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Bitly Acquires QR Code Platform Egoditor
NEW YORK – Bitly Inc., the world's leading link management platform, announced today the acquisition of Egoditor GmbH, the world's leading QR code platform. The acquisition expands Bitly's position as a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that enables hundreds of thousands of organizations to engage their customers and millions of people to connect with digital experiences. Bitly is also introducing its Customer Connections Platform, an all-in-one link management, QR code and link-in-bio platform, developed based on the feedback from the company's customers.
What the Acquisition Means
Post acquisition, Bitly will have over 325,000 paying customers, more than 5 million active users, close to 20 million website visits, and more than 10 billion clicks and scans every month. The combined company will have approximately 180 employees, is profitable, growing quickly and has achieved over $75 million in ARR.
"We're leveraging Bitly's high growth position in link management to move strategically into closely related categories, such as QR codes and our recently launched link-in-bio offering," said Toby Gabriner, CEO of Bitly. "We saw tremendous response from customers for our own early-stage QR code offering. The acquisition of Egoditor, the leading company in the space, is a natural next step in Bitly's evolution and marks an exciting growth area for the company. Combining the two entities allows us to introduce synergistic products within a single unified platform, tap into accelerating markets, and expand our global footprint."
"We saw tremendous response from customers for our own early-stage QR code offering. The acquisition of Egoditor, the leading company in the space, is a natural next step in Bitly's evolution and marks an exciting growth area for the company."
Toby Gabriner | CEO of Bitly
Headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany, Egoditor provides customers with an end-to-end solution for the design, delivery, management, and analytics of QR codes. Egoditor's products include its flagship QR Code Generator, as well as other various properties.
"We are extremely proud of what we've built at Egoditor and are excited to integrate our QR code platform into Bitly's link management and link-in-bio offerings to enhance and facilitate the customer experience with an all-in-one solution," said Nils Drescher, co-founder of Egoditor. "Bitly's mission to be a catalyst for connections matches perfectly with our goal to help customers connect the physical and digital worlds."
"Bitly's mission to be a catalyst for connections matches perfectly with our goal to help customers connect the physical and digital worlds."
Nils Drescher | Co-founder of Egoditor
Introducing the Customer Connections Platform
Bitly is also introducing a new comprehensive Customer Connections Platform in response to the growth trajectory of the link-in-bio market, the rapid global adoption of QR codes, and customer feedback for a unified solution for "everything link related."
Through a mix of new product launches and strategic acquisitions, Bitly is solidifying its path to a unified "all-in-one" SaaS platform offering with three separate, but integrated products: link management, QR codes, and link-in-bio. The Customer Connections Platform will enable users, brands and businesses of all sizes to engage their customers anywhere at scale. Audiences can discover and explore more content, and companies can use branded links and QR codes as a trusted gateway for delivering critical notifications, information, and experiences.
Bitly continues to be supported by majority investor, Spectrum Equity, a leading software and information services growth equity firm, and is represented by Pete Jensen and Parag Khandelwal, on the Board of Directors.


A new species of Monkey is coming to the Maharajah Jungle Trek walk through exhibit at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park.
An area of Maharajah Jungle Trek has been behind walls for several months now as a new home is built for these creatures, the lion-tailed macaque. The monkeys have been living backstage already for several months now. They have also been added to the attraction signage recently.
The hair of the lion-tailed macaque is black. Its outstanding characteristic is the silver-white mane which surrounds the head from the cheeks down to its chin, which gives this monkey its German name Bartaffe – "beard ape". The hairless face is black in colour. With a head-body length of 42 to 61 cm and a weight of 2 to 10 kg, it ranks among the smaller macaques. The tail is medium in length, about 25 cm, and has a black tuft at the end, similar to a lion's tail. The male's tail-tuft is more developed than that of the female.


Robert Davies film about the railway line between Birmingham and Aberystwyth, Of Time and the railway, was filmed from the driver s cab between 2013 and 2015 on 86 different days. Edited into a one hour 51 minute film showing a single trip along the train line, it s showing at various locations around Mid Wales and the Midlands until the Autumn.
The film describes a year over the course of a single day entering Birmingham at night and leaving at dawn, arriving at Shrewsbury in the morning, Newtown and the Welsh mountains in the afternoon, and journey s end at Aberystwyth by sunset.
Of time and the railway is a film about the passage of time, both literally and historically. It is about taking a journey, and the effect that the passage of time has on that journey. It describes a moment in the history of this landscape.
Recorded from the drivers cab of the train, Of time and the railway rushes along the railway lines starting in the Birmingham landscape dominated by the presence of industrialisation, through the Black Country, the Shires into the Welsh Marches, agricultural land farmed since it was settled. It carries on into the hills of Powys, where the relationship between man and the landscape begins to change; cattle and sheep vying for space with crops. On the steeper slopes sheep farming becomes prevalent as the train reaches its highest point at Talerddig, before winding down the Twymyn Valley to the river Dyfi as it meanders to Machynlleth. The journey continues along the flood plain to the open mouth of the Dyfi estuary and the wilds of Ynys Las and Borth before arriving at the university town of Aberystwyth.
Of time and the railway opens on 27 March at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and on 28 March at Mid-Wales Arts Centre, Caersws. It goes on to tour all of the major galleries along the route including mac Birmingham, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Oriel Davies, Newtown.
Funded by Arts Council of Wales and produced with the kind support of Arriva Trains Wales managers, staff and drivers, Of time and the railway will also be shown at selected Cambrian railway line train stations dates tbc.


When you first face minimalism, declutter challenge is something that you WILL come across.
It's without a doubt, powerful tool to declutter your unnecessary belongings in short period of time.
Throughout your one month period, you let go of the amount of the things of day#. So, for your first day you will get rid of one thing. And your Day 2, 2 things, and Day 3, 3 things.. And so on.
I do recommend this challenge when you first go through the minimalism. You would be amazed how many clutters you had in your life.
But once you go through this phase, you hit the next phase, where most of the things you have now are either more sentimental to you, or could put some value to other people. That's where I started to do my own declutter game of, finding my stuff the new owner who will appreciate them.
This is not easy process. I admit I am too lazy to take photos, talk to the potential buyers, and actually go somewhere to meet offline or post via mail.
Reason for me doing this is because throughout the journey, I've come across so many people who actually appreciates the products, really excited to get the value of it for the money they pay. Even though I'm not big fan of the process, I do enjoy seeing people happy with the trade, and knowing that this will helps un-clogging earth with more trash, by circulating potentially re-usable item.
Why don't you also try this? I ensure that you will feel really good when you find the right owner!
One of the biggest project I am doing on 2017 is to declutter the products I don't need in my life anymore.
Simply throwing aways the stuffs is easy, but not necessarily the best way to handle becoming minimalist for environment.
Finding the right person who would appreciate a lot more than me, or donating to someone in need.. is more of a work than one would expect, but that is the way I want to handle my decluttering project.
Here, I will be attaching pictures of the product that I got rid of, not by tossing them on the bin, but by finding the right home..


