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Considering the message of John the Baptist and the Jewish leaders reaction to it, what was the existing Jewish thought about Baptism? Who needed to be baptized and when?
1This isn't a question about Christianity. You should ask in the Jewish community. – Grasper Jan 4 '19 at 13:33
1I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it needs to be asked at mi yodea – KorvinStarmast Jan 4 '19 at 21:09
Or you could edit this question to make its relevance to Christianity more explicit. – curiousdannii Jan 4 '19 at 23:19
The Jews in and even before John's time didn't actually call it baptism, they called it "Mikvah" (or "Mikveh"). It was used for purification for women after childbirth and menstration, for men after they ejaculated , to prepare a body for burial AND it was also used as a ritual for people who were converting to Judaism !
In the case of John the Baptist, he was converting people, getting them ready for Jesus!
what was the existing Jewish thought about Baptism?
Who needed to be baptized and when?
According to the German Wikipedia, baptism was not common in the time of John the Baptist among the normal Jewish people at all.
There were different smaller (and probably more radical) religious groups (like the Essenes) that practiced rites similar to baptism.
... the message of John the Baptist and the Jewish leaders reaction to it ...
The reaction of the Jewish leaders is surely caused by John's message, not by the rite of baptism itself:
According to Mt 3,7, John the Baptist explicitly accused the religious Jewish leaders of his time to live in sin.
This explains that the Jewish religious leaders definitely did not agree to his message at all.

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I am excited to say that we are having a girl! Her name (which we have changed our minds last minute...just like we did with Colin) will be Carly Erin Stapleton. The name just fits!
I have to say I am WAY more excited about having a girl than I thought I would be. I never thought I wouldn't be excited. I knew I'd be happy either way. But I am just kind of surprised how into this "girl thang" I am getting. I bought 2 of the stinkin cutest outfits at Target after our dr.'s appointment and was sad that we didn't have enough money to buy matching shoes and hairbows too! haha. It was really fun to look at all that with Jeff. He actually kind of got into too. It was interesting to see what he liked/didn't like.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Snow pictures and a few other things
We were without power for a little over 12 hours so we spent our "snow day" of no school with Jenni and Tim. We played in the snow at ETBU. check out my facebook album at...
Jeff's parents are coming today and Jeff's dad is going to be installing a sprinkler system this coming up week. Its going to be a nasty job with the ground being so wet and with melting snow. YUCK!
And.....I am so excited to say that we have settled on names (yes! even a boy one!) Or atleast the way Jeff worded it was, "That will be the name unless I think of something else." I think he just doesn't like to officially commit until its really really time to! haha. Anyway, if it is a girl her name will by Sydney Erin Stapleton (same initials as me!). If its a boy it will be Jacob Wade Stapleton (same initials as Jeff!) But we would call him Jake all the time. I am really excited about those names. We had our boy names narrowed down to Jake or Brady. I really do like Brady, but for some reason Jake just seems to fit with our family. AND....when we talk about it Colin perks up and starts saying Jacob and Jake (actually he pronounces it "shacob" and "shake."
2 more weeks and then we will know if I have a Sydney or a Jake in my belly! Who knows, Jeff may totally change his mind and think of a new name when we find out! That is what happened with Colin. We decided that his name was going to be Riley if it was going to be a boy and then when we had the sono Jeff changed his mind and said, "colin." It just stuck!
And, I don't know if anyone will do this, but in honor of Valentines Day I want you to leave a comment telling me how you met and how long you have been with your spouse/significant other and your favorite thing about him/her! I leave the first one. Happy Valentines Day!
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FOR TODAY Monday, February 11, 2010...
Outside my window...lots of snow! and hopefully more snow coming tonight!
I am remembering...a valentines day when jeff and i were dating that it snowed. we went to the church we attended at the time and played in the field. fun times.
I am thankful for...a mudroom off our backdoor. we played in the snow today and it was nice to come and strip off the wet clothes without making a mess in the rest of the house.
I am creating...valentine cards tonight for my class and for colin's class at daycare. IF we have school tomorrow I will have a class party and then leave to go to colin's class party at 4:00. Excited that I will be able to go!
I am going...to sit on my butt tonight
I am reading...To Live is Christ by Beth Moore and my mom finally brought Forgotten God by Francis Chan that I will try to start reading in my so called free time.
I am hoping...there is no school tomorrow! or atleast late arrival.
On my mind...boy or girl?
From the learning rooms... i am loving teaching writing with my kiddos! i have loved watching them develop writing skills over time and love how some of them are starting to add some creativeness to their writing.
Noticing that... this baby is moving more and more. really love that!
Pondering these words..."If Jesus gives us a task or assigns us to a difficult season, every ounce of our experience is meant for our instruction and completion if only we'll let Him finish the work. I fear, however, that we are so attention-deficit that we settle for bearable when beauty is just around the corner. - Beth Moore
From the kitchen... dominoes pizza!
Around the house... The Office is on, jeff is next to me watching it, tim is watching it, jenni is showing colin pictures of clip art puppies and he is laughing hysterically.
One of my favorite things... a clean kitchen
From my picture journal... my C-man in the snow!
