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The "Peace&Peace Festival (short P&P Festival) happened in June 2017 the 2nd time in a row. I went to both ones and they were amazing. Great acts, a fair price (around 45€ which I was happy to pay as the money will be donated) and an amazing location – actually "Waldbühne" is my favorite open air live stage on the planet so far. Beside that it had both years sun and around 30°C – maybe Karma.
Seeed, Beatsteaks, Aloe Blacc, MoTrip, Namika, Elif, Dat Adam, Zugezogen Maskulin und Fetsum sowie die eigens für das Festival gegründeten P x P Allstars bestehend aus Max Herre, Joy Denalane, Patrice, Clueso, Megaloh, Afrob und Samy Deluxe, zudem Cro, der mit Teesy und Danju als Special Showcase auftritt.


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The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn
His Spirit from the West to the East
International Symposium in Greece to Commemorate the 110th Anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn's Death
July 4—6, 2014 | Lefkada, Greece
Historical Center
Hearn's "open mind"
「オープン・マインド・オブ・ラフカディオ・ハーン:西洋から東洋へ」ギリシャツアーのご案内
Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語.
This entry was posted in News on 04/20/2014 by org.
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The San-in Chuo Shimpo Newspaper: "The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn" in Ireland. 04/20/2014
Proceedings (English) is available! 04/20/2014
Esprit Japon (Japanese-French TV program): Matsue, la ville de Shimane que Lafcadio Hearn appréciait tout particulièrement… 04/20/2014
Translating Lafcadio Hearn in greek: Masaaki Noda's interview 04/20/2014
Report of Activities (Japanese) is available! 04/20/2014
The Sanin Chuo Shimpo Newspaper: Lafcadio Hearn Gardens Tramore, Ireland to open in June. 04/20/2014
Lafcadio Hearn Reading Performance by Shiro Sano & Kyoji Yamamoto at Ginza Yamaha Studio on Feb 26 (Tour Final). 04/20/2014
Lafcadio Hearn Reading Performance By Shiro Sano & Kyoji Yamamoto at Ginza Yamaha Studio on Feb 25. 04/20/2014
Museum Seiwa Bunraku: Puppet Show, Reading Performance and Photo Exhibition "Yuki-Onna" at Meisei-ji Temple, Oomuta on Feb 21. 04/20/2014
Internatinal Symposium
The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn: His Spirit from the West to the East
Lefkada, Greece
Organizer: The Planning Committee for the Memorial Events in Greece to Commemorate the 110th Anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn's Death
Co-Organizer: Lefkas Cultural Center, Municipality of Lefkada, Embassy of Japan in Greece
With The Support of The American College of Greece, Embassy of Greece in Japan, Embassy of Ireland in Athens, The San-in Chuo Shimpo Newspaper Co.,Ltd., The Shizuoka Shimbun, The Kitanippon Shimbun, The Toyama Shimbun, Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
Lafcadio Hearn Reading Performance by Shiro Sano & Kyoji Yamamoto
"Nostalgia: The Eternal Home of the Spirit"
[Lefkada]
July 5, 21:30
Open Theatre, Lefkas Cultural Center
[Corfu]
Corfu Museum of Asian Art
Seiwa Bunraku "Yuki-Onna"
Cooperators: Japan-Greece Society, The Hearn Society, Kumamoto Hearn Society, Kumamoto Ireland Society, Yaizu Koizumi Yakumo Honering Society, Toyama Hearn Society, University of Toyama, Michinoku Hearn Society, Municipality of Kumamoto, Municipality of Matsue, Municipality of Yaizu, Municipality of Shinjuku
in Athens, Greece, 2009
in Lefkada, Greece, 2010
in Matsue, Japan, 2010
in New York, USA, 2011
in New Orleans, USA, 2012
Copyright © 2014 The Planning Committee for the Memorial Events in Greece to Commemorate the 110th Anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn's Death

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Americans are rather individual and trusting.
they go forward and don't stop.
In France, people are more suspicious.
Lobbying is as strong (see chemists, farmers, oil companies...).
and impose their views when we are not vigilant.
Gérard it is impossible to see the answer ! There is a technical problem !
No Muriel, I personally don't have any tech problem.
Thanks Gérard for the link ! I know the answer now ! It 's obviously discusting because the fly's hairs most probably carry traces of faeces and bacteria !
ARE EGGS THE PERFECT FOOD? For decades, nutritionists have debated the nutritional merits of eggs and whether or not they were healthy or harmful to the humans who ate them. Are they safe?
Are eggs good for you? Is it safe to eat them? Matt Lieberman from SourceFed joins DNews to answer these questions.
Why Does the U.S. Throw Away So Much Food?
WHY DOES THE U.S. THROW AWAY SO MUCH FOOD?: In 2012, we threw out 34 million tons of perfectly good food. Isn't there a way to cut that down?
In 2012, we threw out 34 million tons of perfectly good food. Isn't there a way to cut that down?
There is a downside to having so much food available everywhere you turn.
I agree with these words and I think it would be clearer to have food labels.
Some food labels use red, amber and green colour coding which makes it easier to choose food that is lower in total fat, saturated fat, and sugar and salt. Choose more 'greens' and 'ambers' and fewer 'reds'.
I'm looking forward to seeing labels.
It'll have been so difficult to fight industrials!!
Negative representations of GMOs are widespread and compelling because they are intuitively appealing.
These tips will help you make your leftovers last longer.
yes Gérard, it is important to organize our daily routine at best ! Not so easy !
Instead of prescribing drugs, this doctor is prescribing food to optimize health. "Food is who you are," says Dr. Molly Maloof. It is who you become. It is what your cells are made of." What does the doctor recommend for a healthy life?
I posted this because I was agreeing with the content but mainly because the tags are written in French language.
Food allergies are real and can be deadly, but mistakenly slapping an allergy label on a patient can be a big problem as well.
Watch: As the climate changes and water becomes scarce in many parts of the world, growing enough food to feed the world's increasing population will be a challenge—but Caleb Harper, a National Geographic Explorer, may have a solution.
Harper is working to solve this problem by using technology to reenvision the way we grow our food and move farms into the city.
These simple tweaks will help you optimize cooking with your microwave.
I have read carefully those interesting ways of better using microwave.By the way do you know the expression with "bing" about micowave cuisine ? It rings a bell for me but I don't remember.
The expression with "bing"? No, I don't see what you refer to Muriel.
It's so disappointing when you pull a steak out of the freezer and it's covered with a solid inch of ice.
Keep your frozen foods tasty, not dry and pasty, with these simple tips.
English food might be now healthier but is it a shame that its tradition has changed isn't ?
Why is it that its most popular dish is now made with "curry" ?
"Shoppers are more plugged in to where their food comes from than ever before, the internet has brought quality produce to our doorsteps at the click of a button, pop-up restaurants are showcasing the latest trends and exciting global cuisines are now as common as fish and chips.


