Evening of songs, scenes are drawn from 50 years of productions at Chester Theatre Group's Black River Playhouse, on Saturday.
As the only theater-in-the-round in Morris County, the Black River Playhouse in Chester occupies a unique place among New Jersey community theaters.
Thus, the organizers of Chester Theatre Group wanted a one-of-a-kind way to celebrate the building that has been their home for the past 50 years.
To that end, the CTG is taking a trip down memory lane on Saturday, June 9, with an evening of songs and scenes from each of those decades.
For example, one number on the program will be "Tonight" from "West Side Story," which CTG staged during its first decade in the building, from 1967 to 1977.
Songs from "Dames at Sea" and "Company" will represent the second decade, 1977 to 1987. The gala will include a reading from "Shirley Valentine" and songs from "Assassins" and "A Man of No Importance," among other shows.
These selections offer only a smattering of the works that have been seen at the Black River Playhouse over the years, according to Butler. "We've had more than 250 productions in those 50 years," she said.
In addition to the performances, the evening will feature brief panel discussions for each of the decades. Overseeing these conversations will be Roseann Ruggiero, a director and actress who started performing with CTG when she was a teen.
"When we were talking about the anniversary, we decided that what makes Chester special are the friendships," said Ruggiero. "Fifty years later, those friendships are still there. We wanted to celebrate that, and we wanted to pass on those stories.
Though CTG has been ensconced in the Black River Playhouse since 1967, the company dates back to 1959. For its first decade, its shows were presented at the building then known as the Williamson School in Chester.
Both Butler and Ruggiero noted with pride that CTG has specialized in musicals, dramas, and comedies not typically offered in community theaters.
The first offering of the 2018-2019 season will be "Disenchanted," a new musical by Dennis T. Giacino, who has performed at Chester. "We're excited to do a show by one of our own," said Ruggiero, who will direct the show.
Furthermore, in its 50-plus-year history, Chester has staged only a handful of shows – such as the musicals "1776" and "Company" - have been staged more than once.
"That's going to be one of the subjects we'll talk about, the decision to do some shows more than once," said Ruggiero.
The anniversary gala is not solely devoted to nostalgia, which is why Ruggiero and Butler emphasized that the program is geared to anyone who enjoys theater.
WHAT: Chester Theatre Group celebrates 50 years at its current home, the Black River Playhouse, with an evening of songs and scenes culled from productions that have been performed in the building over the past five decades. Light refreshments will be served.
WHERE: 54 Grove St., at the corner of Maple Street, Chester.
Chester Theatre Group will hold a 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, June 9.
The event celebrates the 50 years since the company took up residence in its current home, the Black River Playhouse.
The gala will feature scenes and songs from a few of the 250-plus productions that have been performed at the theater over the past five decades. In some cases, the original performers are returning to sing or act.


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a Tight Loop learns how to preform the double haul fly cast. Jon Uhlenhop of Chicago Fly Fishing Outfitters demonstrates some of the keys to executing this cast.
why he's doing this to cast 10yds is beyond me?
wtf? that is? a double haul!
Your casting is rubbish..? thats not hauling its jerking and your rods to far back!
Really nice hauling nice to see someone? doin it absolutely beatiful.
Looks like you have a small hole at the end of your back cast. Watch this? and look at the slack line between your reel and rod hand.
here are no words, fantastic? video.
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I bought the full video a few months ago and I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed watching it, nor could I tell you how many times I've watched it; too many to count! Your casting video is great too, and I look forward to checking out the others. I hope you'll keep? making them.
Amazing video! I have had small 8-10 inch brookies with mice inside. I guess it's not only the huge? trout that feed on mice.
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What weight rods were you guys using?? Great video by the way!
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This is a story of Alice Bell, a girl who's life changed in a span of a moment. Alice grew up in your average home with a bratty sister she adored and parent's who were a bit eccentric. Maybe not your average family, because Alice's dad could see monsters no one else could, and that did not sit well anyone. On Alice's birthday, she talks her parents to venture out at night for her sister's recital and that's the night her life changes. Her family gone, and Alice is now seeing the same monsters that plagued her father. Is she going crazy or is this real? When she starts a new school and meets Cole, she'll have to rethink everything she believes in order to survive.
Alice in Zombieland is the first book I've read by Gena Showalter and holy hotness why have I waited so long? Seriously, this book was just too much fun to read. Alice is a great character. She has a way about her that every person can relate to, but also something underneath that makes her the perfect heroine. Her emotions are right on the dot and her actions follow the craziness of her life. I loved seeing Alice develop as a character, coming to terms with the world outside of her comfort zone and taking that stand when needed.
Enter Cole. Oh Cole, where have you been all my life? This boy, umm, I have no words really. Well, maybe a few. Gorgeous. Dangerous. Fierce. Considerate. Protective. Did I mention gorgeous? He's really the perfect example of all the best qualities mixed in with all the real ones. I mean, a guy can be perfect on paper, but not so perfect in "real life." For some reason, I could totally see Cole walking down the street and that's saying a lot.
Together Alice and Cole have to fight a lot more than just their growing feelings for each other. The whole book is action, friendship, and romance blended together for a great delivery. I absolutely adored this book, and laughed more than once at some of the craziness in it. I actually have a soft spot for a lot of the secondary characters which doesn't happen often. At least not for me.
Alice in Zombieland is out now and is the first in the White Rabbit Chronicles. I can't wait to see what else Gena has in store for us. I'm going to have to go read all of her other books now!
Have you read Alice in Zombieland? What did you think?
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What is a fracture?
A fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma.
It can, however, be a result of disease of the bone that leads to weakening, such as osteoporosis, or abnormal formation of the bone from congenital diseases at birth, such as osteogenesis imperfecta.
What are symptoms of a fracture?
Fractures generally cause pain. Sometimes the pain is not elicited until the bone is stressed by use.
Swelling, tenderness, discoloration, and inability to move the affected body part are common. Sometimes deformity of the affected body part is noted. The location and severity of the fracture determine the symptoms and signs.
How are fractures classified?
Fractures are classified by their character and location. Examples of classification include: "spiral fracture of the femur," "greenstick fracture of the radius," "impacted fracture of the humerus," "linear fracture of the ulna," "oblique fracture of the metatarsal," "compression fracture of the vertebrae," and "depressed fracture of the skull." A "comminuted fracture" is a fracture in which bone is broken into a number of pieces. (This should be distinguished from the "compound fracture" as described below).
Fractures are also named by the trauma event that caused the bone breakage. Examples include: "boxer's fracture" of the metacarpal bone of the hand, "blowout fracture" of the bones behind the eye, and "stress fracture" of the bones of tibia."
Some fractures are also named by conditions associated with the bone breakage. For example, a "compound fracture" is a fracture in which there is an associated open wound of the skin which leads directly to the broken bone.
How are fractures treated?
The treatment of a fracture depends on the type of fracture, its severity and location, as well as the underlying condition of the patient.
Fractures are usually treated with resting, non-weight bearing, splints, casting, and surgical procedures.
http://www.medicinenet.com/fracture/article.htm

