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For five generations (the 6th just joined us!) our family has been honored to steward this land. Magruder Ranch (also known as Ingel-Haven Ranch) is located in Potter Valley, 130 miles north of San Francisco. In 1919, our family first purchased these 2,400 acres of fertile bottom land, rolling oak savannah hills and rugged chaparral rangeland. Each generation has left its mark, from sheep, to pears, to grass-finished cattle and lamb.
Our team is headed by Mac Magruder, whose deep knowledge of this place, the nuance of its seasons, its generosities, and its temperament, guides our management. His daughter, Grace Magruder Farmer, is the voice of the ranch. You'll often find her, covered in pig feed, shovel in one hand and cell phone in the other, arranging logistics the rest of us don't even understand. She recruited her husband, Kyle Farmer, from a vegetable farm. His appreciation of soil health and whole-farm ecosystems is proving an invaluable addition to the ranch. This business wouldn't work, however, without the tireless dedication of our ranch hand of 15 years, Mark (not pictured, he's a bit shy). Whether he's neck deep in a tractor engine or waist deep in an irrigation ditch, Mark's attention to everyday chores keeps this place wired together.
Mac's wife, Kate, keeps the team fed, the guests welcomed, and the ever-present cow poop out of the house. Helen Menasian, Mac's sister and half-owner of the ranch, is soon to retire from her ten year directorship of the Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project. We look forward to more of her guiding energy and wisdom. Martha, Grace's sister, is an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. When we're lucky enough to have her up at the ranch, she doesn't hesitate to get her hands dirty.
Together, we work to provide healthy, delicious meat to folks who value the care we take in raising our animals. We encourage the managed impact of the animals on the land to support the growth of productive, vibrant pastures and hills. Our personal connection with our customers inspires us to operate with integrity and compassion, demonstrating the utmost respect for all living and non-living components of the Ranch.
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Cheetahs Hit Rock in Hong Kong Sevens
Video National | 25th Mar 2012 | admin
Three tries by Javier Canosa, Pablo Feijoo, and Pedro Martin and conversions from Cesar Sempere left Zimbabwe's chances of joining the best sevens rugby nations in the world in tatters.
Although Gardner Nechironga came with his 37th international try and ironically on the 37th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, the damage in the loss for Zimbabwe appears to be bigger than seen from the outset.
The Zimbabweans will now have to conjure something out of the ordinary in their matches against Canada and the Philippines if they are to join The 12 HSBC World Sevens core teams Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Kenya, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, USA and Wales.
The Cheetahs are playing in the second tie group along with 11 others teams, Canada, China, Guyana, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain ,Tonga, and Uruguay, with the top three teams qualifying to join the elite 12countries in the HSBC World Sevens Series.
The top three teams from each of the three four team groups will qualify for the World Sevens Series and compounding the Cheetahs problem is the fact that Canada hammered the Philippines 35-5 to leave Zimbabwe in third place in their group, and the Philippines on the tail end.
Zimbabwe next play Canada and a loss will mean elimination.
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From the concrete jungle where dreams are made of to the city of stars. Beyoncé and Jay Z are reportedly looking to move into one of Los Angeles' most lavish estates.
The New York-based couple reportedly went on a private viewing of the famed Spelling Manor, a 57,000 square-foot French chateau-style pad in L.A.'s Holmby Hills, which was built by late television producer Aaron Spelling and his wife Candy in 1991, according to PEOPLE.
Following her husband's passing, Candy listed the home for $150 million in 2009. Sharing photos of the estate's interiors, she revealed its extravagant features, including a bowling alley, wine cellar, library, gymnasium, doll room, screening room, and three gift-wrapping rooms. The home also apparently includes a five-acre backyard, featuring tennis courts and a swimming pool.
Hov and Bey are also turning the page in their lives. According to an insider, the couple is currently looking for a permanent place in L.A., where they've been scouting private kindergartens for their 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy.
The Spelling mansion is currently owned by billionaire businessman James Stunt and British Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone, who reportedly purchased the crib for $85 million in 2011. The estate was listed at $200 million back in October of 2016, according to Curbed.
The "Shining" couple is expecting two new additions to their family. Earlier this year, Beyoncé announced that she is pregnant with twins.


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Thioredoxin-2, TRX2, TRX-2, TXN-2, TXN2.
General Description of Recombinant other TXN2 Yeast.
Thioredoxin-2 Yeast Recombinant produced in E. Coli is a single, non-glycosylated, polypeptide chain having a molecular mass of 12.6kDa.
Host: QP10903 protein expressed in E. Coli.
Protein Construction: A cDNA sequence encoding the sequence of TXN2 Yeast was constructred and used to recombinantly synthesize the protein.
Recommended Reconstitution Instructions: It is recommended to reconstitute the lyophilized TXN2 in sterile 18MΩ-cm H2O.
Bioactivity Data: TXN2 activity is assayed by measuring the change in absorbance at 650 nm at 25°C The specific activity was found to be 3 units/mg.
Buffer: Each mg of TRX2 protein contains 20mM phosphate buffer pH 7.4.
Storage Conditions: TXN2 although stable at 4°C for 3 weeks, should be stored desiccated below -18°C. Please prevent freeze thaw cycles.


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Festival for 2,500 people in Rimouski
Muriel Doyle June 10, 2021 2 min read
Les Grandes Fêtes Telus de Rimouski became the first music festival in Quebec to announce it will host the government's limit of 2,500 spectators divided into 10 bubbles when it unveiled a program on Wednesday that will feature Les Cowboys Fringants and Charlotte Cardin.
• Read also: New York plans massive concert in August to celebrate its 'new birth'
Canadian singer Brett Kessel, Marc Dupree, Emile Bilodo, Matt Lang and Ludovic Bourgeois are other headlines for the event, which will take place from July 5-8, at Beauséjour Park.
"It's good for morale," the festival's general manager, Sebastian Noel, ran away, very happy to have had the good news to unveil.
"There are two feelings inside of me. Obviously, this is not an ordinary edition with only 2,500 people. At the same time, it is great to read the comments after the list is released, to see the people who are so excited to see the outdoor shows, in person."
square meter problem
Although the Grandes Fêtes has a vast area of 30,000 square meters to accommodate the public, developing a plan takes into account the sanitary requirements of ten sections each with entrances, exits and restrooms, says Sebastian Noel.
"Basically, we were asked for 25,000 square meters of traffic, which is 10 square meters per person, there are independent entrances/exits, and you have to carry the brew you sell in the areas. There were many factors to consider in order to assess the profitability of the thing."
No problem for Kessel
Should other events, such as the Summer Festival, decide to exclude Canadian artists from their programming due to the uncertainty surrounding inter-provincial movement, Sebastian Noel did not hesitate to make a phone call. To agents Brett Kessel, who lives in Alberta.
See also CNN journalist Anderson Cooper doesn't want to leave a 'big legacy' for his son
"We have made inquiries. He will come by plane and it is very clear on the government website that he is entitled to travel if it is for work."
Bas-Saint-Laurent artists Véronique Bilodeau, Électro Sorcier and Yanick St-Jacques Band will also be part of the festivities.
Muriel Doyle
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Creating therapies for Alzheimer's disease by targeting neural circuits
Age-related dementia will affect 10 percent of people in the U.S. within their lifetime.
Kay Tye Receives the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award
On Nov. 5, the Society for Neuroscience named Kay M.
Distinctive brain pattern may underlie dyslexia
A distinctive neural signature found in the brains of people with dyslexia may explain why these individuals have difficulty learning to read, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists.
A glimpse into the workings of the baby brain
In adults, certain regions of the brain's visual cortex respond preferentially to specific types of input, such as faces or objects — but how and when those preferences arise has long puzzled neuro
A new study of the words "a" and "the" sheds light on language acquisition.
Socioeconomic background linked to reading improvement
About 20 percent of children in the United States have difficulty learning to read, and educators have devised a variety of interventions to try to help them.
Babies can learn that hard work pays off
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Brain waves reflect different types of learning
Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent
Figuring out how to pedal a bike and memorizing the rules of chess require two different types of learning, and now for the first time, researchers have been able to distinguish each type of learni
How badly do you want something? Babies can tell
Babies as young as 10 months can assess how much someone values a particular goal by observing how hard they are willing to work to achieve it, according to a new study from MIT and Harvard Univers
Back-and-forth exchanges boost children's brain response to language
A landmark 1995 study found that children from higher-income families hear about 30 million more words during their first three years of life than children from lower-income families.


