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Notes: Segedy - 2015 - Using Coherence Analysis to Characterize Self-Regulated Learning Behaviours in Open-Ended Learning Environments
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Segedy, J. R., Kinnebrew, J. S., & Biswas, G. (2015). Using Coherence Analysis to Characterize Self-Regulated Learning Behaviours in Open-Ended Learning Environments. Journal of Learning Analytics, 2(1), 13–48.
Nice work! So this work follows this 'logic': SRL is important and we have good theoretical models based on decades of research. We have Betty's Brain as an 'open-ended learning environment' (note that's different from open learning environments), where SRL is key for learner success. Coherence Analysis now kicks in as a novel approach to assessing SRL, based in a SRL model and situated in Betty's Brain; CA derives a bunch of indices that are predictive of learning performance measured by knowledge tests in this study. These indices are then used to cluster students. Sequence mining is then applied to further interpret different clusters (incorporating temporal information extracted from log analysis).
It is rare to have a strong theoretically-driven approach + clear articulation of assumptions + clear operationalization of metrics in learning analytics research. This paper is one of these exceptions.
That said, wondering how easy it would be for researchers to apply the CA indices in a different context. Also more generally wondering:
- when would LA research escape using knowledge tests as the benchmarks of learning, and
- furthermore, are there other ways to investigate in this context, instead of following the "indices-extraction"–clustering–"contrasting-clusters" approach? (I'm in lack of good terms to describe this approach.)
we present our work in developing and evaluating coherence analysis (CA), a novel approach to interpreting students' learning behaviours in OELEs. (p. 1)
SRL is an active theory of learning that describes how learners are able to set goals, create plans for achieving those goals, continually monitor their progress, and revise their plans when necessary. SRL is a multi‐faceted construct: it involves emotional and behavioural control, management of one's learning environment and cognitive resources, perseverance in the face of difficulties, and social interactions to promote effective learning (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2011). (p. 1)
open‐ended computer‐based learning environments (OELEs; Clarebout & Elen, 2008; Land, Hannafin, & Oliver, 2012), which provide a learning context and a set of tools for exploring, hypothesizing, and building solutions to authentic and complex problems. (p. 2)
To validate our approach, we applied CA to data from a recent classroom study with the Betty's Brain OELE (Kinnebrew, Segedy, & Biswas, 2014; Leelawong & Biswas, 2008). Results demonstrate the effectiveness of CA in 1) predicting students' task performance and learning gains and 2) identifying common problem‐solving approaches among the students in the study. Further, the results demonstrate relationships between CA‐derived metrics and students' prior skill levels, offering a potential explanation for students' problem‐solving behaviours. Taken together, these results provide insight into students' SRL processes and suggest targets for adaptive scaffolds to support students' development of open‐ended problem‐solving skills. (p. 2)
While OELEs may vary in the particular sets of tools they provide, they often include tools for 1) seeking and acquiring information, 2) applying that information to a problem‐solving task, and 3) assessing the quality of the constructed solution. (p. 3)
Roscoe, Segedy, Sulcer, Jeong, & Biswas describe SRL as containing "multiple and recursive stages incorporating cognitive and metacognitive strategies" (2013, p. 286). Their description of SRL is summarized in Figure 1; it presents SRL as involving phases of orientation and planning, enactment and learning, and reflection and self‐assessment. (p. 4)
Figure 1. Amodel of SRL according to the descriptionin Roscoe et al. (2013) (p. 4)
Measuring students' self‐regulation and metacognitive behaviour in real time is a difficult task; it requires developing systematic analysis techniques for detecting aspects of goal setting, planning, monitoring, and reflection in the context of the learning environment. (p. 4)
Despite this complexity, researchers have developed several approaches to measuring aspects of self‐ regulation and metacognition in OELEs. For example, MetaTutor (Bouchet et al., 2013) adopts a very direct approach; it provides interface features through which students can externalize their SRL processes. (p. 5)
Another approach employed in several OELEs involves developing a predictive, data‐driven model for diagnosing constructs related to SRL in real time (e.g., engagement, frustration, or confusion). (p. 5)
In other OELEs, researchers have developed theory‐driven models of SRL and embedded those models into learning environments. For example, EcoLab (Luckin & du Boulay, 1999; Luckin & Hammerton, 2002) measures students' metacognitive awareness of their own ability by comparing the system's assessment of students' ability levels with the difficulty of the activities they choose to pursue. (p. 5)
coherence analysis (CA), and applied that approach to the interpretation of log data from Betty's Brain. However, rather than focusing on a specific aspect of SRL (e.g., awareness of one's own ability), CA focuses on students' ability to seek for, interpret, and apply information encountered while working in the OELE. In doing so, CA models aspects of students' problem‐solving skills and metacognitive abilities simultaneously. (p. 6)
4 COHERENCE ANALYSIS (p. 7)
To develop this approach, we first performed a task‐driven analysis of Betty's Brain (similar to cognitive task analysis; Chipman, Schraagen, & Shalin, 2000) to derive 1) the primary tasks that students should be able to complete to succeed in an OELE, and 2) the processes students must execute to complete those tasks. (p. 7)
4.1 Cognitive and Metacognitive Problem-solving Processes in OELEs (p. 8)
These tasks and their more specific implementations in Betty's Brain have been incorporated into atask model (Figure 3) that specifies the tasks important for achieving success in Betty's Brain. The highest level of the model identifies the three broad classes of OELE tasks related to 1) information seeking and acquisition, 2) solution construction and refinement, and 3) solution assessment. Each of these task categories is further broken down into three levels that represent 1) general task descriptions common across all OELEs (according to the definition of OELE discussed above); 2) Betty's Brain specific instantiations of these tasks; and 3) interface features in Betty's Brain through which students can accomplish their tasks. (p. 8)
The directed links in the task model represent dependency relations. (p. 8)
a great example of theory-driven analytics. (p. 8)
Identifying and evaluating the relevance of information describes the processes students employ as they observe, operate on, and make sense of the information presented in an OELE's information acquisition tools (Land, 2000; Quintana et al., 2004). Productively employing these processes requires an understanding of how to identify critical information and interpret it correctly. (p. 8)
The task model, along with the model of SRL presented in Figure 1, identifies and draws connections among the cognitive and metacognitive processes critical for learning in OELEs. Students need to leverage their metacognitive knowledge and task understanding in order to select intermediate goals for completing their tasks and then create plans for coordinating their use of skills and strategies in service of achieving those goals. Creating these plans requires understanding the purposes of, and relationships among, the tasks identified in the task model. Effective plans will utilize information gained from both information acquisition and solution assessment activities in order to build and refine a causal map that more closely approximates the expected solution. Because students are likely to make mistakes in constructing their solutions, they need to understand how to utilize the results of solution assessments to direct their thinking as they reflect on the sources of their errors. (p. 10)
