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a treatise that offers assurance to some specific believers, encouraging their loyalty to Christian faith and practice-in response to some false prophets who have left the community
the same author who wrote 2 and 3 John, who there calls himself "the elder"; a solid historical tradition equated him with the apostle John
unknown; probably toward the end of the first Christian century (late 80s, early 90s).
a Christian community (or communities) well known to the author (whom he calls "dear children" and "dear friends"; the false prophets defected "from us" 2:19); it has traditionally been thought to be located in or around Ephesus
the defection of the false prophets and their followers, who have called into question the orthodoxy-both teaching and practice-of those who have remained loyal to what goes back to "the beginning"
that Jesus who came in the flesh is the Son of God; that Jesus showed God's love for us through his incarnation and crucifixion; that true believers love one another as God loved them in Christ; that God's children do not habitually sin, but when we do sin, we receive forgiveness; that believers can have full confidence in the God who loves them; that by trusting in Christ we now have eternal life
You can experience some real ambivalence in reading 1 John. On the one hand, John's writing style is very simple, with a very limited and basic vocabulary (so much so that this is usually the first book beginning Greek students learn to read). It also has a large number of memorable-as well as some profound-moments. On the other hand, you may experience real difficulty trying to follow John's train of thought. Not only is it hard at times to see how some ideas connect with others, but certain, obviously significant, themes are repeated several times along the way.
Although, like most of Paul's letters, the aim of 1 John is to persuade, it nonetheless does not come in the form of a letter (notice that there is no salutation or final greeting). Most likely this is because John is writing to communities where he has direct oversight. What he writes includes teaching that "you have heard from the beginning" (2:24) about "the Word of life" who "was from the beginning" (1:1; cf. 2:13).
The primary concerns are three: the Incarnation; love for the brothers and sisters, especially those in need; and the relationship between sin and being God's children. The first two of these are the more urgent and are expressed together in 3.23: "This is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another."
The Incarnation is touched on in l:1-4 and 2:20-25, then specifically taken up in 4:1 -6 and 5:1-12. The saving significance of Christ's death-the ultimate expression of God's love for us-is tied directly to one's belief that he "came in the flesh."
The concern about believers'loving one another is spoken to in a preliminary way in 2:7-17, then specifically in 3:11-24 and 4:7-21.The obvious tie between these two themes is that God's love for us, which we in turn are to have for one another, is fully revealed in the Incarnation, when the Son of God died for us (see 2:5-6; 3:16; 4:8-12).
The concern about sin is tied to the theme "Who are the true children of God?" This issue is first taken up in 1:5-2:2; it is picked up again in 2:28 -3:10 and forms the concluding matter in 5 : 13 -21 . God's true children do not continue to live in sin, but neither are they sinlessly perfect; what matters is whether their obedience expresses itself in love for the brothers and sisters. The true children of God have already been given eternal life (=entered into the life of God" and thus are tasting the life of the age to come).
As you read, be especially on the lookout for what John says about the false prophets, since they are the key to everything. Note that they have recently left the community (2:19), but only after trying to lead the whole church astray (2:26; 3:7; 4:1). These prophets apparently considered their teaching to come from the Spirit (cf. 4:1 ), which is why John urges that the believers'own anointing of the Spirit is sufficient for them (2:20,27; 3:24). Indeed, in a marvelous wordplay on the language of "anointing" (chrisma), he calls the false prophets "antichrists" (arlichristos: against the Anointed One). There has been much speculation about who these false prophets are, or what heresy they represent, but in the end these things cannot be known for certain, except that they deny the Incarnation, fail to love those in need" and (perhaps) argue that they are sinless.
The wonder of this little treatise is how much John can say, and say so profoundly, while using a notably limited vocabulary. But it is the very repetition of words, plus the use of stark contrasts, that is so effective. His special vocabulary tells the whole story: To remain/continue/ abide (24x) in the truth (9x) means to believe in (9x) or confess (5x) the Son (22x), to whom the Father (14x) and Spirit (8x) bear witness (12x); it means further to be born of God (10x), so as to walk (5x) in the light (6x), to hear (14x) and to know (40x) God to keep (7x) the commandment (14x) to love (46x) the brothers and sisters (15x), and thus to have life (13x), which is from the beginning (8x), and finally to overcome (6x) the world. All of this is in contrast to the lie (7x), deceit (4x), denying Christ (3x), having a false spirit (4x), thus being antichrist (4x), walking in darkness (6r), hating (5x) one's brothers and sisters but loving the world (23x), thus being in sin (27x), which leads to death (6x).
In putting all of this together for the reading of 1 John, it may help you to think in terms of a musical composition rather than a Pauline argument. A prelude anticipates the first theme, then the next two main themes are struck, or at least hinted at, followed by an interlude and then another prelude-this time to the major theme of the false prophets and their denial of the Incarnation. With all the major themes now in place, John works them over two more times each, adding and clarifying as he builds with powerful crescendo to the finale.
Prelude: The First Theme Struck
Life is ours through the Word of life, whom the author (already
emphasizing the reality of the lncarnation) and others "have seen with
our eyes . . . and our hands have touched."
Second Theme: On Sin and Forgiveness
Note the two matters emphasized here-that walking in the light (and
thus in the truth) means to be in Christian fellowship through Christ's
continual purification of sin and that those who deny they sin do not
walk in the light.
Third Theme: On Love and Hatred
Now you will find three matters emphasized: (1) Walking in truth
(light) means to be obedient to Christ's commands; (2) his command is
the old one-that we love one another; and (3) failure to love is to hate
and thus to walk in darkness (by implication, thus to live in sin, despite
denying that one sins).
Interlude: Some Reasons for Writing
Notice that all of the reasons given for writing are intended to reassure
his readers that they are the true children of God:Their sins are forgiven;
they know Christ and the Father; they are strong and have
overcome the evil one.
Prelude to the Warning: Do Not Love the World
Love has to do with the brothers and sisters, not the things of the
world. Note that this second prelude sets the stage not only for the warning
that follows, but anticipates 4:1-6, where the "false prophets" are
set squarely in the world.
The Warning: On Denying the Son (First Theme Again)
Here you find John's primary reason for writing. By their leaving, the
deceivers have obviously shaken up those who remain loyal. Along with the
emphasis on the Incarnation, everything you find here was written to reassure
the first readers that they have the true anointing of the Spirit (but
John does not mean that people with the Spirit do not need teaching!).
Second Theme Repeated: On Sin and Being the Children of God
As this theme is elaborated, you can now make better sense of 1:5-
2:2. At issue is the relationship between sin and being God's children.
John begins by assuring them that they are the latter before dealing with
the issue of sin. Since this immediately follows the defection of the false
prophets, it seems very likely that they are teaching that the true children
of God are sinless.
