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Israel IMF Expects Global Financial Turnout at U.S.-Led Palestinian Conference
IMF Expects Global Financial Turnout at U.S.-Led Palestinian Conference
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 8:36 am | ב' סיון תשע"ט
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building in Washington. (Reuters/Yuri Gripas/File Photo)
Global financial institutions will attend a U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy this month that the Trump administration has cast as an overture to its Middle East peace plan, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
The efficacy of the June 25-26 meeting in Bahrain has been in doubt since Palestinian leaders and businesspeople decided to shun it over Washington's perceived pro-Israel bias and inattention to their political demands.
Israel's new election, an upsurge in cross-border fighting and the Palestinians' resentment at U.S. recognition of Yerushalayim as Israel's capital add to the complicated backdrop.
However, the IMF, which has been operating in Yehudah, Shomron and Gaza since 1995, confirmed it and other global financial bodies would be present in Bahrain's capital Manama.
"The IMF has been invited to the meeting and expects to attend, along with other international financial institutions," a representative said, without naming the other bodies.
The IMF and other lenders and development banks have long played a stabilizing role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, providing loans, credit guarantees, and policy advice to the Western-backed Palestinian Authority.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) confirmed it would have "someone" representing it. The World Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner this week concluded a trip to the Middle East and Europe aimed partly at drumming up support for the "Peace for Prosperity" conference intended to unveil the economic part of Trump's long-heralded peace plan.
But Palestinian and Arab officials suspect the event may be a prelude to a U.S. push to jettison the "two-state" solution.
The twin state blueprint has been the basis for decades of lending and technical support from global financial institutions, aimed at building the capacity of Palestinian government ministries and the private sector.
Though Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates plan to attend the Bahrain conference, they have assured the Palestinians they would not endorse a U.S. plan that fails to meet their main demands.
Deputy foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely said in a weekend radio interview that "Israelis" would be there, but it was unclear if that was officials or business delegates.
Asked if she believed the event should be postponed given Palestinians' boycott, Hotovely told 102 FM: "No. There is no reason to … Apart from them, everyone's okay. Everyone's in favor."
In Israel's long-time foe Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei berated Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for enabling U.S. plans.
"This meeting belongs to the Americans, but Bahraini rulers are hosting it due to their weaknesses and anti-Muslim and anti-popular stand," he said in a televised sermon.
"The so-called 'deal of the century' will, hopefully, never come to fruition …We hope that Bahraini and Saudi rulers will realize that they are stepping into a quagmire."
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Adrian the hero as Liverpool beat Chelsea to win UEFA Super Cup
Every penalty in the shoot-out had been successful before Mohamed Salah stepped up to convert Liverpool's fifth kick at the home of Besiktas. Substitute Abraham then had his effort saved by Adrian, the summer signing only playing in the absence of the injured Allison Becker.
It is Liverpool's fourth Super Cup victory, with their last coming in 2005 on the back of their memorable Champions League triumph, also in Istanbul.
They have now won 13 European trophies overall, and how their supporters would love to come back to the banks of the Bosphorus for the final of this season's Champions League.
Sadio Mane had earlier been Liverpool's star, cancelling out Olivier Giroud's first-half strike to ensure the match ended 1-1 in 90 minutes, and then putting Jurgen Klopp's team in front on 95 minutes.
But it was perhaps inevitable that French referee Stephanie Frappart would play a role in the outcome of the game.
The first woman to take charge of a major men's match in European competition, Frappart gave Chelsea a penalty when Abraham went down under contact from Adrian. Jorginho — his name unfortunately wrongly spelled on the back of his shirt — netted the spot-kick.
He also scored in the shoot-out, but there would be no first trophy as Chelsea coach for Frank Lampard, who lost the Super Cup twice with the club as a player, including a defeat on penalties against Bayern Munich in 2013.
Lampard has stated a willingness to give youth a chance this season, although here he left Mason Mount and Abraham — aged just 20 and 21 respectively — on the bench.
Instead N'Golo Kante was deemed fit to play after a summer plagued by injury problems, while Giroud came in and Christian Pulisic made his full debut. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made his first start for Liverpool in 16 months after recovering from a serious knee injury.
The England midfielder released Salah for an early chance only for the Egyptian's effort to be saved down low by Kepa Arrizabalaga. However, he generally struggled to make an impact on the left flank and was replaced at half-time by Roberto Firmino.
Chelsea had enjoyed the better of the opening 45 minutes, with Pedro Rodriguez crashing a shot off the bar midway through the first half before Adrian saved at the feet of Mateo Kovacic.
The opener arrived in the 36th minute, with Kante finding Pulisic and the American drawing several red shirts towards him before releasing Giroud to score first-time.
Shortly after that, Pulisic thought he had made it 2-0, but his fine finish was disallowed for offside by Frappart.
The introduction of Firmino helped change things completely at the start of the second half, though, with Liverpool needing little more than two minutes to draw level.
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WhatsApp will stop working on ALL smartphones using Windows
WhatsApp has announced that it will stop working on all Windows smartphones in around six months time.
The messaging app will no longer work on handsets powered by the Microsoft software in December 2019, a spokesperson wrote in a blog post.
They also warned that some WhatsApp features might stop working at 'any time' on these devices, which Microsoft discontinued in 2017.
'You'll no longer be able to use all Windows Phone operating systems after December 31, 2019,' they wrote.
'Because we no longer actively develop for these operating systems, some features might stop functioning at any time.'
The statement follows Microsoft's decision to end support for the software from December the same year, advising people to buy iOS or Android devices.
WhatsApp also announced that by 2020, they will also withdraw support on Android versions 2.3.7 and older, or iOS 7 and older.
Windows Phone operating system was launched in October 2010 and then succeeded by Windows 10 mobile in 2015.
In 2017, Microsoft announced that work on Windows 10 Mobile was drawing to a close due to lack of market penetration and dearth of interest from app developers.
It will officially stop supporting Windows 10 Mobile, previously referred to as Windows Phones, starting December 10th, 2019.
At that point, users will no longer receive 'new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft for free,'the company announced.
'With the Windows 10 Mobile OS end of support, we recommend that customers move to a supported Android or iOS device,' the company explained.
'Microsoft's mission statement to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, compels us to support our Mobile apps on those platforms and devices.'
In an attempt to hold a spot on mobile, Microsoft has bought the Windows 10 PC browser, Edge to Android and iOS.
The browser allows users to share websites, apps, photos and other information between phones and Windows PC.
WhatsApp makes its own unique emojis. Samsung's next flagship smartphone may make an early appearance in January Smartphones losing ground to digital voice assistant devices in homes WhatsApp to delete all chats not saved, updated via Google Drive
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This music starts bold and striking, becomes less obstrusive in order for the dialogue to come through in the mix, and then swells for the logo. Please excuse my rather crazy voice dubbing.
The first thing that probably strikes you in this clip is that it is not Jeremy Vine speaking at all. In order to create this demo I removed all the sound and then recreated all of the sound; Jeremy Vines voice-over, a Scottish guy, the cheer of the football crowd, and even attempted to do a woman's voice! I then wrote music that I thought appropriate for a news show.
Music for a news bulletin needs to catch the audiences attention, it needs to be serious and give the audience a sense that the program has some authority to give the last word on the subject; that this is true information that has come from some reliable source and not just someone's opinion. There an air of patriotism about news bulletins.
To open the clip I use a bold brass fanfare like tune. Trumpets in ancient times were used to announce news and still do today. It is a cliché, but clichés exist because they work. As the white bars of flash across the screen I use a cymbal to emphasize the cuts and bring more energy to the pictures. The dialogue is underpinned by a simple loop so that the music does not detract from the commentary. Finally as the panorama logo appears I reintroduce the opening theme in a bold statement. The cymbal rolls to enhance the effect of the logo moving into place.


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Miniopterus fuliginosus é uma espécie de morcego da família Miniopteridae. Pode ser encontrada do Cáucaso ao sul e sudeste da Ásia, China e península da Coreia. Também é encontrada nas Filipinas, Sumatra, Java, Bali e Bornéu. No Japão, é registrada em Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima e Sado.

Era considerada uma subespécie de Miniopterus schreibersii , mas estudos demonstraram que se tratava de uma espécie distinta.

