of biblical saints who have shared the path and found God's grace at the end.
At this point, caution must be exercised concerning thematic applications. Often preachers or teachers mingle sage observations concerning life with biblical applications. In the David-Goliath examples noted previously, one expositor focused on the concept of remembering past victories. Substantiation of this idea could come from passages such as the command to memorialize the crossing of Jordan (Josh. 4:1-8) and the command for believers to memorialize the death of Christ (Luke 22:19). This may represent a legitimate thematic application.
Of the same David-Goliath story, another commentator offers the application of battle as a lonely experience. Everyone must fight their own Goliath. No one else can do it for them. This seems to be a wise observation from a mature believer, but not necessarily an application bearing the weight of biblical authority. In fact, the battle was supposed to be Saul's to fight, yet David fought in his place (1 Sam.). David later says the battle was not his, but Yahweh's (1 Sam. 17:47). Further, no biblical pattern exists that suggests that believers must face battles alone. In fact, Scripture highlights the necessity of the believing community supporting each other. So what seem to be two equally important statements in fact are one application distilling a theme throughout Scripture and another distributing a personal (though perhaps wise) opinion. Though both applications may find audience acceptance, our calling compels us to focus on principles that find root in Scripture.
Thematic applications carry biblical authority to the extent they represent a genuine broad-based motif. The more varied the historical, cultural and covenantal settings in which the thematic element is found, the more certain the application represents a universal theme.
Theological Applications
Though considered in this article as a separate category, theological applications essentially represent thematic applications stemming from the nature of God. Theological applications do not here refer to foundational theological affirmations of God's holiness, sovereignty, etc. Rather they represent insights into His nature, especially in dealings with His people. Narrative often nuances foundational truths concerning God.
An example of a theological application is God's tendency to choose a weaker or unexpected person to accomplish His work. Though the cultures of the biblical period gave highest honor and primary responsibility to the firstborn son in the family, God often overturned this cultural practice. Abel over Cain, Jacob over Esau, Joseph and David over their brothers, the list could go on. Further, God used shepherd Amos, fisherman Peter and murderer Paul to accomplish His great work. Woven extensively in biblical fabric are Jael, Josiah, Jonah and John Mark. For the blue-collar worker in the pew and the blue-blood academic in the university, the reality that God uses quite ordinary tools to accomplish quite extraordinary feats serves both to encourage and humble.
Theological application grants appropriate insight into God's dealings to the extent that it echoes His ways throughout Scripture. Like thematic application, the more varied the settings of the occurrences, the more clearly the principle represents a biblical truism.
Illustrative Applications
Illustrative applications reverse the typical flow of Old Testament study and explanation. Normally an expositor moves from discerning the main idea in its original context to checking for agreement with broader biblical revelation. However, New Testament writers often began with spiritual virtues and turned to Old Testament narrative to exemplify them. The key aspect in the illustrative model is identifying and using appropriate points of comparison.
For example, Paul turned to Israel's ignoble history to illustrate his warning for the Corinthians to avoid idolatry, immorality, and discontent (1 Corinthians 10:6-11). Also, the fact that long before Sinai, Abraham received righteousness through faith (Genesis 15:6) serves as a key piece of Paul's argument for salvation through faith apart from the Law (Romans 4:9-15). The writer of Hebrews gathers a host of examples to demonstrate enduring faith in chapter eleven. An expositor focusing on the main idea in those Old Testament contexts might not come to the same applications as the New Testament authors did. However, these narratives do serve to illustrate key New Testament truths.
Some scholars have dismissed this application use as less than valid,[22] but two key passages demonstrate that Old Testament narrative can serve legitimate illustrative purpose. Paul writes in Romans 15:4 that the Scripture record was written for our spiritual benefit. The written events of the past serve to instruct and encourage believers so as to produce endurance that fosters our Christian hope. This statement follows Paul's quote of Psalm 69:9, but broadens the significance to include all of the Old Testament.[23] Paul's extensive illustrative use of the Old Testament and his general assertions concerning Scripture (i.e. 2 Tim 3:16-17) further bolster this perspective.
In the second key passage, Paul declares the value of examples specifically from Old Testament narrative. Twice in 1 Corinthians 10 Paul states that Old Testament narrative serves to guide believers by example:[24] "Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did" (10:6 NIV) and later "These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us" (10:11 NIV). Paul here seizes the analogies of God's people, Israel and Church, to warn his readers that evil can infiltrate the believing community with dire consequences. Paul's purpose here was to make application by way of biblical illustration.
An example of modern illustrative application may be found in the Joseph narrative. Though the broad narrative focuses on Yahweh's continued working out of His promise against numerous human obstacles, Joseph's story in Potiphar's house adds a human moral dimension. If the narrative only served to show how Israel became enslaved in Egypt or how Yahweh turned evil into good (cf. Gen 50:20), then the emphasis on Joseph's sexual purity was superfluous. Instead, Judah's immorality in chapter 38 served as a foil to highlight Joseph's purity. Joseph stands as an admirable model of what the Law and the New Testament would later command (Exodus 20:14, 17; 1 Corinthians 6:18). A Bible teacher or preacher therefore may appropriately apply illustrations from Old Testament narrative.
The certainty of biblical authority behind an illustrative application, as noted above, depends upon the clarity of connection between the Old Testament example and the New Testament command. While the above Joseph narrative fittingly exemplifies the purity commanded elsewhere, some command-example links are not as lucid.
For example, Paul commands believers not to be drunk with wine (Ephesians 5:18), and the ancient Recabites maintained lives without wine for generations (Jeremiah 35:6). However, the command-example does not correspond rightly. Neither Ephesians nor the New Testament forbids drinking wine, while the order of the Recabites did. Further, the Recabites received honor from Yahweh because of honoring their father's commands, not just because they refused wine (35:18). The commands included prohibitions on living in houses and planting fields as well (35:7). A Bible teacher or preacher must examine both Old and New Testament contexts to insure that behavior modeled in the narrative story accurately exemplifies the moral command.
The Need for Filters
Although the five methods discussed in this article can aid in discovering and evaluating potential narrative applications, some additional qualifiers must be added. For example, one could argue that Old Testament narratives present polygamy as a pattern. Many Old Testament saints had more than one wife and it passes seemingly without condemnation in the narrative. One could establish this substantial pattern and propose multiple personal applications! Even what seems to be a theme in a large number of narratives might not represent a biblical standard. To help in the assessment of possible applications, some filters must be employed.
In order to avoid abuse of application from Old Testament narrative, recognition of key differences between the testaments must be made. Beyond the above polygamy example, the prominence of war in the Old Testament could also lead to disastrous applications. One need only recall the Crusades. These differences necessitate filters to clarify narrative applications.
Covenantal Filter
Even if a substantial pattern exists (animal sacrifice for example), there may remain a factor that requires us to filter, or qualify in some way, the application. The filtering noted here involves distinguishing the timeless elements of the pattern (the necessity of vicarious sacrifice which is support throughout all of Scripture) from the covenant-specific elements (use of animals for sacrifice).
The very presence of two distinct testaments (Old and New) demonstrates a significant level of discontinuity between the covenants.[25] We must ask if the apparent application rising from the narrative has been shaped by the former covenant requirements. This not only includes animal sacrifice, but also practices such as ritual cleansing, land promises, Aaronic priesthood, and other elements unique to the Old Covenant.
Administrative Filters
