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There are many words such as "heartfelt," "political" or "sincere" that are synonymous with Dutch punks, Antillectual, but only one that truly describes the nature of the band, and that's "driven." Since 2004, the band has either been on the road, planning the next tour, recording a record or writing the next one. Now, after three full-lengths, two 7"s, countless touring stints around Europe and even three US tours, the band gives us rt From Scratch!s biggest sounding, catchiest and most confrontational album yet. Punknews' Frank Corva recently caught up with the band, which collectively answered the following questions, to gain some insight as to what Antillectual is all about, in their own words.
Can you please provide us with a brief history of Antillectual?
Hi, weâre Antillectual, a three-piece punk rock band from The Netherlands. Weâve been playing [music] for about 10 years now. We started out as skate buddies trying to play the music we liked in our favorite skate videos. Weâve had a lot of line up changes. At this moment, though, Antillectual is Willem, vocals and guitar, Riekus, drums and vocals, and Tom, bass and vocals.
Weâve released three full length records and two 7"s so far, as well as have [contributed tracks to] numerous international compilations such as the Carry The Torch Kid Dynamite tribute. Our new album Start From Scratch! will be released by Square of Opposition Records in December 2010, in the USA. Our first tour ever was in the USA in 2004 and weâve toured Europe, the UK and the USA frequently after that. We have no intention whatsoever to stop touring our asses off.
You guys always seem to be either on the road or working on a new record. How do you stay afloat financially in between tours?
Itâs true that we spend quite some time on our band, but thatâs really the only way to go if you want to make the best of it. And obviously this band isn't making a single dollar or Euro. However, we do find time to work odd jobs when weâre not on the road. Willem takes care of elderly people, does small jobs for a van rental company and teaches guitar lessons. Riekus co-owns a software business with six friends and receives an artist subsidy that supports him to play music. Tom works at a supermarket. Itâs pretty tough making ends meet, but generally life on the road doesnât cost much, so we manage to stay alive and pay our bills. The band has been to the States a few times now. Most bands will say that touring Europe as a DIY punk band is way better than the States due to the more passionate nature of the fans as well as the accommodations. Do you find this to be true? Regardless, what were some of the better experiences you had in the States?
Iâm not sure I agree on the difference in [the] passionate nature of [the] fans. Whenever we come over to the States we feel very welcome and appreciated. Not to say that Europeans are less appreciative, but flying out to the other side of the globe and receiving such a warm welcome where ever we play is one of the reasons we keep coming back to the States.
As for accommodations, true! Europe (besides the UK) has a pretty long lasting tradition of youth centres, smaller bars and (former) squats putting up shows. People generally know what a touring band needs - plenty food, a nice place to sleep and some fine local brews.
The way we see it, touring the States is ultimately more of an adventure, partially because we rely on other bandsâ resources over there as opposed to having our own van and gear over here and partially because the underground scene in the US is very DIY. There is some sort of charm to the challenge of touring the States - finding a meal, a drink and a place to stay. When it all works out and the shows are cool the payback is enormous.
Iâd say that Fest 7 was easily the best thing that ever happened to us in the States. Just being there and blending in was awesome enough in itself, actually playing a show in The Venue on a great slot was mind blowing! On the downside, after Fest 7, we toured back up to New York in about a week, and at some times it was pretty tough to appreciate some less crowded (mildly put) shows after such an experience. Itâs all [part of] the game.
How did you get Chris Hannah from Propagandhi to do vocals on "Cut The Ground From Under Our Feet"?
When we were writing our new record, we had this idea in the back of our minds that we would like to have some guest singers, as we did on Silencing Civilization. Weâve always been big fans of Propagandhi and after playing a show with them, we just figured we should take a shot and ask Chris if he would be up for doing guest vocals. We've been listening to and inspired by Propagandhi since How To Clean Everything and they stay amazing with every new release, both musically and lyrically. [The bandâs] live shows is incredible and a dream came true when we got the chance to play with them. That's when we met the guys in person and appeared to be really nice people. Before recording our album, we emailed Chris asking him if he wanted to contribute some guest vocals for this album. We knew he had a home studio so it wouldn't be [much] of [a] hassle for him. He warned us to be disappointed, though. We recorded the song and Willem sang the part Chris was supposed to do. He dubbed those vocals, recorded that and sent us the sound file. Easy as that. So we never up met for it, but he did it out of his house. Otherwise it wouldn't have been possible.
Antillectual is known for being very expressive when it comes to its political views. Song titles like "Americaâs Worst Role Model," "Chinese Takeover" and "The New Jew" seem to carry some heavy connotative weight. What are some of themes on not only these songs, but on the record at large?
Our new album is not a concept album or something like that, but you could say that most of the songs are related to the crises we have been facing in the last years. Both the financial crisis, a moral crisis related to that and globalization resulting in the shifting of world powers. All these crises or changes form a unique opportunity to re-think the way we are dealing with things and decide to start doing it differently. Therefore, the title of the album is Start From Scratch! , a quote from the first song on the album.
Thereâs a song called "Some Of My Best Friends Are Meat Eaters" on the new record. Were you guys at all snobbish in your earlier years when it came to being vegetarians or having other particular what might be considered "PC" views that other people didnât agree with?
I remember becoming a vegetarian at age 14, and yes, I was pretty snobbish about it for a while. I guess thatâs what all fresh vegetarians do when theyâre insecure about their new found beliefs. At some point I realized it doesnât make sense to be preachy about it. At the end of the day, itâs a personal decision and everyone should decide for themselves. The same goes for Straight Edge, and basically any kind of personal moral choice. Actually, thatâs exactly what this song is about - making your own personal decisions and not feeling like youâre better than anyone else, even if vegetarianism or veganism is a lifestyle worth promoting.
How does it feel getting older in the scene? Do you usually play to an audience thatâs younger than the bandsâ members in Europe? If so, what do you think it is about your music that resonates with them?
I have never thought about this to be honest. I never thought I was "young" or anything when I started to listen to punk rock nor did I have an opinion about older people in the scene. I think as long as you have friends of your own age that get older with you in the scene there doesn't have to be a problem. That's slightly different when looking at the band / audience relation. Even though we don't have a really young audience, I think we appeal mostly to people that started to listen to skate punk in the nineties, or got interested in emo around 2000. And now with the whole ".org" wave people tend to like us, but those are not really the young kids, I think. If young kids listen to us I think thatâs great. The more people, the better.
You guys have opened for some pretty big bands over in Europe? What has playing to such large audiences been like?
Yeah, I guess we played with most of the bands that we listen to ourselves, which is really awesome. Both meeting the people behind the band and playing in front of their audience is why we love doing that. It is very impressive most of the time and very fun, as well. We love to play small squats, basements shows and whatever, but to reach out to that different audience you described above, itâs really fun to support bigger or other bands that draw a bigger or different crowd than we do. And the best thing is when people that didn't come to see us, enjoy the music, buy some stuff and come back the next time we come over.
Anything youâd like to add about the new record or the upcoming year for Antillectual?
About the album, please download our music here and let us know what you think. If you want to order an LP, get in touch with Square Of Opposition Records or look us up. Our further plans involve touring, touring and touring. Hopefully we can go visit places we've never been [to] before, play venues and festivals we haven't played before and go back to the cool places in Holland, Europe and the USA [weâve been to]. Concrete plans are a France tour in November, playing shows in the Benelux in December, Germany and the UK in January and [then] go back to France in February. After that, we want (amongst other things) to go to Russia for the first time, and go back to the USA. A lot of plans, as you can tellâ¦


