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Understanding the New Testament
by Henry Jaegers
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By Henry Jaegers
As we begin this introduction to the study of the New Testament. I find it necessary to address theories held by many well-intentioned Christians concerning the Old Testament. First, the New Testament does not do away with the Old Testament. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament are the Word of God. They are equally important, but the one does not do away with the other. I hear people say that they just believe in the New Testament, and do not agree with the teaching of the Old Testament. They say "that the Old Testament is just a lot of rules and regulations intended for Jews." Second, Jesus said "I did not come to do away with the law, I came to fulfill it." He didn't say that he came to replace it, or as some believe, add to it to make it more complete. Again, these are thoughts many people hold to that are not scriptural.
There are some who think that when Jesus came, his purpose was to give greater understanding to the law and introduced more laws in order to make it complete. Third, here is the one we hear most often. In the Old Testament they were saved by keeping the law; in the New Testament we are saved by grace. This view comes from misunderstanding how law and grace complement each other. Again, this interpretation is based on improper understanding of the purpose of the law. This teaching is most dangerous because it disregards the idea of holiness, attached to the purpose of the law and encourages lawlessness. "Under grace" does not mean we are free to do as we please, and ignore the Law's requirements.
On a positive note, let's look at how the Old Testament and New Testament are complementary and how the teaching of law and grace are necessary.
In the Old Testament, the law and the prophets were the means by which God communicated to his people. The law is holy and just and good (Said the apostle Paul), and it reflected the perfection of God. The 10 Commandments are reflections of God's perfection. It is like a standard whereby men's actions are measured. Because man has sin, he is unable to keep the commandments of God perfectly (as required). God's passing grade is 100% (He does not grade on the curve). In the book of James, chapter 2 verse 10, James states that "whosoever keeps the whole law, and offends in one point, he is guilty of all". God gave us a law that man cannot keep because of sin. I often like to ask people the question, "why would God give us a law that He knew we could not keep?" The answer is, He did, and He did it on purpose. God knew that man could not possibly keep that law perfectly. This is important to know. It raises the question, "why then, did God give us a commandment we could not keep?"
As we read in the New Testament, Paul states that the purpose of the law was not given for man to keep in the sense of producing righteousness. Paul also stated that if righteousness came by keeping the law, then Christ is dead in vain. He also said that the law was given in order for the whole world to become guilty before God. So the law was given for the purpose of producing guilt. When sinful man is measured against the holiness of God, he falls short. That's what Romans 3:23 means when it says "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God". That addresses three important facts; first, the glory of God refers to the commandment that man cannot keep requiring a perfect fulfillment; second the verse says all have sinned. That means all men. When measured against this standard, all men fall short. That's what sin means; to miss the Mark or fall short. So we come to understand Romans 3:23 in a new way. Man when measured against the holy law of God, falls short. That includes the Christian in the New Testament era and the Jew in the Old Testamentera. When they stand before the holy law of God, they are all equally sinners in need of salvation.
Now this is taught both in the New Testament and the Old Testament. In order for man to find forgiveness, God has to make a provision. In the Old Testament we have the book of Leviticus that describes in detail what is necessary to claim forgiveness and to live free from the power of sin. That's what the New Testament teaches as well. The Old Testament system in Leviticus was a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. The Levitical system was intended by God to be temporary, but necessary for the time. It was the way that God provided for guilty men to find forgiveness and freedom from the guilt. But later on there would be one who would come and fulfill all these ordinances and blood sacrifices and everything that the Levitical system contained. In other words, when Jesus came, these ordinances and such were no longer necessary. Christ performed all these ceremonies within himself and in that way he fulfilled the law. The law was later completely fulfilled when Jesus came, it doesn't mean that the law was done away with. There was still sin, there was the law that produced guilt, there are men who were sinners who are guilty, and there was a way provided by God for men to be forgiven. In Matthew, chapter 5 verse 17. Jesus gave a very important lesson on this matter of fulfilling the law. He said " think not that I am come to destroy the law; or the prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you; till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law; till all be fulfilled." What Jesus was saying is that his coming did not do away with the law. The law required certain things to be fulfilled. For instance death on the cross needed to take place before salvation could be available. Until all required actions are completed, the law would still be in place. The coming of the Holy Spirit would also be part of that fulfillment. The non-Christian who refuses the offer of salvation is practically still under that law because the application of guilt produced by the Holy Spirit, which leads to salvation, has not yet occurred so Christ's finished work, , would not apply to him. He is still under the curse of the law until he turns to Christ. All of the ceremonies listed in the Levitical system were all fulfilled in Christ. That means they are symbolic meaning that hey have finally been fulfilled. Man without Christ is essentially still under the law until he by God's grace receives the gift of eternal life. Jesus final word on the cross as he gasped his last breath was "it is finished". The law's requirements have been fulfilled and salvation's work is complete. How shall we not respond with these wonderful words. "hallelujah what a Savior?"
So you can see the teachings of the Old Testament are perfectly in harmony with the new. The book of Hebrews in the New Testament verifies all of this, but for now this is all that we need to know. Be assured of this, the New Testament has not fulfilled the Old Testament, Jesus in his ministry has. He is our great high priest. So we don't need the Levitical priests. His blood is the only blood that avails. It is pure and replaces the blood of sheep and goats. The Holy Spirit places within the heart of every Christian the means by which he can fulfill the perfect law of God. Without Christ, men cannot keep the law and have no desire but for the Christian, there is love for the law and the ability and desire to fulfill it made, possible through the ministry of the Holy Spirit who resides within the believer. The law is fulfilled when the Holy Spirit resides in our lives.
As we pursue the whole teaching of the Bible, we must keep the old and New Testament intact because they teach these three things.
First, that Jesus the Messiah is coming (The Old Testament).
Second, that Jesus the Messiah has come.(The New Testament)
Third that Jesus the Messiah is coming again.(All prophetical scriptures including Revelation and Matthew 24.)
It is proper to view the Old Testament Israelites as the Old Testament church (Before Christ's arrival and the New Testament Church as such was established.) The "Greek word for church is the word "ecclesia" which interpreted means "a called out assembly." That can also include the nation of Israel in the Old Testament, .however in its truest sense it refers to Christ and His followers and only converted Israelites. We must, of necessity, emphasize this distinction.
To begin, let's talk about why we have an Old Testament and a New Testament. There are many who cannot tell you why because they may come from churches that never recognize it's importance. If we fail to understand this basic truth, it will affect the way that I understand other parts of the Bible.
Jesus Christ is the central person in both the Old and New Testament. In the Old Testament there are over fifty prophecies that talk about Him. The reason we know that it is Jesus they are talking about is the New Testament tells that it is so. To put it simply, the Old Testament says that He is coming; The New Testament says that He has come. The Jewish people understood the Messiah (or the Christ) is coming, but do not believe That Jesus is He.
Summarizing the Old Testament
For future purposes I thought it to be helpful for you to have a more detailed list of the major Prophecies mentioned in the Old Testament about Christ (The Messiah). Someday you may wish to find out where they are, so this is a guide to make it easier.
Genesis 3: 15. This verse gives three important prophecies. 1, He would be the seed of the woman. 2, Satan would bruise His heel. 3. He (Christ) would crush the head of Satan. This was fulfilled in Christ's Virgin birth, the crucifixion and the resurrection.
Genesis 12: 1-3. Genesis 17: 19 and 18:18, These are the promises given by God to Abraham about the messiah who would come through Abraham and the Jewish nation .
