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Japanese cuisine will always be a Filipino favorite; old-time restaurants continue to flourish, while newcomers also become popular quickly. It just goes to show how much Filipinos love a good helping of ramen, katsu, and of course, sushi! There are tons of restaurants that serve good, authentic sushi in the metro. But straying from the traditional doesn't have to be a bad thing. When you feel like trying sushi that's more adventurous and out-of-the-box, here are some places to try!
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When it comes to plating and presentation, this sushi spot takes the cake. Soru Izakaya takes inspiration from Japanese manga art the colorful Tokyo nightlife, and this results in food presentation that is almost too pretty to eat (and definitely pretty enough to Instagram). But it isn't only visuals that Soru Izakaya gets right – the food tastes just as good as it looks. Salmon skin, kani, and tamago maki are topped with a mound of salmon and tuna cubes with spicy sauce to make a popular dish aptly called Lava Maki (P380). The Kuro Dragon Maki (P480) contains freshwater eel, cream cheese, and asparagus, and is – you guessed it – decorated to look like a dragon. Don't miss out on the creativity that Soru Izakaya brings to the plate!
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This restaurant by The Moment Group has quickly grown to be one of the most loved sushi joints in town. Ooma describes their food as bold and unique, bringing an inventive take on casual Japanese dining. From the many sushi rolls that Ooma offers, their aburi (meaning "torched") makis are a must try! The umami-filled Steak Aburi Maki (P335) has torched steak, truffle oil, and grilled leeks. Customers also love the Kimchi Prawn and Enoki Aburi Maki (275) that has fried prawns, crispy mushrooms, cream cheese, and yakiniku sauce, dressed with kimchi aioli. If you can't decide on what you want to try, they also offer Aburi Mixers and Maki Mixers that come with 3 pieces of different sushi rolls!
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If it's a fun, quirky atmosphere you're looking for, Mr. Roboto is the place to be. This retro robot-inspired restaurant in Alabang serves modern Japanese cuisine, known for their new takes on sushi, sashimi, and donburi. Their Modern Sashimi menu is a must-try; you can get salmon, tuna, or ebi served in three different ways. Their sushi choices are a treat as well, as many of the rolls are made with different kinds of "Secret Secret" rice that takes the dishes to another level. From the Modern Sushi menu, a popular dish is the Shake Nigiri (P255) that combines soy truffle salmon and negi salmon with cream cheese on their special salmon beet sushi rice.
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Sushi Nori combines traditional techniques and creative direction to come up with what they call the "perfect playground for sushi goodness." One look at their brightly colored space, and you'll know that this is a sushi place that knows how to have fun. Sushi Nori is known for their many kinds of sushi and temaki. The Godzilla (P369) is just as incredible as it sounds, with blow-torched unagi, black ebiko, tamago, and cream cheese. Fans of spicy tuna can try the Ay Caramba (289/maki, P229/temaki), which is overloaded with spicy tuna and crunchy tempura flakes goodness. One of Sushi Nori's latest creations is the Sushi Cake — yes, you heard that right — in Classic, Spicy, and Veggie (P1,200). With a sushi rice base, topped with seafood, veggies, and sauces, it's a sushi lover's birthday dream!
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Nikkei brings the best of two worlds together by fusing cuisine from Japan and Peru, probably the first of its kind in Manila. With Nikkei, you can expect dishes featuring fresh fish inspired by both countries, making it a great place to try a new take on sushi. The unique fusion of flavors will make you want to try more than one for sure. The Ebi Furai (P295/5 pieces, P545/10 pieces) has fried prawns, avocado, white fish, and ceviche sauce that highlights both Japanese and Peruvian flavors. Another bestseller is the Panko roll (P250/5 pieces, P495/10 pieces) with salmon, truffled cream cheese, cucumber, and leeks.
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Sushi Ninja is just one of Alabang's Japanese food gems, and it's worth a visit if you find yourself (or live) in the area. Aside from traditional Japanese fare, this restaurant incorporates some Spanish flavors in their more modern sushi dishes. One of the Spanish-inspired sushi rolls is called the Covarrubias Maki (P395) with chorizo, negi, tamago, chorizo mayo, and a special garlic mayo. Chorizo in sushi form? That's something unexpectedly good. Sushi Ninja also serves Toshi Sushi, which is a serving of fried sushi balls, in many different kinds. Customers love the torched salmon, cream cheese, and truffle oil that make up the Okinawa Toshi (P380).
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This spot is perfect for groups that want both traditional and modern Japanese food. While Ogetsu Hime offers high quality, authentic Japanese fare like fresh nigiri sushi and top-tier steak, their very extensive menu also include special rolls that are unique to their restaurant. One of their best sellers is the Momo Teri Maki (P205): chicken teriyaki and asparagus topped with bechamel, torched mozzarella, and teriyaki sauce. So good that it can compete with your favorite salmon and tuna rolls! If you're looking for variety, try the Rainbow Batera (P305), which has an assortment of kani, ebi, salmon, tuna, and more.
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Of course, there's always room for dessert! And if you thought you couldn't have sushi for dessert, think again – Gelatofix creates unique ice cream treats that look just like our favorite Japanese nigiri and maki. This cafe serves mainly Italian dishes and desserts, but this cute gelato invention sets Gelatofix apart from others. The Gelato Sushi (P75/1 piece, P200/3 pieces, P300/5 pieces) come in different flavors, like Wasabi Chocolate Gunkan, Sesame Sushi Roll, Mango Nigiri, and many more. Order assorted flavors to share with your family and friends – or to have all by yourself, if you want.


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New Law Allows Better Enforcement of Traffic Safety with School Bus Cameras
A new South Carolina law allows police to better enforce traffic safety laws, and ticket drivers who illegally pass school buses when the "Stop" arm is out, by using the built-in school bus cameras.
According to a WIS investigation, in one single day of the 2012-2013 school year, there were 560 traffic safety violations involving drivers illegally passing school buses. This practice has led to several pedestrian accidents and even fatalities when children get hit by cars.
The law was signed in June and as of August has officially gone into effect. Law enforcement officers can review security video from school buses for traffic safety violations, where previously, officers had to rely on witness reporting, unless a pedestrian or other driver was injured or killed.