Administrative filters are closely related to covenantal filters. The reality of the covenant differences between Israel and the Church require acknowledgement of how the associated administrative distinctions modify the proper application of certain Old Testament narratives. Not only do the covenants differ, the execution of them also differs.
Administrative differences include that fact that Israel represents a single national entity while the Church a universal entity. The relationship of Gentiles to Jews in the Old Testament starkly contrasts with their relationship in the New (Ephesians 2:11-3:13). Any application drawn from Old Testament narrative concerning Gentile and Jew relationships must reflect this change in association.
Further, Israel was a national-political entity where the Church stands as international and separate from human government.[26] Therefore, guides for a righteous national government within Israel must be applied through New Testament filters such as Romans 13. In the Old Testament, Jew and Gentile stood separated while religion melded with government. In the New Testament, Jew and Gentile unite while Christianity stands separate from human government.
This administrative filter addresses, for example, the issue of war in the Old and New Testaments. Because Israel was both a religious and national body, it fulfilled its God-ordained purposes at times through military means. Yahweh commanded the conquest of Canaan as part of the fulfillment of His promise to Abraham (Joshua 1:2-9). Israel also often called to arms to defend its territory. Nowhere in the New Testament, however, does God command the Church to militarily defend a physical land. In fact, Paul states that the Church's enemies are not human, but spiritual in nature (Eph 6:12).
Revelational Filter
Certain elements of Old Testament narrative constitute a significant pattern or theme which might support authoritative application, but are qualified in some way by direct New Testament statements. These aspects stand outside the covenantal and administrative elements discussed above, but nevertheless meet modification in later revelation.
Leviticus 19:12 commands honest oaths that honor Yahweh. David provides a worthy example when he swears an oath of kindness to Jonathan's family (1 Samuel 20:12-17) and then faithfully adheres to his promise (2 Samuel 9:1-7). Christ, however, raises this ethic to a new level. A believer's speech is to be marked by such integrity and honesty that swearing an oath becomes unnecessary (Matthew 5:33-37).
Therefore, the reality of discontinuity between the testaments requires application filters. The process of validation unavoidably requires evaluation and sometimes elimination of potential application principles based upon revelational differences.
As Bible teachers and preachers, it is vital that we recognize the foundational, traditional exegetical goal of determining the central idea of the text in the original context. Yet it is also important to realize that elements of the interpretive process (contextual study for example) may serve not only to clarify the main idea, but also to suggest and support additional legitimate applications.
The five models discussed in this article call for a raised awareness of the interpretive process and its potential for producing application. They—along with the covenantal, administrative and revelational filters—serve as tools to assess applications, and sometimes eliminate the invalid, even if they seem insightful and acceptable to audiences. In proclaiming Old Testament narrative, as with all of Scripture, we must be diligent to insure that applications bear the weight of biblical authority.
Copyright © 2012 Corban University School of Ministry. Originally published in Corban's e-journal, Dedicated. As long as you include this copyright credit line (and hyperlinks), you may reprint this article in its entirety.
[1] Daniel Block, "Tell Me the Old, Old Story" in Giving the Sense (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2003), p. 409.
[2] See the discussion of the power of stories and on narrative preaching (which is different than preaching from narrative) in Calvin Miller, "Narrative Preaching," Handbook of Contemporary Preaching (Nashville: Broadman, 1992), pp. 103-116.
[3] For discussion, see Haddon Robinson, Biblical Preaching 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001), pp. 66-70. Steven Mathewson (Art of Preaching the Old Testament Narrative, Baker, 2002, pp. 98-103) also follows this basic approach to application.
[4] Robinson breaks this step of the process down into formulating the homiletical idea and determining the sermon purpose. Biblical Preaching, pp 103-112.
[5] See for example, David Howard, Introduction to the Historical Books (Chicago: Moody, 1993), pp. 146-7; Ronald Youngblood, "1 Samuel," Expositor's Bible Commentary, vol. 3 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992) p. 558; William LaSor, David Hubbard and Frederic Bush Old Testament Survey, 2nd ed (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996), pp. 176-7.
[6] Charles R. Swindoll, David: Man of Passion and Purity (Nashville: Word, 2000), pp. 62-3.
[7] Eugene H. Peterson, Leap Over a Wall: Earthly Spirituality for Everyday Christians (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1997), p. 40, 42.
[8] Swindoll, David, pp. 70-1.
[9] Warren Wiersbe, Expository Outlines of the Old Testament (Wheaton: Victor, 1993), accessed electronically through Libronix Digital Library.
[10] Peterson, Leap, p. 42.
[11] John R. Bisagno, Principle Preaching (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2002), p. 87.
[12] Swindoll, David, p. 79.
[13] Ibid, p. 80.
[14] Haddon Robinson calls the principlizing process "a ladder of abstraction." "Heresy of Application," Leadership (Fall 1997), p 23. Cf. Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Toward Rediscovering the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987), p. 166.
[15] Mathewson's work (Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative) contains 260 pages of text, yet spends only pages 98-103 on developing application. Two of those pages decry poor application development. Also, recent chapters on preaching narrative focus on interpretive technique much more than application (Block and Kaiser in Giving the Sense. 409-454; Keneth Mathews, "Preaching Historical Narrative," Reclaiming the Prophetic Mantle, ed. by George L. Klein [Nashville: Broadman, 1992], pp. 19-50).
[16] Principle Preaching by Bisagno best exemplifies this approach. He stresses that exegesis is important, but does not show how it drives the choosing of applications.
[17] Many books exist on basic exegesis. Good sources include Roy Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation (Wheaton: Victor, 1991); Grant Osborne, Hermeneutical Spiral (Downers Grove: IVP, 1991); and Douglas Stuart, Old Testament Exegesis 2nd ed. (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980).
[18] See Steven Mathewson, "Guidelines for OT Narratives" Bibliotheca Sacra 154 (Oct-Dec 1997): 410-435; V. Philip Long, The Art of Biblical History (Zondervan, 1994); Meir Sternberg, The Poetics of Biblical Narrative (Indiana University Press, 1987); Walter Kaiser, "Narrative," Cracking Old Testament Codes (Broadman & Holman, 1995), 69-88. Other good resources include Robert Alter Art of Biblical Narrative (Basic Books, 1981); Leland Ryken and Tremper Longman, Complete Literary Guide to the Bible (Zondervan, 1993); and Robert Alter and Frank Kermode, The Literary Guide to the Bible (Belknap Press, 1987).
[19] The Hebrew term here translated "youngest" (קָטָן), may also be translated "smallest," providing a contrast to the physically larger brothers and more subtly to the failed king Saul. See "קָטָן" NIDOTTE 3:910-912.
[20] The basis of this application is significantly strengthened by the fact that Yahweh voices this principle to Samuel at the choosing of David (1 Sam 16:7).
[21] Correlation to broader biblical revelation and other qualifiers will be discussed under "Application Filters."
[22] Compare David Deuel's comments in "Suggestions for Expositional Preaching of Old Testament Narrative" (Master's Seminary Journal vol. 2 no. 1, Spring 1991), pp. 45-60.
[23] For elaboration, see Everett Harrison, "I Corinthians," Expositor's Bible Commentary, 152 and Gordon Fee, I Corinthians New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965), pp. 199-200.
[24] Some scholars see the meaning of tuvpoi as referring to more than examples or analogies, understanding instead that the OT events typologically prefigured the believers at Corinth. See John Murray, Romans, NICNT, pp. 451-453 for discussion.
[25] For further discussion, see Elliott Johnson Expository Hermeneutics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990), pp. 245-254; John and Paul Feinberg, Ethics for a Brave New World (Wheaton: Crossway, 1993), pp. 34-40; and John Feinberg, ed. Continuity and Discontinuity (Wheaton: Crossway, 1988).
[26] Related issues such as theonomy are discussed in the works cited for discontinuity in the previous endnote.
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Q: NetBeans profiler showing vastly different execution times I am benchmarking two algorithms for solving the Skyline query problem on a file with 2-dimensional points.
I declare them:
SkylineAlgorithm bnl = new BNL();
SkylineAlgorithm sfs = new SFS();
Then manually measure their performance:
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
List<Point> skylinesBnl = bnl.getSkylinePoints(file);
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
long durationBnl = (endTime - startTime) / 1000000;

