This stunning recently renovated property has been been finished to the highest of standards and boasts wonderful views across the hills and sea.
The living room looks out over the view with a fabulous covered terrace. The dining room leads into the modern fully equipped kitchen with a separate laundry and pantry.
Bedroom 1 on the ground floor with double bed, en suite and dressing.
Master bedroom with double bed (180cm), terrace and large master bathroom with bath and shower. Large dressing room.
Bedroom 3, double bed (160cm) with en suite shower room and dressing.
Bedroom 5, double bed, (180cm) with en suite and dressing.Small private terrace.
Next to the large pool which has a heated jacuzzi, there is a fully equipped kitchen with seating area.
The villa is equipped with cameras and WIFI throughout.
There are many seating areas in the surrounds of the house, taking full advantage of its 360 degree views.


It is the 60th birthday of a Swiss native and this is where she wants to go. A place where water can be drunk straight from the stream. A place where her family came every summer, to a small cottage across the double arched bridge, to live the definition of a simple life.
The Verzasca River is in the top five most beautiful places I have ever laid my eyes on. While there, I had a soothing calm come over me and once leaving I got a burst of energy that refreshed my soul.
The 60th birthday celebration ended with an early dinner of wild mountain goat at a family owned restaurant down the road. It was her perfect day and a day we would all never forget spent in a true oasis.


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Ok, so the equation formula shown in this excerpt didn't translate into it's graphic equivalent in the article, but you get the idea. Sometimes I like to go off on a real bender tangent when working on this SOL mystery, and decided to exam some of what Andrew mentioned earlier regarding the refraction index of light in such phenomena as Moondogs. Kinda goes with the weather here now since tonight we are expecting atmospheric ice crystal precipitation anyhow, and it's still a relatively large Lunar portion, currently waning from full, so it might be possible to see some of those Lunar prismatic coronal colors tonight.
So I decided to plug in my already known value of the AE RC unit SOL value 57.375 Radian unit, divided by the 3/4 ratio to obtain the reduced SOL speed in Water, which came to 43.03125 units. Now when I see a figure like this with fractional remainder .03125, I know I'm looking at decimal units of 64 or the cube of 4, and likewise a good divisor of this value being the cube of 3 or 27. But then I got to thinking about using this ratio squared on this reduced SOL term, as 43.03125 x (64/27)^2 = 241.77777r. Does this value ever show up in your Megalithic calculations? How about if I factor it further x 9/2 ratio = 1088.
Just mixing a few Physics calculations into those Astronomical calculations of yours is all.


At 'Seoul-China Investment Week' hosted by Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) in Beijing on November 28th (Wed), Chinese investors were attracted by technologies; ▲Therapeutic prosthetics and oral sensor for sleep apnea·poliphydontia·snoring (Curaum Inc.) ▲AI-based service robot (Roborus) ▲Soil and underground water pollutant purification technology (Jiu Corporation) were presented by promising SMEs and startups in Seoul. This event resulted in four MOUs between three SMEs from Seoul and Chinese investors on entry into the Chinese Market and investment.
Selected by SMG, the 20 companies from Seoul that participated in the event are small and mid-sized companies in 4th Industrial Revolution-related industries, including IoT (6 enterprises), Bio health care (5 enterprises), energy (2 enterprises) and advanced materials and high tech (7 enterprises). SMG provided the enterprises with 1:1 customized consultation for 4 weeks to analyze their core competencies and current market conditions. Based on this analysis, the companies went through capacity building sessions on investment attraction and IR material preparation to help them achieve the best outcome at the investment meeting. SMG also provided a full range of support for the enterprises' entry into the Chinese market and investment attraction by allocating interpreters at each booth.
A total of 109 investment meetings took place at the event, which is more than five meetings per enterprise on average. It was reported that discussions not only on investment but also on the establishment of joint ventures took place at over 20 meetings. GI Innovation, a biomedicine developer, received joint venture offers from four Chinese enterprises, and Pluxity, IDVE, and HICS Company also received ample attention from Chinese investors.
'Curaum', a developer of a therapeutic oral sensor and prosthetics for chronic snoring and polyphydontia received great attention from Chinese enterprises throughout the two hours of consultation, and concluded an MOU on the business localization with Beijing Huayishengya Limited (北京华益圣亚), and another MOU on investment with Beijing Guoyumao (北京国裕茂), a Chinese dental device distributor.
Amid the increasing concerns over environmental issues, 'Jiu Corporation', a hi-tech enterprise with soil and underground water purification technologies concluded an MOU on the business localization with Yujingtian Guoji Shuihanjing (佑景天国际水环境).
As well, 'Roborus', a developer of intelligent concierge and customized information·service provider AI robots, signed an MOU on cooperation in the business localization and investment attraction with Hongxing Keji Limited (宏兴科技有限公司).


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Non-Self-Governing Territories Countries vs Noocracy Countries
Russia, Ukraine
NA, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Somalia
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Not Applicable, Turks and Caicos Islands
American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, NA, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, Ross Dependency, Tokelau
Brunei, French Indochina, Goa, Hong Kong, Macau, Puducherry, Singapore
Belgian Congo, French Somaliland, Northern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Southern Rhodesia
Alaska, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico
French Guiana, Netherlands Antilles
Cooks Island, East Timor, Fiji, Hawaii, Niue
Difference between Non-Self-Governing Territories countries and Noocracy countries
The measure of how popular or justifiable a type of government is, can be found out, by understanding which countries have adopted Non-Self-Governing Territories and Noocracy. The major difference between Non-Self-Governing Territories countries and Noocracy countries lies in social or economic conditions which led to the adoption of Non-Self-Governing Territories and Noocracy as forms of government respectively. A continentwise breakup of Non-Self-Governing Territories countries and Noocracy countries has been provided. These types of government were applied with a thought of solving existing problems or improving the socio-economic conditions prevalent in those particular countries.
Non-Self-Governing Territories vs Maoism
Non-Self-Governing Territories vs Marxism
Non-Self-Governing Territories vs Ochlocr...
Comparing Non-Self-Governing Territories countries vs Noocracy countries
When we are comparing Non-Self-Governing Territories countries vs Noocracy countries, it is essential to know whether these countries are the places where these government forms have originated. Non-Self-Governing Territories has originated in Not Available and the place/s where Noocracy has originated is Russia. When a country adopts a government form, it means that the ideology of that government form becomes the key principle in running the country. Comparing Non-Self-Governing Territories vs Noocracy Definition will help you in grasping the meaning of these ideologies. We give you a gist about the presence of Non-Self-Governing Territories and Noocracy. Non-Self-Governing Territories countries vs Noocracy countries comparison can be found by its presence in different continents of the world. A list of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and Noocracy countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, American and other continents is given below:
Non-Self-Governing Territories countries in Asia are NA. Noocracy is not prevalent in Asia.
The list of European Non-Self-Governing Territories countries comprises of Gibraltar. List of European countries that have adopted Noocracy include Russia and Ukraine.
