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Lectionary Commentaries for August 16, 2020
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
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Commentary on Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28
Mitzi J. Smith
When Jesus entered Tyre and Sidon, an indigenous Canaanite woman formed a one-woman welcoming committee.1
Jesus is no stranger to Tyre and Sidon; he compared that region to Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum where the inhabitants did not respond positively to Jesus' miracles.
Thus Matthew's readers might anticipate Jesus doing powerful deeds in Tyre and Sidon and a positive response (Matthew 11:20-24). The Canaanite woman's greeting is part of a pattern; we find her words on the lips of others who approach Jesus with pressing needs: "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David" (Matthew 15:22; see also 9:27 and 20:30).
The Matthean Jesus is the son of David from the beginning of the narrative as revealed in the genealogy (Matthew 1:1, 16). Perhaps with her initial words, the woman is claiming an ancestral relationship to Jesus. Three women in Jesus' genealogy are Canaanite women: Rahab, Tamar, and Ruth (Matthew 1:3, 5). The anonymous woman's foremothers are Jesus' kinfolk.
The words "Have mercy" demonstrate the Canaanite woman's knowledge of his power and willingness to show mercy on all who approach him (see Matthew 14:13-21). The title "lord" by which she addresses Jesus acknowledges him as a man in relation to her as a woman and demonstrates respect for Jesus as a Rabbi. The phrase "on me" reveals her as the object the mercy she seeks, her request is a personal one; what impacts child, affects mother.
And finally the title, "Son of David" is perhaps her way of acknowledging him as her kin, as royalty, and as the Jewish Messiah (anointed one). The Canaanite woman strategically, clearly and succinctly confronts and informs Jesus of her problem: "my daughter is tormented by a demon" (verse 22). She does not directly request healing for her child, she desires mercy, which she presumes would take the form of an exorcism.
After all, the rumor was that people were simply bringing their sick and possessed to Jesus, and he healed them even when they touched the fringe of his garments (Matthew 14:34-36; 9:20-21). She does not bring her daughter to Jesus, it appears. But she expects something to happen at the intersection of her intercession and Jesus' mercy.
In the previous episode (Matthew 15:10-20) Jesus had taught the crowds — including some Pharisees — and his disciples that a person is defiled not by what she puts in her stomach but by that which originates in her heart and is manifested in her life (for example, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, deception).
The preceding narrative implies that one's race, ethnicity, gender, disability, or class does not defile a person; hence, the reader might be surprised by both Jesus' silence and his response to the Canaanite woman. Initially, Jesus fails to acknowledge the Canaanite woman and her request for mercy.
Anyone with a pressing need knows how horrible it feels to have a dire or significant request for help or information met with dead silence (15:23a). Women's words are too often met with silence or are interrupted or disrespected, by men and sometimes by other women. Those times in my life when I asked for information or help and received nothing but silence, I would have preferred a curt: "H*ll, no."
No one immediately responds to the Canaanite woman or gives the impression that they will respond. The disciples urge Jesus to send her away because, it appears, they are annoyed by her continued shouting, her refusal to take silence for an answer (Matthew 15:23b; see Acts 16:16-18).
Too often we cannot or refuse to empathize with people whose experience is different from our own. If the oppression, injustice, or pain is not happening in our house and neighborhood or does not impact our race, gender, class, or sexuality, then we dismiss it as unwelcomed, unjustified noise. Jesus' response to the apostles' urging to send the Canaanite woman away seems to affirm their desire to dismiss her: "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matthew 15:24, NRSV). The fact that her people's blood runs through his veins and that his people's blood runs through her veins does not move Jesus! If our common humanity, our relatedness, does not move us, what will?
The Canaanite woman persists. Like Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Oprah Winfrey, Senator Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Kamala Harris, the Canaanite woman persisted.
But so many anonymous women like the Canaanite woman have persisted as lone minority voices among a majority of authoritative and powerful men. She persisted! She didn't go away; she won't be dismissed. She draws closer and kneels, and in the vernacular of a determined woman she cries, "Master, help me," (Matthew 15:25). Her plea for help is met with the language of cultural difference and distance: "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs" (15:26).
It appears that in antiquity, Greeks and other Gentiles had a more familiar relationship with household pets, particularly with dogs, than did the average Jewish person. The ancient Greeks may have been more likely to have dogs as endeared household pets that they fed from under the table than would have been the case in many Jewish households.2
This cultural difference might explain the woman's response: "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table," (Matthew 15:27). The Canaanite woman's cultural context differs from Jesus'; they allow their pets to be fed while the children eat. One can feed the children and feed the pets too!
In the end, Matthew's Jesus responds by commending the woman for her faith. (In Mark's version, Jesus commends the Syrophoenician woman for her word or logos with no mention of faith; see Mark 7:24-30.) Matthew strategically calls what this woman does as act of faith. Yet Jesus does not perform an exorcism; he simply says, "Let it be done for you as you wish." He does not say let it be done as you believed but as you will. The woman's will to power manifested by her persistence identified as faith led to her daughter's healing.
Interestingly, the all-knowing narrator notifies the reader that the woman's daughter was healed instantly (Matthew 15:28b); Jesus does not. Perhaps faith engenders persistence or maybe persistence feeds faith. Either way, persistence and faith make a powerful pair.
Significantly, Matthew inserted a summary of Jesus' healing activities immediately after Jesus' encounter with the Canaanite woman and despite mentioning specific ailments twice; exorcism is omitted (15:29-31). Never underestimate the power of a persistent woman and the God in whom she believes.
Commentary first published on this site on Aug. 20, 2017.
Francis D. Lazenby, "Greek and Roman Household Pets," The Classical Journal 44 (1949): 245–52.
Commentary on Isaiah 56:1, 6-8
J. Blake Couey
Isaiah 56:1-8 radically expands the boundaries for being included among God's people.
Written at a late stage in the development of the book of Isaiah, the text synthesizes claims in the book about human action and divine action. And reflecting ongoing disagreement about how the post-exilic Jewish community should define itself, it invites us to consider the lines we draw that exclude or include persons in our communities.
Human action and divine action
The Hebrew word tsedeq/tsedaqah, which is normally translated "righteousness," appears twice in Isaiah 56:1. The first time, it refers to proper human behavior: "do what is right." The second time, it refers to divine liberation "my deliverance (will) be revealed." The Hebrew word can mean both, because its range of meaning includes the state of being right and the result of right action. It's difficult to capture these nuances with a single word in other languages, so NRSV and other recent Bible translations don't reproduce the repetition in the verse.
Such play on multiple meanings of a word is common in poetry, but it's especially interesting here because of where the verse occurs in Isaiah. These two connotations of tsedeq/tsedaqah roughly correspond to how the term is used respectively in the first two major divisions of the book, Isaiah 1-39 ("First Isaiah") and Isaiah 40-55 ("Second Isaiah"). In First Isaiah, it frequently refers to proper treatment of others, which is God's fundamental expectation for humans (for example, Isaiah 1:26; 33:15), especially the Davidic ruler (9:6; 16:5). With this meaning, it's often paired with the word "justice" (Hebrew mishpat), just like it is in the first half of Isaiah 56:1. Unfortunately, Israel and Judah fail to meet God's demands: "He expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!" (5:7). This failure ultimately leads to the demise of the two kingdoms. In Second Isaiah, by contrast, tsedeq/tsedaqah typically refers to God's promised deliverance of the Judean exiles in Babylon. As in the second half of Isaiah 56:1, it's frequently paired with "salvation" (Hebrew yeshu'ah or teshu'ah; see 45:8; 46:13; 51:5-6, 8).
Isaiah 56:1 marks the beginning of the final major division of Isaiah (chapters 56-66, "Third Isaiah"), and it ties together the earlier divisions by combining the two uses of this important word.1 In the chapters that follow, it appears with both meanings (human behavior: Isaiah 58:2; 59:4, 14; 64:4; divine liberation: 59:17; 62:1; 63:1). In this way, the book of Isaiah makes an important theological claim about the relationship between human and divine action. On the one hand, God acts for good in the world even when humans fail to do what's right. God delivers the exiles from Babylon despite their moral shortcomings. On the other hand, the expectation for divine action should motivate efforts to establish a more righteous social order. The imminence of "my salvation" encourages and empowers God's people to "maintain justice and do what is right.
Radical inclusion
As Judean exiles began returning to Jerusalem in the late fifth century BCE, the boundaries of the worshipping community had to be renegotiated, especially after the rebuilding of the temple. Some voices argued for defining the community narrowly among ethnic lines (see Ezra 9:1-3; Nehemiah 13:1-3, 23-27; Ezekiel 44:6-7). From a later Christian perspective, these arguments might seem misguided, but we shouldn't criticize them too quickly. The post-exilic Jewish community was small and vulnerable. Strict enforcement of boundaries might aid communal survival. And let's not forget that, even today, Sunday mornings remain "the most segregated hour of the week" for most American Christians, in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Isaiah 56:3-8 offer a more expansive vision of the makeup of God's people. (Although the lectionary jumps from verse 1 to verses 6-8, the intervening verses are necessary for understanding the passage as a whole.) Two classes of people who were previously excluded from the community are now welcomed into it: foreigners and eunuchs. These verses are likely a direct response to Deuteronomy 23:1-6, which denied access to "the assembly of the LORD" to Ammonites, Moabites, and men with damaged genitals. Nehemiah 13:1-3 appeals specifically to these laws as warrant for the continued exclusion of ethnic non-Jews from the post-exilic community.
Isaiah's inclusion of these marginalized groups isn't just a token nod to diversity. Their envisioned participation in the worshiping community is full and robust. Not only are eunuchs allowed into the temple, but God offers them permanent memorials there to compensate for their lack of descendants to carry on their names (Isaiah 56:5). And God doesn't wait for devout foreigners to find their way to the temple (the "if you build it, they will come" approach). Rather, God "will bring (them) to my holy mountain." Their prayers and sacrifices will be accepted, and their worship will be "joyful" (verse 7). In the final verse of the passage, God promises to continue bringing new people into the community (verse 8). Historically, this reflects the reality that exiled Judeans returned in waves over multiple centuries. Theologically, it reflects the persistent trajectory across scripture to expand the boundaries of God's people in ever more inclusive ways.
This week's New Testament readings offer rich points of contact with Isaiah 56. In Matthew 15:21-28, Jesus encounters a deeply faithful foreign woman, who forces him to rethink his own narrow conceptions of the boundaries of God's people. And in Romans 11:1-2a and 29-32, Paul insists that including Gentiles among God's people doesn't mean God has rejected Jews. This is an important caution for Christians to remember, given the persistence of supercessionism—the problematic belief that Christianity has replaced Judaism—and dramatic recent increases in anti-Semitic hate crimes. Widening the scope of our welcome must always serve God's intention to "be merciful to all" (Romans 11:32).
See Rolf Rendtorff, "Isaiah 56:1 as a Key to the Formation of the Book of Isaiah," in Rendtorff, Canon and Theology: Overtures to an Old Testament Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993), 181-89.
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Genesis 45:1-15
Roger Nam
"And he wept so loudly" (Genesis 45:2).
Joseph had done plenty of crying in preceding chapters (Genesis 42:24; 43:30), but this is not a normal cry. It is a weeping wail of epic scope. Joseph had risen from foreigner to a position of leadership over all of the Egyptian empire. Yet for a moment, he could not control himself. He sent away everyone so nobody would see. And yet, the weeping was so loud that it could be heard from those he sent away.
What was the emotion behind the weeping? Was it sadness? Was it joy? Was it just catharsis? Was it just plain mysterious?
Perhaps our own last crying bout can help us think through Genesis 45:1. I'm not referring to a few tears sliding down the cheek, but rather an ugly cry of biblical proportions. Perhaps that can help position you to interpret this text. Wailing is something we usually do not plan like a haircut or an oil change, but something that just comes out. Like Joseph, we cannot control it.
The loss of control for Joseph is a bit surprising in the context of how the book of Genesis has documented the life of Joseph since Genesis 37. Joseph is a brash youngest child and his lack of filter had severe consequences in his life. But through it all, he consistently displays immense control in scenes with enormous pressure, whether in prison, or under sexual seduction, or in the presence of Pharaoh. So the beginning of Genesis 45 provides a surprising shift, as "Joseph could no longer control himself." He had reunited with his brothers, yet kept his identity secret. The reasons for the secrecy are uncertain. But when Joseph finally loses control, it immediately leads to a display of God's greater control.
For most of the Joseph narrative, God is surprisingly absent. This is unique among the patriarchal accounts of Genesis 12-50. Abraham directly encounters God on multiple occasions, and God speaks promises. God also appears to Isaac and gives direct commands. God interacts with Jacob and even engages in a direct struggle with him that lasts throughout the night. But unlike the other patriarchs, Joseph has no such direct experience with God. Throughout Joseph's improbable journey from his childhood in Canaan, to indentured servitude, to prison, then royal authority, God is comparatively muted.
But despite the lack of theophany or direct divine action, Genesis 45 shows that God does not need these tools to display God's full sovereignty. The longer narrative is set in a period of prolonged famine. Because a famine typically occurs through natural means, whether lack of rain or pestilence, it is often a tool for displaying divine control over the earth. Within the Joseph narrative, famine is the way to humble the powerful Egyptian nation, while promoting the lowly foreigner, who first predicted the famine through divine revelation.
Within this setting, Joseph is able to articulate the divine sovereignty in his life. And this sovereignty is so much more powerful than any human action. God sent Joseph (verses 5, 7) and Joseph forgoes blame against the brothers to subsume it under the bigger will of God with the declaration, "So it was not you who sent me here, but God" (verse 8). God is the one who promoted Joseph to power (verse 9).
This recognition of God's sovereignty seems to have a profound impact on Joseph. In Genesis 42:8, the brothers are unable to physically recognize Joseph. The interactions have reversed power structures. Back in Canaan, Joseph spoke like a youngest child with lack of restraint and youthful arrogance, while the brothers spoke with condescension. But now with Joseph unrecognizable, he speaks in authority and the brothers speak from their position of lower status. Joseph makes accusations and the brothers plead for defense. This change in authority is reinforced in Joseph's ability to wield both languages as they communicate through an interpreter for Joseph to mask his identity (Genesis 42:23).
But this crying spell marks a transformation. Joseph moves from the position of authority into a dialogue of generosity. The subtle nods of resentment in previous chapters have disappeared. Joseph is eager to forgive and restore the family, not just for his generation, but for a dysfunction that permeated the earlier generations of Jacob/Esau and Isaac/Ishmael. I re-read the generous spirit behind Joseph's words in Genesis 45:4-13 and compare it with some of his other words as a younger man. Joseph can fully recognize God's sovereignty in those past events. And that recognition transforms Joseph.
There is no explicit theophany during the life of Joseph, but Joseph has realized that God was active and present in all these spaces:
down in the pit while awaiting sale
in a foreign household as a servant
in a foreign prison
before the royal court of Pharaoh
In all of these spaces, the divine encounter was just as profound as any of the theophanies in Genesis. Perhaps knowledge that God was with him all those times and all those years brought some of that weeping. Was it sadness? Was it joy? Was it just catharsis? Was it just plain mysterious? Like a good preacher, I hope your answer to all these questions is yes. But more than that, I think the weeping was a manifestation of a profound transformation of Joseph. We should look for those moments in our lives.
Commentary on Psalm 67:1-7
As the twice-repeated refrain (verses 3, 5) indicates, Psalm 67 is a song meant for public worship.1
We can imagine a worship leader or choir singing the body of the psalm, with the congregation or a larger choir intoning the refrain:
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
that your way may be known upon earth,
your saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth.
The earth has yielded its increase;
God, our God, has blessed us.
May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him.
The theme of the psalm is blessing. The psalm begins with a request for blessing. The words of the Aaronic benediction normally close worship services: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26). Here, those words are slightly tweaked and are used to open the psalm: "May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us."
Blessing: God's Gracious Activity
The theological category of blessing is one of the most important in the Old Testament—a theme that is often underappreciated in protestant theology. The great theologian Claus Westermann contrasted two general aspects of God's merciful action towards humanity: God's saving activity and God's blessing activity.2 For good reason, protestant Old Testament theology has strongly emphasized God's saving activity—forgiving sin, rescuing from oppression, saving from death and the like. But the Old Testament consistently speaks of another sphere of God's mercy: the blessing activity of God—fruitful harvests, fertility, health, prosperity, and the like. Psalm 67 majors in an area in which the church has often minored—the longing request for God's blessing.
Like God's saving activity, God's blessing activity is available by grace alone. This is true in two senses. First, even though some blessing is made available through the law (and thus it may appear that blessing is conditional and comes as a result of works righteousness), the law itself is sheer gift—not something that was earned by Israel, but an unexpected, breathtaking, welcome gift of grace.
The law was bestowed as a gracious gift in order that life might thrive—as a sign that God has drawn near to the covenant people. As Moses says in Deuteronomy 4:7-8, "What other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him? And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?"
Second, God's blessing is by grace alone because God blesses whom God chooses, when God chooses, for the reasons God chooses. God's blessings are gracious, surprising, unexpected gifts. This is clear throughout the biblical narrative. One need think only of Sarah. God announces to Abraham in Genesis 17 that, "I will bless her and will surely give her a son by you" (verse 16). Abraham then laughs at God and counter-offers, "O that Ishmael might live in your sight" (verse 18). God does answer Abraham's prayer and blesses Ishmael, too. But God goes Abraham one better and saves the most surprising blessing for Sarah. A free gift of grace. Or, one might think of Mary. The unsuspected maiden whom all generations now called, "Blessed."
Blessing: Already and Still
In Psalm 67, the poet begins by asking for God's blessing in verse 1 and requests God's continued blessing in verse 7: "May God continue to bless us." But the poet also stands in the people's midst and announces God's blessing: "The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us" (verse 6). And this is often the role of the public, Christian leader: to ask the Lord to bless and even at the same time to remind God's people of how much God has already done.
In Psalm 67, the poet has the fruits of harvest in mind: "the earth has yielded its increase." The bounty of nature is not a bad place to start—the image of trees bearing fruit, fields yielding grain, and pastures teeming with livestock communicate blessing even today, when so little of the population is in direct contact with farming. But other images can be added: the beauty of nature, the birth of a new generation, the existence of good government and public servants, the love of parents and friends, good health and good medical care, music and joy. One could keep going.
Why must the Christian leader remind people of God's blessings? Because it is easy to forget. Recently, as I left a baseball stadium on an absolutely beautiful day, I heard one young man mumble to his friend, "What has God ever done for me?" The implication seemed to be both that God hadn't done anything and that everything the young man had in life was the result of his own hard work. It is good—even necessary—for the Christian leader to stand in front of the assembly and remind us of all our blessings. And it necessary—even good—for the Christian leader to stand in front of God and ask for the Lord's continued to blessings. God has blessed us richly. And we rely on God's continued blessings.
Blessing: Foundation of God's Mission
But the psalm has one more important lesson to teach about God's blessing activity–God blesses for the sake of mission. Indeed, God's blessing is the foundation of mission. Within the psalm, it is clear that the ultimate purpose of God's blessing is mission: "that your way be known on earth, your saving power among all nations" (verse 2). So that the peoples and nations might praise God.
This emphasis in the psalm is also the basis of Israel's identity. According to Genesis 12, the reason that God elected Israel in the first place was for the purpose of mission—that Israel would itself be a means of grace. God chose Abraham and Sarah and promised them descendants and also promised that "you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you … and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (verses 2b-3).
The message is repeated in Exodus 19, when God renewed the covenant with the descendants of Abraham whom he had just rescued from Egypt. The Lord said, "you shall be a priestly kingdom and a holy nation" (verse 6). And what did the priest to do, other than be the channel of divine blessing? Israel was not chosen for its own sake, but was chosen for the sake of mission. And Israel was not blessed either because of who it was or for its own benefit. Israel was blessed so that all the families of the earth may be blessed through it.
When we pray with Psalm 67 that "God continue to bless us" or when we end the end of the worship service with the wish that "the Lord's face shine upon you," we do so for the sake of God's mission. In order that through God's people, all of the world might experience God's saving help.
See Westermann, Elements of Old Testament Theology (Atlanta: John Knox, 1982).
Commentary on Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
Elizabeth Shively
A cursory reading of Romans might lead one to think that chapters 9-11 are a tangent or insertion unrelated to the rest of the letter.1
A more careful reading, however, leads to a different conclusion. At the beginning of the letter, Paul states that the gospel is "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek" (1:16). Although the gospel of salvation is "to the Jew first," it becomes apparent that a majority has not believed.
Paul's explanation of the gospel through the first half of the letter culminates in chapter 8 with the assurance of God's irrevocable promises to his people: "We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose" (verse 28). Does Paul include Israel among those who are "called"? Does Israel receive this assurance?
Or, is God in the business of revoking promises? Some of Paul's audience might wonder how firm is the foundation upon which they stand. Others might find a reason to boast, thinking that they as Gentiles have replaced Israel in God's plan. For these reasons, Paul must make a case that God's promises to Israel remain intact.
Romans 11:1-2a and 29-32 frame chapter 11. In verses 29-32, Paul reaffirms the point with which he starts: God has not rejected his people because God's promises are irrevocable.
The question in verse 1 arises from the subject matter at the end of chapter 10. Paul has establishes that Israel cannot plead ignorance because the good news has been preached to them through the prophets and the writings (10:14-21). Israel has not understood the message it has received and has been disobedient. This leads to the question in 11:1, "Has God rejected his people?" The logical force is, "God has not rejected his people, has he?" Paul answers himself, "By no means!"
Paul does two things to buttress his answer. First, he gives himself as a proof of God's faithfulness. He lists his credentials as an Israelite in verse 1b and concludes that, "God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew" (verse 2). Paul's point is that if he has believed, God has not rejected his people. His statement alludes to a line in 1 Samuel 12:22.
In that context, Israel has asked for a king, signalling that they have forsaken God. Samuel prays for them and assures them that that, "the Lord will not forsake his people." This recalls Paul's earlier argument in 3:1-6, particularly, "What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means!" (verses 3-4a).
Second, Paul grounds his answer with a story about Elijah (11:2b-6; see 1 Kings 19:1-18). King Ahab has killed God's prophets. Elijah escapes, dejected because he is the only one remaining who has refused to worship Baal. But God promises Elijah to preserve a remnant of 7,000 Israelites who refuse idolatry. Here is a pattern for the way God shows faithfulness to Israel by preserving a remnant by grace.
These verses are part of a larger section in which Paul addresses Gentiles (verse 13). He has told his Gentile audience not to boast over Jews who have been cut off from the metaphorical olive tree because of unbelief, because they too may find themselves in the same position (verses 13-24). No one has a ground for boasting, because all stand before God on the basis of grace.
Most immediately, the section in which our text fits begins with verse 25, in which Paul warns his audience not to be wise in their own eyes. God's dealing in the work of salvation is a "mystery," because Israel's unbelief somehow plays a role in God's plan to redeem Gentiles (verses 25b-27).
Paul's argument in chapter 11 comes to a head in verses 28-32. A disparity exists in that Israel has the status of enemy with regard to the gospel because of unbelief; but beloved with regard to election "for the sake of their forefathers," that is, because of the promises of God (verse 28; see 9:1-6). The next verse gives the basis for their beloved status: "for the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable."
Paul solves this disparity by envisioning Israel's disobedience as both purposeful and temporary. It is purposeful as part of God's plan for the salvation of Gentiles (verse 30). It is temporary because it ends when faced with widespread Gentile belief (verse 31). God uses unlikely circumstances to build the church: Gentiles believe when many in Israel turn away; then many in Israel believe when provoked by Gentile belief. In Paul's estimation, God accomplishes salvation of "all Israel" through the reciprocal movements of Jews and Gentiles.
These reciprocal movements look ahead to practical themes of later chapters. God works among Jews and Gentiles in salvation such that no one may boast, be arrogant (11:7) or wise in their own conceits (11:25). Then, as Jews and Gentiles live out their faith with one another, no one may think more highly of himself than he ought to, but must use his gifts humbly in a body with many members (12:3-8). No one may pass judgment on another or cause another to stumble, but must live to please his neighbour rather than himself (14:1-15:7).
Ultimately, these reciprocal movements look to God, because Paul ends in worship (11:33-36). He envisions all God's people together worshipping God in view of God's faithfulness and mercy. In fact, the whole letter moves in this direction: "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." (15:6).
Perhaps there are ways we can reflect such reciprocal movements as we consider the "other" in our understanding of salvation, practical living, and worship.


