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NetKernel News Volume 2 Issue 30
May 27th 2011
What's new this week?
- Repository Updates
- Backend Fulcrum Lock-Down
- DPML Internal Rewrite / nCoDE Update
- Hardcore nCoDE/DPML
- ROC Abstraction Consistency
- The Doctrine of Sufficiency
- Update to fileset
- Electron More Symmetrical than a very Symmetrical thing
Catch up on last week's news here
Repository Updates
The following updates are available in the NKEE and NKSE repository...
- lang-dpml 1.13.1
- Updated to a new implementation
- lang-ncode 1.2.1
- Updates to fix some initial release inconsistencies (see below)
- layer0 1.60.1
- added support for checkForBadExpirationOnMutableResource, refactored code for generating pbv: identifiers
- layer1 1.26.1
- Updated file: endpoint to accept file-poll-period header
- module-standard 1.43.1
- Added consistency check to StandardAccessorImpl (see below)
- nkse doc-content-1.28.1
- Updated docs for fileset
- nkse http-fulcrum-backend-2.2.1
- Added port binding configuration property (see below)
- pds-core 1.6.1
- Switched off consistency check (see below)
Backend Fulcrum Lock-Down
We received a useful tip from Jeff Hulten at Best Buy. He pointed out that Jetty's port binding in the backend fulcrum can be tightened up so that Jetty only binds port 1060 to the local loop interface (localhost, 127.0.0.1) and therefore is not accessible over any of the external network interfaces.
(If you have your own fulcrum, perhaps in a situation with multiple network cards, the detail is to explicitly set the "host" on a Jetty connector so that its binding is only to the matching IP address of the interface)
As with the port number (netkernel.http.backend.port), we've now made this configurable with a system property.
So, for example, with the installer you can limit it to localhost as follows...
java -Dnetkernel.http.backend.host=localhost -jar 1060-NKEE-xxxxxx.jar
For an installed production system you can add -Dnetkernel.http.backend.host=localhost to the jvmsettings.cnf file in [ install ]/bin/
As ever, one man's security is another man's grit, so we've made the default "0.0.0.0" (bind to all hosts) which is the same as previously.
To get this feature, accept the apposite update of the backend fulcrum, or its also slipstreamed into the NKEE download.
SSH Port Tunneling
Incidentally you might then ask how the heck do I control NK if the backend is only bound to localhost? Well we administer all our NK systems by using SSH port tunneling. For example this is how we connect to the virtual cloud server hosting the nk4um...
#!/bin/bash ssh -L 1067:localhost:1060 vm3.1060research.com
This is using ssh port forwarding to map the remote server's localhost port 1060 to the client-side port 1067 - we offset local port so that we can administer several NK's at once. So on the client side we just point a browser at http://localhost:1067/
DPML Internal Rewrite / nCoDE Update
The power behind the nCoDE visual composition development environment is the DPML language runtime. In nCoDE, what you wire up on screen gets compiled down and executed as DPML.
DPML is one of the ROC technologies that has been with us forever, indeed its very first implementation pre-dates NetKernel.
DPML is a way of writing compositions of multiple resource requests in a declarative syntax and supports both functional and sequential styles.
With each generation of NetKernel we've written a DPML runtime, and progressively evolved the language. DPML is interesting since internally it actually uses the ROC primitives of requests, spaces and identifiers as its fundamental building blocks. Therefore in its most recent generation it was actually written in parallel with, and informed, the NetKernel 4 abstraction and implementation.
However, the advent of nCoDE has enabled us to create much richer and much more complex ROC compositions and these highlighted a number of internal inconsistencies and inefficiencies in the implementation. In short it was out of date and had some holes and, with the benefit of four years of experience, could be implemented with more modern patterns and could exploit the newer foundations.
So since we got back from the conference and the public announcement of nCoDE, Tony has been locked away putting together a clean-room implementation of the DPML runtime which is now available.
These are the main features...
- Syntax and functionality remains unchanged except as noted*.
- Execution behaviour now follows best practice in terms of sub-requests and cachability. (Original DPML pre-dates completion of NetKernel4 kernel and used some experimental approaches that didn't stand the test of time).
- Visualization and debugging of DPML code is now much more straightforward, since it "feels similar" to what you might create by hand.
- All arguments are passed optimally as either pass-by-reference, pass-by-value, or lazy evaluated pass-by-request.
*Please Note: due to changes in the internal processing of arguments it was not possible to preserve backwards compatibility of the exception handling endpoint/tag in DPML. The following three identifiers that are used in referencing the caught exception have changed:
- arg:exception -> exception:raw - the exception caught
- arg:exception-id -> exception:id - the id of the deepest nested exception caught
- arg:exception-message -> exception:message - the message of the deepest nested exception caught
This naming change is consistent with other endpoints that inject representations into scope such as the new nCoDE forEach accessor. To convert your existing DPML scripts just do a global search replace.
You'll see below that DPML is now very solid and is able to consistently support the implementation of even hard-core recursive algorithms.
In parallel with the release of the new DPML implementation, we've shipped some fixes and enhancements to nCoDE.
In developing nCoDE it was discovered that common assignments within closures would be evaluated multiple times (if not pulled from cache) when referenced multiple times. This has now been fixed so that it is only evaluated once. This simple example...
...shows how subtracting a random number (generated by a constantly changing random number generator) from itself should yield zero. However in the original implementation it didn't. This bug had broader implications for consistency across running processes and is now resolved.
A limitation in nCoDE was that dynamic imports, as specified in the settings of an nCoDE instance, were tied to specific module versions making forward migration difficult. Now, as is the standard convention of
Late in the optimisation process, just prior to the conference, the following bug was introduced into nCoDE: if endpoint grammars were edited but not saved then the input arguments into any references of that endpoint in other endpoints were incorrect. Validation and update of those inputs could not be performed based on the updated grammar until the whole instance was saved. This has now been fixed.
Hardcore nCoDE/DPML
So to prove that this is the best DPML ever. Here's a novelty item for you. This is the nCoDE for the Fibonacci double recursion algorithm...
and, as with all nCoDE, is executed on the DPML runtime. Notice that it is doubly recursive (two requests to "FibnCode"), and that all its primitive operations are also endpoints implemented as nCoDE closures.
This is a particularly pathological test case since all the argument names are "i", which shows that the new DPML runtime is fully on top of argument scoping.
Finally, as has been our party piece demonstration for some time, this pure embodiment of the classically exponential double recursion algorithm, runs in linear time. Which shows that both the external results and internal state of the DPML executed process are real resources in consistent spaces and are cached.
You can try the demo for yourself. Here's a module, just add it to your modules.xml
When installed the demo runs from here:
http://localhost:8080/demo/fib/x - where x is an integer (keep it smallish <100 to avoid integer overflow)
Use the space explorer to find the nCoDE environment with this tool...
You'll see that res:/demo/fib/x is actually a front-end framework that allows you to switch between the pure nCoDE, a groovy based extrinsic recursive script and the MathEngine's fibonacci[] function. (Incidentally this last demo will require that you install the lang-math package with Apposite).
ROC Abstraction Consistency
There is an important and fundamental philosophy at the heart of ROC (and therefore innate to the design of NetKernel). The fundamental idea is that the meaning and validity of information is contextually relative.
By which, we mean it depends upon the interplay between the requestor, the requested endpoint and, since space is a degree of freedom, the spacial arrangement they instantaneously experience.
It follows that the kernel has no rules or knowledge of how you choose to identify your resources. To the ROC abstraction, identifiers are opaque tokens. Furthermore, an axiom of ROC is that, a resource may have any number of identifiers.
It follows that the requestor's conception of a given resource's identifier can be completely independent to the requested endpoint's idea. So, for example, what you're doing with the mapper is introducing a spacial construct to bind together two different world views about the identity of a resource.
When you first understand how ROC offers this level of freedom it can be a little daunting. But, to give ourselves some solid ground to work on, we adopt established conventions to make our task of choosing names feel almost automatic. So, we have the active grammar or, if you want to present a uniform address space out to the http world, you can use REST-path style standard grammars.
But never forget it is axiomatic that ROC ascribes no absolute meaning to identifiers.
Actually if this did not hold, it would not be possible to minimize the computational efficiency of a solution. Imagine, for example, if there were a central policeman enforcing arbitrary rules about the grammar and syntax of identifiers. It would be a terrible and dog-slow architecture. So as well as being fundamental to the ROC abstraction its essential for the efficient embodiment.
