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TOE SHOES Feb. 4
Routine: 3 minute run, 90 second walk, 5 minute run, 2.5 minute walk, 3 minute run, 90 second walk, and another 5 minute run …then a cool down (very important to do a cool down!!) I ran about a 2.5 miles with this. PS. (this is interval running, it boosts you metabolism and helps you work up to running 3 miles straight, Im in week four so if you want the full schedule let me know and I'll post it) Gym Journey : So I was there, running on the treadmill and the ladies behind me were clearly talking about me (nothing bad) but seriously? I'm not deaf! Still weird. Part of the conversation was my shoes. My toe shoes! But I don't care if people think they look like monkey feet, they're so freaking comfortable and honestly (at least mentally) I think they make me run better; help my form and make me faster. FOOD!!! Yeah…I totally did not follow my meal plan yesterday. However I still ate healthy. I've been trying to cut back on coffee because the amount I drink is utterly ridiculous. So no coffee yesterday! And I didn't die or anything, one day of withdrawal wasn't so bad, I promise. Breakfast: Apple Lunch: Tomatoes, Apple Sauce, Almond/Pretzel/M&M:/ trailmix Snack: Milk, Granola Bar Dinner: Scallops!! (love 'em), asparagus, rice and salad Another snack (shouldn't have had haha): Another granola bar I mean it was a pretty healthy day, because I always see those things on pinterest (@bri4712) that say "You said tomorrow yesterday" and "Sweat is fat crying" which, by the way, I find quite aggressive but I always feel guilty after I tell myself I'll start my meal plan and then don't actually take the time to make any of my food. Also DRINK WATER!! It's one of the most important things to do when trying to lose weight, trust me! I had 4 bottles (8 cups) of water and that should be a minimum. Thanks Lovelies!! GO get your exercise on!


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I hold a Bachelors degree in Psychology from San Francisco State University and a Juris Doctorate from New College of California School of Law. I have enjoyed 17 years in the fabulous field of education. I have worked in all levels of K-12 education as a 5th grade teacher in elementary school, a substitute teacher in middle school and a Social Studies teacher in high school. In addition, I taught adult inmates GED for the San Francisco Sheriffs Department. In 2003 I transitioned into the proprietary education field in which I have worked as a paralegal and criminal justice instructor, legal studies department chair, associate dean and director of education. More recently, I worked as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Harold Holden Boys Ranch and Camp Glenwood in Northern California.
I am an accomplished musician and I have had the pleasure of playing in bands with three very famous musicians. Skylark, who is now the bass player with the Doobie Brothers, Randy Jackson, who is the host of American Idol, and my brother, Jerry McNeil, who was the keyboard player with the Whispers. In 1989, I had the pleasure of working for the Sun Reporter in San Francisco as the entertainment editor. I reviewed shows and had the pleasure of interviewing many celebrities like the late Tupac Shakur. In addition, I was awarded Best Entertainment editorial by the prestigious West Coast Black Publishers Association. In 1992 I created the California Music Conference and we discovered the rap group N2Deep and their debut album Back to the Hotel sold over five hundred thousand copies and they were awarded a gold album for their success. In terms of personal hobbies, I love to play tennis, bowl and I currently play drums for my churchs praise and worship team.
I have sought out tutoring to have the opportunity to work with students who are committed to academic excellence. I love the a-ha moment that occurs when the light bulb goes on for the student. This magic turns the frown to a smile and is truly the best reward for the culmination of all of our hard work! I am an accomplished musician and I enjoy being on stage performing. The very first time I taught, I realized that teaching is very similar to performing on stage and I quickly made the connection and began to merge my skills as an entertainer with the art of teaching to create edu-tainment in the classroom.
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In preparation for the 2017 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Men's Cross Country Championship, a poll was conducted among the league's head men's cross country coaches predicting how the team's would finish.
Colby-Sawyer was selected to repeat as the champion after receiving six first-place votes for a total of 116 points in the pre-championship poll, while UMaine-Farmington, last year's runner-up, garnered four first-place votes for 108 points to claim second and Castleton took third with 98 points and the remaining first-place vote.
Maine Maritime was tabbed fourth with 91 points, while Thomas was fifth (70 points), Husson took sixth (66 points) and Lyndon was voted seventh (47 points). Rounding out the 2017 pre-championship poll were Green Mountain in eighth (37 points), UMaine-Presque Isle in ninth (36 points), Johnson in 10th (31 points) and New England College in 11th (26 points).
2017 Championship Information
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2017
Location: Mount Blue High School (Farmington, Maine)
Host: University of Maine at Farmington
Time: Men's 8K Race 11:00 a.m. (women's 5K at 12:00 p.m.)
Teams: 11
# of Male Competitors: 100
Course Map: click HERE
2017 Preview Meet
On Saturday, September 2, six of the 11 NAC men's cross country teams competed in the UMF Invitational, which served as a preview for the 2017 NAC Championship. Colby-Sawyer claimed the team championship after scoring 36 points, while UMaine-Farmington took third with 71 points and Maine Maritime placed fourth with 93 points. UMaine-Presque Isle took sixth (197), New England College was seventh (228), and Thomas did not score as a team after running with only three student-athletes. For the complete results from the UMF Invitational, please click HERE.
Beyond the NAC Championship
Saturday's race will serve as a final tune-up before the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championships hosted by the University of Southern Maine at Gorham Country Club (Gorham, Maine) on Saturday, November 11. Teams and runners are ultimately hoping to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships scheduled for Saturday, November 18, in Elsah, Ill. at North Farm Facility.


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By now the concept of coupling servers together to form 100% software based SAN has become known to the virtualization world. Whether its vSAN from VMware or the storage layer in a hyper-converged stack, the system is using software to define, organize, and manage the data. But in the past year there is a new player in this space and it does not just work in a virtualization environment it works in any Windows, Linux, and VMware environment.
If you read that right you could take a bunch of physical Windows hosts and create a virtual SAN then extend that into your Linux KVM (i.e. OpenStack) or VMware ESX environment. You can share the storage, share the performance, or burst for a short time then shrink back down. Pretty friggin' sweet if you ask me.
The product, ScaleIO. The purpose:
- Elasticity
- Scalability
- Convergence
- Performance
ScaleIO, by EMC, is block storage built on any commodity x86 hardware and compatible with any Ethernet network. It's a modular software defined storage stack. There are 3 modules: data server, data client, and metadata manager. Each module is independent of the other so they can be installed on different servers or shared all together on the same device. That creates some great flexibility for how ScaleIO can be deployed but also gives you some outstanding flexibility when you need elasticity. ScaleIO also provides some of the enterprise class features you are used to seeing in traditional storage arrays such as data protection, high availability, linear scaling (up & down!), snapshots, and quality of service. All of that with REST API, OpenStack support, and if you want, a simple intuitive GUI.
Here is a quick example of a 2-layer approach. Clients on one layer and servers on the other, massively parallel communication over a standard Ethernet network:
Just like when you need a car you can quickly hit the Über app on your phone and call a car, now you can do that in your data center with storage. Need a little bit of flash on a bogged down server, add the data client and go.


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The Global Banking Network in the Aftermath of the Crisis: Is There Evidence of De-globalization?
- Eugenio Cerutti, and Haonan Zhou
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- November 2017
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and how we got here
Why does the news media present such a different face of terrorism and of Islam itself compared to sources such as this website? Well, where do journalists go for their information? Whom do they trust? Appallingly, in America they trust their avowed enemy the Muslim Brotherhood.
Stephen Coughlin follows on from his previous video on the matter, which I have posted as: "Our enemy wants to control our decision making". Coughlin, a Russian speaker, was once a top Cold War analyst & later became the Pentagon's top advisor on Islam before being rooted out by Muslim Brotherhood elements within the US government. He was in the interesting position of being simultaneously threatened with a prison term by his superiors in US Intelligence while also receiving death threats from Muslim Sharia law supporters outside the government.