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MP Speaks In Santhali In A First For Rajya Sabha, Members Thump Desks
HomeAll IndiaMP Speaks In Santhali In A First For Rajya Sabha, Members Thump Desks
Sarojni Hembram demanded Bharat Ratna for Raghunath Murmu, who in 1925 created the Ol Chiki script for the Santhali language.
All IndiaPress Trust of IndiaUpdated: December 06, 2019 13:25 IST
Sarojni Hembram of the Biju Janata Dal spoke in Santhali. (File)
Santhali language on Friday made its debut in Rajya Sabha when a lawmaker from Odisha used it to raise a matter of urgent public importance during the Zero Hour.
Sarojni Hembram of the Biju Janata Dal spoke in Santhali, an Austroasiatic-Munda language spoken mostly by tribals in Odisha.
She also demanded Bharat Ratna for Raghunath Murmu, who in 1925 created the Ol Chiki script for the Santhali language.
Pt. Murmu is revered by tribals and is recognised as a big cultural icon in the state, she said, adding the state government has already recognised his contribution and now it was the turn of the nation to do so.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who has encouraged MPs to use their local language for raising Zero Hour mentions while ensuring that English and Hindi translations are available to other members on headphones, said this was the first time that Santhali language was used in the Upper House.
Members thumped desks to welcome the move.
Mr Naidu said the interpretation in Hindi was done under a new scheme by a non-regular employee engaged for the purpose.
The interpretor, he said, was a Ph.D student.
Rajya Sabha has regular employees who translate statements made on the floor of the House in different recognised Indian languages into Hindi and English. To enlarge the basket of languages used, outside language experts have been engaged on need basis to translate.
Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh too mentioned that this was the first time that the language was spoken on the floor of the House and welcomed the move.
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Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board member Jan Solarz has been named to the 2019 All-State School Board, which is the Minnesota School Boards Association's (MSBA) most prestigious award. The award was given recently at MSBA's annual Leadership Conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Since 1971, MSBA's awards committee selects up to seven individual board members to the All-State School Board. There are nearly 2,300 school board members in Minnesota. Board members are nominated by superintendents, fellow board members, parents or community members for their outstanding contributions to public education. Solarz was one of six board members chosen for the award this year.
"The All State School Board represents the highest example of board service. These are school board members who are committed to student achievement, determined to build support for their local schools and unwavering in their pursuit of what's best for students," MSBA Executive Director Kirk Schneidawind said.
Criteria for the award includes MSBA training, strong leadership; excellence in boardsmanship; communication skills; visionary thinking; demonstration of concern for students, staff and taxpayers; and support for the nomination from stakeholders.
Jan Solarz has diligently served the students, staff and communities of Sauk Rapids and Rice for 22 years. She has served many roles on the SRR Board of Education including Board Chair, Vice Chair, Clerk and Director and has completed over 380 board training hours. Jan is currently serving as the Vice Chair in addition to her committee and liaison work with the Sauk Rapids-Rice Career Discovery Board, Benton Stearns Education District Board, the Resource Training and Solutions Board, and the Benton Economic Partnership (BEP).
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African Union Approves Plan To Put Peacekeeping Force In South Sudan
Published July 19, 2016 at 8:51 AM CDT
For its entire five-year existence, the nation of South Sudan has had a U.N. peacekeeping force. In a long-anticipated move, African leaders have now approved a request to send a regional peacekeeping force to the country, as well.
The news emerged from the African Union Summit that was held recently in Kigali, Rwanda. The U.N. force in South Sudan currently numbers around 12,000 troops.
NPR's Gregory Warner reports for our Newscast unit:
"A regional protection force of African troops will have a broader mandate to engage in combat than the U.N. peacekeepers who are stationed in South Sudan. Those peacekeepers are criticized for staying confined to their bases instead of patrolling the streets.
"The AU soldiers will be able to go to where the fighting is happening. But this is also a more politically complex task than the other big A.U. mission to Somalia. There the troops are meant to support the national army. In South Sudan, divided by civil war, the national army has been accused of war crimes, including torture and ethnic massacres.
"The A.U. soldiers have to enter without seeming to take sides. The plan now goes to the U.N. Security Council for approval and a timeline."
Forces loyal to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir have clashed recently with those loyal to Vice President Riek Machar, the former rebel leader who took office in April as part of a peace deal. That new outburst of violence led 30,000 civilians to seek refuge at a base run by the U.N. Mission in South Sudan.
Leslie McTyre, a program coordinator for the International Medical Corps, told NPR last week that the group's hospital received a number of new patients including people with severe trauma, women who had been raped, and others who had been injured or become sick.
"I'm trying to figure out how to get our staff some rest," McTyre told the Goats and Soda blog. "They're working around the clock. They ran out of water two days ago. I don't know what they're doing about that. I finally got a water truck going over there — that should help a bit."


You guys! Can you believe we are 3 full weeks into November and Christmas is only a little over a month away!? Where does the time go!? We're so glad you stopped by today for our Bake Craft Sew Decorate series. We are joining some of our fellow bloggers to host a month long celebration of tutorials for Christmas! Cindy will be doing sewing ideas on SkiptomyLou, while Mique from Thirty Handmade Days, will be posting craft ideas, and Leigh Anne from Homebased Mom will be posting delicious edible gift recipes so follow along all month long!
Hello there! It's Courtney from Paperelli, where I have tons of fun designing holiday cards, invitations and free printables for all of you. One thing I am loving about this Christmas season is all the plaid goodness, like this gorgeous Buffalo Check Pillow and Mallory's Plaid Christmas Cards from last year!
I thought it would be fun to share with you this Buffalo Check Plaid Christmas Print, with two different designs to choose from. It's easy to do! All you need to do is download, print, trim and add to your favorite frame! Maybe a gold, black or white one? Your choice! Either way, I can't wait to see what you do with your print. Feel free to use #paperelliprintable or tag @paperellidesigns on Instagram!
Are you ready and excited for the Christmas season? Are you adding plaids to your Christmas decor this season?What does your Christmas decor look like?
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Thanks so much for sharing Courtney! This is so gorgeous! Be sure to check out Paperelli on Etsy and follow along on Instagram! She's got the most incredible selection of Christmas cards at fabulous prices.
Thanks so much! These are adorable and will coordinate beautifully with my holiday décor this year!