The western Crete is a destination of unique value. The city of Chania is recognized as one of the most beautiful cities of Greece. Meanwhile, her countryside is one of the best lands somebody can experience. A land which is a monument of culture and of natural beauty. The experience of Chania is a life experience; which will reshape visitor's taste of beauty for ever.
Unparalleled natural beauties, a deep-rooted cultural tradition, great historical monuments, picturesque villages, a world reputed culinary tradition, and tourist services and amenities of high quality; all these make Chania a first class destination. Cosmopolitan and traditional, entertaining and romantic, Chania fascinates the visitor by its distinctive and authentic character.
Since you will know Crete, you will bond with her. In Crete you are becoming a local.


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Nigeria naira at new black market low, widens official rate gap - REUTERS
BY Chijioke Ohuocha
ABUJA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Nigerian naira fell 2.02% to a low of 495 on the black market on Friday as dollar scarcity persisted, widening the gap with the central bank's official rate, where the currency has been trading within a range since July.
The naira has weakened on the black market as oil revenues declined and the central bank set policies to restrict access to the official window. That has funnelled demand to the parallel market, which conducts less than 5% of trades.
On Friday, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said the government was concerned about the widening gap between the exchange rate on the black market and the official rate, a situation caused by low revenues from oil, Nigeria's main export.
"We have been trying to take measures to close the gap and the progress is not as much as we hope," Ahmed told Bloomberg Television. "The reason why we have the gap is because of the decline in the revenues from the oil and gas industry."
Oil revenues, the major source of foreign exchange for Nigeria, declined the most in about 14 quarters, pushing the economy into its second recession in four years, she said. Officials expects the recession to end by the first quarter.
Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday responded to calls for further depreciation of the naira, which has weakened by 28% this year, by saying the black market rate should not be used to determine the naira's value.
"There is high demand and very low supply and the central bank has put in a process where there is queueing ... we do hope that we will be able to get to an even level ... so that the impact on the exchange rate will become moderated," she said.
(Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha; editing by Alison Williams, Larry King)


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(Reveal Trailer) Knights of the Old Republic is getting a remake for the PS5
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The legendary Star Wars roleplaying game Knights of the Old Republic is getting a PS5 remake, Sony announced today at its 2021 fall showcase.
The remake is being developed by Aspyr, which had previously worked on the Mac, Android, and iOS ports of both the original Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Sony Interactive Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games will also be working on the remake.
Missing from the announcement is BioWare — which originally developed Knights of the Old Republic in 2003 — but doesn't seem to be involved in the new version, although Sony's announcement post does note that Aspyr has recruited some of the original development team to work on the remake.
Set thousands of years before the Star Wars films, Knights of the Old Republic (or KOTOR, as its known by fans) is considered one of the greatest Star Wars games ever made, pitting players against the villainous Darth Revan and his Sith Empire. The original game was followed by a sequel (developed by Obsidian Entertainment) and the long-running Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake will be a console exclusive for the PlayStation 5 when it launches, although there's no details yet on a release window.
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Sara Hartman is just full of surprises. This frizzy haired and funny 20-year-old with a huge voice had never left New York, but a year ago, she jumped on a plane by herself to Berlin, Germany in order to pursue a dream of making music.
"I had just finished reading Patti Smith's book, Just Kids," she recalls. "That really helped me while I was getting my bearings. To me, Berlin is like New York when it still had that raw young energy in the seventies. The streets might be dirty, but people are making art everywhere. That's so intoxicating to me. Berlin is very welcoming for creative people. When you have a center like that, great things are inevitable. Being away from home is very hard, but the energy is beautiful."
The story starts a long way from Berlin though. She might've been raised in Sag Harbor, but her upbringing couldn't be farther apart from the usual depiction of The Hamptons in movies, television, and magazines...
The story starts a long way from Berlin though. She might've been raised in Sag Harbor, but her upbringing couldn't be farther apart from the usual depiction of The Hamptons in movies, television, and magazines. The Hartman family stood out among the few "year-round" natives. Dad designs and builds pools for the area's residents, while mom creates visual art. In similar fashion, dad turned Sara on to the likes of Goldfinger, as mom introduced her to Radiohead and The Talking Heads.
"Life is weird," she smiles. "That's a major characteristic of my childhood. My mom always encouraged my siblings and me to make things out of nothing. Meanwhile, my dad showed me a really diligent work ethic. I feel like I've got both of those sides in what I do—the head and the heart."
She took that mindset into the studio to create something different.
"We found this blend of electronic aspects and acoustic instruments," she says. "It's real, but it has some teeth. You can call it pop music, but there's a message and substance. The words are like a piece of my skin. The past year was insane. I've only been able to process it through writing. It's near and dear to my soul."
"I left my family, my home, and everything I knew, and that was fucking terrifying," she admits. "The song speaks to that. It's about giving in to something you know is there. I was inspired by the movie Spirited Away where a ghost guide leads this girl around. That's the image. If I have this big ghost monster to lead me around this weird time, I'll end up where I'm supposed to be. You have faith everything will turn out okay."
http://www.sara-hartman.com
The show at Blackheart on Wednesday, March 16
8:00PM Sara Hartman
⋆ 9:00PM Tor Miller
⋆ 10:00PM Will Joseph Cook
⋆ 11:00PM Lawrence Taylor
⋆ 12:00AM MUNA
⋆ 1:00AM Honne
⋆ Thursday, March 17
The Sidewinder Outside


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People In US Hospitals After 'Boiling Water Challenge' Goes Wrong
Victim of 'Boiling Water Challenge'
Sky News:- Americans have been warned to stop trying the "boiling water challenge" after several cases of people being burned.
With large parts of the US hit by a deep freeze last week, some took up the challenge to throw water in the air and watch it instantly turn into frozen vapour.
The stunt, during the so-called polar vortex, has gone viral – and while it may look like an interesting science experiment to create clouds of steam, several people ended up in hospital as the wind blew the boiling water back on them.
Boiling Water Challenge
Chicago's Loyola University Medical Centre said it had treated eight people who tried the exercise.
A spokeswoman said the hospital had seen injuries to the face, hands, arms and feet – as well as "varying degrees of burns". Onlookers were also among the victims.
Dr Arthur Sanford, a trauma surgeon, warned people not to perform the stunt as "there is no safe way to do it".
One person was treated at the University of Iowa Burn Treatment Centre in Iowa City, and Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis said a couple of people have been treated there in recent weeks.
Angie Whitley, the clinical care supervisor at Hennepin Healthcare's burn centre, told CNN: "Some of them being parents or adults (who) go outside with their kids to do it, and the kids kind of get excited and step in the way, and the parents end up throwing the water on the children.
"Or, people throw it in the air just as a gust of wind comes, and [the water] catches the wind and it blows it back on them – so we see some face scald injuries from that."
The polar vortex which normally pushes strong winds around the northern pole has sent an icy blast southwards in the last couple of weeks.
On Wednesday last week, International Falls in Minnesota was among the coldest places in the US.
It recording a low temperature of -38C (-36F) on Wednesday with a wind chill factor of -48C (-55F).
Meanwhile in Russia, residents of the Ural region and Siberia, where temperatures recently fell to -40C (-40F), have also been attempting the stunt.
Hundreds have posted photos and videos under the hashtag #dubakchallenge – showing people throwing the boiling water up which instantly condenses into an elaborate pattern of ice crystals.


