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Episcopal Church approves same-sex blessing service
By Michael Pearson, CNN
(CNN) - Episcopal priests will be allowed to conduct services blessing same-sex relationships under a policy approved Tuesday at the church's national convention in Indianapolis.
The convention's House of Bishops approved the provisional policy 111-41 with three abstentions Monday, clearing it for consideration by the House of Deputies, which approved it Tuesday evening.
The policy was approved in the House of Deputies, following more than an hour of debate, by 78% of the voting lay members and by 76% of clergy.
With the vote, the Episcopal Church will become the largest U.S. denomination to officially sanction same-sex relationships. The Episcopal Church has about 1.95 million members in the United States, down 16% over the last decade, according to the church.
The service is not considered a marriage ceremony, media affairs representative Nancy Davidge said.
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"I no longer recognize this denomination as a church of God. You appall me"
Some argue that since homosexual behavior is "unnatural" it is contrary to the order of creation. Behind this pronouncement are stereotypical definitions of masculinity and femininity that reflect rigid gender categories of patriarchal society. There is nothing unnatural about any shared love, even between two of the same gender, if that experience calls both partners to a fuller state of being. Contemporary research is uncovering new facts that are producing a rising conviction that homosexuality, far from being a sickness, sin, perversion or unnatural act, is a healthy, natural and affirming form of human sexuality for some people. Findings indicate that homosexuality is a given fact in the nature of a significant portion of people, and that it is unchangeable.
Our prejudice rejects people or things outside our understanding. But the God of creation speaks and declares, "I have looked out on everything I have made and `behold it (is) very good'." . The word (Genesis 1:31) of God in Christ says that we are loved, valued, redeemed, and counted as precious no matter how we might be valued by a prejudiced world.
There are few biblical references to homosexuality. The first, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, is often quoted to prove that the Bible condemns homosexuality. But the real sin of Sodom was the unwillingness of the city's men to observe the laws of hospitality. The intention was to insult the stranger by forcing him to take the female role in the sex act. The biblical narrative approves Lot's offer of his virgin daughters to satisfy the sexual demands of the mob. How many would say, "This is the word of the Lord"? When the Bible is quoted literally, it might be well for the one quoting to read the text in its entirety.
Leviticus, in the Hebrew Scriptures, condemns homosexual behaviour, at least for males. Yet, "abomination", the word Leviticus uses to describe homosexuality, is the same word used to describe a menstruating woman. Paul is the most quoted source in the battle to condemn homosexuality ( 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11 and Romans 1: 26-27). But homosexual activity was regarded by Paul as a punishment visited upon idolaters by God because of their unfaithfulness. Homosexuality was not the sin but the punishment.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Paul gave a list of those who would not inherit the Kingdom of God. That list included the immoral, idolaters, adulterers, sexual perverts, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, and robbers. Sexual perverts is a translation of two words; it is possible that the juxtaposition of malakos, the soft, effeminate word, with arsenokoitus, or male prostitute, was meant to refer to the passive and active males in a homosexual liaison.
Thus, it appears that Paul would not approve of homosexual behavior. But was Paul's opinion about homosexuality accurate, or was it limited by the lack of scientific knowledge in his day and infected by prejudice born of ignorance? An examination of some of Paul's other assumptions and conclusions will help answer this question. Who today would share Paul's anti-Semitic attitude, his belief that the authority of the state was not to be challenged, or that all women ought to be veiled? In these attitudes Paul's thinking has been challenged and transcended even by the church! Is Paul's commentary on homosexuality more absolute than some of his other antiquated, culturally conditioned ideas?
Three other references in the New Testament (in Timothy, Jude and 2 Peter) appear to be limited to condemnation of male sex slaves in the first instance, and to showing examples (Sodom and Gomorrah) of God's destruction of unbelievers and heretics (in Jude and 2 Peter respectively).
That is all that Scripture has to say about homosexuality. Even if one is a biblical literalist, these references do not build an ironclad case for condemnation. If one is not a biblical literalist there is no case at all, nothing but prejudice born of ignorance, that attacks people whose only crime is to be born with an unchangeable sexual predisposition toward those of their own sex.
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I no longer recognize this denomination as a church of God. You appall me
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I don't think anyone cares what church you consider a church of god.
Gee, Kev, I am sure they are devasted.
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God doesn't' either! He has written across them the word "Ichabod", and removed His Holy Spirit from them. They are dead without God's life in them! Any of His people left among them will not be able to stand to remain there!
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Thanks, LinCA. Im going to use my time in better manner. and yeah, I will keep an open mind. Maybe all that dogma was not to be followed to the "T"
The Scriptures at no point deal with homosexuality as an authentic sexual orientation, a given condition of being. The remarkably few Scriptural references to "homosexuality" deal rather with homosexual acts, not with homosexual orientation. Those acts are labeled as wrong out of the context of the times in which the writers wrote and perceived those acts to be either nonmasculine, idolatrous, exploitative, or pagan. The kind of relationships between two consenting adults of the same sex demonstrably abounding among us – relationships that are responsible and mutual, affirming and fulfilling – are not dealt with in the Scriptures.
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Yeah, just keep on telling yourself! ..... There is a surprise coming to those who drag God down to their own level and in imaginations of their own minds make Him to be accoridng to their likings!
God it the Lord! He is the One who sets the Standard, and tells US what they are, not the other way around!
What you said its totally contrary to the witness of Spirit of God, the only one who interprets the meaning of the Scriptures. You have missed it by a long shot!
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"What you said its totally contrary to the witness of Spirit of God, the only one who interprets the meaning of the Scriptures. You have missed it by a long shot!"
Yo moron sexual orientation wasn't even studied till the 19th century and only recently did the experts prove that what was written in the past about gays was done by bias and prejudice people, that includes the writers of the bible. Heterosexual behavior and homosexual behavior are normal aspects of human sexuality. Despite the persistence of stereotypes that portray lesbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several decades of research and clinical experience have led all mainstream medical and mental health organizations in this country to conclude that these orientations represent normal forms of human experience. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Counseling Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the National Association of SocialWorkers, together representing more than 480,000 mental health professionals, have all taken the position that homosexuality is not a mental disorder and thus is not something that needs to or can be "cured."