In North America, countries that have accepted Non-Self-Governing Territories as form of government are Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Not Applicable and Turks and Caicos Islands. Noocracy is not prevalent in North America.
Falkland Islands are the countries with Non-Self-Governing Territories as a government form. Noocracy is not prevalent in South America.
The list of Non-Self-Governing Territories countries in Africa includes NA, Saint HelenaAscension and Tristan da Cunha and Somalia. Noocracy is not present in Africa.
Non-Self-Governing Territories has been applied in other continents in American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, NA, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, Ross Dependency and Tokelau. Noocracy is not prevalent in other continents.
Ochlocracy
Kakistocracy
Noocracy vs Aristocracy
Noocracy vs Bureaucracy
Noocracy vs Meritocracy

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200 years have passed since Russian sailors Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered this continent.
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In 1959, a Soviet expedition based on the Mirny polar station in Antarctica sends a group of eight researchers deep into the uncharted continent, the group's goal is to reach the south magnetic pole.
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Then, in 1962, a group of American researchers went to the South Magnetic Pole, the Americans took into account the scary experience of the Soviet polar explorers, and 17 people were equipped for the expedition with the support of 3 all-terrain vehicles and constant radio communications.
Nobody died on this expedition, but the sent expedition returned on one all-terrain vehicle. All the members of the group were on the verge of insanity, they could not explain anything clearly. People were immediately evacuated to a base in the United States.
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Q: how to assign value using charCode? I want to convert string to bytes it worked fine if i assign value to var str as $scope.event[0] it gives me bytes only for first index ,if i  assign $scope.event[] it hrows error str.charCodeAt is not a function. How can i get total bytes of the array ?
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    $scope.event = ["lorem ipsum", "lorem ipsum","lorem ipsum"]

     function jsonToArray() {
            var total = 0;
            var str = $scope.event;
            var bytes = []; // char codes
            var bytesv2 = []; // char codes

            for (var i = 0; i < str.length; ++i) {
                var code = str.charCodeAt(i);
                bytes = bytes.concat([code]);
                bytesv2 = bytesv2.concat([code & 0xff, code / 256 >>> 0]);
            }
            var totalBytes = 0;
            console.log('bytes', bytes.join(', '));
            for ( var i = 0 ; i < bytes.length ; i++ ) {
                totalBytes += bytes[i];
                totalCurrentBytes.push(totalBytes);
            }
            console.log('Total bytes', totalBytes);
            formatBytes(totalBytes);
        }

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A: You can map/reduce the array to convert the strings to char codes. Start by running map over your keywords (we want to convert one array into another), with each word, split the word into an array so you are working with each letter and reduce that array of characters into the sum of their charCodes:
$scope.event.map(word => word.split('').reduce((total,cur) => total + cur.charCodeAt(0), 0));

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$scope.event.map(function(word) {
    return word.split(' ').reduce(function(total, cur) {
       return total + cur.charCodeAt(0);
    }, 0);
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The Western Minnesota town that wasn't: New Yeovil
Despite high hopes, the settlement of New Yeovil crumbled soon after it began.
Northern Pacific Railroad's colonist's reception house, Glyndon, Minnesota, 1876.
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society
In 1873, George Rodgers led immigrants from southwest England to establish the Yeovil Colony in the Red River Valley on land purchased from the Northern Pacific Railroad. Despite high hopes, the settlement of New Yeovil crumbled soon after it began.
Chartered by Congress in 1864, the Northern Pacific Railroad was given large grants of land to build a railroad between Lake Superior and the Puget Sound. The company was eager to find buyers for land along the railway. Northern Pacific set up recruiting offices in the United States and abroad. Their efforts were particularly successful in England. Increasing poverty and unemployment in agricultural areas of England made immigration to America look particularly appealing.
George Rodgers was a minister from Dorset, England. He believed that laborers and tenant farmers in Southern England needed to earn higher wages and deserved a better quality of life. The Northern Pacific Railroad hired him to give speeches to groups of farmers to tell them about the benefits that life in America had to offer. Rodgers may not have meant to deceive immigrants about settlement in Minnesota. Yet his praise, along with Northern Pacific's recruiting efforts, did mislead prospective buyers about the land available and the level of existing settlement in the Red River Valley.
While giving these lectures, Rodgers decided to lead a colony to settle on Northern Pacific land. In 1872, Northern Pacific brought Rodgers to Minnesota to view sites for the colony. He arrived in Duluth on August 5, 1872 and was taken to the colonist's reception house at Glyndon near Moorhead. Rodgers selected a site on the Northern Pacific land grant nearby and returned to England after only a few weeks.
Reverend Rodgers said that the colony site in Minnesota was ideal. For the cost of less than a year's rent for an English farm, Rodgers said, a settler in the colony could buy an entire farm of his own. Rodgers predicted high crop yields, wealth, and happiness for those who settled with him on the Minnesota prairie.
Opponents of the Northern Pacific's colonization efforts published accounts of Minnesota's harsh winters and bleak landscape. Competing railroad lines urged colonists to settle further south. Edward B. Stone, an Englishman in America, warned that Rodgers had seen only summer weather, and that the winter was terrible. Rodgers dismissed Stone's claims. He admitted that the winters would be quite cold. Nevertheless, he said, that the climate was so pleasant compared to England that the coldest winter might soon become a settler's favorite season.
Rodgers and the first group of colonists arrived in Minnesota on April 17, 1873. They established New Yeovil on railroad land near Hawley. However, the colonists were dismayed to find that the lots available were much smaller than advertised at double the price. Dissatisfaction with the colony grew. Rodgers urged colonists who were not farmers to remain in England. Nevertheless, he insisted that dissatisfaction in Yeovil was a result of the colonists' poor planning and unwillingness to work.
By the time a third group of colonists arrived in June, many of the original settlers were leaving. In October, 1873 the St. Paul Daily Pioneer ran a story concluding that half the original colonists had already left. By the next year most the colony of Yeovil was gone. The few remaining colonists joined neighboring towns. The Northern Pacific Railroad had failed to sell much of its land in the West. In the wake of the economic panic of 1873, they abandoned many of their settlement offices. Like other Northern Pacific colony efforts, the Yeovil colony failed. Colonists left England with high hopes, but their unrealistic expectations combined with poor leadership and the financial panic of 1873 led most to abandon the settlement.
