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The facts about income distribution in South Africa were set out in a previous brief. Here the focus will be on ways to think about it. Five guidelines are proposed.
1. Think more about the distribution of income than the distribution of wealth
There are two reasons for this. First, the distribution of wealth changes as a result of changes in the distribution of income. Every household in a position to save acquires wealth as a result. Secondly, as the previous brief indicated, it is possible to have a high level of inequality in wealth coexisting with low inequality of income, as Denmark and Sweden attest. There is a qualification in respect of great fortunes and they need special consideration. But even there, there is mobility, as the South African experience shows.
2. Decide whether reduction of poverty (incomes below a constant real level) or reduction of inequality is the goal
South Africa has done quite well in recent years on reducing poverty. Extension of social grants has helped, as has construction of infrastructure by both the public and the private sectors. While much remains to be done, access to safe water, sanitation, electricity and cellular telephones has been greatly extended and payment for water and electricity has been graduated by consumption, making them affordable for the poor. All of these developments have made life easier for many South Africans.
On the other hand, inequality of income has changed little in the last twenty years. This may in part be a consequence of the opening of the economy, from which richer people have been in a better position to benefit initially. Greater openness makes more rapid growth possible, which will reduce poverty down the line.
South Africa has made an implicit choice already, and the National Development Plan makes this choice explicit in its poverty and inequality goals. There is an intermediate position and that is to conceptualize poverty in relative rather than absolute terms, so that household poverty would be defined as receipt of less than, say, half of median household income. The idea is that poverty in relative terms means that a household cannot adequately participate in society.
3. Focus on inequality of opportunity among children
Measuring inequality of opportunity among adults is complex, because outcomes among adults depend on their choices. Adults may have equality of opportunity, but some may make the most of it, while others mess up, leading to inequality of outcome. There is no such gap in the case of children, who have little or no control over the circumstances they find themselves in. All the infrastructural development and income support mentioned helps to reduce inequality among children. Moreover, virtually all children in the compulsory school age range are in school. Grade R seeks to overcome differences in household capacities to ready children for school. However, there are large differentials in the quality of general education schooling (up to and including Grade 9) and there remains differential access to further and higher education though this, too, has narrowed. Expansion of technical and vocational education would also help.
Our children are our future and they can be reached. Sadly, it is not so easy to compensate for a deprived childhood once people have become adults.
4. Go with the flow, recognizing that the market and state both have roles to play
Not surprisingly, politicians are prone to place an exclusive emphasis on redistribution through state policy. They have an interest in doing so. The rest of us should take a more balanced view. It is certainly true that state policy has an important role to play and that state successes as well as state failures affect outcomes. Improvements in infrastructure have been financed by a rapid expansion of central government grants to local authorities. However, local government is often inefficient and sometimes corrupt, leading to justified anger at the local level. If Pravin Gordhan can do as good a job in his present role as Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs he did at the Treasury, he will be doing the country a great service. The introduction of the child support grant has been well targeted as a poverty reduction measure. On the other hand, failures in the production of electricity damage the interests of the rich and poor alike.
Market contributions need to be brought into focus. It is not only the state which redistributes land. The market does as well, and arguably more effectively. It is not only the state which changes settlement patterns in cities. The market does it every day. South Africa has little capacity to produce commercially viable technical innovation, but it is good at obtaining licenses for it from abroad and introducing it here. Cellular telephones are a case in point and they have had a positive impact on the welfare of the poor.
Moreover, the market has responded to the lifting of disabilities imposed by apartheid. Indeed, the need for a more skilled work force was a major factor bringing apartheid down: capitalism breaking the fetters of a racial estate system. Upward occupational mobility has been growing ever since the industrial expansion of the 1930s and took place even under apartheid. It continues to-day.
5. Recognize that developments in income inequality and poverty work themselves out over decades
There are limits on how fast income inequality and poverty can change. For instance, the effects of improved equality of opportunity for children will work themselves out over their entire life. Small businesses develop into larger ones over a period of years. These times cannot be shortened. Caution is in order in order to avoid state policies, adopted with the ostensible, and perhaps real, intention of reducing inequality and poverty, but which will make things worse rather than better. A lot of our labour legislation falls under this category, effectively shutting out large numbers of people from employment, making high levels of unemployment inevitable even if we get higher growth. More haste, less speed.
Charles Simkins
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How can you keep a holiday from becoming a cliché? Thanksgiving comes perilously close -- with its turkey and trimmings, its stories of pilgrims and Native Americans, its pro football games, its Macy's parade, its Black Friday, its admonitions to be thankful in the midst of and maybe in spite of all this. And how many times have preachers and writers and others who pontificate tried to break through this "cliché" reality and say something new and moving -- something that gets to the heart of this holiday?
Why should we hope that through an issue of Insurance Update we can do what is so difficult to accomplish? Because in trying to avoid either cliché or forced creativity, we offer you a straightforward essay on gratitude -- what it is and what researchers have found out about it.
Here in November, now that (for many) the leaves have changed and we are all turning fully toward the holiday season, we hope the words and ideas in this issue show you the presence and power of gratitude, and remind you that being grateful is a benefit for many reasons - not only at Thanksgiving but all year long.
"When it comes to life," wrote G. K. Chesterton, turn-of-the-twentieth-century English author and critic, "the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude." Do you assume that the elements of your life have been produced by your own efforts and are therefore deserved? Or do you believe that they have been produced by the efforts of many others and have a mysterious goodness behind them? Do you see your life as humdrum and prosaic, or do you greet it with deep appreciation?
These questions assume a kind of attitude of gratitude. The word and the idea are as old as language, but it's only been in recent decades that researchers have begun to study gratitude. For a long time, psychologists and philosophers before them have been studying depression and mental illness, but in the middle of the 20th century scientists began to study positive emotions, and a discipline called "positive psychology" was born. There are some revealing studies on how gratitude contributes to physical and psychological health, how it strengthens relationships, builds self-esteem, enhances empathy, reduces aggression, and even helps you sleep better.
There is an odd thing about these studies -- they seem to confirm the obvious. In a study by Robert A. Emmons of the University of California, Davis, and Michael E. McCullough of the University of Miami, participants were divided into three groups. One group was asked each week for nine weeks to write five things they were grateful for. The second group was asked each week to write five things that hassled them. The third group was asked each week to write five things that had impact on them. The study showed that those who recorded their gratitude felt better about their lives, looked forward to the coming week with more optimism, reported fewer physical complaints, and spent more time exercising. These results are not surprising. Of course people who nurture their gratitude do better. Study after study reaches this conclusion. So what is gratitude?
Someone outside of yourself does something for you or gives you something, and you feel gratitude. You can't really be grateful to yourself. It's true that you can be glad for your own good actions. For instance, you can be pleased that you use good sense, or you work hard to earn a good salary, or you stand up for your convictions. But there is something missing here. Your attention is self-referenced. If you did it, there is no gift in it. It's about you. Gratitude is the response to something that comes as a gift from the outside.