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Q: Fetch specific data for Auth user from Many to Many Relationship in Laravel How do I fetch data for specific authenticated user in a Laravel many-to-many relationship? I have a page where it will display all the latest threads from all communities. However, I want to make sure it will only show the threads from a community where the currently login user belongs to. (I'm not sure if I made sense)
User.php
public function communities()
{
    return $this->belongsToMany(Community::class)->withTimestamps();
}

public function threads()
{
    return $this->hasMany(Thread::class);
}

Community.php
public function users()
{
    return $this->belongsToMany(User::class)->withTimestamps();
}

public function threads()
{
    return $this->hasMany(Thread::class);
}

Thread.php
public function user()
{
    return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'author_id', 'id');
}

public function community()
{
    return $this->belongsTo(Community::class);
}

This is how I fetched the data with no logged in user.
$threads = Thread::with(['user', 'community'])->orderBy('created_at')->paginate(20);

What I want to achieve is to get the latest threads from communities where the logged in user belongs to.

A: To get the currently logged in user, we can use the auth()->user() helper function and get the communities like the following:
$communities = auth()->user()->communities;

But you need the threads of those communities, so we must add in more logic where we fetch the IDs of those communities you follow, then retrieve all the threads that those communities contain to then perform whatever queries you need at the end.
$communityIds = auth()->user()->communities->pluck('id');
$threads = Thread::whereIn('community_id', $communityIds)->latest()->paginate(20);

I haven't tested this code since I don't have the same structure, so you may need to debug a thing or two to fix the queries but it should theoretically perfectly match your structure.

A: You can use auth to access to authenticated user,
there are two ways to using it, First use auth directly and second use Auth Facade:

*

*Directly
$threads = auth()->users()->threads()

*Facade
$threads = Auth::user()->threads()

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A Lion Among Men
"Hardly more than a kitten . . . I had thought to call it Prrr, but it shivers more often than it purrs, so I call it Brrr instead."
—From Wicked
Since Wicked was first published in 1995, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire's fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar and new, darkly conceived and daringly reimagined. In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion—the once tiny cub defended by Elphaba in Wicked.
While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, an enigmatic figure known as Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. As payment, Yackle, who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba's life, demands some answers of her own.
Brrr surrenders his story to the ailing maunt: Abandoned as a cub, his earliest memories are gluey hazes, and his path from infancy in the Great Gillikin Forest is no Yellow Brick Road. Seeking to redress an early mistake, he trudges through a swamp of ghosts, becomes implicated in a massacre of trolls, and falls in love with a forbidding Cat princess. In the wake of laws that oppress talking Animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the war-mongering Emperor of Oz.
A Lion Among Men chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City's approaching armies. What does the Lion know of the whereabouts of the Witch's boy, Liir? What can Yackle reveal about the auguries of the Clock of the Time Dragon? And what of the Grimmerie, the magic book that vanished as quickly as Elphaba? Is destiny ever arbitrary? Can those tarnished by infamy escape their sobriquets—cowardly, wicked, brainless, criminally earnest—to claim their own histories, to live honorably within their own skins before they're skinned alive?
At once a portrait of a would-be survivor and a panoramic glimpse of a world gone shrill with war fever, Gregory Maguire's new novel is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY DEC 22, 2008
Always outspoken (and so-called "Dr."), Denis Leary returns with this hilarious look at sucking; why we suck, how not to suck and how to help others who suck become suck free. Pulling no punches, Leary storms his way through everything from skinny jeans being for skinny people to vegetarians, and never fails to make listeners laugh out loud. Reading in his trademark self-deprecating and hard-nosed manner, Leary plows through his book at such a strong and commanding speed that listeners will think his well-polished rants are off-the-cuff. Leary is almost performing stand-up; his tone is so unrelenting and unabashed that listeners will beg for more. A Viking hardcover (Reviews, Sept. 15).
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More Books by Gregory Maguire
Son of a Witch
Out of Oz
After Alice
Egg and Spoon


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It is crucially important to the security and prosperity of the United States and Canada that President Obama approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a multibillion dollar project to bring Albertan oil sands bitumen to refineries in Texas. However, with loud, well-funded climate activists in his base opposed to XL because it will encourage expansion of the oil sands, a project they are determined to kill, it is anything but certain that the president will give the green light to the pipeline.
More than anything, Obama does not want to be remembered as the president who "ruined the climate." That science shows that practically nothing America does will have substantial impact on global climate is immaterial; it is all about perception when it comes to presidential legacies. Consequently, oil sands and pipeline supporters must present arguments that are seen to be unquestionably correct and difficult to defeat, and relate directly to Obama's main concern -- climate change. Otherwise, he will almost certainly turn down the project just as he did last year.
In the past week, pipeline proponents have seized upon the conclusion of the report by energy consultancy IHS CERA Inc. that the project will have "no material impact" on oil sands greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. But IHS's arguments -- which were essentially the same as those made by the State Department several months ago -- should not be used.
They are far too easy for pipeline opponents to counter.
In the absence of the pipeline, alternate transportation routes would result in oil sands production growth being more or less unchanged.
Should CN decide to try to move forward with its proposal, it would face major opposition and risks to the company. We urge you to stop any forward movement with shipping tar sands oil by rail through British Columbia.
Their opposition is not surprising. Climate campaigners want to stop all methods of transporting bitumen to refineries because they are determined to block Canada's oil sands projects entirely. They believe GHG emissions, specifically carbon dioxide (CO2), from the oil sands will wreck the climate.
The study also found that any absence of oil sands on the U.S. Gulf Coast (the destination for Keystone XL) would most likely be replaced by imports of heavy crude oil from Venezuela, which has the same carbon footprint as oil sands.
The most likely alternative USGC heavy oil supply is Venezuelan crude which is in the same GHG emissions range as oil sands. Consequently, if oil sands were not consumed in the Gulf Coast, there would be little to no change in the overall GHG intensity of the U.S. crude slate.
But it is not just GHG intensity that determines overall emissions. It is also the total amount of oil that is combusted in all vehicles using the fuel. As explained earlier, with lower prices predicted by DOE, consumption -- and so the total "carbon footprint" -- will almost certainly rise, all other factors being equal.
The strongest reason for Keystone XL is that it greatly enhances U.S. energy security by replacing oil imports from unfriendly dictatorships with oil from Canada. And whether one believes in dangerous CO2-driven climate change or not, virtually all experts agree that the climatic impact of oil sands expansion is negligible since the project produces only about one thousandth of humanity's total emissions.


