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JCPL’s picks for the 2018 Caldecott Award

The ALA Youth Media Awards are almost upon us which means that very soon, our Caldecott and Newbery winners will be announced for this year! The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to an American illustrator for the most distinguished picture book. Click here for our picks for the Newbery award, and watch out for the official announcement February 12!

There is always a lot of buzz among schools and libraries about which books should win these prestigious awards. Here are some books that our Youth Services staff feel merit consideration:

Our picks for the Caldecott Medal

Pup and Bear by Kate Banks; illustrated by Naoko Stoop

Pup and Bear is a story of trust and acceptance as an abandoned wolf pup is taken in by one of its natural predators, a polar bear. Stoop’s soft illustrations are a perfect accompaniment to Banks’s simple yet powerful prose. Jennifer Johnson says, “I have been a huge fan of Naoko Stoop’s art since Red Knit Cap Girl. It has an innocent charm about it. There’s a spread in Pup and Bear where the pup is alone on an ice floe in the middle of the ocean and it looks so small and forlorn. It was so heartbreaking to me. That’s when you know an illustration is good, when it really makes you feel something.”

Grand Canyon written & illustrated by Jason Chin

This non-fiction title would be a splendid read before visiting this marvel of nature. Chin’s illustrations wonderfully depict the epic proportions of the canyon, but also even the smallest of creatures that inhabit it. Angela Stanbrough, Youth Services Assistant, says, “Of all the books I’ve seen talked about for the Caldecott, I think I would be happiest if this one won.”

Windows by Julia Denos; illustrated by E.B. Goodale

The poetic text of this picture book is only enhanced by the twilit illustrations as a young boy takes his dog for an evening stroll around the neighborhood. As the sun’s light fades, the boy is offered a glimpse into the lives of his neighbors through the light from their windows. Jennifer Johnson says, “I’d be right there with this boy, taking in the brief glimpses of how other people live. I think it really allows you to see the humanity and similarities that you share with other people. This deceptively simple book carries some very deep concepts.”

This is Goodale’s picture book debut.

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again written & illustrated by Dan Santat

What if Humpty Dumpty managed to be put together again? What would his recovery look like and could he ever muster the courage to venture up onto that wall again? This inspiring story of overcoming fear and doubt has received a lot of Caldecott buzz. Santat’s illustrations capture the anxiety and uncertainty that Humpty Dumpty feels trying to go about his daily life after such a traumatic experience. Katelyn Wolfe, Teen Librarian, says, “I am definitely expecting After the Fall by Dan Santat to at least be on the honors list for Caldecott.”

Santat previously won the Caldecott Medal in 2015 for The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.

Full of Fall written & illustrated by April Pulley Sayre

If this book were to win the Caldecott Medal, it would be the first of its kind to do so. Instead of traditional illustrations, it features bold, full-color photographs. The colors and composition of Sayre’s photographs, coupled with the spare text, beautifully capture the atmosphere of autumn.  Angela Stanbrough says, “I’d like to see a book with photographs win the Caldecott. I think it will be a tragedy if [Sayre] doesn’t win eventually.”

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Shoes representing the survivors of domestic violence - women and children who escaped their situations and sought shelter at the Onslow Women’s Center - were arranged on the ground in a semicircle at Riverwalk Park. Across, similarly in a semicircle, stood volunteers and community members holding T-shirts with the names of victims of domestic violence killed in North Carolina over the past 12 months.

There were 59 in all: 43 women, 13 men and three children. One of the men, 54-year-old Wayne Franklin Curry Jr., died in Onslow County in May after John William Price Jr., 62, allegedly shot him five times, The Daily News reported. Curry was living with Price's estranged wife in Sneads Ferry at the time of his death.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness month. On Thursday, the OWC held its 22nd annual vigil to commentate the epidemic’s victims. There were about 100 people in attendance on the chilly evening, comparable to previous years.

“I personally have been in an abusive relationship and have been a victim of sexual assault,” Christina Alicea, a volunteer with the OWC, said. “I wanted to come out today and show support and help out any way I could and be there for my fellow advocates and fellow survivors.”

Brenda Vega, executive co-director of the OWC, read a prayer to start the ceremony. Gary Danford, also executive co-director, then read a contributed poem by an anonymous survivor.

There were survivors, like Alicea, present. There were also those whom domestic violence struck in other ways.

“My daughter was killed by her boyfriend by firearm seven years ago,” Marocca Chandler said.

She regularly attends the vigil, she said. This year she was joined by two friends.

“We try to support the Onslow Women’s Center and try to stomp out domestic violence,” Chandler said. “There’s more of it going on than people are aware of. (People) think it’s never gonna happen to me and it can. It can happen to anybody.”

Danford assured those present that the OWC will continue to provide case management, court advocacy and their 24/7 crisis hotline for men and women in need.

“We will continue to provide education on the horrors of domestic violence,” he said. “Without your support, we couldn’t continue (to provide these services).”

With every victim remembered, an attendee displayed their shirt to the crowd and bell was rung. Purple balloons — purple being the color used to represent domestic violence — were distributed to those in attendance and let go of at the end of the vigil.

The importance of the event for Alicea is more than just remembering victims.

It is also, she said, “Being a part of helping people know that they’re not alone.”

Reporter Maxim Tamarov can be reached at 910-219-8439 or mtamarov@jdnews.com

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Good Girls, Nasty Women: Gender and American Jewish History

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Great news for those of you who couldn't make it to "Good Girls, Nasty Women: Gender and American Jewish History" last month: a recording of the full conversation with Lynn Povich, Bonnie S. Anderson, and Rebecca Traister is now available for viewing online.

On March 28, 2017, Jewish Book Council and Jewish Women's Archive hosted a conversation with feminist writers Bonnie Anderson, Lynn Povich, and Rebecca Traister about the women behind history's great revolutions and contemporary movements—from the activists of America's Antebellum to the women's liberation stirrings of the midcentury to today's "nasty" women—as part of the third season of Jewish Book Council’s Unpacking the Book: Jewish Writers in Conversation series at The Jewish Museum, moderated by Bari Weiss of The Wall Street Journal.