Sen. Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, helped push the bill through the state legislature to Governor Nikki Haley's desk. The measure stalled in a subcommittee until mid-May, when a car struck a 15-year-old Gaffney High School student as she crossed the street to her bus. Alexander distributed photos of the crime scene to his colleagues to emphasize the disastrous consequences if they did not act.
"My goal is to have better compliance," said Alexander, R-Walhalla, who introduced the measure in May 2013. "It's not about the tickets but the safety of the children."
Alexander's bill simply makes traffic safety around school buses more enforceable, and does not change the penalties for violating school bus traffic safety, which are steep. There is a minimum fee of $500 for school bus traffic safety violations, plus six points off the driver's license for the first misdemeanor conviction; additional convictions raise the fee to $2,000. Misdemeanor becomes felony in the event of an injury.
Officials say that school bus traffic safety violations are mainly due to inattentiveness – looking at cell phones or distracted in other ways.
"We support law enforcement cracking down on aggressive drivers and keeping our children safer," said education spokesman Dino Teppara.
The Department of Public Safety scheduled a news conference for Thursday, just ahead of the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year. Meanwhile, school districts are installing exterior cameras on random buses on a pilot basis, to determine which camera system works the best.
The Strom Law Firm Can Help South Carolina Drivers with Reckless Driving and Accident-Related Charges
South Carolina drivers face serious penalties from law enforcement if they practice reckless driving, drunk or impaired driving, or fail to use their seatbelts. In SC, if you accumulate a total of 12 points your license may be suspended. Your license may also be suspended if you fail to pay your traffic ticket within 12 months of the day it is issued.
If you have been pulled over and charged with reckless driving, distracted driving, texting while driving, or other traffic safety offenses, you may need a solid defense to help lower your ticket or keep you out of jail. Whether you are charged with a two-point violation, four-point violation, or even a six-point violation, you need to make sure that your driver's license is protected. Defense attorneys at Strom Law Firm, LLC offer free, confidential consultations to discuss the facts of your case. Contact us today at 803.252.4800


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Actress Shailene Woodley is stumping for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in Utah ahead of Tuesday's voting.
The eccentric Divergent star was expected to speak at Westminster College at 4 p.m. in Provo on Saturday, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
On Saturday, Woodley took to Twitter to encourage her Utah followers to get out and vote for the democratic socialist.
in #Utah for the day in support of #BernieSanders are you going to Caucasus on Tuesday #Utah?!?! pic.twitter.com/NMHJMVqbpC
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The Tribune reports Sanders addressed a crowd of around 14,000 people on Friday at This Is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City.
Sanders is expected to return to Salt Lake City on Monday for a rally at West High School.
Woodley, who has been stumping for Sanders on Twitter, has been photographed walking in public without shoes. She also previously stated she feels insects are the "future of food."
"I've eaten ants and that was great, uh, and June bugs that was great," she said last March. "I think the future of food is in insects, so we'll see what happens."
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Below you will find a list of Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to the OCS product call. We encourage all Licensed Producers and cannabis accessory suppliers to read them prior to responding to a Product Call.
What is an OCS Product Call?
A Product Call is a request for product submissions from Health Canada-authorized cannabis producers and accessories suppliers that forms the initial stage of the OCS's regular, open and competitive procurement process.
Product Calls are posted on DoingBusinesswithOCS.ca and include a downloadable form that outlines necessary product and supplier requirements.
The OCS only considers submissions received through the product call for procurement.
How do I submit my product?
Step 1– Product Call is posted on the Doing Business with OCS site.
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The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) provides safe, responsible access to recreational cannabis for adults 19 and older. The OCS operates the sole legal online store for recreational cannabis in Ontario and is the exclusive wholesaler to private retail stores authorized by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
What types of cannabis products are available through the OCS?
The OCS only sells cannabis products authorized under federal law. Currently, these include dried cannabis, pre-rolls, cannabis oils, seeds, and capsules. We are working to add recently legalized products such as edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals.
What kinds of cannabis accessories are available through the OCS?
The OCS currently provides consumers with a variety of cannabis accessories, including secure lock boxes, vaporizers, grinders, pipes and water pipes. Additional product assortments may be determined following a review and evaluation of product call submissions.
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Can I still respond to a product call for cannabis products without a federal licence?
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George Calombaris Explained How He Avoids 'Palate Fatigue'
Have you heard of the affliction that exclusively affects 'MasterChef' judges and wine tasters?
It's called 'palate fatigue' and it's a very serious condition that can inhibit your taste sensors after spending the day bombarding your buds with flavour hit after flavour hit.
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According to Wine-Searcher, any evidence of palate fatigue is mostly anecdotal, but the site notes that wine tasters who are often sampling hundreds of wines per day will take strategic breaks to give their palate a rest or use palate cleansers to reset their tastebuds.
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'MasterChef' judge George Calombaris stopped by 'The Project' and shared a few of his tips to surviving long days eating the contents of 20 different Mystery Boxes and still being able to tell the difference between an eggplant purée and an egg custard.
"Hydration is important, lots of water," he told Lisa Wilkinson.
His second recommendation? Lots of tea!
And lastly, lots of green apples!
"Especially when you're tasting all day long because what we get ... what we call in the professional [world] is palate fatigue," explained Calombaris.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan.– The Kansas City T-Bones announced today that the club signed right-handed pitcher Tommy Collier for the 2019 season.
Tommy Collier returns to KCK after a stellar season in 2018. The Houston native was terrific all season long and came up big for the T-Bones in the American Association playoffs. Collier tossed seven innings in the first-round division series clincher in a 4-2 win over Sioux City at Lewis and Clark Park in Iowa. He scattered four hits and allowed just one earned run to help push the T-Bones on to the championship series.
Collier was not able to pitch the first two games at St. Paul in the league finals, but when the series shifted to Kansas City and his turn came up five days later, he again delivered. He hurled eight innings, giving up three earned runs in a 7-3 T-Bones win to take a 2-1 series lead over the Saints. He would go 2-0 in the post season and give up four earned runs in 15 innings with 11 strike outs.
The right-hander would twice earn Rawlings Pitcher of the Month honors in June and July and would put up an impressive streak over the course of his last 15 starts of the regular season. In all 15 starts, from June 18th until August 30th, Kansas City went 15-0 as a team in Collier's 15 starts. He would pick up 11 wins on his record, and in the other four starts, he would throw four more quality starts of three earned runs or fewer in at least six innings. In his other start in that stretch, he went five innings with six punch outs in another T-Bones win.