We've also seen throughout this series of newsletters that address spaces are similarly unconstrained.
An address space is a system in which a request may be resolved. ROC says nothing about what that means or how it might be embodied.
For example, the web's ROC address space is the collected interplay of DNS, browser, network routing, port mapping and finally web-server.
Just as with identifiers, the kernel makes absolutely no judgement or asserts any semantics to spaces - they are systems to resolve requests and the kernel delegates all resolution to them. Again, this is not just a philosophical basis of ROC, delegation and decentralisation of resolution is essential for the optimally efficient embodiment.
But, as with identifiers, we provide a standard toolkit for designing ROC spaces - we call this the "standard module". But, just as with grammars, there's nothing fundamental about the standard module and there is no central policeman dictating a formal resolution procedure.
The fundamental nature of ROC is relativistic and its operational implementation and semantics is delegated to the interplay of the context of the requestor and the requestee.
Aggregation versus Registry's
One immediate caveat to this last statement, is that it gives you a pretty good yardstick to judge if a technology is normal and optimally efficient. If you find there is a central registry, then the architects have probably not got it right. It is invariably better that state should be "pulled and aggregated", rather than "pushed and centralized".
If you take a look through any of the system tools in NK you'll see a common pattern. For example the docs, the unit test system, the dynamic imports etc etc they all require a composite aggregation of the distributed state present in each of the system's address spaces. In each case, the tools perform a just-in-time pull-aggregation of this state. (FYI there's a useful accessor we wrote for this pattern - the active:spaceAggregateHDS in layer1.)
There are no registries in the NK tooling - even Apposite is a tool running off the transiently stored state of the pull-aggregation of the set of ROC address spaces represented by the repositories.
Incidentally this is why WS-* was always destined to fail and I lost no sleep over it 10+ years ago - as soon as you saw UDDI - you knew they didn't understand the Web.
So I've been softening you up. What I really want to talk about is verbs and in particular the semantics of the verbs with respect to the longevity of representation state.
To set the scene for the discussion, here's a little snippet of script you can try in the scripting playpen...
boolean first = context.exists("file:/tmp/foo"); context.sink("file:/tmp/foo", "Hello World!"); Thread.currentThread().sleep(5000); boolean second = context.exists("file:/tmp/foo"); context.delete("file:/tmp/foo"); context.createResponseFrom(!first && second);
So imagine that to start with file:/tmp/foo does not exist. What is the boolean state returned in the response?
Firstly the EXISTS request will return false, so first==false. The SINK request creates the file and gives it the value "Hello World!". (Forget the sleep for a moment). The second EXISTS request now returns true, so second==true, so the response is !false && true==true.
OK now try commenting out the sleep. False!
What the heck...?
Delegated Consistency
What you just discovered is, by default, the endpoint for the file: address space uses the system-wide "Filesystem Poll" to introduce hystersis in the expiration function for SOURCE,EXISTS representations from the file system. It does this since polling files is a potentially expensive operation, so it introduces a Nyquist sampling rate, which in most circumstances is sufficiently accurate at reflecting the underlying state for general use.
In the first case, the sampling rate was (deliberately) within the Nyquist criterion and so we seemed to get consistent results. In the second case we were sampling the state of the file (re-requesting EXISTS) in a time much shorter than the poll period and so we hit the cache and since the expiry function hadn't yet tried to poll the filesystem we got what appeared to be an inconsistent result.
Now, if you are writing something that uses files and really need to have fast-correlation between the state of the system and the state of derivative resources then you can either turn down the global poll interval, or (better), specify a specific polling period as a request header. Like this...
import org.netkernel.layer0.nkf.*; req=context.createRequest("file:/tmp/foo"); req.setVerb(INKFRequestReadOnly.VERB_EXISTS); req.setHeader("file-poll-period", "0"); boolean first=context.issueRequest(req); context.sink("file:/tmp/foo", "Hello World!"); req=context.createRequest("file:/tmp/foo"); req.setVerb(INKFRequestReadOnly.VERB_EXISTS); req.setHeader("file-poll-period", "0"); boolean second=context.issueRequest(req); context.delete("file:/tmp/foo"); context.createResponseFrom(!first && second);
...which specifies a file-poll-period of zero, which means the underlying filesystem will be tested every time the resource, and any of its derivatives, is tested for expiry.
(Incidentally, please make sure your layer1 is up-to-date for this feature)
Now, forget the detail of this file: endpoint, I've just been doing even more softening up.
The point we're ready to make is that: the consistency of state produced by an endpoint is the responsibility of the endpoint.
The kernel (and indeed the ROC abstraction) has no prescribed expectation of what constitutes consistency in representation state. The only thing that the kernel knows is that a resource has an expiration function - and before it serves something from cache it checks to see if the resource is not expired.
So now imagine that you are implementing an endpoint that implements SOURCE, SINK, DELETE, EXISTS.
If you SOURCE a resource from the endpoint, then SINK new state, is the old state expired? What if it would be incredibly expensive to recompute the state for a SOURCE on every SINK, and Nyquist sampling rates are adequate for your system?
What does EXISTS mean? For a Platonic resource set, like the Fibonnaci series, you could say that:
EXISTS fib(x) == true ∀ x
You will almost certainly have particular semantics for EXISTS for your resource set. (What about EXISTS God? Hmmmm, that's certainly relative to your perspective!).
The fundamental nature of ROC is relativistic and its operational implementation and semantics is delegated to the interplay of the context of the requestor and the requestee. - this holds for verbs, and more particularly, consistency in expiration determinant.
This shouldn't really come as news - the fact that the NKFResponse has setExpiry() implicitly raises the expectation that you, the endpoint implementer, have been delegated the responsibility for maintaining consistency. Where "consistency" is a relative concept related to the resource set that you are providing access to.
Safety Net
Now there's nothing like semantic consistency with respect to verbs to get people worked up. Even though, as I hope I've illustrated, its just another aspect of federated delegation innate to the ROC abstraction. And, equally, if there was a central semantic policemen in the kernel the system would be dog-slow and innefficient - but worse still, it would be wrong and exclude many many legitimate systems.
However, with all that I've said, if you're not immersed in ROC, you might still feel "uncomfortable". Surely a SINK should expire a previous SOURCE?
Tony has argued that it is unnecessary and adds inefficiency to provide any constraints in the infrastructure to bound the semantic consistency of the state with respect to request verbs. He's actually completely right - as usual. However, after some heated discussion, we worked out a compromise.
The update to standard-module has added a new safety net feature to the StandardAccessorImpl. It now has a new check on a response as follows...
If you implement onExist and/or onSource and also implement onDelete, onSink or onNew, and your response has the default expiry determinant, then we will issue a warning to the logs - saying you may, possibly, not be fulfilling your obligation to maintain consistency in your representation state.
However, as I've hinted, there are many legitimate situations where the default dependent expiry is perfectly valid, for example what if you are using the golden thread pattern? In which case, we've given you the ability to assert your supremecy and disable the safety net. In your accessor's constructor you can call:
So, for example, today's update to the pds module was simply to disable a false positive warning from the new nanny! (Doh!).
The Doctrine of Sufficiency
As you'll see in my science article below, the basis of ROC is that, in real world information systems we cannot (indeed are wrong to try to) assert absolutes. To my eye, part of the problem of software system's historically has been the expectation that software is absolute, deterministic and that "code is analytic" and so must reflect an absolute.
I don't see it this way. I see historical software as a recipe for brittleness and inefficiency.
I see computation as measurement. The role of the software architect is to set up "the experiment" and introduce constraints, such that the system's measurement of the representation state is "sufficient" for the problem at hand.
Excessive precision costs energy and sets the system in stone. Take care.
Update to fileset
Incidentally one of the updates to standard module that shipped before the conference was that the
Mutability means it can optionally support SINK, DELETE verbs. So you can SINK to res:/my/path/foo. Since the fileset is backed by the underlying filesystem, this feature only works for expanded (not jarred) modules. But it also comes with an expectation of management of consistency. It follows that a mutable fileset has an associated poll period - which may also be specified. Here's the docs...
Poll Period
By default resources requested from a fileset will have caching dependencies which depend on the underlying file resource - however it is potentially expensive to monitor files in realtime for changes - therefore by default the fileset is polled based upon the system-wide file polling interval specified in the kernel.properties (and which may be set as "Filesystem Poll" with the kernel config tool).
