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BMI Mourns the Loss of 5th Ward Weebie
From News, posted 1.10.20. BMI was saddened to learn of the death of 5th Ward Weebie, who passed away Thursday at the age of 42. A pivotal pioneer of the bounce music scene in his native New Orleans, Weebie, whose real name was Jerome Cosey, helped put Louisiana on the hip-hop map via singles…Read more...
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From News, posted 12.26.19. Every year, BMI, our creative community and industry notables gather at BMI's Award shows across genres to honor titans of music and celebrate the incredible songwriters, composers and publishers of the most-performed songs of the year. Special accolades like BMI's Icon Award, President's Award, Champion Award and more are presented,…Read more...
BMI Rings In the Holidays With Atlanta's Best and Brightest
From News, posted 12.20.19. Last week, Atlanta's best and brightest turned out in full force for the annual BMI Atlanta holiday party. The festitivites were sponsored by Hennessy, who provided signature cocktails for the private dinner, held at culinary gem Cape Deutch, featuring a selection of the restaurant's most popular dishes.…Read more...
Billboard Honors BMI's Alison Smith, Taylor Swift, Brandi Carlile & Others at 2019 Women in Music
From News, posted 12.17.19. BMI was very proud to watch Taylor Swift take the stage at Billboard's annual Women in Music celebration on Thursday, December 12, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, to accept the evening's highest honor, Woman of the Decade Award. Delivering a powerful speech, Swift expressed admiration for women who…Read more...
BMI Mourns the Loss of Juice WRLD
From News, posted 12.09.19. BMI is profoundly saddened to learn of the death of rapper/singer/songwriter Juice WRLD, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 21. A remarkable talent with tremendous promise, Juice WRLD – whose real name was Jarad Anthony Higgins – was on his way to forging an impactful career…Read more...
BMI's "Know Them Now – Thank You for Hip-Hop" Showcase Puts Spotlight on Emerging Talent
From News, posted 12.04.19. Last week, BMI presented it's Know Them Now -Thank You For Hip-Hop showcase at New York City's legendary S.O.B.'s. The event featured some of BMI's most promising songwriters and producers, who have begun to generate a loyal fanbase and are ready to break into New York's hip-hop music scene, including…Read more...
BMI Congratulates its 2020 GRAMMY Award Nominees
From News, posted 11.21.19. BMI is once again very proud to congratulate its many affiliates nominated for recognition by the Recording Academy at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards, scheduled to be held on January 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Nominations for the music industry's most prestigious accolades were announced on Wednesday,…Read more...
Still Striving & Prospering: Five Minutes with A$AP Ferg
From The Weekly, posted 9.24.19. On the eve of the release of his acclaimed new EP, Floor Seats, Harlem native, A$AP Mob rapper and BMI songwriter A$AP Ferg dropped by BMI's New York office in the World Trade Center. We quickly sat down with him to discuss his new material, his approach to making music…Read more...
Brandy Honored with the BMI President's Award at the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
From News, posted 8.30.19. BMI celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishers of the past year's most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs during the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held at the Sandy Springs Arts Center in Atlanta. Multiple-award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Brandy received the BMI President's Award in recognition of her powerful impact on the entertainment industry and…Read more...
Brandy to be Honored With the BMI President's Award at the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
From News, posted 7.31.19. BMI will honor multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Brandy with the BMI President's Award at its 2019 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Thursday, August 29. The private event, held at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, will be hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O'Neill and BMI Vice…Read more...
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The mark of any good musician exists in the way they execute the connection between musical ideas and their means of expression. When the circuit is complete, the vision becomes clear; it's as if the musician is not speaking to us with instruments, lyrics, verses, choruses and arrangements, but rather their message is unmediated, or that it could not be delivered any other way.
Listening to James Murphy, the man behind LCD Soundsystem whose effects on twentieth-century American music are probably still mostly unknown, you get the feeling that something really powerful is afoot. It all begins with the creation of LCD Soundsystem's unique approach to music, what might be called electronic rock and roll. Murphy's music draws inspiration from these two places: the grooves and heart-throbbing magnetism of electronica combined with the soulfulness and lyricism of American rock and roll and the energy of punk.
All of Murphy's songs on Sound of Silver come together only after lengthy development; the track length on this album definitely averages more than five minutes apiece, with many extending into seven and eight minutes, as electronica songs usually do. Murphy's biography seems to reflect this sort of unusual length, since his route to LCD Soundsystem has been circuitous, even accidental. After quitting the writing staff of Seinfeld (he thought the show had little potential), Murphy started out playing in two small New York City bands — I haven't heard any of Pony or Speedking, but if you think Pixies, I think you'll get the idea. He then moved into sound production for Six Finger Satellite before, at the age of 29, discovering ecstasy, dancing in clubs and electronica. In 2001, he founded DFA Records with Tim Goldsworthy, in 2005 LCD Soundsystem's self-titled double-disc debut came out — an excellent album by many standards — and the rest is history.
A typical LCD Soundsystem song is easily recognizable because it comes from Murphy's rich tradition in so many different kinds of music, and goes a little like this. Murphy eases you into the song by sticking to the basics of rhythm: drums and bass. Sometimes the sound is definitely acoustic, other times synthetic. The drum sets the pace and the bass the key — the two plod unhurriedly along together for awhile. Soon enough, riffs begin to add up, either on guitar or electronic keyboards, completing the musical exposition of the song.
This is where a great electronica song would end. What really completes the song and brings it into more familiar (and I think, relatable) rock, however, is when Murphy begins speaking and talking to us. The voice behind LCD Soundsystem isn't exactly a mind-blowing one, but it certainly is versatile. First, Murphy can do something I usually think detracts from music, which is sing-talk. While most of his verse lines don't change much in their pitch, Murphy makes up for a melodic lack by connecting the way he articulates the words with the meaning behind them. For example, if Murphy writes about losing someone and feeling lonely, his voice becomes halted and softened, as if he were crying. On the other hand, if he wishes to direct his message about the humiliation non-Americans subject Americans to, he shifts more to what's called head voice, and his voices grates there against the back of his throat like he's yelling.
Of course, and here's the best part, Murphy can sing when he needs to in many of his well-constructed bridges and choruses. Looking at Murphy's sizable physique you'd never guess it, but this guy really has a superb range especially in upper registers. His falsetto is dead-on, which he often uses right before beginning a vocal line, and he can also hold notes normally out of a man's range to bring across particular moments of emotional intensity, like despair or jubilation. Like many strong electronica songs, Murphy delivers these vocal gifts only after length development, saving the best for last. It's not the way the Beatles would have done it, but this system of delayed reward is far more satisfying, even cathartic.
Murphy cites punk as the foundation of his musical influence; although decades of development has distorted punk's original intentions, I believe it's for the better. Right for its specific time and place — culturally, politically, musically — the fact of the matter is that our age demands a different sort of punk sound, one that takes advantage of the exponential increase in harmonic variety since the '70s — remember that things like hip-hop, house, even "world music" weren't really around, or at least prolific enough to be mainstream, until later. One of Murphy's best attributes is his tacit recognition of these developments, as well as the current music scene which boasts exciting, energetic bands like The Rapture or The Klaxons. At press time, Sound of Silver stands at #46 on the charts — not bad at all for such a revolutionary, underground musician like Murphy. Whether he's leading or accompanying a new direction is unclear but irrelevant — LCD Soundsystem is inspiring and genuine: truly a visionary endeavor that may never lose its glossy varnish.


The Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (Assist), an international capacity-building non-profit group, has relaunched DigiBayanihan, a digital empowerment program for Filipinos first unveiled in 2014.
This time around, DigiBayanihan targets young members of Philippine society to prepare them for an increasingly digital world. Its goal is to reach one million youths across the country, especially in Visayas and Mindanao.
"We want to enable our people in Visayas and Mindanao with the best of content and skills so that they can use it where they are and benefit where they are," said Assist Asia group managing director Sreenivas Narayanan during the press launch at Ascott Makati on Oct. 24.
The program consists of three initiatives namely, Career Engine, Test Hero, and DQ World.
Career Engine is a career portal whose objective is to prepare new college and technical vocation graduates for their future careers.
In particular, Career Engine helps graduates in their job search, preps them up for the job interview, and equips them with the right attitude for the modern workplace.
The portal contains engaging content in the local context, training videos, downloadable materials, modules, and questionnaires in Filipino, English, and Cebuano.
On the other hand, Test Hero is a test preparation portal which aims to get high school students ready for college and university entrance exams through practice tests.
It features over a thousand questions covering basic subjects in school, educational modules, guides, and videos. Test Hero also allows collaboration among students learning about the same topic.
Meanwhile, DQ World is an online and mobile learning platform for children 8-12 years old designed to build up their DQ or digital intelligence quotient. It will equip them with skills and abilities that will help them live in an increasingly digital world.
These core skills are screen time management, cyberbullying management, cyber security management, privacy management, critical thinking, digital citizen identity, digital footprint management, and digital empathy.
Developed in partnership with Singapore-based DQ Institute, DQ World will feature animation, interactive slides, quizzes, and the like, in gamified format. It will also provide post program reports for both the schools and the parents showing the children's scores and proposed interventions, among others.
For DigiBayanihan, Assist works in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology's Tech4Ed project which delivers ICT-enabled services and content to unserved and underserved communities in the country.


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Schermen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1904 in St. Louis.

Heren
De Amerikaanse staatsburgers Charles Tathem en Albertson Van Zo Post kwamen uit voor Cuba bij de individuele onderdelen; bij het teamwedstrijd floret worden ze door het IOC als deelnemers uit de Verenigde Staten gezien.

floret individueel

floret team

Slechts 2 deelnemende ploegen.

degen individueel

sabel individueel

stokschermen enkele stok

Medaillespiegel

Externe links
  The Olympic Games 1904, Charles J.P. Lucas
  Spalding's Athletic Almanac for 1905
  Uitslagen database IOC

Schermen
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Olympische Zomerspelen 1904
Olympische Zomerspelen 1904

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How to send your song on the radio
Many creative people wanting to Express their thoughts and feelings, often write poems or songs. The main audience are usually only the closest people – relatives and friends. Often young people even create their own group in order to be able to become better known. But still the audience remains relatively narrow, because even if you are able to speak in any kind of broad events, the songs remain well-known within only one city. If you want to audience your audience has become more you can try to send your creation on the radio.
How to get into radio
Where to send your very own song
How to request a song on Russian radio
The easiest and most affordable way to make their songs known to a wider circle of people – the Internet. Almost all large radiostations now have their own websites where you can find special sections devoted to the work of radiolisteners. Post them on your song very simply and quickly. Of course, you have to pre-record in good quality, and then go to the website, register and upload your own track.
In addition, there are sites for different groups-lovers, where you can also post your song. In search of new talents such sites are frequently viewed by different producers, which can offer you assistance.
But you can go the other way. On radiostations now popular shares when the listeners are offered on a competitive basis, to send in their works, after the vote, the best of them get on the air. To find out about these promotions just – just listen to the radio, about such contests misleading on various radiostations almost every month. Stock information can also be found on the Internet or by calling a radiostation.
To break into the world of famous musicians and promote their song on the radio you can just speaking with her on any events. First, you'll notice people who are connected with the work at radiostations, and perhaps they will offer you their help. Secondly, many people today are becoming known because of their work like others, so their performance is filmed and put online. The heroes of the most popular videos manage to become famous, to draw attention to their works, and a radiostation are interested in how to twist a popular song.I wish to become known to many young people, but not all of them are really talented authors, composers and performers. If you are sure that your songs are really good and want to hear a lot of people, try your hand and submit their works on any radiostation. Perhaps your music will appeal to listeners and you will become a famous singer.
How to get through on the radio
How to congratulate with happy birthday on the radio
How to send a track to the label
How to sew a dress without a pattern
To stitch quickly dress, do not have to be a professional dressmaker, it is enough...
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The Conan Gray World Tour 2022 was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray. The tour began on March 1, 2022 in Dallas, and concluded on June 9, 2022 in London. It consisted of 54 shows across North America and Europe. Opening acts included Bülow in North America and Mallrat in Europe. Benee opened for the show in Berlin. Shortly after concluding this tour, Gray announced his fourth concert tour, The Superache Tour in fall 2022 in support of his second studio album, Superache.

Background
In early 2020, Gray announced a tour in support of his debut album, Kid Krow, set to begin in April of that year. After releasing his album the next month, Gray cancelled this tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 25, 2021 Gray announced he would tour again in the spring of 2022. Gray announced his second studio album, Superache in the midst of his tour, as the upcoming album would come out after the tour concluded.

Set list
 "Wish You Were Sober"
 "Telepath"
 "Comfort Crowd"
 "Fight or Flight"
 "(Online Love)"
 "Astronomy"
 "The Cut That Always Bleeds"
 "Checkmate"
 "Overdrive"
 "Affluenza"
 "The Story"
 "Lookalike"
 "Little League"
 "Jigsaw"
 "People Watching"
 "Maniac"

Encore
17. "Heather"

Notes
 Starting with the show in Phoenix, "Memories" was added to the set list
 Starting with the show in Barcelona, "Lookalike" was removed from the set list and was replaced with 'Yours"

Shows
List of tour dates, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts.

References

2022 concert tours
Conan Gray concert tours
Concert tours of North America
Concert tours of Europe
Concert tours of the United States
Concert tours of Canada
Concert tours of Norway
Concert tours of Sweden
Concert tours of Denmark
Concert tours of Germany
Concert tours of Austria
Concert tours of Switzerland
Concert tours of Italy
Concert tours of Spain
Concert tours of France
Concert tours of Belgium
Concert tours of the Netherlands
Concert tours of Ireland
Concert tours of the United Kingdom


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Vice President Mike Pence Announces the Following Individuals to Key Posts
Washington, DC - Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence announced the following individuals to key positions in the Office of the Vice President:
Katie Miller, to serve as Communications Director
Devin O'Malley, to serve as Press Secretary
Samantha Schwab, to serve as Deputy Press Secretary
Hannah MacInnis, to serve as Digital Director
Caroline Frattaroli, to serve as Research Director
Laura Schlapp, to serve as Director of Regional Media
Elise Zappia, to serve as Press Assistant


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Q: Actions must be plain objects. when firebase auth.signOut() I have a React-Redux project I am working on that is causing me this error when trying to use the signOut() method from firebase auth:
Actions must be plain objects. Use custom middleware for async actions.
The weird thing is that the login action dispatches correctly.
Here is my index.js in which I set up the store:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './App';
import * as serviceWorker from './serviceWorker';
import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux'
import root from './store/reducers/root'
import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
import thunk from 'redux-thunk'
import { reduxFirestore, getFirestore } from 'redux-firestore'
import { ReactReduxFirebaseProvider, getFirebase } from 'react-redux-firebase'
import firebase from './config/firebase'

const store = createStore(root,
  compose(
    applyMiddleware(thunk.withExtraArgument({ getFirestore, getFirebase })),
    reduxFirestore(firebase),

  )
  + window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__()
)

const rrfProps = {
  firebase,
  config: firebase,
  dispatch: store.dispatch
}

ReactDOM.render(
  <Provider store={store}>
    <ReactReduxFirebaseProvider {...rrfProps}>
      <App />
    </ReactReduxFirebaseProvider>
  </Provider>,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