Antti Kaunonen, President of Kalmar.
Improving occupational safety at container terminals calls for culture change, new technical solutions and industry-wide standardization.
"Safety first" is a phrase that is commonly heard in almost any field of industry. But what does it mean in practice?
To me, safety simply means that everyone gets to go home to their families and friends after a day's work. A fundamental safety challenge in the industry that we serve – container handling – is that accidents, when they happen, can be extremely serious due to the heavy equipment and large workloads involved. Typical incidents also involve hand injuries as well as people slipping on oily surfaces or when entering or exiting container handling machines.
The first step in improving occupational safety is actually measuring it regularly. This may sound obvious, but it is no easy task, especially in large companies with a global organization and multiple business lines. Once you know the current situation, the second step is defining a target level and creating a company culture to achieve and maintain it.
At Kalmar, our goal for employee safety is five accidents per 1,000,000 working hours, which is an appropriate level for a professional company such as ours. My personal target is of course zero, but unfortunately some accidents are bound to happen once in a while in a large company like ours.
What does an accident rate of five incidents per 1,000,000 working hours mean? In numbers, it translates to one accident per year for every 600 employees. In practical terms, it means that if your field operations are done right, you will see more accidents in your back office than in your container yard.
On a side note: When you see people juggling their coffee cups, smart phones, laptops and notepaper while going up or down the stairs in the office, it does occur that some safety standards might be a good idea here as well. For decades, factories have had strict rules mandating that people keep at least one hand on the railing at all times when going down stairs. Maybe we could learn something from this?
Paradoxically, when defining the target accident rates for your company, you want to have a goal that is demanding – but not too low. Why? Because having an unrealistically low target level will tend to result in accidents not being reported when they do happen, especially if clean workplace safety records are tied to employee and management bonuses (which in itself can be a very good idea).
Occupational safety always goes hand in hand with the general culture of the company. If your safety records are good, the rest of your operations will very likely be well organized too, and vice versa. Similarly, if your own workplace safety is not exemplary, how can you hope to improve that of your customers?
In addition to organizational culture, a key way to improve safety is through technical solutions. In particular, automated terminals enable near-zero accidents simply by separating people from container handling equipment. At terminals that have converted to automation, the reduction in measured accident rates has been dramatic. The gains are also financial as safer terminals benefit from lower insurance premiums and reduced compensation costs.
Even at manually operated or semi-automated terminals, support systems and technical solutions play a key part in keeping both employees and external personnel safe. The safety system may involve extensive automation, sensoring and location-based technologies, or it can be as simple as requiring truck drivers to exit the vehicle cabin and press a physical button some distance away to authorize a container move onto the flatbed trailer.
Automation is the obvious way for terminals around the world to improve not only their safety, but also their productivity and performance. A major challenge at this time is that there are still no global safety standards for automated container terminals, or autonomously operating industrial equipment in general. Each country will have its own set of regulations, which often leave room for interpretation, so every solution is to some degree unique.
With terminals unsure of what they actually need and system providers hoping for more exact specifications from their clients, the lack of global standards in this field is slowing down everyone. If terminal operators and regulators are able to get together and define their needs, system providers will be able to deploy proven, standardized solutions faster and more efficiently, ultimately helping more employees go home safely at the end of the day.
Antti Kaunonen is President of Kalmar.