4.2 Modelling Learner Behaviours with Coherence Analysis (p. 10)
The Coherence Analysis (CA) approach analyzes learners' behaviours by combining information from sequences of student actions to produce measures of action coherence. (p. 10)
When students take actions that put them into contact with information that can help them improve their current solution, they have generated potential that should motivate future actions. The assumption is that if students can recognize relevant information in the resources and quiz results, then they should act on that information. If they do not act on information that they encountered previously, CA assumes that they did not recognize or understand the relevance of that information. (p. 11)
These two notions come together in the definition of action coherence: Two ordered actions (ݕ→ݔ ) taken by a student in an OELE are action coherent if the second action, ݕ , is based on information generated by the first action, ݔ . In this case, ݔ provides support for ݕ , and ݕ is supported by ݔ . Should a learner execute ݔ without subsequently executing ݕ , the learner has created unused potential in relation to ݕ . Note that actions ݔ and ݕ need not be consecutive. (p. 11)
The task model (Figure 3) implies two critical coherence relations: 1) applying information acquired from the hypertext resources to editing the map; and 2) applying inferred link correctness information (as obtained via quizzes) to editing the map. More specifically, an information seeking action (e.g., reading about a causal relationship) may generate support for a future solution construction action (e.g., adding that causal relationship to the map). Similarly, a solution construction action can be supported by a solution assessment action. (p. 11)
CA assumes that learners with higher levels of action coherence possess stronger metacognitive knowledge and task understanding. Thus, these learners will perform a larger proportion of supported actions and take advantage of a larger proportion of the potential that their actions generate. (p. 11)
Action coherence metrics measure whether or not learners' actions take advantage of previously encountered information. To measure whether or not a learner's actions contradict the information generated during previous activities, CA also incorporates measures of action incoherence: Two ordered actions (ݕ→ݔ ) taken by a student in an OELE are action incoherent if the second action, ݕ , is action coherent with the negation of information generated by the first action, ݔ . In this case, ݔ provides negative support for ݕ , and ݕ is contradicted by ݔ . (p. 12)
CA assumes that learners with higher levels of incoherence among their actions possess a weaker understanding of the science domain and the relations between different concepts in the domain. (p. 12)
Our hypotheses in developing CA were as follows: 1. Students' CA‐derived metrics would predict their learning and success in teaching Betty; 2. Students' prior levels of task understanding would predict their CA‐derived metrics while using Betty's Brain. (p. 12)
5 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WITH BETTY'S BRAIN (p. 13)
Ninety‐nine 6th grade students from four mid‐Tennessee science classrooms participated in the study. (p. 13)
Students used Betty's Brain to learn about human thermoregulation when exposed to cold temperatures. The expert map, shown in Figure 4, contained 13 concepts and 15 links representing cold detection (cold temperatures, heat loss, body temperature, cold detection, hypothalamus response) and three bodily responses to cold: goose bumps (skin contraction, raised skin hairs, warm air near skin, heat loss), vasoconstriction (blood vessel constriction, blood flow to the skin, heat loss), and shivering (skeletal muscle contractions, friction in the body, heat in the body). (p. 13)
5.4 Learning Assessments Learning was assessed using a pre‐test–post‐test design with two parts: a set of computer‐based exercises and a set of paper‐and‐pencil questions. (p. 14)
5.5 Log File Analysis (p. 18)
The log files provided the information required to calculate a measure of task performance for each student. By tracking the evolution of a student's causal map, we could compute how the student's causal map score changed over time. The map score at any point in time is calculated as the number of correct links (i.e., links that appear in the expert map) minus the number of incorrect links in the student's map. (p. 18)
The log files also served as input to CA, which automatically calculated the following metrics for each student: 1. Edit Frequency: the number of causal link edits and annotations made by the student divided by number of minutes that the student was logged onto the system. 2. Unsupported edit percentage: the percentage of causal link edits and annotations not supported by any of the previous views that occurred within afive‐minute window of the edit. 3. Information viewing time: the amount of time spent viewing either the science resource pages or Betty's graded answers. Information viewing percentage is the percentage of the student's time on the system classified as information viewing time. 4. Potential generation time: the amount of information viewing time spent viewing information that could support causal map edits that would improve the map score. To calculate this, we annotated each hypertext resource page with information about the concepts and links discussed on that page. Potential generation percentage is the percentage of information viewing time classified as potential generation time. 5. Used potential time: the amount of potential generation time associated with views that both occur within a prior five‐minute window and also support an ensuing causal map edit. Used potential percentage is the percentage of potential generation time classified as used potential time. (p. 19)
Metrics one and two capture the quantity and quality of a student's causal link edits and annotations, where supported edits and annotations are considered to be of higher quality. Metrics three, four, and five capture the quantity and quality of the student's time viewing either the resources or Betty's graded answers. These metrics speak to the student's ability to seek and identify information that may help her build or refine her map (potential generation percentage) and then utilize information from those pages in future map‐editing activities (used potential percentage). (p. 19)
As a complement to the CA‐derived metrics, we employed an information‐theoretic differential sequence mining approach (Kinnebrew, Mack, Biswas, & Chang, 2014) to analyze students' action sequences further. This allowed us to identify sequential action patterns that best differentiated groups of students defined by the CA‐derived metrics. The analysis considered the following student actions: 1) reading resource pages; 2) adding, removing, or editing causal links in the map (further distinguished by whether or not the edit improved the map score); 3) asking Betty to answer causal questions; 4) having Betty take quizzes; 5) asking Betty to explain her answer to a question; 6) creating, editing, and viewing notes; and 7) annotating links to keep track of their correctness. The derivation of action definitions from raw activity logs is discussed further in (Kinnebrew et al., 2013). (p. 20)
interesting. wondering how this 'information-theoretic differential sequence mining' works. (p. 20)
6 RESULTS (p. 20)
6.2 Relationships between CA-Derived Metrics, Learning, and Performance (p. 21)
Students edited their maps fairly often (0.60 times per minute), and on average, 55.7% of these edits were supported. Students spent roughly one‐third of their total time viewing information, but only 65.3% of this viewing time was spent on information that could support causal map edits. Students used, on average, a majority of the potential that they generated (62.3%), and they were mostly engaged in their learning (88.8%). (p. 21)