Miniopterus
Mamíferos descritos em 1835

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The FIBA EuroBasket Division C was the third-ranked tier (lowest) of the bi-annual FIBA EuroBasket competition. The winner of this tournament was Denmark.

Group phase

Group A

Group B

Final round

Qualifying round

Final standings

External links
 Results from FIBA Europe website

2010
2010–11 in European basketball
International basketball competitions hosted by Malta
2010 in Maltese sport


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What Our Seniors Are Saying
"HopeWorks Helps Sapelo Island Couple"
HopeWorks is working in partnership with Georgia Public Service Commissioner, Tim Echols, and Georgia Power, to introduce our services to the low-income senior homeowners on Sapelo Island. Benjamin and Florence Hall are residents of the Hog Hammack Community and the first Sapelo homeowners to receive our help in the form of a new electric water heater and a new refrigerator.
Mr. Hall told me that he was having continuing concerns about his house because the repairs cost so much, especially being on an island that is only accessible by boat. "I don't want debt," he said, "but it is hard to make ends meet when you are elderly with health issues and doctor bills. When we received the call that HopeWorks would put in a new electric water heater and a new refrigerator, I told my wife Florence, 'Well Florence, God is still blessing us!' That organization is God's servant doing His work." Mr. Hall went on to say, "When they put in the new electric water heater and the new refrigerator, that relieved a lot of concern. Now we won't have to worry about these things for many years."
All around the state of Georgia, HopeWorks is providing practical and spiritual help to low-income seniors like the Halls. God is glorified through these practical gifts, and the hearts of our low-income seniors are encouraged and strenghtened. We are so grateful for your partnership that helps HopeWorks provide "Caring Hearts and Helping Hands" to so many low-income seniors.
"Lord, you know I have nothing, and I need something"
Mrs. Simon is 89 years old and has a strong faith in Christ. She has lived in her home for 40 years and has outlived her husband and two children. "I had a wonderful husband and was married 53 years. He always took care of everything." Mrs. Simon was faced with no heat this past winter. She said, "I was sitting in the corner and started getting cold. I turned up the furnace. The air started blowing, but there wasn't any heat. When I called a heating contractor they wanted $94 to come out and check my heater. I couldn't afford that."
Instead of worrying about her situation, Mrs. Simon began to call on the Lord, whom she had learned to lean on over the years. "Lord, you know I have nothing, and I need something. Please direct me." The Lord did just that. Mrs. Simon began calling around and was led to HopeWorks. We responded right away and soon Mrs. Simon had her furnace repaired and a new water heater as well. Mrs. Simon smiled and said, "The technicians and the HopeWorks staff were so nice. Thank you so much for what you have done for me."
Mrs. Byrd found herself without a furnace and needed to be rescued
Mrs. Byrd is 79 years old and recently found herself without a furnace and needing to be rescued. "I thought it was the new medication I was on. I kept staggering around my house. I finally called 911 and they sent out the fire department and Atlanta Gas Light." Mrs. Byrd had been breathing in gas from a gas leak on her furnace. The gas company had no other choice but to cut off her gas for safety reasons.
She looked at her options and thought of using her fireplace but was told it was too dangerous to use. Buying a new furnace was out of the question because she did not have the finances to do so. A neighbor down the street heard about her situation and told her about HopeWorks. "I called and left a message. I didn't know what to do. I didn't have the money or anyway to pay for a furnace."
HopeWorks was able to quickly replace Mrs. Byrd's old furnace, and now she is warm and safe in her home. Mrs. Byrd told me, "When I lie in bed at night and hear the heater come on I say, Thank You Jesus! The Lord answered my prayer! He sent an angel to me, and I want to thank you. Even if I had a million dollars and could give it to you, it wouldn't be enough to repay HopeWorks for all you have done."
"I had to heat water on the stove every day, sometimes three times a day"
Mrs. Berry is an 83-year-old low-income senior who was without a water heater for over three months. "I had to heat water on the stove every day, sometimes three times a day. It reminded me of when I grew up in the country," she said laughing. Mrs. Berry did not have the funds to replace her water heater, so she began calling around for assistance. One agency told her it would be 6 months before they could help her and suggested she call HopeWorks. HopeWorks replaced her water heater within 2 weeks. Now she has all the hot water she needs.
While at her house, it was also revealed that Mrs. Berry had a 48-year-old furnace. "I just spent $100 to get it fixed," Mrs. Berry said, referring to her furnace. "I've had to spend money on it every year but couldn't afford to replace it." HopeWorks replaced her furnace, and now she is warm and comfortable in her home.
"There is no way I could afford to pay for all this! You came out and helped me very quickly and did even more than I expected. HopeWorks is a blessing from God!" Mrs. Berry's situation is not uncommon. Last year, HopeWorks helped 140 low-income senior homeowners with a new gas furnace and gas water heater. This much-needed service specifically addresses the plight of widows and is fulfilling James 1:27, which tells us to look after widows "in their distress".


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Geoarchaeology of the Kibotos Harbour and its Canal(s), Alexandria, Egypt - ongoing
Matthieu Giaime
The coast on which Alexandria has settled was bordered by the Island of Pharos, defining a long bay between the capes of Agami in the west and Silsileh in the east. Several ancient authors report Alexander the Great dividing the bay in front of Alexandria into two large maritime port basins by the construction of a long causeway named Heptastadion. At the bottom of the western basin, named Eunostos, had been built an artificial inner closed harbour, the Kibotos, established according to Strabo, not far from the beginning of the Heptastadion and connected to Lake Mareotis by a canal (Strabo, Geography, XVII, 1.10) which ensured an easy connection between the Mediterranean and the interior of the country.
In 2019, our team wondered about the origin of the water supply of the medieval and Ottomans cisterns located west of the city: could they mark the ancient location of Kibotos harbour and the mouth of its canal? In order to answer this question, a coring campaign led by Isabelle Hairy (CNRS) was carried out (Fig. 1). The results of this campaign made it possible to locate the northern section of the Kibotos canal (Fig. 2, AL6 and AL8) and the position of the ancient coastline to the west of the start of the Heptastadion (Fig. 2, AL9). The Kibotos and its canal are objects of study at the crossroads of historical, archaeological and geoarchaeological approaches. The objective of the new coring campaign carried out thanks to the support of the Honor Frost Foundation will be to find the route of the canal(s) on its southern section, establish its chronology and clarify how it operates in relation to regional hydrological changes linked to the annual flood of the Nile river.
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Umoja, Unidad, Unity: Examining Cross-Cultural Therapeutic Alliances of Black Therapists and Latino Clients
by Cason, Tory LeNard, Psy.D. Alliant International University, San Francisco Bay. 2011: 109 pages; 3491619.
The Impact of Therapeutic Alliance on Outcomes in Parent-Child Dyadic Interventions
by Smith, Ryan, Psy.D. Antioch University. 2010: 172 pages; 10807634.
Decreasing blame and building therapeutic alliance: Clarifying central change processes in functional family therapy
by Pederson, Heather M., Ph.D. Indiana University. 2012: 166 pages; 3506337.
Cheetahs on the couch: Issues affecting the therapeutic working alliance with clients who are cognitively gifted
by Yermish, Aimee, Psy.D. Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. 2010: 264 pages; 3415722.
Exploring the therapeutic alliance and rupture repair within the context of trauma discussion: A case study
by Campos, Karina G., Psy.D. Pepperdine University. 2011: 295 pages; 3466734.
The Relationships between Perceived Therapeutic Alliance, Therapist Self-Disclosure, and Dropout Expectancy among Male Substance Abuse Treatment Participants
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This is the Wyntr "B" litter.
There were four puppies, two B&W boys, one B&W girl and one tan point tri girl. The first boy was born on the backseat of our car, hence his puppy name. Backseat (aka "Max") and his sister Bella (aka "Kanga") went to live in wonderful pet homes. Bastion and Beautiful stayed here at Wyntr.
From left to right: The girls, Belladonna and Beauty and the boys, Backseat and Bastion.
Max (Backseat Boy), 8 wks.


