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Last night I dreamed of two suns. The second appears in the night sky, and burned a glowing orange that could be seen by my sister and I as we drove through the country. The heat of the new sun was so intense that I could feel it burning on my face. My sister and I embraced each other to keep from the burn. A scene somewhat similar to that of when Claudia died from exposure to the sun in "An Interview with a Vampire". It became more sinister once our original sun rose the following day. We took shelter in a cottage in the woods; an old man and woman was living there. There was also a young guy that was my age. The heat crept in through the windows, as we hid behind couches and banisters. I thought to myself, "I wonder what the internet is saying about this phenomenon", but dismissed the thought due the seriousness of the situation. I remember the guy approaching me as he was shirtless. We put our hands on each other as if we were going to have sex.
Regardless of the second sun's purpose or reason for showing up, and what potential damage it would cause to this tiny blue planet, the fact was that it was there, and there was nothing on earth that we could do to stop it's power: true powerlessness.


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Check out SoCal Magazine's feature on Kristine Upesleja in their recent publication here (p. 58-63).
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On Dec. 20, Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a wide-ranging tax bill that includes provisions important for individuals, families and individuals.
No, I'm not talking about the "An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018" – that's the full name of the major tax cut legislation which the House passed that very same day and the president signed into law two days later. I'm referring to the Tax Extender Act of 2017, a more briefly named and shorter 47-page bill that includes special interest breaks for rum producers, NASCAR track operators,and biofuel producers, among others.
The reason the bill is so short is that in most sections of the bill, the legislative language simply says that in a particular section of the tax code, the date Jan. 1, 2017 or Dec. 31, 2016 will be replaced with the date Jan. 1, 2019 or Dec. 31, 2018. Aptly named, the bill simply extends these provisions of the law. While the Congressional Budget Office has not yet released an official score for the bill, past tax extender bills have had the effect of increasing the deficit by $100 billion, give or take a few billion.
While I am not a fan of the larger tax package that passed last month, I thought, for a few weeks, that at least it was going to eliminate some of these very narrowly tailored tax breaks that have masqueraded as two-year "temporary" tax provisions, for years, even decades. There are three reasons for this budgetary sleight of hand. First, extending these provisions for only two years masks their true cost. If every two-year provision was extended indefinitely, as they effectively are, the costs would be much higher. Second, packaging all of these narrow provisions together means they never get debated on their merits. Some of the tax breaks in the extenders bill may be good policy, but if so, then there should be no reason those policies are not openly debated and added to the permanent tax code.
Finally, and most cynically, never "fixing" the provisions is a boon to lobbyists, who get paid to fight for the tax extenders; and to lawmakers, who reap campaign contributions and deliver for their constituent special interest – every couple of years.
For years, politicians have pointed to the extenders bills as evidence the tax system is broken, that the tax code had become littered with special interest provisions with no thought about whether those different breaks undermine each other, whether they are obsolete or are just plain giveaways to industries with particularly effective lobbyists. Extenders have almost always hitched a ride on must-pass legislations, from the bank bailout bill in 2008 to the fiscal cliff deal in 2013.
Which brings me to the timing of this particular extenders bill. Congressional leadership made the tax cut package a political must-pass proposition. It made permanent changes to tax law. It was a perfect opportunity to tackle the problem of the temporary race horse owner's tax break or the credit for two-wheeled plug-in electric vehicles, either by including them in the final package or eliminating them all together on the theory that the changes and cuts in the larger package provide all the relief these special interests need.
In fact, the larger package did that for writing off the cost of productions of film, television or live theater upon release, effective Jan. 2, 2018. But the Tax Extenders Act of 2017 also includes an extender for the film and television expensing rules – since the original "temporary" provision expired at the end of 2016, the extender bill retroactively extends it for the duration of 2017. The other 35 tax breaks weren't so lucky to be included in the larger bill, so their lobbyists will be back with their requests before the end of this calendar year.
The larger tax package also created opportunities for the practice of tax extenders to not only thrive, but grow. There is a new two-year tax break for craft beer producers, and a new, two-year tax credit for employers that provide family and medical leave. And that film and theater provision? It expires in 2022.
The House has displayed some reluctance to take up the tax extenders bills, but the Senate has found ways to overcome that reluctance in the past (see all of the above examples cited above). And given the many, many must-pass packages coming down the pike – budget levels, continuing resolutions, disaster funding and, eventually, the debt ceiling – there is a good chance the Senate will be able to persuade the House to overcome its reservations again.
The mess of extenders is only one example why the larger tax package bill was not reform, far from it, and represents a squandered opportunity that had been 30 years in the making.


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Overcoming the I Cant's when you are learning to journey/
If you are having trouble getting started in your shamanic journey work because your mind wanders, or you have thoughts that you can't do the work - here is something to try: Set up a basket, jar or container in your room, and you put all your reservations and disbelief into it before you begin journeying. You can get it back later when you are done, or you can ask the spirits to transfigure them. Sometimes our I can'ts come from a belief system that is in conflict with the work. The person might need to think it all through and find a common ground, but the belief system is really so subliminal that it is hard to put a finger on it. So this basket method can help, because you may really WANT to take the things back and work with them later. I have met many beginning students who feel that their catholic upbringing sets them at odds with shamanic practice, and they struggle to get started because of these inner conflicts. But there is a Sister in Flagstaff who teaches shamanism from a catholic perspective, and it is fabulous work. So maybe we just need to set aside our I can'ts and belief systems, and just concentrate on phenomena, and let the thinking part come later.


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2018 was an up and down year for Julen Lopetegui.
The 52-year-old was sacked as Spain manager on the eve of the World Cup after announcing his intention to move to Real Madrid after the tournament.
Just three months into his tenure at the Bernabeu, Lopetegui was dismissed after a run of five defeats in seven matches, culminating in a 5-1 thrashing by rivals Barcelona.
In one of his first interviews since leaving Real, Lopetegui spoke to the BBC's European football expert Guillem Balague about his turbulent year, the possibility of a move to the Premier League and the influence of Johan Cruyff on his management style.
Listen to the full interview on the 5 live Football Daily podcast on Thursday.
Leaving Spain – 'I said nothing on a five-hour flight'
On 12 June 2018, two days before the start of the World Cup, it was announced that Lopetegui would be joining Real Madrid following the tournament.
Lopetegui felt it was best to be open about the decision and end the speculation, allowing everyone to focus on the World Cup.