The results show that several of the CA metrics were significantly and moderately‐to‐strongly correlated with students' best map scores. Best map scores were positively correlated with edit frequency (r = 0.56), potential generation percentage (r =0.41), and used potential percentage (r = 0.60). Best map scores were negatively correlated with unsupported edit percentage (r = –0.49) and disengaged percentage (r = –0.46). Students' CA metrics were also correlated with their short answer learning gains. More specifically, short answer learning gains were positively correlated with edit frequency (r = 0.40), potential generation percentage (r = 0.26), and used potential percentage (r = 0.26). (p. 23)
To investigate these relationships further, we conducted multiple regression analyses to predict each of the learning gain measures and the best map score with the six CA metrics. The CA metrics predicted best map scores (F=22.87, p <0.001, R2 = 0.601) and gains on short answer items (F=4.544, p <0.001, R2 = 0.231) with statistical significance. (p. 23)
Together, these analyses provide potential insight into why particular students experienced more or less success. Negative correlations between unsupported edit percentage and information viewing percentage, potential generation percentage, and used potential percentage along with the positive correlation between unsupported edit percentage and disengaged percentage may suggest abehaviour profile characterized by disengagement, effort avoidance, and/or a difficulty in identifying causal links in the resources. (p. 23)
In summary, these results provide support for our first hypothesis. Students' CA‐derived metrics were collectively predictive of their short answer learning gains (p. 23)
To test our second hypothesis — that students' prior levels of task understanding would predict their CA‐derived metrics while using Betty's Brain — we calculated correlations between CA metrics and students' pre‐test skill levels (6). Most correlations are weak. However, some specific pre‐test skill levels were weakly and significantly correlated with the CA metrics. Students with higher causal reasoning scores edited their maps more often (r = 0.23) and used proportionally more of the potential they generated (r = 0.27). (p. 24)
To summarize, we found only limited support for our second hypothesis. Students who were better at interpreting causal relations in text passages during the pre‐test edited their maps somewhat more frequently and exhibited slightly higher levels of coherence (p. 24)
6.3 Exploratory Clustering Analysis (p. 25)
Figure 8 illustrates the resulting dendrogram. The analysis revealed five relatively distinct clusters containing 24, 39, 5, 6, and 24 students. (p. 25)
Cluster 1 students (n=24) may be characterized as frequent researchers and careful editors; these students spent large proportions of their time (42.4%) viewing sources of information and did not edit their maps very often. When they did edit their maps, the edit was usually supported by recent activities ( (unsupported edit percentage = 29.4%). Most of the information they viewed was useful for improving their causal maps (potential generation percentage = 71.4%), but they often did not take advantage of this information (used potential percentage = 58.9%). (p. 25)
Cluster 2 students (n=39) may be characterized as strategic experimenters. These students spent a fair proportion of their time (33.5%) viewing sources of information, and, like Cluster 1 students, often did not take advantage of this information (used potential percentage = 62.6%). Unlike Cluster 1 students, they performed more map edits, a higher proportion of which were unsupported, as they tried to construct the correct causal model. (p. 25)
Cluster 3 students (n=5) may be characterized as confused guessers. These students edited their maps fairly infrequently and usually without support. They spent an average of 58.9% of their time viewing sources of information, but most of their time viewing information did not generate potential (potential generation percentage = 45.8%). (p. 25)
Cluster 4 (n=6) may be characterized as disengaged from the task. On average, these students spent more than 30% of their time on the system (more than 45 minutes of class time) in a state of disengagement. (p. 25)
Cluster 5 students (n=24) are characterized by a high edit frequency (just over 1 edit per minute), and most of these students' edits (70.9%) were supported. Additionally, they spent just over one‐third of their time viewing information, and over three‐fourths of this time viewing information that generated potential. These students are distinct from students in the other four clusters in that they used a large majority of the potential they generated (82.0%) and were rarely in a state of disengagement (3.1%). In other words, these students appeared to be engaged and efficient. (p. 26)
To explore more detailed behaviour differences between the identified clusters, we employed the information‐theoretic differential sequence mining approach described in Kinnebrew, Mack, Biswas, & Chang (2104) and the Log File Analysis section above. This approach identified the action patterns that best differentiate the five clusters, the top seven of which are presented in Table 106 . (p. 27)
Table 10. Means (and standard deviations) of activity pattern frequency by cluster (p. 29)
All of the other top differential activity patterns described in Table 10 involve a combination of map editing (specifically with respect to incorrect links) and quizzing, patterns that have been associated with successful performance in Betty's Brain (Kinnebrew et al., 2013). For example, patterns 2 and 6 are characteristic of supported map edits based on quiz results. In particular, pattern 6 is characteristic of exploring the quiz results more deeply by viewing Betty's answer explanation. Patterns 3, 5, and 7 are characteristic of using quizzes to monitor progress. After the student edits the map, they have Betty take a quiz in order to evaluate the effect of that edit on her quiz performance. Pattern 4 combines these two pattern types into a pattern characteristic of an edit‐and‐check strategy, in which students add a link to their map, use a quiz to monitor the effect of that link on Betty's performance, and then, upon discovering the link is incorrect, remove it from their maps. (p. 29)
All six of these activity patterns display similar relative use across the clusters, having the highest average frequency in engaged and efficient students, moderate frequencies in researchers/careful editors and strategic experimenters, and low frequencies in confused guessers and disengaged students. (p. 29)
Altogether, these results indicate that students in more successful clusters were more likely to employ behaviours illustrating productive uses of the quiz for solution assessment. (p. 30)
Pretty cool work.
so this work follows this 'logic': SRL is important and we have good theoretical models based on decades of research. We have Betty's Brain as an 'open-ended learning environment' (note that's different from open learning environments), where SRL is key for learner success. Coherence Analysis now kicks in as a novel approach to assessing SRL, based in a SRL model and situated in Betty's Brain; CA derives a bunch of indices that are predictive of learning performance measured by knowledge tests in this study. These indices are then used to cluster students. Sequence mining is then applied to further interpret different clusters (incorporating temporal information extracted from log analysis).
so this work follows this 'logic': SRL is important and we have good theoretical models based on decades of research. We have Betty's Brain as an 'open-ended learning environment' (note that's different from open learning environments), where SRL is key for learner success. Coherence Analysis now kicks in as a novel approach to assessing SRL, based in a SRL model and situated in Betty's Brain; CA derives a bunch of indices that are predictive of learning performance measured by knowledge tests in this study. These indices are then used to cluster students. Sequence mining is then applied to further interpret different clusters (incorporating temporal information extracted from log analysis). (p. 30)
Kinnebrew, J. S., Loretz, K., & Biswas, G. (2013). A contextualized, differential sequence mining method to derive students' learning behavior patterns. Journal of Educational Data Mining, 5(1), 190– 219.
