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Martin Luther King Day 2018
HANOVER -- Martin Luther King Day at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth/Geisel Medical School began January 5 and runs through February 9, featuring speakers, films, sing-ins, and more. Details are at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk/
Saturday, January 13
LEBANON --Presentation on the Poor People's Campaign from the Vermont Workers' Center's Upper Valley Organizing Committee, 1:00 to 3:00 PM at First Congregational Church of Lebanon. Lunch will be served and childcare provided. For more information, contact: 802 281-3057 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or look on Facebook.
EPPING – "The Other Side of the Mountaintop" concert, with T.J. Wheeler, at Harvey-Mitchell Memorial Library, 3:00 PM. More information at www.tjwheeler.net/events/jan-13-2018-tj-wheeler-concert-honoring-mlk-jr/ or on Facebook.
NASHUA -- Martin Luther King Celebration at First Baptist Church, 6:00 PM. Guest Speaker is The Rev. Dr. Neal E. Pearson. Performances by: FBC Chancel Choir, New Fellowship Choir, NH Gay Men's Chorus, The Community Interfaith Choir, Temple Beth Abraham Zimria Choir, St. Johns Church Choir, and soloist Julia Leonard. Childcare available. Refreshments immediately following. Admission is free and all are welcome. More information is at http://www.fbcnashua.org/coming-soon/.
Sunday, January 14
LACONIA -- The Laconia Human Relations Committee's Martin Luther King Day Celebration will feature a showing of the film, "Shadows Fall North," and a discussion led by JerriAnne Boggis of the NH Black Heritage Trail, 2:00 to 5:30 PM at the Beane Center. More information on Facebook.
TAMWORTH – Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration sponsored by UU Fellowship of the Eastern Slope and World Fellowship, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Chuck Collins, author of 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It and Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good," will speak on "Fifty Years Later: Dr. King's Vision and the Racial Wealth Divide." More information on Facebook.
DOVER – Martin Luther King Day Service, sponsored by Dover Area Religious Leaders Association, 7 :00 PM at First Parish Church. Andrew Smith is guest speaker, with music by area choirs.
Monday, January 15
PORTSMOUTH – Martin Luther King Day Breakfast sponsored by Seacoast NAACP at South Church, 8:30 AM to noon, with guest speaker Sean McGhee, Director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at UNH, and musical guests. Donations welcome. The event will be followed by an afternoon walk on the Black Heritage Trail.
KEENE - Martin Luther King Day Breakfast at St. George Orthodox Church, catered by The Pub. The Grand Monadnock Youth Choir will be singing . Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children (under 12 years) at the door. (Please note tickets will not be sold in advance; this is a change from previous years)
HOLLIS – 34th annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast sponsored by Southern NH Outreach for Black Unity at Alpine Grove, 8:00 – 11:00 AM. Pastor Mark Choate is guest speaker. Gediyon Prince is youth speaker. Tickets are Adults $35.00 in advance or $40.00 at the door, Youth/Students $20.00, Children 4yrs. and under free. More information at http://www.snhobu.com/#!events.
MANCHESTER -- City Year and Vounteer NH! will sponsor a program including a rally, diversity/service/volunteer fair, and workshops at the Manchester YWCA, 9:30 AM to Noon. All ages welcome. Please bring a donation for the NH Food Bank. Most needed items include canned chicken, canned tuna, peanut butter, jelly, mac n cheese, canned soup, pasta, noodle mixes, and rice mixes. Workshop details, more information and registration information here. The event is supported by Southern New Hampshire University and the Currier Museum of Art. Contact Mark Fickle at (603)-218-5086 or email@example.com.
CONCORD -- "Fight for $15 and a Living Wage for All," peaceful picket Noon to 1 PM outside Wendy's, 106 Loudon Road.
MANCHESTER -- Fight for $15 and a Living Wage for All," peaceful picket, Noon to 1:00 PM at 516 Elm Street.
NASHUA -- Fight for $15 and a Living Wage for All," peaceful picket, Noon to 1:00 PM at City Hall, 229 Main Street.
CLAREMONT -- Martin Luther King Day Celebration beginning with a potluck at noon at Trinity Episcopal and Prince of Peace Church, sponsored by the Racial Healing Working Group. Program will include singing, a youth program, a reading of Dr. King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, and a discussion. For more information, contact Reb MacKenzie at 603-504-2851 or by email.
MANCHESTER – 36th annual Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration sponsored by Martin Luther Coalition, 2:00 to 5:00 PM at Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 650 Hanover Street, Manchester. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is guest speaker. Governor Chris Sununu and Mayor Joyce Craig will present proclamations. MLK Award to Jackie and Russell Weatherspoon. Vanessa Johnson Award to Gabrielle Greaves. Music with Julia Leonard. Admission free; all are welcome. More information at www.mlknh.org.
PORTSMOUTH -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Service at North Church, Market Square, 4:00 PM, featuring Community Choir made up of members from local churches. Featured Speakers include Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Maggie Hassan, Rev. Frank Newsome, New Pastor North Church. Clergy participants: Rev. Betsy Anne Webber, Rev. Phil Salée Johnson-Edwards, Min. Carol Jacques-Ramona Dow, The Rev. Robert E. Stevens, Jr., Chaplain Elissa Kaplan Mike Senter, and Rev. Arthur L. Hilson. All donations will be presented to Cross Roads. Contact Rev. Arthur Hilson at email@example.com or 603-433-7343 for more information.
JAFFREY - Jaffrey Civic Center's Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. program takes place at the United Church of Jaffrey, 5:00 - 6:00 PM., preceded at 4:45 p.m. by ringing of the church's Paul Revere Bell as part of the MLK National Bell-Ringing Ceremony. Keynote speaker is David C. Howse. Winners of our High School Essay Contest and Middle School Poster Contest will be announced. Jaffrey and Rindge grade school choirs will provide music. A reception at the Civic Center follows the program.
CONCORD--Special Martin Luther King Day show on AFSC's "State House Watch" radio show, featuring Dr. King talking about the Poor People's Campaign, excerpts from a recent talk by the Rev. Dr. William Barber, music from Mavis Staples, and more, on WNHN-LP. "State House Watch" airs every Monday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM with a re-broadcast Tuesdays from 8:00 to 9:00 AM at 94.7 FM in the Concord area and wnhnfm.org on the internet. Podcasts of past shows are available, too.