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Monday, February 1, 2010
pregnancy survey.....because I feel like it.
|5 foot 3
|Pre-pregnancy weight?
|enough. lol.
|About The Father
|5 foot 9
|Are you still together?
|About Your Pregnancy
|Is this your first pregnancy?
|no. second
|When did you find out you were pregnant?
|Oct. 30th
|Was it planned?
|What was your first reaction?
|my heart was racing and
i instantly called jeff's name
|Who was with you when you found out?
|Who was the first person you told?
|after jeff, we called our moms
|How did your parents react?
|my mom gasped and asked
if she could tell jan who
was with her at the time.
jeffs mom was mad that
she couldn't scream
because we called
her at work.
|How far along are you?
|17 weeks
|What was your first symptom?
|missed cycle
|What is your due date?
|July 13th
|Do you know the sex of the baby?
|will find out on Feb. 26th!
|If so, what is it?
|either one would be SO great!
|Have you picked out names?
|Sydney Erin or Leah Joanne
for a girl,
still debating on the
boy names.
possibly Cooper or Carson?
I'm still rootin for Grant though!
Just wish jeff liked it.
|If so, what are they?
|oh....see above.
|How much weight have you gained?
|about 5 pounds
|Do you have stretch marks?
|just some leftover ones
from 1st pregnancy
|Have you felt the baby move?
|just a little
|Have you heard the heartbeat?
|About the birth
|Will you keep the baby?
|Home or hospital birth?
|Natural or medicated birth?
|Who will be in the delivery room with you?
|jeff and the grandmas
|Will you breastfeed?
|not sure yet.
|Do you think you'll need a c-section?
|i hope not.
|Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?
|What's the first thing you might say to him/her?
|Would you let someone videotape the birth?
|only if I was the ONLY
one to see it.
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The Hudson is a Soho House staple and can be found in the living rooms in Chicago and the dining rooms in New York. Tall and slim so you can light large and small spaces alike, it combines the warm hues of walnut with antique brass. The stem has been carved to taper at both ends, creating a curved silhouette. It's ideal as a reading light behind your favourite armchair, or as the ambient light source for an entire room. • Floor lamp with carved walnut spindle stand • Fixed position shade on an American harp and stirrup fitting • Off white linen cylinder shade to diffuse the light • Fabric flex and switch on bulb socket for easy access • Used at Soho House Chicago and Soho House New York• Suitable for use with the Tala Globe & Porcelain II
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March 17, 2015
College of Nursing's Schmidt Honored by Red Cross
Responding to fires, tornadoes, ice storms and hurricanes, Cheryl Schmidt, Ph.D., R.N., is going to leave quite a legacy behind.
Schmidt, associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, who will retire in May after 21 years of teaching at UAMS, was honored March 17 by the American Red Cross in Arkansas for her dedicated service.
"I was really honored, but the biggest honor would be that more nurses would sign up to carry on my work in the Red Cross," said Schmidt, who is moving to be closer to family in Phoenix, Arizona. "My dream is that my students graduate and volunteer in Red Cross disaster relief."
Roger Elliot, American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas' immediate past state disaster officer ; Candy Carey, its executive director; and Patricia Fry, its state disaster manager, surprised Schmidt with a Red Cross award while she was teaching nursing students disaster relief skills.
"Cheryl has provided an amazing volunteer service to the American Red Cross for over 40 years, and we're going to miss her terribly," Carey said.
Schmidt began volunteering with the Red Cross in 1974, teaching CPR courses to the local chapter in Michigan. She became involved in Red Cross disaster services in Little Rock in1999 when American Airlines Flight 1420 crash landed at the Little Rock Airport. She was recommended to assist in that disaster because of her 20 years' experience with military training as an assistant chief nurse in the U.S. Army and serving in the Army Nurse Corp Reserves.
She has trained more than 1,000 nurses and physicians on how to work in Red Cross Shelters and Service Centers while coordinating with county, state and federal relief organizations.
In 2011, Schmidt was one of four in the United States to be awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, the International Committee of the Red Cross' highest honor. Other awards she has received include the regional Ann Magnuson Award and the Chapter's Clara Barton Volunteer Leadership Award.


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Farm Bill; Biofuels; Ag Economy; and Trade
Farm Bill (and CFTC) Issues
The AP reported this morning that, "Republicans have quietly maneuvered to prevent a House spending bill from chipping away at federal farm subsidies, instead forging ahead with much larger cuts to domestic and international food aid.
"The GOP move will probably prevent up to $167 million in cuts in direct payments to farmers, including some of the nation's wealthiest…[T]he annual bill to pay for food and farm programs next year would cut food aid for low-income mothers and children by $685 million, about 10 percent below this year's budget.
"The farm subsidy cuts won bipartisan approval in the House Appropriations Committee two weeks ago, but as debate on the House floor began Tuesday, Republicans turned to a procedural maneuver to drop that language."


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Bonfires and bangers
I'm off to a gig on bonfire night – not just any gig. My old man's in a band, so occasionally (babysitting permitting – I know, rock 'n roll!) I get to play the part of lead singer's girlfriend and wear something even more outrageous than usual. You've seen the clothes I like, so let your imaginations run wild.
This week, the gig takes place in the great outdoors either side of rockets and bangers let off dangerously close to the crowd by a rather over-enthusiastic pub landlord who fancies himself as a firework display aficionado.
This makes choosing my outfit more challenging than normal. Being trendtastic whilst keeping warm isn't easy, so I thought I'd dedicate this week's posts to amazing outerwear that ticks both boxes.
