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The Lady Bisons Volleyball program just proved why they were voted 1st in the Atlantic Sun Preseason poll.
Playing in the Atlantic Sun Game of the Week at the Lady Vol Classic against Ohio Valley Conference opponent Tennessee Tech, the Lady Bisons went the distance early, winning the first 3 sets of the match.
"I told the girls after our first match today, that one win is just a win," said coach Brandon Rosenthal. "I told them we had to put strings of wins together. It's nice to have a win against such a good opponent."
The Lady Bisons came out in the first set to win, not letting Tennessee Tech take the lead even once. With an overwhelming amount of kills, the Lipscomb front row quickly shut down the Golden Eagles 25-16.
After falling behind by 2 in the beginning of the second set, the Lady Bisons took control once again. With Erin Pierce and junior transfer Meghan Hinemeyer each pounding 5 kills in the set, the Lady Bisons put together another set victory of 25-17.
Lipscomb was behind Tech only twice in the third set, breaking loose after a 18-18 tie with four straight kills from Hinemeyer. With 18 assists from junior setter Jake Pease, a member of the Atlantic Sun Preseason All Conference Team, the Lady Bisons closed out the match with a set score of 25-22.
Hinemeyer helped the Lady Bisons to their second win of the season with a total of 14 kills for a .483 hitting percentage in the match. Pease had 41 assists in the match. A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year, Alex Kelly, contributed once again with 11 kills for a hitting percentage of .231. Freshman Kaycee Green made a strong showing with 9 kills and a .368 hitting percentage in the match
"It's awesome to have so many options to set to," said Rosenthal. "To be able to watch Jake, who did a fantastic job distributing the ball, it was great. A lot of the credit has to go to Jake.
"I'm really proud of Meghan and Kaycee. They both stepped up and played to the levels they are capable of playing. There is no doubt those two are going to be a deadly combo for the rest of the year."
With their second win of the day, the Lady Bisons brought their record to a prefect 2-0, while the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech fall to 0-2.
The Lady Bisons next take on host University of Tennessee tomorrow at 1:30pm CT in their final game of the tournament.
"It's a big arena, a big stage, and a big team," said Rosenthal. "It's what this team has been working for and these girls are ready."
This story was written by Katie Haab, a student member of the athletics communications staff.

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The night of Saturday, Dec. 15, Dave Guilfoyle had one focus.
"My concern was that Calum was going to die," Guilfoyle said. "I was concerned with keeping him alive and keeping him warm. That's what I had been thinking about most."
Earlier that day, Guilfoyle had been part of a four-person group that attempted to climb an icy slide on the remote 4,610-foot Nippletop Mountain, located southeast of Lower AuSable Lake in the Dix Mountain Wilderness. During the trip, one of the climbers, 41-year-old Syracuse resident Calum Stewart, took a fall that sent him tumbling down the mountain.
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Forest rangers Scott Van Laer (front), Kevin Burns (right) and carry injured climber Calum out of the woods Sunday.
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One of his climbing partners, Jim Wallace, said the fall came shortly after Stewart had asked to be attached to an anchored rope. Prior to that, the members had been relying on just their crampons and ice axes, handling it with relative ease on what Wallace said had been an "extraordinary day."
Wallace said the plan from the start had been for the four climbers to work together. Wallace and Chris Lang were the two most experienced climbers in the group. Wallace said he had climbed and hiked in the Adirondacks hundreds of times and done trips to places such as Washington's Mount Rainier, while Lang has had similar experiences and has climbed North America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley, in Alaska. Guilfoyle also had lots of hiking and some ice climbing experience, while Stewart was more experienced as a hiker and learning how to ice climb.
If any of the men needed a hand, they were to tell the others. So when Stewart requested that he needed a rope, Wallace went right to work to set one up.
"(He) was calm," Wallace said. "There was no indication he was going to fall."
But as Wallace was setting up an ice anchor to secure a rope, Stewart unexpectedly lost his footing. Stewart fell uncontrollably for 30 seconds and landed a few hundred feet down the mountain, Wallace said.
"It's like someone threw him off the mountain," Wallace said. "We were just devastated. We couldn't do anything but watch. It was the saddest, just a sick feeling.
Immediately after the accident, Wallace said he thought Stewart was dead. Then he heard a noise and saw some motion.
"He was moaning; I could see an arm moving," Wallace said. "We knew it was very bad. It was a miracle that he was even going to be alive."
The group knew that their one chance for saving Stewart was to have emergency personnel perform a backcountry rescue. The trio decided that Wallace and Lang would climb to the top of the mountain and use Wallace's cell phone to call for help. While they went for help, Guilfoyle would make his way down to Stewart and care for him.
Wallace said he had called his wife from Nippletop's peak in the past, but this time he didn't get a signal. When the phone failed, the men hiked 7.5 miles to their car in a parking lot close to the trailhead on the AuSable Club's property in St. Huberts. The pair then drove to Keene Valley, where they called 911 at about 8 p.m. The call was transferred to the state Department of Environmental Conservation's dispatch center in Ray Brook. Soon after, Wallace and Lang met up with Forest Ranger Rob Praczkajlo at the Noonmark Diner in Keene Valley.
The group then drove to the trailhead and began discussing a plan to rescue Stewart. Because the first few miles of the trail are actually a dirt road on the AuSable Club property, the DEC contacted the club and arranged to use one of their buildings as a command post for the rescue.
Staying awake
While Wallace and Lang were going for help and later working with rescuers on a plan, Guilfoyle was hard at work trying to keep Stewart alive.
One of Guilfoyle's chief tasks was to keep Stewart warm on this frigid night when temperatures had dipped into the single digits.
One of the first things Guilfoyle did when he found Stewart was to cover him in spare clothes, trying to prevent him from getting hypothermia and frostbite. He put Wallace's warm down jacket over Stewart's upper body. Guilfoyle also stripped off all of the clothes on his upper body except for a shirt and his down jacket. He gave those to his injured friend. Guilfoyle also cut branches from a nearby evergreen tree and placed them over and under Wallace.
Throughout the night, Guilfoyle engaged Stewart in conversation to keep him awake. The man had serious injuries. Stewart, who had been wearing a helmet, had fractured his skull, broken a rib and was badly bruised.
"He would start off being very alert and then he would come and go," Guilfoyle said. "He was probably talking to me more from a dream than he was from where he was. He would then be right back into talking about the situation."
Despite the injuries, Stewart had an inner drive that made him believe he could get out of the woods. Part of that was driven by his personality and part of it was a result of the head injury. At this point, Stewart could sit up but not stand up, let alone walk.
"There was a tenacity that he wanted to get off the mountain," Guilfoyle said. "I explained to him that it's going to be very difficult for us to get out, the two of us."
In the meantime, Guilfoyle didn't know if rescuers were coming because he had no way to contact anyone. So Guilfoyle just focused on the little things, like talking to Stewart, and hoped that help would arrive soon.
"I kind of just tried to focus on morning because I knew we wouldn't have to make a decision until morning," he said. "Trying to get off the mountain in the dark was just not plausible. ... I was also afraid that Calum would possibly stop breathing, that there would be something that would happen that kind of forced our hand so that we'd have to start downclimbing."