EC Proposes to Restrict the use of Methylisothiazolinone (MI): Public Consultation now Open.
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From the 29th of July 2015 to the 23rd of October 2015 public consultation on the restriction of the use of the preservative Methylisothiazolinone (MI) in cosmetics products is open. The EC proposes to ban MI in leave-on products and to wait for the final SCCS opinion on rinse-off and hair leave-on products, expected at the end of September 2015, before reducing the concentration from 100ppm to 15ppm in other products.
Methylisothiazolinone (MI) can be used in beauty products at maximum concentration of 0.01% according to the Annex V/57 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. The mixture of Methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI) and Methylisothiazolinone (MI) is currently allowed as a preservative only for rinse-off cosmetics products at a maximum concentration of 0.0015% (15ppm) of a mixture in the ratio 3:1 of the two substances, according to the Annex V/39 of Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, as modified by the Regulation (EU) No 1003/2014, that has become applicable on 16th July 2015.
With two different Opinions in 2003 and 2004, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety concluded that the use of MI as a preservative at a maximum concentration of 0.01% (100ppm) in the finished cosmetic product did not pose a risk to the health of the consumer. However, in 2011, concerns have been raised by Belgium, Denmark and France since data demonstrating that the ingredient is a sensitizer in animals and a contact allergen to humans was released. Other literature and clinical data shows an increasing sensitisation in young children from moist toilet tissue/hygiene moist tissue (wet wipes) or cosmetics.
On the 12th of December 2013, the SCCS adopted a new opinion concluding that: "Current clinical data indicate that 100 ppm MI in cosmetic products is not safe for the consumer. For leave-on cosmetic products (including 'wet wipes'), no safe concentrations of MI for induction of contact allergy or elicitation have been adequately demonstrated".
In the Opinion of the 25th of June 2015, open for comments until September 8th 2015, the SCCS observed that "the information provided does not support the safe use of MI as a preservative in rinse-off cosmetic products up to a concentration limit of 100 ppm from the view of induction of contact allergy. For rinse-off cosmetic products, a concentration of 15 ppm (0.0015%) MI is considered safe for the consumer from the point of view of induction of contact allergy. The information provided does not support the safe use of MI as a preservative in leave-on hair cosmetic products up to a concentration limit of 100 ppm from the point of view of induction of contact allergy".
Waiting for the finalisation of the SCCS opinion on rinse-off and hair leave-on products before reducing the concentration from 100ppm to 15ppm. This choice follows the need to assess other data and the opinion of the beauty products industry according to which, at a concentration of 15 ppm, MI would not be effective as a preservative, with the risk to threaten the product preservation.
Any interested parties, including authorities of the Member States, manufacturers of beauty care products, producers of the substances concerned and relevant make-up industry and consumers associations can submit comments and propose measures. Inter alia, comments on the following topics should be provided: feasibility of the proposed changes, competitiveness, markets and trade, direct and indirect costs imposed on businesses – including SMEs, innovation and research, specific regions, sectors or workers, third countries and international relations, macroeconomic environment.
It is also important to read the specific privacy statement attached to the consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.
Cosmetic industry manufactures and their designated EU Responsible person should closely follow the outcome of the consultation as this might imply for them the revision of formulas for purpose of regulatory compliance.
If you want to know more about regulatory compliance requirements and product safety regulations please contact us.