So what happens to you when you are the recipient of a gift? Well, for one thing you do not control the moment. You are at the "mercy" of or "pleasure" of or subject to the "graciousness" of another. For some people this is hard. They want to control the ebb and flow of their lives. This is why some people are not good at receiving gifts. But if you are open to the gift, some good things follow. One of them may be surprise, because you were not expecting anything or for anything to happen.
Further, a gift reminds you that you are not alone. Someone else cares about you. We're talking here not just about special gifts but also simple, everyday acts like someone showing consideration for your busy schedule or remembering to ask about the illness of a loved one. When you are grateful, you affirm that you are connected to other people and that you need them. Gratitude is one of the glues of community.
It's almost too obvious to note, but a person who is radiating gratitude has an immediate, positive, and uplifting effect on a group of people. There may be cynics who will pooh-pooh someone with a grateful spirit and say the person doesn't see "reality," or is a "Pollyanna," but there is no getting away from the fact that genuine gratitude in such a person is contagious. There are few emotions more irresistible than a sudden exclamation of delight.
In 2010, two scholars, Adam M. Grant of the University of Pennsylvania and Francesca Gino of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published a study titled "A Little Thanks Goes a Long Way: Explaining Why Gratitude Expressions Motivate Pro-social Behavior." In the first experiment, participants were asked to help a student with a job application cover letter and then were asked to edit a second letter, which they were more willing to do if they were thanked for editing the first one. Both the first and second request and the thank you were all done by email. The second experiment, also by email, demonstrated that participants were more likely to help a second student with a job application cover letter if the first student thanked them. In the third experiment, Grant and Gino demonstrated that a group of university fundraisers made more fundraising calls if the director of annual giving thanked them for their work. In the fourth experiment, participants who edited the cover letter were visited personally by the student. Those who were thanked were more likely to edit a second cover letter than those with whom the student just discussed the weather. All four of these experiments confirm what we would have expected -- that gratitude "motivates pro-social behavior."
For many years, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers depended on resources called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases to document and classify illness and dysfunction. Then one of them realized that they were describing and measuring only what was wrong with people, and not what was right. In other words, they weren't capturing data for people who were happy and living a good life.
So in 2004, a large group of scientists -- many in the area of positive psychology -- created an 815-page resource titled, Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. It is, as the editors call it, a "Manual of the Sanities."
There is a whole chapter in CSV on gratitude. The writers suggest that gratitude is a "warm" feeling, and it is directed toward someone or some larger reality. And gratitude is "appreciation," which means there is gladness and pleasure in the feeling and a sense of rightness and goodness. You might say when it gets right down to it, it's hard to define gratitude, but you know it when you see it, and the reason may be that it is so basic to our human reality. Even an infant shows rudimentary gratitude in its pleasure at being fed, being held, being comforted, and being loved.
Another point CSV makes is that a desire to act flows from this warm appreciation and good will. This may seem less obvious. Can't you just be grateful without doing something? But even the experiments showed that gratitude makes you want to return the gift. Doesn't it sometimes even remind you that you could be more generous? Gratitude is not just a passive reaction; it stirs you to respond.
CSV further observes that a grateful disposition has facets. For some, gratitude is deep and intense. These people seem to live in a reality of gladness and gratefulness. For others, there is a question of frequency. They find many reasons, large and small, for being grateful. Then there is the span of gratitude. For these people, a grateful spirit is directed toward all they meet and no one is exempt. It peppers everyone and everything. They seem to be grateful for all people, things, and events of their life. Finally there is gratitude density, meaning some people sense that behind the obvious person or circumstance that produced the beneficial thing or moment is a larger circle or chain of people and circumstances.
Finally, the depth and intensity of one's gratitude may be shaped by what one knows about the giver or benefactor. If you know that the action or gift came from a deep love, a deeply gracious spirit, or a person of very little means, the gift may mean more and the gratitude may be deeper.
This brings us to a final question: Can gratitude be cultivated? There are many people who say yes. They will give you good advice. An article in a Harvard University newsletter titled "In Praise of Gratitude," offers these things to do: write thank you notes, thank someone mentally, keep a gratitude journal, count your blessings, pray, and meditate. Writing down the things you are grateful for is a common practice that many people find helpful. It was incorporated into the study cited earlier. But there is probably no better way to cultivate gratitude than by making a habit of saying thank you.
Many people might say that gratitude has its own reward. Each of us should have a grateful heart because it's the right way to live. But research seems to tell us that it's actually good for us. As we noted earlier, people who keep weekly gratitude journals exercise more regularly, report few physical symptoms, feel better in general about their lives, and are more optimistic. They seem to be more alert, enthusiastic, determined, attentive, and have more energy. They are more likely to help someone or offer emotional support. They are less likely to be depressed. They are even less likely to deny or ignore the negative aspects of life. They acknowledge the interconnectedness of life and tend to be more committed to and responsible for others. They are less prone to judge themselves and others on the basis of material success and more willing to share what they have. They are more open, more conscientious, and less neurotic. Studies seem to suggest that gratitude is correlated to changes in the cardiovascular and immune systems. Finally, grateful people might actually live longer.
So when you gather around the table this year at Thanksgiving, look around at your family and at the rich spread on the table, look back over the year, look inside yourself, look forward to the year ahead. Not everything you see will be good or welcome, but find the things that are, and think about them. For that moment, celebrate them. Look at the people in your life and instead of seeing their shortcomings be glad for their good qualities. For that moment and maybe for longer, you will become a better, nicer person; the world will look better and brighter, and you might even improve your health and lengthen your life.
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Here are links to two different and powerful stories of gratitude.
High school students go to great lengths to show their appreciation for a crossing guard.
A TED Talk by Jennifer Moss.
"Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference."
"I have been finding treasures in places I did not want to search. I have been hearing wisdom from tongues I did not want to listen. I have been finding beauty where I did not want to look. And I have learned so much from journeys I did not want to take. Forgive me, O Gracious One; for I have been closing my ears and eyes for too long."
Three friends were staying at a motel. They paid the motel manager $30 for the room, so each friend put up $10. A little while later the manager realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy back to the room with $5. On the way to the room the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split the $5 evenly among the three people, so he gave each one of them $1 and he kept the other $2.
This meant that the three of them paid $9 each for the room for a total of $27. Add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.
At the local model boat club, four friends were talking about their boats.
There were a total of eight boats, two in each color, red, green, blue and yellow. Each friend owned two boats. No friend had two boats of the same color.
Alan didn't have a yellow boat. Brian didn't have a red boat, but did have a green one. One of the friends had a yellow boat and a blue boat and another friend had a green boat and a blue boat. Charles had a yellow boat. Darren had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.
Can you work out which friend had which colored boats?