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*Has anyone tried writing an editor that includes another instance of a slickgrid?

*Are there any gotcha's I should avoid?

A: We have just done this and the issue we found with SlickGrid v1.4.3 is that you run into problems with two slick grids as they share the GlobalEditorLock state. In other words when you select an item from say your popup slick grid it fires the commit event on the handler you have setup in the originating grid. That is the gotcha. We got around this by adding a new option called disableEditorCommit defaulting to false and changing source in the handleClick method:
if (options.enableCellNavigation && !columns[cell].unselectable) {
    // if this is a popup then do not commit edits to the global editor
    if (options.disableEditorCommit) {
        scrollRowIntoView(row,false);
        setSelectedCellAndRow($cell[0], (row === defaultGetLength()) || options.autoEdit);
    } else {
        // commit current edit before proceeding
        if (validated === true || (validated === null && options.editorLock.commitCurrentEdit())) {
            scrollRowIntoView(row,false);
            setSelectedCellAndRow($cell[0], (row === defaultGetLength()) || options.autoEdit);
        }
    }
}

and in the handleDblClick method:
validated = options.disableEditorCommit ? true : options.editorLock.commitCurrentEdit();

Our popup slickgrid has disableEditorCommit = true so that it doesn't interface with the editor we have set up on the originating grid.

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Exploring the effects of a family admissions program for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa
Keren Fink1,
Paul Rhodes1,
Stephen Touyz1,
Andrew Wallis2,
Jane Miskovic2,
Sloane Madden2 &
Michael Kohn2
The present study aimed to qualitatively investigate patient experience and treatment efficacy of the Family Admissions Program (FAP) – a pilot treatment program being run at the Children's Hospital at Westmead for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Based on Maudsley Family Based Treatment (MFBT), the FAP involves an adolescent and his/her family undergoing a two-week family-based hospital admission at the outset of treatment. The program aims to increase intensity and support to a level needed by families at risk of responding negatively to traditional MFBT.
Narrative Inquiry and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) were used to analyse data obtained from participant interviews, exploring both the prospective expectations and retrospective experiences of families and clinicians participating in the program. Results from both of the qualitative analyses indicate that in cases where the family unit has been particularly fractured as a result of AN, the FAP offers an opportunity for relational strengthening and reunification, particularly within the parental subsystem. Combined with the program's intensive support, contained transition from hospital to home, and proximity to necessary hospital services, this serves to provide struggling families and parents with a more skilled and consolidated foundation for traditional outpatient MFBT.
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Keren Fink, Paul Rhodes & Stephen Touyz
Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Andrew Wallis, Jane Miskovic, Sloane Madden & Michael Kohn
Keren Fink
Paul Rhodes
Stephen Touyz
Andrew Wallis
Jane Miskovic
Sloane Madden
Correspondence to Keren Fink.
Fink, K., Rhodes, P., Touyz, S. et al. Exploring the effects of a family admissions program for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa. J Eat Disord 3 (Suppl 1), O48 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-2974-3-S1-O48

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(Source: D'Arcy laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis)
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In this study, the researchers have developed a coating of the conductive polymer PEDOT, or (poly3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) which is made up of nanofibers that penetrate the brick's inner porous network. A polymer coating remains trapped in a brick and serves as an ion sponge that is capable of conducting electricity.
Iron oxide, the pigment that gives bricks their distinctive red color, is essential for triggering the polymerization reaction. By their calculations, the researchers believe that a wall made from these supercapacitor bricks could "store a substantial amount of energy".
"PEDOT-coated bricks are ideal building blocks that can provide power to emergency lighting," D'Arcy said. "We envision that this could be a reality when you connect our bricks with solar cells – this could take 50 bricks in close proximity to the load. These 50 bricks would enable powering emergency lighting for five hours."
Furthermore, a supercapacitor brick wall could be recharged hundreds of thousands of times within an hour. Just two bricks would be enough to power microelectronics sensors, says the research team.
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This will be the research team's next focus.
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In the first of a series highlighting 2022 Texas Great Debate teams — in advance of the June 11-14 quest for the Silver Cup – NHIMagazine.com spoke to Anita Fernandez about the 36-person San Antonio team that will compete at Schreiner University in Kerrville.
What kind of things are you doing to prepare the team and build camaraderie?
We have been training for four hours on Saturdays at college and university campuses in person since February, and were able to bring back our long-standing traditions as part of our training, like the Annual Weekend Series and Induction Ceremony, Spurs Recognition Night & Fundraiser, Continental Cuisine, and Community Panel. We will culminate their training experience with our 24-hour Lock-In.
In addition, we have been able to continue to offer opportunities for training virtually for those who occasionally cannot attend on Saturdays, and also conduct outside trainings in addition to the Saturday sessions. All of these experiences, on top of our curriculum, not only serve to prepare the GDers and staff, but also allow for them to get to know each other, their families, their histories and perspectives.
What do you think distinguishes this particular team? What about them is notable and special?
First and foremost, it is the first NHIatSA Great Debate team back in person since the pandemic shift to digital Great Debates took place. This team will always hold a special place in our hearts, but also in history. Our small but mighty and dedicated high school and college staff have worked diligently and with passion to create the best possible experience for the Great Debaters, many of them with absolutely no point of reference for how things "used to be done." This has fostered an environment of creativity and true imagination as well as reminded us of the power of connection. In addition, we have an incredible group of young, bright minds from across the city as well as our continued members who are legacies.
How are they engaging with this year's theme?
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Our community panel is another way — where we invite community members, often NHI alumni or parents of NHI alumni, to speak to the theme and topics from their own lens and experience.
Some final thoughts about this 2022 Texas Great Debate team …
We are excited to be a part of the Texas Great Debate being held for the first time at Schreiner University and grateful to the staff, students and families who all made a commitment to leadership and their community by being a part of this historic experience.