Note: The driver does not currently support SSL data encryption for HTTP proxy connections.
Using Oracle Wallet as a keystore or truststore for SSL data encryption.
The driver has been certified to use Oracle Internet Directory as a means to store authentication information.
The Oracle driver has been enhanced to support the following new data integrity algorithms for Oracle 12c and higher: SHA256, SHA384, SHA512. To use these algorithms, specify their values using the Data Integrity Types connection option and enable data integrity checks with the Data Integrity Level connection option.
The maximum supported length of identifiers has been increased to 128 bytes when connecting to Oracle 12c R2 (12.2) databases. This change has been implemented to reflect the new maximum length supported by the server.
Support for the Oracle 12 and 12a authentication protocols, which provide improved security.
Support for returning implicit result sets from stored procedures.
The new SDU Size connection option allows you to specify the size in bytes of the Session Data Unit (SDU) that the driver requests when connecting to the server.
The new Support Binary XML connection option enables the driver to support XMLType with binary storage on servers running Oracle 12c and higher.
The new LOB Prefetch Size connection option allows you to specify the size of prefetch data the driver returns for BLOBs and CLOBs for Oracle database versions 12.1.0.1 and higher. With LOB prefetch enabled, the driver can return LOB meta-data and the beginning of LOB data along with the LOB locator during a fetch operation. This can have significant performance impact, especially for small LOBs which can potentially be entirely prefetched, because the data is available without having to go through the LOB protocol.
The Enable N-CHAR Support connection option has been deprecated, and the driver behavior has been updated to always provide support for the N-types NCHAR, NVARCHAR2 and NCLOB. For compatibility purposes, the EnableNcharSupport attribute can still be manually specified for this release, but will be deprecated in subsequent versions of the product.
The Enable Timestamp with Timezone connection option has been deprecated, and the driver behavior has been updated to always expose timestamps with timezones to the application. For compatibility purposes, the EnableTimestampwithTimezone attribute can still be manually specified for this release, but it will be deprecated in subsequent versions of the product.
The default value for the Data Integrity Level connection option has been updated to 1 (Accepted). By default, a data integrity check can now be made on data sent between the driver and the database server, if the server request or requires it. This change allows the driver to connect to servers requiring Oracle Advanced Security data integrity checks using the default configuration.
The default value for the Encryption Level connection option has been updated to 1 (Accepted). By default, encryption is now used on data sent between the driver and the database server if the database server requests or requires it. This change allows the driver to connect to servers requiring Oracle Advanced Security encryption using the default configuration.
The default OpenSSL library version has been updated to 1.0.2j.
The driver supports all ODBC Core and most Level 1 functions.
The driver supports the core SQL 92 grammar.
The driver supports advanced security features, including SSL data encryption and Kerberos authentication.
The driver supports the storage of client information.
Modified to support all Oracle 11gR2 Kerberos encryption algorithms.
Support for Oracle Advanced Security (OAS).


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Q: Collapse multiple objects with same ID I'm trying to make navigation that supports expand toggle.
I got 2 child navigation items I want to show but it only displays first one, it should display both items.
How I can make this to show each item with same ID?

 Example

Navigation 1

Navigation 2

This is just example of navigation, there will be multiple expand navigation items.

A: The main problem is that you are using ids in a non-unique way. Ids are meant to be unique. Use a class instead.

 Example

Navigation 1

Navigation 2

Notice I changed the href to ".nav1" and I changed the ids on the subsequent li tags to classes. This will cause both items to show. See this jsfiddle for proof.
Also, the first li was missing a closing tag, so I fixed that as well.
This will fix your problem, but it feels a bit convoluted to me. It's a bit unusual to use an href attribute to refer to the ids or classes of other elements. You may want to consider a different approach, such as:
  $('.nav-toggle').click(function(){
    var collapse_content_selector = $(this).closest('ul').find('.nav1');
    var toggle_switch = $(this);

    $(collapse_content_selector).toggle(function(){
      if($(this).css('display')=='none'){
        toggle_switch.html('Example ');
      }else{
        toggle_switch.html('Example ');
      }
    });
    return false;
  });

Notice that instead of using the href to find the subsequent li tags I'm finding the parent ul and then looking for any li tags that have the class "nav1". There are lots of ways to accomplish this, but you'll probably find this is a cleaner approach. See this jsfiddle for a live example.

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2024 Republican prospects seek their own breakout moments at Trump-dominated CPAC
By Eric Bradner and Michael Warren, CNN
Updated 7:36 PM EST, Sat February 27, 2021
Kristi Noem gets standing ovation for Dr. Fauci dig at CPAC
Orlando, Florida CNN —
A slew of ambitious Republicans eyeing bids for the party's 2024 nomination used the two days ahead of former President Donald Trump's appearance at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference to begin staking their own claims as the eventual leaders of the movement built around the former President.
Though it will take years for the 2024 race to fully take shape, this year's CPAC in Orlando, Florida, offered a window into a GOP primary dominated by a new Republican Party built around the grievances that animated Trump's campaigns and his presidency.
Speakers embraced Trump's lies about the 2020 election being rigged. Organizers built this year's event in Trump's adopted home state around the theme of liberal "cancel culture" in the wake of Trump being banned from social media platforms. The crowd booed reminders to wear masks, much like Trump eschewed his own health experts' recommendations.
Technicians work on the stage before the start of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida
Joe Skipper/Reuters
Fact checking CPAC: speakers make false claims about the election, the Capitol attack, immigration, Covid, and The Muppets
"Let me tell you right now, Donald J. Trump ain't going anywhere," Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday.
And CPAC attendees seemed to agree.
"There's nothing he can say that can make me change my mind about him," Bob Paxton of Ocala, Florida, told CNN.
Red "Make America Great Again" hats and pro-Trump paraphernalia have been ubiquitous, and every CPAC attendee who spoke to CNN said they would support Trump if he decides to run in three years. The unofficial, organized efforts to generate buzz for GOP presidential candidates that were a hallmark of CPACs during the Obama years were nowhere to be found this year.
The weekend in Orlando demonstrated that Trump is poised to be at the center of Republicans' 2024 nominating contest, whether he decides to run again as the clear favorite or instead chooses to play a kingmaker role, setting the terms of the race and determining which candidates are persona non grata in a GOP built in his image.
Trump loyalists only
The clearest illustration of a conservative base that remains fiercely loyal to Trump came from Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who had objected to certifying Electoral College votes from key swing states, effectively attempting to disenfranchise those states' voters and overturn the results of the 2020 election. He bragged about his efforts at CPAC, claiming he was standing up for "election integrity."
In Washington, Hawley has faced backlash over his efforts on January 6, the day a pro-Trump mob emboldened by the former President's speech stormed the Capitol. But in Orlando, he was treated as a hero.
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here. I'm gonna stand up for you," Hawley said, to the loudest cheers of the day Friday.
He also pointed to the backlash he's faced, which included a publisher canceling plans to publish a forthcoming book that has since been picked up by another publisher, as an example of liberal cancel culture. "I thought it was an important stand to take, and for that the left has come after me. They tried to silence me. They canceled a book," he said.
At this year's CPAC, Republicans who have broken with Trump – such as Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse – and those on ambiguous terms with the former President – including former Vice President Mike Pence, who rejected Trump's pressure to try to overturn the election results, and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, who has offered tempered criticism – were not on hand.
Also largely ignored: President Joe Biden, who was mentioned roughly as often as toy-maker Hasbro's decision to drop the "Mr." in front of the name of its famous "Potato Head," favoring the gender-neutral name. None of the major speakers attempted to make a detailed case against Biden's $1.9 trillion plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic and stimulate the economy that passed the House early Saturday morning.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced just as much criticism over his handling of the pandemic as Biden faced.
"Florida is like an amazing woman. Adventurous, beautiful, mostly sunny, sometimes a little crazy, and always here to encourage and support success," Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said. "By contrast, New York is like a bad ex-husband – mean, won't let you go out to dinner; you're less safe, financially spiraling downward, and they may kill your grandparents."
Breakout star?
The breakout star of CPAC's first days might have been South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who was among the only speakers to articulate a vision of conservatism that – while consistent with Trump – sought to more broadly define the party's principles.
"We must more closely articulate to the American people that we are the only ones who respect them as human beings," Noem said. "That we are the only ones who believe the American people have God-given rights. We are not here to tell you how to live your life, how to treat you like a child or criminal because you go to church or you defend yourself."
Noem decried what she said is an "organized, coordinated campaign to remove and eliminate all references to our nation's founding and many other parts of our history" – seizing on Trump's complaints about progressives who have attempted to remove some honors given to slave-owning founding fathers and Confederate leaders from the public square.
"Our founders had their flaws, certainly. But to use those flaws to condemn their ideals and the greatest Constitution the world has ever seen is both unjust and it's self-defeating," the Republican governor and former congresswoman said.
Noem also touted her state's lax policies to combat the coronavirus pandemic and took aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's leading infectious disease expert, whom she claimed overshot the number of hospitalized people South Dakota would face at the height of the pandemic.
"I don't know if you agree with me, but Dr. Fauci is wrong a lot," Noem said to loud cheers.
And a story about her late father's pickup truck – and the life lessons she discovered he had left behind in the truck's cab – brought tears to the eyes of several attendees.
"I was getting teary-eyed," Kensy Pelo, an attendee from outside Portland, Oregon, told CNN.
The first speaker to attack Biden at length was Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Trump's son Donald Trump. Jr., well after most 2024 prospects had spoken Friday. And while Trump Jr. used his speech to criticize Biden, he also took aim at Trump's rivals within the Republican Party. He hammered Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 insurrection, in personal terms with a reference to Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, shooting a friend in the face in a 2006 hunting accident.
"Liz Cheney and her politics are only slightly less popular than her father at a quail hunt," Trump Jr. said.
Reiterating Trump's rhetoric
To the extent policy was discussed, it often focused on Trump's priorities: Combatting the rise and reach of "big tech," enacting hard-line immigration policies and talking tough on China.
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton vocalized conservatives' hard line on immigration, baselessly trying to stir up fear about Democrats giving voting rights to undocumented immigrants "in time for what they hope will be Kamala Harris' reelection campaign."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose popularity among Republicans has soared amid his rejection of strict measures to combat the pandemic, bragged that Florida had not made changes to how it held the 2020 election to make it easier for people concerned about their health to vote.
'They restricted our freedoms': CPAC speakers push back against Covid restrictions
"I rejected pressure to make hasty and ill-conceived changes to our election administration like mass mailing of unsolicited ballots. And the result? On election night, by midnight, the state of Florida had counted, tabulated and put out 11 million votes," DeSantis said.
Speakers mocked mask-wearing, even as attendees were reminded that the hotel hosting CPAC required them. Cruz said he had two masks in his pocket, but lambasted the notion that wearing masks has become a cultural matter pushed by Democrats.
"How much virtue do you want to signal? This is just dumb," he said.
Republicans also reveled in the criticism they've faced since January 6 – connecting with a palpable sense of grievance within the audience that Trump himself has often played to.
"In the last few months we've been called clowns, and deplorables, and ignorant rednecks, we've been called the evil resistance. The New York Times thinks I'm the worst secretary of state of all time," said Mike Pompeo, Trump's secretary of state, referencing commentary from the newspaper's opinion section.
In his speech, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who chairs the Senate GOP's campaign arm for the 2022 midterm elections and has been a staunch Trump ally, made clear that he's not willing to wade into primary fights between those in the party who have criticized the former President and his allies.
"I'm not going to mediate anything. Instead, I'm going to fight for our conservative values," he said.
Scott, like Hawley, also hammered tech companies, characterizing Twitter's decision to ban Trump as ominous for all conservatives – even though Trump was banned for tweets that glorified and incited violence, not for expressing political views.
"If they can silence a former President," he said, "what makes you think you're not next?"
CNN's David Wright contributed to this report.


