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Romantic Formal Dinner on Naboo
Padmé and Anakin have dinner at Varykino, the Lake Country
by Susu
Padmé Naberrie Amidala was the former Queen of Naboo and served as senator of the system, obligating the government of Naboo to protect her when her life was threatened. She resolved to hide in the Lake Country, where her family and classmates had spent idyllic holidays. Little did she dream that she would spend time alone with her Jedi protector, and the she would fall deeply in love with him. She was surprised that she was infatuated with him in the first place; when it turned into love, she was shocked.
To mask her feelings, she ordered a very formal dinner for the two of them on their first night in Varykino, the Naberrie family retreat. The two sat on opposite sides of a beautifully inlaid and polished table, served by caretaker Paddy Accu, and servants Teckla and Nandi. Surrounded by formality and manners, Padmé felt more secure, safe from assassins, but also safe from the Jedi Padawan's affections. She could show him that her world of politics, social grace and behind the scenes intrigue did not mix well with his world of charity and protection.
But Anakin Skywalker knew how to behave at a formal table; he'd transcended his slave roots and was a genuine gentleman. He entertained her with tales of his adventures with his master, Obiwan Kenobi, and his thoughts -- articulate and intelligent -- on issues concerning the galaxy. She discovered, to her dismay, that she ended the long meal more in love with him than when she sat down to start it. What started as a forbidding, protective device turned into a romantic blossoming.
Years and years later, in hiding and frightened, she was equally dismayed to remember back to this meal. With so little effort, she could recall every dish, every serving piece, and the nuances of Anakin's smile, his gentle voice and infectious laugh. Padmé also remembered the man who loved her more than anything else, who was willing to give up everything for her. It broke her heart anew every time she compared him to the man who had eventually sacrificed her, for everything else.
Much later, Padmé's daughter remembered her mother as being very beautiful and very sad. If only she knew why ...
Feather Bread Rolls
These rolls require no kneading, yet come out fluffy and light. It's a great favorite, and they look like you really, really tried. They go with everything, and Padmé always had to remind herself not to eat too many! Serve warm with butter.
Stir down the dough and half fill greased muffin tins. Let rise again till the pans are full. Bake in a 400°F (185°C;) oven till browned, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Mesclun Mixed Salad
This salad suffered from being 'trendy,' but it's actually a nice mix of bitter and bland greens, with lots of flavor and texture. If you wish, serve it as a bed under a single soft-shell crab (recipe below) for a nice presentation.
Soft Shell Crabs Stuffed with Basil Butter
Padmé used to catch these crustaceans while swimming in the waters around Varykino, and she liked them boiled or pan-fried or even roasted, but she liked the soft-shelled ones best. On Naboo, they were a different species from hard-shelled crabs, but on Earth, the softies are molted hard-shelled crabs, and are available only in summer. She liked that she could eat them with a knife and fork and not get all messy, unlike when she ate the hard-shelled ones, that had to be cracked and sucked on to extract the meat! The soft-shells are much more appropriate for a formal meal!
In a small bowl, mix together the butter, herbs and hot sauce into a uniform paste. Pat into a disc and place in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour or more. When hard, cut into 8 equal wedges.
Stuff each butter wedge firmly into the flap you cut to remove the gills from the crabs. Cover the butter completely. Salt and pepper the crabs to taste.
Dredge the crabs in the flour, then the egg, and finish with the bread crumbs. Sauté the crabs in a frying pan in which about an inch of oil is heated. Turn over once, when cooked -- takes about 3 minutes. There will be a lot of splatter, so be careful!
Serve the crabs, two per person as a nice lunch, or once apiece as an appetizer or fish course.
Lime & Basil Sorbet
This is a palate cleanser, meant to "clean your tongue" of one set of flavors and prepare your tastebuds for different tastes. Traditionally, this is an astringent-type of ingredient, like citrus. This sorbet is refreshing, and picks up the basil flavor from the crab dish, and the lime flavor goes so well with pork. Since the pork is not served with a fruit relish or side dish, the lime is the perfect way to carry into the next course.
Every 20 to 30 minutes, remove the container and beat the contents with a fork till fluffy and to break up the ice crystals. Repeat till frozen solid, about 2 hours.
Serve in a shallow wine glass.
Brine Marinated Roast Pork
Despite Naboo's wealth of plant and animal species, the people of this small green planet were forced to trade for basics like food and medicines due to the dense population. Its animals were generally endangered and it was forbidden to hunt or slaughter them. Thus imported meat was cooked carefully, and brined to ensure tender and flavorful flesh. This pork roast, despite its preparation time and seemingly fussy process, is a simple, hard-to-screw-up recipe. Again, another dish that appears more complex than it is!
Mix together water, sugar, salt, pepper in a large plastic bag, dissolving the sugar and salt. Crush the herbs and add to the brine. Place the pork in the bag with the seasoning brine, making sure the meat has good contact with the brine. Close the bag, trying to get as much air out as possible. Refrigerate overnight, about 4 to 8 hours.
Heat oven to 400°F/235°C. Remove the roast from the liquid and pat dry with paper towels. Place the cut up onions and lemons, and the garlic on the bottom of a roasting pan; sprinkle with additional herbs or lay down sprigs of herbs if desired. Place the roast fat side up (if there is no "fat side," place with any seam side up) on top of all this (it will be a sort of aromatic rack). Roast in the oven for about an hour. When is it done? Use a meat thermometer -- it's done when the roast registers 150°F (60°C). Larger, plumper roasts will take longer, of course. You do NOT need to cook it more! Remove from the oven, remove from the hot pan, and let the roast rest for about 10 to 15 minutes before carving -- the meat will reabsorb the juices that boiled out of it, and will continue to cook on standing. Don't skip this step unless you like dry meat!
Slice thinly or thickly, as you wish, and according to the appetites of your guests. Serve immediately, while still warm and juicy!
Risotto Bianco
Risotto seems fussy, but think about it -- you WANT the rice to be sticky and wet and somewhat heavy, not fluffy and separated and dry! So it's actually a low-stress recipe, and really nice served with the pork.
Serve immediately.
Mixed Mushroom Sauté
Paddy Accu is an expert forager, being the caretaker and housekeeper of Varykino; the more he can hunt or pick or grow, the lower the expenses of the household. This dish takes advantage of woodland fungus, which he picks, barters or trades for other household needs. Padmé used to dislike the weird looking vegetable, but after tasting this recipe at a young age, she had to let go of her prejudice and embrace mushrooms in any recipe, in all forms!
Heat the oil in a large pan. Sauté the garlic and mushrooms together till the mushrooms wilt and exude liquid. Add the red pepper flakes and a pinch of salt and a couple of grinds of pepper. Continue to cook till the juices are cooked away.
Squeeze lemon juice over the mushrooms, toss to mix, and serve immediately.
Simple Baby Carrots & Asparagus
Surrounded by rich dishes, simply steamed or boiled vegetables provide a good crunch and healthy contrast. Use what you have that's fresh and seasonal. Varykino is down-coast from a sand bed filled with wild asparagus, and it's tastiest cooked simply.
Boil water in a shallow pan, and toss in the carrots. Cook till easily pierced with a skewer, and the color is bright. Remove and drain, then place the asparagus spears in the boiling water. Cook briefly till bright green. Remove from the hot water, drain and serve immediately with a bit of salt and freshly ground pepper.
Water Cooled Fruits
Refrigerators are dehumidified, meaning that if you like your fruit cold, storing it in the refrigerator will dry them out. Also, coldness retards ripening, stunting the luscious texture and rich flavor that people love in orchard fruit. When Padmé's mother was pregnant with her precocious daughter, she saw that the local people would hang their fruit in net bags in the cold waters of Lake Como. The fruit she bought from them was cool, refreshing and beautifully ripe. She reasoned that she could duplicate their process by letting fruit ripen on the warm, sunny windowsills of Varykino's kitchens, and cooling it in ice water. For many years, this water-cooled fruit was a traditional finish to a Naberrie meal.
For each serving, select whole orchard fruits with intact skins: pears, peaches, plums, apples, apricots, cherries, for example. The fruit should be drop-dead ripe and soft, without bruises or cuts.
Draw some water, and place it in a pitcher for convenience, about half way. Fill the remainder of the pitcher with ice and let stand to chill.
About 30 minutes before the fruit is to be served, place the fruit in a glass bowl and pour the ice water over it, filtering out the ice pieces. Serve at the table.