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George Harrison joined Nintendo of America Inc. in March 1992, as director of advertising and promotions. Promoted to director of marketing and corporate communications in July 1993, he took on the public relations and entertainment business development functions in addition to his prior responsibilities. In July 2001, he was promoted to senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications. In his new position, Harrison oversees Nintendo's extensive retail merchandising programs, publications businesses and wide-ranging online presence, in addition to his leadership in the advertising, corporate communications and promotions departments.
Prior to joining the company, Harrison served as director of new ventures for Quaker Oats Company in Chicago. Harrison worked for Pepsi Co. Inc. for six years as a director of brand marketing and director of marketing for the company's southern division. Harrison also spent three years with General Mills, Inc.
Harrison holds a master's degree in marketing from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Connecticut.
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Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything
Product Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave frank and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time Educated as a scientist she is an author journalist activist and advocate for social justice In LIVING WITH A WILD GOD she recounts her quest beginning in childhood to find the Truth about the universe and everything else What s really going on Why are we here In middle age she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence which records an event so strange so cataclysmic that she had never in all the intervening years written or spoken about it to anyone It was the kind of event that people call a mystical experience and to a steadfast atheist and rationalist nothing less than shattering In LIVING WITH A WILD GOD Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission bringing an older woman s wry and erudite perspective to a young girl s impassioned obsession with the questions that at one point or another torment us all The result is both deeply personal and cosmically sweeping a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science religion and the human condition With her signature combination of intellectual rigor and uninhibited imagination Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement a work that has the power not only to entertain but amaz...read more
By Barbara Ehrenreich
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9781455501762 | Twelve, April 8, 2014, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world.
9781455585908 | Large print edition (Twelve, April 8, 2014), cover price $28.00
9781455501748 | Reprint edition (Twelve, April 21, 2015), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave frank and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time Educated as a scientist she is an author journalist activist and advocate for social justice In LIVING WITH A WILD GOD she recounts her quest beginning in childhood to find the Truth about the universe and everything else What s really going on Why are we here In middle age she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence which records an event so strange so cataclysmic that she had never in all the intervening years written or spoken about it to anyone It was the kind of event that people call a mystical experience and to a steadfast atheist and rationalist nothing less than shattering In LIVING WITH A WILD GOD Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission bringing an older woman s wry and erudite perspective to a young girl s impassioned obsession with the questions that at one point or another torment us all The result is both deeply personal and cosmically sweeping a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science religion and the human condition With her signature combination of intellectual rigor and uninhibited imagination Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement a work that has the power not only to entertain but amaze
9780380714018, titled "Making Love Happen" | Reprint edition (Avon Books, September 1, 1991), cover price $4.99 | also contains Making Love Happen | About this edition: followed the advice in this book and have been married to the man it helped me to meet for 15 years!
Living With a Wild God: A Memoir
Product Description: [*Read by the author Barbara Ehrenreich]The New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed returns with a powerful memoir of her quest, beginning in childhood, to discover ''the truth'' about the universe and everything else...read more
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9781478900276 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 8, 2014), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: [*Read by the author Barbara Ehrenreich]The New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed returns with a powerful memoir of her quest, beginning in childhood, to discover ''the truth'' about the universe and everything else.
Living With a Wild God: Library Edition
Product Description: [LIBRARY EDITION Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl Case with cloth sleeves that keep compact discs protected.]
9781478900245 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 8, 2014), cover price $59.99 | About this edition: [LIBRARY EDITION Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl Case with cloth sleeves that keep compact discs protected.
Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination
Product Description: In this illuminating and evocative exploration of the origin and function of storytelling, the author goes beyond the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell, arguing that mythmaking evolved as a cultural survival strategy for coping with the constant fear of being killed and eaten by predators...read more
By Barbara Ehrenreich (foreword by)
9781616145019 | Prometheus Books, November 7, 2011, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In this illuminating and evocative exploration of the origin and function of storytelling, the author goes beyond the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell, arguing that mythmaking evolved as a cultural survival strategy for coping with the constant fear of being killed and eaten by predators.
Cracking the New Job Market: The 7 Rules for Getting Hired in Any Economy
Product Description: Shows what a prospective employer finds important; emphasizes those skills, accomplishments, and qualities in resumes and interview answers; identifies the intersection between talents and what the marketplace needs; and unlocks the power of social media.
9780814417348 | Amacom Books, August 17, 2011, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Shows what a prospective employer finds important; emphasizes those skills, accomplishments, and qualities in resumes and interview answers; identifies the intersection between talents and what the marketplace needs; and unlocks the power of social media.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Product Description: Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them...read more
9781587243684 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, January 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, the author works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
9780805063882 | Metropolitan Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
9780312626686 | 10 anv edition (Picador USA, August 2, 2011), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.
9780805088380 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, June 24, 2008), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updatedAcclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.
9780805063899 | Reprint edition (Owl Books, May 1, 2002), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
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9780606260008 | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $22.35 | About this edition: In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
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9781439558324 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 4, 2008), cover price $23.00
9781417618583, titled "Nickel And Dimed: On Not Getting By In America" | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2002, cover price $25.75 | About this edition: In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.
At the Heart of Work and Family: Engaging the Ideas of Arlie Hochschild
Product Description: At the Heart of Work and Family presents original research on work and family by scholars who engage and build on the conceptual framework developed by well-known sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild. These concepts, such as "the second shift," "the economy of gratitude," "emotion work," "feeling rules," "gender strategies," and "the time bind," are basic to sociology and have shaped both popular discussions and academic study...read more
9780813549552 | Rutgers Univ Pr, March 15, 2011, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: At the Heart of Work and Family presents original research on work and family by scholars who engage and build on the conceptual framework developed by well-known sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild.
Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
Product Description: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmericans are a "positive" people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive is the key to getting success and prosperity...read more
9780312658854 | 1 edition (Picador USA, August 3, 2010), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmericans are a "positive" people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image.
This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
America in the 'aughts―hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by one of the country's most prominent social critics Now in paperback, Barbara Ehrenreich's widely acclaimed This Land Is Their Land takes the measure of what we are left with after the cruelest decade in memory and finds lurid extremes all around. While members of the moneyed elite have bought up congressmen, many in the working class can barely buy lunch. While a wealthy minority obsessively consumes cosmetic surgery, the poor often go without health care for their children. And while the Masters of the Universe have thrown themselves into the casino economy, the less fortunate have been fed a diet of morality, marriage, and abstinence. With perfect satiric pitch, Ehrenreich reveals a country scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty. Full of wit and generosity, these reports from a divided nation―including new and unpublished essays―confirm once again that Ehrenreich is, as the San Francisco Chronicle proclaims, "essential reading."
9780805088403 | Metropolitan Books, June 24, 2008, cover price $24.00
9780805090154 | Henry Holt & Co, April 27, 2009, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: America in the 'aughts―hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by one of the country's most prominent social critics Now in paperback, Barbara Ehrenreich's widely acclaimed This Land Is Their Land takes the measure of what we are left with after the cruelest decade in memory and finds lurid extremes all around.
9781429936712 | 1 edition (Metropolitan Books, April 1, 2010), cover price $9.99
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Product Description: Americans are a positive people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat. This is our reputation as well as our self-image. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude, and exposes the downside of irrational optimism...read more
9781410424709 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 17, 2010), cover price $31.95 | About this edition: Americans are a positive people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat.
9780805087499 | 1 edition (Metropolitan Books, October 13, 2009), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a "positive" people―cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image.
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Postive Thinking Has Undermined America
Product Description: A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image...read more
By Barbara Ehrenreich and Kate Reading (narrator)
9781427208361 | Unabridged edition (St Martins Pr, October 13, 2009), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image.
The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear And Present Danger from Our National Security State.
Product Description: FDR's Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education...read more
By Barbara Ehrenreich (foreword by), Marcus Raskin and Robert Spero
9780275989118 | Praeger Pub Text, November 30, 2006, cover price $84.00
9781597972178, titled "The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State" | Potomac Books Inc, February 6, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: FDR's Four Freedoms—Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear—were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education.
Blood Rites
9781844085743 | Gardners Books, June 12, 2008, cover price $20.00
Una historia de la alegria/ Dancing in the Street: El extasis colectivo de la antiguedad a nuetros dias/ A History of Collective Joy
By Barbara Ehrenreich and Magdalena Palmer (trans)
9788449321146 | Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, April 3, 2008, cover price $46.95
Sex Trafficking + Global Woman
By Barbara Ehrenreich and Kathryn Farr
9780716761266 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, March 30, 2009), cover price $38.80
Who Cares for Our Children?: The Child Care Crisis in the Other America
Product Description: Lack of access to affordable high-quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness -- a constant threat to the well-being of women and children. Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises...read more
By Barbara Ehrenreich (foreword by) and Valerie Polakow
9780807747759 | Teachers College Pr, April 30, 2007, cover price $46.00 | About this edition: Lack of access to affordable high quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness-a constant threat to the well-being of women and children.
9780807747742 | Teachers College Pr, April 30, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Lack of access to affordable high-quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness -- a constant threat to the well-being of women and children.
Macroeconomics + Study Guide + Cd-rom + Nickel & Dimed + Homework Advantage Activation Card + Wall Street Journal Subsciption Card
By Barbara Ehrenreich, Paul Krugman and Robin Wells
9780716795995 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, May 12, 2006), cover price $130.65
Macroeconomics, Study Guide, Nickel + Dimed + Aplia Activation Card
By Barbara Ehrenreich, Paul Krugman, Paul Romer and Robin Wells
9780716784524 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, February 15, 2006), cover price $146.30
Macroeconomics, Study Guide + Nickel + Dimed
Macroeconomics, Study Guide, Nickel + Dimed + Dismal Scientist Activation Card
By Barbara Ehrenreich, Paul Krugman, N. Gregory Mankiw and Robin Wells
Microeconomics, Nickel + Dimed, Aplia Activation Card, + Agricultural Economics
By Barbara Ehrenreich, Paul Krugman and Paul Romer
9780716761228 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, January 31, 2006), cover price $146.30
Microeconomics, Nickel And Dimed, And Aplia Activation Card
By Barbara Ehrenreich and Paul Krugman
Economics + Nickel + Dimed
9780716785354 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, December 28, 2005), cover price $159.05
Macroeconomics + Nickel + Dimed
Microeconomics, Study Guide And Nickle & Dimed
9780716784050 | Pck edition (Worth Pub, November 10, 2005), cover price $109.35