Kinnebrew, J. S., Mack, D. L. C., Biswas, G., & Chang, C. K. (2014). A differential approach for identifying important student learning behavior patterns with evolving usage over time. Proceedings of the Mobile Sensing, Mining and Visualization for Human Behavior Inference Workshop at the 18th Pacific‐Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (pp. 281–292). Tainan, Taiwan. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978‐3‐319‐13186‐ 3_27#page‐1


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The new program, launched Tuesday, will provide counseling and instruction, matchmaking services for RIAs interested in potential M&A opportunities, and discounted financing through a partnership with Live Oak Bank.
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Through its partnership with Live Oak Bank, a small business lender based in Wilmington, N.C., Fidelitys RIA clients will receive specialized service, including access to discounted pricing on loans as well as a an abbreviated loan acceptance process. Live Oak Bank will offer loans of up to $5 million to qualified RIAs and provide loans to finance breakaways as well as internal succession plans.
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Embark on Calgary's only guided river experience, view downtown Calgary from the original highway, The Bow River. There are lots of amazing architecture in Calgary, old and new bridges, as well as new and historic office and residential high-rises which we have the opportunity to see as we float down the river. It is a view of the inner city that even long-time residents of Calgary have never experienced. The trips start by Pump House Theater and end at Pearce Estates Park. The trip is about one and a half hours long. Want a meal during your trip, bagged lunch or stop at a restaurant in the middle of the trip, maybe an evening float under the lights? We do custom trips as well as our standard trip. Call for details.


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Izikhothane youth sub-culture
designer outfits all in the name of bragging
Izikhothane leading labels such asDMD, Carvela, Sfazo, Nike,Versace, RM,etc has gained popularity around SA townships. As a Public Relations student I think it is because of the good branding and marketing that has made these labels favored among other clothing labels. The quality and kasi style of these labels works on their advantage to reach out to the broader market even in townships,but i don't think all these luxury labels are worth it for youth to be demanding and abusing their parents money to entertain this crazy culture. these labels have created for themselves a brand preferences and brand loyalty within townships which is good business because these brands are being purchased and becoming popular but do these label companies know the impacts their designer clothes are causing in the townships or do they even care? not only are these youth getting their parents in debt but they are also threatening them with suicide if their wants are not granted.these kids have gone wild all because of peer pressure,desire and obsession for labels.


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It only takes twenty four hours for plaque that is not removed from your teeth to turn into calculus (tartar)! Daily home cleaning helps control plaque and tartar formation, but those hard to reach areas will always need special attention.
Once your periodontal treatment has been completed, your dentist and dental hygienist will recommend that you have regular maintenance cleanings (periodontal cleanings), usually four times a year. At these cleaning appointments, the pocket depths will be carefully checked to ensure that they are healthy. Plaque and calculus that is difficult for you to remove on a daily basis will be removed from above and below the gum line.
In addition to your periodontal cleaning and evaluation, your appointment will usually include:
Good oral hygiene practices and periodontal cleanings are essential in maintaining dental health and keeping periodontal disease under control!
I hadn't been to the dentist for 17 years because I was absolutely terrified of the idea of a dentist, the smell, needles and what a terrible state my mouth might be in. It was ridiculous really, because in every other area of life I'm confident, but the very thought of going to the dentist had me hiding behind the sofa and getting the sweats. Alan was recommended to me by a friend who had been nearly as frightened as me and I was 'hand-held' there by my partner for the first few visits. Now I go on my own, and while the dentist will never be something I look forward to, at least I am on track now and am over my 'dentalphobia'.
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Application of the RADIALcvt in Pure Electric Vehicles
Growing global concerns over carbon emissions have resulted in the market share for electric vehicles (EVs), experiencing a rapid exponential growth. Bosch forecasts an increase in multiple ratios, coupled with sustained growth in market share and development for EVs in the next few years.
With the current drive towards electric vehicles, the optimization of various components contributing to overall energy efficiency of EVs is becoming more important. Innovations into higher energy dense batteries and other energy storing devices require that inefficient components that slow down advances in these developments be done away with.
A case in point is the primary power source in electric vehicles, the electric motor, which shares some common disadvantages with the internal combustion engine. One of these disadvantages is that both the electric motor and its drive/inverter, as well as the internal combustion engine are not equally efficient under different loads and speeds.
Single Speed
A fixed drive (single speed) in EVs has the lowest cost and is the least complicated, requiring at most a locking ring (dog clutch) to tow the vehicle in emergency conditions. This configuration however has no means to optimise the overall vehicle energy consumption as far as configuration between electric motor and wheels is concerned, other than the optimized selection of the fixed gear ratio between motor and wheels.
Multiple Stepped Speed
When multiple stepped ratios (two and three speeds and more) are considered, the following issues arise, and the solutions to these exponentially increase the complexity of the EV transmission if compared to the single speed case:
- All the reviewed work indicates that ratio change synchronisation with a single electric motor is not possible without a clutch (except the Oerlikon 4 speed high end
EV transmission which requires two motors). As a result, all the reviewed multi speed transmissions functions as an AMT (automated manual transmission) or as a DCT (dual clutch transmission) as in the case of the Antonov transmission, all using a clutch or dual clutch respectively.
- In order to realise above, a clutch system with automated clutch control is needed
- An automated ratio changing mechanism is also required.
The upside to a stepped multi speed is that high mechanical efficiency is maintained if compared to the single speed and that the electric motor is partially optimised in driving and regeneration conditions to provide energy consumption improvements up to about 15% compared to the single speed. It also allows for partial optimisation of the electric motor in terms of size, speed range and torque range.
Variable Mechanical Drives
All the reviewed work which considered CVT's/IVT's used existing well-known systems limited to toroidal and belt/chain CVT transmissions as well as these transmissions in IVT/power split configurations. These transmissions are characterised by the following disadvantages:
- Much lower mechanical efficiency than a fixed ratio.
- All require a hydraulic control system.
- They are heavy and expensive.
- All toroidal and belt/chain CVT include an overdrive in their ratio range (output turns faster than the input) thus additional reduction gearing would be needed in electric vehicle implementation.
On the upside, these transmissions provide the following advantages:
- Fully optimise the electric motor in driving and regeneration conditions.
- Provide better vehicle acceleration and gradient ability.
- A definite potential to provide better energy consumption than stepped transmission if its mechanical efficiency is within certain limits.
- They do not require a clutch, but only a locking ring/dog clutch, the same as for the single speed.
The RADIALcvt as an Ideal Electric Vehicle Transmission
Although the RADIALcvt mechanical efficiency is at most within an estimate of about 3% less than the stepped transmissions it is however much more compact lengthwise than the stepped transmission with a clutch or dual clutch.
The various cited CVT simulations proved the advantages of a CVT transmission in pure electric vehicles, but the low overall efficiencies of current commercial CVT's in some cases eroded all the advantages away.