As I keep repeating, generally people make the best decisions they can based on the best information available to them. Most are trying to be honest in their appraisals and generous when there is doubt. In the end though, and, despite our much vaunted post-modernist rejection of authority, we end up doing exactly this: relying on authority. People like politicians, academics, Faith leaders and journalists. But where do they get their information? Who are they trusting for the truth?
Coughlin quotes Carlos the Jackal: "Only a coalition of Marxists and Islamists can destroy the United States" and by implication the West. I don't use the phrase must watch very often, but this is 11 minutes that really is a must watch. Coughlin's brilliant book Catastrophic Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad is available on Amazon or Fishpond.
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Customer-Driven Development
Converting customer insights into successful products
Learn how to leverage customer development and design thinking to create products your customers will love. In this three-hour, hands-on course, you'll gain experience with a Lean framework and proven strategies that will enable you to effectively transition between customer and product development, tracking your progress and making informed decisions regarding your product strategy.
Customer-Driven Development will increase your team's ability to deliver products and features that drive customer satisfaction. You'll participate in activities and exercises designed to foster creativity and communication within your team as you learn new methods to unlock new customer insights and perspectives.
What you'll learn-and how you can apply it
- How to leverage customer data to build successful products
- A structured framework that will help your team successfully move from customer to product development
- How to frame problems to unlock creative potential
- A strategy for tracking the progress of a product's development
- How to test conceptual ideas with customers to determine viability
And you'll be able to:
- Identify customer assumptions and convert them into testable hypotheses.
- Conduct interviews to validate your customers' motivations, problems, values, and desires.
- Use design thinking to convert customer problems into testable concepts.
- Utilize the "build, measure, learn" strategy to iterate and refine solutions so they meet customers' needs.
- Make strategic product decisions with confidence and reduce risk.
This training course is for you because...
- You're a product manager looking for new business opportunities
- You're a UX professional and you want to understand how to leverage customer insights to influence product decisions
- You're a member of a product team looking for tools, templates, and activities to effectively implement Lean principles and design thinking within the development lifecycle
- You're a creative looking for new ways to unlock innovative ideas
- Participants should have a basic understanding of Lean principles and methodology.
Note: This course includes exercises and activities that are highly collaborative and intended for small groups. While this course can be completed by a single person, we encourage you to take the course with your team so you can work on exercises together. If you choose to join as a team, we recommend that you participate in the same physical location; we find that the discussion and exploration of ideas is easier when all the members of the team are together.
If you participate as an individual, we'll connect you with other participants by assigning you to a group in Slack.
Slack access is not required but is strongly recommended to get the benefit of full participation in the small-group exercises.
Required materials
For team activities and brainstorming sessions:
- Post-It notes
- Whiteboard
- Highlighters
- Black sharpie markers
- Concept Value Test template (link to be provided by instructors)
Recommended Preparation:
The Customer-Driven Playbook: Converting Customer Insights into Successful Products
Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers will Buy
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
About your instructor
Travis has been building software experiences as both a developer and designer for over 15 years. Currently, Travis is a UX Designer at Microsoft, helping teams apply customer development and design-thinking to their products. Travis is also the author of User-Centered Design: A Developer's Guide to Building User-Friendly Applications.
Jessica Rich is a UX Researcher at Microsoft with a PhD in Human Factors. With over a decade of experience in the software industry, Jessica has lead teams through customer and product development using Lean strategies.
The timeframes are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing
Part I: Customer Development - 1 hour
The Power of Assumptions (10 min.): Learning how assumptions can influence product strategy.
Activity - Capture customer and problem assumptions (10 min.): Teams will spend time articulating assumptions about their target customers. Individually they will capture their assumptions about their customers including customer motivations, context, skills, job responsibilities, and problems/limitations on post-it notes. As a group, teams will share their notes and begin to organize them into an affinity diagram to look for patterns.
The Hypothesis Progression Framework (20 min.): Introduction of the four stages (customer, problem, concept, and solution) of the HPF. We'll also cover what makes a great hypothesis.
Activity - Write a Customer and Problem Hypothesis (10 min.): Using the provided template, teams will articulate a hypothesis that states what they believe customers are motivated by and what problems they encounter.
Conducting a Customer Interview (10 min.): We'll provide instruction on how to test hypotheses using a customer interview guide.
Part 2: Product Development - 2 hours
Building the Right Thing
Activity - Framing the Problem (20 min.): Using a design-thinking methodology, teams will learn how to properly frame a problem in order to unlock new ideas and solutions. We'll also conduct a decision-making exercising using the impact/effort model to group ideas based on the effort required and the potential product impact.
Activity - Writing a Concept Hypothesis (10 min.): Using our template, teams will take their best ideas and create a testable hypothesis and articulate success criteria. Activity - Building a Concept Value Test (30 min): Using our Concept Value testing outline, teams will create a concept that can be validated with customers.
Building it the Right Way
Activity - Using Storyboards (10 min): Teams will imagine and sketch their concepts in context of a specific scenario.
Activity - Writing a Solution Hypothesis (5 min.): Using our template, teams will hypothesize what they believe will happen when customers interact with their solution and determine a success criteria.
Conducting a Quick Pulse Study (30 min.): Teams will learn how to conduct rapid, iterative testing, ensuring their solution is usable. They will see how their hypotheses can be used to track progress and pivots along the way.
Sharing Knowledge (15 min.) : Strategies that bring it all together, organizing teams so they can share knowledge with stakeholders and influence decision making.
Describe how you'll evaluate the outcomes of the course:
Students/teams will understand the power of articulating assumptions using testable hypotheses Students/teams will have new strategies for collecting customer feedback, in a way that unlocks new ideas and perspectives Students/teams will have new tools that help organize their teams during planning sessions, helping them identify and prioritize product or feature ideas Students/teams will be able to successfully navigate between customer motivations, customer problems, concepts, and solutions.


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Ethan Klein is a YouTube, video blogger. The amount mentioned below is the estimated net worth of an Israel-American YouTube channel that he and his wife produce. It is called h3h3Productions. The two also owns two more channels namely Ethan and Hila as well as H3 Podcast. Let's find out how much is Ethan Klein's net worth in 2019.
Early Life
Ethan Klein was born in 1985 on 24th July to Gary Klein and Donna Klein. He was born in Ventura, California to a Jewish family and to be precise the Ashkenazi. Klein grew up there.
When he became of age, Klein joined Buena High School and completed his studies. Ethan later went to the University of California at Santa Cruz to study English Literature. The period was between 2004 and 2009 from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing.
He is the grandson of Leonard Katzman who was a film and television producer.
Ethan Klein is a married man. Almost everyone who knows him knows his wife. Her name is Hila Klein his co-producer of h3h3Productions. It was a trip like any other for Ethan. He had visited Israel for a tour in 2011. That is when and where the two met. Shortly after that, they got married in 2012.
Who is Hila Klein? She is a 29-year-old social media star. Hila was born in 1987 on 12th December. She hails from Holon, Israel. Her family is Jewish too, but it is that of Sephardic.
Initially, Ethan was a marketing executive who worked in Israel. In 2011, his social media career debuted. He and his wife own a YouTube channel. They usually upload h3h3 reaction video. Unlike the others that fall into that category, their videos combine clips of the source video, absurd sketches, and commentary. The idea is seen by many as an in-between of a television series called Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and Tim & Eric which is a comedy duo.
The channel is all about criticising trends, personalities and policies. SoFloAntonio is one controversy that they made comments. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling is a topic in a documentary that the channel released. It highlights trading skins for real-world currency.
The channel left Collective Digital Studio in 2015. That same year they joined Freedom! Network. The stay there was also brief, and since 2016, they belong to the Omnia Media network.
They now own another YouTube channel named H3 Podcast. Also, a secondary video blog channel called Ethan and Hila.
Awards and Achievements
Ethan won a Hot 97 competition. That win gave him a chance to meet with DJ Khaled.