Here the action creator (which as you can see is the same as for login but without parameters):
export const login = (credentials) => {
    return (dispatch, getState, { getFirebase }) => {
        const firebase = getFirebase()
        const email = credentials.email
        const password = credentials.password
        firebase.auth().signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
            .then(() => dispatch(
                {
                    type: 'LOGIN_SUCCESS',
                }
            ))
            .catch((err) => {
                dispatch(
                    {
                        type: 'LOGIN_ERROR',
                        err
                    })
            })
    };
}

export const logout = () => {
    return (dispatch, getState, { getFirebase }) => {
        const firebase = getFirebase()
        firebase.auth().signOut()
            .then(() => dispatch(
                {
                    type: 'LOGOUT_SUCCESS'
                }
            ))
        // .catch((err) => {
        //     dispatch({
        //         type: 'LOGOUT_ERROR',
        //         err
        //     })
        // })
    };
}

Here is the reducer:
const initialState = {
    authError: null
}

const user = (state = initialState, action) => {
    switch (action.type) {
        case 'LOGIN_SUCCESS':
            return {
                ...state,
                authError: null
            }
        case 'LOGIN_ERROR':
            return {
                ...state,
                authError: action.err.message
            }
        case 'LOGOUT_SUCCESS':
            return {
                ...state,
                authError: null
            }
        // case 'LOGOUT_ERROR':
        //     return {
        //         ...state,
        //         authError: action.err.message
        //     }
        default:
            return state
    }
}

export default user

And this is the component in which I map the dispatch to the props and call the logout function:
import React from 'react'
import { Drawer, makeStyles, ListItem, ListItemText, List } from '@material-ui/core'
import { logout } from './../store/actions/auth'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'

const useStyles = makeStyles({
    temporaryDrawer: {

    }
})

const TemporaryDrawer = (props) => {

    const classes = useStyles()

    const list = ['Log Out']

    const handleOnClose = (e) => {
        e.preventDefault()
        props.setState(false)
    }

    return (
        <Drawer className={classes.temporaryDrawer} open={props.state} anchor="right" onClose={handleOnClose}>
            <List>
                {list.map(text =>
                    <ListItem button key={text} onClick={props.logout}>
                        <ListItemText primary={text} />
                    </ListItem>
                )}
            </List>
        </Drawer >
    );
}

const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
    return {
        logout: () => dispatch(logout())
    }
}

export default connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(TemporaryDrawer);

I have spent now a couple of hours trying to figure out what is wrong and all the answers on the internet are not applicable to my case.
Can anyone help me with this?
EDIT
OK, as I suspected has something to do with the redux dev tool. If I remove + window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__() it work fine. How can I set that up properly?

A: I have found the solution,
the store should be created as such:
const store = createStore(root,
  compose(
    applyMiddleware(thunk.withExtraArgument({ getFirestore, getFirebase })),
    reduxFirestore(firebase),
    window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__()
  )
)

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L'ufficio del Consiglio privato è un organismo governativo in diversi paesi:

 Ufficio del Consiglio privato, per l'amministrazione del governo canadese;
 Ufficio del Consiglio privato, per l'amministrazione del governo britannico.