Genesis 21:12 and 22:18 confirm that it is through Isaac, (not Ishmael) the Messiah would come.
Genesis 28:14, God confirmed the covenant to Jacob that through his seed, the Messiah, would come. (Specifically, from The nation of Israel).
Genesis 49:!O mentions The tribe of Judah from which the Messiah would come and reign as king. The tribe of Judah is to be the tribe of the kings from whom would come Israel's first King..
Deuteronomy 18: 18 and 19 prophecies of a leader and prophet like Moses would come.
II Samuel 7:12, 13, tells that God would establish the kingdom of David forever. We have many references in the New Testament about Jesus' connection with this prophecy.
Isaiah 7:14 predicts His virgin Birth and the name Immanuel (Meaning God with us.)
Micah 5: 2 predicts the Messiah's birth in Bethlehem.
Isaiah 53 gives 12 specific details about His suffering on the cross. (Too specific to ignore.)
In Isaiah 40, and Malachi 3: 1, 4: 5, 6 (given details in study of John the Baptist) Predict the arrival Of John the Baptist
Finally In Daniel 9: 27 Daniel predicts the death of Christ at the end of the 69th week. The 70th week is yet to be fulfilled and it will include the final destruction of Satanic forces (The bruising of Satan's head). It speaks also of the arrival of Jesus as king of kings and lord of Lord's and the catching away of His church to reign with Him.
The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are biographies covering the period of the time of Christ's earthly ministry. Mathew and John were two of the original disciples of Jesus and became His apostles. Luke was an eyewitness and goes deeper into the life of Christ than the others. It is the view point of many that Mark was not one of the earlier followers of Jesus and received most of his information from Peter. John the writer of his Gospel wrote three letters and the book of Revelation. He is the only known apostle to have escaped a martyrs' death.
We refer to the first three Gospels as "The synoptic Gospels" because they all cover similar events, yet if you were to read them carefully you would find them all uniquely different. The Gospel of John is different as is his writing style.
Matthew begins by presenting a genealogy tracing Jesus' origin back to David and Abraham. This is important, as we have previously studied, It shows Him to be the true Messiah and that He fulfilled the promises made to Abraham and David. This genealogy traces through his earthly father Joseph. It is interesting that this record confirms Him as the rightful heir to the throne of David. Matthew presents him as a king coming into His kingdom.
uke after three chapters introduces us to another genealogy unlike Matthew's. His origin goes back to Adam and connects to the first promise about His being" Born of a woman." Interesting enough, the genealogy belongs to Mary and points to Jesus being a unique man not having an earthly father. His birth was free from the infection of sin. He is Jesus the perfect man, calling Himself often, "the Son of Man." What about the Virgin Mary? Do you think that she realized her part in that fulfillment?
Mark is different in his writing style. The other gospels contain more detailed in what they present. Mark hurriedly takes you through his gospel. I have found the Gospel of Mark to be a good review of what Matthew and Luke write. Most commentators interpret Mark as seeking to present Jesus as the perfect servant, highlighting Christ's works rather than His words. That evaluation is a fair one as we consider the purpose of all four. Mark presents Jesus as the perfect servant.
We now come to the Gospel of John. He begins his book with another genealogy with no human references. John presents Him as having his origins from Eternity and being equal to God. John presents Jesus as "the Son Of God" and gives us greater understanding of what that means in his gospel.,
There are four symbols used several times in scripture that describe these four Gospels. The lion being the sign of kingship in Matthew: The Ox being a beast of burden symbolizing servant hood in Mark. Luke presents Jesus as "The Man", symbolizing God identifying himself with human needs and interests. John presents Him as God incarnate in Human flesh. The eagle with it's strength and majesty symbolizes His Deity. Each of these beastlike characteristics describes a work of Christ's ministry.
Matthew-Lion- King
Mark- Ox-Servant
Luke-man- human
Jesus-Eagle- Deity
However, as helpful as these symbols are in helping us to understand the significance of each book, we must not treat them as a divinely inspired. The reason I say this is, there have been teachers and theologians in the past who have interpreted the symbols differently. Sometimes we fail to realize that some things come from human interpretation and we must use them cautiously. An illustration of this can be found among certain groups of Christians. They have devised a theory of how to best understand the Scripture, and they actually believe that if you do not adopt this theory you are in error.
All of us are different and are gifted differently. There are some things God reveals to us that others have never seen before, but at the same time we must realize, because others do not have that understanding, they are not necessarily wrong, or believing falsely. Truth requires that we grow in our understanding of God's revelation. Although it is firm, it allows for growth and development. The church at Berea in the book of Acts, we are told received the word of God with all readiness of mind, and if they same time, they checked out those who taught them to make sure they were speaking the truth. They serve as an example to us of not believing everything that we are told, yet at the same time having sufficient knowledge and understanding of God's word that we can determine what is true and what is false.
A Word about Mark
As I was thinking about how to present this study, the Lord brought to my mind some wonderful things about Mark and the way that God had transformed his life and allowed him to be one of the gospel writers. Perhaps may be. We might not find this information among the major commentators, it occurred to me how significant and important the study in the life of Mark should be.
When Paul began his first missionary journey he was accompanied by a marvelous man named Barnabas. His name means"son of a consolation", and that Julie was a description of his character. He had a great ministry of encouraging others, and perhaps that's where the problem began. Barnabas, had a nephew, whose name was John Mark. Paul allowed Mark, as we know him, to be part of his missionary team, but because of his lack of maturity, it caused Paul to be reluctant about having him along. Barnabas did not agree. He saw potential in Mark that Paul did not , and the rift began over John Mark's presence. The result was Paul Scholes Silas to replace Barnabas and Barnabas went on his way with Mark.
We didn't hear much about Barnabas and Mark, and we don't know for how long the separation lasted. But something did happen that was positive. Mark to believe it was because of the influence of Barnabas.
Tab over time, Paul began to change his mind about Mark and wrote in one of the letters "to send Mark, for he is profitable to me for the ministry. We cannot help but understand Barnabas' part in helping Mark to grow. Maybe a good title for this incident would be called. "the man who changed Paul's mind."
Mark, unlike Matthew, Luke and John was not an eyewitness to Christ's ministry as the others were. Mark, it is said, received most of his information from Peter and wrote the information that he received in a verbal form Peter. The most amazing thing of all as how the Holy Spirit led Mark to write what he did without forgetting any of the major details that were given to him. His gospel contains most of the information given by Mathew and Luke. Thus by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, it has become part of the gospel narratives.
Items to focus on.
Before we leave the four Gospels, there are a few things of importance to consider:
in the book of Matthew, chapters 5-7, We find a section called the Sermon on the Mount. These portions of Scripture focus on what a child of the kingdom should be like. Remember, that Matthew's gospel in the gospel of the kingdom. So at the very beginning. We are taught how a true child of the kingdom manifests himself.
Later, in Matthew 24, 25, we have to chapters dedicated to the coming of the King. The teaching is found in these chapters give us the teaching given by Jesus concerning is coming again.
John's Gospel is different than the other three in this way. The information that John gives to us is not found in the other Gospels. John deliberately focused on other aspects of Christ's ministry. He talks about Jesust being the son of God and how his life clearly revealed. It. John's reasons for writing his gospel are clearly found in John chapter 20 and 21. I am putting them together in order to clearly demonstrate the thought uttered by John. In John 20:30 we have these words 'and in many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book, and there are also many other things which Jesus did, the witch, if they should be written everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written, but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." (These verses are found in John 20:30; John 21:25; and finally, in John 20:31 and they are put together as a compos it producing unity in the purpose for writing. John's Gospel.