For the season, the former Detroit Tigers farm hand would go 12-3 with 140 strike outs in 133 innings of work. He issued just 22 walks in 20 starts with a 3.11 ERA. Combined for the regular and post season Collier would post a 14-4 record in 156 innings with 160 strike outs. Collier would throw 16 quality starts out of 23 turns in the rotation. He pitched at least six innings in 21 of his last 22 starts for the T-Bones. Collier also won eight of his 10 road starts, and the T-Bones won all 10 of his starts away from T-Bones Stadium, including game five of the American Association Division Series where he was the winner.
Collier finished second in the American Association in innings pitched, and his 12 wins tied for the league lead. His 140 strike outs led the Association, and Collier owns the record for the most in a single season by a T-Bones pitcher. He would break the old record of 139 that Johnathan Krysa reached in 2004. The 12 wins was the fourth highest total for a single season in franchise history.
Tommy Collier, joined the T-Bones after spending 2011-2016 with the Detroit Tigers organization and reaching AA Erie in 2016, posting a career 41-37 record and a 3.88 ERA in 650 innings with Detroit. Collier has pitched in the Venezuela Winter League for La Guaira in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, pitching in 64 innings with a 4.22 ERA over the two combined seasons. This past winter, he played in the Mexican Winter League for Obregon, going 2-4 with a 5.32 ERA. Collier was the 22nd round pick of the Tigers in the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft out of San Jacinto College in Houston, Texas. He went 4-1 with a 1.85 ERA in his rookie season with Connecticut in the New York/Penn League in 2011. In 2012 he made the jump to low A West Michigan, going 9-8, and he led all the starters on the club with a 2.74 ERA in 24 starting nods.
In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Collier split time between High A Lakeland and AA Erie and spent 2013 in the prestigious Arizona Fall League with Mesa. Collier combined for a 4.43 ERA in 67 innings in 2013 in, and in 2014, he tossed 133 innings with a 5.75 ERA for Detroit. The right-hander went 7-8 in 2015 with a 3.70 ERA in 155.2 innings combined at both stops. At AA Erie in 2016, the Houston, Texas native won a career high nine games in 25 starts with 130.2 innings with a 4.20 ERA. Collier led the SeaWolves in wins and innings pitched that season, adding 87 strike outs. In 2008, Collier was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers out of high school in the 29th round of the MLB Draft from Cypress-Fairbanks High School in Cypress, Texas. He was then drafted in the 49th round by Toronto in 2009 while at San Jacinto College, but he did not sign.
Full and half-season 2019 ticket packages, as well as mini plans, are on sale now online, by calling (913) 328-5618 or by visiting the Saint Luke's Box Office between the hours of 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Group ticket sales are also on sale now. Wyandotte County residents will be able to purchase individual game tickets beginning Tuesday, March 19th at 10:00 am and the General Public on Thursday, March 21st. Opening day for the T-Bones is set for Friday May 17th at T-Bones Stadium when the T-Bones host the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks to open the 2019 season.
For additional information or interview requests, members of the media may contact the T-Bones Media Relations Department at (817) 739-3693. Stay tuned to www.tbonesbaseball.com. and the T-Bones Facebook and Twitter pages for updates throughout the season.


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Intralinks predicts global announced M&A volumes in Q1 2015 will be up 10-14 percent year-over-year
Intralinks® (NYSE: IL) announced today the release of the Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor (DFP), a unique predictor of future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. Intralinks is also detailing results from a separate GlobalSentiment Survey it conducted that gauged opinions among M&A professionals on the future deal environment. Together, these provide unique insights into global M&A deal volumes and market trends through Q1 2015.
The Intralinks DFP forecasts changes in the volume of global M&A deals that are expected to be announced in the next six months. The Q1 2015 DFP report suggests that we will see a five percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decrease and an eight percent year-on-year (YoY) increase in early-stage global M&A activity in Q1 2015, with particularly strong performances in North America and Asia Pacific.
The Q1 2015 DFP points to sustained momentum in M&A activity that will carry into 2015. With this latest DFP report, Intralinks is also continuing to predict that global announced M&A volumes for the full year of 2014 will rise between seven and 11 percent compared to 2013, which would represent the first annual increase in the number of announced M&A deals since 2010.
"The combination of increasing competition among buyers along with corporates actively looking for new opportunities is driving increased activity," said Matt Porzio, vice president of M&A strategy and product marketing atIntralinks. "Sellers are motivated and buyers have access to financing, enabling them to grow. Deal volume continues to go up and we expect to see a good number of high profile deal announcements through early 2015, especially in sectors like TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecoms), industrials and consumer."
"This is the best M&A environment in the U.S. since 2006-2007," said Joshua Rosenbaum, co-author of "Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts and Mergers & Acquisitions," and Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets. "The U.S. economy is gathering strength while credit and equity markets remain vibrant. Heading into 2015, the fundamental driver for global M&A – the need for buyers and sellers to deliver shareholder value – promises to remain in place."
Intralinks DFP Highlights – Outlook for Q1 2015
The Intralinks DFP tracks early-stage M&A deals (sell-side M&A transactions that are in the preparation stage or that have reached the due diligence stage) across the world, on average 6 months prior to their public announcement. Intralinks has been the leading global provider of virtual data rooms for over 17 years, and is involved in the early stages of a significant percentage of the world's M&A deals. Because of this, the Intralinks DFP has been independently verified as an accurate predictor of future changes in the global number of announced M&A transactions, with quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) percentage changes in the Intralinks DFP being reflected six months later in announced deal volumes, as reported by Thomson Reuters. Highlights from the latest Intralinks DFP include:
North America
North American early-stage M&A activity is up 19 percent over the last four quarters, up 14 percent YoY and down six percent QoQ, underpinned by continuing strength in the economy, low interest rates, and increased pressure on corporate buyers to generate growth.
Europe continues to perform strongly and consistently. Early-stage M&A activity was up 16 percent over the last four quarters, up eight percent YoY and down nine percent QoQ. Germany continues to be a major driver of M&A activity in the region. We are seeing a strong rebound in France, Italy, and Spain as their economic recoveries gather pace.