First up, let's think coats. I'll definitely either do faux fur or a cape. If the latter, I'm drawn to three wonderful items…
Topshop's checked faux leather detail Borg collar cape will catch eyes, no matter what you're wearing underneath:
For an incredibly chic look, there's the See by Chloe grey cape back coat at Urban Outfitters:
And finally, for something that will out-rocket the rockets, it's gotta be Erdem's embroidered wool cape – it really is on fire.
Stay tuned for more outdoor head-turners every day this week.


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Happy Saturday, bros! Today I have a review and lip swatches of the new LA Girl matte liquid lipsticks to share with you. In a nutshell, these are affordable, yet pigmented and fun for summer.
I picked up the shades Bazaar, Obsess, Instinct, Frisky, Secret, Backstage, and Black Currant.
As you can see, some of them swatch a lot better than the others! The darker shades were definitely a little harder to work with. Still, they're all beautiful colors. I also did lots of derpy lip swatches!
First, here's the color Bazaar. It ended up being one of my favorites because it's work-appropriate yet still fun. It's a peachy pink shade that went on really smoothly.
Second we have the color Obsess. It's a hot coral shade that's perfect for summer! I loved this one as well, both for its great pigmentation and its smooth application.
Third up is Instinct. Y'all know I love a bright orange lip, and this one fits the bill nicely!
Fourth is Frisky, a classic red shade. I liked this one, but it still won't replace my HG red, Wet n Wild's Megalast Liquid Lipstick!
Fifth we have the shade Secret, a close dupe for Lime Crime's Wicked. Now, as I moved into the darker shades, I noticed that they went on more patchily and were much harder to work with than the first four. Definitely requires a precise application. Anyway, Secret is a deep burgundy shade.
Sixth is Backstage, a dark plum shade that was also a bit hard to apply, but I still like the color.
And lastly is Black Currant. This one swatched badly on my arm, but on my lips it was fine. It is a super dark blackened purple that reminds me of MAC's Cyber.
Needless to say, my lips were sore after all that swatching! These do NOT come off easily, which is a good thing! I actually liked these a lot. I personally love a good flat finish lipstick, and these meet that requirement amply. My favorite shades were Bazaar, Obsess, Instinct, and Black Currant. They were all richly pigmented and went on smoothly, and I noticed that they all made my green eyes pop more as well. There are none of these that I wouldn't recommend, but I will say that Secret and Backstage are definitely the most difficult to apply. Overall, I think these are an affordable way to get into the liquid lipstick trend, and I think these will appeal to both beginners and makeup pros alike.


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This design is available in a choice of ten colours of Hebridean 3 Ply.
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text: This might be their effort to integrate two major plots from the original into the reboot. So Cristal, burned and shot, gets pulled from the building and hauled off to the hospital with little chance of survival. She's all bandaged up and all we see is a comatose "mummy" through the burn unit windows. Blake is acting as if all their issues have been shoved aside--he's totally devastated and keeps declaring his eternal love for her. After she is stabilized, they have her sent to the Burn Center in Augusta (which is IRL the best in the Southeast). Alexis is heard making some suspicious phone calls at some point. After several more episodes (focusing on finding out who set the fire and finding out who shot Cristal) the family is notified that Cristal has awakened from her coma. Blake heads to Augusta to see Cristal and to beg forgiveness, reconcile, etc. The doctors warn that she's had plastic surgery and that she might not recall much about the fire, shooting, etc. He arrives in time for their version of the infamous "taking off the bandages" scene, where we see a new actress revealed. She is relieved to see Blake still wants her despite "looking so different"--he says all he wants is to make it all up to her and get her back to Atlanta. So she gets back eventually as they continue to investigate the fire, and she claims not to recall anything prior to the fight she got into with Alexis, and has spotty memory about the weeks prior. Sam is kind of reluctant to put any pressure on her since she is still so fragile, so he hides his feelings that she's behaving strangely; has she had some kind of head injury or something in that Alexis/Cristal throwdown prior to the fire? Steven argues that she's been through so much (especially the face-change thing) that of course she's traumatized. Blake wants to renew their vows and "buy her the world," but Cristal is still withdrawn and unwilling to go along with his romantic overtures for the most part. At the end of season cliffhanger*, Cristal boldly announces that she has decided she wants a divorce, that she can no longer deal with Blake and his constant refrain of wanting everything to be "like it was". At the same time, in a hospital room we've never seen before, we see Nathalie Kelley hooked up to beeping, hissing life-support machines. The camera zooms in at just the moment her eyes pop open. She takes in a large gasp of air and whispers "Blake!" So not only do we have NuDynasty's version of Steven's facial reconstruction, we also get Krystle/Rita. The woman claiming to be/acting like Cristal all that season* is Margarita, the imposter that Alexis hired (she has a charge account at Imposters-R-Us), wrapped up in some bandages and placed in the hospital right before Blake showed up. Margarita was hired by Alexis with orders to take Blake to the cleaners in the divorce and split the money with Alexis. Cristal had been moved (by Alexis) to another facility where it was assumed she would languish in her coma forever and no one would find out about the switch. NK's Cristal comes back full time in season three* to get her life back. * If they really wanted to make it move quicker, the mid-season cliffhanger would be preferable, but if NK is serious about not being involved in season 2 at all, RealCristal could stay on ice until the end-of-season cliffhanger.