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Home / News / Wizard101 / New Launchers Hint at Wizard101's Aquila!
July 02, 2013 News, Wizard101
There are six new Wizard101 launchers that seem to hint at what exactly KingsIsle meant when they said something was coming in July. I'm thinking it's Aquila, and you will, too, after you take a look. And Cret92 would like me to remind you that it might be Empyrea as well.
The Finale?
My first question is whether or not this is KingsIsle's next side world and side story, or it's the Morganthe finale. I've thought for quite awhile about the possibility of Aquila in Wizard101, but hadn't given a thought to it being a side world. I just can't seem to connect Morganthe to this ancient land.
Hints of Aquila (Or Empyrea)
The biggest hints of Aquila in Wizard101 rest with the Olympian Bundle. Look at the others - pretty simple and basic. Well, as basic as bundles get. However, not the Olympian. It came fully equipped with a new music track in the arena. Wizard101 is a good company, but also... a company. They want money. And composing a new track for a bundle house doesn't go with that idea.
The next was all of the new textures. Instead of classic ones seen elsewhere that were reused, they used all new textures to create this home, and that's quite a bit of art for one time.
As if that weren't enough, they created the sword and shield
walking, swimming, casting, and idle animations on the two newest bundles, as well as introducing the two-handed spears. All of that must be pre-testing for the new weapons to come.
Then there's the three new Efreet spells. It's all too much for one bundle. It must be a new world. Whether it's Aquila or Empyrea, main or side, it just has to be a new world.
Add in the fact that they've already got a number of creatures fitting the theme, plus existing textures and objects from Pirate101's Aquila, and it almost certainly tells us that we're getting Aquila... or Empyrea.
The Launchers
The launchers are highlighted throughout this post. The first one is above. It's a horse... of sorts. It has scales, though, and a harpoon, suggesting something from the water.
Ever since Celestia, creating underwater animations has become a must, so in each new world, Wizard101 has opted to do at least one underwater location. In Zafaria, you had Mirror Lake. In Avalon, you had the Deep Water. In Azteca, you had the Pitch Black Lake. Of course we'll see an underwater location; this only confirms it.
The next is the horse shown above. It's a female centaur, like we saw in Pirate101. This one has dark hair, however, and is slightly different.
The third is a new eagle that it doesn't look like we've seen before. It has lightning bolt symbols on its armor and blue and white colors to the look. It has to be a Storm enemy.
The fourth looks like Ares, Hephaestus, or some other powerful eagle god. Will these gods recognize us from Pirate101? With this being the first world in Wizard101 that is borrow from Pirate101, and not the other way around, it should be interesting.
Below is what looks like Athena from Pirate101... and I mean exactly like her. One must wonder if concepts and 3D models were created for both games, or if they were separate. If not, this'd be mighty convenient.
The final one is quite interesting, because it isn't like anything we've seen yet in Pirate101. Perhaps it's Hades, not in statue form. Could be interesting. Is Morganthe working with him and the song of creation to raise an undead army to take over the Spiral? How original.
Theorycrafting - 100 or 101?
With a new world comes new spells - and quite possibly, new Astral spells. What could those be - when will the damage enhancements hit a maximum, or will they?
The next big question is, if this is a main world, will the new level cap be 100 or 101? Furthermore, is this Wizard101 nearing its end? Will the next few years be minor updates and side worlds... maintenance and new Crown Shop items?
With J. Todd Coleman gone, Pirate101 short on help, and more games on the horizon, it might make sense... but that sounds like a future post series.
There have been major mixed reactions to this spoiler - is it coming today, the same afternoon as the spoiler, like they did with Azteca? Or is it just something on the horizon, like the winter launchers for Pirate101?
And if it's Aquila ...or Empyrea... are you excited for it? Some are, some aren't. My concern is that it'll be too much like Pirate101. What are you thinking?
Thanks for reading and see you in the Spiral!
New Launchers Hint at Wizard101's Aquila! Reviewed by Swordroll on July 02, 2013 Rating: 5
ThatFrostweaver July 2, 2013 at 4:48 PM
I feel like fainting from excitement.
I think.... Aquila. But in another way i think is Empreya. And i also think the New Level Cap will be up to 101 :) But i think W101 will NOT have us fight Morganthe Yet....
Its OBVIOUSLY Aquila I beaten Aquila on Pirate101 Besides the first one they all look exactly like characters from Pirate's Aquila. And it might be part Of morganthe Story what if they are trying to make the story longer while they they get us ready for the next?
if there are new astral spells then there better be a damage aura for life
Well, either way...KingsIsle stated that both Pirate101 and Wizard101 will continue to run for several more years...and there's a high possibility that Aquilla will be the next world within Wizard101's Morgangthe Arc, as well the attire from the photos as well as monsters is Greek or Aquillan and the recent bundles give us an ideal on what's to come considering Atlantis and Aquilla are both Greek. And to sum this up with my OPINION. I feel like KingsIsle should of chosen a different world that no one has seen considering Wizard101's graphics, etc will ruin Aquilla, also if you pay attention Aquilla is somewhat a Sky World so it sort of fits Morganthe's prohecy...now all we have to do is wait and see what occurs...
P.S. The Horse is AKA a Hypocami.(not sure I spelt that right) For those that read the Percy Jackson series and know the scientific name of a Sea Horse makes that pretty clear... as well Emphyria if I'm right seems to be a stormy, sea/sky world. As well as that if you look at the photos above they appear to be Athena, Zeus, Hephestus, and either Ares/Hades...or a random Vulture enemy...but he seems important. And in my opinion I don't see Morganthe having anything to do with Aquila considering she's based on the Arthurian Legend Morgana. But also if you pay attention Malistaire appeard in DragonSpyre or Rome... and if Morganthe appears in Aquilla then it wouldn't surprise me. And as SwordRoll said it would be easy to create Aquilla in a glance considering that there's already a glance...and the music tracks already had people excited to see what would happen with it...and it wouldn't be hard to create new spells considering most of them are already greek...and I agree with SwordRoll, since Hades was banned perhaps Morganthe is working with him to take over Olypmus, and if it is to my imagination Olympus would be an awesome final dungeon...as well. I foresee Morganthe taking Zeus's throne to be her own Celestial Choir...now before I go on I'm going to say bye... sorry if it's a pain to read but if you could, leave a reply to my response and share what you think...
I would agree the horse guy is a Hippochamp. I also am confident there is an underwater area in W101 Aquila called Atlantea. Look at the Atlantean Bundle, which has some greek influence as Atlantis is of greek origin. The Boots of the set are called Boots of Atlantea. The Hippochamp guy also has a similar Harpoon to the Wizard's one. There must be a connection. I also thing Poseidon dwells there.
As for the story, Morganthe now has the Song of Creation. The only cherry on her evil cake is the Celestia Choir. I believe, like the story set up of the past 4 worlds, she is going to go around the major areas of Aquila and capture the 7 great Immortals of Aquila. While Hades is rather evil looking, to the Pirates he didn't seem demonic. It is possible that he has no ties to Morganthe at all and is at the same risk of being captured.
At the same time, based off of the beliefs of Hades, he could willingly side with her indoor to take down Zues and Posiedon. Maybe even replace Malistaire.
I'm kinda hoping Malistaire will make a reappearance here because, I wanna be guessing who the new villian will be without looking to a clever cliff-hanger.
I disagree with Swordroll's concern that it will be similar to P101 Aquila. I think the W101 team did a completely custom world and only reused a few NPC Models. For example, I've never seen that background anywhere in P101. I just hope we don't have to fight a boss as soon as we talk to the first guy we meet lol.
Lastly, I don't think this is the end for Wizard101. We're gonna have plenty of more stories to do.
P.S. While Morganthe may be based off of the Aurthorian Legend Morgana, it doesn't mean she needs to fall exactly into the story Morgana followed. I don't think Morgana did anything with Aztecs right?
P.S.S. Generally speaking, Picture #5 is Hephaestus and Picture #7 looks like Hades. Ares carried a spear and shield so the last one can't be him.
I'm really hoping that this is a side world because I'm still exhausted from Azteca lol, and I am just not ready yet; I am still crafting my gear. I'm still excited though; I hope there's some Turqoise there lol.
Ethan S. July 2, 2013 at 9:53 PM
The only reason I don't like this is because it might mean the end to my favorite game =(
Kingisle is still going to make plenty of more side and main line story quests for Wizard101. I wouldn't be worried. This game's gonna have plenty for a long time :)
If its really happening soon, :DDDDDD
then I hope they FINALLY give Myth a strong AoE spell. Also, they should make a Polymorph into Myth moon spell. Ill be mad if they hit us again with another single hit spell.
I'm not giving up my childhood this time...
This may or may not be Morganthe's final stand. The first arc was 5 worlds. Aquila will be the 5th in the second arc. If the Morganthe arc comes to an end, there are lots of reasons to doubt that this is the end of w101. KI has said it will go on for a few more years. Evil is never at rest...and a new villain would have had lots of time to make a plan since the start of our game. Maybe a new character...or maybe an old "friend".
P.S. what if malistare and Sylvia had a son before she died? That would make an interesting plot twist.
O: i think its AQUILA because of the greek mythology reference. I mean look at Mr. Vulture. He is not your average animal in armor! HE IS REPRESENTING HADES!!!
Yes.Athena and hapestus are there too you know.
I can't wait for the new world it is going to be amazing. What I'm most curious about is will there be rank 11 spells? In Avalon we got spells like Enfeeble and Healing current instead of a rank 10 spell. Might be a pattern I don't know.
I have a feeling this wont be the world we defeat Morganthe for the final time. Maybe we will see her again as we journey through the world.
I also heard there was going to be an Ultra pip or something, that's going to be interesting since my pip rate at level 90 is awful lol. I have been reading up on Aquila and seen many comments saying what the new world's spells could be. this is driving me crazy with excitement I can honestly say. I can't wait till they reveal to us the spells! guess there is only one thing to do while I wait for more information... Annoy my close friends about how excited I am XD
I think they're the forces of light
I'm really excited for this new world, no matter what it is. But that part where you mentioned the level cap just hit me right in the heart. It's kinda sad to know that possibility ;-; But KI could just get creative again and make another extremely original storyline after Morganthe :P
Hippocampi are supposed to have fish tails instead of legs, but I guess it makes sense if it has both in this instead of a fish tail if it needs to walk on land. Also how do we know it will be called Aquila? It's a good name, I'm just wondering.
Aquila is a name that has been thrown around here and there, so we assume it's that. Plus, Pirate101 has Aquila with similar enemies.
But now it's confirmed! Click on "Blog" at the top and read some of my most recent posts to learn more about it!
The Centaur is Artemis


One of another occasion when we feel a pang of jealousy for those living in the joys of Southern California arose when Nike Inc. opened up 225 Forest, a stunning retail experience that houses all its action sports brands such as Nike SB, Nike 6.0, Converse and Hurley all under one roof. The store is located in the very befitting town of Laguna Beach of Orange County.
Going in conjunction with the culture of the town and city it's located in, 225 Forest is decked out in artwork by Dalek and Bob Dob. The store's decor is rather deconstructed in simple metal shelves, stripped wooden floors, exposed concrete walls and cement walls that are brushed over with logos and paint.
Other than the usual collection and line-up from these brands, the store also features a very special "The Workshop" where customers can customize their selected items. The workshop includes Hurley Heat, Converse Ink and NIKEiD, so everyone can get just exactly what they are looking for.


The Keep Casper Beautiful Public Art project is calling all Natrona County artists to submit an original work of art. Suggestions for themes include "rebirth," "western," "landscape," "abstract," and "photography." Out of the many submissions, four works will be selected. The winning works will then be transformed into vinyl wraps that will cover four traffic signal cabinet boxes downtown.
Keep Casper Beautiful is transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. We have wrapped 14 traffic signal cabinets in Casper with original artwork from Natrona County artists. The program started in 2016 and has been expanding ever since.
"A View in Casper" by Joyce Rogers. Rogers' work was selected as the people's Choice winner.
Located at the NE corner of the intersection of Yellowstone and Ash Streets.
The "Fox Den" mural by Tony and Amy Elmore with Fort Atelier, LLC is located on the south western wall of the downtown parking garage (near the public restrooms) on Center Street. The mural was designed in collaboration with Keep Casper Beautiful, the Downtown Development Authority, and stakeholders. The mural committee wanted to communicate how the lines between urban and rural are blurred in Casper. There is a little outside inside every part of Casper.