Latin America
Latin America is still showing weakness. The DFP shows a 10 percent decline in early-stage M&A activity over the last four quarters, a 22 percent YoY decline and an 11 percent QoQ decline. Brazil, the region's largest economy, is stagnating as weakening demand and investment have coincided with a decline in the commodity price cycle for key exports such as iron ore, which fuelled Chinese industrialization and previously helped Brazil to achieve historical growth rates of 4-6 percent per annum, forecast to fall to only 1.3 percent for 2014.
Asia Pacific
Early-stage M&A activity levels in Asia Pacific are showing a consistent increase, up 7 percent over the last four quarters, 7 percent YoY and 18 percent QoQ. The jump in QoQ activity was seen across almost the entire APAC region with the exceptions of Australia and Hong Kong. Leading the pick-up in activity were South Korea, Singapore, India and Japan.
Global Sentiment Survey
In September 2014, Intralinks conducted a survey of 700 global M&A professionals to gauge dealmakers' sentiments and views on the M&A market. The survey's results show that dealmakers remain positive, although their optimism is lower than in the previous quarter. They expect energy and power and technology to be the two most active sectors over the next six months and still see deal valuation as the most difficult part of M&A transactions.
Highlights of the survey results include:
- 60 percentof M&A professionals are optimistic about the deal environment in the next six months, compared to 66 percent for the previous quarter
- 69 percentexpect deals volumes to increase over the next six months, compared to 77 percent the previous quarter
- 54 percentsay that recent technology deals and technology valuations are signs of a tech bubble
- 62 percentbelieve that tax inversions (where companies buy foreign firms to lower overall corporate tax rates) are partially driving M&A activity
- 60 percent believe that international government action to retain tax revenues will make cross-border M&A transactions harder to close
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Colin's Little Known Facts: Titus Otes Was From Rutland
Titus Oates, possibly one of the most unpleasant personages in English history, was a native of Rutland.
Born in 1649 in a house on the edge of the Market Place in Oakham, he was the son of a chaplain in Cromwell's New Model Army.
He was expelled from his school and expelled from college. Taking holy orders, he left one village after being accused of drunken blasphemy. Facing a perjury charge after, presumably falsely, accusing a local landowner of sodomy, he joined a ship as chaplain. Being accused of sodomy himself, he was swiftly dismissed.
In 1677 Oates joined the Catholic Church, but at a Jesuit boarding school his blasphemy and general bawdiness prompted his expulsion.
But all this was merely a foretaste of the life's work of Titus Oates.
Realising that the Catholic Church was at this time much feared in England, and widely blamed for the Great Fire of London, he uncovered a fiendish Jesuit plot to assassinate the King and his ministers, and to raise armed rebellion in England, Scotland and Wales, and set about making sure that the details were well publicised.
There followed trials of prominent Catholics, some of whom were executed for their part in what had come to be known as the Popish Plot.
Eventually, however, Titus Oates admitted that he had made the whole thing up. He just didn't like Catholics.
Unbelievably, he was granted a free pardon and died in obscurity in 1705.
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Genevieve Arnold (1928–2005) was the kind of person for whom terms like doyenne and grande dame were invented. Little known outside the Southeast, she was an important presence on the Atlanta art scene for more than fifty years. A recent retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia reflected her cosmopolitan perspective and her implicit refusal to be labeled a "southern" or "regional" artist. It also chronicled the struggles of a midcentury painter to reconcile the twin poles of modernism: figuration and abstraction.
Arnold's first canvases, from the late '50s and early '60s, look to Europe. Although these abstractions rely on gestural brushstrokes and saturated, nearly monochromatic color, Arnold seems not to have engaged directly with Abstract Expressionism. Rather, these works are indirectly reminiscent of Henri Matisse's subdued early paintings. For Arnold, figuration and
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Carlyle Aviation Partners has named Edward "Ted" O'Byrne as the firms new Managing Director and Co-Head of Aviation, where he will play a senior role in the firm's aircraft leasing and financing activities.
Carlyle Aviation Partners is a multi-strategy aviation investment company that has total assets under management of $5.6 billion, with over 80 employees and offices in the US, Ireland and Singapore. At the end of last year, the firm closed out on the purchase of Apollo Aviation which has 246 aircraft owned, managed or committed to purchase with 107 airlines lessees in 57 countries.
O'Byrne joins Carlyle Aviation after 11 years with AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap"), the world's largest aircraft leasing company, where he most recently served as Chief Investment Officer in charge of portfolio management, aircraft trading and OEM relations. During his tenure, he participated in some of the largest transactions in the industry, including the acquisition of ILFC from AIG in 2014. Prior to joining AerCap, Mr O'Byrne held several commercial functions at Airbus.
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Enabling High Operational Efficiencies with Mid-Bandgap AgCIGS on Modified High-Temperature Capable, Lightweight and Flexible Substrates
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AbstractABSTRACT: Phase II will leverage the success of Phase I, as well as integrate advances from internal programs, to scale up development of mid-bandgap (1.4 eV) chalcopyrite-based PV. We will optimize chemistries of the device, as well as enable increased temperature for reduced the defect density by a combination of new substrates and refined thermal management to enable>15% efficient modules on lightweight and flexible polymer substrates. As an added benefit, mid-bandgap devices will improve the performance of CIGS-based devices for space applications by enable 30% higher performance at nominal operational temperatures due to lower temperature coefficients and reduced joule-heating losses. We will address the following: 1) optimize the thermal management of the process to enable better coupling of thermal energy to the back contact and utilize high-temperature substrates with reduced coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), 2) optimize the back contact of the device to best match electrical and mechanical requirements of this improved process, 3) optimize flexible mid-bandgap AgCIGS and buffer layers in order to achieve desired electrical and mechanical performance, and 4) optimize submodule design, patterning and printing for the new mid-bandgap material. Each of these approaches have been demonstrated to reduce defects. BENEFIT: We have a natural evolution of our product development through R & D, Roll-to-roll Prototype/Development (within R & / Engineering) and Production. Commercialization of the mid-bandgap devices will be marked by demonstration on R & D"s decommissioned production equipment. Mid-bandgap modules with High-Temperature substrates will likely represent the second or third generation of product from AST, the first being our production single-junction flexible monolithically integrated CIGS product. Our customers for this product will be defense agencies/contractors (space and satellite power, near space reconnaissance, battle field power solutions packs, solar powered tents, portable power), power electronics OEMs and consumer electronic products, building material solution providers, and PV system integrators for both the commercial and residential building product markets. Our lightweight, high specific power product can be incorporated into fabric, structural composites, and polymeric circuitry to present advantages over ultra-high efficiency expensive multijunction PV. In Phase II, we specifically will be able to evaluate production readiness of the thin film device, patterning and printing operations at AST, as well as supply chain readiness.