In order to appreciate and understand the book of acts, it is helpful to understand something about the author. Both the gospel of Luke and Acts were written by Luke, who is not one of the original apostles, but was an eyewitness of all that Jesus began to do and to teach. In his gospel Luke addresses a man known as Theophilus. Not much is said about him, but my interpretation based on information given was that he was a high ranking official who chose to be called Theophilus. The Greek meaning of the word Theophilus is one who loves God.
Luke has written a careful, historical, treatise intended specifically for Theophilus, with the purpose that he would gain clearer understanding and have a more knowledgeable faith. It was designed to teach everything concerning Jesus from his birth to his ascension. That is the scope of Luke's gospel.
Previously Luke explained to his friend Theophilus all that Jesus began to do and to teach. Although, not specifically stated, his purpose for writing Acts was to present information concerning Jesus beyond His ascension. He is now explaining all that Jesus is continuing to do and teach through the administration of the Holy Spirit. So we see Luke is presenting all the information that he has pertaining to the workings of the Holy Spirit, as displayed through his church.
As we begin studying Luke, one more reference from his gospel is mentioned in chapter 1 verse 4. In this verse they were reminded of Jesus last command to them. That command is found in Luke chapter 24, verse 49, which say :"and, behold, I send the promise of my father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." God also gave them. This promise as they obeyed his command, but you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Thus this command and promise is given at the outset of the book. To observe this promise in this command is all that was required.
You would think something is simple as this would not be hard to observe, but then there was Peter. He always seems to make something complicated and confusing about simple things. He being a strong personality and the motivated one convinced the rest of the apostles and disciples that something had to be done to replace Judas. This was Peter's idea not God's. But they proceeded and took a straw vote and chose Mathias to replace Judas. I guess we can't blame Peter for being Peter, but we see that they prematurely chose Mathias. God didn't seem to have any problem with this action, however, as we shall show in the book of acts, God had a better plan and a better person to do the job that they felt was necessary then. So we have an introduction to the book of Acts.
Now the book of acts begins to unfold. In chapter 2, we have the most important chapter in the whole book; that is the arrival of the day of Pentecost. What happened as they waited, God fulfilled his promise and as they were praying they began to speak in a different language as the Holy Spirit came upon them causing everyone in the surrounding area to understand the good news of God's word. That day, at the preaching of Peter, conviction by the Holy Spirit came and 3000 souls were entered into the kingdom. From that time forward, we begin to see the Holy Spirit in action through the lives of Christ's followers. Immediately they went forth, preaching the gospel everywhere and the church was growing. But when we get to chapter 6, followers were so busy preaching the word that other important needs were being neglected. To take care of these neglects, Stephen was selected to oversee the problem.
Therre rose opposition from the Jews and Stephen courageously and boldly spoke out, causing the opposition to become angrier and Stephen as a result, was martyred. But that was not the end. As the result of Stephen's martyrdom something else happened. Saul of Tarsus who was in charge of initiating persecution toward the Christians was approached by God on the Damascus Road and he became a follower of Jesus. From that time all is history. The rest of the book of acts focuses mainly upon Paul, Silas, and Barnabas as they preached in the synagogues, people believed, persecution arose, and churches were established. Saul of Tarsus now became Paul the apostle. The one chosen by God to replace Judas.
We find now new churches being established in these churches became the focus on the rest of the book of Acts. Acts is the only Historical book in the New Testament
The remainder of books in the New Testament, are individual letters from the apostles designed to encourage, correct and inform.
Letters from the apostle Paul
Romans, I,II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Collossians, I, II Thessalonians, I,II Timothy. Titus, Philemon
General Epistles
Hebrews, James, I,II Peter, Jude
Writings of the Apostle John
I, II, III John. The Gospel of John, Revelation
The purpose of this section is to help find important teachings from each book.
This book deals completely with the subject of Salvation.
Chapters 1-3 deal with the need for Salvation (Sin)
Chapters 4-8 The Doctrine of salvation
Chapters 9-16 The practical outworking of Salvation
The books of Hebrews Galatians and Romans have the wors "The Just shall Live by Faith" as a subject needing to be emphasized. Romans deals with Righteousness of God as revealed in the matter of sin, correct doctrine and responsible living.
I, II Corinthians
The church at Corinth was a church filled with many abuses and misunderstandings. Paul the apostle spent much effort to try and help them. They did not respond to him kindly and questioned his authority.
Second Corinthians found Paul encouraged by the apparent progress since his last visit to them. All outward evidences reveal a willingness to receive Pauls admonitions and instructions
The church at Galatia started out well in their salvation journey, but soon they faced antagonizers in the church who insisted that salvation by Faith was proper but it should involve compliance with the Mosaic Law. Paul's message led to proper understanding the meaning of Being justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
The church at Ephesus was one of the "Great churches" mentioned in the book of Acts. The church was established through much tribulation and her perseverance left them strong. Paul's word of encouragement to the was to press on and be partakers of all of the blessings in Christ There was mutual encouragement from them and by the Apostle Puul.
We remember the Philippi an Jailor and his conversion. He and his house together formed the beginnings of this grateful church. While paul was facing imprisonment, the saints at Phillippi sent many gifts expressing their love for him. This letter from Paul was an expression of Gratitude by Paul. The church demonstrated their love which their name proclaims.
It is doubtful that Paul ever came to know the church at Coiosse. It was through a man named Epaphras tthat the Gospel came. He came to know Paul and some think that he shared imprisonment at the same time as Paul. Ephaphras becamr the minister at Collosse, and expressed some concern over a heresy that was invading the church. Paul admonished them In their faith by stressing the importance of focusing on God's supremacy and pre-eminence. Although he never visited them, Paul gained a great love for them through their response to his ministry.
I, II Thessalonians
as you read about this church you could wish that all churches had their qualities. What was astounding was the way that thy heard the word of God and how it took root in them and resulted in a cleatcu witness for Christ. Paul spent much effort in helping them over their confusion regardimg the Coming of Christ. At one point they thought that Christ had come already and they missed it. Pauls teaching on this matter has helped believers to clearly understand the events surrounding Christ's coming. These books give us clear understanding of end-time-subjects.
Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.
These are the letters from Paul called "The pastoral Epistles".
These books contain the qualification of leaders and servants in the church. Pastors, Deacons are given serious responsibilities' and are told how they as leader ought o behave. The importance of preaching and teaching sound doctrines, God's servants are to be blameless in their devotion and in their conduct. These books supply us with information of what God wants His church to be.
Some think that Paul the apostle was the original writer of this book, however, unlike the rest of Paul's books, this one does not have his signature. The teachings are similar, along with writing style. However, no-one knows exactly who the specific author is.