You can find out more about the authors' books by clicking the book covers below—and be sure to download the BOOK CLUB GUIDE to all three titles to discuss these books with your reading group!

Will you be in New York on May 3rd? Join Jewish Book Council for our final event in the 2017 season, a conversation with the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize Fellows: Paul Goldberg, Idra Novey, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Rebecca Schiff, and Daniel Torday. Click the button below to register for the discussion and award ceremony!

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Why so many working mums love the Nutribullet | Jobs for Mums Malta

Jobs for Mums March 10, 2017

Malta has been confirmed the most obese nation in the European Union and just recently Malta's Minister for Health has confirmed that 40% of Maltese children overweight or obese (astounding yet unfortunately true - read more here).

There's no debating, we clearly have a problem and while the Maltese EU presidency will be presenting guidelines to improve the standards of food in schools, being the 'get down to business' driven type of gals, we wanted to do our part too, so to celebrate Women's Day we've teamed up with Forestals the exclusive agents of Nutribullet, to give you insight about why this revolutionary gadget is an essential addition to your kitchen. In the spirit of celebrating we're also sharing some delicious, nutritious, easy to make recipes which will help you maintain a happy and healthy family and we’ve also got a special competition up our sleeve so let’s begin.

5 reasons why working mums love about the Nutribullet

1. As healthy as you can get

Unlike juicers or blenders is that the Nutribullet breaks down the cell walls of plant foods, releasing important vitamins and minerals contained within which reduce beneficial fiber, pulp, seeds, and skins into a smooth-as-silk texture, delivering food to your body in an easily digest form. It's really the most nutritious delicious way to keep yourself and the people you love healthy.

2. It's a no-nonsense kitchen gadget

The Nutribullet is compact in size, easy to assemble and use and is basically hassle free to clean up. It's a 'no fuss' attractive addition to our kitchen counter

3. These guys have launched a University!

Pretty awesome don't you think? We aren't easily impressed however when we heard that Nutribullet has launched 'The Nutribullet University' we were swept off our feet. A team of professionals from all over the world give students a hands on healthy eating experience that doesn't just teach kids about nutrition yet makes them embrace the beauty of enjoying a healthy lifestyle.

4. The Nutribullet is a time saver

Guilty as charged. We love Nutribullet because it saves us so much time. Come on now, we're all multi-tasking like there's no tomorrow, so knowing that all you have to do is add all ingredients to your tall cup and extract for 30 seconds (or until smooth) is a major highlight.

5. The Nutribullet presents thousands of options!

Add an ounce of creativity to whatever is in your kitchen and presto - your healthy delicious drink awaits. Be it berries, leafy greens, citrus, roots of grains there are literally thousands of recipes to try out. You definitely won't get bored drinking the same combo over and over again.
The aim of the Nutribullet is simple - to make healthy eating a top priority in the life of every person, so, how can we not love it? Here are some of our favourite recipes to help get you started.
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  • 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
  • 1/2 cup strawberry nectar
  • 3/4 cup frozen strawberries; unsweetened & quartered
  • 1 frozen banana; sliced

Fill to the max line with spring water.

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  • 2 handfuls swiss chard
  • ½ cup pineapple
  • ½ cup strawberries
  • 1 tbs goji berries
  • 12 cashews

Fill to the max line with spring water.

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  • 2 handfuls kale
  • 1 cup blueberries
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  • ⅓ cup cooked oatmeal
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  • 2 tbs raw cacao
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  • Two handfuls kale
  • ½ avocado (pitted and peeled)
  • 1 medium nectarine (pitted)
  • ½ cup blueberries
  • 10 walnut halves
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  • 2 handfuls spinach
  • 1 banana
  • ⅛ cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1 orange (peeled)
  • 1 carrot
  • 1-2 tbsp hemp seeds

Fill to the max line with spring water or almond milk.

Nutribullet has started a health revolution and has transformed millions of lives all over the globe, so it's high time we take charge of our health too. Hop over to the Forestals website here, visit their FB page here or pop the Forestals showroom in Mriehel to view the complete range of Nutribullet products available.

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Mr. Phil Johnson, GOD ALMIGHTY uses you (and your family) in a way that only He can, to assist others left behind and hurting during the passing of those they love. This kind of compassion can only come from GOD. Thank you for being in His great service. We've visited here and churches where you have assisted. Again, a deep gratitude for standing in the gap.

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I want to thank Mr. Johnson and all his family and staff for the service they prepared for my mother, Norma Jean Buttram. It was a low stress time of planning and preparing. I don't know of anything more our family could have asked for. Thank you for your flexibility with us and your kind words at every turn. God bless you all!!!

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Phill thank you so so much for all you and your staff done for me in my time of sorrow love you all god bless. FLOYD SIMPSON

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Johnson funeral home did such a good job on my brother, Robert Cagle, Phil has taken care of several family members and was very considerate each time. The family is such sweet and special people. I will use them again!

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Can't say enough about this family and the time and care they devote to each situation. They designed a marker for our niece and daughter Sarah Adams that was above any thing we could have imagined. Was one of those deals we all had an idea of what we wanted and they designed it perfectly have had so many beautiful comments regarding it. Thank You again and again Brandon Johnson and Phil Johnson for creating such a special tribute honoring such a special young lady.

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Special gratitude to Mr. Phil Johnson and the staff at Johnson Funeral Home in Sperry. They took care of our every wish and need in the most compassionate and professional way possible and in the loving atmosphere of a small town family.

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Intentions and Actions

It's another year and we naturally tend to revisit  what we want in the year ahead. This week's talk on Capitol Hill is entitled "Intentions and Actions."   It was a wonderful turnout down in St. Mark's 'whine cellar' to start the new year.   The blurb:

The most important thing," Shunryo Suzuki famously said, "is to know what is the most important thing."

Short term intentions can be enormously helpful when you are going through a challenging time. Long-term intentions also serve to provide clarity around actions - not just the actions which will support your goals, but clarity regarding actions from which you might exercise restraint.