The president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, saw differently and felt he had little choice but to sack Lopetegui because the negotiations had occurred behind the federation's back.
"It was not easy for me," said Lopetegui. "We worked very hard for two years, we felt that we were ready to have a fantastic World Cup.
"Two months previously, when I signed a new contract with Spain, they put a buyout clause in. It was [Luis] Rubiales' idea, I agreed it with him no problem and then it [the Real Madrid job offer] happened.
"The timing was not chosen by me or Real Madrid – I said yes, but I knew the World Cup was my only responsibility. To keep it secret for one month is impossible and was not honest.
"We were convinced it was best to have a press conference to open and close the issue then, after that, the only focus was the World Cup.
"The players were fantastic. After I told them, we had our best training session in the three weeks of our preparation so we were very happy but in the end the president took that decision.
"It was a very hard moment and I will never forget it because it was a surprise. I felt it was very unfair.
"It was a five-hour flight home from Moscow to Madrid and I did not say anything but that is life. It was a very hard experience but you need to try and put it in a positive situation."
Life at Real – 'I didn't sleep; I didn't know where I was'
The day after his abrupt departure from Russia, an emotional Lopetegui struggled to hold back tears as he was introduced as Real Madrid's new coach.
"I didn't sleep; I didn't know where I was. One day I was in Russia training for the World Cup, the next I was in the Santiago Bernabeu with a new team," he said.
"It was very fast, difficult to take in and the emotions were high. It was hard to be told to leave the World Cup, it was a dream that I hard worked so hard for and with all this emotion, I am human, so sometimes you can't control it."
Lopetegui's first game in charge was an extra-time defeat by Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup but the team then responded with five wins in six matches, including a 3-0 victory against Roma in the Champions League.
However, Real would go on to win just one of their next seven games and Lopetegui was dismissed on 29 October following that 5-1 defeat by Barca at the Nou Camp.
"We had a good start, the team was playing well but then we had three very bad weeks," he said. "You just hope you have time to find a solution because these things can balance out over a season. We were sure this situation was going to pass.
"I didn't have time, that is the best way I can explain it."
Despite his early departure, Lopetegui insists he bears no ill-feeling towards the club.
"I have all respect for the new coach [Santiago Solari], his new staff. And the players – I love them, they had a fantastic attitude with me.
"I would never say a bad word about Real Madrid. To manage the club is a fantastic experience for any coach. I hoped I could have more time but I have to look to the future."
Is a move to the Premier League a possibility?
Lopetegui has never managed outside of Spain and Portugal but with high-profile coaches including Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp working in the Premier League, is he tempted to join them?
"A coach needs to be open for the future, but if I can choose, I prefer to be in the best leagues," he said.
"England is a fantastic league. When you watch a match in England, you can feel the atmosphere, the respect for the players and the coaches, this is very important. I want to feel that.
"Of course Spain is a fantastic league too, with fantastic players and coaches, but we will see."
Influence of Cruyff
Lopetegui spent two years as a player working under Johan Cruyff at Barcelona, the Dutch legend who inspired a generation of coaches including Guardiola, Michael Laudrup and Ronald Koeman.
Lopetegui is no different.
"As soon as I had the first training session with Johan I thought 'this is different to all other coaches', he was brilliant.
"He planted the seed for other coaches to take on his ideas and develop those ideas. He was one step ahead of the rest.
"He also understood that you think about the game and question what he says. As a coach you need to be ready to explain 'why' to players, why we are working this way and why we chose this solution. If a player understands, he is a stronger player."
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Barbarians against Barbarians
This is episode 11 called Barbarians against Barbarians and in this episode you will learn:
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- The origins of the Visigoths and the Hunnic threat
- The turbulent and complicated relationship between Visigoths and Romans
- How the Visigoths first entered Hispania under Ataulf
- The rule of Wallia and his campaign under Roman service that destroyed the Alans and Silingi Vandals of Hispania
- What territories Honorius gave to the Visigoths in Gaul and why he gave those territories (spoiler: to suppress the bagaudae)
- How the Imperial army assissted the Suebi against the Vandals of Gunderic to prevent them from becoming the dominant force in Hispania
- Yet another crisis with the failed campaign of Castinus in Hispania and the death of Honorius, the usurpation of Joannes and the rise of Flavius Aetius
- The period of hegemony of the Vandals in Hispania before leaving Hispania for North Africa in 429
- Reflections about the Imperial strategy of playing barbarians off against each other
I'm David Cot, host of The History of Spain Podcast, and this is episode 11 called Barbarians against Barbarians. In this episode you will learn how the Visigoths first entered Hispania, and the history of the Vandals, Suebi, Alans and Romans from 411 to 430. Subscribe to the podcast to not miss an episode!
In times of chaos, realpolitiks or politics based on pragmatism are indispensable in order to survive. Today's enemies can be your friends tomorrow, and this is exactly what happened with the relationship between Romans and Visigoths. The same Visigoths that had sacked Rome in 410 in a few years were fighting the Vandals and Alans of Hispania in the name of the Romans. But before I tell that story, let me first introduce you the Visigoths.
The Visigoths were in fact a branch of the larger group that is the Goths. The origins of the Goths are a bit unclear, the traditional theory is that they moved from modern Sweden to modern Poland, but truth is that they may had been already living in modern East Germany and Poland. What we know is that they migrated to the Pontic steppe in the north of the Black Sea, where they interacted with Eurasian nomads like the Scythians and learned their cavalry-based military tactics. The importance of the cavalry in contrast to the infantry for the Goths changed their social and political structures, and because of that the nobility and patron-client relationships were more important for the Visigoths than for, say, the Suebi. Anyway, the migration to the Pontic steppe caused disarray though, and the Goths indirectly caused the Marcomannic Wars in the 2nd century between Germanic tribes and Rome. The Goths were defeated during the Gothic Wars of the 3rd century and that caused the division of the Goths. There's scholarly debate on the identification of the Visigoths with the Thervingi that settled in the Danubian plains west of the Dniester River. What's clear is that this group became close to the Roman Empire and converted to Arian Christianity. The other group were the Greuthungi that are usually identified with the Ostrogoths. This group settled in modern Ukraine and established contacts with the Huns.