The RADIALcvt thus provides an excellent solution to pure electric vehicles, because of its simplicity and fundamental advantages with very high mechanical efficiency.
Please download the full RADIALcvt simulation document at http://www.varibox.com/media/1177/radialcvtdesignver16.pdf.
Above document provides all details from which above parameters were obtained.
A full detailed version of this article can also be downloaded at http://www.varibox.com/media/1184/radialcvtelectricver14.pdf
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WASHINGTON -- A long legal drama over the fate of seven fertilized human eggs neared a final curtain yesterday as the Supreme Court turned aside a plea to give them a full right to life.
A Florida woman, who says she wants to become a mother through the development of those eggs over the objection of her former husband, failed to get a hearing before the justices. Her ex-husband, the sperm donor, wants the frozen "pre-embryos" destroyed and now may be able to have that done.
As a result of the court's action yesterday, control over eggs involved in thousands of laboratory dish experiments across the nation will be left to the donors or, if they disagree, to the varying laws of the states.


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Are you living, or have you ever lived in a houseshare or flatshare? If so, you're likely to be familiar with certain personality traits of different types of housemates. Couples are increasingly choosing to rent with other flatmates to save money. This is why we've included them as 1 of 5 flatmate stereotypes we're highlighting over the coming weeks.
The 'awkward couple' are in a way doubly risky to live with compared to other flatmate stereotypes, because there's two of them! Although saying that it's quite common to get on with one of them, whilst the other is a total nightmare – opposites as they say 'attract'.
- Couples are often fairly mature, so this type of renter may well bring stability to the flat
- They'll often enjoy cooking together, with leftovers being regularly available – free yummy home cooked food!
- If you're having troubles with your love life, you'd rather not see them eating each others face off in the kitchen, or hear them having loud sex at night
- Couples are never perfect so arguments are likely to occur, causing awkwardness if in the communal areas and noise when you don't want it
- When it comes to making house decisions between your roommates, they'll often get their way as they have two votes over everyone elses one
- As there's 2 of them, they're likely to take up the bathroom / washing machine / cooking area more often, causing general despair
Generally speaking a couple is not ideal for a flatshare based on the above, so try to avoid where possible. Couples are best living within their own apartment all together, or with another couple, so are likely to have more things in common.
Are you definitely not the 'awkward couple' in your house share? In that case you must be one of these other common housemate stereotypes:
- The 'uptight parent' flatmate stereotype
- The 'popular party animal' flatmate stereotype
- The 'antisocial hermit' flatmate stereotype
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Mica 1.2 provides the intuitive UI and connections to applications that make it easier for more business users to do data analytics...
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Strata + Hadoop World, Booth #644 (PRWEB) September 28, 2016 -- Zaloni, the data lake company, announced today the release of Mica 1.2, Zaloni's self-service data preparation software for discovery, curation and governance of data in the data lake. Mica's enterprise-wide data catalog enables business users to discover and manipulate data sets and derive business insights.
Gartner analysts, Rita Sallam, Paddy Forry, Ehtisham Zaidi, and Shubhangi Vashisth in their August 2016 Market Guide for Self-Service Data Preparation, state that self-service data preparation is critical for enterprises, "As organizations are accelerating their plans to become more agile and flexible, the need to quickly prepare, explore and garner operational insights faster has become a key imperative. These challenges have made data preparation one of the biggest roadblocks to pervasive and trusted modern analytics. Self-service data preparation addresses these challenges by accelerating the way users find, access, clean, combine, model, transform and collaborate with data in an agile yet trusted way."
"Mica 1.2 supports Zaloni's overarching vision for an integrated big data ecosystem, in which a central data lake ingests, stores and transforms data and can feed data back into a traditional data warehouse or visualization tools," said Scott Gidley, Zaloni's vice president of Product. "Mica 1.2 provides the intuitive UI and connections to applications that make it easier for more business users to do data analytics – and takes more of the day-to-day burden off of IT and development."
Mica 1.2 builds on the solution's user-friendly interface and integration with Zaloni's Bedrock Data Lake Management Platform for enhanced functionality. In this release, Zaloni further expands the logical data lake. Mica already works across hybrid platforms that span on premises and cloud with support for AWS and Azure environments. In this new release there is added support for adjacent relational data stores.
Additional new functionality includes:
Sandbox provisioning – Enables a shopping cart-like user experience for provisioning data to analysts' and data scientists' "tools of choice," including external databases, applications like analytics and visualization tools, or alternative data lakes.
Non-Hadoop connectors – Creates a single-source metadata catalog that goes beyond Hadoop to expand the "Logical Data Lake" providing field metadata and data previews from outside the data lake in adjacent relational data stores.
Zones – Users can now partition their data lake into different zones based on data sets, processes, and policies. Mica allows administration and entity categorization based on user-defined zones.
SSO login – Simplifies administration by integrating with existing single sign-on (SSO) solutions to allow access to the Mica platform with SSO credentials.
Joins – Enables users to join transformed entities and quickly see and manipulate results with preview sample data; then publish to Bedrock for full processing.
Workspace sharing – Declutters and simplifies the user experience by only showing workspaces created by or shared with a user; allows administration for Mica and LDAP users and groups.
Search functionality & open data catalog – Allows for global search of basic metadata catalog information within the enterprise without logging in to Mica; simplifies administration and enables more users to see (at a top level) what is in the data lake.
"We want to provide more ways for more business users to discover and access data from across the enterprise. Democratizing and operationalizing data use throughout an enterprise is one of the keys to successfully deriving more value from big data," said Ben Sharma, Zaloni's co-founder and CEO.
For more information about Zaloni Mica:
About Zaloni
Zaloni, the data lake company, is an award-winning provider of enterprise data lake management solutions. Our software, Bedrock and Mica, enable customers to gain competitive advantage through organized, actionable big data lakes. Serving the Fortune 500, Zaloni has helped its customers build production implementations at many of the world's leading companies. To learn more, visit us at http://www.zaloni.com.


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Dana White along with Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta were able to purchase a failing Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion, and in just over a decade they've managed to turn it into one of the most profitable businesses in all of sports.
Now take that same formula and apply it to a team in the National Football League.
While his only passion is fighting, UFC president Dana White could potentially see his business partners branching out and owning an NFL team one day.
"Fighting is all I care about, it's what I really do, and what I love. I've always loved it since I was a kid, but Lorenzo, my partner, is a football fanatic," White said when speaking to the Dan LeBatard show in Miami on Thursday.
"I would not be shocked if Lorenzo ends up owning an NFL team. I would not be shocked."
White says Fertitta's diehard attitude would translate perfectly into the NFL, and he believes one day it may very well come to fruition.