MANCHESTER -- The National Cultural Diversity Awareness Council will hold its 16th annual "Keeping the Dream Alive" dinner at 5:00 PM at the Radisson Hotel. Keynote speaker is Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage. Tickets are $45 and must be purchased by January 13. More information here.
PORTSMOUTH -- Jukwaa Mazoa and North Star A.M.E Zion Church presents "Set the House On Fire!" 20th annual gospel concert in celebration of Martin Luther King Day, starting at 6:00 pm at Pastor Nate Hasty's State Street Church 634 State Street. This year's concert will feature an incredible line-up of musicians, singers and bands. The Funky Divas of Gospel , Rev Jeffrey McIlwain, Yamica Peterson, Set The House on Fire Band and NothStar AmeZion choir and band plus more. Adance tickets are $10 or $12 at the door. Tickets and more information here.
The Martin Luther King Day 2018 calendar is compiled by Arnie Alpert of the American Friends Service Committee. Please send additions and corrections to firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can find background on the 20-year campaign to gain adoption of a state holiday named for Dr. King by clicking here.
Last updated January 13, 2018


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Washington D.C. – House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) made the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 :
"As increasing numbers of Americans struggle to care for children, aging parents and extended family, they face choices on an almost daily basis that pit their work life against their home life. Doctor's visits and parent/teacher conferences often happen during tradition business hours. School plays, birthdays, weddings and graduations are life's special moments that money can't buy. But current law may not afford employees the flexibility to experience these moments because it fails to serve the needs of the modern workforce.
"'The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 aims to help alleviate some of the struggles families face by allowing employers to offer private-sector employees the same opportunity available to public-sector employees: the choice of paid time off in lieu of cash wages for overtime hours worked. This commonsense legislation will help American workers better balance the needs of family and the workplace."

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In these strange times, we've all had to adapt to the situation we've found ourselves in. This is no different for BetVictor Brand Ambassador, Jamie Snowden.
We've caught up with the Folly House maestro to find out what life is like behind the scenes at Lambourn just now, and to find out how the trainer is adapting as he looks forward to racing post-Coronavirus in July.
During the first week after racing was cancelled, we were in a slight state of limbo. We backed off all of the winter horses and began roughing them off. We spent about ten days getting the babies over poles, barrels and baby hurdles just to get them jumping regularly, and then backed off them as well.
By the end of March, all of the winter horses and the majority of the youngsters were all out in the field. We have had them out by day in the sunshine but it's still been pretty cold at night, so they have been coming back in to be rugged up and fed.
It can be a bit of a worry having horses out this early as the spring grass hasn't really come through yet, but at least it's been warm during the day. So, by giving them plenty of hard feed and by rugging them up at night, at least we've managed to cut the costs for the owners whilst maintaining high standards of horse welfare.
In these rather strange and scary times courtesy of the #coronavirus and after 10 days of no racing, I thought you may like to know how life is at Folly House on @LambournGallops as we end what has been our best season to date. @BetVictor #StaySafe #HealthIsWealth pic.twitter.com/A26G2c2CTs
— Jamie Snowden (@jamiesnowden) March 30, 2020
After getting the news at the end of April that jump racing would not resume until July, we obviously had to make some immediate changes. We had around 20 horses earmarked for racing in May, so we made the decision, basically overnight, to back off absolutely everything.
We decided to send 9 of those horses off for their early 'summer holiday', so that has left us with a string of 11 summer jumpers. However, they were all too far forward so we've backed off them too, and they'll be out during the day and back in at night for the whole of April.
We are therefore only riding out three horses every morning – two babies and one lead horse, and we've scaled the team back to just three members of staff and furloughed the others. Not really the way I intended rewarding them on the back of our best season to date!
We're now getting stuck into all the odd jobs that you might forget about when you're going at full speed – steam cleaning, painting, weeding, mending…… The yard will be spick and span when racing does resume!
Running over the Grand National fences for the first time Hogan's Height wins the Virgin Bet Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at @AintreeRaces! pic.twitter.com/NVt7ez7kIS
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) December 7, 2019
Looking ahead to next season – we had a tremendous start to last season – and we'll be two months behind when racing does start again, so we'll need to re-align our targets. We had nine winners last May, and a further four in June. It'll be a bit different this summer, but we'll have to play the game accordingly.
It'll be interesting to see how the summer sales differ from previous years too. Some of the prices have been over-inflated and perhaps the coronavirus might reset the clock slightly….. and there could be some opportunities to be had as a result.
We tend to buy store horses and pointers, but we also buy some off the flat as well. When buying a store, I firstly look at the individual before the pedigree. I check to see they have all the right physical attributes, their confirmation is correct, and if I feel they will develop into a racehorse.
I then see if their pedigree backs it up. If they have the individual presence and a pedigree then they tend to cost a lot of money. So, sometimes something has to give. If we like the look of a horse, we feel it's best to trust our own judgment.
I like to be 'hands-on' when it comes to buying horses but over the last few years, I have worked closely with Tom Malone and we have bought some lovely horses together, including our Cheltenham Festival winner!
If anyone reading this would like to get involved in a new partnership we're setting up this summer, please do get in touch with me directly: email@example.com
In the meantime, having had a bit of time on my hands, I've produced a short video clip of all of our 46 winners this season in a picture montage – if you have a couple of minutes then do have a watch to relive some good days:
BetVictor and Jamie would like to send our very best wishes to all of our customers during this tough time not only for sports, but for society as a whole.


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Tithing Full Circle - Pt 3
Tithing Full Circle Part 3
DISCLAIMER: This in a three part series on tithing. The purpose of this it to edify, teach, and give better understanding on how we should and should not tithe. Anyone who has the boldness to spew hateful garbage, anti-Christ rhetoric, or say anything disrespectful to the author and the commenters will get a rude awakening (in love). You comment here freely based on a privilege and not a right. Be mindful of that.
From where we last left off, we were in the NT analyzing what the new testament says of tithing. We started in 1 Corinthians 16:2, and that is from where we shall continue. We will, however, dive into the law temporarily to see how that plays into the principle of tithing. Let's continue from there by diving into the law. FYI, this is the longest part of the series, so please set some time aside to read.
Here we go.