The Huns appeared in the second half of the 4th century, overrunning the Alans and subduing and incorporating many Goths into their ranks. The proto-Ostrogoths disappeared as an independent confederacy until Hunnic power disintegrated in the 450s, while the Visigoths crossed the Danube in 376. The Visigoths served Theodosius in his civil wars, but upon his death they ravaged Greece under King Alaric I of the Balt dynasty. Then the Visigoths moved to the western Balkans and northern Italy, until war broke out against the Western Roman Empire of Honorius following the execution of Stilicho and massacre of many Germanic families. The Visigoths looted Italy as much as they could, but Alaric dreamed of leaving Italy to settle in the breadbasket of the Western Roman Empire, North Africa. Nonetheless, a storm destroyed the ships of the Visigoths and King Alaric died soon after that. The dream was put on pause.
His brother-in-law Ataulf was elected unanimously to succeed him. He abandoned the idea of going to Africa and instead decided to head towards Gaul, as Honorius' general Constantius was pressing him in Italy. But remember, in 411 a new usurper named Jovinus was proclaimed Western Roman Emperor by the Gallic-Roman aristocracy, Alans of Gaul and Burgundians. Ataulf contacted Jovinus and opened negotiations to support him under apparent good faith. However, the Visigoths came across Sarus, the right-hand of Stilicho who also supported now Jovinus. Ataulf captured and executed him, and that infuriated Jovinus. The usurper Jovinus then named his brother Sebastianus co-emperor, and as he did so without consulting Ataulf hostilities between the two started. The King of the Visigoths proceeded to negotiate an alliance with Honorius. The pact was this, the Visigoths would crush the rebellion in Gaul and give him back his sister Galla Placidia, and in turn Honorius promised them a land to settle to and food supplies. Jovinus' troops were defeated and Sebastianus and Jovinus were executed in 413, and then the Visigoths established themselves in Gallia Narbonensis, taking the cities of Narbonne and Toulouse.
Nonetheless, problems appeared again. The provincial governor of Africa proclaimed himself Western Roman Emperor in 412, and he interrupted the supply of grain to Rome that was necessary to feed Italy. The rebellion was crushed in 413, but because of that Honorius couldn't supply the Visigoths as he promised. To make things worse he granted the status of federate to the Burgundians in the Rhône Valley while the Visigoths still hadn't been officially assigned a land to settle. The Visigoths were running out of supplies, so they confronted Imperial Roman troops again and relations between Romans and Visigoths broke again.
But even in this time of war between Romans and Visigoths, love between a Visigoth and a Roman could happen. Chronicles tell us that as early as 411 Galla Placidia and Ataulf fell in love. Yes, the hostage fell in love with her captor. And that love was officially confirmed with their marriage in 414. Their union was sealed in a Roman-style ceremony, to show the Romanity of the Gothic barbarians. That was an important step for the ambitions of Ataulf, as he became related to the imperial family and a son of that marriage could be one day Western Roman Emperor. According to contemporary historian Orosius, and take this with a grain of salt, Ataulf declared on the weeding: "at first I wanted to erase the Roman name and convert all Roman territory into a Gothic empire: I longed for Romania to become Gothia, and Ataulf to be what Caesar Augustus had been. But long experience has taught me that the ungoverned wildness of the Goths will never submit to laws, and that without law a state is not a state. Therefore I have more prudently chosen the different glory of reviving the Roman name with Gothic vigour, and I hope to be acknowledged by posterity as the initiator of a Roman restoration, since it's impossible for me to alter the character of this Empire."
I'm sure Honorius would have cried if he had heard those words in the mouth of Ataulf, but he didn't and instead demanded again the return of her sister. Ataulf responded by proclaiming a man named Priscus Attalus Western Roman Emperor, as his brother Alaric had done before to put more pressure on Honorius. But this time Honorius had the capable general Constantius leading the military, and Constantius decided to start a naval blockade of the Mediterranean ports of Gaul and to cut the supply lines of the Visigoths by land too. The Visigoths were put in a corner. Ataulf had to take a dramatic decision as discontentment was growing, and he decided to move the confederacy to Hispania Tarraconensis, the only Spanish province that was still under Roman control. From his part, Honorius captured the usurper Priscus Attalus and had him exiled to the Aeolian Islands until his death.
In Hispania Tarraconensis, with the court in Barcelona, the first and only son born from the love of Ataulf and Galla Placidia died soon afterwards. The dream to create an imperial Romano-Visigothic linage died as well. Ataulf initiated contacts to improve again the relationship with Rome, but an anti-Roman faction flourished. The anti-Roman faction thought that Ataulf was becoming too Roman, and they wanted to remain Goths. The conspiracy was led by several Visigothic nobles and people close to Sarus, who had been killed by Ataulf years before. The conspiracy was successful, and King Ataulf of the Visigoths was assassinated in Barcelona in the summer of 415, by a general that wanted to avenge the death of Sarus. A brother of Sarus, Sigeric, was illegally proclaimed King of the Visigoths. The first thing the usurper Sigeric did was to brutally slay the six children of Ataulf from the marriage he had before marrying Galla Placidia. Furthermore, Galla Placidia was publicly humiliated, as Sigeric exhibited her in the streets of Barcelona, forcing her to walk on foot several miles among other captives, because yes, that's how you treat a Roman princess! Wallia, brother of Ataulf, was enraged and sorrowful. Ataulf may have been a bit unpopular due to the recent setbacks, but this Sigeric was brutal and inhumane and most of the Visigoths had enough. After just a week of the assassination of Ataulf, Sigeric was assassinated and the anti-Roman faction was disbanded. Wallia was elected King of the Visigoths and the Balt dynasty continued to lead the Visigothic peoples. His election, as we will soon see, was determinant for the history of the other barbarians of Hispania.
The first thing Wallia tried to do was to recover the dream of Alaric of settling his peoples in North Africa. So Wallia ordered the construction of ships, but again a storm ended that dream, this time forever for the Visigoths. His subjects were hungry, and he had only one option left. Wallia was forced to sign a treaty of federation with Honorius in 416. The treaty established that the Visigoths had the mission to expel the barbarians that had entered the Iberian Peninsula in 409. In addition to that, they had to return Ataulf's widow Galla Placidia, because yeah this poor woman was used as bargaining chip all the time. The strong general of Honorius, Constantius, married her, even though Galla Placidia didn't want to. On his part, Honorius would give them large quantities of grain. It's weird because the Vandals, Suebi and Alans of Hispania offered to serve Honorius, but for some reason he refused to accept their services. Maybe he wanted to wait until they killed each other to attack when the moment was right. The strategy to play barbarians against barbarians was his best possible choice anyway, so better to use the Visigoths to kill the other barbarians and weaken them all. It was a win-win situation for the Roman Empire whatever was the outcome.