Lights in the distance
At roughly 2:30 a.m., after about 10 hours of caring for Stewart, Guilfoyle saw his first glimmer of hope. There were headlamps headed in his direction.
At first, Guilfoyle thought the headlights were his friends returning with warm clothes and sleeping bags, but it was actually a four-person rescue team led by Praczkajlo. He was with Forest Rangers David Russell and Bob Zurek and physicians assistant Gary Nye, a member of Adirondack Health's special Backcountry Rescue unit.
The men had been hiking in the dark since about 10:30 p.m. They parked their trucks at the end of the 4-mile AuSable Club road near Lower AuSable Lake. From there, they hiked another 3.5 miles to the slide.
While the first part of the hike through Elk Pass was relatively straightforward, the last mile was extremely difficult. The men had to bushwhack through a tight spruce forest. There was a slight herd path for part of the way, but it was narrow and difficult to follow in the dark.
Finally at about 3:30 a.m., the rescuers arrived and Nye went to work assessing Stewart's medical condition.
One of the first things they did was wrap Stewart in warm clothes, a sleeping bag and an emergency blanket. They also built a fire and prepared a landing area where they hoped Stewart could be lifted out by helicopter in the morning.
"Basically the night was just spent keeping the fire going and Calum was moaning and groaning - very, very upset all night," Praczkajlo said. "(The pain) actually got worse as his body core temperature came back up."
Getting out
There were two options for getting Stewart out of the woods. The first was to hoist him into a helicopter at first light. The other was to utilize manpower and haul him out by hand. The first option was eliminated at dawn because of snow squalls.
"Right at sunrise, there were these big icy snowflakes that were falling, so you know the clouds were really thick," Praczkajlo said. "There was no way there was going to be a helicopter."
After considering different exit routes, the rangers decided they would use climbing ropes to descend the slide, which they had avoided the night before by hiking through the woods. This meant they would have to descend five pitches of about 200 feet each.
Shortly after the decision was made to do a carry out, a second crew of forest rangers arrived with a litter that would be used to carry Stewart out. The second team consisted of Forest Rangers Kevin Burns, Jay Scott, Evan Donegan and Tom Gliddi. This group had left the trailhead at 4 a.m., bringing along carry out gear in case inclement weather prevented the use of a helicopter. Shortly after their arrival, Forest Ranger Scott Van Laer showed up with two volunteer climbers, Colin Loher and Don Mellor.
From about 9 a.m. to noon, the group made their way down the slide, carefully lowering the injured hiker in a secured "package."
Then came the tough part. From the bottom of the slide, the crew had to get though the thick spruce forest. Because the forest was so dense, the men had to blaze their own trail for about a mile. For the first part, the men used axes and handsaws. Halfway through the trip, another crew of rescuers arrived. This one had chainsaws that were used to clear a path for the final half-mile.
"There were boulders and holes and spruce and everything else in the way too," Lt. Forest Ranger Charlie Platt said. "We were lucky to do 20 feet at a time."
The footing was also slippery at times because of ice. There was only about 6 inches of fluffy snow on the ground.
Once they got through the bushwhack, the trail widened and things got a little bit easier. But by this time, most of the rangers were exhausted.
"Prior to this junction, every ranger that had been there had been up all night," Praczkajlo said. "It was all personnel that had been there from the beginning pretty much. So we were pretty smoked at that point."
A few of the forest rangers started talking about how tired they were. One mentioned how he had hiked all of Saturday for work, and another mentioned he had been skiing at Whiteface Mountain.
Stewart picked up on this conversation in his dazed state and called the forest rangers "a bunch of whiners" in his Scottish accent. Stewart is a native of Scotland.
"It was pretty funny," Praczkajlo said with a laugh.
Praczkajlo said Stewart was actually pretty upset most of the night, a result of his severe injures.
"He wanted us to let him walk; he wanted to get out," Praczkajlo said. "He nicknamed it 'The Machine,' this carry that we were doing."
Eventually at about 8 p.m., the crews got Stewart to Lake Road on AuSable Club property. From there, they drove him in a truck to a waiting ambulance, about 28 hours after his fall had taken place.
By the end of the effort, more than 30 people had helped in the rescue, including 15 forest rangers and one environmental conservation officer. Six teams of people had gone into the woods to help carry Stewart out. In addition to the DEC, volunteers from the Keene and Keene Valley fire departments and SARNAK participated.
Stewart arrived at Elizabethtown Community Hospital Sunday night and was transported to Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vt. the next day, where he underwent surgery and is now recovering.
"He's got a fractured rib. He's got a whole slew of stuff," Wallace said Tuesday night. "He was as close as (one) can be without being dead basically, but today was a great recovery day. He was talking."
Wallace said that the climbers who went out on the slide that day and Stewart's family and friends were all extremely thankful for the incredible effort made to save his life.
"The rangers, the volunteers, those people, man, they are the greatest," Wallace said. "The effort was phenomenal."


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My life is usually filled with rather intense preparation but for these weeks, it was just a wonderful time to step back and to read some books that I otherwise wouldn't be able to read but wanted to read, to spend time talking and walking with Patricia and to spend just time enjoying what God has given us together. And also, to just think with sort of a clear mind about ministry and about the church which is really, as you know, my life. And as I thought about the church over these days and as I was refreshed physically and spiritually and mentally, thinking about the church I found that I never thought about programs. I really never thought about facilities. But I thought often about the spiritual issues in peoples' lives. The Lord was bringing to mind individuals who are struggling, individuals who are suffering. I did have the opportunity to be with some folks who are going through some very difficult times. I was able to go by the hospital and pray with Nancy Baker who has terminal cancer and to speak to other folks who are struggling with issues, a pastor friend of mine whose wife has decided to leave him.
My life, I found, was really swept up with the spiritual needs of people. And that's really as it ought to be. And I, as I began to think about what I might share with you at the Lord's table, this morning, there's one thing at the top of my list that is a spiritual concern to me. And it really has to do with people who are in the church but not in the Kingdom. And I know there are people who go to Grace Church, I know there are people who are part of this church visibly who are here, who are here this morning, who have heard it all but don't know Christ. That is really the most serious of all contemplations for a pastor.
Now there are some of you, of course, and I suppose all of us to some degree, who aren't what we ought to be. We're Christians but we aren't what we ought to be. And that is a concern. But frankly, some day we will be what we ought to be even if it going to take our death to accomplish it because some day we'll be in glory and the Lord will make us perfect.
A greater concern than Christians who aren't what they ought to be is people who aren't even Christians who are in the church. It...it's overwhelming to think about going to hell from Grace Community Church. This is not a good place to go to hell from because to whom much is given, much is required. And Hebrews 10 says, "Of how much more severe punishment shall he be thought worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God and counted the blood of the Covenant an unholy thing?" Far worse eternal punishment falls to the one who has heard the truth and rejected it. And if you've been in this church any length of time, you should have really heard it. And the more you have heard it, the more responsible you have become. Better off that you should have been a pagan and never heard the gospel, go to hell from that point, suffer far less.