Dentist comes from the oceanfront urban landscape of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Their sound combines the freedom of the beach atmosphere and the urgency of the city into a fuzzed out, surf punk-tinged brand of indie pop with hooks and infectious melodies to spare. The ethereal vocals of Emily Bornemann are countered by the sometimes aggressive, but always addictive sounds of Justin Bornemann on guitar and Matt Hockenjos on drums.
Shooting for understated complexity topped off by instantly accessible melodies, Gal Gun stands out from the crowded Chicago garage-rock scene. Drawing heavy influences from 90's behemoths like Weezer and Blur while balancing a softer sound influenced by Belle & Sebastian and The Shins, their sound is equal parts familiar and refreshing. The band's music and lyrics hope to strike a chord between triumph and heartbreak. Songs like "Heartbleed" obscure their more depressing nature with a slick power pop sheen. Gal Gun hopes to emulate Mancunian bands of the 80's in their ability to hide a world-weary pessimism amidst a full pop stride and have fun doing it.
It began as a last ditch effort to grill the bill in not but a weeks time, for the spirit of the gator is crawling ever-forward. Never stagnant. Circulate!


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Long-term (1870�2018) drought reconstruction in context of surface water security in India
Mishra, Vimal
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124228
https://repository.iitgn.ac.in/handle/123456789/4923
Droughts in India affect food production, gross domestic product (GDP), livelihood, and socio-economic condition of a large population associated with agriculture. Recent drought (2015�2018) caused groundwater depletion and affected about one-fourth of the Indian population. However, it remains unclear if the drought of 2015�2018 was among the most severe droughts that occurred in India. Here we use a long-term (1870�2018) data to identify the top five (�deadly�) meteorological/hydrological droughts based on overall severity score in the last century and half period. Out of a total of 18 meteorological droughts, the deadly droughts occurred in 1899, 1876, 2000, 1918, and 1965. Similarly, the deadly hydrological droughts occurred in 1899, 2000, 1876, 1965, and 1918 during 1870�2018. All the five deadly droughts were associated with the positive phase of El Nino Southern Oscillations (ENSO). Results show that the relationship between ENSO and monsoon (June to September) precipitation in India has weakened while the role of Indian and Atlantic Oceans have strengthened during the recent decades. Notwithstanding the longest (41?months) duration, the 2015�2018 drought did not feature among the deadly droughts. The 2015�2018 drought affected surface (reservoir storage) and groundwater availability in both southern and northern parts of India and was linked to El-Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole. Droughts and rapidly declining groundwater together can pose serious challenges to water security in India.


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Exit right out of airport and follow signs to 494 West. Take 494W to 35W North. Follow signs for downtown to the 11th St. exit. Take 11th St. to 2nd Ave, turn left. Continue past Convention Center. Turn right at Nicollet Ave. Hotel and parking ramp will be on your left.
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We would like to invite you to visit Kickstart for our Open Days on Saturday 30th March, 13:00-15:00, or Monday 1st April, 17:30-19:30.
At these events, you will be able to see our school, meet our teachers, look at the materials, have your language level assessed for free, and sign up for any of our courses!
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ENEL GREEN POWER BRINGS NEW WIND FARM ONLINE IN MEXICO
Published on Wednesday, 4 March 2015
With an installed capacity of 102 MW, Sureste I-Phase II is able to generate around 390 GWh per year
Enel Green Power invested approximately 160 million US dollars in the construction of the wind farm
Rome, March 4th, 2015 – Enel Green Power has completed and connected to the grid Sureste I-Phase II wind farm, located in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
The wind farm consists of 34 turbines of 3 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 102 MW and is able to generate approximately 390 GWh per year. Sureste I-Phase II will deliver the energy produced to the Mexican national electricity grid through the nearby Ixtepec Potencia substation.
Enel Green Power was awarded the right to build Sureste I-Phase II through the public tender for External Energy Producers held by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). A 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) is associated to the project.
Enel Green Power invested approximately 160 million US dollars in the new wind farm, which contributes towards the growth targets set out in the company's business plan for 2014-2018.
In June 2013, Enel Green Power, acting through Enel Green Power Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., signed a 100 million US dollar loan with the BBVA Bancomer Group, a part of which was used to finance the construction of the Sureste I-Phase II wind farm, which is held by Energías Renovables La Mata, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a subsidiary of Enel Green Power Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.
With Sureste I-Phase II, Enel Green Power installed capacity in Mexico now totals 399 MW, of which 346 MW of wind power and 53 MW of hydro.
Enel Green Power is the Enel Group company fully dedicated to the development and management of renewable energy sources at the international level, with operations in Europe, the Americas and Africa. With an annual generation capacity equal to, approximately, 32 billion kWh from water, sun, wind and the Earth's heat - enough to meet the energy needs of more than 10 million households, Enel Green Power is a world leader in the sector thanks to its well-balanced generation mix, providing generation volumes well over the sector average. As of today, the company has an installed capacity of approximately 9,600 MW from a mix of sources including wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass. The company has about 740 plants operating in 15 countries.
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NEW Price Sensitive | March, 04 2015