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Euthyphro Apology Crito Meno and Phaedo
How Socrates' Understanding of a Universal Order Undermines His Logic
June 18, 2019 by Essay Writer
In the Apology, Socrates tries to convince the jurors that, if they kill him, they will only be harming themselves. This argument is part of Socrates' larger defense of his actions as he seeks to avoid drinking the hemlock. Socrates makes two claims: (1) that the jurors cannot harm him, and (2) that by executing him, they will only be harming themselves. To strengthen his position Socrates relies on an idea of the universe as having an inherently rational order. This idea is at the foundation of many of the premises in his argument. Socrates requires us to accept his perspective of the universe if we are to validate his logic. Unless we take issue with his pre-conditions, there is no flaw in the logic of his argument. Thus while his argument is valid, it is not sound; the premises upon which Socrates builds his argument are faulty. (1)Socrates' first claim — that the men of the jury cannot harm him – rests on the premise that a better man cannot be harmed by a worse one. It does not seem plausible to Socrates that the order of things would allow for evil to triumph over good; it would not be "permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse," (Plato, Apology, 30d, p.35). Though this argument takes place in the Apology, the Phaedo gives more insight into why Socrates believes that the universe must be ordered so as to preclude evil from prevailing over good. Socrates states his belief that "it is the Mind that directs and is the cause of everything," (Plato, Phaedo, 97c, p. 135). He finds the nature of the Mind to be such that it would require the universe to be rationally governed. As part of that rationality, the Mind would only allow for things to occur in "the way that was best," (Plato, Phadeo, 97d, p. 135). According to this conception, good cannot triumph over evil because rationality tells us that it would not be "best." It is this very intuition, from the Phaedo, which supplies the evidence for Socrates' assertion in the Apology: that the nature of the universe is such that, just as evil cannot trump good, it would not be permitted "that a better man be harmed by a worse," (Plato, Apology, 30d, p. 35). Once Socrates has established by his logic that a better man cannot be harmed by a worse one, Socrates claims that he is the better man, and as a result the jurors cannot harm him. The success of Socrates' assertion that the jurors cannot harm him rests upon the validity of his claim to be a better man. Throughout his trial, Socrates denies the charges against him and argues that, rather than attempting to corrupt the youth, he has only been searching for truth. According to Socrates, his mission is god-given: "Be sure that this is what the god orders me to do, and I think there is no greater blessing for the city than my service to the god," (Plato, Apology, 30a, p. 35). So from his own perspective, Socrates has been pursuing the highest good. He is living the life that everyone should strive for. As such a man, sitting in front of a jury of men ready to convict him, Socrates considers himself to be the better man. As a result, the jurors cannot harm him because they cannot be better than him, and something that is "worse" cannot be harmed by something that is "better".This conclusion, that the jurors cannot harm him, is applicable to Socrates' later, broader claim that he has nothing to fear from death. Since the jury cannot harm him, Socrates has nothing to fear from any punishment it might invoke upon him. They could tar and feather him and they would still be unable to cause him harm. This is a position that Socrates explores further in the Phaedo. According this logic, death could never entail harm because harm is impermissible given the natural order of good over evil – the natural order that prevents a worse man from harming a better one. If Socrates' reasoning in the Apology is sound, then he would, indeed, be correct in finding nothing to fear in the prospect of death.This final claim can be invalidated by taking a closer look at why Socrates believes that the jurors cannot harm him. Socrates believes that the jurors cannot harm him, the better man. His argument rests on two premises; that he is a better man than the jurors, and that there is some inherently rational order in the universe that requires better men to triumph over worse ones, and good always to prevail over evil. This first claim is weak, if only because it stands in direct opposition to the accusations he is facing on trial. Of course Socrates considers himself to be a good man – he is defending himself on trial! But it is not at all clear how he arrives at the conclusion that he is a better man than the jurors. His relies on the notion that his mission is god-given, and so inherently good. But the use of the words "better" and "worse" in his argument seem somewhat arbitrary because we don't know how Socrates discerns that he is better than the jurors. The only justification for this intuition is Socrates' assertion that he is following the gods. This is not sufficient, though, because we have no way of knowing that Socrates is actually following the gods. He could be lying. As a result, we lack a logically defensible understanding of how to qualify what is "better" or "worse." Since we cannot arrive at these judgments without relying on Socrates' intuition, his argument is not sufficient.The second premise Socrates uses to support his initial assertion (that the jurors cannot harm him) is that a better man cannot be harmed by a worse one. But this is not sufficient; even if we were to concede that Socrates is a better man than any of the jurors, this does not prove that he could not be harmed by them. This intuition comes from Socrates' belief in a rational, orderly universe in which good would not be allowed to triumph over evil. He describes this intuition when he asserts that the Mind "would direct everything and arrange each thing in the way that was best," (Plato, Phaedo, 97c, p. 135). Socrates believes the Mind to operate based upon pure rationality. Rationality dictates that good must always triumph over evil. But Socrates' conviction is mere intuition. He does nothing more than describe those convictions which cause him to believe in a rationally ordered universe, and never tries to justify them. Socrates provides no proof that "the Mind" must operate in such a way. We have no more reason to believe in Socrates' vision of the universe than to believe in one that sees the world as inherently arbitrary and unfair. We can wonder if Socrates' belief in a rationality that is "good" is based upon his belief in the gods. Perhaps he is confidant that the gods would only order the universe in such a way so as to ensure that good always wins over evil. But this is merely Socrates' belief. It is not something for which there is any kind of proof. Ultimately, then, his argument that the jurors cannot harm him is valid, but not sound, because the structure of its argument is logical, but he does not provide compelling evidence to justify his premises. The arguments that Socrates employs to defend his assertion that the jurors cannot harm him are intuitively valid but not logically sufficient. Socrates seems to see a natural order in the universe, and seeks to use it as justification for his case. For him, good always trumps evil and rational people always do what is best. But Socrates does not reach these conclusions through any sort of logical argument; they are purely intuitive. It is not clear whether Socrates relies on anything other than that intuition when he asserts that the Mind arranges everything such that evil could not triumph over good. He claims first that the Mind "would direct everything and arrange each thing in the way that was best," (Plato, Phaedo, 97c, p. 135). Socrates believes the Mind to operate purely based upon rationality. And he does not see it as rational that the Mind would allow evil to trump good. But this is nothing more than an intuition; Socrates provides no proof that the Mind must operate in such a way. And even if we grant him the assumption that the Mind is purely rational, it is still not clear how rationality necessarily demands such an ordering of good and evil. We can wonder if Socrates' belief in a rationality that is "good" is based upon his belief in the gods. Perhaps he is confidant that the gods would only order the universe in such a way so as to ensure that good always wins over evil. But this is merely Socrates' belief. It is not something for which there is any kind of proof. Still, Socrates stands firm with conviction, and proceeds with his argument without justifying his intuitions. Neglecting to justify the premises of his argument causes it to collapse under the weight of critical analysis. Consequently it is impossible to confirm the logical soundness of Socrates' conclusions. (2)Socrates' second main claim is that the jurors will only be harming themselves if they kill him. This claim relies on a similarly feeble premise that can also be easily discredited. Socrates argues that, though the jurors "might kill [him], or perhaps banish or disenfranchise [him]" they will ultimately be harming themselves, (Plato, Apology, 30d, p.35). He sees himself as a great asset to the city, and believes that Athens would be mistreating "god's gift" if they condemned him, (Plato, Apology, 30d-e, p. 35). Socrates' assertion is that, contrary to popular opinion, he has been doing the people of Athens a great service, and they will be greatly harming themselves by removing him from their presence. In addition to harming themselves by eliminating a source of truth, convicting Socrates would also be an act that would harm the jurors because they would be condemning a good man. Since, according to his own calculation, Socrates is better than the jurors, they will be incapable of causing him harm. This second claim is again valid, but also unsuccessful because it relies on premises that Socrates does not prove. We have no reason to believe that Socrates is the god-driven truth-seeker he claims to be. We cannot test whether or not god ordained that Socrates should act as he does. Because it is not necessarily the case that Socrates is who he says he is, it is also not necessarily the case that he is better than the jurors. Consequently, Socrates' argument that the jurors will only be harming themselves by executing him is logically valid, but not necessarily the case that its premises are true. These arguments from the Apology are ultimately thwarted by Socrates' unjustified conviction in the natural, rational order of the universe. It is difficult for us to imagine the conviction with which Socrates must have declared his truth-seeking mission to be god-given. But in the days of Athens, the gods were the ultimate authority. Socrates is able to avoid having to justify some of his intuitions by cleverly appealing to this authority. Though it may have been a useful rhetorical tactic against a group of jurors who shared his religious conviction this method is ultimately insufficient to prove the arguments Socrates sets out to make. His characterization of the consequences to the jurors of putting him to death is untenable. Still, Socrates stands firm with conviction. And even if, as readers, we can see the invalidity of his rationale, Socrates takes his arguments with him to the grave. Works CitedPlato. Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo. Trans. G. M. A. Grube. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2002.