Make friends with adorable animal villagers and have fun creating a world of your own in the Animal Crossing series.
Get back to nature in this Animal Crossing mobile game where you take on the role of campsite manager! You're in charge, so you can decorate your own campsite however you like!
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Opera for Android released in beta version, billed as "best browser for Android"
Opera has released a completely redesigned version of its web browser that runs on Android, and is being billed by the company as "the best browser on Android." Opera says that they started from scratch to bring a fully native web browsing experience to your Android based smartphone.
Opera says that the new browser brings forth a new way to browse the web that is more elegant and efficient. The new Discover feature provides a panel in which you can read popular articles from the web based on your interest. Another new feature is "Speed Dial", a service that is similar to a bookmark folder, but streamlines the process of organizing favorited websites.
Like similar browsers, the search and URL bar are now combined, tabbed browsing is present, and users are able to save websites to their phone for viewing when not connected to a data source. Browsing history has also been simplified making it easy for the end-user to quickly find and revisit previously viewed sites.
"There are countless hours that have gone into making this completely new, completely re-thought Opera for Android. I dare say that many smartphone users spend much more time using their web browser than any other app on their phones. That's why we have made our newest mobile phone browser more elegant and more beautiful than ever, while still packing so much functionality into it. Go ahead - take the Opera beta out for a spin on your Android phone and see for yourself."


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// client.h

typedef struct
{
	vec3_t	viewangles;

// intended velocities
	float	forwardmove;
	float	sidemove;
	float	upmove;
#ifdef QUAKE2
	byte	lightlevel;
#endif
} usercmd_t;

typedef struct
{
	int		length;
	char	map[MAX_STYLESTRING];
} lightstyle_t;

typedef struct
{
	char	name[MAX_SCOREBOARDNAME];
	float	entertime;
	int		frags;
	int		colors;			// two 4 bit fields
	byte	translations[VID_GRADES*256];
} scoreboard_t;

typedef struct
{
	int		destcolor[3];
	int		percent;		// 0-256
} cshift_t;

#define	CSHIFT_CONTENTS	0
#define	CSHIFT_DAMAGE	1
#define	CSHIFT_BONUS	2
#define	CSHIFT_POWERUP	3
#define	NUM_CSHIFTS		4

#define	NAME_LENGTH	64

//
// client_state_t should hold all pieces of the client state
//

#define	SIGNONS		4			// signon messages to receive before connected

#define	MAX_DLIGHTS		32
typedef struct
{
	vec3_t	origin;
	float	radius;
	float	die;				// stop lighting after this time
	float	decay;				// drop this each second
	float	minlight;			// don't add when contributing less
	int		key;
#ifdef QUAKE2
	qboolean	dark;			// subtracts light instead of adding
#endif
} dlight_t;

#define	MAX_BEAMS	24
typedef struct
{
	int		entity;
	struct model_s	*model;
	float	endtime;
	vec3_t	start, end;
} beam_t;

#define	MAX_EFRAGS		640

#define	MAX_MAPSTRING	2048
#define	MAX_DEMOS		8
#define	MAX_DEMONAME	16

typedef enum {
ca_dedicated, 		// a dedicated server with no ability to start a client
ca_disconnected, 	// full screen console with no connection
ca_connected		// valid netcon, talking to a server
} cactive_t;

//
// the client_static_t structure is persistant through an arbitrary number
// of server connections
//
typedef struct
{
	cactive_t	state;

// personalization data sent to server
	char		mapstring[MAX_QPATH];
	char		spawnparms[MAX_MAPSTRING];	// to restart a level

// demo loop control
	int			demonum;		// -1 = don't play demos
	char		demos[MAX_DEMOS][MAX_DEMONAME];		// when not playing

// demo recording info must be here, because record is started before
// entering a map (and clearing client_state_t)
	qboolean	demorecording;
	qboolean	demoplayback;
	qboolean	timedemo;
	int			forcetrack;			// -1 = use normal cd track
	FILE		*demofile;
	int			td_lastframe;		// to meter out one message a frame
	int			td_startframe;		// host_framecount at start
	float		td_starttime;		// realtime at second frame of timedemo

// connection information
	int			signon;			// 0 to SIGNONS
	struct qsocket_s	*netcon;
	sizebuf_t	message;		// writing buffer to send to server

} client_static_t;

extern client_static_t	cls;

//
// the client_state_t structure is wiped completely at every
// server signon
//
typedef struct
{
	int			movemessages;	// since connecting to this server
								// throw out the first couple, so the player
								// doesn't accidentally do something the
								// first frame
	usercmd_t	cmd;			// last command sent to the server

// information for local display
	int			stats[MAX_CL_STATS];	// health, etc
	int			items;			// inventory bit flags
	float	item_gettime[32];	// cl.time of aquiring item, for blinking
	float		faceanimtime;	// use anim frame if cl.time < this

	cshift_t	cshifts[NUM_CSHIFTS];	// color shifts for damage, powerups
	cshift_t	prev_cshifts[NUM_CSHIFTS];	// and content types

// the client maintains its own idea of view angles, which are
// sent to the server each frame.  The server sets punchangle when
// the view is temporarliy offset, and an angle reset commands at the start
// of each level and after teleporting.
	vec3_t		mviewangles[2];	// during demo playback viewangles is lerped
								// between these
	vec3_t		viewangles;

	vec3_t		mvelocity[2];	// update by server, used for lean+bob
								// (0 is newest)
	vec3_t		velocity;		// lerped between mvelocity[0] and [1]

	vec3_t		punchangle;		// temporary offset

// pitch drifting vars
	float		idealpitch;
	float		pitchvel;
	qboolean	nodrift;
	float		driftmove;
	double		laststop;

	float		viewheight;
	float		crouch;			// local amount for smoothing stepups

	qboolean	paused;			// send over by server
	qboolean	onground;
	qboolean	inwater;

	int			intermission;	// don't change view angle, full screen, etc
	int			completed_time;	// latched at intermission start

	double		mtime[2];		// the timestamp of last two messages
	double		time;			// clients view of time, should be between
								// servertime and oldservertime to generate
								// a lerp point for other data
	double		oldtime;		// previous cl.time, time-oldtime is used
								// to decay light values and smooth step ups

	float		last_received_message;	// (realtime) for net trouble icon

//
// information that is static for the entire time connected to a server
//
	struct model_s		*model_precache[MAX_MODELS];
	struct sfx_s		*sound_precache[MAX_SOUNDS];

	char		levelname[40];	// for display on solo scoreboard
	int			viewentity;		// cl_entitites[cl.viewentity] = player
	int			maxclients;
	int			gametype;