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Valles Marineris - The Grand Canyon of Mars
The Valles Marineris is a system of canyons located just south of the Martian equator. The system is about 4000 km long, and, if on earth, would extend all the way across the United States. The central individual troughs, generally 50 to 100 km wide, merge into a depression as much as 600 km wide. In places the canyon floor reaches a depth of 10 km, 6 to 7 times deeper than...
Sub-ice Volcanism on Earth and Mars
Sub-glacially erupted volcanoes form free-standing flat-topped mesas, known as tuyas. Although there are some silicic edifices (e.g. Tuffen et al., 2002), most terrestrial sub-ice volcanoes are mafic and consist of horizontal layered basaltic lavas overlying friable flank deposits of steeply-dipping (angled) hyaloclastite breccias composed of variably-altered fine-grained...
Venus Magellan Impact Crater Database
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Mars MER Microscopic Imager Surface Findings
The Microscopic Imagers (MI) on the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have returned images of Mars with higher resolution than any previous camera system, allowing detailed petrographic and sedimentological studies of the rocks and soils. Designed to simulate a geologist's hand lens, the MI cameras were mounted on the rovers' instrument arms. They can resolve...
Moon Pyroclastic Volcanism Project
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Revisiting Lava Flow Simple Models
Simple models relating the final dimensions of a lava flow to eruption parameters an lava rheology were used extensively in the 1980's but have fallen out of use in the terrestrial vocanology community. However, in the planetary volcanology community these models have had a resurgence of utilization, especially in response to the availability of high resolution topographic...
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Planetary Caves
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Shoemaker Sample Collection
The USGS Shoemaker Collection consists of unique and irreplaceable geologic hand samples, rock powders, petrographic thin sections and billets, and associated documentation, from impact craters and terrestrial analog sites around the world. Current curation efforts are focused on data rescue, preservation, and inventory. All geologic materials are being relocated into...
NASA Planetary Cartography Planning
This page provides information on the history of planetary cartography research and program planning for NASA. This has been a community-based effort driven by the need to develop and maintain a cartographic capability in support of NASA missions of space exploration. To comment or add to this page please contact Brent Archinal (barchinal@...
Planetary Spatial Infrastructure LPSC 2016
Planetary Spatial Infrastructure: At the Intersection Of GIScience and Planetary Science
Wednesday March 23rd 2016, 1:30 PM Waterway Ballroom 4
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LPSC 2013 Town Hall on Planetary Mapping and Cartography
What is planetary mapping? When do you need to do planetary mapping? How is planetary mapping accomplished? Why is planetary mapping important to you? Planetary mapping is literally foundational to planetary science and exploration. This town hall meeting is intended to present to the general planetary community the need to take planetary and lunar data and turn it into useful...
Total Mercury Concentrations in Fish Muscle from the Colorado River and Bright Angel Creek, AZ, USA (2015)
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The Land Treatment Digital Library (LTDL) was created by the USGS to catalog legacy land treatment information on Bureau of Land Management lands in the western United States. The LTDL can be used by federal managers and scientists for compiling information for data-calls, producing maps, generating reports, and conducting analyses at varying spatial and temporal scales.
This software allows agencies, organizations, and individuals to download an empty, stand-alone Land Treatment Digital Library database to individual or networked computers. Data entered in these databases may be submitted to the USGS for possible inclusion in the online Land Treatment Digital Library (https://ltdl.wr.usgs.gov).
This dataset was used as the basis for estimating land disturbance from oil and gas activity in the UCRB. The dataset is a compilation of five state oil and gas datasets from June of 2007. The intended uses of this data set include, but are not limited to, natural resource modeling, mapping, and visualization applications.
Sand-storage changes in the Colorado River downstream from the Paria and Little Colorado rivers, April 1994 to August 1995
Sixty-six cross sections on the Colorado River in 11-kilometer reachesdownstream from the Paria and Little Colorado Rivers were monitoredfrom June 1992 to August 1995 to provide data to evaluate the effectof releases from Glen Canyon Dam on channel-sand storage and fordevelopment of multidimensional flow and sediment-transport models.Most of the...Graf, Julia B.; Marlow, Jonathan E.; Rigas, Patricia D.; Jansen, Samuel M.D.
Streamflow and sediment data collected to determine the effects of a controlled flood in March and April 1996 on the Colorado River between Lees Ferry and Diamond Creek, Arizona
An 8-day period of planned release of water at 1,275 cubic meters per second from Glen Canyon Dam in March and April 1996 provided an opportunity to collect data on river stage, streamflow, water chemistry, and sediment transport at discharges above powerplant releases. The U.S. Geological Survey collected data at five streamflow-gaging stations...Konieczki, Alice D.; Graf, Julia B.; Carpenter, Michael C.
The Colorado River in Grand Canyon: how fast does it flow?
Opening the jet tubes at Glen Canyon Dam on March 26, 1996, released from Lake Powell a controlled flood of water that traveled down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. How fast did the water move? How long did it take for water to reach a particular point along the river? The answers to these questions are important because the speed of river...Graf, Julia B.
Geochemical analyses of ground-water ages, recharge rates, and hydraulic conductivity of the N aquifer, Black Mesa area, Arizona
The Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe of the Black Mesa area, Arizona, depend on ground water from the N aquifer to meet most tribal and industrial needs. Increasing use of this aquifer is creating concerns about possible adverse effects of increased ground-water withdrawals on the water resources of the region. A thorough understanding of the N...Lopes, Thomas J.; Hoffmann, John P.
Controlled Flooding of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon: the Rationale and Data-Collection PlannedAnderson, Mark T.; Graf, Julia B.; Marzolf, G. Richard
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona, 1995Littin, G.R.; Monroe, S.A.