Our family favorite Grandpa's Irish Stew (as Macaroni Goulash) is full of meaty tomato and pasta flavor with peas and onions for a quick and easy hearty dish!
We've always called it "Irish Stew" – even though it is NOT Irish.
Or even a stew (it's more a pasta salad) – but the story behind the name is cute, I promise.
I don't often tell personal stories on my site since most everyone wants to just get to the recipe, but I think this one is too sweet to pass up.
JUST TAKE ME TO THE HAMBURGER GOULASH MACARONI SALAD RECIPE ALREADY!
If you'd rather skip my (very helpful, i think) tips and tricks, essential cooking info, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to this deliciously easy Irish Stew recipe – simply scroll to the bottom of the page where you can find the printable recipe card.
My husband's grandpa Ken was one of the sweetest people I had ever met.
He had the warmest smile and a booming but gentle voice that you'd hear nonstop.
He'd regale anybody he met with colorfully sweet stories, memories, and would become instant best friends with anybody he met. He travelled the world both in his service in WWII and working for the Boy Scouts as well as building fisheries for the Department of the Interior, and loved learning about people and their stories.
He also really, really loved his favorite recipes- especially anything his beloved Barbara would make.
My husband recently was flipping through his family cookbook, and one recipe stood out to him as one of Grandpa Ken's favorites – his family's Irish Stew recipe.
He remembers him helping make this dish (he usually left cooking to his "sweetie" as he'd always call her- as even well into his 80's he would be working around the farm, climbing on the roof to fix something, or some other odd job) and that he loved it a lot.
When my mother in law saw we were making it she dove right in for a bowl from memory lane!
Now, let me tell you, as someone who comes from a VERY proud Irish family, I immediately gave my husband a funny face when he told me the ingredients. I mean, we had JUST been to Ireland (where, trust me, they definitely know how to make a rockingly delicious stew that is ACTUALLY a stew) – and this isn't some well known dish or anything.
It's also indicative of what many Americans think Irish food is, versus the type of food you will actually find in Ireland (which is full of bright, fresh flavor and SERIOUSLY delicious) but it is simple, quick, and totally crave-able.
I'm pretty sure calling this dish Irish Stew is the moniker his family, from a small town in rural Kansas, came up with- maybe passed down from an Irish friend or relative and just became their interpretation of a traditional Irish Stew?
Besides the fact this isn't some well known Irish recipe, it isn't even STEW. It is more accurately a hearty pasta salad – but the quirky title totally fits something Grandpa Ken would love.
Is there anything better than hearty, delicious dinners that can be made in one pot and lightening fast?
So after we made my husband's Grandpa's dish, I asked what we should call it.
I considered "Beefy Macaroni Pasta Salad" – since that is technically what it is, but it just didn't seem as good a tribute to Grandpa Ken – whose funny quips and stories would make you instantly happy and at ease.
We miss him a ton since he died 3 years ago (we moved into the house he built last year, and are reminded of him everyday) but I love being able to remember one of my husband's favorite people on earth through his fun stories and recipes he loved to eat.
We hope you love this recipe, too!
This easy hamburger pasta salad is so great because it can be cooked separately, and mixed together for a delicious dinner that is portable and perfect for picnics, cookouts, and more!
There are a couple tips to make a perfect Macaroni Irish Stew that will help you get a perfect hearty hamburger pasta salad every time!
If you're making this macaroni goulash for a picnic or potluck, cook the hamburger and combine with the tomatoes and then the peas to create the "sauce"; and cook the macaroni separately.
When you get to your picnic or dinner, mix them together to prevent your pasta from turning to mush.
For more robust flavor, simmer your meat in the tomatoes and spices.
While not necessary (this recipe is created to be a mix all the ingredients together and stir to mix style recipe), for a deeper, richer flavor, stew the tomatoes, herbs, and spices with the hamburger meat when it has just cooked to infuse more flavor into the dish.
Add 1 cup beef stock to the hamburger, herbs, and tomatoes and cook until liquid is reduced before adding to the macaroni.
Cook your macaroni to al dente.
Since this pasta salad is a hearty dish that does have additional liquid in the dish thanks to tomatoes, it is important to cook your pasta a little under done, so it doesn't turn to mush when mixed with the rest of the dish.
Cooking the macaroni to al dente, so it still has a bit of bite to it, will help your macaroni goulash have a perfect texture.
If you are making a big batch of this dish and want to freeze it, I personally suggest not adding in all the macaroni and only freezing the meat and sauce – but if you have leftovers, never fear!
With these tips you can easily freeze and reheat this easy macaroni pasta salad.
Put Irish stew in a ziploc bag or a vacuum seal bag – don't overstuff.
You want the bag to be able to sit flat in your freezer so it freezes evenly – less equals more in this case!
Remove as much air as possible from the bag – this will help you prevent the formation of ice crystals, which will turn your meal to mush!
Defrost naturally in the refrigerator OR throw the pasta in a hot pan with a little olive oil to reheat.
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Grandpa's Irish Stew is full of meaty tomato and pasta flavor with peas and onions for a quick and easy hearty dish!
On a large pot, over medium high heat, begin to brown ground beef.
When beef is only lightly pink, add diced onion to pot and cook until beef is browned and onion is soft.
Turn heat to low, and mix in all other ingredients.
If using frozen peas, let cook on low until they are warm.
Serve immediately or let cool and enjoy!
So funny, in our family this was called"goulash"! We never added peas but it sounds like a great addition and i'll Try it next time.
Hi! My family has made this going back years to my great great grandmother. It's "American Chop Suey". It's a completely American invention (out of necessity), not Irish at all, and It's very common here in New England (especially so in MA, RI, NY). It came about in the early 1900's during the heavy influx of Italian immigration to New England. Boxed pastas and canned tomatoes were being imported here from Italy during that time for the new Italian-Americans. Those items then began being produced here in the states and sold inexpensively, becoming a major staple of pre-war, ww1, depression, and ww2 era household pantries here. The meal was brought about by poor Italian and European immigrants mixing the new inexpensive, shelf stable pasta and canned tomatoes in with whatever scraps of cheap ground meat they had or could barter for to make that meat go further (beef, chicken, turkey, pork, or homemade sausage). In my area, we have a heavy population of Italian, Irish, Portuguese, and European families descended from that migration, and those populations took on the meal as well, making it their own by adding their preferred flavors or garden veggies they grew. Later, during WW2, some added cheap canned veggies, government supplies, or whatever meat rations they had to the mix — some of my friends' families still add the peas, or cabbage, or ground portuguese chourico, or ground german sausage, and almost everyone adds onions. One friend's family adds cream, worcestershire sauce, peas, onions, and mushrooms, and no one knows who started doing that lol. It's most commonly called "American Chop Suey" here… but some restaurants/families/school cafeterias would add on "Irish style" or "Irish-American Chop Suey" to note that peas and bacon were added (the peas being green, making it "Irish" lol) or "Polish" when cabbage is added, etc. It spread throughout the country as immigrants started moving away from New England, and also after becoming a regular meal served to the military during the wars. My friend's Boston-born gramma now lives in Chicago in a heavily Eastern European neighborhood, and they call it "American Goulash" because they add red peppers and paprika.
Fun family story! Looks like a great recipe too!
I love family recipes and the history here!
I love those great dishes passed down through the years! Thanks Grandpa Ken!
What a cute story, and a great looking pasta dish!


House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and a handful of other Virginia lawmakers have formed the latest "super joint" — a Joint Fundraising Committee. The rise of joint fundraising committees was expected after the Supreme Court's decision in the McCutcheon v. FEC case, which eliminated aggretate limits on campaign contributions.
The Virginia Redistricting Defense Fund will collect contributions for the committees of Virginia Republican representatives Rob Whittman, Scott Rigell, Robert Hurt, Randy Forbes, Bob Goodlatte, and Morgan Griffith as well as Cantor. Individuals wishing to give the maximum contribution to all seven members for their primary and general election contests could write the committee a single check for $36,400.


The trail "Sentier du Lac de La Gruyère"
The trail "Sentier du Lac de La Gruyère" is a 44km hike that has been rewarded with the "Prix Rando 2012" granted by the association Suisse Rando. Smaller loop itineraries of the trail can also be made.
Regarding its aspect, the trail is one-metre wide and around 44km long and it is meant to be easy and accessible.
The entire trail is open to the public.
The 44 km hike directly runs alongside lake "Lac de La Gruyère". Along this path, the hikers will be guided through the forest and some agricultural areas but outside nature reserves. Notice boards with information on the history, the culture and the life of the region La Gruyère will soon be available along this trail.
Be careful, some parts of the trail are more demanding and you are advised to wear good hiking shoes.
Dogs have to be kept on a lead. The trail is not allowed for mountain bikes.


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** bindkey.c for Bind Key in /u/all/di-mar_j/cu/svn/VSHsvn/branches/my_readline/new/bind
**
** Made by julien di-marco
** Login   <di-mar_j@epitech.net>
**
** Started on  Sat May  1 14:35:17 2010 julien di-marco
** Last update Sat Jun 12 13:30:44 2010 julien di-marco
*/

#include	<unistd.h>
#include	<stdlib.h>
#include	<string.h>
#include	"lib.h"
#include	"my_readline.h"

/*
** Key Interval - Call by Function - Not USER
** Perform the bind of an interval.
** Example:
** "A" to "x" with funct : self-insert-command
*/

static int	key_interval(char *key, char *key2, \
				     t_bind_funct *func, t_bdb **head)
{
  t_bind	*new;
  int		value = 0;

  if ((new = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*new))) && (new->func = func))
    {
      if (key && key2)
	{
	  if ((value = key_inter_search(key, key2, head)) == 0)
	    return (create_inter(key, key2, new, head));
	}
      else
	fprintf(stderr, "42sh: Interval key must be only one caracter long\n");
      xfree(new);
    }
  return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

/*
** Simple Key - Call by function - Not USER
** Perform a basic bind of one key.
** Example:
** "^L" with funct: clear-screen
*/

static int	simple_key(char *key, t_bind_funct *func, t_bdb **head)
{
  t_bind	*new;
  int		value;

  value = 0;
  new = NULL;
  if ((new = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*new))) && (new->func = func))
    {
      if ((value = key_search(key, head)) == 0)
	return (create_key(key, new, head));
      else if (value == 1)
	return (mod_key(key, new, head));
      else if (value == 2)
	return (split_inter(key, new, head));

    }
  xfree(new);
  return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

/*
** Bind Key - Call by user or function
** Function to use to bind a key or a key interval, she choose wether it's a
** Simple Key or and interval.
** Example:
** bind_key("^L", NULL, "clean-screen", &database); -> call simple key
** bind_key("A", "x", "self-insert", &database); -> cal Key Interval
*/

int		bind_key(char *key, char *key2, char *name, t_bdb **head)
{
  t_bind_funct	*func;

  if ((func = get_func(name)))
    {
      if (key && key2)
	return (key_interval(key, key2, func, head));
      else if (key && !(key2))
	return (simple_key(key, func, head));
      else
	fprintf(stderr, "Enter Valid Key Please.\n");
    }
  return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

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Find how tall are famous stars in Australia. Alphabet wise listing of famous stars of Australia. Have fun comparing your height with celebrities of Australia.
Find how tall are famous stars in Australia. Alphabet wise listing of famous stars of Australia. Have fun comparing your height with famous stars / celebrities of Australia.