The Law
Most Christians do understand that tithing was a requirement under the Old Testament. There's very little to argue or debate about that. The biggest debate among Christians is whether or not the law of tithing transitioned into the New Testament. Let's view it from that angle (the law). One glaring fact about the coming of Christ in the NT was to save people from sin by bearing our sin and taking it to the cross to suffer God's wrath that we should have suffered by all rights. He died on a cross and was raised in three days. Another fact about His coming that should glare as well is that He wanted to free people from being slaves to the OT law. The OT law was a ridiculously long list (613 requirements) that you had to obey, DAILY . If not, you were in sin and would be expected to suffer the consequences. The law, however, couldn't save you from sin, it shows us our flaws. The law was a teacher that revealed what God considered sin (Romans 7:7). It was too insufficient; Christ's death and resurrection (and only His death and resurrection) could destroy the power of sin and free us from its influence. Let's look at some scriptures that prove this.
Acts 13:39
And everyone who believes in Him is justified from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Romans 7:4-6
Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the crucified body of the Messiah, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—that we may bear fruit for God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us and bore fruit for death. But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.
Galatians 2:16, 21
Know that no one is justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Galatians 3:10
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.
1 Timothy 1:8-11
But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately. 9We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10for the sexually immoral, and homosexuals, for kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching, 11based on the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.
So we see the bible has a lot to say about being freed from the law as a means of righteousness. The law doesn't necessarily become evil now that Christ has risen from the grave, it just means that we no longer have to look to the law for salvation. But wait; didn't Abraham give a tithe to Melchizedek? Doesn't that mean tithing is pre-law and should we still do it if that is the case? I've heard of this theory before, so let's analyze that together.
"Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered".
So we clearly see that bible says "tenth", so there's no arguing that point. It will be beneficial, however to point out a few things.
1). Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils of war. The spoils of war consisted of items and belongings that were never Abraham's to begin with; they were from the residents of the Sodom and Gomorrah.
2). Abraham didn't have to give anything to Melchizedek. Even though Melchizedek was a priest of God, the actual requirement mandating tithes be paid/given to priests wasn't established until the law came under Moses and Aaron; well after Abraham died. Abraham gave of his freewill, and because of his freewill giving of the tenth, he was blessed.
3). Abraham gave the rest of the spoils of war to the king of Sodom. Abraham didn't want the king of Sodom having a reason to say that he made Abraham rich, so Abraham kept none of the spoils of war.
4). As far as the bible records the life of Abraham, he never paid tithes from his own income. I could be wrong concerning this, but from what I've read concerning the life of Abraham, it's not recorded that he used his own income.
Before going on, allow me to briefly expand on #2 by asking a question. If Abraham tithed (gave a tenth) before the law required it, does that mean that he would've been cursed if he didn't give a tenth to Melchizedek? I would have to say...No. Here's why. If you journey with me to Genesis 4, you will see the story of Cain and Abel, the offspring of Adam and Eve. Beginning at verse 3,
"In the course of time, Cain presented some of the land's produce as an offering to the Lord. 4And Abel also presented an offering-some of the firstborn of this flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he was downcast."
Here is where it gets interesting. Let's continue from verses 6-7.
"Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you furious? And why are you downcast? 7If you do right, won't you be accepted? But if you do not do right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must master it."
After reading those passages of scripture, there are two perspectives that I want to share with you.
1). God didn't regard Cain's offering because Cain didn't give properly. Cain gave some of the produce, but Abel gave some of the first born. Giving some of your firstborn from the flock is a signal that Abel gave his best. It takes faith to give your best ( or some of your best). Notice that Cain wasn't "cursed" for not giving his best or in faith. He wasn't blessed by his offering, but he also wasn't cursed for not giving properly either; at least not that the bible records.
2). God didn't command Cain or Abel in Genesis 4 to tithe or give an offering; it was of their freewill (there's that word again).
Analyzing Abraham's tithe a little deeper, we see that it indeed was of freewill. The act and principle of tithing was well before the law, but in both of those cases, we don't see a command (Abraham) to tithe, nor do you see a curse (Cain) for not tithing/giving properly. Tithing from the Abraham perspective, was freely given, which ironically, is how the NT says we should give.
Let's continue with the main observations of the law that left off from part 2.
Observation 1: As we can clearly see, we are no longer under the law (for salvation); Christ was the end of the law (Romans 10:4). We don't have to submit to a bunch of laws daily to be considered righteous in God's sight. All we need for righteousness is Christ; nothing else. You might be thinking that's all good, but how does that relate to tithing? Take a look at all these scriptures again. Christ became the way for righteousness; we see that. Doesn't that include the requirement of tithe or suffer a curse as well? If tithing was a requirement under the Old Testament for righteousness and right standing with God, and Jesus ended that condition (Romans 10:4), then doesn't that mean tithing as a requirement was also ended? This is truly something we should ponder, but let's look at Galatians 3:10 again.
Observation 2: For those who operate under the works of the law for righteousness, you're under a curse. This statement seems true across the board for various reasons.
1) Christ ended the law with His death and resurrection, so there is no need for the law for right standing. Going back to the law is to put yourself back in bondage (slavery).
2) Using works of the law instead of being justified by faith in Christ is like saying His death wasn't enough to rescue us from God's wrath and sin (came in vain).
3) You can't pick and choose which laws you want to abide by. In other words, if you're going to follow the law for tithing, you have to follow the law completely; meaning ALL the other laws that were required for right standing with God in the OT.
We see that all these teachings are from Paul. Some want to know what Jesus said about tithing in the NT, as He is the final authority on anything. That statement is absolutely correct, so why don't we see what Christ had to say about tithing in the NT.
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
Observation 3: Some people will take this scripture and use it as justification that Jesus promoted tithing. Well, He did, but it wasn't in the aspect that we think. Christ promoted tithing here, but he also called the Pharisees to the carpet for ignoring the weightier things of the law (judgment, mercy, and faith). Even in Christ promoting it, tithing still wasn't the major issue He was focused on.
Galatians 4:4-5
When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Observation 4: We clearly see in this scripture that Jesus himself was born under the law. What does that mean? That means that Christ knew the law very well. Tithing was a requirement under the law, so presumably Christ had to tithe under the law; however, I haven't seen anywhere in scripture where Jesus paid tithes (maybe He did and it wasn't recorded, but that would be speculation. I can't go off of speculation, I and all Christians can only live and teach from what was actually recorded). **If you find anywhere that Jesus tithed, please let me know.
Observation 5: This scripture also says that Christ was born under the law to redeem those under the law. He didn't come to teach salvation through the law.This was, at first, confusing because of what Jesus said in the next passage of scripture.
Matthew 5:17-18
"Don't assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.