// refresh related state
	struct model_s	*worldmodel;	// cl_entitites[0].model
	struct efrag_s	*free_efrags;
	int			num_entities;	// held in cl_entities array
	int			num_statics;	// held in cl_staticentities array
	entity_t	viewent;			// the gun model

	int			cdtrack, looptrack;	// cd audio

// frag scoreboard
	scoreboard_t	*scores;		// [cl.maxclients]

#ifdef QUAKE2
// light level at player's position including dlights
// this is sent back to the server each frame
// architectually ugly but it works
	int			light_level;
#endif
} client_state_t;

//
// cvars
//
extern	cvar_t	cl_name;
extern	cvar_t	cl_color;

extern	cvar_t	cl_upspeed;
extern	cvar_t	cl_forwardspeed;
extern	cvar_t	cl_backspeed;
extern	cvar_t	cl_sidespeed;

extern	cvar_t	cl_movespeedkey;

extern	cvar_t	cl_yawspeed;
extern	cvar_t	cl_pitchspeed;

extern	cvar_t	cl_anglespeedkey;

extern	cvar_t	cl_autofire;

extern	cvar_t	cl_shownet;
extern	cvar_t	cl_nolerp;

extern	cvar_t	cl_pitchdriftspeed;
extern	cvar_t	lookspring;
extern	cvar_t	lookstrafe;
extern	cvar_t	sensitivity;

extern	cvar_t	m_pitch;
extern	cvar_t	m_yaw;
extern	cvar_t	m_forward;
extern	cvar_t	m_side;

#define	MAX_TEMP_ENTITIES	64			// lightning bolts, etc
#define	MAX_STATIC_ENTITIES	128			// torches, etc

extern	client_state_t	cl;

// FIXME, allocate dynamically
extern	efrag_t			cl_efrags[MAX_EFRAGS];
extern	entity_t		cl_entities[MAX_EDICTS];
extern	entity_t		cl_static_entities[MAX_STATIC_ENTITIES];
extern	lightstyle_t	cl_lightstyle[MAX_LIGHTSTYLES];
extern	dlight_t		cl_dlights[MAX_DLIGHTS];
extern	entity_t		cl_temp_entities[MAX_TEMP_ENTITIES];
extern	beam_t			cl_beams[MAX_BEAMS];

//=============================================================================

//
// cl_main
//
dlight_t *CL_AllocDlight (int key);
void	CL_DecayLights (void);

void CL_Init (void);

void CL_EstablishConnection (char *host);
void CL_Signon1 (void);
void CL_Signon2 (void);
void CL_Signon3 (void);
void CL_Signon4 (void);

void CL_Disconnect (void);
void CL_Disconnect_f (void);
void CL_NextDemo (void);

#define			MAX_VISEDICTS	256
extern	int				cl_numvisedicts;
extern	entity_t		*cl_visedicts[MAX_VISEDICTS];

//
// cl_input
//
typedef struct
{
	int		down[2];		// key nums holding it down
	int		state;			// low bit is down state
} kbutton_t;

extern	kbutton_t	in_mlook, in_klook;
extern 	kbutton_t 	in_strafe;
extern 	kbutton_t 	in_speed;

void CL_InitInput (void);
void CL_SendCmd (void);
void CL_SendMove (usercmd_t *cmd);

void CL_ParseTEnt (void);
void CL_UpdateTEnts (void);

void CL_ClearState (void);

int  CL_ReadFromServer (void);
void CL_WriteToServer (usercmd_t *cmd);
void CL_BaseMove (usercmd_t *cmd);

float CL_KeyState (kbutton_t *key);
char *Key_KeynumToString (int keynum);

//
// cl_demo.c
//
void CL_StopPlayback (void);
int CL_GetMessage (void);

void CL_Stop_f (void);
void CL_Record_f (void);
void CL_PlayDemo_f (void);
void CL_TimeDemo_f (void);

//
// cl_parse.c
//
void CL_ParseServerMessage (void);
void CL_NewTranslation (int slot);

//
// view
//
void V_StartPitchDrift (void);
void V_StopPitchDrift (void);

void V_RenderView (void);
void V_UpdatePalette (void);
void V_Register (void);
void V_ParseDamage (void);
void V_SetContentsColor (int contents);

//
// cl_tent
//
void CL_InitTEnts (void);
void CL_SignonReply (void);

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Q: Einsum slower than explicit Numpy implementation for n-mode tensor-matrix product I'm trying to implement the n-mode tensor-matrix product (as defined by Kolda and Bader: https://www.sandia.gov/~tgkolda/pubs/pubfiles/SAND2007-6702.pdf) efficiently in Python using Numpy. The operation effectively gets down to (for matrix U, tensor X and axis/mode k):

*

*Extract all vectors along axis k from X by collapsing all other axes.

*Multiply these vectors on the left by U using standard matrix multiplication.

*Insert the vectors again into the output tensor using the same shape, apart from X.shape[k], which is now equal to U.shape[0] (initially, X.shape[k] must be equal to U.shape[1], as a result of the matrix multiplication).
I've been using an explicit implementation for a while which performs all these steps separately:

*

*Transpose the tensor to bring axis k to the front (in my full code I added an exception in case k == X.ndim - 1, in which case it's faster to leave it there and transpose all future operations, or at least in my application, but that's not relevant here).

*Reshape the tensor to collapse all other axes.

*Calculate the matrix multiplication.

*Reshape the tensor to reconstruct all other axes.

*Transpose the tensor back into the original order.
I would think this implementation creates a lot of unnecessary (big) arrays, so once I discovered np.einsum I thought this would speed things up considerably. However using the code below I got worse results:
import numpy as np
from time import time

def mode_k_product(U, X, mode):
    transposition_order = list(range(X.ndim))
    transposition_order[mode] = 0
    transposition_order[0] = mode
    Y = np.transpose(X, transposition_order)
    transposed_ranks = list(Y.shape)
    Y = np.reshape(Y, (Y.shape[0], -1))
    Y = U @ Y
    transposed_ranks[0] = Y.shape[0]
    Y = np.reshape(Y, transposed_ranks)
    Y = np.transpose(Y, transposition_order)
    return Y

def einsum_product(U, X, mode):
    axes1 = list(range(X.ndim))
    axes1[mode] = X.ndim + 1
    axes2 = list(range(X.ndim))
    axes2[mode] = X.ndim
    return np.einsum(U, [X.ndim, X.ndim + 1], X, axes1, axes2, optimize=True)

def test_correctness():
    A = np.random.rand(3, 4, 5)
    for i in range(3):
        B = np.random.rand(6, A.shape[i])
        X = mode_k_product(B, A, i)
        Y = einsum_product(B, A, i)
        print(np.allclose(X, Y))

def test_time(method, amount):
    U = np.random.rand(256, 512)
    X = np.random.rand(512, 512, 256)
    start = time()
    for i in range(amount):
        method(U, X, 1)
    return (time() - start)/amount

def test_times():
    print("Explicit:", test_time(mode_k_product, 10))
    print("Einsum:", test_time(einsum_product, 10))

test_correctness()
test_times()

Timings for me:
Explicit: 3.9450525522232054
Einsum: 15.873924326896667
Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? I know there are circumstances where storing intermediate results can decrease complexity (e.g. chained matrix multiplication), however in this case I can't think of any calculations that are being repeated. Is matrix multiplication so optimized that it removes the benefits of not transposing (which technically has a lower complexity)?

A: I'm more familiar with the subscripts style of using einsum, so worked out these equivalences:
In [194]: np.allclose(np.einsum('ij,jkl->ikl',B0,A), einsum_product(B0,A,0))
Out[194]: True
In [195]: np.allclose(np.einsum('ij,kjl->kil',B1,A), einsum_product(B1,A,1))
Out[195]: True
In [196]: np.allclose(np.einsum('ij,klj->kli',B2,A), einsum_product(B2,A,2))
Out[196]: True

With a mode parameter, your approach in einsum_product may be best.  But the equivalences help me visualize the calculation better, and may help others.
Timings should basically be the same.  There's an extra setup time in einsum_product that should disappear in larger dimensions.

A: After updating Numpy, Einsum is only slightly slower than the explicit method, with or without multi-threading (see comments to my question).