Any use of cached file resources in a time period shorter than the poll-period may potentially yield inconsistent results.
If your application requires very precise correlation with the realtime state of a file you may declare a specific poll period on a fileset declaration. In this example the poll period of zero will ensure that all derivative resources will be tested directly with the underlying file on every request.
Electron More Symmetrical than a very Symmetrical thing
This week's exquisite measurement is that, to very high precision, the electron (specifically its electric dipole moment) is spherically symmetrical.
Its a beautiful experiment where Hudson et al used circular polarised laser light to align the electron spin then passed the aligned electron beam through a long uniform electric field. The field bends the beam, any dispersion of the beam at the detector shows the asymmetry in the electron electric dipole moment. There are a lot of details and experimental consistency requirements, but its very elegant and relatively cheap and simple, and eminently reproducible.
The significance of this result is that some of the leading theoretical contenders challenging the standard-model predict that it ought to be non-spherical well above the scale that has been measured.
Here's how science works. As a theorist you can now do the following:
- Contest the measurement and assert that it has insufficient resolution, or has fundamental false assumptions.
- Encourage other groups to repeat the measurement or devise higher resolution techniques in the hope that this will put you back in the game. (Don't hold your breath here though, the title of the new paper is "Improved measurement of the shape of the electron" where Improved suggests that this group is not alone and is part of a general push to ascertain knowledge about the measurable properties of the electron - incidentally the Imperial College team believe they can go 10x better with progressive refinement of this technique).
- Rethink the basis of your theory and understand how/why its predictions are not manifest at the scale you predicted - ie refactor and feedback the measurement into your model.
- Fundamentally question your own assumptions and challenge yourself, if you, in fact, have an inconsistent world view.
And so it goes. Measurement and theory in an eternal dance - we accept that we can never reach absolute answers, but just like with infinite monkeys typing Hamlet we can most assuredly build up a body of evidence that has such a low-probability of uncertainty that we can stand on the ground and move forward. This is how we make sense of the world.
As we saw recently with the measurements of gravitational frame-dragging, its a great time at the moment for science. Not least in that the world hasn't ended and maybe, just maybe, some deluded people will start to ask themselves if perhaps a rationalist mental-model of the world might not be more useful to them.
I'm quite liberal minded. You can believe what you like. But for your own sake you should be consistent. If for example, you belong to a cult such as creationists, which fundamentally rejects the accumulated rational position on evolution, then you are at odds with the modern world's interdependent rational belief structure. Significantly, the rational world is made concrete by its manifest embodiment as the very basis of our everyday technological landscape. If you really hold to your belief that is fine, just please do not undermine it by using the biproducts of rational belief viz: medicine, electricity, sanitary water, television, radio, heating, air-conditioning, computers, internet, cellphones, telephones, aircraft, cars, trains, bicycles, ipods, ipads, man-made-fabrics, velcro, plastic,... oh yeah... food packaging and, indeed, most foodstuffs. For surely, to utilize such technologies is a tacit acceptance of the N-fold interwoven fabric of rationalism, including that small corner for which you claim to hold a valid alternative belief...
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Chief Justice Chaudhry stated that Federation and NHA have not made it clear that whether any project is under consideration or not.
Meanwhile deputy director NHA Muhammad Imran informed the court that NHA has not received any kind of instructions regarding the project, adding that Chairman NHA is on visit of Khanjrab area of Balochistan and Deputy Chairman is present in Parliament for appearance before standing committee.
Deputy Director Irfan told that NHA keeps care of the environment while starting any project. Upon that Justice Gulzar a member of bench remarked " can NHA gives any example of such project in which it keep kept the care of environment".
On the occasion Chairman Margala Hills Society Roedad Khan said that government is not going to finish this project, adding that government has discussed the project in various meetings. The government is going to acquire land in Rawat area for new city so court may issue stay order against that project, Roedad Khan requested the court.
Chief Justice remarked that court can not bar on purchase of land.
Later the court adjourned the hearing till today (Wednesday).


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Hey everyone! Who else is loving the UK's Summer? I know it may be a bit hit and miss, but when we have the sun shining; it is lovely isn't it? Well on Saturday 1st July – after a week of cold and rain – we finally got some well deserved Sun and it fell perfectly as myself and my group of friends attended the Bromsgrove Beer Festival 🙂
One thing the British love is a good festival – be it a food, beer, craft festivals or even summer fete/carnivals. I am no exception to this rule. I love attending them. So when one of our friends said he wanted to go to the Bromsgrove Beer Festival for his Birthday celebrations, we had to go.
As a tee-total though, I did worry a little about what there would be for me there.
Entry Fee & Parking
For the Beer Festival, the entry fee was £10 for an Adult; which isn't too bad as you get £5 worth of tokens and a Pint or Half a Pint glass. The tokens are how you pay for your drinks and the glass is the one you use to get your beer.
Parking and Camping are both available on site – I believe it was £5 parking fee and £10 if you wanted to camp for the night.
What Beer was there?
The Beer choices included:
- Ciders & Perrys
- Lager
- Pale Ale
- Porter
- Mild
- Bitter
- Stout
There is a full list of Ciders & Perrys and Beers can be found on their website if you are interested. All beers were served from the barrel and were served as a Third, Half or Pint.
Food & Drinks
There were food stalls at the festival such as Pizza, traditional Fish and Chips, Carribean, Hot Dogs & Burgers, Bratwurst and also an Ice Cream truck.
I opted for a reasonably priced Margarita Pizza – freshly made for £6. It was super delicious and perfect to eat in the beautiful sunshine.
For soft drinks, there were lots available at the food stalls and even a little sweet shop. The cans of pop and water cost £1 each – but you are welcome to take your own food and drinks if you wanted to.
Get Comfy
One thing I would recommend is taking some foldable chairs, picnic blankets or even a gazebo. Lots of people at the event had taken them and looked super comfy and made a day of the Beer Festival.
We didn't do this though as we knew we were heading out after the Beer Festival into Birmingham and didn't want to be carrying our own chairs etc. It would have looked a little odd.
Fun for all the family
Something I didn't realise is that there would be a lot of families at the Beer Festival. It was lovely to see everyone having fun – even the puppies which came along.
There was so much for kids to do. There were some Waltzers, a mini roller coaster, bouncy slide, hook-a-duck and also a darts game where you could win an emoji. Obviously, I made my boyfriend go and win me a sunglasses emoji haha 🙂 My friend Liv really wanted her poo emoji! Here we are with each other's emojis and me with my Sunglasses Emoji 🙂
Throughout the day they had a brass band playing modern songs like Gangnam Style and Poker Face – which was really cool. There were then signers and local bands playing who were all really good and added to that great sunshine-vibe.
Have you been to a Beer Festival?
Have you ever been to a Beer Festival in the UK? I would love to know if you have and what you thought 🙂


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Great trip - very interesting. Mountain View is definitely NOT a zoo. But how to strategic plan for income for such a small, niche organisation?
These guys breed very rare, endangered and even extinct animals. The idea being to reintroduce them to the wild. Not a zoo - in that you can't go and visit like a normal zoo. However, they do allow organised school trips.
We helped them with a lot of advice on major donors and legacy work. The boss there, Malcolm, showed us around and I managed to get a load of good video and photos. Video to come when I work out how, but here are some pictures.
Some rare Masai giraffes, the second most endangered large carnivore - African painted hunting dogs and an ostrich, who was endangering me but was really there just for companionship.


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Powers and Kickstarter
So, a lot of other things have been in the works where Far Away land is concerned - but a lot has been going outside that realm as well - hence my delay of nearly three weeks in posting an update...
Here is where I am...
I decided to add yet another facet to FAL - that of powers. Powers are an additional aspect to PC/NPC creation and allow for the defining of traits which don't fit into the Skills and Magic categories. Essentially, Powers in FAL allow GMs and players a ready made list of abilities such as Power Absorption, Telekinesis, Breathing Fire, etc. with which they can further define specific races, characters, adversaries, etc. The basic list is finished and most of the powers listed have only a single sentence explaining what the ability does. The idea behind this was to leave the descriptions somewhat open to interpretation allowing players and GMs to put their own spin on what the power can actually do and how well it does it.
Along with the powers included in FAL is a set of rules for expanding and ramping up the levels of the powers listed. Advice and rules are also presented for players and GMs to easily create their own powers.