When the blue-green waters turn red: Historical flooding in Havasu Creek, Arizona
Havasu Creek, the second largest tributary of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, attracts numerous visitors each year owing to its spectacular scenery. Perennial streamflow seldom exceeds 2 cubic meters per second (m3/s), but supports important stands of riparian vegetation, forms unique travertine pools, and spills over spectacular...Melis, Theodore S.; Phillips, William M.; Webb, Robert H.; Bills, Douglas J.
Physical, chemical, biological, and toxicity data from the study of urban stormwater and ephemeral streams, Maricopa County, Arizona, water years 1992-95Fossum, K.D.; Davis, R.G.
Hydrogeology of the Quitobaquito Springs and La Abra Plain area, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico
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An accounting system for water and consumptive use along the Colorado River, Hoover Dam to Mexico
An accounting system for estimating and distributing consumptive use of water by vegetation to water users was developed for the Colorado River to meet the requirements of a U.S. Supreme Court decree and used with data from calendar year 1984. The system is based on a water-budget method to estimate total consumptive use by vegetation which is...Owen-Joyce, Sandra J.; Raymond, Lee H.
Sand deposition in the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon from flooding of the Little Colorado River
Methods for computing the volume of sand deposited in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park by floods in major tributaries and for determining redistribution of that sand by main-channel flows are required for successful management of sand-dependent riparian resources. We have derived flow, sediment transport, and bed evolution models...Wiele, S.M.; Graf, J.B.; Smith, J.D.
Chemistry and toxicity of urban sediments, Maricopa County, Arizona, data and summary statisticsIngersoll, T.L.; Parker, J.T.; Fossum, K.D.
New USGS Maps of Mars Reveal Ancient Oases
Flyover of the southeast Ceti Mensa map. Distinct groups of rock layers, called geologic units, are shaded in different colors, with dark browns representing the oldest rocks and green representing the youngest rocks. All of these rocks formed as wind-blown sand that became trapped in shallow, ephemeral lakes, similar to the wet playas of the desert southwest US. The
Reach-Scale Monitoring | Advances in Stream Gaging
The Arizona Water Science Center demonstrates new methods in Reach-Scale Monitoring to improve accuracy and measurability of high flow events. By installing pressure transducers and using LiDAR to measure topography data, hydrologists are able to simulate flows with two dimensional models which will help better calibrate stream gages. These advances have potential to aid
An extremely rare Mojave River western pond turtle
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Particle Tracking
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First Global Topographic Map of Mercury
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USGS: More Than a Workplace
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Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
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San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
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Texas Flood Surveys
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Assessing age of groundwater to determine resource availability
First-of-its-kind survey shows that algal toxins are found nationwide
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The first topographic map of Mercury was released today by the U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona State University, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA.
Alternative Flows Might Mitigate Negative Impacts
A newly published, three-volume "Remote Sensing Handbook" is a comprehensive coverage of all remote sensing topics written by over 300 leading global experts.
With the release of new US Topo maps for Illinois and South Dakota, the USGS has completed the second, three-year cycle of revising and updating electronic US Topo quadrangles. This means that since late 2009, the USGS has published nearly every map in the conterminous U.S., twice.
On average, streams in the Niobrara-Mowry Play of eastern Wyoming, Fayetteville Play of Arkansas, and Barnett Play of Texas ranked most vulnerable to unconventional oil and gas development, but for different reasons, according to recent U.S. Geological Survey coauthored research.
US Geological Survey scientists are presenting on numerous topics related to climate change, drought and resource management at the 13th Biennial Conference of Science and Management on the Colorado Plateau & Southwest Region. Below are some of the newest science topics that the USGS will present.
A new analysis of the largest known deposit of carbonate minerals on Mars helps limit the range of possible answers about how and why Mars changed from a world with watery environments billions of years ago to the arid Red Planet of today.
Although the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River features one of the most remote ecosystems in the United States, it is not immune to exposure from toxic chemicals such as mercury according to newly published research in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.


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Raymer Historic Apartments
Lafayette, Indiana
This historic Queen Anne was built between 1870 and 1895. Through the years it has had some major changes. During the summer of 1999, the Raymers did an extensive exterior restoration to this building. The aluminum siding, that was most likely installed in the early 60's, was removed. Detailwork that had been removed was recrafted and reinstalled personally by Mr. Raymer and attractive "Victorian Era" porches and entry roofs were added. The detail trim in the panels was replaced with identical trim as what was the original trimwork. The summer of 1999 shined on this beautiful Painted Lady as she was brought back to her original glory.
The building is half way up Historic Ninth Street Hill. An active neighborhood association exists which has helped maintain the historic integrity of this beautiful neighborhood.
As a result of the restoration of this Queen Anne home, on May 21 of 2000, the Raymers were honored by receiving the "Founder's Day Preservation Award" from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association for their "outstanding effort toward the preservation of Historic Architecture in Tippecanoe County."
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The magistrate at Guildhall on July 17 1829 must have wished it was someone else's turn to sit the justice room when James Yandall was brought before him. Yandall was described as a 'singular looking diminutive old man, with white hair'. He came in clutching a box that was strapped to his front and seemed to contain candle snuffers.
Far from being what he at first appeared – a candle extinguisher street vendor – Yandall was actually a fire-brand Presbyterian preacher. The street-keeper of St. Sepulchre's in the City of London had fetched him in for obstructing the pathways around Newgate prison by drawing a crowd.
The street keeper, a man named Gittens, had tried to move the fellow on but had been told, in no uncertain terms, that he was standing on his 'Father's ground, and he would not move for anybody'.The alderman magistrate warned him that if he 'persisted in assembling mobs on the pavement, it would be necessary to put an extinguisher on him'.
Yandall was not in the least bit cowed by the justice's words and retaliated. He announced to the court that he had no fear of 'dust and ashes, but only of hell'. As far as he was concerned he was doing God's work and no man, not even those of the la, could or should intervene. He was, he continued, 'a joint heir to the use of the ground given by his Heavenly Father, and he should stand upon it where and when he pleased'.
The alderman threatened to fine him £5 if he gathered 'mobs in the City' again. Yandall replied that it would the justice that paid, not him. 'Then I will lock you up' the magistrate told him. 'If you lock me up, you cannot lock out God' was the prisoner's response.
While the magistrate thought about the issue the preacher was quietly led away.