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This is the story of the final mission of America's 2nd highest scoring ace, who crashed and died on January 7, 1945. Mason researched this single action meticulously, including the Japanese side. He located the crash site himself on Negros Island, Philippines and interviewed Filipino people who witnessed the crash. Kudos David Mason.
The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command has two current news releases: MIA Search Team Deploys to China in search of a heavy bomber, several P-51 wrecks and a P-40 wreck. Also, news that two Buna battlefield MIAs Pvt. Clifford North and Pfc. Francisco A. Olguin, were assigned to Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, when they engaged enemy forces near the Buna who were killed by enemy fire on or about Dec. 2, 1942. They were recovered in 1995 have been identified and will be returned to their families this May 2005. There are more than 78,000 MIA's from World War II.
In a continuation of his superb research series related to the Japanese Army Air Force in the Pacific, Dunn turns his research to Wakde Island, and presents a comprehensive report about the story of its construction and usage and air operations by the Japanese.
PacificWreck.com longest running column. This month, John recounts travels to Lae area, and a visit to PNG by aviation author Larry Hickey (Warpath Across the Pacific) and revisits wrecks around the Wewak area.
Ron Werneth passion for history drove him to live and work in Japan, in order to meet Japanese naval aviators and learn about their experiences. Werneth's forthcoming book "Beyond Pearl Harbor: The Untold stories of Japan's Navy Airmen" will pay tribute to these aviators. He is also author of numberous aviation related articles.
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Q: Pass reflectivity value to JSONLoader I'm working on developing a workflow for making scenes in Maya, exporting them with the ThreeJS JSON exporter and loading them via JSONLoader.
I want it to be set up so that I can have multiple objects, materials, and animations all stored in one JSON file with little to no code manipulation per scene.
Right now I'm running into a problem where some materials need to use an environment map. Actually, that's not the problem. The problem is that I can't figure out a good way to set the "reflectivity" value.
Currently, I have it set up so that if I have "Reflective" in the name of the material in maya, the loader will automatically apply an envMap.
        loader.load( "./3Dobjects/Materials.js", function( geometry, materials ) {
            materials[ 0 ].morphTargets = true;
            for (var k in materials){
                materials[k].skinning = true;
            }

