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The benefits and drawbacks

Back in the November 2005 issue of CFDJ, we looked at how to create a live map of your Web site visitors using Google Maps and other freely available services.

Now that Yahoo! and Microsoft have joined the fray and released their own mapping APIs, we'll revisit our example while learning about each implementation along the way. All of these APIs are extremely powerful, but each has its own advantages that may work better for your particular solution. We'll take a look at each in detail and outline some of the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Geo-locating by IP Address
Let's go over our example one more time. We're going to use these tools to create a visual map of users visiting your site. You'll be able to show these on a custom map along with any other text or HTML data you'd like to display. One of the key ingredients to this technique is the ability to geo-locate an IP address. This refers to the ability to locate a user's geographic latitude and longitude from his IP address. The most cost-effective source of this information is to query one of the freely available public databases. NetGeo was a project originally set up by the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA). Although it has been defunct for several years, the database is still freely available and provides a good resource for determining rough locations.

We'll set up a table (see Listing 1) to keep a log of user visits. Each time a new user visits the site, we'll query the geolocation database and insert a record of the user's IP address, latitude, longitude, city, state, country. In CFMX 7, this code can be put inside the onSessionStart() function in Application.cfc.

Queries are executed via HTTP against the NetGeo database by calling the URL http://netgeo.caida.org/perl/netgeo.cgi?target= It will return the following data to the browser:

LAT: 40.35
LONG: -74.08
LAST_UPDATED: 01-Jun-2001
LOOKUP_TYPE: Block Allocation

ColdFusion's string functions can be used to parse out the relevant latitude and longitude data, as well as the city, state, and country. We'll then insert that info into the database and use it to populate a map overlay when each point is clicked. Listing 2 contains the code to parse out these fields.

Another source of freely available geo-location data is the community-based hostip.info project located at http://www.hostip.info. Although this is a newer database, it's being actively and continuously updated and is improving with time. This database can also be queried via HTTP and returns the results in a format similar to NetGeo. A URL query to hostip.info would be structured as http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=

You can also download the full hostip.info database directly to your server for quicker response time. There's also the commercial GeoIP City database maintained by MaxMind (see www.maxmind.com/app/city).

Drawing the Map Using Google
The first thing you'll need to do is to sign up for a Google Maps API key at www.google.com/apis/maps/. This key will have to be included on any pages on which you'll be drawing maps.

To begin, put the script calls in Listing 3 in the  section of your page.

Next, include an empty div right after your  tag. This will contain the actual map and determine its size:

Using Yahoo!'s New Flex-Based API
You'll also have to get an application ID from Yahoo! before using its service. Once that's done, you'll put script calls in Listing 4 in the  section of your page.

Then include an empty div right after your  tag. This div will contain the actual map:

Microsoft's Virtual Earth Implementation
Interfacing with Microsoft's Virtual Earth is also relatively painless. Most of your code will go in the  section of the page. The code you'll need to include is in Listing 5. Then you'll have to add an onLoad call to your body tag as follows: .

As with most of Microsoft's technologies, Virtual Earth will probably take a few revisions before they get it right. Currently there are advantages to using the Google or Yahoo! APIs. Google offers simplicity and the capability to add detailed HTML overlays complete with images. Yahoo!'s advantage comes in its rich integration possibilities with Flash-based technologies as well as AJAX.

One thing to note is that some browsers will throw a security error when trying to access a JavaScript file from a different domain. You can get around this by downloading the .js file to your server and serving it up locally.

Taking It Even Further
The Yahoo! map that we built, though Flash-based, used the JavaScript API to interact with the map. There's also an ActionScript API available for direct integration with Flash as well as a Flex API to interact with maps directly from your RIAs. This comes at a great time with Macromedia's recent announcements regarding the Flex product line. Check this link under resources for a great example of what can be done with the Flash API: http://tinyurl.com/avpv8 (from Justin's Rich Media Blog). The APIs will also accept geo-coded RSS feeds. This lets you fuse live data right on to your maps, such as being able to plot apartments currently listed for rent through craigslist.

We've only scratched the surface of what can be done using the new mapping APIs that are now available. It's possible to create all kinds of applications based on geographic data. Although the licensing terms for each API are slightly different, they are generally pretty liberal and even allow for commercial use in some cases. Visit the links provided for full documentation on each of them.

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Joe Danziger is a senior web applications developer with Multimax, Inc., a provider of Enterprise IT Services and Solutions supporting the critical missions of the Air Force, Army, Navy, and other Department of Defense components. He is certified as an Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer, and also maintains the Building Blocks site (www.ajaxcf.com) dedicated to AJAX and ColdFusion, as well as DJ Central (www.djcentral.com), a Website serving DJs and the electronic dance music industry.