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Kevin Durant gives shoutout to Summer League championship MVP Lakers' Kyle Kuzma
No. 27 draft pick Kyle Kuzma shined in the Lakers' win over the Trail Blazers in the NBA Summer League championship game, while Los Angeles' No. 2 pick Lonzo Ball sat out injured. Kuzma finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and won the game MVP. He averaged 21.9 points and 6.4 rebounds in seven Summer League games. Afterwards, the Lakers …
The Bulls' 20-point Summer League loss featured gruesome stat lines for key prospects
Summer League statistics should not be taken seriously. Some young players come in and dominant then never are heard from again at the NBA level (hi, Josh Selby) and others struggle against their peers only to prove valuable to their actual teams (Nicolas Batum). But sometimes, some teams, some situations … just reek. The Chicago Bulls' Summer League team lost …
Aaron Judge's epic Home Run Derby performance left the baseball world in awe
Aaron Judge looks like a home run-hitting machine. Thus far in his rookie season, he's played like a home run-hitting machine. Predictably, the Home Run Derby was no different. Though many baseball fans (and MLB executives) were probably rooting for the Aaron Judge vs. Giancarlo Stanton matchup in the Home Run Derby finals, Judge did his part to give baseball …
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The non-canonical books referenced in the Bible includes non-Biblical cultures, and lost works of known or unknown status. By the "Bible" is meant those books recognised by most Christians and Jews as being part of Old Testament (or Tanakh) as well as those recognised by Christians alone as being part of the Biblical apocrypha or of the Deuterocanon.