If you prefer, place a single piece of fruit in a glass bowl and pour ice water over to cover. Serve with knife, fork and spoon. If the diners wish, they can remove the cooled fruit to a place to eat with knife and fork. Some people like cutting or mashing the fruit in the ice water, and drinking the cold, fruit-tinted liquid.
Chocolate Fondue
This dish was served in the sitting room, after the main meal was done, in the glow of a romantic fire. Note that if you drop your fruit or cake into this delicious dessert dip, you must kiss the person opposite you! Also note, there are no specifics as to where or how you should deliver this kiss ...
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A good product generates its own PR. That, in a nutshell, is the success of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement. Hazare took up an issue that affects everyday people in every aspect of their lives – they must bribe officials for everything from getting a driver's licence to getting a child admitted into school. In everyday interactions with the government, absolutely nothing gets done unless people pay a bribe.

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On September 2, 2016, the FSB and the IMF published a progress report on the Second Phase of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2). Following the financial crisis, the FSB and the IMF published the first Data Gaps report in 2009 which identified information gaps that had hindered effective policy responses and made proposals for improving data collection. DGI-2 focuses on implementing the collection and dissemination of information for policy use and the preparation of further recommendations to take account of the evolving needs of policymakers. The progress report sets out steps taken on the implementation of DGI-2 as well as the four thematic reviews to be undertaken in 2017 which will cover sectoral accounts and balance sheets, a more comprehensive group of financial soundness indicators, data sharing and Global Systemically Important Insurers.
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Corporation to fence city forest area, cement drain
The Ghaziabad municipal corporation on Friday cleared two proposals for fencing nearly 100 acres of the city forest area and cementing a major drain that has damaged hundreds of trees in the region near river Hindon close to GT Road.noida Updated: Mar 20, 2016 01:12 IST
The Ghaziabad municipal corporation on Friday cleared two proposals for fencing nearly 100 acres of the city forest area and cementing a major drain that has damaged hundreds of trees in the region near river Hindon close to GT Road.
The two proposals were tabled in the corporation's house meeting on Friday and later approved. The move comes after the corporation faced flak from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the depleted condition of Sai Upvan city forest area.
"The two proposals have been cleared. The fencing will make sure there is no human interference and that cattle do not enter the green area. The cementing of the drain will cost around `4.48 crore. Infrastructure development funds will be used for the purpose," said DK Sinha, additional municipal commissioner.
Sai Upvan is one of the two designated city forest areas, apart from the city forest in Karhera near Hindon air base, in Ghaziabad under the Master Plan 2021. Recently, the society for protection of environment and biodiversity (SpenBio) had filed a petition with the NGT. It had also raised the issue of illegal dumping of garbage and solid waste in the green areas.
Following the petition, the NGT directed the corporation to submit a time-bound plan for a cleanup process. The corporation sought four months to clean the area. This was followed by the corporation's decision to cement the drain and fence the forest region to protect it.
"Cementing the drain and fencing the forest area is just a subsidiary measure to the primary issue of installation of a sewage treatment plant. The STP is required to make sure that river Hindon is not polluted. All departments should bear the responsibility to accomplish the objective," said Akash Vashistha, environmentalist from SpenBio.
A sewage treatment plant is essential in the region as the non-cemented drain passing through the city forest area empty untreated sewage into river Hindon.
In yet another petition to save Sai Upvan forest area, the Allahabad high court in an interim order in October 2012, had directed the corporation to act immediately. The corporation was asked to cement the drain. The court had also asked the corporation to construct a sewage treatment plant to save Hindon river. However, the corporation has failed to adhere to the court directions and no sewage treatment plant has been constructed in the region.
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Rev. Dr. Mary Jean Lewis-Jiles
By Janet Brown
Rev. Dr. Mary Jean Lewis-Jiles is a spiritual person of great determination, vision and integrity. She served for 15 years as Dean of the Wisconsin General Baptist State Congress of Christian Education. Under her leadership the Congress grew from 300 delegates to 2,000. She retired as Dean in 1990.
Her life took on a whole new spiritual direction in 2002, when she became a part-time Chaplain at Froedtert Hospital. She worked on the Spinal Cord Injury Unit and saw many young men come into the unit with spinal cord injuries from gunshot wounds. This left her with a strong desire to help them rebuild their dignity and self-worth and as a result, she is the Executive Director and founder of Victims of Intense Crimes Embracing Others, Incorporated (V.O.I.C.E.).
V.O.I.C.E. is a faith-based non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst to help restore, empower and rebuild the dignity and self-worth of people who have been victimized by crimes, have spinal cord injuries.
Pastor Lewis-Jiles has earned a total of six degrees; two bachelor's degrees, three Master's degrees and one Ph.D. She has a Bachelor's degree in Education, a Master's degree in Educational Psychology and one in Administration. All three were earned from UW-Milwaukee between the years 1967 and 1973. In 1984, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies from the American Baptist Theology Seminary in Nashville TN. In 2002, she earned a Master's degree in Religion at the Divinity School of Trinity Evangelical International University in Deerfield, IL. Being highly motivated to continue her studies, in 2006, she earned her Ph.D. in Practical Ministry at Master Divinity School of Evansville, IN.
Pastor Lewis-Jiles refers to teaching as a ministry and not a job. She taught at Milwaukee Public Schools for 29 years and also served as an assistant principal for one year before she retired. She also taught a course in Frankfurt, Germany in 2004 and 2005.
She has been the first of many things. In the year 2011, Pastor Lewis-Jiles was the first female and the fourth officially elected Vice-President of the Wisconsin General Baptist State Convention Parent Body under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Robert T. Wilson. She was also the first female to hold the position of President of the Wisconsin General Baptist State Congress of Christian Education, Inc.
Pastor Lewis-Jiles loves to do workshops and has trained many people. A teacher at heart, she continues to teach in workshops. A future goal of hers is to bring together female evangelists and pastors together in the Wisconsin General Baptist State Convention Incorporated. She will also be ministering in Liberia, Africa, October , 2013.
She is the wife of the Late Deacon Eddie Jiles, Mother of Gertrude Jiles-Babbs who is married to Andrew Babbs; grandmother of 2 grandchildren and Great- grandmother of two beautiful girls. She continues her work as a part-time Chaplain at Froedtert Hospital. She has accomplished so much in her lifetime and is forever seeking more opportunities where she can be of service to others. It is these attributes that makes her a 2013 Black Excellence Awards Honoree.


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Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New (part 2)
Darrell Bock
In a previous article this writer discussed four schools of approach within evangelicalism with regard to the use of the Old Testament by the New. In the interaction between these schools of thought four tension points will be raised in this article concerning dual authorship, language-referent, the progress of revelation, and the problem of the differing texts used in Old Testament citations by their New Testament fulfillment(s). In isolating these four areas of concern, it is important to recall that in any passage being discussed all these concerns interact with one another. That is why this area of hermeneutics is so difficult to discuss. Nevertheless by isolating the key issues, discussion of problem texts may become more manageable, since the area of concern can be more easily identified. In this article the state of the debate will be evaluated and a suggested approach will be offered.=
Dual Authorship
The question of dual authorship is the basic one to be considered. Can God intend more in a passage than the human author intended? For Kaiser and also, it seems, for Waltke the answer to this question is no. What the prophet intended, God intended; and He intended no more than what the prophet intended. God may have a greater understanding about the intention of the passage; but the prophet must understand what he was trying to say. The concept of "generic promise" is especially important to this view.
For those who make a distinction between the human author's intention and God's intention, a variety of approaches exist. Appeal is made to sensus plenior or references plenior. S. Lewis Johnson and Elliott E. Johnson try to establish a firm link between God's intention and the human author's intention so that the Old Testament prophet's message remains demonstrably the basis for the divine New Testament fulfillment. This limitation prevents a charge of arbitrary fulfillment being raised against the New Testament. Their limitation is either "the implication of the words" in light of the progress of revelation (S. Lewis Johnson) or the "defining sense" of the human author's words (Elliott E. Johnson).
Those who emphasize the historical perspective of the use of the Old Testament in the New (the third school of thought) generally do not discuss dual authorship in any detail. They simply regard this distinction as established. This omission is a major weakness of the historical school. Dunnett is an exception within this approach and attempts to suggest limitations under which a distinction of authorship can be maintained. He initially appeals to the vague category of "other criteria" as he discusses sensus plenior. Later he refers to the "other criteria." These criteria seem similar to an appeal to the progress of revelation. He also insists on an "organic connection" between the two meanings. In describing texts like Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53; and Hosea 11:1, Dunnett summarizes by saying:
These kinds of texts may illustrate for us a sensus plenior. Yet to maintain some control in exegesis one should begin with the literal sense of the text, observe the total context, realize that the divine purpose in history is certain of fulfillment (on God's terms), and include both Old and New Testaments to have a measure for interpretation.