South Africa's AB de Villiers hopes his involvement in this year's Pakistan Super League will encourage the world's best players to return to the country.
Pakistan have had to play most of their 'home' games in the United Arab Emirates since a 2009 attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in Lahore, although the West Indies did tour Pakistan in April last year.
Meanwhile the 34-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman added he "would love to play" in English cricket's new Hundred tournament when it launches in 2020.
Matches will be restricted to 100 balls per innings -- even fewer than in Twenty20 -- in a bid to speed up the game.
But De Villiers, who unlike Kohli is now a 'free agent' after retiring from international duty in May, said: "I can't see anything wrong with trying something different."
De Villiers, however, all but ruled himself out of playing in England during this year's World Cup, which starts in May.
South Africa have never won the World Cup, but De Villiers -- whose 31-ball century against the West Indies at Johannesburg in 2015 remains the fastest one-day international hundred -- said: "I feel I've made the right decision to retire.
"If they (South Africa) do approach me -- and I don't think that will happen -- we'll have a conversation and I'm pretty sure that I will be staying over here and supporting the team."


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Non-Fiction: Scoundrels and Spitballers by Philippe Garnier
November 4, 2020 J. Kingston Pierce Ben Terrall, non-fiction 0
(Editor's note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January Magazine about Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen.)
Given the scary nature of pretty much everything these days (a raging pandemic amidst widespread disbelief in science; a ruling U.S. oligarchy dead set on destroying anything worth living for; Attorney General Bill Barr's "anarchist jurisdictions," which are at once ominous-sounding and nonexistent), it's a relief to escape into a past that was, if not always kinder or gentler, at least a hell of a lot more entertaining than late 2020. Such blissful escape is provided in spades by Philippe Garnier's Scoundrels and Spitballers: Writers and Hollywood in the 1930s, a new release available exclusively from Black Pool Productions, an imprint run by film noir historian, exhibitor, and preservationist Eddie Muller. It's a wildly passionate guide to largely forgotten history that most books on the period have barely touched upon.
Scoundrels and Spitballers is a treasure trove of anecdotes, author profiles, and hilarious, gossipy asides worthy of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon (1959). The contents of Garnier's book were culled partly from interviews with older Tinseltown wordsmiths that this cinephile did for French TV in the 1980s. He also spent long hours digging through studio archives, tracing the development of screen stories through letters, memos, script revisions, and other original source material.
Near the beginning of Scoundrels and Spitballers, Garnier explains, "I wanted to stress the vibrancy and free-for-all giddiness of a period when the film industry was young, and its workers even younger." He succeeded, and also effectively shows how, in his words, "Hollywood broke a few writers' souls, but it also helped many—and definitely inspired a few."
Garnier mostly eschews standard academic approaches; though he cites some sources in the book, it lacks footnotes or an index. As a disclaimer, Garnier explains, "Many of the facts and details hauled in for this book have been trawled and sifted from … oddball sources ranging from original research and personal interviews to strangely boring publications like Screen Writer, the monthly magazine of the Screen Writers Guild, as well as the trade journals and fan magazines of the period. The details are all true, verified as much as humanly possible. But in spite of these efforts, when it comes to truth in Hollywood—who's to know for sure? Was the picture shot on location or in front of a matte painting? Hollywood anecdotes, especially the good ones, should always be enjoyed with the proverbial grain of salt."
Scoundrels and Spitballers certainly has attitude and narrative drive (if not always in a straight line) to spare. Garnier's knowledge of Hollywood's early sound era is impressive, and his curiosity about and enthusiasm for the work and lives of the writers he introduces us to makes for an engaging, invigorating read. In Garnier's words, "It's a book that peers into little-seen corners, rather than staring squarely at its subject, a book more concerned with colorful second fiddles than with the tenors." Although famous names such as James M. Cain and Nathanael West do appear, Cain is mostly described making elaborate preparations to cook and serve a duck (this was Los Angeles before quinoa), while the section on West is largely about that great writer's less famous, and less talented, off-and-on-friend John Sanford. Even the most obsessive film-history buff is unlikely to be familiar with movie writers Burt Kelly, Rowland Brown, Wells Root, or Wilson Mizner, that last of whom reputedly said from his deathbed in an upscale hotel, "I'm dying above my means." Los Angeles booksellers Lewis Epstein and Edward Gilbert, whose stores were frequented by both famous and barely known writers, are equally obscure and equally interesting.
Garnier doesn't mince words when discussing figures in his purview who underwhelm him. The comic actor Guy Kibbee is "insufferable"; a biopic of F. Scott Fitzgerald was "flaccidly directed by Henry King"; now-forgotten painter Fletcher Martin's portraits of Charles Laughton and Sylvia Sidney are "horrible." He also calls a Guggenheim Fellowship "the surefire kiss of death for any writer"; hence he feels Nathanael West was lucky to have been turned down for that award, which provided "a sheltered life [that] led [writers] to produce a kind of hothouse literature, at best." To some, this disinterest in pulling punches will be jarring, but I found Garnier's strong opinions and candor a kick even when I didn't agree with him (e.g., I love Guy Kibbee).
Too many film historians and critics revert to bland, formulaic prose, which nobody will ever accuse Garnier of doing. For example, he writes: "In spite of Hollywood and its glamour, Los Angeles remained largely a community of yokels uprooted from the Bible Belt." Further: the actors in one film "all speak as if on Quaaludes." Garnier also refuses to sanitize the people who populate this book, never hesitating to quote them when they are at their most caustic, as when the screenwriter and novelist W.R. Burnett complains that a movie (I Died a Thousand Times) made from one of his scripts starred Jack Palance and Shelley Winters, whom Burnett called "two of the most repulsive people in pictures."
Yet Garnier clearly has great affection for many of his subjects. The more outrageous of them had chutzpah to burn, especially the "spitballers" who were expert at pitching story ideas on the fly to studio big-wigs. As Garnier describes, "They'd waltz into the office of [Darryl F. Zanuck] or [Samuel] Goldwyn and start spinning a yarn, impersonating characters, telling a smashing story—which they'd more often than not forget on their way to the track as the ink was drying on the check … Those early writers often were carnies or vaudevillians; all were gambling men, some outright crooks."
One writer frequently on the wrong side of the law was San Quentin regular Ernest Granville Booth, who made more than $28,000 from the film industry while still imprisoned. Another jailhouse writer, Robert Tasker, developed movie scripts with the left-wing screenwriter John Bright and was described in H.L. Mencken's The American Mercury as "24, tall, good looking, a sheik type for society girls and stenographers, with black hair carefully combed." (For a taste of the scriptwriting magic Tasker and Bright worked together, watch the unbeatable team of Joan Blondell and James Cagney as a pair of dynamic hustlers in 1931's Blonde Crazy, available for streaming via the Criterion Channel.) Tasker was, not surprisingly, most successful working on stories with penitentiary settings, including Hell's Highway and Backdoor to Heaven. Those and other tantalizing, hard-to-find movies touched on in Scoundrels and Spitballers left me wishing some crackpot millionaire would fund Garnier to stage a weeks-long festival of titles from this book, perhaps at a socially distanced drive-in.
Though Garnier touches upon the careers of Marguerite Roberts, Sylvia Richards, and Frances Marion, it would have been nice to have more on them and some of the other women screenwriters who show up in the pages of Scoundrels and Spitballers. That caveat aside, this wildly entertaining book is a most worthy follow-up to Blackpool's earlier Garnier work, the excellent David Goodis biography Goodis: A Life in Black and White. It's an important addition to the history of writers behind the Hollywood films of the 1930s. ◊
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Tragically Hip Tribute Band 'Practically Hip' Coming to Meaford Hall
Published: Wednesday, 07 November 2018 09:11
Established in Southern Ontario in 1997, 'Practically Hip' wows their audiences with their passionate recreation of the Hip's unique sound.
They are the most sought after Tragically Hip tribute act in Ontario and the U.S., and you'll be amazed at the vocal ability of Dean Hughes - you will think you are hearing Gord Downie, as Dean performs the songs, rants, and stories along with the five-piece band.
While playing songs note perfect and then adding jams the Hip is known for, is something their audiences constantly rave about.
For tickets visit: www.meafordhall.ca, phone 877-538-0463, or stop by the Meaford Hall box office, open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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A spectacular hoard of centuries-old coins found in a brook in the borough gives a small but perfectly-formed window into the past.
Thomas Jackson, from Hindley, found the 43 silver objects dating from the 1100s to the 1600s protected in a small rusty box.
Mr Jackson was delving in the small waterway near Lovers Lane in Atherton when he discovered the trove, which he believes was probably put together during the English Civil War and which had survived the passage of hundreds of years.
The collection of whole coins and fragments provides an insight to centuries of British life, with coins created in the times of various medieval, Tudor and Stuart monarchs.
Mr Jackson, 65, sent the coins to Liverpool Museum for analysis and is now looking for somewhere local to display them.
He said: "I have a couple of magnets and thought I would give it a try in the brook.
"Firstly I pulled out some old scrap which I put on one side and then found this little box.
"It was about the size of a snuff box and all rusted up. I got home and when the box dried the coins fell out.
"I could see Elizabeth I on one of them so I knew that was 16th century.
"People have said different things about where it came from. Someone could have hoarded them from the civil war to buy arms with or heard there were soldiers coming this way and thrown them away.
"At the moment they're in a drawer at home but I don't want to keep them, I would like them to be put on display somewhere they can be seen in Atherton or Tyldesley.
A report prepared on the coins says they are not rare and were probably accidentally lost rather than deliberately placed there.
It states the centuries-wide span of object suggests a collection rather than taken from currency and the box also contained several Scottish coins as well as foreign sterling.
The trove includes a cut farthing or broken halfpenny from the reign of Henry III bearing the date 1248 or 1249, a penny with the head of Richard II on from the 1300s and coins from Henry II's time on the throne.
Mr Jackson is no stranger to unearthing bits of the dim and distant past as he previously found a number of Roman coins at another site in Atherton.
He has also carried out detecting work at homes in the town and uncovered pieces from the Georgian and Victorian eras.