Net Worth of Ethan Klein
Ethan Klein together with his wife has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million. His own net worth is unknown, but he owns h3h3Production with Hila, his wife which has the net worth mentioned above. Its change in a negative way was expected for but not anymore. The judge ruled in their favor during the ruling of a copyright lawsuit that they were facing. Therefore, the amount can just rise.
Their source of income is the three YouTube channels that they own. The main one is the h3h3Productions which have not only over 4.4 million subscribers but also 697 million views. The other one called Ethan and Hila has at least 500,000 subscribers.
Ethan Klein is an outgoing, social media star. He closed with his wife. Ethan and Hila own three channels which include h3h3Productions, Ethan and Hila as well as H3 Podcast. They released their Fitch video poem Girls Who Read in November 2013. The couple left Israel for the United States in April 2015. They stayed in Los Angeles before moving to New York City and later returned to L.A.


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Saturday, March 14, 2015
"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Billy is a 10 year old boy who begs his parents for a pair of redbone coonhounds. They can't afford to buy the dogs for him, and Billy learns to work hard to achieve a long term goal. Self-sufficiency and care for others is something he grows into, and I enjoyed watching the transformation. By the end of the story, I felt the boy was prepared to launch into manhood. I appreciated that the character of Billy isn't ashamed to show his emotions. His feelings for both his family and dogs run deep.
This is truly an Oklahoma story. It was written by a native Oklahoman and set in the Oklahoma Ozarks. It makes me want to visit that part of our beautiful state. I was warned this was a sad book, but the adventure within made up for the bittersweet ending.
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Pale Horses was produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Tigers Jaw, Circa Survive), and the sixth LP from the legendary Philadelphia band arrives in the UK on 24th July via Big Scary Monsters, complete with cover art by Russian illustrator Vasily Kafanov. "Pale Horses marks somewhat of a stylistic return to the lush, intricate punk of [earlier mewithoutYou albums] Catch For Us The Foxes and Brother, Sister, with rewards that feel lived in, loved in," said NPR of the forthcoming record. They continue, "Here's the propulsive yet subdued 'D-Minor,' which gets tangled up in Aaron Weiss' oblique, half-spoken/half-sung lyrics and arrangements that dance and rage."
Pale Horses is a carefully focused and personal album that spans mewithoutYou's impressive career. From the frightened intensity of Catch Us For the Foxes and [A -> B] Life to the subdued and urgent Ten Stories, the band has truly created an album in Pale Horses that compliments and expands on their incredible 15 year legacy. The masterful production of Will Yip transforms the band's transcendental musings into a widescreen experience. Drums and bass lines quake with the faults of the earth, as an army of guitars and multi-instrumental nuances ring in the paranoia, mass hysteria and peaceful exaltation. The result is a stunning collage—fitfully disturbing, steadily bizarre, uniquely celebratory—undoubtedly the grandest musical adventure yet conceived within mewithoutYou's expanding tapestry.
mewithoutYou will embark on a full US tour in June with support from Foxing, Lithuania and Field Mouse. The past year has seen the band on the road on their highly anticipated Catch Us For the Foxes 10 Year Anniversary tour alongside Appleseed Cast, Hop Along, and The World Is a Beautiful Place, as well as touring alongside Dr. Dog this spring. The band also released their East Enders Wives Maxi Single 12" on 2014's Black Friday Record Store Day, featuring the track 'East Enders Wives' from Ten Stories alongside remixes and alternate versions.
'Pale Horses' Tracklist:
01) Pale Horse
02) Watermelon Ascot
03) D-Minor [Soundcloud]
04) Mexican War Streets
05) Red Cow [Soundcloud]
06) Dorothy
07) Blue Hen
08) Lilac Queen
09) Magic Lantern Days
10) Birnam Wood
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In what has to be a wonderful win for Tata Consultancy, Nielsen has awarded them a $1.2 billion dollar IT services contract — the largest ever for an Indian global IT services company.
The news in Business Week, of course, is how cool all this is for the company. The contract breaks the $1 billion barrier for Indian companies and "helps Indian tech overall." The deal also finally puts Indian tech companies on par with IBM, Accenture, and other companies that have long been outsourcing vendors for IT services.
But the article is instructive for Cubicle Warriors. We all know the threat of outsourcing on our positions, no matter what the company is or in what country. We compete for our positions with everyone on the planet.
What we see from the win is the underlying actions companies are taking to position themselves as a servicer to other companies. And there are specific infrastructures needed to compete globally:
From my viewpoint, this makes it very difficult for a Cubicle Warrior to compete with specialized centers in your specialty in multiple countries on the planet.
The job market has become a sphere requiring one to understand where the best and the brightest of your specialty are located. If you're not located in the right place on the planet and working for companies that specialize in your area, your job is at risk.
If you are a programmer, what companies in what countries are the best programmers on the planet? If you are a software engineer, what countries have the best ones on the planet? If you are a technology manager, what country and companies will give you the opportunity to directly manage your people?
And if you aren't in those companies and those locations on the planet, can you understand what you are competing against?
Companies are putting together the global infrastructure to both be specialized and cost effective so as to offer their services as better and cheaper — to your company.
Are you ready?
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If WW II's was the 'greatest generation' – how will those since be remembered?
Memorial Day, May 31; D-Day, June 6; and the Fourth of July – the memories of a nation and people's commitment and sacrifice swell up in a five-week span commemorating the best the American nation has to offer.
As a part of what is sometimes referred to as the "greatest generation" my late father was a veteran of World War II. A mortar unit staff sergeant, he landed at Utah Beach on that "Longest Day"- June 6, 1944. Later he went on to fight with General George S. Patton's Third Army during the Battle of the Bulge. As recounted in the 1979 movie "Patton" starring George C. Scott in a remarkable performance as the main character, during that battle that repelled the German counterattack following the invasion of the European mainland, Patton's Third Army moved more men and equipment farther in the least amount of time than any army in history. And Patton and his Third Army's movement and counterattack during which my father was wounded assured the Allies would not be driven back into the sea from which they had come on June 6, 1944.
My father carried a piece of shrapnel next to his spine for the rest of his life from a wound received during that decisive battle for Europe. And he carried his memories of the war against European fascism almost as close to the vest as that piece of shrapnel by his spine. He also carried a deep respect for Patton, his final battlefield commanding officer, that he said was not uncommon among the men Patton commanded.
Today I find myself missing the character and commitment of that "greatest generation" and its leadership as the nation now grapples with the evolution of its own homegrown corporate neo-fascism. It was a threat of domestic origin predicted in 1944 by Vice President Henry Wallace as the battle against European fascism ground inexorably forward.
"The really dangerous American fascists are not those who are hooked up directly or indirectly with the Axis (Germany-Italy-Japan), the FBI has its finger on those," Wallace told The New York Times in an interview published April 9, 1944.
"The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
"They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead."
The flow of history
Sixteen years later the distinctly American evolution of that domestic threat first cited in 1944 by a sitting vice president was termed "the military-industrial complex" by President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his Jan. 16, 1961 farewell address to the nation.
Fifty years ago during the height of a nuclear-armed "Cold War" with the Soviet Union, Eisenhower, who had commanded all Allied troops on the European front during World War II, called what he had initially termed "the military-industrial-congressional complex" the greatest threat to the security of this nation – not the Soviet Union, not nukes, not illegal immigrants but our own homegrown form of corporate and money-driven fascism.
"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence – economic, political, even spiritual – is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government," Eisenhower observed. "We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
"We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
What were first, Democrat Wallace and then Republican Eisenhower warning us against?
Inherit the whirlwind
Look around you – it's here, driven most prominently by corporate-owned news stations (poisoned channels of public information) and a bought-and-paid-for Congressional majority dedicated to stamping out every basic social and economic security for all but those at the top of the economic food chain.
The American neo-fascists we have been warned about since 1944 and 1961 are an economic elite reflective of those who throughout history have sought to control wealth and power in order to shape the fate of nations and peoples to their personal and shortsighted benefit – they are not prone to compromise because wealth and the "might" it purchases "makes right".