How is this question of dual authorship to be evaluated? A fair summary would be to say that God wrote to His people at a point in history and to His people throughout time, while the human author wrote to his people at a point in history and/or, as a prophet, wrote to his people with hope as he expressed God's ultimate deliverance, either (a) in full human consciousness (direct prophecy, full human intent; Dan 7:9-14), (b) in the ideal language of the passage itself (many of the psalms such as 16 ; 22 ; 110 ; and Isa 53), (c) in language capable of expansion of reference into a new context through progressive revelation (Gen 2:7; 3:15 ; Pss. 2:1-2 ; 8 ; 16:10 ; Isa 61:1-2; Old Testament kingdom texts; texts about Yahweh in the Old Testament that refer to Christ in the New Testament), or (d) in language that involves a "pattern" of fulfillment but with less than full human authorial understanding of each referent in the pattern (typology that is typico-prophetic, Gen 2:7; Pss. 8 ; 95:7-11 ; Isa 7:14; 40 ; Hos 11:1).
The reason this writer rejects a "total" identification between the divine intent and the human author's intent is that in certain psalms, as well as in other Old Testament passages, theological revelation had not yet developed to the point where the full thrust of God's intention was capable of being understood by the human author. For example the divine nature of messianic kingship was nowhere so explicitly stated in the Old Testament that it became a basic tenet of ancient Jewish eschatological hope. Psalm 110 suggests it strongly, but it is not entirely clear that the Davidic Covenant by itself at the time it was given required a divine son for fulfillment. Apparently David thought Solomon could be that son. One must also reckon with the fact that Old Testament prophets sometimes admitted that they did not understand their utterances (Dan 12:6-8; John 11:44-52; and esp. 1 Peter 1:10-12). Kaiser has admirably tried to deal with these passages; but his explanations have failed to convince most scholars that he is correct in uniting the authorial intent of the human and divine authors. Kaiser's concept of generic prophecy is a helpful one for this discussion; but what is unclear is whether the human author always intended all the sense that emerges from the promise in the New Testament and whether the human author always understood all the referents in the promise. The four qualifications stated in the preceding paragraph concerning the human author's language are an attempt to describe the various ways human and divine intent can be joined without being a violation of the sense and promise of a passage.
So to try to limit the meaning to the human author's intention seems to be too narrow a view. However, to say that there is a clear and definable connection between the expression of the human author and God's intention seems necessary, or else the text can be made to say anything whatsoever in its fulfillment. Another important point is that the nature of the connection between the two passages can manifest itself in a variety of ways, including a human author's full intent. To try to limit the nature of the connection to one specific type of relationship seems to place a limitation on the text that its phenomena may not sustain. Broadly speaking, such a view places this writer in agreement with those of the second school (the human words school) and with some of those of the third school (the progress of revelation or Jewish hermeneutics school), who affirm that God could intend more than the human author did but never at the expense of the thrust of his wording. The New Testament fulfillment will either agree with or expand by natural implication the human author's wording. Whether it is better to call this relationship sensus plenior or references plenior or some other term, should still be discussed by evangelicals after a renewed study of several sample passages from different authors of the New Testament. The variety of relationships between the divine and human authors naturally leads to a discussion of meaning in these texts and the role of language, that is, it leads to semantic issues of language and referent.
This specific hermeneutical issue deals with the question, Where does meaning reside in a given utterance? Is it at the level of sense (the definitions of the words within a passage) or at the level of the referents? Is it at the level of the word or at the level of the word in its context? This question raises the complex area of semantics. Elliott E. Johnson grapples seriously with this area. The works of Moo and of this writer have also attempted to raise issues in this area. In general the other schools have not dealt with it in any detail. The area still needs much study, especially in light of the acknowledged fact that words gain their sense not in and of themselves but from their literary context, that is, from the sentence, paragraph, and larger setting in which they are contained. So the role of the context of a passage is crucial in determining the passage's meaning.
An additional question is this: As the biblical theological context of a passage is deepened, how is the meaning of that passage affected? Much of the debate among evangelicals about eschatology falls in this semantic area. Does a "heavenly" referent for the New Testament fulfillment of passages like Psalms 2 and 110 nullify what appears to be an "earthly" reference in the original Old Testament contexts? Amillenarians will answer yes to this question, while dispensationalists answer no and covenant premillenarians vacillate. Are New Testament fulfillments final, initial, or decisive-but-not-final?
If the "seed" example from Genesis 3 cited in the previous article is any guide, then meaning deals primarily with the sense, not always with the referent, of a passage as that meaning is defined by its literary context. For Kaiser, the literary context is limited to antecedent revelation. For the other schools, the literary context of all of Scripture is to be used. But it is important to state that when appealing to the whole of Scripture an awareness of what is antecedent to the given passage and what is subsequent must be maintained.
Within the Scriptures the following sense-referent relationships can occur:
1. Referents of passages were made more specific, as in the "seed" example.
2. Motifs were reapplied. For example the Exodus imagery was reused and reapplied, sometimes with changes, by Isaiah and by some New Testament writers; also Adam is introduced as the "first Adam" by Paul, a change made in light of Jesus' coming.
3. Language that was "earthly" in the Old Testament was expanded to include a "heavenly thrust." For example, the king as "son" in a non-ontological sense in the Old Testament is "the Son" in an ontological sense in the New Testament (Heb 1); "kingdom" in some New Testament texts along with "Jesus as King" refer to something other than an earthly rule (Luke 17:20, 21; Acts 2:32-36). The eschatological debate turns on the question whether the Old Testament earthly sense is removed by the heavenly thrust of some New Testament texts. Premillennialists answer this question with a firm no.
4. Language that was figurative became literal. Examples are (a) the righteous sufferer in Psalm 22 is described with figurative language that Jesus, the righteous Sufferer par excellence, fulfills literally; (b) Psalm 69; and (c) "the right hand" of Psalm 110.
5. Language that is literal becomes figurative. For example literal lambs were sacrificed in the Old Testament but Christ was "the Passover lamb" in the New (1 Cor 5:7), and the literal first fruits in the Old Testament refer in 1 Corinthians 15:20 figuratively to resurrected saints.
Though a variety of relationships exist at the level of the referent, the basic sense of the passage is maintained. At what level is the basic sense of the original passage determined? Is it at the level of the word, the phrase, the sentence, or the paragraph? This question still needs to be dealt with in detail by evangelicals.
Meaning as it relates to the use of the Old Testament in the New and as it relates to the language of these passages is vitally concerned with issues of sense versus issues of referent, but the exact limits of any approach to this issue are still unclear. One area that obviously touches on this discussion is the progress of revelation, the next area of concern.
The Progress of Revelation
This issue deals with historical concerns. The question here is this: What effect did the history of Jesus' life and ministry, especially His resurrection and ascension, have on the church's understanding and the apostolic understanding of Scripture? The revelation of Jesus, the living Word of God, helps specify the referents in the Scriptures and the exact focus of their promises. John 2:22; 12:16; and 20:9 confirm this. The life of Christ did help the disciples understand what the Scriptures taught. What they did not realize about the Old Testament before, the life of Christ made clear to them.
As stated in the previous article in this series, knowing that there are two comings of Christ and seeing Jesus as Lord in Old Testament texts that referred to Yahweh are two examples of the effect of this factor. These show an interaction between the life of Christ and the Old Testament in which the revelation of the Person helped make clear the revelation of the Book, by showing how the promise came to fruition. It is here that the concept of pattern and generic promise are helpful, because with the coming of the pattern and the promise, many seemingly loose ends in the Scriptures were tied together in one Person, bringing a unity to the whole plan. Patterns were completed and promises were fulfilled in ways that reflected a connection to Old Testament persons or events, or in ways that heightened them. The "refraction" principle, which was mentioned earlier, rightfully belongs here.