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Q: Serve different asset paths based on express js I have a set of routes on express which are brands.
Id like to serve 2 asset directories to each of these brands.
One public/static for all brand routes and then everything thats under public/brands/brandName.
Is this possible ? I have something like this which seems to work but only for the first /brandName i request.
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');

app.get('/brands/:brand', function (req, res) {

  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/brands/' + req.params.brand)));

  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/public/static/index.html');
});

app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, function () {
  console.log('listening on port 3000!');
});

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/static')));

module.exports = app;

A: This should do the trick;
app.use('/brands', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/brands/')));
app.use('/static', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/static/')));

app.get('/brands/:brand', function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/public/static/index.html');
});

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We should measure wellbeing and security if we want to create Good Work, claims the RSA
by Mark Eltringham • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Workplace design
Job security, workplace mental health, and how well-supported workers feel by their employer, should be monitored annually by the government, a report led by the RSA and the Carnegie UK Trust recommends. The need to better monitor quality of work in the UK was called for in RSA chief executive Matthew Taylor's 2017 employment review for the Prime Minister. The UK Government subsequently committed to delivering on this proposal; and Measuring Good Work now sets out a roadmap for how the ambition can be achieved. The report highlights that employment has a major impact on people's wellbeing and quality of life, arguing that since the 2008 financial crisis, despite record employment, the overall figure on the number of people in work fails to account for issues like worker pay; whether employees feel they are trapped in a job below their skillset; are working too few or too many hours; or are facing excessive workplace pressure.
It identifies a series of new questions – from work-life balance to mental health, and from opportunities for progression to feelings of purpose, involvement and control at work – which should be added to the annual official Labour Force Survey, the largest and most comprehensive annual household study in the UK.
For £200,000 – a comparatively tiny fraction of government spending – the authors estimate policymakers would be able to gain significant new insights into how the changing workplace and issues like the rise of the gig economy and automation are affecting workers from around the UK. The proposals represent the consensus position of representatives from a diverse range of interest groups involved in the report's development – including business, trade unions, academics and charities.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA and co-chair of the Measuring Job Quality Working Group, said: "A focus on record employment levels and the quantity of work only tells us so much: we do not know whether workers feel happy, well-treated, have opportunities for progression, work the number of hours they want to, or feel they have control over their working lives. To manage this problem, we must measure this problem. By expanding the official and most comprehensive survey of UK households – the Labour Force Survey – we can get a properly comprehensive assessment of the quality of work in the UK."
Martyn Evans, chief executive of the Carnegie UK Trust and Group co-chair, said: "Employment in the UK is at a record high but there are fears that too many workers are in jobs which offer low pay, limited prospects and which ultimately do not positively enhance their wellbeing. The detailed measurement framework proposed by our Measuring Job Quality Group will help us track who in the UK does and does not enjoy good work – and provide a platform for change. This is only the beginning of journey toward improving work in the UK, which will need commitment from government, employers, trade unions and campaigners. We hope our proposed metrics will make an important and sustained contribution, helping the UK track and deliver progress towards the ambition of good for work for all."
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Q: Getting "office-addin-debugging is not recognized as an internal or external command" after running an Excel task pane project with yo office I am unable to start an office-js Excel Task pane Add-in project due to "office-addin-debugging" apparently being missing. However, I noticed the module is included in my dev-dependencies. I followed the example tutorial on the official website. The error messages can be seen below
'office-addin-debugging' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start:web: `office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml web`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start:web script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

A: I think you're referring to an installation of this package:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/office-addin-debugging
From the documentation on the website:

Syntax:
office addin-debugging start  [options]
manifest: path to manifest file.

It looks like you're running command
office-addin-debugging manifest.xml

but the real command is
office addin-debugging start manifest.xml

A: I had the same issue. Running npm install didn't install all dependencies for some reason, but individually installing the missing scripts worked.
I ran npm install office-addin-debugging manually and it worked.

A: I noticed it was because my Excel version was 2013. It worked fine when I switched to 2016 since that's the minimum version you need to have before you can run office-js