It is not an elite identified by royal blood or Divine Right, but simply by the acquisition of great wealth. So logically, it is an elite that would have you measure individual and spiritual value by the acquisition of wealth. And despite assertions to the contrary, it is not a Christian elite. In fact, if Jesus said "it is harder to pass a camel through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven" I'd say it's more a satanic cult than anything else.
Eisenhower, who removed "Congressional" from his description of the threat from within so as not to appear to be making a partisan attack on a Democratic Congress, lauded his and that Congress's efforts to work together for the good of the nation.
"The Congress and the Administration have, on most vital issues, cooperated well, to serve the nation well rather than mere partisanship, and so have assured that the business of the nation should go forward. So my official relationship with Congress ends in a feeling on my part, of gratitude that we have been able to do so much together," Eisenhower observed.
It is a political sentiment far from the new partisan mantra of no compromise, but rather partisan ideological victory over all. Such partisan "victory" will eventually come at the expense of every average American – but never at the expense of the politician's billionaire corporate sponsors.
As he prepared to become a private citizen after eight years in the White House, Eisenhower looked toward the future, telling the American public, "Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Such a confederation must be one of equals. The weakest [nations] must come to the conference table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield."
What has changed in the last half century since career soldier and Republican President Dwight David Eisenhower preached not just a national, but international equity in shaping all our futures?
Perhaps the only change is the arrogance with which corporate super wealth, buoyed by its hired political lackeys and mercenary guns (military-industrial-congressional complex), wages its economic world conquest against enemies both domestic and abroad.
I fear that if this generation of Americans doesn't rise to the challenge and just say a resounding NO to the lies, to the legalized graft and corruption, to the bigotry, and self-serving political hypocrisy, all the heroism and sacrifice of that past "greatest generation" of which my father was a part will have been for naught.
If the generation that fought and defeated the rise of European fascism in the 1940s is remembered as this nation's greatest, will those that sat idly by as our own corporate fascists casually walked over us and the world in banker's pin-striped suits be remembered as our worst?
(An earlier draft of this personal memoir was published in June 2011 in The Warren County Report.)
Second Amendment Sanctuary
I couldn't contain my amusement from afar when Warren County became a Second Amendment Sanctuary, particularly as local Democrats regurgitated worn out talking points. The Chairman of the Warren County Democrats claimed to see similarities between the sanctuary and the Massive Resistance of the 1960's, and another of Warren County's "best and brightest" took the curious position that resistance to unconstitutional usurpations was unconstitutional. Their Confederate forefathers would be quite proud.
Such dogma has clouded the unique history of these constitutional disputes. The doctrine of nullification was best articulated by Thomas Jefferson in 1798 in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts. It played a unique political role in the years preceding the Civil War. In his Farewell Address to the Senate in 1861, Jefferson Davis condemned the Northern states for their "disregard of its constitutional obligations." Just what were these obligations? Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The most heroic instance occurred in Wisconsin. The state legislature called for "positive defiance" of efforts by federal marshals to capture and return runaway slaves. "Personal liberty" laws were common in the North at the time. But local Democrats, then as now, seem to think that this act of resistance was just simply awful. Then as now, they would defer the matter to the Roger Taney's of the courts for settlement. (Apparently the Second Amendment's protection as an individual right hasn't been settled by the Supreme Court according to local Democrats. But I digress.)
To their ignorance they have built common ground with the proponents of Massive Resistance of the 1960's. In 1680, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation making it illegal of a black person to carry any weapon. In 1723, they specifically forbade firearms. Predictably enough disarming blacks received support among the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party, the Ku Klux Klan. Rosa Parks recounted that her husband "slept with a gun nearby for a time," and Frederick Douglass recognized that "A man's rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
From the apocalyptic outrage at the election of a Republican president to Ralph Northam's classless costume choice, Virginia Democrats are certainly living up to their Confederate heritage.
Devon Downes
Three lessons from Christmas
For people of most religious persuasions, Christmas represents the high point of the year, as stories of the Christ and His humble beginnings are told and retold, enriched by the millennia of traditions and practices, and passed on to each generation in turn. For the many without religious affiliation, the Christmas season presents somewhat of an enigma- the goodwill on public display, the celebrations of light and music, and the timeworn admonitions to "be good for goodness' sake", contrast sharply with the unbridled materialism and crass appeals to humankind's worst instincts – greed, grasping, win-at-all-costs competition.
It's possible to benefit from the true and transcendent values of the Christmas season even if one shrinks from the more spiritual interpretations. At the same time, people with a strong faith tradition would do well to consider the more practical lessons that Christmas is prepared to teach.
It's true that the Christmas season does stimulate a desire in many to participate in the traditional gift-giving exercise, whatever the belief about the holiday itself – if it is only a deep need not to row your boat against the current of social convention. And seldom will a Christmas nonbeliever refuse a gift given them!
So lesson one could be: Think about every gift and give only what you believe will really be appreciated. It may be that something unusual or hand made by you will be much closer to the heart than a standard box of candy. If you don't know someone well enough to give them something they will appreciate, as they say, you don't know them well enough.
It's also true that "Things" have value in different ways. Getting older makes one realize that the value of "things" with which we fill our homes gets drastically smaller over time. Christmas teaches us to reevaluate what is really important to have in our life. Sometimes a visit from a friend beats a gold watch!
So lesson two is: Identify what's really important to you, and let go of the rest!
Our kids are inheriting much more from us than whatever we leave in a will – they are inheriting our values. Modern Christmas focuses so much on satisfying the material wants of our children that what they really need is often forgotten. If our own lives are filled with the pressures of succeeding in a competitive world, building up the net worth, appearing successful to the world around, while our children live in a form of emotional and spiritual poverty, we have failed the following generations.
Lesson three, then, is: Children are the most important thing we leave to the world. Christmas provides the opportunity to shape their worldview as influencers and leaders. Shouldn't we strive to give them the best tools, opportunities, and motivations?
These three lessons seem simple, but the more you think about them, they capture the essence of a fulfilled life and a legacy for the future. As fractured as our world seems to be, sometimes the simple approach is best. For you and your friends and family, Merry Christmas!
Let's 'cut to the chase' regarding the 2nd Amendment and more proposed gun control
Disregarding the U.S. Constitution for a moment, in my opinion, being able to protect yourself, family and property is a HUMAN right, not subject to compromise or negotiation with government agencies or any other entity, period! The Declaration of Independence had it correct, we all have an unalienable Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Considering the existence of violent threats only a firearm gives one the ability to effectively respond.
Firearms ARE the means to ensure Liberty. Vast public ownership of firearms in America is one of the major elements that distinguishes us from the rest of the world. Maintaining a free citizenry is only guaranteed through the public ownership of firearms.
The right to keep and bear arms is only 'affirmed' in the Second Amendment in the Constitution. The actual Right was addressed previously above. Since a primary reason for separating from England was to have religious freedom, that is enshrined in the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. It is no coincidence that the affirmation of gun Rights was addressed next because the Framers knew that it was only through force that other Rights in the Constitution could be guaranteed. The Framers purposefully used the phrase 'Shall Not Be Infringed' to emphasize the absoluteness of that Right. No other Amendment has similar language. The gun Right provision was prescribed to the PEOPLE since all adults were to comprise the militia. That's in essence the basis for the Supreme Court Heller ruling that the Second Amendment applies to individuals, not to a collective government institution.
The arguments by some that hunters don't need semi-automatic rifles, large capacity magazines or other accessories, that may seem scary to some, are irrelevant because access to such products has nothing to do with NEED. It's about the freedom to choose what we want and not be told what is appropriate for us. To guard against tyranny the public has a right to any weapon that is generally used by soldiers in the military, end of argument.