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The cards for a Star Wars cast reunion look to be falling into place.  Ever since the announcement that Disney was moving forward with a new Star Wars trilogy, rumors have swirled regarding the involvement of the original trilogy’s cast members.  Multiple reports have popped up claiming that Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford are eyeing a return to the series, and the subsequent denials/clarifications/etc. have made it clear that deals are likely being worked out.  Now we have a firm clarification straight from the source, as Carrie Fisher has confirmed that she will appear in director J.J. AbramsStar Wars: Episode: VII.  Hit the jump for more.

star-wars-7-carrie-fisherSpeaking with the aptly named Palm Beach Illustrated (via CBM), Fisher was asked point-blank about her reprisal of Princess Leia:

Question: Disney is going to continue the Star Wars saga, producing movies set to hit theaters starting in 2015. Can you confirm whether you’ll reprise the role of Princess Leia?

Fisher: Yes.

It’s important to remember that Fisher said she would return in Episode VII back in November, only to subsequently claim that her comments were made “tounge-in-cheek.”  I’m not sure if we’ll get another denial following this story, but I think the most likely scenario is that Lucasfilm/Disney is currently in the arduous stages of working out contracts for Hamill, Fisher, and Ford to return.  As one can imagine, this can be a sticky situation. Obviously the trio have the right to demand big bucks for their return, so while the negotiation process continues and both sides try to find a happy medium, don’t expect too many clear-cut confirmations or affirmations of their reprisal.

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The dreaded H word! With all the politics, conflicts, human rights issues, going on in the world sometimes we fell that nothing will ever unite us. Well, I can testify to a fact that people across the globe hate homework. Whatever race, religion, political views, skin color you have I think that we can all agree, we unilaterally hate homework. I am not talking about school here, I liked school and I never had any problems with it. But when it is finished for the day it should be finished, no one ever said I can`t wait to go home and do homework!

In an unprecedented act of selfless action, good people of the world made many tools to help you beat this terrible chore. And her in our very own act of selflessness we are pointing out those tools so you can find them more easily!

If you simply cannot be bothered with homework at all, there are many wonderful companies that will gladly do it for you! For example, I hate math (being a writer this should not be a surprise) so if I had a math homework that would be the absolute worst. Fractions, statistics, geometry I am simply not good at it and it will take me extra time and effort to get it done. So I would simply search “statistic homework helper” or something like this to get assistance I so desperately need!

So about those tools, we are mentioning:

Absolutely love this one. I would recommend this app to anyone regardless of what they are doing but it is an amazing tool to help with homework! The internet is the source of all knowledge today and you will for sure use it to do your homework. Evernote will help you organize all your materials that you gather. You can store and categorize everything. The best thing about it that you can synchronize across all platforms and have access to everything whenever and wherever!

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It is impossible that you won`t “borrow” at least some parts of your homework from other sources online. However, plagiarism is a big deal and most schools have a zero tolerance policy towards it so plagiarism checker will help you determine if you are safe and if you didn`t do something that could be considered as plagiarized.

One of the more boring and difficult parts of any written assignment is the bibliography. There are many ways in which it can be done and some schools have strict policies on how this must look. Bibme is here to help you with this. It has a variety of academically accepted ways for citations and bibliography and you can simply use the template that your school approves of! It has a built-in search browser so you can find digital editions of the books you want to quote or you can quote directly from some websites.

You know you need to do your homework, you have done your research and now you are supposed to write it. But as the internet helped you to find information for your work well now it is actively sabotaging you with all those fun and cool sites, Youtube videos, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or whatever. Freedom will help you free from these online chains. It will let you block the internet for a set period of time so you can solely focus on your work.

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As mentioned in the opening from time to time you just can`t handle the stress and the obligations and the tight deadlines. You just want some help and you are telling people to do my homework for me! Well, writing services companies are there for you in those dark hours to give you a well written and researched assignment from the field and topic of your choice! Sure you need to pay for the service but who can put a price on your mental wellbeing!

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Homework is a necessary chore that needs to get done in order to achieve better grades and invest in your better future. As we concluded no one likes it that much but at least with these few tips and tools you can go through the experience as painless as possible!

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Sarah Murray–Psychology Today Sex Expert

Our therapist, Sarah Murray, is now a columnist with Psychology Today as a sex expert.  Her first article was published recently:

Sarah Murray's first article with Psychology Today: How Sexual Rejection affects Men in Relationships.