So I guess the list of concerns on my heart is topped by that reality of people being a part of this church and not knowing Christ, not ever coming in true repentance and saving faith to embrace Jesus Christ. The Lord's table is a perfect place to address that because one of the things that we're commanded to do at the Lord's table, according to 1 Corinthians 11, is to examine ourselves, to see our spiritual condition before we partake of the bread and the cup. And, of course, in 2 Corinthians 13:5 the Apostle Paul said, "Test yourselves whether you be in the faith, examine yourselves." Certainly self-examination starts with, "Am I really a Christian? Have I genuinely repented and savingly embraced Jesus Christ as Lord?" And again, the great concern that I have is that there are people in this church, been in this church for some time, who are on their way to hell...and a severer hell, by far, for having heard the truth, understood the truth and not embraced Christ. And that's what leads me to the passage that I want to draw to your attention this morning as we prepare for the Lord's table.
Open your Bible to Hebrews chapter 5. I want to take a little bit lengthy passage and just give you an overview of it, this morning, in preparation for our time at the Lord's table. This passage is a warning to someone who knows the truth, the truth about Jesus, the truth about His death, the truth about His resurrection and the truth of the gospel, but will not let go of his sin or her sin and come to the Savior. I know there are people in this church like that, I know some of them personally, and certainly there are many that I don't. This is the ever-present danger of being close to salvation and being unsaved. And no passage is more dramatic in addressing this issue than the passage before us. Let's begin reading in Hebrews 5 verse 11.
"Concerning Him...that is Jesus Christ, subject of the prior verses...concerning Him, we have much to say, but it is hard to explain since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is a baby. But solid food is for the mature who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Therefore leave the elementary teaching about the Messiah, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and a faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands and a resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment, this we shall do, if God permits. For in the case of those who have once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit and have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the ages to come, if then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God. But if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed and it ends up being burned."
No passage, as I said, is more dramatic than this in warning a person who is in the church, who has heard the truth, knows the truth and has rejected the Savior. This is the severest of all dangers because if you fall away, you cannot be renewed to repentance.
Now let's identify, first of all, the problem here, and it comes in the end of chapter 5. Here is the problem unfolded in those four verses that end the chapter. The problem is, people have become dull of hearing. They have become babies. They lack discernment. That's what is basically stated there. Now let me give you the context a little bit.
The writer of Hebrews has some profound things to say. I daresay that the book of Hebrews is as profound as any book in the Bible. It has depth to it. In fact, I suppose for many Christians who are not well taught, the book of Hebrews may have mysteries that they find very difficult to comprehend. It is a book of great profundity, it is a book of great transcendence. It is a book that demands a rather extensive knowledge of the Old Testament. It is a book which reaches down very deeply into profound truths concerning redemption, concerning the gospel, concerning the person of Christ, concerning the meaning of the Old Testament, as well as the New. Nothing is more profound than the relationship of Jesus Christ to everything past...the relationship of Jesus to the Law, the relationship of Jesus to God, the relationship of Jesus to creation, the relationship of Jesus to angels, the relationship of Jesus to the sacrificial system, the relationship of Jesus to the priesthood, the relationship of Jesus to the covenants. It's a book of great profound truth regarding Jesus.
And in chapter 5, really at the end of chapter 4, the writer has begun to address some of the most profound elements regarding Jesus. He is identified in chapter 4 verse 14 as the great High Priest, Jesus the Son of God. And then the writer of Hebrews goes on to talk about Jesus. Down in chapter 5 verse 5 he refers to Christ again as a High Priest, as the Son of God...in verse 6, as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It goes on to talk about Him as one who learned obedience from the things He suffered in verse 8 and verse 9, became the source of eternal salvation. So he has started in to this great section on the priesthood of Jesus Christ, which is the most profound of all the sections of Hebrews. And he is far from done. Chapter 7, chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter 10 continue this discussion of the profundities of the priesthood of Jesus...greater than the priesthood of Melchizedek, greater than the priesthood of Aaron and all the priests that followed in the Aaronic priesthood.
But he stops just after starting the discussion and he says in verse 11, "Concerning Him," that is concerning the great High Priest, the Son of God, the Lord Jesus CHrist, "we have much to say." But really he's saying...I cannot go on because it's so hard to explain to you since you have become dull of hearing...I have a problem, I'm about to plumb the depths, I'm about to go into things that are profound and I have to stop and say there are some of you for whom this is not going to be comprehensible. You are so dull of hearing. Which is a gracious way of saying "stupid, sluggish." This is very tough to get across to you in your condition. You once responded to the message of the gospel with interest and you understood it. You understood Jesus, the incarnate God coming into the world, living a perfect life, dying a substitutionary death, rising from the dead, providing salvation by grace through faith, you understood that. But you didn't respond to it.
Well what had happened was, the letter to the Hebrews was written to a Jewish church. We don't know who wrote it but we know to whom it was written, it was written to the Hebrews, to Jewish believers. But on the edges of that church were Jews who had acknowledged the truth intellectually but never embraced the Savior and they were there, they were attending, they were a part of it...maybe for social reasons, maybe for reasons of relationships, maybe because they felt that it drew them closer to God some way. For whatever the reasons, they were there and periodically through the epistle to the Hebrews which is addressed to the believers, there are warnings to these non-believers sitting on the edges mingling with that congregation. The writer says, "I have so many profound things to say but I have to stop and acknowledge that there are going to be some of you who are not going to get it. The reason is, you have become sluggish, thick, stupid, dull of hearing."
That's what happens. When you hear the truth and you do not embrace the truth, you begin to lose it. You lapse into a settled state of sluggishness, a settled state of dullness, no longer interested in the gospel, no longer desirous of the truth, no longer wanting to know about this, not willing to embrace Christ, holding tightly to your sin. The small gleam of light goes out. He says in verse 12, "For though by this time you ought to be teachers," he uses the word chronos for time, clock time, calendar time, chronology. You have been in that church enough times to be a teacher. Length of time is sufficient that you should be a teacher. You've heard it, you've...this isn't talking about a one-time visitor, this isn't talking about somebody who dropped in and heard the gospel. This isn't talking about somebody who comes on Easter and Christmas. This is talking about somebody who's been there a long enough time so that they have been exposed to enough truth that they should be teaching it. The assumption we could make is, this is how it's going to be in the church...there are going to be tares that settle in with the wheat and they'll be around long enough that they ought to be teaching what they themselves don't really believe. But instead of teaching...he says...you have need again of someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God.
You have put yourself in a position where you've lost what you had, where the small glimmer of light that was there is out and you need somebody to come and take you back to square one with the elementary principles of the oracles of God, the Word of God. Somebody to take you back to square one again. This is a really frightening thought. Hearing the truth and rejecting the truth, you lose the truth. You lose the ability to discern anyone. You've had full instruction in the gospel but by indecision and by hard-heartedness, you have become stupid and sluggish and dull of hearing and you require basic teaching all over again. You're like somebody who needs milk and not solid food, you're like a baby. You've regressed to an infantile position where you have to be taught the way a baby is taught, the very most simple matters of truth.