This book was written for Hebrew converts and its significance centers around Jesus Christ being superior to all things they might have once trusted. For instance, we see he is greater than the prophets, he is greater than Angels, he is greater than Moses, he is greater than Aaron, and the whole Jewish priesthood. He is greater than them all because these Old Testament types found their completion in Jesus Christ. In the latter part of Hebrews we have the significance of faith and God's hall of fame to those who in the past were faithful. The challenge of the book is an encouragement for those who claim faith in Jesus Christ to demonstrate that faith by living faithfully.
the book of James is full of many practical illustrations concerning this matter of faith. It is a good book to follow the book of Hebrews because of its emphasis on faith. The main theme of James is how faith and works go together. James addresses a false idea that you don't have to worry about good works. James demonstrates that true faith is proven by its works. He mentions that "faith without works is dead". He is right. Faith without works is not faith, it's merely wishful thinking. Good works validates our faith and authenticates those who are true believers. The most important thing about faith is what our faith is in (or the object of our faith). If what our faith trusts in is not true or authentic, then our faith is not either. Faith is only as reliable as its object. Hebrews 11:6 says "but without faith it is impossible to please him, for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."
I Peter
This first book of Peter is sent to Saints scattered throughout Asia because of persecution, suffering greatly for their faith. Peter's admonition to them is to press on and not give up. He expresses to them the importance of faith during a time of intense suffering. His message of encouragement is found that as Christ suffered, so we his followers should not be surprised if we suffer the same thing. We know from Peter's later experience that he knew exactly what he is talking about. Perhaps these words found in the book could serve as the theme. "Brethren, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial. That shall try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice inasmuch as he are partakers of Christ's suffering, that when he shall be revealed, ye may rejoice also." (I Peter 4:12)
II Peter
in this second letter of Peter his emphasis focuses upon growing in grace and being grounded in truth. The reason for this is that there are many pretenders and false teachings arising at this time. Being scattered, they will be exposed to new gods and teachings and they must be knowledgeable and discerning to be able to spot them. This book is clearly related to the book of Jude. In that Christians should be diligent in the knowledge of God's truth, making it a strong priority in their lives. False teachings are deceptive and satanic fully motivated, and unless we are properly guarded in truth, we are easy preys for the enemy. They are to be grounded in truth, and growing in grace.
I John,
This book has become a favorite among believers because it deals with the subject of forgiveness, walking in the light, fellowship with God, fellowship with one another, and the importance of love toward one another. The title of the book could be called "unouded communion" or "unbroken fellowship. " There are many promises of assurance in this book, like assurance of salvation and assurance of answered prayer." It is a book designed to keep Christian's faithful in their daily walk with God.
II John
Although this book has the same author. It has quite a different theme. During this time that the book was written there was a practice that faithful Christians would be spread out to various areas and Christians living in the areas were admonished to take care of them in their need. However there are also false teachers who caught onto this practice and began doing the same thing as the other Christians. John is warning the churches about this invasion by false teachers and posing as faithful missionaries as well. John is warning the churches that this is happening. In this word john is calling them to be discerning and wise and dealing with all of these.
III John
in this book we are introduced to a man named Gaius. He is a very brave man, and does a very courageous act. We remember how John addressed him. He prayed that he would be strong in his body like he is in his faith. That tells us a lot about Gaius. But the one purpose in writing this book is John's commendation of him in preventing further corruption in the church. There was one man named Diotrephese who was trying to prevent the true program from going forth. He was hindering the true Christian from being provided for. It was Gaius who stood up and rebuked him and prevented further damage from taking place. Perhaps there comes a time when our physical strength , is weak, but in spite of this faith still can triumph. We learned this from this book.
John MacArthur entitled this book "beware of the Pretenders". The title is a good summary of the book of Jude." The writer warns the people that there are certain men who have secretly crept in among them who are imposters. How they got into the church we are not told. We know they were using the same tactics of Satan in pretending to be true. Perhaps they spoke the right language, or claim the right doctrine, and prayed fancy prayers; but whatever means they used, they were successful and they were beginning to damage the image and testimony of the church. Perhaps they may have even taken over the board meetings and the leadership of the church further hindering their being identified. The call to the true believer is to remember the words spoken by the apostles, and faithful teachers and hold fast to them. The promise by God is, although these may continue for a while, God has a determined end for them in mind.
The book of Revelation is the final book in the Bible. It is appropriately the final book because it speaks specifically of the end times and what shall take place prior to the arrival of the Lord for his church. If we were to give one versed to focus on that describes this book. It is Revelation chapter 1 verse seven says this "behold, he, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all nations of the earth shall wail because of him." For the Christian, who anticipates and lives his life in light of Christ's return, this period of time is called the "Blessed Hope". It will be the fulfillment of the great expectation that Jesus has come. For those who live in denial and reject the truth, it will be a time of intense sorrow and anguish. The whole book of Revelation centers on the coming of Christ. In chapters 2 and 3 we see seven churches addressed. These churches someday will be the bride of Christ when he comes in chapter 19. In chapter 2 and 3 three, the church is not yet ready for the arrival of the bridegroom, but after the events of chapters 4 through 19 are finished, events will happen that will purify the church and make her ready for Jesus when he comes. Chapter 20- 22 deal with events that will take place after the arrival of Christ. Two events follow the return of Christ. The first will be the judgment of the unsaved dead, and the second event, describes the eternal bliss of the faithful at home forever with their Lord.
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Devon cattle, Whiteleigh Meadows SSSI - Devon Wildlife Trust
We use traditional grazing animals to manage habitats for biodiversity
Why graze?
Grazing animals help us to manage particular sites in the most effective and natural way possible.
Hundreds of years ago, people cleared the land of trees to form open spaces for farming. Their grazing animals helped to shape many of our semi-natural habitats, which developed rich and diverse wildlife communities. Our grassland, meadows, moorland and heathland habitats were all shaped by human activity and grazing is often the most effective and sustainable way to maintain them and their huge variety of plants and animals.
Stocking densities for conservation grazing are usually low and the timing and duration of grazing is carefully managed. Both over- and under-grazing will reduce the wildlife value of a habitat, so we produce management plans for each grazed site outlining the grazing regime required to maintain or restore the habitats found there.
Livestock grazing has a less instantaneous impact than burning or cutting, so allows less-mobile wildlife to thrive. The grazing animals can also access areas that machinery can't.
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Grazing animals eat selectively and often choose the more dominant plant species, which allows less competitive plants to become established and increases species diversity. As they graze across the landscape, the animals decide for themselves where to concentrate their efforts and create a mosaic of different sward lengths and micro habitats.
Lying, rolling and pushing also serve to increase the structural diversity of the sward. This is important for ground nesting birds like lapwing and snipe that need a varied sward structure to successfully rear their young.
Trampling creates of areas of bare ground, which is beneficial in moderation. It creates nurseries for seedlings that might not otherwise survive and creates habitats and hunting grounds for open ground, warmth-loving invertebrates and reptiles.
Dung creates a whole ecosystem by itself! Conservation grazing animals are usually grazed in extensive, low pressure systems so there is little need for chemicals to control internal parasites. This means that a whole range of wildlife moves into a cowpat to set up home - more than 250 species of insect are found in or on cattle dung in the UK and these in turn provide food for birds, badgers, foxes and bats.
Our livestock
The choice of livestock used for conservation grazing is very important. Differences in feeding preferences, physiology and behaviour mean that different animals and breeds are needed to manage different habitats.
- Cattle use their tongues to wrap around and pull up tufts of vegetation, leaving uneven sward lengths and producing a tussocky field. They will eat longer, coarser grasses and push their way through scrub and bracken to create open spaces.
- Sheep prefer to nibble shorter grasses but will also select flower heads, which can result in a decrease in species diversity if not properly managed. Many traditional and hill breeds have a strong browsing requirement to their diet, so are good for scrub control. Their small size means they can access areas that machinery can't.