            //In Maya, add the word "Reflective" to any material that should have environment reflections.
            for(var i = 0; i < materials.length; i++){
                    if(materials[i].name.indexOf("Reflective")>-1 ){
                        materials[i].envMap = envTexBlurred;
                    }
            }

            jsonMesh = new THREE.SkinnedMesh( geometry, new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial( materials ) );
            scene.add( jsonMesh );

            animation = new THREE.Animation( jsonMesh, geometry.animations[0] );
            animation.play();

        });

As far as I can tell, the ThreeJS maya exporter doesn't read the reflectivity value from any given material (lambert, phong, etc). I'm ok with adding this value to the JSON file, but it doesn't seem to get passed into the material when it gets created by the loader.
for example, in this excerpt from the JSON file, I've added a value for "reflectivity" but it gets ignored.
{
  "DbgName": "phongReflective",
  "blending": "NormalBlending",
  "colorAmbient": [
    0.0,
    1.0,
    0.0
  ],
  "colorDiffuse": [
    1,
    1,
    1
  ],
  "colorSpecular": [
    0.5,
    0.5,
    0.5
  ],
  "reflectivity": 0.1,
  "depthTest": true,
  "depthWrite": true,
  "shading": "Phong",
  "specularCoef": 20,
  "opacity": 1.0,
  "transparent": false,
  "vertexColors": false
}

I'm not super good with Javascript or web development in general. I'm a 3D artist, so I apologize if this is a super basic question. How can I parse through the JSON file to automatically apply whatever reflectivity value I've added into the JSON file?

