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A luxurious refuge to explore Gramvousa bay!
ARHONTARIKI is a Cretan manor house built in the early 20th Century. It was renovated recently, in an effort to hold on to what is left of the Cretan traditional architectural style. It is constricted with rectangular chiseled stones, it has an interior living space of 240 square meters, and the two floors are connected with an interior wooden stairc.The swimming pool with jacuzzi is located in a well manicured lush garden, providing a comfortable, tranquil, relaxed environment for the guests. Our villa can accommodate up to 8 persons with a large fully equipped kitchen, a play room with gym facilities and a hammam can spoil you. The windows and balconies in each floor give a panoramic view to Kissamou cape and the hills surround the village. It is furnished with aptest and simplicity with Cretan antiques, reflecting the personal taste of its current owner.
Arhontariki takes its name by the special room on a monastery where the monks host their valuable visitors.
We are Fotini and Giannis Xirouchakis and we are delighted to be able to live in this beautiful island CRETE with our two children. Fotini's family has owned this old house for over 100 years and 14 years ago we made a decision to restore the villa as a rental property.
We wanted the opportunity to be able to meet people from all around the world and thus get to know different cultures and the traditions of many countries.
As we live in Chania no so far from villa ARHONTARIKI, we are available to assist our guests with every aspect of their vacation: sightseeing, tours cruise ,beaches , wine tasting, restaurant taverns recommendations or shopping.
If someone asked you to list the reasons why you would choose a place to spend your summer vacation what would those be?
Incredible beaches
Beautiful village
The people
Cretan gastronomy
The visitor of Crete will not left to his fate.
He has every opportunity to take in social occasions throughout the year.
Chania is a place where it is nearly impossible to be bored or to miss out on all these forms of entertainment that await you.
Here the festivities never end, lasting for as long your heart desires
We hope relaxed and rejuvenates by its invigorating energy having satisfied all of your hearts desires expect for one ……….the desire to return soon…………
Soggiorno per fortunati.
Scoprite la villa Arhontariki avrete tante cose da ricordare .
Vacanze indimenticabile.
Mille grazie
Fotini -Gianni
Arhontariki is a beautiful traditional Greek villa with loads of character. We had a fantastic two week holiday here with our 5 month old, it had everything we needed to make our holiday stress free.
The villa is very clean and well equipped with a fantastic pool and beautiful gardens. Fotini and John made us very welcome and did everything they could to ensure we felt at home and enjoyed our stay.
There are plenty of lovely beaches nearby and a taverna next door that delivered us traditional Cretan food.
I would recommend this villa to families and groups of friends.
Lucy & Mark UK
We stayed in the villa for one week in August and had a wonderful relaxing time there. The facilities are excellent and the service is wonderful. We felt very spoilt.
The owners, Fotini and John are very friendly and helpful, and provide a spotless accomodation with lots of outdoor equipment.
We also walked to the two nearby tavernas, and returned to the Garten bar restaurant twice. Nearby in Kissamos we also liked the Cellar taverna on the sea front.
We had a relaxing and wonderful holiday in Villa Arhontariki. We want to thank for trustful and excellent service. The location was very good and there were lots of interesting places to visit nearby. House was very beautiful and nice and we especially liked that cleaning of the house was included to the price. In house and yard we had our own space and peace. Yard and swimming pool was also very nice and suitable for little children. Terrace was a nice place for having dinner and if you didn't want to make dinner you could always go to the Taverna next to the house and have a lovely and tasteful dinner there. Lots of good memories and looking forward to visit this house again. Thank you Fotini, John and Nicky!
We have been for a week last August and it was one of the best vacation we have enjoyed from. The house is beautiful and you can feel someone thought about every little detail to make you comfortable. The cleaning lady comes every day! which is a real treat.. The house next door is an excellent tavern so whenever we did not feel like cooking, wonderful food was 1 minute walking away, Falacarna beach which is simple & beautiful is 20 minutes drive and is worth the effort, the terrace of the house when we usually had dinner is beautiful & comfortable and i could go on forever..indeed it was a perfect holiday...
Kastelli (Kissamos) :UNIQUE DESTINATION ALL YEAR ROUND.
ARHONTARIKI is situated in the picturesque village of KALYVIANI, 35 kilometers from the city of Chania - Crete island, 5 kilometers from the town of Kasteli and 800 meters from the port of Kasteli. It is a lively village with coffee shops and traditional taverns served typical Cretan dishes all by local products. A refreshment stop for those on their way to visit the island of Granvousa with its impressive castle, built by the Venetians in 1579, the Balos Lagoon and the coastal ancient Minoan town of Falasserna and the synonymous near by beach, one of the loveliest in Greece.
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1 Jun 2017 - 31 Aug 2017
4 night minimum stay
1 Sep 2017 - 31 Oct 2017
4 night minimum stay
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Upon your arrival there will be awaiting for you a welcoming Cretan treat, fruits, cretan oil, wine, raki and fresh eggs.
Our rates include daily cleaning service, parking space, bikes and WiFi internet access.
In winter time woods for the firelace are free of charge.
For winter period get avail from our special rates!
We can accept payment by bank tranfer of GBP, EUROS , USD .


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Thanks for joining me for what was an entertaining match at the Nuevo Arcangel tonight. Good night!
FULL-TIME: CORDOBA 0-2 BARCELONA Two goals from Lionel Messi this evening have put the Blaugrana in a strong position going into the second leg of their last-16 Copa del Rey tie with Cordoba, with the Argentine scoring either side of half-time tonight to make it 2-0. Cordoba impressed in the first half but tired noticeably after the break, as Tito Vilanova's team began to control possession in midfield.
90' + 4'Pinto hoofs a goal kick skywards and the referee decides to blow his whistle to mark the end of the match. Barcelona win 2-0.
90' + 3'Tello is caught offside again. Twice in 10 minutes. That's quite few by his standards.
90' + 2'Pique is adjudged to have fouled Dami right in front of the referee, much to the centre-back's dismay.
90' + 1'The fourth official indicates there will be FOUR minutes of added time here.
90'Alba stops Cordoba's Pedro from hacking a cross towards Rennella from the right with a strong tackle, as the home side look for a goal in the closing stages here.
88'SubstitutionFede John-Christophe Ayina
88'Tello came on for Villa a few minutes ago! Mystery solved.
87'The flag goes up against Cristian Tello, who was introduced without me noticing it seems. The youngster ventures into an offside position on the left and play is brought back.
86'We're into the final five minutes here at the Nuevo Arcangel and Barcelona are in control of proceedings. It's been an impressive second half performance from the Blaugrana. Pique in particular has been superb when called upon in defence.
84'SubstitutionDavid Villa Tello
84'THAT LOOKED LIKE A FREE KICK!! Vico is caught by a tackle from Mascherano on the edge of the Barcelona box as he plays a ball through to Pedro but the referee fails to acknowledge the foul and play continues only for Pinto to rush from his line and gather the ball.