While monsters and character already had powers, they weren't labeled as such and functioned a bit differently. With this new system, Powers function the same way as spells with limited daily uses (although some, like Night Vision, are automatic). The rule governing Powers also allows for an easier creation of races and specific characters. For example, players can now make super type characters who have attained a specific power in some way - if they choose to do so.
Powers were something we had been considering for a long time. They are an added element that was previously within the game but not well defined or elegant. Now they have been simplified and listed to allow for the expansion in home brew rules by players who are interested in taking FAL a step in a different direction. Again, Powers are simply another option.
I am shooting for FAL to be completed sometime in 2013 - probably summer, with the Kickstarter project starting up in late winter or early spring of the same year. My goal is to have a preliminary FAL book printed and sent to reviewers in order to get some publicity and some good words and reviews I might use on the Kickstarter page. I also want the book to be ready to go in a near finished state so that those who donate have no questions as to whether the project will come to completion. Before the FAL Kickstarter ever becomes real, the project will be done. That will also allow for the Kickstarter project to generate some money in order to print a bunch of FAL books.
Premade Races
As I have been working on the minigames to be included with the rules, I have also been spending some time thinking about and working on premade races that will be included in the rules. While the basic fantasy races will be present (Elves, Dwarves, Humans, etc.) there will also be included a great deal of other races which are specific to Far Away Land. These will allow players to create characters without having to create their own race from scratch. Essentially, it is just another option as to how player and GMs wish to take part in the game.
Since the core elements and mechanics of FAL have been completed and play tested a great deal, I have been able to start incorporating fluff elements into the game. While I think that premade races are a nice addition and allow for not only examples of races are made (the premade races are made following the exact same race creation system provided in the book) I still think of them as a fluff element, something that defines the world that I have created. The feel and overall concept of FAL is quirky and as such, I wanted the premade races included to reflect this element. So, without further ado, here are a few of the premade races to be included. With the exception of the Clockwork man, all of these races are Humanoid.
Zoordooz: These are thigh high boot wearing men with manicured mustaches, chest hair and long ponytails. They believe themselves to be superior to other races and as such they try and enslave, torture and murder those who are not Zoordooz.
Silve: Magic wielding musicians with long sideburns and dark eyes who worship a musical God called Xindreh. They rely heavily on magic which is distributed through their music.
Linkolns: Clad in beards, long black coats and stove pipe hats, the Linkolns are a race of humanoid males (the females are also bearded although they do not wear the hats) who have been involved in a war with the undead for many years. They are known for their prowess in battle and for their intense hatred of the undead.
Agnuns: A humanoid race of mystical bear riding holy women who are as fierce with their Hook Blades as they are with their prayers. The men are considered secondary citizens in Agnun society with Agnun women making all of the decisions, fighting all battles, and generally being in charge. The women have the ability to charm and entice animals which they bond with over time (hence the reason they ride bears).
Clockwork Man: A type of construct who was created for the purpose of fighitng in wars long ago. Although many fell to ruin and others were destroyed, some survived and live on.
Mini Games in Tabletop RPGs...
I have always been a big fan of video games that have mini games built in. Mario Party, Grand Theft Auto, Kung Fu Chaos are a few that come to mind right off. This idea of the mini game somehow enhances my experience in the fictional world and it is something that I was interested in trying to build in a tabletop rpg.
Here are four mini-games included in Far Away Land...
The Gods of Far Away Land: You take on the role of a god and interact with the other gods (players) as you all attempt to build a world and create races and followers.
The Historians of Far Away Land: This is an expansion of The Gods of Far Away Land and allows the players to expand in greater detail on the world they created previously. In The Historians of Far Away Land, players take on roles as historians attempting to put history together. Players work together to build narratives and define previous events or create new events in more detail.
Mass Combat: Far Away Land has a simple mass combat system which allows players playing at any level of the game (gods, historians , or single PCs in control of armies) to take part in wars and skirmishes at any scale imaginable. The system uses ratio conversions along with character levels to quickly determine unit strengths so that players get into the meat of combat with very little preparation.
Training Montage: Movies in the 80s kicked ass because they were full of training montages. Basically the protagonist would train by punching hunks of beef, or jogging, or working out in the cab of his semi or showering in a car wash while inspirational music plays in the background. Far Away Land simulates this experience as PCs find mentors and then narrate their own training montage, sometimes playing their own inspirational music while the other playters vote as to how awesome the montage was. Better montages come with perks such as cutting down on training time and less cost.
I have some other things in mind but as of now, these four styles of gameplay are already included in the core rules.
October 2018
Blogs I read...


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bLADE Wiki - 2.10.1 released
Fixed minor bug when using on-screen keyboard
This blog is used to provide an RSS feed for people wanting to be notified of updates to bLADE Wiki. If you want to contact the developer, or other users, please visit the bLADE Wiki forum
Added support for running desktop version as a portable application (e.g. for running the application from a USB memory stick)
Added 'buttons bar' to mobile version for quicker access to popular menu items
Modified behaviour for external links to use system default browser rather than IE
Added code to handle broken search results pages with some versions of .NET
Fixed a bug displaying search results when searching for special characters (e.g. '+')


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|Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992)
Costume design by Nino Cerruti and Ellen Mirojnick
Costume design is not about beauty but make-believe. Actors have to look the part and it's up to the costume designer to achieve this challenging endeavour with accuracy and precision. It is a key ingredient which help us to connect with the character and immerse ourselves in a different 'reality'.
"I don't dress movie stars. I dress actors who are playing characters." Ann Roth, Academy Award-winning costume designer
|Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)
Costume design by Amy Westcott
An engaging film can hook our attention to such a degree that we experience very closely the lives of other people, establishing a strong relationship with our favourite characters, as if we really know them. This triggers a complex voyeuristic approach which can be highly intrusive towards famous film stars.
|John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Costume Design by Patrizia Von Brandenstein
The magic of the silver screen can indeed be overpowering but it also creates bonds in our collective consciousness, we all associate certain characters with particular periods in time such as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, played by John Travolta. Others based on authentic life stories can touch us very deeply.
|John Lone and Joan Chen in The Last Emperor (1987)
Costume Design by James Acheson
It is heartbreaking to let the life of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, unfold into decay. What he wears throughout the film illustrates clearly how clothes can transform the way we perceive others. Even uniforms express something despite their ability to fade away the visibility of a distinctive character.
|Judy Garland's shoes in Wizard of Oz (1939)
Costume Design by Adrian
This exhibition takes us on a fantastic journey through cinema history, revisiting the most remarkable characters who have captured our imagination. We can definitely establish a direct connection between their clothes and the roles they have played. Costume design is undoubtedly a powerful tool of cinema storytelling!
Hollywood Costume
Curated by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling and Keith Lodwick
20 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
Victoria & Albert Museum
Other related blog posts:
V&A Unveils Hollywood Exhibition
Fashion Designers on Film
Hollywood Icon: Marilyn Monroe
A Close-Up: Audrey Hepburn
Designing 007 - Bond Style


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Zion United Methodist Church
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Stepping out in faith to be Christ to others in the world
Historic Zion United Methodist Church Tour
Date: Saturday, August 11, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Sanctuary
Zion has made the "Events" section on the Spotsylvania Historic Association WEB page. Click on the link below to see the big announcement (its at the bottom of the page ...you might have to click on "Events" to get to the announcement). As we get closer to the event date, the SHA will be working with the County Tourism Department to disseminate the word.


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POLYMATH: a person of encyclopedic learning
PolyMathis: a wannabe polymath, willing to talk on just about anything in God's good universe
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Bah-humbug! [repost]
He was a Unitarian bent on spreading his superficial morality. This was reflected in many of his works, including A Christmas Carol.
I had heard (from other Calvinists) that this story (and perhaps others) were caricaturing Puritans. Of course, being the skeptic that I am, I held this assertion in abeyance--until I googled this question a few days ago.
G. K. Chesterson clearly ties Dickens' two works--Copperfield and Little Dorrit--to Calvinism. Elsewhere, at Literary Encyclopedia, the article states: "A Christmas Carol, however, takes up a decisively anti-Puritan stance."
Hmm..Scrooge the hard-nosed Calvinist?
Well, perhaps A Christmas Carol should be boycotted by all decent Reformed folk! At least it might get the word "Calvinist" out into the public discussion of American life.