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International Rhetoric
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International Rhetoric, Domestic Evidence
Civil society reports on sexual and reproductive health provide a contrast to the claims and assurances made by the government's report to an international human rights mechanism on its public health commitments and achievements, with information that is at gross variance to the official report. This discordance questions the credibility and accountability of the government to these international human rights processes and more so, its citizens.
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All posts for the month January, 2016
The Lengthening of the Days
Schmidt announced his 35 man Six Nations training squad yesterday, and the newcomers – McCloskey, Stander, van der Flier and Dillane – have been rewarded for strong recent form. The internet was getting slightly #OUTRAGE-d as misplaced rumours swirled that Stander wouldn't make it – Munster fans were particularly vocal in their opposition to Stander being picked, continuing a long tradition of opposition to project players being selected for Ireland (see Strauss, R.), but they were left disappointed as Schmidt continued his own tradition of picking the best available players (see Payne, J.).
Truth is, the squad didn't really tell us much – 35 players were picked; DJ Church, Ross and Henry will be added later; and NWJMB, POM, Tuohy and Bowe were name-checked as being too crocked to be considered. The only notable absentee from the World Cup is Jordi Murphy, who has effectively been replaced by Stander. If anything, it's a form call. Stander has been explosive all season, Murphy has been playing poorly at Leinster. The Mole had a good post-RWC piece on how Murphy might best move his career forward, and he has some thinking to do.
Garry Ringrose doesn't make the squad, with management seemingly of a mind to keep him developing at Leinster before exposing him to this level. He's quite obviously a test player in waiting, and it would have quickened the pulse if he was selected, but romantic notions will have to be put aside for now. Most likely he'll be capped in the summer.
The big questions about the match day 23 selection are still out there, and how Ireland may (or may not) change their gameplan, and we'll be looking at them over the next couple of weeks:
Who starts at tighthead against Wales in Ross' absence – if it's Furlong, and he performs well, Ross might never start for Ireland again. Most likely it'll be Nathan White, who stands accused of ruck inspecting, but is dependable in the scrum
The second row is a potential car crash – while England have Itoje, Kruis, Launchbury and Lawes and Wales have Charteris, Davies and AWJ, we'll need to craft a serviceable second row from Toner (fine), McCarthy (in the form of his career, but still), Ryan (struggling to regain anything like his best form) and Dillane. Dillane is listed as being the same height and weight as Itoje, although a year older. It will be fascinating to see if he can play a part, it's possible to see him as an impact sub going in alongside the elder statesman (!) Toner on the hour mark. We're hopeful we'll see more of Toner's best Brodie Retallick impression as midfield distributor, especially as O'Mahony – the only other forward who tends to perform this role – is injured.
The roles of the in-form newbies. McCloskey and Stander are not just two of the form players in Ireland, but in Europe. Can Choo Choo Stu break up the Henshaw-Payne partnership? He's certainly the most natural inside centre in the squad, is an intelligent footballer with an eye for space and has yet to find a ceiling. At number 8, Stander will have a job replacing Heaslip, who was one of Ireland's best players in the RWC. There is an accepted wisdom that Heaslip will somehow benefit from competition, like he isn't quite producing his best for Ireland, but our expectation is he'll continue his quiet excellence, Stander or no Stander. CJ is in the mix for the available blindside slot with Rhys Ruddock, but Schmidt may just lean towards Ruddock for his lineout ability, which is one area where O'Mahony's presence will be most keenly felt. An impact bench role is the most likely starting point for Stander. Although maybe not against Wales – if Gatty unleashes his double openside trump card (do you do anything else with Justin Tipuric?) maybe it's better to have O'Donnell there.
Interestingly, Ulster (i.e. Kissy, Schmidt's mate) selected Jared Payne at fullback against Saracens – was it an understandable desire to keep a returning key man out of heavy traffic against a brilliant team, or something more? Rob Kearney is a very different full back from the likes of Ben Smith, Folau, le Roux, Hogg and Mike Brown and it's hard to envisage him entering the line at first or second receiver and giving Ireland an extra attacking string to their bow. But then again, Schmidt has only ever selected Payne at outside centre.
We'll be back with more ponderings, but isn't it getting exciting? The Six Nations! We've won the last two, remember? The arrival of spring, and the inevitable slew of atrocious games. Oh and Ringrose OUTRAGE.
by whiffofcordite on January 21, 2016 • Permalink
Posted in Ireland, Joe Schmidt, Six Nations
Posted by whiffofcordite on January 21, 2016
https://whiffofcordite.com/2016/01/21/the-lengthening-of-the-days/
Book Review: No Borders
No Borders: Playing Rugby For Ireland is Tom English's history of Irish rugby, told by the players and coaches. Whiff of Cordite was sent a free review copy, and this is our review.
The book starts with the Jack Kyle era and finishes with the 2015 Six Nations. English provides narration along the way, but for the most part the book is made up of the players' own versions of events. English lets all the main players speak in their own words and keeps himself off the stage. The players' words shape the story, charting Irish rugby's chequered history from the troubles to peace, from amateurism to professionalism and from failure to a sort of success.
It's a ripping read. I must confess I didn't start at the beginning and finish at the end, but read in a random order, starting with the bits that were of most fascination: in my case the 2007 World Cup and the breaking of professionalism in the 1990s. There's interest in every chapter.