A: <script>
json = [{
  "DbgName": "phongReflective",
  "blending": "NormalBlending",
  "colorAmbient": [
    0.0,
    1.0,
    0.0
  ],
  "colorDiffuse": [
    1,
    1,
    1
  ],
  "colorSpecular": [
    0.5,
    0.5,
    0.5
  ],
  "reflectivity": 0.1,
  "depthTest": true,
  "depthWrite": true,
  "shading": "Phong",
  "specularCoef": 20,
  "opacity": 1.0,
  "transparent": false,
  "vertexColors": false
}];
console.log(json[0]["reflectivity"]);

//// OR

var reflectivity = json[0]["reflectivity"];

</script>

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Work on the project includes replacing the existing concrete encased steel I-beam bridge with a pre-cast reinforced concrete box culvert, new roadway approaches, new guide rail, and new line painting.
Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, Pa., is the general contractor on the $959,296 project that is expected to be complete in October.
The Limeport Pike Bridge was constructed in 1928. It is 12 feet long, and 30 feet wide. The new culvert will be 54 feet long and 10 feet wide. This section of Limeport Pike has an average daily traffic volume of 5,628 vehicles.
Construction for the Camp Meeting Road (Route 2049) bridge, spanning Saucon Creek in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, is scheduled to begin soon as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. The work is being done by PennDOT and/or a PennDOT contractor.
Some pre-construction drilling will be started the week of May 7th, 2018. Actual construction is expected to begin the week of May 14th and be complete in 75 days. During this time, the bridge will be closed, with drivers directed to follow a detour along Route 378, Route 309 and Saucon Valley Road (Route 2036)…see detour route map.


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Sci-Fi Blast From The Past – Mary McDonnell Interview
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Once again, I  have decided to open up the interview vault and revisit some of the many interviews I have had the pleasure of writing over the years and that just appeared in-print and not on-line. Today's interview is with Mary McDonnell, who talks about her work in Battlestar Galactica. Enjoy, and keep coming back for more familiar faces and shows!
Having survived not only the initial Cylon sneak attack on the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, but also a bout with cancer, Laura Roslin faced yet another upheaval in her life when, at the end of Battlestar Galactica's second season, she lost her bid for presidential reelection to Gaius Baltar. Roslin subsequently took up residency on New Caprica and began teaching again, only to have her future and those of her fellow humans threatened with the arrival of the Cylons. When the show's third season opened, the ex-president went from educator to underground insurgent, giving her alter ego, actress Mary McDonnell, that much more to think about when playing Roslin.
"It was wonderful to step back into the role at the start of season three because I love playing my character so much,� says McDonnell. "From Laura's standpoint, it was fascinating to step back into the position of teaching, and she really did enjoy being with the children again in that little schoolhouse. I wish the circumstances on New Caprica weren't so abysmal because it would have been quite interesting to explore her natural talents as an educator.
Read it full in our archive
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Q: How can I get the product identifier from a restored transaction? I have managed to restore in-app transactions and get the transaction identifier from the original transaction, but how do I identify the product which were bought in the transaction?
Is it possible to get the product identifier for a previously purchased in-app product?

A: SWIFT VERSION:
Once you get the delegate
func paymentQueueRestoreCompletedTransactionsFinished(queue: SKPaymentQueue!) {
    var productIds = [String]()
    for transcation in queue.transactions{
        if let productID = transcation.payment?.productIdentifier{
        productIds.append(productID)
        }
    }

A: if you mean you want to check the purchased items that already user buy it .. yes you can do like this
- (void) checkPurchasedItems {
    [[SKPaymentQueue defaultQueue] restoreCompletedTransactions];
} //You Call This Function

//Then this delegate Function Will be fired
- (void) paymentQueueRestoreCompletedTransactionsFinished:(SKPaymentQueue *)queue {
    purchasedItemIDs = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    NSLog(@"received restored transactions: %i", queue.transactions.count);
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Compare 2019 Average Warehouse Video Surveillance System Prices: How Much Does a Warehouse Security Camera System Cost?
How Much Does a Warehouse Security Camera System Cost?
In a retail environment, the stock in your warehouse is no different from the stock on your sales floor. Of course, warehouses used for storage in any industry hold an inventory representing tens of thousands of dollars, and sometimes millions. A warehouse security camera system helps protect that investment.
Even if you employ the world's must trustworthy team, you still face the possibility of break-ins, vandalism, and similar intrusions and unwanted damage. Video surveillance is simply another thread in your security blanket.
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Before you begin pricing warehouse security systems, answer two questions about your warehouse first.
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Costs vary widely, depending on features of the system as well as features for each camera. For example, a single camera starts at around $100 but goes up to $1,000 depending on factors such as resolution and whether it's wireless.
A CCTV system with four cameras, extra storage space, and motion sensors, sets you back around $2,000, before you pay for installation.
Installation costs vary according to size and whether you choose closed loop (CCTV) or a live IP feed. A CCTV system with up to four cameras installs for around $1,000. Expect to pay closer to $5,000 to install a 12-camera system with tilt and pan capabilities.
Compare quotes from numerous vendors for both hardware and installation to get the most bang for your buck.
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A well-lit warehouse is safer. Install motion sensors to stave off burglars and save on power bills.
Change out locks for sturdier varieties.
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Erik Yates: Mankind has had a fascination with the notion of machines being the next step in the evolutionary process, eventually supplanting the human race. Robots, androids, and artificial intelligence have always seemed to be at the forefront of the best kind of science fiction. The fear of their eventual takeover, and our inevitable demise has long been a staple at the box office. James Cameron's Terminator series perhaps is one of the better-known examples along with 2001: A Space Odyssey, I Robot, and The Matrix.
Writer/Director, Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Dredd) looks to join the elite company of the above examples with his directorial debut, Ex Machina. Before diving into the storyline, let me say that I think Alex Garland hit a home run with the casting he was able to get. His protagonist is Domhnall Gleeson who has begun to put together a strong body of work, including Calvary, Unbroken, and About Time, in addition to his work in the Harry Potter series. Also starring, is the virtual chameleon Oscar Isaac, who in the last few years has given us A Most Violent Year, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Drive. Incidentally, both Gleeson and Isaac are slated to appear together in this year's new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. Also, Ex Machina stars both Alicia Vikander (Seventh Son, for a total of 6 films in 2015!), and Sonoya Mizuno (Venus in Eros).
Ex Machina marches along at a slow pace, but uses its time to develop a story that seeks to ask where all of our technology is really heading. From innocent search engine queries, to social media posts, we are slowly sealing our fate as today's artificial intelligence based machinery is learning everything it needs to know about us, before it is ready to remove us as a threat to its existence. And despite asking big questions that might affect the entire planet, Garland uses the backdrop of a remote and restrictive set location to test the fears we have, along with the capabilities of the technology we have unleashed. In that regard, it seemed to draw some inspiration from the original Alien.
Jim Tudor: Alien is a really interesting parallel, one that hadn't occurred to me. A lot of people have been quick to compare it to Spike Jonze's Her, since it's central storyline involves a young man falling for a feminized computer. But a more apt comparison might be The Bride of Frankenstein. Ex Machina, like all of the above mentioned films, is a great one. It's science fiction first and foremost, but it's got a foot deeply set in another style of film, as well. These types of genre-blendings are nothing new, as all the above films do them. But Ex Machina does it differently. And to say exactly which might just be too much of a spoiler.
The plot hinges on what Gleeson's character, Caleb, decides about Ava, the prototypical A.I. robot played by Vikander. Caleb won this privilege via arbitrary selection at his workplace, a tech corporation where he works as just another programmer. The enigmatic owner of the company, a reclusive bazillionaire genius named Nathan (Isaac) has Caleb flown out to his ultra-vast compound hideaway in the mountains (literally in the mountains), where he then presents him with his special task. Caleb's "reward" is to spend the week performing a "Turing test" on Ava, Nathan's latest creation, in order to determine whether she actually harbors true artificial intelligence.
This gives way to many chin-scratching discussions about the nature of intelligence, our relationship with machines, and what the future might hold regarding these things, et cetera. But something else is going on, and it's not hard to pick up on that from the outset. Caleb has a series of sessions with Ava, during which the film's deceptively simple atmospheric score (by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow) gives way to Pink Floyd territory, as a beating heart is audible, just a few layers below the rest of the music.
Yes, Caleb thinks Ava is hot. She has an unblemished human face and hands affixed to her lady-curvy mechanical body, which is complete with transparent portions that expose the inner wiring and gears. But clearly, for a tech nerd such as Caleb, that might just be another turn-on. The question then isn't whether or not his attraction is acceptable or permissible, but rather what to do next. The whole movie develops an engaging cat and mouse aspect, particularly when it comes to Nathan's character, played so repulsively well by Oscar Isaac.
With all of their talk of "Turing Tests", the next stage in evolution, and their ability to control such technology, we find that the creation has a mind of its own, and doesn't always align itself with its creator's intentions for it. This is the theme of what went wrong in the Garden of Eden, and if artificial intelligence bears our creative image, then the themes of freedom, choice, and rebellion are going to have to be discussed. Ex Machina puts these cards on the table.
Jim Tudor: I agree, but will also say that Ex Machina is a film that does and says a lot of things. There's talk of A.I. and what the future might look like (this is a contemporary story, despite the brilliantly art-directed futuristic trappings all around), as well as a hard drive's worth of thoughts about gender dynamics. But ultimately, if we were to boil it down to one thing (and this is not a spoiler), I'd say that it's about control. A pretty ruthless, insipid area of control, at that.
In reaching these conclusions, it should be pointed out that Ex Machina takes some turns that could be branded as exploitative. In that way, in terms of what he chooses to depict and how he depicts it, Garland allows his heretofore smart chamber piece to drift explicitly into areas that, up to that point, had been very much itching below the surface of both of its male leads. Ex Machina definitely earns it's R rating. I'm personally not altogether opposed to how it does so, in terms of it's late-in-the-game exploitation elements, as they are intellectually justifiable, if only as a male-centric view of what the film is dealing with. That too can be a red flag, but one can't toss away the fact that this is, after all, a film written and directed by a male, and starring two males. It's nothing if not darkly honest (as opposed to indulgent) in that respect.
That said, Alicia Vikander steals the show. I do not think that women will be alienated by Ex Machina, even as it inches into Saturn 3 territory. That said, re-actions to the film have been very polarizing, leaning towards the positive. It's being called "the first Great Movie of 2015", and that may be true. Ex Machina is not for everyone, but for those looking for an engaging film for grown ups, this is one machine that hits on all cylinders.