The problem with Progressives (Democrats), in my opinion, is that their brains are more tuned to emotion than logic. They are the 'feelers' as opposed to Conservatives (Republicans) being the 'pragmatists'. Unfortunately, emotions can be a stronger force than intellect. That's why advertisements such as children with medical problems and neglected or abused animals are so effective. Democrats are wired such that they have a need to 'do something' to address a problem even if the proposed actions have little, if any, real affect.
While mass killings, especially in schools, are extremely tragic there is nothing that can be done to absolutely eliminate that as a possibility in our future. Even if guns magically disappeared from the planet, mentally damaged or evil people would construct bombs, use biological agents or employ other weapons to kill and injure. That's why I believe we're seeing the rash of gun control proposals by the Democrat majority in the upcoming Virginia Legislature. They have to 'do something' even if its only symbolic rather than practical or effective.
Democrats seem to exist in a fantasy-land where they think they can legislate a perfect, risk free world. They cannot accept the reality that making certain conduct or products illegal will actually prevent criminals from evil activities. You've no doubt heard arguments that draconian restrictions are justified if just one person is saved from harm or ill-consequence, regardless that they'll restrict liberty for a multitude of law abiding citizens as a side effect. The problem though is that their gun control proposals conflict with Liberty and there can be no middle ground at this point between those concepts. This is exhibited by the overwhelming level of demonstration we are seeing by freedom loving people against their anticipated proposals. Approximately half of Virginia's county's have already passed or are considering resolutions of support for the Second Amendment even if such action is only symbolic.
It has been said that Ben Franklin once stated something to the affect that 'those that would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.' I believe he was right on the money. Personally, I would rather die a free man than live as a dependent or slave of the government. We've lost too many liberties already and this is a bridge too far! Even in a democracy there are some things that can't be compromised and most of what the Democrats are proposing is simply unacceptable. Thomas Jefferson once said, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Fortunately I believe we haven't reached that point yet and much of what is advertised that Democrats will propose would be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court if actually enacted into law. Also, lower courts would almost certainly enjoin enforcement of such laws until the highest court could make it's ruling.
Regardless though, all Liberty loving citizens should act now in an attempt to prevent dangerous laws from being passed. Contact the authors of the objectional Bills and make rational arguments against their proposals. Ensure that you and those you know are registered to vote so we can expand pro-liberty influence in the Legislature in 2022. Contribute money if you can to organizations and representatives who promote liberty and logic over more government and ineffective restrictions on our freedoms. Be willing to take the time to participate in public, non-violent demonstrations against further gun laws.
Finally, speak with your family, neighbors, friends and anyone else you come in contact with and explain the logic of why more gun laws are detrimental because only law abiding citizens are negatively affected.
Gary Kushner
Front Royal, Virginia
A Libertarian Patriot
The Christ of Christmas
The Christian church year begins with the Advent of Our Lord, the four weeks of getting ready for the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem on Christmas Day. Advent is a time of joyful preparation for the wonderful time when the Son of God came to earth to live as a person among the people.
The word "Advent" is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning "coming" or "arrival." The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in His First Advent and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in His Second Advent.
The Christian Christmas is a brief season (twelve days), beginning on Christmas Day, December 25, and continuing through January 5, celebrating the Name of Jesus which is the eve of Epiphany. Christmas is a season of thankfulness for the goodness of God. The purpose of Jesus Christ's birth was to save us from our sins, to reveal the Father to us and lead us to Him and to reveal the Kingdom of God so that we can live according to God's Way. Jesus came to reconcile us to God so that we can have eternal life. "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!' For in fact, the kingdom of God is among you." (Luke 17:20-21)
Our Christian desire is to turn the eyes of all men and women upon the true Creator and Christ of Christmas. The true light of the world has come. The Christmas season and celebration presents the Church with an outstanding opportunity to preach the good news; that men can be made righteous and have peace with God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Merry Christmas and God bless us, every one!
Mark P. Gunderman
Stephens City, Virginia
Some thoughts about the "2nd Amendment 'Sanctuary' drive" article
Let's start with a simple evaluation of the efficacy of HB 2. It sounds like a great idea, right? let's be clear on what this really means and whom this is aimed at, because it's not retailers, its private citizens.
How about a word swap; Firearm = Motor Vehicle and Background = Drivers License. Now let's read that again.
"Requires a Drivers License check for any Motor Vehicle transfer and directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a check from licensed Motor Vehicles dealers."
Such checks would become mandatory, rather than voluntary. Selling without the required Drivers License check would be declared a Class 6 felony; receipt of a Motor Vehicle without the required Drivers License check would be classified a Class 1 misdemeanor."
Putting the same language to that very simple test shows that it is unreasonable. First if we wouldn't put the burden of validating a person's driver's license on the person selling a vehicle, so why shouldn't the same be true for selling a firearm. Second the sale of the gun is what's being made a felony, but the purchase is only a misdemeanor. If the goal is to keep guns from criminals, why is the penalty less for the theoretical criminal buying the gun? Now on the other hand if the goal is the widening of bureaucracy and over burdening an already understaffed state agency it might sound like a swell law. Or perhaps its just designed to pray on the fears of the citizens of Virginia? Theoretically the goal is to keep guns from those already bared from having them so shouldn't it be written that way and not to place an undue burden on law abiding citizens?
To the earlier metaphor comparing guns to cars, driving a car requires you be a minimum age, get a permit, show proficiency with a road test. Many drivers will only ever go to the DMV to get a new photo or register a new car. There is no continuous requirement to prove themselves eligible to drive. Yet every gun I have purchased over the past 20 years has required a background check, including my black powder, to prove I was eligible to make the purchase. Just like driving you must be of legal age to purchase a firearm. Obtaining a permit to carry requires not only a background check but a review by the circuit court for approval, after submitting proof of proficiency with a firearm. Every future purchase will still require an additional background check for each gun I buy. The dealers from whom I have purchased these guns face a mountain of paperwork. Each dealer is required to maintain completed forms for 20 years in the case of completed sales, and for 5 years where the sale was disapproved as a result of the NICS check. If I went to any auto dealership in town do you suppose they have records proving person they sold a car held a valid license even 5 years ago.
On maximum clip or magazine size: "Another aspect of SB 16, the maximum clip or magazine size, is another legitimate topic for legislative debate. Should the general public have access to military-sized clips carrying 30 or more rounds? Is a 10-round clip limit too small or too large for recreational shooting use? Is there justification for public access to larger clip sizes, and if so, how large? Correct me if I'm wrong hunters, but to my knowledge semi-automatic assault-style rifles and their large clips are not legal for hunting, and certainly wouldn't be very sporting if they were."
Do you enjoy country music, or perhaps classical, or R&B maybe? What's the point? Just like there are many types of music and fans there are many types of gun owners and shooting sports. Just because the popular misconception is that the only legitimate private use of a firearm is hunting doesn't make it true. Simply because someone may not be fully versed in sporting arms and the various ways in which other individuals may choose to enjoy the use of their firearms dose not make those pursuits any less valid than an individual's personal choice in music. Under that same flawed logic NHRA, NASCAR, and F1 should not exist because cars are for transport to work and not racing. There are many a gun owner whom have never stepped foot into the woods to hunt and have no desire to do so, but it doesn't mean that their right to enjoy shooting targets should be limited due to a lack of knowledge on the part of others.
There are a lot of statements made, often with little or no supporting facts given, and the responsibility is then on the reader to "fact check" and determine what is "news" and what is "opinion". We are frequent Royal Examiner readers because in general you do a good job of limiting the rhetoric and clarifying what is opinion. However, some statements like this that refer to trends, really need the numbers to help clarify the magnitude of what we are discussing.
"Okay, I can live with background checks. In fact, in the face of the rising tide of mass shooting violence in America I believe a majority of Americans, perhaps even a majority of gun owners, support them."
So, these are some of the "facts" as I understand them from sources, I was able to find readily available via Google. (numbers are from 2017 with sources cited below).
- There were 4.26 times the number of deaths due to overdose (1,507) than to gun related homicide (353).