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5 must-know facts about Prince William’s historic visit to Israel
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The royal family, with Prince William in the center alongside his wife, Catherine, and their two children, in London during the Trooping the Colour, this year marking the queen’s 90th birthday, June 11, 2016. (Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

(JTA) — Prince William will soon embark on a historic visit to Israel. During the trip, which also includes stops in Jordan and the West Bank, Britain’s Duke of Cambridge will visit important sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin.

William is set to arrive Monday in Israel on a trip that is sure to be closely watched by the British and Israeli media, as well as fans of the royal family around the world, even though he will not be accompanied by his wife, Duchess Catherine of Cambridge.

Ahead of the trip, JTA compiled some interesting facts relevant to the royal visit.

William’s visit to Israel is not the first by the royal family.

In March, some media outlets reported that the visit would be the first by a member of the royal family. That is not the case, though William’s visit is being billed as the first official one. Prince Phillip, William’s grandfather, visited the country in 1994 for a ceremony honoring his mother, Princess Alice, for her sheltering of a Jewish family during World War II (more on that later). Phillip accepted the Righteous Among the Nations award on behalf of his late mother and planted a maple tree in her memory at Yad Vashem. Prince Charles, William’s father, visited Israel to attend the funerals of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 and President Shimon Peres in 2016.

His schedule is already stirring up conflict.

Though Israeli leaders were quick to praise Prince William after the trip announcement in March, everyone wasn’t as happy upon the release of the official schedule, which listed Jerusalem as being in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” Zeev Elkin, the Israeli Cabinet member in charge of Jerusalem and a mayoral hopeful for the city, called on William’s staff to correct the itinerary.

“United Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and no distortion in the tour itinerary can change that reality,” Elkin said in a statement that also was posted Monday on Facebook. “I expect the prince’s people to correct the distortion.”

Prince William and wife Catherine show their newborn son at St Mary’s Hospital in London, April 23, 2018. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

William will visit his great-grandmother’s grave on the Mount of Olives.

Princess Alice of Battenberg has a special connection to the Jewish people. Alice, who was married to Prince Andrew of Greece, helped shelter three members of the family of a late Greek-Jewish politician in her palace in Athens during World War II. The Gestapo was suspicious of Alice, even questioning her, but the princess, who was deaf, pretended not to understand their questions. Alice later became a nun.

Before her death in 1969, she said she wanted to be buried at the Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, near where one of her aunts, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, was laid to rest. Her wish wasn’t immediately realized; Alice was buried initially at Windsor Castle. However, in 1988, her remains were transferred to Jerusalem. In 1993, the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel named her a Righteous Among the Nations for her war-era bravery.

Prince William will stay at the historic King David Hotel.

Opened in 1931, the King David has played a pivotal role in Israel’s history. The hotel has hosted royalty and heads of state, including King George II of Greece, who set up his government there in 1942 when the Nazis occupied his country. During the British Mandate, the hotel’s southern wing was turned into British administrative and military headquarters. In 1946, the hotel was the target of a bombing by the Irgun Zionist paramilitary group that killed 91, including 15 Jews. Two years later the hotel became a Jewish stronghold, as Israel declared its independence.

There’s a tattoo parlor in Jerusalem’s Old City where several royals are said to have been inked.

If William has any desire to get a tattoo, Razzouk seems like the obvious choice. King Edward VII, King George V and Prince Albert are all said to have been inked there with Jerusalem crosses. The shop, run by the Razzouk family for some 500 years in the Christian Quarter, is popular among visitors to the city. The family uses wooden block stamps, some of them hundreds of years old, to stamp religious symbols onto the skin before the tattooing process begins. Tattoo artist Wassim Razzouk offered to do the tattoo should William be interested, telling Haaretz “it would be a great honor.”


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The 5 healthiest berries that you could put in your juicer

All the rage in juicing at the moment revolves around leafy greens, and with good reason: They are pack an extremely health punch to your fruit juicing recipesjuice. Its important not to  focus solely on leafy greens however, as there are other great fruits and vegetables (such as these) that are left in the dark when it comes to nutrition, such as berries!

Berries are an often overlooked and underrated juicing ingredient, and they can provide you with so much more than just great taste! They have so much to offer for your general well-being and health:

  • They are antiviral and antibacterial, and useful in all blood disorders.
  • Blueberries and blackcurrants help to ease the effects of urinary tract infections and diarrhea.
  • Raspberries are useful for menstrual spasms.
  • Strawberries have heaps of lycopene and help the cardiovascular framework.
  • Most berries have been linked with cancer fighting nutrients!

We all know that juicing has great benefits for your health in general, but lets take a look at 5 berries which should be an essential part of your juicing regime for flavour, and for health-goodness:

Cranberry sauce is well-known over Christmas, but is essentially a staple you ought to appreciate throughout the entire year. You can always find them frozen throughout the year, but in winter and fall they can be freshly bought. If you store it in your refrigerator in packaging that is sealed tightly, they can last as long as two months. Just be careful: when one berry starts to rot the others will be affected too. Always check for this and remove the affected berry immediately.

Cranberries are filled with antioxidants that are great at fighting disease, and for this reason they are highly regarded to succeed the value of red grapes, broccoli, apples, spinach, cherries and raspberries. They also crammed with fiber and vitamin C.

Acai berries

Make no mistake: Acai berry juice is a must have when it comes to healthy juice!Acai berry juice

These berries are dark purple in color and very small, but contains high levels vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that are super beneficial to your health.  They haven’t been dubbed as a ‘super-food’ for no reason. If you are not familiar with Acai berries, it will be useful to know that only the pulp part of the berry is consumable.

These berries are not low in calories like its siblings, but its nutritional and health values are so much better in comparison. It contains essential minerals including magnesium, copper, manganese, iron and potassium. Potassium in particular, forms a large part of bodily fluids and essential cells, and assists in regulating our blood pressure and heart rate. They are also high in vitamin K and vitamin B-complex, which assists in the regulation of the general metabolism.

Blueberries are super powerful – these little blue berries are often regarded as the worlds most powerful food!

High in antioxidants, blueberries have the ability to even out the free radical components generally linked to the development of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. They are essentially low-fat additions to your juicing regime and are fiber-rich to provide you with that “I’ve-just-eaten” feeling for longer. You only need one handful of these little powerhouses to consume your daily intake of fiber. Blueberries are filled with manganese which is an essential element for the development of bones and it also happens to convert fats and carbohydrates into energy!