Plenty of the material will be familiar to readers of these pages, and depending on your age, plenty of it will be new to you. As children of the early 1980s, we were too young for the two triple crowns of that era but can remember plenty of the awfulness which followed. The abiding memories of that era are of Ireland valiantly taking the game to teams before the inevitable late-game surrender. The Six Nations was an event in Chez Ovale in Bray, and poor Papa Ovale seemed an eternal optimist. Palla has distant memories of once making a 2p bet with him that France would beat Ireland, and feeling conflicted as the second half saw Ireland lose an enormous lead and France got their multi-phase groove on. The folly of youth! Another year, now old enough to know better than to cheer for the enemy in pursuit of a tuppence, we have slightly clearer recollection of a Five Nations in which Ireland led all four games at the hour mark, only to return three losses and a draw with Wales. Ah, great days they were.
English's book serves as a reminder of a few things. The first is just what a quirky sport rugby is in Ireland. Largely played in a handful of areas in the country; Belfast grammar schools, Dublin private schools, a handful of schools in Cork and – who could forget? – earthy types in Limerick. Somehow, the elements all have to come together in the green shirt, and more often than not they do. For all the failings of Irish rugby, the players rarely did anything other than try their hearts out. Trevor Ringland and several other Ulster players give terrific insight into what it was like for Ulster protestants to play rugby for Ireland, especially during the troubles.
The second is just how… there really is no other way around this… terrible Irish rugby has been for most of its history. Think this season is bad because we lost to Argentina and Munster and Leinster are a bit rubbish? Try re-winding twenty years. Thought Kidney's Ireland were a bit hit and miss, only showing their best when able to feed off emotion after everyone had written them off? Well, they were only keeping up the traditions of a century before them. Even the good days feel like a mere temporary blip before normal service is resumed. Ireland's triple crown in 1982 is immediately follwed by a winless campaign. 1985's triumph only proves a cue for Mick Doyle to buy into his own press and isolate the players. For the most part, Ireland's history is of being poorly prepared for matches and having teams backboned a handful of warrior heroes but generally lacking enough great players and general fitness to beat the best sides. And it's one of being repeatedly hammered in Paris, of course.
There's no end of great storytelling here. The uneasy journey from amateurism – days when the players would call into the chipper for a 'one-and-one' on the eve of a Triple Crown decider – to professionalism is brilliantly captured. The old farts in the IRFU – a consistent theme throughout the book, it must be said – were militantly anti-professionalism, to the point of farce. Tony Ward wins the Player of the Five Nations, but is told he cannot pose for the cameras as there is a sponsor involved. The World Cup is treated with fear, and the IRFU bans the team from training in advance of it. At times it seems less point of principle, and verges on a 'they can't have what we never had' mentality. Meanwhile, the advent of professionalism appears to the players through their TV sets, as every ad break is saturated with the Kiwi players advertising farm machinery.
The 1990s are relentlessly grim. Murray Kidd is an angry ant, and is followed by Brian Ashton who, it must be said, is reticent and fair-minded about where he went wrong. But go wrong he did, trying to get Ireland to play like his Bath team and failing to get the players to buy in to his ideas. Things finally take a turn for the better when Gatland comes along, though he takes a while to get going and has to endure the Lens debacle before turning the tide. Indeed, he is almost down to his last chips, but plays a winning hand in famously blooding ROG, Stringer et al against Scotland. The players enjoy his pragmatism and more consistent approach to selection, but interestingly, don't appear terribly put out when he gets the axe in spite of a terrific final Six Nations in which Ireland win four matches. For the first time ever, it's the backs who are the kingpins, and they see technical supremo Eddie O'Sullivan as the man who can best improve them. When Brian O'Driscoll first appears, he is like a beacon of light, and it's clear to everyone just what a star he is almost immediately.
The tension between Gatland and O'Sullivan simmers on the pages, and it's not the only time Eddie's quotations seems at odds with the words of others. The 2007 World Cup fiasco makes for fascinating reading. Eddie is still clinging to his idea that all the team needed was a couple more warm-up games, but it's clear from the players words that the problems ran far deeper.
There's plenty of comedy in there too. Neil Francis gives expectedly sweary copy ('that fucker Eales is untouchable') and takes the credit for the tactical smarts in the almost-win against Australia in 1991. Andrew Trimble describes trying to get some meaningful critique out of Uncle Deccie on the numerous occasions he is dropped from the team, but can't get anywhere. And you can picture Cian Healy pulling his dad's car around the beach as a teenager. Needless to say, the amateur days feature plenty of revelry and regular trips to O'Donoghue's for post-match recovery aids.
Finishing up in 2015 means we get a happy ending, but this sort of book can only ever finish 'in media res', or 'in the middle of things' to those less versed in the classics. Which means, if history is anything to go by, Ireland's next failing can only be around the corner.
No Borders is a terrific read, recommended to any Irish rugby fan.
https://whiffofcordite.com/2016/01/19/book-review-no-borders/
A Return to Traditional Wigan Values
Munster's European campaign hit the buffers at the weekend after a feeble defeat to Stade Francais Paris. In spite of playing against 14 men for the entire second half, it was Stade who glossed the scoreline and ran away with the match.
There were shades of this last season when Munster's hopes depended on them going to Saracens and winning, but the effort was similarly toothless. It feels like something of a tipping point among their fanbase with regard to their affection for the coaching ticket headed up by Anthony Foley, with most fans angry and unsympathetic – no much surprise given how they have been blamed by Foley and his chums in the meeja for not coming in enough numbers to see the team.
So what went wrong? Pretty much everything. CJ Stander, who was about the only player who performed close to his level, afterwards admitted that although the team talked at half time about what they had to do – play at pace and make the extra man count – they just didn't do it. He described them as lacking energy, walking to lineouts. That speaks to a lack of belief and stomach for the fight, and Alan Quinlan was unsparing in his post-match criticism.
Another who launched a scathing attack on management was none other than Johne Murphy, but for many that sounded like a hatchet job, a chance that Murphy was only dying to take to get one over on a coach who never really took to him. But if indeed that is indeed the case, it raises a point worth thinking about. Murphy, as we all know, came in for personal criticism in the infamous player-assessment email that was accidentaly distributed just a few weeks into Foley's tenure, which is presumably a factor in his bitterness towards Foley. But he wasn't the only one, so are there other players around the squad who still harbour resentment towards the coach? It certainly doesn't appear as if the team are playing for their lives, or for the coach's future – Simon Zebo's performance in Paris smacked of a man with the south of France on his mind, and both Earls and Donnacha Ryan are not fulfilling expectations as two of the go-to veterans of the team.
Quinlan, in his article for the Indo yesterday, came up with the left-field suggestion that the province should dial 021-DECCIE and bring back the auld cute hoor for a renaissance. After all, Deccie won two Heineken Cups and knows the province inside out. It seems a bizarre idea, though. They already have a coach – a whole team of them in fact! – who are hugely passionate about the province, and who know everything there is to know about Munster rugby. But it's not really what they need – that being an experienced hand with a good technical skillset.
And seemingly the IRFU are ain agreement – the lads need a bit of help, and so they're sending their latest hire, Andy Farrell, down south to work as a 'consultant' for the rest of the season. It's a major decision, not least because it's obviously been foisted upon Foley and his backroom chums and doesn't reflect all too well on them. It's a decent idea in theory – a voice from outside the province is certainly needed – but in practice it's hard to know how much he'll be able to add, especially if it's a source of tension within the camp. One thing's for sure, Farrell is a strong character and will try to impose his will on the team. Be prepared for a return to, erm, traditional Wigan values.