82'SubstitutionGaspar Dami
82'SAIZAR STANDS FIRM TO DENY MESSI!! The Cordoba goalkeeper does well to stop Messi from scoring his third of the evening after the attacker had burst through the challenges of Fuentes and Aguilar.
81'Cordoba have been given very little time on the ball in this second half as Barcelona have showed their class in possession to quash the attacking threat posed by the home side. The first half was even but the second has been all about Vilanova's side.
79'Messi has scored twice in each of his last five Liga appearances for Barcelona, and now he has scored twice tonight in this Copa del Rey match. 88 goals in the calendar year now!
78'SubstitutionDaniel Alves Montoya
77'Despite Alba looking in pain Vilanova takes off his other full-back for Barcelona's second change of the night, as Alves is replaced by Martin Montoya.
75'Alba is the latest player to go down with an injury. The Barcelona left-back is holding his left shoulder gingerly after falling awkwardly in a challenge with Fernandez.
74'Goal Lionel Messi
74'MARVELLOUS FROM BARCELONA!! MESSI MAKES IT 2-0! The 25-year-old notches his second of the game after a crisp passing move involving Thiago and Alexis resulted in the latter playing Messi through on goal. The Argentina international made no mistake on this occasion as he slotted the ball into the bottom left-hand corner, having missed a similar opportunity moments before.
72'Cordoba's fans hurl abuse at the referee after the official fails to award the home side a penalty. It was a correct decision though, as Pique won the ball fairly from Dubarbier just inside the Barca box.
70'FANTASTIC PLAY BY PIQUE!! The Barca centre-back retrieves the ball on the edge of his own box before bursting forward over the half way line and curling a perfect pass to Messi. The Argentine races through one-on-one with Saizar but fails to beat the Cordoba goalkeeper with a rather tame effort at goal.
69'STAT: The Blaugrana have lifted the Copa del Rey on 26 previous occasions, the most recent of which came last season when they beat Athletic Bilbao in the final 3-0 thanks to a Pedro double and a Lionel Messi strike.
67'Sanchez joined the Catalan giants from Udinese for megabucks back in the summer of 2011, but after shining in his first season has gone on to score just once in his past 17 appearances.
66'SubstitutionPedro Alexis Sánchez
66'Barca make their first change of the night, as Vilanova replaces Pedro with the Chile international Alexis Sanchez.
64'Messi fires the free kick into the box where it is controlled brilliantly on the chest by Pique of all people. The centre-back tries to find space to shoot at goal but settles for a corner off the legs of Gaspar.
63'SubstitutionVincenzo Rennella Patiño
63'Yellow Card Fede
63'The visitors win a free kick 35 yards from goal after Vico catches Messi as he looks to move into the right-hand channel.
61'Vilanova's men are really controlling the game now, with their midfield dominating the central areas and finding themselves with time and space on the ball.
60'Xavi's lofted corner finds its way through to Adriano on the edge of the box but the Brazilian's first-time shot at goal was in no danger of troubling Saizar and sailed out for a goal kick.
59'Xavi looks to carve the Cordoba defence open with a pass to Villa but a timely touch from Fernandez takes it away from the Barcelona No. 7, although it is at the expense of a corner for the visitors.
57'STRONG SAVE FROM SAIZAR!! The Cordoba goalkeeper stops Pedro from increasing Barcelona's lead after a well-worked move between Messi and Xavi resulted in the attacker being played in on the right-hand side of the penalty area.
56'TOP WORK FROM FERNANDEZ! Alba looked to have got in behind the Cordoba right-back with a quick change of feet but the defender recovered well to get back in front of the Barcelona man and nick the ball away before passing it away from danger.
55'Villa looks uncomfortable following that altercation with Pedro, and is helped off the field for treatment by the Barcelona physio.
54'A marvellous pirouette from Villa allows him to drift past a challenge from Cordoba's Pedro before the home team's midfielder decides the only option is to haul the Barcelona attacker to the floor.
53'HORRIBLE FROM VILLA! I'm not sure if that was a poor finish or whether the pitch was to blame for that miss. Villa is played in by a sumptuous pass from Messi, but after opening up his body shoots high and wide of Saizar's goal.
52'Lopez wins the ball well from Messi just inside the Cordoba half and the home side are allowed to attack down the left before a well-timed tackle from Alves dispossesses Dubarbier.
50'NEARLY BRILLIANT FROM PEDRO!! Thiago slides a pass towards the Masia graduate as he bursts into the Cordoba box, and after the ball bobbles up following a questionable first touch he hits a dipping sidefoot volley just over Saizar's crossbar.
49'Xavi gives the ball away in midfield (no, really), and Cordoba are able to seize possession.
47'GOOD STRIKE FROM CABALLERO!! The Cordoba holding midfielder sends a firm shot towards goal from 20 yards after a penetrating run down the right from Rennella. Pinto has to jump to his right to stop the effort from finding the back of the net.
46'Cordoba get the second half underway here at the Nuevo Arcangel...
HALF-TIME: CORDOBA 0-1 BARCELONA The home side will feel slightly aggrieved to have gone in behind at the break to their illustrious opposition, after they had a goal disallowed and fashioned a number of chances in the first half. Lionel Messi's close-range effort (that he very nearly missed) separates the teams, while Fede Vico and Sebastian Dubarbier have come close to scoring for Cordoba.
45' + 2'After Barcelona clear that corner the referee blows his whistle to mark the end of the first half.
45' + 1'Dubarbier passes the ball infield after finding his route down the line blocked off by Alves, and Cordoba keep possession well before forcing Pique into making a last-ditch tackle ahead of Rennella to put the ball behind for a corner.
45'Messi drives towards the Cordoba goal and manages to win a corner after appearing to lose the ball. The home side deal with the set piece well though, and immediately try and counter through Dubarbier on the left.
44'Dubarbier curls the set piece on to the head of Aguilar but the defender's effort is straight at Pinto who catches the ball easily.
43'Song fouls Fernandez over on the far side and Cordoba have a chance to swing a cross into the box from the free kick...
42'The Cordoba defence is standing firm in the last few minutes before half-time, as Barcelona go in search of a second goal before the break. The two centre-backs, Gaspar and Aguilar, in particular have been on hand to thwart a number of attacks in the past 10 minutes.
40'A threaded pass from Thiago towards Messi is dealt with comfortably by Gaspar, the Cordoba captain hammering the ball into stands under pressure from the Argentine forward.
39'Cordoba move the ball quickly from left to right, from Fuentes to Fernandez, but when the ball is crossed into the Barcelona box there is only Rennella to aim for and Pique is able to read the pass and clear the ball away.
37'Messi wants a free kick after failing to latch on to a pass from Xavi but play is waved on by the man in luminous yellow and Cordoba work the ball down the right.