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No Answer Here Either (Sigh)
Another issue raised by the gotquestions.org site asks, "What is amillennialism?" Preterism is generally regarded as amillemenial, though I think the term is a bit misleading, for it implies something entirely missing. Rather, preterism regards Christ as ruling now, and since 70 AD, so that the "millennium" is now taking place. Thankfully, gotquestions.org does at least acknowledge this.
So how do they answer this view? As before, it's not much to impress. We are told, "In order for God to keep His promises to Israel and His covenant with David (2 Samuel 7:8-16, 23:5; Psalm 89:3-4), there must be a literal, physical kingdom on this earth. " From there we are issued as series of dire warnings about doubting God, etc. but we're not given any sort of exegesis for those passages, which raises red flags right away.
Checking them out, the first passage is a promise to David that his own kingdom will be perpetual, but nothing in the passage says anything about the ruling throne having to be "on earth." It says the throne of David will be established forever, but if we take that as "on earth" then there's no way to see that throne established anywhere during the Babylonian exile, or in the first centuries BC-AD, or during the period after Jerusalem's destruction.
The second passage - er, verse -- speaks of an everlasting covenant with David, but there's no "on earth" in there either, and the same problems attend as above
Last -- well, it's bad enough to use the Psalms for literalist doctrine; but it's the same as above, nothing new, and no "literal, physical kingdom on earth." Maybe gotquestions.org has found another Dead Sea Scroll that says otherwise.
From there, though, we are given a series of passages said to prove a literal, earthly kingdom, but even if we grant the literality of each, none is mutually exclusive of the preterist/amillenial view. For example:
Christ's feet will actually touch the Mount of Olives prior to the establishment of His kingdom (Zechariah 14:4, 9) -- yes, and what? If we do take this literally -- and I have my doubts of that, but have not looked into it in depth yet -- why does this indicate a "literal, physical kingdom on earth"? What? Jesus can't get off the throne in heaven and split the Mount, then go back to the throne in heaven when he's done? Sorry -- there's nothing to this by gotquestions.org but assuming what needs to be proven.
During the kingdom, the Messiah will execute justice and judgment on the earth (Jeremiah 23:5-8). Er, no -- once again, there's no mention of "on the earth" in the sense that this is where the kingdom administration will be located, much less for a millennial period. Again, it assumes what it needs to prove.
The kingdom is described as being under heaven (Daniel 7:13-14, 27). Really? Not in the first passage, sorry -- "under" isn't there, though the Son of Man is enthroned in heaven. The second does say that sovereignty over all kingdoms under heaven is given to the saints, but that also does not say where the admin center is. (Here's a tip: as a preterist, I think Christ rules earth from heaven, even now.)
The prophets foretold of dramatic earthly changes during the kingdom (Acts 3:21; Isaiah 35:1-2, 11:6-9, 29:18, 65:20-22; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Amos 9:11-15). Yes, I'm sure. And (granting for the sake of argument that these all apply) Jesus is just as much able to effect those changes from a throne in heaven as one on earth -- regardless of what millennial view one holds.
The chronological order of events in Revelation indicates the existence of an earthly kingdom prior to the conclusion of world history (Revelation 20). It does? Well, sorry, but a vague reference to one whole chapter doesn't do the job. But I find nothing in that chapter to say that Jesus will have his royal seat on terra firma.
Quite frankly, gotquestions.org's treatment of these matters leaves much to be desired. They close with the same vague charges of inconsistent hermenuetics (but just as undemonstrated as last entry), forced reinterpretations, and warnings of too-subjective exegesis, all of which is said to be avoided in favor of a "normal" exegesis. But as I noted Monday, I think the real problem is that the dispensationalists aren't as educated as they need to be -- and honestly, this treatment does little to persuade me otherwise.
Ain't Got Answers to This One
One thing I have become accustomed to as a preterist is having folks misunderstand what I believe as a preterist. I've been mistaken for being a heretical "full" preterist; I've been told I don't believe Jesus will return, and so on. There's a bit of that going on, too, in an article at the apologetics website gotquestions.org (which ordinarily I think is pretty sound, if not complete at times) in an article titled, "Question: Is partial preterism biblical? What do partial preterists believe?"
The answer starts with an accurate description in the first paragraph, but then immediately goes downhill:
However, the partial preterist view does not have good biblical support. Those who hold this view do not interpret these Scripture passages/books in a normal sense, but rather interpret them allegorically. Scripture should be read in a normal sense, taking into account the historical setting, the grammar, and the context of the Scripture in order to determine the meaning that the Lord intended.
Um, hold on a second.
Actually, no: My preterist views do take into account historical setting, grammar, and context. What's actually happening here is a problem I have run into with many errant believers, and not just with preterism: The problem is that their set of "contexts" isn't as informed or as extensive as mine. In short, calling their interpretive views "normal" is like a 98 lb weakling calling himself "average" and then calling a 200 lb weightlifter a freak.
But in terms of showing preterist interpretation wrong, the site doesn't do what I'd call a bang-up job. Only two passages are discussed, from Daniel 9 and Matthew 24. It starts by saying that preterists "would say that Daniel 9:26-27 refers to Christ rather than to the antichrist/beast who will appear in Revelation," which poses a problem for me only inasmuch as I "would not" say that -- I'd say the Roman Empreror Vespasian filled that bill; Jesus would be my second choice, but only in the sense that he is using Rome's armies to judge Israel. I imagine some preterists may think Jesus is the guy in 9:26-7, but I don't, so there's not a whole lot I can say in reply.
However, the site offers the sort of contrivance that can only come from dispensational reckonings:
Verse 26 also says, "The people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary." This speaks of the Roman Empire destroying Jerusalem and the temple, which occurred in A.D. 70. It should be noted that the prince was yet to come; only the people of the prince were the ones who destroyed Jerusalem. This also tells us that the antichrist/beast will come from a future revived Roman Empire.
Er -- it does? How? Since they have just said it was fulfilled in 70, why should we think it has anything to do with a "future revived Roman Empire"? This begs the question of double fulfillment -- and therefore admits that this verse by itself doesn't support the dispensational paradigm. Verse 27 is likewise plotted for future use, and again, preterists are dismissed for making the beast into Jesus. Sorry -- I don't follow that one. (For what I do follow, see link below.)
The example from Matthew 24 doesn't hit home any closer. It is said, "in order for the events of Matthew 24:15-30 to have already occurred, Christ would have returned bodily in A.D. 70." Really? Why? Unfortunately, why this is the case is not explained, much less is any serious preterist exegesis (like mine -- see second link below) interacted with. This, actually, is a classic example of a dispensationlist missing a context that I don't. Particularly, the strong use of imagery in language, and the dramatic orientation, of Biblical peoples. The key textbook for this is Caird's Language and Imagery of the Bible -- but these guys haven't read it yet; what they prefer is what they call a "normal reading of the text."
No, sorry --inadequately informed does not equal "normal". The article also mentions that preterists take "this generation" to mean those living at the time of Jesus, but doesn't explain why that is not correct, rather only presenting the dispensational view.
The charge in close: "The partial preterist viewpoint is unbiblical due to its inconsistent hermeneutics, subjective interpretation, and allegorization of many biblical prophecies that are best understood literally." Well, sadly, of those three charges, they didn't bother to try to prove #1 above, and #2 and #3 are really two ways of saying the same thing -- and while an attempt was made to validate that charge, it was based on a lack of knowledge of an important context. So in the end, when it says, "partial preterism is an attempt to explain difficult prophecies in Scripture, it causes far more problem than it solves," I can believe it -- in the same way it can be said that when you have a flat tire, you'll always think removing the engine block "causes far more problems than it solves."
Agape in Action
The current crisis concerning government debt and programs like Medicare raises another "WWJD" question that has occurred to me of late. What indeed would Jesus do (or say) about government social programs like these?
The answer is pretty simple, and its reflects poorly on our job as the church, stretching back quite some time.
The model given in Acts is that of a church where property was held in common -- not in the sense of a commune, but in the sense that one's resources were always considered to be at the disposal of all other members, such that if a need arose, the property and resources one owned were readily surrendered to provide for that need.
Paul compared this further to the way manna was distributed among the Israelites -- no one had too little, no one had too much. Jesus also referred to those to much would be given -- and from much was expected. The principle is clearly one of common sacrifice for the greater good of the ingroup -- the very essence and definition of agape love.
The answer to the WWJD question then is that if Jesus had had his way, we would never have needed any of those social programs in the first place. It it sometimes said that the government stepped in because the church failed to do its job. That's an accurate sentiment: Medicare, Social Security, food stamps, and all else are symbols of the failure of the ekklesia to do its job.
So, for example, if a church member was seriously ill, and unable to afford care, a collection would be taken to help this person with their medical bills. Now this sort of thing does indeed happen at times, and to that extent, we're following the intended model. But the process wasn't meant to apply only to single fellowships. Instead, the resource sharing would be coordinated at a higher level -- perhaps on what we would organize on a county of even statewide basis.
I'm not politically involved enough to speak to solutions to these problems as they now stand. I tend to assume that we'd be expected to have set up a rival system to such programs as Social Security; the rub is that the government certainly won't be canceling those programs, and most voters won't be inclined to either. Starting a rival system would mean "double dip" into resources to a certain extent, and may not be economically practicable, and it may be that our failure is so great that it is now too late to go back and accept our responsibilities, at least here in the West.
One thing I can say for sure: This is a hole we've been digging for ourselves quite a while -- and no easy solution will be had now that we're at the bottom of a pit, tossing shovels of dirt up and over the edge.
Jogging on the Prayer Wheel?
There are many things I would change about public perceptions of Christianity, and this may initiate a series on the subject. For the moment what occurred to me is the damaging perception that is held concerning the use of prayer.
On the one hand, so many critics assume that it is a good argument to ask why prayer does not immediately heal all diseases, prevent all accidents, ensure all successes, and grant all requests. We have replied that such expectations are not at all warranted by a contextual understanding of texts on prayer. (Link below.)