Observation 6: He didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. Before I could really understand this, I had to lookup the definition for fulfill. There are five definitions that are given for the word fulfill and we will look at the first four.
1). to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise
2). to perform or do, as duty; obey or follow, as commands
3). to satisfy (requirements, obligations, etc)
4). to bring to an end; finish or complete, as a period of time
What's beautiful about these definitions is that Jesus did all these things based on scripture evidence, but I think what's key is the fourth definition. The third and fourth definition seems to be in line with what Jesus said in v18.
For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.
We see here that Jesus is referring to a time when all things would be accomplished, leading to the completion of the law. The law (and all of its demands, requirements, and curses for disobedience) were satisfied when He died on the cross, ushering in the new covenant between God and man. Christ came to not only to free us from sin, but to free us from the law that couldn't save us. If you don't think so, take a look at Colossians 2:13-23 (particularly v14-15):
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross. 16So don't let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality. 18Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud, 19and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it. 20You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, 21"Don't handle! Don't taste! Don't touch!"? 22Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. 23These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person's evil desires.
Thoughts: Did Jesus tithe? He could very well have, but the bible doesn't record that (from what I've researched), so debating that wouldn't help anything as of now. Did Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection put an end to the law for salvation? It would seem so based on His own words and the scriptures above. Just to recap, Christ' death and resurrection satisfied the demands of the law. In other words, since Christ satisfied the demands of the law, we no longer have to be bound to the law for salvation or right standing with God. The law was fulfilled, satisfied by Christ, so He alone is all we need for forgiveness, grace, mercy, justification, sanctification, and salvation. Christ alone; NOTHING ELSE. The new system(NT) that we are under is one dependent upon and orbits what Christ did, not the law. I hope my fellow saints can understand this.
Secondly, we see that tithing was required under the law, so when the law was satisfied, doesn't that mean the law of requiring tithes was also satisfied and completed? Reason would seem to align with this. Now I know some would debate this and imply that I'm saying we shouldn't give. On the contrary, giving is a must for the Christian, just not under the legalistic way.
You will see what I'm talking about next time.
Until then, grace and peace.


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A new study in the Journal of Public Health finds that women in Norway from immigrant backgrounds are more likely to be overweight during pregnancy.
The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide and is a notable public health challenge. Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to suffer adverse pregnancy outcomes such as gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, and caesarean delivery. These women are also more likely to have complications such as congenital anomalies, miscarriages, stillbirths, and preterm births.
Previous studies have shown a higher prevalence of obesity among pregnant immigrant women in Sweden, Germany, and the United States, compared with non-immigrant women. This observational study was based on Medical Birth Registry Norway and Statistics Norway. The study population consisted of 219,555 deliveries between 2006 and 2014.
Some 22.3% of the women studied were overweight. 12.2% of women were obese. The highest rates of excess weight (30.8%) and obesity (13.5%) were recorded among women from the Middle East and North Africa or with no education (30.7% and 17.2%). Some 39.5% of women studied in sparsely populated counties were overweight and obese, compared to 26.4% for women living in Oslo. Adjusted for country of birth, education level, age, parity, smoking and marital status, women in sparsely populated counties were 65% more likely to be overweight.
Women born in the Middle East and North Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa were most likely to be overweight. Women born in Asia were least likely to be overweight.
There was an inverse association between pre-pregnancy BMI and education level. Women with no education had the highest prevalence (47.9%) of being overweight. In contrast, women with the highest education were least likely (22.3%) to be overweight.
"This study reveals that immigrant women from the Middle East or Africa have a notably higher prevalence of obesity than women from other parts of the world, or women born in the recipient country. Additionally, women with lower education had a higher prevalence of obesity," said Katariina Laine, head of department of obstetrics at Oslo University Hospital. "Health care providers should take these factors into consideration in planning of prenatal care. Some groups of women may need more follow-up than the healthiest women."
The paper, "Country of birth and association with overweight - a population based study of 219 555 pregnancies in Norway," is available (at midnight EST on March 21) at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz001
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The elements for a successful trademark infringement claim have been well established under both federal and state law. Overall, an aggrieved trademark owner—let's call him the "senior trademark owner"—must show that the use of its trademark by another business has created a likelihood-of-confusion about the origin of the senior trademark owner's products. To do this, the senior trademark owner must first show that it has developed a protectable right in its mark and that it began using it in commerce first. It must then show that the junior party's trademark is likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception by erroneously creating the impression that junior party's products are those of the party owning the senior mark.
Likelihood of Confusion
This "likelihood of confusion" notion is the prevailing legal standard for determining whether a business's trademark is infringed. Generally, courts consider a number of factors to determine whether there is a likelihood of confusion between competing trademarks. Two of the key factors considered are, first, the degree of similarity between the marks in terms of sight, sound and meaning, and, second, whether the products of the parties are so similar that consumers are likely to mistakenly assume that they come from a common source.
Courts also consider other factors, such as the relative distinctiveness or weakness of the marks in question, the physical proximity of the marketplaces in which the products offered by each mark are sold, whether there is any evidence of actual confusion, and whether the junior trademark user adopted its mark expressly intending to benefit from any confusion with the senior trademark. Additionally, courts will look to the relative sophistication of the consumers purchasing the products of each party, as well as the degree of care that consumers are likely to use in selecting the products and identifying their source.
So, based on these factors, the adoption of a junior trademark which is identical or very similar to an already-existing senior trademark on the same type of product, in a common marketplace, will in most cases clearly give rise to a likelihood of confusion and constitute trademark infringement. For example, if I produce and sell a carbonated beverage called Mr. Pepper, my use of that mark will very likely cause confusion among consumers who may mistake my beverage for the well-known Dr. Pepper brand beverage.
On the other hand—and at the other end of the spectrum—the law allows identical or similar trademarks on completely unrelated products to co-exist if the marketplaces for each product are entirely separate and consumers are not likely to be confused as to the source of the products. For example, consider that Apple Computer and Apple Records legally co-exist with each other. Since consumers are not likely to think that Apple computers are being made by the Apple record company, or vice versa, there is no likelihood of confusion and no trademark infringement.
Between these two ends of the spectrum, however, lie many close cases where the courts will, to varying degrees, apply the factors I've mentioned. In such cases, the process for determining likelihood of confusion between trademarks can be a subjective one with unpredictable outcomes.
Primary Affirmative Defenses
So, what potential defenses are available to the person against whom trademark infringement is alleged? Two of the primary affirmative defenses in trademark infringement actions are fair use and parody.