Third Theme Repeated: On Love and Hatred
Again, it is not accidental that the discussion of sin (lessness) is followed
by the truest evidence of being God's children, namely, loving
each other as Christ loved us; while the "sinless" ones in fact live in the
worst kind of sin: Not loving the brothers and sisters is equal to hating
them. Note especially how verses 16-18 reflect the heart of the gospel
while also echoing the heart of the law (Exod 22:21-27).
First Theme Repeated: On Denying the Incarnation
Now you are back to the first theme. Here in particular the major
teaching of the false prophets is exposed. The clear evidence that they
do not speak by the Spirit is their denial of Christ's incarnation; this is
the "spirit" of the antichrist.
Third Theme Wrapped Up, and Tied to the First
In coming back to the theme of loving one another, John now ties it
directly to God's love for us as manifested in Christ's incarnation; his
death effected God's atonement for us. Combined with 5:6-8, this passage
suggests most strongly that in denying the Incarnation, the false
prophets are also denying the saving significance of the cross.
First Theme Wrapped Up, Now Tied to the Third and Second
The true children of God are those who believe that Jesus is the Messiah
(including his incarnation and atonement). They are also those who
love the other "children of God." Verses 6-8 give us the best hints about
the heresy itself: The false teachers apparently believe something significant
happened to Christ at his baptism (thus he came "by water")
but that his death was not something God was involved in (John thus
insists he came by water and blood). The true Spirit bears witness both
to Christ's incarnation and his atonement. Those who believe this have
eternal life.
The Finales: The Second Theme Tied to the First
After some words of confidence based on their believing what has been
said up to now, John returns to the theme on which it all began-the issue
of sin and who are the true children of God who thus have eternal life.
They need to flee idolatry-a final stroke against the false prophets.
After working through 1 John in this way, you can now also better
appreciate the special emphases in John's telling of the story of Christ
in his Gospel; it should also make the reading of 2 John make good
sense. The whole biblical story stands or fails on God's love being manifested
by his entry into our world of flesh and blood and dying for us
in order to redeem us.
"For Ezra had set his heart to
the law of the
and to
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statutes and ordinances in Israel."
Ezra 7:10
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Boss delighted with spot-kick success
It was the first away test of the season for a new-look Pompey side.
And a penalty in each half ensured they passed with flying colours to maintain a 100 per cent winning start.
Matt Tubbs emphatically netted the first just seconds before the interval following a foul on Enda Stevens.
Gary Roberts then opened his account for the club, stepping up to slot into the bottom corner after being tripped in the box.
Gregg Wylde's late strike ensured a nervy end, but Pompey held on and Paul Cook was delighted with the display.
The Blues boss said: "Credit to our boys because Plymouth are a very good side with some great players all over the pitch.
"It was a lovely pitch to play on and anything we got here was always going to be a positive result.
"I'm not so sure about the first penalty, but the work by Gary to win the second was magnificent.
"If we'd not conceded that goal at the end it would have been a perfect week for us.
"But all the supporters who travelled – and it was a fantastic turn-out yet again – would have gone home very happy.
"They got behind the players and in return the players produced a great work ethic for the fans.
"I don't think there will be many 0-0s when they come to watch us. The games have been very open and I think that's what people want to see.
"All in all it was a positive day and now we have to remain focused on what lies ahead of us."
Cook is not getting carried away at this stage of the campaign, despite leading Pompey to three wins from three games.
He said: "There's a long way to go and people have got to try to stay as grounded as they possibly can.
"I've said all along that there's nothing won in August or September – it's a tough season."
Watch the thoughts of Cook and Tubbs below or subscribe to Pompey PlayerHD for the full interviews.
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Ontario Modernizing Construction Laws to Support Industry Growth
Province to Propose Updates to the Construction Lien Act
Ontario is supporting the growth of the province's construction sector and the more than 400,000 people who work in it by modernizing Ontario's construction laws.
Over the past 18 months, construction law experts Bruce Reynolds and Sharon Vogel of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, have led a thorough and comprehensive review of the Construction Lien Act. Their findings and recommendations can be found in their report, Striking the Balance: Expert Review of Ontario's Construction Lien Act.
Ontario's construction industry is a driving force of the provincial economy. Ontario proposes to introduce legislation in spring 2017 to better support workers and the industry based on the main principles found throughout the report:
- Modernizing the construction lien and holdback rules
- Introducing rules around prompt payment
- Creating a new process to speed up dispute resolution
To ensure the proposed legislation is fair, balanced and reflects diverse opinions, the Attorney General will gather feedback on the recommendations in the report through meetings with industry and stakeholder groups throughout fall 2016.
Modernizing Ontario's construction laws is part of the government's economic plan to build Ontario up and deliver on its number-one priority to grow the economy and create jobs. The four-part plan includes helping more people get and create the jobs of the future by expanding access to high-quality college and university education. The plan is making the largest infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit in Ontario's history and is investing in a low-carbon economy driven by innovative, high-growth, export-oriented businesses. The plan is also helping working Ontarians achieve a more secure retirement.
Quick Facts
- In 2015, the construction industry accounted for 6.7 per cent of Ontario's GDP. This compares to 6.5 per cent in 2013 and 6.4 per cent in 2014. Ontario's Construction Lien Act establishes financial protection to those who supply services or materials to a construction project.
- Ontario commissioned a review of the Construction Lien Act in February 2015 in response to stakeholder concerns related to prompt payment and effective dispute resolution in the province's construction industry, such as the need to encourage timely payment for services and materials, and making sure payment risk is distributed fairly.
- As part of the review process, Mr. Reynolds and Ms. Vogel received 77 written submissions and held 30 stakeholder meetings, involving more than 60 key construction industry groups.
- Mr. Reynolds and Ms. Vogel also created an advisory group of qualified subject matter experts with expertise in different areas of the construction industry. The group met throughout winter and spring 2016 to address the diversity of stakeholder opinions and industry issues, and to refine the recommendations that were heard during consultations.
Additional Resources
- The Construction Lien Act
- Document Overview Webcast (registration required)
"Ontario's construction industry is a driving force of Ontario's economy, and modernizing our construction laws will support the more than 400,000 people who work in the industry through a new prompt payment system. Mr. Reynolds' and Ms. Vogel's report is a fair and thoughtful assessment of the complex challenges faced by today's construction industry. I would like to thank them for their work, and I look forward to working with industry groups as we draft legislation that reflects their needs."
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Jo Nicholson, who has raised an astonishing amount for us, shares the story, in her own words, of why and what she did to raise such an incredible amount.