On the other hand, we have teachers and leaders urging testimonials about fulfilled prayer; we have (or had – I haven't been watching this stuff!) Pat Robertson praying on the air and claiming some healing is instantly occurring as he prays; we have prayer being offered as the immediate action-solution when nothing else can be done.
In light of that, in one sense, one can hardly blame the critics for making such a big deal about prayer not being fulfilled: So many of our leading representatives act as though it is, that it is not surprising outsiders ask why God won't stop an earthquake, or heal a cancer patient.
Making matters worse, we have representatives who boast of prayer being answered over trivial matters – such as success in finding lost car keys. I am not denying that God is quite capable of locating lost car keys, but chances are, we found the keys on our own because we searched thoroughly. I say this because the saying of a prayer is not sufficient evidence to establish a chain of cause and effect. It's like the prophecy of Joseph Smith that South Carolina would instigate the Civil War – politicians of his day already knew that, so why give Smith credit for prophetic insight? But it remains: How can we unwind the dissonance of a God of Car Keys who won't cure cancer?
There are standard contrivances for this, such as "it wasn't God's will to cure that cancer" which don't help much; they only remove the dissonance a level further. And I'll add as well that we have leaders who play this game with Satan, too, blaming him for every misfortune. My pet example of this is Joyce Meyer suggesting that Satan likes to ruin the good time you have at family barbeques. I don't know – if I were a dispensationalist, and I thought Satan was still loose, even if he had millions of demons at his disposal to help, I would think they'd have better things to do than ruin a barbeque – like causing the death of a productive Christian leader, for example. Or an apologist.
Hmm. Maybe God hid my car keys because he knew Satan was trying to kill me in an accident.
This sort of theology is all over; some might even think of that Frank Peretti set of novels. I recall one scene from that where a group of demons was sending a vagrant to harass a woman in a car, having already ensured that her engine would not start. The lone angel, who was being beaten up by the demons, whispered in the woman's heart to release the parking brake, so that she'd roll downhill and escape. I don't recall that Peretti took his stories all that seriously, but apparently, many do.
But again – who can blame critics for pointing out that this God finds car keys but won't cure cancer? The "it's God's will" response wears far too thin; even as a fan of counterfactual histories, I find it hard to imagine a way that it would be a better world without so many uncured cancers and so fewer lost car keys.
If I had my druthers, these teachers would change their tune to reflect a more contextualized understanding of prayer, and would also frame unanswered prayer within the paradigm of patronage and grace: As in Mark 6:5-6 (second link), the appeals of the ingrate are seldom if ever answered. Each of us who sins (am I missing anyone?) is an ingrate towards God on that account, and if anything, answered prayers should be reckoned an above and beyond grace we didn't deserve. Finally, though it afflicts some for whom emotion is so strong that no rational appeal can penetrate it, I would point out that it is an ingratitude to ask God to come in and fix problems we caused ourselves – especially when we have already been given the intelligence, the tools, and the resources to prevent or fix them.
It won't make for a high-sales of prayer, but it certainly will eliminate the dissonance.
I have some outpatient surgery Monday, with an indeterminate recovery time, so the Ticker will return sometime next week, perhaps Wednesday but more likely Friday.
On prayer
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WWJD with 4 Wheels?
A few years ago someone composed an exercise in conscience-pricking with the question, "What would Jesus drive?" Some mocked the question as foolish to ask; others commended the query as worthy of consideration, thinking it reflected a proper priority of a disciple to be a good steward.
In some ways it's probably both. The question comes to me now and then as the owner of a Prius hybrid who finds less distress in recent price hikes for fuel than most. A part of me is somewhat pleased to suppose that those who purchased sports utility vehicles for the sake of pretense are paying the price of doing so. If the law of supply and demand holds, after all, SUV drivers are part of why gasoline has price spikes. (Of course, there are many other factors as well.)
Would Jesus drive a hybrid? A Cadillac? An SUV? The answer is not as simple as many from either side of the question supposed. To begin, Jesus (or anyone in his time) would have conceived of oil and gasoline as a "limited good". It might not hurt for us to do so too; the perception that gasoline is always there for the taking no doubt makes some use far more than they reasonably should. After hurricanes a few years back, we in Florida got a taste of gasoline as a "limited good" -- and it certainly made me more cautious. (And that says something, since I was pretty cautious already.)
So some might be tempted to assume at once, based on limited good, that Jesus would drive a Prius, or something far more fuel efficient. Maybe -- if he was alone, or only had 2 people with him. On the other hand, if he took the Twelve with him, he might just drive that SUV -- assuming the math works out with the number of people it carries working out to a savings over having a smaller vehicle and more trips. I'll let the automotive engineers out there argue over that one.
I think the answer is more complex than that, though. I think Jesus wouldn't have even supported dependency on a resource like oil. I think he would have gone for use of cleaner, renewable fuel options like solar. Why? Well, there's another agonistic social factor behind that: Reciprocity. The idea of being in debt to some other nation for such an essential resource, he would have seen as giving them undue control over us. (You thought I was going to say it was because of the environmental impact? That may have been a factor, too -- but the inherent reciprocity of our current system would have been viewed as far more insidious.)
In sum -- "what would Jesus drive" isn't a question you can answer based on a preconceived modern political preference, nor rooted in any sort of modern social agenda. I think if you asked Jesus what he'd drive, he'd have done a little time travel and done his best to convince Henry Ford to redesign that combustion engine.
June 2011 E-Block
I put this one out late last week…
The Musicians' Gambit, Part 1 -- A look at Christian music and the theology it presents. Quite honestly, I don't like much music that has words in it, but when it comes to Christian music, I'm appalled by the lack of substance in most of it. This first article looks at one of the more popular groups, Mercy Me, and you could fit the amount of quality theology I found there into a thimble.
Ghosts of End Times Future, Part 2 – More on the heresy of full preterism. This time I look at a mixed bag of claims, concerning the nature of "death" at the Fall, the nature of the resurrection body, and other issues related to resurrection.
The Slave Chains, Part 4 -- The fourth and last (for now) of a series on pro- and anti-slavery literature of America. This one's on a fellow named Thornton Stringfellow who was alleged to have been "THE" premier advocate of slavery being justifiable according to the Bible. However, his whole spiel amounts to hundreds of pages of, "it was done in the Bible, so why can't we do it"?
Is God the Ultimate Warrior? -- a critique of Susan Niditch's claims about the "war ban" as "human sacrifice". I've always thought this claim was an odd one, little more than a bigoted effort to connect OT accounts with stuff like Aztec sacrifices. Here, I argue that the "ban" is better understood in terms of honor.
Is Thom a Moral Misfit? Part 2 -- Second in series on Thom Stark's critique of Paul Copan. The subjects this time are "crude laws" and the human sacrifice; while for "misogyny" I just link to Glenn Miller's stuff...it's not like Stark does any sort of detailed work on any of these subjects.
The Unity of Philippians
This post supplements a video released today on TektonTV addressing ReligionFreeDeist's own video arguing that the letter to the Philippians is a composite product. We should note that while I was in the process of making my response, RFD placed his channel on "private" mode, so that his material is no longer accessible at large, including his original video.
Summary of Arguments for Division
RFD's video argued two major reasons for a split in the letter: Paul's abrupt change in tone at Phil. 3:2, and the perception that the dealings with Epaphroditus (2:25-30, 4:18) were out of chronological order. Not surprisingly, this thesis is not a new one; Hawthorne [xxix] finds suggestions for partitioning Philippians as early as the 17th century, and both of these arguments have been suggested as reasons for the partitioning. Some have even suggested that the letter should be divided into three parts, the third being the latter part of our Ch. 4. These days the scholarly tendency is to recognize it as a single letter. [Reed, 130]
Other arguments not made by RFD include an appeal to Polycarp, who says Paul wrote "letters" (plural) to the Philippians, though of course this may refer to otherwise unknown letters not saved and later canonized. (Why this happened is beyond our scope here; suffice to say that I follow Trobisch in thinking Paul himself initially selected from his own letters for a collection to survive as an anthology.)
Other lesser arguments have been made which are based on perceptions of compositional oddity, but none has the stark power of the appeal to 3:2.
Secondary Arguments Against Division
Even without the answer we give below, there are several reasons to doubt that Philippians is a composite product [W27f].
Textual evidence is lacking. All copies of Philippians represent it as a unity. Of course, this does not mean a thesis of partition is impossible, but as William Walker observes in his work on Pauline interpolations, one must provide sufficiently strong argumentation for any sort of conjectural emendation, and RFD's two points alone are not sufficient. Additionally, sudden shifts like the one in 3:2 can be detected in other Pauline letters,
Links between the two sections. 3:20-1 "recalls, develops, and applies" the material in 2:6-11, while 4:10-20 alludes to 1:4-5 and 2:25. There is also "special vocabulary" linking the two sections, and certain themes like "being of one mind."
Motive: There is frankly little sensible motive for two letters to have been spliced together in such a way. Reed and Hawthrone both point out that if a redactor thought these seams looked good together, then it is just as sensible to think Paul would as well.
The Place of Rhetoric
The key to answering RFD's claims is understanding that Philippians, like all of Paul's letters, uses certain conventions of Greco-Roman rhetoric. There are number of excellent sources on this subject, but a good starting point is a chapter on Paul as a rhetor in Ben Witherington's The Paul Quest.
Generally, the elements of Philippians in terms of rhetorical format are as follows, according to Witherington [18]:
Prescript 1:1-2
Exordium 1:3-11
Narratio 1:12-26
Propositio: 1:27-30
Probatio: 2:1-4:3 –the "meat" of the rhetoric, where arguments are presented. As noted in the video, Paul provides both positive examples for the Philippians to emulate, and negative examples for them to avoid emulating (or, just plain avoid!). Some authorities class the "negative" parts of the probatio as being a subsection which is called a reprehensio. This, again, is why the first mention of Epaphroditus is where it is. While this may confuse modern readers like RFD, it is appropriate within the conventions of Greco-Roman rhetoric.
Peroratio 4:4-20 – a sort of recap in which emotional and heartfelt appeals are made to inspire the audience. The appeals can be positive or negative, though typically, as here, the rhetor closes with a positive example, and that is why the second mention of Epaphroditus is here: Paul's thankfulness at receiving the gift from the Philippians Is the sort of thing that would ideally end the letter on a positive, heartfelt note.
Closing 4:21-3