35'Alves has gone off to receive treatment for that knock, but play continues without him, with Barcelona momentarily down to 10 men.
34'YELLOW CARD FOR DUBARBIER!! The Cordoba midfielder makes his way into the referee's notebook after catching Alves as he attempted to win the ball on the near side.
33'Yellow Card Sebastian Dubarbier
32'The visitors are trying to slow the pace of the game down in midfield but are still being pushed to move the ball quickly by their opposition. The pushing has been too hard on some occasions in this first half though. Barcelona have just won a free kick after Pedro clatters into Xavi in the centre circle.
30'STAT: The Catalans are still unbeaten in La Liga this season but have tasted defeat in cup competitions. They were beaten 2-1 by Real Madrid in the Super Cup and lost 1-0 to Celtic in the Champions League.
29'Cordoba's Pedro is down clutching his face after a challenge from Thiago, but after a quick spell on the turf he is up on his feet and fit to continue.
28'I've just been passed a lovely snippet of information from my colleague Mark Doyle. Enjoy... "Danish TV made the rather surprising decision to show Mallorca-Sevilla instead of this game, presumably because they thought it would be more competitive... it's 3-0 to Sevilla already." Meanwhile, the Danes are missing a fine contest here in Cordoba!
26'Having said that, Villa has just been denied a stonewall penalty following a robust challenge from Gaspar inside the Cordoba box. The referee decides that the forward lost his footing but that looked a clear foul!
25'For the second time in this first half Cordoba feel aggrieved at not being given a corner by the referee. Again they have every right to be annoyed as Mascherano clearly got the last touch as the ball ran out of play behind Pinto's goal.
24'Barca waste a chance to work the ball into the Cordoba box from a free kick and instead gift the home side possession by conceding a free kick themselves.
22'What a fantastic game! Cordoba are not daunted by their opposition tongiht and are really going for it. Vico and Dubarbier are posing a threat whenever they get the ball, while the right-back Fernandez has just juggled the ball over the head of Barcelona's left-back Jordi Alba. Magical stuff!
20'The home side win yet another corner after Alves headed the initial free kick behind, but fail to make the most of the set piece as Pique heads the ball back to Pinto who is then able to clear the ball upfield.
19'I tell you what this Fede Vico lad looks handy! The 18-year-old goes off on a jinking run through the heart of the Barcelona defence and wins a free kick after being caught by Pique.
18'Cordoba have another corner! Rennella wins it this time after some decent play on the right-hand side.
16'CORDOBA HAVE EQUALISED ... But the linesman has his flag up! The 18-year-old Vico whipped a fine pass into the path of Vincenzo Renella, but the Italian has strayed just offside in the build-up before lashing the ball past Pinto. Cordoba deserve a goal based on their start to this match!
15'A lovely pass from Gerard Pique nearly sets Villa free inside the Cordoba box but the Spain international miscontrols the ball and the home side are able to break and win a corner on the right.
14'You have to give credit to Cordoba for trying to press Barca high up the pitch, but I've a feeling the visitors may score a few goals on the break tonight. They haven't started this game well but have still created two or three good goalscoring chances already, one of which Messi scored from!
12'Messi very nearly missed that chance! It was pretty much an open goal too! That would have been embarrassing for a man who has now scored 87 goals in 2012.
11'Goal Lionel Messi
11'MESSI SCORES FOR BARCELONA!! Thiago thumps a long-range strike against the crossbar from distance and within a minute Barcelona work the ball into the Cordoba box to Villa who sets up an easy chance for Messi with the goalkeeper Saizar out of position. The Argentine's effort goes in off the crossbar to make it 1-0.
9'Cordoba are kitted out in a Betis-esque strip of green-and-white stripes and they are doing a good job of replicating the Liga side's performance against Vilanova's team on Sunday by hassling and pressing Barcelona in possession and forcing a number of passing errors.
8'Barcelona start to move the ball nicely and it eventually falls to Alves on the right but his cross into the box is awful and balloons out for a goal kick for the home side.
6'Dubarbier is causing havoc down the left and some fine wing play results in a cross falling to Fernandez on the right of the Barca box. The defender hits a first-time shot towards goal but it rattles into the side netting rather than forcing Pinto into another stop.
5'SAVE FROM PINTO!! The Barcelona goalkeeper is forced into tipping a rising effort from Fede Vico over his own crossbar and out for a corner as the home side continue their impressive start to this game.
4'PEDRO IS OFFSIDE!! Cordoba are playing a very high line to try and press Barcelona into making mistakes but it nearly allows Pedro a clear run at goal after he is played through by Messi. Fortunately for Cordoba's defence Pedro had strayed into an offside position and the linesman spotted that and raised his flag accordingly.
2'Cordoba think they have won a corner on the left after Sebastian Dubarbier runs at Dani Alves and the ball flicks off the Brazilian full-back and behind, but the referee has other ideas and wrongly awards a goal kick to the visitors.
1'And we are off here at the Nuevo Arcangel! Barcelona get the game started through Lionel Messi and David Villa.
As is often the case with Spanish football the kick-off appears to be slightly delayed. Fingers crossed we will be underway in the next few minutes.
Barcelona are going in search of their 27th Copa del Rey. Not bad, not bad at all... We are just minutes away from kick off here, as the two teams make their way out on to the pitch.
And here is the team that the Cordoba fans hope can limit that rather potent Barca strikeforce... Cordoba (4-4-2): Saizar; Fernandez, Gaspar, Aguilar, Fuentes; Pedro, Caballero, Garai, Dubarbier; Fede Vico, Rennella
LIONEL MESSI THAT'S WHO! Here is Barcelona's XI in full: Pinto; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Xavi, Song, Thiago; Pedro, Messi, Villa
There is no rest for the wicked as the saying goes, or the absurdly talented judging by Tito Vilanova's starting XI tonight. Guess who is upfront?
My name is Charlie Scott and I'm the lucky soul bringing you updates from tonight's match as it unfolds at the Nuevo Arcangel stadium in Cordoba. As always, feel free to pitch your thoughts and opinions on the game to me on Twitter, @charliefscott.
Good evening ladies and gentlemen and may I wish you a warm welcome, on what is a freezing evening here in Europe, to Goal.com's LIVE coverage of Barcelona's last-16 Copa del Rey trip to Cordoba.


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So far, Nick Adenhart has delivered on much of the promise that was predicted for the 21-year-old Salt Lake pitcher at the beginning of 2008.
Sent to Salt Lake City for seasoning, Adenhart, now 4-0 with a stellar 0.87 earned-run average in five starts, dominated Fresno on a cloudless Sunday afternoon at Franklin Covey Field. Salt Lake won No. 13 in a row, beating Fresno 8-1.
Today, the Bees begin an eight-game trip to Memphis and Nashville.
"My stamina felt good," said Adenhart, who held the Grizzlies (10-13) hitless through the first four innings.