The sense that Munster are reaping what they sowed in appointing this group is inescapable. We blogged back in spring 2014 on Axel's appointment and his ALL-MUNSTER ticket. While much of the critical commentary went as far as a damp Beatles-at-Shea-Stadium esque fawning over a "return to traditional Munster values", we had some concerns:
"His main issue- as is the case for seemingly every Munster coach since the year dot – will be recruiting and developing capable centres to provide a threat and most importantly, bring the lethal strike runners Simon Zebo and Keith Earls onto the ball as much as possible. Casey Laulala is heading for the exit and it looks increasingly like James Downey will be joining him. Foley will need to recruit, and recruit well." In fact – Foley has not only recruited badly (Tyler Bleyendaal, journeyman Andrew Smith) but he's allowed JJ Hanrahan to leave, has converted Denis Hurley into the new Ma'a Nonu Shontayne Hape, and has presided over the catastrophic decline in form of Ian Keatley.
"One must say, it's a big gamble – every member of the coaching staff will be making a step up to a position they have never been in before. Most coaching tickets you see appointed have a few grizzled veterans or older hands in there to offer continuity. The gamble Munster are taking is that Axel provides the continuity and the chaps with familiar faces and accents will takes to Munster like ducks to water, ensuring a seemless transition." The gamble has failed pretty comprehensively, no doubt about it, and the appointment of Farrell is more evidence.
And perhaps most cutting from a fans perspective:
"He can expect an easier ride in the media than Penney got, because there will be huge goodwill behind him, and, how shall we put this, most of the key pundits are great pals with him! But Munster fans will be as demanding as ever, and he'll be expected to at least hit the marks Rob Penney did over the last two years." Funny, this one turned out to be on the money
Anyway, it looks like a no-win situation for Foley – no improvement, and he'll get the blame, they do better, and Farrell gets the credit. And an upturn in results is possible as the fixtures look relatively kind, albeit with the potential for (more) serious humiliation:
ERC: Stade Francais (H) – after last week, even a losing bonus point will be seen as a victory of sorts, but a victory is conceivable – Stade have only won one away game all year and have succumbed to the might of .. um .. Brive and Agen
ERC: Treviso (A) – surely they won't lose .. surely!
Zebre (A) – see above
Ospreys (H)
Glasgae (A) – two tough fixtures, but during the Six Nations both will be denuded to an extent Munster clearly won't, with only one player (Conor Murray) currently a lock in the Irish 23
Treviso (A)
Dragons (H)
Zebre (H) – 3 wins in a row would be your baseline expectation here
So not impossible that by Easter, Munster are back in the top 4 of the league with ERC qualification assured and with some sort of momentum garnered .. for which Farrell gets the credit. Foley's team are most certainly dead ducks, and it remains to see whether the man himself is as well – both Ulster and Leinster have sacked coaches late in the season and wound up scrambling to get a coaching team in place.
That said, they'll need to get several of the units on the pitch working far better. The scrum has been awful all season, and there's little that can be done at this stage short of winding back BJ Botha's clock by five years. The second row has been remarkably poor considering they have three internationals to choose from, and CJ Stander has been virtually a one man band in the backrow. As for Ian Keatley, his haywire season took another nosedive on Saturday; all the more remarkable as he was man of the match against Ulster the previous week. Meanwhile Simon Zebo's mind appears to be halfway to Toulouse. At least they can console themselves that they won't lose too many players for the Six Nations.
Posted in Andy Farrell, Axel Foley, Deccie Kidney, Joe Schmidt, Munster, Pro12
https://whiffofcordite.com/2016/01/12/a-return-to-traditional-wigan-values/
A Welcome With Open Arms
Ireland's new defence coach is… Andy Farrell. Farrell won't join until after this year's Six Nations but has a contract which will take him up until after the 2019 World Cup. Welcome aboard, Andy!
It's an appointment that's interesting for a handful of reasons. First of all, rather than drip-feeding the appointment out to the usual conduits in the media in advance so that they could get the broader public used to the idea, the news arrived as, well, news. It's hard to remember the last time any bit of news arrived hot off the press. Even mundane stuff like team selections have been fed to Thornley and his chums for the last number of years almost without exception.
Another interesting element is that Andy Farrell does not appear to have been born in any of the following countries: New Zealand, Australia or South Africa. Lordy! What's all this about? Irish rugby has long adopted the stance that the southern hemisphere is the place where the best coaches come from, and it is they who they tend to employ. There's some history of English coaches – think Brian Ashton, which went well, right? – working in Ireland but not much. The Irish public as a rule has little respect for the English way of playing. English rugby is perceived on this isle (and beyond, to be fair) as being a samey, unimaginative sort of game, built on a forward pack which is powerful, but not Bok-powerful and sprinters on the wings but nobody who really has the imagination or skill level to give them the ball.
Andy Farrell goes even a step beyond that, completing a terrific hat-trick of associations that will immediately prove off-putting: Saracens, rugby league and the English World Cup effort. That's the holy trinity right there. Rightly or wrongly, for who really knows, Farrell found himself being fingered with the decision to about-turn on England's catch-and-pass gameplan and the move to revert to a more traditional bosh-and-kick strategy which backfired dismally and proved itself to be embarrassingly out of step with the approach of the better countries in the tournament. Meanwhile, any mention of the word Saracens is enough to make Irish rugby fans groan. He's also being blamed by angels like Bruce Craig for sending Slammin' Sam back to Souths with his tail between his legs.
None of that will matter much to Schmidt however, who will see Farrell as a hard-nosed and experienced operator. It won't have gone unnoticed that Ireland's defence – while generally the bedrock that has delivered two Six Nations – was passive and meek in the games against Italy and Argentina in the world cup. Farrell might trade off some of Ireland's love of the choke tackle for more aggressive line-speed. Saracens' famous wolf-pack defence, led with some degree of ferocity by Jacques Burger, focuses on the simple dynamic of coming up in a hard, straight line at such speed that they can suffocate teams at source. Paul Gustard has been heralded for its implementation but Farrell had the team working in a similar fashion before moving on to Team England. Farrell is also credited with the generally decent defence put up by the Lions in 2013. While the games were so terrible only the pro-Gatland elements of the UK media will remember much of the specifics, for sure they didn't win the series based on their attack, so the defence has to have been halfway decent.
There is of course one other English coach with a league background who has found himself in the position of having to coach his son – Mike Ford. Ford was, we believe, Ireland's first ever defence coach (certainly the first decent one if not the first actual one) – it was an appointment that went well for both Ford and Ireland. Farrell is basically Ford minus a decade in his background and understanding of the game.