On December the 19th 2012 my world fell apart when my Dad was told by the consultant he had pancreatic cancer, and there was nothing they could do to treat him due to the location and stage of the tumour. After a very brave 3 month battle my Dad passed away in the March aged 67. My Dad was a very positive man, determined to fight the cancer to the very end and only 10 days before he died he sang in Liverpool Cathedral with Brymbo Male Choir, of which he was a member.
It was my Dad's determination that inspired me to do something to raise money for a charity which had become close to my heart. My Dad had been unwell for about 18 months, losing a lot of weight, suffering with back pain, abdominal pain and bowel problems. Despite numerous visits to the doctor followed by referrals to consultants in the hospital nobody could diagnose the problem until he was admitted to A+E with jaundice. It was at this point he had a CT scan and the tumour in his pancreas was identified and the
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This is when I became aware of Pancreatic Cancer Action and the event 'London to Paris Cycle', I put the two together and that's where my challenge started and the fundraising began! I had to raise £1,650 to take part in the event which seemed a mammoth task, I thought I would raise as much as possible and make the difference up myself. I mentioned it to my friends, family and colleagues.
Admittedly a lot thought I was crazy cycling 300 miles especially as I hadn't been on a bike for 12 years, but still everyone wanted to support me. People sponsored me, colleagues did a cake day in the department (I'm not a baker so thought safer to donate and eat cake!) it raised £200!….amazing! I still had a massive task ahead to reach the £1,650 mark so I had a plan, a charity night.
I'd never done anything like this before but I have to say it was an incredible experience, admittedly stressful at times but well worth it. I had a lot of support from friends to help, there was a raffle, auction, Brymbo Choir singing, a buffet and disco. Local stores donated prizes for the raffle from steam mops to boxes of chocolates. I'd written to various places for auction items, the top item being a signed photo from Katherine Jenkins (my Dads favourite). An article was in the paper about my challenge and the charity night, tickets were £5 each, I'd sold 100 tickets which I was pleased with. I was getting closer to my target! The evening went very well, the room was packed (about 200 people) and the total at the end of the night was a staggering £3,200!!!
I was totally blown away by this amount, I'd just doubled what I was aiming for and money was still coming in! I continued with my training for my cycle challenge in April. It was tough at times but when things hurt I would think this is nothing, my Dad must have been in agony at times and he kept pushing on. The challenge itself was an incredible journey, both physically and emotionally. I saw wonderful countryside, made new friends and achieved something I thought was beyond my capabilities. If anybody was wondering whether to embark on any kind of fundraising challenge I would certainly recommend it, especially for such a worthy cause. My reasons for doing it were very personal, only 2 years ago I never imagined I'd have to deal with losing my Dad so early. It's helped me through a very difficult time and humbled me knowing how generous and caring people are. The final amount raised was over £7,500…………totally amazing!!!


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Edmonton real estate market down slightly in December while number of sales lower than some anticipated.
The average price for a single family detached home was $355,270, down by 2 percent as compared to the price in November, and down by 3 percent as to December of 2009. The average condo prices also dropped by 2.7 percent to $223,454. Number of sales was lower than some thought 784 compared to 948 homes sold in December of 2009 while inventory has decreased to 5,721 residential properties for sale which is to be expected this time of year.
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An Accidental Invention Could Lead to Easier Methods of Screening Drugs and Toxins
Bending DNA makes it more susceptible and sensitive to the presence of silver ions. Experimental results show that silver ions negatively affect the base-pair matching of DNA, resulting dissociation of the bent DNA bows. Illustrations by the University of Arkansas.
Almost every cell in the bodies of humans and other living organisms contains DNA, which encodes genetic instructions. Damage to DNA from toxins can have serious effects on health, while other chemicals can facilitate DNA stability and repair. Information on the interactions between DNA and other chemicals could help scientists develop new preventative measures and treatments for diseases such as cancer, but few existing techniques are sensitive enough to study these interactions, and the ones that are sensitive enough are very expensive.
Jack Freeland, a physics major and Honor College student, and assistant professor Yong Wang have developed a method to study the interactions between DNA and other chemicals more easily, using equipment and techniques readily available in most chemistry and biochemistry labs.
Freeland and Wang have shown that bent pieces of DNA, which they call DNA amplifiers, could be used to observe interactions of DNA with metal ions using gel electrophoresis. They have published a study demonstrating proof of concept for this method using magnesium and silver ions, and they have filed a patent for their method. They plan to investigate interactions between DNA and other chemicals, with an eventual goal of developing a method to screen DNA targeting drugs, including cancer treatments. Their discovery could also have applications in monitoring water quality.
As a doctoral student at UCLA, Wang and his colleagues developed a technique to bend DNA in order to study the effects of mechanical forces on proteins. DNA has a double helix structure that is formed from two strands of paired molecules, or bases. Wang started with two single strands of synthesized DNA, a longer one and a shorter one. When mixed together and heated, the bases of the two strands pair up so the ends of the longer strand bend toward the middle of the shorter strand and form a circular construction.
Wang and Freeland discovered by accident that these structures can be used to observe interactions between DNA and other chemicals. While using the bent pieces of DNA to study the behavior of proteins, the researchers changed the composition of the buffer solution in which the DNA pieces self-assembled. When they removed magnesium ions from this solution, it had an observable effect on the way the DNA assembled. The researchers knew that in the presence of magnesium, the DNA would form more stable structures than it did when the magnesium was removed, because magnesium is known to have a stabilizing effect on DNA. However, they did not expect the effect to be large enough be observed in low concentrations of magnesium without expensive equipment. The researchers realized they had found a way to amplify this effect, and they decided to test other applications of this discovery.
As physicists, Freeland and Wang recognized that the bent DNA amplified the effects of the magnesium ions because bending the molecule change its "energy landscape," which is a well-known concept in the field of physics. DNA, a system made up of molecules held together by molecular bonds, has an energy landscape that determines how it is affected by mechanical and chemical forces. Bending the strands of DNA places stress on the molecular bonds, which changes this landscape and allows the effects of ions and other chemicals to be amplified.
In this analogy, the collisions (interactions) between marble balls and wooden sticks are of interest. If the collisions are weak enough, the sticks rarely crack, producing "low signals." In contrast, after applying stress and pre-bending the sticks so they are close to breaking, collisions result in more cracked sticks, generating "higher signals." Although bending the sticks does not change their interactions with the balls, it makes the signals much easier to be observed. In other words, bending "amplifies" the signals.
Wang compared the bent DNA to wooden sticks. "If you have a bunch of sticks, and you throw a ball at them, a few of the sticks will crack," he said. "On the other hand, if you bend the sticks so they are close to being cracked, then when you throw the ball at them, the number of cracked sticks will be higher and the effects will be easier to observe."