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Charlestown, Cornwall
A traditional cottage situated at the heart of Charlestown, a harbour village with an industrial past. This property is ideal for exploring both Charlestown and St Austell.
Set in the unique village of Charlestown this historic property with original beams is crafted from granite and oozes charm. Located within easy walking distance of the Quay which has some fine pubs and restaurants to cater for all tastes.
We're thrilled to be including this attractive cottage within our Joules Collection. Its appealing mix of contemporary interiors mixed with charming period features work perfectly with the fun, bold designs featured in Joules homeware range.
The owners have lovingly decorated this contemporary apartment to ensure you have a comfortable stay after exploring all there is to see and do in the surrounding area.
Charlestown (3.5 miles SW), Cornwall
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This select property oozes charm and is ideally situated in idyllic Charlestown. A delightful destination in a perfect setting.
Carlyon Bay (3.5mls W), Cornwall
This lovely property has been purpose fitted and furnished to provide a comfortable holiday home, and ideally situated with the coast and an array of attractions nearby provides a perfect base for all ages.
Pretty stone cottage in the village of Charlestown with its historic harbour, beach, and eateries, with easy access to many of the area's beaches, towns, and attractions.
In the wonderful village of Charlestown this stunning boutique styled property is only a stone's throw from the harbour and beach and within walking distance of the shops pubs and restaurants.
Stylish cottage in the Georgian harbour village of Charlestown, with easy access to the rest of the Cornish Riviera.
Set in the historic Georgian village of Charlestown, and close by to the beach, pubs, shops and restaurants. With parking and an enclosed garden this must be regarded as the perfect holiday home.
Charlestown (2 miles SW), Cornwall
Nestled in the Pentewan Valley close to Charlestown, this beautifully refurbished former mill is the perfect retreat for those looking to sample a slice of peaceful Cornish life and explore the coast.
St Austell, Cornwall
This semi-detached house is the perfect choice for those looking to explore the local area on foot as it is within very easy reach of St Austell's abundance of pubs and restaurants.
St Austell is a large Cornwall town that was once at the heart of the clay mining industry. One of the gigantic pits in the area is now home to the famous Eden Project. Visit St Austell Brewer, the tall ships and harbour of historic Charlestown, and The Lost Gardens of Heligan near Mevagissey. The Town has a good sample of independent shops and High Street favourites. Also, visit the interesting China Clay Museum.
St Austell is a pleasant town with handy amenities as well as being close to many of the area's top visitor attractions. Once a centre of Cornish industry, it is now a major tourist destination because of its relation to The Eden Project, Mevagissey and the Lost Gardens of Heligan.
St Austell is close to the Eden Project and Heligan, the most popular tourist attractions in Cornwall. It's also great for access to the beaches, the Dodman Peninsula and the Roseland, all of which are quiet parts of the region. The China Clay Pits are great to tour via the self-guided cycle trails.
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Pure Joy. Family Style.
Find Your Inner Elf at Santa's Village in 2019 and 2020.
Jefferson, New Hampshire
Our 2019 Christmastime schedule is Saturdays & Sundays (plus Black Friday) from November 16 through December 22, 2019. Our New Year's Eve Partybration special event happens on December 31.
The park will be closed during the months of January, February, March, April, and most of May.
Our 2020 season will begin on Saturday, May 23, 2020. We look forward to seeing you all!


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I have a kind of Darwinian concept of art: people pay for the good stuff (so it stays) while the bad stuff goes the way of the dodo. My work takes hundreds of hours a month, and literally thousands of pounds a year to sustain so, if you find any value in it at all, please consider taking real-world action to support it (and thereby ensure it's continued presence in the world).
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My recent E.P. of solo Piano Sketches is available exclusively from Bandcamp.
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Editor's note: This is the nineteenth in a series of posts chronicling my travels in Rwanda and eastern Congo earlier this year.
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Day 19 – April 8
It is the boating hour, it seems. On my way to the port, motos stream down the road, carrying women with great vinyl market bags, and men holding suitcases on their laps. Those without money to spare walk along the roadside, luggage on their heads and shoulders, children in tow. The sun has still not crested the hilltops. Down below, the port is in chaos. Passengers, porters, soldiers exercising a dubious sort of crowd control. Little swift speed boats and creaky passenger ferries bob on the water. Men writing out tickets, holding wads of cash and slips of paper, as if they're on their way to the races.