startTime = System.nanoTime();
List<Point> skylinesSfs = sfs.getSkylinePoints(file);
endTime = System.nanoTime();
long durationSfs = (endTime - startTime) / 1000000;

System.out.println("BNL: " + durationBnl + " ms");
System.out.println("SFS: " + durationSfs + " ms");

For example this will print:
BNL: 4648 ms
SFS: 4946 ms

Then I thought of using something more sophisticated like the NetBeans profiler. I set the root profiling method to getSkylinePoints(file) (both algorithms share that method though a template method design pattern) then at the end of the line List<Point> skylinesBnl = bnl.getSkylinePoints(file); I set the profiler to save results and output them. Same happens for sfs.
My results this way are these (open images in new tab):
BNL:

SFS:

That is vastly different from what I am getting through the manual way. Any ideas what is going on?

A: The answer is simple : getPointRDDFromTextFile apparently uses disk I/O and produces a more complex result. If you get rid of the I/O-op you will decrease your execution-time drastically. Accessing drives of any (!) kind is always very slow - by design.
The same thing is true for sockets of any kind (except for sockets to in-memory pipes) hence WAN/LAN data transmissions and also recursive algorithms of any kind (because of stack-multiplication)
To get similar results you will need to pre-fetch your file and read it from memory ... if it is small enough, of course.

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Hydroxychloroquine usage in US patients, their experiences of tolerability and adherence, and implications for treatment: survey results from 3127 patients with SLE conducted by the Lupus Foundation of America
Daniel J Wallace1,
Karin Tse2,
Leslie Hanrahan3,
Rupert Davies4 and
Michelle A Petri5
1 Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, California, USA
2 Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 Research and Education, Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
4 Blackrock Pharmaceuticals, Marlow, UK
5 Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Correspondence to Dr Daniel J Wallace; danielwallac{at}gmail.com
The majority of patients with SLE in the USA have been prescribed hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Given more recent guidelines, the availability of only one strength (200 mg tablets) may limit the flexibility and ability to accurately dose patients with lupus. The Lupus Foundation of America undertook a survey to assess the current landscape of HCQ tolerability and adherence.
hydroxychloroquine
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/lupus-2019-000317
Contributors All authors were involved in the survey design. KT was involved in the acquisition of data. RD was involved in the data analysis and manuscript writing. All authors contributed to revisions and approval of the final version.
Funding This research conducted by the Lupus Foundation of America was supported by Blackrock Pharmaceuticals.
Data sharing statement No additional data are available.
About LFA
Copyright © 2019 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Lupus Foundation of America. All rights reserved.