- Automobiles accidents (843) accounted for 2.38 times the number of deaths as gun related homicide (353).
- Gun related deaths (1028) in Virginia represent 29.2% of the top three causes of non-natural death (Motor Vehicle, Gun, & Overdose totaling 3520).
- 10% of the other than natural deaths in Virginia in 2017 were gun related homicides (353).
- 64.5% of gun related deaths in Virginia are suicide.
- 7.8% of all deaths (6,7762) in Virginia are of unnatural causes (5,298).
- Gun related homicides (353) represent 0.52% the all deaths (6,7762) in Virginia.
- Gun related suicide (664) represent 0.98% the all deaths (6,7762) in Virginia.
- 79% of gun-related assault injuries were among persons aged 15-34 years, 89% were male, and 77% were minorities.
- 47% occurred in the Eastern region, followed by 34% in the Central region.
- 51% of gun-related self-harm injuries were among persons aged 25-54 years, 76% were male, and 74% were white.
To my earlier metaphor comparing guns to cars, driving a car requires you be a minimum age, get a permit, show proficiency with a road test. Many drivers will only ever go to the DMV to get a new photo or register a new car. There is no continuous requirement to prove themselves eligible to drive. Yet every gun I have purchased over the past 20 years has required a background check, including my black powder, to prove I was eligible to make the purchase. Just like driving you must be of legal age to purchase a firearm. Obtaining a permit to carry requires not only a background check but a review by the circuit court for approval, after submitting proof of proficiency with a firearm. And any future purchase will still require an additional background check for each gun I buy. The dealers from whom I have purchased these guns face a mountain of paperwork. Each dealer is required to maintain completed forms for 20 years in the case of completed sales, and for 5 years where the sale was disapproved as a result of the NICS check. If I went to any auto dealership in town do you suppose they have records proving person they sold a car held a valid license even 5 years ago?
If were looking for things that need to be discussed in our community, commonwealth, and country let's try a few of these:
- Let's start looking at the under lying socioeconomic issues that result in firearm violence.
- Let's start focusing on the treatment and prevention of mental health issues.
- Let's start focusing on the growing suicide epidemic.
- Let's start focusing on education both for gun safety and understanding.
- Let's start putting funding into micro-loans to foster economic development.
- Let's start helping community leaders develop mentoring programs.
- Let's start by installing hope and breaking cycles of violence.
- Let's start focusing on the growing addiction crisis in our community.
As a responsible gun owner, I have the right to hunt, target shoot, and project myself, my loved ones and my property. My second amendment right is not a bargaining chip for anyone, pundit or politician, that would use my ownership of guns to strike fear in others.
Patrick A. DeZess
Linden, Virginia
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The absolute hope and promise of Christmas
Dear Editor,
Christmas once again; when we joyfully celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Who is He? Isaiah 9:6 proclaims, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given… and his name shall be called… The mighty God, The heavenly Father…". John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Verse 14 says, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us… the only begotten of the Father…" Why? God had to become flesh to die! He had to shed His own blood! This is the price God Himself set for our redemption/salvation; and His being willing to pay that price resulted in the birth of the Christ Child at Christmas! Called Immanuel, meaning "God with us"!
Being known to utter amazing and profound things concerning you and me; it seems He was speaking from His heart; the heart of God, to our hearts! Saying (John 10:10), "…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Saying, in effect, He came to offer the remedy to the scourge and surety of death! The natural life, suffering death and dying, is both fleeting and temporary. Therefore, Jesus is not speaking of it here. Rather, He is saying He came to give us something we didn't/don't already have: Life (never-ending)! The free gift of God revealed in Romans 6:23; Therefore, we will have life forever!
As to "abundantly", abundant means "existing in plentiful supply; abounding." An adjective, it here describes the subject "the new life!" We do have spiritual and other blessings in this life, but it here seems opposed to prosperity; for prosperity means "being successful, flourishing, material well-being." Maybe a care and problem-free life now. Therefore, "abundantly" is speaking to the subject: eternal life, not of "more of", "better than" or even happiness in this temporal life. Hence, "abundantly" is referring to the plentiful, abounding supply of what we don't have in the now. It's what He came to give us: eternal life!
Knowing of our pain, struggles and sorrows, Jesus said in Matthew 11: 28-29, "Come unto me… and I will give you rest… rest unto your souls." Amazingly, in John 16:33, He said, "…in this world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." Also, saying in Revelation 2:9, "I know thy works, tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich!" The more abundant life is achieved in this life in part only, however, in the fact that he will never leave or forsake us. Thus our greatest happiness, glory and joy is in our walk and talk with Him!
Jesus said (John 1o:25-26), "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and… shall never die." In effect, guaranteeing to those who believe, are saved/born again, the abundant, never-ending life! Saying in John 14:2-3; "I go to prepare a place for you… I will come again and receive you unto myself…"
Clearly a "done deal"; The sealing of the deal!
Forever in the place He is preparing, an abundant life guaranteed by our eternal guarantor Jesus Christ, being sealed in His blood!
This then, is the absolute and sure Hope and Promise of Christmas!
Rev. Jess Shifflett
Front Royal, Virginia


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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today filed a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court in the matter pertaining to its request for the formation of an interstate tribunal to resolve its dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh over sharing of river Mahanadi water.
The State government's submission was in response to an affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court contending that there was no need to constitute a tribunal since Odisha had failed to supply facts and figures or adduce any evidence in support of its claim.
The State government in its 60-page affidavit accused the Centre of providing erroneous information to the apex court while violating the law by not constituting the tribunal.
According to sources privy to the development, the State government in its submission has countered Centre's argument against the constitution of a tribunal on a point to point basis.
The State government has cited that the Centre initially agreeing to set up a tribunal to resolve the dispute and later expressing unwillingness for the same is in contravention of the provisions of the Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (IRWD Act).
The allegation that Odisha has not provided relevant facts to the Centre was not correct, the State government has pointed out in the affidavit while stating that negotiations between the Chief Ministers of the two States had failed.
Moreover, the State government has pointed out that waiting for the adoption of the Bill on the proposed single tribunal for resolution of all river disputes would result in delay, which would defeat the purpose behind constitution of the tribunal on Mahanadi.
"The affidavit filed by the Central government in the Supreme Court is based on false information. We condemn it in the strongest of terms. The State government has filed its counter affidavit," informed BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Keshari Deb speaking to reporters.
The BJP which has been pushed to a corner in Odisha over the Centre's stand on the Mahanadi dispute too had no option than welcoming the State government's move of filing counter affidavit.
"If they are filing a counter affidavit with facts, then it's a welcome move. But if they are filing a counter without facts then its only politics," said BJP State unit president Basant Panda in his reactions on the State government filing counter affidavit in the Supreme Court in the Mahanadi water dispute matter.
It is worth mentioning here that the Centre during a hearing on the Mahanadi water dispute on October 9 last had committed before the Supreme Court that a decision with regard to the constitution of a tribunal will be taken before November 19.
Further, then Union Minister of State for Water Resources Sanjeev Kumar Balyan while replying to a query by A V Swamy, MP from Odisha had told in the Rajya Sabha on July 31 this year that the draft Cabinet Note on the formation of the tribunal has been prepared.
Also Read: Odisha House panel on Mahanadi dispute to chart further strategy
The next hearing in the matter is slated for December 11.


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Another school year is just around the corner and with the arrival of a new September, it's time to say goodbye to your cash and hello to back to school products for your little ones.
It's an (unproven) fact that most back to school items go missing into a black hole by the second week of classes, but we have a solution; school supplies and clothes that kids will actually want to hang onto. Even better, they won't fall apart by second period.
If you have a Star Wars fan, a Disney lover, or a Marvel fanatic in your house, we have the cool and useful back to school products for you. Well, actually for them, but some of the items may 'accidentally' end up in your room as well.