"Some of the things I have been working on before the season started are starting to click," he said. "The most important part for me was taking the team deep into the game. My goal was go eight innings."
Salt Lake's offense also made it easy for the tall right-hander to concentrate on just throwing strikes. The Bees (21-1) batted around in the first inning, scoring five runs, including two on a single by Bobby Wilson.
The Bees, who have won eight games this year in their final at bat, didn't need any dramatics. The competitive portion of the game had already been decided by the time outfielder Dee Brown pounded a mammoth two-run blast to right in the seventh.
"He was better," Salt Lake manager Bobby Mitchell said of Adenhart. "He's getting there. His fastball command was better. He showed some signs of being real good."
If there had been a concern, it was Adenhart's walk-to-strikeout ratio. Sunday, he walked three batters for the second consecutive game. Yet two of them came in one inning, the third. He also collected two of his strikeouts in the same inning.
Adenhart hasn't allowed a home run, nor has he hit a batter. He was aware, though, of holding Fresno hitless.
"I try to throw a no-hitter every game," he said. "As a pitcher, you understand what's going on."
So do those measuring his progress.
"He's a lot better when he started [the season]," Mitchell said, which is saying quite a lot since Adenhart hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in any start.
* Salt Lake starter Nick Adenhart improves to 4-0 by scattering three hits in eight innings.
* The Bees score five in the first inning to win their 13th in a row.
* Dee Brown and Bobby Wilson combine to drive in five of Salt Lake's eight runs.


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Jacobus Magendie Confer, a 21 year old medical student, enlisted as a "high" private in the American Highlanders at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1846. He mustered in as a private in Compay B, 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers at Pittsburgh on January 3, 1847, and was promoted to 4th sergeant just seven days later. On August 5, 1847, Confer was detached to the regimental hospital as ward master. He mustered out of service with Company B on July 14, 1848. During the Civil War, Confer served as a surgeon with the 29th Indiana Volunteers from February 10 to December 8, 1863.
The American Highlanders hailed from Summit and Cambria counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Highlanders marched under the command of Captain John W. Geary to Pittsburgh where they were mustered into federal service as Company B, 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, on January 3, 1847. Members of the company participated in the Mexican War battles of La Hoya, Chapultepec, and Garita de Belen. Company B was mustered out of service in Pittsburgh on July 14, 1848. A total of 96 men served. Six joined as recruits in Mexico; 7 men deserted; 14 men suffered battle-related injuries, two of which were fatal; 27 Highlanders died in service; and 16 received discharges before muster out.
Scope and Contents
This unpublished volume of Confer's Mexican War experiences provides an unusually detailed and articulate account of an enlisted man's journey into Mexico. The narrative begins with Confer's enlistment in the American Highlanders on December 25, 1846, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and concludes in Jalapa, Mexico, on May 6, 1847. He provides detailed accounts of his shipboard journeys on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, proceeding on the General Veazie into the Gulf of Mexico to Tampico and Vera Cruz. He marched with the Highlanders to Cerro Gordo and Jalapa. Although Confer did not experience battle during the period of the narrative, he does provide meticulous detail of the conditions endured on the march, descriptions of the Mexican landscape, and observations of the aftermath of battle.
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Administrative Information
Gift/purchase from Michael Vinson, September 6, 2007 .
An Account of the March of the American Highlanders..., 1848, GA51, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
Gift/purchase, September 6, 2007.
Accessioned as number 2008-2.
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The collection was processed by Brenda S. McClurkin in February 2012.


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I've been having quite the interaction on this blog recently about the historical evidence for the existence of Jesus. More recently, Stephen Law has joined in and responded to me on his own blog. I know there are a lot of readers of this blog with some background in historical study including several who work on Biblical history. What do you make of the interaction thus far? When I've failed to persuade some of my dialogue partners, is it because of my inept presentation, or their inordinate skepticism, or the simple fact that a historical judgment isn't based on only one piece of evidence, or something else?
Historical Arguments and Skepticism
Related posts from Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath:
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134426966588179904 Tom Verenna
I find it interesting that you pin the blame on your dialogue partners. "When I've failed to persuade some of my dialogue partners, is it because of my inept presentation, or their inordinate skepticism, or the simple fact that a historical judgment isn't based on only one piece of evidence, or something else?"Is it so hard to accept the fact that you may actually be making assertion after assertion while claiming, quite conversely, that it is they (your dialogue partners) who are making these assertions (when in fact, as with the case of Hamby, he has only asked questions which you are ignoring)? If you doubt this, I'm sure Hamby would be more than happy to list to you all of the questions he has asked that you have ignored, while making a list of all of your assertions you have not backed up.What is that phrase again? "How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?" (Matt. 7:4)
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647 James F. McGrath
Tom, I don't think that's fair. I asked whether the problem was on my end or my dialogue partner's. Perhaps you can help clear up where the communication has failed. He showed up in a discussion of the problems with those who view Jesus as a purely mythical figure, and in response to every explanation I offered as to why historians are persuaded Jesus existed, he responded with something akin to "Well, they could've just made it up". He seemed to think that Mark's Gospel is our earliest source of knowledge about Christianity, and that it was written by someone who worshipped the Greek gods and was written for an audience of people who did the same. I'm happy to go back and explain from the beginning what Jews believed, and the fact that Christianity arose in a Jewish context, but those things are such common knowledge that I don't normally explain them, lest I insult the intelligence of my interlocutor.Where have I gone wrong? I genuinely want to improve the communication between us!