- Ponies preferentially graze grasses and generally avoid eating flowering plants, allowing them to thrive and multiply. They will happily take plants that other animals would avoid – for example, New Forest ponies will eat large quantities of bracken in late summer, when it is less toxic.
- Heavier animals break up the ground and create bare areas for seeds to germinate. Hooves also haphazardly push seeds into the ground.
- Smaller breeds can access more difficult terrain, such as wet ground, where other breeds would cause damage or even get stuck.
We use a wide variety of grazing animals, including traditional and rare breed sheep and cattle, native ponies, red deer and even water buffalo. Some of these we own, whilst others belong to local graziers. Many Trusts have 'flying flocks' of animals that are moved around different reserves on rotation to allow them to graze for set periods depending on each reserve's requirements. For example, flower-rich meadows need late summer grazing to prevent an impenetrable thatch of dead vegetation building up and hindering the following season's new growth.
Some examples of our conservation grazing work
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is working in partnership with Newton Rigg, a local agricultural college, to run a conservation grazing project at Eycott Hill Nature Reserve. The nature reserve is grazed year round by a herd of Luing cattle, a hardy native breed that are perfectly suited to the Cumbrian uplands. Newton Rigg College are the graziers and own and manage the herd, using it as an education resource for agricultural students, who get practical experience of upland farming with native breeds. Over the five year project the herd will be managed to produce high quality beef in a low input, low output system that's expected to be cost-effective and produce a number of beneficial environmental outcomes. The nature reserve will be used as a demonstration site to showcase the benefits of this type of upland farming and local volunteers will be recruited as livestock checkers to help monitor the herd.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is working with the Ministry Of Defence and other landowners to re-introduce grazing livestock to large tracts of land in north east Hampshire. This area is home to some of the most important heathland and grassland areas in the country and much of it is protected for its internationally important bird life. Grazing is the best way to ensure that the heathland continues to support a wide variety of wildlife, including round-leaved sundews, which grow on the bare, muddy patches created by the cattle's hooves, and the green tiger beetle, which hunts on open ground. So far 870 hectares of SSSI heathland are being grazed.
Scottish Wildlife Trust has, for the last ten years, been at the forefront of conservation grazing in Scotland. Starting with 50 sheep and growing to 300, the Trust's flying flock has brought Trust reserves and partner sites into favourable condition, generated income through meat sales and provided advice to other landowners and organisations. A comprehensive botanical monitoring programme underpins all the grazing work, the results of which have been published in a variety of journals.
Surrey Wildlife Trust's grazing project has seen fantastic results; scrub has been devoured and beautiful mosaics of vegetation created. Species have appeared which have not been recorded on sites before, such as the yellow hairy dung fly, plus numbers of some threatened species have increased. The best example is Surrey's sole colony of Bog Hair Grass, which was down to just a few plants in 2005 but increased to more than 30 plants following a couple of years' grazing.
GPS tracking collars are used on the Trust's cattle. These are carried by the lead animals and allow the Trust to monitor the herd's use of an area to determine the patches in which they spend most of their time. These areas are then targeted for species surveys and vegetation monitoring.
Sussex Wildlife Trust also uses GPS collars to monitor grazing. The Trust runs the Friston Forest Grazing Project in partnership with the Forestry Commission, Natural England, South East Water and the South Downs Joint Committee. A small herd of British White cattle lives permanently on site and the animals are left to decide for themselves where to go and what to eat. By plotting the herd's location data on to maps of the site, an accurate picture of where they are spending their time is built up. This is the overlaid with vegetation maps to understand how the site is evolving. Grazing and browsing by the cattle, in combination with natural processes such as wind, drought and fungal decay, is creating an intimate and shifting mosaic of habitats that are ideal for a very wide range of plants and animals.


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LSU Welcomes Students to Campus as Fall 2009 Semester Begins
With events that have spanned the past two-plus weeks, LSU welcomed students to campus for the fall 2009 semester, which officially began with Monday's first day of classes.
Students involved in Greek Recruitment Week; LSU Bands; Academic Summer Camps, and Student Tigers Rallying, Interacting, and Promoting Education and Service — or STRIPES — programs were among the first to arrive on campus.
The STRIPES program is offered through the LSU First Year Experience department and is a four-day, three-night retreat designed to prepare incoming students for the transition to LSU.
During the optional program activities, current LSU students serving as student leaders help educate incoming freshmen and transfer students about the history and traditions of LSU; ease the transition from high school to college; familiarize participants with university resources, facilities and programs; and facilitate the establishment of a strong bond with the university.
The program is structured to focus on academic success, college readiness, leadership development, relationship building and student resources.
Meanwhile, students involved with Greek sororities held their annual recruitment week activities beginning Aug. 15 and ending Aug. 22. Greek fraternities held their annual recruitment program beginning Aug. 20, with their Bid Day activities concluding today.
According to information from LSU Greek Life, more than 3,700 students on campus are members of the 38 Greek organizations, which accounts for 15 percent of the student body.
Thursday, thousands of students dodged raindrops during LSU's "Roaring Into the Halls" move-in activities, as incoming freshmen as well as returning students arrived on campus to occupy the university's residence halls and Residential Colleges.
"Roaring Into the Halls" is the annual event that provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere full of LSU spirit for new and returning students who live on campus. During the event, LSU Residential Life staff, various student organizations and volunteers assist students in moving into their residence halls, answer their questions regarding campus life and aid in their adjustment to living in the residence halls.
According to figures from LSU Residential Life, approximately 2,500 students — of which 2,000 were freshmen — converged on campus Thursday with families in tow helping to bring clothing, furniture and other essentials into the residence halls.
Among the 400 volunteers offering their time to assist students and their families was Chancellor Michael Martin, who visited Herget, Miller and Blake Halls Thursday morning and Residential College complexes Thursday afternoon to aid in student move-ins.
Later in the day and through the weekend, other events held through the LSU Division of Student Life's First Year Experience "Bengal Bound" program helped welcome students to campus. Events included numerous social gatherings and various sessions to help orient new students to campus life, the Baton Rouge community and life in Louisiana.
Saturday, Martin led 370 students, along with faculty and staff to participate in Community Bound, a day of service to public schools and other sites in Greater Baton Rouge.
The students, primarily incoming freshmen and transfer students, joined LSU faculty, staff members and student leaders by splitting into site teams and traveling to 10 area schools. These included University Terrace, South Boulevard, Belfair, Bernard Terrace, Southdowns, Highland and Magnolia Woods elementary schools; Glasgow and Broadmoor middle schools; and Mayfair Middle School, formerly Robert E. Lee High School.
Community Bound is sponsored by Volunteer LSU; LSU Community University Partnership; the Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership; LSU Honors College; The LSU African American Cultural Center; Career Services; Campus Federal Credit Union; and ARAMARK Facility Services.
The weekend concluded Sunday with Martin officially welcoming all students back to campus during the annual Chancellor's Welcome, held at the Peter Maravich Assembly Center, followed by respective residence hall community meetings.
Another new aspect of campus life this fall comes with the introduction of the Tiger Trails transit system, LSU's new university-operated bus service.
Operated through LSU's Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, Tiger Trails is a student-driven initiative that is a direct result of a year-long study and work done by an ad hoc committee and working group to improve bus service on the LSU campus.
The system, which has run in limited service since Aug. 1, began full-scale operations today. The buses will travel set routes both within the LSU campus and to other areas in Baton Rouge and will be free to LSU students, faculty and staff.