A: By running npm i it worked and installed remaining dependencies


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Chant of the Buddha –
Chant of the Buddha – Part II – Outlook India
Buddhism has played an integral role in shaping the religious history of Odisha. Home to more than 200 Buddhist sites, Odisha is dotted with innumerable stupas, virahas (monastery) and images that testify to the long heritage of the religion in the state. The wide influence of Buddhism in Odisha is evident from the art, literature, architecture, sculptures and philosophy of the period. Discover more of this delightful state in the second part of the series:
JirangOften called the `Little Tibet of Odisha', Jirang, nestled in the hills of Chandragiri is the ideal blend of natures bounty and spiritual enlightenment. One of the lesser known Tibetan settlements in the country, Jirang with its imposing sights, verdant surroundings and lushness, serves as the largest Buddhist monastery in eastern India. Acclaimed for the Padmasambhava Mahavihara monastery, also popularly known as the Jirang monastery, it is a 5-hour drive from the capital Bhubaneswar. The Tibetans call this place Phuntsokling, which literally translates to land of plenty and happiness.
Read:Chant of the Buddha - Part I
JaugadaSituated in Ganjam district, near the cities of Behrampur and Purushottampur, Jaugada is famous for the rock edicts of emperor Ashoka. Once an ancient fortified settlement, Jaugada is believed to have been associated with the Mahabharata period, with the fort being commissioned by Duryodhana. The fort served as the Mauryan capital of the Kalinga province and was made of lac, thereby making it impregnable, as enemies could not scale the walls. An important archaeological and historical site today, it is under the protection of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Engraved in Prakrit, the inscriptions contain information on the administrative policies during the reign of Ashoka.
Langudi
Set in the plains of Mahanadi Delta in Jajpur district, the Buddhist stupas and shrines of Langudi date back to the medieval period. One can come across ruins of a monastery, terracotta figures, seals and different types of pottery that were unearthed here. The hill also houses the remains of Pushpagiri Mahavihara, a major Buddhist centre of learning that gained prominence in the 2nd century. A hub of Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana sects of Buddhism, Langudi Hill is also home to the countrys oldest Ashoka stupa. Today, it is one of the top tourist attractions in the Buddhist circuit and has been declared a heritage site under the supervision of the state government and Archaeological Survey Of India.
TarapurRenowned for the three stupas built by emperor Ashoka, Tarapur is home to the Kesa Stupa, one of the earliest stupas of Buddhism. It is believed that the relic was built by Buddhas disciples Tapusa and Bhallika. According to legend, Lord Buddha had given them eight strands of his hair, which are stored in the stupa. The stupa was discovered in Tarapur and the two pillars carried the inscription Kesha Thupa and Bheku Tapasu. Tarapur also houses several plain railings, pillars and crossbars with inscriptionssome in Brahmi, while others are in proto-Odia and Odia script.
See odishatourism.gov.in for more.
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How many times have you encountered or heard stories of settlements being derailed or delayed because it was discovered that the seller or a past owner failed to obtain required permits for property improvements? It may be that folks finished their basement, enclosed the porch, laid a patio, put in a large shed on a concrete slab. These things may seem harmless to the homeowner but many home improvements are regulated by the local municipality.
Some property owners think that if they do the job themselves they shouldn't need to get permits. Some contractors try to cut corners or offer a lower price than competitors because they don't go to the expense of obtaining the proper permits.
Some municipalities require the seller to obtain a resale certificate, even on a free standing single family home. The neglected permits may be flagged at that point. The prospective purchaser may choose to have a home inspection. The home inspector may inquire about things that seem to be added after the initial construction of the home and then discover the permits are missing. You may just get a buyer that decides to check with the municipality. If you're lucky and the work was done well and according to code, the fix may be as simple as paying a fee and obtaining the permit. If the work was not done in accordance with building code requirements, the seller may have to go to the expense of correcting the improvements in order to obtain a permit.
A good practice when listing a property is to question up front whether the seller has made improvements during their ownership and what they know about improvements and permitting prior to their ownership. You may be inclined to take the attitude of "let sleeping dogs lie" but being proactive may help you keep a deal on its settlement schedule or from blowing apart.
If you see a finished basement or a patio and the seller doesn't think they are original to the house but does not have permits for the work, do everyone a favor and contact the municipality's code enforcement office. Permits are public records and can be obtained from the local municipality.
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Auntie Poldi and the Handsome Antonio
by Mario Giordano
The latest installment in Mario Giordano's best-selling series of charming mysteries, starring Sicily's most glamorous gumshoe, Auntie Poldi.
All the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy the sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Vito Montana. But then her idyll is rudely disrupted by the last person she wants to see on her doorstep: John Owenya, detective inspector with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs, who is also her estranged lying cheat of a husband.
Not only is John's sudden reappearance putting a kink in Poldi's dreamy love affair with Montana, but his presence also comes with a plea for help—and unwanted clashes with the Mafia.
Where is John's half-brother? What is the ten-million-dollar "it" that John's brother was last seen with, which has both the Sicilian and the Tanzanian mobs in a frenzy? With only a postcard that has a phone number and a name, "Handsome Antonio," on the back, Auntie Poldi hops begrudgingly (albeit with a great deal of gumption and panache) back into the saddle (in this case, an immaculate red Maserati Cabrio from the eighties with cream leather upholstery). The faster she finds Handsome Antonio, the sooner she can get John Owenya out of her hair and her love life. But the people Poldi discovers along the way may very well knock her immaculate wig askew.
Fiction Literature Mystery
Mario Giordano - Author


The "Rural Rumble 2011" fight card is shaping up to be one of the best yet. This will be the fourth installment of the annual series presented by the City of Fallon and Let's Get It On Promotions.
"Rural Rumble" 2011 is this Saturday at the Churchill County Fairgrounds in Fallon, NV. From top to bottom, the show is filled with evenly matched battles which promises exciting boxing action back to Fallon.
The card will be anchored by the highly anticipated return of Northern Nevada favorite Derek Hinkey (8-2, 7 KOs) as he does battle with tough veteran Anthony Bartinelli (20-14, 13 KOs) in a six round middleweight bout.
Roger Romo (3-0-2), younger brother of former world champion Fernando Vargas and stablemate of middleweight king, Sergio Martinez, has been added to Saturday's card. Romo will be fighting Thomas Haines (5-7, 3 KOs) of Valejio, CA in a four round super-middleweight bout.
Carlos Gaytan (2-0-1, 2 KOs) of Reno will be facing Gregorio Viramontes of Stockton, CA (0-0-1) in a four round light-heavyweight bout.
Carey "Bubba" Dupree (0-1 Reno, NV) will be looking to get his first win against Albert Avina (debut) of Stockton, CA in a four round cruiserweight bout.
Donyil Livingston of Palmdale, CA (5-0, 3 KOs) was added to the card when his bout scheduled for the same night in San Jose was cancelled. The popular middleweight will be fighting Roberto Yong (4-3, 3 KOs) from Phoenix, AZ.
Fights begin at 7 pm. Churchill County Fairgrounds - 325 Sheckler Rd Fallon, NV.
tables. All bouts subject to change.


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Blue was a red headed boy who desperately wanted a girlfriend. So he asked the class beauty to walk home with him.
She very nicely refused him.
So he asked another girl in the same class, one with an average rating in the social status ranking.
The girl's name was Pink.
Gulp. "What do I do now?" was his reaction.
Well, obviously, have a romance.
And, along the way, they get one hell of a lot more than they bargained for.
Like, for example, supernatural Judgemental Powers. How did they get those?
And that was only the start.
The two most insignificant students in their class become famous. Not just in their class or even in their school, but to the population at large. They end up breaking and making the top politicians and rulers of their country.
But finally, of course, they get what they wanted. A committed relationship.
This is an Esmeralda the Angel of Death story. It follows on from my previous novel "Maybe it would have been a good idea not to wish for a harem?", however it is a totally separate story with only a minimal overlap in the characters. There is no need to read the first story to enjoy this one.
This story has multiple characters and multiple Points of View. Every POV change is clearly marked with a new header. Inside each POV section, the POV character's thoughts are in italics.
This story has about 105,000 words (about 380 RoyalRoad pages). It is fully written and proof read (the poor man's proof read using Word). It has 25 chapters, and will be published at the rate of roughly one chapter per day.
Loving it! a bunch of unique characters doing a unique job. Very good.