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I'm writing this as I wait for the air conditioning repair tech to call me back. He's supposed to be here by now. I called the company office about half an hour ago to make sure he was still coming, and they said he would call when he's on his way. I know that technicians get held up when they're on call, but it's late afternoon and if he can't make it today, I don't know when I'll be able to reschedule. I'm about to start a new position at the university, a 9-to-5 office job, so today might be my only weekday off for a while. Luckily, it's rainy today, and cool. So it's comfortable in my house for now. But it's only going to get hotter, and my air conditioning unit just runs, impotently, like a mouse on one of those wheels, endlessly turning but accomplishing nothing.
I don't know anything about air conditioning, but I expect I'll learn. Much the same way that I've learned about plumbing, wiring, and landscaping in the last 9 months or so that I've been a homeowner—by having it explained to me by a very capable and polite tradesperson as they repair it. Each time something goes wrong, I ask my veteran homeowner friends if there's a repair person who they can recommend. They always offer suggestions, but with a tone of resignation that indicates they've been here too. Disappointed, financially stressed, unprepared, and even sort of victimized.
The thing that gets me is, all these same people were so enthusiastic about my decision to buy a home a year ago. They went on and on about how good of an investment it is and how I've been "throwing money away on rent all these years" and "it's the grown-up thing to do". Now that the damage is done, they smile wistfully when I complain that everything that can't be detected in a pre-closing inspection has gone wrong since I've bought my house. "Yup", they say, "get used to that".
Where was their resignation before I saddled myself with a mortgage? Where was their jaded sincerity? My homeowner friends were all middle-class pride and upward mobility when I was in the market for a house, but now they scoff at my naivete when I complain that I no longer have any savings because every extra dollar goes into fixing my house. I feel like an inductee into some vaguely secretive and mildly abusive club. One that spends a lot of time bragging about the benefits of membership to outsiders, but conveniently neglects to mention the disadvantages.
I had friends in college who joined fraternities, and during their sort of probationary "pledging" period, they were made to carry awkward objects around campus, or recite obscure facts about the university at the command of the senior members. I never joined any such organization myself, but I imagine this hazing ritual is intended to inspire loyalty and demonstrate commitment. My experience as a homeowner feels a little bit like that. It's not that other homeowners are intentionally abusing or embarrassing me. But they knew I would be abused and embarrassed, and yet they encouraged me to join their club.
It occurs to me that this behavior applies to a wider range of groups. Parents often encourage non-parents to have children. Religious folks often recommend spirituality to the non-religious. Even fans of a particular tv show will push their friends to watch the show too. It seems like people always think that their choices are the best ones, and that others would be better off if they agreed. This, of course, is no surprise. How could anyone get through life thinking that all their decisions were poor ones and they would have been better off doing otherwise. Perhaps there are people like this, but they would be miserable friends, and so I suspect not many of us are receiving advice from people like that.
I think there is a range of interpretations of this behavior. The most cynical is that misery loves company—that people who regret their decisions are resentful of those who chose more wisely and strive to bring cosmic justice into balance by luring the lucky or clever into ruin. Perhaps, again, there are some people like this, but it seems pretty unlikely that there are very many.
Slightly less cynical is the possibility that people want to feel justified in their decisions, regardless of whether they are actually good ones, and so they put the most positive spin on their choice to buy a house, have children, get married, etc., which has the dual effect of both convincing themselves that their decision was justified in retrospect, and possibly convincing others to join them, further validating the decision.
A sort of value-neutral psychological explanation is that people simply don't think about the bad parts of their experience when they make recommendations. They don't have any real agenda when they tell you that their lives have improved since they started watching Game of Thrones or became gluten-free. They really believe, at least in that moment, that their lives have improved, and their recommendation is more of a description of the benefits they have actually enjoyed. They simply are forgetting about the costs. I think psychologists call this confirmation bias. Or maybe I'm thinking of a different thing, but I'm confident there is a name for it.
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While I lean toward the cynical in my explanations of human behavior in most cases, I suspect that my enthusiastic homeowner friends were not actually using me to justify their own bad choices or mollify their regrets. Probably they were reflecting on their current lives in a positive light, and perhaps mistaking correlation for causation.
In any case, I don't know if they really meant to initiate me into the exclusive club of homeownership through ritual hazing. But I have learned, since I started writing this a couple weeks ago, that there is nothing wrong with my air conditioning that is detectable by any tests that a professional technician is likely to perform. So now I just seem delusional. To this technician, like a bourgeois academic, mystified by the workings of the machinery that makes my comfortable life possible. And to you, like neurotic blogger spouting cautionary tales as though they are profound. Both you and he are probably right.


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Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign cash on personal expenses, while his wife was sentenced to a year for tax fraud.
The judge in the case reluctantly agreed to let Jackson Jr. serving his prison sentence before his wife. A surrender date was set for Nov. 1. After prison, Jackson Jr. must serve a 36-month term of supervised release.
The former Illinois congressman in February pleaded guilty to charges he spent the money, as well to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and false statements. Sandi Jackson pleaded guilty on the same day.
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During Wednesday's sentencing hearing, Jackson Jr. choked up as he apologized to his family, specifically to his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his mother.
"I misled the American people," he said in a statement to the court. "I misled the House of Representatives. I misled the media by filing my reports. I was wrong. And I don't fault anyone."
Before Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him, she told him he violated the trust of the people of Chicago.
"You were not just Jesse Jackson Jr., you were Congressman Jackson," Judge Jackson, who is not related to the former congressman, told him in court. "Your conduct stained not only your reputation, but the way all elected officials are viewed."
And now the area Jackson Jr. represented, and the state in which he was elected, is reacting.
"Justice has to be served," Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said, "and if you did the crime, you have to do the time."
"It's a heartbreaking situation," Sen. Dick Durbin told NBC Chicago. "It just breaks my heart to think about what this means for the children, but it's clear that he did something that's very, very wrong, and he's paying a heavy price for it."
Sen. Kwame Raoul said he prays for the Jacksons' children, aged 13 and 9.
"It's a sad day," Raoul said. "He violated the law, and there are consequences for violating the law. Congressman Jackson, you know, I always thought had great talent, and it's unfortunate he made some the decisions that he made."
At court Wednesday, Jackson took the rap for the tax fraud for which his wife was sentenced. He said she was a victim of a "culture" he allowed to exist in his campaign and said if probation is not available to her, "give me her time."
Jackson said his one request is that his kids "not suffer the consequences of my actions."
In her statement, Sandi Jackson tearfully apologized to her family, friends and former Chicago constituents.
"I've grieved every day, every single day, over the fact that my mistakes have resulted in my end of service as an alderman," she said. "It's caused disappointment in my community, and it's put my family unit in peril."
"I stand here today asking for mercy," she said.
Judge Jackson calculated the sentencing range as 46 to 57 months for Jackson Jr. and 18 to 24 months for Sandi Jackson, with neither defendant eligible for probation.
Defense Attorney Reid Weingarten requested "significantly less" prison time than the recommended four years, citing Jackson's bipolar diagnosis as a very serious mental health disease.
"There's another chapter here," Weingarten said. "He has unlimited potential to do more wonderful things in the world. ... With treatment Jesse can be fine."
As for Sandi Jackson, he said, "It is our fervent hope that Sandi gets probation ... for the children. She's a wonderful mother, and her kids need her."
In his statement, attorney Dan Webb said there are powerful reasons for a sentence of probation instead of jail time for Sandi Jackson.
"The most powerful one," he said, "is the fact that if a jail sentence is imposed, there is going to be enormous harm to two young children who are going to lose their mother."
Webb said the children have gone through an "extraordinarily traumatic experience with the result of both parents being charged."
Prosecutor Matt Graves said he understands the human element in the case but said "this is an incredibly serous offense that warrants a period of incarceration."
As for Jackson's mental health, Graves said there's no agreement from his doctors about what exactly he suffers from. Graves said it's not even clear why the money was taken since the couple's salaries put them in the top 10 percent of household earnings in the United States.
"The defendant does not deserve credit for doing his work as a congressman," Graves said. "That was his job."
Graves urged the judge to look at Sandi Jackson's behavior separate from her husband, noting how she looted her own campaign, misled regulators and failed to report income to the IRS.
"It's not only unrealistic," Graves said, "but also without justification to ask for probation."
Though he said he recognizes the hardship on the couple's children, he said, "There are numerous parents that are sentenced every day in federal courts across this country."
Judge Jackson ruled she would not order restitution in the case, saying the campaign is Jackson's "alter ego" and there is no other real victim. Jackson still must pay forfeiture.
"There is no question that the defendant should not profit," the judge said, "and that his ill gotten gains should be completely disgorged."
The judge deferred ruling on restitution in Sandi Jackson's case. "The bottom line is that restitution in her case is not mandatory, it's discretionary."
Federal prosecutors said they will revisit the issue of seizing the couple's two homes after Oct 25. Prosecutors announced in June they wanted to include the Jacksons' two homes in forfeiture proceedings as they seek $750,000 in restitution.
Attorney Weingarten objected to the idea of appointing a lawyer to monitor the forfeiture issue, saying Jackson is working hard to satisfy the $750,000 before he has to go away to prison.
"My client wants to be able to feed his children!" Weingarten said.
One of the greatest ironies of the case is that Jackson's behavior was likely discovered in an investigation where he faced no charges: the allegation that he attempted to buy the Barack Obama Senate seat from then-governor Rod Blagojevich.
But even with Jackson's fall from grace, and as extreme as his behavior apparently was, it does not represent the norm on Capitol Hill, according to Stanley Brand, former House Counsel.
"It's by a magnitude much larger than anything we've seen recently," he said Tuesday. "It's an outlier. ... It's on the edge. It's far afield from what I think the conventional behavior of most members is."
Still, prosecutors allege, and Jackson admitted, that the wholesale theft from his campaign fund went undetected for at least seven years.
"The FEC never caught this stuff," said Paul Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center, a Washington watchdog group. He faults a system where the Federal Election Commission, the very agency charged with enforcing election law, has no authority to do spot checks of political funds.
"As long as you're a confident criminal, as long as you submit campaign reports with the Ts crossed and the Is dotted, you're not likely to be caught by the FEC," he said. "Mr. Jackson covered his tracks well enough to get away with this lawbreaking year after year after year."
Ryan argues the FEC should be given the authority to perform random audits of campaign funds, much as convicted felons and even professional athletes are subjected to random drug tests.
"That would deter some of this activity, if a committee knew there was a chance they would get caught," he said.