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February 11, 2015 | Filed under: Front Page News | Posted by: By CHRISTINE SNYDER
Professor, 37, accepts Storer honor for work in social justice
SHEPHERDSTOWN – Growing up in Buffalo, N.Y., Chiquita Howard-Bostic initially envisioned a career in urban planning. Mentors in her community encouraged her to stay in her hometown where some believed she'd someday serve as mayor.
But teaching turned out to be her true calling, explained Howard-Bostic, a second-year Shepherd University sociology professor whose attention to social justice is being recognized with the school's first-ever Storer College Faculty Award.
Shepherd University sociology professor Chiquita Howard- Bostic has won the newly created Storer College Faculty Award for bringing attention to social justice issues.
"The work I do isn't one big project that affects 80,000 people," she said. "I've done lots of little things that come together and make a big difference." Her efforts at Shepherd include helping her sociology students see beyond the stereotypes of "the needy" and forge real connections when they visit Immanuel's House, a community-based religious organization in Martinsburg that provides meals and other help.
Thanks to in-depth discussions about poverty during class, students who spend time at Immanuel's House can better relate to those whose lives may be quite different from theirs, Howard-Bostic said.
The new award – aimed at recognizing a faculty member who incorporates diversity and social justice in classroom work, research, scholarship and student interactions – is named for the landmark school founded in Harpers Ferry in 1867 to train people of color for careers as educators and other professions. Storer ran into financial problems after segregation was banned following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954. Storer closed its doors just a year later.
"Given Storer's mission and all the good the school achieved over the years – it's a wonderful feeling to be honored with an award that says this is work that's still important," said Howard-Bostic, who lives with her husband and daughter in Berkeley County.
Howard-Bostic earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo, then a Ph.D. at Virginia Tech. She was teaching at Tech when her husband Alex Bostic accepted a job as a geographic information systems developer at the Coast Guard in Kearneysville eight years ago. Before joining the faculty at Shepherd, Howard-Bostic taught sociology classes at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in Martinsburg.
"It feels good to see students excited about understanding the world better," she said. "They're interacting more effectively with other people – and it's a chance to improve yourself while creating a new vision of the world. I think it's always exciting when people can create change."
At Shepherd, her courses focus on race, class, gender, community and crime. She finds ways to connect what students learn in the classroom to the real world.
Students in her General Sociology and Social Stratification class volunteer at Immanuel's House and those enrolled in other classes help with the Point in Time homeless count that happens each January.
Such experiences have an effect on students, Howard-Bostic said.
"You see they begin to think critically about who they are and what they can do in society," she said.
Howard-Bostic said as a child she was always encouraged to contribute to making the world better. "Some would describe the area where I grew up as a 'disadvantaged' community, but money didn't define us," she said. "I grew up around quality people who wanted to help young people achieve more than maybe they were able to in their own lives."
Now Howard-Bostic works to help her students see that the importance of treating everyone as individuals.
"I stress that everyone is different, and everyone deserves a chance," said Howard-Bostic, whose community involvements also includes serving as a Girl Scout leader for her daughter's troop.
She stresses to her students how much the words they use matter. "Every word you say to another person is impactful," she said. "When you use the wrong words, you can change someone's life in a negative way.
"You can label someone as 'poor' and miss out on how rich that person might be in joy and spirit. Words like 'poor' and 'disadvantaged' can devalue who people are. I believe in seeing the people as human beings, that rather than judge someone by the way they're dressed or the fact that they're at a soup kitchen, and that you start from the inside and work out."
Winning recognition
In December, Howard-Bostic traveled to England where she presented her paper, "Emancipation by Evading a Contest: A Feminist Perspective on Power and Success" at Oxford University.
Next month, she's set to present a paper on domestic violence at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Thomas Segar, vice president for student affairs and chairman of Shepherd's diversity and equity committee, praised Howard-Bostic and the other four faculty members nominated for the award for "tremendous" success in incorporating diversity and social justice into their work.
But, he said, Howard-Bostic stood out. "She works with underrepresented students serving communities of underrepresented people and incorporates that into her research," he explained.
The Storer honor brings Howard-Bostic $1,000 to use for professional development. Her name also will be displayed on a plaque in the Storer Ballroom, the area of Shepherd's student center that in 1995 was named in honor of the Harpers Ferry school.
The committee that selected Howard-Bostic included Segar, two faculty members, an academic dean, an undergrad and a grad student. Nominees were ranked on their teaching, service and research.
It's important for educators to help students get prepared for real-world interactions, Segar stated in a news release announcing Howard-Bostic's selection. "We live in a world that's diverse and where our students need to be prepared to work with, live with and enjoy life with people who are different than themselves," he said. "Faculty who are able to incorporate diversity and social justice into the curriculum are really preparing students for a greater world outside Shepherd."
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Author: Ben Keene
Photographer: Bethany Bandera
Foreword by: Garrett Oliver
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As craft brewing becomes increasingly inventive, with new beers demonstrating remarkable complexity, one region of the United States is particularly notable for its fascinating brewing scene: the Northeast. New England and the Mid-Atlantic boast some of America's most interesting craft breweries--there, beer lovers can discover exceptional brews, lively taprooms, spectacular views, and many other qualities that make the Northeast a must-visit region for anyone interested in craft brewing. In The Great Northeast Brewery Tour, beer expert Ben Keene introduces readers to sixty two of the most incredible breweries in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. Breweries like Allagash Brewing in Portland, Maine, and Smuttynose Brewing Company in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, allow visitors to tour the facilities, offering an inside look at how great beers are created. Places such as Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, where visitors can try delicious Belgian food to accompany Belgian-style ales, and Harpoon Brewery in Boston are surrounded by stunning landscapes. Each brewery discussed is unique and special, much like the region's brewing heritage. Brewery profiles include interesting facts about each brewery and its history, along with useful practical information like directions, nearby accommodations, and local dining options that highlight craft beer. Spectacular full-color photography accompanies each profile, and sidebars throughout the text provide supplementary information on tasting methods, beer styles, and more. The Great Northeast Brewery Tour is an ideal resource for anyone interested in beer, whether you're planning a trip across the Northeast or simply curious to learn more about the region's innovative beer scene.
Bethany Bandera's photography has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times, and a variety of other newspapers and magazines. www.bethanybandera.com
Ben Keene is a beer expert who has written for DRAFT, Beer Connoisseur, All About Beer, Time Out New York, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many other publications. He contributed to The Oxford Companion to Beer and is the author of The Great Northeast Brewery Tour, The Homebrew Journal,and Best Hikes Near New York City. He is currently the managing editor for Beer Advocate, and he blogs about beer and travel at www.whereandback.blogspot.com.
Ben Keene (Cambridge, MA) is a beer expert who has written for DRAFT, the Beer Connoisseur, All About Beer, Time Out New York, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many other publications. He contributed to The Oxford Companion to Beer and blogs about beer and travel at whereandback.blogspot.com. His first book was Best Hikes Near New York City, released in 2011 by Globe Pequot Press.twitter.com/WhereandBack Bethany Bandera's photography has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times, and a variety of other newspapers and magazines.www.bethanybandera.com
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Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour Official Tour
This 2-hour specialist Oxford Morse Tour focuses fully on Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour, the famous Oxford TV detectives and the stunning locations for filming these series. These shows have helped to make Oxford even more familiar to millions of people the world over. Come and see these iconic sites for yourself and soak up the atmosphere in the City of Dreaming Spires.
Group sizes for this tour are limited to 20 people for your safety, in accordance with the latest Government guidelines. Your specialist official Guide will be wearing a visor and will ensuring social distancing so that you can enjoy a relaxing and enjoyable walking tour.
Categories: Oxford Official Walking Tours, Tours & Tickets, Walking Tours Tags: City of dreaming spires, endeavour, Inspector Morse, Lewis
"I adored my Morse tour with you – it was the highlight of my whole trip!"
What you will see
You'll see the sites where the filming took place, from the world-famous Bodleian Library to the quads of the Oxford Colleges, with the dark narrow and winding alleyways in between leading to the public houses where the famous words 'Pint, Lewis?' were often spoken.
Exploring Oxford as the backdrop to these television series, you will be reminded of several of the episodes and storylines, and also learn what these iconic buildings are famous for historically speaking. You don't even have to be a Morse fan to enjoy this tour – there is plenty of interesting background information in the original novels by Colin Dexter about how the University operates, with its students and academics living in colleges to this day.
Book a private Inspector Morse Tour
For details on how to book a private tailor-made Inspector Morse tour (or your choice of any combination of tour themes) for yourself or family and friends please call us on +44 1865 686 442 or see our private tours page. Larger Groups can also book over the phone.
All Oxford Official Walking Tours depart from outside the Cool Britannia Gift Shop on the corner of Turl St and Broad St (No.s 23-25 Broad St OX1 3AS).
Your knowledgeable guide will be an enthusiastic fan of Morse and Lewis fan – Each Inspector Morse and Lewis tour of Oxford is unique, with your guide taking you on their own journey weaving individual stories and locations along the way. With over 150 hours of Inspector Morse alone to discover – you will want to come back for more!
Tickets are limited to 20 people to ensure that you have a pleasant experience and can ask your Guide questions as you walk around with them.
Your tour will cover 1.5 – 2 miles walking (stopping every so often to admire the architecture and learn about the Morse, Lewis and Endeavour filming locations throughout the City). You will not travel further than a 10/15 minute walk away from the City centre and Visitor Information Centre.
Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs are welcome on all tours. Unfortunately, other dogs and pets are not allowed.
The City centre is very flat and walkable – however, some of the most ancient colleges do have steps. If you have any mobility difficulties, please let us know in advance by phone on 01865 686 442 or email officialtours@experienceoxfordshire.org before you book, so that we can arrange with the guide ahead of the tour how to best accommodate you.
We highly recommend that you use the Park and Ride service. The nearest Park and Ride location will be signposted on your entry route to Oxford and the buses leave every few minutes for the City Centre – please allow at least 20 mins for the journey and ask for the nearest stop to the Visitor Information Centre in Broad St. For more information, please see https://www.oxford.gov.uk/parking.