He goes on in verse 13, "For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he's a baby." He is likening this non-believer in the church to a little baby who can't digest profound truth. The word of righteousness is the teaching of truth. The word of righteousness is the Word of God. It's primarily, of course, the gospel, it's the word about the righteousness of God in Christ imputed to the sinner, the great doctrine of justification, of imputation of righteousness. You don't get it. You've lost what you had, you've regressed. The god of this world has blinded your minds now so that the light of the glorious gospel can't shine to you. These are not Christians, these are not Christians. They don't understand the great Christian gospel doctrine of righteousness with God through faith in Christ. They should but they don't.
What happens is this, you come to the church, you're initially attracted by the gospel. You don't respond to it. You lose that initial attraction. You are unable to comprehend the great truths of salvation because of your unbelief. You keep coming, you keep coming long enough to be a teacher in terms of the duration of the time you've been there and what you've heard, but you couldn't not only teach, you could barely understand.
Verse 14 he says, "Solid food is for the mature." The mature, or perfect as some translate it, is a term describing believers. Solid food is for believers who by the practice of hearing the truth and believing it have had their senses trained to discern good and evil. You see, the characteristic of being an adult is that you have discernment. A child has to be protected because they can't make wise choices, they have to be made for them by adults. And the writer of Hebrews is saying you're like that baby, you don't know what to pick and choose in life, you are ignorant, sluggish, dull of hearing, lazy, you lack discernment, you can't protect yourself and you have lost the little glimmer of light that once was there. You're not like those perfect ones, those mature ones, those believers who in hearing the Word and putting it into practice have had their senses trained to grow into maturity and with maturity comes a discernment. And to the discerning you can present the book of Hebrews. To the discerning you can present the deep truths of the priesthood of Jesus Christ. And they love it. They relish it. They take it in. They embrace it. They glorify God for it. They apply it in their lives.
Now this is the problem in the church. And the more faithful the teaching of the Word of God in the church, the more the problem takes on the shape of Hebrews 5...people who come to a church where the Word of God is faithfully being taught, initially interested, but eventually dull of hearing, infantile, unable to understand the basics of righteousness. They are in severe danger, severe danger. They've listened, they've understood the truth, the way of righteousness, they heard it, they maybe believed it. They never embraced it. They lost it. They regressed back to some level of infantile understanding and they need the most elementary basic teaching all over again.
From the problem, there's a plea that follows. Look at chapter 6. He says, "Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Messiah, about Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and a faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. This we shall do if God permits."
What is this? This is really a call to salvation. He says to these people...Look, you've got to get on pass this elementary stuff. You've got to leave it.
He carries on the analogy of the baby and the mature. Let us move on to maturity, let's become adults. And again I say, mature or perfect means saved. Leave the elementary things, separate yourself from the basics, come all the way to salvation, come all the way.
These people, of course, were holding on to their Judaism. He says you can't lay again that foundation. You can't just hang on to the Old Testament. You can't just hold on even to the Word of God in the Old Testament. You have to go on. You can't just hold to the elementary teachings about the Christos, about the Messiah. That's referring to Old Testament teaching, not New Testament teaching about Christ. You can't hang on to those things.
And he tells us what they are. There are six of them mentioned here. You can't just hold on to repentance from dead works. Repentance is a critical part of salvation but by itself it can't save you. Repentance is not enough, it's not enough to repent of your sin and to repent of your self-righteous dead works. It's not enough. It's not enough to say you're sorry for your sin and you're sorry for thinking you were righteous...not enough.
Furthermore he says, it's not enough to just hold on to faith toward God. I mean, it's right to have faith toward God but it's not enough...not enough. Jews believed in the true and living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of creation and the God of redemption. They believed in the true God but that wasn't enough. It wasn't enough to be sorry for their sins, even their sins of self-righteousness. It wasn't enough to believe in the true and living God.
Furthermore, you can't just relay the foundation of instruction about washings, certain Old Testament purification rites and ceremonies. That's not enough. Those were only symbols.
It's not enough for you to hang on to the laying on of hands. What's that? Well, according to Leviticus 1:4, when they brought a sacrifice to be offered, the person who brought the sacrifice put his or her hands on the sacrifice. Put the hands on the sacrifice as a way of identifying with that substitute that was dying, as it were, in their place. So it refers to the sacrificial system. You cannot hold on to your own repentance, hold on to believing in God even though He's the true God, you can't hold on to your purgings and washings and Old Testament ceremonies, you can't even hold on to the sacrifices.
It's not enough, furthermore, he says, to just hold to the resurrection of the dead. The Old Testament taught the resurrection of the dead. Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." Why? "Because though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." Job had the hope to see God. David's little baby son died. David said, "I'll go to him." He had the hope of eternal life. David even said that God would not allow His holy one to see corruption but would show him the path of life. The Old Testament is clear about eternal life, about a future life, about a hope. Daniel 12:2 talks about that same hope.
But that wasn't enough. It's not even enough to fear eternal judgment, he says. You can be holding tightly to your Judaism, that's the foundation, that's the elementary things. That's not enough. You can't just lay again that foundation.
Repentance from your dead works, faith toward God, washings, sacrifices, believing in the resurrection and fearing eternal judgment, that's not enough. What do you mean it's not enough? Repentance from dead works must become repentance toward Jesus Christ who is life. Faith toward God must become faith in the Lord Jesus Christ who is God, the Savior. Ceremonial washings for cleansing on the outside must be replaced by the washing of regeneration that washes the soul through faith. Laying hands on an animal sacrifice must be exchanged or laying hold of the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world. Believing in the resurrection from the dead becomes full when you believe in the hope of eternal life and resurrection through faith in Jesus Christ. Eternal judgment, that's not enough, you must believe that Jesus Christ has taken the full penalty for your sins, satisfied the just, eternal judgment requirement of God who grants salvation and forgiveness to the one who comes to Him in faith.
What he's saying is, Christ is better than all of these things. You can't get stuck on the elementary aspects of the Messiah in the Old Testament, you've got to move on. The problem is, they weren't moving on. And because of that, they were falling back into deeper darkness. That's a very serious, serious situation. So the writer says...Please, leave those things, leave those things, those elementary things and come to salvation in Christ. That's his plea.
And then comes the warning. This is one of the most familiar and strongest of all the warnings in the book of Hebrews, and there are a number of these warnings. This one stands out. Here's why. Four...verse 4, "In the case of those who have once been enlightened," speaking of these people who knew the truth, "and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good Word of God and the power of the ages to come, and then have fallen away...here's the key...it's impossible to renew them again to repentance. They again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame."
Here's the warning. And what the writer says is...Folks, if you don't come to Christ and you fall away, you're forever damned. Serious. That's why I say it's better to go to hell from a pagan environment than from Grace Church, much better, because you're going to have less punishment than one who has heard the truth well enough to be able to teach it and reject it and lapsed into darkness and fallen away.
People who are intellectually convinced can be immunized, they can be vaccinated by a mild and deadly form of Christianity. And he defines that here with five expressions of the advantages that this kind of person has. If you were in this congregation, or you're in our congregation, you've had these advantages. They perhaps even to a greater degree, I'll explain why, he says in verse 4, "In the case of those who have once been enlightened," that's the first advantage. These are privileges that do not accompany salvation, by the way. These are privileges that do not accompany salvation.