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I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. –Leviticus 26:11-12
So we sit down to have a board meeting. What are we going to do to stir ourselves up? Who can we get? Where will we look? We forget that all the time Jehovah is present. "I am Jehovah shammah; I am in the midst of you. Why don't you talk to me?" No, we don't ask Him.
"I am your banner of victory." But we say, "I just wonder how much it will cost?" How much does a revival cost? Absolutely nothing and absolutely everything-that is how much it will cost. It will cost not one dime, and it will cost everything we have. You cannot import it by flying someone in from New Zealand. How many of these blessed preachers have come in from Ireland and England? They did some big things over there, we heard, so we flew them in and they never got anywhere. I never saw anything result from trying to import God. He does not fly over in a jet. He says, "I am Jehovah; I am with you. I am where you are; I am here now. Call on me." Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church, 158-159.
"I call upon You this morning, Jehovah. Right here in my study, as I prepare to fulfill the ministry to which You have called me today-I call upon You here and now to work a mighty work in and through me. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program.
Michel Djotodia's long held political aspirations came to an ignominious end last week when he resigned as the Central African Republic's (CAR) chief of state and went into exile in Benin. Prime Minister Nicolas Tiengaye also stepped down.
The 135 members of the Transitional National Council (TNC), many of whom were appointed by Djotodia, were flown to the Chadian capital N'Djamena to attend a summit of the leaders of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). The Central African Constitutional Court and ECCAS have charged the TNC with selecting the new leadership of the CAR. They have fifteen days. Whoever is selected as interim president will be ineligible to run in the next elections. Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet, the head of the TNC, is expected to be among those who put their names forward. Full elections are to be held by February 2015.
There were celebrations in the capital Bangui on the announcement of Djotodia's resignation. Their rapid degeneration into violence and score settling, however, highlights that little has changed.
While the TNC deliberates, the majority of Central Africans continue to struggle with the consequences of government failure. Violence, chaos, poverty, and disease are rife. Nearly one million people have been displaced by the current round of fighting, over two million (half the population) are in need of humanitarian assistance, and over one thousand have been killed. Ex-Seleka ("Alliance") and rival anti-balaka ("anti-machete") militias, as well as local vigilantes scour the country. A tent city has sprung up in the shadow of the camp for the France's 1,600 peacekeeping troops outside Bangui as residents flee continued violence. The camp grew more than five-fold from mid-December and currently shelters over 100,000 people. Others are disbursed throughout the country, fearful of returning home. Doctors Without Borders says hygiene is a "disaster" and "epidemics of all sorts" are highly likely.
Nguendet's recent statement that "the anarchy [is] over" is false. Whatever the culmination of the current discussions within the TNC, any successor government will be hard pressed to reverse the state failure. While politicians, and even some militia leaders, appear to be fully engaged in wrangling for their own power, the CAR continues to implode.
David Smith, a regional expert, suggested in South Africa's Daily Maverick that a UN transitional administration, such as was set up in Kosovo, might be the best option to ensure long term national stability and reconciliation in contrast to another short term political stop-gap. With the growing concern of a potential repeat of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the international community and the African Union should give serious consideration to Smith's suggestion. In addition to Kosovo, Namibia is a successful African precedent for a UN transitional administration during its transition from South African rule to full independence in 1990.
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It's the first season for our Transition group's community garden, but already we've taken to calling it the Fossil Fuel Free Garden.
The tagline is an easy way for us to make the point that not only do we expect our fellow gardeners to stay organic (no chemicals, please) but that we have the additional requirement that no power tools be used at the garden.
This may sound unnecessarily fussy, but most of our gardeners just work their own plots, so any inconvenience falls only on the small team of us who mow the grass.
Now, you may ask why our garden still grows grass, America's most common and most wasteful crop. After all, if people planted all the front lawns in the US with vegetables and fruits, it could help feed America's hungry and save a lot of pollution. And we'd also save $27 billion each year on lawn care.
Ultimately, it is no secret that a well maintained lawn has a wide variety of benefits. You can choose to maintain your lawn on your own with garden tools, using a shed similar to these Utility Sheds as a place for storage. Which reminds me, is your lawn in need of a little love and attention? To find a lawn maintenance solution to suit your needs head to https://www.lawncare.net/.
Well, as I said, this is the garden's first season, and the property is too big for our small group to cover with edibles yet. Also, there are a couple of hilly slopes that might be good for berry bushes at some point. But to prevent erosion in the meantime, we've cleared the biggest brush so that grass may stabilize the hillsides without running afoul of the city's weed and mowing ordinance.
We also enlisted the help of a tree service company (like this tree service in Portland) to help us make sure that the trees on the plot don't overtake the garden. It would be a shame to not be able to use the garden, if the trees got too big, due to not being pruned in time. We were also worried that one tree might fall over and crush someone, but luckily we got that checked out and they said it was fine.
So for now, we've got a lot of grass to mow. And we try to do that fossil fuel free too. That means we foreswear riding mowers and weed whackers in favor of hand tools — an old-school Great States 16-inch push reel mower and an even older-school European-style scythe from Lehman's, purveyor of all sorts of non-electric and hand-powered tools for the garden and farm that I lust after. And since we're on the subject of being environmentally friendly in the garden, if you're looking to put decking in, you may want to think about the advantages of recycled plastic: recycled plastic decking doesn't rot like wood.
Define "fossil-fuel free"
If you're smart about energy, you'll know that even if our garden is organic and the grass is mowed with old-timey hand tools, that it's still not really fossil-fuel free.
Indeed, if you're like the mostly brilliant and sometimes exasperating Dmitry Orlov, you might say that almost nothing today comes to us free of help from coal, oil and natural gas.
Knowing that I'm a solar energy developer, Dmitry informed me once that solar power is not much of an energy source. Because photovoltaic panels are made, distributed and even installed with the help of oil, solar energy is really just a way to stockpile petroleum for the future. And not a very efficient one at that.
He argued that, rather than installing a bunch of PV, it would be more efficient to just store a few thousand barrels of crude on an oil tanker for future use. And I think he was only half kidding.
The whole world's marinated in oil
It can be an entertaining party game to look at anything and ask, "Is there any oil in it?"
Try to identify any person, place or thing that wasn't either:
- Made with an ingredient derived from petroleum (either plastic or chemicals)
- Built with mechanized equipment or
- Shipped to its current destination by planes, trains or automobiles (not to mention diesel trucks) burning fuels refined from crude.
Pick anything or anybody in your city. Is he, she or it totally without oil?
When I look closely, it's clear that the people and things connected with our community garden would fail a strict oil-free test.
Even our amusing hand tools wouldn't pass. Sure, our scythe has a handle, or snath, hand carved by Mennonites in Canada. But we don't live walking, biking or horseback-riding distance from those Mennonites. We don't even live in Canada. So obviously, when we ordered it through the mail, the snath was shipped by truck to our house. The Austrian scythe blade, presumably not hand-carved but instead forged in a fossil-fuel powered factory, relied on even more oil in order to come to us.
Indeed, even as I pump up my biceps and work towards six-pack abs (I'm not quite there yet) by hefting the scythe through our grass, I have to admit that my own body is not fossil-fuel free either.
At home we rely more and more on the community garden, our farmers' market and farmsteads out in the county, but we still do depend on some food from the industrial system, especially at restaurants. And all that food is produced, processed, packaged and shipped with oodles of crude. But even our local organic meat, dairy and produce relies on diesel farm equipment and gasoline delivery trucks.
We could carry this exercise even further — for example, to encompass the city street lights that shine on our garden at night, making the neighborhood safe, or the concrete sidewalks, made with lots of energy, that allow us to walk to the garden at all — but you get the idea.
Fossil-fuel freer than thou
So, our garden is not really fossil-fuel free.
Now, I believe in truth-in-advertising. But the Somewhat Less Fossil Fuel Dependent Garden just doesn't have the same ring to it.
And though we're not fossil fuel free now, and may not be for years to come, we're setting the intention to garden without using more liquid fuels and electricity than we have to. And we want to have fun with it, so we can recruit others to the would-be fossil-free lifestyle.
Sustainability or resilience is not about achieving total ecological purity. In that case, I doubt that anyone in America or any other industrialized country would qualify. We all have some oil in us, even if we live in an off-grid eco-village.
If you have to wait to achieve 100% oil-free personal purity to take the lead in helping your community become more resilient, then you'd never do anything.
So, back in our Transition Town, we're going to continue to refer to our community plots as the Fossil Fuel Free Garden.
But I'd like to leave you with a challenge —
If you have done better than us, we'd like to hear about it. Please, brag about how much your garden has kicked fossil fuels. This is one area where America and the world need more of a competitive spirit.
— Erik Curren, Transition Voice