From Barcelona Wallia started a campaign against the other barbarians that occupied Hispania, starting with the Alans and Silingi Vandals. The reason behind attacking them is that they were controlling the wealthy provinces of Baetica, Lusitania and Carthaginensis. We have very few details about this critical war, but the Goths caused a bloodbath of barbarian blood in Hispania. The attack must had been very effective since the Alans and Silingi Vandals quickly withdrew to the Strait of Gibraltar in early 418. There Wallia crushed them, and the King of the Alans Attaces was killed while the King of the Silingi Vandals was captured and sent to Emperor Honorius. The Alans, the smallest yet the most powerful group to have entered Hispania in 409, suddenly disappeared as an independent force. The survivors of the massacre headed north and joined King Gunderic of the Hasdingi Vandals. Gunderic adopted the title of King of the Vandals and Alans and he became the leader of the most powerful army of Hispania.
Honorius called the Visigoths back before decisively defeating the Hasdingi Vandals and Suebi. Only Hispania Gallaecia remained in the hands of barbarians, as well as northern Spain that was neither under barbarian nor Roman control. Instead the Cantabrians and Basques lived there independently and in poverty. This time Honorius assigned the Visigoths a land to settle to because they proved themselves useful for the empire. The Visigoths were rewarded with the right to settle in Aquitania Secunda and the proximities of Novempopulania and Narbonensis Prima. That constituted a large region of western and southern modern France that included cities like Poitiers, Bordeaux and Toulouse, that became the capital of the Visigoths. For the moment, the Visigoths didn't have access to the Mediterranean Sea, but they soon would since they will take advantage of the weakness of the Western Roman Empire. This treaty with Honorius started the phase known as the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse, but the Visigoths will eventually return to Spain. Keep in mind that they numbered between 150,000 and 200,000 souls, so they had much more potential compared to the Vandals, not even to mention the Suebi that were less than 35,000.
From the Roman point of view, it made sense to settle the Visigoths in modern south-western France, since they could suppress rebellions and attacks in Gaul, Italy and Hispania. The Imperial government was worried about the expansion of the bagaudae, the revolutionary large-scale bandit groups that were formed by people who could no longer sustain themselves. The bagaudae is a phenomenon I talked about when I spoke about the Crisis of the Third Century, but it actually became more problematic in the 5th century. Northern Gaul was plagued of bandits ever since the Franks invaded the region, and it was only a matter of decades before bagaudae became important again in Spain. But I'm getting ahead of myself, for the moment the Imperial government wanted the Visigoths below the Loire River to prevent the expansion of the bagaudae in southern Gaul, where there were more important economic interests. This time the Visigoths didn't receive grain or gold, instead they were given two thirds of the agricultural lands available to farm.
However, Visigothic King Wallia couldn't enjoy the result of his victories, because he died soon after arriving in Toulouse. Wallia was succeeded by King Theodoric I, a king that would last long until he was killed in the landmark Battle of the Catalaunian Plains against the Huns in 451. It's not clear whether he was an illegitimate son or a son-in-law of King Alaric I, but in any case he belonged to the Balt dynasty. With the Visigoths in Gaul, let's focus on the affairs of Hispania.
The Vandals needed more territories now that they had enlarged their population, and Honorius was waiting calmly for the unavoidable clash between the Suebi and the Vandals. The Vandals started raiding Suebi territory and blocking their neighbors in 419. As the Suebi were a smaller group and the Imperial strategy was to prevent a barbarian group to become powerful enough to control all Hispania, the Romans sided with the Suebi. A general named Asterius was sent to Hispania Gallaecia to aid the Suebi and to capture the usurper Maximus, who was protected by the Vandals and declared himself emperor again. The result of this tactical Roman and Suebi alliance was the Battle of the Nervasos Mountains in an undetermined location around modern Galicia and Leon. The Suebi under King Hermeric were surrounded by the Vandals, but the Romans prevented this battle to become a disaster for the Suebi, and the Vandals were forced to retreat to Braga, the future capital of the Suebi.
However, the problems for the Vandals didn't end there, because the Romans had yet another surprise for the Vandals. Another Roman army intercepted them, and the two Roman armies attacked the Vandals from both sides and the Vandals were defeated. Gunderic decided to move his peoples to Hispania Baetica, where they started building a fleet to gain naval dominance and to sack cities. More than a defeat, the Vandals gained much moving to the wealthy province of Baetica and it was a crucial step for the future of the Vandals. On the other hand, the usurper Maximus was presumably captured by Asterius in 420, and he was sent to Ravenna and executed in 422. Overall, we can say that Asterius' campaign was a success, but the next Roman campaign was a complete disaster.
The glimmer of hope of the recent military successes of the Western Roman Empire against usurpers and barbarians motivated Emperor Honorius to name co-Emperor his military strongman, Constantius. However, the joy wouldn't last, since Constantius III died seven months after his coronation. The loss of Constantius generated internal tensions, and Honorius had to name a new commander-in-chief of the Western Roman Army quickly. General Castinus was that man, and he led an expedition in 422 with the objective to eliminate the Vandals from Hispania. He was supported by Visigothic federates of King Theodoric I and by another Roman army led by a man named Bonifacius, a protégé of Galla Placidia. The expedition started as badly as it ended, Bonifacius' army didn't show up because both Castinus and Bonifacius wanted to be the favorite of Honorius. Bonifacius then fled to Central North Africa, where he gained control of the wealthy province that was the breadbasket of Italy. This Bonifacius would soon after that become very important in Roman civil wars and in fighting the Vandals when they moved to North Africa. Going back to the campaign of 422, Castinus had some initial success, but then Castinus and the Vandals met in open battlefield to decide the tie. What the Romans didn't expect is that the Visigoths would abandon them before the battle. The Roman army of Castinus was crushed in Baetica, forcing him to withdraw to Hispania Tarraconensis. The defeat was an almost definitive blow against the Imperial interests in Hispania, and for the Vandals the victory ensured a period of hegemony in Hispania that allowed them to build the pillars for the later pirate kingdom of North Africa.