14:1 And behold, I saw a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and His Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from the sky, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps. 3 And they sing a new song before the Throne, and before the four living beings and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the 144,000, who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are the ones not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He may go. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, firstfruits for God and for the Lamb; 5 no lie was found in their mouth, for they are blameless.
Last week we looked at the identity of the 144,000. And every time I read about this group of missionaries my heart is stirred up to want to be more devoted to the Lord. And verses 1-5 show eleven things about these men that made them incredible tools for missions. You could think of these as eleven preconditions to healthy missions. Or you could think of them as preconditions to angels blessing our missions in verses 6-7 and Christ blessing our missions in verses 14-16. And I've summarized those eleven preconditions with eleven words.
But another implication of this clause is that missions could not happen without Jesus. They were with Him, had eyes for Him, and in verse 4 they follow the Lamb wherever He may go. The heart of missions for these men was not the needs around them, though they knew that the needs were great. But they were serving Christ as they served those needs. The heart of missions was not the lost souls headed to hell, though they no doubt were burdened for such lost souls. It was not a love for people, though they no doubt loved the lost and poured out their hearts for the lost. The heart of missions is a passion for Christ. He must be the Alpha and the Omega of missions. He must be the central focus of missions. Too many missions organizations have become man-centered, and I believe they have become man-centered because their Gospel is a man-centered semi-Pelagian Gospel.
Now we intellectually believe this to be true, but we often unwittingly find ourselves serving creation rather than serving Christ. It can happen to me as a pastor - I can get so busy and focused upon the work of serving Christ that I lose sight of the Christ whom I am serving, and I get driven by the tyranny of the urgent and I become problem focused. And focusing on problems and needs will drain the energy from your work.
But there are other ways in which sincere people can sideline Christ without intending to. For example, when seeking to influence culture away from abortion, socialism, impurity, etc., it is easy to allow the goal of success to keep us from faithfulness to Christ. If a pragmatic method might be more successful in the short run, we might be tempted to achieve the goal (whether the goal is to grow the church, do away with abortion, influence politics, etc) through a non-biblical man-centered method. The church growth movement has done this on a massive scale, making unbelieving 'seekers' dictate everything that happens in the worship service. You go to a seeker-sensitive worship service and Christ is not the central focus - the seekers are.
But I have seen the same thing in the prolife movement. Most national groups have long ago abandoned Christ's goal of complete abolishment of abortion and have set their goal to limit the number of abortions. In fact, some of these prolife ministries have been the chief opponents of the personhood amendment (which would make abortion the killing of a person). And their argument is that the population is not ready to call abortion murder. Do you see where their focus is? The question is, "What is Christ's opinion?" That's really what matters, and if our ministries are to have Christ's blessing, we must value His opinion more than public opinion.
Let me give another example: was it a victory when Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ won a Supreme Court case that originated out of Texas where a statue had a plague with the ten commandments on it. His opponents were trying to get the plaque removed with the bogus argument that the Constitution prohibits religion from existing in the public sphere. So Sekulow argued successfully that because the plaque had been there for forty years it had acquired a secular symbolic value of secular law, and therefore the plaque had merely a secular purpose, thus not violating the Federal Court Standards? He celebrated that win as a victory. No. That is not a victory. Christ and His purposes for the law have been sidelined. It actually was a resounding defeat for Christian liberty. Jesus must be the beginning and the end of all that we do; the foundation and goal; the empowerment and focus.
All of your motives are good, but I fear they will fail you in times of severe testing and tribulation - especially if you are confronted with the possibility of having to face death for your testimony. The only motive that will enable you to remain true is stated in 2Corinthians 5:14. Christ's love constraining you will keep you faithful in every situation.
Think of it this way, when the people you are compassionate for start abusing you and beating you up, your compassion will disappear unless it is the supernatural compassion of Christ working through you. When your burden for the lost disappears because the lost are indifferent to your message for 20 years, the only thing that will replace that burden is Christ's supernatural burden being connected with your heart. So Christ must be within us as well as above us before us and behind us. Brothers and sisters, pray that God will raise up a missions movement in our day that is God-centered and Christ-focused.
The next word is "submission." The 144,000 were submissive first and foremost to Christ. Jesus called them His bondslaves in chapter 7. And He was such a glorious leader - a leader who had laid down His life for them, that they gladly laid down their lives for Christ. Their submission was a glad submission. In fact, most commentators say that this is using Old Covenant imagery of Jesus being the commander of an army of 144,000 soldiers ready for holy war. But it uses the figure of a Lamb to make clear that it is a Gospel war, not a physical war.
But one of the reasons radical submission to Christ is an essential precondition to missions is that the difficulties of missions will test our loyalty over and over.
It is also important because submission to Christ makes every other submission relative. Think of a chain of command in the military. If a Captain has specifically commanded a Sergeant not to have his squad or section do something, and the Sergeant orders his section to do it anyways, he has lost authority to make that order. Why? Because he has stepped out from under the chain of command. Authority in leadership implies submission to leadership. Matthew 8:9 indicates that you only have authority when you are under authority, and the more clear-sighted we are on our submission to Christ, the easier it will be to clarify how we should handle all other authority relationships.
So, for example, when the rulers of Israel were united in saying that these men should not preach Jesus, it would have been easy to cave under the pressure if they were not clear that submission to Jesus required disobedience to unsubmissive leaders. Such disobedience was actually true submission to the chain of command from God through civil officers to them. These leaders of Israel had stepped outside the chain of command when they commanded evangelists to cease and desist from evangelism.
But I have had Christians who don't get this and have told me that Brother Andrew was in sin when he smuggled Bibles into the Soviet Union countries back in the Iron Curtain days. They held to a view of Romans 13 that required blind obedience to civil magistrates, and if civil magistrates made it illegal to have Bibles, Christians should not have Bibles. Such Christians might think they are in submission to Christ, but they have actually rebelled against Christ by joining the civil government in stepping outside the chain of command. True submission must be understood in missions or you will not be able to untangle numerous ethical dilemmas.
So when William Carey was told by a church leader that he must not go to missions and that God would handle missions without his help, his submission to Christ precluded submission to their unlawful order. When local governments in India prohibited Carey from preaching, his submission to Christ precluded submission to their unlawful order. When a wife is asked to commit a sin by her husband, her submission to Christ precludes submission to his unlawful order. If you read a history of missions you will see very faulty views of authority and submission have messed up missions in many ways.
These 144,000 men had true authority because they submitted to authority. And the authority of Christ helped to define and clarify how far they would submit to any human authority. The Jewish leaders would call them lawless because they wouldn't stop missions, but they were the truly lawful submissive people in this story. So none of what I have said is a denial of human authority, simply a limiting and defining of it.
But this is tightly connected to the next point: calling. Without a strong sense of God's call upon our lives it is easy to give up when the going gets tough. Though the names of Father and Son on their foreheads symbolizes God's ownership of them, it's ownership for a purpose - they were called to a very specific calling. And so this also symbolizes God's call upon their lives. These men were His ambassadors; His representatives. The reason for missions is not man's call, but God's call upon our lives. Certainly God's calling needs to be confirmed in a multitude of witnesses, but it is God's call, not man's call. Man's calling can be fickle, but Romans says that God does not go back on His gifts and calling. Romans 11:29 says, "For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable."
Too many pastors sense the calling of their congregation much more strongly than the calling of God, and consequently they don't dare to preach on anything that might offend their members. Why? Because they are beholden to their members, called by their members, and feel like they are under the authority of their members. I have asked pastors in Omaha if they have preached on xyz topics, and the responses have been to the effect of "I wouldn't dare do that, or I would lose my job," or "I wouldn't dare do that or our offerings would dry up and we are tight." That is preaching dictated by man's call, not God's call. And I would consider such pastors to be disobedient to God's call and what Christ rebuked as being hirelings. They are there just for the job.
"On the eve of Passover Jesus the Nazarene was hanged and a herald went forth before him forty days heralding, 'Jesus the Nazarene is going forth to be stoned because he practiced sorcery and instigated and seduced Israel to idolatry.
By calling Jesus a sorcerer and an idolator who was worthy of death, they hoped to intimidate Christians and embarrass Christians. And this has been an intimidation tactic that has been used down through history. Even non-Christians will throw "Judge not that you be not judged" at Christians, giving the impression that they represent Christ's heart better than you do. Of course, they are yanking that out of context. And they are also being hypocritical because they are judging you for judging.
But how many missionaries give up on missions when the going gets tough? It is a strong sense of calling that takes us through. Let me give you a down-to-earth example. Ted Engstrom wrote about a Christian businessman from America who was traveling to various mission fields and documenting what was being done. One day he was standing outside a leprosarium in Northern India watching a beautiful young missionary nurse attending to the needs of a filthy, wretched, leprous beggar. The sight of such beauty ministering to such ugliness was so incongruous to him that he didn't know what to do or say. You know what lepers look like, right? They have a disease that takes away all pain, which allows injuries and infections to play havoc. And they frequently have large portions of their face and body eaten away, with cavities, and smelly puss. He was almost nauseated by the smell and filth that she was kindly washing without any noticeably revulsion. The businessman had a camera around his neck, but he was so transfixed by what he saw that he couldn't take any pictures. Instead, he told the young nurse, "Young lady, I would not do that for a million dollars." She quickly turned to him and said, "Sir, neither would I." She would do it for Christ, but not for a million dollars. Her strong sense of call to serve Christ enabled her to get past the distastefulness of her task.
Ruth Bell Graham told a similar story in her book, It's My Turn. At the time she was just a missionary kid, and she was amazed at this one missionary who turned down an incredibly lucrative job. An oil company was opening a new office in China and needed a young man to run the operation. They wanted someone young, a university graduate, a proven leader, and someone fluent in Chinese. This young missionary perfectly fit their qualifications. They knew he wasn't paid much. So they offered him a salary that was ten times what he was making. He declined. They offered him more. He turned them down. Finally the agent asked, "What will you take?" He said, "It's not a question of salary. The salary is tremendous. The trouble is with the job. The job is too little. I feel that God has called me to preach the Gospel of Christ. I would be a fool to quit preaching in order to sell oil." A strong sense of his calling helped him to withstand temptation and drove him on in a difficult work.
And I heard a sound from the sky [or literally, from heaven], like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.
Notice again that the worship is not man-centered or seeker-sensitive. As Hebrews 12 says, those on earth are caught up in worship before the throne of God and join with the angels and saints in heaven. It is God-centered and heaven oriented. It is only when worship reaches heaven and focuses upon God that it has any power about it whatsoever.
Now, the fact that these 144,000 were even worshiping is an amazing thing, when you think about it. After all, God has allowed them to go through this persecution. We saw before that God had allowed 2/3rds of the church in Israel to be wiped out, and far more of the Gentile church. And these 144,000 knew that they would likely soon face martyrdom. Yet they worshiped. No doubt most of these people had friends or relatives who had been killed, and God allowed it, yet they worshiped. They had just gone through what the Bible describes as the greatest tribulation this world would ever see. So how were they able to respond to heaven's worship with their own joyful worship?
Life was heavy on me. My dearest friend and intimate companion, my delightful wife Muriel, was slipping away, one painful loss at a time, as Alzheimer's disease ravaged her brain. Just as the full impact of what was happening to us hit home, the life of Bob, our eldest son, was snuffed out in a diving accident.
Two years later, to care for Muriel, I left my life work at its peak. I was numb. Not bitter, let alone angry. Why should I be? That's the way life is, life in a broken world. But the passion in my love for God had evaporated, leaving a residue of resignation where once had been vibrant faith.
I knew that I was in deep trouble, and I did the only thing I knew to do - I went away to a mountain hideaway for prayer and fasting. It took about twenty-four hours to shake free of preoccupation with my own wounds and to focus on the excellencies of God. As I did, slowly love began to be rekindled. And with love came joy.
I wrote God a love letter, naming forty-one of his marvelous gifts to me, spotlighting eleven of his grandest acts of history, and exulting in ten of his characteristics that exceed my imagination. Surely he enjoyed my gratitude - who doesn't appreciate gratitude?
But I discovered something else. Something happened to me. I call it the reflex action of thanksgiving. My love flamed up from the dying embers, and my spirit soared. I discovered that ingratitude impoverishes - but that a heavy heart lifts on the wings of praise.
Seeking the worship of the nations is fueled by the joy of our own worship. You can't commend what you don't cherish. You can't proclaim what you don't prize. Worship is the fuel and the goal of missions.