While temporary buses are currently being used for the service, the new fleet will include 14 full-sized buses measuring 35 and 40 feet in length and nine shuttle buses. The new buses should arrive on campus between late September and the spring of 2010.
Any LSU student, faculty member, or staff member is free to ride a Tiger Trails bus on campus. Off-campus passengers may ride free by presenting a valid LSU identification card.
In addition to routes through campus, new routes have been established based on student feedback and research gathered throughout the past several years. These include regular stops in downtown Baton Rouge and the Garden District areas, stops along Perkins Road and Stanford Avenue and to the LSU South Campus complex on GSRI Avenue, among others.
Each bus will contain a global positioning device that will allow riders to track their bus's actual location through a Web site at http://www.lsu.transloc.com. The tracking feature is also available on Internet-ready cell phones and personal digital devices at www.lsu.transloc.com/m. This feature allows riders to stay inside during night hours and go to the bus stop only moments before the bus's arrival. With increased seating capacity and improved routes, the system will help to decrease vehicle congestion on and around campus. All buses will also eventually be equipped with improved ventilation and bike racks to better serve passengers.
For more information on the Tiger Trails transit system, including detailed route maps and schedules, visit http://tigertrails.lsu.edu.
Gary Graham, LSU director of parking, traffic and transportation, said that while the new transit service will be available, LSU's relationship with the Capital Area Transit Service, or CATS, will continue as well. The university ended its contract with CATS in July 2008, but LSU students, faculty and staff will still be able to ride CATS buses free of charge by showing their LSU ID cards. CATS will operate buses through the LSU campus, with the main routes down Highland Road through the center of campus.
The LSU Office of Parking, Traffic, and Transportation also manages Campus Transit, which is a door-to-door service, also free of charge, that runs nightly from 5 p.m. – 2 a.m. Students can access this service by calling 578-5555.
Aaron Looney | Editor | Office of Communications & University Relations
August 2009


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Brown, Skila Slickety Quick: Poems about Sharks Candlewick, 2016. $16.99 PICTURE BOOK
This book features poems and information about numerous kinds of
sharks. Many of the poems are laid out in a creature manner, such a s a nurse
shark wearing a poem mustache about its mustache. Features double page illustrations
of each shark that are bright computer graphic style.
Something happened bad to me when I was in second grade, poetry.
I have never recovered, so I am probably not a great person to review poetry books, I just don't gel with poetry
very often. This is no exception. But I am going to rate it as advisable because
I do think that the artwork is so fun, the topic is appealing to the many and
numerous shark fans and the informational blurbs add quite a bit.
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Slickety Quick: Poems about Sharks by Skila Brown - ADVISABLE
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While reading, listen to sad piano music if you want. I suggested it because you can get the full effect of the feeling of the story.
I looked at the clock on my nightstand; 3:30 am, it says. This long countless hours during the night never end. I roll over on my bed and stare at the dark patterns on my gloomy wall paper. My eyes start to tear as I think about my life; as I think about my family .
The abusiveness is killing me. The bullying is killing me. I don't know how to live any longer.
I can't.
Chapter 1
I walk to school in the dark hours of the morning. I changed with the hidden stash of clothes I hide in the woods a few houses down from my own. I pack the stash with my favorite black boots, black jacket, and black pants I wear everyday. I hide my tattered clothes I'm forced to wear at home in the stash.
I walk up to the locked gates of the school and sit down at the entrance. I take out my notebook and I start drawing; I start drawing my imaginary life, and family and life isn't as good and full of love as others. My life is dull and full of gray everywhere. My family isn't the best either, though, other people have it worse than I do, so of course I wouldn't say anything about them; and I don t want anybody to think that I want attention, because I know how that ends.
The sky is now starting to turn a light, dark blue and the administration and the teachers of my high school are starting to come in. I grab my bags and get up as the morning janitor opens the front gate. I walk all the way to the now open library and hide in between the confinement of the bookshelves. I often come here to hide from people trying to hurt me. I come here to cry to myself silently sometimes.
I try to hide my feelings around everybody, and here, I don't have to. The kids who try to be over achievers are starting to get here now. They are the people that are nice to me, because they know what it's like to be bullied, but they don't care if they are bullied themselves. They know they will amount to something; and they will amount to be something great.


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He sits in the cracked red veneer booth, twirling a silver teaspoon between his long fingers. It glints under the cheap fluorescent lights, its reflection creating a dazzling display on the white stucco roof. He is antsy and is constantly glancing up at the door, expectant.
He has never been good at waiting.
It takes a special type of person to sit in a run-down diner in an even more run-down part of town for a full two hours after the arranged meeting time. But he is patient, if only for her. He wills himself not to give up and orders another cup of coffee from a redhead waitress with too much makeup and too little subtly.
His coffee comes, set down with a distinct clattering and a cheery smile, on the chipped tabletop. He reaches across the table for the tiny milk cartons Muggles put out for such purposes. The sugar sits untouched at the opposite end: he was never one for sugar or sweetness. Perhaps that's why he chose her.
She is not one to sugar-coat anything and he likes that about her: that raw, unveiled honesty. It is easy to be around her because he knows she will always tell him the truth, even when it hurts. Even when it may drive him away. But he'd never leave her, mostly because he couldn't bring himself to walk away.
The door clangs open, the jingling of the tiny bells a startling noise over the quiet buzz of the lights and the occasional chatter among the wait staff. He looks up through his lashes mid-sip, already preparing himself for the inevitable disappointment.
Only there she is, in all her terrifying glory.
Bellatrix strides in, letting the wind from the closing door tussle her wild black curls. Her heavily-lidded eyes scan the large but nearly unoccupied diner and he feels his breath catch when her gaze lands on him. She starts toward him across the tiled linoleum floor, her black boots squelch with mud. Neither is aware of the dirty looks aimed at them by those working the graveyard shift: at 3 AM none of them are in the mood to get down on their hands and knees.
"Hi," she breathes as she slides into the seat opposite him, her eyes never leaving his.
"Hi," he replies, fiddling with the handle of his damaged white mug. Then, after a slight hesitation: "Did you-?"
"Yeah," she interrupts. "It's true."
An unreadable look crosses his handsome features, transforming his angular face. "It's true," he repeats quietly. "It's true. And are you-?"
"Yeah," she says. "I'm okay with it."
A smile lights his face as he contemplates their ability to finish one another's thoughts. "I'm happy, too. Maybe now-?"
"Or maybe later." She glares at the redhead waitress who is wiping down a table until she scampers over, pen and paper in hand, to take Bellatrix's order. She orders coffee, black, and nothing else.
Rodolphus waits until the waitress is behind the counter, trading whispers with a scrawny busboy who shoots what he thinks are menacing looks at the two strangely dressed customers sitting in the waitress' section. Rodolphus says then, with a hint of a smirk: "Yeah, but I'll marry you one day."
She raises two slim eyebrows in a perfect arch. "I'd be Bellatrix Lestrange, then. A Black no longer."
The redhead waitress is back, her skin blanched under a splattering of freckles, and she sets Bellatrix's order in front of her. "Anything else?" she asks, eyes downcast. Neither Bellatrix nor Rodolphus say a word and, taking the hint, the girl turns hastily away.
"I like the sound of that," he says, returning to their conversation. There is an honesty in his voice only she can elicit in him.