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One. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: QUICK DECISIONS - NORTH AMERICA.
We in North America - the Western World - both Canada and the United States, are an impatient people - activists - interested in steps to get results and a job done. We have inherited the Greek-Hellenistic philosophy of "Lineal" thinking, as opposed to the "Block" thinking of the Far East and the Bible Middle East. "Contemplative" movements do not appeal to the West.
As a result we are known as Pragmatists and Activists. And of course there are dangers in whatever course an area of the world chooses. It is good then to recognize that our world can be divided into 12 segments, each segment corresponding to one of the tribes of Israel. In a subjective manner one can align the world in such a correspondence, and of course recognize that others would have a similar yet different correspondence.
But we can note as a truism that our two northern countries in North America do have a correspondence with the tribe of Dan. When Dan found his tribal inheritance in Canaan land too confining, he alone of the 12 tribes broke out of his inheritance and added to it territory in the extreme north. He did it with force, and broke commandments of God to do so.
But have we not in our New World as relatively new nations, broken into the Western world - replacing the original inhabitants of the land, often through broken promises and covenants? And have we not taken our inheritance from Europe and applied the Industrial Revolution then to our new territory, and through practical decisions - have built ourselves into the world's leading nation as it were?
Of course the above is not all bad, but it is good to look at the other 11 parts of the world with their corresponding tribes of Israel. The balance of the East in "block" thinking and some contemplation won't hurt us at all. Rather it will help us to heed the words of Jesus at the top of this section - that "our words" are extremely important. A few decades ago a man's word was as good as his bond. Could God-given revival restore some of that worth?
Two. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: JOHN/LUKE AND HIS TEMPERAMENT.
Genesis 30:1-6, (CJB). "When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister and said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!' … This made Jacob angry at Rachel; he answered, 'Am I in God's place? He's the one who is denying you children." … She said, 'Here is my maid Bilhah. Go, sleep with her, and let her give birth to a child that will be laid on my knees, so that through her I too can build a family.' … So she gave him Bilhah her slave-girl as his wife, and Jacob went in and slept with her. … Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. … Rachel said, 'God has judged in my favor; indeed he has heard me and given me a son." Therefore she called him Dan [he judged].
It is interesting to note how the "temperaments" correspond not only to individuals and tribes - but also to nations. The tribe of Dan is a John/Choleric and a Luke/Melancholic in his two leading temperaments. All 12 tribes functioning together were necessary for Israel to achieve the effectiveness that Balaam prophesied and communicated to Balak.
What if all 12 segments of our world moved in such a mutual appreciation of each other? This practical leadership temperament of the United States and Canada has been a blessing to the entire earth. No nations of the earth in the past have so effectively sent forth missionaries to bless all mankind to the ends of the earth. And much still goes forth from our churches and denominations to bless. It may not be perfect - but when we evaluate the social services, the hospitals, the work among lepers, the educational institutions - well - only through the church has such blessing come. It has not come from atheists and non-Christian countries. Dr. E. Stanley Jones in his 29 books effectively points out this truth.
Each individual can relate specifically to one of the 12 sons of Jacob - and each church, city and nation can relate to one of the 12 tribes of Israel. The 12 temperaments set forth by Dr. Tim LaHaye helps to discern this identification. Not one is bad. All are good and necessary. Yet not one is perfect. But when we let the Perfect One live His Life through us individually and corporately - then we see the power of unity! Israel in times of blessing manifested unity in diversity and diversity in unity. We can accept our uniqueness in the United States and Canada - but it needs to function in cooperation and understanding with the other 11 segments of our world.
Three. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: DAN - A SERPENT.
It is good to know the potential dangers in our individual temperament and make-up. We need one another to maximize our potential for good.
Jacob said that his son Dan was like an adder - a serpent - a snake. It bit the rider's horse at the heels, and the rider then fell over backwards.
When Dan took more for his inheritance up north - on the way he robbed a people of their idol-gods to worship along with the God of Israel. This in the north plus Bethel in the south became a great snare to Israel. The serpent brought in idolatry - the 10 northern tribes of Israel found their horse bitten by this adder. Over 100 years before the fall of the Kingdom of Judah, the Kingdom of Israel fell - and was taken into captivity.
If we are a Dan individually or corporately, it is good to be forewarned of the potential danger we could be to our fellow man.
The poison of the atheist Madelyn Murray O'Hare has been ingested into our nation. Liberal non-Biblical thinking has permeated our national government and institutions - perverting these institutions. These have brought in illegal abortions, and seek to legitimize homosexual marriage. We are shaming the God of the Church, the God of Israel and the God of the Bible. Our land was founded differently than the direction many would take it today. We need to hear the Franklin Grahams, the Jerry Falwells and the Pat Robertsons. All that glitter is not gold. All that calls itself a religion of peace is not truly founded in peace. We need to guard that which we inherit from our Founding Fathers. We price of liberty is constant vigilance. We cannot let down our guard, nor be deceived by those who speak Peace - Peace - but an entirely different goal has been constant from the very beginning of some religions.
Four. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: DAN'S STONE - THE BERYL.
Dan's stone is the beryl. It is not only a hard stone, but also a stone that glows with the fire of judgment. Both Canada and the United States have been founded upon godly principles, Christian principles, and Bible principles. Why, the very Federal Parliament buildings of Canada have remarkable Bible scriptures upon them, and on one of the clock towers you can see the Star of David!
In contrast, the writings on the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem are anything but godly! How the enemy delights in maligning as lies the purposes and designs of the God of Israel, the God of the Bible and the God of the Church. He is NOT the God of this other religion!
Let the judgment stone of Dan - the beryl - glow forth once again in full and understanding righteousness.
Five. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: THE EAGLE AND LION'S WHELP - DAN.
Moses prophesied over Dan that he would be as a lion's whelp - a young lion - leaping from the hills of Bashan. This is parallel to the thought of Jacob over Dan as an adder - a serpent.
But Dan in the inscrutable foreknowledge and predestining Sovereignty of God - is numbered as one of the 4 leading tribes in Israel! Judah on the East led 2 tribes in the march of Numbers - and throughout Joshua and Judges. From him came forth the 10 good kings. The break-a-way 10 tribes produced not one godly king! He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and from him came forth Jesus, who will return to rule from the Throne of King David.
Reuben was on the South with Simeon and Gad. Ephraim was on the West with Manasseh and Benjamin. But DAN was on the North with Asher and Naphtali!
Reuben was the man of Luke as Judah was the Lion of Matthew. Ephraim was the ox of Mark. But DAN was the eagle of John! It is also true that the eagle is the prominent emblem of the United States. Jesus within Himself has the perfect balance of all 4 of these leading tribes, including Dan.
The eagle is a remarkable bird, and the United States is still a great nation. DESPERATELY we need revival. We have had two Great Awakenings in our past. Dr. J. Edwin Orr has done yeoman's duty in writing them up with the concomitant outpourings of the Spirit in Great Britain. In the early 1900's God brought not only the Welsh revival, but also the Topeka, Kansas and Azusa Street Visitation. The Charismatic Renewal of the late 60's and 70's has also brought blessing.
But we can't rest on our laurels. Today we need a greater Visitation than ever before to prepare for the return of God's appointed King. He will come to the Mount of Olives and reign from Jerusalem over this earth. THEN the earth will learn what it is to live under TRUE righteousness.
Jesus is God's Eagle, and Lion and Man and servant Ox. He combines this spirit in all 4 Gospels and in the faces of Ezekiel's cherubim. May His Eagle Spirit come upon America once again to prepare for God's last day agenda. Even though Samson, a Danite, had sinned - yet in the judgment of his blindness he cried out to God - O just once more let my strength return that I might avenge myself upon my enemies for the loss of my sight. And God granted his request!
Six. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: THE LAST DAY'S BIBLE.
"The Last Day's Bible" is a relatively new translation (1999). The producer and publisher of this version of the Bible is Life Messengers, the organization founded in 1944, that produced and published in great quantities such outstanding witnessing booklets as Here's How - Destined for Greatness - Have You Been Brainwashed? - and many others. Over 66 million copies of Here's How alone were printed and distributed in over 50 languages in scores of nations.
"This translation has for me a 5-fold emphasis: Apart from accepting the full Lordship of Jesus Christ, we will never make His heaven, (Romans 10:9-10). Jesus as Savior is recorded 24 times in the New Testament - but Jesus as Lord occurs 348 times - 14:1! There is a clarity about this translation that reminds me of the Living Bible. To give the equivalent to God's thoughts - sometimes has greater clarity and force than a word by word translation. This is often because of the difference in idiomatic change in languages. See the above selection from Matthew 7 as an example of this. In this translation the reader will find Clarity in Eschatology - the doctrine of last things. Clarity on the Privilege and Necessity of Witnessing.
Clarity on the need of a Spirit-controlled life.
I have known of the translator for over 45 years, and have known him personally for 40 years. I have such confidence in Life Messengers and his work, that I accepted his invitation to become a member of his board. It is my measured conviction that this translation exemplifies the "Practical Judgment" of this paper - and the American spirit of creativity and inventiveness that has existed since our founding fathers of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson -- then on to Thomas Edison - and now down to our day through Ken Taylor and the author of the "Last Day's Bible." Published by Life Messengers, PO Box 1967, Seattle WA 98111-1967.
Seven. PRACTICAL JUDGMENT: THE 1948 VISITATION & GEORGE HAWTIN.
I will not teach what I cannot demonstrate," was one of George Hawtin's favorite statements. If you will refer to our Website www.2rbetter.org under Embryonics - you will find an article on Dan written 2 ½ years ago. In it is an illustration of this principle through the life of Milford Kirkpatrick.
Again and again - following the presentation of a teaching, Brother Hawtin would challenge the people to believe for a demonstration of that very teaching. In a sense, the life of Deborah illustrates this. She would give the Word of the Lord as it was given to her - and then as in the case of Barak - she would challenge him to immediate obedience. This is crystal clear in the issue as it related to Sisera's forces under Jabin.
In Madame Jeanne Guyon's Commentary on the book of Judges, she makes this point as a clear principle taken from the life of Deborah. As a matter of fact, Deborah stood head and shoulders above her contemporaries of that day, and George Hawtin had a parallel position in his day. Only two or three in a generation reach this place of intimacy in Jesus. Swift decisions of practical and sound judgment issue forth from such people. Dan illustrates this principle, and so did Deborah, Madame Guyon and George Hawtin.