A new crisis started in the politics of the Western Roman Empire, first due to this failed campaign and then due to the death of Honorius in 423. In the interregnum a man named Joannes was proclaimed emperor in Rome, and his control over the nominal territories of the Western Roman Empire was very limited and weak. He didn't control Gaul, he didn't control the North African provinces, he barely controlled a portion of Hispania, and he didn't have the recognition of the Eastern Roman Emperor to give him legitimacy. Instead, Theodosius II, who was Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire at the time, recognized the 5-year-old son of Galla Placidia, Valentinian III, as Western Roman Emperor. Before the Eastern Roman Army attacked, Joannes sent a young and promising general to seek the help of the Huns. The man was Flavius Aetius, and he brought a Hunnic army with him to Italy, but too late. The Eastern Roman Army had already won and executed Joannes, however Aetius negotiated with the regent Galla Placidia and both parties achieved a favorable agreement. The Huns who accompanied Aetius were paid and left Italy and Aetius became general of the Roman Army in Gaul. There Aetius successfully fought the Franks, as well as the Visigoths under Theodoric I. He was able to recapture the important city of Arles in southern Gaul, and after plotting the assassination of the supreme general of the Roman Army, he gained a great deal of influence during the regency of Galla Placidia that only increased after Emperor Valentinian III was 18-years-old.
Meanwhile, the empire was so weak that they couldn't stop the rising naval hegemony of the Vandals, that didn't only ravage the coasts of the empire but that threatened the key maritime supply routes of the empire. It was during the 420s that the Vandals had their period of hegemony in the Iberian Peninsula, they raided cities like Carthago Nova or Seville and they even made their first incursions in North Africa. Gunderic and his Vandals put Seville under siege again in 428 and Gunderic died in uncertain circumstances. His half-brother Genseric was elected King of the Vandals and the Alans, and you may know him because Genseric was the man that turned the Vandals in a major Mediterranean power that rivaled the Western Roman Empire.
As I mentioned before, during the 420s the Vandals under Gunderic built a major fleet, already with the goal to move his peoples to North Africa and establish a kingdom with a powerful navy. The reasons to leave Hispania could have been to avoid more attacks from other barbarians, to make Roman attacks more difficult, and to seize fertile provinces for themselves. Genseric executed the plan in 429, the Suebi tried to take advantage of the situation and attacked the Vandals in their rearguard, but Genseric defeated them and he was able to successfully move his 80,000 people to North Africa. 80,000 for God sake, that is insane for the standards of Late Antiquity! This truly great logistical achievement would have been impossible without the collaboration of the Hispano-Roman population that was interested in letting them go far away. There's also another very important reason, the governor of Africa Bonifacius was confronted with the Imperial government, and that conflict allowed the Vandals to migrate with little serious opposition. The Vandals quickly conquered the Roman territories of modern Morocco, Algeria, and eventually Sardinia, Sicily, Corsica, the Balearic Islands and Tunis, with the capital in Carthage. That deprived the Western Roman Empire of their breadbasket, and the Vandal posts in Mediterranean islands allowed them to raid the Roman coasts and sack Rome in 455. With the Visigoths still in Gaul and the Vandals in North Africa, the only barbarians left in Hispania were the Suebi, and due to this power vacuum a brief period of apogee for their kingdom soon followed.
THE VERDICT: In today's verdict I want to discuss the Imperial strategy of playing barbarians off against each other, to avoid coalitions like the alliance of the Vandals, Suebi and Alans to cross the Rhine and then the Pyrenees. Imagine what could have happen if the Visigoths, instead of fighting the Vandals and Alans, had formed a coalition to distribute among themselves Hispania and southern Gaul. But the Romans successfully exploited their differences and either let them fight for land without letting any become the single dominant force, like it happened with the conflict between Vandals and the Suebi, or promising food or lands to fight another barbarian group, like the Romans did with the Visigoths. In the short-term this strategy was the best since the Empire didn't have economical or human resources to achieve more, but in the long-run this strategy only delayed the unavoidable. If Romans didn't love civil wars and plots as much as they did, the Western Roman Empire could have survived in some form, but since their institutions weren't effective to prevent usurpations and internal struggles, the empire was doomed. And with that, The Verdict ends.
In the next episode I will focus on the brief golden age of the Kingdom of the Suebi, from 430 to 456. To end this episode, let me remind you that the podcast has a website, thehistoryofspain.com, where you can find the scripts of the episodes, a list of books about the history of Spain and subscribe to the biweekly newsletter. Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and more, review the podcast, and follow the social media accounts of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. I hope you enjoyed the episode and thank you for listening!
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Where Does Oracle ADF Fit Into the Development Landscape?
by Sten Vesterli
Oracle developers are spoiled for choice: We have Oracle Forms, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET), Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS), and even several specialized tools for building mobile applications. In this crowded field, where does Oracle ADF fit in?
How Much Freedom Do You Need?
One important dimension to consider when choosing a development tool is how much freedom you want to build the user interface. Ask yourself whether your application is data driven or user-interface driven.
Some applications are data driven, which means the user interface looks like the underlying data structure. If the data model contains a table of customers, the user interface will contain a screen showing all the fields for a customer. If there is a table of orders for a customer that is connected through a foreign key, the user interface will contain a master-detail screen showing a customer and his or her orders.
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It is easier to build a data driven application. The data designer just needs to identify the entities involved in the subject area (for example: customers and orders) and their relations to each other. When the entities are modeled as database tables, the user interface largely designs itself.
Building a user interface driven application takes more work. The data designer must still build a good data model, but there is also work that must be performed by the user interface designers, and then the developers must tie together the desired user interface with the data model. In return for this investment, the organization gets an application with higher end user productivity, higher user satisfaction, and fewer errors.
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The different tools available in the Oracle landscape have different architectures and implement different layers of the total application. A modern application typically has three tiers:
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As an Oracle developer, the data storage tier will most likely be an Oracle database, and the power of PL/SQL allows you to place a part of your business logic in the database as well. But on top of the Oracle database, the different tools have different approaches as illustrated in the following figure:
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Both Forms and APEX are mainly monolithic: They contain both business logic and user interface. This makes them well suited to building data driven applications, but not so much for building user interface driven applications.
Oracle ADF, on the other hand, separates business logic from user interface. The business logic is implemented in ADF Business Components (ADF BC) and the user interface is implemented with ADF Faces. This imposes a cost in development time and complexity but provides the power and flexibility to build a user interface driven application.