Sarah focused her doctoral dissertation on men’s experience of sexuality, looking at the connection between sex and belonging/connection/relationship.

There is no shortage of stereotypes about men’s sexuality.  There is much bravado and “locker room talk”. When guys talk about sexuality in a group, there can be a lot of elbow nudging, winking, and crass talk which can objectify women.

But, trust me, when a fellow is sitting on a counsellor’s couch, knowing he is safe to explore the tenderest parts of his soul, he talks about the longing to be close to his partner.

A guy will talk about the pain of rejection of sex feeling deeply personal: It’s not sex that is shot down, he feels like he is the one on the chopping block.

The rejection isn't perceived by men as "My partner is rejecting sex. " It's perceived as, "My partner is rejecting ME". Quote by Dr. Sarah Murray, sex expert, therapist at Conexus Counselling in Winnipeg

There is a passage in Brené Brown’s book, Daring Greatly that I have, on occasion, read to a couple when we are talking about this.  Almost inevitably, the man starts looking at his shoes, and silently weeps, and on more than one occasion, began to sob.  His wife looks at him like she doesn’t understand.  He connects profoundly with this, and she is stunned by this connection:

The young man who shared the story of his divorce slammed his hand down on his desk and shouted [to the women of the focus group], “It’s not about the back fat! You’re worried about it.  We’re not. We don’t give a sh*t!” The class fell quiet. He took a couple of breaths and said, “Stop making up all of this stuff about what we’re thinking! What we’re really thinking is ‘Do you love me? Do you care about me? Do you want me? Am I important to you? Am I good enough?’ That’s what we’re thinking. When it comes to sex, it feel like our life is on the line, and you’re worried about that crap?”

Brené Brown, Daring Greatly, p. 102

It’s often been that men don’t know how to wrap language around their desire to be close, to be known and loved–that sex is about connecting on a deep level.

"When you want to be with us in that way it makes us feel more worthy. We stand a little taller. Believe in ourselves more. I don't know why, but it's true. Quote from middle aged man in Brene Brown's Book, Daring Greatly, page 102.
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Often, when I read this to couple, there is some version of this: The husband, with tears in his eyes, will shyly look to his wife as he points to me. “What she said. That’s it.  Really.”

So, it is one of Dr. Sarah’s missions in life to let people know about this…in therapy, and to the larger world through her writing. She’s done the research. Even in this article, she writes some super helpful ideas that women can be aware of to support and connect with their husbands when sex isn’t desired to help her husband avoid the pain of  rejection.

Join me in congratulating Sarah as her mission to help couples’ relationships has reached a new level. Her expertise in sexuality is widely regarded. Being an expert on Psychology Today is a big deal, and we are uber proud of her.  We love that her expertise as a sex expert will now have a wider audience!

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What Does it Mean to Submit to a Foreign Forum?

The meaning of submission was the central question, though by no means the only one, in the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Barer v Knight Brothers LLC, 2019 SCC 13 (available here).  Knight sought enforcement of a Utah default judgment against Barer in Quebec.  The issue was governed by Quebec’s law on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, which is set out in various provisions of the Civil Code of Quebec (so much statutory interpretation analysis ensued).  Aspects of the decision may be of interest to those in other countries that have similar provisions in their own codes.

The court held that the Utah decision was enforceable in Quebec.  Seven judges (Gascon J writing the majority decision) held that Barer had submitted to the Utah court’s jurisdiction.  Two judges held that he had not.  One of them (Brown J) held that the Utah court had jurisdiction on another basis, and so concurred in the result, while the other (Cote J) held it did not, and so dissented.

The majority held that in his efforts to challenge the Utah’s court’s jurisdiction, Barer had presented substantive arguments going to the merits of the dispute (para 6).  It analysed various possible steps in a foreign proceeding that either would or would not constitute submission (paras 59-63).  It was invited by Barer to consider the “save your skin” approach to submission, which would recognize that a defendant who both challenged jurisdiction and raised substantive arguments would not be taken to have submitted.  It rejected that approach (para 68).  Its core concern was to protect “the plaintiff’s legitimate interest in knowing at some point in the proceedings, whether or not the defendant has submitted to the jurisdiction” (para 62).  It added that “plaintiffs who invest time and resources in judicial proceedings in a jurisdiction are entitled to some certainty regarding whether or not the defendants have submitted to the court’s jurisdiction” (para 67).