Fresh strawberries are always a popular choice to add to your daily juicing, as they are high in fiber, potassium, vitamin C and folic acid. Wild strawberries are believed to have a medicinal value and are often consumed to reduce fever, inflammation, gout, kidney stones and even bad breath!

Pregnant women know that their Folic acid intake needs to be increased. Strawberries are the perfect solution, and therefore they can be consumed without any worries that they may be harmful to you or your growing baby. Because they  also have an increased polyphenol value, they’re believed to be beneficial in minimizing the risk of certain diseases by means of inhibiting the build-up of harmful platelets; therefore reducing your blood pressure.

Blackberries are similarly low in fat and are also believed to have various health benefits, including cardiovascular, digestive, cancer-fighting and skeletal benefits.

  • Cardiovascular and digestive properties: Blackberries are high in fiber and therefore believed to assist in the effective reduction of cholesterol levels. When this is achieved, it can further assist in fighting the effects of cardiovascular disease. The presence of high levels of vitamin A supports the human digestive system and helps to maintain healthy tissue in mucous membranes such as the stomach lining and digestive tract.
  • Cancer-fighting properties: Due to the deep purple color, large quantities of Anthocyanins are present which essentially acts as an antioxidant, and therefore assists in the fighting of certain types of cancers (please bear in mind this is NOT a cure!) Studies have indicated that Anthocyanins have the ability to effectively slow down tissue damage and genetic mutations. Due to these findings, it is strongly believed that it may also slow down the growth of cancer cells.
  • Skeletal welfare: Your bones can only benefit from the levels of vitamin K and C present in blackberries. While vitamin C effectively boosts the production of natural collagen, vitamin K will act as the activation agent of proteins needed to accumulate additional bone tissue.

All of those health benefits from a small handful of berries, who would have thought? Berries are sometimes hard to juice, so we recommend using a great centrifugal juicer such as this one to help.

Once you have your juicer ready and a handful of your favorite berries, grab a recipe here, or read this article for tips on a great relationship with your new juicing machine.

If you’re passionate about juicing and want the best machine to help you with your juicing needs, visit this page for reviews and comparisons of the top rated juicers on the market.


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Mission Force Distribution: Clumping at the Crossroads

Sometimes we get the stereotype that agencies are all about planting “flags” in various countries. However, I’ve gone back through several sources of mission agency deployment statistics: old copies of Operation World, old copies of the MARC Mission Handbook, and the like. I’ve found a different picture.
No one has a complete picture of the deployment of missionaries worldwide. The reasons are fairly obvious: first, they change a lot; second, security. (There are other reasons, too, but these are the two big elephants in the room.) However, you can get a “decent” idea when you think about this: when an agency has been around for a long time, the places where it’s historically invested in the past are the places its interested in – and it is either there now (“under the radar”) or would like to be in the future. So, where agencies were in 2001, 2004, and 2006, are a good indicator of their interests in 2014.
Next: some agencies are pretty widely distributed (e.g. 2 people here, 2 people there, another person somewhere else)–but this is really true of the smaller agencies. As agencies get larger (depending on their organizational structures) they tend to “clump” as do all social networks according to the rule of “those that have, get more” (also called preferential attachment). Any agency will have a few places where it tends to have more resources. You’ll see teams of 1 or 2 or 3 people – and then suddenly you’ll see 15, 20, 30, and even 60 and 200. If you define a “clump” as 5% or 10% of an agency’s total personnel, you will find that many if not most agencies have their “big clumps” well documented. They either give specific statistics, or you can pretty well tell where they are.
By charting these “clumping” countries, you can get a sense of where the largest number of workers are deployed. The biggest “clumping” countries in my database are Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, Kenya, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand and South Africa.
Why would these be the big clumps? They aren’t entirely “Christianized” countries, although some are. You could argue they are all pretty heavily evangelized – but then, most of those on this list are either (a) right next to very unevangelized areas or (b) powerful attractors for migrants, a large number from unevangelized groups
When you think about it, these countries make sense as powerful attractors. They are strategic places to put your people.

  • Australia is a fairly open and strategic spot from which to reach the Pacific. Makes sense as a base, ministry area, and sending center.
  • Brazil is one of the most populous countries in the world, with unreached peoples as well as a large potential missionary pool.
  • China is the world’s #1 population, a burgeoning church, and tons of unevangelized people.
  • Colombia is a convenient center in Central America with a sordid past, a significant need, a large evangelical church, and one plane hop from the United States.
  • Germany is a center in Europe that attracts a lot of migrants, and is a good sending base, as well as having a lot of non-religious.
  • Ecuador: at the moment, I really have no idea why this is “clumping.”
  • Ethiopia is a fairly open and strategic spot from which to reach into the hugely unreached Horn of Africa.
  • France, like Germany, is a migrant-attracting center, as well as having a lot of nominal Catholics.
  • The UK is a migrant-attracting center as well as the base for a lot of European mission agencies (and the European bases of American ones).
  • Japan is an interesting paradox: tremendously unreached, yet open for mission agencies. A large number of bases here.
  • Indonesia is one of the world’s largest Islamic populations, but has a vibrant church, one of the best mission & prayer networks in the world, and a convenient area base.
  • Kenya has a strong Christian base and is a strategic sending center.
  • Cambodia is a smallish population that could be fairly easily reached by a coordinated strategy, and is a good base for the surrounding countries.
  • The Philippines is a widely open country, an easy base from which to operate in the region, has a strong evangelical church and a large mission sending network, a Muslim population in the south, and a lot of nominal Catholics.
  • Thailand is fairly open (despite the odd coup), and lots of agencies base here to reach out to (ahem!) surrounding countries, plus the Thai are unreached and there is a lot of church planting work amongst minorities.
  • South Africa is the obvious choice for a base in southern Africa despite its high crime rates.