At Capp we are very excited to be launching our new Team Profile this week. It still contains some of our clients' favourite features, but with some added extras we are particularly proud of, such as the Realise2 SWOT Analysis supporting the bigger picture for the team.
As you may know, Realise2 is our strengths identification tool, taken over 70,000 times, enabling individuals to perform better, reach their goals and find engagement in their roles. It helps people understand strengths they use often (realised strengths), those they draw on less often; (unrealised strengths), as well as areas of less energy (learned behaviours) and some good old fashioned honesty around what we don't do well (weaknesses).
Be clear on your objectives: From the start, be very clear what the session goals are. Whether it is to support a change, understand roles and relationships or to drive a goal, don't deviate from what you set out to do.
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Keep it simple: Don't try to cram too much in the session and keep exercises simple. Often teams will simply relish in realising new things about each other so have confidence in your approach. You may not need to do a great deal on the actual day itself to hear the light bulbs go off and the pins drop. Share your own strengths experiences; encourage the sharing of strengths and use the language – watch the results.
Encourage ownership of data: I personally find the learned behaviours in team dynamics the most fascinating. Watching teams communicate about those things they thought were strengths in each other, and understanding how they can be relied on less (they are not as energising as strengths) is a rewarding experience. We often recognise each others' strengths and weaknesses, but it is common to be caught out here. Support team members to know what they want to be known for in the team.
Next steps: Don't leave the room without establishing what the next steps are for everyone as an individual, but also collectively as a team. Of course, they may be very simple and often this is better as actions will be achievable, i.e. putting something on the agenda for the next meeting or displaying strengths profiles. When will the team be following up on the actions? Perhaps, delegate the actions list to the person with Personal Responsibility as a strength!
So, next time you are working with a team, consider how Capp's new Team Profile can support performance, engagement and, of course, improve communication.


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There was also the fact that the end of the semester was fast approaching. Everyone was either worried about finals or looking forward to summer break—or both.
Some of Corrie's classes had gotten less challenging, some more. On Tuesday, in her psionics class, they had practiced distance sight with candle flames instead of water. It had been just as easy for Corrie that way, so she knew it was a real inherent power. Today they had moved on to future sight, which Professor Rook didn't expect anyone other than Roe to have any success with, so Corrie was neither surprised nor dismayed that she had no luck whatsoever.
Her math class had gotten harder, with the professor trying to cram everything into the last few classes that they hadn't reached yet. Corrie was confident that she was going to pass the class, so she didn't worry too much about keeping up with the new material, but she was going to have to study for the final. Intro to Literature continued to be a lot of fun, with the enjoyable books they were reading. Her trance and art classes were just the same as ever.
She was going to miss her friends, and Charlie, over the summer. Hopefully, though, she would be too busy to worry about it much. She had some friends at home, not to mention her mom and grandma, and she would be spending a lot of time at the restaurant.
For now, though, she had to focus on school.
"Sounds good," Corrie said. "Are you all right?" She hadn't noticed how exhausted and ill Roe had been looking during psionics class today, but they'd both been focused on the professor, as they had to be.
"Are things okay with him?" Corrie asked, hoping for some better news.
Corrie walked slowly down the hall to her room, frowning. She'd hoped that Roe's visions had ended after the attack on Elrath. If she was still seeing the teeth in her dreams, what did that mean? Was she just remembering what had happened to Elrath, or was the vision about teeth entirely unrelated?
Or was whatever had killed Elrath still around? Maybe it wasn't over.
She reminded herself that none of the professors seemed worried, and there was no danger to humans. But she didn't remember Roe ever having the same vision so many times in a short period. It had to mean something.
Edie was knitting when Corrie came into the room. "What are you working on?" she asked half-heartedly.
"A baby blanket," Edie said.
"I thought you liked complicated stuff that you had to think about." Corrie put her art supplies away in her portfolio.


We've all seen cringeworthy ads for Rock Stars, Gurus and Ninjas. We know words like passionate, self-starter and dynamic gain more eye-rolls than applicants. And who can forget, the Social Media Paperclick Manager.
Less well known are the clangers in digital content recruitment. If you're hiring a content writer, editor, manager or strategist, you may want to know about these pitfalls.
This email exchange with a recruiter who sent me an opportunity to apply for SIO Content Writer truly made my day.
You can't say must know CMS like you might say must know PHP or must know CSS. It doesn't make sense.
CMS is not a programming language. It stands for Content Management System. It's an umbrella term for software used to create or edit web pages. You might recognise some of these: Drupal, Sitecore, Sharepoint, Kentico, WordPress. They're all CMS, and there's hundreds more.
I think you mean, Must have experience using a CMS.
Technically, this makes sense, but it's misguided.
It makes sense to look for a Drupal programmer or a Kentico programmer, but content writers, editors and managers don't need experience with your CMS. If you specify this, you'll gain nothing and rule out many suitable applicants.
Using different content management systems (CMS) is like driving different makes of car. It's absurd to think someone can't drive a Nissan because they've only driven Subarus and Toyotas before. It doesn't even take time to learn to drive a new CMS — you just get in, have a poke around to find out where everything is, and you're off.
writing basic HTML, like heading tags, making a link and using em and strong tags.
identifying poor accessibility and SEO practice, like non-distinguishable links, non-descriptive alt text or incorrect heading mark-up.
These things will tell you far more than asking, Have you used Drupal? Just, don't.
The job title Content Designer is used to refer to two different things these days. It's surprising how often the ad is not clear which they want, and the recruitment contact doesn't know either. Adding to the confusion, there is a little cross-over in the skills needed.
One type of Content Designer is a graphic design role often found in digital and advertising agencies. It usually involves preparing visual assets for social media, email or web. It tends to be straightforward work, attracting early career stage applicants. The Content Designer Wikipedia page seems entirely devoted to this role.
The other type of Content Designer was popularised by the UK's famous public sector digital game-changes, Government Digital Service (GDS). It's a mid-career to senior position, needing a strong Plain Language and information-organising skills. It usually involves substantial face-to-face work with subject-matter experts (SMEs), so great people skills are also a must. Find out more about Content Designers as part of GDS.
If you're going to use this job title, take extra care to avoid vague language in your job ad and role profile.
What do these content job ads tell us?
When it comes to recruiting for content people, not everyone knows what they're talking about. And that's fine. If we all admitted what we didn't know, the world would be a better place.
Be concrete and clear in describing the role. Don't try to make it sound edgy, cool or more senior than it is — great applicants are not swayed by spin.
Make sure the job title is appropriate.
Ask someone who knows about content for help, and listen to their advice.
Heard some content recruitment craziness?
I'd love to hear about it. Comments most welcome.