The majority acknowledged that in a case in which the process of the foreign forum required the raising of a substantive argument alongside a jurisdictional challenge, this could affect the determination of whether the defendant had submitted (para 75).  But this was not such a case: the defendant had not established, as a factual matter, that this was such a feature of the Utah procedure (paras 75 and 78).  Accordingly, the fact that Barer had raised a defence on the merits – that a pure economic loss rule barred the claim against him – amounted to submission (para 71).

In dissent, Justice Cote finds the majority’s test for submission to be “too strict” (para 212).  She urged a “more flexible approach” which would allow a defendant to raise substantive arguments alongside a jurisdictional challenge (para 213).  In her view, if “a broad range of arguments may convince a Utah court that it lacks jurisdiction over a matter … A defendant must be allowed to present those arguments” (para 219).  While Gascon J put the onus of showing that the Utah process required raising substantive arguments at a particular time on the defendant, Cote J put that onus on the plaintiff, the party seeking to enforce the foreign judgment (para 223).

Brown J’s concurring decision did not comment at any length on the test for submission.  He held that “I agree with my colleague Cote J. that Mr. Barer has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Utah court merely by presenting one argument pertaining to the merits of the action in his Motion to Dismiss” (para 146; emphasis in original).  This is consistent with Cote J’s approach to the meaning of submission.

There is a further interesting dimension to the reasons.  Cote J held, in the alternative, that even if Barer had submitted, the plaintiff also had to show a real and substantial connection between the dispute and Utah before the judgment could be enforced (para 234).  This engaged her in a complex argument about the scheme and wording of the Civil Code.  Having identified this additional legal requirement, she held this was a case in which the submission itself (if established) was not a sufficiently strong connection to Utah and so the decision should nonetheless not be enforced (para 268).  In contrast, Brown J held that there was no separate requirement to show such a connection to Utah (paras 135 and 141-42).  Showing the submission was all that was required.  The majority refused to resolve this interpretive dispute (para 88), holding only that on the facts of this case Barer’s submission “clearly establishes a substantial connection between the dispute and the Utah court” (para 88).

The judges disagreed about several other aspects of the case.  Put briefly and at the risk of oversimplification, Brown J relied primarily on the notion that all parties and aspects of the dispute should have been before the Utah court.  Barer was sufficiently connected with various aspects of the dispute, over which Utah clearly did have jurisdiction, that its jurisdiction over him was proper (see paras 99, 154 and 161-62).  Neither Cote J nor Gascon J agreed with that approach.  There are also disputes about what types of evidence are proper for establishing the requirements for recognition and enforcement and what law applies to various aspects of the analysis.

In a small tangent, the majority decision criticized the “presumption of similarity” doctrine for cases in which the content of foreign law is not properly proven and it offered a more modern explanation of why forum law is applied in such cases (para 76).

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              If Jesus had owned a second-hand car, it would be easier for us to be Christians today.

              That's what a computer repairman whose car broke down near the library told me. This poor guy -- a fundamentalist Christian half under his car in 98 degree heat-- asked, "What would Jesus do about mechanical things that don't work?"

              The car's transmission died and the exasperated man, struggling with temptation, observed that the only thing Jesus ever cursed was a barren fig tree.

              The only comfort I could think of to offer, besides giving him a ride home, was what I always think when my own car breaks down, "An old car is a fig tree on wheels."

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              However, the Bible, while not mechanical, does have a transmission.

              Transmission, whether in a car or a Bible, is the process by which power is moved from its source to where it's needed; from motor to wheels, from God to the person whose car -- or life -- has broken down.

              There are scientists who devote their whole lives to studying the transmission of the Bible. According to their various approaches, they are called (among other things, depends on who is doing the calling) paleographers, textual critics, higher critics, translators or papyrologists.

              These scholars talk in  terms of the Wellhausen Theory, kenosis, internal and external evidence, P, Q, J, E, and "radical reconstructions".

              When you hear an automobile mechanic talk like that you know you're in trouble.

              Therefore, in the interest of Bible-believing car owners everywhere, here is a fundamentalist nut shell view (Editor: please be careful of how you hyphenate the words fundamentalist nut) of Bible transmission -- how it got from God to us:

              First off, God inspired people to write. The word inspired means in the Bible the same thing it does in a hospital -- breathing. (Inspired is good, it means you're living; expired, you're dead). God breathed something into the Bible writers and they wrote it down.

              The inspiration of God did not change the humanity of those writers, they still scratched when they itched. But, like a fresh breath, it charged them with life.