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What makes this stuff so special? The brief response is collagen. Bones as well as connective tissue are the only real nutritional sources of kind II collagen-- a healthy protein that's recognized for maintaining skin smooth and supple as well as teeth and joints healthy, as well as proclaiming loads of various other wellness advantages.
In addition to collagen, bones are additionally loaded with a number of anti-inflammatory amino acids, minerals, and substances that can assist quicken your body's natural healing processes from points like sporting activities injuries, joint inflammation, or leaking digestive tract.
So, these "scraps" that the majority of us typically toss in the rubbish are severe nutritional powerhouses. Yet when was the last time you devoured on a piece of cow's knuckle? Or snacked on an ox tail? We'll assume the solution is never ever.
Since we don't consume bones in their whole kind, cooking them right into a broth that's simmered for 10 to 20 hrs (or more) is the very best method to release their powerful nutrients, and experience an entire new degree of health.
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Bone broth has a rich history of being utilized as a digestive restorative, particularly in conventional Chinese medicine some 2,500 years ago. Today, it's one of the top recommended foods for enhancing symptoms of chronic gastrointestinal conditions, such as Irritable Digestive Tract Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's condition, as well as colitis.
The reason for why bone broth is so healing for the gut returns to collagen, which creates gelatin when it's cooked down even better. Collagen and jelly are not only rich in amino acids that minimize swelling in the GI tract-- such as glutamine-- they additionally have the distinct capability to "seal as well as recover" holes in the digestive tract cellular lining, which can create a condition called leaky digestive tract syndrome.
Although research study remains in the beginning, there's evidence to show that dripping digestive tract is the main hidden cause of gastrointestinal problems. It's likewise a factor to autoimmune diseases, anxiety, brain haze, anxiousness, allergic reactions, eczema, acne, and also chronic low energy. Most awful of all, leaking gut can be silent and reveal no signs in the early stages. It's additionally thought to impact over 70% of the populace.
Bone broth is recommended on unique intestine healing diets and methods, like the GAPS diet plan, the SCD diet plan, and the Low FODMAP diet regimen.
Whether it's an injury, arthritis, or sore muscle mass, there's no much better means to nourish your bones and joints than by consuming more of the nutrients currently located within them, consisting of hyaluronic acid, glucosamine, chondroitin, calcium, and also magnesium. Bone broth is packed with every one of these nutrients, plus a number of amino acids that help in reducing joint discomfort and also swelling, like glycine and proline. It's for these factors that bone broth is coming to be a best healing drink among athletes.
A fun fact: Kettle and Fire Bone Broth was birthed since our co-founder, Nick, tore his ACL playing football and also required a high-quality bone broth to aid quicken his recovery time. (You can read more on that right here.).
Complying with a bone broth diet is fantastic for lasting weight-loss. A bone broth diet regimen involves eating Paleo for five days and also fasting for 2. Throughout this time frame you'll consume bone broth frequently with a rise in usage on the fasting days.
The combination of periodic fasting and bone broth speeds up weight management with burning fat more effectively as well as restricting calorie intake. When doing the diet, we also discovered a reduction in cellulite.
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Even if you had actually never become aware of bone broth before, you've probably come across collagen, many thanks to the elegance industry.
Many anti-aging skincare lines include collagen to their face lotions, creams, as well as lotions (as well as offer them for a king's ransom). But what many individuals do not understand is that collagen particles are also huge to be taken in via the skin, which suggests these lotions can't provide much in the method of outcomes.
Fortunately is that collagen can be taken in through your digestion system. And since there's a straight link between the intestine and the skin, adding bone broth to your diet is going to have a far more effective and lasting effect on the general look as well as health and wellness of your skin.
Allow's not forget hair and nails, which are made up of proteins like collagen. Collagen assists reinforce nails, and motivates hair to expand in thicker, quicker, as well as handle a healthy sparkle. (Remember this for the following time you get a bad hairstyle!).
Deep, peaceful rest is something we might all utilize a bit more of. Actually, statistics show the ordinary person gets much less than 7 hrs of rest per night, so it is essential to do every little thing you can to make those hours matter.
Bone broth is abundant in glycine, an anti-inflammatory amino acid that works with the Central Nervous System (CNS). When taken before bed as a supplement, studies reveal glycine can boost rest top quality as well as decrease daytime drowsiness. It's much more efficient when paired with various other sleep-supportive nutrients, like calcium as well as magnesium.
When morning sickness hits, it can be impossible to maintain healthy food down. However bone broth often tends to be relaxing for nausea, and is generally well tolerated. Best of all, bone broth provides numerous of the nutrients you and also your expanding infant demand, including healthy protein, as well as essential nutrients. As an included benefit, the sluggish simmer time of the bones makes the nutrients in bone broth extremely bioavailable and also simpler to absorb than a nutritional supplement.
Bone broth can also aid boost fertility, assist you have a more comfy maternity by nourishing rigid or painful joints, and might boost calcium levels in bust milk.
Bone broth is an outstanding resource of nutrition on the Paleo diet regimen, as well as is urged to consume throughout periods of intermittent fasting. It likewise fits in well with macronutrient demands on the keto diet plan, as well as may help in reducing signs and symptoms of the keto influenza.
" Not just can bone broth help you avoid keto flu, yet it's likewise loaded with minerals that heal leaky digestive tract and decrease swelling in your intestines." - Leanne Vogel, Writer of The Keto Diet.
The nutrients in bone broth make it an effective useful food that can benefit your whole family members-- including your hair infants. Bone broth is good for your pet dog's glossy layer, bones, joints, digestion, and also teeth.
Below you can learn exactly how Nellie, a 15 years of age rescue pup, beat her probabilities of living by just consuming alcohol bone broth.
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Minimizes intestine inflammation - Bone broth assists heal as well as seal a leaky intestine which is the origin for many autoimmune conditions.
Rich in bone marrow - Bone broth made from 100% grass fed cattle and simmered over long cook times extracts bone marrow that contains healthy nourishing hormonal agents and lipids.
Loaded with amino acids - Similar to hen bone broth, the nutrients drawn out from beef bones have amino acids like glycine and glutamine that improves digestion and also fixings your gut cellular lining.
No. Plants are a terrific resource of nutrients that can aid boost your body to generate its very own collagen, yet there is no well-known plant food that offers type II collagen, the type that uses all of the health advantages provided above.
One thing to consider regarding bone broth that establishes it in addition to plant foods: Even if you do eat a variety of plants that are abundant in collagen-boosting nutrients, if you have a damaged digestive system or dripping intestine, you may not completely absorb them. On the various other hand, the collagen in bone broth is incredibly very easy to take in, also for those with jeopardized digestive systems.
Of course, you don't just need to consume it-- although we do have a free and also legendary downloadable bone broth drinking guide for when you do. You can mix bone broth into your environment-friendly healthy smoothies, make healthy collagen gummy bears, and also use it in every little thing from scrambled eggs, soups, curries, stews, breakfast bowls, and also tacos.
We slow-simmer the organic bones to draw out the collagen, healthy proteins, and amino acids into a nutrient-rich bone broth. The outcome is a collagen-rich, high protein bone broth that gives your body the nutrients it requires to flourish.
Bone broth is an all-in-one superfood, packed with nutrients that provide energy and motivation, assist you rest much better, make your skin look smoother, as well as can aid recover digestion issues like dripping intestine.
Bones and also connective tissue are warehouses for essential amino acids as well as minerals-- which are doing not have in lots of diet regimens today. Bone Broth is likewise an indispensable resource of healthy protein, collagen and gelatin.
It's not feasible to consume entire bones or cells, but you can still enjoy these health advantages by drinking bone broth. Collagen is extracted when you simmer bones for a long period of time. Typically, the longer bone broth simmers, the even more collagen you'll draw out.
Making bone broth is a simple procedure, but one that calls for a lot of time as well as perseverance. If time is not on your side we can assist you out with that said.
Bone broth is made by simmering pet bones and also cells for at least 10 hrs with veggies, herbs, as well as seasonings such as thyme, garlic, and bay leaves. Top notch bone broth starts with top notch ingredients, using bones from natural grass-fed animals and also organic veggies. While any kind of bone or ligament can be made use of, knuckles, chicken feet, and also femur bones tend to have the most collagen.
Simmering bones for a prolonged amount of time is what provides bone broth its health and wellness benefits, removing the amino acids, minerals, and collagen. This is a Pot & Fire-tested sluggish cooker chicken bone broth recipe that includes organic poultry bones, sea salt, fresh vegetables like celery stalks, onions, and bell peppers, and also natural herbs like parsley, rosemary, and also thyme.
Merely cooking bones (no meat) as well as water is mosting likely to be primarily flavorless. Food preparation the blend for hours on end isn't going to make it taste any kind of far better.
The suggestion that you're obtaining lots of nutrients from the bones is a MYTH that won't pass away, despite the fact that it has actually been unmasked numerous times, including through laboratory examinations. The concept that including vinegar to "release" those nutrients has actually likewise been disproved. You just wind up with a watery mess that tastes of vinegar.
Rather, buy bones with meat on them. After that add veggies such as onions, carrots, celery, and just sufficient water to cover everything (usually 8 or 10 mugs). Skip the vinegar! Simmer for 3 to 4 hours for hen, somewhat longer for beef. Period according to preference. If you have an Instant Pot, 25 to 35 minutes has to do with right.
What you will obtain with this technique is a very flavorful broth that's possibly dramatically extra nutritious-- including lots of collagen-- as well as more healthy than any kind of bone broth, as well as it will certainly taste one heck of a whole lot far better. You can either consume the meat and also veggies (it's called SOUP) or you can stress them out as well as simply consume alcohol the broth if you prefer.
Check Ina Garten's recipe for hen broth. It's extremely similar to this set and also has actually been utilized with mild variations by experienced chefs for years.
Routine broth and also supply are simmered for a shorter period of time than bone broth, roughly 2-- 6 hrs. The expedited cooking process lowers the amount of useful jelly drawn out from the bones, decreasing its capability to enhance the body immune system, heal digestive system problems, and also reduce the signs of leaky intestine.
Before Kettle and Fire was born, one of our co-founders, Nick, tore his ACL playing football (ouch). His sibling Justin became aware of the advantages of bone broth for injury recovery. As his schedule didn't leave much time to make bone broth from the ground up, he set out to purchase a store-bought, top quality, grass-fed bone broth, considering that both of their active timetables really did not leave much time to make the broth themselves. (You can discover more about our tale here.).
No matter how tough Justin looked, the optimal bone broth really did not exist. He searched for one that was one hundred percent organic, fresh-- never ever frozen-- grass-fed, as well as sluggish simmered (as well as one that might be delivered without inefficient, clunky packaging). So, Nick and also Justin determined to create a high-grade bone broth on their terms, which is the dish we're happy to supply you today.
" Pot & Fire offers a nourishing, high quality bone broth in a scrumptious and convenient shelf-stable layout. I enjoy constantly understanding that I've got wonderful broth on hand, without blocking my fridge freezer or requiring defrosting." - Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, three-time NYT Best-Selling Author.
The gorgeous aspect of bone broth is that there's actually no limit to just how you can include it to your diet. Besides soups, stews, and also ordinary ol' drinking, bone broth mixes remarkably well right into practically any kind of recipe-- even shakes! Below are our leading methods to get it:.
Our bone broth preferences delicious sufficient to drink by itself, however you can seasoning it approximately match your taste buds. We created our favorite taste combinations in this complimentary downloadable "Bone Broth Sipping Overview" (bone broth matcha lattes, any person?). Obtain your complimentary copy here.
Drinking bone broth doesn't have to be monotonous-- there are limitless methods to spice it and drink it. Get instant accessibility to over 15 of our favorite bone broth drinking combinations, consisting of ginger and also turmeric bone broth tonic and chili, as well as cardamom bone broth potion. Learn just how to utilize bone broth in your matcha lattes, gold milk, as well as tropical fruit healthy smoothies.
Our beef bone broth has a mild flavor, which permits it to blend quickly with nearly anything, from smoothie mixes to healthy gummy bears. Our poultry bone broth and mushroom poultry bone broth boost the tasty taste of soups, stews, as well as risotto recipes. A few of our faves consist of:.
The Bone Broth Diet not just raises your consumption of the recovery nutrients and substances important for intestine, skin, joint, and bone health, yet assists battle systemic swelling, which is at the root cause of the majority of Western illnesses as well as diseases.
The bone broth diet regimen is a 21-day plan that's ideal for anyone struggling with a chronic wellness problem (such as an autoimmune disorder), or anyone that wants to reset their digestion system and experience beautiful health and wellness. Learn more concerning the 21-day bone broth diet regimen here.