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Scottish Rugby can confirm that Scott Johnson will be leaving for a new post with Rugby Australia at the end of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations.
Following negotiations between Scottish Rugby and Rugby Australia a satisfactory compensation package was agreed to enable Johnson to leave his Director of Rugby role in Scotland before the end of his existing contract.
Scottish Rugby Chief Executive, Mark Dodson said: "Scott has made a significant contribution to the development of elite rugby in Scotland and he leaves with our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the work he has done. His unrivalled global rugby knowledge and connections at every level of the game have hugely benefitted the development of how our game in Scotland has progressed in recent years, be that working with head coaches, forming partnerships beyond our borders and establishing Scottish Rugby's high performance department to the level it is today.
Scott Johnson said: "This has been a big decision but for me, right now, it is the right one to make. From the outset I've wanted to make Scotland more competitive on the world stage on all levels. I've had the opportunity to work with some highly talented and committed people and together I think we have made progress in those areas and hope that will continue in the years ahead.
"I've loved my time in Scotland and I'd like to thank Mark Dodson and the Board for their support throughout. I won't be leaving Scottish Rugby until after the Six Nations, where I'm looking forward to see how all our teams perform. It's been a great six years and I've enjoyed the challenge."
Scott Johnson joined Scottish Rugby in 2012 as part of Andy Robinson's national team coaching group and became Interim Head Coach in 2013 for the Six Nations and Summer Tour that year following Robinson's resignation. Johnson took on the role of Director of Rugby – with a high performance remit - in May 2013 as Robinson's successor was recruited and plans put in place for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Following the appointment of Vern Cotter as Scotland Head Coach Johnson oversaw the development of the Scottish Rugby Academy, the sevens and Age-Grade and Scottish Qualified programmes, alongside the day to day management of the Performance Dept and the respective medical, physio, analysis and S&C provision for the professional and male and female national teams.
Johnson has been instrumental in, and responsible for, securing the services of a series of head coach roles during his tenure, including those of Vern Cotter, Dave Rennie and Richard Cockerill, alongside providing the coaching pathway for aspiring Scottish coaches through the age-grades, women's rugby, assistant coach and 7s team roles. He also provided a vital link in the recruitment and retention of players from both within and beyond Scotland.


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import KEYCODES from '../../utils/keycodes';

export function triggerDownArrowKey(input, options) {
  triggerKey(input, KEYCODES.DOWN_ARROW, options);
}

export function triggerUpArrowKey(input, options) {
  triggerKey(input, KEYCODES.UP_ARROW, options);
}

export function triggerEnterKey(input, options) {
  triggerKey(input, KEYCODES.ENTER, options);
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Q: Getting the energy consumption in joules over a period when having current and voltage I'm trying to calculate the energy consumption over a period of 1.3 seconds in joules (J).
I have a sample every 100 ms (0.1 second) with the current and voltage (in volts) (in practice, the samples have a much higher granularity, but for the sake of simplicity ;)).

Time (s)
Current (mA)
Voltage (V)

0.0
30200
3.55

0.1
30000
3.6

0.2
30200
3.65

0.3
30100
3.55

0.4
30000
3.6

0.5
30100
3.55

0.6
30200
3.6

0.7
30100
3.65

0.8
30000
3.55

0.9
30000
3.6

1.0
30200
3.6

1.2
30000
3.55

1.3
30100
3.6

How can I calculate the consumed energy consumption in joules over this period of 1.3 seconds?
My idea was to:

*

*Convert mA to ampere by diving each mA value by 1000: e.g., 30.2, 30, 30.2, 30.1, 30, etc.

*Taking the mean of the current and voltage, 30.09 A and 3.59 V respectively..

*Multiplying these to get the power: 30.09 A * 3.59 V = ~108 W

*Since watt is also joules per second we multiply it by 1.3 to get the total consumed energy of this period in joules: 1.3 s * 108 W = 140.4 J.

Is this correct? Does it make sense? Are there better, more accurate ways to measure the energy consumption in joules over a period?

A: Expanding @Elliot's answer to a graphical illustration:
Since you know the values of voltage \$V\$ and current \$I\$ at different time instants, you can calculate instantaneous power \$P = V . I\$ for those time instants.
Then, if you plot the graph of \$P \$ (in watts) against Time \$t\$ (in seconds):

The different discrete samples are joined by lines with the assumption that \$P\$ varies linearly with Time \$t\$. Now, you can estimate the energy consumption \$E\$ in \$\text{joules}\$ as the numerical integration of \$P\$ over \$t\$; or the area of the power plot under the time interval: \$(0.0\text{s} \text{ to } 1.2\text{s})\$. This area is simply the sum of areas of trapezoids--formed by triangle and rectangle--within every time interval of \$0.1\text{s}\$.
This is one way of estimation and another way of estimation is by assuming that the measured \$P\$ remained constant between the time samples. Then, you can plot the graph like step changes:

In this case the math for energy consumption \$E\$ becomes fairly easy, as \$E=\Sigma(P \times 0.1) \text{ joules}\$.
Again, this is same as the area of power plot under the time interval: \$(0.0\text{s} \text{ to } 1.2\text{s})\$; i.e., the sum of areas of rectangles within every time interval of \$0.1\text{s}\$.

A: What you propose is one way to estimate how much energy was consumed.
A better method is to calculate how many joules were consumed in the time between each pair of samples, assuming that both voltage and current remained constant during that time. Then, just add up the total energy use over time. This is called a rectangular integration.
You can do better still with a trapezoidal integration. Assume that the power consumed changes linearly between sample points. Calculate the energy consumed as the time between data points multiplied by the average power (the average of the power at the beginning of a sample time and the end of a sample time). Again, just add up the energy for each sample time.
These are all just estimates, of course.

A: How you do it should depend on why you think the readings are varying.
If you think they vary because of reading errors and noise while the device takes a constant current and is fed with a constant voltage, then the way you describe using means will be accurate.
If you think that the device is actually taking a varying current, then it would be better to estimate the energy consumption in each short period, and sum them.
With this data set, the difference is going to be very small. If the readings varied by a larger fraction of the mean, then the results would be more divergent.

A: *

*Convert \$\text{m}A\$ to \$A\$.

*Multiply \$A\$ and \$V\$ for each time period to get \$W\$.