Picture four sail boats sailing from here to there; a four-masted schooner, an outrigger canoe, a catamaran, and a rowboat with a sail hung from a broomstick. The crews of the four boats have their individual personalities, characteristics and quirks. Each moves at his own speed and in his own style. But all four arrive at the same place driven by the same wind.

In writing Scripture holy men of God, each highly individualistic, were moved along to the same place by the Single Wind of the Spirit.

              Some writers, such as Moses, wrote a lot, a five volume set; others, such as Obadiah, wrote a little, one page.

              Both probably wrote on parchment or vellum -- a paper made of goat skin. Moses used a lot of goats. Obadiah may have gotten by with a rabbit.

              The big sections of the Bible were published as scrolls; little sections may have been for handing out as religious tracts. As time passed, people collected all the individual writings into one volume; that's our Bible, a collection of individually written sections called Bible books.

              Some Bible books record history; some were songs; some, legal documents, some, like the four Gospels, were character sketches; others were letters to individuals or groups.

              All were breathed by God.

              None tell us how to repair cars.

              All tell us how to get along with each other -- and with God.

              But, hey, wait a minute here. If these words were so important to God, how come these books were all hand written and hand copied for generations?

              Doesn't that mean the Bible we have today got messed up when some writer's hand cramped and he didn't copy his lines right? What about Bible transmission then?

              Good point.

              Ever wonder why, if they are so valuable, diamonds are split by hand?

              Ever wonder why a Rolls Royce is more valuable that a Yugo? Why a precision Swiss watch is more valuable than a Timex?

              In each case, the one is hand-crafted individually; the other, mass produced. Precision hand-crafted workmanship is what you want for solid value and God's word has not come to us cheap.

              Many people, such as Jan Hus and Archbishop Cranmer, were burned as the stake for transmitting the Bible to us. Khomeini was not the only religious person to have a thing about books. Aren't you glad that our Constitution's First Amendment links freedom of the press and freedom of religion in practically the same breath?

              Now God breathed his word of life into the Bible writers for people to read. Originally, the Bible was written in the languages of the people, Hebrew and Greek.

              By the year A.D. 383, not many people could still read biblical languages, so Saint Jerome translated the Bible into a language everyone in his day could understand -- Latin. His translation was called the Vulgate, meaning the common language Bible.

              However, by 1382, not many people in England read Latin anymore, so John Wycliffe translated the Bible into the English of his day. In 1525, William Tyndale did it again. Upset literary critics tied him to a stake and strangled him for his trouble.

In 1582, English Catholics published the Douay bible. In 1611, a committee authorized by King James issued the translation known by his name -- or by his initials, KJV.

In fact, King James started the Bible initial craze; today, you can read God's word in your RSV, NEB, TEV, NIV, BVDS, or LB.

              RSV is the Revised Standard Version; NEB is the New English Bible; TEV is Today's English Version; LB is the Living Bible; NIV is the New International Version; and, of course, BVDS is any Bible you can read lounging around the house in your underwear.

              The important thing is to read the Bible; God has a way of speaking to your need no matter which Bible you read.

              Saint Paul summed it up best when he said, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable ... that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

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John W. Cowart

A political cartoon from 1919

The Thanksgiving holiday confuses those of us who live at the little end of the horn.

One of the symbols of the season is a cornucopia – the horn of plenty – with grapes, figs, wheat and all the ingredients for a lavish feast pouring forth in prosperity.

However, at the little end of the horn is nothing but a blunt point of wicker. Hardly a single grape seed can squeeze out there. And at times all of us feel as though we live at that end.

Sometimes, it seems we pour our energy, talents and money – our very life force – into the big end of life’s horn while we are forced to subsist on a trickle from the little end.

But even the poor are expected to be thankful. We look at unpaid bills, the children’s tattered shoes, the wife’s fading best dress and we wonder what there is to be thankful for. It seems like hypocrisy to sing hymns about joyful thanksgiving when you worry that tomorrow the city will cut off your lights.

The traditional image of Thanksgiving presented to us makes no provision for folks at the little end of the horn. We feel intimidated into working up a feeling of thanksgiving. We are urged to look on those worse off than we are and be thankful we are not is as bad a shape. That reeks of a sour grapes attitude. Can I really believe that someone else’s toothache hurts as bad as mine? My troubles may not be as desperate as someone else’s, but they are mine.

How can I honestly give thanks when the circumstances of my life dictate despair?

How can I joyfully sing about all the crops being safely gathered in when the only crop I gather comes from the food stamp office?

How can you relish the glory of God while confined to a drab nursing home, while waiting to see if the biopsy is malignant, or while dividing your paycheck among creditors?