The first one is to be enlightened. It means simply to be taught, that's all it means...you've been taught. If you come to Grace Church, you've been taught. If you went to the assembly of these Hebrews, you would have been taught. It means to understand something by hearing it or reading it. That's essentially what it means. It means to be instructed in the gospel, to have an intellectual knowledge. They had that, you've had that.
He adds, secondly, that you have tasted of the heavenly gift. The heavenly gift, what's that? Salvation, Christ. Tasting is not consuming, tasting is not drinking. Drinking is taking it all in. This idea is to experience something. They experienced the gospel. They experienced that in the messages that were preached. They experienced it in the worship of the people as they celebrated their love for Christ, as they sang hymns and songs together. They experienced it in the life of other believers. They saw the power of Christ in the salvation of others. They saw their transformed lives. They tasted the heavenly gift of salvation in Christ. It's that unspeakable gift of Jesus Christ, the Savior. They tasted it.
If you're in this church, you've tasted it. Maybe you're married to a believer, maybe your children are believers and you've tasted it in the home. You have been sanctified, as 1 Corinthians 7 says, by the presence of a believer in your home. The blessing that God pours on them splatters on you.
So you've had the knowledge in your mind and you've experienced the gospel glory around you in the message, in the worship, in the ministries, in the transformed lives of believers. "You also," he says, "have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit." Not possessors, but partakers. How? By association. You see the power of the Spirit of God. There's no other explanation for the growth of the church. That would be true of the assembly of Hebrew people as the Spirit of God was converting people to Christ, as the Spirit of God was drawing sinners to Christ, lives were being transformed, the church was flourishing, the church was growing, spiritual gifts were being manifest. The work of God was going on in its supernatural way through the energizing of the Holy Spirit and non-believers were experiencing that. They were partakers of the Holy Spirit by association. They were fellowshipping with Spirit-filled believers.
Then he adds in verse 5, "You've tasted the good Word of God." Pure truth, gospel teaching, you've tasted it. Quite different to take it in and consume it, but they tasted it. Whenever they assembled in the early church it was for the teaching of the Word of God. Whenever they came together they read the Scripture, explained the Scripture and applied the Scripture. And those people who were associated with that church came and they experienced that. They experienced the good Word of God. They got a taste of what it was like.
If you come here you have the same thing. You're getting a little taste of it this morning. You've been going with us through the gospel of Luke, you have tasted the power, the grandeur, the glory, the wonder, the majesty of the Scriptures.
And he adds, "You've also tasted the powers of the age to come." What are the power of the age to come? What's the age to come? The Kingdom, the Kingdom of Christ. You've tasted the powers of the age to come. Well this in some ways was unique to them because the Apostles were still alive at this time, they had experienced some of the powerful ministry of the Apostles. Hebrews chapter 2 verse 3, "How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation after it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard?"
In other words, these people first heard the gospel from somebody who heard it from Jesus. "And God bore them witness," verse 4, "by signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit." So there must have been Apostles because those were the signs of an Apostle. So they saw apostolic ministry first hand with signs and wonders and miracles. They saw Kingdom power. When the Kingdom comes there will be signs and wonders and miracles and they got a taste of that.
So these people had full exposure. They were enlightened, that is they understood the truth. They tasted the heavenly gift, that is they experienced the power of salvation through Christ. They were partakers of the Holy Spirit in that they associated with people whose lives were being empowered by the Holy Spirit. They tasted the good Word of God. They were exposed to the pure powerful majestic truth of God. They even experienced Kingdom power in signs and wonders worked by the Apostles so that their minds, their consciences, their affections had been deeply moved by the truth.
By the way, I have to comment on what isn't there. None of those expressions that I just read you in verses 4 and 5 ever appears anywhere in Scripture to describe salvation. Not talking about saved people. None of those expressions is ever used anywhere to refer to salvation. You don't see the word "faith," you don't see that. You don't see conversion, you don't see justification, you don't see salvation, you don't see redemption. No terms familiar to salvation are there because these people aren't saved. They had all of this short of salvation. No mention of believing, no mention of receiving the truth.
Now he says to them in verse 6, "Having had all that, if you then have fallen away, if you walk away and don't come to Christ, if you continue in a persistent act of redemption, rebellion and disobedience to the gospel, it is impossible to renew you again to repentance." Whoa...what a statement, that's the warning.
Why? Why is it impossible? Because you can't have any more revelation. If you've sat there long enough to be a teacher and you've experienced all of these things and you turn and walk away, you'll never be saved. That is a classic definition of apostasy. That's it. Why? Because there's no more opportunity. You've heard it, you've seen it, you've experienced it, you could teach it, you've been there so long. Nothing left to say to you. You turn, you walk away, it's impossible to renew such a person again to repentance. Because in walking away, end of verse 6, "They have crucified to themselves the Son of God." Their little personal act of crucifixion. They have decided to stand with the crucifiers and put Jesus to open shame. "You are affirming that Jesus was not the Savior, you are standing with the crucifiers who said, 'We will not have this man reign over us.'" You are saying...Go ahead and kill Him, I want nothing to do with Him. You put Him to open shame. By walking away, you openly declare that Jesus was guilty as charged and deserved to die.
This is the verdict of any person who rejects the full revelation of Christ. If you would dare to do this, you will never be saved. This is the warning. This obviously is at the top of the list, I think, of any pastor who understands what's going on in the church. What a horrifying thought that you would be here in this church and from here you would go to hell. "Of how much sorer punishment shall you be thought worthy."
This interpretation is secured then by a closing illustration. Look at verse 7. Here's the illustration of this principle. "For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is tilled receives a blessing from God. But if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed and ends up being burned."
Simple illustration. The rain falls. What is the rain? The rain is the gospel. It falls and it lands on ground that brings forth vegetation. And that's the blessing of God. That's the gospel falling on people who respond. But the same gospel, verse 8, falls on others and it brings thorns and thistles, worthless, cursed, burned...same gospel. This is the free blessing of gospel preaching, gospel truth, a free blessing of spiritual enlightenment.
One piece of ground reacts by producing vegetation that is good. And that's the blessing of God. That's the one who receives the gospel by faith in Christ. On the other hand, the ground the receives the same gospel produces thorns and briars, that's the one who receives the pre-salvation work of the Spirit but rejects Christ and is cursed and burned. What a great tragedy of all tragedies.
As we come to the Lord's table today, it is a time of self-examination and that's where it has to start. Second Corinthians 13:5, "Test yourselves whether you are in the faith, examine yourself." This is so serious. Let's pray.
Father, as we come to heart response to Your truth, we ask that the Spirit of God would reveal to us the true condition of our hearts. Even as I say that, Lord, I know there are people here who have heard it and heard it and who are right there in danger of falling away to be damned as apostate. Father, I pray that You would be gracious to them, that You would permit them to believe. Draw them to Yourself.
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Japan classy in defeat to U.S. in soccer final
LONDON – Japan's women's soccer team lost a game but gained a worldwide army of admirers Thursday, thanks to its touching display of class following the Olympic final.
The Japanese, winners of the Women's World Cup last year, came up just short in losing 2-1 to the United States at Wembley Stadium, and many of the players were so devastated that they wept onto the turf when the final whistle blew.