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Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew – Book Review
Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew
by John Oller
August 1, 2004, 358 pages
I first read this book back when it was released and have recently read it again for the third time, because I love Jean Arthur. More The Merrier (1943), The Whole Town's Talking (1935) and Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) have always been some of my favorite classic movies. You Can't Take It With You (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) are favorites too. Jean would star in 89 movies and several theater productions during her career.
Oh, how she loved to act.
"when I'm in front of the camera, I lose my identity, my timidity," Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur was born Gladys Georgianna Greene on October 17, 1900 in Plattsburgh, New York. She would be the youngest child in a family that already had three boys. The family was Lutheran, of Norwegian and English descent and of modest means. Before Gladys was born, the family had settled and resettled across the country and back again, chasing jobs for Hubert Greene (her father). Gladys was born October 17, 1900. She didn't have much education until high school, but dropped out of that too so she could help the family financially. It was while she was working as a model in New York that the Fox studio "discovered" her in a commercial. In 1923 Gladys officially changed her name to Jean Arthur, based on the name of her hero, the French Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) and King Arthur and began a decades-long acting career. Jean Arthur made her first film with Fox in a 1923 silent film called Cameo Kirby, directed by John Ford.
There would be 88 more movies plus theater productions to come.
"I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myself," Jean Arthur.
In 1928 Jean filed her first "sound" movie, Warming Up. It was billed as Paramount's first sound (not talkie) film. By all critical accounts, it wasn't good, but Jean Arthur stood out and was given a three-year-contract at $150 per week. During the same year, she made her first "talkie," The Canary Murder Case, with William Powell. In 1929, she did The Green Murder Case, again with William Powell. In 1930, a David Selznick movie, Street of Chance, also with William Powell. People were taking notice.
This book includes a lot of information about Arthur's genealogy, family as well as her acting history. She was married just twice, once for only a day and had no children. There are interesting stories here from the many movies and theater productions. But it's the background of her life that intrigues me and is so well-researched here. Her childhood plays a big part in the behavior that so many called "difficult." Oller takes great care and patience in describing it. It really hit home for me. I didn't know anything about Jean's life before I read this book, but it has provided layers of sympathy and empathy for her that weren't there before I did. As one that was also raised a Lutheran, and of Norwegian and English descent, I could relate to a lot of the stories about family turmoil here. In a strange way, it did me good to see this might be a pattern among us Protestants? Maybe not, but it sure made me feel less alone.
When I read Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew, so many things fell into place for me. The more I read, the more my neck hurt from shaking my head "yes." I believe that the insecurity and nervous anxiousness borne of her childhood caused the behavior that brought so many of the "she's difficult" comments over the years. Yes, she had outbursts and seemingly unexplained tantrums and disappearances, but anxiety attacks, insecurity and a massive inferiority complex can do this to a person! Jean was afraid. She was lonely. She wanted to be accepted and loved. Period. Thanks to the way she was brought up she was always afraid that by just being herself that that could not happen.
I truly believe after reading this, the inferiority complex and crippling insecurity that caused this "difficult" behavior came from always seeing the world differently than everyone else. I admire her strength for pushing through it anyway, honoring herself and becoming successful despite it all. That's inspiring. Her determination in fighting it brought her success in one of the ways she could escape it all, acting. Jean also immersed herself in intellectual inspiration. She loved nature and animals. There's more than one story in the book about her finding peace in these things. She took comfort in her garden and any animal she crossed paths with.
Even on the movie sets she believed:
"animals are the world's most trustworthy inhabitants. There's no chips on their shoulders, they're never mad at you and they never misunderstand you."—-Jean Arthur.
The book is filled with quotes that give the reader real insight to how Jean thought and how she lived. Again, inspiring.
In 1936, with several movies under her belt, Frank Capra hired her for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. It was the beginning of international stardom. Capra would hire her again for You Can't Take it With You" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
"Never have I seen a performer plagued with such a chronic case of state jitters," Capra wrote in his autobiography. "She was my favorite actress," he admitted.
Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm was published in 1941 and became important to Arthur. The book won international acclaim and seemed to hit a chord with Jean, who was a noted non-conformist.
"Compulsive conforming," Fromm wrote," is when the individual ceases to be himself; he adopts entirely the kind of personality offered to him by cultural patter….and becomes exactly as all others are and as they expect him to be. That person gives up his individual self and becomes an automation, identical with millions of other automatons around him, he need not feel alone and anxious anymore. But the price he pays is high; it is the loss of his self."
It's easy to see how Fromm's deductions validated the way Jean was leading her life. She ended up studying with him and being the subject of his analysis which she later described as:
"the finest experience I ever had–the most constructive, in fact the only thing that makes sense…The greatest thing he did for me was teach me to laugh at myself," Jean Arthur.
She was fighting her way through the insecurity and inferiority complex, she was finding ways to cope. Fromm's writings could not completely help her explain what was wrong with her though. That came from Karen Horney, a colleague of Fromm's.
"Horney's essential theses was that all neuroses derive from the 'basic anxiety' of childhood, and the child's attempts to cope with conflicting feelings of helplessness, fear and hostility generated out of uncaring or inadequate parenting. As a means of resolving these conflicts the child adopts various character strategies, or 'neurotic trends.' She described these as falling into one of three principal categoies: moving 'towards,' 'against,' or 'away from' people."
Arthur fit into the third category – she moved away from people.
"Detached individuals avoid conformity for fear of becoming submerged in the amorphous mass of human beings. They crave privacy and prefer the pursuit of impersonal endeavors in the sphere of books, animals, art or nature….If the detached person is thrown into close contact with other, 'he may readily go to pieces or to use the popular term, have a nervous breakdown.' " read Horney's thesis.
Seems to me we've come across the reason for that "behavior" she's known for.
While Arthur loved comedies and was well-known for "screwball" comedies like The Talk of the Town" she had a longing to be taken more seriously with dramatic roles. Eventually, she admitted that comedy is what she knew and did the best. I agree. Over the years there would be stage roles like her coveted Peter Pan and Joan of Arc roles, that would fill in the spots between movies and her fights with directors and studio heads. There were teaching positions and mentorships. There was even a short-lived TV show, thanks to inspiration from Lucille Ball, called The Jean Arthur Show in 1966. She retired from all performing in 1973.
Despite it all, blockbusters were her specialty. She was an A-list actress that had found international acclaim. Though she suffered a great deal from anxiety and insecurity, Arthur turned to her books, nature and animals for solace. She was interested in the connection between mind and body and read a great deal about it an other intellectual subjects that kept her mind working on a level that gave her peace.
Author John Oller spends a great deal of this book describing all the ways Ms. Arthur's timidity wreaked havoc on various movie and theater productions. I've seen many comments about her behavior over the years, but I've never seen such great care taken in trying to explain it. To get to know and understand the real Jean Arthur you have to, and Oller introduces us to her. None of her acting roles revealed any of these truths. After reading this book, I feel like I can know at least a little piece of the real Jean Arthur and that's inspiring.
Jean Arthur died on June 19, 1991 at her home in Carmel, California.
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Civil War Maryland: Stories From the Old Line State
By: Cox, Richard P.
2008 Trade Paperback. 156 pp. By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly industrializing North had become almost two separate nations. As a border state with ties to both sides, Maryland and its people played a unique role in the war. This series of essays on Maryland's involvement in the conflict and its aftermath highlights some of the personalities and events that make Maryland's Civil War stories unusual and compelling. Author Richard P. Cox draws on original sources and contributions from historians to relate the many ironies, curiosities and legends that abound. This volume will appeal to those who want to be introduced to the Civil War in Maryland as well as to those already well versed in the subject. Black and white photographs and illustrations included.
Title: Civil War Maryland: Stories From the Old Line State
Author: Cox, Richard P.
Categories: 19th Century, American Civil War,
Publisher: The History Press: 2008
Binding: Trade Paperback
Keywords: CIVIL WAR AMERICAN HISTORY MILITARY,
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By: Randall, Daniel R.
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By: Murfin, James V.; Robertson, James I. (Introduction)
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Q: To Get the start and end positions of String text in java jTextArea I am implementing a spellchecker using apached lucene 3.6
 Want to integrate the highlighting of mispelled words with
 the Highlight class using the "start" and "end" position of the words.
Will like to know how to get start and end positions of
 text as they are entered into the jtextarea.
I know will have to use keyboard and mouse event listeners.
But how do I get the "start" and "end" position of each word
 in the string of text.
thank you.