My arrival does not go unnoticed: quickly I am surrounded by officials, helpful and genial, delivering me every which way. I am escorted into a room in what looks like a warehouse, with just two weathered wooden desks, an empty filing cabinet, and a dozen bags of cement piled on the floor. A man opens a dusty ledger and writes my name, my passport number, my ticket details. There is a dollar tax – voilà, I am stamped and back outside, turning hopefully toward the boat. Alas, this would have been too easy. There is a line, a crowd of Congolese, and another official waiting with another stamp. She takes my ticket, tears a tiny notch in the side, stamps a small piece of paper, staples this paper to my ticket. Another $1 tax is paid. I turn to go and a man, an official, an amiable older fellow who speaks some English, stops me. "Take care your sacks," he says. "Here there are many thieves." Yeah, no kidding. I lug my things along, wary of flinty-eyed pickpockets, but there is no need for such subtlety here. A portly man, another customs official, in a soiled white shirt and a crooked beret, stands before me, grinning like the cat who made the canary pay a dubious customs duty. There is, he says, another tax – he pulls a stamp and inkpad from his pocket, smiling drunkenly. "You must be the guy who shakes down white people for more money, huh?" I ask. "Oui," he says, laughing merrily. Five hundred francs exchange hands. I have now been triply stamped and approved. I'm wary of more taxes, but no, my duty to the Congolese tax authorities has been done, I am free to go. The port road is crowded – women selling peanuts, ndazi, cassava, sausages; men holding wheels of cheese. Crowds pushing forward, hysterical cries of farewell. Sacks, boxes, battered suitcases, jerry cans. I buy two loaves of ndazi; my change is paid out in peanuts. Now I am ready to board the Miss Rafiki.
The lower deck, second class, is already crowded, business being done from the windows with the hustlers on the dock. I ascend to the higher precincts – there is a first-class lounge with thin-pile carpeting and banquettes and TVs, but I go further still, all the way to the top. I want to spend this morning with the sun and the wind on my face. This is a certain character type, I suspect – something to do with freedom. There are two seating areas, plastic lawn chairs arranged over strips of Astroturf. Across the bay the M/V Salama, its deck a riot of colors, chugs into port. Closer to us the M/V Kivu King – a canôt rapide, a $50 passage – idles with the muscular self-assurance of expensive machinery. A group of white passengers waits patiently to board. Below me the dock teems with crowds, porters, soldiers, farewells. An angry shouting match ensues: two passengers, well-dressed men, appear to have missed a stamp. Near them laughing, idling. Husky, self-possessed women accustomed to long voyages – they carry hampers full of food, they hold their children close to them. Bread-sellers holding up loaves from a distance, hoping to catch someone's eye at the final moment. A boy selling sausages from a plastic basket is being bullied by some soldiers for a minor, probably made-up infraction. The boy cowers, his lower lip trembles. One of the soldiers takes off his belt, holding it in the air with violent intent.
Now others are filling the deck: two soldiers, customs officials in white shirts and epaulets, two girls – students, maybe, from the university, spending the weekend with family in Bukavu. A man in a red baseball cap joins me, he is smiling, he has a broad nose and Oriental eyes. He is wearing a black jacket with many zippers and, beneath that, a t-shirt with President Obama's smiling visage on it. His name is Alexis, he says; he lives in Bukavu and has five children: Celine, Melvin, Alexis Charlotte, Alex, and another I forget. He says he is a truck driver; he has just made the two-day journey from Kisangani to Goma. It is nothing, he says, a thousand kilometers, but the road is good. From Goma to Bukavu, on the other hand, is a three-day drive: three days to travel 200 kilometers along the lake's shore. We shake our heads, laughing, marveling. Now he is going home to see his children – sometimes, he will not see them for two months at a time. Then he will go to Uvira, across the border from Bujumbura, to pick up an SUV he will deliver to Kisangani. He will drive to Bukavu, take the truck on the ferry, and then drive again all the way from Goma to the far north.
The horn blows – not a loud, dignified blast, but a dying noise, like something you'd hear from under the hood of an '87 Buick Regal. It sounds again, and we're off. The port recedes, the evergreen hills of Goma, with Nyiragongo looming and puffing in the background. The morning is cool, the sun is out, spirits are high at the start of our voyage. Over the side I see the crowds leaning out in second class – men's cuffs, women's wrists ringed by gold bracelets, a pair of hands clutching a rosary. Yesterday I read a story, a ferry – the Amani – ran aground off Idjwi island. MONUC was called in, but no one was hurt. The Marinette Express arrived and shuttled everyone to safety.
I am starting, now, with our smooth passage, with the sun on my hands and face, to feel the effects of last night. I was lucky to grab three hours' sleep, and now, tired and sun-warmed, the next five ours given over to the journey, I close my eyes and go numb. It has been just three weeks, even less, since I left Kigali, but it's felt like a lifetime. The plodding progression south from Gisenyi, the fiasco at the Bukavu border. Now, a week later, having run an end-around through Goma – a busy week, a very good week – I am preparing myself again for Bukavu. Excited, but exhausted, too. I'm running out of money, I miss the familiar faces in Kigali. I have piles of writing to do. And then – incredible to think – in just two weeks I'll be in Johannesburg.
Passing the Congo, passing the hills of Rwanda. Islands, small green domes, the hills planted with bananas, cabbage, manioc. It is an Edenic scene – but no one would ever think such thoughts about this place. It is hard to imagine how I'll write about this country later, what little of it I've seen. Goma, to me, is not an adventure; yet surely there are travelers, the armchair adventure-seekers, who will cross the Gisenyi border for a day, just to get a Congolese stamp in their passports. ("It's almost like a little visit to hell," said the man at the Serena in Gisenyi.) This sort of travel is almost pathologically dishonest. But what, then, have I accomplished? How to write about the place, how to describe these lives, these desires? Je cherche la travaille. J'ai besoin d'argent. Je veux apprendre d'anglaise. Je veux une femme. Je veux vivre. The life of modern Africa, of the city, of its shanties and sprawl, of its Dickensian dreams and dramas.