*Multiply \$ W\$ by the length of the time period (\$0.1\text{ s}\$)
to get \$J\$.

*Add up all the \$J\$. Simple numerical integration.

A: You are describing integration, similar to the derivation of Newton and Gauss. For example, in the first 0.1 s, EMF rose from 3.55 to 3.60 V. One can assume that the change is linear over a small range, so the average EMF over the first second would be half-way between, or 3.575 V (well, I've gone beyond the two significant figure data, but I'll round later. My bad.).
In a similar manner, current fell from 30.20 A to 30.00 A over that time, averaging at 30.10 A.
The total energy usage, over the first 0.1 s would be approximately 3.575 V * 30.10 A, 107.61 V*A, or J.
Repeat 12 times and sum the answer. This is simply a sum.
A more accurate answer might be obtained from curve fitting, thereby obtaining a numerical function to describe the change in voltage and in current with time, and solving the definite integral for that function.


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Q: Proof of convex spaces are homotopy equivalent to a point In order to prove that a convex subpace $X \subseteq \mathbb{R^n}$ is homotopy equivalent to a point I did the following:

Let $X \subseteq \mathbb{R^n}$ be a convex subspace in Euclidean space and $Y=\{0\}$ be a one point space. Let $x \in X$ and define $f(x) = 0$ and $g(0) = x_0$ for some $x_0 \in X$. Then we have $(f \circ g)(0) = 0$ and $(g \circ f)(x) = x_0$.

However this seems wrong to me since $(f \circ g) = 1_Y$ but $(g \circ f) \neq 1_X$ since $x_0 \neq x$. Where is my reasoning flawed and how can I fix this?

A: You have to exhibit a homotopy between $h = g \circ f : X \to X$ and $1_X$, i.e., a continuous function $H : X \times I \to X$ such that $h(x) = H(x, 0)$ and $1_x(x) = H(x, 1)$ for every $x \in X$. To do this define $H(x, t) = tx + (1-t)x_0$, then $H : X \times I \to X$ because $X$ is convex and clearly $H(x, 0) = x_0 = h(x)$ and $H(x, 1) = x = 1_X(x)$ for every $x \in X$.
In more complex cases, you might also have to exhibit a homotopy between $f \circ g$ and $1_Y$, but, in this case, $f \circ g = 1_Y$ as you observed, so there is nothing to do.

A: Your reasoning is actually correct. A homotopy equivalence is one in which $g \circ f$ is homotopic to $1_X$, not on the nose equal.
How can you use the convexity assumption to homotope $g \circ f$ to the identity?


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W 2007 roku Mvuemba został wypożyczony ze Stade Rennais FC do Portsmouth F.C. z opcją transferu definitywnego. Swój pierwszy występ w Premier League Arnold zaliczył 25 lutego 2007 roku w meczu przeciwko Blackburn Rovers, a pierwszego gola strzelił w wygranym przez jego drużynę 4:2 meczu z Watford, który odbył się 9 kwietnia 2007 roku. 3 lipca 2007 roku Mvuemba podpisał 3-letni kontrakt z Portsmouth, kwota transferu nie została ujawniona. W 2009 roku trafił na wypożyczenie do Lorient.

4 września 2012 roku, Mvuemba podpisał kontrakt z Olympique Lyon. W 2016 odszedł do FC Lorient. Następnie grał w katarskim Umm-Salal SC.