Less than 15 minutes later, though, they showed exactly how to bow out with dignity. While the Americans emerged from the locker room tunnel relishing a victory by sporting T-shirts emblazoned with a deserved boast – "Greatness Has Been Found" – Japan kept things a little more low key.
Led by captain Aya Miyama, Japan's players held hands as they walked onto the field, skipping, jumping, and smiling as they headed toward the podium, and a delighted crowd roared its approval. Once they stood on the dais, Miyama and her players leaped in the air as a victor might normally, then performed a special wave of respect to all corners of the stadium.
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Any women's team could be forgiven for snubbing FIFA president Sepp Blatter for his previous sexist comments about how women's players should wear skirts. But just like the U.S. and bronze medalist Canada, Japan accepted its medals gracefully.
After the official ceremony, the Japanese players had time for one more group hug before remaining on the field for 20 minutes to snap photos of Wembley's iconic structure and to pose with the American team, with whom they have become close friends as well as respected opponents.
Meanwhile, U.S. coach Pia Sundhage was off into the stands, standing alongside the family of captain Christie Rampone and performing an impromptu air guitar jam session as the strains of "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen blared out of the stadium sound system.
Given the respect between the teams, it was no shock that the final was played in great spirit. Carli Lloyd's two goals put the Americans ahead, but Japan bounced back through Yuki Ogimi and narrowly failed to push the game into extra time late on.
[Related: Lloyd leads U.S. women to gold medal in soccer]
The Japanese women's inspirational 2011 World Cup final victory was dedicated to the victims of the devastating tsunami that struck their country and endeared them to the world, and leading player Homare Sawa spoke during the Olympics of her gratitude for the way the soccer community had taken the squad into its collective heart.
Japan drew some criticism early in the Olympics, though, for the admission of head coach Norio Sasaki that he had told his players to play for a draw with a weak South Africa team in the group stage in order to avoid having to travel to Scotland for its quarterfinal match. It responded by beating Brazil to reach the last four, then knocked off France in the semifinal.
Whatever your thoughts on the deliberate draw, it is hard to think we will see a classier losing team at this or any other Olympics.
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UK Police's 'Ring Of Steel' Spying On Every Car Entering And Leaving Town Ruled Disproportionate
from the what-about-the-digital-ring-of-steel? dept
The UK is famous for its abundant CCTV cameras, but it's also pretty keen on the equally intrusive Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras that can identify cars and hence their owners as they pass. Here, for example, is what's been going on in the town of Royston, whose local police force has just had its knuckles rapped by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for the over-enthusiastic deployment of such ANPR systems there:
The use of these cameras has effectively made it impossible for anyone to drive their car in and out of Royston without a record being kept of the journey. The scheme is regularly referred to as 'the ring of steel'.
This decision is welcome not just because it orders this disproportionate scheme to be halted, but also because it lays down a general principle of proportionality for surveillance. That's particularly interesting in the context of the revelations that all the UK's communications are being scooped up by GCHQ, the local version of the NSA. That other "ring of steel" hardly seems proportionate either, so the obvious question is whether it might be challenged on the same grounds mentioned in the enforcement notice from the ICO (pdf):
Following a joint complaint about the scheme from the privacy groups Big Brother Watch, Privacy International and No CCTV, the ICO began an investigation to see whether the use of the cameras was justifiable and complied with the Data Protection Act. The ICO found that the constabulary failed to carry out any effective impact assessments before introducing the system of cameras. As a result it has not been able to give a satisfactory explanation to justify their use.
The ICO has now ruled that the collection of the information is unlawful -- breaching principle one of the [Data Protection] Act -- and excessive -- breaching principle three. Hertfordshire Constabulary has been issued with an enforcement notice ordering the force to stop processing people's information in this way, unless they can justify the ANPR cameras use by way of a proper privacy impact assessment, or similar such assessment.
In particular, the Commissioner is mindful of the provisions of Article 8 of the ECHR [European Convention on Human Rights] in that licensed vehicle keepers have the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence which has been unlawfully interfered with [by the police in Royston in this case].
Article 8 of the ECHR is as follows:
Article 8 -- Right to respect for private and family life
It's true there is the get-out clause "except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security". But equally there is the important word "necessary": is it really absolutely necessary that every single communication going into and out of the UK be spied upon for national security? It might be a question worth asking the European Court of Human Rights....
1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
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Yesterday, Sarah Palin emphasized in her interview with Matt Lauer that whoever becomes the GOP nominee should not play it safe in his selection of a vice presidential running mate. She declined to answer outright whether she thinks this year's VP nominee should have more experience on the national stage than she did in 2008, but she did say she thinks the presidential nominee should "go rogue" with his pick.
Former GOP presidential nominee John McCain backed up those statements today with this:
On CBS's This Morning, McCain, the 2008 GOP nominee, was asked whether he agreed with his former running mate that Romney should 'go rogue' in picking a vice president.
"I think it should be Sarah Palin," McCain answered, laughing. And while he did not backtrack from that statement, he did say that there was a "wealth of talent" in the GOP field, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
It's an interesting proposition. She's far more seasoned than she was in 2008, with a loyal fan base that would be incredibly energized by her presence on the ticket. But would she accept? She declined to run for the presidency herself, maintaining that she can have more influence as a media presence than as an actual candidate. If she worried she wouldn't have enough influence as the presidential nominee or the president, then she surely wouldn't be satisfied with the level of influence the vice presidential nomination offers, even if it was her launching pad to the fame she now enjoys.
The willingness of any Republican to accept a slot on the 2012 GOP ticket will be in part determined by the probability of victory. At this stage in the game, as Obama leads Romney nationally and stoops to the lowest possible attacks on Paul Ryan, the vice presidential nomination might not appear so much a reward as a challenge. If not Sarah Palin herself, the vice presidential nominee will have to at least possess her pluck and fighting spirit. The eventual GOP nominee better not play it safe, indeed.


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- Must complete and pass a pre-employment examination revealing no physical or mental limitations that would impair ability to perform routine or emergency duties (with or without a reasonable accommodation)
- Must pass a rigorous six week training program
- Must be able to travel freely within the United States and without restriction to all countries United serves
- Some countries place entry restrictions on foreign visitors. For instance, Canada prohibits entry to people who have been convicted of criminal offenses or who have criminal charges currently pending against them. Some convictions that make a person inadmissible for entry into Canada include theft, driving while intoxicated (DWI) and a number of felonies and misdemeanors. There are procedures to seek special permission or waivers from Canada to permit entry, but these are not automatic. This is not a complete list of countries with restrictions
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Nike has certainly made Flyknit one of their highlight stories of the year. The new technology does not only feel right, but actually also adds a completely different look and appeal to the brand's running shoes. The Flyknit Trainer+ is the flagship sneaker in the line-up and it drops this weekend at 21 Mercer in a series of new colors, ranging from bold orange and neon yellow to more subtle blue, black and purple versions.
You can also purchase the sneaker from Nike Store here.


text: "Why do we do this? Have you seen the alternative? The Australian mainstream media? It's a gaggle of press releases presented in a cling wrap of captured commentary. Unwrap it and you find nothing but one business agenda after another. Mainstream media can no longer afford to employ smart enough people to judge the difference between that and the interests of its readers."