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News & Media > Editorials > The mass slaughter of protected native Australian crocodiles
The mass slaughter of protected native Australian crocodiles
By Emma Håkansson
Mon 30 August 2021, 10:48pm
In the 1970s, after having been senselessly shot to near extinction, only 3,000 saltwater crocodiles were left in the Northern Territory. Primarily killed to be skinned for sale to the fashion industry, the Australian Government implemented protections for these native creatures.
Today, these legal protections are still in place in international, national and state/territory legislation.
Australian Government recognises that native crocodiles are sentient animals who must not have an 'act of cruelty' committed against them; that crocodiles are a 'critical part of aquatic ecosystems', who hold 'cultural value' to indigenous Australians. Despite all of this, crocodiles are treated appallingly on factory-farms and slaughtered only a few years into the long lives they would naturally live.
Laws protecting crocodiles were specifically changed to allow for them to be factory-farmed. Saltwater crocodiles, 'crocodylus porosus', was listed in Appendix I of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) for all range countries. However, in Australia and some other countries, the species is now listed on Appendix II, following a proposal that crocodiles be farmed and slaughtered.
Essentially, the saltwater crocodile was moved from most endangered and in need of protection from extinction to a lesser protection, for the sake of commerce. It was claimed that by allowing humans to slaughter crocodiles for profit, at a tiny fraction of their natural lifespan, on factory-farms, their population would be 'protected' from extinction.
This is clearly an incredibly problematic, capitalist and commercially driven way of thinking about conservation. Conservation should not make compromise for profit, and should be compassionate towards the species we intend to protect.
Compassionate conservation
When conservationist Chris Darwin, descendant of Charles Darwin, was first shown footage of crocodile factory farms released by Aussie Farms regarding the industry he stated; 'the audacity to call this conservation when really it is just commerce… it seems ridiculous'
We ought to genuinely protect and conserve the prehistoric, native crocodiles who share this land with us, not commodify them, not keep them incarcerated in small concrete based cages they cannot turn around in and not routinely and industrially slaughter them. To protect crocodiles is to consider their individual wellbeing, not just how many individuals are in existence.
To properly conserve crocodiles, we must protect and conserve too their natural habitat; the native aquatic and floral systems they live and should thrive within. In fact, if the homes of crocodiles are protected and lesser disturbed, there will likely be less attacks.
There is fear that a healthy native crocodile population will be a risk to human communities, but because of Australia's effective education programs, Australia has the highest saltwater crocodile population globally, and low fatality rates. Further supporting already effective community awareness and education programs, like Be Crocwise, would benefit humans and crocodiles alike.
Crocodiles in their native habitat
More people may be encouraged to truly protect crocodiles if a greater understanding of crocodiles and their lives existed. Crocodiles are gregarious and enjoy living with other crocodiles. They live highly socially intelligent lives, requiring mental stimulation to avoid negative affective states, and even enjoy playing together.
Crocodiles have existed on this land for at least 100 million years. Saltwater crocodiles have an average lifespan of 70 years, often living far longer, but are slaughtered for their skin at between 2 to 3 years old.
These individuals deserve to live their lives in freedom.
Emma Håkansson
Emma Håkansson is the founder and director of Willow Creative Co, a content creation and ethics consultancy agency working to make fashion kinder. Emma is a globally published writer, and has created campaigns for animal rights groups both exposing violence against animals and encouraging more compassionate choices.
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I did it, I finally finished the last undead miniature for the first scenario in the Stillburg campaign! Very happy with that, it's the first time ever that I'm making this good progress with a miniature painting project!
Enough about me though, and on to the undead lads. First, we have a regular run-of-the-mill skeleton trooper from the Nightmare Legion regiment of renown.
Not much to say about him. He's very similar to the other guy from the same regiment I painted a while back. No helmet, a ring mail cowl instead. That's about the only difference. I have the third sculpt too, and a bunch of doubles. Haven't decided how I'm going to paint Mordini (he's the leader of the regiment in Warhammer fluff) and the regiment champion in the same colour scheme and possibly also keep a bunch of the standard troopers. A 28 mm skeleton regiment? If that is not a step down the path of doom, I don't know what is. The remaining troopers are up for sale at the moment though, let me know if you're interested.
Next is this armoured skeleton which I'm quite fond of. It turned out well and was very nice to paint. The shield is a bit naff, and looks too clean but as discussed on the LAF, I just don't have the heart to dirty up my minis.
I'm in two minds on how to treat these heavily armoured skeletons. I think I should do some sort of "elite troops" type of profile for SOBH, but for now they'll be used as regular skeletons the lot of them. If I ever paint up the remaining Legion troopers, they'll serve as lame skeletons and the armoured guys will be a bit beefed up.
Here's another of the armoured ones. The miniature was severely beat up, so much that I despaired at the beginning when I started painting him. After initial problems, I decided to do a full metallic scheme on his armour and things turned a lot easier. Turned out OK, but lack of definition and soft edges was a bit of a problem.
This here is probably my favourite skeleton! The poor unfortunate sod have a spear piercing his torso diagonally – how's that for bad luck! I will most likely shed a (very small and manly) tear when he dies… again! I'm satisfied with the shield too, the "gradient" turned out nice. I wonder if GW still produces that chestnut wash. It's awesome!
Finally we have the last zombie in my painting queue for a little while. I'm painting more zombies for the next scenario, but more on that in another post. This guy is (as all other undead minis) an old Citadel guy from the 80s. I got it as a wedding present from Paul over at LAF and Sho3box, so naturally I named the zombie… Steve. No, Paul. It's Paul the zombie. A bit of a rushed job as I was hurrying to meet my weekly quota, but I think he turned out pretty well. A little paler than the previous zombie, more purple wash (ie bruising) and less definition in the shadows. I'm satisfied with him though – especially the eye, even if it's missing an iris.
I like to say that he's one half-assed zombie. Ha!
So, here are some group shots of the whole big happy undead family. I'm very satisfied with how they turned out, save for one thing: That blue archer. He doesn't belong. As soon as I have the will to paint up a replacement, he's gone!
That's it then. Now, I'm on to painting up the heroes of Stillburg. Currently working on Duncan Sandels, the knight templar protector of Brother Wendel. He's turning out quite well, and it's been fun painting humans again!
Until next time, have a nEYEce day and thanks for POPPING by for a LOOK… heh. Puns. I'm a riot!


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Q: CoffeeScript: simplest way to check if a function returns data I have a function like this:
getData = ->
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I have another function that I want to use the first function to check if there's some data. What I want to write is this:
otherFunction = ->
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However, in my testing the statement if function() will always be true, because there's something there (a function). So the above doesn't work.
What's the cleanest way to do what I'm attempting here, check that a function returns some data?

A: Your pattern will definitely resolve to false (because of a falsy return value) if there is no data attribute, or there is an empty data attribute on a dom element.
See this example: http://jsfiddle.net/wkGcW/1/
getData = ->
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getData2 = ->
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otherFunction = ->
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  if getData2()
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  else
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otherFunction()

You may have some other issue at play...

A: something like:
if(getData() !== false) then do...

you would need to have a return escape on your getData method.
Is get data an object or a method returning data?