"He's an awesome owner. They're very smart guys and they're great guys to work for. They're very generous to everybody. They would be a great fit for the NFL and they're very aggressive guys. They go into a market where a team hasn't been doing well, I think they're the guys that could turn a team around," said White.
"They'd be kick ass owners."
The Fertitta brothers have primarily focused their business over the years in casinos and then working with the UFC, but White believes his partners could venture into the world of football one day.
Of course this is all speculation for now, but when an idea is present, it doesn't always take long for it to come to reality and as White said about the Fertittas purchasing an NFL team, he reminds people that "everything is for sale."
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Eight tornadoes on the stormfront of Hurricane Andrew were spotted over Maryland yesterday afternoon, one of which touched down in Howard County, toppling or damaging about 1,000 trees, mauling cars and buildings and pinning an 88-year-old woman in the wreckage of her home.
Fire officials estimated the damage in Howard County alone at $1 million.
Funnel cloud sightings -- by radar or by spotters assisting the National Weather Service -- included another that touched down: a waterspout on the Patapsco River near Sparrows Point. A half-dozen twisters sighted over Anne Arundel, Harford, Caroline and Wicomico counties likely did not hit the ground, the Weather Service said.
The most damaging display of the storm's power was unleashed at 4:56 p.m. along a two-mile-long, 100-foot-wide strip through western Howard County, where a twister uprooted or damaged more than 1,000 trees and sent one tree crashing into a log cabin.


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Dr. Michael Maxwell's Credentials
Accepting New Patients
Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients
Dr. Maxwell sees patients for acute injuries and chronic or degenerative conditions. He has a special interest and knowledge in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of sports and athletic injuries, including and movement-based care for optimal health and performance. Dr. Maxwell is not your average Chiropractor. He has hosted well over 200 continuing education courses through his continuing education company www.somaticsenses.com, which he founded in 2002 to facilitate cutting edge and world leading continuing education for Manual Therapy and Rehab practitioners including Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Kinesiologists, etc. Through his consistent and exceptional exposure to some of the worlds most recognized clinicians and educators Dr. Maxwell has become a leader in the continuing education of Chiropractors and rehabilitation practitioners alike. He has served as an assistant instructor for courses related to the treatment and rehabilitation of the: low back, neck, TMJ, lower extremity (hip, knee, ankle, foot), and shoulder. He has presented in Canada and the Unites States on injury prevention, rehabilitation and manual therapy of the shoulder girdle, and human movement. Dr. Maxwell's post graduate and speciality education include (but not limited to): - Active Release Technique (Upper and Lower Extremity) - Full Body Certified provider of Functional Range Release - The Anatomy Trains - Myofascial Release - Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab (FAKTR) - The Shoulder Made Simple: Examination and Management of the Shoulder in Clinical Practice (Assistant Instructor) - Building the Ultimate Back: from Rehab and Prevention to Performance with Dr. Stuart McGill (Assistant Instructor, 2014) - Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) - Level 1 Certified - Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization to Level C and Advanced - Manual Therapy and Rehabilitation of the Temporomandibular Joint and Cervical Spine (Assistant Instructor) Dr. Michael Maxwell holds an Honours Bachelor of Human Kinetics - Exercise Science degree from the University of British Columbia and graduated Suma Cum Laude from Western States Chiropractic College. Dr. Maxwell is a member of the British Columbia Chiropractic Association and the BC College of Chiropractors. He has been a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist since 2002-2012 and has been a rehabilitation and performance consultant since 1997. He holds a level 1 NCCP certification in weightlifting and is certified in FMS Level 2 and SFMA. Dr. Maxwell was Chiropractic Consultant for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton from 2007-2009, World Champion Ironman (age 30-34) Tommy Nielson and Ironman Champion Heather Wurtele, and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Camosun Men's Volleyball team in 2003-2004. Dr. Maxwell currently works with a variety of patients including recreational and elite athletes and the non-athlete looking for short and long term strategies to pain resolution and improved function. Dr. Maxwell's treatment approach includes a variety of treatment "tools" including: - Soft tissue therapies such as: Active Release Technique, Functional Range Release, Myofascial Release and - Deep Tissue Massage - Joint manipulation and graded mobilizations. He is a certified practitioner in Mulligan Mobilizations with Movement. - Exercise rehabilitation and corrective exercise: Dr. Maxwell has an extensive background in strength and conditioning and medical exercise. He is NCCP Level 1 Weightlifting certified and spent 10 years in the trenches as a strength and conditioning coach, medical exercise specialist, and Kinesiologist.
- Western States Chiropractic College (Grad. 2007)
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Hi! My name is Brittany Marie Evers and I have been taking photographs (of just about anything) for as long as I can remember. Having been in this business for many years, I understand that each client has individual tastes, styles, and needs. As such, I am committed to getting to know my customers on a personal level so that I can provide them with the experience they deserve! I will listen and adapt to your personality and I strive to know what interests you have, and what makes you or your family unique. As a craft and a passion, I use that unique information to create photographs that will perfectly reflect 'you'.
I am available to help you capture memories for engagements, weddings, family photos, maternity, and many other special occasions! I also love to do modeling head shots as well as other fashion photography, and enjoy interior design photo shoots, too! I have been published in both Home & Design and Slantress Magazines.
Overall, my personal goal in this business is to create memories from moments; to make lasting, timeless images to be both admired and shared. I enjoy what I do, and I love that I am able to assist so many clients and friends with their special occasions. I have years of experience from not only being a customer, but also helping customers, and I know from that experience how very important it is to capture those special moments perfectly. Again, thank you for taking your time to see what we do and who we are! I look forward to meeting with you and helping you create those special images that you will cherish for a lifetime.


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This past week has been
busy… difficult… an adventure. Last Saturday we adopted a second cat… He was younger than we had planned on (about year old), but he really needed someone to give him a chance.
(don't let that quiet, innocent face fool you, he's not)
He was kept at one of the shelter's satellite locations, where he didn't have a lot of structured, reliable, human companionship. Consequently, he'll need a little more time to trust and bond with us, and he's not good at following rules. He's also pretty hyper and, in general, a menace to society. So we named this little orange tabby, Dennis The Menace… Saturday to Monday, we got a total of about 5 hours sleep. We thought the running jumping and hissing and growling would drive us insane… Tuesday (first day back to work), came home to find all the magnets knocked off the fridge, a bag of bagels torn into and scattered across the apartment, our tree uprooted, and a bunch of empty storage jars pushed off their shelf (luckily it was low lying and none broke)… Wednesday, we came home with groceries, he attacked them and tried to eat our kale. I tried experimenting with a blondie recipe. It didn't work, and it wouldn't have mattered if it did. I found Dennis on the counter, eating my cooling blondies… Thursday, we came home to find he clawed the protective plastic sleeves to our records. I guess it was also the beginning of him settling in because he started to want to play with Harvey. Poor Harvey is exhausted from all the playful ambushes… Friday, I think we're growing on him, he keeps us in sight and will follow us from room to room. Getting out of the apartment without him has become a challenge… The good news is Dennis is starting to calm down, sleeping through the night (or is at least quiet), adjusting to life with a family, and is responding well to my loving but firm nurturing… I truly believe that finding an animal companion is less about who we think want and more about who wants (or needs) us. Dennis was not who we were looking for, but I believe that he was looking for us. I'm glad we found each other.