How can you be thankful when you feel lost, confused and frustrated?

Is God reasonable to call for praises and thanksgivings from the poor and needy?

Yes, He is.

There are three elements involved in giving thanks: external, internal and eternal. And these three elements reach even to the little end of the horn. Even there, Christ offers good news.

The external element in thanksgiving involves things outside of you – your job, your family, your car, your home – anything you have or don’t have. These things change constantly. Their value to you fluctuates. Their relationship to you shifts all the time.

Yet, most thanksgiving occurs on this external level.

We give thanks – or complain – depending on our current state of affairs relating to these externals. The worm in this particular apple is that no one has every external thing ordered exactly to his own liking. No one can depend on the externals of life to motivate his thanksgiving.

Those who today are thankful for their new car, tomorrow will complain because they can’t afford gas for it. Those who are feasting will grumble because they have to wash dishes.

The internal element in thanksgiving is based on things within you – your emotions and feelings. These also constantly change and are almost impossible to control.

For instance, sometimes I adore my wife no matter what she says or does or spends. Some other times nothing she does could possibly please me because I’m determined to be grumpy no matter what.

Often internal feelings are influenced by the secretions of tiny glands. Although you are responsible before God for how you choose to express your feelings, those feelings may depend on how much bile your liver produces at any given moment. Some chemical imbalance within the body can exercise more control over feelings than conscious thought does. Therefore, your feeling of well being – or of hopelessness – may not truly reflect your actual state of affairs.

We all know of times when we expected to feel happy, but really felt nothing at all. And we have all felt depressed for no reason we could pinpoint. Because of the changing nature of internal factors, we find it impossible to “work up” gratitude toward God without feeling like hypocrites.

Neither external things nor internal feelings form a solid basis for being thankful. But, in requiring thanksgiving from us, God takes into account both our internal and external circumstances.

He does not ask for something we cannot give.

The book of Psalms -- although filled with hymns of thanksgiving-- reveals the author’s distress over internal and external factors.

One writer complains about the cruelty of his external enemies and prays, “Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth” (Ps 58:6).

In another place he reveals his internal distress saying, “I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly: I go mourning all the day long” (Psalm 38:6).

But even with these internal and external stresses the Psalmist still finds a solid basis for offering thanks to God.

God knows our frustrations and exasperations. There truly is a place where we can pour out our complaints before the Lord. We can certainly tell our Father where it hurts.

The Scriptures contain no nonsense about trying to be thankful for things you are not thankful for. But they do reveal a solid basis for thanksgiving founded on a third element regardless of our state concerning the other two.

The third element involved in giving thanks is eternal.

On this level, the factors calling for out thanksgiving depend neither on external circumstances nor on internal feelings, but rather on the unchanging character of God.

Because of the eternal factors involved, thanksgiving is obligatory for all believers regardless of which end of the horn we call home. It is reasonable for God to expect thanksgiving and praise from even the poorest, neediest, sickest, most miserable person.

“Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good”. (Psalm 118:1)

God is good.

More than any preceding generation, our generation questions this declaration. Tiny nibbling mice of doubt gnaw away at this foundation stone in the mind of everyone experiencing troubles.

If God is good, then why retarded children? Why war? Why cancer? Why are my children rebelling? Why am I so frustrated in what I want from life?

Is God really good?

Occasionally we have something bad happen which, with the passage of time, works out okay. Then we are elated and testify about how “All things work together for good”. But our very elation and testimony proves that we basically believe this working out for good is an exception to the way things normally go.

God is good. In spite of our doubts and lack of faith, God is good. His nature is good. His purpose is good. His actions are good. The things He gives are good, and the things He withholds are also good.

The catch in this is that good often hurts.

Once the doctor admitted me to the hospital. They probed and punched and drew my blood. They gave me a bitter cup to drink and took pictures. They strapped me to a machine which tilted and wobbled this way and that. They would give me nothing to eat, not even a slice of dry toast.

Even though my overall treatment made me uncomfortable, humiliated and afraid; even though I was hungry, confined and apprehensive; even though I did not like what I was going through – it was still reasonable for me to be thankful for what was happening to me.

They were saving my life.

The very tribulation I endured called for thanksgiving since it worked for my good.

Christ is not a common doctor; He is the Great Physician. He gives us the full treatment. He is good and He insists on working for your good. So don’t be surprised if His treatment causes you pain, discomfort, indignity or humiliation. Healing usually hurts.

When you live at the little end of the horn, when you are subjected to hunger, to anxiety, to tribulation, to a bitter cup, even then be thankful for God is good.