Nah, that's too much work. I'd rather read a good book or an enjoyable movie...mmm...what dvd is this?
A Christmas Carol??
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
What if Ron Paul wins?
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Ode to the Welfare State, 1949
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
FIC pastor talks with Reformed Pastor
Monday, October 31, 2011
Reformation lessons of October 31
Friday, October 28, 2011
October 31: transformation of science
Denver will celebrate Halloween next week. But they will not be celebrating the most significant event of that day: the birth of the Reformation. When Luther nailed the 95 Theses that fateful day in 1517, he nailed the coffin of the Middle Ages. Many historians trace the modern era from the Reformation. And one reason is the economic impact of that God-given event.
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October 31: transformation of the church
Luther also translated the Bible into German instead of following the tradition of Rome which only used the Latin Vulgate, used only by trained experts. Since Rome believed that salvation was found in the church (through her accumulated merit) and church tradition was on par with the bible, it followed that the church would control the bible. Again, the priesthood of the believer gave immediate access to the bible since it was there that Christ was found. And to have access to the Bible, reading becomes a necessary skill. Literacy grew.
The priesthood of the believers also affected the church directly. Since the ministers were not priests in the strict sense of the word, but ministers (servants) for the church and for that salvation immediately obtainable to the individual, then hierarchicalism was greatly hampered. In the Reformed churches of Calvin & Zwingli, this top-down structure was abolished. Congregational singing, voting and discipline were revived accordingly. Republican-like church structures abounded in the Reformed churches. The priesthood of the believer also gave rise to liberty of conscience. A man with a clear conscience is a man with liberty. A man trusting in God's sovereignty will not fear man's sovereignty. This freedom to believe and worship God according to the Bible was a strong impetus in France, Holland and Scotland, leading to societal changes in those countries. Tearing down the Papal structures, religious freedom budded. Although not perfect in execution, it still shook nations.
The priesthood of the believer arose directly from Luther's view of salvation. Since justification (our right standing before God's law court) was only through faith and only on account of Christ's righteousness alone, then no mediating person or institution was needed. Society's structures (home, school, guilds, etc) were no longer playing second fiddle to the Romish church. Monkery was rejected and a full marriage life was embraced. Holy days were abolished and time was freed. In other words, the Kingdom of God was no longer limited to the pope and his church. It was a broader kingdom, embracing all of life sanctified to God.
Christians are priest, so they are to dedicate all endeavors to God. Christians are prophets, so they are to declare the truth in all endeavors of life. Christians are princes, so they are to dominate all endeavors for God's glory.
Justification by faith alone changed everything.
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October 31: the birthday of the Reformation
Hammering the theses was a public declaration. An advertisement of sorts. But it was more. It was a formal declaration against the Papal and Romish supremacy in matters of faith and life. The various theses fundamentally attacked the Romish church's authority over the matter of salvation. It dismantled the churchly machine of Sacerdotalism—that mechanical view of redemption integrated into the church. It was claimed that salvation was found only in the Romish church through the Romish priests and the Romish sacraments. Good works were instrumentally necessary for salvation. In short, it was a works-salvation system. And although Christ was formally part of the process, He was not part and parcel to the entire schema.
In contrast, Luther wrote: "Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without letters of pardon." (Thesis 36). That is, Christians can have full remission of sin without Romish interference ("letters of pardon"). The believer had direct access to God. He needed no other mediator than Christ. Historian and professor of Princeton, Warfield, explains the antithesis thusly:
"The fundamental difference between the two doctrines [Luther and Tetzel] is the fundamental difference between evangelicalism and sacerdotalism. Evangelicalism casts man back on God and God only; the faith that it asks of him is faith in God's saving grace in Christ alone. Sacerdotalism throws him into the hands of the Church and asks him to put his confidence in it—or, in the indulgences, very specifically the Pope."
This view was summarized by Luther: justification through faith alone by grace alone on account of Christ alone. It was a view that was earlier discovered by Luther's study of the book of Romans (about 1515 AD). And it is the view underlining the 95 Theses:
"What he here attacks is just the sacerdotal principle in one of its most portentous embodiments—the teaching that men are to look to the Church as the institute of salvation for all their souls' welfare, and to derive from the Church all their confidence in life and in death. What he sets over against this sacerdotalism is the evangelical principle that man is dependent for his salvation on God and on God alone—on God directly, apart from all human intermediation—and is to look to God for and to derive from God immediately all that makes for his soul's welfare."
Luther's casting of the issue into the public limelight made October 31 the birthday of the Reformation. And made it the beginning of cultural renewal of the West.
In the articles to follow, the tremendous impact of Reformation theology will be presented. It was not the only source of influence, but it was of great significance in the economics, science and politics of yesteryear and the roots of modern prosperity. Of course, history is not accomplished in a vacuum. The Reformers always insisted that they were only following doctrines already existing in the church but not fully understood or consistently carried out. What I hope to accomplish is a greater appreciation of the results of the Reformation; results, to be sure, that were not necessarily consciously pursued—a not uncommon activity among humans—but logically flowed from the biblical ideals of Luther, Calvin, Knox, and their fellow Reformers.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Evidence of media bias against Ron Paul?
Monday, October 17, 2011
New York's Marxist epicenter
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
TARP three years later
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Understanding Federal Vision
1. FV view of the visible church
2. WCF on saving benefits of Christ
3. FV contrary to the WCF
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Chinese Christians
"There are already more Chinese at church on a Sunday than in the whole of Europe."
Monday, September 12, 2011
Reflections on 9/11 by a Christian patriot
In September of 2001, I was an engineer at the old Westinghouse building in Westminster, near I-25.
My job was good. Many mornings I would enjoy eating breakfast at work. It was novel. The food was good. It was also a time to talk with coworkers about issues other than work.
That morning, I watched the news out of the corner of my eye, while focusing on my meal. I enjoyed the omelet as the cheese and egg blended in my mouth. Then the omelet turned to ashes.
Continued here at examiner.com
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Dialogue with FIC proponent Mr. Wolfe fizzles out
It is regrettable that this potentially useful discussion with Mr. Wolfe has fizzled out.
But all is not lost. It is clear that some of the FIC are closer to traditional Reformed thought than what would appear at first blush. For instance, some embrace the Regulative Principle of worship and thus reject children's worship services. Their insistence upon parental involvement and responsibility is likewise in line with traditional Reformed thought.
However, the oddity is the insistence that Sunday school, for instance, cannot be acceptable to a biblically faithful church. One may believe that such institutions have been abused (I do) and maybe some churches should reconsider even enacting SS (that is their freedom) but it is a whole different matter to declare "We affirm that there is no scriptural pattern for comprehensive age segregated discipleship, and that age segregated practices are based on unbiblical, evolutionary and secular thinking which have invaded the church." (see here).
One does not need to find positive warrant for Sunday school anymore than for babysitting. The whole question is wrong-headed (for specifics see my review of Mr. Brown's short ad hoc defense here).
My articles are known by Mr. Brown and perhaps others. I am still open to public dialogue but still plan to write more about the topic as long as confusion and rhetoric trump constructive dialogue. I do not have thousands to create a one-sided movie or hundreds to publish a book. But I do have the power of the pen and open-minded readers. And, more importantly, the grace and freedom of Christ.
For those late to the discussion here are some articles about the movement.
For peace and unity of the church,
(Read the full interchange here).
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
One man solutions?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Stewart defends Ron Paul
Monday, August 15, 2011
Illogical defense of Divided the movie
Monday, August 08, 2011
Dialogue with family integrated church proponent Mr. Wolfe
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Mr. Brown's newest nuance in defense of family integrated churches
My hope is that my questions will help bring differing parties together. Or at the least clarify any real differences between the NCFIC and traditional Reformed thinking.
First of all he writes,
"First, the primary argument of the NCFIC and the film Divided is not that youth ministry does not exist in the Bible...What is more important – and this is the main point we want to make – is that all the positive commands and examples in Scripture call for the practice of age-integrated worship and discipleship in the church and the responsibility of parents to disciple their own children."
First, the reader should note the careful (yet unclear) language "modern form of systematic, age-segregated youth ministry". What does this mean? In the movie, the reviewer is left with the worst possible illustration of such ministries. However, it is not youth ministry per se that is rejected but "systematic age-segregation". The NCFIC confession article uses the words "comprehensive age segregated discipleship." But it never offers a definition of these phrases.