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Hannah Cockroft breaks fifth world record
Update from British Athletics
Hannah Cockroft (coach: Jenni Banks) completed a clean-sweep of world records in the T34 events, after lowering the 1500m best with a scintillating performance in Nottwil on the second day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix.
In her first 1500m race since 2014, Cockroft pushed magnificently to lower Mel Nicholls' former world record (4:01.79) to 3:50.22. With only fellow Briton Paige Murray (Job King) in the race, it was almost a solo effort by the 'Hurricane' as she sealed the set of world records from 100m upwards.
Also a winner in the earlier 100m in a rapid time of 17.40 (0.6), Cockroft commented on the 1500m:
"That's too far! Mel's time has stood for a long time and we knew I'd worked on a lot of distance in training, so it would be a good test of my fitness. The thought was that if I could hold a good speed over 1500m, I can hold an even better speed over 800m. So it is nice to hold the full set (of world records).
"I was holding a good speed all the way around and it was pretty consistent so it has given me a confidence boost heading back to the 800m. Maybe I can push a little harder in that now."
After breaking his own world record in the T42 200m yesterday, Richard Whitehead (Keith Antoine) was close to another one in the T42 100m, but he was just 0.06 second outside the mark with a time of 12.17 (0.6). His current best stands at 12.13 which he set in Leverkusen last year, so to be running these times at the beginning of June has given him a great deal of confidence heading into the final block of training before the World Para Athletics Championships.
After encouraging displays in the 200m and 800m on Friday, Richard Chiassaro (Banks) returned to the track with intent, and took a significant chunk off his previous T54 1500m time; recording 2:52.11 which was also his first ever European record. This revised his best by a superb seven seconds, and coming just a week after his first sub three minute 1500m.
Despite technical issues in the original race meaning it had to be rerun just over an hour later, it did not seem to faze the athletes. After working well with eventual winner Brent Lakatos (T53), Chiassaro commented upon his personal best in the 1500m:
"Yes I'm well happy with that. I wasn't expecting to come out again and do that time – it is now two or three second below the world record. When the world records are set, people work together so it's nice to be able to work with each other to achieve this. I can't draft like that in the UK so that was a good learning experience and to be able to pull for 600m is a positive sign."
On the work and support of his coach Jenni Banks:
"She does more than just coaching us; she helps us out with absolutely everything. I owe everything to her. She has always believed in me, so now I am just repaying her on the track."
There was a fierce battle between Toby Gold (Banks) and Andy Small (Rick Hoskins) in the T33 100m. In a repeat of the Paralympic Games final, Gold prevailed in second place but it was one of the closest contests between these two athletes. Gold edged in with a time of 17.17 (0.9), whilst Small pushed to a lifetime best of 17.23 to continue a positive meeting in Nottwil for the Stockport Harrier.
In the T34 100m, Craig Boardman (Paul Smith) was narrowly outside his personal best recording 15.75 (0.6), to be the highest ranked Briton across the two heats, placing sixth overall.
The T34 1500m is a rarely covered racing distance for Ben Rowlings (Job King), but he pushed well again to a 13:16.70 clocking. After going 13:13 in Arbon last week, the Coventry athlete had eyes on pushing that time even further down. However, despite pushing Walid Ktila in the early exchanges, the Tunisian just had enough to pull away in the closing stages to leave the Briton to settle for second place.
Elsewhere, Mickey Bushell (Jenny Archer) was fourth in the first heat of the T53 100m in 14.92 (0.4) whilst Callum Hall (Ian Thompson) won his heat in 17.39 (0.3); not too far outside his personal best.


Be a disciplined trader. Being a short-term trader requires patience, discipline and tenacity. I did a short-term recommendation with a 10-point profit objective. As always, there was an extreme temptation to take the profit and not stick to the parameters. Don't succumb to this temptation. If the 10-point profit is not reached at the end of the day, close the position. Do not try to take the position earlier before the parameters dictate. We experienced a lower bond high Monday, but not a lower low. It is critical that a directional change be confirmed especially in a very powerful rally mode that we have been in for over 4 weeks. A close below 148 '24 will have terminated the uptrend. A resistance area at 1450 was bumped Tuesday. Do not forget about expiration week, which has a buy bias. However we rallied 35 points without a 10 point correction, which means that this entire week has seen power in price with no power in the internals. Therefore any type of news item could derail this movement. The 1415 area is a major support for the short term and a major resistance is 1470 for the intermediate term. Failure to reach 1470 with a backdrop of the expiration buy bias is not very healthy for the intermediate term. There is one foundation and one foundation alone to bond prices; it is the Federal Reserve. It was very noticeable the Fed's massive computer was not turned on. The resulting lack of foundation and the heaviness of the bubble pulled bonds down a full 2 points with more to go as of Tuesday. A close below 147 was a high probability by Friday. The only reason that would not be the case is if Ben and Company kick the computer back in gear.
The S&P clawed higher mid-week as we saw the NYSE tick in positive territory. However the institutions still do not seem ready to commit funds. This makes me suspicious of this rally, but nonetheless we are slowly prodding upward. I have talked about the bubble implosion and you are seeing the beginning affects of how a heavy object cannot fly indefinitely. Has the bubble sprung a leak? We have made a lower low for October, as once again the bullish rhetoric of the Federal Reserve has run its course. A close below 144 ½ could escalate the downside move with much heavier volume. A slow downward move does not alarm as many as quickly as a sharp decline. The institutions will sink with Bernanke eventually. It is just a matter of how much water the ship can take.
Twenty five years ago was black Monday: a literal collapse of stock market prices. The panic was so severe that literally bids were nonexistence as selling pushed computers beyond their functioning point. Perpetual selling breeds perpetual selling as that period of time led to one of the biggest meltdowns in less than a week we have ever seen. I am wondering if the lows are in for the bonds for the short term. We are rallying from the lows with no pullbacks of any significance. The early part of the week had a perpetual selling pressure that has obviously been lifted. The Iran situation is becoming more of a news item and could bring some flight to quality buying. Bonds have resistance areas of 149 ½ and 150 1/4, I doubt if we can reach these levels unless an international crisis changes the atmosphere.


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There was just one post published in July of 2015.
Our summer has gotten off to a great start! We are on our 4th week of Books on Bikes summer 2015. We have visited most of our neighborhoods twice, unless a rainstorm got in our way. Here are some highlights so far.


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Nine West's Bankruptcy Plan Finally Gets the Go-Ahead From Judge
February 26, 2019 By Kourosh Maheri No Comments Posted in Footwear
It's been almost 11 months since Nine West Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy, but the former footwear retailer is only now getting approval to proceed with its plan to restructure its debts, according to documents filed Monday with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The company sold off its Nine West and Bandolino shoe and accessory businesses in June to Authentic Brands Group — which also owns and licenses brands such as Frye, Vince Camuto and Juicy Couture — in a court auction for $340 million.
At the time of the purchase, Nine West Holdings CEO Ralph Schipani called ABG an "industry leader" that would "bring the dedicated expertise and resources to manage the next stage in the life of two strong brands." He continued, "We are pleased to have completed this important step in our restructuring and are now focused on moving forward with the reorganization of our remaining businesses with the support of our key stakeholder groups." In August, ABG signed a deal that will see Nine West in Kohl's stores beginning in July.
Nine West has run into roadblocks with creditors throughout the remainder of the bankruptcy process, however, as it has tried to
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BBC Blast reporter Kate Prothero talks to the local band with a diverse range of influences.
Kate Prothero talks to the band that's taking Leeds by storm having been around less than a year.
We talk to Stephen Emmerson about his efforts to promote performance poetry in the city.
Rob Dale talks to Leeds' very own dubstep pioneer.
Local music promoter Noah Ball talks about what motivates him to contribute to the scene in Leeds.
Surmeet Singh plays the sitar with Milun, an Indo-Irish band.
Leeds band I Call Shotgun are the latest to feel the benefit of the internet in breaking an act.
We talk with Andrew Bradley from local band Hail Animator about their plans.
The Leeds music scene is still thriving says Ged McGurn, singer with Downdime.
You might be surprised to learn that The University of Leeds has a student brass band.
...is a new show giving Leeds Utd fans the chance to play their music to the region's footy fans.
We talk to the collective of musicians, producers and MCs who have a positive message to impart.
A band rather than a solo act and they're looking to capitalise on their Bright Young Things win.
The Pigeon Detectives showed the band's support for the Whites on Leeds United Unplugged.
Find out all about this Leeds-based independent record label.
BBC Leeds talks to Sam Robson the Hair's lead singer.
We talk to label founders Simon Glacken & Thomas Bellhouse about their plans for the future.
We talk to one of Leeds' finest underground bands to find out what makes them tick.