Using concepts of mechanics and physics to study biological systems like DNA is a relatively new and promising approach. "Mechanical methods are particularly appealing," said Wang, "Because mechanical methods are universal in the sense that they do not depend on the exact type and details of the involved chemical and biochemical systems and reactions. Therefore, it is of great interest to make use of mechanical energies and forces for controlling chemical, biochemical, and biological reactions, with significant progresses in the past three decades."
In their study, Freeland and Wang observed the behavior of the self-assembling strands of DNA in the presence of magnesium and silver ions. They compared strands of DNA that were designed to self-assemble into bent shapes with a control group of DNA designed to self-assemble the usual way. The researchers used gel electrophoresis, a routine and inexpensive technique, to observe how many strands of DNA were able to bind together and what kind of structures were formed.
Two single-stranded DNA oligos with different lengths are designed. The left segment of the long strand (blue) hybridizes to the left half of the short sequence (red), while the right segment of the long strand hybridizes to the right half of the short sequence, leaving the middle segment of the long sequence unhybridized. Upon hybridization, this will produce a bent double-stranded DNA (containing a nick), while the single-stranded part is stretched.
When the DNA was exposed to magnesium ions, the researchers could observe that the stabilizing effect of the ions promoted the release of energy in the bent DNA molecules, straightening them and forming the more stable structures that Freeland observed in the other experiment. On the other hand, the control DNA had no observable differences in the presence of magnesium.
When the researchers exposed the DNA to silver ions, they observed that the presence of silver ions affected the ability of the DNA bases to pair up into the bent structures. As a result, gel electrophoresis revealed more single strands and fewer hybridized strands in the bent DNA and silver mixture, an effect that was too small to be observed on non-bent strands of DNA.
Freeland, who is working on this project as part of his honors thesis, explained he wanted to work in Wang's lab because he saw that the projects there could make a difference in the world. The opportunity to perform research and publish a paper has enhanced his experience as an undergraduate. "I was looking specifically for research that I saw that could have either short-term or immediate effects on people's lives," he said. "When I started it was typical, trying to get my thesis done and trying to graduate, but as the projects involved and I've spent more and more time on it it's actually become more of a career influencer on me."


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Donald Edward Sarna, age 81 of Jefferson, died Wednesday evening at the Austinburg Nursing & Rehabilitation Center surrounded by his loving family.
He was born April 2, 1938 in Cleveland, the son Joseph & Victoria (Malec) Sarna and has lived in the Jefferson area most of his life, coming from Garrettsville. He was married to Rose M. Wessell on June 12, 1965 at the Rock Creek Methodist Church. Mr. Sarna was a plumber by trade and a farmer. He and his family has owned Sarna Tree Farm in Jefferson since 1946. He was a hardworking man and enjoyed traveling and being with the grandkids.
Survivors include two daughters, Shelly B. Sarna & Daisy M. (Louis) Asmus, both of Jefferson; seven grandchildren, Leana, Evan, Alex, Vanessa, Valarie, Spring & Trevor; a great-granddaughter, Annabell and four siblings, Joanne (George) Placek of Jefferson, Annie (Jerry) Kidner of Kingsville, James (Lisa) Sarna in Texas and Dorothy Saurer in California.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Rose in 2010 and a sister, Nancy Budd.
A memorial service will be held Monday at 6:00 PM at the Jefferson Home of Fleming & Billman Funeral Directors and Crematory, 49 W. Jefferson St., Jefferson with Alisa Nierzejewski, certified celebrant leading the service. Private burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery.
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Introduction to John, Part 2
Home Moravian Church Adult Bible Class. Originally aired on October 1, 2006
Introduction: Good morning and welcome to the Adult Bible Class of Home Moravian Church. I hope that you had a good week. It was a busy one for me. In addition to the Steelman Lectures and Thompson Lectures, I was in Florida yesterday doing a program on Moravian missions for our churches down there, so forgive me if I'm a bit tired this morning. I am also preaching and serving communion at Fries Memorial Church immediately following this lesson. Since some of the people at Fries listen to me on the radio, I had to write a separate sermon for this morning! I haven't seen as much of my family as I would like in recent days, but my wife and daughters do have a tradition when I travel. They paint their toes and eat chocolate.
Aramaic Gospel: The Gospel of John was written in Greek, but scholars have long speculated that there may have been an original version of the gospel that was written in Aramaic. I took a course in advanced Greek and biblical interpretation when I was at Moravian Seminary with just one other student. She won the language prize for both Greek and Hebrew, and was simply brilliant. She kept recognizing surprising things in John's Gospel that pointed to Hebrew or at least Aramaic grammar. I could not see them, but I've since learned that other scholars have. It is similar to reading something written by an Asian-American that leaves out the word "the" because Chinese doesn't have a definite article. Greek was probably not the first language of the author.
Aramaic was the common language in the ancient Near East, and it is similar to Hebrew. There is little doubt that Jesus and the original disciples all spoke Aramaic; therefore we would expect early Christian writings to have been in that language. We need to remember, though, that most people in the ancient world did not read and write. Scribes were seen almost like priests because they knew the sacred art of transferring sounds to papyrus. Since Greek was the dominant language for business and government, it was more likely for things to be written in Greek than Aramaic. It is likely that a person who spoke Aramaic would want his or her words written down in Greek, just as a person who speaks Meskito in Honduras might have someone write what he or she says down in Spanish.
Poetry: In the 1920s a scholar named C. F. Burney proposed that the Gospel of John reads better if it is put back into Aramaic. He believed that the Greek mistranslated many words and ideas. He proposed that the Gospel of John was originally Aramaic poetry, which would have been much easier to remember in oral transmission. (Raymond Brown, Gospel of John, vol. 1, CXXXIII) As we go through the gospel, we will see many passages that do indeed seem more like poetry than prose. One reason we read John at solemn occasions, such as funerals, is because it is such a poetic and dignified book. As we saw with the Book of Genesis, this style may indicate that these passages were originally part of worship. They are liturgical pieces, and some may have been hymns. We will also see that the difficulty with this exalted style is that it can become very monotonous in places. John's Gospel does not have a lot of narrative. If it were a play, there would be a lot of monologues and voice-over narrations. It is important to remember that the Gospel of John was not written for a general audience. It was written specifically for a worshiping community.
Anti-Jewishness of John: I mentioned last week that John's Gospel is very Jewish even though many of the sayings in it are openly hostile to Judaism. These two facts are not contradictory. Many of know from personal experience that we say the harshest things about the people we are closest to. One of the realities of racism in America, for instance, is that people tend to be most hostile to those who live near by. Thus, racism in the South and certain urban areas tends to be focused on African-Americans. In other parts of the country, racism focuses on Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, or Jews. In the first century, Jews and Samaritans were closely related people who hated each other and wrote very harsh things about each other. Some of that ancient racial prejudice colors the Gospel of John, as we shall see.