Longenecker correctly takes the role of this historical factor seriously in explaining how the New Testament authors saw some of these texts as fulfillments. In short, they saw in the revelation of Jesus Christ a revelation on revelation. Two points can be made to those who object that such an approach seems to demean prophecy because the realization of a prophecy's full presence is limited to the time of its fulfillment. First, a passage may not have been recognized as a prophecy until it was fulfilled. So one must distinguish, then, between what the passage initially declared and what one comes to realize later was ultimately meant by the passage. This distinction does not mean, however, that the passage did not originally suggest the prophetic meaning the reader now understands it to have. Through the progress of revelation, he can come to understand what he could not originally comprehend, because the Old Testament passage or larger Old Testament context only hinted at that meaning. This is much like a play in the second quarter of a football game that many come to realize in the fourth quarter was the turning point of the game.
Second, many of the Old Testament passages the New Testament appeals to were recognized as prophetic in Judaism, but the referent of those passages was disputed. The force of the passage was seen as prophetic, but who or what fulfilled it was an issue in the first century. In the context of the progress of revelation, the disciples could point to recent historical events in the life of Jesus that fulfilled these passages and completed the promises. This is something that even the Qumran writings could not do with most of their "pesher" fulfillments which still looked to future and thus unverifiable events. The clear strength of New Testament proclamation about fulfillment was its historical and textual base.
A more controversial aspect of the historical emphasis school is the role of non-canonical phenomena, specifically Jewish inter-testamental theology and Jewish hermeneutics. Evangelicals have often neglected the role of Jewish theology as the framework of theological discussion in the first century. On the other hand the New Testament use of terms from Jewish theology does not necessarily mean the terms were appropriated without any change in meaning in the New Testament. Careful historical-grammatical exegesis should trace both this background and any modification of it in the New Testament. As stated in the earlier article, certain developments in Jewish theology may well have reflected divine reality, not because Jewish theology as a whole was true and authoritative, but because on certain issues they accurately expressed or developed the teaching of Scripture. In a more extreme example Paul cited the Greek poet Aratus without endorsing his pagan world view (Acts 17:28). God is sovereign enough to prepare the world for Christ in the conceptual realm of first-century Jewish religious expression as well as in the social-political realm of the first century with its Pax Romana.
The techniques of Jewish hermeneutics do appear in the New Testament. The use of key words to link certain passages is clearly seen in 1 Peter 2:4-10 and in 2 Corinthians 3:1-18. These are two of many examples. Longenecker demonstrates the repeated use of these techniques in the New Testament. What is debated is (a) how much the perspective of this hermeneutic has influenced the interpretations of the New Testament and (b) how proper it is to refer to New Testament quotations in Jewish terms such as "pesher" or "midrash." With regard to the first issue, it is fair to say that the key hermeneutical perspectives of New Testament interpretation (its Christological focus, corporate solidarity, and the presence of pattern) all emerge either from the events of Jesus' life (Christology) or from perspectives already present in the Old Testament (corporate solidarity and the use of pattern). So the key elements in the New Testament approach to hermeneutics, according to Longenecker, are not found in Jewish hermeneutics but rather in the history and theology of the Old Testament and Jesus' first advent.
Much confusion exists with regard to the use of the terms "pesher" and "midrash." The definitions of these terms are not fixed even in the technical literature. Often when these terms are used, they are not clearly defined. Longenecker's repeated use of the term "pesher exegesis" suffers from this problem. Is he referring to an "eschatologically fulfilled and presently fulfilled" text or to a "technical style" of exegesis? Also is he using "pesher" in a descriptive-analogical sense (in which the New Testament use is parallel to this Jewish technique but with important distinctions) or is he using "pesher" to refer to a New Testament technique in which the technique and the theological approach of the two systems are so identified that they are treated as virtually synonymous hermeneutical systems? Much of the reaction against this ancient hermeneutical terminology grows out of a sense of excessive identification between the Jewish and New Testament approaches in the writings of the progressive revelation school, without careful qualification or without a strong enough stress on the differences between the Jewish and Christian approaches to the Old Testament. More important than the choice of descriptive terms is what is meant by their use. If the terms are merely descriptive and analogical, then a problem does not seem to exist with their use; but if an identification of hermeneutical approach is asserted, then the distinctives of the New Testament perspective are minimized.
In summary the role of the progress of revelation in this discussion is a major one. Consequently a careful reader will seek to avoid being insensitive to the historical progress of God's revelation. Wrong emphases exist on all sides of this issue, including the denial of the original Old Testament meaning, the denial of the influence of the events of Christ's life on the New Testament authors' reading of the Old Testament, and an excessive or unclear identification between the hermeneutics of early Christianity and first-century Judaism.
Differing Texts
This issue is one about which the majority of evangelicals are most aware. The question is this: Do not certain New Testament uses of the Old Testament require an altering of the Hebrew text in such a way that fulfillments are possible only because the text has been altered? The alterations are often used by non-evangelicals to show the non-prophetic, haphazard, and non-authentic use of the Old Testament by the New, especially in passages attributed to Jesus and the earliest church.
Evangelicals have usually answered this charge in one of two ways. One reply is to assert that since first-century Palestine was multilingual, Jesus and the early church on occasion used the Greek text. This reply avoids the basic issue, which is this: If the inspired text is the original text (which is usually reflected in the Hebrew version), then how could the New Testament authors have cited a flawed translation? A second reply is to argue that whenever the Greek text is cited against the Hebrew text, then ipso facto the Greek text represents the original text or the Greek text represents what was an original but now lost Hebrew text.
Another approach is to wrestle with the change by working at the hermeneutical and semantic level. Alteration of wording can be seen in one of several ways. The first is to distinguish between the textual form of the citation (i.e., what Old Testament text was used) and the conceptual form of the citation (i.e., what point the text is making). In making this distinction, a basic question needs to be asked: Could the point of the passage be made from the Hebrew text, given the speaker's understanding of Old Testament biblical theology and his understanding of the events of Jesus' life up to the point in question? In all the passages treated in Luke-Acts, the answer to this question was that the theological point could have emerged from an understanding of the Hebrew wording, so the fact that Luke used a Greek Old Testament text is irrelevant as a charge against the historicity of the event.
Second, in other cases alteration of wording has clearly occurred and the above basic question about a Hebrew origin for the text can still be answered positively, and yet a question remains as to the legitimacy of the change (e.g., the use of Ps 68 in Eph 4, the dual use of kurios for two distinct Hebrew terms in Ps 110, or the change of meta tauta from Joel 2:28 to en tais eskatais hemerais in Acts 2:17). Acts 2:17 is a good example of an interpretive biblical theological change, in which the "after this" in Joel is interpreted correctly as "the last days." No first-century Jew would deny that Joel 2 dealt with the eschaton. His question would have been, Is today that time? And that was the point Peter was trying to argue. So a change may be interpretively grounded in larger biblical theological concerns of history.
Third, sometimes the wording was changed because a larger literary context, either around the passage itself or around the theme of the passage, was being invoked without citing all the verses. So alterations could occur in New Testament texts for biblical theological grounds (whether this biblical theology emerges from historical events or other biblical texts or motifs) that were broader than the verses being cited. The area of differing texts is a complex one, but this need not raise charges of arbitrary hermeneutics or a lack of historicity in these citations.
Recent discussions on the use of the Old Testament in the New have resulted in four distinct evangelical approaches to this issue. Also the debate has isolated four areas of concern for evangelical hermeneutics: dual authorship, language-referent, the progress of revelation, and the problem of differing texts. Work still remains to be done, especially in the area of semantics, in historical issues related to the progress of revelation, and in handling in detail all the specific passages with these concerns in mind. But this outline of the discussion shows that the framework for an overall satisfactory approach to this issue does exist, even if some details still need working out.
The theses of this article are four: (1) A distinction between divine intention and the intent of the human author is to be made; but both intentions are related in their basic meaning and that relationship can be articulated. (2) Meaning involves the sense of a passage and not primarily the referents of a passage; but the language of an Old Testament passage and its New Testament fulfillment can be related in terms of referents in one of several ways. (3) The progress of revelation affects the detailed understanding of Old Testament passages in specifying details about the completion of the promise and the completion of salvific patterns in God's revelation. But one should always be aware of (a) what was originally understood by the human author at the time of the original revelation and (b) what God disclosed about the details of that revelation through later revelation or through events in Jesus' life. (4) New Testament alterations of Old Testament texts were neither arbitrary changes to create fulfillment in the New Testament nor reflections of later church theology placed back anachronistically into the lips of Jesus or the early church; rather they reflect accurate biblical theological considerations of the New Testament authors on the original Old Testament text.