It may also include books of the Anagignoskomena () that are accepted only by Eastern Orthodox Christians. For the purposes of this article, "referenced" can mean direct quotations, paraphrases, or allusions, which in some cases are known only because they have been identified as such by ancient writers, or the citation of a work or author.

Hebrew Bible

The following are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:
 The Book of Jasher is mentioned in  and  and also referenced in . From the context in the Book of Samuel, it is implied that it was a collection of poetry. Several books have claimed to be this lost text, some of which are discounted as pseudepigrapha. Certain members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints secured the copyright to a particular English translation of one of these and republished it in 1887 in Salt Lake City.
 The Book of the Wars of the Lord is mentioned in . It is speculatively associated with one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness. The Book of the Wars of the Lord is also cited in the Book of Jasher (trans. Moses Samuel c. 1840, ed. J. H. Parry 1887) Chapter 90:48 as being a collaborative record written by Moses, Joshua and the children of Israel.
 The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and Chronicles of the Kings of Judah are mentioned in the Books of Kings (). They are said to tell of events during the reigns of Kings Jeroboam of Israel and Rehoboam of Judah, respectively. The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel is again mentioned in  regarding King Zimri, and many other times throughout 1 and 2 Kings.
 The Book of Shemaiah the Prophet and Story of the Prophet Iddo (also called Visions of Iddo the Seer or The Annals of the Prophet Iddo) are mentioned in the 2nd Book of Chronicles. (, , ). This book has been completely lost to history, save for its title.
 The Manner of the Kingdom. Referenced at .
 The Acts of Solomon. Referenced at .
 The Annals of King David. Referenced at .
 The Book of Samuel the Seer. Also called Samuel the Seer or The Acts of Samuel the Seer, which could be the same as 1 & 2 Samuel. Referenced at .
 The Book of Nathan the Prophet. Also called Nathan the Prophet or The Acts of Nathan the Prophet or History of Nathan the Prophet. Referenced at , and also .
 The Book of Gad the Seer. Referenced at .
 The Prophecy of Ahijah, might be a reference to 1 Kings 14:2–18. Referenced at .
 The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. Referenced in ,  and . Might be the same as 1 & 2 Kings.
 The Book of Jehu, could be a reference to 1 Kings 16:1–7. Referenced at .
 The Story of the Book of Kings. Referenced at .
 The Acts of Uziah. Also called The Book by the prophet Isaiah. Perhaps the same as the Book of Isaiah. Referenced at .
 The Vision of Isaiah. Referenced at .
 The Acts of the Kings of Israel. Also called The Acts and Prayers of Manasseh. May be identical to The Book of the Kings of Israel, above. Referenced at .
 The Sayings of the Seers. Referenced at .
 The Laments for Josiah. Also called Lamentations. This event is recorded in the existing Book of Lamentations. Referenced at .
 The Chronicles of King Ahasuerus. Referenced at , , , and .

Deuterocanon / Apocrypha

 Book (or Wisdom) of Ahikar referenced by , , ,
 Aesop's fable of The Two Pots referenced at
 The Egyptian Satire of the Trades, or another work in that tradition referenced at
 "The archives" referenced by
Memoirs of Nehemiah referenced by , could be the same as the Book of Nehemiah.
 "letters of the kings" referenced by
 "five books by Jason of Cyrene" referenced by : the author of 2 Maccabees here tells us that the work is abridged from the history by Jason.
 "the king's letter" referenced by

New Testament
Mennonite scholar David Ewart has mentioned that Nestle's Greek New Testament lists some 132 New Testament passages that appear to be verbal allusions to paracanonical books.