What a wonderful statement. "Worship is the fuel and the goal of missions." What did David do when he was burned out and tempted to get cynical? He worshiped. He worshiped even though he did not feel like it, and by doing so was fighting for the joy that was His heritage. And in Psalm after Psalm you see this mighty warrior of God washing away cynicism, sorrow, despair, and hurt in the wonder of a God who is as grand as our God. It is impossible to be caught up to Zion in true Spirit-led worship and not be strengthened for the task on earth. Until you have experienced it, what I am saying may seem trite and theoretical, but it is anything but that. Hebrews 4:16 commands us, "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." Worship helps us in time of need. It is absolutely essential that missionaries learn to bath in the splendor and perfections of God as they worship in public and in personal devotions.
The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God. "The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!" (Psalm 97:1). "Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy! (Psalm 67:3-4). . . Missions begins and ends in worship.
And joy strengthens us when persecution comes and when life gets tough. Nehemiah 8:10 says, "Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." Joy does give us strength and energy. So why do we lose our joy? Billy Sunday said, "If you have no joy in your religion, there's a leak in your Christianity somewhere." Leaks can occur anywhere in a bucket. We can leak joy by shifting our focus from Christ to our problems (point number 1). We can leak out our joy when we feel the tug-of-war of conflicting loyalties, but if we have settled point II in our hearts, that leak won't happen. Our joy can leak out of us when we start doubting our calling and wishing for something else (point III). It can happen on any of these points.
The next word is "Guidance." Or I could just as easily have used the word "communion." This guidance or communion can be seen by the newness or freshness of the new song and also by the fact that no one but them was able to learn this new song. They have a connection with heaven that others do not have. This isn't prophetic inspiration. By AD 70 that had ceased. This was in effect a secret experience between them and God. Commentators point out that this is very similar to Revelation 2:17 where overcomers are promised that they can eat the hidden manna (unbelievable intimacy with God), be given a white stone (incredible invitation), and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it (incredible relationship). It is another metaphor for closeness to God; communion with God, and being guided by God's hand. John 10:27 says, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." Psalm 25:14 says, "The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant." So we are not talking about inerrant prophecy; we are talking normal guidance.
As soon as I lifted the 40-pound bag with my left arm and slung it into the trunk, I knew I had made a mistake. I heard sounds from my shoulder and felt a pain shoot from my shoulder to my neck. I should have used two hands. I've done this before when lifting luggage, and I should have known better. I thought I had pulled my neck out of line, so I immediately called my chiropractor to see if I could stop in for an adjustment before we boarded the plane for 24 hours of traveling to Australia. Thankfully, they could work me in as the last appointment of the day.
After being adjusted and while I was going through some muscle therapy, I prayed and asked my Father in heaven what this was all about. Why did I do such a stupid thing? What was His purpose behind this injury prior to such an important ministry trip? How could I make much of Jesus in this situation?
As I listened to the Lord and watched Amanda, the aid who was helping patients in the therapy room, the thought came to me that God loved her and wanted her to know it. I knew that Amanda was not a believer in Christ and that she was leaving the chiropractic office within a week or so. My wife had discovered that information about her earlier in the day when Amanda had helped her.
The thought came to ask her if she knew what her name meant (we have a daughter, Amanda, so I knew the meaning of her name). When asked she replied joyfully, "Worthy to be loved." I commented that she had a wonderfully meaningful name. Strangely, she became quite transparent. She volunteered that when she went to college, she wanted to go by her first name instead of Amanda, to signal a new start in her life. She said things didn't change in her life while she was there, so once she graduated, she decided to revert to being called Amanda.
As she finished taking off the therapy tabs, I told her that while I was sitting there, I had been praying for her and thinking about her with God. It startled her and interested her. I continued, "I think God wants you to know that He loves you and wants to make His presence known to you today." At that, she was speechless. "I don't know what is going on in your life, but perhaps knowing that God is thinking about you will be encouraging to you. May I pray for you briefly?" I asked.
When I looked up at Amanda, she too was in tears. As we both wiped the tears from our eyes, I think we both were aware of God's presence. There were not words to describe what happened in that moment. All I knew was that Jesus desired to express His love to Amanda, and I had the privilege of being His channel of love to her. I don't know if I'll ever know what happened in her heart, because she will no longer be working in that office once I return. However, that isn't what matters. The important thing was that the Spirit of God was expressing the love of Jesus in and through me to Amanda. God used the occasion of an injury, even one that could have been prevented had I been more thoughtful, to move us into the space where His presence and love could be manifested to both of us.
What a privilege to be moved by His Spirit to make much of Jesus in a God-orchestrated circumstance. This is what I call a Jesus Story. Things like this don't happen naturally; they are supernatural works of God in our lives. Ephesians 2:10 comes to mind. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." This was one of those works that God prepared for me to walk in for His glory.
God wants to share His love through His children. He uses all the circumstances in our lives to bring this to pass. I'm telling you this Jesus Story to encourage you that God also may want to share His love through you! I've discovered that in any circumstance, if I ask, "How can I make much of Jesus Christ in this situation?", my Father in heaven will reveal a way to do that. It's a work God has prepared beforehand for me that wouldn't have been revealed had those circumstances not occurred or had I not asked for help to make much of Jesus.
...I want to encourage you, if you are a Christ-follower, to be intentional about living to express His love with Him each day. You'll find that such intentional obedience to Jesus' command to love as you have been loved (John 13:34) will result in a fullness of joy and much glory to God in your life. May God make you aware of opportunities in life to share His love through Jesus Christ.
OK, that was a sermon within a sermon. But I read it because you can see all of these points illustrated in that story. If Jesus is the Alpha and Omega of our ministry (point I) and if we are submissive to Him and sensitive to listening to Him (point II), and if we sense God's call to ministry upon our lives (point III), and have learned to worship and bask in God's love (point IV), and have His joy (point V), and sense His guidance (point VI) how can we do anything other than overflow with the living waters of Christ? These points are not theoretical. They are preconditions to supernatural missions.
But let's learn a few more facts about these Jewish missionaries. Verse 3 says that they "had been redeemed from the earth" and verse 4 says "These were redeemed by Jesus from among men." Both the English and the Greek indicate that this is limited atonement or what some of us prefer to call 'particular redemption' (one of the five points of Calvinism). The word for redeemed itself means to acquire a slave from the market place. Those not purchased remain the property of Satan, but all those purchased belong to Christ. That's what we mean by limited atonement - who did He intended to save out of the slave market? Was it those whom the Father had not given to Him? No. And there is a preposition in both verses that doubly emphasizes that not all were redeemed. It is the word "out of." In verse 3 they were redeemed out of the land of Israel. And in verse 4 it literally says, they were redeemed out of mankind. That implies that mankind as a whole was not redeemed.
How is this a huge help to missions? It helps in three ways. First, missionaries who don't doubt God's love for them are much more stable. And as many theologians have pointed out, particular redemption is tightly connected with particular love. It's not very comforting to a wife for a husband to say that he loves her like he loves all women. And in Ephesians 5 when discussing the particular redemption of the church by Jesus He ties it tightly to the particular love that He has for each one in His bride. It's a husband's love for His bride, not a general love for everyone. It's not very comforting to think I am loved and purchased in exactly the same way as those in hell were. But if I know that His redemption was not a failure and each one for whom He gave His life will spend eternity with Him, it gives great security. And the stability that this doctrine gave to the missionaries sent out from Calvin's Geneva was astounding. The stability this gave to the Calvinistic missionaries of the 1800s was tremendous.
But a second way this helps missions is that it gives confidence that your preaching is guaranteed to reach the elect. If you are a missionary, it gives you confidence that God will apply this redemption through the preaching of the Word. It will happen. It's not a maybe. God saves all those for whom Christ died and He does so by the preaching and sharing of the Gospel. So it gives security and confidence in our preaching. I remember when I was an Arminian witnessing on the streets of Calgary every week. And when someone would come to Christ I would feel a sense of pride - I had a notch in my slingshot, so to speak. But when people didn't come to Christ, I was constantly second guessing myself and wondering if they would have become Christians if I had worded myself differently. I had a great deal of anxiety because I had a man-centered Gospel. That was a man-centered approach to missions. Calvinism gives a God-centered approach that ignites real confidence that conversions of the elect will happen by His providence.
The next word is "purity." Verse 4 says, "These are the ones not defiled with women." In other words, they had kept themselves pure from fornication. It should be encouraging to young men that this struggle against lust is possible to win. These were not theoretical people, or one-in-a-million people. This was a huge group of young men who had managed by God's grace to keep themselves pure from lust. We do not need to be slaves to our lusts. We can remain undefiled. And what is true of young men can be equally true of young women. You can have the victory in Christ Jesus.
But the reason I say that this is a precondition to success in missions is that lack of purity removes all confidence because the Holy Spirit is grieved. 1 John 2:19 says we have assurance before God when we keep pure. And verse 21 says, "if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God." Confidence in missions comes from holy living.
But secondly, transformation of lives with the resulting purity of living is one of the outcomes of genuine salvation. Carnal Christians should be an anomaly. The angel told Joseph, "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." Too many missionaries preach easy-decisionalism where you get a ticket to heaven by making a decision and who cares how you live? In contrast, Titus 2:11-15 tells us that the grace of God that brings salvation teaches us that "denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age." That's what salvation grace teaches us; it teaches us holiness. In other words, you cannot separate sanctification from justification. All those truly saved in justification will begin to be sanctified. And any missions worthy of the name will produce holy disciples.
The next word is "consecration." Dedication in missions comes from giving all to Christ. With the rich young ruler, Christ asked that he give away his wealth, but that is not a paradigm for all. For him that was an idol that needed to be destroyed. With these men, because they were soon to be martyrs, Christ asked them to stay single, but that is not a paradigm for all. The normal paradigm is for us to get married. Christ called them to singleness only because he called them to Kamikaze evangelism. Verse 4 says, "for they are virgins." They weren't married. And this enabled them to be devoted to one cause until they died a martyrs death.
God commands most men and women to get married, but if you are an exception and God has given you the gift of celibacy, then ask God what ways this can free you up to serve Him. The things you might be asked to sacrifice to the Lord may be different than what these men sacrificed. He may not even ask you to sacrifice anything, but daily give Him your rights, your health, your possessions, your family, your house, your everything. I love the prayer of the early church father, Ignatius. He prayed, "Take, Lord, and receive, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. You have given all to me. To You, O Lord, I return it. All is yours. Dispose of it wholly according to your will. Give me your love and your grace, for this is sufficient for me." Tell the Lord that you want to be sold out to Him. And the fact of the matter is that you can be just as sold out as a married person as these unmarried men were. It's a heart issue. But it should be obvious why consecration is needed for the sacrifices of missions.
The next word is "eschatology." That's simply a big word that means God's promises for the future. And I get that word from the word "firstfruits." In verse 4 He calls them, "firstfruits for God and for the Lamb." In our previous study we saw that a firstfruits was a small basket of grain that was offered up to the Lord in gratefulness for a coming full harvest. So if the 144,000 were the firstfruits of Israel's salvation, the full harvest will be magnificently larger. It gives faith and hope for the future. And I talked about that adequately last week.
But here is the point: missions without faith and hope is weak, and the only way you can have a full faith and hope in the future is if you understand God's promises for the future. This is why missionaries must study eschatology. This is why my missions support-organization, Biblical Blueprints, promotes Postmillennial eschatology. It gives a faith to expect great things from God and to attempt great things for God. You can only have faith to believe great things of God if you know that God has promised great things for the future. Eschatology is not an unimportant thing. It generates faith and hope that sustained missionaries like David Livingstone, William Carey, and numerous other Postmillennial missionaries of the 1800s. It is an important precondition to the kind of robust missions that these men engaged in.
The last word is "integrity." Verse 5 says, "no lie was found in their mouth, for they are blameless." Hypocrites are people who preach one thing and live something totally different. And hypocrisy will drive people away from the Gospel message. But when you have missionaries with these eleven characteristics, they will be so different from the world that there will be an attractiveness about them that will draw others to ask questions. Attraction to missions comes from consistency in word and conduct. And Romans 11 wants unbelievers to have a magnetic attraction to us. He wants our lives to be so different that people become jealous of the Gospel that we have. He speaks of the Gentiles being jealous of what the Christian Jews have and the unbelieving Jews becoming jealous of what the believing Gentiles have.
In fact, statistics show that a majority of people come to Christ by seeing first hand the transformation of life that has happened to a relative, friend, or associate. It's hard to deny the power of the Gospel when you see numerous people completely changed for the better by it.
So those are the eleven preconditions to powerful missions. And even though you may not be called to be a missionary, you can still aspire to have more and more of the reality of these eleven words in your lives. May it be so Lord Jesus. Amen.