At the bow of the boat the men are crowded, shouting, laughing, arguing, pointing at this or that thing on some distant hill. A man in a windbreaker with the word "Hooch" across the back. Another guzzling Primus. The women sit gathered on the deck behind them, piled among the luggage and potato sacks, using suitcases and duffel bags for pillows. Infants hidden under blankets. A Congolese flag snaps briskly on its pole. Soon the clouds are low, the wind picks up, a light rain begins to fall. Tarps are unfurled, bearing the UNICEF logo. Somewhere the sound of a child crying, the rustling of bodies under jackets. When the rain lets up the tarps are folded away. Everyone stands stiffly, facing the wind.
The life of the lake. Hours pass. Small fishing boats row beside us, young boys perched at the helm. Yesterday a boat was swamped in Rwandan waters, six were killed. It was carrying genocide survivors to a commemoration ceremony in Kibuye. Boats drifting, gliding. Across the lake there are storm clouds, they are moving away from us, you can see dark curtains of rainfall draped across the hills. We pass a small island, about the size of a baseball diamond, crowned by a solitary house. It is owned by a Canadian man of Congolese origin, I am told. There are a few men, gardeners, tending to the lawns. On the grass there is a small gazebo, the roof thatched with banana leaves. Maybe the owner is in the kitchen, or the bedroom. Maybe he's in Montreal.
Now the city in the distance, the houses rising up the hills. It takes forty minutes for us to finally pull into port. Dozens of fishing boats are in the bay, sitting in neat military rows – no one can explain why they do this. Metalworkers are building a new ship, there is a great noise of banging and welding and blasting. The dock is crowded. Suddenly, I'm struck by nerves. Somewhere in that loud throng is undoubtedly another official with another tax, or a problem with my visa. I have just counted my money on the boat: three hundred bucks, just enough for a week, I imagine. My bribe allowance is minimal. I step off the boat and, sure enough, am pulled to the side. Not some portly immigration official this time, not a policeman with menacing, opaque sunglasses, but a woman – short, brisk, in a flowery dress that hugs her body. She has a lanyard around her neck and a list – passenger's names, obscure notations – that gives her an air of officialdom. She wants to see my passport – there is another form to fill out, she says, surely another fee – and then we stand there, getting jostled and bumped, waiting for any other "étranger" to materialize.
There are none – it is just me, she is visibly deflated. Today there will be just a small payout. She cleaves a path through the crowd – really, this bustling little woman is all business – and I follow her quickly swaying hips with appreciation. A building, a long low shed, ahead of us. She unlocks a padlock, opens the door; there is a small room with a desk in the corner, a single lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. For the second time today, I am standing in the sort of room where political dissidents undoubtedly have the soles of their feet flayed. I fill out the form, another tax – 1,000 francs – is paid. All things considered, there have been none of the shakedowns I'd feared: my grand total for the day amounts to about four bucks. Outside, a taxi driver is waiting. I ask for a moto, but this sets off cries of alarm. The woman, strangers in the crowd, tell me it is not safe to take a moto with my big bag – the word "securité" is in much circulation. Probably this driver is somebody's cousin. I succumb, I am seven bucks the lighter. We crunch over the gravel, back from the lot. My camera, my passport, my phone – all the essentials are exactly where I'd left them. Around the port, a sprawling marketplace takes shape: brightly painted dukas, women squatting by the road, selling vegetables and shoes. Chaos, Congolese chaos. Now we are racing toward the city.
Suddenly, it is all too much for me – the sleepless night, the tumult of the port; not to mention I haven't eaten all day, I'm in caffeine withdrawal. The challenge of this new city overwhelms me. I convince myself I'm wasting my time here, that I could be on tomorrow's boat back to Goma instead. Outside my window the city looks rundown: the weather-stained buildings, the crumble of roads, the sky low and gray. The feeling I have is ominous – the day bears a mark of failure.
Until suddenly, literally, the clouds part. The city is flooded with sunlight. We are on a wide avenue now, and the streets are full of life, color. Art Decos line the road, the hard lines and soft palettes of some colonial architect. The mayor's office is the color of a cloudless sky. Palm trees, women sitting under beach umbrellas. We turn a corner and voilà, there is the lake, blue-gray, endless, the peninsulas of Bukavu poking into it. The fears are gone; I have suddenly warmed to the place. We pass a market, and cell phone shops, and salons with their murals of well-coiffured men who look like Sinbad. It is a long drive – I feel less ripped-off by driver, who strikes me, now, as an alright guy. We arrive at the Guest House Tourist. "Voici," he says. There is a small sidewalk restaurant, a UN compound across the road. It looks like a fine base for the next couple of days.
Certainly I'll be able to stretch my dollar here. For $25 my room comes with a good bed, an armoire, a bathroom with running water. It is positively cozy. Downstairs I dig into the plat du jour – a plate of rice, peas and beef for 2,300 francs, or less than $3. I am hungry enough to have another, but the cold shock of my accounting on the boat – the fact that even on a tight budget, I can barely make it through another week – has me on my best behavior. I've been scared stringent. Across the street I check my email – there is a small library, the books donated by some American church group, and an Internet café full of second-hand laptops – and then I am on the street, facing Bukavu.