Of course the test of such theses is whether they can be related to all the specific examples from the text. Several supporting examples have been supplied, usually in notes or parentheses, for consideration in evaluating this approach. It is hoped that this overview has helped (a) present fairly the different approaches to this area within evangelicalism, (b) distinguish clearly the key issues facing evangelicals in this area of hermeneutics, and (c) suggest avenues of solutions for these issues, while recognizing the recent valuable work and contributions of many evangelicals of different persuasions who have worked so diligently on these matters. The author also hopes that in being rather eclectic with the various approaches, the wheat has been successfully retained from each view while the chaff has been left behind.
Darrell L. Bock, "Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New, Part 1" Bibliotheca Sacra 142 (July-October 1985): 209-23. See Part 1
This hesitation with regard to Waltke's position results from the fact that he claims to hold to the original author's intent; and yet in his example from Psalm 2:6-7 he moves from an "earthly" to a "heavenly" reference between the old dispensation and the new. Such a shift in understanding seems to leave the Old Testament prophetic intention somewhat unclear. So this writer places Waltke here with a question mark as to whether this description of his view is really an accurate one (Bruce K. Waltke, "Is It Right to Read the New Testament into the Old?" Christianity Today, September 2, 1983, p. 77).
Walter M. Dunnett, The Interpretation of Holy Scripture (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1984), p. 60.
Ibid., p. 62.
A full treatment of example texts is beyond the scope of this article. The description given of the relationship between the human and the divine author in these Old Testament-New Testament passages reflects studies by the present writer in Luke-Acts, his teaching of a doctoral seminar on the use of the Old Testament in the New, and teaching a course on the master's level jointly with Donald R. Glenn, whose aid in articulating these issues has been indispensable. The views stated here are the author's and not necessarily Glenn's.
A sample listing of texts reflecting the author's views might be as follows: (a) in full consciousness (i.e., directly prophetic): Psalm 110; (b) in ideal language: Psalm 16 (where the psalmist is confident of deliverance but the details of the "how" of the deliverance are not entirely clear in light of the language of the whole psalm) and Isaiah 52:13-53:12 ; (c) in language capable of an expansion of reference and context (i.e., in the progress of revelation): Hosea 11:1, with use of the concept of the corporate solidarity of the Son with the nation; and (d) in language that involves a pattern of fulfillment (i.e., typological prophetic): Isaiah 7:14; Psalm 2; Psalm 16 (possibly if the above categorization is not correct); Psalm 22; Psalm 69; Exodus fulfillment language in the New Testament; Isaiah 52:13-53:12 ; and Deuteronomy 18. Often the difference between "ideal language" and "language capable of expansion" is slight and debatable. Other passages make use of both "ideal language" and "pattern of fulfillment" (e.g., Isa 53 is classified as "ideal language" because by the point of Isa 53, the servant figure is described in highly individualized language). The author sees "language capable of expansion" as drawing heavily on theological concepts outside the passage in question (the theological presuppositions or hermeneutical axioms of the New Testament author) to complete its fulfillment, while "ideal language" makes decisive use of only material in the cited text. If one prefers to think of "ideal language" as a subcategory that can operate either in the progress of revelation category or in the pattern category, such an approach could be defended. The author prefers the term "pattern" to typology for reasons he has defended elsewhere (Darrell L. Bock, Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern [Sheffield: JSOT Press, forthcoming], chap. 1).
This area needs more study by evangelicals in light of recent discussions and in light of issues raised in Semantics and the history of hermeneutics.
Douglas Moo, The Old Testament in the Gospel Passion Narratives (Sheffield: Almond Press, 1983), pp. 75-78, 387-97. Moo probably belongs in the historical school, but he is certainly aware of the semantic issues.
J. P. Louw, Semantics of New Testament Greek (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982), pp. 39-66. See Bock, "Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New, Part 1," p. 222, n. 16.
The basic question is the one raised by Waltke's article in Christianity Today, especially when he calls the New Testament fulfillment a "literal" fulfillment. Dispensationalists have the best way to unify the Testaments on this issue, by arguing for a "both/and" fulfillment rather than an "either/or" approach.
Dunnett is sensitive to this distinction in referring to the importance of starting with the original context, while Waltke's approach seems less sensitive. Much teaching, exposition, and preaching can create a misimpression when it insensitively and without qualification reads back a teaching into an earlier text without making clear that that detailed teaching may not have been what the human author had in mind for his audience at the time. Rather it should be clear that this teaching is what God was ultimately pointing toward, as His whole revelation later clarified.
Some of these referential relationships do not deal directly with meaning but with significance, that is, they deal not with what the passage meant or declares (meaning) but why it is relevant to another situation (significance). Some of these relationships between sense and referent are unclear as to which side of the meaning/significance distinction they fall. More work by evangelicals is needed on this issue as well.
Bock, "Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New Part 1," pp. 216-19.
It is remarkable how often in key fulfillment passages in Luke-Acts the Jewish interpretation also had an eschatological strain that elevated either wisdom, the Torah, the Messiah, or the end time in general as the final fulfillment (Bock, Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern, chaps. 2-5).
Bock, "Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New, Part I," p. 223, n. 24.
Corporate solidarity is seen in "the one and the many" concepts of the Old Testament. An example is the servant figure of Isaiah, who is seen as the nation or as an individual. The use of pattern is shown in the reuse of Exodus or creation motifs in the Old Testament prophets. These hermeneutical perspectives are part of Old Testament theology.
A term like "midrash" is variously used in scholarly literature to refer to "Jewish exposition in general," to "the application of the Scriptures to a new setting," or to "a specific type of literary genre of Jewish literature." A term like "pesher" can refer to "any eschatologically focused exegesis that declares that this passage is that event" or it can refer to "a specific type of exegesis" that has a specific form, where a direct reference to the mystery revealed by the pesher interpretation is required. On midrash see Gary Porton, "Defining Midrash," in The Study of Ancient Judaism, ed. Jacob Neusner (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1981), 1:55-92. On pesher see M. Horgan, Pesharim: Qumran Interpretations of Biblical Books (Washington: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1979).
By authenticity, reference is made to its technical meaning in New Testament studies, that is, that a passage is authentic if it comes out of the historical setting from which it claims to arise. Many critics argue that New Testament uses of the Old Testament that claim to emerge in a Semitic context from Jesus' life or from the Jerusalem church in Acts, but that use a peculiarly Greek wording from the LXX to make their point, cannot be authentic historically, since Jesus would have used a Semitic text with its Semitic wording, as the Jerusalem church would have done. The argument ignores the fact that it is inherently likely that a Greek text or tradition would use the Greek Old Testament to render Old Testament passages for the sake of the audience rather than engaging in retranslation. This latter point, however, simply pushes back the question to the level of the historical background of the passage's argument; it does not answer the charge. Jesus' authentic use of Psalm 110 is often rejected by the use of this argument. But see Bock, Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern, on Luke 20:41-44; 22:69 ; and Acts 2:34-35.
The text-critical argument is complex because in the first century various versions of both the Greek and Hebrew Old Testament text were in existence. Therefore this argument is a possiblity that must be reckoned with. However, it is difficult to use this argument in instances where only the Greek Old Testament text has the adopted reading, while none of the extant Hebrew manuscripts do-which is often the case. For a recent work comparing texts and often using this argument, see Gleason L. Archer and G. C. Chirichigno, Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament: A Complete Survey (Chicago: Moody Press, 1983).
Bock, Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern, especially the treatments of Psalm 110; Psalm 16; and Isaiah 55. Of course, these examples do not deal with the situations where the wording of the Greek text is used in a Greek setting to make a point. For all such situations see points 4-10 in note 21.
Some say that this is what is occurring with Psalm 68 in Ephesians 4. The line cited is not so much a verbatim quotation as a summary citation drawing on the rest of the context of Psalm 68, which suggests God blesses those who fought with Him. However, some do not think Psalm 68 is cited at all in this passage, since the introductory formula need not be invoking Scripture. W. Hall Harris III, a colleague of this writer, has made this suggestion to the present writer. C. H. Dodd has championed the view that often New Testament writers refer to the larger context in citing a passage (According to the Scriptures [London: Collins, 1952]).
Moisés Silva in his article "The New Testament Use of the Old Testament, in Scripture and Truth, ed. D. A. Carson and John Woodbridge (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983), pp. 150-57, lists eight possible approaches to dealing with an Old Testament citation in the New to describe what might be occurring. To his list, the writer after dividing one category (nos. 4 and 5 are combined by Silva) adds one more (no. 8).