Here's some Disney back-to-school gear that doesn't look cheap
Lego Star Wars Watch – Luke SkywalkerThere are some kids who can spend hours building Death Stars out of Lego while pretending to save the day as Luke Skywalker. Help them pass play time and school time with this watch that combines Lego and Star Wars!
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Moleskine Limited Edition Alice In Wonderland Pocket Notebook"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle." Alice asks herself this question and now, your little dreamer can as well with this notebook that will store their thoughts, dreams, drawings and maybe even a piece of homework.
$24.00 at IndigoIndigo
Adidas Superstar Star Wars Toddler Kids' Casual ShoesThe traditional Adidas Superstar sneaker gets the Star Wars treatment with a classic painting of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. Little ones will have no trouble starting their Jedi training with easy to fasten Velcro straps.
$64.99 at SportChekSportChek
Alice In Wonderland Disney VansIn Alice In Wonderland, author Lewis Carroll famously said "My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that." What better shoes for taking your child on their great adventure than these Alice In Wonderland Vans?
$74.99 at SportChekSportChek
101 Dalmatians Vans BackpackFor fans of the Disney film 101 Dalmatians, this understated red Vans backpack is strong enough to hold a puppy or two, but we suggest sticking to gym clothes and school supplies instead.
$24.98 at Little BurgundyLittle Burgundy
Reebok Disney's Frozen "Elsa" VentureFlex Toddler Girls' SandalsThe perfect shoe for any independent and courageous Elsa-in-training, this Frozen-inspired Mary Jane style Reebok sneaker will help little ones on their journey as they learn to control their magical powers.
$36.97 at SportChekSportChek
Adidas Star Wars Villain Army Boy's HoodieYour Star Wars fan will love the understated imprint of an Imperial Flametrooper on the back of this classic style Adidas hoody with matching stripes down each arm.
$37.49 at SportChekSportChek
Lilo and Stitch Backpack FaceIf your Lilo and Stitch fan has a tendency to forget their backpack, they'll definitely hang onto this in-your-face knapsack that will keep their school supplies handy and the good times coming.
$69.99 at Best Buy Best Buy
Star Wars 24 Coloured PencilsEvery Jedi needs their tools and for young artists, that means coloured pencils. Draw a galaxy far, far away, recreate the final scene of the Empire Strikes Back, or try your hand at colouring an Ewok with these Star Wars inspired pencils.
$3.95 at IndigoIndigo
My Star Wars AT-AT Pet TeeThis hand screen printed, 100% cotton tee with environmentally friendly ink will remind the Rey fan in your house that they can conquer even the biggest of obstacles, like a giant AT-AT.
$20.00 at EtsyEtsy
Princess PencilsSome school days need a little extra pixie dust, some magic and maybe a few 'bibbity bobbity boos' by fairy godmothers. For those days, try these Disney-inspired princess pencils that are sure to help young scholars whistle while they work.
$6.75 US at EtsyEsty
Winnie The Pooh Herschel Heritage BackpackFor any parent that has tried to covertly carry their child's over-the-top character backpack, there's this understated yellow Herschel bag with Winnie The Pooh imprints that any kid or parent will happily sport.
$74.99 at HerschelHerschel
Star Wars Darth Vader Watch with Black Metal BraceletEven Darth Vader had to attend school to learn how to manage the Death Star. That means he had to be on time for class or risk a light saber across the knuckles (we assume). Help your Star Wars fan be prompt with this classy Darth Vader watch that will keep time all the way to a galaxy far, far away. Or to high school.
$96.97 at AmazonAmazon
Marvel NotebookThe next Stan Lee needs a notebook to hold their very own comic strip ideas. This Marvel journal can be home to new super heroes, plans to save the world and maybe even a grammar lesson or two.
$5.95 at IndigoIndigo
Disney® Licensed Pencil Pouches, Assorted DesignsFrom Princesses to Star Wars, Captain America to Dory, these pencil pouches will help any little fan hang onto the school supplies they need so they can stay focused in class.
$6 each at StaplesStaples
Sketchers Star Wars Dynamo Empire Kids' Toddler Casual ShoesStorm the Empire or just be comfy going from gym to French class in these Sketcher Star Wars Dynamo Empire shoes. No word on whether these shoes will guarantee your child a scholarship to Storm Trooper State, but they can't hurt.
$29.99 at SportChekSportChek
Moleskine Limited Edition Batman Hardcover Weekly NotebookHow do you think Bruce Wayne and Alfred came up with all their cool gadgets and tricked out batmobiles? They had a notebook to write all their ideas and plans in, plus a calendar to organize their black tie events. This Moleskine journal and calendar will last through any school year in Gotham City and beyond.
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This knockout allele causes severely impaired T helper cell (Th2) immune responses, retinal detachment, as well as abnormal insulin signaling and glucose transport. These mice are suitable for use in applications related to T cell development, Th2-mediated disease, asthma, diabetes, and exudative retinal detachment.Read More +
|Genetic Background
|Allele Type
|Gene Symbol
|Gene Name
|crumbs family member 1, photoreceptor morphogenesis associated
|Allele Type
|Gene Symbol
|Gene Name
|Targeted (Null/Knockout)
|protein kinase C, theta
Mice homozygous for the Prkcqtm1Litt targeted allele are viable, fertile, normal in size, and do not display any behavioral abnormalities. No endogenous or truncated protein product was detected in thymocytes or T cells. Mature T lymphocytes from null mice have blunted proliferative responses with decreased levels of both IL-2 and IL-2 receptor, and defective T cell receptor-initiated IkappaB-degradation/NF-kappaB activation. Homozygous mice exhibit severely impaired Th2, but normal Th1, immune responses as well as abnormal insulin signaling and glucose transport. Mutant mice also have defective regulatory T cell development (very low CD25 expression). Additionally, homozygotes develop retinal detachments and late-onset retinal pigment epithelium atrophy. This strain is also homozygous for the Crb1rd8 mutation, which itself causes retinal spotting and retinal degeneration. Crb1rd8 is also absent from Stock No. 028488. This mutant may be suitable for use in studies related to T cell proliferation/signal transduction/immunodeficiency, Th2-mediated disease, asthma, diabetes, and exudative retinal detachment. No significant difference in ocular phenotype has been detected between mice homozygous for Prkcqtm1Litt and wild-type at Crb1 with those doubly homozygous for both Prkcqtm1Litt and Crb1rd8.
A targeting vector replaced the endogenous exon coding for the ATP-binding site of the kinase domain (amino acids 396-451) with the neomycin resistance gene. The construct was electroporated into the 129P2/OlaHsd-derived E14 embryonic stem (ES) cells. Correctly targeted ES cells were injected into C57BL/6 blastocysts. The resulting chimeric mice were bred to C57BL/6. Heterozygotes were backcrossed to an undefined C57BL/6 subline for 15 generations before being made homozygous. These mice were imported into The Jackson Laboratory from Dr. Dan Littman and embryos were cryopreserved from homozygous males bred to C57BL/6J females, see stock #005711. An ocular screen of cryo-recovered mice by Dr. Bo Chang identified the retinal detachments and late-onset retinal pigment epithelium atrophy, attributable to Prkcq mutations. It was also discovered that the Crb1rd8 mutation, which is homozygous in C57BL/6N and C57BL/6By sublines but absent from C57BL/6J, was segregating in the cryo-recovered mice. These mice were again backcrossed to C57BL/6J, intercrossed and selected for the presence or absence of Crb1rd8 along with the presence of Prkdctm1Litt, yielding this strain, homozygous for both Crb1rd8 and Prkdctm1Litt and stock #028488, B6.Cg-Crb1+ Prkcqtm1Litt/Boc.