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The typical set up of The Brick theater has been completely thrown out for this production with audience members seated at two separate corners of the theater and the entire space of the theater becoming the stage, with even a few scenes shot in the doorway and on the front sidewalk. Video projections on the two other walls show what the on-stage film crew is filming as well as what is happening behind the stage in the apartment where the play's director Sebastien (Mickey Solis) and his wife Claire (Susannah Hoffman) reside. Throughout the course of the play both walls are filled with video footage -- this can be distracting, especially considering that the audience also has the events on the stage in front of them to focus on. A planted audience member helps to direct the audience by turning her head at certain screens when something interesting is about to happen and making audible exclamations urging others to look.
When the film crew begins to invade the lives of the cast, Claire quits the show, leading Sebastien to hire his former girlfriend Marta (Sarah Baskin) to take over the role. Now, with nothing to do, Claire spends her days pouting in the apartment and throwing fits at the rehearsals. As her husband's sexual attraction to Marta and other women in the cast becomes more evident Claire becomes consumed with jealousy and slips closer and closer to madness. Her growing madness begins to mirror that of her character Hermione with her delivering the line, "What madness seizes me?" in relation to her own life. Soon Marta and Sebastien begin to slip out of reality as the demands of the production become greater. Sebastien demands that the actors not act but rather exist as their characters and Marta seems to fully become Hermione by the play's end.
The film version of this work clocks in at a whopping four hours and the play is nearly as long at three hours. This length of time feels arduous to sit through by the end, especially without an intermission. (It seems cruel to not be given a bathroom break when the actors themselves are all seen using the nearby lavatory. This led some audience members to boldly walk in front of actors while scenes were in progress to utilize the bathroom.) Perhaps a short break would make this play easier to sit through, as would a bit of condensing and adapting of the source material. Nevertheless, the play leaves a lasting effect that lingers long after the actors have left the stage. The three lead actors -- Sarah Baskin, Mickey Solis, and Susannah Hoffman -- all have enthralling presences on stage and are able to effectively evoke their characters' mental disintegrations. Director (and designer) Doris Mirescu evokes many of the sensibilities of the film's late '60s era in the set and in the visually pleasing costumes. Mirescu's innovative approach to staging this production is surely one that will inspire other groundbreaking works, much the way that filmmaker (and writer) Rivette challenged the medium of film.
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Yankees fans may not be entirely sure yet last night's Game 5 win over the Indians was a miracle. But there were some critical moments in the game that show the nature and resilience of this team, pointing to the fact there is something extraordinary going on here, and we are witnessing it.
The Yankees snatched victory from the jaws of defeat last night beating an Indians team that had not lost three consecutive games since August, catapulting the team to the ALCS against the Houston Astros on Friday night.
They did it the same way the team has done it all season, with contributions flying in from everywhere, even in the midst of some notable exceptions from players like Aaron Judge, who struck out four times. Overlooked, however, is the contribution Judge made by seeing 27 pitches, second only to Brett Gardner who saw 34, including one remarkable 12-pitch at-bat that we'll get to in a moment. But let's begin with the first moment that set the stage for all the others.
But it all begins with starting pitching, and last night the Yankees received an abbreviated but still stunning performance from the 37-year old, CC Sabathia, who "finessed" a potent Indians lineup which, for the first time in the series, included Edwin Encarnacion.
In the top of the fifth with the Yankees holding a three-run lead, Sabathia's first two pitched sailed wide off the plate, the first indication something was "off." Four straight singles scored two runs for the Indians, turning the game over to the bullpen. Proving, as many have said all along, The Ole Man was the right man for the job.
Somewhere in the back of their minds, the Yankees hitters had to be saying to themselves; this is the next Cy Young winner we're facing tonight. Is it possible Corey Kluber can have two consecutive clunkers? The Vegas odds plainly said no and the Indians were supposed to win this game, and Kluber was supposed to pitch like the ace he is tossing seven near-perfect innings and Cleveland would be hosting the Astros in the ALCS.
Didi Gregorius did not get the memo and, in the space of two at-bats, he deposited two pitches well into the right-field stands setting the Yankees, and Sabathia, up with a three-run lead.
It cannot be said of Gregorius he is one of those players who come out of nowhere in the playoffs. He's been doing it all season long for the Yankees.
And his value to the Yankees was spotlighted, not only with his bat but also in the field on two plays in which he turned unassisted double plays, the first of which squelched the Indians rally that had drawn the margin to 3-2.
Brett Gardner was 0-8 after the first two games. He finished the ALDS at 6-13, but no at-bat was more critical or demonstrative of his value to the 2017 Yankees than the one he put together in in the ninth inning.
The half-inning, which would last almost 30 minutes, came about with the Yankees still nursing a one-run lead. Gardner, facing Indians reliever, Cody Allen, put together an at-bat which should go down in the annals of Yankees history.
After fouling off pitch after pitch, Gardner, once Allen missed a bit on the inside edge of the plate, delivered a single to add those all-important insurance runs, allowing the dugout and the Yankees faithful to breathe a sigh of relief. Here's a GIF of his at-bat in case you missed it.
When Todd Frazier came over to the Yankees in the deal that also brought Tommy Kahnle over from the White Sox, he went with an energy that swept through the clubhouse.
The Jersey Boy. whose Little League team became champions, now saw his fortunes of joining a team in the hunt as an opportunity to not only revive his career but also as a chance to put an indelible stamp on it.
His stab of a hard hit ball to his right and long throw across in the Indians ninth is the brand of defense he has elicited, to the point where manager, Joe Girardi, had no choice but to find another for Chase Headley, a stellar defenseman in his own right.
But the moment in last night's game when he dashed from third to home on an Indians misplay to give the Yankees a three-run edge is only indicative of the player and person Frazier is, and what he means to his team.
And it is safe to say; no one had more fun last night than Todd Frazier.
Aroldis Chapman has had his ups and downs this season with the Yankees. At one point, he lost his job as closer to Dellin Betances because he "lost" his fastball and no one, including Chapman, could find it.
That was then, and this is now. For the second consecutive game, Girardi called on Chapman for a +3 out save, and he delivered two filthy innings, sending his team to Houston and the ALCS.
In retrospect, the two runs posted by the Yankees gave Chapman a surge of renewed confidence as he went out, finally, and took the Yankees to Houston.
Not really. Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, and Greg Bird were MIA offensively, but Sanchez caught another outstanding game behind the plate. And as mentioned before, it took twenty-seven pitches to strike Judge out four times.
And Bird, who rightly was called the best pure hitter on the Yankees by Brian Cashman, with that sweet swing is still a mighty threat in the lineup who needs to be dealt with by opposing pitchers every at-bat.
And so it is with these Yankees of 2017, a team I've been following for a half-century now and I can honestly say, there's never been a group of guys in that dugout who have captivated me more.
In case you missed it, here's a capsule view of Game 5 in the 2017 ALDS.
And the crowning glory of everything is there's more to come.
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I love running my own businesses (I have a freelance beauty industry business and work with my partner on our new e-commerce fashion company). It's extremely hard work, sometimes beyond stressful but ultimately the right choice for me. The buzz that you achieve in securing an agreement to move forward with a deal and the freedom that it gives you to meet varied and talented people in their creative fields never gets old.
Having said that, there are some points that come up time and time again when I speak to new starts and, having heard some truly awful stories of exploitation and bad advice, I wanted to share five things many of us agree are worth paying extra attention to before leaping into the launch of a new business.
1. You don't need a custom designed website.
Let's be clear here. Your website needs to look great, be easy to navigate and encourage customers to engage with you. This isn't an area that we all feel comfortable in as we don't all share expertise or knowledge in web design, fair pricing and the skills that are needed to create quality sites. It's really important to engage with someone who knows this industry well and can guide you in utilising the best content management systems for your specific business needs and build you a great website from these to get you started.
It's much more beneficial to spend your money with someone who can launch you with a slick-looking customisable template and work with you as you grow rather than ploughing many thousands into something that you may quickly move away from as your company adapts and changes for your market, as initial plans almost always change once you launch.
2. Don't assume that the bank is your buddy.
Banks are essential and can work with you to grow and adapt as you need to, but the days of the friendly bank manager who knows the family and deals with your requests as a known customer are long gone. Be bank aware and by that I mean compare your deal regularly against other bank's offerings and check your statements religiously. It's not unusual for an introductory offer of free banking to come with a whole host of exclusions, exceptions and one-off fees attached to it.
Pay very close attention to overdrafts that come with automatic yearly renewals fees regardless of whether you've even used them or not (and we can be talking fees of hundreds here), substantial charges for paying in cash at a branch and monthly fees that vary dramatically between institutions. You cannot afford to sit back and ignore your banking needs once you've started and should be reviewing the service you're receiving regularly as there will be a perfect bank for you, but you might not have found them first time round.
Apparently in the good old days there were a variety of local council grants available for new starts to give their companies the boost that they needed to get off the ground. Grants are still available but eligibility is key and where you live will greatly affect what's on offer to you. Tech and sciences tend to attract more opportunities while creative industries do have their fair share of grant funding but you often have to be the creator of something, rather than the retailer or agent.
It's also worth knowing that you almost never get a grant paid to you as a lump sum, it's most commonly paid back to you after evidence of your purchases have been made. There are exceptions, but in most cases you have to have the funds to begin with and be reimbursed after spending on the agreed project.
Ok, so we know that technically you are your business but you have to project an image which appeals to the customer that you're reaching out to. It's so common for us to become protective of our businesses and believe that everything we do is fabulous and our message is completely on-point but the reality is you could be projecting something completely different. Don't become so absorbed in the running of your dream that you forget it's not all about you.
You only need to watch one episode of any Mary Portas or Alex Politizzi business salvaging programme to see how frustrating it can be to witness a business owner who believes they know better than everyone else. We don't; we're adapting to our markets and learning every day.
Remind me what a holiday is? Deciding to work for yourself is freeing but also all-encompassing. At the beginning you may struggle to achieve set working hours and the need to chase customers, suppliers or collaborators means that any opportunity to meet is grabbed with both hands and breakfast meetings at ungodly hours can be just as common as attending an evening event after an exhausting day, just to meet that elusive contact.
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Countdown to Litter: A Timeline of the Birth of a New Play
posted by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, playwright