1. Corruption in the transmission of the Hebrew text.
2. Corruption in the transmission of the LXX.
3. Corruption in the transmission of the New Testament text.
4. The Masoretic understanding and pointtng of the text are correct over that of the LXX.
5. The LXX understanding and syntactical arrangement of the text are correct. (This is less commonly the case.)
6. Both the Masoretic text and the LXX are correct, that is, legitimate harmony exists.
7. The New Testament quotation of the LXX has included an erroneous part of the LXX translation which the New Testament author is not affirming.
8. The New Testament quotation of the LXX contains a figure different from that in the Masoretic text, but the point made from the figure is exactly the same as in the Masoretic text (e.g., Ps 40 in Heb 10) or is close enough to the Masoretic text so as not to be a problem (perhaps Ps 8 in Heb 2 is an example).
9. The difference is trivial (and the biblical author affirms it). Silva rightly rejects this category.
10. The New Testament draws on an interpretive tradition about the passage from Judaism. This tradition draws on a context larger than the passage itself, including non-biblical sources, and represents an interpretation of the text that the New Testament author supports. (This last category is how Silva solves the Heb 11:21 problem he discusses, thus revealing his agreement with the Longenecker school.) This last category is much discussed, and more work needs to be done in evaluating its validity.
This article first appeared in Bib Sac 142( 1985) pp. 306 -19 and is used here with permission. No part of this article may be copied or transmitted in any form without the prior permission of Bib Sac.
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Artist Playlist – Poliça's "Minneapolis sound"
Minneapolis' Poliça return next year with new album United Crushers on 4 March, while they play a UK date at London's Village Underground on 15 February. However, with their new record examining "solation, the urban decline and gentrification" among other themes, ahead of their own action the group are paying respect to the hometown sound they've grown up in with a playlist for Q. "I'm pretty much the worst about talking about music. I like certain music because of how it makes me feel and the relationship I have to it," explains Channy Leaneagh. "All the songs on this playlist are people from Minneapolis whose music is home to me. They are my friends and people I admire and respect. I listen to these songs and they make me feel grounded in my feet and at the same time taken away far from home surrounded by the memories of what it used to be."
Leisure Birds – Miner Of Light "Garage-rock Psychedelic with a John Carpenter vibe. It's spacey and wizardry and something good to listen to on a long drive. They are great live but they never play-so it's something you probably will only see in Minneapolis on a special rare occasion."
RONiiA – Last Words "This is one of the best things for sure that's come out of Minneapolis in the past few years. It's very nostalgic and other wordly music; it's vocals recall olden days love songs like Mickey and Sylvia with tribaly beats like Muslim Gauze meets RZA. A trio of great people; Nona Marie from DarkDarkDark, Fletcher Barnhill from Joint Custody and Mark McGee from To Kill A Petty Bourgeouise and Marijuana Deathsquads."
Pony Bwoy – Ævum (Time Crawls) "One of the saddest losses to the community; Jeremy Knutzman and Hunter Morley were Pony Bwoy. I've listened to all their songs so many times. Very dark, sad and sexy music--slow dripping and time crawling – like a title of the songs listed here. They are on some sort of hiatus right now but they were making some of the most progressive and neccessary music from these here parts. Hopefully people will beckon them out of hiding to make more tunes ASAP."
Kill The Vultures – Crown "Kill The Vultures are undeniably one of the best bands to come out of Minneapolis. It was actually birthed in the Bay area but came back home to Minneapolis 10 plus years ago and have just put out their fifth full length; Carnelian. It is an amazing record and the world needs to listen to it."
Dizzy Fae – Color Me Bad "This women is about 18 and this is the only song she's released. She is from St. Paul but she is playing one of our record release parties in March in Minneapolis and I can't wait to see her sing this song live."
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Lizzo – Batches And Cookies "Lizzo is a powerful person. She is full of light and focus. I'm excited for her new record and all the places she will go but this older video is a classic."
Marijuana Deathsquads – Full Performance (Live on Radio K) + HAL & Blood (live) "This is my favorite band out of Minneapolis so I've included two videos. Isaac Gale is my favorite vocalist in Minneapolis and almost anywhere else. It is because of this band that I wanted to work with Ryan Olson. It's great on record but it's the best live so here are a few live performances."
Vampire Hands – No Fun "The bass player in Polica, Chris Bierden has an amazing voice. This is one of his bands and they aren't a band anymore which everyone should be very bummed about. Listen to this song! He is a great songwriter."
StoLyette – Lubymaya "A duo making very unique songs. Song structures are like nothing I've heard and she sings mostly in Russian. I've seen them live five times, which is a lot for someone who never goes out."
Roma di Luna – Plenty "Super blown out rough recording of a live performance at Minneapolis' own Electric Fetus – a great record store here – with my first band Roma di Luna. This is one of my favorite songs I ever wrote-mostly because it is so fucking cathartic to sing. I can still feel the way it feels to sing those words."
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USC Outdoes Washington 90-82
Jan. 22, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - The USC women's basketball team received a career-high 26 points and five blocks from senior center Nadia Parker in a hot night at the Galen Center. The Trojans outpaced visiting Washington for a 90-82 Pac-10 win thanks to five Women of Troy in double figures. USC improves to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in Pac-10 play with the win, while Washington moves to 5-11, 1-5.
With injuries and foul trouble finally by the wayside, Nadia Parker had more points by the 9-minute mark of the game of the game than she had in any of the past four Pac-10 clashes. By halftime, Parker was at her season high of 20 points, thanks to a buzzer-beating layup off an inbounds pass from Brynn Cameron to close the half as a 43-28 USC advantage. The Trojans rounded out the half shooting 44 percent from the floor. Washington had opened things by going 3-of-7 (43 percent) but cooled off to 5-of-25 the rest of the way to leave the first half at 25 percent from the floor.
In the second half, the Huskies heated up and hit on a 49-percent effort that cut into USC's lead. Washington wound up at 38 percent on the night compared to a 44 percent outing from the Trojans. And although Washington out-rebounded USC 50-42, the Trojans nabbed 11 steals and put up a season-high nine blocks for a defensive edge to the match. By the final buzzer, Parker was at a new career high of 26 points and was joined in double figures by Brynn Cameron with 18, Camille LeNoir with 10 and Briana Gilbreath with 10. Washington was led by 26 points from Sami Whitcomb, who had five 3-pointers on the night.
Parker had added to her tally earlier on a smooth put-in off a pass from Briana Gilbreath to answer a pair of Washington 3-pointers and take USC ahead 29-18 with 5:25 to go in the first half. Brynn Cameron knocked down her first three of the night next and took the Trojans ahead 32-18. USC got up to its largest lead of the game with 1:28 on the clock when a Huskies turnover turned into a USC fast break. Ashley Corral sailed a high pass up for Gilbreath, who took the pass midair and put it in off the glass to lift USC ahead 41-25. Washington free throws got the score to 41-28 in the final minute, but Parker put the finishing touches on the half with her 20th points of the night to send the teams into the locker room ahead 43-28.
Ashley Corral became the eighth Trojan to score when she nailed a three off a Cameron pass at 16:20 to hold USC ahead by 15, up 48-33. Washington would cut in within 10 and make it a 6-point game on back-to-back 3-pointers from Sami Whitcomb and a single free throw from Lydia Young. Up 52-46 on the Huskies with 12:35 remaining, the Trojans traded threes with Washington as Oliver and Cameron each knocked one down. Parker got to a new career high when she dumped in another score in the paint and lifted USC back ahead by double-digits. Kristi Kingma hit her fourth 3-pointer for the Huskies next, however, and USC was holding a 60-52 lead with 10:45 on the clock.
USC initiated an athletic 10-2 streak soon after. A Parker score in the paint gave the senior 26 points, and after a Washington score, Corral drained a long step-back three, then initiated a Gilbreath score assisted by Oliver. Cameron then wrapped back-to-back threes around another Husky 3-pointer, and USC was up 75-59 with 6:45 to go. Three more Washington threes in the final minute of play cut into USC's margin, but the Trojans' lead kept them safely ahead for a final 90-82 win.
USC's next Pac-10 matchup puts the Trojans up against Washington State in a 1 p.m. game on Saturday (Jan. 24).
- USC had a new season-high of 9 blocks.
- Nadia Parker had a career-high 26 points and a career-high 5 blocks.
- Briana Gilbreath had a career-high 4 assists.
- Brynn Cameron had a career-high 5 assists.
- Camille LeNoir moved up to No. 15 all-time in career scoring at USC. She has scored 1,181 points so far in her USC career.