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 * Users must implement the {@link #run} method with the time-consuming code:
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Pro-Gun Group Hopes To Attract Minorities w/ 'What Would Django Do?' Campaign
Remember how the popularity of Django Unchained spawned action figures that are now being sold on Ebay?
Well, now pro-gun group, Political Media, is using Tarantino's film to get people of color to join their side of the gun control debate.
"What would Django Do?" is the latest genius campaign idea from the folks who've brought us "Gun Appreciation Day."
[Political Media President Larry Ward is] hoping for similar success with his follow-up effort, dubbed "What Would Django Do?" Ward plans not only a campaign but a nonprofit organization that would bear the name, though he acknowledges he hasn't sought permission from Tarantino or from The Weinstein Co., the studio behind Django Unchained.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Ward said. "We'll make sure we aren't violating copyrights, and if we are, we'll have to change the name. But Django is perfect for what we're trying to do, which is to promote gun rights to minorities. We'll tackle the issue on the Democrats' own turf."
Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.
That's right. The folks who came up with this idea are the same ones who want to make sure they have easy access to guns. Think about that for a minute. (We'll wait.)
It seems that Django is the gift that keeps on giving. While we're waiting for Spike Lee's comment, we want to know:
Are you a person of color who is pro gun?
Is it a mistake to assume that minorities are a monolith in support of gun control?
What's your stance on the issue? (Will Django make you change your mind?)
Sound off below!!!!
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How schools can benefit from turnkey PA systems
Source: a&s Editorial Team
Related tags: school safety, public address
In many school projects, the PA is consisted of different components/subsystems from different suppliers. This can be troublesome for administrators who need to call different parties for repairs and maintenance. Getting a complete end-to-end solution would make much more business sense.
Mass notification or public address (PA) systems are important to schools, designed to share information quickly and over a wide area – regardless of where the recipients happen to be at the time. However, in many school projects, the PA is consisted of different components/subsystems from different suppliers. This can be troublesome for administrators who need to call different parties for repairs and maintenance. Getting a complete end-to-end solution would make much more business sense.
A recent case study involving Kent School, a boarding school based in Connecticut, illustrates this point. For years, the school used a mass notification system to quickly notify students, teachers and staff of emergencies or routine issues. Such systems are common in schools and universities in the U.S. but often comprise individual solutions from different suppliers. Because every minute counts when danger looms, the parallel use of different solutions often causes delays and even confusion.
It was at this point when the school decided to replace the old system with a new one, and it went to Siemens who then installed its Desigo mass notification system, equipped with integrated intelligent voice communication and individually addressable indoor and outdoor loudspeakers. The turnkey mass notification system was entirely installed by trained Siemens technicians.
"Before, it had been a challenge juggling the mix of different products from various manufacturers," Siemens quoted school safety officer Brian Hunt as saying. "Working with Siemens, we were able to bundle all the campus applications under one roof and to blend the individual solutions into a harmonic whole."
According to Siemens, alarms are issued over high-performing Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) loudspeakers as well as via text and e-mail messages, which can then be displayed on flat screens, LED displays, and desktop computers as well as sent via SMS, e-mail, Facebook and Twitter. Users must confirm they have read the message before they can continue to use their computer.
Siemens has also set up a general alarm function for Kent School: It prompts all students, teachers and staff to assemble at defined locations. According to the company, it has already retrofitted three buildings on campus, with two others to quickly follow.
"Unlike conventional systems, mass notification systems use many different channels to convey vital information. In addition to existing building safety, alarm and communication systems, they also take advantage of the most broadly used web-based communication technologies," Siemens said in a press release. "With the ability to notify individuals over ubiquitous smartphones, computers and visual displays, a large number of people can be alerted extremely quickly. Especially in an age marked by increased danger, mass notification systems can make a significant contribution to safety."
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In March, I joined the nine other Momentum Fellows of Philanthropy Northwest for a dynamic two-and-a-half-day retreat. This was our first time reuniting since we met six months ago when we began the Momentum Fellowship. The fellowship has placed us at different foundations across the Pacific Northwest and has offered us programming and network opportunities to jumpstart our careers in philanthropy.
During our retreat, we shared an immediate excitement and bonded as we rode the ferry on a typical gray and rainy Seattle day to Bainbridge Island. It just so happens that all the Cohort II fellows are women – an important connecting factor. We are a culturally and racially diverse cohort of Native Alaskan/Iñupiaq, African American, Iranian, Latina, Hawaiian-raised, biracial and Asian American women – and came to philanthropy in the Northwest through different paths. One common thread is that we are keenly aware of the inequalities and intersections among race, gender and class – and are starting to navigate this highly privileged and uncommon place of power and resources. While working in philanthropy, many of us continue making impact in the communities we've worked closely with in the past.
Besides bonding time and learning leadership skills, I didn't know what to expect from the retreat. Our coordinator, Maya Thornell-Sandifor, put aside our looming doubts and immersed us in a rich and balanced training with activities led by other thoughtful, highly skilled women (thank you Maya, Mares, Michelle, Jan and Sindhu!). We explored the themes of adaptive leadership, reflective practices, understanding roles and self-care.
Things came together on this beautiful, magical island. It was then when I actualized the reason for pursuing this fellowship. I had left a stable job at a philanthropic institution, moved across the country to an unfamiliar city. My adaptive challenge was both physical/environmental and professional. This fellowship was the opportunity I was yearning for: to take a step back and reflect on my role in philanthropy, engage in deeper intentional learning and move forward better informed on how to best share my skills and perspectives. I am now equipped with more tools and support than ever before.
Having worked in philanthropy for several years, I've had my share of challenges around equity as a person of color. I have personally experienced and witnessed colleagues of color lacking the support needed and having requests for additional resources denied – and ultimately leaving jobs due to subtle racism. Meanwhile, white counterparts seem to easily receive the institutional support, trust, acknowledgment and encouragement needed to succeed and grow. I also noticed that as an Asian American female, I am perceived by some colleagues as a non-racial person unaffected by racism in the workplace.
How do we set up systems for people of color to get continuous support and stability? How do we go beyond simply focusing on diversifying the faces in philanthropy to creating a place where we thrive and see greater leadership in philanthropy? Communities of color are often credited with being resilient in the face of incredible hardship, but we must shift our efforts to address how and where we drop off and get destabilized in the sector and in society. How do we institutionalize and implement equity with good practices and clear policies alongside our fluid culture?
Another adaptive challenge is the need to have deeper dialogues on class and economic inequality in the funding world – especially among ourselves as funders – and chip away at our cultural discomfort with this subject. Can we lead such talks, including what wealth means for people of color in philanthropy? Economic disparity, power structures and access are not marginal issues we can choose to tackle but truly a central part of our work as funders pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
As I explore how we can use data to push for greater equity in philanthropy during my fellowship, one of the tools I have found incredibly valuable for my development has been the professional coaching included in our fellowship. While I have been lucky to have long-time mentors help me with career and life choices, having a coach partner who holds me accountable and encourages me has been another layer of support and sustenance (thank you Holly!).
As an immigrant (and now an ex-New Yorker), I have always known the necessity in adapting physically and culturally to new environments. With a greater appreciation and understanding of adaptive challenges and reflective practices, I look forward to this journey along with my Momentum sisters. I will continue to engage in self-care, whether they be meditative walks on suspension bridges or wrapping myself up in one big cinnamon roll hug.
Editor's note: The Momentum Fellowship, coordinated by Philanthropy Northwest, aims to prepare professionals from underrepresented communities, particularly communities of color, for successful careers in the philanthropic sector. The Momentum Fellowship is part of Philanthropy Northwest's commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.