Can a youth ministry have non-systematic age-segregation? This important question will help clarify exactly what Mr. Brown means.
Secondly, an argument from silence is used but it is a secondary argument. As such it is still invalid unless clarified by another premise. Such a premise has not been offered or proven (for example, "that which is not in the Bible is therefore suspect").
Third, it is claimed "all the positive commands and examples in Scripture call for the practice of age-integrated worship and discipleship in the church and the responsibility of parents to disciple their own children." This is not precisely true since no command states: "children should only be family integrated for instruction," neither in so many words or by syllogistic reasoning. Not one. But apparently the bible states that "children should more often than not be age-integrated for instruction" according to Mr. Brown's exceptions (see below).
Consider another important point: the commands and examples offered are not specific enough to determine exactly how the meetings of instruction were arranged. Did the wives sit with the husbands? Did nursemaids watch over the infants? Did families even sit with each other? The texts do not say, except Nehemiah 8 which is (special) pleaded away into an insignificant "exception". Yet history tells us that during the time of Christ families were separated in the temple worship. Where is the New Testament outrage for this practice?
Next he states,
"The Bible is clear about this matter, and it gives the full range of that teaching including who, where, why, what, and when....When you split youth up according to age, you are doing something that is contrary to the explicit, revealed commands and patterns of Scripture...to claim that we can set aside these scriptural methods and employ our own methods because we do things and use means not mandated in Scripture in other areas of church life is a generic fallacy."
Let me take this in reverse: "generic fallacy"--I do not know what that is. I googled it. Perhaps he means the "genetic fallacy." This is a logical fallacy of denouncing (or proving) something based upon its origins. Thus a Christian who would reject Aristotelian logic because it was formalized and expanded by an unbeliever is committing the genetic fallacy.
Even granting this is the fallacy he desired to use I am not sure how it relates to the issue at hand. On the other hand, when the movie points to Plato and Rousseau as the source of modern age-segregated youth ministries that is a genetic fallacy.
Now for the details:
"The Bible is clear about this matter, and it gives the full range of that teaching including who, where, why, what, and when."
I am not sure what this means. For instance, what is what? Is this the subject matter of the teaching? The method? It is noteworthy that how is missing in this list. But age-segregation is a how of instruction.
If the bible gives the what of teaching where is the verse that says: "learn to read, write and type"? Where are the examples? If we are counting examples and lining them up as Mr. Brown appears to do in his book, then in the bible the majority ("primary") of examples are oral examples: people speaking and memorizing. The "exception" is non-verbal.
If these are not the "full range" covered in his assertion then what is covered? This assertion only creates more questions.
Lastly, he elaborates a distinction missing in the NCFIC confession and book:
"Third, methods and means of discipleship are in a different class than microphones and computers. Discipleship methods are defined and commanded in Scripture and are matters of Law (i.e., God's revealed will that we are to obey), while things like microphones, computers, and film are matters of technology (i.e., practical tools we can use as means to carry out the Law of God). In regard to technology and other practical aspects of church life (where we meet, the length of our meetings, type of seats we use, etc.), these are matters of liberty that are under the biblical guidelines for the practice of liberty. This means that Scripture must be consulted to see if they contradict anything that Scripture maintains."
Not a single bible passage or theological syllogism is offered to prove this point. It is completely arbitrary to assert that "methods and means of discipleship" are substantially different than "microphones and computer." For if the sufficiency of Scripture gives the "full range of that teaching including who, where, why, what, and when" then one would expect technology (a what and how of discipleship) to be sufficiently and explicitly guided by the Bible.
So, since discipleship is part of the law of God. And the "methods and means of discipleship" are matters of the Law. Therefore, these "practical tools" which Mr. Brown admits are "means to carry out the Law of God" must fall into the same category. Unless equivocation of terms is occurring.
Again, upon what biblical principle does he differentiate discipleship methods that are significant from discipleship methods that are not significant (my language)? I believe that using computers for discipleship purposes is significant because instructional time can be hampered if one is using the computer more than a human in some cases. Generally, it is not the tool itself that is a problem but the usage of the tool.
More importantly, the entire paragraph is built upon an unproven premise (as is the entire book): the regulative principle of discipleship. In my own words for clarification: all methods and means of discipleship invented by the brain of man without His own express commandment is wrong.
Now, I have never seen it written out that way. What we have instead are the elements of this premise found in Mr. Brown's posting and book. See especially the "desert isle test." He requires that "all the positive commands and examples" must limit the range of discipleship methods to just those things explicit in the commands and examples of the bible--just like the regulative principle of worship (RPW).
The Scottish reformer, John Knox, explained the regulative principle of worship as, "All worshipping, honoring, or service invented by the brain of man in the religion of God, without His own express commandment, is idolatry." All Reformed creeds follow this principle for worship. Otherwise the Reformers exercised Christian liberty even in the domain of education and discipleship (read the history here).
Now to sum up, why is "systematic age-segregation" rejected? Because all the commands and examples of the bible are age-integrated. But why does a Christian need to find explicit commands and examples of discipleship before using a method of discipleship? I do not know what their answer is. Somehow discipleship (however defined) has a separate moral interpretive tool than other moral fields of everyday life.
But the matter does not end there. Mr. Brown allows for age-segregation!
"There are times when it may be appropriate for various ages of people to meet for specific purposes" (A Weed in the Church, p.231, cp.61).
Then what is the whole debate about? Why is this exception not placed at the beginning of the argument? Where is it in the NCFIC confession?
Has the entire decade long debate been over how much age-segregation is allowed? If so, how much does Mr. Brown think is allowable?
Very little it seems. "However, this is not to be the normative pattern of biblical youth discipleship, but rather an exception." A glimpse of how much is offered on page 225 where he contends that as "little as one hour a week" of age-segregation is "problematic" for those wishing biblical felicity.
In other words, 1/168 of a week is still too radical to contemplate. That is .006% of a child's week! What Mr. Brown gives in one hand is virtually taken away by the other.
At the end of the day, the article offered by the NCFIC did not bring much clarification. I do not know where this leaves the movement. But I do hope that the questions and observations of my article will bring more light than heat.
[Family integrated church series here].
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Summary of age-segregated catechizing practices of the church fathers
Below was my very short answer:
If you are referring to Divided, please see the comments at the puritan forum here. And my review here.
It is important to know that the organization behind the movie actually has two problems with the modern "youth programs": separation from parents and age-segregation. Thus the history of Christian schooling as well as catechizing are both relevant in showing the gross inaccuracies of this movement.
[To fully understand the NCFIC and her leaders please read my article, What is a Family Integrated Church? (According to a current church member of Mr. Brown's church and one-time intern for Mr. Brown and currently employed with the NCFIC, Mr. Glick, my article was accurate).]
Here is a sample of the history of catechizing (and school class divisions).
Jewish Church:
"In this period a synagogue presupposed a school, as with us a church implies a Sunday school. Hence the church and Sunday school, not the church and the district school, is a parallel to the Jewish system. The methods in these schools were not unlike those of the modern Sunday school. Questions were freely asked and answered, and opinions stated and discussed: any one entering them might ask or answer questions. Such a Jewish Bible school, no doubt, Jesus entered in the temple when twelve years old...in the apostolic period teachers were a recognized body of workers quite distinct from pastors, prophets, and evangelists (see 1 Cor. xii. 28, 29; Eph. iv. 11; Heb. v. 12, etc.). The best commentators hold that the peculiar work of teachers in the primitive church was to instruct the young and ignorant in religious truth, which is precisely the object of the Sunday school." (A Religious encyclopaedia, Schaff, 2262)
Ancient Church:
"These catechetical classes and schools were intended to prepare neophytes, or new converts, for church-membership, and were also used to instruct the young and the ignorant in the knowledge of God and salvation. They were effective, aggressive missionary agencies in the early Christian churches, and have aptly been termed the 'Sunday schools of the first ages of Christianity.' The pupils were divided into two or three (some say four) classes, according to their proficiency. They memorized passages of Scripture, learned the doctrines of God, creation, providence, sacred history, the fall, the incarnation, resurrection, and future awards and punishments..." (Schaff, ibid)
Reformation and Post-Reformation:
The Geneva Academy had two divisions: schola privata and schola publica (the Academy proper). The schola privata (the lower school) was divided into seven grades, admitting children as young as age six. Most boys stayed in each grade a year, but could advance earlier. School began at six in the summer and seven in the winter and lasted until four in the afternoon. Children went home under escort from nine to eleven in the morning. Classes were on Saturday as well and included an afternoon recess. The children sung Psalms one hour a day as well. Catechism classes were held Sunday afternoons. (The History and Character of Calvinism, John T. McNeil (New York: Oxford University Press, 1967), 194ff. cp. Calvin and the Biblical Languages, John Currid (Christian Focus Publications) 2007).