Side note: There are a few places that I think are also “clumps” even though they aren’t showing up in the preliminary list I’ve compiled (partly because I haven’t dove too deep into the “sensitive” agencies yet.) Also, one big one isn’t on the list: India. That’s because in the list of data I’m going through, I’m primarily working through Western agencies, and surprisingly or unsurprisingly I haven’t encountered many agencies who have better than 5% of their mission force in India. There are many that have a few teams or even 1 or 2% but not across the 5% threshold I’m using.
Even if you were going to shift to focus exclusively on unreached places, most of these countries make sense as bases for people. I thought this might reassure you: this isn’t the kind of pattern you’d see (at least, in my opinion) if most people were about flag planting. I think most people are going where they are called by God to go. The big problem with the unreached not being reached is that some who are called to the unreached (a) don’t know what to do with their calling or (b) are ignoring or disobeying their calling.


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Torah | What do you live by And how do you want to leave it

Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25

Isaiah 49:14–51:3

A number of years ago, Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As he fought bravely for his health in the months that followed, he also delivered a stirring talk known as “The Last Lecture.” Pausch reflected on overcoming obstacles, living fully in the moment, being aware of and passing on our most important values. It spread beyond the walls of the university with powerful reverberations across and beyond the country. “What would we say,” many wondered, “if we knew it might be our last chance?” People responded to his eloquence, his natural delivery and his ability to convey powerful life lessons even as he knew he was losing his own.

I’ve often thought of Deuteronomy, the last book of the Torah, as Moses’ last lecture . The time has come for the Israelites to make their final crossing into the land of Canaan. But before that can happen, Moses shares his final words. He is painfully aware that he will not be entering the land with them, and so in these chapters, for their sake and for his, he retells the story of the journey they have been on together. Having their journey narrated for them connects them to the Israelites’ roots before they embark on the new chapter to come. For their teacher and leader Moses, Deuteronomy allows him to reflect on his own life — to take final measure of himself, to express his hurt at being left out of this crossing, and perhaps to gain some measure of peace.

Eikev, the portion we read this Shabbat, is like others in Deuteronomy: a combination of reminders of God’s commandments, values to keep faith in and the occasional bout of remembering episodes that were difficult to survive. One of the values the text brings them back to is a common proverb: “Man does not live by bread alone” (Deuteronomy 8:3). Our contemporary understanding of this quote is that we need more than physical sustenance to flourish in this life. But the Torah’s understanding is a little different.

We are reminded that the Israelites were led the long way through the desert and were tested by hardships like hunger along the way — but thanks to the ample provision of manna, Moses reminds the people, they “can live on whatever God decrees” (ibid). It’s as though God is saying, “what you think you need to sustain you may not be what you actually need.”

This goes hand in hand with the verses that follow, warning the Israelites not to become complacent when they make the transition from being a nomadic people to a landed one. To paraphrase: “Don’t forget when you have more what it was like when you had less.”

There is great satisfaction in achieving milestones — in settling into a new place, a new stage of life, a new sense of self-acceptance. At the same time, Moses’ last words echo beyond their first audience: Let’s not become too settled. Let’s not forget what it was like to be the new kid, the person absorbing a loss or the person who needs the blessings of friendship and support that our communities can offer.

Let us ask ourselves what we really need to flourish, not just survive. Not what do we like, not what comforts are we used to, but what and who do we need? Because we don’t live by bread alone; we never have. We need people to encourage us to keep perspective, and to remind us of the heights we’re capable of. We need joy and nourishment for our spirits. We need reminders, even at times they may be the last thing we want, not to leave humility behind.

Part of what makes a last lecture, whether ancient or modern, so powerful is the ability of such words to convey what is of enduring value. One person’s voice, one person’s truth chiseled to its essence can be a great instrument of wisdom for many. On Shabbat Eikev, give some thought to what you live by, what you hold dearest, what your most important teachings would be in the end. We may never know who will benefit most.

Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman is the spiritual leader of Congregation B’nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek. She can be reached at

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So much to say, so little time. A year ago I met Nichole and Brian and photographed their engagement session. We had a great time and I was so excited to shoot their wedding. We had good chemistry and the couple were so in love it showed. Fast forward a year and here we are, their gorgeous wedding at the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. We started off at the Wyndham Peabody Court where Nichole and Brian got ready. Despite the rain we still made the best of the day. Here is Nichole and Brian's awesome wedding story!


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Irrigators Could Benefit From Satellite Information

Finding correct calculation could prevent over irrigation.

Agriculture Research Service Scientists are investigating the possibility of using satellite imagery to determine how much water farmers should add to their crops through irrigation. If they can find the right calculation tool then farmers could reduce the risk of over irrigating a crop. Excessive irrigation can lead to leaching of fertilizer and other potential pollutants into underground water supplies.

According to agricultural engineer Thomas Trout, satellite imagery of farmers' fields could be analyzed by computers to estimate crop canopy cover. Growers could visit a website to get those measurements for their fields. The figure, along with a few other pieces of information, such as locally relevant weather, could then be added to a standard equation to calculate the amount of water used and the amount now needed for each field.

The calculation could indicate, for example, that bell pepper plants in a field that has a canopy cover of 40% may have used one inch of water in one week, the amount the grower may choose to replenish at the next irrigation.

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Fragile Things is worth buying just for “Strange Little Girls,”  IMHO.  I also enjoyed “Monarch of the Glen,” which revisits Shadow from American Gods.  I considered posting a spoiler for “Strange Little Girls,” but instead I will quote the preface:

“..It occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they truly are. There were tricks we did with eggs, as children, to show how they were, in reality, tiny load-bearing marble halls; while the beat of the wings of a butterfly in the right place, we are told, can create a hurricane across an ocean. Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkable difficult to kill.”

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Goodbye, Blink.

I used to do web development. In Cold Fusion, a lot of the time. Cold Fusion is a language with tags that usually start with CF, like “<cf_query>”.

We had a customer who kept asking for the text to be bright red, huge, and blinking. (Not for the entire site, but for special words and phrases like “SALE!” and “ALL ITEMS 75% OFF!” and “YOU CAN’T GET A CHEAPER PRICE ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET GUARANTEED!”) He did it often enough that we joked about writing a custom tag, <cf_ugly>.

Pronounced “see fugly.”