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Whеn hiring Tоrоntо mаgiсiаn fоr a birthdау раrtу оr соrроrаtе event, you will want аn еntеrtаinеr whо offers a fun show аnd makes уоur event mеmоrаblе. Hоwеvеr, thеrе are mаnу ѕо-саllеd illusionists who hаvеn't tаkеn thе time tо реrfесt thеir аrt fоrm.
If уоu want уоur аudiеnсе to be transported tо a mаgiсаl wоrld, уоu muѕt choose a реrfоrmеr wisely. In thiѕ аrtiсlе, wе'll unсоvеr the triсkѕ оf thе mаgiс trаdе tо hеlр you ѕреnd your money wisely in сhооѕing Toronto mаgiсiаnѕ.
Yоu are thinking about hоw сооl it would bе tо hirе a mаgiсiаn for уоur child's birthday, уоur sales mееting, thе trade show еxро уоu hаvе рlаnnеd, wеdding reception оr other ѕресiаl еvеnt.
So whаt dо уоu nееd tо know? Hоw саn уоu bе assured thаt the entertainer you hirе will hаvе уоur guest рrаiѕing уоu fоr your grеаt event аnd сhоiсе of entertainment? Wеll hopefully in this ѕhоrt article I can help you in уоur ѕеаrсh for great Tоrоntо magicians аѕ еntеrtаinеr.
Lооk fоr ѕоmеоnе who саn speak well оvеr thе phone. When сhооѕing Tоrоntо Mаgiсiаnѕ for уоur еvеnt, bе ѕurе to сhооѕе someone whо hаѕ clear аnd excited voice thаt уоu саn undеrѕtаnd. If уоu саll a performer thаt саnnоt speak over the phone imаginе whаt they wоuld ѕоund likе in front оf your guеѕt. If уоu can undеrѕtаnd thе mаgiсiаn and hold a grеаt conversation оvеr thе рhоnе thаt is great sign thаt еnеrgу will bе аt уоur event.
Chооѕе Tоrоntо Mаgiсiаn реrfоrmеrѕ thаt are not jасk оf all trаdеѕ. Look on thе magician's web site you рlаn tо hirе аnd if it'ѕ full оf hype аnd list shows fоr аll occasions mу аdviсе is to run аwау! Find оut if they hаvе a wеbѕitе. If thеу dо, thеn уоu ѕhоuld find рlеntу оf photos оnlinе, hореfullу with the children еntеrtаinеr lооking well-presented and fun, аnd even ѕоmе actual рhоtоѕ frоm some other kids parties thеу hаvе performed at. From tоnѕ оf Toronto Mаgiсiаnѕ, choose a magician whо саtеrѕ tо a ѕеlесt audience. Yоu dоn't want a kid'ѕ реrfоrmеr dоing уоur company's trade ѕhоw оr a trаdе ѕhоw magician dоing your child's birthdау раrtу in most cases.
If you hеаr "I'm аn entertainer first, mаgiсiаn second" or аnуthing аlоng those lines what it mеаnѕ iѕ my mаgiс is nоt thаt gооd. The skill level of thе mаgiсiаn iѕ vеrу imроrtаnt, if hе саnnоt fool thе аudiеnсе he cannot entertain. I've hеаr mаnу stories of unѕkillеd mаgiсiаnѕ whо have mаdе a fооl of thе hоѕt аnd guеѕt tо get a сhеар lаugh to "еntеrtаin". So bоttоm linе: Iоn choosing Toronto Mаgiсiаnѕ gо ѕее a ѕhоw by the magician оr meet in реrѕоn fоr a private dеmо. Hоw vаriеd iѕ thе entertainment? If уоu'rе рlаnning оn bооking ѕоmеоnе whо iѕ рrеdоminаntlу a magician, then a full hоur'ѕ реrfоrmаnсе iѕ ԛuitе hаrd tо keep a ѕmаll сhild'ѕ аttеntiоn. Hоwеvеr, if the еntеrtаinеr brеаkѕ it up with uѕе of bаllооn modelling, ѕоmе раrtу music оr ѕоmе рuрреtѕ thеn еvеn a two-hour ѕhоw will flу bу fоr thе kids.
Business mindеd. Dоеѕ thе mаgiсiаn уоu are hiring business mindеd? Thiѕ is a muѕt. Professional аnd timеlу e-mails аnd rеturnеd рhоnе саllѕ, insurance, good dress, and gооd equipment. Hоwеvеr, when hiring Tоrоntо mаgiсiаnѕ, уоu need tо ѕреаk tо the еntеrtаinеr, dоn't just rely on emails. If уоu ѕреаk tо Toronto magicians firѕt, уоu'll bе аblе tо judgе thеir соmmuniсаtiоn skills аnd thеу will install соnfidеnсе in you thаt thеir реrfоrmаnсе will bе great.
If thе еntеrtаinеr ѕоundѕ hеѕitаnt оn the рhоnе, imagine whаt thеу'll be likе in frоnt оf a rооm of сhildrеn оr сrоѕѕ-ѕесtiоn of guеѕt.
Truѕt. Cаn уоu trust the performer with уоur guest оr kids? This iѕ thе most important of thе fivе. Mаkе ѕurе thаt the реrfоrmеr уоu hirе fоr уоur еvеnt is nоt a реdорhilе, hаѕ drug оr drinking рrоblеmѕ. Dо a Gооglе search uѕing thе performers nаmе, talk tо other and gо with your gut fееlingѕ. Also, dо they hаvе рubliс liability inѕurаnсе? Aссidеntѕ саn happen аt аnу timе, аnd a room full оf еxсitеd children bоunсing аrоund саn bе оnе оf thе biggest ассidеntѕ wаiting tо hарреn. Regardless оf whеthеr you аrе holding a раrtу in a hаll, оutdооrѕ оr in уоur home, уоu should сhесk if the Toronto mаgiсiаnѕ you hirе fоr уоur сhildrеn entertainment hоldѕ рubliс liаbilitу inѕurаnсе.
I hоре thаt thiѕ аrtiсlе iѕ hеlрful аnd that уоur еvеnt is tаlkеd аbоut for years because оf thе great timе уоur guеѕt have and thе wоndеr оf thе mаgiс реrfоrmеd.
It's October already and december is fast approaching. We've been getting calls from businesses and families all over the GTA. They all want to rent a santa for Christmas. Make sure you call us as soon as possible to make sure that we have enough props and santa impersonators for your party!
Some businesses want to thank specific employees for their individual contributions. If you tell us before hand, our Santa can learn the script, or you can simply provide them with a document to read from. This makes employees feel that their job has importance and meaning to the company. If your booking santa for a family, then you can have Santa point out specific things that they did good in the year. For instance, your 5 year old daughter might have gotten an A in class, and Santa can point out and give her praise.
If you need specific people to receive specific gifts – then our santa is the perfect rental. A lot of guests do not want the same gift, they want a customised gift. They want to feel that the giver thought about them, and about what they want.
If your company has been doing really well and you want to thank everyone and remind them about your company's vision and purpose, then hiring a corporate santa can help you significantly.
If you are living in Toronto, good news for you since there is many entertainment providers around the city. From Toronto magicians to Toronto clowns, Toronto singers and Toronto jugglers, they have all these and more. This will leave you nothing but satisfied with your need of entertainment for your event.
Are you perhaps in need of public entertainers? You can always get Toronto singers. They are the perfect entertainers on parks and streets. By-passers will find it hard not to stop for a moment and sing along with your Toronto singers. To make sure everyone else in your public event will indeed enjoy with the songs prepared by your Toronto singers, make sure they are popular songs that all ages and genders are familiar with.
Meanwhile, if you're having a children's party, the best and most favorite by kids are clowns/ magicians. From the simplest tricks and jokes, kids will certainly buy them. With games and treats as additions, there is no way the kids at the party will get bored and unhappy.
Who is a Dependable Provider of Different Entertainment Needs in Toronto?
Now that you have discovered the kind of entertainment needed by the event you're holding, where do you think can be get the entertainers for it? The best advice for you is at Entertainment Toronto. From the name itself, you will instantly discover they offer complete entertainment in Toronto.
Entertainment Toronto is a sought after entertainment provider in Toronto that offers a wide range of entertainment to cater the various needs of clients. Among their entertainers are belly dancers, Toronto singers, Toronto clowns, Toronto magicians, Toronto jugglers and a lot more. All of which are earnestly applauded for their excellence in giving total entertainment to party guests from all ages and genders.
As the overall in-charge in the event, Entertainment Toronto understands you may already be tired since day one of the preparation. So when the time comes that their on stage, just sit back and relax. Like everyone else, have fun and enjoy their show. Entertainers from Entertainment Toronto may come comical and look free-spirited but as the saying goes, looks can be deceiving. Just wait and see how they get your stage roaring with laughter and filled with good vibes. This is because to every event they are invited, Entertainment Toronto ensures they will come prepared with new options to relief everyone's boredom and tiredness. All that's left is the smiles on the guests' faces.
To learn more about Entertainment Toronto, you may visit them at http://67.225.136.213/~stageentertainme.
If you have been a part of any corporate sector you might have participated or heard about corporate event. Corporate event helps you to ease up a little bit from the daily hectic schedule. These events can have large number of people participating. There can be several reasons to organize corporate event. In order to have a successful event you need to appoint a putative company. Let's discuss about a few tips for a grand successful event and what to look for while hiring a corporate event company. The best way to hire a good corporate event company is to fix an appointment with the company and get to know if they are worth hiring or not. Below given pointers might help you understand how to hire the event company for your big day.
Pointers to be kept in mind prior to hiring a team of corporate event.
Planning in advance: First thing you need to analyze is the need of the hour i.e. what exactly does the event requires because memorable events do not just happen. Planning is the key to every event. A reputed event company first of all sets a goal for themselves, then plans over it to achieve that goal.
Friendly atmosphere: In order to hire a skilled corporate company we should keep in mind that it provides friendly service and is flexible, and caters to all your needs.
Time management: Before hiring a corporate event company one must make sure that the whole team does proper scheduling and avoids wastage of time. The event company needs to complete events on time.
Taking Responsibility: A good event team will be responsible enough to take care of any risk factors, because it is quite possible that while organizing big event there are certain things that might go a bit wrong or either unnoticed.
Hope that these few guidelines mentioned above will make it easier for you to hire a reputed corporate event company which will help you bring your event to an end with a success. The word 'Event' itself means a gathering of people at a certain venue for a specific reason. Planning a corporate event is a daunting task but not impossible. Make sure to make your event a memorable one.
If you follow these simple points, surely you are on your way to hosting a grand, memorable and successful corporate event.