Pagan authors quoted or alluded to:
Menander, Thais 218 ()
Epimenides, de Oraculis, (, where Paul introduces Epimenides as "a prophet of the Cretans," see Epimenides paradox)
Aratus, Phaenomena 5, (, where Paul refers to the words of "some of your own poets")
Non-canonical books quoted or alluded to:
Book of Enoch (, , , , ; , and  ).
Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres, according to Origen ( "... as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses")
Epistle to the Laodiceans ( "read the epistle from Laodicea")
Life of Adam and Eve ( "Satan as an angel of light",  "Third Heaven")
A lost section of the Assumption of Moses (, Jude 9 "Michael.. body of Moses")
Ascension of Isaiah ( "they were sawn in two")
Paul's letter to the Corinthians before 1 Corinthians ( "I wrote to you in my letter...")
Paul's letter to the Ephesians before Ephesians ( "As I wrote afore in few words...")
An unknown messianic prophecy possibly from a non-canonical source, quoted in Matthew 2:23 that states "...he will be called a Nazorian." ("ὅτι Ναζωραῖος κληθήσεται"). "Nazorian" is typically rendered as "Nazarene" ("from Nazareth"), as in , where Christians are referred to as "the sect of the Nazorians/Nazarenes" ("τῶν Ναζωραίων αἱρέσεως"). This is speculated to be a vague allusion to a quote about Samson in Judges 13:5 that uses a similar-sounding word: "the child shall be a Nazirite" (ναζιρ)
An unknown version of Genesis (possibly a targum, midrash or other commentary), quoted by Paul in , as a reference to Christ's being "the Last Adam who became a life-giving spirit" (οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται· Ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν· ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν.). It has been speculated that Paul is simply paraphrasing , but there is no clear indication that this is not a complete quote.
An unknown text quoted by Paul in , suggested by Origen to be a lost apocryphal book: "But as it is written, 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him." This may also be an allusion to the similar , "For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.'".
An unknown messianic prophecy, possibly from a non-canonical source, quoted in , speculated to be a vague allusion to : "Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day."
An unknown messianic prophecy, possibly from a non-canonical source, quoted in , speculated to be a vague allusion to Isaiah 53: "and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought."

See also
 Agrapha
 Biblical apocrypha
 Biblical canon
 Jewish apocrypha
 List of Gospels
 List of names for the biblical nameless
 New Testament apocrypha

Notes

Bible content
Lists of books about religion
Old Testament apocrypha
New Testament apocrypha
Ancient Hebrew texts

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I should preface this post by saying I do all the grunt work when I book awards. Why? I don't do it often — maybe two or three international trips a year, and domestic flights are relatively easy. I also kind of enjoy the process, even though I curse British Airways every time it asks if I want a stopover in London when flying from San Francisco to Hong Kong. Ever since I was a kid I enjoyed the planning trips, probably more than actually taking them.
But most people are not masochists.
You could rely on an award booking service. I am at least smart enough to realize I would have zero fun booking awards for others, so I don't do it myself. But there are many options out there. Most will charge between $100-200 a person. It doesn't sound cheap until you consider how much effort it can take for a relatively inexperienced person with better things to do.
If you want to do it yourself, don't want to pay an award booking service, and still feel intimidated by the effort required, I suggest you try using Award Nexus. (Full disclosure: They gave me some free points to prepare for my talk at FTU Advanced last month.) I mentioned a few tricks on Monday about how to plan an itinerary — whether for paid or award travel — and included a screenshot showing that Award Nexus will do this for you. It has lots of helpful tools like that, including a free guide you can read without becoming a customer.
But the real benefit of Award Nexus is that it does the searching for you. It doesn't pull from any new or unusual sources. Remember I also provided in Monday's post some suggestions for where to search for award space. What Award Nexus does is go to these same sites and search on your behalf. Because it uses a computer it can search much faster and skip over that annoying "stopover?" button that British Airways uses to slow you down. It can repeat the search if Qantas crashes (again). It can cross reference ANA and Aeroplan to give you more comprehensive search results than United even though United is, in fact, easier to use for a human.
Award Nexus charges points to perform these services. Adding more flights, more search dates, or more websites will increase the number of points required. But if you sign up with your MilePoint or FlyerTalk handle you can get 200 points free and top up with an additional 100 free points every 90 days. There are also a few Premium Membership options and a Trip Pass that's designed to provide unlimited searches for booking one specific trip.
I'll come back and explain some of the tools and features later, but today I'm just going to show you how to run a basic search. It's super easy and probably sufficient for most of you. Remember that the cost of your search increases as you add more options, so don't go crazy and check all the boxes (it will also take super long to run).
Log in, go to the menu bar at the top of the page, and choose Award Search > Find Awards Now. I think I want to go back to Bali in a couple weeks. So I enter the airport information and dates. Note that you can search multiple dates at once, but you can only search forward in time, not plus/minus days. I'm willing to depart on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, so I picked 8/8 + 2 Days and returning 8/15 + 2 Days.
I'm happy with Business Class, so I'll set it there. And I need two seats, of course. Megan won't let me fly to Asia and leave her at home again. Picking websites is more tricky. You usually don't need to pick more than one option for each alliance. But some of them have annoying proclivities, like Aeroplan's tendency to route you through Canada or ANA's refusal to search for more than one connection. Award Nexus has some observations on its Award Tips page. My suggestion is that you check multiple websites if you are doing a simple search. Including four websites and seven travel dates (three outbound, four return), the search I've outlined so far will require 24 points.
Since the search may take a few minutes to run, there is an option to have your results emailed to you. They are also saved automatically so you can go back to them later if you need to remember which routes and dates had availability in the past (e.g., it may still exist and you just need to work on improving some of the connections). In this case, my search only yielded results on the outbound portion of my journey. It first appeared as a calendar, but I prefer the detailed list view.
Yeah, there are still a couple of economy class segments. Click on one of those options and it will show you how long you spend on each flight in each class, the type of aircraft, and even a convenient calculation of your time in the back of the bus. Some results that have an extremely high percentage of economy class travel will automatically be shoved to the bottom of the results page so you don't see them.
For example, the best option presented to me was via Europe, from Seattle to Denpasar connecting in Frankfurt and Bangkok. The next best option via Taipai over the Pacific was six hours longer due to long connections. A few other options with one stop in Seoul would mean spending over half my trip in economy class. Award Nexus not only did the search faster (about three minutes), it also presented the results in a very easily understood format. Like ITA Matrix, it doesn't book the flight but helps you find the one you want.
Notice that I didn't get any results for my return trip. Remember that Award Nexus can only expedite the search process for you, filter out some bad results, and cross reference multiple websites to make sure you're viewing everything that's available. It can't make the computers any smarter. Don't forget the tips I provided about planning your itinerary. If you're having trouble booking an trip all at once, break it down and search segment by segment. There could be all the first class award space on Singapore Airlines you could ever want from San Francisco–Singapore, but that won't help you if the Seattle–San Francisco or Singapore–Denpasar segments are unavailable.
Award Nexus can help you strategize this step, too, although I'll discuss these tools in future posts. You should at least have a good introduction to one of the better and (potentially) free services out there for frequent travelers. My suggestion is you sign up and start exploring for yourself. It's the best way to learn.
Is an Award Booking Service Necessary?