It is late in the day, just after four; the sky is low, the weather is good for walking. This is, I'll soon learn, the only avenue worthy of the name in Bukavu: it stretches from the Rwandan border to the governor's mansion at the end of the shoe-shaped peninsula they call "la bote." Aid-group SUVs barrel past, just a handful, and UN lorries full of MONUC soldiers. Taxis creep by, honking their horns. There are no minibuses in Bukavu, I'll later learn; passengers share taxis-voitures that drive back and forth along the Avenue Patrice Lumumba. Motos, less brazen than in Goma. The drivers and passengers are required by law to wear helmets. The road is busy, but it is nothing like the Sake road – none of the endless bottlenecks, none of the smoke and grit hanging in the air.
Outside an old Art Deco I find a few children gathered on the sidewalk. They are playing a game with bottlecaps, they've arranged them in the formations of two football teams playing a 4-4-2. A torn bit of playing card, a king of hearts, is the ball. One of the boys sends a bottlecap flying toward a milk carton in the shape of a goal.
Already I like the feel of this city – there is, as the French say, a je ne sais quoi to this handsome avenue, to the relaxed traffic on the street, the workers casually strolling home in the clear late-day sunlight. Along the road, constant commerce: women selling plastic floral arrangements, ropes of garland, hard little tomatoes, high heels, children's shoes, men's shoes, hard-boiled eggs, oranges that look like limes, hand mirrors, burnished picture frames, duffel bags and suitcases, pursues, more plastic floral arrangements, wall clocks, LCD lamps you power like wind-up toys. A man is selling second-hand books on the steps of a shop – school texts, English-language primers, romance novels by someone called Gérard de Villiers. Two MONUC trucks have emptied onto the street, causing bedlam. The Uruguayans are surrounded by men with blue jeans, socks, belts. Boys come up to me and call me "amigo." Everyone has something to sell.
It is late and the market sounds like the floor of the stock exchange, people coming and going, men carrying pairs of shoes and looking hopefully at passersby. The women have spread out their blankets on the sidewalk, they're selling vegetables, but also they're laughing, gossiping, braiding each other's hair. Their voices are loud, hysterical, their eyes shrewd. Young boys pass carrying buckets of soda on their heads. They rattle their bottle-openers against the glass, some are musical, they sound like xylophones. It's an effective marketing tool – you can hear the sound over the din of the traffic. I buy a Fanta citron, sit on the steps, watch the street. Then I hop on a moto and head back to the hotel.
What I have in mind is a quiet night with my notebook, a few extra hours in bed to make up for what I missed last night. Only the phone is ringing, it's my friend Landry, a Ph.D. student I'd met in Cyangugu last week. He is surprised to hear I'm already in Bukavu. There is no time to protest: he wants to swing by the hotel in 30 minutes to greet me. Reluctantly, I agree. I have a feeling this night will pass in a blur of brochettes and Primus. With time to kill I again pop into the Internet café across the street, anxious for word on some proposals I'd sent to editors earlier in the week. The connection is bad – Lena, a plump, friendly girl, the cashier, asks where I'm staying, offering to fetch me when the connection improves. You do not often see such customer service in Congo, though I am aware, too, of other motives. We sit outside; she asks me about America – "Chez Obama," she calls it. They teach her some English at school, but it is not enough, she says, she would like to learn more. Next year she will go to university – to study economics, maybe, or medicine. She wants to finish her degree, work for a few years – marriage is still a long way off. Do I have a wife, she asks. I tell her I don't. I want to work for a few years, too, I say. She says in Congo, if you're not married by the time you turn 25, people will think there's something wrong with you. I tell her in New York, it's common for people to marry at 35, 40. She exclaims softly and shakes her head. It is an incredible figure.
Landry arrives at the hotel looking sharp, Congolese, in a bright orange shirt made from something frilly and European. He wants to show me the city, shrugging off my protests. "Bukavu is not a big town," he says. "It's just one road. We can do it in 30 minutes." We drive once along the Avenue Lumumba, as far as the governor's mansion, then drive back. The road is crowded with pedestrians, shopping, haggling, strolling in the cool evening air. It is my favorite time of day – the music pumps from the shops, the bars are beginning to fill. Landry turns down a side street, points out expensive hotels as landmarks. We reach a busy commercial strip that has only been built in the past year – new shops are rising, there is scaffolding, bricks everywhere. Landry points out his wife's shop – she trades in clothes, shoes, she's in Istanbul on business. Things here have been looking up for the past year, he says. "If we have the security here in Congo, I think Bukavu will be a very big town," he says.
We park near the hotel – there is a bar nearby he wants to show me. It is a short stroll. I am asking Landry about other countries he's visited, places he would like to go. South Africa? He has never been, he's heard a lot about the crime, the violence. "It is not like here," he says, disapprovingly. At least here you can walk in the street, you can take a beer outside. Not often do you expect to hear extolled the virtues of the security situation in eastern Congo.