|Allele Name
|retinal degeneration 8
|Allele Type
|Allele Synonym(s)
|Crb1rd8; retinal degeneration 8
|Gene Symbol and Name
|Crb1, crumbs family member 1, photoreceptor morphogenesis associated
|Gene Synonym(s)
|7530426H14Rik; A930008G09Rik; RIKEN cDNA 7530426H14 gene; RIKEN cDNA A930008G09 gene; LCA8; 7530426H14Rik; RP12; A930008G09Rik
|Strain of Origin
|C57BL/6By or C57BL/6N
|Molecular Note
|The mutation in the rd8 mouse has been identified as a single base deletion at nt3481 in the gene. This deletion causes a frame shift and a premature stop codon that truncates the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain of the protein after amino acid 1207. This mutation has been found to be present in all sublines of C57BL/6N and in C57BL/6ByJ, but not in any C57BL/6J subline. It occurred sometime between transfer of mice from JAX to NIH, in 1951, and from NIH to Donald Bailey, in 1961.
|Allele Name
|targeted mutation 1, Dan Littman
|Allele Type
|Targeted (Null/Knockout)
|Allele Synonym(s)
|Prkcqtm1Litt; targeted mutation 1, Dan Littman
|Gene Symbol and Name
|Prkcq, protein kinase C, theta
|Gene Synonym(s)
|nPKC-theta; Pkcq; A130035A12Rik; A130035A12Rik; PRKCT; PKC theta; Pkcq; PKCtheta; PKC-0; PKC-theta; RIKEN cDNA A130035A12 gene; AW494342; expressed sequence AW494342
|Strain of Origin
|Molecular Note
|The exon encoding the ATP-binding site of the kinase domain (aa 396 - 451) was replaced with a neo cassette inserted by homologous recombination. Protein was undetected in thymocytes or T cells obtained from mutant mice.
|Mutations Made By
Dr. Dan Littman, New York University Medical Center
This strain is maintained by sibling intercrossing mice homozygous for both Crb1rd8 and Prkcqtm1Litt.
When using the B6.Cg-Crb1rd8 Prkcqtm1Litt/JBoc mouse strain in a publication, please cite the originating article(s) and include JAX stock #031293 in your Materials and Methods section.
|Please inquire
We will fulfill your order by providing at least two carriers for each strain ordered. The total number, sex, and genotypes provided will vary, although typically 8 or more animals are provided. Please check genotypes which will be recovered. While the genotypes of all animals produced will be communicated to you prior to scheduling shipment, the genotypes of animals provided may not reflect the mating scheme and genotypes described in the strain description. Animals are typically ready to ship in 11-14 weeks. If a second recovery is required to produce the minimum number of animals, then delivery time would increase to approximately 25 weeks. If we fail to produce animals of the correct genotype, you will not be charged. We cannot guarantee the reproductive success of mice shipped to your facility. If the mice are lost after the first three days (post-arrival) or do not produce progeny at your facility, a new order and fee will be necessary.
Cryorecovery to establish a Dedicated Supply for greater quantities of mice. Mice recovered can be used to establish a dedicated colony to contractually supply you mice according to your requirements. Price by quotation.
"MICE" means mouse strains, their progeny derived by inbreeding or crossbreeding, unmodified derivatives from mouse strains or their progeny supplied by The Jackson Laboratory ("JACKSON"). "PRODUCT(S)" means biological materials supplied by JACKSON, and their derivatives. "SERVICES" means projects conducted by JACKSON for other parties that may include but are not limited to the use of MICE or PRODUCTS. "RECIPIENT" means each recipient of MICE, PRODUCTS, or SERVICES provided by JACKSON including each institution, its employees and other researchers under its control. MICE or PRODUCTS shall not be: (i) used for any purpose other than internal research, (ii) sold or otherwise provided to any third party for any use, or (iii) provided to any agent or other third party to provide breeding or other services. Acceptance of MICE, PRODUCTS or SERVICES from JACKSON shall be deemed as agreement by RECIPIENT to these conditions, and departure from these conditions requires JACKSON's prior written authorization.
In case of dissatisfaction for a valid reason and claimed in writing by a purchaser within ninety (90) days of receipt of, PRODUCTS or SERVICES, JACKSON will, at its option, provide credit or replacement for the PRODUCT received or the SERVICES provided; JACKSON makes no other representations and this shall be the exclusive remedy of the purchaser. Please note specific policy for live mice.
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MICE, PRODUCTS or SERVICES are to be used in a safe manner and in accordance with all applicable governmental rules and regulations.
The foregoing represents the General Terms and Conditions applicable to JACKSON's MICE, PRODUCTS or SERVICES. In addition, special terms and conditions of sale of certain MICE, PRODUCTS, or SERVICES may be set forth separately in JACKSON web pages, catalogs, price lists, contracts, and/or other documents, and these special terms and conditions shall also govern the sale of these MICE, PRODUCTS and SERVICES by JACKSON, and by its licensees and distributors.
Acceptance of delivery of MICE, PRODUCTS or SERVICES shall be deemed agreement to these terms and conditions. No purchase order or other document transmitted by purchaser or recipient that may modify the terms and conditions hereof, shall be in any way binding on JACKSON, and instead the terms and conditions set forth herein, including any special terms and conditions set forth separately, shall govern the sale of MICE, PRODUCTS or SERVICES by JACKSON.


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Every nonprofit needs five essential elements to survive in today's economy.
At the top of the list is good governance. Good governance requires that the board of directors is kept abreast on policies and procedures governing nonprofit law. Good governance includes good recordkeeping, regular board meetings, regular board minutes, accurate minute, and financial oversight. The Board of Directors sets the direction of the organization as set forth in the bylaws of the organization.
Good leadership is always important to success in the nonprofit world.
Leadership inspires members of the organization to do the visionary work to act in ways that align with the mission, values, and strategic plan of the organization. Leadership is often dynamic in nature; at different points of the spectrum leading will require different strategies.
Brand development is necessary in today's over-communicated society. Getting your message above the crowd in today's market will take some skills, planning and consistent effort. Using social media across a wide variety of platforms with a consistent message could play a vital role in getting your message out to your intended audience. Brand development plans should be revisited as necessary. Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly action plans should be developed to make sure your plans stay on track.
Benchmarking should be considered when looking at your overall success. How will you know when you are doing well if you have not compared your operations to similar organizations? Benchmarking sometimes can show you areas that you need to develop strength, your weaknesses, and opportunities that you may be overlooking in your organization.
Plan, Plan, Plan! Planning is crucial to keep your organization's goals on track. Planning is important but plans should not be written in stone. Plans sometimes require unexpected adjustments as unique circumstance arise due to no fault of your own. A good rule of thumb is to pay attention to the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly planning cycle.
Alignment to the mission, values, goals and strategic planning is critical to succeeding as a nonprofit. Every organization must have a clear understanding of its core reason for existing and how it plans to carry out its mission. Mission, values, goals and strategic planning should be revisited as often as needed; and leaders must be attuned to market changes that challenge its organization capacity to be effective in bringing services to the community it serves on a daily basis.
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KEENE, N.H. –Bentley University senior co-captain Chris Simione (Cheshire, Conn./ Cheshire HS) fired a one-under 71 during Monday's second round and finished the season-opening Franklin Pierce Fall Invitational in second place.
Simione shot even par during the two-day event with his 73-71-144 putting him just a stroke back of the medalist, Southern New Hampshire's Matt Paradis (73-70-143). The two had begun the second round tied for second, three strokes back. While Simione birdied two of the final three holes to draw close, Paradis made a 15-footer for birdie on his final hole to capture the title.
A strong second day, led by Simione and junior Robert Falconer (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley HS), helped Bentley finish third of 11 overall, an improvement of two places from their standing at the start of the day. The Falcons' second-round 296 was the second best score during Monday's play.
Bentley posted a two-day score of 310-296-606 and finished nine strokes back of the co-champions, Southern New Hampshire and Franklin Pierce.
Falconer had an outstanding second round, a three-under 69 that was the tournament's best score and included four birdies. It vaulted him from 21st to a tie for fifth in the standings with a 79-69-148.
Bentley's number three finisher was sophomore Tommy Ethier (Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin HS), who tied for 24th with a 75-80-155.
The next tournament for the Falcons is the American International Invitational Sept. 22-23.