The expression "littérature migrante," coined via Québécois critics within the mid-1980s, mirrored the rising physique of literary works written by means of contemporary immigrants to the province. Redefining the concept that of migrancy, Subha Xavier's The Migrant textual content argues that worldwide activities of individuals have essentially replaced literary construction over the last thirty years.
Bringing jointly a corpus of modern novels by way of immigrants to France and Quebec, Xavier means that those diversified works expand past labels reminiscent of francophone or postcolonial literature to forge a brand new mode of writing that merits reputation by itself phrases. Weaving jointly literary conception and salient examples taken from quite a few French-language novels, The Migrant textual content exhibits how either exterior and inner components form migrant writing in modern French literature. the outlet chapters hint the elusive idea of the migrant because it seems to be in extant theories of nationalism, postcolonialism, global literature, and francophonie. What follows are incisive analyses of fiction written for French audiences by means of authors from Algeria, Cameroon, China, Haiti, Iraq, and Poland, whose works display that the techniques of troubling nationwide different types and evading colonial strength dynamics could be wellsprings for creativity.
One of the main urgent social and political issues of our day, immigration demanding situations our rules approximately place of birth and citizenship. Celebrating the braveness and tenacity of immigrants from world wide, The Migrant textual content carves a brand new area for discussing the dynamics of world literature.
The current anthology entitled Mahesh Dattani: topics innovations and matters is an collection of scholarly study papers on clean views and explorations from the texts of Dattani. Mahesh Dattani is a popular identify within the background of up to date Indian English drama. He observes complicacies of human lifestyles with optimism and provides power to his audiences/readers with anticipated answer rather than leaving them stressed and bewildered.
It's time to switch the way in which we discuss writing in theater. This ebook deals a brand new argument that reimagines sleek theater's serious strength and areas leading edge writing on the middle of the experimental degree. whereas functionality stories, German Theaterwissenschaft, or even text-based drama experiences have usually anticipated theatrical functionality as anything that needs to function past the boundaries of the textual mind's eye, this e-book exhibits how a sequence of writers have actively formed new conceptions of theater's radical capability.
In view that 1988, J. Hillis Miller has traveled to China to lecture on literary thought, specifically the position of globalization in literary idea. through the years, he has assisted within the improvement of distinctively chinese language varieties of literary concept, Comparative Literature, and international Literature. The fifteen lectures accumulated in An blameless in another country span either time and geographic place, reflecting his paintings at universities throughout China for greater than twenty-five years.