Fair use occurs when one party uses the trademark of another for its ordinary, descriptive meaning—rather than its secondary, distinctive "trademark" meaning—to describe a product. The theory is that you should be able to use ordinary words to describe your own goods or services, even if those words happen to be part of someone else's trademark. For example, using the term Sweet Tart to describe a cranberry drink has been held to be permissible despite a candy company's SweeTARTS trademark for candy. Such a use of the term Sweet Tart for the cranberry drink was considered a purely descriptive use of the term and thus did not invoke the distinctive trademark meaning of the candy maker's trademark.
In addition, certain parodies of trademarks may be a permissible defense to trademark infringement if not too directly tied to commercial use. The idea here is that artistic and editorial parodies serve a valuable critical function and are entitled to some degree of free speech protection. The upshot is that courts will usually try to balance First Amendment interests against the degree of likely confusion and damage that the parody might cause the trademark. Courts tend to be more sympathetic in the case of noncommercial parodies and less sympathetic to parodies that seek to sell something based on the parody.
So, use by Ralph Nader of the Mastercard trademark in a parody political advertisement was held permissible because his use of the term Mastercard, in that case, was considered part of political, noncommercial speech. But use of the trademark Lessbucks coffee for a coffee provider competing with Starbucks coffee was held not to be an allowable parody because the object of the joke in this case was a trademark of a directly competing product in the commercial marketplace.
Successful plaintiffs in trademark infringement actions are entitled to a wide range of remedies under federal law, including injunctions against further infringing use of the junior mark if the senior trademark owner can show that it will suffer irreparable injury if the injunction is not awarded. Monetary damages may also be awarded, and damages can be trebled under the federal Lanham Act if bad faith on the infringer's part can be shown.
Randy Brotherhood devotes a substantial part of his practice to intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights. You can view his full bio by clicking here.


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A carefully planned BIM workflow enabled the design team to create both coordination and structural analysis models for a structure with highly complex geometry extremely fast and efficiently. Using AutoCAD® as a central hub of geometric definitions, the design team was able to communicate seamlessly between Rhinoceros®, Revit®-based software, and SAP2000®. This resulted in the architecture, coordination, and analysis models all matching each other perfectly while also making it easy to track changes and update the models as the design progressed.
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- Set up a BIM workflow process using modern design tools such as Revit-based software and AutoCAD
- Explain the benefits of establishing an efferent BIM workflow early in the life of a project
- Describe how modern technologies can be used to develop communication between structural analysis and coordination models
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An Upper East Side townhouse with quite a fashionable backstory recently surfaced on the market for $9.6 million. The four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom home previously belonged to the late artist and storied Condé Nast editorial director Alexander Liberman, who served as the artistic director of numerous magazines, including Architectural Digest, during his decades-long career.
Liberman and his wife, Tatiana, called the townhouse home from December 1942 through 1991, and hosted many notable artistic luminaries there, including Jackson Pollock, Yul Brenner, Greta Garbo, Oscar de la Renta, and more. In the years since their residency, the traditional-style home has been restored by designer Victoria Hagan.
The townhouse is accessible through both the front door, which opens onto a foyer, and a service entry on the west side of the house, which leads directly into the eat-in kitchen. The bright kitchen has hardwood floors, white cabinetry, a tiled backsplash, an impressive stainless steel six-burner range, and an adjacent butler's pantry. Also on the ground floor is a combination living and dining room with a wood-burning fireplace and a set of French doors opening out onto the backyard garden, which features its own outdoor dining area.
Upstairs on the parlor floor is an elegant second living room complete with an antique chandelier and a wood-burning fireplace. According to the listing, the entertaining levels (the first and second floors) were once decorated completely in white—from the banister to the chairs to the books in the parlor floor library—and were referred to as "the white salon." Today, the walls of the south-facing library are painted a pale blue, with dark wood built-in shelves lining an entire wall opposite yet another wood-burning fireplace.
The third and fourth floors of the townhouse include four bedrooms and four full bathrooms; each bedroom is en suite, with ample closet space and two large windows that let in plenty of sunlight. A ladder on the fourth floor leads to the rooftop, which is currently unfinished, but could easily be developed into a rooftop garden. The basement level houses the laundry area and building mechanicals, but could also potentially be finished into a more livable space. The back garden measures a generous 38 feet long, with tall trees and rhododendron surrounding all three sides, offering the ultimate privacy for warm weather dinners and sunset drinks alfresco.


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West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola is confident Craig Bellamy and Scott Parker will become better players if they stay at Upton Park. "I know the players have had big offers but on the other hand we believe we are offering them the possibility to improve, to get better and better. Hopefully our players will see that and consider it," said Zola.
"The club is determined to keep the best players because we want to take the team to a better level.
"Sometimes you have to accept certain things - but at the moment we are determined to do this.
"We want to keep our players. We have targets to achieve and we know if we want to achieve them, then we have to keep our best players. We hope we can keep them."


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Throughout the history of football, we have seen some families and surnames that have gained notoriety in the sport. The Maldini are one of the greatest examples: Cesare and Paolo have made history playing for Milan, each in their own time.
Another great example are the brothers Jerome and Kevin-Prince Boateng, who play for different National Teams and played against each other in the 2014 World Cup. Another notable case is the Tehau family, who had four of their number representing Tahiti in the Confederations Cup in 2013.
In Vanuatu it is no different either as Brian Kaltak, Jean Kaltack and Tony Kaltack are relatives and represented their nation internationally. However, there is a new surname that is calling the attention in the country: Kalotang.
Keiben Kalotang, Massing Kalotang and Tonly Kalotang: three young players that are starting to shine in Vanuatu. They are nephews of Noel Kalotang, former goalkeeper and current Erakor Golden Star's goalkeepers coach. Keiben and Massing are brothers while Tonly is their cousin. All of them have passed through the Erakor Golden Star's youth system.
Tonly Kalotang left Erakor Golden Star and joined Ifira Black Bird last year. The 23-year-old forward became one of Ifira's most important players this season, scoring important goals and helping the team win the 2019-20 PVFA Premier League title.
Massing Kalotang recently lived the best moment of his career by coming from the bench to save three penalty kicks to help Erakor Golden Star Tafea on shoot-out in the first round of PVFA Top Four. His elder brother, Keiben, is one of the most talented players to come from Erakor's youth system in the past seasons.
None of the three have played for National Team at youth level. However, it would not be a surprise if we see the surname Kalotang in the next call-ups, both at senior level and at youth level.