Maybe this disruption to routine is why my baking has been such a disaster this week. The little time I did get, was spent dodging kitties in the kitchen. I think it just threw me off my game. However, I did manage to whip up these yummy autumn inspired cookies… That's right, it's pumpkin time again. And I'm anxious to get started on the (many) ideas bouncing around my head.
Oatmeal Cookies with Pumpkin and White Chocolate
3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Rolled Oats
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tbsp Ground Flaxseed
3 tbsp Water
1/4 cup Margarine
1/4 cup Canned Pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Dairy-Free White Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare baking sheets.
Stir together flour, rolled oats, baking powder, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Beat flaxseed and water until thick and gelatinous. Set aside.
Cream together butter and pumpkin. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in flaxseed mixture. Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
Fold in white chocolate chips.
Using a tablespoon to measure, scoop dough and place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
Bake for 14 – 16 minutes, until firm around the edges.
Allow to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to rack. Store layered between wax paper.
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The first time I stepped into a Trader Joe's store I felt lost. I was enticed by the beachy theme and overall feel of the place, but I had absolutely no idea where anything was. I ended up wandering the store for thirty minutes and leaving empty-handed because the odd cashier setup was too intimidating. Thankfully, I have overcome my fear of the unknown and I am now a weekly shopper at Trader Joe's (applause).
So, without further ado – my Trader Joe's Shopping list:
1. Quinoa Bread –Quinoa bread is softer than wheat or multigrain, and healthier than white bread – just toast, add a little (vegan) butter and it's the perfect before-work breakfast!
2. Tofu Edamame Nuggets (or as I like to call them, ficken nuggets) – When I first became vegetarian I frequently bought, and relied on, fake meat. Fake meat is good for the transition period from carnivore to vegetarian, but it shouldn't be included in your daily meal plan – it's too processed. While Trader Joe's Tofu Edamame Nuggets only have a slightly better score on Fooducate than my old go-to (Quorn Chik'n nuggets), they taste a lot better, and I love that you can see the edamame when you bite into it.
3.. Organic Brown Rice Quinoa Fuselli Pasta (also available as spaghetti pasta) – My older brother is a chef, so I like to say that he got all of the "cooking genes". He can make an amazing meal with whatever he can find in the kitchen, while I will follow a recipe step-by-step, only to throw it out and order a pizza. That being said, pasta is usually my go-to meal, so making organic brown rice quinoa pasta (try saying that ten times fast!) makes me feel a bit less guilty about all of the carbs.
4. Spanakopita – While I can't even begin to pronounce this, it's delicious, easy to make, and high in vitamin A!
5. Chocolate Ice Cream (made with coconut milk) – I try my best to stay away from dairy (keyword: try) this is a great vegan alternative to my absolute favorite food!
6. Trader Giotto's Kale, Sweet Potato, and Butternut Squash Pizza – I never would have thought to pick something like this up, but when a kind lady offers you a free taste of it (yay free samples!) you gladly accept…and then promptly buy four pies to bring home. Trust me on this one, you won't be sorry you tried it out!
7. EnviroKidz Chocolate Choco Chimps Cereal – Yes, these are for kids, but I loveee them. They taste just like Coco Puffs, but without all of the milk and sugar – not only are these vegan and gluten free, but they are also created by a company committed to sustainability and healthy eating (1% of EnviroKidz sales goes to helping the planet).
8. Pizza "burgers" – Okay so I really like pizza (hence my hesitance to go vegan). I picked these up in a rush on my way to a bbq and they quickly made it on to my list of favorites!
9. Soycutash – Sweet corn, shelled edamame, and red peppers! Delicious and a high score on Fooducate (yess!). This is meant to be eaten warm, but try it cold (it's much better). Heat it as instructed, leave it in the refrigerator for a few hours, and then enjoy!
and don't forget that special dog in your life..
10. Chicken Recipe Jerky Strips – My dog is very picky when it comes to dog treats (that may or may not be because we fed her human food since she was a puppy), but she goes crazy for these jerky strips! At only only 1.99, it's easy to pick a bag up every time I shop at Trader Joe's.
What's on your Trader Joe's Shopping list?
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As of today, we must move forward with this fact:
The President of the United States is a racist, white-nationalist, bigot.
There can be no more doubt. He's gone after Mexicans, Muslims and has now given aid and comfort to Nazis.
There is no pivot. There will never be a pivot. There was never going to be a pivot. He will not "become" more Presidential.
He's simply not capable.
He is a disgrace to the Office and to the country.
His performance today was completely unhinged and demonstrated that he has absolutely no grasp on the history of this country. None. Nor does he have a grasp on basic facts. Listening today, I was literally sick to my stomach.
He has energized the white-nationalists, Nazis and the KKK. He has validated their behavior. They will be the first to tell you this and that alone should lead the President to stand up and say "No. Not you. Get out." But not him. He stood with them today. He stands with them everyday.
His own daughter, son-in-law and his grandchildren fall into the category of people that those he has validated want eradicated from the face of the earth. His. Own. Family.
Republicans who coddled him and those who voted for him… you own this. 100% it's on you. Republican leadership has already, time and again, demonstrated that they will not stand up to him because they need him to get tax breaks for their wealthy friends and to make sure that they consolidate their voting districts. If they do not act, now, swiftly, decisively, it will be the end of the Republican Party for generations, if not for ever.
As a country we have faced down evil time and again. Citizens of all races, religions, economic status have stood shoulder to shoulder in fox holes and said "No." This time…again….now… the evil is in our house and it must be evicted.
These are not our principles. These are not our values. They must be shouted down and they must not be allowed to see the light of day ever again.
We're headed into the darkest days of this nation's history and it's up to each and every one of us to stand up, say and do what is right, so that we can come out the other side and make this country the beacon of freedom, inclusion, hope, peace, and love that it can be.
God Bless The United States of America.
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Nu 6:22 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23 "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: 24 "The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace."' 27 "So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them."