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Khaleel and Alexander in line for USA debuts
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Former Hyderabad wicketkeeper Ibrahim Khaleel and former Windward Islands legspinning allrounder Camilus Alexander are in line to make their debuts for USA next month after being included in a 14-man squad for ICC WCL Division Three in Uganda.
Khaleel, 34, and Alexander, 35, are two of three uncapped players in the squad with left-arm spinner Nosthush Kenjige also coming into the squad. One other change was made from the squad that won WCL Division Four in November as left-arm spinning allrounder Mrunal Patel, who last played for USA at the 2015 World T20 Qualifier in Ireland, has been recalled. Batsmen Abdullah Syed and Ravi Timbawala and left-arm spinners Danial Ahmed and Prashanth Nair are the four players dropped.
USA squad
Steven Taylor (capt), Camilus Alexander, Timroy Allen, Alex Amsterdam, Fahad Babar, Akeem Dodson (wk), Elmore Hutchinson, Nosthush Kenjige, Ibrahim Khaleel (wk), Ali Khan, Mrunal Patel, Timil Patel, Jessy Singh, Nicholas Standford
Khaleel's eligibility for Division Three was touch and go because he did not meet the ICC's four-year residency requirement for non-citizen players classified as nationals, despite officially having "green card" permanent resident status in the USA, because he had spent too much time out of the country during his final season with Hyderabad in 2014-15. However, he obtained his USA citizenship and passport on April 14, removing him from the four-year category and making him fully eligible.
Alexander moved to Atlanta from Grenada in 2012 and qualifies as a four-year resident. Alexander earned his spot after he excelled with the bat at a pair of USA national team camps in Houston in March and April when he was in a head-to-head competition with former Sri Lanka first-class batsman Roy Silva. Both Khaleel and Alexander are expected to fill key middle-order batting positions, something coach Pubudu Dassanayake had identified as a problem area that needed to be addressed when selecting a squad for Division Three.
"We feel these players will boost the squad's batting depth and also its flexibility, with additional spin bowling options," said Ricardo Powell, USA national selection chairman. "We wish the selected players and coaching staff all the best for their preparation and a successful event."
Ibrahim Khaleel will add first-class experience to USA's squad	© Peter Della Penna
While Khaleel and Alexander have lengthy resumes in first-class cricket prior to being picked for this tour, Kenjige's expected debut provides a bit of intrigue. The 26-year-old took eight wickets in three trial games during the first Houston squad camp in March. That included a five-wicket haul in which he claimed the wickets of USA captain Steven Taylor as well as fellow squad members Nicholas Standford, Akeem Dodson and Khaleel.
Though he was born in Alabama, Kenjige played most of his developmental cricket in Karnataka before resettling in New York in 2016, where he first caught the attention of selectors at an ICC Americas regional combine last June. He is expected to be a significant upgrade over Ahmed, who took 1 for 135 in 32 overs across five games at WCL Division Four in November, and is also a superb fielder.
One other player whose availability had been in question was batsman Alex Amsterdam, who led USA's scoring at Division Four with 213 runs at 53.25. According to several team sources, the middle-order batsman was struggling to get time off work for Division Three after spending a month in Barbados earlier this year playing for the ICC Americas squad at the WICB Regional Super50. Amsterdam did not come to the initial USA camp in March and was not among the original 18 names invited to a further selection camp in Houston in April, owing to time off work, but was a late addition to the April camp and will be touring Uganda.
USA will have a weeklong camp in Los Angeles beginning on May 6 to kick off their final preparations for Division Three. They are then scheduled to land in South Africa on May 16 for a pre-tournament camp and warm-up matches at North West University in Potchefstroom before arriving in Uganda on May 21. Their first match at WCL Division Three is against Oman on May 23. USA will also be competing with Canada, Malaysia, Singapore and the hosts for a top-two finish to secure promotion to WCL Division Two.
Peter Della Penna is ESPNcricinfo's USA correspondent. @PeterDellaPenna
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Healthy young people still find themselves saddled with more medical debt than older generations.
Typically, people in their 20s tend to be in good health and don't have as much of a need to see doctors for chronic health issues or even the occasional aches and pains that come with age, which makes it all the more surprising that young adults incur medical collections debt at a higher rate than older age groups, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.
Researchers, who pulled 2016 credit report data on more than 4 million Americans from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Credit Panel, found the frequency of medical debt in collections peaked at 11.3%, for 27-year-olds, and remained near that level until people reached their mid-40s.The median amount in collections, $684, also peaked at age 27. In contrast, people in their 60s had fewer medical bills sent to collections despite higher rates of medical spending.
The study suggested several reasons for the higher rate of medical collections among millennials. According to the Census Bureau, Americans ages 25 to 34 lack earning power, with a median income of $36,664 in 2017. More millennials lack health insurance than any other generation, slightly less than 20% according to the report. The study also noted that millennials moved more often than older respondents, increasing the chances for lost bills.
Negotiate with your medical provider to reduce or eliminate the balance. Sometimes providers will provide a discount if you ask. Closely review your bill and look for medical billing errors, such as double billing and coding errors. You can also try to work out a payment plan with medical providers to pay your bill in smaller increments over a longer period of time.
If you hire a professional medical bill advocate to help you navigate through a confusing maze of medical bills, you may be able to save thousands of dollars. Once you determine the final bill, consider offering a lump sum settlement to a collection agency. Before you make your offer, figure out what you can reasonably afford to pay and stick with that dollar figure, no matter how much an agency pressures you to pay more. Typical lump sum settlement amounts range from 50% to 80% of the balance owed.