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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Goldilocks, the country's number one bakeshop, is happy to introduce their limited-edition Disney themed Valentines Cakes! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day celebration with Goldilocks' Disney themed cakes which feature iconic characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, perfect for any celebration during such a romantic season!
Every year there comes a much-awaited day that's all about celebrating love. Despite whatever challenges you may be going through, February 14 is a day dedicated to letting love rule above all else. It's not just a full 24-hour exercise of cheesy Instagram posts nor over the top declarations of deep feelings, but it's about reminding couples of the small things that make their relationship a place where love and happiness rule in their lives.
Some of us find grocery shopping both therapeutic and stressful. Not gonna lie, I am one of those people who finds it stressful. I mean let's not start with the traffic, crowded malls, and long line in the cashier checkout. That is why we need someone who will make our lives convenient in this maddening world we live in.
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Would you answer the call?
It is said that when a person makes plans, God laughs. Last week, my week was planned. I knew what I would be doing and when. Over the years, I have become more flexible with my schedule, but I still have a schedule. Tuesday morning shifted my schedule. Most mornings my adopted dog Güera and I meet up with a neighbor and her dogs to walk. Tuesday was no different, until the dogs stopped by a field. When we came to the field, we found a severely dehydrated and malnourished dog.
We could have left. We both had work. We both had plans. We both had busy days. None of that seemed important anymore. A meditation teacher from Myanmar once said, "When the sunshine of loving-kindness meets the tears of suffering the rainbow of compassion appears." The rainbow of compassion took hold of us, and we could not help but assist this dog. A mutual friend was called and arrived with water. Cautiously approaching the dog, for we did not know if it was vitious or diseased, we gave it two liters of water which it greedily ate up. The dog could not stand. It stretched with its neck to get to the water. Food was also brought but untouched. Later that day I returned with water which again was met with approval. The dog was about two feet from where it had been, but again showed no signs of being able to stand up or move freely.
I had plans the next day, which were rearranged again to bring food and water to the little girl. Day two she was up a bit on her front paws, and she greedily ate everything we brought to her. Two meals were consumed within minutes. We were glad that she was looking a bit better, but she was obviously dragging her hind legs. We didn't know if she was in an accident. We didn't dare touch her, because we had no idea if she would bite us to protect herself.
Day three, after again adjusting my plans, I fed her in the morning then returned in the afternoon with a different friend. We were thrilled to see that she was now using three of her legs. Having planned to bring her to a veterinarian that day for examination, when the time came, we did not have the courage. If her one leg was injured, it was quite possible that she might defend herself if there was pain when we picked her up. The trip to the vet did not happen, but I did get close enough to her to pet her. She accepted it calmly. Her eyes and demeanor clearly showed that she was not a threat.
Friday, day four, after again shifting my schedule to accommodate this injured dog's needs, I was accompanied by a dog trainer and some lovely people who often rescue dogs. We were all surprised to see Boxie, who had been named day two because she looked part boxer, was up on all four legs. Compared to how she had looked only a few days before this seemed a miracle. The current helpers were skillfully able to transport the dog to a very accommodating and supportive veterinarian who checked Boxie out. She did not have any major diseases and was just suffering from malnutrition and the normal bugs one would expect to find on a dog that was left in the wild. That evening Boxie came home with me because she had nowhere else to go. She is now recuperating at a shelter, as my own adopted dog was not adjusting well to our houseguest.
Besides a plug below requesting your help to find a home for this sweet girl, I also wanted to share some of the lessons this experience gave me.
The Pause: In my old Type A ways, had I rushed to get Boxie to a veterinarian the first day they may have put her down because of her condition, I would not have found the right people to help me move her, and I would not have found the shelter who took her in. Although it took conscious effort to not rush into things, every time I allowed myself to pause, the next right step appeared.
The Ego: I felt so much guilt the night after I brought Boxie to the shelter. It was not because she was not being cared for, but because I should have done it. I should have rescued her and taken her in. I was a bad person. All the guilt and remorse I felt was my ego taking on a role. I knew in my heart, not keeping her was the right thing for Boxie, my dog Güera, and our family. When I took away my expectations and judgments, I found serenity in my actions.
Purpose: My life had become pretty routine lately, and I felt trapped and unsatisfied in that routine. When faced with an opportunity to do something new and to help someone else, it gave my life purpose. When I could put aside my schedule, the flexibility gave me the ability to connect with others, help save a life, and bring together a community of support. #TeamBoxie
As you go about your week, keep your eye out for opportunities to help others, act as guided when you receive intuition, remove egoistic expectations and judgments, and rediscover your deeper purpose for living.
If you are interested in helping Boxie find her forever home, please contact me or Rescate Perruno. Rescue dogs are routinely sent from Los Cabos, Mexico to the USA and Canada. We'd love to show you how easy it would be to have this darling become part of your family.


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It's time to make plans for the 13th annual Surf's Up, School's Out with the Triumphs, presented by OakBend Medical Center, benefiting the Lamar Educational Awards Foundation. Funds raised at "Surf's Up" are used to underwrite grants written by Lamar CISD teachers.
More than $250,000 was awarded by L.E.A.F. in 2013.
The party will take place May 2 at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $25, or reserve a table for 10 at $250. This includes a chicken-fried steak dinner from Vincek's and the dance with the Triumphs.
Dinner is served 6:30 to 8 p.m., with a dessert auction to follow. The dance floor opens at 9 p.m.
Dance-only tickets for $15 will be available at the door after 9 p.m.
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18 Jan 2017
Report: Eight Men Own As Much Wealth As Poorest Half Of The World
A report from Oxfam International shows eight men own as much wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion people in the world. Oxfam says new data from India and China suggests previous estimates of global wealth concentration credited the poorest half of the world with too much wealth. The report is
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According to Oxfam's report, the 62 richest billionaires in the world own as much wealth as the poorer half of the planet's population — 3.6 billion people


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Adobe Premiere Elements 15 is designed for the Instagram filmmaker. The sort of person who doesn't have a lot of experience with professional editing and doesn't want to spend all day doing it but still wants something awesome to show friends and family on Facebook. This package's features include:
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Extra-Sweet Summer Berries in the Ozarks
This summer, stock up on fresh seasonal berries to make your snack times and baking sprees extra-sweet.