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2010 suits trends
Men's suits, a trend? Admittedly they've never really been out of style, but there have been times where they haven't been cool. But as young gents take to the streets wearing the suit stylings of their grandfathers, including everything from three piece suits to bow ties, it's time to brush up on the styles and cuts of suits that are in for Fall 2010. Click to read more on men's suits for 2010.
While suiting and formal-wear trends for men aren't seasonal (unless, of course, you're talking about the weight of the cloth) and play out over several years, 2010 and 2011 continue the change in men's suiting that rose to the fore in recent years. For the foreseeable future the trend in men's suiting revolves around the classics, but more specifically modern takes on the classics. A good suit for this decade will take the best elements from the peak eras of men's suiting (think the formality of the Victorian era, the savoir faire of the 1930s and the skinny detailing of the 1960s) and apply them to a modern silhouette.
So what elements should you look for?
The Cut of the Suit
In men's suiting there's a move away from the 'skinny boy' suit, but that's not to say slim is out altogether nor that a boxy cut has replaced it. Instead, think of a cut that takes would appeal to a military officer, one that accents a sense of the masculine through three key silhouette elements:
- broad shoulders
- a slim waist
- slim trousers
As for the individual cuts?
Double Breasted Suits and Sportscoats
Double breasted Tom Ford suits from Tom Ford Spring / Summer 2010 collection
If there's one cut that I'm glad I've been able to return to my wardrobe for this decade it's the modern, double-breasted suit. Those of you old enough to remember the last time the double breasted suit or sports coat was in (the 1980s through to the mid 1990s) may remember the boxy cut it inevitably came with. Fear not, that cut is gone (and if you're still sitting on double breasted suiting from that era, take it off to the tailors to refresh its life). In its place is a cut that pairs broad shouldered with a slim waist, a cut that defies what double breasted suits were originally designed to do: hide a plump figure. Instead their now designed to accent and to heighten the perfect masculine shape: the V-shaped, well worked body.
One additional styling tip: when selecting a double-breasted suit look for the "Kent" cut. Named after a style popularised by the The Prince George, Duke of Kent, it's a cut of double breasted suits where a longer lapel line extends into the waist. That is to say: the part of the double breasted suit that sits on the front buttons on the waist line (as picture on the Duke of Windsor, right). This small detail will convey height and, if cut correctly, a slimmer waist. You'll find the Kent suit cut amongst a number of collections, including D&G Fall 2010 (pictured below).
Double breasted Kent cut D&G suits D&G men's Autumn (Fall) / Winter 2010 / 2011
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Neo double breasted suit from Marc Jacobs men's Autumn (Fall) / Winter 2010 / 2011
Let's face it: the waistcoat has long been a dead item for most men, but thanks to a resurgence in its popularity in men's street wear the suits' waistcoat is back with vengeance. Well, not quite vengeance but it's back, it's subtle and it's classic. And that means that in 2009 we'll witness the return of the three-piece suit, and I couldn't be more happy. That's because the three-piece suit has been one of the most under-utilised parts of a man's wardrobe over the last forty years.
The three-piece in 2009 is all about cohesion; forget the mismatching style prevalent in the early parts of the 20th Century and in the 1980s. The return of the three-piece means that the waistcoat has to be conservative and, thus, in the same fabric as the suit's other two pieces. If you do want to venture outside the realm of three matching pieces, stick to a similar colour palette and avoid any pattern except for stripes; you may want to pair a pinstripe black suit with a pinstripe charcoal waistcoat.
On selecting the perfect three-piece suit I'd recommend looking for a waistcoat whose V shape breaks somewhere between the sternum and the base of the rib cage. I've seen three pieces from the likes of Giorgio Armani which don't sport the V shape and finish just under the collar, these are going to be a lot harder to wear and ignore the conservative subtlety this revival depends upon. Moreover, such a large waistcoat won't convey a slim waist as effectively as one with a deeper neck.
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Washington: US President Barack Obama declared the nation is unquestionably stronger on Tuesday night in in his first State of the Union address since winning re-election, though he conceded America's economic revival is an "unfinished task". He challenged a deeply divided Congress to compromise in the country's interest on ways to boost job creation and strengthen the middle class.
In specific proposals for his second term, he called for increased federal spending to fix the nation's roads and bridges, the first increase in the minimum wage in six years and expansion of early education to every American four-year-old. The president also pledged to cut the number of US troops in Afghanistan in half within a year.
In a speech centered squarely on jump-starting the economy, Obama sought support from Republicans by asserting that his proposals would not increase the deficit "by a single dime." But with unemployment persistently high and consumer confidence falling, he pressed a case for a significant government role in reigniting economic growth. "The American people don't expect government to solve every problem; they don't expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue," he said. "But they do expect us to put the nation's interests before party. They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can. It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country - the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or who you love," Obama said, speaking to a joint session of Congress and a television audience of millions.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising Republican star, sought to draw a contrast with Obama in excerpts of his GOP response, saying economic opportunity isn't bestowed on us from Washington. "It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to open a business. And when they succeed, they hire more people, who in turn invest or spend the money they make, helping others start a business and create jobs," Rubio said in the excerpts, released before Obama spoke.
The US President's address marked the most specific outline of his second-term agenda since winning re-election, and included proposals for increased spending on manufacturing, infrastructure and education. His focus on jobs and growth underscored the degree to which he is still hampered by the economy, even as he pursues a bolder agenda including overhauling the nation's immigration laws, enacting stricter gun-control measures and tackling climate change.
Obama's proposals, many of which are repackaged versions of initiatives that stalled in his first term, face an uncertain future on Capitol Hill, where Republicans retain control of the House. The GOP is most ardently opposed to Obama's calls for legislating more tax revenue to reduce the deficit and offset broad automatic spending cuts - known as the sequester - that are to take effect on March 1.
The US President was uncompromising in call for bringing down the deficit through a combination of tax increases and targeted spending cuts, though he has offered few specifics on either. He did reiterate his willingness to tackle entitlement changes, particularly on Medicare, though he has ruled out increasing the eligibility age for the popular benefit program for seniors.
Pivoting briefly to foreign policy, Obama announced a scaling back of the US military footprint abroad, with 34,000 American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan within a year. He also sharply rebuked North Korea for its latest nuclear launch, warning that the impoverished nation's nuclear program has only further isolated it from the international community. North Korea said on Tuesday that it successfully detonated a nuclear device in defiance of U.N. warnings.
Despite the challenges abroad, Obama said it is economic growth that serves as his "North Star." He challenged a Congress often stalled by partisan bickering to focus on three key principles: attracting more jobs to the US, equipping Americans with the skills to compete for the positions and making sure hard work leads to a decent living. "It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class," Obama said.
Seeking to increase wages for 15 million Americans, Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 by 2015. The minimum wage has been stagnant since 2007, and administration officials said the increase would strengthen purchasing power. The US President also wants Congress to approve automatic increases in the wage to keep pace with inflation. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney backed a similar proposal during last year's campaign.
Obama also renewed his calls for infrastructure spending, investments he sought repeatedly during his first term with little support from Republicans. He pressed lawmakers to approve a $50 billion "fix it first" program that would address the most urgent infrastructure needs.
Education also figures in Obama's plans to boost American competitiveness in the global economy. Under his proposal, the federal government would help states provide pre-school for all 4-year-olds. Officials did not provide a cost for the pre-school programs but said the government would provide financial incentives to help states.
Among the other initiatives Obama is proposing:
- A $1 billion plan to create 15 "manufacturing institutes" that would bring together businesses, universities and the government. If Congress opposes the initiative, Obama plans to use his presidential powers to create three institutes on his own.
- Creation of an "energy security trust" that would use revenue from federal oil and gas leases to support development of clean energy technologies such as biofuels and natural gas
- Doubling of renewable energy in the US from wind, solar and geothermal sources by 2020.
Tuesday night's address marked Obama's most expansive remarks on the economy since the November election. Since securing a second term, the president has focused more heavily on new domestic policy proposals, including immigration changes and preventing gun violence following the horrific shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn.
The president largely reiterated those proposals, but offered no new specifics. But on gun violence in particular, some of the atmospherics of the annual address were aimed at pressuring reluctant lawmakers to back Obama's calls for universal background checks for gun purchasers and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
First lady Michelle Obama sat with the parents of a Chicago teenager shot and killed just days after she performed at the president's inauguration. More than two dozen lawmakers invited gun violence victims and their families to attend the speech as their guests. Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Rep. Ron Barber, both of Arizona, attended with their former congressional colleague, Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a 2011 attack.
Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas invited rock music performer Ted Nugent, a long-time gun control opponent who last year said he would end up "dead or in jail" if Obama won re-election.
Obama also called on Congress to tackle the threat of climate change, another issue that eluded him in his first term. The president pledged to work with lawmakers to seek bipartisan solutions but said if Capitol Hill doesn't act, he'll order his Cabinet to seek steps he can take using his presidential powers.