Beginning with John D. Rockefeller Jr., several generations of the Rockefeller family have made a home away from NYC in Maine, and played a key role in helping to protect the state's natural resources. Spending his summers in Seal Harbor beginning in 1910, Rockefeller went on to purchase 11,000 acres of land on Mount Desert Island that he donated to Acadia National Park, also building its scenic network of carriage roads and stone bridges.
John D. Jr.'s son David and David's wife Peggy furthered the legacy of preservation, largely through Peggy's founding of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, which was one of 12 beneficiaries of the auction of the Peggy and David Rockefeller's art collection at Christie's this past May.
"Peggy and David were avid sailors of the coast of Maine," he says. "One day, after seeing some unexpected new building on the coast on one of their favorite sailing routes, Peggy got the idea of doing what she could to conserve some of the coast so it wouldn't all be subject to development as places to Maine's south did. The legend is that she burst into her close friend Mary Rea's island home shortly after this and said, 'Mary, we've got to do something!' Soon after, she and her old friend Tom Cabot conceived of Maine Coast Heritage Trust and it was officially formed in 1970."
Initially, Knox tells us, the Trust worked to educate landowners near Acadia National Park about the benefits of conservation easements (legal agreements to restrict development on the property), and helped negotiate the easements to be adopted and held by the park. This work later expanded to the whole coast, and in the 1980s, MCHT began to hold conservation easements itself (which involves managing the land with the owners) and to acquire its own land through donations and, more recently, purchases.
Of the Rockefellers, he says, "They were ever generous, courteous, visionary and creative. Passionate about the mission to keep the coastal character of Maine intact and making sure there was a place for all uses of the coast—from sailing to clamming to fishing to hiking. Peggy remained on the board until her death and was the leading light. David was involved behind the scenes, but always was extremely supportive of Peggy's work with the Trust. Many of the Trust's most important conservation successes originated directly or indirectly with lands the Rockefellers held. One of the more recent donations was Rich's Head on Frenchboro Long Island."
Knox adds that while MCHT remains active in conserving coastal and island properties, its scope has broadened over the years. "Now we're also working to mitigate the impact of climate change through efforts to conserve critical saltmarsh habitat and through river restoration projects," he says. "A core part of our work is keeping the coast open to public access. Our largest single project at the moment is trying to purchase Clark Island in St. George for conservation and open it as a public preserve. It's a $4 million project."
For those looking to make a summer escape to Maine, Knox recommends Casco Bay, not far from Portland, as the closest to New York. Its islands are "simply spectacular," he says, "and like all of our preserves they're free and open to the public." Know that there's little public transportation in Maine, but as Knox notes, "One amazing exception is the public ferry from Southwest Harbor to MCHT's Frenchboro Long Island," a destination for hikers on the Maine coast.
Learn about summer events from the Maine Coast Heritage Trust here, as well as ways to help support MCHT's environmental mission. And read more about the conservation work of the Rockefeller family here.


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Reading Scripture in Tradition: Why Sola Scriptura Doesn't Work
Gabe Martini
Orthodox Christians do not hold to the Reformation principle of Sola scriptura. Instead, we view the scriptures as the pinnacle or "summit"1 of holy tradition, neither separating the two as wholly distinct, nor eliminating one or the other.
The reason for this is simple: the scriptures are a witness to divine revelation, given from God to mankind (and specially, to God's holy people—Israel and now the catholic Church). Holy tradition refers to the totality of this divine revelation, and includes our liturgies and hymns, the lives of the Saints, the writings of our fathers, and the decrees and canons of Ecumenical Councils. Atop this foundation rests holy scripture. To divorce scripture from tradition—or vice versa—is to both needlessly and dangerously tear apart the whole of divine revelation:
Taken from its context within Holy Tradition, the solid rock of Scripture becomes a mere ball of clay, to be molded into whatever shape its handlers wish. It is no honor to the Scriptures to misuse and twist them, even if this is done in the name of exalting their authority.
—Fr. John Whiteford, Sola Scriptura, p. 46
Even when Sola scriptura is given nuance2 to make room for creeds, confessions, and councils, the final arbiter is still a person's interpretation of the Bible. While one might hold to a document such as the Westminster Confession of Faith, if there are doctrinal disagreements, the consistent Biblicist will come down in favor of a particular interpretation of the Bible over-and-against the Confession. This has led to some difficulties over the years for certain Protestant churches, but I believe that this nuance is—ultimately—pointless.
For example, one might confess a creed that states Jesus is a bunny rabbit. While this belief could theoretically be held by many, anyone can deny it as being contrary to the Bible (which it obviously is), rendering the creed both incorrect and unnecessary. It doesn't really matter what creeds or confessions say, so long as the Bible is held to be the final authority. This foundationalist or positivist approach might seem tidy, but a tree is known by its fruit: hundreds of denominations (and growing), along with dozens of splits within these major, confessional gatherings. Even with the best intentions, Sola scriptura is a doctrine of confusion, not union (1 Cor. 14:33).
It's worth noting that Sola scriptura presumes both faith and piety can be deduced from—and reduced to—a set of propositions. The chief mechanism for this investigation is human reason, aided by rational tools like exegesis, hermeneutical methods, historical-critical scholarship, contextual studies, and more. (All of which are potential 'traditions of men.') But if the scriptures are a witness to the divine revelation given to God's people (the Church), then their understanding can only take place within that community, and as a consequence of the interpreter's union with God:
In the Orthodox approach to Scripture, it is the job of the individual not to strive for originality in interpretation, but rather to understand what is already present in the traditions of the Church. We are obliged not to go beyond the boundary set by the Fathers and Creeds of the Church, but to faithfully pass on the Tradition just as we have received it. To do this requires a great deal of study and thought—but even more, if we are to truly understand the Scriptures, we must enter deeply into the mystical life of the Church. —ibid., p. 44
At the Ecumenical Councils—such as Chalcedon in A.D. 451—the synodal decisions are outlined in what is called (in Greek) 'horos.' This is sometimes translated 'definition,' but is more accurately 'a boundary.' In other words, the Church sets the boundary for orthodox belief in Her creeds, liturgies, and canons, but there is a great deal of freedom within this boundary for scholarly investigation, dialogue, and even debate. For example, the Church does not have a single, infallible interpretation for every verse of the Bible. So while one should not strive for "originality in interpretation" or to go "beyond the boundary set by the Fathers," this is not a call to intellectual suicide, nor should it be seen as an attempt by the Church to be always stuck in the past. There is still much to be said, so long as it does not contradict the apostolic faith.
But if there remains much to be said regarding the scriptures—within the boundaries of orthodoxy—who is capable of rightly dividing the word of truth? Can anyone do this? Is it something for the intellectual elite alone?
St. Augustine describes the type of person fit for the proper study and understanding of scripture in On Christian Doctrine. Fr. John Whiteford summarizes for us in his helpful tract on Sola scriptura. Such a person3:
Loves God with his whole heart, and is empty of pride;
Is motivated to seek the knowledge of God's will by faith and reverence, rather than pride or greed;
Has a heart subdued by piety, a purified mind, dead to the world; neither fears, nor seeks to please men;
Seeks nothing but knowledge of and union with Christ;
Hungers and thirsts after righteousness; and
Is diligently engaged in works of mercy and love.
Absent from this description is the kind of Ph. D. they have acquired, the university that granted it, or a mastery of the finer points of Ancient Near Eastern history. While all of these things are great in their own right, they neither guarantee nor even suggest that a person with that sort of experience is equipped to understand the scriptures as part of holy tradition. Without rejecting scholarship, we must be careful to balance scholarship with the necessary holiness, piety, and mystical union with Christ—which can only take place in his Body, the apostolic and catholic Church—of the interpreter.
If we truly believe that the scriptures are divinely-inspired by the Holy Spirit, then their right-understanding can only be the result of theosis. If our salvation is an acquisition of the Holy Spirit (e.g. St. Seraphim of Sarov), then with that acquisition comes the Mind of God—a Mind that is attuned to the breath of the Spirit as he breathes through the life of the Church.
The Church is not some other, competing academic institution alongside seminaries and universities. Those led astray by the Academy can be tempted to subvert tradition for the sake of academic merit badges. But rather than pitting the Church against the scholarly community, we must learn to appreciate both in their proper context—reminding ourselves that the qualities of a true interpreter of divine revelation are more related to holiness than they are academic credentials. If a scholar's primary goal is to blaze new trails, be controversial, or directly subvert holy tradition, they are not seeking the Mind of Christ.
The Church is the very Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:27), the fullness of God (Eph. 1:23), and the pillar and ground of truth (1 Tim. 3:15). It is only in the life of that mystical, theanthropic (Divine-human) communion that a person can ever hope to acquire this Mind and to both read and understand the scriptures rightly—as the precious summit and anchor of God's revelation to his people.
1. Fr. John Whiteford, Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology, p. 46
2. e. g. Keith A. Mathison's The Shape of Sola Scriptura
3. Saint Augustine, "On Christian Doctrine," A Selected Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Vol. II, Henry Wace and Philip Schaff, eds. (New York: Christian, 1887–1900), pp. 534–537
On Behalf of All
Why Sola Scriptura honestly scares me Why Sola Scriptura honestly scares me Being raised in a Protestant home, the Scriptures were (and in many ways still are) the end-all-be-all of the faith for me. However, there is a reason I am no longer a Protestant. I find the whole idea of "Scripture Alone" horrifying. The Strength of Oral Tradition Gabe Martini The Strength of Oral Tradition Gabe Martini In a world characterized by the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the instant knowledge of Google, it's hard to believe things have not always been so. Sola Scriptura vs. Holy Tradition: Is There a Difference? Gabe Martini Sola Scriptura vs. Holy Tradition: Is There a Difference? Gabe Martini The Church is the Church because she is the Church. Does that sound like a circular argument to you? Well of course it is, because it isn't an argument—it's a matter of life.
Charles D. Smith12 мая 2014, 15:00
As one coming from the Reformed Tradition to Orthodoxy, I have to say that this is right. The absurd things being said today by those who alone interpret the meaning of the Bible ought to be enough to make people think about what is said and taught...