He is on your side no matter what is happening to you. He cares about you. He likes you. Believe that he is good and that He acts for your good…

And be thankful.

The anticipation of Heaven is another factor involved in the eternal element of thanksgiving. In our day this factor has fallen into disrepute. Scoffers have mocked and Heaven now embarrasses us. The taunt Pie-In-The-Sky-By-And-By intimidates us and we cover our shame by dismissing Heaven and dwelling on the blessings of God now in this life.

We don’t talk about Heaven very much, except for vague references to a better place made at funerals.

We don’t think about Heaven very much.

We don’t believe very much.

We grieve like the world grieves saying, “Poor John. Looks so natural. At least he’s at rest now”.

Poor John is the latest guest of honor at the biggest celebration this universe has ever seen. It’s like Christmas morning for Poor John. The presents are spread out in lavish array around the Tree Of Life. And, although Poor John may have spent an anxious Christmas Eve wondering if there really would be any presents, now he’s wide-eyed with wonder…

And he has no regrets that our Father didn’t let him open his gifts early.

God has gifts, wonders, delights unimaginable stored up for His children. The Scripture says, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him” (I Corinthians 2:9).

“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psalm 16:11).

His treasures can’t break, rust or be stolen. He has a place for you. He has a plan for good and not for evil to give you a future and a hope!

Can you imaging anyone in Heaven complaining about what they lacked on earth?

Pie in the sky by and by?

Well, yes.

That’s the only pie there is.

If you’re at the little end of the horn at the moment, why not anticipate Heaven and be thankful for “verily, there is a reward for the righteous” (Psalm 58:11).

Viewing your present circumstances in the light of anticipating God’s eternal Heaven helps earthly things fall into place. For instance, if your biggest worry now is cancer, remember that those malignant cells will eat up everything they can and then they will starve from lack of food – You will outlast them.

You will live forever.

You will spend all eternity somewhere.

We are offered eternal life in Jesus Christ, God’s Son. And that life in Him not only goes on forever but it has a quality that makes you glad it does.

Another eternal element in thanksgiving at the little end of the horn is that we know that the present order of things is not  based on reality. The True and Righteous Judge is going to straighten things out. “For He cometh to judge the earth: with righteous shall he judge the world and the people with equity” (Psalm 98:9).

Why strain and struggle to get to the head of the line?

The Scripture declares that when He sets things in their true order the last shall be first; the least, greatest, and the greatest servant of all.

Should we sulk and demand our rights and chafe under ill-treatment as though a servant ought to be greater than his master?

Our Lord Jesus Christ lived at the little end of the horn.

He was a guest at other men’s banquets. He did not own the boat he preached from. He did not own the donkey he rode into Jerusalem. The cross He died on was not his possession; it was the property of the Roman government.

Even the tomb where He was buried was borrowed from a wealthy man.

Jesus returned it in good condition after only three days use.

Jesus is the Lord of Glory; and we, His followers, can expect no better lot in this world than our Lord received. We can not reasonably expect to take our proper place in the scheme of things until He does.

Therefore, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who being in the form of God… made Himself of no reputation, and too, upon Himself the form of a servant” (Philippians 2: 5-7).

If we live at the little end of the horn, then let’s be thankful that we live where Christ lived.

Serve Christ and your brother right where you are when you can with what you have

The day is coming when Christ will stand the horn – the whole order of things in this present world – on end and shake it. You are in the right place for His abundant blessing. He once said, “Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the Kingdom of God”.

Was He lying?

At the little end of the horn there are eternal reasons to be thankful.…

That’s fundamental.

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"We are going to have safety".

A dismantling of the Clean Power Plan "is profoundly misguided and shockingly ignores basic science", they said.

The president signed the order at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Obama administration, some Democratic-led states and environmental groups counter that it would spur thousands of clean-energy jobs and help the USA meet ambitious goals to reduce carbon pollution set by the worldwide agreement signed in Paris. "Even if NY has clean power plants, polluters in other states will negatively impact our air quality". "This executive order will endanger the Paris Climate Agreement which was instrumental in getting some of the world's largest polluters to take important steps to reduce their carbon emissions".

President Donald Trump's executive order rolling back environmental standards put in place during the Obama administration was quickly met with opposition Tuesday from local Democratic lawmakers, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

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"Every year for the last three years, we've broken the global temperature record", Perez said in a statement Tuesday. "It says you are going back to work".

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Brown also signed onto a separate statement released by West Coast political leaders calling climate change one of the region's greatest threats due to wildfires, ocean acidification and drought.