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Many times you encounter something like "team-worker" or "enthusiast to work in a team" or stuff like that in employment ads which state that they want you to be or become a good member of a development team.
Who can be regarded as a good team member? Which qualities of a developer can be regarded as good points regarding to work in a team? Also how can a developer improve his/her teamwork skills (or attributes, if you will)?


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ACORN Challenge for the GOP
Republicans are all over the ACORN scandal and calling for an end to federal subsidies for the group. Well that's great, but it's not exactly going out on a limb and pushing for a major budget reform.
Why doesn't the GOP use this as an opportunity to call for completely ending the programs that funded ACORN? Wouldn't it be better to save the $13 billion a year that HUD spends on so‐called "community development" programs, rather than just the few million dollars a year that taxpayers spend on ACORN?
The federal programs that funded ACORN are particularly wasteful ones, including Community Development Block Grants, Housing Counseling Assistance, and others as Tad DeHaven has explained.
At a minimum, the GOP should be arguing that with deficits of $1 trillion the federal government cannot afford to intervene in classic local and private activities such as community development. Boehner and Canter want the IRS to cut ties with ACORN, but they should be leading the charge to end porky "community development" spending altogether.


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Your journey of discovery along the Baltic coast begins in Flensburg. From here until the island of Usedom, the sea will be your faithful companion. A tour that bears the promise of sandy beaches, rugged cliffs and the maritime bustle of coastal towns.
As you head along the Kiel Firth towards Fehmarn Island, you'll see many of the seaside resorts in the Bay of Lübeck have been restored to their former splendour. In Travemünde, you can watch the ferries heading out to sea, and the old quarters in the Hanseatic, UNESCO-listed towns of Wismar and Stralsund are a delight to explore. The elegant resort of Heiligendamm, famed for its seafront buildings with their white facades, presents an ideal opportunity to relax. After the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula, the cycle route crosses over to Germany's largest island – Rügen – which is blessed by a remarkable range of chalk cliffs. Back on the mainland, it's just a short distance to Usedom island.
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Vegan Lemongrass, Ginger and Coriander Infused Matzo Ball Soup
Passover tends to be a less than thrilling holiday for the Vegan Jew. I suppose I wouldn't really use the adjective "thrilling" to describe any Shagrin family religious-oriented gathering. Well, maybe at my Bat Mitzvah when my Grandma and Aunt J drank too much wine and ended up doing the Macarena on top of a table. That was pretty thrilling to a thirteen-year-old. It was also mildly embarrassing, mostly because I discovered my grandma could kick my ass in a dance competition. I can only hope that Shagrin women, like a fine wine, have a sense of rhythm that ripens with age...or with unbridled consumption of aforementioned wine.
Anyway, I derailed for a minute. Back on track.
Passover is a difficult food holiday for Vegans because many of the recipes are egg/meat laden. The absence of yeast in food products forces many recipes and packaged Passover goods to rely on eggs for their rising effect. Great for Jews, bad for Vegans. And while my Grandma could shake a mean tail-feather on the dance floor (table?), she could shimmy and shake her way through the kitchen like no one else in the family. I would eat so much of her Matzo Ball Soup that I barely had room for the rest of the meal. Don't worry, though. I'd sit for five minutes until letting out a burp large enough to rattle the fine china and every one's nerves, then get down to business with my other grandma's bangin' noodle kugel.
So, why couldn't I just leave well enough alone and Veganize a basic Matzo Ball Soup recipe? Well, as any good Jewish Granddaughter knows, NEVER try to beat Grandma at her own game. Even though she's not with us today, I'm sure my Meemaw would find some way to let me know she was displeased. The first zit I've had in months surfaced on my left temple as I was writing the initial recipe the other day, so I took it as a sign from above to deviate from the standard to a fusion East-Meets-Jew soup.