A: Assuming "words" are just defined as characters groups separated by spaces, you can find the index of all spaces like so:
int index = 0;
String string = ... // get from text area
while((index = string.indexOf(' ', index)) != -1) {
   // save them
}

You could take the resulting list of space indexes and build a list of Word objects, eliminating words of zero length (adjacent space indexes), etc.

A: You need to call getText() to get the complete text in the text area as a String. Then you can get the words out of this String, check them, and also in the same step get the indices of the words and their end indices, which are simply start index+wordlength.

A: Could you not just get the jTextArea and split the string at spaces. This would give you an array of all the "words" in the area.
String text = jTextArea.getText();
String[] words = text.split(' ');

Then to get the index of the words you just add up the length of the word + 1 for the space.
int[] startIndices = new int[words.length];
int[] endIndices = new int[words.length];
int currentIndex = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
    startIndices[i] = currentIndex;
    currentIndex += words[i].length;
    endIndices[i] = currentIndex;
    currentIndex++;
}

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Bedtime Stories (As Told By Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)
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Q: Python - Find Top item in dictionary I want to retrieve the top track in the itemized data structure below:
tracks = {
u'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)': {u'playlist1': 4.0},
u'Fake Plastic Trees': {u'playlist2': 5.0, u'playlist1': 6.0},
u'The Man Who Sold The World': {u'playlist1': 3.0},
u'Running Up That Hill': {u'playlist1': 2.0},
u"Jeep's Blues": {u'playlist3': 1.0, u'playlist4':9.0},
u'Stella By Starlight': {u'playlist3': 1.0},
u'Codex': {u'playlist1': 3.0}
}

the logic is the following:
1 - find a track which belongs to more than one playlist.
2 - among these results, find the highest rank for this track. (adding individual playlist ranks)
I am partially there with this snippet:
tracks = [i[0] for i in radio.items()]
playlists = [i[1] for i in radio.items()]

ranking = []

for p in playlists:
    name = p.keys()
    rank = p.values()
    if len(rank) >= 2:
        ranks = sum(r for r in rank)
        ranking.append(ranks)

print max(ranking)

which prints: 11.0, which corresponds to desired output u'Fake Plastic Trees
but I've lost track (pardon my pun) of track name.
how do I retrieve track name using the code above?
ps. is there a simpler way to achieve my desired result?

A: By default, you iterate over only the values of a dict when using a for loop.  You can get the keys as well using iteritems():
tracks = [i[0] for i in radio.items()]
playlists = [i[1] for i in radio.items()]

ranking = []
songs = []

for song, p in playlists.iteritems():
    name = p.keys()
    rank = p.values()
    if len(rank) >= 2:
        ranks = sum(r for r in rank)
        ranking.append(ranks)
        songs.append(song)

import numpy as np
song_index = np.argmax(ranking)
print songs[song_index]

A: While @Tim has addressed how your code works, I can address how to shorten it a bit. Instead of having to keep track of your songs and your song names, simple create another dict to use to hold all the tracks with two or more playlist. From there, you can use the builtin function max() and a simple lambda to get the key with the highest value in the dict():
tracks = {
u'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)': {u'playlist1': 4.0},
u'Fake Plastic Trees': {u'playlist2': 5.0, u'playlist1': 6.0},
u'The Man Who Sold The World': {u'playlist1': 3.0},
u'Running Up That Hill': {u'playlist1': 2.0},
u"Jeep's Blues": {u'playlist3': 1.0, u'playlist4':9.0},
u'Stella By Starlight': {u'playlist3': 1.0},
u'Codex': {u'playlist1': 3.0}
}

def get_top_track(tracks):
  # create a dict to hold
  # the top keys.
  ranks = {}
  for key, val in tracks.items():
    if len(val) >= 2:
      # only add the tracks
      # which have two or
      # more playlists.
      total = sum(el for el in val.values())
      ranks[key] = total
  # lastly, use the builtin in function max()
  # and a lambda to get the key with the highest value
  # in the ranks dict.
  return max(ranks, key=lambda key: ranks[key])

print(get_top_track(tracks))