Earlier this month, not long after the plaintiffs' lawyers replaced President Obama with Trump in the suit, the administration filed a request for interlocutory appeal - a rare request since appeals are usually filed aftera trial judgment, not before.

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Schneiderman Files Brief Against Ohio's Anti-Planned Parenthood Law

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"Notably, this legislation is focused on prioritizing the allocation of available public funds, and will not reduce the level of public funding allocated for women's health services", Eichelberger said. Centers in Joplin and Springfield are affiliated with Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.

"(We) seek to ensure the availability of safe abortion services from accessible providers within each of the states, as well as the ability of providers of such services" to speak to their patients about abortion services, the brief says.

Springer will also lay out an amendment to the proposed 2018-19 biennium House budget to remove state funding to providers, such as Planned Parenthood. The state has appealed the decision. That's a very real choice Planned Parenthood can make, but who believes that will ever happen?

Kogut had previously said that if Planned Parenthood succeeded in having the regulations removed, clinics in Columbia and Kansas City would resume providing abortions, and existing health clinics in Springfield and Joplin would offer abortions for the first time. They thought they'd perfectly laid the groundwork for success by getting Planned Parenthood defunding included in a test vote a year ago to repeal the health-care law, and by extracting a promise from President Donald Trump during his campaign that he'd sign it. Supporters say the measure protects the sanctity of life. In addition, Wisconsin's Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus provide coverage for low-income residents, and the state's Family Planning Only Services provides certain family-planning services and supplies to men and women as young as 15, "to prevent unplanned pregnancies".

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Early this year, we rolled out a complete training solution for Sonos, the manufacturer of smart wireless speakers. Built with our Academy Point LMS, the multilingual courses give retailers the tools they needed to demonstrate and recommend the perfect Sonos products for any potential customer.

Three months later, we are putting the finishing touches on the latest iteration. Building on the success of its forerunner, it’s set to go live in the next few weeks, with more content, enhanced functionality and additional languages.

An in-house project from end to end

“We produced most of the content ourselves,” says Managing Director Andy Candler. “Even the ten percent or so that came from Sonos got a make-over from The Creative Engine. We animated some of its static assets, and transformed them into interactive modules. In this respect, it was much like work we’ve done for HotelPlan, and the two share the common goal of helping third-party staff sell the company’s products more effectively.”

That doesn’t necessarily mean promoting the most expensive option. Sonos wants its customers to fall in love with its products, so it was important that anyone who completed the training would be comfortable recommending an entry-level speaker over a top-of-the-range £550 unit if it better suited the customer.

Instruction and gamification: the perfect mix

The interactive modules feed staff the questions they need to ask their customers, such as the size of the room and where the speaker will live, along with where they’ll place it, what they like to listen to, and so on. Once they know this, they can start making recommendations, backed up with relevant details.

As well as showing what the products can do, the modules outline their USPs, the way they work with streaming services, and how the companion apps let users control several speakers at once. Some are entirely video-based, showing people using the products at home, while in others they’ll need to complete common tasks by clicking on-screen hot-spots.

“We are also using quizzes to provide proof of learning,” Andy says. “They test the user on what they have learned, and if they do well enough they are awarded virtual trophies and can print out a certificate to show what they’ve achieved.”

Intelligent iteration

The team working on the new Learning Management System (LMS) and its content was guided by data gathered passively from users who used version one.

“This helped us determine which browsers could be ignored,” Andy says. “But we went beyond that. Version one looked great: it was more like an interactive video than a web site, but for version two we needed more quizzes and a fleshed-out user journey. We’ve also made it possible to add new features, like social media, blog posts and forums. We also re-filmed a lot of the video content to better fit Sonos’ aspirational style.”

The result is a modular LMS that will grow over time. Sonos licences the system, as do all The Creative Engine’s clients. Any other customers on the same LMS will benefit from the same enhancements, and Sonos itself will see features produced for other projects rolling into its own system over time.

Trust and cooperation

As well as a fresh new look and extended set of languages, the version two content introduces the Sonos Playbase and other new products. This was only possible because of the close working relationship and ongoing trust between the two companies.

After several years’ cooperation, Sonos was happy to supply The Creative Engine with pre-production units for testing and photography.

“Trust and teamwork is essential when working on a product like this,” says Andy. “Not only does it mean we’re familiar with the speakers themselves, it also guarantees that when the system rolls out, it’s going to be bang up to date.”

You can share the benefits of the fresh new LMS powering Sonos’ revamped training portal. To find out how, call The Creative Engine today on 01483 799 200 or email [email protected]

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