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Sunday, March 18, 2018
Good News for Undoing Harmful Financial Regulation
The Senate passed a bill repealing huge sections of Dodd-Frank. Let's hope the House follows suit
Something very unusual happened on Capitol Hill this week.
Senate Republicans and Democrats joined together to pass the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act by a vote of 67-31. The bill was introduced by Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, and it's all about undoing the damage of Barack Obama-era financial regulation legislation.
To a significant degree, the act repeals the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats passed in response to the financial crisis of 2008 — massive government intervention to address the very same crisis that was caused by Democrat policies of too much government intervention in the banking industry. (It takes a special kind of gall to create a crisis and then claim credit for trying to fix it with more of the same.) Predictably, Dodd-Frank only made matters worse, but the measure passed by the Senate this week repeals key aspects of that ill-conceived legislation.
However, one aspect of the current bill that's not being repealed is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a cadre of unelected and unaccountable government bureaucrats. As such, the CFPB can create new financial regulations without approval from anyone. They can also adolescently join the #Resist Trump movement without consequence.
Nonetheless, the bill raises the threshold for banks considered "too big to fail" from $50 billion to $250 billion. Consequently, more mid-level banks will be spared the federal government's undue regulatory stranglehold. In addition, the act would free local and regional banks from having to comply with a laundry list of federal regulations that are too costly and time consuming. Banks would also have greater autonomy in lending money to small businesses and individuals.
This is how a free-market economy works. And Democrats are naturally opposed to letting the system function without the hands of the federal government pulling the strings. This bill certainly doesn't wipe out all regulation, but it does restore some of the ability of small and mid-size banking institutions to operate efficiently and in the best interests of its customers. Claims that banks will now operate without any oversight are patently false.
In a video on his Senate website, Crapo states, "Currently, Washington's one-size-fits-all regulation treats the smallest financial institutions like they were the largest financial institutions. It doesn't make sense, and leaves Americans with fewer financial services options, depriving deserving people and small businesses of access to credit and capital." He adds, "It keeps consumer protections in place and increases protections for those who fall on hard times or become victims of fraud."
But it's not a done deal yet. The Washington Post reports, "Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has said that House Republicans will want to alter the Senate bill to reflect their priorities. But that could drive away the Senate Democrats needed to pass the legislation, and so the House will face significant pressure to accept the Senate legislation with few, if any, changes." Republicans in the House want to be more aggressive in terms of rolling back regulations, so the passage of the Senate bill is clearly just a first step.
Nonetheless, the ultimate passage of the act will be good for the country and the economy.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders lauded the legislation's passage, stating, "The bill provides much-needed relief from the Dodd-Frank Act for thousands of community banks and credit unions and will spur lending and economic growth without creating risks to the financial system."
Despite the bipartisan support for this bill, Democrats were deeply divided over its passage. The Washington Post revealed that, according to an anonymous source, "after Warren called out red-state Democrats and other supporters of the bill by name in a fundraising appeal, Schumer encouraged her to stay focused on the substance in the debate."
But why would such a prominent senator (and a potential 2020 presidential candidate), want to risk undermining unity among Democrats and position herself even farther to the Left than she is already? Because Warren's whole shtick is based on creating the perception that financial institutions can't be trusted. No, in her bizarre alternate reality, only the government can be trusted with managing our money.
Warren repeatedly spreads this narrative to appear to be for the "little guy," even though policies like Dodd-Frank make it even harder for all the little guys out there. But Warren's criticism of the reform bill wasn't enough to keep 12 Democrats from joining the Republicans. This leaves Warren in a precarious situation heading into an election cycle in which her party seems to be thinking about perhaps maybe kinda inching toward the center in order to improve their chances of taking back the House.
Now the bill heads off to that lower chamber, where Republicans still have the power to cut through the red tape and regulations that burden our economy and make it harder for individuals to buy homes or start businesses.
Democrats have always relied on party unity to stand in the way of commonsense policies, but this time they've been divided by President Trump and congressional Republicans, who may finally be figuring out how to govern as the majority.
Obama DOJ Forced FBI To Delete 500,000 Fugitives From Background Check Database
The Justice Department under Barack Obama directed the FBI to drop more than 500,000 names of fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich testified Wednesday.
Fugitives from justice are barred from buying a firearm under federal law. But what is a fugitive from justice? That definition has been under debate by the FBI and the ATF.
According to The Washington Post, the FBI considered any person with an outstanding arrest warrant to be a fugitive. On the other hand, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives defined a fugitive as someone who has an outstanding arrest warrant and has crossed state lines.
That disagreement was settled at the end of Obama's second term, when the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel sided with the ATF's interpretation. Under President Donald Trump, the DOJ defined a fugitive as a person who went to another state to dodge criminal prosecution or evade giving testimony in criminal court, and implemented the Office of Legal Counsel's decision. The decision meant that around half a million fugitives were removed from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about law enforcement's faulty response to Parkland, Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked Bowdich about the removal.
"That was a decision that was made under the previous administration," Bowdich testified. "It was the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel that reviewed the law and believed that it needed to be interpreted so that if someone was a fugitive in a state, there had to be indications that they had crossed state lines."
"Otherwise they were not known to be a fugitive under the law and the way it was interpreted," he added.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced the Justice Department will "aggressively" pursue any person who lies on their background check.
Engineer on Florida bridge project called state TWO DAYS before deadly collapse to report crack - but they never picked up the voicemail
An engineer called the Florida Department of Transportation to report concerns about a crack on their new 'instant' bridge two days before it collapsed - but no one ever picked up their voicemail.
FIGG's lead engineer responsible for the Florida International University, FIU, pedestrian bridge project, W. Denney Pate, left a message warning that they had observed some cracking at the north end of the bridge. The voicemail was not picked up until Friday - a day after the bridge collapsed killing six.
Pate warned that the cracking areas would need repairs but assured that, 'from a safety perspective we don't see that there's any issue.' He ended the call, urging the employee to 'call me back when you can' to discuss the problem.
The message was not picked up by an FDOT employee until Friday as the staff member was out of the office on assignment.
FDOT have since released a statement placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of FIU. 'The responsibility to identify and address life-safety issues and properly communicate them is the sole responsibility of the FIU design build team,' the statement read.
'At no point during any of the communications above did FIGG or any member of the FIU design build team ever communicate a life-safety issue.
The revelation comes after Miami-Dade County Commissioner said he was shocked to discover that the busy seven-lane freeway underneath the bridge wasn't closed while stress tests were performed.
Commissioner Xavier Suarez, who has a background in civil engineering, said he was flabbergasted that the street was not shut down to traffic before or during any stress tests or cable adjustments on the unfinished project. 'Never in my life have I heard of that,' Suarez said. 'That makes no sense. That makes no sense.'
'As a public official, I am saddened by the FIU bridge collapse. As an engineer it baffles me that a brand new bridge with no unusual (or, possibly even expected) loads could collapse in that way. Our prayers are with the victims and their families.
'Collapse of a brand-new pedestrian bridge w/o pedestrians on it @ FIU makes no sense. I will not accept explanation based on 'testing.' U cannot 'test' bridge when people are driving below it. 'I want 2 know what failed - support or span? Either way, somebody was beyond negligent.'
The bridge's internal support cables were being 'tightened' just as the bridge crumbled onto traffic below, crushing eight cars under 950 tons of concrete and steel.
But no one has yet explained why cars were allowed to drive freely under an incomplete bridge while workers were testing to see if it might fall apart.
Dr. Amjad Aref, a civil engineer and researcher at the University of Buffalo's Institute of Bridge Engineering, told the New York Times it wasn't unheard-of to let traffic flow during a stress test under some conditions. But where a bridge is incomplete, the public are generally kept out of the way.
'Normally when we do anything, even a fairly completed bridge or if it's some rehab or even really minor load-testing, there's some sort of traffic control,' Aref says.
Investigators are also looking into why the 'instant' bridge, which collapsed killing six on Thursday in Miami, was not supported by a central tower when it was tested yesterday.
Last week, Florida International University's official Twitter account posted a rendering of the bridge in its completed form as envisioned by the planners before its opening to foot traffic in early 2019.
The rendering shows a tall central column with cables connecting it to the main span.
Engineers say the design is known as a 'cable-stayed bridge,' which is a kind of suspension bridge, according to USA Today.
The bridge did not have the central tower in place, even though experts say it is usually placed at the early stages of construction.
In the absence of a tower, there is usually a temporary support, though in this case it is unclear what the builders were using in the absence of a central structure.