Not only are people hostile to their neighbors, they are particularly harsh toward a group that they have voluntarily left or been kicked out of. In our day, a book on the Mormons or Masons written by someone who left the group is rarely objective because the author is trying to justify why he or she left. In many cases the more zealous a person had been when they were part of the group, the more bitter is their attack on the group later. We can see this type of unfair hostility in the Gospel of Matthew's portrayal of Pharisees as hypocrites, one and all. John's Gospel goes further and rejects the Jews entirely.
We will see many places where John uses the word "Jews" to describe the enemies of Jesus. It is not the chief priests and Sadducees who hand Jesus over to the Romans in John. It is the Jews. It is not the Pharisees who argue with Jesus; it is the Jews. If the only gospel you had was the Gospel of John, you could easily make the mistake of thinking that the disciples of Jesus were not Jews. The book distinguishes between the followers of Jesus, such as Mary and Martha, and "the Jews" who were with them in the house. In John, Jesus refers to the Torah as "your law," as if he was not Jewish.
The tendency in John to identify the Jews with unbelief played an important and tragic role in the development of European anti-Semitism. Passages from John's gospel were woven into the Holy Week liturgies of the Greek and Roman churches so that each year the Jews were singled out as the killers of Christ. Sometimes people left the sanctuary on Good Friday and attacked the Jewish part of the city. Building on the Gospel of John, Jews were identified with Satan in Christian preaching and art. This tendency reached its climax in the passion plays of the Middle Ages which were the basis for Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ. As we read John's Gospel, we must keep in mind that this book has contributed to the murder of many people through the centuries. This was obviously not the intention of the author, but we cannot ignore the consequences of the anti-Jewish statements in John. We need to read with open eyes.
In the other gospels we meet a number of Jewish sects, and it is clear that they responded to Jesus' teaching in different ways. After the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, most of these Jewish sects disappeared. John was writing for an audience for whom the Sadducees and Essenes were as important as the Whigs or Tories are to us. So he made no distinctions among the historical opponents of Jesus the way the other Gospels and Paul, do. It is not the Sadducees who hand him over to the Romans, for instance, it is simply the Jews. John uses the term "the Jews" 70 times, while the other gospels use it only five or six times each. For the most part, in John, the term "the Jews" has become "almost a technical term for the religious authorities, particularly those in Jerusalem, who are hostile to Jesus." (Raymond Brown, Gospel of John, vol. 1, LXXI) In fact, John uses the word Jew the way a Samaritan would, as a term to describe enemies.
Jewishness of John: Keep in mind that some of the hostility toward Judaism in John is because it is a Jewish book written by a Jew for a community that included many Jews and Samaritans. It may seem less evident to you that John's Gospel is more Jewish than Matthew's Gospel, but the evidence is there. John quotes the Old Testament less than Matthew, but John's Gospel draws extensively on the stories and figures of the Old Testament. Jesus is directly and positively compared to Old Testament figures, such as Abraham, Moses, and the Servant of Isaiah.
Jesus also participates in a variety of Jewish rituals, such as the Feasts of Passover and Tabernacles and the Sabbath. Unlike Luke, John appears to know what these rituals were actually like. Luke only knows Jewish ritual, like purification, from the Old Testament and not from personal experience. John is actually an important source for understanding Jewish worship prior to the destruction of the Temple. Passover is particularly important to John since it provides the way of interpreting the death and resurrection of Jesus. There are three Passover festivals in John rather than just one as in the other gospels. Plus, Jesus visits the Temple and synagogue more often in John than the other Gospels. We will see that much of Jesus ministry is either part of Jewish festivals or in the shadow of the Temple.
Expulsion from the synagogue: If John's Gospel is so Jewish, then why is it so hostile to the Jews? One clue to answering this puzzle is that throughout the Gospel mention is made of the followers of Jesus being "thrown out of the synagogue," or we might say excommunicated from the Jewish community of faith. The rabbis in John's Gospel, for instance, threaten to expel a man that Jesus healed. Jesus often warned his followers that the Jews would cast them out of the synagogue, which we don't see in the other Gospels. Outside of John's Gospel there is no indication that the followers of Jesus were threatened with expulsion from the synagogue before Jesus was crucified.
It was after the death and resurrection of Jesus that the followers of Jesus were removed from the life of the Jewish community. We see some of this history in the life of Paul, who was persecuted by Jews and pagans during his career. Even so, Paul was still able to travel from city to city preaching about Jesus in the synagogues. Paul was Jewish and Christian, and his biggest arguments were with other Jewish Christians. The situation was different by the time that John wrote his Gospel. In the decades following the destruction of the Temple the leaders of the Pharisees went about the long and complicated task of rebuilding the nation as a spiritual people bound together by the covenant with Abraham. The synagogue became the focal point of religion and community life. The leaders tried to unify the people as the chosen people who were living without the Promised Land, without the Davidic Monarchy, and without the Temple in Jerusalem. They created a new Jewish identity around the Torah and the synagogue.
In doing so, the rabbis rejected Jewish dissidents. This was especially true of the Christians. Around 85 AD the men who were recreating Judaism out of the ashes of the Jewish War inserted a Benediction Against the Heretics. It is more a ritual curse than a benediction, and its purpose was to purify the community against false belief and subversive ideas. Organizations do this in times of crisis. Just think of how America responds to dissent in time of war. The Benediction reads in part "Let the Nazarenes and the heretics be destroyed in a moment and let them be blotted out of the book of Life and not be inscribed together with the righteous." (Gail O'Day, John, 658) Scholars today believe that the Gospel of John was written by and for people who had been officially excommunicated from the synagogue and cursed, perhaps by members of their own family. The Christians were the minority who felt threatened. We cannot expect such people to be objective in their attitudes. We do not have to adopt their attitudes, though.
Themes of John: Before we launch into detailed study of John, let's highlight some of the themes. One of the most important relates directly to this conflict between John's community and the Jewish synagogue. John's Gospel attempts to prove that Jesus was the Jewish messiah who was rejected by his people. In fact, John is the only evangelist to use the word messias or Messiah, which means "anointed one." The others use the Greek word christos which also means anointed. There are many indications that some of John's audience did not know Aramaic or understand Jewish rituals. The Gospel is written for them so that they will understand the connection of Jesus to the Old Testament. It is also written to confirm their faith in Jesus as the Messiah despite the opposition from the synagogue. We have this kind of literature today. One group writes something to convince you that your beliefs or wrong, and your group writes something in response to counter what the opponents said. Think of John's Gospel as being like something written to keep Democrats as Democrat rather than switching parties. Much of the Gospel is answering specific Jewish objections to the claim that Jesus was the Messiah who was raised from the dead and who sits at the right hand of God.