In the summer of 2009, A.C.T. presented Bay Area playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb with a challenge: write an ensemble-based play for the 12 actors in our Master of Fine Arts Program's class of 2011. He considered a number of dozen-character-play ideas, but finally settled on a tale about 12 siblings. Not just siblings, but dodecatuplets. And not just dodecatuplets, but the Framingham Dodecatuplets, childhood stars who have watched their fame fade along with their cuteness as they transitioned into young adulthood. Litter, as the play became titled, was born.
The 36-year-old playwright grew up in Mill Valley and attended A.C.T. productions throughout high school (A Christmas Carol was a memorable favorite). As an undergraduate actor at Brown University, Nachtrieb started writing solo performance pieces for himself. After graduating, he returned to the Bay Area, where he became involved with the sketch comedy troupe Killing My Lobster and began writing full-length plays. He got his M.F.A. in playwriting from San Francisco State University in 2005 and has been earning a national reputation as a darkly witty new voice since his ferociously funny play Hunter Gatherers debuted at Killing My Lobster in 2007. His 2008 end-of-the-world comedy, boom, received 16 U.S. productions last season—making it the most-produced play in the country (other than holiday shows and Shakespeare)—and BOB, one of his most recent works, is being produced at the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville this spring.
Over the past two years, Nachtrieb has been collaborating with the class of 2011 in workshops and rehearsals, shaping the piece around the students' unique talents and idiosyncracies. With Litter opening this week at Zeum Theater, he found some time to sit down and describe for us the conception, gestation, and birth of his new play.
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A Brief Timeline of Its Creation
I meet with [A.C.T. Artistic Consultant] Beatrice Basso and [A.C.T. Dramaturg] Michael Paller over a semi-decent salad. They ask me if I'd be interested in writing a play. It would need to be an ensemble piece specifically written for the 12 actors that comprise the A.C.T. M.F.A. Program class of 2011. I say yes.
After several bad 12-person play ideas (A Jury! The Months!), one seems to be sticking. I send Bea an email saying I'd like to write a play inspired by the fascination with huge families and fertility drugs creating large amounts of siblings. The characters would be 12 siblings born at the same time from the same mom. I think the play would mostly take place with the siblings as grown adults. The play could be called "Litter."
Bea likes the idea. It's on!
Bea sends me the headshots of the class. They all have very nice heads.
First workshop with the class. Everyone gamely shares a sibling story and also performs a special skill (quite a few members of the group can burp on cue). We discuss what might be the unique predicaments of a 12-sibling group. (Space Management, Individual versus Family Identity, Chaos and Harmony emerge as sticky themes. Large sibling groups may be slightly similar to M.F.A. graduate school classes.) We also do an improv where everyone randomly selects a sibling "type" (The Leader, The Stinky One, The Sick One, The Angry One, etc. . . .) and they are performed to hilarious effect. Quite a number of these randomly chosen characters become the seeds of the fully fleshed ones to come.
After a few more workshops, I bring in a sketch of each character, inspired by the energy and style of each actor. Everyone has a name (their birth order), a nickname (sadly cut from the current draft, but they were hilarious), some descriptive adjectives, a special skill, and a short first monologue that was my first hit on each voice. It's a slightly uncomfortable and vulnerable moment for everyone. I am assigning a bizarre and often very messed-up person to each actor and am essentially saying, "This is what I saw in you!" Awkward. But everyone seems game.
I also bring in the first attempt at a 12-person scene. So much fun to hear, but somewhat overwhelming to write.
We get a week to workshop the play together. I bring in about 100 pages of material, and the first semblance of a story and a play emerge. [A.C.T. associate artistic director and director of Litter] Mark Rucker directs the rhythms of the script with the cast, and I often run into the other room to try and write new scenes. The characters continue to develop and mature into bigger people. We see their hit song. We see their struggles with each other and collectively as they try to survive. We see them all try to sleep in a single bed at once.
Our week concludes with a reading for the A.C.T. staff. I feel very good about the characters and a lot of material, but I think the play isn't messy enough, gritty enough, and is just a sketch of what it could be, so I throw out a lot of crap over the summer and try to mess things up and move things faster.
As I continue to develop the new version of this script, I pop in a few more times to read drafts with the cast. The story is getting juicier and more fun and crazy. Finally, in December, I get all the way through to a frikkin' ending. Character arcs are getting stronger and I finally feel like there's a good play here. Phew! And it's pretty funny. I still feel bad about the large volume of fart jokes that Patrick [Lane] has to perform. But they are all very important for his character.
Rehearsals begin! Over the first week I continue to bring in lots of new pages and refinements and the lovely actors are taking control and making this crazy family come to life. The themes and dynamics we discovered in that first workshop 15 months before continue to be the foundation of the play. Not to mention a great number of their special skills they unwittingly shared (I don't know if Max [Rosenak] would have shared his "fake ballet" techniques if he knew how that might manifest itself in the play).
I hope audiences find Litter a wonderful salute to this ensemble of actors and that the play adequately showcases their phenomenal talent. These guys are on the cusp of leaving their own little family of the last three years. As they venture into the foreboding world that is the professional acting life, I hope they, like the Framingham Dodecatuplets, all carry a little of each other's bits inside of them as they go.
The M.F.A. Program class of 2011 in Litter: (standing, L to R) Richardson Jones, Jenna Johnson,
Brian Clark Jansen, Dan Clegg, Max Rosenak, and Shinelle Azoroh; (seated, L to R) Stephanie DeMott,
Ashley Wickett, Marisa Duchowny, Patrick Lane, Richard Prioleau, and Joshua Roberts.
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The last couple of weeks there have been a number of articles written on various aspects of the events at General Assembly. For a basic overview of events, please see this article at the Aquila Report or this one by Stated Clerk Roy Taylor.
These overtures were doomed from the beginning, although they do draw attention to the presence of major dissatisfaction within the PCA with how the case was handled. Many would like for this case to be retried for a number of reasons, not least of which is the fact that the prosecutor, by his own admission, was persuaded of the truth claims of the Roman Catholic Church while trying this case.
I was also heartened by the fact that the Committee of Commissioners for the Interchurch Relations Committee (ICR) pressed the issue regarding membership in the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). The NAE is a seriously flawed organization. The ICR Permanent Committee will have to be more diligent in the coming year in reporting on what the NAE does. Perhaps when all those actions are put together in list form, it will become apparent to the PCA that we as a denomination have no business being part of that association.
The love of God in Christ is a far more effective evangelism tool.
Why tell a Muslim something that we are just going to have to retract later on? … I do not believe it is helpful to start out by saying something that is grossly misleading at best, and heretical at worst. It is far better to tell them of the love of Jesus Christ, and to keep on directing them there. The love of God and the grace that Christianity offers in the Gospel is a far more effective evangelism tool.
It is hard to see how the minority report can change unless it becomes even more indistinct and misleading. Perhaps it can apply more camouflage to hide the fact that it thinks that Muslims can remain Muslims and not leave the mosque. No amount of assurance that syncretism is avoided or that doctrinal standards required by the Bible are maintained can alter the fact that, at the end of the day, Islam remains but Christianity is not needed.
Debate Squashing at General Assembly– a PCUS Déjà Vu?
It looks more and more like our polity has devolved into nothing more than crass politics.
Wasn't one of the reasons for leaving the PCUS (UPC, PCUSA for some of us) because the other side had secured all the political (committee) power – and then used that to squash the ability of "our" side to even debate matters!? I can't help but wonder, how was the behavior at this GA from the one side any different than that which drove our fathers all out to form the PCA in the first place? One side, rather clumsily, tried to follow the procedures to at least be heard. The other side, much more effectively (think pro-football team playing against a beer-belly team), used the same procedures to squash any reasonable discussion whatsoever.
Is the PCA on a similar path as the PCUSA?
I also came away convinced we need to make some allowances at GA for our family system of suspicion. We can regret that all we want but it seems pointless to ignore it. One way is to consider a policy the Southern Baptist Convention has adopted. At their annual meetings the SBC use a trained, certified parliamentarian from outside their denomination to ensure full confidence in rulings from the chair.
There was little mood for unity evidenced by anybody at this GA. The mood was set by the opening sermon by the outgoing moderator, Mike Ross. It was a provocative sermon on the sin of conservatism. Rev. Ross has always been one of those whose style from the pulpit is confrontational; in any other context the sermon theme might be considered a healthy challenge to self examination. But sermons are not preached in a vacuum. Considering the obvious anxiety many conservatives had over the direction of the PCA coming into this year's GA and the strained relationship the theme had to the text, it could not help but be heard as a direct attack. And it was.
Taking away PCA commissioners' ability to debate and vote on issues in accordance with our RAO procedures destroys their trust in the underlying ecclesiastical system. Attempting to fix a vote's outcome by changing voting order on the fly similarly erodes that same trust. Like unjust weights and balances, unjust political maneuvering should not be named amongst God's people. Supporting and voting within established rules must be accepted and supported by all officers of God's church.
What most of them didn't know at that small, somewhat shocking moment, is that this is just the beginning of a much larger seismic event that will shape the character and course of the PCA for a generation.
The recent General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America featured a brief, but heated argument about the seemingly inconsequential … issue of foreign missions. Particularly, whether to receive and approve the Majority Report of the Committee on Insider Movements or whether to receive, as well, the Minority Report, written by a single committee member. Having just been subjected to incredibly dull debates over coin-flips for committee appointments, I understand why the commissioners would have been asleep.
There are other priorities that must be set too. Confession trumps church order. The latter is nothing but a tool to allow the church to do its proper work before the Lord. If a church order becomes so cumbersome and complex as to require canon lawyers, then we have lost a major Reformation battle. Remember, the Reformation inherited a highly complex canon law (the medieval Book of Church Order, if you will). Calvin addressed the problem of the authority of these documents in Institutes 4.10 in several sections (e.g., 1–5). He argued for the priority of the Word over church order.
Rachael, thanks for an insightful overview of the GA. I have not attended, as a TE commissioner for quite a few years, although I've attended the last 7 or 8. I've seen the decline and it saddens me. I was a TE at the First GA at Briarwood, and attended the first 10 or so GAs. Due to other circumstances, I missed a number of years. When I again attended in 2000 and saw the way one of our Founding Fathers was treated by the moderator (dismissive at best, disrespectful at worst) I was appalled. My wife actually shed tears as we left that assembly, saying, "That's not the PCA as it was intended!" I agreed – then and now. I AM a Presbyterian and understand submission to my brethren, but I don't have to like or agree with how things are being done now. I expect to be in the PCA until God takes me home, I just don't see any need to waste my time or money attending more GAs like the last one, but I probably will.