- Antonio Jerez
James,I feel a lot of sympathy for you. I don´t think the fault lies on your side. But you just have to realize that it is mostly a waste of time arguing with Jesus mythers. I think Steph and me took the right decision when we declined the invitation from Tom Verenna on bishop Wrongs blog.Best wishes
- Antonio Jerez
PS,I forgot to mention that I debated in public with another Jesus myther, professor Alvar Ellegård, on the international book fair here in Göteborg, Sweden, years ago. Also a total waste of time. Ellegård has written one of the most ludicrous Jesus books ever, arguing that the historical Jesus was actually the Righteous Teacher of Qumran. And just like Verenna Ellegard argues that the early christians FIRST looked at the Servant verses in Isaiah and then made up a fiction about their crucified Messiah. An upsidedown world of course. You and me know of course know that the early christians FIRST had the problem of a crucified "sect" leader and then searched trough the scriptures and found the verses in Isaiah in order to make some sense of the unexplainable. Despite all his learning and ingenuity Tom Verenna appears to have little grasp of what Mark, Matthew and the others were up to when they wrote the gospels. No grasp about what the Messianic secret in Mark is all about and no grasp about what the reception of the Spirit after the Resurrection is all about…
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134426966588179904 Tom Verenna
I hope you do not mind if I ignore Antonio's ad hominem attack and generalization. But to answer your questions, James, I have no problems with.Perhaps you can help clear up where the communication has failed.I will do what I can to give you my interpretation as an observer and as a dialogue partner.He showed up in a discussion of the problems with those who view Jesus as a purely mythical figure, and in response to every explanation I offered as to why historians are persuaded Jesus existed, he responded with something akin to "Well, they could've just made it up".Let's start here. First, Hamby was clear about his stance on the historical Jesus from the start. He stated several times that he was apathetic about it. It was clear he just wanted to ask you to clarify several of your assertions, because as far as I can tell, he wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. To be honest, James, I do not find you answering any of the questions he had posed to you. Perhaps you can clear this up by quoting yourself answering his very specific questions. If you would like me or him to repost all of his questions, I would be more than willing, and I'm sure if you asked Hamby he would also be happy to.He seemed to think that Mark's Gospel is our earliest source of knowledge about Christianity,Could you please quote him where he said that? I cannot find that statement anywhere in his replies. What I did see was him making a statement concerning Mark being written in 60 CE taken from your notes, and a question following that statement (again, taken from your notes). I do not see Hamby making any assertion about Mark being the earliest source. and that it was written by someone who worshipped the Greek godsJames, did you really read a thing he posted? I'm finding myself rather in a state of shock. How can you ask where your conversation has gone wrong when clearly you are just not reading what he is posting, either in its entirety or otherwise. I do not think you'll be able to quote him stating that the Jews who wrote the Gospels worshiped Greek myths. What I see if Hamby making it very clear that the Jews who wrote the Gospels were *familiar* with them. There is a fundamental difference between believing them and being familiar with them. If you'd like, I can explain the difference to you. and was written for an audience of people who did the same.Please do not take this the wrong way, James, but are you inept at reading? I do not see Hamby ever once suggesting that the audience was for Greek-believers. I see Hamby ASKING you if it would be true that Mark's audience was acquainted with these myths. I never see him make a claim that they *believed* them. Once more this comes down to you either not reading what Hamby is saying or you're confusing *familiarity* with *belief*.I'm happy to go back and explain from the beginning what Jews believed, and the fact that Christianity arose in a Jewish context, but those things are such common knowledge that I don't normally explain them, lest I insult the intelligence of my interlocutor.From what I can tell, Hamby agrees with that statement. His concern was not with belief, but rather with familiarity. I suggest you go back and re-read Hamby's questions more carefully. Or perhaps get somebody else to read them for you, and I say that with the utmost respect. It is evident just from an observer's perspective that you are not very interested in reading things all the way through, as I found myself repeating arguments you missed in my second response to you. Perhaps if somebody reads the comments out loud to you, it will be better. Sometimes listening is easier to do than reading, particularly when one side of the conversation ignores the other, as is the case here.Where have I gone wrong? I genuinely want to improve the communication between us! You can start by reading everything Hamby wrote. You'll be surprised at how many questions he asked and hopefully you'll be humbled by it, and how embarrassing your responses to him were. This is said in constructive criticism, not as an attack. Please consider this carefully before responding. I just want you to avoid any more embarrassment out of my profound respect for you.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/08014885672703727636 Ken Brown
I think the problem here is a combination of excessive skepticism on the one side and inadequate explanation on the other. For what it's worth, here's my own attempt to clarify the issue.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/08679219000850929665 Hugh
Hi James …Unforunately , like so many attempts to have a reasoned discussion on an important topic on the internet . This one has descended into a virtual version of a bar room brawl . Whole worldviews have been cast into the ring and vast swathes of academic studies have been trampled upon .All you can do James ,is to present the consensus of opinion of those who work in this area , and explain the reasons why you think this consensus is valid . After that people will make they're own judgements determined mostly by they're own preferences and prejudices .By in large no one is going to change anybody's mind if opinion is so entrenched to have reached this stage .You've presented you're case and you're reasons ,the rest have to assess it as they will .I am however disappointed that Stephen Law ( a man that I respect ) can so blithely sweep aside a whole area of academic study that many people have dligently laboured for many years . It's just too easy a dismissal .'to wonder whether this whole branch of academia [post script – I mean, history] – dominated by Christians – isn't mostly bullshit'After all.. his conclusion is really all that you were trying to state in the first place .. ( correct me if I'm wrong in this )'Remember, I don't say the crucifixion of an historical Jesus is a made up story.'…(thats what you are saying. that its not a made up story )…'I say it's not unreasonable for me, given the evidence I have seen thus far, to suppose it might be '… (you agree with that too )Cheers …Hugh
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128282430404746717 N T Wrong
I think a large part of the problem lies in the fact that (1) the Jesus-myther standard of proof is too high for any ancient text (and thus, it would knock out much more than the canonical Gospels), and (2) the Jesus-mythers make parallelomaniacal comparisons between legends and Gospels (eg T.L. Thompson), despite the fact that the Gospels are far far closer in genre to the Greek philosophical didactic biographies (a sub-genre or related genre to historiography) and are also temporally much closer to their subject than any legend is to its legendary subject of misty ancient times.These are fundamental errors, rendering the whole Jesus myth idea highly improbable and methodologically facile. And then there is the pragmatic fact that if you try to discuss the issue with them, more often than not you'll simply get misrepresented and brushed off with high-handed dismissals – as you were immediately (as evidenced by Tom Verenna's first post). It doesn't help that – within the more level-headed and overall methodologically correct approach – most of the 'scholarly research' into the historical Jesus is corrupted by theological presuppositions. But the Jesus mythers don't logically get anywhere with their constant repetition of 'et tu'. Two wrongs don't make a right; I of all people should know that 😉 .
