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Alex Wagner reports on how vague book ban laws and threatening enforcement has succeeded in forcing the removal of books from classrooms and library shelves, with even dictionaries that contain the definition of "sex" being "pulled for further review" in one Florida county.Jan. 13, 2024

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When someone hears Scripture in their language for the first time - Mission Network News - Translation

Brazil (MNN) – In northern Brazil, Scripture is beginning to be shared in a language that millions of people speak. Ed Weaver with Spoken Worldwide says these language speakers are often overlooked and humiliated by others in their country. They are marginalized, underserved, and lacking the Word of God.

An oral Bible translation team recently visited a remote village of the people group. They wanted to learn about the village life and meet some of the local people. Learn more about Oral Bible Translation here.

Weaver says, “They knocked on this one guy’s door. And the guy let them in. His name is Jackson. And they came into the house, and there were empty liquor bottles everywhere.”

They shared with Jackson an oral Bible recording of the Christmas story in Luke chapter two. As he listened, he was overwhelmed with emotion.

“It was the first time he’d ever heard his language in any kind of recording,” says Weaver. “His response was cursing and saying, ‘Oh, this is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard.’”

He was excited to hear more, and the team promised to return with other recordings of God’s Word. When they were leaving on a river ferry, they saw Jackson come down to the shore on a motorbike. He excitedly waved and shouted thanks to the team. They hope that he may be a person of peace on future visits who will help to share the Scripture recordings with more people in the village.

Weaver says, “Here’s somebody that, you know, is not a believer, never had heard the gospel, and now all of a sudden he says, ‘Okay, this God is somebody who cares about me, cares about my language. I want to learn more about this God.”

Pray for the Brazilian translation team and that Scripture would reach more people like Jackson. The team is currently working to finish translation of the Gospel of John.

“We’re fans of oral Bible translation, because we believe that we’re getting to the people who have been truly forgotten.”

Weaver says, “There’s at least 1500 languages that haven’t even been started yet. And these are truly the last and the least of these, and those are the people that it’s clear God wants His word to go to them.”

You can learn more and support the work of Spoken Worldwide at Spoken.org.

“Whether you want to be part of the prayer team, whether you want to be part of our donor crew, any way that you can help, we need that help,” says Weaver.

Photos courtesy of Spoken Worldwide.

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Florida book bans take on dictionaries and encyclopedias - The 19th* - Dictionary

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In the digital age — when the meaning of any unfamiliar word can be found with the click of a button — printed dictionaries have suffered a steep decline in usage. But the waning popularity of reference books hasn’t spared them from the spate of censorship that’s swept school districts nationally in recent years. 

In fact, five dictionaries as well as eight encyclopedias and other reference materials including “The Guinness Book of World Records” and “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” are among over 1,600 books that Escambia County Public Schools removed from its library shelves in December and flagged for review, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America and the Florida Freedom to Read Project.

The reference books — along with biographies of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey and Thurgood Marshall;  Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl”; and Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries series — have been pulled and are “pending investigation,” with district officials citing a Florida law, enacted in July, that targets content in classroom or school libraries that “depicts or describes sexual conduct.” Many of the books pulled by the district also discussed LGBTQ+ issues and race.

In a statement, Escambia County Public Schools Superintendent Keith Leonard denied that 1,600 books, including dictionaries, had been banned. “Any claims suggesting otherwise are inaccurate and should be disregarded,” he said. “Our school district, and especially our dedicated media specialists, remain committed to adhering to all statutes and regulations, while also providing valuable and varied literacy opportunities for every student.”

However, PEN America did not say that these books had been permanently banned but removed from library shelves “pending investigation.” An Escambia County Public Schools spokesperson did not respond to The 19th’s question about whether the books had been pulled for that reason.

Represented by law firm Ballard Spahr and nonprofit Protect Democracy, PEN America is involved in a federal lawsuit filed in May against the Escambia school board for earlier removing books focused on race and LGBTQ+ issues. The lawsuit notes that the Bible also faced a challenge in the school district but was ultimately allowed to remain on library shelves “because it is authorized as an appropriate educational resource under a separate Florida statute.” 

PEN and other plaintiffs, including Penguin Random House and affected authors, parents and students, say restrictions against books infringe on their rights under the First and 14th amendments. Respectively, the amendments protect free speech and guarantee equal protection under the law. 

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Kent Wetherell rejected the plaintiffs’ claim under the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause but ruled that they do have standing under the First Amendment. He ruled that the defendant’s contention that free speech does not apply to school libraries is meritless, as the First Amendment’s protections come into play when officials pull books because of ideological concerns. 

“We urged the court to vindicate the constitutional rights of students, parents, authors and publishers,” Katie Blankenship, director of PEN America’s Florida office, said in a statement. “We are heartened that Judge Wetherell agreed and that our case can proceed. These books need to be returned to the shelves where they belong, and every day that students are refused access is a day they’re not getting the high-quality education they deserve.”

More than 40 percent of the nation’s book bans during the 2022-23 school year took place in Florida school districts, making the Sunshine State the place with the most book bans, according to PEN America’s report “Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor.”