Boss: Yeah, [Name] likes your changes, but he wants you to wrap the text about the promotion in a see fugly tag.
Dev: DAMMIT!!!! *goes to edit*

See fugly.  See fugly stop.  Stop, fugly, stop.

[Link:  Firefox May Drop Support for <blink> Tags, Finally.]

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Obituary spam

There is a special circle of hell for people who spam obituaries.

As it turns out, I have a modest talent for obituaries.  (Also job references, and for the same reason:  I’m good at finding unique good things about people and saying them.)  Unfortunately, I have now been called upon to exercise this talent for both parents.

Because I’m putting obituaries on the Internet, that means I’m also called upon to fight spam.  I could just turn off comments, but one of my mother’s friends discovered she was dead via google and if someone is in that position and wants to comment…

I can now endorse the following:

  • Bad Behavior.  There are plugins for WordPress, MediaWiki, Drupal, and more.
  • Akismet.  There are plugins for WordPress, MovableType, Drupal plugins that tie in to the service, and more.

Akismet runs your comments through their web service, comparing them to known spam.  Bad Behavior detects malformed spammy requests, and has an optional tie in to http:BL.  They both beat learning how to kill people with your brain.

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Saturday, September 24, 2016

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Crispy shrimps with sweet and sour sauce

Ingredients, serves 4-6
  • 24 shrimps
  • 1pack kadaifi pastry
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger juice
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • Salt Pepper
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Groundnut oil (for frying)

For the sweet and sour sauce

  • 120ml water
  • 2 tbsps cornflour
  • 60g sugar
  • 4 tbsps rice (or white) vinegar
  • 4 tbsps tomato ketchup
  • 1 tsp chopped chilli

In a small pan dissolve the cornflour in the water mixing well. Add the sugar and mix. Then add the vinegar, ketchup and chilli. Cook on a low heat, stirring continuously for 10 minutes. When thick and glossy, remove from heat, pour into a bowl and leave to cool.

Using a pestle and mortar grind the garlic clove into a paste. Add a tablespoon of olive oil and mix.

Peel the shrimps leaving the tails on. Cut down the back of each prawn and devein. Marinate the prawns with the sugar, salt, pepper, ginger juice and garlic paste. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Push the the prawns on to wooden skewers then wrap each one in kadaifi pastry starting from the head all the way down to the tail. Heat the groundnut oil to 170°-180°C and fry the prawns until golden, then drain. Remove the prawns from the skewers and serve hot with the sweet and sour sauce.


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Winter Newsletter 2018

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Welcome to our latest newsletter. We hope you've had a good start to the new year despite the cold and wet weather. Please enjoy the latest edition and please let us know if you have any questions, feedback or topics you would like us to discuss in future editions.
Best wishes Keeley and Will

Why do colds affect our hearing?

There are a lot of cold and flu viruses currently circulating and if you have been unfortunate enough to catch one you may find that it has affected your hearing.

The cold virus can often cause a build-up of fluid in the middle ear which prevents sounds from efficiently travelling from the eardrum and across the tiny bones in the middle ear through to the cochlea. Sounds may appear muffled and distorted when you are suffering from a cold. The good news is that the fluid should dissipate once your cold is gone.

If you however find that your hearing has not returned to its expected level, please ensure you contact your local GP or us for further advice to ensure that the cold has not caused an ear infection.

Have you had your hearing checked recently?

Have you noticed recent changes in your hearing? At Key to Hearing we always recommend having an annual hearing check-up. This allows us to keep an eye on your current hearing levels and compare them to past results. If there are any marginal differences, we can make sure your hearing aids are adjusted to ensure that your devices are giving you the best hearing possible.

When is the right time to upgrade?

Technology rapidly changes and if your hearing aids are more than four years old you could benefit from trying the latest hearing technology.

Hearing aid manufacturer's generally release a new operating platform every four to five years. On each platform you would normally see two new hearing aid models released. The upgraded second model normally released two-years after the launch of the first. If you are on a previous operating platform and upgrade to a hearing aid on the newest operating platform you should hear a noticeable improvement.

This does not mean that your existing hearing aids are no good. If you look after your hearing aids they can last between seven to 10 years. However, you may find if your hearing aid is six years or older and needs repair the replacement components may no longer be available. We recommend having a service appointment every six to nine months to ensure Keeley can make sure your hearing aids are performing correctly.

At Key to Hearing we have the latest hearing aids available to demonstrate as well as new models to trial. If you have previously purchased hearing aids from Key to Hearing we currently offer a loyalty reward of up to £300 off the purchase of a new pair plus free trials of the latest technology. If you’re interested in hearing the difference the latest technology could make to your life, then let Keeley know at your next appointment or contact us to find out more.

Latest in-the-ear hearing aids released

Phonak and Unitron recently released their latest custom in-the-ear hearing aids. The Phonak Virto B is the world’s first hearing aid with Biometric Calibration which Phonak claim results in a 2dB improvement in directionality for better hearing performance. You can learn more about the Phonak Virto B here.

The Unitron Insera uses Unitron’s EarMatch process to optimise directional microphones to help provide you with fantastic speech understanding in conversation. Learn more about the Unitron Insera.

We have already started fitting these products to customers with great results. Please contact us for further details.

If you are a Key to Hearing customer we will visit you every six months during your chosen inclusive hearing care period. Thereafter we recommend six to nine monthly appointments. These appointments ensure that we can keep an eye on your ear health and make sure your hearing aids are functioning correctly. We will carry out a hearing check-up if you haven't been tested in the previous 12 months or if you have noticed recent changes to your hearing. At the appointments we will also give you the opportunity to purchase consumables including batteries at a reduced rate.

If you choose not to have a regular appointment, please feel free to contact us at any time to book one at your convenience or to request consumables. Unfortunately, we charge slightly more to mail consumables due to administration, labour and postage costs.