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128282430404746717 N T Wrong
"the consensus of opinion of those who work in this area"consensus schmensusGive me reasons and reasons only – especially in Biblical Studies.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829 Angie Van De Merwe
Perhaps I am wrong, but I do believe, where one begins is everything. If one begins with faith, that is, a belief that the supernatural is possible or probable, then, one can be convinced by reasonable explainations about faith. But, because there are no iron-tight explainations for faith views, a skeptic is not easily convinced. Many evangelicals defned apologetics on the basis of Paul's argumentation at Mars Hill, but, the people he reasoned with were religiously oriented.Scientific understandings are part and parcel of the real observable world, so, one that is basing his views on science is not as likely to be convinced by argumentation. And even, when the evidence is probable (at least for religious people) there are different ways of viewing the same evidence. And the skeptic will always resist "faith" views because of that lack of certainty…
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128282430404746717 N T Wrong
Angie wrote:where one begins is everythingFaith decides everything about a historical issue? I think James, amongst others, might differ.But does faith even decide this particular issue of the existence of Jesus? Nope. Tom and I start from this same rather faithless position, and end up with different answers. So your argument is defeated.Angie also wrote:Scientific understandings are part and parcel of the real observable world, so, one that is basing his views on science is not as likely to be convinced by argumentation. And even, when the evidence is probable (at least for religious people) there are different ways of viewing the same evidence. And the skeptic will always resist "faith" views because of that lack of certainty…I found what you wrote a bit unclear, so please let me know if this doesn't answer what you meant: Historical investigation, like any logical-empirical investigation, is always 'uncertain'. Historians are not afraid of uncertainty, but accept it as part-and-parcel of their trade. So there is no 'resistance' to uncertainty but, to the contrary, a necessary acceptance of it. Historiography just aims for the better explanation from the available facts, not the theoretically best possible explanation.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647 James F. McGrath
Tom, I will try to go back and reread through what Hamby asked. It may be that, in the context of the discussion, I took his questions to be insinuating a particular answer when that was not his intention. Glancing at them again, it certainly sounds like it, but perhaps I'm making assumptions about motives – perhaps even of the sort Hamby seems inclined to make about the Gospel authors! :)I was being facetious about the "worshipping the Greek gods" comment. I should have remembered that sarcasm is hard to convey in writing to someone that doesn't know you well. My point (made poorly, I admit it) was that Hamby's questions assume that this author and his readers were "Hellenized" not in the sense in which we know all Jews in the Greco-Roman world were hellenized in this period of history, but in the sense of being familiar with Greek myths and having a desire to emulate them. Educated Greek-speaking Jewish authors in this period (such as Philo of Alexandria or Josephus) wrote much better Greek than Mark and were presumably better educated (at least as far as Greek was concerned), and yet show no signs of this compulsion to invent Jewish equivalents of the deities of their non-Jewish contemporaries.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829 Angie Van De Merwe
Whether Jesus existed or not is not the real issue, is it? Isn't the real issue what "became" of the historical Jesus and how that came about? and Why? It is the meaning of the event that matters to the individuals who do believe. For those who do not believe or have no defense to make one way or another, science can be useful to ascertain a little more understanding of how faith was understood and used to promote a more reasonable faith. You point out that historical science is comfortable with uncertainty. This is true, and that only "proves" that one has to be biased in a certain direction and that direction is a "faith direction"…faith that the world can be observed and that our obsevations are reflective of reality is how science has traditionally been understood. Modern physics, however, challenges most minds about the understanding of the real world or "reality" in the traditional sense. Modern physics seems to affirm paradox and "both/and" claims and parallel universes where different realities exist. How does one defend "one reality" as correspondence or the "real world" of "fact", when there is another world existing? So, choice is what "causes" a "world" to exist (Schrodinger's Cat). The causal factor of reality seems to be choice.Another question seems to be whether the Scriptures contain facts, myth or a mixture and how to tell the difference. How can anyone understand all that is in the mind of the eyewitnesses or the scribes who wrote Scriptures, especially in light of the different understandings/ viewpoints of the Church Fathers? How were the Sources used to make a defense of "reality" for those impacted by Christ's life? If one asks questions that are predisposed toward a "faith" direction, then there is bias in understanding and interpretaion, which is not scientific in discerning "fact". Science should not be used to support or abused by "faith-oriented" or biased individuals for science is not a defense of "truth claims" because science has no claims to make. Science only "reveals" knowledge, that Jesus existed. His existence had meaning to some who encountered him. Meaning ceases to have significance when faith is dissolved.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624 Sam Norton
James – I agree that rejecting the principle of embarrassment would tend to undermine conclusions from other areas of historical enquiry, but do you have examples?
- http://www.midnightreflection.net theObserver
Would it be helpful if you were to write and explain the basic 'steps' a historian would follow when evaluating primary/secondary sources, then showing how the histroical arguments of Jesus is consistent with these principles? For example explain the difference between witting and unwitting testimony, how to evaluate a primary/secondary source etc. Sorry if you already covered this in your video but You Tube is disabled in my office.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647 James F. McGrath
Sam, the only example I can think of is in Jan Vansina's book on Oral Tradition, where he formulates what is essentially the same criterion independently of NT studies. But since I deal almost exclusively with Biblical studies I'll wait and see if others have some good examples.There are a couple of useful sources online about the baptism of Jesus and the criterion of embarrassment, one of which is a dialogue of well-known New Testament scholars. I think I may begin a series on things that historians judge it likely that Jesus said and/or did. And (just to upset Jim West) I'll mention that there is some useful stuff on Wikipedia about historical method, too.
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647 James F. McGrath
On historians' methods, historians prefer first-hand eyewitness sources where they are available, although they do not simply suspend judgment automatically in the absense of first-hand accounts. Other things that are sought are as early sources as possible, multiple independent sources, ones that are not biased (although that is a tough criterion to meet, since authors tend to write about things they have some interest in one way or the other), ones that do not show signs of carelessness and other features that might make them less credible.Information in the sources is then evaluated using criteria comparable to those in a court of law. Does the person have a motive for fabricating false testimony? Do others independently confirm the testimony? And so on.There are some useful pages online that deal with at least some of the methods, approaches and tools that historians tend to use. There are also some notes from one of my classes here.


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In January of 2002, I started playing with the software, and then I went out and bought a TiVo just to compare the two. I realized that he had smarter technology behind his software than TiVo did. I said, "We've got to try to see where this can fit, if we can license it or potentially just sell it outright." I tried focusing on the new business while still working at my other job, but I was the director of finance for a technology company [and] I was working until 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. every night. I didn't want to miss a window of opportunity because the personal video recorder market, even though TiVo came out in 1999 with the technology, is still kind of in the early stages. I thought if we would delay 6 months to a year, with me trying to write a business plan and not being able to devote a lot of time to it, we may miss an opportunity. So that was my decision to quit my job.
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Initially, we decided to build the company around this piece of software that Jeff had written - within the personal video recorder market and also in the home theater/home entertainment/PC arena. This is the beginning point - the personal video recorder - the ability to record live television, pause it anytime, integrate a guide so you can select things to record on demand.
What we quickly realized is that we had the core already; it was just a question of where to fit in the market. Was it partnering with the cable companies? We quickly realized that was a 24-month sales cycle. Was it going into the PC industry and just delivering consumer-based software directly to consumers? Or was it trying to build our own hardware with the software and compete head on with TiVo? We circled back and said, 'We designed the software for the PC - let's focus on the PC and then try to blow it out from there.' We [decided to] be a software company delivering direct to the consumer for the PC, and then potentially licensing our software out to PC builders, OEMs, and others so they can build it into their own systems.
When we started to release the software, we had been actively talked about in (online) discussion forums for audio/video/home theater aficionados. These guys are building their own systems and they're looking for this type of technology. If you're building your own home theater, and you want TiVo technology, but you don't want to use a TiVo, you've only got a handful of options and we're probably the best option. Most of our business so far has been word of mouth. It's the way we've positioned ourselves from day one.