Which yields:
>>> u'Fake Plastic Trees'

A: >>> top_track = max(tracks, key=lambda k: len(tracks[k]))
>>> top_track

u'Fake Plastic Trees'


Recently, the *Ministry of External Affairs declared new rules for applying for a passport.* And here we have rounded up some of the major changes that these new rules have bought in.
In a welcome move, the new passport rules has done away with the mandate requiring names of both parents at the time of application. An applicant now only needs to provide the name of either one of the parents or the legal guardian. This makes it easier for children with single parents or orphans to apply for a passport. For spiritually oriented people like Sadhus/Sanyasis, there have provisions made for them to mention the name of their spiritual leader in place of their biological parents.
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Ketohexokinase C blockade ameliorates fructose-induced metabolic dysfunction in fructose-sensitive mice
Miguel A. Lanaspa, Ana Andres-Hernando, David J. Orlicky, Christina Cicerchi, Cholsoon Jang, Nanxing Li, Tamara Milagres, Masanari Kuwabara, Michael F. Wempe, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Richard J. Johnson, Dean R. Tolan
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Increasing evidence suggests a role for excessive intake of fructose in the Western diet as a contributor to the current epidemics of metabolic syndrome and obesity. Hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) is a difficult and potentially lethal orphan disease associated with impaired fructose metabolism. In HFI, the deficiency of aldolase B results in the accumulation of intracellular phosphorylated fructose, leading to phosphate sequestration and depletion, increased adenosine triphosphate (ATP) turnover, and a plethora of conditions that lead to clinical manifestations such as fatty liver, hyperuricemia, Fanconi syndrome, and severe hypoglycemia. Unfortunately, there is currently no treatment for HFI, and avoiding sugar and fructose has become challenging in our society. In this report, through use of genetically modified mice and pharmacological inhibitors, we demonstrate that the absence or inhibition of ketohexokinase (Khk), an enzyme upstream of aldolase B, is sufficient to prevent hypoglycemia and liver and intestinal injury associated with HFI. Herein we provide evidence for the first time to our knowledge of a potential therapeutic approach for HFI. Mechanistically, our studies suggest that it is the inhibition of the Khk C isoform, not the A isoform, that protects animals from HFI.
https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI94427
10.1172/JCI94427
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Lanaspa, M. A., Andres-Hernando, A., Orlicky, D. J., Cicerchi, C., Jang, C., Li, N., Milagres, T., Kuwabara, M., Wempe, M. F., Rabinowitz, J. D., Johnson, R. J., & Tolan, D. R. (2018). Ketohexokinase C blockade ameliorates fructose-induced metabolic dysfunction in fructose-sensitive mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 128(6), 2226-2238. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI94427
Lanaspa, Miguel A. ; Andres-Hernando, Ana ; Orlicky, David J. ; Cicerchi, Christina ; Jang, Cholsoon ; Li, Nanxing ; Milagres, Tamara ; Kuwabara, Masanari ; Wempe, Michael F. ; Rabinowitz, Joshua D. ; Johnson, Richard J. ; Tolan, Dean R. / Ketohexokinase C blockade ameliorates fructose-induced metabolic dysfunction in fructose-sensitive mice. In: Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2018 ; Vol. 128, No. 6. pp. 2226-2238.
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Worth 100%: Same Value, Same Pay
New Zealand Public Service Association
#EqualPay Worth 100%:
Same Value, Same Pay
New Zealand's Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 promises to dismantle historical and systemic sex-based pay undervaluation in female-dominated occupations
On July 23rd the New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed the Equal Pay Amendment Bill, drawing feelings of both relief and celebration from union members of the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA). The law elaborates on the international principle of "equal pay for work of equal value" to ensure that work with similar sets of skills, responsibilities and experience should receive equal pay.
Relief because the union had fought for equal pay pretty much "since PSA was formed," according to PSA Acting National Secretary Kerry Davies, more than 100 years ago; and celebration because after decades of advocating for equal pay and after a number of iterations to their campaign, from "Up where we belong" to "Worth 100%: Same value, Same pay," New Zealand finally saw that It's time that historical and systemic sex-based pay undervaluation in female-dominated occupations were dismantled.
It is easy to determine the same pay across genders for the same work, but it is more difficult to determine just pay rates for the same skills in two different jobs
Joining in the celebrations were more than 55,000 women workers who make up 73 percent of PSA membership.
Rejecting a market-based model in determining pay rates
For PSA's women members and the many others who work in female-dominated occupations such as healthcare, home support, disability support, and others, this Amendment to the Equal Pay Act of 1972 facilitates achievement of pay equity – similar pay for similar skill level – across differing occupations, through a standard job evaluation or job assessment process. "It is easy to determine the same pay across genders for the same work, but it is more difficult to determine just pay rates for the same skills in two different jobs," Davies noted.
While complicated, job evaluations are an important part of the process of achieving pay equity. For example, a previous job evaluation revealed that while disability support workers have the same level of skills, responsibilities, and qualifications as correction officers, disability support workers are paid around 50 percent less than correction officers.
In addition to a standard job evaluation process, the Amendment also clarifies the "claims" process – according to popular commentary, the Amendment "sets out a bargaining framework for employers, workers and unions to negotiate in good faith. Importantly, it encourages use of mediation and dispute resolution services if agreement is not reached. Court action is now a last resort, which lowers the bar for employees wishing to bring a claim."
For PSA whose more than 76,000 members are employed by central government, state-owned enterprises, local councils, health boards, and community groups, there was the realization that without proper funding allocation by the government – their employer – any equal pay claims process, even if provided by law, would have "no teeth." That is why the union is working with the government on an Equal Pay Delivery Plan which is a multi-year funding plan across states and sectors, making sure that no one – no gender, no ethnicity, no occupation – is left behind.
"We are rejecting the market-based model in which the market determines pay rates," Davies commented. The market, which had conveniently determined that New Zealand's healthcare, home support, and disability workers, among others, should be paid less than workers in comparable occupations, had kept pay in these female-dominated occupations historically low.
The market, with its penchant for favoring management discretion over objective criteria, had failed the female workers. Fresh from the success of the Equal Pay Amendment Act, PSA is already campaigning for new legislation: pay transparency. A campaign to extend the Equal Pay Act beyond gender to include ethnicity as basis for taking equal pay claims is also being planned. Some 16 percent of PSA's membership are from the Māori and Pacific Island groups.
Notes for campaigning
That New Zealand continually strives to achieve gender equality in all forms (it is the first country where women were given the right to vote) owes a lot to the country's unions' campaigning, including that by PSA. The campaign for equal pay and pay equity had seen "an incredible level of activity by union members on the different levels," said Davies.
For Davies, what created a whole lot of difference was when the female union members, in those same occupations that the campaign was trying to achieve pay equity for, exposed the real nature of their work and helped people see that their skills, qualifications, and responsibilities are in fact comparable to higher paid occupations.
Over the years, indeed decades, PSA always campaigned in multiple levels – workplace, sector, community – and did a lot of political work. "It's important to not get disheartened by the lengthy campaigning process, to not be put off by the barriers or complexities put up, for example, by employers," Davies reminds unions from other Asian countries whose fight for gender equality may just be beginning.
https://publicservices.international/resources/news/worth-100-brsame-value-same-pay-?id=11313&lang=en