[from The Morning Chronicle, Friday, July 17, 1829]


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On Nov. 7, Attorney General Jeff Sessions submitted his resignation at the request of President Donald Trump, who announced that Matthew G. Whitaker, the Department of Justice's chief of staff, will be the acting attorney general.
We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
Before joining the DOJ, Whitaker served as the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Iowa from 2004 to 2009. In 2014, he ran for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate but lost the primary against Joni Ernst. Before his political career, Whitaker received his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 1991 and an MBA and a law degree from the college in 1995.
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In an effort to put its nonprofit organization on a firmer financial path, Help of Ojai has announced that it will temporarily close Oak Tree House, its adult day activity center. Help hopes the change will also help improve the delivery and quality of services offered to the community.
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Pastor's Sermon Notes: "Standing on the Promises: God's Promise of Blessing"
Posted on February 1, 2017 by Jim Lunde No comments
Rev. James E. Lunde
Good morning, it's wonderful to have you with us for worship this morning at Warrenton Presbyterian Church. Today we are continuing on new year's sermon series: Standing on the Promises of God. So far, we've reflected on God's promises that we belong to God as beloved children, that God is faithful–even when we're not, and that God calls each of us to drop our nets and follow Christ in ministry. Today, we are exploring God's promise of blessing.
Our lesson for this promise is the well-known Beatitudes of Jesus–recorded only in Matthew and Luke's gospels. In Matthew, these beatitudes are the beginning of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. In fact, over the next four weeks, the lectionary will walk us through part of the sermon on the mount.
Matthew 5: 1-12 (New Revised Standard Version)
1When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7"Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11"Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
This is the Word of the Lord…
The beatitudes lesson this morning made me think a lot about this word bless–blessing–or blessed. It's a word we hear often. It's a word we use often and in many different contexts. We say, "bless you" after someone sneezes. We say, "I am so blessed" to express gratitude or "You are a blessing to me." Of course, there's the well-known and enigmatic southern idiom, "Bless your heart!" "Can you say a blessing for dinner tonight?" It's a tricky word. It's meaning is vague. It's implications can be problematic. If some people are blessed, are others not? Are some blessed more than others? Let's admit, these are dangerous waters for us to wade–but that's exactly where the gospel leads us.
Recently, I discovered and have been challenged the work of Kate Bowler, who is a professor of Church History at Duke Divinity School. As a scholar of Christianity in North America, she decided to tackle a looming topic in her field–the prosperity gospel. Her work of this topic came in a recently published book simply entitled "Blessed." Bowler says: "Put simply, the prosperity gospel is the belief that God grants health and wealth to those with the right kind of faith." She also says that one of the "greatest triumphs is its popularization of the term "blessed."" Though this term has been long before even Christ, Bowler claims that the prosperity gospel community has warped the meaning of this word blurring the lines between:
"gift and reward. It can be a term of pure gratitude. "Thank you, God. I could not have secured this for myself." But it can also imply that it was deserved. "Thank you, me. For being the kind of person who gets it right."
In this way, Bowler claims that blessed can be Christianity's form of the humble brag.
In our Gospel lesson this morning, we get a different way of thinking about blessing. Just after Jesus calls the disciples and proclaims the nearness of God's kingdom, he climbs up the mountain and begins to teach about this kingdom. He does so first by delivering nine specific blessings–that we know collectively as the beatitudes. Jesus begins his teaching on the kingdom of God by proclaiming these blessings. Matthew's image of Jesus is as a savior who blesses–and who he specifically blesses is at odds with the way we think about the word today.
This classic list of character traits of those who are blessed has become in and of itself a "wish-list" of attributes for Christians—we plaster prints of the beatitudes to our walls and the bumpers of our cars. But one thing really stuck out to me while studying the text this week—many of these attributes are not among things we would wish on anyone! We wouldn't want anyone to be among the poor in spirit, the mourning, the meek or persecuted! It was then that I realized that these statements from Jesus' most famous of teachings are not imperatives or commands; rather they are told in the indicative—told as current truths. In other words, they are simply promises. Promises of the very character of God, told to us by Jesus. The Beatitudes are an important part of the Christian life, but they are not commands or requirements—they are a blessing from God.
So to hear: "blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God," doesn't mean to go and try to be poor in spirit! It means that when you find yourself feeling poor in spirit, God is present, God in Christ is especially concerned with you. Such promise can become a significant part of the Christian life, to know that God is not only with us during these tough times, God is calling us blessed. As distant as God may feel during difficult times, Jesus reminds us that it is in these times that God calls us blessed. In our world today, we tend to think of blessedness as a status only of the fortunate. But here in the gospel, Jesus teaches the crowd from the mount that he calls us especially blessed when things seem at their worst.
So what does it mean to be blessed by God? The greek word used here for blessed is makarios. Along with blessed, it is often also translated as happy–but that really doesn't seem like the right word here. Many of the experiences Jesus calls blessed seem far from happy–perhaps even the polar opposite. Blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the persecuted… Another way makarios is used is to denote favor. Here I think we get a deeper sense of what kind of blessing our Lord offers. When we are poor in spirit. When we mourn and are persecuted, when we hunger and thirst for righteousness…it's in these moments we see this promise of Jesus that he is near and calls us blessed–favored–beloved.
Unlike what the prosperity gospel folks preach, blessedness does not spare one from harm and suffering. Scholar David Bartlett claims: "For Matthew, the cost of blessedness is very much like the cost of discipleship." Matthew, the gospel writer found a wellspring of comfort for his community in these beatitudes. His community of Jewish Christians were beginning to have feuds with Jewish authorities questioning their allegiance. So these words were especially meaningful to them: blessed are those who are persecuted, blessed are you when you are slandered, when you are reviled…when the deck seems stacked against you…Christ says you are blessed.
Let's return to the story of Kate Bowler the Duke professor. What I didn't share about her story earlier was that at just about the time she published the her book on the history of the prosperity movement, she was diagnosed with stage four cancer at the age of 35. She has since had a successful treatment and no longer has the bleak prognosis she initially was given. But shortly after her diagnosis, she wrote an op-ed in the New York Times reflecting on her experience. She says:
"CANCER has kicked down the walls of my life… Cancer requires that I stumble around in the debris of dreams I thought I was entitled to and plans I didn't realize I had made. But cancer has also ushered in new ways of being alive…everything feels as if it is painted in bright colors. In my vulnerability, I am seeing my world without the Instagrammed filter of breezy certainties and perfectible moments. I can't help noticing the brittleness of the walls that keep most people fed, sheltered and whole. I find myself returning to the same thoughts again and again: Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard."