Article 21 of the Dutch Church Order of Dordt (1618) orders that:
"In order that the Christian youth may be diligently instructed in the principles of religion and be trained in piety three modes of catechizing should be employed I. In the houses by the parents II. In the schools by school masters III. In the churches by ministers elders and catechizers those specially appointed for the purpose." (Full quote here).
It also stated:
"That these may diligently discharge their trust the Christian magistrates shall be requested to promote by their authority so sacred and necessary a work and all who have the oversight and visitation of the churches and schools shall be required to pay special attention to this matter."
[This civil enforcement was also enacted in New England and similar oversight in Geneva. Pastor oversight was neigh universally encouraged.]
Now, for the parts more germane to the movie:
"The schoolmasters shall instruct their scholars according to their age and capacity at least two days in the week not only by causing them to commit to memory but by instilling into their minds an acquaintance with the truths of the Catechism. For this end three forms of the Catechism adapted to the three fold circumstances and ages of the young shall be used. The first shall be for the young children comprising the Articles of Faith or Creed, the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, the Institution of the Sacraments and Church Discipline with some short prayers and plain questions adapted to the three parts of the Catechism. The second shall be a short compendium of the Catechism of the Palatinate or Heidelberg used in our churches in which those who are somewhat more advanced than the former shall be instructed. The third shall be the Catechism of the Palatinate or Heidelberg adopted by our churches for the youth still more advanced in years and knowledge."
[Radical nuts following evolutionary though? I think not. But godly men using the light of nature to differentiate between babes, children, youths and adults--broad categories followed by many cultures.]
"John Knox devised a system of Sunday schools, at the very beginning of the Reformation in Scotland, which system has been in operation in that country more or less extensively ever since. So that the Sunday schools which now exist in Scotland are derived, not from the system of Raikes in England, but are only a revival of the old system of the Reformer. These schools are frequently referred to in the records of that Church, and in the biographies of good men connected with it. In 1647, the General Assembly recommended to all universities to take account of their scholars on the Sabbath dny of the sermons, and of their lessons in the catechism [students at "universities" could be as young as twelve]. John Brown, the godly carrier, had in his day a Sabbath school at Priesthill. It is stated, on the authority of Rev. John Brown, D. D., of Langton, Berwickshire, that Sunday schools were in existence in Glasgow, and other places, in 1707. Ihey were in operation in Glasgow, and other places, in 1759, and also in many places in 1782." (The Congregational Quarterly, 1865, p.20)
The pastors and elders of the Bohemian Unity of Brethren church would assemble the older children of the church after the worship services to examine how well they retained the sermon; "hence our ancestors held separate addresses to the different classes, the beginners, the proficients, the perfect; also to the single, and again to the married by themselves: which practice it is evident was not without its advantage." "At the conclusion of the noon and afternoon service, the elder youths and girls remain, and are examined by the preacher (one of the elders assisting him with the former, and one of the matrons with the latter) to ascertain what attention they have paid that day in hearing the word of God, and how much each has retained. Moreover, during the Lent season, on Wednesday and Friday evening, meetings are held, termed salva (from the hymn Salva nos Jesu, rex cmli, "Save us, Jesus, heavenly King,") in which the mystery of redemption is diligently inculcated, especially upon the young." (Church Constitution of the Bohemian, 136ff.)
Early America:
The church in Norwich, Connecticut, in the Spring of 1675 covenanted together to instruct their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord: "We do therefore this Day Solemnly Covenant to Endeavour uprightly by dependence upon the Grace of God in Christ Jesus our only Saviour. First, That our Children shall be brought up in the Admonition of the Lord, as in our Families, so in publick; that all the Males who are eight or nine years of age, shall be presented before the Lord in his congregation every Lord's Day to be Catechised, until they be about thirteen years in age. Second. Those about thirteen years of age, both male and female, shall frequent the meetings appointed in private for their instruction, while they continue under family government, or until they are received to full communion in the church." (The Ecclesiastical History of New England, p.665 )
"It is well known that every respectable family had a regular weekly exercise in the catechism [in early New England]; and also that once a week in some towns, or once a month in others, the minister gather the children and youth of his parish, at two o'clock, on Saturday afternoon to catechize them." (The Congregational Quarterly, 1865, 21)
As late as 1808 (before Sunday Schools reached critical mass), the General Association of the Congregationalists in Connecticut, "That they [parents] require them to attend public catechisings till they are fourteen years of age, and thenceforward, during their minority, to attend seasons, that may be appointed by their pastor, for the religious instruction of youth." (Panoplist, 1808, p.159.)
"My first acquaintance with Mr. Donnelly [early 1800s] was when I became a pupil in his school in my father's neighbourhood, in Chester District, S. C. I entered his school at an early age; and as he was my first teacher, (my parents excepted,) so he was also among the last. Under his tuition I studied the elementary branches, such as reading, spelling, etc., and recited to him the Larger Catechism. The Bible was not then excluded from the school, on the ground of its being a sectarian book…the afternoon of every alternate Saturday was spent in reciting Catechisms and portions of Scripture, which had been previously committed to memory- IIe was a rigid disciplinarian of the Old School…" (Letter, 1862, Rev. McMillan to William Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, vol. 9, p. 26.)"
If you have any more questions please ask.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Feds socialism money scheme discovered by Feds
--Washington Post
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Christianity and July 4th
America's collective ignorance about her religious past is cause for lament. It means that even as we knowingly celebrate our Fourth of July as a day of political freedom we ignorantly omit the religious roots of that freedom...(continue here)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Christian Patriotism [Examiner.com]
But with the changes in the American culture since then, as seen Denver's PrideFest 2011, Christians are a minority. Our influence is minimal. And, at times, our patriotism is doubted.
Yet what is patriotism supposed to look like? Can a Christian be a patriot? [continued here]
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Ex-Liberal Pleads with PCUSA
Friday, June 17, 2011
This week's family-integrated church articles
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Colorado homsechooling convention: who is Doug Phillips?
And the topics covered in this conference include far more than the narrow issues of educating junior in the ABCs. Since the topics range from basic homeschooling issues to apologetics, economics and cultural issues, more discernment is required of the average parent.
But who has time to discover exactly what these speakers believe? What have they said that is relevant to what they will say?"
continued here.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Love of Technology
To speak more generally, the ultimate goal of technology, the telos of techne, is to replace a natural world that's indifferent to our wishes
— a world of hurricanes and hardships and breakable hearts, a world of resistance — with a world so responsive to our wishes as to be, effectively, a mere extension of the self."
Jonathan Franzen, NYTimes, 2011
Monday, June 06, 2011
Review of A Weed in the Church
I hope to have an extensive review later. For an analysis of family-integrated churches, here first then here.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
There is no Richard Dawkins
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
New Rejoinder to recent Family Integrated Church comments
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Family Integrated Church Dialogue
It is between the author of the article and a part-time worker and one-time intern at NCFIC and current member of a church plant under Mr. Brown's oversight (he also brought the article to Mr. Brown's attention).
Of note is the fact that the young defender carefully read the article and concluded: "So, in answer to your question, overall, the description was accurate and I greatly appreciate all the references. Some have slammed us and not even attempted to prove that it was so."
There are almost 80 comments overall, but another article, Lord willing, will be published summarizing the salient issues thus far.
May the Lord bring better clarity to those involved in this discussion.
Monday, May 02, 2011
America unites in Osama's death
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Family Integrated Church
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Meyers, FV and the Missouri Presbytery
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Thorn: reasons not to attend this play
Monday, April 11, 2011
A Review of Peter Enns' Bible Curriculum [Wes White]
"...Further concern was raised over the fact that the publisher, Olive Branch Books, is part of Peace Hill Press which is directed by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise. Susan Wise Bauer is well-known and well-respected within the homeschooling community for her history series, The Story of the World, and book, The Well-Trained Mind. Olive Branch Books has released a statement in which it begs parents to read the curriculum for themselves instead of relying on secondhand accounts.