Word of mouth is really giving us momentum. We've got customers all around the globe and students using it on different college campuses who are drawing more customers in. The college market is a focus for us. We've done some PR initiatives and we're trying to do a PR focus into the college market because you can set up a video server in your dorm room and share video with other college kids across the college network. A lot of my time is spent keeping up with the word of mouth activity - answering questions, fielding new calls, and dealing with customer inquiries.
are you navigating growth and protection of intellectual property?
(We're navigating by) some of my own experience, and we've had to pay attorneys for advice when we couldn't get it for free. We've found some good partners who understand where we are right now and want to work with us and structure it in a way that it meets their needs as well as ours. I know where I want the company to be financially and how we can license that technology to build a business around it. I'm very secure on structuring a licensing deal that will work for both parties. It's the legal side of things that I've had to call in people to help on, because I'm no lawyer! We just can't do it wrong the first time around; otherwise we've lost all of our legal protection. I'm sure at some point we're going to cross a path that we don't have an answer to, and we're going to have to find someone to help us with that.
The advice I've gotten is that we've got to get some other money in there, and not put too much at stake personally. And we've tried, and we've had to stake our personal lives on this because we didn't come from the industry. We knew it was a risk and we both have a personal desire to succeed.
We took it as a challenge. I talked to people at VC's, consulting companies and other contacts who said, 'until you can show me a return, licensing deals, some accounts receivable, and some sales growth or constant sales, we can't have a conversation. I'm not going to give you money based on a business plan.'
It's been tough - especially in this economy. You don't have too many options. Yes, companies are getting funded, but they're getting funded based on prior business experience and relationships, or they've shown growth and licensing deals. The licensing deals will produce the cash flow that we need to hire one or two people, and we'll go from there.
has the entrepreneurial experience impacted you psychologically?
It's tough. It's been a strain on my life the last year. I haven't had a salary, I left a comfortable paying job, was ready to buy a nice house with a good savings set aside a year ago. My wife and I knew what we were getting into she supports us. My brother has had to postpone his wedding until this has gotten to a (more solid) point. Where we were living comfortably, we've now started watching our money.
I've tried to keep things separate, where when I'm running the business I'm not worrying about my personal (life), and I'm trying not to let my personal situation influence the business decisions. I want our strategy to be what's best for the business - not what is going to give me some funds quickly that may hurt the business. But, it's tough..
I'm a biker, so I go mountain biking amongst the forest preserve trails, and get out and blow off steam that way. That's my getaway from work.
|"What would I do if this were my company?"
did corporate experience prepare you for this venture?
When I graduated from the U of I, I took a job with a small company of about 10-15 people. It was a position where I was in a little over my head - had to learn things a lot of things on the fly. I essentially learned how not to run a company. One year later, the company was running out of cash. I saw decisions that I would have made differently, but that wasn't my role within the company. Even at the marketing agency I just left (an 800 person company at its peak) we had to cut it down to 400 people, me working with the CFO looking at expense cuts, how we could cut staff, how we could streamline areas, make things more efficient. Then the technology division I went to was a company that was losing money, and my role was to find where we could save money and increase sales and limit our losses.
I've had my hands in all these different things that have been at some level entrepreneurial - seeing decisions made that helped me learn. It's been all of those experiences combined that have allowed me to look before I leap. Every decision that we make, I have in the back of my head all of the past decisions that were made at the other companies I've been at. It's been my real world experience that has allowed me to do what I am doing today. The education at U of I gave me my finance background and gave me my first opportunities with my financial analyst job - it gave me my core, which I needed to add work experience to - to get me where I am today.
If I had a piece of advice to give future entrepreneurs, it's to learn as much as you can from your current jobs, see how decisions are being made and how those decisions are effecting the company, and try to think entrepreneurially in your current job. What would I do if this were my company?
advantages did your education in Finance from the College of Business
|"The education at U of I gave me my finance background ... finance gave me the core."
When I initially enrolled at the U of I, I thought I wanted to be an investment banker. In high school, my interest was investments and investment banking. I put myself into different roles that could let me see where I wanted to be. I swayed away from investment banking, and realized that was not what I wanted to do. I wanted to go into corporate finance and be a CFO. I took corporate finance classes that I really enjoyed. That experience helps you down the road.
U of I helped set the base for confidence in myself and my finance capabilities. Understanding finance helps you because, in the end, you have a business to make money. If you don't make a profit, then you don't get paid and you don't have a company.
Finance gave me the core to look at strategy, and it's the strategic experience that helped me write a business plan for our current company. I also owe a lot to my previous managers and the CFO for helping me build the confidence to be able to run off with my own company.
does the entrepreneurial spirit come from?
My parents planted the seeds in our heads by telling us we should combine our strengths to create a company. We both learned from our old jobs and the mistakes in decisions that were made, which essentially fueled our fire. When Jeff came to me with the software, I thought that this was what we had been talking about for the past 10 years.
If we can't make it work, we'll figure something else out. We've already talked about other technologies we want to get into if this doesn't work out. Or let's say we sell this technology to someone who buys it outright, we'll move to the next thing. We want to keep going down this path. If it completely failed, I would see myself in a small growing company that wanted to take it to the next level, because that's what all my experience has led me to do.
More insights from Dan Kardatzke, along with Todd Miller of The Revere Group and Michael Krasny of CDW, will appear in the next issue of Illinois Business Perspectives.
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Pacquiao is going to KO Bradley in rematch. Bank on it.
The WBO completed its review Wednesday of Timothy Bradley's controversial split-decision victory against Manny Pacquiao with its five-member international judging panel all scoring the fight for Pacquiao, even though the official result will stand.
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Continuing to use "cocaine," Matthews again falsely claimed Penn "raise[d]" the issue on Hardball
Chris Matthews once again falsely claimed that Mark Penn, chief strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, "raise[d]" the issue of "cocaine" "on my show twice." Contrary to Matthews' assertion, Penn was not the first to "raise[]" the issue; Matthews devoted the entire Hardball segment to the controversy over comments about Sen. Barack Obama's past drug use by Billy Shaheen, a Clinton campaign co-chairman who subsequently resigned.
On the January 23 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews once [1] again [2] falsely claimed that Mark Penn, chief strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) presidential campaign, "raise[d]" the issue of "cocaine" "on my show twice" and also falsely suggested that Bob Johnson, president of Black Entertainment Television and a Clinton supporter, had also used the word "cocaine" in reference to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). Matthews asked his guest, Air America president Mark Green: "Why did Mark -- why did Mark Penn raise it on my show twice, "cocaine, cocaine"? Why did Bob Johnson do it again? Why do they keep doing it?" Matthews' question about Penn refers to an exchange he had on the December 13 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Penn; David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist; and Joe Trippi, an adviser to former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC). Contrary to Matthews' assertion that Penn "raise[d]" the issue of "cocaine," the entire Hardball segment was devoted to the controversy over comments about Obama's past drug use by Billy Shaheen -- a Clinton campaign co-chairman who subsequently resigned [3] -- and Penn was not the first to "raise[]" the issue, as Media Matters for America documented [4]. During the segment on January 23, Matthews used the word "cocaine" five times.