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Launched in February 2013, Old School RuneScape began as a nostalgic vanilla RuneScape server for gamers eager to experience the MMORPG as it had been in 2007. Over the past five years, Old School has received heaps of exclusive updates not seen in the original RuneScape, Including new quests and landmasses, and brought millions of monthly gamers. Additionally, the seasonal Deadman tournaments have made it a leading competitive MMORPG, in addition to a most-watched game on Twitch.
Old School RuneScape's combative PVP has become a gigantic Hit Twitch with over 6,000 players streaming the game, and over 3 billion minutes of articles watched in 2017. Today, Old School is starting a dedicated Twitch channel, which will kick off a live fifth-anniversary show from 7 p.m. GMT. The Deadman 2018 Spring Final, which will see the top 2,000 players compete at an unrelenting fight for survival and a $20,000 cash prize, has been confirmed for Saturday, March 17th and will be live streamed on the new Twitch channel.
Old School RuneScape is coming to mobile with full cross-platform play.
Jagex is prepared to throw a party in celebration of Old School Runescape and its fifth anniversary. Players will find a brand new experience that will see players assisting Da Vinci as he works on a new painting. Successful completion of this event will see players score "the iconic sword emblazoned in the game's logo".
Launched in February 2013, what began as a nostalgic vanilla RuneScape host for gamers eager to experience the MMORPG as it had been in 2007, has now become an internet success story in its own right. Over the last five decades, Old School has received heaps of exclusive updates not found in RuneScape, including new quests and landmasses, and attracted millions of monthly players. Its competitive nature has brought to life the seasonal Deadman tournaments that have propelled it to be the #1 competitive MMORPG, as well as a most-watched game on Twitch.
As part of the anniversary fete, a committed Old School Twitch station has been launched to showcase the activity. To kick things off, Jagex will be hosting a $20,000 championship called the Deadman 2018 Spring Final on Saturday, March 17th.
More information can be found on the Old School Runescape site.