Authorities may differ slightly on the beginnings and ends of these sections. Reed [165] offers a chart of various views in which the probatio is seen to vary from 2:1-3:21, 1:18b-4:7, 2:1-4:3, and 1:27-3:21, for example. However, all of the analyses cited agree that the critical verses in 2:25-30 and 3:2 are part of the probatio, and most place 4:18 in the peroration, though one places it in what is called a narratio – which would still serve our purpose sufficiently.
Due caution is also noted inasmuch as no one argues that Paul had before him a book on rhetoric and made a "checklist" of each part, being sure to include it. Rather, rhetoric would have been something he learned and incorporated into his practice; thus the likeliest reason for scholars' inability to reach unanimous consent on the "edges" of each section is that it reflects Paul's comfort and proficiency with the practice; or else, these conventions were part of what Reed calls a "culturally-shared means of argumentation" which was formalized by rhetors [444]. Rhetoric should be used primarily descriptively, as something that illuminates Paul's compositional procedure, and Philippians might be best described as a personal letter in which Paul makes informal use of certain conventions of rhetoric.
An additional point closely related to the change in tone in 3:2 is the seeming "conclusive" nature of 3:1, though RFD does not make much of this apart from a somewhat sarcastic comment directed towards Paul. In this regard, Reed [229f] provides a helpful analysis of 3:1 as an example of a "hesitation formula," a type of epistolary transitional tool. We need say no more of that since it was not raised as an issue; suffice to say that perceptions by modern critics of a problem are anachronistic.
The bottom line: RFD's arguments for division in Philippians – which are not "news" in any sense – are rooted in an evaluation of the text in terms of modern perceptions and conventions.
Ben Witherington, Friendship and Finances in Philippi
Gerald Hawthorne, Philippians
Jeffrey Reed, A Discourse Analysis of Philippians. It should be noted that Reed has some dispute with identification of Philippians in rhetorical terms on a macro level. However, he does not offer any dispute of it on a "micro" level, on the level with which we are here concerned, and offers his own thesis based on discourse analysis in which he concludes that the weight of the evidence points to Philippians as a single letter.
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Lance Lambert, the Lame Prophet
This may seem like shooting an ant with a bazooka, but that's the sort of thing I do all the time. A reader asked us to have a look at the predictions of a self-proclaimed "prophet" named Lance Lambert, and it's fairly tragic. Lambert's site describes him as "one of the most distinguished Bible scholars and speakers in Israel today" and I suppose that may be right, if Israel has only one Bible scholar in it. Lambert claims to have been through the "school of African and Oriental studies at London University" but it was apparently for missions work; there's no sign his education has prepared him to be a capable exegete, much less a "distinguished Bible scholar."
In any event, it is not for exegesis that we address Lambert today; it is for a set of six reputed prophecies he has issued over the past two decades. Naturally the point is to ask if he's anything that could be called a prophet and whether he passes the Deuteronomic test. Let's look at those messages one at a time.
April 1986: This one's the longest of the set and also the most specific – which doesn't say much. There's a prediction of "unparalleled upheaval and turmoil" as well as of "signs in sun and moon and stars," "monetary collapses," "natural disasters," "old and new plague diseases," and so on. All of this is too vague to be of much use; what does one mean by "unparalleled"? Of new types? Larger scope? It's also not clear whether Lambert thinks any of this has been fulfilled or not.
However, when he does get specific enough, that's where the problems start. After a few lines of exhortation, we get to this:
Do not fear the power of the Kremlin, nor the power of the Islamic Revolution, for I plan to break both of them through Israel. I will bring down their pride and their arrogance, and shatter them because they have blasphemed My Name.
Hmm, well – that's one for two down, anyway, but I guess someone hasn't heard – Israel didn't break the Kremlin. I suppose Lambert had a standard dispensational twist on Ezekiel 38-9 in mind there, but that scenario was pretty much DOA some time ago. Unless of course, he means the current "Kremlin" under Putin now. Which we're sure he meant back in 1986, too.
Several more paragraphs of exhortation follow, and there's nothing in it that could be called a prediction save a pledge that Israel would be converted to Christianity. Still waiting, I guess.
November 1992: Long, but not quite as long as the last one. There's vague warnings of "political, economic, religious and physical upheavals," of the coming antichrist (sorry – no points for copying the Bible there, even if you're a dispensationalist), of whom it is said, "his hour has come." The most specific portion: "One super power I have cast down, and another I am about to judge." And that's only half prediction. But for some reason, no correction to the prior prophecy saying that "superpower" would be taken down by Israel.
Other than that – more exhortation, and more, and more warnings. It's maybe one sentence of testable prediction mixed with several paragraphs of exhortation. Sure doesn't give us much to judge with.
November 1998: God's mad now: There's yet more vague predictions of natural and economic disaster and then piles more exhortation. You have to ask: What would constitute fulfillment of these vague predictions? Even a mild recession could be grasped as an economic judgment, as vague as these prophecies are.
August 2006: The vague predictions continue; there's a profession that converts will be culled from the old Marxist and current Islamic nations, with the latter's power being broke. We can be fair -- that one may not be done yet.
April 2010: God's mad again, and there's more vague troubles ahead, the same ones as before, plus now even climate problems – kind of a late start on that one, though, since climate trouble has been in the news for decades. Also a prediction that "old and powerful nations will become as if they are third world countries, super powers will no longer be super powers but countries such as India and China will arise to take their place." It seems to me that's been predicted by economic forecasters for a while now. Maybe God read their books.
April 2011: Big message: Israel will convert, lots of them. More than last time this was predicted, I hope. Current unrest in the Arab world is said to be "an enormous gain for militant Islam," though we are assured Israel will still be the winner. And watch out, once again, the last superpower is about to be judged. And God means it this time.
So what's it all boil down to? Lambert's prophecies are 93% exhortation/warning, 2% reuse of dispensational themes, 3% too vague to be of much use, and 2% "fresh" – with about half of that having already failed. If it seems silly to belabor such an insignificant mite as Lambert, consider that Harold Camping has done much the same thing, and all the damage he's caused. Perhaps the only difference between the two in practical terms is that Lambert didn't come up with as good of a publicity machine. That that is the major difference between the two is fairly disturbing.
I have some USDA work this week, so the Ticker will return Friday.
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Book Snap: David Lamb's "God Behaving Badly"
I don't give praise to too many books, but this one decidedly deserved it. It reads like essays written by Glenn Miller or myself on those (yawn) OT atrocity stories, except simpler: More in that sense like one of my YouTube videos, trying to bring the complex issues down to a level the average person will understand.
Lamb is a professor of OT, but he writes with a flair and familiarity consistent with an apologist who is also a good communicator. Popular culture references – you got 'em. (Who would expect a book on OT issues like these to allude to sitcoms like The Simpsons? I would –it's the sort of thing I've been saying we need to do!) A good number of the favorite objections are covered, though some are not (for example, the story of Jephthah's daughter isn't covered).
The only reservations I have may or may not have to do with that aspect of the book. Though Lamb frequently cites cultural norms of the OT period as relevant, I would have liked to have seen more background on things like ritual purity, and honor and shame, and how they related to these issues. And perhaps it would have been nice to have seen some treatment of some of the more absurd arguments made by certain atheist quarters (e.g., one opponent of mine asked why God didn't just turn Amalekite weapons into bananas – as if that would have stopped anything!). But I may be too demanding there; Lamb takes on the New Atheists, and even the Infidel Guy at one point. And when it gets down to it, there's no answer necessary when the only argument the atheists offer amounts to complaining (but not explaining) how unfair God is.
I'll be adding this one with Paul Copan's Is God a Moral Monster as an excellent starter book for readers interested in these issues.
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Fitzgerald Nailed
I don't indeed have time for a substantial post today, but do have time to note another review of David Fitzgerald's horrible Christ-myth manifesto, Nailed. This one is by Tim O'Neill, a Skeptic with little patience for bad scholarship (especially Christ mythers). Enjoy.
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Award winning WeChat campaign in China
An NZTE online marketing campaign using WeChat in China has been awarded the Best International Social Media campaign at the 2017 New Zealand Social Media Awards.
Taste NZ is an annual food and beverage programme run by NZTE in a number of selected channels within Asian markets. It aims to raise the visibility of New Zealand products in local supermarkets, drive in-market sales, and provide an opportunity for Kiwi companies to get closer to consumers and connect with supermarket decision-makers.
NZTE hired UMS (United Media Solutions) in early 2014, a digital marketing company based in New Zealand and China, to create and run a WeChat campaign for Taste New Zealand in China.
"The aim of the platform was to create a group of people with the potential and interest to keep purchasing New Zealand products," says Maxwell Shi, NZTE's Regional Marketing and Communications Manager for Greater China.
"Every consumer who purchased a New Zealand product online during the promotional period received a voucher with their products. That voucher included a QR code that consumers could scan using their WeChat account. Every consumer who scanned the QR code received points that could then be used while shopping for other New Zealand products. Users earned points every time they purchased New Zealand products and they were kept active through regular competitions and prize draws," says Shi.
The programme has built a database of 70,000 members. Working with NZTE, UMS has been able to collect and analyse consumer insights from the database to promote other New Zealand brands and products.
"This database is our asset, and our aim is to increase this and further promote New Zealand companies and products to that database of consumers. We'll do this by leveraging the database with incentives to buy New Zealand products," says Shi.
NZTE is using the Taste NZ platform to conduct surveys and questionnaires to gain greater customer insights. These surveys are helping NZTE collect information on consumer attitudes and opinions of New Zealand brands, products and general category data.
The NZTE team has plans to grow the programme to reach 100,000 active consumers over the next two years.
"We want the programme to be sought after by New Zealand companies and consumers alike," says Shi. "But this campaign is just the tip of the iceberg when you look at the potential of how digital channels like WeChat are part of doing business in China. I'd encourage all New Zealand companies exporting to China to consider digital campaigns as a way to really engage with consumers."
The success of the programme was confirmed earlier this week when it was named a winner in the International Campaign category at the New Zealand Social Media Awards.