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We couldn't help but notice how good this photo looked of the Pickboy Edge 1.14, along with some playing partners. These picks are a favorite of players who like to play for speed. Posted by @xaviergarth on Instagram.
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I feel like I found my "own perfect pick" 😉
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Great photo from @xaviergarth with Pickboy Edge 1.14. It looks like a commercial! Not sure if it would be for Pickboy, Makers Mark Bourbon, or just a good night playing guitar. 😃🎸 Xavier says about the Edge 1.14: "I feel like I found my 'own perfect pick' ;-)" #iplaypickboy @benellerguitars Ben, thought you would appreciate this one for the Edge. #guitarpick link in profile @MakersMark
Check out John Mayer and his custom Dead & Company Pickboy rainbow picks here, from New Years Eve at The Forum in L.A.


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city receives opinions on water fluoridation
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COLUMBIA - The Columbia Board of Health subcommittee had a meeting Thursday evening leading a talk about fluoridation of the city's water supply.
The subcommittee is making a recommendation to the city council whether to continue the current level of fluoride in city water at 0.7 parts per million.
Lori Henderson, a 30-year pediatric dentist in Columbia, said the current fluoridation level is safe. Henderson gave the recent dental health assessment data at the meeting. The optimal water fluoridation level is 0.7 to 1.2 ppm, according to the U.S. Public Health Service.
One citizen, Max Bolden, is concerned that water fluoridation could affect people's physical health because some countries in Europe don't use fluoridation from his perspective.
"I know water fluoridation is safe," Henderson said. "Many of the websites and national spokespersons against water fluoridation cite studies and information from other countries. It's not an equal comparison. Europe, for instance, doesn't fluoridate water because of the complexity of their water system."


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Volunteer: Commit To make A Difference
Making a New Year's resolution? Your volunteer work can make good things happen for many people in the Tanana Valley.
Commit to volunteer at the Food Bank one week a year. Donate 40 hours of your time (3.5 hours/month) and make a big difference in local peoples' lives.
People of all ages and all levels of ability are welcome. There is plenty of work for everyone and if you cannot lift and carry boxes or stand for long periods of time, there are other tasks that we can use your help with.
Great ways that the Food Bank can help you fulfill your resolution
New Year's Day is a time when many people are looking back on their pasts, and are also looking forward to the coming year. It's a great time to reflect on the changes we want to make in our lives and resolve to follow through on those changes. Here's how volunteering at the Food Bank can help anyone fulfill common New Year's resolutions:
- Spend More Time with Family & Friends
Volunteer at the Food Bank and invite your family and friends to join you!
- Stay Fit & Tame the Bulge
Are you one of the many Americans who made a New Year's commitment to shed extra pounds? Food Bank volunteers are constantly on the go. Helping distribute food to the people of Tanana Valley is a great way to work off those holiday pounds without even realizing it! People of all ages and all levels of ability are welcome.
- Enjoy Life More
A hectic lifestyle has millions of Americans vowing to make this the year to appreciate life itself. Making the time to volunteer at the Food Bank and aid others will not only help you to appreciate what you have, but will also make it possible for someone else to enjoy their life more.
- Learn Something New
Food Bank volunteers are a diverse group of people who have many different skills and talents. While learning how to help end hunger in the Tanana Valley, being a part of this great team will also help you to expand your horizons.
- Help Others
Volunteering at the Food Bank is a great way to fulfill this popular, non-selfish New Year's resolution. Volunteerism can take many forms, so fill out the online volunteer application form or contact us to find out how you can get started on this resolution today!
You can also visit the Volunteer Activities section of the site for more information about volunteering at the Food Bank


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The safety posters were designed and printed specifically for the safety department of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Unique by creator and location, the posters are a treasure to the city of Butte and the state of Montana. Throughout his career, John Powers created a number of memorable pieces for the company.
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- Powers, John J
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- World Museum of Mining
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- Butte, Montana
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Could Ali Fedotowsky be the next celebritard to be involved in a sex scandal? A new report claims an ex-boyfriend of the Bachelorette star is shopping around nude photos of her.
A source tells ZackTaylor.ca Ali stripped down on webcam for an old "fling" in San Francisco a few years ago. "The unknown guy has been trying to shop around photos of Ali ever since she first appeared on The Bachelor, but only now are the tabloids interested in his extremely high photo rates," reports the site. Guess only time will tell if these photos do exist.
In other Bachelorette news, nutty contestant Kasey Kahl is speaking out on his recent elimination and the now infamous tattoo. Kasey makes it clear he has zero regrets about his new tatt,"The tattoo's awesome and would never change it. It is an amazing thing I got for myself. I got it to show who I am no matter where I'm at or who I'm with."
And does Kasey regret his "singing" on the show? "I'm obviously not a singer. You didn't see the whole thing. We were playing a writing game. She'd do a line and I'd do a line and then she was like, "You should make up a song." So I went with it and had fun. Good or bad, everyone loves karaoke, right?"
Moving right along to tonight's new episode. The two three-timing Justin Rego will be outed to Ali tonight when his girlfriend, Jessica Spillas, decides to place a special phone call to Ali.
Jessica informs Ali of Justin's cheating ways and even tells her Justin only came on the show to further his wrestling career.
"He assured me that when he got back, we'd start our plans to get married. And I believed him," says Jessica, adding that Rego told her he was just going on the ABC show solely to further his wrestling career. "He said going on the show would benefit the both of us. He wanted to get into the top three because he'd be well known."
The question now is why did Jessica turn on Justin? Well it seems while Justin was busy filming the show, Jessica found out Justin had been cheating on her with another blonde named Kimberly Kerekes. This was the straw that broke the camel's back, causing Jessica to phone Ali.
But it's not over folks. According to Life&Style magazine, Jessica and Justin are now back together. Yes you read that right. The two were photographed kissing on June 4th in Justin's Canadian hometown.