The bar is behind a red gate, there are three or four huts for private parties and a bunch of tables scattered across the courtyard. The place is full – Landry has a few words with the waiter and voilà, another table materializes. He has greetings, words for everyone. "Bukavu is very small," he says. "It is easy to have relationships with everyone." We order beers – the oversized bottles so popular in the Great Lakes region. The place is loud, lively. "Here, it is not possible to have a day pass without taking a beer," says Landry. It seems to me part of the joyfulness, the free-spiritedness, for which the Congolese are known – but no, says Landry, it is the Rwandans who are to blame. When they fled after the genocide in 1994 and came pouring into the Congo, he says, they brought their hard-drinking culture with them. Landry knows Rwanda well – he teaches at a college in Kigali, he does his research in Nyungwe. His Ph.D., he says, is on something called "nitrogen siding" – it involves taking soil and leaf samples, the explanation flies over my head. Every two weeks he has to travel to Nyungwe to collect his samples. It is a long day – the forest is cold, it is always raining. The Ph.D. racket, it seems, leaves something to be desired. It is not an easy life for Landry. He spends three, six months out of the year in Belgium, studying at the University of Ghent. The progress toward his Ph.D. is slow: the life in Ghent is expensive, and he's not allowed to work in Belgium. He has to return to Bukavu, pursue his businesses, put some money aside for his family. Last year he began to build a house on a plot of land he bought for $35,000. In Belgium, he said, you had to scrape by to survive – here you could start some projects to invest in the future. These were his people here, too. "In Bukavu, people are very quiet. They have time to hear you, to see what you have to say," he says. "It is not like Europe, or Kinshasa."
You get the sense in the Kivus, when you are talking about Kinshasa, that you are talking about another country. Under Mobutu, these regions were antagonists. After the war to overthrow him, and during the successive Kabila regimes, it has been the weakness of the Kinshasa government – and, by extension, its poorly paid, poorly trained army – that has allowed the security situation here to spin out of control. Landry has lived most of his life in Congo; he remembers when things were bad, and then really bad, just a few years ago. "Maybe some days, you could not leave the house," he says, "because some people" – rebels, government soldiers – "have come from a village to get food, to take beer." The current peace, the stability, has only been in place for a year, but the people are hopeful. Buildings are popping up everywhere – real estate prices are skyrocketing. Landry hopes that the current government will recognize the importance of stability in the region. "If there is a problem in the interior," he says, "it is not a Bukavu problem, it is not a Kivu problem – it is a Congolese problem." And yet Landry himself knows Kinshasa, he knows the cynicism there – the believe that the government's duties run out as soon as you reach the city limits.
We are on our second beers, but I've given up: Landry might blame their drinking on Rwanda, but I still can't keep up with these Congolese. My stomach is full, weighed down by nearly 140cL of Primus; my head is light. Landry gets behind the wheel and steers us carefully down Patrice Lumumba. At the hotel we part warmly. I don't even slow in the restaurant, I've drunk away my appetite and can barely keep my eyes open as I stumble up the stairs. The bed is stiff; I've been thinking about it all day. It's ten hours before I open my eyes to the first traces of daylight.


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My previous lower Salt River float produced no pictures of the wild horses that live along the river. That was okay, they are wild and can't be counted upon to show themselves. But, because of that, I didn't have much hope for today's trip. Was I to be surprised!
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The phone rang. I was asked for my valued opinion. Even after all these years of flinging views in the wind, I feel obliged. It becomes a quickie quote, a scratch sound on a record. All thoughts of individualism as a metaphysical phenomenon die. I am a mere lubricating agent that keeps the 'thought industry' well-oiled.
Should I complain? As a citizen, a consumer and a member of a family, a peer group, a community, I am anyway an institutionalised puppet. It has become even more pronounced ever since something I have lived through stands in bookstores waiting for buyers. "You are now a product," I am told blandly.
The herd mentality has always been prevalent when an individual chooses to behave in a fashion set by a particular group, but institutionalisation is different. You don't merely behave like the herd occasionally; you are the herd.
How can you hold up a mirror to society when sponsorship breathes down your neck? We do have a bunch of legitimised rebels who talk about sticking their necks out in literary/artistic salons called nirvana and moksha that have become trademarks themselves.
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Strangely, in a situation that calls for so much interdependence, the individual is sidelined. George Santayana had concluded: "The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, callousness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought."
Even such thought as does exist comes from a think-tank and brainstorming sessions. "Is an institution always a man's shadow shortened in the sun, the lowest common denominator of everybody in it?" asked Randall Jarnell. There is some truth here in cases where a person becomes a public face with whom the organisation is completely identified. The projection may be that of its personality, but the tale it tells is of being part or creator of a group. The individualist becomes the brand.
The same has happened in sports. You have to reveal a bit of underwear or head-band as much as a brilliant shot. No player today, whether in a solo or team game, can afford to be without such support. In cricket negative practices like betting and match-fixing are now organised institutions. Skill is the chattel of commerce.
A similar thing is happening with film stars. From the studio setup days to the star system, it has been irony all the way. While the former was institutionalisation it resulted in some pioneering individual efforts whereas the star system that shows up glowing comets has resulted in mass produced acting and emotions. Even Shahrukh Khan as bumbling 'unhero' is a retailing ploy of the difference, his USP being the stutter.
Where is the experimentation? Parallel cinema today produces offbeat films that liberally borrow from Iranian, Korean or Trinidadian cinema rather than Hollywood. This is the sneakiest pulling the wool over our eyes act, marketing middle-class ennui as a ready-to-eat bheja fry.
Those who resist compromise become part of a resistance and counter culture that seeks or is offered its own pedestal. I once got a letter which said, "Why don't you start an organisation of mavericks?" It was time to get off my high horse and wave at the stands. Now if only I could get myself that feathered derby hat.
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