Rep. Lori Saine's speech on the bottom of the Colorado House was a humiliation.
The Republican from Weld County spouted flagrantly mistaken info regarding the time following the Civil War, in an strive and co-opt the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for her private political features. Discontent to honor King's legacy throughout the background, Saine induced a scene over a perceived racial slight; two of her white colleagues had been knowledgeable they may not be the prime sponsors of a call commemorating King's birthday.
Following the Civil War black males, ladies and youngsters have been lynched not for his or her political affiliation nevertheless because of the color of their pores and pores and skin. It was definitely one in every of America's darkest hours and to misconstrue the events that unfolded, whether or not or not intentional or not, locations Saine among the many many ranks of Holocaust deniers who use their intentional ignorance to extra a political agenda.
Does Saine have a level that it was mistaken to take care of Sen. Vicki Marble and Rep. Perry Buck, every Republicans, off the choice as prime sponsors? Maybe, however it's not reverse racism for members of Colorado's black caucus to insist their members be the 4 prime sponsors on the choice. It's merely not racism and really not an impediment to "our march towards justice." To make that declare is to sully King's legacy of combating precise racism throughout the face of good personal hazard.
We respect Marble and Buck's curiosity in celebrating King. In 2018, they've been co-sponsors of a call with Democratic Sen. Angela Williams and Rep. Leslie Herod. But these Republican ladies's voices have been really not "marginalized." It was petty and small of Saine to make an infinite deal of the reality that her colleagues had not been included in 2019.
Brave white males and ladies did menace their lives sooner than, all through and after the Civil War to wrestle for the emancipation of slaves. There have been white males and ladies who joined King's bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., to demand equal treatment throughout the spirit of the 14th Amendment. It's good to have a superb time these contributions to freedom and to the Civil Rights Movement; we must always at all times all ask ourselves what we'll do proper this second which may honor King's legacy.
Those stars shine solely intermittently throughout the United States of America these days, clouded out by deep racial tensions seeded by our divisive politics. We ought to all do greater, and Saine's speech solely contributed to our stormy local weather.
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