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Rishi Confirms "Tough, New" Anti-Strike Laws
Rishi just put the union barons on notice. Speaking at PMQs, the Sunak confirmed the government will push ahead with much-needed anti-strike laws:
"Hard working families right now in this country are facing challenges. The Government has been reasonable. It has accepted the recommendations of a pay review body, giving pay rises in many cases higher than the private sector. But if the union leaders continue to be unreasonable then it is my duty to take action to protect the lives and livelihoods of the British public and that is why since I became Prime Minister I have been working for new tough laws to protect people from this disruption."
David Cameron secretly watered down the laws just to court the unions into supporting Remain. The new laws will extend minimum service across the public sector, which were ditched in 2016. Starmer was clearly keen to talk about anything else…
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If you have reached this page, you are obviously thinking of learning to play bridge. Congratulations – you've made a good choice!
These are just some of the reasons that keep people coming back to the bridge table, and why many busy and successful people always keep time in their schedules for bridge. You can find a fuller rationale here.
"Bridge is more than just a card game. It's a cerebral sport. Bridge teaches you logic, reasoning, quick thinking, patience, concentration and partnership skills. And no matter where I go, I can always make new friends at the bridge table." Hall of Fame tennis star, Martina Navratilova.
Daytime and nighttime classes for beginners are available all over the country. For more details, see below.
All teachers listed on this site are CBAI-accredited. If you need a qualified teacher to give classes in your area please contact us on (01) 4929666. We do not recommend that you use unaccredited teachers.
Refresher weeks: 6-10 May, and 3-7 June; Absolute Beginners 23-28 June. Contact Hotel Westport (098-25122 for more details).
Beginners classes on Wednesday mornings at 10:00, in Dun Laoghaire Bridge Club, 2 Clarinda Park North, starting mid-January, and Improvers classes on Monday evenings at 19:45, in St Teresa's Parish Centre Mount Merrion, starting on 7 January. Contact O'Keeffe Bridge on 087-2866579 to book your place.
Peter Pigot is running classes for Beginners and Improvers on various days. Full details are here. Contact Peter on 086-8146230 to book your place.
Beechwood Bridge Club is holding Improvers classes on Wednesday nights with tutor Rory Egan, starting on 9 January at 19:30. Email bridgeinbeechwood@gmail.com to book your place.
Beginners classes on Monday nights with tutor Helen Holman, starting 7 January 2019 at 19:30 for 10 weeks. Full details here.
Beginners classes on Wednesday evenings with tutor Liz Taaffe, starting 23 January 2019 at 17:30 for 10 weeks.
Bridge classes for beginners are typically run over a period of between 20 and 24 weeks, divided into two terms of 10 to 12 classes each. Generally, the terms are from mid-September to Christmas and from January to April. A smaller number of teachers offer classes based on the calendar year, so January to mid-April, and September to Christmas. The link above provides details of classes for the 2018-19 season that have been advised to us. If there are no details for 2018-2019 for your area, we suggest you contact the teacher for last year's classes who may be able to help.
On completion of classes we encourage teachers and clubs to provide a mentored, assisted game to help their new players in their transition from class to club bridge. If you are in that category, the following supervised games may be of interest to you.
Liz Taaffe is running a supervised play group for beginners and intermediates in the VEC, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, on Tuesday nights between 17:30 and 20:00. These sessions are aimed at recent students who wish to get more experience before joining a bridge club.
Blathnaid Trayer is running a supervised play group for beginners who have just finished their first course of classes. It is designed to get you ready to play in a club and is held in the Wishing Well pub in Blackrock on Wednesday afternoons from April 2018. See here for details. Intermediate B players may also attend.
Michael O'Loughlin is currently running a supervised play group for improvers at 10:30 every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in the Pastoral Centre, St. Mary's Church, Sandyford Village. You may attend whichever morning or mornings suit. €7 per session. Email michaelolough@yahoo.com for further details.
If you would like to become a CBAI-accredited bridge teacher, the next Teacher Training Seminar is planned for 18/19 May, at a venue to be confirmed, but which will be outside Dublin.
If you would like to register your interest for this or a future teacher training session, please contact Dermot at the CBAI (01-4929666), or email info@cbai.ie for further details.