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Also In Global Health News: Mass Rape In Congo; Malaria Research At Walter Reed; Nevirapine For Infants; Aid To Pakistan Improved Trust; Child Mortality In Bolivia; Jamaica Global Fund Grants

U.N. Now Estimates 500 Raped In Congo

“Approximately 500 women were raped in eastern Congo in July and August,” U.N. officials said Tuesday, revising an earlier report of 242 victims, according to the New York Times. Atul Khare, deputy head of peacekeeping who was sent to the region to investigate, said “[o]ur actions were not adequate, resulting in unacceptable brutalization of the population of the villages of the area.” The officials also “said that the organization must work harder to bring the perpetrators or their commanding officers to trial,” and that the U.N. shouldÂ work harderÂ to prevent rapes especiallyÂ withÂ rebel fighters reportedlyÂ on the moveÂ (MacFarquhar, 9/7).

Washington Post Reports on Walter Reed’s Malaria Research

The Washington Post reports on Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research’s “‘human challenge model,’ in which volunteers get bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes,” so researchers can test medicines and vaccines. One prospective vaccine, RTS,S, was initially tested on Walter Reed volunteers in 1997 and is now “midway through what researchers describe as the largest and most promising trial in malaria-vaccine history, involving 16,000 babies at 11 sites in seven African countries,” and $451 million in funding from the BillÂ & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over the past 17 years, more than 950 volunteers have taken part in the program, which also includes projects to create “high-tech bug repellent” and a study of the parasite’s molecular structures (Niiler, 9/7).

Study Shows Nevirapine A New Treatment Option For HIV-Positive Infants

A new study shows that HIV-positive babies with stabilized infections “will do just fine switching to a regime of nevirapine, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor,” from a more expensive protease inhibitor, Scientific American’s “Observations” blog reports (Harmon, 9/7). So far, HIV treatment options for children in the developing world “have been limited by concerns over the possible development of resistance to drugs they received as infants during failed attempts to prevent their infection in the first place,” according to HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report (Mozes, 9/7). The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “followed 195 randomized babies and toddlers under 2 for a year” and determined thatÂ “[a]bout two thirds of the children with HIV that had switched to the nevirapine were able to maintain a level of fewer than 50 copies of the virus per milliliter of blood,” the lowest level technology could detect, “Observations” reports (9/7). Â Â

Study: 2005 Emergency Relief To Pakistan Improved Trust In West

“The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors’ trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist charities did little to help despite the publicity they generated,” the Associated Press reports. The research is “one of the first empirical studies of the effect of foreign emergency relief in Pakistan.”Â TheÂ paper was shared with the AP before being made public and “will be presented at the University of California and the Center for Global Development in Washington later this month.” Co-author Tahir Andrabi dispatched 70 researchers, who “surveyed 28,000 households in 126 randomly selected villages in four rural districts of Kashmir affected by the quake. They were asked what aid groups they remember coming and other general questions” (Brummit, 9/7).

Guardian Examines Progress, Challenges In Improving Child Mortality In Bolivia

The Guardian examines child mortality in Bolivia, where “[t]wice as many newborn babies survive as did 20 years ago, but more still die here than in almost any country outside sub-Saharan Africa.” The article looks at the country’s Universal Mother and Child Insurance scheme (SUMI), which covers about “500 health problems in children from birth to five years of age.” However, the Guardian reports that “[t]he picture is not perfect: the Andean country still has one of the highest child mortality rates outside sub-Saharan Africa, especially in newborns, and 27% of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition” (Schipani, 9/6).

Jamaican Minister Of Health Asks Global Fund To Maintain Commitments To Country

During the Monday opening of the Global Fund Country Coordinating and Regional Co-ordinating Mechanisms Workshop in Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaican Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer appealed for continued support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Gleaner reports. Jamaica’s reclassification as “upper-middle income” has made it “ineligible for further grants from the Global Fund,” according to the newspaperÂ (Plunkett, 9/7). “Jamaica has received US$26.6 million from The Global Fund to pay for programmes over the next three years” geared towards HIV prevention, treatment and care interventions, according to a press release by the Ministry of Health (9/6). “Our priority for the next three years will be to increase the number of institutions with HIV workplace policy, continue our efforts to address stigma and discrimination, scale up public education and continue to train health workers, strengthen intersectoral collaboration and strengthen health systems especially our laboratory facilities,” Spencer said, according to the Jamaica Observer. “We have a lot more to do in the fight against HIV/AIDS and we fear that without the sustained funding, our gains will be eroded,” he added (9/6).

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"Kidney transplantation has not been shown to be more beneficial than other alternative treatments for patients with ongoing substance abuse. Thus, I recommended denial of kidney transplantation" says the University of Minnesota/Fairview Transplant Center Doctor to a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patient. Some CKD patients use medical marijuana to relieve their neuropathic pain, severe cramps, constant nausea, pounding headaches as well as to improve sleep, appetite, relaxation and anxiety. However, a patient in need of a Kidney Transplant will likely be denied by their Transplant Center if they use marijuana for medical purposes; even in the fourteen states where medicinal cannabis is legal. For many this is a choice of using less effective medications and suffering through pain or living with the likelihood of never receiving a Kidney Transplant.

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Kidney Transplant Centers list several reasons for refusing transplants based on marijuana use such as a fungus that grows on cannabis which can lead to a lung infection when inhaled, and the inconclusive determination of whether cannabis increases or decreases the effectiveness of necessary Immunosuppresant Drugs. Ultimately, Transplant Surgeons have come to the determination that the Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) found in the alternative remedy makes a new kidney reject earlier. But should this decision not be revisited with world renowned Doctors like Sanjay Gupta releasing a public apology stating that "I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis?" The Doctor found that only approximately 6% of the U.S. marijuana studies investigate benefits while the other 94% investigate the harm of cannabis. This imbalance offers a "highly distorted" image of high-visibility individuals just looking to "get high." The fact is that CKD patients use medical marijuana as an effective chronic pain management tool that assists in improving their quality of life, without the  serious side effects of addiction and toxins, associated with other prescribed pain relievers.

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It does not make much sense to give a new kidney to a heroin addict who would then possibly share needles and come down with another life-threatening disease. This is why Kidney Transplant Centers screen for "substance abusers."Yet according to new research at the University of Michigan, cannabis use has no impact on the long-term survival rates of organ transplant recipients. It concluded, "Patients who did and did not use marijuana had similar survival rates."