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98editions' first issue of Makhzin is a little like my dream: it connects distant continents and jolted time zones, unconscious desires and uncanny details in an assemblage of texts impossible to imagine before it actually came together.
Before it existed, Makhzin didn't know what it was going to be. It knew it was 98editions' fifth publication and its first magazine. It knew 98editions was a small press that stemmed from 98weeks' research On Publications. It knew, more than anything, that it wanted to give writers, established or not, a platform to publish writing that isn't critical, academic, or essayistic. That it wanted to publish stories, poems and prose existing across genres and languages—English, Arabic, French, and all permutations in between.
Makhzin received about sixty submissions through an open call, and in collaboration with guest editors Omar Berrada, Lara Khaldi and Ghalya Saadawi. The criteria for selection emerged as we read, discussed, and debated the texts, being careful of not falling prey to literary dogmatism or flawless monolingualism.
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Argentina : August 11 - 19 - wonderpaars jimdo page!
We crossed the border by bus and ended up last night in the Argentine side of the world. Our first order of business was of course to sample the fine steaks and red wine that Argetina is known for and ended up with a feast fit for a king in front of us. Somehow we had no trouble indulging in all of it.
The next morning we explored the falls and had the chance to feel as though we were admidst the forceful streams of water instead of just watching them. On this side, you can take a jet boat to the base of some of the falls or take the short hike on the wooden boardwalk to the Garganta del Diablo, Devil's Throat and stand feet away from the mighty waters. You can feel the sound and the force in all parts of your body.
We experience our first Argentine bus last night and we can't wait to hop on the next one. We arrived at the bus station, uncertain what our 18 hour bus ride would really be like, but as we boarded and climbed the steps to the top level, we realized that we had just arrived at travellers heaven.
The business class size seats, the blankets, the meals, the entertainment and the glass of champagne made this 18 hour bus ride to Buenos Aires not only enjoyable but convinced us that we needed to book as many bus rides in this country as we could! Unfortunately, we did not squeeze in another overnighter, but we're already planning our next visit!
We arrived in BA and quickly met up with Guillerma, whom we had found on Craigslist of all places and would be renting an apartment from her for the week while we attended Spanish lessons. We met her at the apartment, signed some papers and there we were: renters of our first apartment in South America. Though small, it felt like ours.