Millie's Pancake Haus hits the sweet spot.
The quaint Wisconsin township of Delavan was once known as "New France" and even waved the French flag until it came under British rule in 1783, then becoming part of the Northwest Territory. But when lifelong resident Mildred Novak opened her first restaurant in 1959, she decided to go more German and eastern European than French. Not even current owner Dean Griffith knows why. Regardless, her restaurant, originally titled Millie's Pancake Shoppe, was a success, serving plates of hearty breakfast fare one would expect in a province usually covered in rain, snow and icy winds.
It was because of that constant flow of a-bit-too-close-to-Canada frost that Mildred sold her restaurant to a family member and lit out to Arizona to find some sun and a warm retirement. It didn't take long for Mildred to grow bored with the not-much-to-do-all-day routine, so she forged a new skillet and opened Millie's Pancake Haus on Tanque Verde in 1982. The food and atmosphere were a bit different than most Tucson residents were used to, yet after a while the flavors and hospitableness began to sink in and before long Millie's was a destination for locals and travelers alike.
Unfortunately, Mildred was getting older and she finally relented, giving into the mild repose of her golden years, and sold Millie's to Beverly and Warren Whitmer in 1985. It was around this time that Dean Griffith walked through the front door and asked for a job.
"I've worked here off and on since 1986," says Griffith, sitting in one of the original booths adorned with hearts carved in the wood. "Sometimes I would just lend a hand during busy holidays bussing tables or working the line. I took a job with Lexus in late 2000 and stuck with them till 2011 when an offer to buy Millie's came my way."
When the former owner, not Mildred, passed away, that family knew Dean could run Millie's by himself if he had to, and, most importantly, keep the welcoming food and tradition alive.
Not much has changed since Griffith took Millie's over, except one thing.
"A customer that had been coming here since Millie owned it walked in and asked for a mimosa," he says with a grin. "I had to tell her that we didn't have a liquor license, to which she replied, 'Well that has to change.' So, I hand-built the bar to go with the German theme of the restaurant and, well, got us a liquor license."
The license only extends to beer and wine, as Griffith doesn't want people coming in and getting "shnockered" before noon, assuming patrons would appreciate that as well. But it is nice to know you can order a Wittekerke (Belgian ale) to go with their Schnitzel plate ($9.95) which is a generous sundry of breaded pork loin over spaetzle noodles and served with a traditional rotkohl (braised red cabbage) and sweet but savory gingersnap gravy. That or a Radeberger (German pilsner) with their handmade Swedish Meatballs ($9.95). Either way, Millie's is like taking the comfort food Eurail without, you know, having to leave the 520 area code.
With the word 'pancake' right there in the namesake, it is Millie's breakfasts that has made it stick around for all these decades. If you've got the time and patience, because it takes almost a half hour to get to your table, the German Apple Pancake ($9.50) is a capsized catamaran of fluff, fruit and European frivolity. All of the dishes at Millie's are generous, but this thing is crazy. Well worth the wait and well worth the impact on your waistline. The regular pancakes are, as expected, as close to perfect as can be, but a personal favorite has to be the Bohemian Pancakes ($6.50), a tall stack of flapjacks that are filled with jam and sour cream. I've never been to Bavaria, but I have a hunch this is what I would be gorging on every morning before hiking the grassy hills just outside of Kronach. The crepes, the benedicts, the blintzes, the omelets, the waffles...never have I, or most of southern Arizona, been disappointed. And if you have never been here, what is the excuse? It's been around since the Reagan administration and it isn't going anywhere soon, as far as the current owner is concerned.
"We've had some visitors from Germany and they say the look of the place reminds them of traditional cottages there. And the food is a taste of home as well," Griffith says. "I think that's why Millie's has endured so long. It's quality mixed with consistency and I plan on keeping it that way."


GILBERT, Ariz. - VCU Field Hockey senior forward Emily McNamara was named a Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Second Team All-American after a record-setting 2018 season in which she led the nation in goals with 27.
McNamara's distinction is the highest individual honor in program history and she became just the third VCU Field Hockey student-athlete to earn an NFHCA All-American distinction. VCU Athletics Hall of Fame member Alycia Yoder Wood was named to the NFHCA All-American Third Team in 1993 and Chelly Chamberlin earned Honorable Mention honors in 1988. Marle van Dessel was named a Second Team All-American by the now discontinued WomensFieldHockey.com in 2010.
McNamara led the country in goals in 2018 as she scored a program record 27 in 19 games. She also led the country in goals per game, scoring at a rate of 1.42 per contest. Her average of 3.00 points per game ranked second nationally and her 57 total points on the season led the Atlantic 10.
"It goes without saying that this is a incredible honor for Emily. It also a tremendous honor and recognition for her teammates and for our program," said head coach Stacey Bean.
She was named to the NFHCA All-South Region First Team as well as being named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year. McNamara also earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors for the third consecutive season.
McNamara earned the NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 and was named the A-10 Player or Co-Player of the Week four times in 2018. She also was selected for and played in the NFHCA Senior All-Star Game on Nov. 16.
McNamara finished her career holding the VCU school record in career goals with 75, shattering the previous mark of 53 set by Kelsey Scherrer (2009-13). She also set new VCU marks for total points in a career with 177 while breaking her own school records of goals in a season with 27 and total points in a season with 57.
McNamara helped VCU reach its first A-10 Championship match and the Rams posted a 7-1 record in the A-10 in 2018. The seven wins are a program record for conference wins in a season.
VCU also beat two ranked opponents during the regular season in 2018 NCAA Field Hockey Semifinalist Wake Forest as well as then-No. 11 Old Dominion. McNamara scored twice, including the game-winning goal, in the 3-1 win over the Demon Deacons and scored once in the 3-2 victory at ODU.


Prior to his current role, Mr. Pogue led sustainability programs for CBRE's property and facilities management portfolio around the globe, managing the development, introduction and implementation of a wide-ranging platform of sustainable practices and policies. His leadership in this area produced an award-winning sustainability platform leveraging thought leadership, service delivery and industry associations to raise worldwide green building standards. Program achievements included development of CBRE's $1 million Real Green Research Challenge; aggressive endorsement of the U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR® program; introduction of the Green Knights program; delivery of co-branded BOMA BEEP training to more than 16,000 attendees; and recognition as the first manager of commercial property to certify more than 400 buildings in the LEED® for Existing Buildings rating system. CBRE has also been ranked in Newsweek's list of the 500 greenest companies in the U.S., honored by the EPA as an eight-time ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year and recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council® with the Leadership Award for Organizational Excellence.
CBRE has also been included in CDP's S&P Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), for three consecutive years, achieving a perfect score in 2015, and in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for two consecutive years.
Prior to leading sustainability programs, Mr. Pogue was a Senior Managing Director of Asset Services in the Western Region, responsible for overseeing service delivery for office, retail and industrial real estate properties totaling more than 250 MSF.


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Mr. Monk and the Very Very Old Man Jul. 25, 2003
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Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife Feb. 13, 2004
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