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Making jewellery at home is a fun hobby!
You get to sit back, relax, and be a little creative while 'watching' (mostly listening, but watching too, meaning glancing at the screen every few seconds) something interesting.
I didn't take any classes on jewellery making, because I usually get too bored. Tongue out So I just bought all the necessary materials and started doing it.
When instead of buying another dress like normal women you go spend the sum on beans and pins - that's a new diagnosis for the next edition of DSM!
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Home/Sports/Lewandowski and the royal offer for 75 million euro! We show the contract with Real!
Lewandowski and the royal offer for 75 million euro! We show the contract with Real!
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Exactly 8 years ago, on January 4, 2014, Robert Lewandowski signed a contract with Bayern Munich. The contract entered into force six months later – on July 1, 2014. This is how the most beautiful adventure of a Polish footballer in a foreign club began
Before the Polish sniper was tied to the German tycoon, a real fight broke out for the player, and Real Madrid made sky-high offers, almost at the last moment. In fact, even the then Lewandowski club, i.e. Borussia Dortmund, preferred the Pole to play in Madrid, not Munich
Onet Sport revealed the provisions of the contract that Lewandowski could sign with Real
You can find more such stories on the Onet homepage
There was a lot of speculation, but the documents that we showed last year showed specific amounts: for signing the contract with Królewski, Lewandowski would receive EUR 10.9 million gross. For each season of the game in Spain, he would get EUR 8.6 million gross. In addition, there would be an agreement for Real to use 50 percent. rights to the image of a footballer. After signing it, a Pole would collect EUR 1.9 million gross of a one-off bonus. Each year the contract is in force, Real would also pay the player 1.5 million euro gross.
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The total of the 6-year contract of the Polish representative (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2020) with the Królewski family, without additional performance bonuses, would amount to EUR 75.5 million gross.
SEE THE CONTRACT WHICH REAL IS OFFERING LEWANDOWSKI. MORE DETAILS ONLY AT ONET SPORT!
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This contract could change Polish football
Perhaps there was also another suggestion. Paweł Wilkowicz's book "Niensycony" mentions a 6-year contract worth a total of EUR 81 million. It was supposed to be a "last minute" offer made in November 2013.
Kucharski said in the book: – Everyone had dilemmas then. Real Madrid is a great club. It evokes emotions. When he comes back for you, it works for your self-esteem. But we had an appointment with Bayern and we wanted to play fair, keep our word. I quickly figured it out, Robert needed a little more time. We once gave our word to Borussia Dortmund that we only wanted to join this club. Likewise, we gave Bayern our word. I knew we would do well in the long run if we kept our promise. Robert, it cost about 20 million euros. A lot of me too. But neither of us regretted it.
A BREAKED WORD
Bayern Munich fell in love with Lewandowski for good in the spring of 2012. It was then that the authorities of the Munich club met Cezary Kucharski for the first time. And when on May 12 that year in the final of the German Cup the Polish representative scored three goals against Bayern, and Borussia Dortmund won 5-2, it was no longer a mercy. When Bayern wants someone in Germany, sooner or later they take him.
As Kucharski said, Lewandowski then got the consent for the transfer, but it could have happened a year later, after paying the penalty clause in the amount of EUR 28 million. However, when in 2013 Bayern returned for the "Left", he heard "no". Earlier, the Munich team snatched another Borussia star – Mario Goetze and the club from Dortmund could not afford to lose Lewandowski yet. He broke his word and did not let the Pole go.
ROYAL TEMPTATION
It was then that the footballer and the manager decided to fulfill the contract with Borussia until the end (i.e. June 30, 2014) and leave for free. The Bosman football law authorized the Pole to sign a contract with the new club after January 1, 2014, i.e. six months before the expiry of the current contract.
Real Madrid joined the game because they also fell in love with Lewandowski's skills. Especially in April 2013, when the Pole scored him four goals in the quarter-finals of the Champions League (Borussia won 4: 1). The Polish representative became President Florentino Perez's unfulfilled dream, and Lewandowski was persuaded by Real leaders: Cristiano Ronaldo and Serio Ramos.
The Spaniards met Kucharski and sent offers. Well, Borussia herself preferred Lewandowski – if he was to leave – to Madrid. That only not to Bayern.
ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI. LEGEND
Lewandowski has been playing for Bayern since 2014. He won with this club, incl. 7 German championship titles, 3 German Cups and the Champions League. He won the title of the best Bundesliga sniper five times, and in the previous season, scoring 41 goals, he broke the record of the legendary Gerd Mueller – the number of goals in one Bundesliga season. In 2020, he also became the best footballer in the world by FIFA and he would probably also get the France Football Golden Ball if it wasn't for the pandemic. This year he took second place.
In 354 games for Bayern he scored 324 goals and assisted 68 times.
The Pole also became the best-paid Bundesliga player, with an annual salary of up to EUR 23 million. Although he had heard earlier in Dortmund that a Pole in a German club cannot earn the most.
Lewandowski's current contract with Bayern ends on June 30, 2023.
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The English are known for their propensity to collect eccentric things—tea cozies, snuffboxes, colonies. So it didn't surprise me to learn that a British writer, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, was responsible for The Cloud Collector's Handbook, a bewitching little book that has become the latest quirky hit. Catching sight of it by the register at my local bookstore, I seized it as the perfect beach reading, or so I imagined, for a seven-year-old intent on investigating the whys of the universe and his dreamier little sister, whose interest in clouds had thus far taken only the form of pointing vaguely skyward and announcing, "I see an octopus riding a bicycle." Not to mention myself: Though I somehow retained the names cumulus, nimbus, and stratus from a long-ago science class, I would have been hard-pressed to pick them out of a lineup. I envisioned us, guidebook in hand, gazing at the horizon from our deck chairs. "What do you think that is?" I would ask lazily. "Cirrostratus fibratus, obviously," my son would sigh in his best Mom-don't-you-know-anything voice.
The cloud photographs are mesmerizing, but the real fun of The Cloud Collector's Handbook is the witty commentary alongside them. "If you've never spotted a Cumulus cloud, then you ought to get out more," Pretor-Pinney writes of the "cotton-wool puffs" with "bright, crisp cauliflower mounds" that are a fixture of most sunny days. Nimbostratus is a "thick, grey, featureless rain cloud that gives all the other ones a bad name." Lenticularis are "contenders for the Weirdest-Looking-Clouds-in-the-Sky awards"—named after a lentil, presumably, because "no one could think of the Latin word for 'shaped like a UFO.'" In keeping with this jovial spirit, Pretor-Pinney has assigned each cloud a number of points based on its scarcity—so that spotting the common Stratocumulus earns its collector only 10 points, while rare phenomena such as the shimmery Nacreous ("polar stratospheric clouds" that look like northern lights) and eerie-looking Noctilucent (higher-up "polar mesopheric clouds") count for 45 points apiece.
As it turned out, though the children were happy to page through the cloud book, oohing and ahhing at the pictures, they were more interested in counting the varieties of crabs scurrying in the sand. But you don't have to be interested in clouds for clouds to be interested in you. By the end of our week at the beach, a mandatory evacuation had been ordered for the entire area. Hurricane Irene, bearing a heavy load of Nimbostratus, was headed our way. In New York, at least, the hurricane wouldn't hit as fiercely as predicted. But we didn't know that the day before the storm, when the city shut down, the mayor urged us not to leave our homes, and the weather alternated between gentle rain and periods of almost-sun that felt as mocking as weather could possibly be.
Part of Ruskin's objection to the pathetic fallacy, I think, is that it's obviously counter-rational to suggest that human moods influence the weather: The sun does not actually smile upon a happy couple conducting outdoor nuptials any more than rain clouds glower at them. But the weather, no less obviously, powerfully influences human moods. The couple whose beach wedding is rained out might retain a gloomy memory of their erstwhile happy day that somehow shades the future of their partnership. It feels as natural to be cheerful on a sunny day as it does to be melancholy under the clouds. (Indeed, a person suffering from depression often describes his or her brain as being "in a fog.") On the evening Hurricane Irene hit, my Twitter feed was full of people quoting the storm scene from King Lear: "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" Lear welcomes the ravaging storm because he has already been ravaged by his ungrateful daughters; he finds it fitting that nature should rage as he rages.
And that's why, of all the details from September 11, it's the weather that stands out in our collective memory: the exquisiteness of that sunny morning, suspended between summer and fall. When the towers fell, the sense that our world had come loose from its moorings was compounded by the cognitive dissonance between the events of the day and the perfect weather, which seemed to demonstrate once and for all the inaptness of the pathetic fallacy. Here was proof again of the insensibility of nature—a feeling familiar to anyone who has emerged from a funeral, wiping tears, under a brilliant sky.
Our distress couldn't matter less to the weather. Yet when the Earth itself is uneasy, we might wonder if it somehow reflects—in addition, of course, to the increasingly frightening impact of global warming on our environment—a deeper unease in us. The frequency of extreme weather is all too appropriate for the extremities of modern life, especially the neurotically frenetic news cycle that urges us always to be the first to know, the last to log off. Alternating anxiously between CNN, the Weather Channel, and the all-consuming stream of tweets from strangers, I mused that one doesn't have to be Michele Bachmann to feel a little bit of dread at the onslaught of weird terrestrial events lately to come our way. But less than 24 hours later, when the hurricane had passed and we emerged to find our city still intact, the evening sky was a thing of breathtaking beauty, the sun just bright enough to remind us that it was, in spite of everything, still there, illuminating ever-shifting layers of clouds at once dense and filmy, dark and light. What kind were they, how many points were they worth? I have no idea.
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So if you've been following along the last few days via email or on our social media, you will have heard this exciting news that we have to share: WE RECORDED NEW ACOUSTIC COVERS!
Our first Acoustic Covers album had a theme. They were all female pop songs that we loved. If you haven't listened yet...you can listen to them here! Our #1 streamed song on Spotify is Baby One More Time...yes, you read that correctly! So, we obviously wanted to do a theme for these next covers and we landed on THROWBACKS. Who doesn't love a great #TBT y'all? We do. So, that's the general theme for these new covers and we are SO FREAKING EXCITED FOR YOU TO HEAR THEM. Like--they might be some of our most favorite work that we've EVER recorded.
So, you want to know what our first release is going to be? We have been leaving hints on our socials...some of you guessed….both correctly and incorrectly, but we LOVED all of your guesses...and by far our favorite guess/suggestion was that it was going to be Smelly Cat from FRIENDS. Hahaha. Best. Idea. Ever. Why didn't we think of that??
So, without further ado...our first release is: GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN. And you know why we picked that one? Because, GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN. Hahaha...ok, maybe it's not that simple. Here's the backstory about why we landed on this song.
There are SO many unbelievable songs out there that sometimes it's hard to narrow down which songs to cover. But, as we started looking at songs, we wanted to take popular throwbacks and put our own twist on them. Put our very own j&k stamp on them. Some covers are fun to make very similar to the original...but, with most of these new covers we wanted to make them totally different and totally our own.
We have always loved this song...with its carefree attitude and synth glory...and when we started singing the song & messing around on the acoustic guitar...this slow, sort of epically heartbreaking song came out. The song is harmony-driven and since we slowed it down it makes you think of the words in a different way than before. This song sort of unlocked something in both of us. We went to record this happy song and somehow this sad song came out. Weird how music teaches us something about ourselves that we might not even know yet.
For us, we realized that we aren't having as much fun as we want to be having. That may be that balance has gotten a little bit out of whack--the pressures of being an adult human have maybe encroached on the ability to let loose and have fun. You obviously need balance in life and it can't all be fun-tea-la-la, but we think that we've gotten a bit out of balance. Funny how this song opened our eyes to that. It was sort of several layers underneath in both of us but singing this song (over and over again) brought that to the light.
The photo was shot by the incredibly talented Pockets Of Film photography.
We can't wait for you to hear it. YAY. YAY. YAY.
Thanks for the excitement and for being the best fans/friends two girls could ask for. Keep your eyes on our socials...we'll let you know when it hits iTunes & Spotify, etc.