So, that is what I've done. I received my copy of the parents' guide to Telling God's Story, and I have now finished reading it. I also read Dr. Enns' book, Inspiration and Incarnation, to help me understand his views..." [continued here]
So, that is what I've done. I received my copy of the parents' guide to Telling God's Story, and I have now finished reading it. I also read Dr. Enns' book, Inspiration and Incarnation, to help me understand his views..." [continued here]
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Friday Funnies: Two-Fisted Pastor
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Eritrea rejects UN aid
What does "The Institutional Church" mean? A Response
I suspect Arthur is unaware that his article is chockablock with assumptions and stereotypes. At least, it comes across that way to a reader (like me) who is not aware of his background and beliefs. So, I found his "what I believe" and read it. It, too, was chockablock with assumptions and stereotypes--or perhaps a language of description that I find unclear.
Even so, perhaps this dialogue will help express what is implied and draw both parties to more faithfulness to Christ.
First of all, he provides a tentative definition: "The institutional church, at its most fundamental, is the most visible and culturally recognizable manifestation of organized religion that finds its primary definition and purpose in the weekly Sunday morning meeting."
I find the phrase "the most visible and culturally recognizable manifestation" most curious. I take it he is allowing for other "visible and culturally recognizable" manifestations of "organized religion" besides Sunday worship. If so (say daily fellowship), then why can these other visible manifestations not be fundamental to an institutional church?
The definition then climaxes with a questionable assertion: the institutional church's "primary definition and purpose [is] in the weekly Sunday morning meeting."
Now Mr. Sido may define things and words any way he wishes. Of course, communication becomes quite hard if this ability goes unchecked. In this case, the definition simply misses its mark: if he wishes to mark all non-organic church organizations, such as, say, all Reformed churches, as "institutional churches," then he needs another definition.
The Reformed churches do not define the institutional church's primary mission, action or goal as the "Sunday morning meeting." The institutional church is but a part of the whole idea of the church visible.
To take only the Westminster definition of the church visible: "The visible church, which is also catholic or universal under the gospel (not confined to one nation, as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion; and of their children..." (WCF 25.2).
In fact, the visibility of the church is not confined to Sunday worship: "God is to be worshiped everywhere, in spirit and truth; as, in private families daily, and in secret, each one by himself; so, more solemnly in the public assemblies..." (WCF 21.6)
At the end of the day, I think Mr. Sido has something more specific in mind than the opening definition. He writes:
"Furthermore, the Protestant/Evangelical institutional church is by and large a modification of the Roman Catholic institutional church. The theology is radically different but the practices remain much the same: a formal and rigidly scheduled weekly gathering, mute observance by most of the church during that gathering, a ritualistic observance of the Lord's Supper, a clerical class that is distinguished from the laity by extra-Biblical educational standards and that derives its financial support from the offerings of that same laity, and finally a focus on performance instead of mutual edification."
Now, since the opening definition does not work to identify Reformed churches, does this more extensive definition work better? It is closer if only because it clearly brings to the fore traditional anabaptistic arguments against certain elements of institutional churches--elements not necessary for any and all institutional churches. One can have an institutional church without financial support or ritualistic observance, for instance.
But then this all turns on how institutional, ritual, etc. are defined. The pejorative use of the words ritualistic, rigidity and formal all hinge on an understanding of what is proper worship. I do not know Mr. Sido's ideas about worship so it is hard to exactly evaluate.
If he believes that the Lord's Supper could involve cool-aid and cheez-its while people eat and wander about in their pajamas, then anything short of that could be labeled ritualistic, rigid and formal!
But there are more clues that some other idea of institutional church is at play here:
"Many of these institutional churches meet each week, go through the religious rituals and pay their bills but accomplish little else...In fact, the best measure of the spiritual state of someone is what happens outside of the church meeting. It is ironic that in the one place that Western culture agrees is "the church" is the same place that you are least likely to see the church functioning as it should."
I strongly suspect that our author is critiquing Christians that "play church." They come to church on Sunday, follow the motions, smile politely and pay their tithe and so feel good about themselves while accomplishing little for God's kingdom during the week. To that I say amen!
If that is his driving concern, then the institutional church is not the problem. The external form is rarely ever the root problem rather it is the internal problem of sin. If Mr. Sido concedes that organic churches can also "go through the motions" then he concedes the whole case and must critique the church organized (institution) upon different grounds.
His opening definition is insufficient to mark all my test-cases, Reformed churches, as institutional churches in the pejorative sense. His paragraph-long descriptive, on the other hand, seems to fit depending on what view of worship he believes. And if his true goal is to denounce superficial Christianity then we may well be closer in thought than either of us realized.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
US interest, Libya and the Bible
He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears.Proverbs 26:17
Monday, April 04, 2011
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
NPR dabacle: does this surprise anyone?
But seriously folks...whose mind will be changed but such revelation? Perhaps a number of average Americans. But those with influence to cut NPR funding, will they understand the bias here? Not just the science angle but the birther movement (with its own problems) is silenced by NPR.
If it's about the "debate" (like climate change) why not cover it? It would be a very large debate! The why is unknown. But the fact is known.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The vanity of God?
The next few articles will answer more questions Christians might encounter in Colorado--specifically, questions by a reader of a recent article. The questions stem from digging deeper behind the answers given--answers which did properly answer atheist questions. But as with all answers, there are more assumptions that can be unearthed.
Here is the first question:
1. "You say God doesn't need anyone, that he is self-sufficient. But if that's the case, then why does he require glorification? Why does he need people to glorify him? By your description, he only made everything just to glorify himself. Isn't that vanity by any Christian definition?"
[continued here]
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Science catches up with biblical nurture
A recent study strongly indicates what Christians believed and practiced for centuries.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Mass. struggling with expanded health coverage
Coming to the other states soon...?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Many atheists ignorant of Christianity
Whether they are young atheists at the Auraria campus in downtown Denver or in an interview with a leader in Boulder, they all have one thing in common: ignorance...
...of Christian doctrine and practice."
Continue reading on Examiner.com
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Revival of Rousseau [repost]
"It is only in our father's home that we learn to love our own, and a woman whose mother did not educate her herself will not be willing to educate her own children."
"There is no more charming picture than that of family life..."
What do homeschooling and Rousseau have in common?
Much in many ways.
Rousseau endorsed homeschooling as the ideal system of education.
(continued here)


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B4RN featured on BBC Breakfast News today as it has launched its Gigabit service in the village of Tunstall adding another 55 premises to its network. The B4RN network serves over 1,000 premises in the most rural parts of Lancashire.
Ironically cabinet 6 on the Kirkby Lonsdale exchange which serves Tunstall was or still is down for getting FTTP delivered by Openreach using gap funding from the Lancashire BDUK project, and this overlapping dates back to the original Open Market Reviews in Lancashire where rather than a formal OMR agreement a gentleman's agreement was reached apparently that has since been ignored.
For those living in Tunstall they probably care very little about these political games and will be rightly enjoying going from 0.5 Mbps to 1 Mbps connections that may be intermittent and the annoying old IPStream Max IP Profile system to enjoying 1000 Mbps fixed speed connections.
We have added the core postcodes for Tunstall to our coverage checker and should point out that the B4RN coverage is not included in the superfast, FTTP and fibre coverage stats yet, but will start to be included once the phase 1 BDUK projects finally hits its 90% superfast coverage goal. This way we are avoiding BT benefiting from the hard work of B4RN as we track towards the national 90% superfast goal, which Lancashire has already passed but its project has a phase 1 higher target set.
It should also be noted that all B4RN services provide symmetric 1,000 Mbps speeds to every property using individual Point-To-Point twin fibres. Once an area has the blown fibre tubes installed, even those properties not wishing to take up a service, have tubes sealed at their boundaries. However many such residents elect to pay the installation fee to protect their property price and as an insurance should there be a serious interruption to their PSTN service.
I'm sure those who are in receipt of the services couldn't care less whether they are delivered via point to point or PON, deliver media snobbery is for nerds.
They have world class connectivity regardless which is a very good thing and something us city dwellers that aren't in Hyperoptic covered flats can be justifiably envious of.
A responsibly - engineered future-proofed design is all that B4RN users expect. I agree that all but a handful will be unfamiliar with the technology but secure in the knowledge that the Community Interest Company are benefitting their communities, which they are legally obliged to do.


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