The final bit of intrigue was the confirmation that Brian O'Driscoll has become a sort of Twitter oracle whose every utterance becomes news in and of itself. Part of the reporting of the news is that Brian O'Driscoll has endorsed the appointment. Other recent events on which BOD has commented include Adam Ashley-Cooper and Ian Madigan's moves to Bordeaux and the potential elevation of Garry Ringrose to the national team. All have become news stories. Perhaps an 'Endorsed by Brian O'Driscoll on Twitter' badge should be handed out to all those who receive his kudos. He anticipates that under Farrell's tutelage, Ireland would show good line-speed and kick-chase. Dull and all as that sounds, it's the bread and butter of defending.
by whiffofcordite on January 7, 2016 • Permalink
Posted by whiffofcordite on January 7, 2016
https://whiffofcordite.com/2016/01/07/a-welcome-with-open-arms/
Amply Balmed
As we've written many times, when European rugby hits you hard, you must apply the soothing balm of the Pro12. The first half of this season has been perhaps the worst in living memory for the Irish provinces in the main shindig, so the seasonal interpros had a heightened sense of importance.
These matches have been washouts in previous editions. With coaches hindered by limited access to their frontline players, they have tended to pick a strong side for their home match and a team of bunnies for their away tie, creating a series of foregone conclusions in the process. Not this time, as all of Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster needed the points badly. Leinster are out of Europe and the Pro12 is Connacht's primary target anyway, and while Munster and Ulster still have aspirations of qualifying for the knockouts, the best either can realistically achieve is to qualify as runner-up, which brings with it an away quarter final. They know they can ill afford to coast along in the Pro 12.
With the stakes high, it is Leinster who have come out the most amply balmed. Indeed, it's been a fabulous Christmas period for Les Bleus, with other results going their way to boot; Scarlets lost to Cardiff, and Glasgow lost twice to Edinburgh. Munster beating Ulster also helped. They can go top and open a gap with their game in hand.
If not exactly half-full, the Leinster glass is at least starting to look less than totally empty. The team appears to have found a bit of shape and edge in attack, and it can't be entirely by chance that they have conceded the least number of points in the league. Their defence over the Christmas period was exemplary, giving up just seven points on aggregate to Munster and Connacht, and some of the handling against Connacht was impressive considering the conditions.
A couple of standout performers deserve mention. Sean O'Brien is probably the best player on the island and when he is fit makes an incalculable difference to any team. He performed explosively over the Christmas period, giving a ferocious 55 minutes against Munster and a blistering cameo in the last half hour against Connacht. There is no other player that combines his ability both in the breakdown and carrying at close quarters, and, er, regathering his own chips over the defence off the back of scrums. Ireland and Leinster are a different team when they have access to his wrecking-ball talents. If Leo Cullen and Joe Schmidt could magically protect one player from injury it would be he.
Another is Garry Ringrose. Munster and Ulster fans may be scoffing at the hype emanating from the 'Dublin meeja', as ROG once put it, and while anointing the 20 year old to the Ireland 13 jersey is perhaps premature, there is no doubt that Ringrose is going to be an international player, and surely no question that he is blessed with a rare and natural talent. While it was his sensational try-creating break that will be remembered, he also defended his channel manfully against Munster, and backed up the performance against Connacht with two more line-breaks and a generally sound showing on a day which wasn't exactly made for skinny-hipped outside centres. There's nothing like the anointing of a new local hero to get a bit of giddiness going on the terraces, and the RDS now has its next potentially great outside centre to celebrate.
Two more young guns who we are going to be seeing a lot more of are Josh van der Flier and Ross Molony. Van der Flier is enjoying a breakout season and combines great presence at the breakdown with a good carrying game, a similar kind of player to Munster's Tommy O'Donnell (whose return to fitness, incidentally, will be a huge benefit to Munster over the coming weeks). Molony is a second row with a big couple of months ahead of him. As Demented Mole pointed out, Leinster are going to be without their starting second rows for much of the Six Nations period and have little in the way of depth. Mike McCarthy has finally brought his best form to the blue shirt and is likely to be brought back into the national team set up this spring; O'Connell is gone and Henderson is injured, and while it was hoped Donnacha Ryan would return from injury at his 2012 best, that just hasn't happened. Molony and the underwhelming Tom Denton are likely to be partnering up for the five or six games in that window. He made two vital lineout steals against Munster which have got him noticed.
Things are looking up, admittedly from a low base, but with the benefit of hindsight, it's possible to reflect on a European campaign in which a new and totally inexperienced coaching ticket was only finding its feet, and where the bulk of players in the team were coming off the back of an exhausting and mentally draining World Cup. With fresh energy, and fresh names in the team, the season can still be turned around, and perhaps that process has already begun.
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CHAPTER TWO (Lesson XXIV)
Current Bible commentator Robert Gundry takes this occasion to point out that by Paul facing down Peter, the leading Apostle among the original twelve, it gives us ample evidence that Peter's status as a celebrity in the congregation did not make one bit of difference to him. As Gundry sees it, the truth of the Gospel mattered more to Paul than celebrity status did. In the first-century culture, eating with someone was another way of accepting each other, even a form of bonding. So, Peter's eating with uncircumcised Gentile Christians signified his acceptance of them as fellow Christians, even if they did not practice Jewish ceremonial laws.
After all, he hadn't insisted on the circumcision of Titus when Paul took him up to Jerusalem. This behavior showed that Peter truly did believe in the Gospel of Grace without the inclusion of Mosaic Law. So subsequently withdrawing himself from the table fellowship with Gentile Christians and separating himself away from them constituted hypocrisy, which means, playing a part that doesn't represent one's true self.[1] Gundry sums it up by pointing out that this same Peter compromised his relationship with the Anointed One after our Lord's arrest, by denying three times that he knew Him.
In this dispute, it is the Apostle Peter who carries the major burden of guilt. Even the vision of the sheet let down from heaven on the rooftop was good for only one visit to the house of the Gentile believer Cornelius. Paul saw the hypocrisy involved and rightly confronted the great Apostle Peter. It would appear that Peter took the criticism with the right spirit. But I wonder if the bias of Peter is still alive today among the brethren, but exhibited in different forms. Are you sure that the person you sit next to in the pew; the person that you serve alongside as an usher or choir member, will treat you with the same open camaraderie when you meet them in their office or their place of business, and will they acknowledge you with the same joy at some social event of their peers? There is no place for such bias in the body of the Anointed One. We were all washed with the same blood; our names were all written down in the same book, and we are all bound for the same heaven.
On another occasion, Paul confessed, "You made me act like a fool—boasting about myself like this. You ought to be the ones writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing at all. When I was with you I certainly gave you proof that I am an apostle; I never quit doing my best so that many signs and wonders and miracles would be performed among you."[2] Some psychologists claim that Paul is being very ironic in pointing out how unimpressed he was with Peter, James, and John who allowed themselves to be thought of as "super-apostles." They suggest this is Paul's attempt to show that he is equal to them in every way, if not better.