This series of eighteen articles was originally written in 1988 to appear in Nuts & Volts, the newsletter of the San Francisco Amateur Radio Club. The series has been widely distributed since then, with revisions issued in 1991, 1993, and 1995. Occasional revisions were made to this version on the web thereafter, in the late 1990s.
The author is no longer active in packet radio and is unable to provide up to date information on packet radio; however he has left this material on the Internet for access by those who might find it helpful.
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A Bronx, N.Y., teen who allegedly stabbed two fellow classmates with a switchblade, one fatally, was indicted on manslaughter charges Tuesday by a grand jury.
Abel Cedeno, 18, was originally charged with murder in the death of 15-year-old Matthew McCree in an attack that took place Sept. 27 at the Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation in New York City's Bronx borough. The New York Daily News reports that the grand jury's decision to go with a lesser charge came just hours after another hearing, during which the mothers of both the defendant and the victim defended their sons in the courtroom.
There is still a chance that other charges, including murder, could be brought against Cedeno. The grand jury is still conducting its probe.
Cedeno was jailed immediately after his arrest in the stabbing, and after Tuesday's grand jury announcement, his defense lawyers moved to get his bail set at $500,000 for the lesser charge.
Cedeno did not appear at Tuesday's hearing, but his family and friends did, as did the family and friends of Matthew McCree.
Cedeno, who is bisexual, has claimed that he was defending himself from the younger teen, who he says was punching him repeatedly.
"No way did I think someone could die," Cedeno said. He added that he thought he himself might die if he did not defend himself from Matthew McCree's attack.
Cedeno maintains that he was repeatedly bullied at the school and had anti-gay slurs hurled at him.
His mother believes her son to be innocent.
"My son is innocent," she declared, according to the Daily News.
Matthew's mother, Louna Dennis, also believes that her son was innocent.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told the Daily News Editorial Board that the first in-school killing since 1993 hit him and his wife, Chirlane McCray, hard.
"I was at the wake for this young man, and Chirlane and I were devastated looking at this young man full of promise just lying there," de Blasio said of Matthew McCree.


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Melonie was just 27 when she met her boyfriend. After a three-year romance, Melonie got pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl. She felt isolated and unsupported throughout her pregnancy.
When Melonie first entered family court, she imagined that it would be a fair and just system that would impose some order on what had become very difficult dealings with her ex-boyfriend – encounters which were marked by intimidation and manipulation.
Instead of finding help, Melonie found herself navigating an unpredictable system that seemed to make most important decisions in numerous ex parte hearings. Ex parte hearings are supposed to be reserved for emergency situations when a child is in harm's way or is being taken out of the state or country by a parent. In Melonie's case, ex parte hearings were being used for non-urgent issues such as school choice, and her ex-boyfriend's attorney used them to file a motion for a radical change in their custody agreement. On one occasion, her daughter's court-appointed attorney neglected to file a requested court order from the previous year to define a visitation schedule for the holidays, which resulted in yet another unnecessary ex parte hearing that generated even more conflict between Melonie and her daughter's father. All of the court- permitted ex parte hearings have resulted in not only financial loss for Melonie, but due to the nature of their short notice, they have also forced her to retake several college courses. Ultimately these hearings have created immense stress in her life, especially since she has been forced to act as her own attorney due to the high costs of hiring attorneys for so many ex parte hearings.
The commissioner ruled against the court-appointed mediator's recommendation that Melonie maintain custody of her daughter on weekdays to give her a stable home and nearby school, since Melonie has lived in the same location for over seven years, while her ex-boyfriend has moved six or seven times during that same time period. So currently, Melonie and her daughter's father switch custody every other week, and Melonie has to commute through horrendous traffic to get her daughter to and from school. She has also struggled to coordinate her work schedule with her daughter's school schedule.
In their five years of litigation, Melonie's ex-boyfriend has not paid her a dime in child support, though he owns a very successful business and has significantly more resources. In fact, the court reportedly mandated that Melonie be financially responsible for her daughter's court-appointed attorney. The court commissioner overseeing the case reportedly told Melonie, "you need to make sacrifices as a parent." Melonie struggles to make ends meet, not to mention managing the enormous debt (totaling nearly $100,000 in personal and student loans) that she has been forced to take on in order to survive the legal onslaught being waged by her ex. Melonie's previous attorney and daughter's court-appointed attorney are currently threatening her with collections and fee arbitration for the $8,000 that is still owed to them.


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Thanks for the link to our book, one thing I think I should mention is that the book does have a large amount of programming examples, this is to show how you can automate the actions normally completed via the graphical user interface (GUI), you are not required to learn programming to fore fill these actions as they are available via the GUI.
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Temecula, California (September 5, 2016) – Sycamore Terrace Apartments in Temecula, CA debuts all-new designs for three different monument signs that are currently under construction. Under new management for several years now, the company and the property itself have undergone numerous changes. Chief among those is the complete remodel of each apartment with key features such as new flooring, new granite countertops, dual paned windows, and much more. Now, new signs throughout the property will complement these luxurious changes and reflect the exciting direction the company is taking.
As of now, the remodeling project still continues. Management wanted to make sure that all apartment units are thoroughly upgraded to meet modern standards in Temecula. And with remodeling almost finished, updating the signage is now a top priority. The company is going for a modern look which would give valued residents the satisfying feeling of calling Sycamore Terrace Apartments their home.
According to Ciera Urso, Assistant Property Manager at Sycamore Terrace Apartments, the current monument sign being used today has not been updated since the property was built, which was roughly 30 years ago. To portray the company's new image, both the owner and property manager had an active hand at the design process. With help from professional architects, a new design has been created to perfectly represent what Sycamore Terrace Apartment now offers to both existing and potential residents. Management expects that the new monument signs would make a drastic difference for the entire community once construction has been completed.
Three monument signs will be placed strategically in different locations around the property. The one pictured will be at the main entrance on Margarita Road. Another will be at the corner of Via La Vida and Margarita. The last one will be at the other entrance on Via La Vida.
The new construction is projected to finish before the end of the year. Also part of the project is a re-landscaping of areas where the signs will be placed to complete the new look.
Sycamore Terrace Apartments offers 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom apartments. With 13 acres of lush greenery, 2 pools, spas, a fitness center, a clubhouse and other enticing amenities, the property is the ideal community for living at the heart of Temecula. Aside from apartments and quality lifestyle homes, the company also offers management services.


From the Spring & 4th Center, I headed back over to the Melia, and caught the shuttle out to the Old Fourth Ward showcases, and then rode the other shuttle out to East Atlanta Village and the 529 venue before heading back to the Old Fourth Ward. I decided to have dinner at Harold's Chicken and Ice Bar, which is the Atlanta branch of a famous Chicago fried chicken chain. Unlike the Chicago stores, the Atlanta location is a little more upscale, with an "ice bar" that literally stays frozen to keep drinks cold, big screen TV's and a dance floor. The place was so crowded when I walked in that there was basically no place to move. I thought the chicken was decent, but didn't quite see what all the fuss was about. Good chicken? Yes. Best ever? No, at least not in my book. Yet the atmosphere in the place was fun, college football games were on the big screens and a DJ was playing plenty of hip-hop and old-school in the back room so people could dance. And the prices are reasonable in a city where dining out can get expensive.