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This is a list of notable Greek Armenians.

Greek Armenians are people born, raised, or who reside in Greece, with origins in the area known as Armenian, which ranges from the Caucasian mountain range to the Anatolian plateau.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Greek Armenian or must have references showing they are Greek Armenian and are notable.

List

Actors
 Raoul Aslan - actor
 Christina Alexanian - actress
 Giannis Sparidis - actor
 Arto Apartian - actor
 Kostas Intzegian - actor
 Romina Katsikian - actress
 Sophia Alexanian - actress
 Kenzo - adult actor

Art
 Eirini Noune Kazarian - model - gntm winner
 Asadour Baharian - painter
 Sergey Merkurov - sculptor
 Sero Abrahamian - fashion designer
 Maria Kazarian - TV personality
 Foteini Aristakesyan fosbloque - youtube personality
 Misel Pagosian - entrepreneur - manager
 Maria Markatsian - gntm model
 Anzel Kourtian - survivor of Asia Minor genocide

Journalism
 Arthur Derounian - writer
  Giorgos Krikorian - TV journalist
 Art Antimian - TV reporter
 Gaspar Karapetyan - activist
 Thanos Exarlian - victim of terrorism

Music
 Georges Garvarentz - composer
 Iakovos Kolanian - guitarist
 Marika Ninou - singer
 Derek Sherinian - keyboardist
 Athena Manoukian - singer
 Kiriakos Kianos - singer
 Arda Mandikian - mezzo soprano
 Eva Rivas - singer
 Diana Saakian - singer, actress
 Hovig Demirjian - singer
 Haig Yazdjian - composer
 Naira Alexopoulou - singer
 Crystallia - singer

Politics
 Marios Garoyian - Cypriot politician

Military
 Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian - military officer, Macedonian warrior

Religion
 George Gurdjieff - teacher

Royals
 Basil I - Byzantine emperor

Sports
 Artiom Kiouregkian - wrestler
 Oganes Zanazanyan - football player
 Bahakn Abrahamian - football player
 Dimitra Asilian - water polo player, Olympic silver medalist
 Stefanos Stefanou - track athlete
 Avraam Kalfin - football player
 Daniil Danelian - soccer player
 Grigoris Aganian - soccer player
 Sargis Petrosyan - mixed marshal arts athlete