'Whoever is going to investigate, they will ask the fundamental question: shouldn't the tower be there, and the cables ready to connect to the structure, when you lift it?' said Amjad Aref, a professor at University at Buffalo's Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. 'That's a question for them to answer.'
When asked about why there was no central column built before the span, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, Robert Sumwalt, said: 'That's part of our investigation.'
The NTSB is an independent federal agency that probes transportation-related accidents.
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A Dinner High
By Michael Karlo Lim
I'M ALL for elevated dining and have been to many that focus on heightened sensory experiences. Dinner In The Sky was elevation and height, alright! It's not every day that one has to sign a waiver to have dinner. It's not every day that one is strapped on a seat attached to a platform dangling from a crane 150 feet up in the air either.
I was booked on the 5:30 PM Manila Sunset Session that promised front row seats to the sun sinking into Manila Bay. Another option would be the 7 p.m. City Lights "flight." Six-point seatbelts strapping us to our seats and the ultra smooth ascent allowed the weight of the waiver and some anxiety to fall away with the ground as we rose to a twelve-story height. The questionable playlist of club music proved a welcome distraction to the strong winds testing my hair product's hold and slightly rocking the platform.
The highly entertaining Chef Hylton Le Roux of Solaire's Waterside restaurant had a South American-inspired four-courser prepared, kicking off with a Tuna Tiradito. The subtle flavor of the thinly-sliced, fresh tuna is highlighted by the creamy and spicy Ají Amarillo. Crisp, lightly sweet, sour and gingery lime-pickled red radishes livened up the dish with Cassava Crunch adding texture.
Traditionally using beef hearts, Le Roux opts for the universal chicken in his Anticuchos. Sweet, sour and spicy again come into play in the Tamarind-Habanero glaze on the nugget pieces. Silky Mojo Verde grounds it with some earthy herbiness with a mild earthiness from baby beetroot. Cancha corn brings in crispy, nutty starch.
At this point, we were all entirely settled in and comfortable with looking down from our perch. We were all oohs and aahs at the sky glowing orange when the buffeting winds dusted the diners on our side with crushed chicharrones from the centrally-located prep as a teaser for the mains.
There was the choice of Mexican adobo spice Atlantic salmon with red quinoa, edamame, huancaina cream and chili corn salsa but I went for the Cuban-style, slow-cooked Pork Belly. Succulent, garlicky and melt-in-your-mouth meat under a crispy, crumbly crust of the house chicharrones.
Mojo sauce cuts into the richness with tartness and pungent bite along with the earthy base flavor. Baby carrots caramelized with agave in the roast is a nice contrast to the spicy refried beans.
Dessert was served DIY with a Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Dome and shot glasses with caramel popcorn, meringue, chocolate earth, chocolate crunch, meringues and pipettes of chocolate sauce and dulce de leche. "To get the creative juices flowing! Also, because we're a bit lazy," Le Roux joked. With it was the prize of a free cocktail at Waterside restaurant for the best plating. You'd never guess who won.
Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy this one-of-a-kind dining experience named as one of the world's 10 "Unusual Restaurants" by Forbes in 2006. Dinner In The Sky Philippines features dishes by chefs from Solaire Resort and Casino's restaurants: Chef Hylton Le Roux of Waterside (April 2 to 8), Chef Alan Marchetti of Finestra (April 9 to 15), Chef Norimasa of Yakumi on April 16 to 23. Chef Kenneth Cacho takes the reigns on April 24 to May 7; and, finally, Belgian celebrity chef Yves Mattagne on May 8 to 21. For more information, go to www. dinnerinthesky.ph or www.solaireresort.com.


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Mail Call: May 3rd 2012
Another exciting mail day! I got a few nice things but only 1 is for me (the Nutrisystem water bottle). The nail polish
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Hocus Pocus (1993)
Director: Kenny Ortega
Actors: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Jodie Rivera, Larry Bagby, Tobias Jelinek, Stephanie Faracy, Charles Rocket, Doug Jones, Karyn Malchus, Sean Murray, Steve Voboril
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Release Year: 1993
Duration: 96 min
Storyline: More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat (a black cat, naturally). Now it's Halloween, and the witches (who fly on [I kid you not] vacuum cleaners) are back. This time, they've got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters and it's up to the 300-year-old cat to save the day...
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Anjulie Persaud is a Juno award winning, Platinum selling, Canadian recording artist. Her songs reflect her passion for women's rights and are often based around themes of empowerment, self actualization and courage.
The award winning Canadian pop singer and lyricist has been becoming very popular on the world stage. She has been steadily improving over the years, writing songs for other artists, and releasing her own music.
She has written for Nicki Minaj, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Icona Pop, Cher Lloyd, Hedley, Fefe Dobson, Kreesha Turner, Zedd and Diplo.
The Oakville, Ontario native is pleased with her Indo-Guyanese heritage which gives her great pride, however, her racial background presented obstacles during her early years in school.
These difficulties gave her added fuel to propel towards success. Her tenacity and determination allowed her to crash through these racial and other barriers —she is now one of the fastest growing Canadian musicians.
Anjulie's love for performing was primarily inspired by Janet Jackson. After watching Janet perform on her Velvet Rope Tour, Anjulie was convinced that she wanted to be a music performer as well.
She began writing music when she was a teenager. She released Unfabulous and More with Joh Levine. Over the years, she has written songs for several artists. She wrote Kreesha Turner's Don't Call Me Baby which was a top ten song in Canadian Hot 100 and the top song on the Dance Chart on US Billboard. The song was awarded a SOCAN Pop/Rock Music Award in 2009. She helped write I Want You by Fefe Dobson.
In 2010 she was awarded the Anokhi Award for her single, Brand New Bitch, which sold more than eighty thousand digital copies in Canada after its release and became a platinum certified single. The song got her a Dance Recording of the Year nomination at the Juno Awards in 2012. That year, she toured various cites of Canada such as Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Thunder Bay, Vancouver etc to promote her song, You and I. The single won her a Dance Recording of the Year award at the 2013 Juno Awards. She is signed under Republic Records.
Anjulie takes on blogging. Her first blog post in Canadian Women's Foundation —Self-Esteem 101: Dey Ain't No Betta than You — tells of a riveting childhood story. Thankfully, this incident and others have not prevented her from becoming successful in life.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"As far as childhoods go, I had an incredible one. Just being a girl born in North America is a winning lotto ticket many would like to have. On top of that I had incredible parents, a brother and sisters I adore and admire, a place to live that was safe and secure and plenty of amazing Guyanese home cooking.
But I never would have had the courage to pursue my dreams and follow my passion if I hadn't had that lesson. I never would have been able to move to New York and play guitar in the subways and lobbies of record companies until somebody listened. I would never have had the ambition to audition for a label that had just signed Paul McCartney, play and sing in their office, and become their second signing. I would never have had the balls to walk up to Dr. Dre, put my headphones on him and force him to listen to my demo."
Read Anjulie's – Dey Ain't No Betta than You
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Candace is my neighbor.
Her kids Manny + Bella are the sweetest humans you've ever met.
We feel beyond honored they share this duplex with us and even more privileged to have documented a sweet mommy & me session with them, celebrating Mother's Day.
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Congratulations to these talented students from St. James Catholic School of Seguin, TX. Last week, their production of The _urloined Letter placed 3rd at the district level of Texas's University Interscholastic League One-Act Play Contest, making them alternates to State.
But that's not all. Tex Hermes, who played gumshoe Nick Bullitt (in fedora, above) was selected to the All-Star Cast, while Maddy Dugi, who played femme fatale Trouble Maecker (in red), was named to the Honorable Mention All-Star Cast.
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The weather is definitely getting warmer, and it's the perfect time to add to the patio in your new home. In El Paso, we have so many sunny days a year, and we can enjoy the patio all year round!
If you love to garden and have a lot of different types of plants in your patio, choose a subtle print or solid color for your patio furniture cushions. A bright color will really pop against greenery!
A ceiling fan on your patio roof of your new home can drop the temperature about 10 degrees. July and August in El Paso can get very hot, and a ceiling fan in the patio makes a big difference. Adding a light to the fan can give you some extra light.
And speaking of lighting, a beautiful light fixture can add to your patio decor and extra lighting along walkways can provide safety.
If you desire a little more privacy, consider putting in some tall shrubs or trees to give you both privacy and shade.
When we move into new homes, we are so eager to decorate the interior (as we should be!), but can't forget our patios. Decorating your patio to your unique style can make it inviting, and you'll find yourselves using it quite often all year long.