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Amethyst, the gemstone believed by ancient Greeks and Romans to ward off the intoxicating powers of Bacchus, also is said to keep the wearer clear-headed and quick-witted. Amethyst is purple quartz, a beautiful blend of violet and red that can found in every corner of the earth. Throughout history, the gemstone has been associated with many myths, legends, religions, and numerous cultures. English regalia were even decorated with amethysts during the Middle Ages to symbolize royalty. Historically, the finest amethyst were found in Russia and were featured in much royal European jewelry. Today, while Brazil is the primary source of this gemstone, this fine material can be found elsewhere, especially in Zambia.
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Thought i had seen it all then today happened. Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and the final outcome?
Sitrep -
Applied for Job X.
Invited to interview for Job X and given Job X full position description and terms and benefits.
1st Interview for job X, met with both CEO and CTO at company HQ, all goes well.
Invited for second interview for Job X at different office, met with other interviewers who tell me glad that i am here to apply for Job X
Interview goes well and within matter of hours HR Director phones to tell me would like to meet to discuss terms - ob very happy to do so.
Travel to head office today, and HR director makes offer of job Z
Job Z unlike Job X
Job Z a middle position in company not senior as per Job X
Job Z 30k less money than Job X
So is this just complete incompetence, trying it on - or just pretty normal for the UK marketplace? Im shocked, feel pretty emotionally shattered by it all.
Thoughts anyone?
I have politely as I can said no to the offer but would be happy to discuss the terms of the job I actually applied for.


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For the library to be useful, it is necessary to support installations that use different operating systems for the machines, as well as different versions of the servers. Specifically, it is necessary to allow some aspects of the system to vary.
Depending on the operating system, or even just how the server is installed on the machine, the procedures for bringing the server down and up will differ.
Configurations are managed different ways depending on the deployment and there are various other tools to manage configurations of large systems.
As part of the management of the topology, it is necessary to change the configuration files, but this should play well with other tools.
In either case, any specific method for configuration handling should neither be required nor enforced.
- In the example in the previous article, the technique for cloning a server was demonstrated. In this case the naive method of copying the database files was used. For the general case, however, some backup method will be used, but it depends on the requirements of the deployment. In other words, it is necessary to parameterize the backup method as well.
Each server in the system has a specific role to fulfill. Some server are final slaves whose only purpose is to answer queries, at least one server is a master, and some servers are relay servers.
To allow the system to be parameterized on these aspects, a set of abstract classes is introduced. In the figure you can see a UML diagram describing the high-level architecture of the Replicant library.In the figure, there are four abstract classes:
- The responsibility of this class it to handle all issues that are specific to the remote operating system, for example, to fetch files or issue commands to start and stop the server.
- The responsibility of this class is to maintain the configuration of a server. To do this, it may need to parse configuration files to be able to extract the specific section containing the definition.
- The responsibility of this class is to provide the primitives to create a backup and restore a backup. In both cases, the class supports taking a backup and potentially placing the backup image at a different machine, and restoring it.
- The responsibility of this class is to provide all the information necessary to configure a server in a role. Since the role does not only entails pure configuration information, but can also involve keeping certain tables and other database objects available, this is modeled as a separate class.
Server class relies on a
instance and a
Config instance to implement the interface
to the machine and to the configuration, respectively.
Configuration Management
The configuration of the server is made part of the Replicant library since manipulating the server configuration is usually necessary when changing roles of servers.
Depending on the deployment, other configuration managers such as cfengine or puppet are used to administer the configuration of all servers, while others hand-edit the configuration files (which has to be for small configurations, since it would be a pain to administer larger deployments in this way).
Long-term, there should be support for some safety measures when working with server configurations, so implementing an interface for handling server configurations in a safe transaction-like manner—or maybe this should be called a RCU-style manner—seems like a good idea. To support that, the following methods to fetch and replace configurations are introduced.
- Server.fetch_config()
- Returns a
Configinstance of the configuration for the server.
- Server.replace_config(config)
- Replace the configuration of the server with the modified configuration instance config.
This will allow an implementation to keep version numbers around to avoid conflicts, but is not required by the interface.
Config instance can then be manipulated by using
the following methods:
- Config.get(option)
- Get the value of option as a string.
- Config.set(option[, value])
- Set the value of option to value. If no
value is supplied,
Noneis used, which denotes that the option is set but not given a specific string value.
- Config.remove(option)
- Remove the option from the configuration instance entirely.
config = server.fetch_config() config.set('log-bin', 'master-bin') server.replace_config(config)
A MySQL server can run on many different machines and in many setups. A server can run on Linux, Solaris, or Windows, and even in those cases, there can be multiple servers on a single machine.
For a Linux machine with a single server, one usually uses the
For Windows and Solaris, the procedure for starting and stopping
servers are entirely different. Windows starts and stops the servers
net start MySQL and
net stop MySQL,
while Solaris uses the svcadm(1M)
To parameterize the system over the various ways it can be installed, the concept of a Machine is introduced (I actually had problems figuring out a name for this, but this was suggested to me and seems to be good enough).
The responsibility of the
Machine class is to provide
an interface to access the installed server together with installation
information such as the location of configuration files.
One of the more important techniques when managing a set of server is the ability to clone a slave or a master to create new slaves. Cloning involves taking a backup of a server and then restoring the backup image on a the new slave. Since the techniques for taking backups vary a lot and different techniques will be used in different situations, parameterizing over the various backup methods is sensible.
- BackupMethod.backup_to(server, url)
- This method will take a backup of server and store it at the location indicated by url.
- BackupMethod.restore_from(server, url)
- This method will restore the backup image indicated by url into server.
In a deployment, each server is configured to play a specific
role. It can either be acting as a master, a slave, or even a
relay. To represent a role, a separate
Role class is
introduced. Once a role is created, a server can be imbued
with it.
- Not every server have an assigned role.
- Each server can just have a single role.
- Each roles can be assigned to multiple servers.
Since a role may encompass much more than just setting some configuration parameters, this more flexible approach was chosen. When imbuing a server with a role, a piece of Python code is executed to configure the server correctly.
The use of roles in this case is actually just one of many choices, and when using this approach, there is actually two different ways that roles can be used. I am slightly undecided on the two and would like to hear comments on which one to use.
- Roles are just applied to the initial deployment and does not play any role after the system have been deployed. Roles are imbued into a server initially, and then the configuration of the server can be changed by procedures to manipulate the deployment.
- Roles exists in the entire deployment and when a server changes
roles in the deployment, the Role instance will also change. Every
server is assigned a role in the system, which is represented using
a subclass of the
The first is by far the easiest to implement, which is why I chose this at this time. Since the roles are just containers for configuration options and other items that needs to be added, they are easy to write. Since this is what is used in the library currently, it is also what you see in the class design above.
The second approach seems better, but it has a number of consequences:
- Every server has to have a role class associated with it, even the "initial" role is required.
- If the role changes, another role class will be associated with it. This forces the role class to not only be able to imbue a server in a role, but to also unimbue the server from that role.