ADF Business Components and ADF Faces have their own highly effective and easy-to-use connection, but they can also both use REST web services. ADF Business Components can be published as REST web services for other tools to consume, and ADF Faces can consume REST web services provided by other tools.
VBCS is mainly a tool for building the user interface layer based on existing REST web services, even though it does have some basic capabilities to provide simple REST services. Oracle JET is exclusively a user interface tool and depends on REST services provided by some other tool. Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) can easily provide simple REST services based on database tables, but it takes a lot of PL/SQL programming to provide true business logic REST services.
How Big an Application?
Another consideration is how large the application is going to be. ADF has powerful modularization features built in, easily allowing development teams of hundreds of people to work on one application at the same time without getting in each other's way. ADF also supports very fine-grained version control where you can track the history of each artifact.
In monolithic tools like Forms and APEX, the units of version control are larger – in a Forms application, the unit of version control is the individual Form, while an APEX application can only be versioned whole. This limitation in APEX of only being able to version control entire applications can be partially overcome by splitting a large APEX application into many smaller applications, but such an approach requires strong developer discipline.
Which Language?
Many developers place too much emphasis on their existing programming skills when choosing a tool. Oracle Forms and APEX use PL/SQL, JET and VBCS use JavaScript, and ADF uses Java, so there will be a superficial benefit to selecting a tool using a language you already know. However, the benefit of knowing the underlying language is much less important than choosing a tool that matches your architectural and size needs. Any experienced developer with skills in any one language can easily learn enough of the others to be productive.
If a data driven application is good enough, APEX and Forms will deliver the necessary functionality quicker than ADF. But if you need an application with the highest possible end user productivity, you need a user interface driven application, and Oracle ADF is the best tool for that. Additionally, ADF can provide REST web services that serve as the basis for additional applications built with JET, VBCS, or using other JavaScript tools.
About the Author
Sten Vesterli is the author of the Oracle ADF Survival Guide. He has worked with almost every development tool Oracle has produced in the last several decades, including ADF, APEX, JET, Application Developer Cloud Service, JDeveloper, SQL Developer, Oracle Portal, Oracle WebDB, Oracle BPEL, Collaboration Suite, Designer, Forms, Reports, and even Oracle Power Objects. Oracle has recognized Sten's skills as an expert communicator on Oracle technology by awarding him the prestigious title, Oracle ACE Director.
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When dining in an Australian restaurant, the etiquette may be a bit different than some are used to. These residents do not switch utensils between their hands. The knife will always be in the right hand and the fork in the left. When hands are empty, they should rest in the lap. Just like in many other locations, a reservation is proper etiquette, though some restaurants will have patrons sharing tables. In general, Australians do not talk about business over a meal. When it comes to paying the bill, the person who invited others foots the entire bill, though guests are expected to offer to pay. The tips are generally between 10 and 15% of the cost of the meal.
Lonely Planet - Restaurants in Australia - (http://www.lonelyplanet.com)
Trip Advisor - Sydney & New South Wales Restaurants (http://www.tripadvisor.com)
Australian people are very friendly and it is not uncommon for them to invite people to join them in a bar or pub. When this happens, the guest is referred to as a School, which consists of three or more people. The appropriate etiquette when in a bar or club is to shout in turn. This means buying a round of drinks until all members of the group has bought pone round. Most bars and pubs in Australia will have pokie games that are similar to video poker and slot games. When playing these games, always excuse yourself from the group before leaving and try to avoid leaving before buying your round. Keep in mind that Australians consume a lot of beer and patrons should never insult any Australian beer unless they are comparing it to another Aussie brew. Tipping is not common in this country and pubs and clubs do not expect to be tipped.
Bars and Nightclubs - Australian Bars and Nightclubs (http://www.barsandnightclubs.com.au)
Australia has a number of land based casinos and when visiting these, it is important to follow proper etiquette. Since pokies are popular games, one machine should be played during busy hours. Aussie players will reserve machines if they have to leave for a few minutes and this is done by placing a coin in the seat or a personal item. When playing table games, Aussie dealers will accept and be grateful for any tips that are offered when players win. Before playing any table game, it is expected for the player to have a complete understanding of the rules of the game before placing cash wagers. This is simply being polite to other players. Land casinos are great places to socialise and enjoy cash casino games, so always be polite when conversing with the locals and be sure to keep a positive attitude as they do not enjoy hearing about anyone's losses in the casino.
Wikipedia - Casinos in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org)
Yahoo Directory - Listing of Australian Land Based Casinos (http://au.dir.yahoo.com)
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Working with the architects Claude Parent and Werner Ruhnau, and inspired by ancient Islamic palaces composed primarily of pavilions, fountains and sky, Klein designed buildings made of the four elements in their more or less pure form, with foundations of earth and walls of fire (for cooler northern climates) or water (for the south). Out of this came the concept of shelters formed from envelopes of moving air, providing protection from rain -- which could be blown away before it landed -- and optimum temperature control.
The larger idea was that a kind of structured immateriality would produce a utopian habitat, an Edenic condition, in which everyone could basically live outdoors, in intimate contact with, but buffered from, the natural world. Klein extended this vision to creating invisible furniture -- air beds and the like -- but made allowances for certain practical considerations. Homely necessities like closets and appliances would be consigned to subterranean quarters. There may not have been much privacy in the airier parts of the home, but presumably Edenites, by definition, would not mind.
The whole project is extremely winning as put forth in the diagrams, elevations, films and written ephemera gathered for this show, which was organized and designed by Francois Perrin for the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House in Los Angeles. It is bound to appeal to forward-looking young artists today, particularly those interested in collective practices and in the barely tapped universe of virtual reality.
They will also certainly treasure an exhibition catalog that is packed with information from and about Klein but that takes up little shelf space. In this it corresponds perfectly to air architecture, which although physically barely there, opens up room after spacious room, to any imaginative tenant, in the mind. HOLLAND COTTER


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One thing I love about Turkey is the cheese. I don't get that where we normally live (although I've been living it up in the states while we've been here!) so on our last trip, we enjoyed this part very much!
This market that we're in was selling tons of cheese, olives, bread and Turkish Delight. I love all of those things except the olives. I wish I liked olives...but I just don't. I have tried them repetitively to find that I hate them just as much as I did in the past! :)
I hope you olive lovers still read my blog. ;)


text: Originally these images were meant for a print article in Modified Magazine, but as many of you know, they were taken out of circulation earlier this year. For months I've had these sitting on my computer with no intention to post them due to their photojournalistic aesthetic qualities, which I find hard to integrate into my portfolio. Although, when I came across them today - I changed my mind. The whole experience was just so cool that I thought, "you know what.. these are worth putting up!"