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Vuyani Jarana appointed as SAA CEO
Vuyani Jarana has been appointed as the new South African Airways (SAA) Chief Executive Officer.
"He will commence his duties after his current employer has officially released him. Mr Jarana is currently Chief Officer for Vodacom Business at Vodacom Group LTD, a position he has held since 2012," National Treasury said on Thursday.
Jarana is also a member of the core leadership team of Vodacom Group responsible for the enterprise segment across the continent.
The national carrier's new CEO has among others transformed and positioned Vodacom Business as a growth engine of Vodacom, growing its contribution to group service revenues from under 10% to 25% over three years.
National Treasury said Jarana has built a solid and transformed organisation with emphasis on both top line business growth, as well as margin expansion.
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba congratulated Jarana on his appointment.
"Given that Mr Jarana has turned around a loss-making subsidiary of the Vodacom Group, Vodacom Business Africa, into profitable and growth business, we believe he will be key in turning around SAA," said Minister Gigaba.
At a media briefing three weeks ago Minister Gigaba announced that he had received a submission from SAA on who should be its next CEO.
The airline was moved from the portfolio of the Department of Public Enterprises to National Treasury in 2014. The airline has been without a permanent CEO for two years since the resignation with immediate effect of former CEO Monwabisi Kalawe.
In addition, Minister Gigaba has also undertaken to meet the deadlines set by National Treasury in the 14-point Action Plan released in July. The plan which includes several interventions and timelines, is set to inspire confidence in the country.
National Treasury was tasked with actioning three key issues by the deadline of July 31 namely: the appointment of a CEO for South African Airways; implementing the Preferential Procurement Regulations which took effect on April 1; and engaging other government departments on the Private Sector Participation framework.
Minister Gigaba said the Preferential Procurement Regulations have been implemented since 1 April 2017 and are applicable to all organs of state.
Implementation commenced on 1 April 2017 and the reference to July 2017 is linked to accelerating efforts towards inclusive growth. Preferential procurement regulations are one of the policy instruments to accelerate the inclusive economic activity.
The implementation is linked to the demand plans departments published over the 12 months covering April 17 to March 2018.
Guidelines for the implementation have been issued and continuous technical support and guidance through national and provincial Supply Chain Management forums is being provided, as well as extended implementation support to institutions that have specifically requested further orientation sessions.
On the Private Sector Participation (PSP) framework: Ministers, particularly those in the Economic Cluster have been engaging at various platforms, including Cabinet Lekgotlas. – SAnews.gov.za


Australia now has more billionaires than ever before, a trend driven by the surging commodities market, financial services sector and sharemarket, favourable superannuation legislation and a flurry of mergers.
The BRW Rich 200 list shows an unprecedented increase in wealth this year.
There are now 30 individual billionaires on the list, up from 21 last year, and there are 20 new entrants, including Wizard Home Loans chairman Mark Bouris for a second time.
And the rich are getting richer. Twelve months ago, you needed $130 million to make the list. Now it's $180 million, which means the minimum entry level for the Rich 200 has more than trebled in the past decade.
In a year, the total wealth in the exclusive club has risen from $101.5 billion to $128.6 billion.
The average wealth of the common garden mega-rich individual is $688 million, compared with a paltry $508 million 12 months ago.
PBL boss James Packer, with a fortune of $7.25 billion, keeps his spot as Australia's richest man, followed by Westfield founder Frank Lowy ($6.51 billion) and cardboard tycoon Richard Pratt, chairman of the privately owned Visy group ($5.4 billion).
But with the resources boom showing no sign of letting up, they could be overtaken by iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart.
Ms Rinehart is No.4. But with her wealth increasing from $1.8 billion to $4 billion this year, it may be only a matter of time before she heads the list.
There are 19 entrants on the list, headed by magnetite miner Clive Palmer, ranked 32.
The resources sector has produced three other entrants: Coogee Chemicals chairman Gordon Martin (82nd, $440 million), Aquila Resources chief Tony Poli (150th, $260 million) and uranium miner John Borshoff (182nd, $205 million).
The financial services sector produced five entrants, headed by Andrew Abercrombie, former chief executive of leasing company FlexiGroup, which listed late last year.
Mr Abercrombie, ranked 101, joins the list with a fortune of $379 million.
But while the resources boom and the soaring financial services sector are creating entrants, the vast bulk of Australians with assets sagging under the weight of zeroes are coming from the property and construction sector. There were 55 on the list in property and construction. The next biggest sector was retail (25), followed by investment (25), financial services (18), services (14), manufacturing (13), resources (12), rural (10), media (9), transport (8), technology (7) and entertainment (4).
Families are getting richer, too. There are 46 families on this year's list, seven with billion-dollar fortunes.
Consistent with the trend, the families are getting richer. The total wealth of these families has reached $28.1 billion, up from $23.9 billion last year, a rise of almost 18 per cent.
The wealthiest is the Smorgon family, sitting on a tidy $2.45 billion.