The annual wine harvest season got underway in France this week, two weeks later than usual thanks in the main to adverse weather conditions. Violent summer storms have meant 2013 may not be a vintage year for some French wines.
The harvesting of France's grapes began in earnest this week in the southern region of Roussillon – traditionally the first area to begin collecting the grapes.
Although we are not yet at the end of August, the start of the harvest season in Rousillon is actually two weeks later than usual thanks to the cold and wet spring.
Because of the weather, professionals are only expecting an average crop yield, but despite the delay, wine growers are in upbeat mood.
"It is very late but it doesn't matter. The vines are beautiful," said Catherine Jeannin, owner of the Mas Crémat vineyard in Espira-de-l'Agly.
The first teams of pickers were out in the vineyards early on Monday morning collecting "Muscat" grapes, not to make the famous sweet wines, but a dry white wine, which will be the first of the 2013 wines to hit the shelves when they go on sale in October.
Marc Guichet, from the Chamber of Agriculture in the Pyrénées-Orientales region believes the delay in the harvest could mean a vintage year for red wine in Roussillon.
After a stormy summer, however, where vineyards in Bordeaux and Burgundy have been ravaged, he accepts that disaster could strike at any time.
"If the grapes are allowed to ripen we can do wonderful things, but on the other hand we could get downpours, hailstorms or grapevine moths, which can be very destructive," he warned.
The harvest season in France is set to run until the end of October.
Winegrowers in Roussillon will hope to be spared the fate suffered by their counterparts in Bordeaux and Burgundy this summer, which saw several prestigious vineyards decimated by storms.
Earlier this month, the government were forced to step in and promise aid to winegrowers in parts of the Bordeaux region who saw their crops devastated by hailstones the size of ping pong balls.
One of those, Loic Roquefeuil from St Leon, lost 30 hectares of vines.
"There is nothing. It is frightening. With 200,000 bottles at €3 a piece, the loss is huge," he told AFP.
And in July it was the vineyards of Burgundy which came in for a battering from extreme weather.
Crops from some of the region's most prestigious wines like Pommard were ruined leaving certain winegrowers facing "catastrophe".
Wine growers across France will now be hoping to get to the end of the harvest season unscathed.


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Police are searching for a hit and run driver that killed a bicyclist in Stone Park, a northwest suburb of Chicago, according to Chicago Breaking News. The victim, a 47 year old woman who lives in the 1700 block of North Mannheim Road was struck and killed Monday night.
The accident occurred in the 1800 block of Mannheim when she was hit by a southbound vehicle. The driver fled the scene of the accident. It is being reported that police are possibly looking for a Chevy with front end damage.
The victim, Marina Gonzalez, was rushed to Loyola University Hospital in Maywood and was pronounced dead a short time later.
CBS News is reporting that Stone Park detectives have interviewed several persons of interest.
Anyone with information regarding the bike accident should immediately contact the Stone Park Police Department at 708-450-3215.


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The Dark Tower review
Stephen King's The Dark Tower finally makes it to the screen. And not without problems...
By Mark Harrison | August 21, 2017 |
The consensus among fans of Stephen King's epic fantasy novels seems to be that the long-gestating film adaptation of The Dark Tower has forgotten the face of its father. This isn't going to be one of those reviews, as it comes from a Dark Tower newbie who has yet to read the books, but judging it on its merits as a film, it's not a whole lot better than that.
As adaptations go, it's come out of long spells of development by JJ Abrams and Ron Howard with a killer idea – it's billed as a continuation of the series, in which its events take place over again at some point after the final book. You'd expect that this approach will offer a new story for the experts and a jumping-on point for the newbies, especially as Sony hopes this will spawn a multimedia franchise across TV and cinema. Sadly, the end result feels executive produced to death.
In the film, 11-year-old Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) is troubled by recurring nightmares of another world, where a man in black (Matthew McConaughey) assaults a dark tower that stands at the lynchpin of existence. In these visions, Jake discovers that there are many worlds, and all are under threat if the man in black should succeed.
When Jake learns about gunslinger Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), he is drawn to a portal that leads from New York City to the post-apocalyptic realm of Mid-World. Roland reluctantly takes him under his protection, and the man in black and his minions hunt them both, in the hope of using Jake's latent psychic abilities to destroy the tower and bring darkness and fire down upon all of reality.
As someone who has felt a bit weary of franchises that try to turn everything into a cinematic universe, I was flummoxed by how closed off this film feels. It left me wanting more, but only if under entirely different creative direction. It's 98 minutes long, but it looks like there was that much again left on the cutting room floor. But strangest of all, it makes no indication that it's intended to start a franchise, even though that is all that has been planned for the last decade or so of development.
Although director Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) rewrote the script with Oscar-winner Anders Thomas Jansen, it's hard to tell if they messed up from the writing onwards, or if it was really just noted to death by the studio, as it appears. In either case, the blame probably lies with Akiva Goldsman, who has a producer's credit and plenty of previous form for this sort of nonsense.
It even resurrects some dead-and-buried cheats for adapting fantasy for the screen, for little to no apparent reason. It's as if Guardians Of The Galaxy and Warcraft never happened, as mythic heroes and concepts are dragged down to modern-day Earth (or Keystone Earth, as it is called) whenever possible. The film (whose fourth credited writer is The Amazing Spider-Man 2's Jeff Pinkner) progresses from setpiece to setpiece in the same bland and functional fashion as countless other Goldsman scripts, and his broad brush stroke is as distinctive as a big, stinky fingerprint.
But on the positive side, it's testament to Elba's performance that he's consistently the best part of the film, whether unloading both barrels at enemies and other beasts, or doing a bit of Star Trek IV business in any of the contrived comic relief moments in New York. The film just cannot get out of his way, no matter how he proves himself as Roland. It goes on all the way through too, as his one cool 'hero shot' shootout is followed by a pair of rushed, weightless fight scenes in a row before the end.
The rest of the cast barely measure up to him. Top-billed and loving it, McConaughey drawls devilishly as the evil sorcerer (here named Walter to avoid Quicksilver-style contractual conflicts with other studios), but has all the actual malice of a Vegas stage magician. With young Tom Taylor doing his best Morty impression throughout, you long for a Rick Sanchez to appear and call out Walter for snarling about his "magicks". Where Elba goes right, McConaughey is all wrong, all wrong, all wrong.
But when the material's not there, it looks like a hard film to be good in. It's extraordinarily complacent, neither playing to fans (short of some blatant nods to The Shining and more subtle Easter eggs from King's wider canon) nor newbies. Like the same studio's Emoji Movie, with which this film swapped release dates, it feels designed for a 'once and done' viewing experience, which is utterly counter-intuitive if they had any hope of doing justice to the story.
Ultimately, there was no obligation to make The Dark Tower, but when you watch it, that's how it feels. It's delivered like a necessity of accounting; a simplified, paint-by-numbers adaptation designed to write off the cost of development thus far before the rights reverted somewhere else. But it's too mediocre to be truly awful.
Honestly, Elba is so good as to make it worth watching even when the material isn't there for him and it does mine some interesting stuff that you're not gonna see in many other films. But as it stands, the gunslinger follows the man in black across the desert, and the film comes stumbling after.
The Dark Tower is in UK cinemas now.
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Canadian Tire plans clear hurdle amid resident concerns
Plans to reconfigure the former Canadian Tire site on Yonge Street at Murray Drive to allow for more retail and restaurant space cleared a Council hurdle last week amid noise and traffic concerns from nearby residents.
Council approved a zoning bylaw amendment paving the way for additional commercial uses at the vacant big box store that would allow Canadian Tire to subdivide the existing building for multiple retail units, which they plan to lease to tenants. The building has been vacant since 2016 after the business moved to the Bayview Avenue corridor.
The zoning bylaw amendment will also allow for a proposed restaurant with drive-thru near the property's Yonge Street frontage.
All plans will be subject to a further site plan review.
Council's approval followed a delegation by area resident Gord de Bruin who shared several concerns on behalf of himself and his neighbours.
"Most of the residents aren't in disagreement to have something put there; obviously it is going to be better for the community and the Town of Aurora to have a store going in there versus an empty spot, but we do have a couple of concerns," he told Council, leading with a proposed reconfigured loading dock he said would interfere with area traffic and potentially lead to noise concerns from houses on the west side of the property.
"Obviously there is the noise level and depending on what time they have shipping and receiving. I know the road there is already in quite a bit of disarray, and then you have much more truck traffic going through and that is going to make things a little bit more difficult, too.
"The other thing we have an issue with potentially is the restaurant. Having a restaurant already there, we have noticed a rodent issue in our community which isn't very nice. I have been there since 1999 when the complex first opened, so we have had a Canadian Tire store, and it was great, but certainly things need to be looked at as far as the [rodent] aspect goes with the Town and how they are going to monitor that as part of the clean-up."
Mr. de Bruin also cited worries about snow plowing in the parking lot as well as a monitoring well situated in the parking lot.
"The community does need something in there and they are all for that, but it is about getting that right fit for our community and the Town of Aurora," he concluded.
Many of the points raised by the delegate were taken up by Councillor Wendy Gaertner who said she had the same concerns.
"I had the honour of living pretty near a truck loading dock and it was noisy, there were a lot of fumes, and there doesn't seem to be many time constraints," she said. "We, as a Council, will hopefully ask the developer to do what they can to help you."
These sentiments were echoed by Councillor Sandra Humfryes, who said, "We're going to be looking at where that loading dock is going to go, what the noise level anticipation is going to be and I believe that will come to us during [the site plan stage]. We want to make sure your living will be comfortable and you won't be inundated with unwanted environmental issues."
Following the delegation, some of the points raised by the delegate were pointed out to staff by Council, including the impacts of the drive-thru and buffers separating the plaza from the nearby subdivision.
Whether or not the existing buffers and associated landscaping will need to be upgraded to accommodate Canadian Tire's plans is something that will be examined, said staff.