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A new reading of Paul's First Epistle to the Corinithians, offering an alternative to traditional misogynistic interpretations.
Trade Information: JPOD
Available as: Paperback, PDF
Specifications: 229x153mm (9x6in), 160pp
Published: April 2017
Specifications: 162pp
Published: April 2017
Paul's arguments in 1 Corinthians 11-14 – from the role of women in public worship, to the value of speaking in tongues and prophecy for the unbeliever – have long posed challenges to the lay reader and scholar. Despite numerous explanations offered over the years, these passages remain marked by inconsistencies, contradictions, and puzzles. Lucy Peppiatt offers an interpretation in which she proposes that Paul was in conversation with the Corinthian male leadership concerning their domineering, superior and selfish practices, which included coercing women to wear head coverings, lording it over the 'have-nots' at the Lord's Supper, and ordering married women to keep quiet in church.
Peppiatt's bold arguments not only bring internal coherence to the text, but also paint a picture of the apostle gripped by a vision for a new humanity 'in the Lord', resulting in his refusal to compromise with the traditional views of his own society. Instead, Paul tells the Corinthians to become more like Christ, to make 'love' their aim, and to restore dignity and honour to women, outsiders, and the poor.
Foreword by Douglas Campbell
1. 1 Corinthians 11:2–16: The Problems with the Women
2. Men and Women before God
3. A Rhetorical Reading Revisited
4. The Teaching of Paul
5. The Value of Tongues and Prophecy
Concluding Remarks
Appendix: The Texts
Names Index
Lucy Peppiatt is the Principal of Westminster Theological Centre and the author of The Disciple: On Becoming Truly Human (2012).
Peppiatt sheds new light on texts in 1 Corinthians that concern the thorny issue of Paul and women. She brings together exegetical skill, theological insight, and a vital concern for the historically contingent nature of Paul's argumentation, to offer a genuinely original and constructive analysis. So often the language of 1 Cor 11:2-16 and 14:33-35 proves to be a stumbling block for readers of Paul. Peppiatt, in ways which will inevitably be contentious, paves a plausible way out of the interpretive difficulties. Chris Tilling, St. Mellitus College, London
Peppiatt offers a reading of Paul's advice on head coverings, women, and authority in the church. Her persuasive account of 1 Cor 11:2-16 rescues Paul from those who appeal to him in support of misogynistic theologies and confirms Paul's radical critique, rather than endorsement, of patriarchal culture. I commend it highly. Murray Rae, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand


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Job offers for students and graduates
stellenwerk is the official job portal of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Students and graduates can find suitable job postings for every phase of their studies in the categories student jobs, internships, theses, graduate jobs, private part-time jobs and internal university jobs. No job advertisement is older than 30 days.


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Reroutes and delays I can work with, but I do have two busing-in-bad-weather pet peeves. Both are captured in this photo.
BiBW peeve #1: Bus haters-turned-(temporary)-bus-lovers
There were 15 people waiting for the (almost-on-time) 14 with us, and I'm willing to bet that half of them hadn't been on a bus in a decade. (How do I know, you ask? I have my ways.)
I'm hardly one to complain when folks try transit (no matter the reason), but I do think all these bus-chicks-come-lately (who won't be back on a bus until it snows again) should be the ones who stand on the routes they're crowding up. I say, those of us who've been down with Metro since day one should be able to reap the benefits of our loyalty.
Priority seating for frequent riders? Why, yes! After all, ridership has its privileges. Maybe we OG bus types should start getting "Rider since" dates printed on our passes.
BiBW peeve #2: Slippery sidewalks
The dirt truck made it to my street a day and a half after Thursday's big snow, but the sidewalks still look like an ice rink right before the Zamboni does its thing. And I don't live off the beaten path; I live at a major intersection (which is also a major bus hub). Even some downtown streets are completely covered in ice. I've heard tell that property owners are responsible for clearing their section of the sidewalk, but I don't think they got the memo (I've yet to see any communication from the city on the subject), and it seems like a less-than-efficient way of handling the issue. In the meantime, walking anywhere (not just to bus stops) is extremely treacherous.
I realize that the city has its hands full right now (and is probably up to here with haters criticizing its handling of weather issues), but what's up with that?


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Join us for a jam-packed info session on Breakneck Ridge, the iconic hiking destination just north of NYC.
Whether you've visited 10 times or are just curious about the buzz, this event is for you. Learn the how-to's for a brief or advanced day trip from experts who will also share the mountain's incredible conservation story.
Please bring questions and stories to share! After the presentation and a Q&A, you'll have a chance to talk one-on-one with the presenters.
This is a partnered event with our friends at REI and the Hudson Highlands Land Trust.
April 10th, 2019 7:00 PM through 8:30 PM
REI Soho
303 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
United States
303 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
United States
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Jazz Minds
March 27, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - March 28, 2019 @ 2:00 am
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An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until March 31, 2019
Every Monday through Saturday Night:
Jazz Minds. A fun, eclectic café, featuring live Jazz music, cocktails and food, served in an ultra-comfy, hip setting. Different bands perform nightly. 1661 Kapiolani Blvd., near the Ala Moana Shopping Center. 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. nightly; closed Sundays. For information and entertainment schedule call (808) 945-0800 or visit http://jazzhonolulu.com/index.html.


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North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is the most populous state in Germany, with some 18 million inhabitants. And climate change is firmly on the agenda. Since 1995, the city of Bonn has been home to the UNFCCC Secretariat, becoming the epicenter of all international climate activities between the annual Summits.
Despite being heavily industrialized (37 of the 100 largest companies in Germany are based in NRW and it has strengths in coal and steel, other metals, chemicals and machine and auto-manufacturing) as well as being fairly energy-intensive (30% of Germany's energy production and 40% of its consumption take place in NRW, producing some 32% of national carbon emissions) the state has the highest potential for emissions reductions.
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The great effort that the NRW Government is putting into decarbonizing its economy and facilitating lower carbon futures for its businesses and residents, shows its clear commitment to tackling the challenges of climate change.
And the first step for NRW is huge. 87% of NRW's energy comes from coal and gas. Yet in 1990 the state embarked on its epic journey towards decarbonization and has since made vast strides towards reaching this goal.
The state has comprehensive targets across all sectors to help tackle its climate impact:
- GHG reduction (overall): Through its own Climate Change Bill, NRW intends to reduce its emissions 25% (at least) compared to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% (at least) by 2050
- Power: By focusing on decentralized energy and by removing some of the planning hurdles inhibiting progress in this area, NRW now aims to achieve a 15% share of total energy generation from renewables by 2020 (this currently sits at 5%)
- Transport: It aims to bring at least 250,000 Electric Vehicles (EV) to market by 2020. The Rhine-Ruhr area is also one of eight German model regions for electro-mobility. Currently there are around 200 vehicles (including cars, electro-scooters and bicycles, commercial vehicles, hybrid buses and waste collection vehicles) and 500 charging stations undergoing practical trials.
- Industry: It will be defined by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The NRW Bank provides a €200 million low-interest loan program for energy efficiency investments in the industry
- Buildings: Intends to increase total heat pumps installed in NRW to 200,000 by 2020, as well as spend €200 million annually as a subsidy program for the energy efficient refurbishment of buildings
- Agriculture: 3 million additional trees by 2015 as part of the Billion Trees Initiative. NRW welcomes the new €35 million forest climate fund set up by the German Federal Government
- Government: By 2030, the state Government intends to be carbon neutral
Much of the effort to achieve these targets is driven through the state's dedicated energy agency – EnergieAgentur.NRW – a central hub providing advice and information on energy efficiency for thousands of individuals from business and society. The agency also manages the energy economy cluster, EnergieRegion.NRW, and the energy research cluster,CEF.NRW.
Below, some of the highlights achieved by the Agency and the state at large are highlighted.
Clean economy, more jobs
Between 1988 and 2007, €700 million was spent on 60,000 projects concerned with the development, demonstration and market launch of innovative energy technologies. These funds attracted further investment of €3.8 billion.
According to a 2010 IWR study, around 26,500 workers are employed in NRW by 3,500 companies in the field of renewable energy, collectively generating some €8.3 billion – demonstrating the clear viability of the low carbon economy.
In 2008-11 €70 million funded an additional 14,700 projects.
Greener buildings
As part of the My House Saves program, more than 1,200 low energy buildings were awarded Energy Saver NRW plaques 2006-2011. In the same time frame around 90,000 loan applications totalling €5 billion were approved by the reconstruction bank KfW to finance the retrofitting of more than 280,000 buildings in NRW.
The 50 Solar Housing Estates in NRW demonstrate the potential of active and passive solar energy use to generation heat and electricity. 37 new estates and estates in the existing stock have now been finished with nearly 9,000 residents, with 14 more under construction, making NRW a leader on solar housing.
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To take efforts even further, the state is building 100 'climate protection estates' with all new buildings needing to be built 50-60% below the requirements laid out in the 2009 Energy Saving Ordinance. 35 estates have been planned and nine are under construction.
Opportunity to be tapped
NRW also boasts a burgeoning geothermal energy sector, with around 230 companies operating in the region and an associated 5,000 jobs. With warm mine water sources in abandoned mines NRW also has significant potential for building heating – an opportunity which is still to be tapped.
Due to the power plant capacity in NRW, it is important for the state to take radical steps to limit the climate impact of the infrastructure already in place. Following the concept of the Reference Power Plant NRW, coal-fired power plants are being constructed worldwide with efficiency ratings of up to 46%. This means that it is possible to save 138gCO2/kWh as compared with the present average efficiency of 38%. If all power plants globally produced power according to this standard, CO2 emissions would be cut by approximately 30%.
NRW has launched a comprehensive €250 million funding program for CHP generation as a bridging technology for power generation. The main aim is to eliminate investment obstacles to the expansion of CHP and to expand and condense the near-industry district heating infrastructure.
Around 30% of all new structures and many existing buildings in NRW are heated using heat pumps. In 2011 around 57,000 new heat pumps were installed in Germany; 11,000 of them in NRW. Of the 450,000 heat pumps installed nationwide, around 91,000 (20%) provide for environmentally friendly heat in NRW.
Keeping up with the competition
In 2010, NRW produced over a quarter of all installed Photovoltaic capacity in Germany was located in NRW, making it the third largest contributor behind Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. NRW is 5th in Germany for installed wind capacity, with just under 2,900 wind turbines operational in 2011, providing an installed capacity of around 3,070 MW.
Given that the German Government and all of its associated states have committed to reaching reduction targets without the use of nuclear power, NRW's challenge is all the greater. But this effort, and the acknowledgement that there is much more to be done as well as many exciting developments on the horizon, is encouraging for this powerful, and shows that Germany is set to lead the clean revolution.