Perhaps this is what God's blessing feels like in such a crisis.
If you look closely, these nine blessings of Jesus seem intentionally open-ended and also try to cover the gamut of experiences of the disciples. There seems to be particular attention to those facing tough times, but also some that seem more open–blessed are the pure in heart, the peacemakers, those hungry and thirsty for righteousness. With a gathered crowd, hungry for God's kingdom–facing a myriad of life circumstances, Jesus seems to find a way for each of them to discover God's promise that they too are blessed. So too with us, different beatitudes–blessings, will speak to us at various points in our lives and we can discover God's promise of blessing for us in that moment and experience. This is God's promise to us: Christ calls us blessed.
Along with this perennial blessing of Jesus, Matthew provides a deeper promise for us within the beatitudes… It's easy to read these blessings and say we're blessed and simply move on with our lives. But these blessings require something of us. Each of these blessings Jesus offers says something about what God's kingdom will look like. If you look back at the beatitudes, Jesus goes back and forth between present and future. 3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." And 4"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Remember just before these blessings in the gospel, Jesus begins his ministry with the words: repent, for the kingdom is near. For Matthew, the kingdom of heaven was not a place, but a reign–a reality of God's encompassing rule–and the beatitudes speak to this reality.
This ebb and flow between future and present in the blessings of Jesus are an invitation for the disciples to live into this kingdom–this reign–this reality here and now. For them and for us, to receive the blessing of Christ is the beginning, not the end. The blessing is responded to with gratitude, then action. In other words, to be blessed means we are to be a blessing to others. The beatitudes then become a sort of guidebook for those who seek to live into this kingdom. A guidebook to seek out those who are in special need of blessing. A guidebook that can be summed up well by the prophet Micah's words in our first lesson: "what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6: 8 NRSV)
The experience of Christ's blessing moves us out to share and be that blessing to others. Extending peace, loving and welcoming all who come into our midst–especially those who are reviled and being persecuted. God promises us that, in Christ, we are called blessed. But this promise like all of the others, beckons our faithful response. May we wrestle with what that means for us in our day and time to be a blessing for others as, together, we hunger and thirst for this already and not yet fully present reign of God.
Works Consulted and Cited:
New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, National Council of Churches for Christ, 1989.
Multiple Authors, Feasting on the Word, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press), 2010.
Multiple Authors, A Preacher's Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press), 2016.
David Bartlett, "The Beatitudes" in Journal for Preachers, vol. XL no. 2, Lent 2017.
Kate Bowler, "Death, the Prosperity Gospel, and Me" Op-Ed in New York Times (February 13, 2016), https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/opinion/sunday/death-the-prosperity-gospel-and-me.html?_r=0


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More Aust funding for polio work
The Australian government will provide a further K14.22 million (A$6 million) to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to support the Papua New Guinea's response to the current polio outbreak.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne, who made this announcement in Port Moresby yesterday, said Australia's contribution the initiative would support the delivery of PNG's polio response plan.
She said the Australian government was committed to the work of global polio eradication and had contributed K246.43 million (A$104 million) to support the initiative since 2011. Payne said PNG was Australia's closest neighbour, and a strong response was needed to protect both PNG's and Australia's health security.
In June, the PNG Government declared a national public health emergency in response to confirmed cases of polio.
The PNG Government, along with key partners including Global Polio Eradication Initiative, World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) have developed an outbreak response plan that includes mass vaccination of children from the age of 15 years downwards.


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If you're wondering how to handle the whole money thing, here's some sensible advice about wedding budget planning. The trick is to talk everything over first, no matter how difficult it might seem, so everyone knows where they stand from the start.
Handling both sets of parents with sensitivity
Firstly, this is your big day, to celebrate your love for each other. If your parents are paying, the official wedding planner recommendation is you get them involved, at least at some level.
Some parents pay for the wedding and expect full control over the guest list, in which case a compromise is probably your best bet. Most parents realise it's their child's day and stand back a little, playing an invaluable supporting role. The secret is to find a way to honour your folks, even if it's simply making them feel involved without direct input into the wedding planning process.
Who should pay for what?
Tradition says the engagement ring is usually bought by the groom, along with any travel costs, the accommodation, best man and usher gifts. The wedding dress is traditionally paid for by the bride's family, as is the wedding venue, flowers, wedding photos and stationery, the cake, the entertainment and more.
The bridesmaid's gifts are traditionally bought by the bride herself, as is the groom's ring, hairdressing and make-up. The financial responsibility for the groom's suit hire falls to the groom's family. And wedding insurance is usually paid for by the bride and groom. Having said all that, these days more or less anything goes.
The art of not getting carried away!
Whoever is paying for your wedding, you need to set a budget from the beginning and stick to it. Start with a realistic figure for your wedding budget, based on savings, earnings and extra cash you can save between now and the big day. Consider timings too – do a little research into when you'll need to pay deposits for your wedding venue, dress, cake etc.
Setting your wedding budget
There are a few key things to remember when setting your wedding budget. It should include the engagement and wedding rings, hen and stag celebrations if you want them, and your honeymoon.
It makes a lot of sense to list your expenses up front so nothing gets left out. The invitations, order of service, menu and place cards, gifts for the bridesmaids, best man, ushers and parents of both parties – everything should be considered. Do you want a wedding video or photographer, or both? Don't forget the finishing touches that will make your day extra special – additional arrival drinks, bespoke canapés, bacon sandwiches at midnight…
Likewise, there's your wedding venue, flowers and favours… the list can be extensive. Which is why a wedding budget planner is a great idea. Create a document including all the fine detail, which you simply follow and tailor to your own wedding!
Keeping control of your wedding budget
Bear in mind it's certainly never too early to set your budget. Some couples like to put their wedding savings into a separate bank account so it doesn't get mixed up with everyday finances. It's a great idea to include a contingency amount, say 10%, to cover unforeseen expenses. Lastly, remember to get quotes in writing so they're official and read all the terms and conditions of booking so you know when each instalment is due.
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