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On Solid Rock
by Shari Noland | Jul 14, 2021 | Celebrity Profiles, Family, Headline News, Purpose |
It could be daunting to take over the reins as lead pastor for a church your famous parents planted in 2012, but for Alvin Love III, 35, it was a natural progression that was initially inspired by a powerful encounter he had on a visit to Melbourne Life Church in Australia.
"It was something that was just surprisingly personal and I guess invasive a little bit. I felt like God was looking at me and only me. And that was the first time for me to where I just felt that much attention and that much focus from God and it stopped me in my tracks. I was only planning on staying in Australia for three months. I decided to stay nine months because the discipleship course that the church offered was a nine-month class," said Love.
From that encounter, Love began sharing his experience with his friends and family and what he felt was in his heart. He learned that a number of his friends were also taking steps to a deeper connection with God. Over the next year, pastors and leaders from Melbourne Life Church came to Nashville and ministered to him and his friends at his parents' home. It was their ministry that launched Nashville Life Church with 38 members and Pastors Alvin Love II and CeCe Winans as Senior Pastors. Now, in 2020, with about 400 members, he and his friends are leading the congregation. Although some changes are happening, they are learning as they go.
"I'm very different from my parents, but our church has been a collaborative effort. My dad and mom brought me pretty close to the core of what was happening. So though I was never the leader from a governmental and even spiritual point, I've always had a prominent voice in the building of the culture and what we have. I think the change is less because I'm in charge and more because I'm evolving and we're getting better and better," said Love.
It's a multicultural church and very diverse in a lot of ways; not just racially, but politically, philosophically, and economically. As would be expected, that naturally has caused some division within the church that Love has had to address head-on. Rather than pick a side or using his platform to speak politically, he emphasizes not letting politics divide the church.
"There's always been Democrats and Republicans. There's always been all types of people, and that's okay. I don't think that your Christian faith has to dictate where you lean politically, however, as believers, we should never let politics serve as a tool to divide the church that God has called to be one," said Love.
So what does he believe they should be focused on? What Love says are the "basic beliefs — being a community of faith amidst the social, health, and political unrest. They had to do things a little differently with COVID. Previously, they'd gather more with 12-week small groups. Now, they're focused on being a source of life and faith for people wherever they are, whether at work, in the neighborhood, or elsewhere. He encourages his members to reach out to people who aren't part of their church community, or perhaps they're at the edge of not believing at all.
"Our faith can be that boost they need to come closer to God. I think fear is at an all-time high. I think suicidal thoughts, and mental illness is at an all-time high. And that's what we're seeing in our own city. And I think, if nothing else, just the idea of having faith and believing that things are going to turn around and believing that God is still in control and he still loves us, " said Love.
Love says even as a pastor he has been affected by the woes of 2020 — the isolation, the discouragement, and looking at an Instagram feed and only seeing re-postings of shootings, and deaths, and COVID numbers going up. A lot of the depressing news happened in the months leading to him transitioning as the senior pastor. Not to mention, he had to navigate CDC guidelines for churches and determine whether they should even meet in person. He gets what people are feeling, but he's trying to lead by example.
"I have been hit by pressures, and I've been vulnerable to anxiety, but it's the fight to stand on the rock of God's Word that has allowed me to not only still be standing, but to still be thriving, and to be able to preach, and to be able to live life and have joy is a testament that this works, God works. And the Holy Spirit is definitely a sustainer."


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Chicago Teachers On Strike, Affecting 350,000 Students
By Scott Neuman
Published September 10, 2012 at 8:22 AM EDT
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union distribute strike signage at the Chicago Teachers Union strike headquarters on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 in Chicago.
Teachers in Chicago walked off the job Monday after contract negotiations fell through, leaving 400,000 students in the nation's third-largest district shut out of their classrooms.
Contract talks broke down late last night, and by Monday morning Chicago public school teachers, many wearing red T-shirts and carrying signs, were picketing around the city for the first time in a quarter-century.
At a news conference late Sunday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the teachers' move a "strike of choice."
Emanuel says the union walked away from the table too soon.
"We're down to two issues. Finish it! Let the kids go back where they belong," he said late Sunday. "This is not the right thing to do to the children. It's unnecessary. It's avoidable and it's wrong."
But Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said there hasn't been enough movement on job protection, class sizes and teacher evaluations.
"We demand a fair contract now, and until there's one in place that our members will accept, we will be on the line," she said.
Board President David Vitale said after the teachers rejected a 16 percent pay raise over four years and a number of other benefits, there was little more that could be offered.
"There is only so much money in the system," Vitale said. "This is not a small commitment we're handing out at a time when our fiscal situation is really challenged."
Becky Vevea, of member station WBEZ, reports that school leaders and Emanuel:
" ... want big changes similar to ones being pushed nationally — a longer school day, longer school year, a new system for grading teachers and a whole new way to pay them.
"The teachers union is pushing back on those efforts, arguing for Emanuel to invest in what they say are under-resourced neighborhood schools."
Vevea reports that it's an awkward time for the union because unemployment is high and district budgets are being cut.
It could also be awkward for the Obama administration. Education Secretary Arne Duncan ran the Chicago schools for years, and Emanuel is a former administration chief of staff.
Rhoda Gutierrez, a parent with two kids in public school, told WBEZ that the politicians in Washington, D.C., need to step in.
"This is where Obama came from; this is where Duncan came from," Gutierrez said. "The policies in Chicago have gone national and viral."
According to The Chicago Tribune, 144 of the district's schools will be staffed with nonunion employees, including principals and assistant principals, to provide services and meals.
UPDATE at 11:00 ET:
The New York Times quotes the CTU's Lewis as saying the contingency plan for students is "a mess" and that school officials were expecting families to "put their children with random folks."
High School teacher Steve Parsons said he and others are "ready to stay out as long as it takes to get a fair contract and protect our schools," according to The Times.
The newspaper said:
"... Chicago had been bracing for the possibility of a teachers strike — the first since a 19-day stoppage in 1987. In recent days, hundreds of people have called the city's 311 system and the Chicago Public Schools central offices with questions about whether a strike was coming, and what it would mean. A strike was not expected to affect the 45,000 students in the city's charter schools, officials said."
Scott Neuman
Scott Neuman is a reporter and editor, working mainly on breaking news for NPR's digital and radio platforms.
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Shopland once had a parish church named St Mary Magdalen. The little Norman church measured only 40 ft by 19ft and was built around the 12th century, of rubble and limestone. It had two small windows. Hundreds of years later four more windows were made.
During the 13 and 14th centuries the chancel was widened and two windows and a north door were added. In the 15th Century it was widened, had a bell tower and a fine timber porch built. The bell turret was built in the 16th century, and one bell installed.
Sadly the church began to deteriorate by the 20th century. Thanks to the friends of the church a complete restoration began. The old box pews were removed. The blocked up door and windows were re-opened, the walls were re-plastered and painted.
In 2014 some visitors to the site were shocked to see the site so overgrown, with bones dug up by the badgers lying around, they decided to tidy the site and find the old foundations.
This page was added by Mave Sipple on 14/04/2015.
I must have been 8 years old when I saw the dust cloud from a nearby field as the old Church came down.
Strangely just after reading this article I found a brief reference in a book which said that upon demolition the porch from the church was re-erected at St Thomas Church, Bradwell on Sea, Essex in 1957.
Spent a few days at the CL (Certified Location caravan site) and was interested to know about the history of the old graveyard and church which we understand was demolished in 1950s.