How did Federal Express become FedEx?
FedEx, previously known as Federal Express, is a major player in the package delivery market and a direct competitor to global leader, United Parcel Service (UPS). Unlike UPS, the FedEx story is a relatively short one with the company only being founded by current chief executive, Fred Smith, in 1971.
However forty years later, the company has the world's largest airline in terms of freight tons flown and the worlds fourth largest in terms of fleet size has almost 300,000 employees and sales revenue in excess of $40 billion.
Fred Smith developed the idea of a global logistics company when he was a student at Yale University, with other notable students such as future President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
After graduating from Yale, Smith began Federal Express in 1971 with his $4 million inheritance from his father and $91 million of venture capital. He based the company on the ideas that he developed at Yale, focusing on an integrated air-ground system. He started the company at the Little Rock national airport in Arkansas, but after two years of lackluster co-operation with the airport, Smith moved the Federal Express operation to its current location in Memphis, Tennessee, which was Fred Smith's hometown.
Federal Express started air operations from the Memphis airport on April 17, 1973, with fourteen Dassault Falcon 20 jet aircraft that were used to move packages between twenty-five cities.
The first three years of operation saw the company lose money despite being the most highly financed new company in US history, in terms of venture capital. It was not until 1976 did the company see its first profit of $3.6 million based on 19,000 packages a day.
The deregulation of the airline industry in 1977 meant that the young company was able to purchase large jet aircraft to increase the number of packages that could be transported per day.
Federal Express bought seven Boeing 727 aircraft shortly after deregulation followed by Boeing 737 aircraft. The company increased its profit in 1977 with $8 million on sales of $110 million. The company had 31,000 regular customers, including such IBM and the US Air Force, which used Federal Express to ship spare parts.
Federal Express became a public company in 1978 which raised capital for further expansion. The year after going public the company made a profit of $21.4 million on sales of $258.5 million with 65,000 packages a day to 89 cities across the United States.
As the 1980's began companies started to increase their use of overnight delivery services and away from the United States Post Office.
Federal Express started competing directly with the Post Office by introducing the document sized overnight letter which could contain two ounces of documents for a flat fee of $9.50. This service made Federal Express the company with the largest sales of any US air freight company, ahead of Emery, Airborne Freight, and Purolator Courier.
In 1984 FedEx made its first acquisition, Gelco Express, a Minneapolis-based package courier that served 84 countries. To develop overseas markets, Federal Express made acquisitions in Britain, the Netherlands, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In 1985 the company looked to develop an international presence and expand its services to Europe by opening a European hub at the Brussels airport.
By 1987, Federal Express was providing service to about 90 countries and had landing rights in five airports outside the United States, at Montreal, Toronto, Brussels, London, and limited rights in Tokyo. To further expand international delivery, the company acquired Tiger International, for $883 million, and its heavy-cargo airline, Flying Tiger Line. Federal Express gained access to Tiger's long-range fleet which included 22 Boeing 747, 11 Boeing 727, and six DC-8 aircraft.
The 1990s found Federal Express with competition in the US from UPS introduced volume discounts attracting many of Federal Express's customers. International operations were costly for Federal Express with falling profits on increasing sales due to the cost of developing the overseas markets.
To increase capacity and decrease costs, the company shed its Boeing 727 aircraft for Airbus A300 aircraft. In 1994 Federal Express adopted "FedEx" as its official name and a year later purchased air routes from Evergreen International to start services to China and opened an Asia and Pacific hub in Subic Bay International Airport in the Philippines.
In 1998 FedEx acquired Caliber Systems and created the FDX Corporation. The purchase of Caliber meant that FedEx obtained the small-package carrier RPS (now FedEx Ground), less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Viking Freight (now FedEx Freight West), Caliber Logistics, Caliber Technology and Roberts Express (now FedEx Custom Critical).
FedEx now has a fleet of over 700 aircraft including Boeing 757-200, 767-300F, and 777 Freighters. It is the worlds largest fleet of aircraft and FedEx is the largest operator of the Airbus A300, Airbus A310, ATR 42, Boeing 727, Cessna 208, McDonnell Douglas MD-10, and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft. FedEx replaced all their Boeing 727-200 aircraft in 2016 with Boeing 757 planes, which are 47 percent more fuel-efficient than the 727 aircraft.
This is despite Boeing ending production for the 757 back in 2004. FedEx purchased used 757 aircraft from other airlines at a cost of $2.6 billion. FedEx was to be the launch airline for the Airbus A380 Freighter but canceled its orders after two years of delays. FedEx replaced the orders for the A380F with orders for the established Boeing 777F.