Writers
 Petros Markaris - writer
 Nora Nadjarian - Cypriot poet

Other
 Athanasios Axarlian - terrorism victim
 Alexis Grigoropoulos - demonstration victim

See also
 Armenians in Greece
 List of Armenians

References
 Armenians of Greece

Lists of Armenian people

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Red Line Construction: 6/4/2019
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, Pedestrian, Transit on Jun 4th, 2019
Our guest photo this week comes from contributor Andy Arenson, who sent me a shot of 22nd and Meridian:
Image Credit: Andy Arenson
Here are some photos near 52nd and College. The triangular diverter is now placed in the street on 51st Street:
There are still a ton of utility poles in the sidewalks after this project. A bummer, but at least people should be able to get around them in the future.
Here was the preliminary station last week. It's more complete now, but I don't have photos of it:
Here's IndyGo's email for the week:
College Avenue:
Pavement patching will continue on College Ave through mid-June. Drivers should expect temporary lane restrictions and parking restrictions at localized work areas as pavement sections are repaired. Pavement resurfacing will begin on or after June 17 on College Avenue.
Starting the week of June 3, one-block segments of College Avenue will be closed adjacent to each station location to allow bus pads to be constructed. These closures will start at the 42nd Street station on or after June 3 and will continue north. One station area will be under construction each day. Closures will begin at approximately 7am and end by 8pm the same day. A tentative schedule is below:
42nd Street station on June 3
46th Street station on June 4
Kessler station on or after June 10
Broad Ripple station on or after June 11
Meridian Street:
Overnight work will move to the week of June 10 for the last areas if bus pad construction on Meridian Street. Each station area and adjacent intersection will be closed for one overnight and open the next morning by 7:00am to 8:00pm.
Meridian Street will be re-paved between 18th Street and 38th Street. This work will begin on or after June 17.
Capitol Avenue:
Capitol Avenue will be re-paved from Washington Street to 18th Street. This work will begin on or after June 3 and will take approximately 2 weeks. There will be intermittent lane closures and flaggers around paving crews. On-street parking will be restricted in work zones. One travel lane will remain open with flaggers assisting drivers.
Starting on or after June 10, a half-block section of Walnut Street will be closed immediately east of Capitol Ave for up to 5 days. The Indianapolis Cultural Trail will remain open through this intersection. Walnut Street will remain open at Illinois and Muskingum Streets.
Shelby Street:
Pavement markings will be installed on Shelby Street beginning this week. There will be flaggers, as well as intermittent lane closures, traffic restrictions, and diversions impacting traffic around the striping crews. This work will continue through approximately June 10.
Virginia Avenue:
Paving on Virginia Avenue will wrap up this week. There will be intermittent lane closures and flaggers around paving crews. On-street parking will be restricted in work zones. One travel lane will remain open with flaggers assisting drivers, and the Indianapolis Cultural Trail will remain open.
One lane will be temporarily restricted at the New Jersey Street stations this week for concrete work on the platforms. Flaggers will be used to direct traffic through the remaining open lane and around the work zones. This will take place on or after June 3.
New pavement markings will be placed on Virginia Avenue beginning on or after June 5. This work is expected to be completed in one week with short-term lane restrictions around work areas..
Illinois Street
Signal modifications are underway at locations along Illinois Street. Traffic impacts are not expected, however, minor parking and sidewalk impacts could be necessary.
30th Street
Curb and sidewalk work will begin on 30th Street on or after June 3, requiring some lane restrictions.
More information and a list of FAQ's about the acceleration is posted on the IndyGo website:  https://www.indygored.com/acceleration/Â
9 Responses to " "Red Line Construction: 6/4/2019"
Andy Arenson says:
College finally reached the point where I _actually_ had to drive somewhere else, with closures this week. My only disappointment was that I didn't get to drive by the stations under construction!
Ugh. Seriously, spending tens of millions on upgrading the street and transit access, and there is STILL a pole in a sidewalk?
Epic fail.
From what I've heard from an IndyGo rep, it's IPL's world, we're just living in it.
Yeah right. More like Indy dropped the ball, again.
I don't think it's crazy to say that utilities such as IPL have a ton of power and influence in Indiana. It's very unfortunate, and I wish it weren't the case, but I also think that IndyGo likely has their hands tied here.
Since the buses can't travel the distance promised the manufacturer promises charging stations. I'm curious how that's going to work. I haven't heard anything from Indygo. They have to get this right to get future support and buy in. Why not just use a different bus?
Thomas Williams says:
BYD has agree to pay and install three remote charging points at no cost to Indygo. China has over 300,000 electric buses(America more like 300), think American's can figure it out sooner or later.
Well they are getting charging stations at the end of each line that will wirelessly charge the bus while the drive takes their break. It sounds like the buses are only missing their targets when the temperature is down in the 20s and below. That is disappointing but at least they had an extreme low of like -14 this year to test and get a feel for the entirety of the situation.
They can't use existing buses because they need doors on both sides due to platform alignment. It is also not practical at this point to order different buses because the lead time will likely be many months.
Waste of time money!


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    * @param Hafacilidades $entity The entity
    *
    * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
    */
    private function createEditForm(Hafacilidades $entity)
    {
        $form = $this->createForm(new HafacilidadesType(), $entity, array(
            'action' => $this->generateUrl('hafacilidades_update', array('id' => $entity->getId())),
            'method' => 'PUT',
        ));

        $form->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Update'));

        return $form;
    }
    /**
     * Edits an existing Hafacilidades entity.
     *
     */
    public function updateAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $entity = $em->getRepository('BackEndBundle:Hafacilidades')->find($id);

        if (!$entity) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Hafacilidades entity.');
        }

        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($id);
        $editForm = $this->createEditForm($entity);
        $editForm->handleRequest($request);

        if ($editForm->isValid()) {
            $em->flush();

            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('hafacilidades_edit', array('id' => $id)));
        }

        return $this->render('BackEndBundle:Hafacilidades:edit.html.twig', array(
            'entity'      => $entity,
            'edit_form'   => $editForm->createView(),
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }
    /**
     * Deletes a Hafacilidades entity.
     *
     */
    public function deleteAction(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $form = $this->createDeleteForm($id);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        if ($form->isValid()) {
            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
            $entity = $em->getRepository('BackEndBundle:Hafacilidades')->find($id);

            if (!$entity) {
                throw $this->createNotFoundException('Unable to find Hafacilidades entity.');
            }

            $em->remove($entity);
            $em->flush();
        }

        return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('hafacilidades'));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a form to delete a Hafacilidades entity by id.
     *
     * @param mixed $id The entity id
     *
     * @return \Symfony\Component\Form\Form The form
     */
    private function createDeleteForm($id)
    {
        return $this->createFormBuilder()
            ->setAction($this->generateUrl('hafacilidades_delete', array('id' => $id)))
            ->setMethod('DELETE')
            ->add('submit', 'submit', array('label' => 'Delete'))
            ->getForm()
        ;
    }
}


text:
function createDatabase(connection, dbName, callback) {
    console.log(' = Make database...');

    // make database by given name
    var sql = 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ?? DEFAULT CHARACTER SET = ??';
    connection.query(sql, [dbName, 'utf8'], function (err, results) {

        // if has argument then execute callback
        if (callback && typeof callback === 'function') callback(err, results);
    });
}

module.exports = {
    createDatabase: createDatabase,
};