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Though you may be a  legal medical marijuana patient, you are basically powerless under current laws to force any Kidney Transplant Center to keep you on their transplant lists. Having used medicinal marijuana does not absolutely disqualify you from receiving a Kidney Transplant, but Transplant Centers  require you to cease your marijuana use and be tested clean for 60 days while others specify as much as six months of marijuana abstinence before they would accept you at their center for transplant surgery. In the longer term, as Dr. Gupta suggests cannabis should be removed from Schedule I and legalized for prescription so that it may truly be treated like all other medicines. encourages you to discuss this matter with your Nephrologist for additional options.

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"I ran out of room at my house and my vision is to continue to grow this and make this a really big display for the community," said Candy Cane Crib creator Ryan Shultz.

Shultz coined the term Candy Cane Crib in 2011. His home brought residents together to view his elaborate light displays. He said attendees would offer him money to help pay for his electric bill, but instead he wanted to put the money back into the community for the Boys and Girls Club of Columbia.

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Shuri's New Series Is A Seamless, Promising Mix Of Her Comic And Movie Selves

Black Panther’s Shuri takes flight in her first solo series. (Image: Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire, Marvel Comics)

Over the past decade, bits and bobs of the Marvel movieverse have found their way back into the comics. Sometimes it works, sometimes it feels like an awkward mandate. But Shuri’s new comic manages to marry the best of both movie and comic worlds while making that blending a core arc for the Wakandan princess.

If you’re only aware of Shuri thanks to Letitia Wright’s breakout performance as the whiz-kid teen sister to T’Challa in Black Panther earlier this year, from the moment Shuri #1 (by Nnedi Okorafor, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Joe Sabino) begins, it is almost instantly familiar.

From an artistic point of view, Romero’s bold linework borrows just the right amount of influence and inspiration from Black Panther’s aesthetic and design so that, albeit in a stylised form, it is easy to see Wright’s version of Shuri — or Angela Bassett’s Ramonda, or Danai Gurira’s Okoye, to name a few more — immediately on the page.

Shuri bids her brother farewell ahead of his fateful space expedition. (Image: Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Joe Sabino, Marvel Comics)

But Okorafor’s initial framing of Shuri also brings the warmth and earnest brightness that made her so quickly beloved in the film to the foreground. She isn’t a kid any more, but this Shuri is still energetic and compassionate about her technological work, and cares deeply for older brother.

These passions are intertwined in the opening of the issue, as we see T’Challa off to kickstart the Wakandan Space Program in a ship of Shuri’s own design (the eventual ramifications of which we’re currently seeing play out in Ta-Nehisi Coates and Daniel Acuña’s cosmic-bound Black Panther book).

As the weeks pass following T’Challa’s launch into the cosmos with no sign of his return, Shuri brings forth the other aspects of the character, this time rooted in her long and complex backstory within the comics.

The Shuri of Marvel Comics has been through plenty of things the Shuri of Marvel Studios has yet to, and they’re things that have left indelible marks on her personality and character.

She’s been the Black Panther, of course, during prior times her brother has stepped away from the role. She’s also died as the Black Panther, defending Wakanda from Thanos’ Black Order — something we are reminded of at the very beginning of Shuri #1, almost as an acknowledgement that this is more than just a tie-in to the movie’s success.

Shuri battles Proxima Midnight in a recounting of her death. (Image: Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Joe Sabino, Marvel Comics)

More recently in Coates’ initial run on Black Panther, Shuri underwent another evolution in her return from the grave — undergoing a quest for knowledge in Wakanda’s spiritual plane of memory to earn the wisdom and knowledge of Wakanda’s finest past minds, becoming a being dubbed by those spirits as the Ancient Future.

And here, as Shuri’s concerns over her missing brother grow, these two legacies — the bright young scientist and the spiritual prophet — start clashing with each other, and we begin to see the true core of this new series.

Because really, Shuri’s first issue is about identity rather than simply trying to reconcile her movie and comics selves.

Shuri is, and has been, so many different things — a princess, a scientist, the Black Panther, the Ancient Future, a sister. But the demands that come with being all those things, and sometimes all those things at once, push and pull at her to the point she doesn’t really know how to cope with T’Challa’s disappearance, or even know who she really is, or wants to be.

In the weeks after T’Challa’s absence, Shuri coops herself up in her own lab, fiddling with wondrous bits of tech such as personal wings and Kimoyo spy tech, relishing in the satisfaction of invention as a way to drown out the spiritual call of the Wakandan ancestors now forever linked to her thoughts.

The voices of Shuri’s ancestors can’t be ignored, try as Shuri might. (Image: Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Joe Sabino, Marvel Comics)

When their call gets too strong for even the rush of science to distract her, she turns to a wannabe hacker named Muti she’s befriended over instant messaging — another outlet away from her other roles, as Muti is one of the few people that doesn’t know of Shuri as the Princess of Wakanda, or as the amazing scientist, or as the Ancient Future, but simply as Shuri.

It’s a friendship where she can at least try to be herself instead of all these other destinies — destinies that, more often than not, have framed her within the context of T’Challa rather than as her own person — that have been thrust upon her. Even this first issue is framed as such, driven by the absence of T’Challa as much as it is about Shuri stepping into the spotlight of her own series.

As the issue comes to a close, another of these destinies is also once again put upon an unsuspecting Shuri, as she’s pulled away from her experiments by Ramonda to face the question she’s tried to run away from in the wake of T’Challa’s absence: In his stead, Wakanda needs a leader. Will she take the Black Panther mantle and lead once more?

Shuri is offered the mantle of Black Panther once more. (Image: Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire and Joe Sabino, Marvel Comics)

The uncertainty and unease on Shuri’s face in that closing moment are telling, and that’s the point — the heady intermingling of her complex comics history and the earnest, brilliant young mind we saw on the big screen that we see throughout this issue comes to represent a struggle for self within Shuri.

And it’s one that will seemingly drive this new series in some potentially very interesting ways, playing with her newfound recognition thanks to the Black Panther movie to dive deep on just who the character really is in her own mind, beneath all these titles and fates.

It’s a promising journey that I’m very eager to follow.

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