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Refiling of French Translation of Second Quarter 2023 MD&A - Yahoo Finance - Translation

Trisura Group Ltd

TORONTO, Jan. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trisura Group Ltd. (“Trisura” or “Trisura Group”) (TSX: TSU), a leading specialty insurance provider, today announced that it has refiled the French version of its management’s discussion and analysis for the second quarter of 2023 (the “MD&A”) on SEDAR+. There are no changes to the English version of the MD&A. This document was previously filed by Trisura on August 15, 2023. The refiling has been made to correct certain minor differences between the English and French versions of the MD&A. The refiled French MD&A supersedes the prior version in its entirety.

About Trisura Group
Trisura Group Ltd. is a specialty insurance provider operating in the Surety, Risk Solutions, Corporate Insurance, and Fronting business lines of the market. Trisura has investments in wholly owned subsidiaries through which it conducts insurance and reinsurance operations. Those operations are primarily in Canada (“Trisura Canada”) and the United States (“Trisura US”). Trisura Group Ltd. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “TSU”.

Further information is available at http://www.trisura.com. Important information may be disseminated exclusively via the website; investors should consult the site to access this information. Details regarding the operations of Trisura Group Ltd. are also set forth in regulatory filings. A copy of the filings may be obtained on Trisura Group’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.com.

For further information, please contact:
Name: Bryan Sinclair
Tel: 416 607 2135
Email: bryan.sinclair@trisura.com

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Refiling of French Translation of Second Quarter 2023 MD&A - Yahoo Finance - Translation

Trisura Group Ltd

TORONTO, Jan. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trisura Group Ltd. (“Trisura” or “Trisura Group”) (TSX: TSU), a leading specialty insurance provider, today announced that it has refiled the French version of its management’s discussion and analysis for the second quarter of 2023 (the “MD&A”) on SEDAR+. There are no changes to the English version of the MD&A. This document was previously filed by Trisura on August 15, 2023. The refiling has been made to correct certain minor differences between the English and French versions of the MD&A. The refiled French MD&A supersedes the prior version in its entirety.

About Trisura Group
Trisura Group Ltd. is a specialty insurance provider operating in the Surety, Risk Solutions, Corporate Insurance, and Fronting business lines of the market. Trisura has investments in wholly owned subsidiaries through which it conducts insurance and reinsurance operations. Those operations are primarily in Canada (“Trisura Canada”) and the United States (“Trisura US”). Trisura Group Ltd. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “TSU”.

Further information is available at http://www.trisura.com. Important information may be disseminated exclusively via the website; investors should consult the site to access this information. Details regarding the operations of Trisura Group Ltd. are also set forth in regulatory filings. A copy of the filings may be obtained on Trisura Group’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.com.

For further information, please contact:
Name: Bryan Sinclair
Tel: 416 607 2135
Email: bryan.sinclair@trisura.com

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Rawgabbit and Curglaff made it to Wayne State University’s 2024 Word Warriors list - CNN - Dictionary

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Just when you thought the thunderplump was going to stop you from making it to the weekly kaffeeklatsch, the gray skies cleared, filling the air with misty petrichor. Now you get to listen to the blatherskite of your social circle go on about the tasteless dollop they cooked the night before.

Then afterward, maybe you can impress your friends with more unique words from Wayne State University’s 2024 Word Warriors List.

“What these words do is add a certain poetry and I think it makes our conversation more beautiful, more interesting,” said Christopher Williams, head of the Word Warriors Program.

The list mainly includes words that have been removed from modern dictionaries, conversations — and the average person’s memory.

“I’ll see these words that had almost no usage in like three or four decades,” Williams said.

Sometimes even centuries. ‘Pawky’, meaning to have a mockery or cynical sense of humor, first made its debut into conversations around 1640, according to Merriam-Webster.

And 400 years later the word is making a comeback into casual dialogues after making the 2024 lineup.

This year marks the 15th annual Words Warrior List. The chosen words are carefully chosen during the year before by public submissions on the program’s website and Facebook page.

“People can email the words that they come across in reading or in conversation that has just kind of been lost to time,” Williams told CNN. “We have people from Australia and from England who have submitted words.”

From the entries, the program then announces a new word each week. “And throughout the year I monitor the engagement on that and I see which ones are getting traction,” Williams explained.

At the end of the year, 10 are chosen from the 52 or so words to carry into the coming year.

One of Williams favorite words from this year’s list is twankle.

“It’s this idea of someone twanging absently in a musical instrument,” Williams said.

“I love it because as soon as I hear the word twankle, I can think of someone sitting on their porch with a guitar or a banjo.”

Other words making the list include: curglaff, rawgabbit, pettifogger, and another favorite for Williams — thunderplump.

“There is something really nice about saying thunderplump, you know, as opposed to saying downpour rain,” he said. “It just conjures up a certain image and that’s what we want from these words,” Williams added.

“It’s those perfect words to sprinkle into conversations to make their conversations and their writing so much more beautiful.”

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Government documents to be translated into 7 languages in N.J. as Murphy signs law - NJ.com - Translation

Government documents and services in New Jersey will soon be translated into seven languages in New Jersey, under a law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Friday.

Under the legislation (S2459), government agencies will be required to offer forms, notices and documents translated into seven of the most common languages. They would also need to start posting about the translation services provided for residents to see.

Currently, those documents are available mostly in English and Spanish, even though New Jersey has the nation’s fourth-highest number of residents who speak a language other than English.

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