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Methods discussed will include HS-AFM (High-Speed Atomic Force microscopy), cryo-ET (cryo-Electron Tomography), FCS (Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy), High-Speed Single Particle Tracking, ICS (Image Correlation Spectroscopy), MD (Molecular Dynamics), FPI (Fluorescence Polarization Imaging), Quantum Dots, SRM (Super-Resolution Microscopy), TIRFM (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy), and White X-ray Scattering, among others.
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Discussion in 'Survival Reading Room' started by ricdoug, Sep 1, 2006.
en wet, better than if it were sewed all around. You can lay what spare clothing you have, and your day-clothes, between the lining and blanket, when the night is very cold.
In almost any event, you will want to carry a spare shirt; and in cold weather you can put this on, when you will find that a pound of shirt is as warm as two pounds of overcoat.
If you take all I advise, you will not absolutely need an overcoat, and can thus save carrying a number of pounds.
The tent question we will discuss elsewhere; but you can hardly do with less than a piece of shelter-tent. If you have a larger kind, the man who carries it must have some one to assist him in carrying his own stuff, so that the burden may be equalized. If you take tent-poles, they will vex you sorely, and tempt you to throw them away: if you do not carry them, you will wonder when night comes why you did not take them. If your tent is not large, so that you can use light ash poles, I would at least start with them, unless the tent is a "
I thought you said it was in English.
I love the written word. But, what I was wondering is, where is all the illustrations. A book without pictures, how do they expect me to read it without pictures?
BTW, RicDoug, Welcome to the forum, good link!
BTW, Most of the pictures you've posted go without words. Volumes in just the pictures!
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost (2 November 2014)
1 Lectionary
2 Thessalonica in the time of Paul
2.3 Population and religion
3 Diatribe against the Pharisees
5 Liturgies and Prayers
5.1 Music Suggestions
Joshua 3:7-17 & Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 [Micah 3:5-12 & Psalm 43]
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
Thessalonica in the time of Paul
This is the third in a series focused on 1 Thessalonians:
Week One: Letters in Antiquity: Paul as a Letter Writer
Week Two: Paul as founder of new Christian communities
Week Three: Faith making a difference in first century Thessalonica
Week Four: Facing death with courage and hope
Week Five: Living in meantime: Awaiting the coming of the Lord Jesus
This week the focus moves to what we know of ancient Thessalonica.
The BiblePlaces.com web site has a Thessalonica photo gallery with a brief summary, together with some selected photographs.
These notes will draw heavily on the description of Thessalonica (and Paul's activity there) in Crossan and Reed, In Search of Paul, while supplementing their material with information from other sources.
Thessalonica is located in northern Greece (ancient Macedonia) at the head of the Thermaic Gulf where several rivers enter the Aegean Sea.
The city had the double benefit of being a major port, as well as being a main station on the main East/West highway (Via Egnatia) that linked the Balkans to Turkey. Crossan and Reed comment on the ancient and modern versions of that same road:
… you pause to read the big blue and gold sign in Greek and English, put up by the European Union, that announces the new Egnatia Odos, the new Via Egnatia. The sign emphasizes that half the cost of those cranes, bulldozers, and cement mixers in front of you is being paid by the European Union's Community Support Framework and much of the rest is funded by the European Investment Bank. You learn later that the total cost is estimated at 1.15 trillion Greek drachmas, a currency made obsolete by the Euro …
Construction along that 1100-yard-wide swath of land has unearthed 270 historical and archaeological sites, which have slowed the project down and required the contractors to pay over 2.5 billion drachmas for salvage excavations at over 40 sites. That, of course, is a reminder of the ancient geopolitics along the original Via Egnatia, which had much the same purpose, to link Rome and Italy with Asia Minor and the East. But that ancient project, built by the Roman proconsul Gnaeus Egnatius between 146 and 120 B.C.E., was much more impressive, since travel by air was not available and travel by sea all but impossible for six months of the year. The only way to send the legions eastward and bring booty westward was to construct, on an unprecedented scale, an all-weather road with solid pavement, bridges, leveled grades, water stations, and milestones.
… As you relinquish your small strip of the new Egnatia Odos that summer morning, you ponder the obvious parallels with the original one. Is it still about empire for the few or about justice for the many? Here is a simple test. By the time that the new Egnatian motorway is completed, will Turkey be a full member of the European Union; will Turkey be the first non-European and non-Christian country to join that alliance? If not, if its 65 million inhabitants are excluded, we will then know that the new motorway is, like its ancient predecessor, again about empire, still about empire, always about empire. (2004:153f)
The city of Thessalonica was founded in 316 BCE by Cassander, the King of Macedon and brother-in-law of Alexander the Great. The city was created on (or near) the site of an older settlement (Therme), but it is named for Cassander's wife, the half-sister of Alexander. She was given her name by her father, Phillip II of Macedon, to commemorate the fact that she was born on the day of his victory (Greek: nike) over the Thessalians. The new foundation included the ancient Therme as well as some 35 other small settlements.
Thessaloniki developed rapidly and as early as the 2nd century BC the first Hellenistic walls were built, forming a large square. It was, as all the other contemporary Greek cities, an autonomous part of the Macedon kingdom, with its own parliament (Ekklesia tou Demou, Assembly of the People) but the king was represented and could interfere in the city's domestic affairs. (Wikipedia)
In 146 BCE, Macedonia became a Roman province and Thessalonica was made the capital. As the center for Roman administration, the city prospered. It was later to side with Antony and Octavian in their successful struggle against the Republican forces at the battle of Philippi in 42 BCE. The description in Harper's Bible Dictionary is evocative of Thessalonica's success:
… we know that the Roman statesman and orator Cicero spent part of his exile in Thessalonica in 58 B.C., that the Roman general Pompey took refuge from Julius Caesar in the city in 49 B.C., and also that such prominent literary figures as Lucian and Polyaenus visited the city. The extensive coinage of Thessalonica underscores its prosperity, certainly due to its status as a free city (i.e., one granted certain tax concessions and some other privileges) and its location as a main station on the Via Egnatia.
Crossan and Reed suggest a population around 40,000 at the time of Paul, making Thessalonica one of the smaller provincial capitals within the Empire. Its natural advantages have hindered archaeological research. The city has been continuously occupied since its foundation in 316 BCE, allowing little opportunity for excavations. The current excavations of the Roman forum in downtown Thessalonica has mostly uncovered structures from the second and third centuries, although other contemporary construction projects have yielded some fragmentary first-century remains.
Population and religion
Crossan and Reed (2004:156-60) comment on several significant social groups within Paul's Thessalonica:
The Greeks (including Macedonians and Thracians) were the local population. They were deeply engaged in the internationalization processes driven by the conquests of Alexander and the continued struggles of the successor kings. With the ascent of Rome, the people of Thessalonica cast their lot with the new world order and reaped significant rewards for their city as a result.
Foreign gods were welcomed into the public affections of the city, as one would expect in a commercial port. In particular, the mysteries associated with worship of Serapis and Dionysius were prominent and well integrated into the civic cult. Of particular significance, according to Robert Jewett (The Thessalonian Correspondence, Fortress: 1986), was the mystery cult of the Cabirus. The evidence suggests that this cult was "not only the most distinctive but also the most important factor in the religious environment" (Jewett, 1986:127). Here is Jewett's summary description:
The Cabirus figure worshipped in Thessalonica was structurally similar in some regards to the apocalyptic Christ proclaimed by Paul. He was a martyred hero, murdered by his brothers, buried with symbols of royal power, and expected to return to help lowly individuals and the city of Thessalonica in particular. Whereas in other cities, two or three Cabiri figures are honored … in Thessalonica there was a concentration of devotion on a single hero. … the worship of Cabirus exhibits some intriguing parallels to Pauline Christianity. In what appears to be a Cabiric cult in Samothrace, the initiation of participants involved donning special robes, confessing sins, and cleansing through water baptism and through symbolic immersion in the blood of martyred god. Another source refers to ceremonial participation in the shed blood of Cabirus by means of blood sacrifices. … If the experience of initiation involved identification with the god, the gift of apotheosis, the achievement of equality [between participants], the relief of guilt and the promise of elimination of threats, [then] a raucous celebration would seem as appropriate as it appeared for Pauline Christians whose violent apocalyptic theology evoked repentance, regeneration and joy.
Jewett quotes Robert M. Evans (Eschatology and Ethics Basel PhD diss, 1967) on the social impact when the Cabiru of Thessalonica was absorbed into the civic cult:
By the time of the first century in Thessalonica, the city-cult had meaning only for those most directly interested in the welfare off the city. Thus the transformation is complete. The Cabiri rose to be identified with the city god of Thessalonica, but in so doing lost their religious value and contact with the lower classes.
Jewett continues:
The cooptation of the figure of Cabirus, whose primary role had been to provide equality, aid and succor for Greeks whose livelihood came from manual labor, left the craftsmen and laborers of Thessalonica without a viable benefactor. The process of propagandistic cooptation of the democratic civic ideals … is here matched by the exploitation of the laborers' hero by the ruling class in Thessalonica. This cooptation would also have entailed a measure of moralistic domestication, because the orgiastic components of the Cabiric cult would surely have been curtailed by the Augustan establishment. A religious and social vacuum was thereby created, which may have made possible the remarkably rapid acceptance of a new and more viable type of Christian proclamation and piety that offered in a new and more viable form many of the features that had been provided by the now discredited Cabiric cult. This might also help to explain why some of the distinctive excesses of the Thessalonian church were adumbrated by the outlines of the coopted Cabiric piety.
The Romans in Thessalonica included members of the elite class who administered the province on behalf of the empire. While they had their own associations, and were especially concerned with the imperial ruler cult that was served by a temple in honor of Julius Caesar and a program of sacred games, the Romans also participated in cults such as those devoted to Sarapis and Isis. Even when not active in these cults, some Romans were benefactors whose generosity is attested in surviving inscriptions. As city that minted coins for the province, Thessalonica celebrated the cult of the divine emperor on its coins. When Paul arrived in the city, recent coin issues included one struck with the image of Augusust and the legend theos sebastos ("the god Augustus") on one side, and the image of Claudius on the other:
SOURCE MACEDON, Thessalonica Claudius. 41-54 AD. Æ 21mm (9.26 gm).
TI KLAU KAISAR SEBASTOS GER-M, laureate head of Claudius left
QESSALONEIKE[WN QE]OS SEBASTOS, radiate head of Augustus right (sic)
Jews are thought to have been in Thessalonica from early times, with both Philo (Embassy to Gaius 36/281) and Luke (Acts 17) mentioning their presence in Macedonia. To date no clearly Jewish archaeological remains have been found from the middle of the first century.
The Christian community in Thessalonica happens to be attested by the survival of Paul's first letter to the church there, and also by the survival of a second letter from Paul to that community (whether or not it is judged to be authentic). On the basis of Acts 17 one might think that Paul's converts had come from the Jewish community, but it seems more likely that Paul drew his adherents from the wider Greek population in the city — perhaps even converting at least one local private professional association (a koinon) across to the worship of a new patron deity: "Jesus the anointed ruler" (Kyrios Iesous Christos). Crossan and Reed address the question of Paul's appeal to the Greeks who had gathered around the Jewish synagogue community:
Our proposal is that Paul went to the synagogue not for the Jews, but for those pagan sympathizers, and it is precisely his focus on those semipagan or semi-Jewish sponsors, protectors, and patrons that would obviously have infuriated Jewish synagogue members. Put bluntly, Paul was poaching on dangerous territory, dangerous not just in very abstract theology, but in very practical politics. That could certainly cause serious trouble between Paul and loyal synagogue Jews or even between pro-Pauline and anti-Pauline God-worshippers.
Even though Paul himself never uses the term "god-fearers" or "God-worshippers," he does make it clear in 1 Thessalonians that those converts had "turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God" (1:9), that, in other words, they were originally pagans. They might have "feared" or "worshipped" the Jewish God, but they did not accept that God fully or follow that God completely. You, Paul would have said to them, are neither Jew nor Greek, and your only salvation now is God in Christ. Because, he would have said to them, you cannot have pagan gods at meals, baths and festivals six days a week and the one true God at the synagogue on the Sabbath. Torah is all or nothing.
Both Acts and 1 Thessalonians acknowledge that Paul had to leave Macedonia to escape persecution. Despite Luke (typically) seeking to blame the Jewish community for the trouble stirred up around Paul, Crossan and Reed note that "it was only provincial Roman and Rome-appointed authorities that could force a flight from Macedonia and into Achaia." While Luke may be misleading about the complainants, the account in Acts 17 may preserve the actual complaint:
After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This is the Messiah, Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you." Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. But the Jews became jealous, and with the help of some ruffians in the marketplaces they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. While they were searching for Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly, they attacked Jason's house. When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some believers before the city authorities, shouting, "These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has entertained them as guests. They are all acting contrary to the decrees of the emperor, saying that there is another king named Jesus." The people and the city officials were disturbed when they heard this, and after they had taken bail from Jason and the others, they let them go. (Acts 17:1-9, NRSV)
According to Acts 17:7, Paul and his companions are accused of acting contrary to the decrees of the emperor (Claudius) and promoting another king (basileus), named "Jesus." In other words, Paul is accused of being anti-Roman and promoting an alternative ruler (Kyrios, Lord) whose claims contradicted those of Caesar. In fact, as Crossan and Reed observe, "one of the most striking aspects of 1 Thessalonians is the number of Pauline terms that were religio-political in a world where those two aspects of power were never separated at any depth."
Terms that we tend to hear as religious vocabulary but which had political meanings in ancient Rome include the following:
ekklesia (church, assembly) – citizens of a free Greek city assembled for self-government
peace and security (5:3) – a spiritual blessing, or a benefit flowing from good government (cf Pax Romana)
kyrios (Lord) – a title used by the emperor
kingdom and glory belonging to God (2:12) – or to the emperor?
gospel (euangelion) – used in 1:5; 2:2,4,8,9; 3:2, but also for official news from the government
parousia (advent, arrival) – used for a visitation by a conquering ruler, or for the arrival of Christ as ruler of the universe (2:19; 3:13; 4:15,17)
Diatribe against the Pharisees
It would be remiss of me to allow this week's lectionary notes to be published without adding a comment on the denunciation of the Jewish religious leadership that we find in Matthew 23.
Matthew took up the cue provided by the warning against the Pharisees in Mark 112:37–40 and then reshaped a set of seven woes from Q (cf Luke 11:39–52) to create his own diatribe against his rabbinic rivals. As in their material for the Great Sermon, Matthew and Luke differ so markedly that Luz [Matthew 21–28, 94] notes it is no longer possible to reconstruct the original form of this material in Q.
This passage is constructed as a set of seven prophetic denunciations of the Jewish religious leadership: "the Pharisees" and "the (rabbinic) scholars." The seven woes are introduced by a more general criticism of the hypocrisy of the author's opponents (23:1–12), and they conclude with a damning indictment of the opponents as bearing blood guilt for all innocent victims in human history (23:34–36). These seven woes form part of a larger section (21:1–25:46) depicting Jesus in controversy with the Jewish authorities in Jerusalem in the final days before his death, and that section itself is part of the larger structure for the Gospel of Matthew.
Matthew's editorial fingerprints can be found all over this passage. Hypocrite (hypokrites) is a key Matthean term, occurring 13 times in Matthew, once in Mark and twice in Luke. The repeated naming of the opponents as Pharisees and scribes is also typical of Matthew [Pharisees: Matt 3:7; 5:20; 9:11,14,34; 12:2,14,24,38; 15:1,12; 16:1,6,11-12; 19:3; 21:45; 22:15,34,41; 23:2,13-15,23,25,27,29; 27:62; Mark 2:16,18,24; 3:6; 7:1,3,5; 8:11,15; 10:2; 12:13; Luke 5:17,21,30,33; 6:2,7; 7:30,36-37; 11:39,42-43,53; 12:1; 13:31; 14:1,3; 15:2; 16:14; 17:20; 19:39. Scribes: Matt 2:4; 5:20; 7:29; 9:3; 12:38; 15:1; 16:21; 17:10; 20:18; 21:15; 23:2,13-15,23,25,27,29,34; 26:57; 27:41; Mark 1:22; 2:6,16; 3:22; 7:1,5; 8:31; 9:11,14; 10:33; 11:18,27; 12:28,35,38; 14:1,43,53; 15:1,31; Luke 5:21,30; 6:7; 9:22; 11:53; 15:2; 19:47; 20:1,19,39,46; 22:2,66; 23:10]. The general representation of Jesus as a superior (and indeed the only) Torah teacher is also a typical Matthean device.
As a literary form, the "woe" is a form of prophetic denunciation—possibly with origins in deprecatory rituals, but later adapted for prophetic critique of Israel. It is the logical opposite of the beatitude and is attested alongside the beatitude in Jewish writings from the Second Temple period. Jesus is being represented as a prophet proclaiming judgment on the city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants, in the tradition of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
The historical and religious context of Jews and Christians (including Jewish Christian communities such as Matthew's readers) in the final quarter of the first century – or possibly the first decade of the second century – helps to locate the conflict and also to identify the "rhetorical register" of the denunciations. Studies on the role played by scribes and Pharisees after 70CE, and their distribution around Palestine prior to that date, also assist in locating these conflict traditions in the post-Easter experience of Jesus' followers rather than in his own life time.
As canonical text, Matthew projects this conflict back into time of Jesus and gives the conflict an added dimension since the alleged perversity of the Jewish rivals brings about the death of Jesus and also the destruction of Jerusalem.
Perhaps the most significant theological question in this passage is the contribution it has made to the development of Christian anti-Semitism. This is seen especially in the stereotyping of Pharisees as legalistic Jews obsessed with ritual and lacking interior spirituality. The assignment of guilt for all the deaths of the righteous from Genesis onwards has played into accusations of deicide against the Jews.
This "unloveliest chapter in the Gospel" [Viviano, cited by Ulrich Luz, Matthew 21–28, 94] reflects the conflict between the rabbinic communities of post-70CE Judaism and Jewish-Christian groups such as the Matthean community. The bitterness of the rhetoric points to the painful schism happening within Jewish communities around the question of Jesus and his distinctive practice of Torah.
Conflict over deeply-held beliefs is inevitable, as indeed we continue to see in various parts of the Christian churches and also between some major world religions. Such beliefs (including the perceptions we may have of the other) can be very powerful in defining ourselves and our community. The legacy of Jesus as someone who seems to have practised a radically inclusive interpretation of Torah, will not necessarily prevent his followers from bigotry and prejudice. Christian-Jewish relations are especially complex and sensitive, and facing the evil of Christian anti-Semitism is a necessary step in developing a healthy dialogue between the two communities. In particular, negative stereotypes about Pharisees and about the authenticity of Jewish spirituality can poison community attitudes.
On this side of the Holocaust, we have to acknowledge the danger of toxic theology – especially when combined with political and coercive power. When such a combination occurs there is immense social pressure to scapegoat a minority group as the cause of difficulties experienced by the majority. Churches can too easily become implicated in such tensions, but they can also learn from our history and confront popular politics that demonises the other. The religious literacy of the scribe trained for the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 13:52), can serve as a valve to release community tensions rather than, as Matthew seems to have done, to exacerbate them.
420 On Moses Seat – (1) Matt 23:1-3.
155 Helping with Burdens – (1) 2Q: Luke 11:45-46 = Matt 23:4.
124 Honors and Salutations – (1) 2Q: Luke 11:43 = Matt 23:6b-7a; (2) Mark 12:38-40 = Matt 23:5-7 = Luke 20:45-46.
421 On Titles – (1) Matt 23:8-10.
191 Leader as Servant – (1a) Mark 9:33-35 = Matt 18:1,4 = Luke 9:46,48b; (1b) Mark 10:41-45 = Matt 20:24-28; (1c) Matt 23:11; (2) Luke 22:24-27; (3) John 13:1-17.
379 Exaltation and Humiliation – (1) Matt 23:12; (2a) Luke 14:11; (2b) Luke 18:14.
Liturgies and Prayers
For liturgies and sermons each week, shaped by a progressive theology, check Rex Hunt's web site
Other recommended sites include:
Iona Community
Laughing Bird
The Text This Week
Music Suggestions
See the following sites for recommendations from a variety of contemporary genre:
Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan's WorldMaking Music site
David MacGregor's Together to Celebrate site
Brenton Prigge's New Hymn site