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Looking for Other Opportunities
We were standing at the edge of a big reception, and after a short introduction I asked how she was doing. I was not at all prepared for the litany that followed, because it was not the usual chatter one expects in these settings.
"Not so good, Father." Clearly she was distressed, and it had to do with her husband. There was no danger of divorce, she assured me; but the life had gone out of their marriage. Her husband had retired after a terrific career, and things had never been the same since.
Then followed a listing of vague generalities, but she was hesitant to offer any specific criticism. Still, the problem was simple enough. Things had begun to turn south once he started spending most of his time at home.
I had no idea what to say, but I just blurted it out without thinking. "He rearranged the kitchen cabinets, didn't he."
Her jaw just about fell to the floor. "How could you possibly know that?"
Actually, I didn't know it; but it wasn't a lucky guess either. Just that morning I had read an article on the challenges that new retirees face. Everyone assumes that it's the financial issue, or what to do with all that free time. But among the most difficult problems is the tension from the invasion of the sacred spaces where spouses had reigned supreme for decades. With pent-up organizational skills and no other outlet for them, too many husbands have tackled kitchen cabinets and hall closets. Who knows how many divorces that has produced?
Through years of rubbing elbows with one another, spouses and friends and co-workers develop patterns that seem to work well. They nourish relationships through thick and thin. What often results is a deepening of love and respect that bind people together beautifully.
But over time one can take those relationships for granted. Marriages may be made in heaven, but they are worked out on earth. Friendships may be forged in the heat of battle or in casual circumstances, but they endure because of the healthy give-and-take that nourishes them through the years.
But the status quo seldom goes unchallenged. All sorts of things threaten our relationships, but topping the list is the tendency to take one another for granted. You may begin as equals, but pretty soon it's easy to think of oneself as the senior partner, without whom the other would languish. From there one jumps to the conclusion that the other would be nothing without you. Then inject some life-changing event like a retirement, and those attitudes that had simmered for years suddenly boil to the surface.
It's no accident that pride was the first sin documented in the Bible. An easy life in paradise had lulled Adam and Eve into a false sense of security. But on that fateful day when they dared to declare independence from God, the scales of self-delusion fell from their eyes. If they thought that a bite into an apple would free them from their need for God, they were rudely shaken to the core. They were not the free spirits they had thought. They missed God immediately. And then the next day Adam and Eve likely began a lifetime of bickering about which of them was superior.
Of course spouses and friends don't sit down to deliberate on how they can make life a living hell for each other. Rather, it happens slowly, over time, and we scarcely notice where we're going until it's too late. But the root of drifting apart is the growing sense of independence from other people. "I made myself into the person I am, and no one helped me along the way." "I owe no one any debt of gratitude, because I am the consummate self-made individual." "I need neither God nor anyone else." All of that may be true for awhile, but one day we wake up and realize that we really do need them.
No wonder John Cassian put pride at the apex of thoughts that can take root and destroy us from within. As for Saint Benedict, the illusions that flow from pride destroy us first, and then they go on to take the community down with us. On a practical level, we see it in the monk who need never obey the abbot, because the abbot is fallible, at best. And he need not see Christ in the young or the old or the guest, because at best all they do is interfere with the course of his life. And though he really doesn't need God either, at least God plays by the rules that the monk sets. Such is the destructive power of pride in the life of a monk, or in the life of any human being.
Retirement is not the only life-changing experience for people, but it's enough to derail any solid relationship. So if you are planning to retire, it might be good to approach it with the same thorough analysis that you applied to each step of your successful career.
First of all, don't assume anything about the new job you want. You may think you are downsizing from twenty direct reports to one, but it might be a good idea to check in with your spouse before you impose a sweeping new business plan. Wouldn't it be a surprise if your spouse has assumed that you would be the new direct report. How funny would that be.
Second, if you've been giving performance appraisals to your employees and now expect to give one to your spouse, check to see if your spouse has one ready and waiting for you. Wouldn't it be hilarious if your goals for the next year didn't match up at all.
Third, check to see if the areas of responsibility you've set for yourself correspond to the ones your spouse has drawn up for you. Wouldn't it be a scream if you put yourself in charge of the kitchen cabinets and the storage closets, but your spouse had assigned you to full-time work in the garage and dog-house.
Fourth, treat this whole process with the same effort you put into your first job application. Show up on time for the interview. Dress nicely. Act like you really want this job, whatever it is. You may think you don't need this job, but later on you may surprise even yourself.
Finally, remember that you are the applicant, because you are the one proposing to change the status quo. The last thing you want is to go in thinking you've got this job locked up, only to discover that you are now free to explore those infamous "other opportunities."
Don't be too proud to work, and don't be too proud to compromise just a little on your demands. With a little imagination, and a lot of hard work, this could very well lead to the best job you ever had.
+On June 17th I presided and preached at the Eucharist that opened the summer session of The School of Theology at Saint John's University. For the transcript of that sermon you can visit this link.
+On June 20th-21st I took part in the annual investiture of the Western Association of the Order of Malta. The vigil service took place at the Catholic chapel at the University of Southern California, and the investiture liturgy took place the next afternoon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Earlier in the morning, at the annual meeting of the members of the Western Association, I received the Cross pro piis meritis of the Order pro Merito Melitense. In the adjoining picture I am with fellow member Mathew McGrath, whose wife Ann was invested that afternoon.
+Today, June 24th, we celebrate the feast of Saint John the Baptist, who is the patron of Saint John's Abbey and the University and Prep School which we sponsor. Hanging in the Abbey guesthouse is a tapestry of the Baptism of Jesus, by John Nova. The much larger and original version of this hangs in the cathedral in Los Angeles. But in our guesthouse it greets guests in the lobby, and a photo graces the opening of today's post. Other pictures in this post represent views in and around the Abbey guesthouse.


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Lessons from the KKK
KKK recruitment propaganda. Source: Link
Upstate New York experienced a unique threat to the safety of their community this year: attempted Ku Klux Klan (KKK) recruitment of their school children. Specifically, the United Northern & Southern Knights of the KKK, two specific sects of the Klan, printed propaganda and placed it into bags accompanying candy. These bags were then placed onto driveways of school children in the early morning hours in an effort to ensure that the children got the packages while exiting their homes for school.
Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol was careful to note that the recruitment effort was a form of protected free speech; however, any attempt to solicit acts of violence would be prosecuted. Upstate New York is not alone in experiencing Klan activity, despite the fact that many perceive the KKK as essentially defunct. As of 2017, 42 known Klan groups were active across almost two dozen states. Current estimates place the number of Klan members, or those sympathetic or open to their ideology, at around 3,000 people. However, blanket recruitment efforts such as those used in upstate New York are distinctly unsophisticated and rely on chance, because the propaganda will only work if it lands in the hands of a child vulnerable to the beliefs presented.
Interestingly, many members of the modern Klan have a mixed ideology of traditional Klan beliefs and neo-Nazi beliefs. In some cases, these mixed ideologies can weaken extremist groups as it makes their members' loyalties much more complicated.
However, Ken Parker, a former leader in the Ku Klux Klan, is an example proving that full-fledged members of the Klan can change their ideological loyalties. Parker was recruited into the Klan after spending 11 years in the United States Navy, leaving the service during a terrible economic downturn. Parker was first driven to contact a local chapter of the Klan by programs on Netflix that looked at the history of the Klan and neo-Nazism. At first, according to Parker, he was uncomfortable with the anti-Semitic rhetoric of his newfound friends; even so, he fully radicalized within 6 months. Though he met his fiancée at a cross burning, Klansmen close to Parker disapproved of the relationship, leading Parker to renounce his position in the Klan and commit to being a neo-Nazi. After some time with the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, Parker became friends with a Muslim filmmaker and renounced neo-Nazism altogether. Parker now spends his social time as an active member of a local church group.
What does Parker's case tell us about those vulnerable to recruitment by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups? Their belief system is not as strong, nor is it as deeply rooted as other extremist ideologies. The identity associated with being a Klansman has perhaps become diluted, making for weaker loyalties. If Parker's case is representative of even a moderate percentage of Klan recruitment, then the Klan is relying on recruiting individuals who are susceptible to recruitment from a wide variety of groups. Many of these individuals are high-risk to be recruited by a wide variety of organizations, whether they be extremist groups, cults, or street gangs. These high-risk individuals often are looking to belong, to be meaningful members of a group, and to find an ideology which explains their real or perceived problems. While this may be seen as beneficial for the Klan, in reality it fails to produce long-term members for the group.
Lack of sophisticated recruitment capability likely is representative of a disorganized organization. While it is repulsive to experience Klan recruitment efforts at all, attempts like the candy drive in upstate New York are an indicator that the Klan is not in a position of returning to the strength it once held. Local law enforcement should monitor such cases to look for solicitation of specific acts of violence or changes in sophistication of targeted recruitment efforts. A change in recruitment operations for the Klan likely will signal a change in the organization, towards a more decentralized structure or to a more rigid structure depending upon the direction the Klan attempts to take going forward.
John Patrick Wilson is a Law Enforcement Professional and a Research Fellow with Rise to Peace.


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The new book Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter does something fresh: it identifies every female who has a speaking part in the Good Book, and puts her words in context.
Episcopal priest Lindsay Hardin Freeman wants us to know which woman speaks the most (Judith, from the Apocrypha); which has a profile so low as to be "crawling on the floor" (Micah's mother, from the Book of Judges); and which are relatively well-known but chronically misunderstood (Mary Magdalene).
The book is chock-full of interesting information — and it's even fun to read. I talked with Rev. Freeman about her research and why she wanted to uncover these women's stories.
RNS: So, all the women who speak in the Bible? Wow. How many women are there with speaking parts, and how did you recover them?
Lindsay Hardin Freeman: There are 93 women in the Bible who speak (alone or in the company of other women), and I know because our research team here in Minnesota spent the last three years highlighting, counting and documenting all their words. We took the NRSV, studied it cover to cover, pulled out all the women who spoke (other than those in large groups who couldn't be counted), and dove into each woman's narrative—exploring her story, her context, her likely characteristics, and what we her words might mean for us today.
RNS: I was really depressed when I read your stats about how few of the words in the Bible are actually spoken by women. What are the numbers for women's words, in comparison to the whole?
LHF: There are about 1.1 million words in the Bible, and women's words add up to a little over 14,000, or about 1.2 percent of the total. And yes, that is depressing at first. But women in the Bible are like pearls, and you don't find pearls just lying out in the fields, waiting to jump into someone's pocket. You have to search for them, and we did, often into the early morning hours.
While 93 is a relatively small number, it's hard to think of any other historical document that quotes almost 100 women from throughout the ages. There are healers, warriors, business leaders, diplomats, musicians and prophets, mothers, grandmothers, prostitutes and murderers among the ranks of women in the Bible. They come very close to holding all the stations of power that men do in the Bible, just in fewer numbers.
RNS: What woman's story surprised you the most?
LHF: There are some brutal stories in the Bible about women, ones that difficult to assimilate. I am haunted by the story of the concubine in Judges 19, who was given over to a group of violent men by her master one evening, supposedly to satisfy the demands of desert hospitality. She is gang-raped and dies, and then he divides her body and sends a piece to each of the twelve tribes of Israel to complain about the damage done to his "property."
I could not read her story without getting sick to my stomach. My book ends with her and how I hope she has finally found peace and healing.
RNS: You note that "the ten women who talk most in the Bible . . .are primarily in the Old Testament." So why do we have this idea that the New Testament is so much more progressive toward women?
LHF: Because Jesus treats women as equals. His longest recorded conversation with anyone was with a woman (the woman at the well, who had five husbands and was living with a sixth man). He encouraged women to speak out: the first woman who is quoted in the New Testament had been bleeding for twelve years and was considered a nobody, an untouchable nobody. Yet she is healed and then he asks her to tell her story. His first encounter after the resurrection was with a woman, Mary Magdalene. His first word after the resurrection was "woman," as in "Woman, why are you weeping?" (John 20).
Think of how many women had suffered until that point in biblical history, who were moved around like pawns on a patriarchal chess board. But Jesus saw women, heard them, embraced them, included them in his work, needed their care and depended on them to accompany him—and they did. Revolutionary.
RNS: What do you most hope that readers will take away from this book?
LHF: That these woman are real, dynamic, challenging, and fallible—and that God's love for them, and us, is as strong as the world's foundations.