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Former Major Leaguers keep playing in Caribbean ball
Tatis still active in Dominican Republic; Garcia plugging away in Mexico
HERMOSILLO, Mexico -- It's an interesting spectacle, this Caribbean Series, where local beer flows, salsa music blares, wrestling masks abound, stadium seats vibrate and reliable stats elude. Every year -- as this decorated tournament rotates through the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and, this time, North Mexico -- it serves as the Super Bowl equivalent for its host nation, rightfully being called the "Fiesta del Caribe."
But it's also the stage where ex-Major Leaguers, holding onto baseball dreams by the skin of their teeth, remind us that there are other ways to make a living playing this game.
And this year, Fernando Tatis and Karim Garcia help personify that.
You remember them, right -- Tatis for hitting two grand slams in one inning in 1999, Garcia for calling out Pedro Martinez in 2003? In this alternate universe, they're still hounded for autographs, overwhelmed by reporters and making key plays for sold-out crowds in important games.
The conditions may be worse, the stadiums may be smaller and the resources may be limited, but it's baseball, for money, and it's all they know.
What they can't figure out is why Major League teams have stopped calling.
"That I don't know," Tatis says, solemnly. "I just don't know. Baseball has changed a lot. There's a lot of people with a lot of talent in Mexico, in Venezuela, in the Dominican, but they just don't find work. The question is: Why? Because if you look at the talent of a player who's out of organized baseball and you look at players who are inside organized baseball, the difference sometimes is big. You can have a player who has five tools outside of baseball, and then you have a player who has three tools inside of baseball. It's just not right."
"When you've been out of the states for so long," Garcia added, "they just kind of forget about you."
Hanley Ramirez and Fernando Rodney headline this year's Caribbean Series, but in no way do they epitomize it.
This is an event made up of former stars in the final stages of their Major League careers (Miguel Tejada), veterans trying desperately to extend it (Ramon Castro and Dennys Reyes), fringe players recently signed to Minor League deals (Marlon Byrd and Alfredo Amezaga), prospects seeking reps (Luis Jimenez and Jordany Valdespin), and those who have carved reputations playing for the professional leagues of their native countries (Mario Lisson and Ricardo Nanita).
Then there's Garcia and Tatis, two guys the majority of Americans probably didn't know still played.
"It's a little bit of everything," Garcia said, "and they have a chance to show their abilities -- that they can still play in the big leagues."
Tatis, now a 38-year-old third baseman on Leones del Escogido, spent 11 years in the Majors, most recently with the Mets in 2010. From 1998-99, he batted .287 with 45 homers and 165 RBIs. As recently as '09, he was good enough to appear in 125 games for the Mets, batting a respectable .282 with a .339 on-base percentage.
Over the last three years, though, his baseball career has been made up of winter stints in the Dominican Professional Baseball League.
Garcia, a 37-year-old outfielder for the Yaquis de Obregon, famously helped the Yankees reach the World Series as their starting right fielder in '03, batting .305 with six homers in 52 games. He played 10 years in the big leagues, batting .241 with 66 homers in 488 games, but his last season came in 2004. And since then, he's been a baseball nomad.
The next two years, he played in Japan. In '07, he returned to Mexico. The following three years, he made a living in Korea. And since 2011, Garcia has mostly plugged away in Mexico's winter and summer leagues.
"It's been unbelievable for me," Garcia said. "I love different cultures and I've just been trying to adjust to different styles of baseball."
Asked about the biggest difference between Latin professional baseball and Major League Baseball, Tatis doesn't point to the conditions or the acclaim or even the money.
He raves about the passion.
Tatis lives that through his kids, who go to school in San Pedro and have to hear it every day from their classmates because their dad instead chooses to play in Santo Domingo. And he experiences it from the locals, who will go out of their way to criticize him if he messed up in a game the night before.
For three years, Tatis played in St. Louis, home to what many say are the best baseball fans in the United States.
But they're a lot nicer in the Midwest.
"In the Dominican, everybody knows you," Tatis said. "Everybody's there, every day. They live for this stuff, man. We're crazy about baseball. Everyone knows about baseball in the Dominican, and everywhere you go, people talk to you about the same thing -- over and over again. And if you screwed up, watch out.
"They love you, but they'll criticize you, because they want you to win. No matter what, they want you to win. At all costs."


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Winner: Panasonic LFP 30 Series
This year's winning LCD/signage display product is well suited for the growing number of outdoor digital applications we're seeing today. The IP66-rated display is designed to resist excessive heat, extreme cold and dust and water damage without requiring an additional enclosure. It's built with a corrosion-resistant aluminum casing, and its trans-reflective liquid crystal technology provides good visibility in bright, outdoor locations. Panasonic's LFP 30 Series LCD display was a fine example of innovation.


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French Popular Lithographic Imagery, 1815-1870, Volume 5
The Country
88 pages | 4 b&w fiche (313 photographs) | 6.00 x 9.00 | © 1986
The French Popular Lithographic Imagery, 1815-1870 series reproduces in twelve volumes approximately 5000 nineteenth-century lithographs from the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale.
Beatrice Farwell's multivolume text-fiche catalog is an essential resource to art historians and will appeal to all those interested in nineteenth-century France.
For more information, or to order this book, please visit https://press.uchicago.edu
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