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Sonny Boy Williamson - Crazy 'Bout You, Baby / Eyesight To The Blind album mp3
Performer: Sonny Boy Williamson
Title: Crazy 'Bout You, Baby / Eyesight To The Blind
Style: Harmonica Blues
Category: Blues
Album rating: 4.3
Size WMA: 1338 mb
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Sonny Boy Williamson Harmonica Blues US
A Crazy 'Bout You, Baby
B Eyesight To The Blind
Record Company – Diamond Record Co., Inc.
Written-By – Sonny Boy Williamson
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Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): DRC I 15-2
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): DRC I 16-2
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129 Sonny Boy Williamson Crazy 'Bout You, Baby / Eyesight To The Blind (Shellac, 10") Trumpet Records 129 US 1951
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Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds is a live album by Chicago blues veteran Sonny Boy Williamson II backed by English rock band the Yardbirds. It was recorded at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey on December 8, 1963. However, the performances were not released until early 1966, after a string of Top 40 hits by the Yardbirds. Williamson sings and/or plays the harmonica on all of the songs
For the Sonny Boy Williamson who lived from 1914 to 1948, see Sonny Boy Williamson I. Detail of headstone at Prairie Road Cemetery, Tutwiler, Mississippi. In 1972, Chess released This Is My Story, a compilation album featuring Williamson's recordings for the label 1960s European tours. Crazy 'Bout You, Baby", "Eyesight to the Blind" (Trumpet, 1951). Pontiac Blues", "Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues" (Trumpet, 1951). Mighty Long Time", "Nine Below Zero" (Trumpet, 1951).
Gritty Gutsy Intense Passionate Raucous Street-Smart Swaggering Boisterous Earthy Fiery Freewheeling Greasy Rollicking Sexual Summery Uncompromising Urgent. Eyesight to the Blind. Crazy About You Baby. 3:00. feat: Sonny Boy Williamson I. 2:54. 4. Do It If You Wanna. 2:29.
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Текст песни Sonny Boy Williamson – "Eyesight To The Blind". You've talking about your woman, I wish to God, man, that you could see mine, You're talking about your woman, I wish to God that you could see mine. Every time she start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind (Spoken: All right and all right, now. Lay it on me, lay it on me, lay it on me Oh lordy, what a woman, what a woman!) Yes, I declare she's pretty and the whole state knows she's fine Man, I declare she's pretty, God knows I declare she's fine Every time she starts to loving, whoo, she brings eyesight to the blind (I've got to get out of here, now, let's go, let's go, let's go now).
Famous compositions include "Checkin' Up on My Baby", "Help Me", "Eyesight To The Blind", "Don't Start Me Talkin'". Not to be confused with the earlier & more 'acoustic' Sonny Boy Williamson (of "Good Morning, School Girl" fame).
Album: Eyesight to the Blind (1951). Get the Sheet Music License This Song. In the Bible, Jesus performed miracles like giving eyesight to the blind. In this Blues classic, Williamson sings about a girl who can perform similar miracles, just because she's so hot. This was Williamson's first single. Later in 1951, the song was covered by The Larks. Notable cover versions have been recorded by Aerosmith, Gary Moore, Michael Bloomfield and Mose Allison
Sonny Boy Williamson II. Produced by Lillian McMurry. Eyesight To The Blind Lyrics. You've talking about your woman, I wish to God, man, that you could see mine You're talking about your woman, I wish to God that you could see mine Every time the little girl start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind Lord, her daddy must been a millionaire, 'cause I can tell by the way she walk Her daddy. Yes, I declare she's pretty and the whole state knows she's fine Man, I declare she's pretty, God knows I declare she's fine Every time she starts to loving, whoo, she brings eyesight to the blind (I've got to get out of here, now, let's go, let's go, let's go now). Eyesight To The Blind" Track Info. Written By Sonny Boy Williamson II. Cover By. Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker) by The Who. Eyesight to the Blind by Aerosmith. Eyesight To The Blind by . Eyesight to the Blind by Gary Moore.
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Will Lewis Slapped With Perjury, Second Misconduct In Office Charge
Problems mount for suspended sheriff …
Suspended Greenville County, South Carolina sheriff Will Lewis has been indicted on two fresh charges, according to S.C. sixteenth circuit solicitor Kevin Brackett.
Lewis – who was suspended last spring after being indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and misconduct in office – was indicted this week by a grand jury in Greenville on perjury and statutory misconduct in office charges, Brackett's office announced on Tuesday.
Additional charges could be forthcoming …
In announcing the perjury and statutory misconduct indictments, Brackett's office said it had "no further comment about the substance of the charges" and reminded those reporting on them that "these indictments are merely allegations and (Lewis) is presumed innocent until his guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."
That is true. On all four of the indictments he is currently facing, Lewis should be considered innocent until proven guilty by our criminal justice system – or until such time as he may wish to enter a plea in connection with any of the charges filed against him.
The news is the first major development in the Lewis case since last December, when the scandal-scarred lawman made a court appearance in connection with the original charges filed against him. There were rumors that Lewis was looking to cut a deal last year, but such an agreement with prosecutors never materialized.
Now Lewis is facing more charges – and more prison time.
Upon Lewis' initial indictment last April, governor Henry McMaster appointed former Greenville county sheriff Johnny Mack Brown to fill this office in an interim capacity pending the resolution of the charges against him. Brown has created a bit of controversy himself by openly campaigning on behalf of the frontrunner in the upcoming campaign for this seat – A.T. Smith, a former deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service.
Lewis' sex/ corruption scandal – most of which unfolded exclusively on our pages – began in August of 2017 when this news outlet exclusively reported on seismic allegations made against him by 25-year-old Savannah Nabors.
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According to Nabors (above), Lewis sexually assaulted her during a March 2017 business trip to Charlotte, North Carolina.
"He's a church-going man, strong in his faith," Nabors wrote in a since-deleted blog post . "You think he could never be capable of something so manipulative, so hypocritical. The man that you think is legal, ethical, and moral is anything but those things."
These allegations were expanded upon in a bombshell lawsuit filed against Lewis (and Greenville County government) in October of 2017. In that lawsuit, it was graphically alleged that the 43-year-old sheriff drugged and raped Nabors during the Charlotte trip.
U.S. district court judge Donald Coggins dismissed the civil lawsuit in late October, though, after the parties to the action – Nabors, Lewis and Greenville County taxpayers – reached an undisclosed agreement.
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In addition to the graphic allegations of sexual assault it contained, Nabors' lawsuit also included numerous audio recordings of her various interactions with Lewis in 2017. In one of these recordings, Lewis discussed his plans to further an affair with her on the taxpayer dime – and cover it up.
Upon hearing this audio evidence, this news outlet issued the first public call for Lewis to resign.
"It is abundantly clear that Lewis plotted to defraud taxpayers as part of his efforts to advance an affair with Nabors – secure in the knowledge that no one would ever find out about his scheming," we wrote shortly after the lawsuit was filed.
As the criminal investigation into Lewis escalated, his alleged efforts to undermine it ramped up. Meanwhile Nabors herself drew the scrutiny of investigators, although she has not been charged with any crimes.
Where will this case go from here?
Good question …
Clearly Lewis is not inclined to reach a settlement with prosecutors, which means we could be looking at a lengthy, high-profile trial in the coming months.
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Bible in Mission
Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series
Author: Pauline Hoggarth, Fergus Macdonald, Bill Mitchell, Knud Jørgensen (eds.)
Published by: Regnum Books International, 2013
"The Bible is alive – it has hands and grabs hold of me, it has feet and runs after me". Thus spoke Martin Luther, as cited by Knud Jørgensen in a quotation that summarizes the deeper meaning of this book. To the authors of Bible in Mission, the Bible is the book of life, and mission is life in the Word. (from the Foreword)
Bible in Mission is a rich collection of essays from around the world on the theme of 'Bible and mission - mission in the Bible'. They come as a follow-up to the missiological discussions of Edinburgh 2010. A glance at the contents page should be enough to convince all involved in Scripture Engagement that this book, now available as a free PDF download, is a must-read.
The Bible in Mission - and the Surprising Ways of God (Ole Christian Kvarme)
The Bible as Text for Mission (Tim Carriker)
The Bible in Mission in the World and in the Church
The Bible in Mission: The Modern/Postmodern Western Context (Richard Bauckham)
The Bible in Mission in the Islamic Context (Kenneth Thomas)
The Bible in Christian Mission among the Hindus (Lalsangkima Pachuau)
Children, Mission and the Bible: A Global Perspective (Wendy Strachan)
The Bible in Mission: Evangelical/Pentecostal View (Antonia Leonora van der Meer)
Bible Hermeneutics in Mission - A Western Protestant Perspective (Michael Kisskalt)
Orthodox Perspective on Bible and Mission (Simon Crisp)
'Ignorantia Scripturae ignorantia Christi est' (Thomas P. Osborne)
Baku Bible Translation and Oral Biblical Narrative Performance (Dan Fitzgerald)
The UBS HIV Good Samaritan Program (David Hammond and Immanuel Kofi Agamah)
The Bible and the Poor (Gerald West)
The Bible and Care of Creation (Allison Howell)
'Text of Life' and 'Text for Life': The Bible as the Living and Life-Giving Word of God for the Dalits (Peniel J. Rufus Rajkumar)
Bible Missions in China (Pamela Wan-Yen Choo)
The Impact and Role of The Bible in Big Flowery Miao Community (Suee Yan Yu)
Bible Engagement among Australian Young People (Philip Hughes)
The Bible and Children in Mission (Edseio Sanchez Cetina)
Bible Translation, the Quechua People and Protestant Church Growth in the Andes (Bill Mitchell)
The Bible in Mission: Women Facing the Word (Elsa Tamez)
Biblical Advocacy - Advocating the Bible in an Alien Culture (David Spriggs and Sue Coyne)
Scripture Engagement and Living Life as a Message (Steve Bird)
Reading the Bible with Today's Jephthahs: Scripture and Mission at Tierra Nueva (Bob Ekblad)
Lessons Learned from the REVEAL Spiritual Life Survey (Nancy Scammacca Lewis)
Glazed Eyes and Disbelief (Adrian Blenkinsop and Naomi Swindon)
Information Management and Delivery of the Bible (Paul Soukup)
The Bible as the Core of Mission: '...for the Bible tells me so' (Knud Jørgensen)
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Bible Overview Workshop
An interactive journey through the Old Testament
Author: Jennifer Wright
In this detailed 17-page workshop guide from the Ndop region of North West Cameroon, Jennifer Wright describes how participants were taken on an interactive journey through the Old Testament:
The Bible Overview Workshop is a two day workshop for leaders of church groups, such as listening group leaders and Sunday School teachers, with the aim of giving a basic knowledge of the overall Bible story and particularly aspects of the Old Testament which are important for understanding the New Testament.