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Tirian (Engels: Tirian) is een personage uit Het laatste gevecht van De Kronieken van Narnia door C.S. Lewis.

Tirian is de laatste koning van Narnia, en de zevende in afstamming van Rilian. Samen met zijn vrienden strijdt hij tegen de overheersing van Narnia door de Calormeners en door de aap Draaier, de vermomde Puzzel en de Tarkaan Rishda.

Als hij samen met zijn vriend, de eenhoorn Juweel, naar het omhakken van de bomen gaat kijken, wordt hij gevangengenomen. Eustaas en Jill komen hem bevrijden, en samen proberen ze de Narniërs ervan te overtuigen dat Draaier een leugenaar is. Dit loopt uit op een strijd bij de stal, die door de troepen van Tirian wordt verloren.

Samen met Rishda gaat hij de stal in, waar hij Tash tegenkomt. Tash neemt Rishda mee, naar de plaats waar ze horen, maar Tirian is in het nieuwe Narnia, een soort "hemel". Aslan prijst hen voor zijn trouw tot het einde. In het nieuwe Narnia is Aslan altijd aanwezig en bestaat uitsluitend nog geluk.

Personage uit Narnia

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easyJet also flies from Gatwick to Vienna up to twice daily. BA and Austrian Airlines also fly three+ times daily to Vienna from London Heathrow. It is of course possible to "mix and match" BA flights to/from Gatwick and Heathrow, if convenient.
This route now operates on a winter seasonal basis. BA continues to fly Vienna year-round from Heathrow.