By Katie Pollock Estes
Jun 2020
Local you-pick berry farms are hopping (particularly during the month of June) as blueberries, blackberries and sometimes other summer varieties like gooseberries and raspberries ripen to their sweetest potential. This year, make sure you stock up—whether you do the (honestly kind of back-breaking) work of picking them yourself or buy some that have already been plucked from the bush. Farmers markets like Farmers Market of the Ozarks often host local growers selling those summer sweeties.
Once you have a counter full of berries at home, you can get creative with how you use them. Snacking on them plain or tossing them into a bowl of yogurt is a no-brainer. But you can also turn them into adult cocktails or slushies, use them for quick freezer jams or shelf-stable preserves, or just incorporate them into your baking plans. Their colors—deep blues and rich reds—can lend them well to patriotic Fourth of July baking projects like pies and tarts. Persimmon Hill Farm in Lampe is a great place to start if you want to try your hand at picking these sweet, summery pick-me-ups.
Ideas for Using Those BerriesTake a stab at these four sure-bet ways to use fresh summer berries at home.
Gin-Berry Slush
Serves 4
2 cups frozen berries*
1 cup ice cubes
2 cups lemonade
6 ounces Meadowview
Botanical Gin
mint to garnish
*We recommend blueberries and blackberries. Wash and freeze them at home for this recipe.
To Prepare
1. Puree the frozen berries in a blender. Add ice cubes to the blender and crush them.
2. Place 1/2 cup of lemonade and 1.5 ounces of gin in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake until cold.
3. Add half cup of berry slush and half cup of lemonade-gin mixture to a glass, gently stir to blend, garnish with a sprig of mint, and serve.
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Bored Ogre is a game of "makeshift" indoor golf, where a giant bored ogre uses the knights he captured to keep himself entertained. Ogre will use spoons as golf-clubs to launch ragdoll knights in makeshift courses around his castle. Each "hole" has many possible scoring options and online leaderboards to compete on.
While "golf" mode is single player, game comes with other 2 game modes, Darts and Toss, both are swipe based and supporting up to 4 players on same device. Toss mode is inspired by the great Paper Toss and it will see the player tossing ragdoll knights in a bowl full of water to feed the ogre pet shark, while Darts mode comes with various different challenging dartboards.
While the theme might suggest otherwise, game tries to be as kid friendly as possible, with no gore and a generally comic feel.
Bored Ogre is free with a lot of content free of charge, game launched with 2 in-app purchases, one to remove advertisements (banner and decently rare videos) and another one to unlock 2 additional "golf courses".


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Yearly Life-Changing Transitions
The transition from high school to college and how it could influence your future in America.
Dear future President,
I believe the education system can be reformed in many ways, especially the transition from high school to college. In my opinion, the school system bases and judges people by their ability to perform in a certain amount of subjects and accumulates their performance grades and those simply decide their future in education. Schools should focus on an individual's talent in a certain subject and encourage the student to pursue what they excel in.
In today's school system, many children today struggle with the workload and stress oppressed onto them. Stanford researchers have found that more than two hours of homework a night may be counter productive. Research also shows that students who spend this amount of time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, and a lack of balance and even alienation from society. I have had countless nights where I have had to stay up late to finish my classwork for the following school day. With the lack of sleep it has left me in poor condition to perform in the next school day.
Therefore, I urge you to carefully examine the United States' school system and reflect on what you could change for the better. To make your job easier, you can emulate what other countries do at their schools where they succeed further than ours and enforce similar teachings in our nation .
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Transmuting Low-Value Programmer Cred Into High-Value Status Illegibility
Flip the script on companies that don't hire into their top developer roles by learning about the psychology and business behind the practice.
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Not long ago, I wrote a post about that one, "top" software engineer role that companies don't hire directly into. I'm going to pick up where I left off there.
For a quick recap, recall the diagram I made (and my wife kindly GIF-ified for me). In red, you have the positions that a company will hire into, and in white, you have that one position that they won't. It's usually "Principal Engineer" or something like that.
A Recap of The Surface Narrative and the Real Motivation for This
In the last post, I talked about the surface explanation for this, accepted by idealists and pragmatists.
This role represents the most valuable software developers in the group to the company. These developers combine technical skill with a certain je ne sais quoi that combines experience, domain knowledge, inside company baseball, and embodying the company's values and training.
But I also talked about how that doesn't stand up to scrutiny. I talked about how if you picked the brains of leadership, you'd probably hear something like this (assuming you also gave them truth serum).
It seems like a win for everyone. It rewards people for staying, makes us seem more prestigious, and it's a non-monetary reward. They love it, and it doesn't cost the company anything to do.
Significantly, that top role that requires hanging around the company for years, serves a very pragmatic purpose. It creates a position whose salary can creep up, unbounded, without dragging up the salary for the rest of the group.
In other words, create a bucket, put your lifers in that bucket, and give them 2% increases a year forever. Without that bucket, you'd either (1) have to stop giving them increases or (2) potentially have to pay new hires a lot more.
So you create this policy to keep labor costs down. And then you stand aside while the pragmatists and idealists manufacture and believe a merit-driven narrative. Easy-peasy.
Software Developers Are Smart, So Why Does This Happen?
Here's the weird thing, though. Software developers are smart people in general, and pragmatists especially tend to tune out self-serving corporate narratives. Even journeyman idealists are mostly practical, aside from getting swept up in the industry's collective meritocracy delusion.
So, what gives? Why do they agree to the unattainable pay band? And, even, in some cases, why do they insist on it? (Yes, this actually happens.)
Let's dive into that today. And to do so, we have to start with a concept called status illegibility.
Introducing The Idea of Status Illegibility
I teased this concept in the last post, but I'll explain it more here. However, if you want the deepest dive possible, read the brilliant explanation from the source from which I plucked the idea.
If you're a programming meritocracy buff and recreational outrage enthusiast, then I'd sharpen my outrage stick if I were you. Programming skill isn't nearly as commercially important as we tend to think, in spite of our preoccupation with it. Oh, it matters, particularly to software's total cost of ownership. But the gulf between no automation and bad automation is far wider than the gulf between bad and mediocre automation, from an enterprise's perspective.
So we programmers are left at the bottom of org charts to argue passionately about stuff that makes opportunists yawn and thus comes with no real organizational power stakes. For simplicity's sake, let's couch this in units of "programmer cred" and say they vary from 1 to 10 for any given programmer.
With that in mind, say you have a team of developers, all of whom have a cred score of 5, making the group's collective score a 5. But, let's say that, as an outsider (e.g. a candidate interviewing), you had no insight into the individual group members' programmer cred scores, for the most part, only having a sense for the group. This is the core of status illegibility.