We had trained people to be listening group leaders and children's leaders, and they were generally doing well, however we realised that due to limited knowledge of the Old Testament, some were finding it challenging to lead their group because they were not prepared for the kind of questions that could come up unexpectedly when listening to or reading the New Testament – for example about the priests, the sacrificial system, the Passover feast, etc. Although they knew a lot of Bible stories, many did not have a very clear idea of what order they come in and how it all fits together.
Geography: We had a simple map of the Ancient Near East on the wall and the whole room was set up to match the map. The participants moved around the room as they engaged with the material so they gained an understanding of the layout of the places we were talking about and the movements of the people of Israel, from Abraham's first journey to Canaan to the return from Exile.
Timeline: Each participant received a blank timeline at the beginning of the course, and there was a large version of it on the wall. As we went through the material, we completed the timeline on the wall and the participants completed their own timelines to match it so they could take it home with them.
Telling Bible Stories together: We selected a set of stories to give a coherent summary of the Old Testament. Some stories which were well known to the participants were covered very briefly by letting them summarise them or in some cases act them out. Other stories were narrated or read from the Bible.
Questions: For several key passages, we asked questions based on the text in order to encourage discussion and bring out key points, especially when they would be referred to later. We also gave space for participants to ask questions.
Discussion topics – e.g. we finished the first day by making a large model Tabernacle (out of people, benches, a sheet, cardboard boxes, etc.) and then having a discussion of sacrifices, comparing the Old Testament sacrificial system to the local village's sacrificial system.
Download a full description of the workshop as a PDF document. [more...]
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Bible study cassettes
A tool which churches perceive to be of value in furthering their goals
Author: Keith Benn
What excites us most is that people who have never before led a Bible study are now having regular studies in their homes.
This article relates how Bible study cassettes on Genesis 1-11 and James have had a big impact on the Central Bontoc people of the Philippines. It outlines the format of the Bible studies and the ways they have been used both within churches and in evangelism, and how they support the development of literacy. [more...]
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Colocando a Bíblia em Ação
Como tornar a Bíblia relevante para todas as línguas e culturas
Authors: Harriet Hill, Margaret Hill
Published by: Vida Nova (2010)
This is the Brazilian Portuguese version of the book Translating the Bible into Action by Harriet Hill and Margaret Hill.
A tried and tested resource that encourages meaningful Bible use in multi-lingual contexts through both written and oral media. Includes activities, assignments, further reading resources and links to useful websites.
This version has two extra chapters in addition to those found in the English version - "Addressing human concerns: Alcohol abuse", and "Sharing your faith with animists". [more...]
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Contextualised Language Choice in the Church in Kenya
Author: John Ommani Luchivia
Fuller Graduate Schools, School of Intercultural Studies Doctor of Intercultural Studies dissertation (2012)
This dissertation explores the missiological opportunities, challenges and implications of growing multilingualism among people who are fluent in two or more languages. I look at the cognitive value of language and how languages shape people's world views. World views influence peoples' perceptions and way of processing and understand information. People's beliefs are reflected in their character and relationships in the community. Christians want to promote positive community relations in order for people to participate in the mission of God within their community.
I survey relevant literature on the role of language and its value, how language fits the plan of God, and its place in His mission to different peoples. I then survey current trends of language use and growing multilingualism, and the language practices within Kenya. I therefore focus on research factors behind language choice and use.
Methodologically, I use focus groups, participant observation, and personal interviews in four different socio-linguistic contexts in four different Christian denominations. I thematically analyse and code the data to establish my findings. The findings point to the factors that influence language choice.
Factors that determine choice of language go beyond the level of fluency in reading, speaking or understanding. These factors involve attitudes that go very deep in both positive and negative ways. Additionally, people's language choices are influenced by other social factors. The factors include desire to communicate, social cultural pressure, economic advancement, political correctness, reading materials availability, leadership perception on language, institutional policy, religious values and proficiency in any given language. These factors were consistently displayed in all four research locations enabling me to demonstrate reliability of the data and validity of the findings.
Understanding how these factors influence people will assist Christians who desire to become good witnesses. To be witnesses, people need to be empowered. For purpose of language choice, all languages should be viewed as being appropriate for ministry. Language is a platform for effective participant contextualisation among the people of God. Through their actions and pronouncements people are able to utilize the multilingual environment of Kenya to better engage in mission and spread God's Word.
-- for more information about this dissertation, please contact the author at john_ommani sil [dot] org [more...]
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Audio downloads, Proclaimer, BibleStick, MP3 CDs
Link: http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com
Faith Comes By Hearing is committed to reaching the nations with the Word of God in audio. Their strategy includes setting up listening groups which meet weekly to listen to the Scriptures in the local language. In 40 weeks such groups can hear the whole New Testament from start to finish. This is done with the help of the solar-powered Proclaimer audio player. [more...]
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From Scripture Access to Scripture Engagement
What facilitates and hinders Scripture engagement in the Minyanka churches of Mali?
Author: Richard Margetts
MA dissertation: All Nations, UK (2013)
The coming of the New Testament in 2006 heralded a new era of Scripture engagement for the Minyanka people of Mali. This paper evaluates the factors that have facilitated and hindered the process of interacting with God's Word. It includes an examination of the role of Bible understanding, literacy and methods of oral communication as well as the relationship between the Bible agency and the local churches.
The research takes an exploratory approach in which a review of existing literature and initial interviews helped to formulate a research questionnaire which was carried out in Minyanka churches. The results of the survey became the subject of discussion in follow-up interviews with Malian Bible translators, pastors and expatriate colleagues in order to interpret the data. This was combined with documentary research into Scripture engagement in the history of the Minyanka church and in reports of recent activities.
The testimonies of change and transformation demonstrate that the translated Scriptures are making a difference. Scripture engagement is taking place as people read their New Testaments, listen to the audio Scriptures and tune into Minyanka radio programmes.
But this paper also shows that there is no room for complacency. There is an urgent call for basic Bible teaching and ongoing literacy classes. Pastors have an especially important role to play and need to be given encouragement, time, resources and training to more effectively facilitate Scripture engagement. Their choice of communication methods and their availability to answer questions from the Bible has a considerable influence on the way people interact with the Scriptures.
Spiritual transformation is a desired outcome of Scripture engagement, but it is not necessarily immediate and certainly not automatic. As Bible agencies have learnt in the West, it is possible to have access to Scripture and some of the best resources and programmes, but fail to be changed by God's Word. In this sense, Minyanka Christians are no different from Christians anywhere else in the world, facing the challenge of making Scripture engagement a priority amid the many distractions in life.
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Interagir avec la Parole de Dieu pour la Vie
Construire des ponts à travers l'interaction avec la Bible et le discipolat
Author: Bettina Gottschlich-Modibale
"Bible translation and Scripture engagement play a role in liberating a people to understand their value, role, and destiny according to the Word of God and to embrace it to glorify God, to transform nations and make disciples."
In this article, written in French, Bettina Gottschlich-Modibale describes an unexpected voyage of discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo, seeking to build bridges between the translation of the Bible and everyday life.
Seeing that there was often a disconnect between Bible translation in local languages and people's lives, she describes how Scripture engagement and discipleship are bridging the gap. Four initiatives are presented:
(1) The Transformation Series, BELT, of Youth With A Mission
(2) A discipleship guide: "May Your Kingdom Come"
(3) God's Story - Our Story
(4) Planning Bible translation programmes together with churches. [more...]
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Key Terms of the Bible Course
A Student's Manual for Scripture Use
Author: Edna Headland
Pastors who have studied in a language other than their mother tongue can have difficulty using the local language Scriptures. When they preach, they sometimes borrow words from the language in which they studied, rather than thinking about the word that will communicate best in their local language.
For this reason Bible Institutes, seminaries and churches should encourage those who study the Bible to use the translation in their own language and investigate how important terms were translated.
On completing this 43 lesson course, a speaker with the Scriptures in their own language will be able to:
identify how key terms in their language are translated;
use the terms when they teach or preach;
better understand the doctrine based on or related to the key term;
attach greater value to the Scriptures in their language since they know that there are appropriate ways to communicate key terms in their own language and that it may change according to the context;
use the Scriptures with more confidence and motivate other people in their ethnic group to do so.
The course is also available in Spanish and Portuguese. [more...]
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Literacy for Life: a Tool for the Church?
A church-based literacy program for Ghana
Author: Pat Herbert
The pastor will find that not only can his congregation read the Scriptures in their own language, but they will show a greater depth of understanding God's Word and show growth in their Christian lives.
Community literacy projects have been running in Ghana since the 1970s. Pastors, however, were not using the mother-tongue Scriptures in their churches. To address this problem, Pat Herbert describes how they developed Scripture Guides to accompany literacy primers. The program is now known as Literacy for Life (LFL). The article includes a sample of a Scripture Guide lesson, and discusses various issues, including training of teachers to use the materials, making it a church-based program, and funding for the primers and Scripture Guides. It compares the normal literacy programs to the LFL program and describes the impact the program has had. [more...]
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