I stood in the lobby of a hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas while attending an international convention. I observed high-level delegates sitting and chatting while I visited with a friend. All of a sudden, I heard shouting. I looked over toward a couch about twenty feet away from where I saw a high-ranking leader yelling at a black valet cleaning up empty glasses and trash from the coffee tables and side-tables. This neatly dressed African-American looked puzzled hearing the minister bark out, "You touched my wife's leg and I want you to say you're sorry! You hear me! I said; say you're sorry for hitting my wife's leg and don't ever do it again!"
I instantly felt the urge to do one of three things: either turn away in disgust; go up to the black gentleman and tell him I was sorry for such an outburst; or go over to the high-ranking minister and tell him what a fake Christian he was. Before I could do anything, the kind valet stopped what he was doing and with a calm voice apologized to the minister's wife, telling her he didn't mean any harm. He then continued cleaning up, making sure he did not come close to this minister or his wife. By that time, I recovered from my shock, I went directly to the valet and expressed my own apology for the treatment he received and let him know that not everyone in the lobby felt the same way this high-level official did.
I know what you are thinking, why didn't I challenge this official like Paul confronted Peter. For one thing, there were higher-level officials there who could have spoken out, and maybe later they did so in private. Another thing was, I did not want to appear as some "nobody" taking an opportunity to make myself look important so that I would be patted on the back. The Apostle Paul's personality is different from mine; he's certainly an Alpha male, a sort of in-your-face type of guy. He did what came naturally to him. But most of all he did it at the urging of the Holy Spirit. I say that the urge I felt was anger that such a nice gentleman was being treated discourteously by supposed Christian's full of God's love.
But to Paul's credit, it never boiled down to personal issues but only in defense of the Gospel. Here we see Peter traveling from Jerusalem to the city of Antioch to see how Paul and Barnabas and the first Christian congregation outside Judea were doing. At first, Peter made himself at home by sitting down with Paul and the new Gentile converts to eating the agape banquet with them. Paul, the educated Pharisee that he was, knew that no self-respecting Jew would ever do such a thing unless he was persuaded by a higher power. So, he was proud of his buddy, the Rock. I imagine that he told the Gentile believers what a great man of God Peter proved himself to be for such humility and genuine the Anointed One-like attitude.
But then an ill wind blew into the gathering. Some additional delegates sent by James from Jerusalem arrived (Maybe it was some of those mentioned in Acts).[3] That's when Paul saw something that made his hypertension skyrocket. When it came time for dinner these Jewish delegates went off into another room away from the Gentiles to eat. To Paul's amazement, Peter excused himself from where the Gentiles were eating and went over and joined the delegates who separated themselves. On top of that, then Paul's friend Barnabas, along with the Jewish members of the Antioch congregation, broke off and went over and joined the Jewish group as well, leaving Paul and the Gentiles to eat alone. I'm sure that almost ruined Paul's day.
Paul uses a very insightful verb here in Greek for "broke off," synypokrinomai. It means to "dissemble, to take apart," like disassembling a chair or bicycle, especially with group participation. It is a perfect word to describe the actions of Peter's hypocritical attitude. The congregation at Antioch assembled in unison, now Peter's action disassembled them into factions. Furthermore, it helps understand how the word Hupokrites (hypocrisy) was used here by Paul. It refers to an overly nitpicking, hair-splitting, critical, and religiously legalistic type of person.
While hypocrisy was considered a despised moral failure in Jewish literature and teachings, there is the possibility that Paul was aware of how it was viewed in the Greek writings of his day. During Plato's era, being looked up to stood as one of the chief incentives for displaying moral virtues, and to most men, when your fellowman holds a high opinion of you that is the main motivation for such virtues to be seen. Unfortunately, this often led to the exposure of a certain element of character in which men developed the desire to appear better than they really were in order to win the esteem and admiration of others. Therefore, the Greeks warned that any man could use his ability to easily pretend he was good just by using religious language putting on religious virtues.
They also taught that there was such a thing as unconscious, as well as, conscious hypocrisy. According to Socrates, conscious hypocrisy is the worst of the two. In other words, one knows it's wrong, but does it anyhow. Paul knew Peter was not making an unconscious error. His breaking away from the Gentiles to eat with the Jewish delegates in order to appear pious to them was a deliberate act of discrimination, not one that happened accidentally. No wonder Paul was furious.
When Paul inquired as to what was going on, instead of hearing that Peter and Barnabas were actually trying to teach these Jewish delegates that they could no longer discriminate against Gentile believers; that we are all part of God's congregation and brothers in the Anointed One, he discovered instead that Peter was actually afraid that these delegates might go back to Jerusalem and tell James that they saw him eating with Gentiles and that would really cause trouble for him when he returned. You talk about an abrupt paradigm shift! Today we refer to this as being two-faced. Even though Paul wasn't there when Peter denied our Lord three times, perhaps he now understood how it could happen. In the Spirit, Peter was a man of granite, but in the flesh, he was baked mud!
The great reformer Martin Luther was under great stress for his stance against the legalism of the Catholic congregation. He spoke of his circumstances this way: "For defending the truth in our day, we are called proud and obstinate hypocrites. We are not ashamed of these titles. The cause we are called to defend is not Peter's cause, or the cause of our parents, or that of the government, or that of the world, but the cause of God. In defense of that cause, we must be firm and unyielding."[4]
Certainly, it is easy to criticize Peter here but think about the times we've been weak in the knees. We all know what it feels like to do something we know is not in keeping with what we profess to believe. Everyone relates to the conviction they feel when they end up doing something even unbelievers are asked not to do. I can't tell you how many times I've wadded up a wrapper or piece of paper while walking or driving and shoved it into my pocket because I knew it was not right to litter. However, I do confess to throwing an apple core out the car window into the countryside because I knew it was biodegradable. Like Peter, we all know what it feels like when social pressure or lack of discipline pushes us to compromise in some way.
In spite of all the commentary and exposition written on this encounter between Paul and Peter, and the apparent disconnect between what Peter did at Cornelius's house and what he did in Antioch, there is still a sticking point that many Messianic Jews cannot reconcile. As one non-Jewish convert explains it, the traditional Christian interpretation of this passage presupposes that Paul and the Jewish believers with him gave up Judaism and the practice of Torah. So when Paul saw Peter being indecisive on this matter by going back to Jewish dietary laws, he rebuked him for Judaizing – that is to say that Paul rebuked Peter for backsliding from salvation by grace back to salvation by good works.[5] I do not know what traditional Christian interpretation he had in mind, but from my reading and studies, most Evangelical Bible scholars' interpretation is that Peter was being a hypocrite. In my mind, the only way Jewish kosher laws and feast celebrations become any problem for believers in Jesus as the Anointed One is when they are touted as being necessary to obtain or maximize the salvation one received through Jesus the Anointed One.
[1] Robert H. Gundry: On Galatians, op. cit., loc. cit., Kindle Location 397-421
[2] 2 Corinthians 12:11-12
[3] See Acts of the Apostles 15:5
[4] Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians, op. cit., loc. cit., p. 36
[5] D. Thomas Lancaster: Commentary on Galatians, op. cit. p.80


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