Another major theme of the Gospel is that Jesus was truly a human being. These portions of the gospel were not written to counter Jewish attacks on the faith of the church but to counter ideas that were emerging within the church from pagan converts to Christianity. We know from the non-canonical Gospels that I mentioned last week that many early Christians believed that Jesus was a divine savior sent from heaven. They did not believe that such a divine savior could suffer and die. They viewed Jesus more like an angel than like a man. In response to such ideas, John's Gospel stresses the humanness of Jesus as well as his divinity. We see this same theme in the Letters of John.
Eschatology: The most important theme of the Gospel of John is the reason we continue to value it today. It is a book that is intended to strengthen faith, love, and hope among the followers of Jesus who are living in a difficult and dangerous world. For the most part, we can leave aside the polemical aspects of the book, which are expressions of a particular historical period, and instead focus on the inner message of the Gospel. Jesus Christ is the divine agent of God who lived as a human being, bringing healing and hope to all who recognize him.
An important word in Christian theology is eschatology. It means the doctrine of the Last Things, normally the doctrine of the End Times. Eschatology covers everything from the Second Coming to the afterlife. In the New Testament we see several different types of eschatology. There is an apocalyptic eschatology, such as we see in Revelation. This is the one that is popular on newsstands today: the end is coming soon and it will be violent. There is also a delayed eschatology that focused less on the sudden end of history and more on the fate of the individual after death. This type of eschatology says that we all face a day of judgment, but we do so when we die. This type of eschatology is more interested in heaven than in earth. We also see this in the New Testament.
There are echoes of these two types of eschatology in John's Gospel, but the most important theme in the Gospel is what is sometimes called realized eschatology. This means that the promises of the end time are being experienced now. In John's Gospel, as we shall see, eternal life is not for the future; it begins now. Jesus brings in the kingdom of God during his lifetime, not in the future. His presence brings healing and new vision. His followers experience rebirth and live in the foretaste of heaven. His spirit remains with them, and through his spirit they learn to love. We will see that this Gospel has two main parts: The Book of Signs, which includes 7 symbolic miracles of Jesus, and the Book of Glory, which focuses on his last days with his disciples.
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If you're interested in Energous Corporation (NASDAQ:WATT), then you might want to consider its beta (a measure of share price volatility) in order to understand how the stock could impact your portfolio. Volatility is considered to be a measure of risk in modern finance theory. Investors may think of volatility as falling into two main categories. First, we have company specific volatility, which is the price gyrations of an individual stock. Holding at least 8 stocks can reduce this kind of risk across a portfolio. The second type is the broader market volatility, which you cannot diversify away, since it arises from macroeconomic factors which directly affects all the stocks on the market.
Some stocks see their prices move in concert with the market. Others tend towards stronger, gentler or unrelated price movements. Beta is a widely used metric to measure a stock's exposure to market risk (volatility). Before we go on, it's worth noting that Warren Buffett pointed out in his 2014 letter to shareholders that 'volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' Having said that, beta can still be rather useful. The first thing to understand about beta is that the beta of the overall market is one. A stock with a beta below one is either less volatile than the market, or more volatile but not corellated with the overall market. In comparison a stock with a beta of over one tends to be move in a similar direction to the market in the long term, but with greater changes in price.
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Looking at the last five years, Energous has a beta of 1.96. The fact that this is well above 1 indicates that its share price movements have shown sensitivity to overall market volatility. If the past is any guide, we would expect that Energous shares will rise quicker than the markets in times of optimism, but fall faster in times of pessimism. Share price volatility is well worth considering, but most long term investors consider the history of revenue and earnings growth to be more important. Take a look at how Energous fares in that regard, below.
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With a market capitalisation of US$149m, Energous is a very small company by global standards. It is quite likely to be unknown to most investors. Relatively few investors can influence the price of a smaller company, compared to a large company. This could explain the high beta value, in this case.
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Jack Mason Suffers One Of The Most Gruesome Cuts In MMA History
Think you've got a sore head this morning? Then say a prayer for Cage Warriors fighter, Jack Mason, who almost definitely feels a lot worse than you, no matter what you got up to last night.
How so, I hear you ask? Because in Cage Warriors 93, Jack Mason was almost scalped in his defeat against Norwegian fighter, Hakon Foss.
In the opening round of the fight, Jack was immediately bombarded with a flurry of punches, kicks, and knees to the face. Jack also seems to try and back away from Hakon, presumably upon feeling his skull slowly falling apart.
CRAZY finish here at #CW93! ?
Was that the highlight of @HaakonFoss' career?? ? pic.twitter.com/wIOJYssbJO
— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) April 28, 2018
It's not clear exactly which move is responsible for opening up his face, but there are a serious number of powerful blows made directly unto Mason's face. It's pretty hard to watch.
However the hardest thing to look at is the aftermath photo, which fellow MMA man, John Maguire, posted to Instagram.
Check it out below but be warned, it's really gruesome:
Warning this is up there with some of the worst cuts iv seen in mma my friend @JackStoneMason tonight @CageWarriors ?? #CW93 #MMA pic.twitter.com/Xk1LW2DxrD
— John Maguire (@MaguireTheOne) April 28, 2018
Now I'm not a doctor, nor will I ever pretend to be, but the injury looks to be a laceration just above the eyebrow about an inch deep.
The worst scar I've got is about a quarter of that on my ear lobe – and that hurt a lot, so I can't quite imagine how bad this must have felt.
Fortunately, despite the blood-flow and intense agony, Mason was able to find some humour in the aftermath.
need to learn some knee defence!
— Jack Mason (@JackStoneMason) April 28, 2018
Mason won't be forgetting that lack of knee defence any time soon, I'm sure the gargantuan scar will serve as a timely reminder.
Norwegian Foss also spoke about the fight saying:
No risk, no reward. I wasn't the best my last two fights… but now I am … Back.
— Tony (@iwilltwittowho) April 29, 2018
Back in November last year, a similar story occurred after a French Muay Thai fighter received an elbow to the forehead resulting in… well, take a look for yourselves.
His forehead is dinted similar to that of a car after it's had a bump. Ouch.
Despite being on the receiving end of an elbow blow to the head, which by rights could have given him a brain haemorrhage, the fighter, Jeremy Betts, refused to throw the towel in and wanted to keep fighting.
It was only after the referee assessed his injuries and called off the match, Jeremy went to the hospital.
Miraculously, after being in hospital for an assessment and surgery to sort out the nasty dint, Jeremy was fine.
He would've gladly continued on with his fight if not for the timely intervention and stoppage by the referee (after consulting the ringside doctor).
If we're being honest, it's a miracle Jeremy's brain is intact, the injury he received looked like someone dented his head with a 180pmh baseball.