- It cannot be possible to change the configuration of a server directly, it has to be in the form of defining a role and then changing the server to that role. Unimbuing the server from a role becomes very hard if the configuration of the server is changed outside the control of the role.


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Learn the fundamentals of Yoga & experience an invigorating Vinyasa flow
Join me at CorePower Yoga in Laguna Hills for a foundation-building yoga class that will work every muscle through movement and breath at a moderate, but intuitive pace.
What to Bring: A bottle of water, a towel and a yoga mat. Wear fitted workout clothes, ideally ones that wick away moisture.
*While no heat is added during C1 classes, the practice room can reach temperatures up to 85 degrees due to earlier yoga classes.


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In one of my projects I have data sample that is a list with tweets. The task is to extract every account name to separate field.
The sample data looks as follows (each line is a row - 1 column):
@msgerain [What the hell happened to you?] Appendicitis http://tr.im/dagerby
@msngregeain is @aragerekumar hiding from @yuvipergeeaa?
The result should be (each line is a row - 1 column):
@msngregeain @aragerekumar @yuvipergeeaa
I thought of using REGEX_REPLACE but that won't work because it matches only selected occurrence. It was a struggle for me to write the regex that would match other strings than \b@\w+\b. What would be your approach to do that?
REGEX_REPLACE or SUBSR to extract Twitter accounts from text
Moderator: NorbertKrupa


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Thanks, Batkid
The idea for the fantasy was to bring a day of joy for Miles Scott, a 5-year-old boy who had been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia since he was 20 months old. But something remarkable happened Friday when he was transformed into the superhero Batkid for a day.
He united the city as only a superhero could.
San Franciscans not only played along with his dream of saving Gotham City, they relished his every step. They lined the streets to watch him rush off to his next adventure in a Lamborghini converted into a Batmobile for the day. Some brought signs, some dressed in costume and many were moved to tears as Batkid did his thing.
By the time he was rescuing the Giants mascot Lou Seal from the clutches of the Penguin, Batkid had become a national phenomenon. Twitter was going wild with #SFBatkid, CNN was showing live shots of the kid and the crowds and President Obama weighed in from a Vine video: "Way to go, Miles, way to save Gotham."
This could be the start of something special. After all, when was the last time House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, were singing the same praises? When was the last time anything involving crowds happened in San Francisco without a peep of protest?
This was your day, Batkid.
And you made ours.


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The new high-voltage power line, called the Big Eddy-Knight line, will help BPA move energy from east of the Cascade Mountains to homes and businesses in population centres west of the Cascades. It will provide transmission services to up to 4GW of wind-generating capacity.
Construction is tentatively scheduled to start the week of 19 September 2011.
BPA is currently embroiled in legal action with wind-farm owners in the Pacific Northwest region over nightly curtailments of their projects' electricity output. As of 13 July, a total of 97,557MWh of wind had been curtailed — 6.1% of the scheduled output.
The announcement of work on the Big Eddy-Knight line follows BPA saying in August that it was upgrading of its transmission links with California.


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This is a book trailer for my latest book Ani's Raw Food Essentials. In it, I show you how easy it is to make a delicious, fast, raw food Tomato Chili with Taco Nut Meat, from pages 145-146.
Video TRT: 4 min, 42 sec
Tomato Chili with Taco Nut Meat (bean-free)
Makes 4 servings
A vegetable chili made with chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, celery, mushrooms, and corn kernels. Spiced with cumin, and oregano for a real chili flavor similar to the cooked bean version. Top with Taco Nut Meat for an added layer of texture and south west flavor.
- 3 cups tomatoes, chopped
- 1 cup red and green bell pepper, chopped
- 1/4 cup celery, chopped
- 1/4 cup yellow onion, chopped
- 1/3 cup mushroom, chopped, any type
- 1/3 cup corn kernels
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 batch Taco Nut Meat, below
Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl, and mix well. Scoop about 1/3 of the mixture into blender and puree. Scoop puree back into mixing bowl.
To serve, scoop into 4 serving bowls. Top with Taco Nut Meat, and enjoy.
Taco Nut Meat
Makes about 1 cup
Walnuts are ground and spiced with cumin and coriander to make this taco flavored nut meat crumble. Use it to top salads, soups, and inside wraps to add taco flavor and texture.
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon cumin, ground
- 2 teaspoons coriander, ground
- 1 teaspoon Braggs or Nama Shoyu
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
Place walnuts into food processor, and process into small pieces. Add remaining ingredients, pulse to mix well.
Will keep for 1 week in fridge.
For organic ingredients and kitchen tools, visit my estore and Go Super Life!


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HARRISBURG — A large outdoors show was postponed indefinitely Thursday after organizers' ban on assault weapons triggered a backlash and a growing vendor boycott.
Reed Exhibitions posted a notice on the website of the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show that said an "emotionally charged atmosphere" had been created that would make it impossible to hold an event "designed to provide family enjoyment."
The nine-day show had been scheduled to start Feb. 2 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. Reed's statement said the show was being postponed "for now" but did not elaborate, and a Reed spokeswoman declined an interview request or to provide other details.
An e-mail sent Thursday to ticket-buyers promised refunds and said the process will be posted on its website.
Reed had decided to ban the sale and display of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The move angered a significant portion of the show's customer base, and a growing number of vendors had announced they were pulling out of the show. Online listings showed more than 200 sellers had decided against participation, a number Reed did not confirm.


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Yin&Yang x Farah SS14
posted by Yang on 19/05/2014
It's been quite slow on the features front lately, we've been busy with well… life! But on the flipside we've also been creating so things will be picking up again shortly. Anywho, in support of their Spring Summer collection for 2014, the guys over at Farah reached out to us to put together a series of looks for them. As a great opportunity to create good content was thrown our way, we were happy to get involved. More after the break.


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The Royal Navy & El Alamein
Preparing The Battlespace
"If anyone wishes to know the history of this war I will tell them that it is our maritime superiority, which gives me the power of maintaining the army while the enemy is unable to do so." The Duke of Wellington
Operation "Pedestal"
By August 1942 Malta had been isolated by the retreat in North Africa and was on the verge of starvation. The forces based there were also unable to strike out against the Axis, largely due to lack of fuel. On 10 August the 14 merchant ships of the "Pedestal" Convoy reached Gibraltar and met the largest escort force the Royal Navy would ever mount, including 3 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 7 cruisers, and more than 20 destroyers. Over the next five days the convoy battled against constant attacks by Axis aircraft, E-boats and submarines. Despite heavy losses amongst the escort and merchant ships, 5 vital supply vessels were successfully fought through to Malta.
The 15,000 tons of fuel and 32,000 tons of other supplies delivered underwrote much of the successful campaign against Rommel's supply lines before the Alamein offensive. Operation "Pedestal" allowed the return of Royal Navy submarines to the island, and fuelled Malta's joint RAF/FAA striking forces.
Rear Admiral Burnett visits HMS Ashanti, an escort for Operation "Pedestal". Third from the left is Sub Lt. Terrence Lewin. As Chief of the Defence Staff he would use his "Pedestal" experience of heavy losses but ultimate success to reassure the government during the Falklands War.
Captain Dudley Mason GC and the tanker Ohio