Ro 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! 34 "For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor?" 35 "Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?" 36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Joh 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." 3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' 8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?" 10 Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 "Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 "If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 14 "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
Its Trinity Sunday. Whereas the church calendar typically commemorates an
...Trinity Sunday affirms and celebrates a mysterious reality. The Trinity. Though the word trinity is not found in Scripture, the concept of a Triune God is found throughout its pages, and we believe as Christians who are Lutherans that the belief in the Trinity is necessary for salvation, anything less is idolatry. Anything less is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit..
We find the doctrine affirmed in all three of the ancient Creeds of the Christian church. it is also affirmed in the Augsburg Confession, which you will find in the front of our hymnal. This is what we as Christian Lutherans believe. Let me quote from the Augsburg Confession:
Our Churches, with common consent, do teach that the decree of the Council of Nicaea concerning the Unity of the Divine Essence and concerning the Three Persons, is true and to be believed without any doubting;
that is to say, there is one Divine Essence which is called and which is God: eternal, without body, without parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, the Maker and Preserver of all things, visible and invisible; and
yet there are three Persons, of the same essence and power, who also are coeternal, the Father the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
And the term "person"
they use as the Fathers have used it, to signify, not a part or quality in another, but that which subsists of itself.
All other beliefs that denied the Trinity were condemned as heresies. These heretics that deny the Trinity are still with us today, (some openly, some subtly) and are to be shunned by Bible believing Christians. They include the Unity Church, Unitarian Universalists, Jehovah Witnesses, Christian Scientists, Mormons, United Pentecostals, and most Lodges.
By the way, there are also Trinitarian Pentecostals, I do not say that you should shun them.
Why? Why should we exclude from Christian fellowship these religions that dont hold to the Trinity...simply because the Bible commands us to worship one God, and if you are not worshiping the Triune God, you are not worshiping the true God of the Bible. That my friends is idolatry.
De 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
Well, wait a minute, if God is one, why do we say that God is three? Isnt worshiping the Triune God a form of idolatry? Well, again, it is a mystery. it isnt something that we can pretend to explain, but the Bible does mention all three persons of the Trinity and assigns them deity.
First of all we have God the Father.
Joh 6:27 "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because
God the Father
has set His seal on Him."
Eph 4:6 one
God and Father
of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Then we have God the Son:
Heb 1:8 But to the Son He says: "Your throne,
O God,
is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.
(This is God the Father speaking to His Son and He refers to the Son as God!)
Then Jesus referring to Himself as Lord in this discourse with the Pharisees who refused to believe in the possibility of a Trinity.
Mt 22:43 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying:
44 'The
LORD said to my Lord,
"Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"'? 45 "If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his Son?"
God the Holy Spirit:
Heb 9:14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Only God is eternal. The Holy Spirit is also God.
In addition, we have recorded conversations in the Bible between the members of the Trinity. In the creation account we read:
Gen 1:26 Let
make man in
Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for
Re 12:6 Then the woman (the church) fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that
should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
And in our Gospel reading today:
Joh 3:11 "Most assuredly, I say to you,
speak what
know and testify what
have seen, and you do not receive
And so we declare on this Trinity Sunday that we worship the One True God, the Trinity, The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is in the name of the Trinity that we are baptized into the true Christian church, just as Jesus commanded us in Matthew 28
Mt 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Why would Jesus command us to be baptized into these three names, if only one were God? They are all three God, separate and distinct, yet one in essence.
And it is in this baptism into the name of the Trinity that we are born again as Jesus sought to explain to Nicodemus.
Jn 3:5, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
It was an interesting conversation that Jesus had with Nicodemus, and even in this conversation we see evidence of the Trinity. He mentions being born of the Spirit, (one entity) and refers to Himself as the only begotten Son (another entity) which is to say that He is of the same substance as the Father (still another entity) ....three entities, yet one God.
So much of what we do on Sundays is linked to the Trinity. We invoke the name of the Trinity at the start of our worship service as a reminder of the name into which we were baptized. We affirm the Trinity in our recitation of the creed. Even the benediction is inclusive of the Trinity as it involves a conveyance, an invoking of the name of God upon the congregation.
And as we have seen that name is inclusive of the Trinity.
Is it coincidence that the benediction has a threefold blessing that puts the name of God on the true children of Israel? Have you ever stopped and considered what is taking place during the benediction?
As Gods under shepherd, I am privileged to bestow this blessing upon you as if God were speaking to you personally. And I hope you will carefully consider these words before you leave here this morning. The benediction.
God said, this is how I want you to bless My people.
The Lord bless you, (the Lord be benevolent toward you, kind and merciful toward you. May He load you up with the benefits of His grace!)
May the Lord keep you. (May He put a hedge of thorns around you to protect you from the evil one!)
May the Lord make His face shine upon you (may the Lord not turn from you and may He ever look upon you with favor.
May the Lord be gracious to you, (May He stoop down to you as His inferior and offer you His fellowship and unconditional kindness)
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, (that is, may He magnify your awareness of His presence in your life.)
And give you peace. (May your safety of mind, body, and your standing with Him remain intact.)
It is not too difficult to see the various characteristics of the Trinity present in this blessing.
The Father who is your benevolent protector. (Bless you and keep you)
The Son, whos face was literally seen on this earth, who was full of grace and truth.
May you experiance His presence and grace in your life. (May His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.)
In the Portals of prayer devotion from yesterday the author said, all who met Him (Jesus) saw a face radiant with the light of Gods love. That is the face that Jesus turns to us. What comfort this is when He draws us back to Himself in repentance. He blesses us with forgiveness and lets His face shine upon us in compassionate grace!.
And the Holy Spirit, whos job it is to elevate the countenance of the Son, to deflect all attention to Jesus, and the One who brings assurance of peace with the Father, through God given faith in Jesus Christ.
May He lift up His countenance, lift up Jesus and give you His peace.)
Remember what Jesus said and did when He first appeared to the disciples after His resurrection?
Joh 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Peace to you and He breathed on them the Holy Spirit.
Trinity Sunday is about proclaiming the name of God and reminding believers that all the benefits of that name have been bestowed upon us in our baptism, and those benefits remain ours as long as we keep the faith.
And as we depart here today, and I pronounce the benediction, may it be a reminder to each of us of our great and loving God, who longs to bestow blessing upon His children.
Listen to these various Scriptures that help us understand what kind of Triune God we serve.
Neh 9:17, But You are God, Ready to pardon, Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness,
Ps 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
Ps 145:8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy.
Joe 2:13 For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.
Jon 4:2 You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
Na 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,
And now may this same Triune God of the Holy Scriptures, who loved you so much that He sent His only Son into the world and then revealed His Son to you through the work of His Holy Spirit, may He bless you and keep you, may He make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you, may this same Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace!


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