Razer Leviathan is an entirely different take on gaming speakers than the rest we have reviewed thus far. It is a Surround Sound Bar and hence ideal for Laptop gamers. Nevertheless, featuring 5.1 surround sound technology, this product from Razer is good for more than just gaming with its rich mids and highs. We have no qualms recommending this gaming speaker to one and all, provided you can afford it.
Razer calls the Leviathan, "One Sound Bar To Rule Them All." It is the best Bluetooth enabled, gaming sound bar currently available on the market that caters exclusively to gamers everywhere. 5.1 Channel Surround without a five speaker setup? We too were baffled by the claim. Razer says that it uses Dolby technology with a dedicated subwoofer and directional sound drivers to deliver 5.1 effects.
One thing is for sure that the bar design will bring you closer to the battle scenes at least when gaming on a laptop. The question is, does this sound bar have what it takes to game on a large screen television? According to Razer, the Leviathan features four finely tuned drivers in its sound bar that will resonate the audio all across the room. Moreover, with v4.0 aptX Bluetooth, you can stream wireless music directly to the Razer soundbar without any cables. The soundbar even works on its own if you decide to go completely wireless, although you will lose out on the subwoofer's deep bass.
Unlike most sound bars, the Razer Leviathan has a 5.25 inch downward firing subwoofer that is perfectly tuned to match the soundstage of the Razer sound bar. Don't get fooled by the small packaging. Measuring 30% less than normal soundbars, this one fits underneath any monitor and on any table. It even mounts on the wall. As for cables, there are just two to hide. One goes to the subwoofer, and another draws power for the setup. By the way, the sound bar has three tuned equalizer settings if you decide to stream over Bluetooth.
Razer wants us to believe that the Leviathan is a proper replacement for a living room 5.1 surround sound solution. We feel otherwise and would rather suggest getting a decent 5.1 or even 7.1 surround sound setup with multiple speakers if the living room is where you plan on using the Razer Leviathan. It was important to get this information out of the way as you might be considering the Razer as a viable alternative to TV speakers.
The Leviathan is an excellent PC speaker with Virtual surround sound. It is a good alternative to Dolby surround headphones but not a proper replacement. However, if you compare it to an actual 2.1 surround sound solution, the Dolby effect is more pronounced though concentrated in a very particular cone. We feel the Leviathan wins over other desktop solutions simply because of its form factor and fresh looks. If only Razer opted to call this a 3.1 setup, we would have rated this top of our charts.
The sound bar produces clear highs and mids with the subwoofer playing thunderous lows. Trying to test the 5.1 solution using the Windows audio setting does reveal something startling. The rear channels do not sound that much different from the left and right channel speakers. The lack of clarity is because the rear channel is a virtual simulation of the two side channels. According to Razer and even Dolby, this works as an actual 5.1 solution only when there is a wall directly behind you to bounce the sound off. We, however, could not feel the difference when positioned accurately in front of a wall.
In games, though the Razer sound bar performs exceptionally well. Take GTA V for instance. As cars drive past you, the Razer Leviathan gives you the illusion of passing cars as if they were whooshing past in real life. The surround effects are pronounced on the sound bar though not distinct. A decent Dolby 5.1 headset will sound much more spatially separated. The surround experience is better with bullets, speech and similar effects, especially when we positioned our test table parallel to a wall for the sound to bounce off. You will also have to place the sound bar as close as possible to your keyboard or yourself if you want the surround experience.
What blew us away though is the Dolby effects remain when using it with the AUX or 3.5 connection. Even on Bluetooth, music seemed fuller than normal. Speaking of Bluetooth, this sound bar will remember a total of five paired devices so you can quickly swap between them.
The equalizers are limited to just three, and though they produce some change in the soundstage, it is not prominent enough to make much of a difference. Streaming music though tends to become better on either of the three settings depending on what it is the speakers are playing. Some folks have complained about the bass being on the higher side with the game preset but we find it adequate. At least, the bass does not muddle rest of the frequencies.
We do have one major gripe with the Razer Leviathan. The optical connector or rather the subwoofer connector is fragile at best and can break if you yank it. Finding a replacement is not easy on the open market and ordering one from Razer might take longer than you would like. A minor gripe is the auto power-off mode. The sound bar switches off if it stays idle for over 20 minutes. The 20-minute timer did not bother us though it might be an issue for some.
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1 surround sound effect is evident when paired with a laptop or desktop setup.
The subwoofer is exceptionally powerful and does not falter even with EDM tracks.
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The sound bar can operate without the subwoofer. It is, in fact, available with or without the subwoofer.
Lack of cables and its small size makes it ideal for a minimalistic setup.
This sound bar is not a proper surround sound solution. It is virtualized and at best comes close to a 3.1 setup.
You cannot use it as a living room solution.
The proprietary connectors for the subwoofer are fragile and can break if you are not careful.
Auto power-off after 20 minutes may be a problem for some.
We love the minimalistic design of the Razer Leviathan. It is not an eyesore and yet somehow manages to amaze us every time we game on it. Yes, the soundbar does have its quirks, but overall for the price you pay, you get a pretty advanced technological marvel.
5.1 surround effects that are more like 3.1 but still better than any 2.1 surround sound speaker, we recommend this to one and all, regardless of whether you have a capable gaming speaker or not. No crackling at high volumes, no breaking up over Bluetooth and flawless highs, lows or middles. Who knew Razer could make good audio equipment too? Until now we believed Razer was a brand you chose for their accessories or even gaming laptops but seems with the Leviathan, they have made a niche for themselves, one they are not in any hurry to vacate.


I had this service for awhile and had a generally good experience. I loved the clothes, bought some dresses, and while it was expensive, the variety of stuff and quick shipping made it generally worth it for me. About 18 months ago, I got a new card from my bank when I got married and combined accounts with my husband, changed my name, etc. I decided not to renew my payment information with GB to save some money (I'd just had a wedding and was about to start a career change involving going back to school, so I just didn't have the expendable income). I got a new job recently and was excited to renew my account with GB, so I logged in today and entered my new card info to get it rolling again. I started adding things to my closet, even went to their store to scope out deals on items that had been previously rented. I was about to check out from the store with a few bargains, and my card got declined. Huh? I checked my bank account and GB HAD CHARGED MY CARD OVER $1400. I don't even have that much! So my card is now overdrawn over $900. I immediately called customer service and she explained that because I never technically canceled, the monthly fee kept accruing and it just went ahead and charged me for the past 20 months even though I was not using the service during that time. She said she would put in a ticket for a refund, but it takes up to 48 hours. So until they can process whatever it is they need to process, I am beyond broke. My best friend's bachelorette party is tomorrow and I can't even go now. And this never would have happened to me if I hadn't RETURNED TO THEIR SERVICE. I am so disappointed. How can a company operate like this? They have nothing in place to stop your card being charged when you're no longer using their service? That's just irresponsible. I was not offered any kind of good faith deal to stay a customer even after this SERIOUS inconvenience. I also got no confirmation email that my service was renewed, my account was being reviewed by customer service, I would be getting a new box, nothing. I was so looking forward to getting new cute stuff to wear too. Bummed out, mad, and will have to cancel a service I actually LIKED until this whole fiasco.
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