Later in the segment, Green said to Matthews: "That was the show where you kept using the line, 'Do things go better with Coke?' You weren't raising it to be racial." Matthews responded: "Yeah, you're right. You're right. You caught me there." As Media Matters noted [2], Matthews began the December 14 edition of Hardball by asking, "Is the Clinton campaign pushing the drug story? When it comes to stopping Obama, do things go better with coke?" Matthews and his guests went on to use the word "cocaine" a total of 10 times during the show.
This is not the first time Matthews has mischaracterized the exchange between him and Penn on the December 13 edition of his show. During the December 14 edition [5] of Hardball, Matthews aired a video clip of the exchange three times. In all three cases, the clip did not include any of Matthews' questions and began with Penn's remark about "cocaine," giving no indication that Matthews had explicitly asked Penn at least three distinct questions [6] about the topic and that Penn had offered at least two specific responses before he used the word "cocaine."
In addition, Matthews has also previously mischaracterized [1] Johnson's remarks, falsely suggesting that Johnson had used the word "cocaine" at a campaign event for Clinton. On the January 14 edition of Hardball, in introducing the program's "Big Number" segment, Matthews said: "[Sen.] Obama admits in his own memoir that he used cocaine when he was growing up. Even if you haven't read the book, you probably know about it from all kinds of sources, like the Clinton campaign." He later asserted: "Three -- three mentions of Obama's cocaine use for political gain. Three: tonight's 'Big Number.' " Matthews cited Shaheen, Penn, and Johnson as examples. But in only one of those cases was the word "cocaine" used -- Penn during his December 13 appearance on Hardball -- and as noted above, in that situation it was Matthews who raised the issue of Obama's drug use.
From the January 23 edition of MSNBC's Hardball:
MATTHEWS: OK. Let me look at the pattern of what -- - both you look at the pattern of what President Clinton has said. He said "roll of the dice," he said all kinds of things. He's saying "fairy tale." He's used reference -- well, his surrogates and her surrogates, Hillary Clinton's surrogates, have used words like "cocaine, cocaine," references to the fact of his selling cocaine or using it or whatever -- using it -- I think I should be clear there -- all this sort of clever innuendo, talking about dealing with slumlords in the inner city.
Don't you sense a coloration, Mark, on the kind of snide remarks coming out of the whole Clinton campaign that sort of puts Barack back into the bad neighborhoods, sort of a street guy himself? Don't you sense the way they're coloring him into a box? I'm just asking. If you don't think so, let's argue about it.
GREEN: Chris, I've known you a long time. I absolutely don't think your implication that there's some racializing of the criticism. Ed, you, and I were on about a month ago on this exact point. Billy Shaheen, who referred to Obama's book, was out of line, was wrong, should have been fired. I don't believe there's any systematic effort to raise that issue, and frankly--
MATTHEWS: Why did Mark -- why did Mark Penn raise it on my show twice, "cocaine, cocaine"? Why did Bob Johnson do it again? Why do they keep doing it?
GREEN: May I answer? If you want to talk about what surrogates say, then the surrogate who said of Hillary Clinton -- who worked for Obama -- she's just the senator from Punjab, making fun of her pro-Indian views --
MATTHEWS: Right.
GREEN: When I read that, I didn't think Obama believed that. I thought it was some idiot staff person was saying it.
MATTHEWS: But Mark --
GREEN: Let me answer your question.
MATTHEWS: -- Penn is her message person. He's not a surrogate. He's the guy who writes the messages like inner city and slumlord. He's the confector of this theme.
GREEN: Let me --
MATTHEWS: He's not some bystander.
GREEN: Chris, that was --
MATTHEWS: Is he, or not?
GREEN: That was the show where you kept using the line, "Do things go better with Coke?" You weren't raising it to be racial. Shaheen was an idiot and was fired. Let's talk about what's happening with Bill Clinton now. I think Bill Clinton was -- is largely wrong in his attack on Iraq, largely right in his criticism on experience.
MATTHEWS: Yeah, you're right. You're right. You caught me there.
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Bank of Japan chief Masaaki Shirakawa on Tuesday slapped down a challenge to the central bank's independence by the prime-ministerial front runner, dismissing his fix for the economy.
Opposition leader Shinzo Abe has called for "unlimited" central bank easing and told supporters at the weekend he would make the Bank of Japan participate in his bond-buying scheme -- effectively printing money to generate inflation.
Japan has been mired in deflation for years, a situation that discourages consumers from spending in the knowledge that products will be cheaper in the future, sapping demand and dissuading firms from investing.
Shirakawa said Tuesday he did not want to comment directly on Abe -- leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and widely tipped to become premier -- but dismissed talk of forcing the central bank to buy government bonds in a bid to stoke the world's third-largest economy.
Central bank independence was a key feature of developed economies, and the fruit from "bitter lessons learned in Japanese history and the rest of the world", Shirakawa said.
"We need an organisation that looks at the economy and finance with a long-term view," he said in an apparent shot at Abe's politically-charged comments.
Shirakawa said Abe's plans are "not implemented in any developed countries", and were at the top of the International Monetary Fund's "never-do" list.
On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan held off launching fresh easing measures and kept interest rates unchanged, despite rising calls for more action as Japan's recovery following last year's quake-tsunami disaster stumbles.
A near-term inflation goal of 3.0 percent in a country suffering from deflation was "not realistic", Shirakawa said.
"What the general public hopes for is not simply an exit from deflation... but an improvement in the economy as a whole," he added.
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After beating Dragon Age: Origins and all its DLC and Awakening, then Dragon Age II I tried my hand at Mass Effect again. I tried before but never got past the Citadel. This time, I got past the Citadel. Just barely, I'm on my first planetary mission and I can't stand the gameplay. I'm incredibly bad at the game, which may be part of it…
After that, I put it aside and tried The Witcher (the first one), since 2 is a direct sequel and I figured I should play the first through… first. Bought it from GoG for 5 bux, kinda liked it at the very start but the chapter 1 slog wore me down until I quit. Many animals die from plague. Many players die from boredom.
Now I'm playing Baldur's Gate I (I installed BGT) and am enjoying it (a tiny bit) more than I did in the 90's. I was that guy back then who bought it and never got into it. It took me until PS:T to get into the infinity engine. Anyhow. I'm still not liking it all that much, though. Apparently I prefer dumbed down modern RPGs where people stand up at the end of combat after they get knocked down. When my main guy got killed in an encounter and the game gave me a "game over" screen, I was seriously unimpressed. I totally forgot this game did that. I mean, if Jaheira or Khalid got killed in combat, I'd drag 'em back to town and raise their asses. It's not like it's expensive. But if I get killed, they won't? Gosh, some family friends!
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