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Nancy Moser gave us three great love stories all for the price of one fantastic read. The main story begins with the devoted and practical Lucy and her self-sacrificing ways. She walks away from a chance at a life of her own to take care of her widowed mother and selfish little sister. You can't help but both root for Lucy to break free and find love, and feel a little frustrated by her stubbornness to take the opportunities she's given. But it's a good kind of frustration, the kind that has you flipping pages as fast as you can and talking out loud to the characters in the book. Lucy's story is compelling and intriguing all on it's own. Then...
You have the rich and heroic, but disabled Rowena. A true sister in spirit to Lucy. Friends despite their social barriers. Rowena isn't just a nice secondary character that helps to propagate the story, she has a whole complex story of love and sacrifice of her own to pull you in.
And of course there's baby sister, Sofia, the selfish young girl struggling to move from childhood to womanhood. I saw my own teenage niece in her so many times, that I empathized with Lucy and their mother, Lea, over Sofia's frustrating behavior. But Sofia does grow, and in a lovely story line of her own, you see her mature and become the caring woman that changes those around her for the better.
A nice touch, was the snippets of wisdom that Lucy's father Dante spoke when he was still alive. Throughout the story, his proverbs were repeated with love and fond memories, always giving needed help. A wise and loving father speaking softly through memory and beyond time. A lovely illustration for our own Heavenly Father that speaks through the voice of the Holy Spirit to encourage us and bring us wisdom when needed.
The setting is beautiful and I loved the great details, such as the famous home of the Astor's, the gossipy tid-bits of the rich and famous of the time, and the beauty of the costumes that were daily life. If you enjoy the genre even a little, you'll love this book.
One day Lucy encounters an intriguing man on the Cliff Walk, and love begins to blossom. Yet Lucy resists, for what Newport man would want to marry an Italian dressmaker working to support her family?
Rowena faces an arranged marriage to a wealthy heir she doesn't love, but dare a crippled girl hope for anything better?
And Lucy's teenage sister, Sofia, falls for a man well above her social class--but is he willing to give up everything to marry a woman below his station?
As the lives of three young woman--and their unlikely suitors--become entangled in a web of secrets and sacrifice, will the season end with any of them finding true happiness?
If you would like to read the first chapter of An Unlikely Suitor, go HERE.
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Middlebury College Update
The Burlington Free Press published an article entitled "Academic Affairs Rile Middlebury"( February 10) which deals with the ongoing consideration of a new student professor consenting sexual relationship policy. The dankprofessor has published a number of prior posts on the Middlebury situation.The headline of the article "Academic Affairs Rile Middlebury" was a misnomer since there was no academic affair of any sort mentioned in the article, and the dankprofessor has been unable to find any mention of any academic affair at any time of any kind, riling or otherwise, at Middlebury College. The fact of the matter is that the current Middlebury College policy discouraging such relationships has worked.
What riled up the Middlebury campus community was the visit of Ann Lane this past September to Middlebury College in the context of her presentation of a talk entitled "Consensual Relations in the Academy: Gender, Power and Sexuality". The Burlington Free Press article stated: "Her speech lent some perspective to a discussion Middlebury's faculty was beginning to have about one of academia's thornier issues: faculty-student "amorous relationships" and what to do about them." Of course, no where in the article was it demonstrated that the need had come up in the past at Middlebury to do anything about them.
However, Professor Lane did not see it that way. She stated in the Free Press article: "What struck me about my presentation at Middlebury were the number of students who attended, particularly the male students, probably half and half," Lane wrote in an e-mail, "and the interest they showed in questions. I was impressed….At dinner that evening with administrators, faculty and students, what was interesting was that the faculty and administrators, thanking me for my talk, then went on to say how such relationships are rare or non-existent in their school. The students made eye contact and began to talk about several such relationships they all knew of, not naming anyone."
So the good Professor Lane simply discards professorial input that these relationships are rare or non-existent at Middlebury and rather cites student scuttlebutt to support her position. Of course, the issue becomes whether gossip, and rumor should ever be the basis of any academic policy. Professor Lane or the Free Press did not report that any of these students have testified or are planning to testify concerning any such affairs. I think it is fair to say that at this point such affairs are simply a part of Lane's fertile imagination.
In contrast to Professor Lane's perception that there is great student interest in this issue, the Free Press reported the following student input:
"Among Middlebury students, by one account, this is not exactly a hot issue. Sarah Franco, a senior who writes Midd Blog, said she has "broached the subject of faculty/student relationships at least twice" but received no comments. "I stopped writing about it," she said in an e-mail, "because students do not seem interested. I can only speculate as to why. For one thing, students speak up only if they fervently disagree with something and no student is going to openly advocate to have a relationship with a professor."
Yes, I agree with Ms. Franco that no student is likely to advocate for student professor relationships and no professor is likely to engage in a similar advocacy. At Middlebury any such relationships if they have occurred remain out of sight
and out of mind, and this is as it should be if we respect the privacy rights of those engaging in intimate relationships.
What I find to be most depressing is the absence of any student or professor advocating for the right of any student or any professor to have a consensual relationship. Nowhere in the article is a rights perspective included or alluded to. If the Free Press writer had done his homework he would have found that over the last six months there has been much attention given in the media to a civil liberties perspective, particularly by UCLA professor Paul R. Abramson in his book ROMANCE IN THE IVORY TOWER: THE RIGHTS OF LIBERTY AND CONSCIENCE. In fact, the Boston Globe recently carried an excellent op ed piece by Abramson which was totally ignored in the Free Press piece.
For example, the Free Press writer fails to understand the civil liberties implication when the opinion of feminist Bernice Sandler is cited: "A better option, Sandler said, citing an approach adopted at the University of Michigan, is a policy that requires disclosure. Such a policy "handles it without prohibiting," she said, "but it gets at the professional issues involved." After disclosure, a professor's duties with respect to the student in question are assigned to someone else."
What the article fails to note is that the student's privacy is violated by a policy that would force the professor to reveal her identity to college authorities with the consequence that she is forcibly removed from the classroom. This seems like a pretty major omission, but never does Bernice Sandler in her media interviews state how this policy directly impacts on female students. The amazing thing is that for a feminist such as Sandler female students are invisible.
Another place where the article did not get it right was in the interview with Frank Vinik , a lawyer and risk manager for United Educators. The Free Press article reported:
"We think having no policy is a mistake," said Frank Vinik, a lawyer and risk manager for United Educators, an insurance co-op with 800 college and university members. Vinik cited as an example the University of California, where a law school dean resigned in 2002 after engaging in an affair that he termed "consensual" and that the student deemed "harassment." After that, Vinik said, the university formulated a consensual-relationships policy to go along with its harassment policy."