The less obvious your cred score to outsiders, the greater your status illegibility. And the greater your status illegibility, the more stable your role in that group. (Which tends to explain why developers emancipate themselves from mediocre groups via conference speaking and other cred-generating activities).
Groucho Marx and the Journeyman Idealist Conundrum
Venkat posits that groups of [pragmatists] are stable in proportion to their status illegibility. And he relates this to Grouch Marx's quip, "I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member."
To understand this in units of programmer cred, imagine our perfectly transparent group consisting entirely of people with a score of 5. This group will never hook up with interviewing journeyman idealists, bringing the flow of talent in and out to a screeching halt.
Why? Well, think about it.
If I'm a free-radical journeyman idealist in the industry body, my cred score is completely transparent. Let's say I'm a 7. Why would I go hang out with a bunch of 5s? Alternatively, let's say that I'm a 3. The interview process (bad at predicting performance, but excellent at assigning programmer cred scores) would cause the 5's to pass on me. With a completely programmer cred- legible group, an applicant's score must exactly match the group average in order for there to be a fit.
And, even then, why bother? Neither the group nor the candidate's lot improves.
Fortunately for companies, journeyman idealists, and broader commerce alike, groups have status illegibility. You can look at Glassdoor and see that the company hires entry-level developers. And you might see a programmer-famous developer from their organization on LinkedIn. These establish their alpha and omega at, say, 1 and 8, respectively. But all you can really infer from this is that their collective cred score is somewhere between 1 and 8.
So if they offer you the job, whatever else may influence your decision, a cred-mismatch won't be an issue.
Programmer Cred Illegibility Case Studies: Examples in the Field
Let's leave the theoretical and talk about some examples of programmer cred's and status illegibility in the industry.
First up for your consideration, Enterprise Silicon Valley shops (the Googles and Facebooks of the world). Enterprise Silicon Valley Firms are highly status legible. In the programming world, it's axiomatic that working at a place like Amazon or Facebook makes you an instant 8 or so. The result is a large organization full of people hovering around a 9. Even though this creates reduced internal stability, the organization itself has staff stability by virtue of the fact that a bottomless well of 1-7s are forever trying to get in.
A more interesting example, perhaps, was a company called 8th Light some years back. They're an app dev shop who, for a while, had the interesting distinction of employing legendary Uncle Bob Martin, who is clearly a firm 10 in programming cred. Now bear something in mind. Bob Martin doesn't need a job at an app dev company. Once you're in the 7+ territory, you can typically just float around contracting, freelancing, or consulting and do just fine.
So what gives (gave)? Well, an app dev shop landing an Uncle Bob is a play to manufacture upward-trending status illegibility. Without Bob, maybe 8th Light's highest programmer cred holder was a 7 and the lowest a 5. With Bob? Well, now you've got a range of 5-10.
Companies like this don't hire 10s because a single 10 will single-handedly raise their margin or even land them clients. They do it to grease the skids of recruitment. That hire is neither about clients nor about work product — it's about recruiting.
A Quick Aside About Hiring Motivations
I think it's important to point something out here. For most of the post, I've been talking as if the sole motivation for taking and offering jobs were to associate with greater programming cred. Obviously, things aren't quite that simple. If they were, Bob or any 10 would have no reason ever to hire on anywhere. But the fact of the matter is that wheeling a dump truck of money up to Bob's house might take us out of the purely theoretical realm of programmer cred and into the realm of practicality. I use this model to create a model that makes the subject more approachable. I will also say that the different corporate roles have much
different takes on programmer cred. Pragmatists don't care about it, just looking for money. Journeyman idealists are obsessed with it. Normal idealists are unaware of it (with their preoccupation being company-focused), and opportunists...well, that's a serious rabbit hole and thus a post for another day. (Throw me a comment/Tweet/whatever if that's something you'd like to read about)
The Unattainable Staff Role and Status Illegibility
Now, after a meandering detour, back to staffing models, illegibility, and the original premise of the post: the unattainable staff role.
A lot of companies have reason to want to do what 8th Light did and land themselves a 10. But not a lot of companies can get Uncle Bob to come work for them. So they do other things to try to skew their status illegibility upward.
The laziest or haphazard way to do this is to have staff developers generate some kind of mediocre public work product and present it as profound. Companies more on top of their game produce polished work out of them or have them present at conferences and publish papers. This puts a high shine on the 6s working for you until they look to applicants like 8s. And there are probably other tactics here that I'm not readily thinking of.
But there's another option for manufacturing upward status illegibility that doesn't involve individuals at all. There's an instant way to turn your 6s into apparent 8s, even if outsiders are unaware of the names of those people. I bet you know what it is by now.
Recall Groucho Marx's, "I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member." And then consider the inverse, "I do care to belong to a club that won't have me as a member."
Now you've got it, don't you? That Principal Engineer II role that "we don't hire into" is an attractive nuisance for journeyman idealists precisely because it artificially implies status to be had following a hire. So if they can swallow the salary implications, they're sold. And once they're sold and into the company, they're more likely to stick around, first to chase the elusive title and then because of sunk cost once they earn it.
The Opportunists' Take on All of This
Returning now to the opportunists who make such org chart decisions, let's close out by examining this from their perspective. It's an intuitive understanding of incentives and what butters people's bread that causes them to view this sort of policy as such a win.
Most superficially, it tends to attract better talent, meaning a job slightly better done. Programmer cred correlates decently with programmer skill, which gives it some actual value, albeit consisting of pretty weak sauce. Recall that I said we tend to wildly overvalue programming skill financially, but that doesn't mean it lacks value. That would be a silly claim. So programmer cred kinda correlates to skill, which kinda correlates to financial value for organizations.
But beyond that, this role makes recruitment, retention, and replacement easier and less expensive across the board. And let's not forget the slightly depressive effect it has on departmental wages.
So, in the end, how do we account for the curious case of that one role that companies don't hire into? Well, it brings a small improvement in the efficiency of service delivery, combined with significantly lower staff costs, both in hiring and salary. Oh, and it makes you feel good to work there if you value programmer cred.
Therefore, I'd say to any of you aspiring opportunists out there: fight off your inner journeyman idealist and the tendency to accept programmer cred in lieu of money. When they tell you that they don't hire into that role, flip the script on them by telling them that you don't consider offers from companies that don't hire into that role.
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