She pauses a moment, enjoying the power she holds over him as she pretends to contemplate her next words. Really, though, she knows what she will say. "I kinda do, too."
They sit in silence for a few minutes, idly sipping their coffee. "One more question," he says.
She looks up from her cup where she had been chasing a stray coffee grain around with her spoon. "Yeah?"
"Is it-?"
"A boy," she finishes for him. "Yeah. We're having a boy."
"A little Rodolphus," he muses, attempting to maintain a facade of indifference but he can't help the exuberant gleam that brightens his eyes. She, of course, notices: there is nothing she doesn't know about him. "Hm. I like it."
Bellatrix forces a snort, attempting to ingest some sort of levity into the serious conversation. "Personally, I think it's rather horrifying."
"Well," he starts. "You clearly have a terrible taste in boys."
The eyebrows go up again, challenging him. "I chose you."
"Yeah, well, you got lucky," he informs her seriously, with a casual wave of his hand. His gaze returns to his now empty coffee mug and he busies his hands by spinning it around on the dirty tabletop, enjoying the grating chink of ceramic against the cheap material of the tabletop.
"Don't make me laugh."
He smiles, and pushes the sugar across the table to her. It catches on something - he doesn't care to know what - and tips over, hitting the table with a clatter and sending sugar across the table to her in a straight line. "I just did."
He had never been one for sugar, but she couldn't drink her coffee without it.
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Senate to take up gun control measures
Republicans introduce bills as Cuomo rallies support for own measure
Updated 10:22 pm, Saturday, January 5, 2013
ALBANY — State Senate Republicans introduced a slew of gun control measures on Saturday, aimed largely at taking a tougher stance on the sale and possession of illegal firearms.
The proposals, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos, R-Nassau, come as Gov. Andrew Cuomo rallies support from Senate Democrats for his own gun control legislation.
The measures introduced by Skelos include increased mandatory prison time for possession and sale of illegal weapons and stiffer penalties for criminals who use guns to commit felonies.
The proposals, introduced in the wake of the Dec. 14 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., also call for increased penalties for possession of a gun on school grounds and school buses and stronger criminal penalties for illegally selling or possessing guns in children's homes.
The package also includes several proposals for cracking down on gang violence and "banning illegal community gang guns."
"The statistics prove that the overwhelming majority of gun crimes involve the use of illegal guns," Skelos said in a statement. "No new package of gun safety laws can be truly effective without including provisions that go after illegal guns and punish the people who use them against others."
Details of Cuomo's plan have yet to be finalized, though Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeff Klein told the Times Union Friday it would likely include a ban on assault-style weapons, such as the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used by Adam Lanza to gun down 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The weapon Lanza used was legally owned by his mother, Nancy Lanza, whom he also shot and killed.
The Senate Republican's plan contains no mention of assault weapons.
Democratic leaders used seized that as a point of criticism.
"Any gun policy that doesn't ban assault weapons ignores the reality of gun violence and insults the common sense of New Yorkers," said Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto.
Senate Democratic Spokesman Mike Murphy echoed that sentiment.
"Once again the Senate Republicans are standing in the way of real progress on common sense gun laws," Murphy said. "The Senate Democrats look forward to working with the governor and the Assembly to strengthen our gun laws including expanding the ban of assault weapons."
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A constrained optimization problem is stated as a linear program with unlimited number of decision variables and constraints.
The linear program solver is based on interior-point method (Mehrotra predictor - corrector algorithm) and optimized for large sparse linear programs. The solver exploits a sparsity of the constraint matrix by implementing state-of-art ordering algorithm to preserve the matrix sparsity and hence reduce the calculation time dramatically. Almost every stage of the linear programming calculation can be saved in the debug files or traced for the deep analysis.
The user can specify the linear program constraints in a dense form using the grids or in a sparse form using the particular constraints editor. The dense form is suitable for small and medium linear programs with non-zeros prevail over zeros. In this form the constraints can be directly copied/pasted from/to MS Excel spreadsheets by Windows clipboard. The sparse form is designed to specify / view / edit large linear programs with tens and hundreds of thousand variables and constraints. Any constraint can be disabled / enabled from the calculation by the user at any time.
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Christopher Newport University invites applications for the position of Assistant Track & Field Coach. The Throws Coach will support the successful development of student athletes both in the classroom and on the field. The successful candidate will provide leadership and instruction in the personal and athletic development of student athletes at Christopher Newport University; assist with and provide the planning, organizing and coaching within the Christopher Newport University Men's and Women's Track & Field Program for throwing events; collect and analyze tactical and statistical data of opponent teams; design training plans and strategies; analyze performance of team members and adjust strategies as needed; counsel team members in academic, disciplinary and personal matters; consult with University administration and faculty for resolution of problems as required; oversee financial aspects of the Track & Field's Throws Program in consultation with the Head Coach for Track & Field; utilize independent judgment and render decisions on a daily basis regarding the Track & Field's Throws Program, with little or no supervision on matters of importance; develop and implement operational guidelines and procedures per area of expertise; screen and evaluate athletic qualifications of prospective recruits; coordinate with the Head Coach and the University Undergraduate Admissions Office to establish academic eligibility and arrange meetings between prospects and the University; coordinate campus tours for visiting prospective players; assist with new student orientation activities; compile and analyze performance statistics for Christopher Newport University Men's and Women's Track & Field Athletes; plan off season physical training programs in accordance with NCAA regulations; study, evaluate and implement innovations in Track & Field strategy and equipment; coordinate purchases of Track & Field related equipment with the Head Coach for Track & Field; promote the philosophy and objectives of the intercollegiate athletics program to include adhering to all departmental policies and procedures, as well as the rules and regulations of the university and the NCAA; responsible for safety rules and regulations regarding use of equipment to reduce liability and to ensure NCAA compliance; represent the Christopher Newport University Athletic Department in professional, civic, charity, and alumni events; participate in professional associations; perform public relations and marketing activities to promote the athletic program; perform community relation activities; coordinate coach's clinics and development camps; supervise dress code for any support staff and all team members; work a variety of schedules and hours consistent with the needs of the position; develop and maintain very positive and professional customer service and relations within the department and with all constituencies to include students, faculty, staff, guests, and employees; demonstrate a positive and professional attitude and treat everyone with dignity and respect; fully support the "Student's First" value at CNU and routinely go the extra mile in providing service; and perform other duties as assigned.
A Master's degree in a related field; or a Bachelor's degree plus related coaching experience at a level that equates to an advanced degree is required. The successful candidate must have significant and successful demonstrated coaching experience in the throwing events; skill in training or instructing student athletes; excellent interpersonal communication skills; demonstrated organizational and time management skills; demonstrated skills using a personal computer; ability to analyze situations and develop solutions; travel and work non-traditional hours; manage people and projects; and possess the ability to foster positive internal and external public relations. Preference will be giving to candidates who have proven experience in recruiting successful student athletes consistent with NCAA guidelines; demonstrated experience in team management to include assistant coaches and others; experience in fostering positive internal and external public relations; experience in recognizing, supporting and referring student athletes for needed academic and personal support; knowledge of National Collegiate Athletics Association rules and regulations; and possess the ability to learn and apply conferences rules and regulations.