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Guadalupe River Reaches Critical Level
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The Guadalupe River dropped so low over the weekend that Victoria had to stop pumping water for a few hours, a city official said.
While that didn't force the city into the first stage of the drought conservation plan, that could happen this week. People would then be asked to voluntarily conserve water.
"There's a strong possibility, I think," said Lynn Short, Victoria public works director. "It doesn't look like we're going to get any rain."
Mark Lenz, a National Weather Service hydrologist, agreed.
"Unless we get some rainfall, we're really not looking for any improvements in the rivers and lakes," he said. "We're not looking for any major rain here in the next seven to 10 days."
The city's primary permit to take water from the Guadalupe requires it to stop pumping when the river flow drops below 250 cubic feet per second this time of year. That happened Sunday morning, Short said.
The situation would become more critical for the city if the flow stays below 250 cubic feet per second for a day. It would have to quit taking water under its primary permit until the river rises above the critical level for 14 consecutive days.
That has only happened once.
Victoria has other, smaller river water permits that could allow it to continue pumping water for a while, and Short said he would consult with the watermaster about that. The city also has a year's supply of water stored in reservoirs near Riverside Park and back-up water wells.
The city has been pumping about 16 million gallons of water a day as people crank up their sprinklers in an effort to keep their lawns green. The city water plant has a rated capacity of 25.2 million gallons per day.
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