One of the problems with the Vinik statement is that the law dean and the law student never had an affair. The length of their knowing each other was for a couple of hours. They met at a bar/restaurant in the context of a dining and drinking celebration of other students recent achievements. The student became inebriated; the dean drove her home, and while at her home while she was asleep the dean was reported to have assaulted her. How could one characterize such as representing an affair? How could one argue that this incident had any relevance to the current policy evaluation at Middlebury? Vinik must know that UC had a sexual harassment policy at that time that was applicable to the dean's actions. The dean quickly resigned in the context of an impending sexual harassment charge. In fact, Frank Vinik engages in the same misstatement of the facts of this situation in a report on WCBV-TV Boston. If Mr. Vinik believes the dankprofessor has misrepresented him, I would welcome his input on this matter and if he wishes, I would publish his response on the dankprofessor blog.
The writer of the Free Press article, Tim Johnson, characterized this issue as being one of "academia's thornier issues". If such be the case, one would have been led to believe that the article would have made some attempt to bring forth the
conflicting perspectives on the student professor consenting sexual relationships issue. Such was not the case.
I had expected more from one of Vermont's leading newspapers, a newspaper which is well known for its concern with civil liberty issues.
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Some people who want to vote but can't have been removed from the voting rolls. Across the country, the rate at which people are being purged from the voting rolls, a process historically intended to keep records updated, has increased substantially compared to a decade ago, according to a report from the Brennan Center published this summer. The analysis found 4 million more people were purged between 2014 and 2016 than in the equivalent period between 2006 and 2008.
Legal obstacles are an important part of the nonvoter story, but there are many millions of Americans who can vote and yet choose not to. Their reasons are vast: Some are apathetic or too busy. Others don't like their choices, they don't think their vote matters, they think the system is corrupt, or they don't think they know enough to vote.
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A Powerless Feature in VMware vSphere
Distributed Power Management (DPM) is a powerful (powerless, really) feature can reduce host power consumption in a DRS cluster. It works in either manual mode or automatic mode only when DRS is enabled. DPM can place idle hosts into standby mode, or awaken them from standby when more resources are needed.
Like most of the features in vSphere, you can manage them with the APIs. A recent question at the open source vSphere Java API forum asks how to get hold of the DpmBehavior data object. This seems easy but may take a while to figure out because of the complicated structure and a little history there. Although this article is mainly about DPM, the related tips apply to DRS as well.
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Reading DPM Behaviors
Let's first show how to get hold of this:
- Get hold of the hostFolder property of a Datacenter managed object.
- Dig down the folder's childEntity property for a managed entity typed ClusterComputeResource. Note: here comes the first confusion. The element in the childEntity array can be ComputeResource or its subtype ClusterComputeResource. You have to check the element type and then cast the type only for these ClusterComputeResource elements. Remember, DPM is a cluster feature and tied with ClusterComputeResource.
- From a ClusterComputeResource object, dig down to its configurationEx property, which is literally typed as ComputeResourceConfigInfo. But if it's a ClusterComputeResource, it's really the subtype of ComputeResourceConfigInfo: ClusterConfigInfoEx. So you have to cast it before you can see the properties defined in ClusterConfigInfoEx. This is the second confusion you may get into.
- Inside the ClusterConfigInfoEx, check the dpmConfigInfo which includes defaultDpmBehavior property typed DpmBehavior which is an enumeration type with two possible values: automated, or manual.
In the step 3, you may have a third confusion. The ClusterComputeResource once defined a property called configuration, but immediately deprecated in 2.5. You may expect configuration is the one that holds cluster related information because it's an additional property from the super type ComputeResource. In this case, you need to read API reference and explore by yourself a little.
That is not the end of the story yet. An individual host may opt in or out the DPM. In this case, you want to read dpmHostConfig property of the ClusterConfigInfoEx (See step 4). The dpmHostConfig property is an array of ClusterDpmHostConfigInfo, from which you can tell whether a host has a special setting with DPM. If yes, this setting overrides the default; otherwise use the default.
Change DPM Behavior
After getting the existing DPM setting, you may want to change it. The related API is
reconfigureComputeResource_Task(ComputeResourceConfigSpec spec, boolean modify);
The second parameter is a boolean which applies incremental changes to the configuration when true; or overwrites everything otherwise. Normally you should use true unless you want to repeat everything or accept default settings for all unspecified settings.
The first parameter is a little tricky here. The ComputeResourceConfigSpec is very simple with only one property vmSwapPlacement. You may wonder how to use this for cluster related settings. It turns out ComputeResourceConfigSpec has a subtype called ClusterConfigSpecEx which has extra properties for you to specify cluster related settings including DPM. As you read earlier, DPM setting has both default for whole cluster and individual hosts. They can be configured with dpmConfig (ClusterDpmConfigInfo) and dpmHostConfigSpec (ClusterDpmHostConfigSpec) respectively. You can figure out what to provide after reading the API reference.
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Elepig is an exchange made for the people by the people. With 80+ years experience of producing secure defence systems we will ensure that your investments are safe and secure. The platform will be simple to use and accessible to everyone, anytime and any place. We are transparent and honest in our approach to our fellow community and customer support will be front and centre of the Elepig Exchange.
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- Multiple exchanges are already available in the cryptocurrency market. The market is still evolving, allowing room for new offerings to build on the strengths of existing tools and avoid their failings. The cryptocurrency market, and exchanges in particular, have not yet gone mainstream. We are still in the age of the early adopter. We have identified a gap in the market for a simple, trusted exchange that allows non-technical traders to invest in a range of alternative coins (alt coins). There are several websites that make it easy to transfer traditional fiat currency (such as US$) into Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. This is where the majority of our target users stop because the transition to the more complex exchanges – designed by technical traders for technical traders – is just too daunting. Elepig fills this gap by providing a Trusted and Simple means to benefit from the opportunities that alt coins can deliver, making the purchase of alt coin as easy and secured as the best online banking platforms. We aspire to make Elepig everyone's cryptocurrency exchange of choice
- Rates and Bonuses
25 Jun 2018 - 08 Jul 2018 40% Round 1 (9 Jul -29 Jul) 30% Round 2 (30 Jul -19 Aug) 20% Round 3 (20 Aug - 9 Sep) 10% Round 4 (10 Sep - 30 Sep) 5%
- Name
- Position
- Links
- Carl Selby
- Co-Founder
- Mark Williams
- Co-Founder
- Anna Lumber
- Adam Gritz
- Steve Panich
- Steve Apps
- Head of Architecture
- Vinod Dhall
- Overseas Development Lead
- Paul Carpenter
- HR Advisor
- George Han
- Board Advisor
- Jackie Winitkun
- PR and Events Advisor
- Matt Windsor
- FX and Fintech Advisor