Selected by The Princeton Review to be included in The 381 Best Colleges: 2018 Edition, Christopher Newport University is a public school offering a private school experience -- great teaching, small classes, and a safe, vibrant campus. A "student-first, teaching-first" community, CNU is dedicated to the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service. The University is located in Newport News, Virginia and enrolls 5,100 students. Academic programs at CNU encompass more than 90 areas of study, from biology to business administration and political science to the performing arts. The University has recently completed over $1 billion in capital construction on its 260-acre campus, generated over 7,000 applications for a freshman class of 1,290 and has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges guide as fourth among public regional universities in the South and 11th among all regional universities in the South. In addition, CNU is ranked third among all public schools for having "the highest proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students." Christopher Newport University is committed to ensuring that all people are welcomed, honored and fully engaged in the life of our academic community. We seek exceptional and diverse candidates and encourage applications from individuals who are underrepresented in their profession. For further details and information about Christopher Newport, visit www.cnu.edu.
Christopher Newport University sponsors one of the most respected, comprehensive athletic departments in Division III. Having advanced to the NCAA tournament 10 times in the program's 16-year history, Captains Football has a proud legacy that adds to the university's championship history of 12 team national championships, 70 individual national championships and over 600 All-Americans. Christopher Newport sponsors 24 varsity sports for women and men and their success has been enhanced by the some of the finest facilities in Division III Athletics.
Interested parties are requested to submit a cover letter; current resume; and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three professional references to:
Director of Faculty Recruitment Assistant Track & Field Coach (Throws Coach) Search # 7328 Christopher Newport University 1 Avenue of the Arts Newport News, VA 23606-3072 Or email@example.com.
Review of applications will begin March 26, 2018. Applications received after March 26, 2018, will be accepted but considered only if needed. Search finalists are required to complete a CNU sponsored background check.
Christopher Newport University, an EO Employer, is fully committed to Access and Opportunity.


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Given a nested list of integers, implement an iterator to flatten it. Each element is either an integer, or a list — whose elements may also be integers or other lists. Example 1: Given the list [[1,1],2,[1,1]], By calling next repeatedly until hasNext returns false, the order of elements returned by next should be:[1,1,2,1,1]. Example…
H-Index II (Binary Search)
Follow up for H-Index: What if the citations array is sorted in ascending order? Could you optimize your algorithm?
Given an array of citations (each citation is a non-negative integer) of a researcher, write a function to compute the researcher's h-index. According to the definition of h-index on Wikipedia: "A scientist has index h if h of his/her N papers have at least h citations each, and the other N − h papers have…
Perfect Square
Given a positive integer n, find the least number of perfect square numbers (for example, 1, 4, 9, 16, …) which sum to n. For example, given n = 12, return 3 because 12 = 4 + 4 + 4; given n = 13, return 2 because 13 = 4 + 9.
(Iterative) Find Peak Element
A peak element is an element that is greater than its neighbors. Given an input array where num[i] ≠ num[i+1], find a peak element and return its index. The array may contain multiple peaks, in that case return the index to any one of the peaks is fine. You may imagine that num[-1] = num[n]…
Increasing Triplet Subsequence
Given an unsorted array return whether an increasing subsequence of length 3 exists or not in the array. Formally the function should: Return true if there exists i, j, k such that arr[i] < arr[j] < arr[k] given 0 ≤ i < j < k ≤ n-1 else return false. Your algorithm should run in…
Given two integers n and k, return all possible combinations of k numbers out of 1 … n. For example, If n = 4 and k = 2, a solution is: [ [2,4], [3,4], [2,3], [1,2], [1,3], [1,4], ]
Game of Life
According to the Wikipedia's article: "The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970." Given a board with m by n cells, each cell has an initial state live (1) or dead (0). Each cell interacts with its eight neighbors (horizontal, vertical,…
Sort Colors
Given an array with n objects colored red, white or blue, sort them so that objects of the same color are adjacent, with the colors in the order red, white and blue. Here, we will use the integers 0, 1, and 2 to represent the color red, white, and blue respectively.
Container With Most Water
Given n non-negative integers a1, a2, …, an, where each represents a point at coordinate (i, ai). n vertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (i, ai) and (i, 0). Find two lines, which together with x-axis forms a container, such that the container contains the most water….
Rotate Image
You are given an n x n 2D matrix representing an image. Rotate the image by 90 degrees (clockwise). Follow up: Could you do this in-place?


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Golfers turned out Monday to navigate "snipers," "minefields" and other obstacles in the fifth annual Combat Golf Tournament, a fundraiser for the Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo.
Players paid $195 for golf, lunch and dinner.
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LAS VEGAS — These days, Wes Eikmeier is enjoying the most productive time of his senior season. And that, for him, first, is a sigh of relief, and second, is a big boost for a Colorado State team that has desperately sought a bigger offensive imprint from the guard.
He is the team's third-leading scorer at 12.7 points per game, but for a big chunk of the season it appeared he might not get back to being the offensive threat he was when he made the Mountain West all-conference first team a year ago.
After the Rams' last December game, he was averaging just 9.8 points per game. He entered conference play averaging 10.8 points and shooting just 35.6 percent from the field, although he was still hitting 37 percent from 3-point range. But in conference play, things have changed. He averaged 14.2 points, a level at which he was more accustomed.
Much of the turnaround was because of free throws. Actually, it was a renewed dedication to being aggressive to the rim, and getting to the free-throw line, where he is among the conference's best.
"When he decides to go to the basket, he's going to make nine out of 10 (free throws)," CSU coach Larry Eustachy said Thursday after the Rams' practice for Friday's game against UNLV. "So the more he can, the more it helps us win. He gets that."
Eikmeier was perimeter-oriented throughout nonconference play and it showed. He had just 33 free-throw attempts in 15 league games.
Then the switch flipped, and sometimes that took a scathing halftime address from Eustachy to get it flipped. Whatever the prompt, Eikmeier found his slashing groove and with it began hitting free throws, where he shoots 89 percent. He went 52-of-55 from the line in 16 conference games.
"I can't really put a finger on it," Eikmeier said. "At this point of the year you've got to take advantage of certain things. Sometimes you've got to be really aggressive and draw some fouls that way."
Eikmeier went from taking an average of 2.2 free throws per game in the nonconference (making an average of 1.8) to getting to the line 3.4 times in MW play (making 3.25). Twenty-two percent of his points in conference play came from the free-throw line.
"We as a team, once we're in the bonus, try to get a piece of the paint, we call it," Eustachy said. "The more free throws he can shoot, those are basically a basket, automatic."
The new, slashing Eikmeier was in full bloom in the Rams' quarterfinal game against Fresno State on Wednesday. He scored half of his 18 points from the free-throw line and got particularly aggressive as the Bulldogs sank deeper into foul trouble.
"They were doing a good job of locking up everyone else, and Wes was very active," CSU center Colton Iverson said. "He really carried the team."
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Rams vs. Rebels
Team: No. 3 seed UNLV
Record: 24-8, 10-6 Mountain West
Conference play: The Rebels won five of their last six games to make a run in the MW after opening 5-5. UNLV beat Air Force by 16 points Wednesday in the quarterfinals.
Against CSU: The Rebels and Rams split the season series, each winning at home. CSU won 66-61 on Jan. 19 at Moby Arena but lost 61-59 on Feb. 20 when senior guard Anthony Marshall made a short jumper with seven seconds left (Daniel Bejarano's 3-pointer at the buzzer was short).
Up next: The winner plays the New Mexico-San Diego State winner in the final at 4 p.m. Saturday


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Awakened Life with Adam Seward: Encore presentation with Dr. Pat Baccili and Richard Seward
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